Chapter Two Hundred and Nine: Who Is the Murderer?
Zhao Ling sat in front of the bed and held the hand of King Chu, his face full of exhaustion.
King Chu's face was black, and he was not out of danger.
Jiang Xiaoyu squatted beside Zhao Ling, covered his palm on the back of his hand, and comforted softly: "Uncle will definitely be fine, will definitely be fine!" ”
Zhao Ling sighed: "I hated him, hated him for not being able to keep his mother, for not being able to protect me!" Later, when I grew up, I slowly realized his difficulties, when I stood firmly on the side of the second child, my father seemed to ignore us, but I knew that he was standing behind me, every time I encountered difficulties, I thought that after the sky fell, there was him on top, I could let go of my hands and feet without scruples! ”
"Over the years, he has missed his mother the most, and I can feel his deep affection for his mother more and more!" Zhao Ling sighed softly, "He is a responsible man, when he is there, I will feel at ease, he is my biggest backer, so he must not fall!" ”
"Your intentions, Uncle Chu Wang, must know everything! He is so full of wisdom and so open-minded! Jiang Xiaoyu smiled lightly, "Uncle will definitely be fine!" ”
"I always feel that my father is a very powerful man, I haven't seen him like this for a long time, and I don't know what to start with, he has gray hair on his head!" Zhao Ling smiled self-deprecatingly, "Father is a very good father, but I am not a good son!" ”
"Don't think so!" Jiang Xiaoyu lowered his head to him gently, "You are a filial child, uncle knows!" ”
Zhao Ling was silent for a while before he sighed: "What do you think about the poisoning of my father?" ”
"It's weird!" Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes narrowed slightly, "If the other party is trying to murder Your Majesty, and Uncle Chu Wang was only injured by mistake, then who has the courage to murder Your Majesty?" If His Majesty dies, who will be the one who will benefit the most? If you look at it this way, at least in the eyes of the outside, the second prince and the third prince are suspicious. It's just that for those who know the inside story, now that the people of the Changsun family support the three princes, and half of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou are in the hands of the Changsun family, the second prince's trip must be very risky, and there is no need, then the most suspicious people left are the three princes and the eldest grandson family, and His Majesty has already shown his intention to weaken the strength of the eldest grandson family, so the people of the eldest grandson family have this motive......"
After a pause, Jiang Xiaoyu said again: "It's just that this is too logical, and it has not yet reached the point where the fish is dead and the net is broken, and His Majesty has never revealed his preference for establishing an heir, and the eldest grandson's family is completely unnecessary!" ”
She raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao Ling, and said, "In other words, the second prince and the third prince who benefited in the end have no motive to do this, so who would have the courage to assassinate His Majesty?" There is also a possibility that this matter was arranged by His Majesty......"
In the last sentence, Jiang Xiaoyu lowered his voice and whispered in Zhao Ling's ear.
Zhao Ling thought for a while and said: "Over the years, my father has not been biased in the affairs of the second prince, but he has not asked about political affairs, has not befriended officials above the court, and has no bad intentions, His Majesty has no need to move his father, unless His Majesty wants to use this to separate the Queen Mother and the eldest grandson's family!" ”
"I think it's more likely!" Jiang Xiaoyu said softly, "Thinking of the assassination of Donglin Hot Springs, haven't you found the results until now?" Maybe it was also arranged by His Majesty, our plan is to separate the Queen Mother and the eldest grandson's family, maybe Your Majesty has already started to act before us! ”
"If it is His Majesty's arrangement, he must also arrange the follow-up things, in terms of the meticulousness of his mind, this matter will not really touch the foundation of the Changsun family, if it is done too absolutely, it will inevitably make the Changsun family choose to die and break the net, in this way, it will shake the foundation of the Great Zhou, what Your Majesty has to do is to peel off the coat of the Changsun family layer by layer, weaken the Changsun family little by little, and at the same time plant a seed of doubt in the heart of the Queen Mother, only in this way, any action against the Changsun family in the future, will get the acquiescence of the Queen Mother! ”
"So in order to make up his mind for the Queen Mother, he did not hesitate to use his own brother as bait...... "Zhao Ling laughed mockingly, "Your Majesty's meticulousness and ruthlessness, I'm afraid it is not within our reach!" ”
"He won't even let go of his hair extension wife and biological son, in front of the supreme imperial power, family affection is a luxury!" Jiang Xiaoyu gently touched Zhao Ling's hair, "Don't tell the second prince about this, he has a straight temperament, I'm afraid that he will question Your Majesty!" ”
"Hmm!" Zhao Ling rubbed his face on Jiang Xiaoyu's palm, "You go back to rest first, it's good that I am guarding my father here!" ”
"It's okay, I'm not tired, I'll accompany you!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled faintly.
At the same time, the queen and His Majesty persuaded the elderly queen mother to go back to rest, and the queen personally helped the queen mother to go back, and Emperor Zhou was also persuaded by the people around him to go back to rest first, and then went back to call all the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital, and took turns to guard the king of Chu.
