Chapter 822: Repentance

If you want to make a fuss about Miss Xiao Mingzhu, Xiao Rui is not without ideas.

He told Xie Mulin that the people left in the capital of the Yan Wangfu would pass the latest news in the capital to the king of Yan every day, and in the past two days, he had been by the side of the king of Yan and happened to hear some news about Xiao Mingzhu.

The matter starts with the emperor's attack on the Lin family.

King Yan left the capital with his newly recognized son Xiao Rui on the front foot, and the emperor attacked the Lin family on the back foot. At first, it was just Dali Temple that there was a big case that needed to summon a certain high-ranking official of the Lin family, but after being rejected by the other party, he quietly forcibly escorted people away on the way to the private house in the outer room that night. By the time the Lin family received the news, it was already the next day. No matter what means the Dali Temple used, they also successfully pried open the official's mouth, and based on his testimony, they successively arrested several other officials of the Lin family, and at the same time imprisoned more than a dozen in-laws of the Lin family.

Except for a few individuals who were convicted of a crime, most of them did not seem to have a very strong incriminating evidence, and the crime was not serious, and they looked like they were hopeful of getting out. The people of Dali Temple hurried to interrogate, while the people of the Lin family went around trying to exonerate themselves and their allies, only feeling that there was a lot of hope.

Who knew that in less than a day's work, the Cao family was over. They sent a number of powerful witnesses and relevant evidence to Dali Temple, all of which can testify to the members of the Lin family and their in-laws, and even the one with the highest official position who is only one step away from entering the cabinet is also involved. The situation of the Lin family instantly became very unoptimistic, and everyone was cursing the Cao family. But before they can take revenge on the Cao family, they have to save themselves first.

probably guessed that this was most likely the emperor liquidating the Lin family, and Lin Zhaoyi took the risk of making a suggestion to the emperor in order to save the life and political future of his mother's family.

She suggested that the emperor posthumously seal her former lover Xiao Mingzhu, so that the latter could enjoy the royal incense and bury his bones in the imperial mausoleum, instead of being alone and gossiping.

Lin Zhaoyi was the concubine of the emperor when he was in the palace. She may not know the specific situation of Xiao Mingzhu, but after all, she is a close person around the emperor, and it is not surprising that she will know that there was a love between the emperor and Xiao Mingzhu. Even if she didn't notice anything, when Xiao Guifei was favored after entering the palace, her sister Xiao Mingzhu became a taboo between the emperor, the queen and Xiao Guifei, and no one dared to mention her, and they could guess that there was something wrong. Now that Lin Zhaoyi is unable to redeem the emperor's favor, she can only take risks and use Xiao Guifei to test the holy will. If she can make the emperor happy, maybe her mother's family can be saved?

The emperor did not order Dali Temple to stop hearing cases related to the Lin family, but he was not unmoved by Lin Zhaoyi's suggestion.

Xiao Rui has now entered the clan jade, and it is clearly written that his biological mother is Xiao Mingzhu, the fiancée of King Yan. But for Xiao Mingzhu's identity, the emperor has not issued an order to posthumously seal it. Normally, it is possible for her to be posthumously named Concubine Yan or Concubine Yan Wang. She was originally the official fiancée of King Yan, and she was given marriage by the first emperor, but she died before she got married, and it is reasonable to be under the princess Yue who was married by Ming Media. When Xiao Rui entered the palace to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother said that for Xiao Rui's biological mother Xiao Mingzhu, the title of posthumous title should not be too low, otherwise Xiao Rui's background is not high enough, and the qualification to inherit the title of King Yan may be doubtful, and it is easy to leave trouble. According to the original agreement, when King Yan left Beijing with Xiao Rui, the emperor should issue an order to posthumously seal Xiao Mingzhu. It can be published for the time being without a clear purpose, and it can be spread to the world, but at least it must be kept on file in the cabinet.

But the emperor didn't do this step for a few days, and the queen mother suspected that he was an old mistake.