After the queen waited for the queen mother to go to bed, she immediately called the third prince, this matter is not just the poisoning of the king of Chu, but has already involved someone who wants to murder His Majesty, and the stake is not ordinary!
Of course, such a big thing happened in the palace, neither the prince nor the minister dared to sleep, they were anxiously waiting for the news from the palace, and the information that the third prince got about the affairs in the palace was not comprehensive, so after the queen summoned him, he immediately came to Fengqi Palace.
"I've seen the Queen Mother!" After the third prince greeted the queen, he frowned and asked, "The queen mother summoned her sons late at night, I don't know what it was for?" ”
The queen waved her hand and asked all the palace people to retreat, then got up and came to the side of the third prince, and asked eagerly in a low voice: "This palace asks you, did you do this?" ”
"The queen mother is stumped by her son!" The third prince said lightly, "Erchen doesn't know what the queen mother is referring to, and he doesn't know how to answer!" ”
"Less garlic for this palace!" The queen asked angrily, "This palace refers to the poisoning of King Chu, you don't know about such a big thing?" ”
"Erchen heard about it, but he still doesn't know the cause and effect, and he still wants to ask the queen mother!" Zhao Ye asked with an innocent expression.
"It's really none of your business?" The queen looked at Zhao Ye suspiciously, and told him the matter briefly.
"What does the queen mother mean, someone wants to murder the emperor?" Zhao Ye held his chin, his eyes sank, "Who has such courage?" ”
Could it be the eldest grandson's family? Don't they consult with themselves before they act?
Second brother? No, with the temperament of the second brother, he would not do this kind of thing, and the poisoning of the king of Chu here cleared the suspicion of the second brother!
Could it be that someone is trying to frame themselves by this? So what about the follow-up, will you splash dirty water on your body?
Zhao Ye's face sank for a moment: "The queen mother should pay close attention to this matter, this matter can be big or small, if you don't get it right, it will be a bloody storm!" ”
"This palace is already difficult to protect itself at the moment!" The queen smiled mockingly, "Your Majesty has always looked at this palace unpleasantly, but this palace has never made any major mistakes, and Your Majesty is not easy to say!" The affairs of the inner palace are all presided over by the palace, and this time it almost endangered His Majesty's life, how could he easily let the palace go? Today they are worried about King Chu's injuries, and they are afraid that tomorrow they should deal with them one by one! ”
Zhao Ye gently hugged the queen's shoulders and comforted: "No matter what aspect it is, the father and the emperor have to give an explanation to the king of Chu, after all, the eyes of the emperor's grandmother are staring, and the mother concubine must also suffer some grievances!" But as long as the queen mother is still the queen one day, you are still the master of the harem, they can't turn the sky upside down! And the father will never abolish the queen mother's throne because of this matter, and the situation in the palace is in crisis, and many times it is still up to the queen mother to preside over the overall situation, so the queen mother, you must not give up on yourself! ”
"This palace is only a few complaints, this palace will not be so easy to beat!" The queen sighed softly, and then she realized that the distance between her and Zhao Ye was a little close, although she had the status of mother and son, she was not a mother and son in the end, she coughed lightly, "You also said just now, this matter is very important, the palace will keep an eye on it, and you must be careful in everything outside the palace!" ”
"Erchen remembered!" Zhao Ye said, "It's not too early, the queen mother should rest early!" I heard that if you don't sleep well, women will age quickly! ”
The queen gently touched a trace of crow's feet at the corner of her eyes, and laughed at herself: "I'm already old, what do you care about?" ”
"It's Erchen who said the wrong thing!" Zhao Ye hurriedly apologized, "The queen mother is not old, she is not old at all!" A little girl who is younger than an eighteen-year-old looks younger and prettier! ”
"Okay, don't be a sycophant here in the palace, you can go back quickly!" Zhao Ye's tone was a little frivolous, and the queen felt a little inappropriate in her heart, and she couldn't say anything, so she had to stop the topic, thought about it and said, "Take the initiative to talk to your father tomorrow, this suspicion of killing the monarch can't be touched at all, Your Majesty is suspicious, if Your Majesty really suspects you, the future will be sad!" ”
"Erchen knows, Erchen has retired, and the queen mother will rest early!" Zhao Yan clenched his fists and retreated.
The queen sighed at the long night, she was used to this lonely long night, but today may have been completely broken, making her feel scared and nervous, only to find out that in the deep palace, this family is flesh and blood, blood inheritance, Qi Guifei has two princes, Jin Concubine has five princes, and the queen mother has His Majesty, but she is an outsider, and Zhenzhen doesn't even have a reliance and sustenance!
She thought of Zhao Ye's straight eyes, her heart was a little chaotic, and she hurriedly abandoned those noisy thoughts, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, and let the people in the palace stare at the movements of King Chu, His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and the movements of other people in the palace.