Knowing the son Mo Ruomu, the emperor has affection for Xiao Mingzhu, and the queen mother was not completely unaware of it back then. At that time, she also complained that Xiao Mingzhu was not sincere enough to her youngest son, so Xiao Mingzhu died young, and she didn't say anything good, otherwise the gossip about Xiao Mingzhu from the outside world would not have been passed down to this day. How can that also be a woman who the Queen Mother has watched grow up since she was a child and carefully selected as her little daughter-in-law. But when she knew that Xiao Mingzhu had "born" a son for King Yan, her attitude immediately changed.

The queen mother thought that Xiao Mingzhu had never changed her mind about King Yan, and was willing to sacrifice her name and honor for him, and had children out of wedlock, but the emperor chased after her, in order to avoid the emperor, she could only move to a mountain courtyard to raise the baby, but because she could not get the care of a good doctor, she died of dystocia - this is the queen mother herself according to the emperor and King Yan's words, and she was quite moved in her heart. People have been dead for so many years, and the queen mother can't blame the emperor for her, but she can't help but muttered in her heart that the emperor can't control himself, and he can get all the beauties in the world, why did he take a fancy to his brother and daughter-in-law and hurt his younger brother's life?

Now the queen mother saw that the emperor was unwilling to do what was agreed, so she felt that the emperor was unwilling, and asked the emperor to persuade him one after another.

When King Yan received the secret letter from the eldest princess of Yongning through the people of King Yan's mansion, he was also very angry. He could guess the emperor's thoughts - Xiao Mingzhu had already been buried in the imperial mausoleum, if he wanted to posthumously crown her as the princess of Yan, would he dig Xiao Mingzhu out and rebury her, or would he still let her lie down in the imperial mausoleum for no apparent reason? If Xiao Mingzhu is officially posthumously crowned as a harem concubine, this problem can be solved. Anyway, after the Cao family and the Lin family were eradicated together, the emperor was dominant in the country and reached the top of power, even if the courtiers had some criticism, the emperor was confident that they would not be able to stop him.

But from the standpoint of King Yan and Xiao Rui, things will become very embarrassing: the jade has already stated that the biological mother of Xiao Rui, the only son of King Yan, is Xiao Mingzhu, if Xiao Mingzhu is the emperor's concubine, wouldn't it be a daughter marrying two husbands? Not to mention that the top of Yan Wang's head is green, even Xiao Rui, his identity will become very embarrassing.

If he is really the prince, he will be taken out of the Yan Wangfu as the heir as the prince, and it will be enough. If he is the son of King Yan, but his biological mother becomes the imperial concubine, it is really the biggest scandal since the founding of this dynasty.

When Xiao Rui saw this message, his face also darkened. However, after King Yan got angry, he comforted him and said that things would not deteriorate to that point, and the Queen Mother would not allow the emperor to act so recklessly.

Of course, Xiao Rui believed in King Yan, but in private, he was also a little uneasy. His own biological mother is actually Li Yaozhi, but because he wanted to help Li Yaozhi get out of an embarrassing situation, he pulled his stepmother Xiao Mingzhu as a banner, pretending that the latter was his biological mother. If there is no such thing, how the emperor chases Xiao Mingzhu has nothing to do with him, let alone let him fall into the current situation. He felt a little guilty about his stepmother Xiao Mingzhu, but more of it was anger and resentment towards the emperor's untrustworthy words.

He knew that the Queen Mother and King Yan would definitely think of a way to stop the emperor, but if there was a need, he might be able to tell Aunt Li about it?

After hearing his words, Xie Mulin couldn't help but shout "wonderful", and then he was a little embarrassed: "It's all a bad idea I gave you, and now it's embarrassing for you......"

"It's not your fault." Xiao Rui smiled, "The emperor has already agreed, and he shouldn't have turned back." In the past eighteen years, he didn't think about chasing his stepmother, but now when everyone has set a decent identity for his stepmother and solved her funeral, he suddenly fell in love, but he wanted to ruin his godmother's reputation...... He made mistakes again and again, and he was not satisfied with the harm caused so many people, just for his own selfishness...... He is the one who is most wrong, so why should we be ashamed? ”