Yan Suwen planned everything, but he never expected that what was waiting for the next destination was not the famous doctor's holy scripture, not the picturesque scenery, but the imperial forest army of the imperial court.

The person who was the leader, she also recognized, was the emperor's confidant and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Lu Youwei.

Seeing Lu Youwei, Gu Changfeng's face immediately became solemn, and without waiting for him to come forward and salute, he asked, "But something happened in the capital?" ”

"Back to Xiangye, something did happen, the emperor ordered me to come here in a hurry and ask Xiangye and his wife to return to Beijing."

"But the emperor is sick? Or is the queen unwell? ”

"When Mrs. returns to Yecheng, everything will naturally understand." Lu Youwei lowered his eyes, looking like he didn't want to say more at all, and he wouldn't say more.

Gu Changfeng saw that his face was wrong, and he was very secretive about Yan Su, and his heart sank slightly, speculating that what happened in Yecheng was related to the Yan family. He secretly called Lu Youwei elsewhere and asked her in a low voice, "But what happened to the Yan family?" If you say it directly, I won't blame you, and I won't let the emperor know. ”

"Don't dare to deceive the prime minister, the queen mother was murdered, and all the evidence points to the Yan family." Lu Youwei said to Gu Changfeng: "There is an old case in the palace, I don't know if the prime minister has heard of it?" ”

"...... you mean"

"Yes, it's the old case that Xiang Ye thought of, the one related to the Queen Mother. At that time, the first emperor had not yet ascended the throne, but was only a prince. During the campaign, he met a pair of sisters. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he gave his sister the title of Concubine De and his sister Concubine Xian. The concubine of the year is the queen mother of today. ”

"I have heard of this appearance, it is reported that the concubine is arrogant, and she relies on the favor of the emperor, and she doesn't even pay attention to the queen's mother. Concubine De gave birth to a little prince in the second year of being canonized by the first emperor, that is, the second prince Mu Qi. At that time, the former emperor had already appointed Mu Yang, the eldest prince of the queen's concubine, as the crown prince, but Concubine De wanted her son to replace him. Although Concubine De Niangniang is from a famous family, her mother's family is just an ordinary scholarly family, and the family behind the queen's mother is not the same. In order to achieve her wish, Concubine De found Sui An, who was the secretary of the military department at that time.

This Sui An, although he is the secretary of the military department, is not good at leading troops to fight, what he is good at is to do what he likes, and see the wind and steer the rudder. It is by relying on that pair of eyes and a mouth that he made him a confidant of the emperor. He knew that the emperor favored Concubine De Niangniang and helped Concubine De Niangniang, which was equivalent to preserving his future glory and wealth.

At that time, the world was initially decided, and there were still many rebels in the Great Wei Dynasty, so Sui An suggested that the prince personally lead the troops to crusade against the traitors. At that time, the crown prince was only fourteen years old, and he was not the best candidate to go on the expedition. Concubine De Niangniang and Sui An's purpose is very clear, that is, they want Prince Muyang to die on the battlefield.

What disappointed Concubine De was that Prince Muyang not only did not die in battle, but won completely. More importantly, the victory in this battle also put on the armor of the young god of war for Prince Muyang, and made the people more and more identified as this future lord.

If you can't make a plan, Concubine De has another plan.

Three years later, when Prince Muyang turned seventeen years old, the former emperor went out hunting, and Concubine De took this opportunity to send someone to tell the prince that the former emperor had dreamed of the prince's deceased grandmother, and hoped that the prince could fulfill his filial piety on behalf of his father and pay tribute to his grandmother. Prince Muyang was pure by nature and believed in it, so he really held a simple memorial ceremony for his grandmother in Yecheng, and after the ceremony, he sent the sacrificial meat and sacrificial wine to the palace for the emperor to eat.

Because Concubine De is favored and very good at riding and shooting, the emperor hunts first, and always asks her to accompany her. Concubine De took this opportunity to poison the sacrificial meat before the emperor returned to the palace. Concubine De Niangniang was thoughtful, she tried her best to praise Prince Muyang's filial piety in front of the emperor, and persuaded the emperor to cherish the prince's filial piety, and on the other hand, she said that in order to ensure safety, before the emperor ate meat, try to see if it is poisonous.

She first had a hound brought in and threw the sacrificial meat to the hound. After a while, the hound showed symptoms of poisoning and fell to the ground and died. Then she ordered her maid to try the sacrificial wine, and the maid died on the spot.

Before the emperor could react, Concubine De fell to the ground, saying that she never thought that the prince would take advantage of this opportunity to take the life of the emperor, and said that Prince Muyang was already the crown prince of the dynasty, and it was a matter of time before he inherited the throne, so why be so anxious.

Seeing this, Sui An also stepped forward to help, deliberately exaggerating the power of the queen's mother's family, and said that the queen and her mother's family were people who intended to rebel. The first emperor was annoyed and angry, and even if he abolished Prince Muyang, he demoted him to a concubine.

Prince Muyang was charged with killing his father, and when he saw that he had implicated the queen mother and his rented parents because of himself, he drank wine and died.

Prince Muyang died, the queen mother was beaten into the cold palace, as for the families behind the queen, they were also copied from the family, exiled from exile, in just one month, Yecheng was bleeding like a river, and even the rain in the sky was red.

Concubine De got her wish, and finally let her son ascend to the throne of the crown prince, and she herself was promoted to the imperial concubine. But two years later, Concubine De's plan with Sui An was exposed, and Concubine De was given white silk and died in Qingyang Palace. Prince Muqi was deposed and imprisoned in Huijun Mountain, and the always low-key Concubine Xian Niangniang was also imprisoned in the cold palace for more than ten years because she was involved by Concubine De. ”

"Yes, when the emperor was seriously ill, he thought of the past things of Concubine Xian Niangniang, so he released Niangniang from the cold palace, restored her concubine position, and promoted her to Xian Guifei, and let her raise the current saint on her behalf. But there is still a rumor outside, I don't know if Xiangye has heard it. ”

"If it's a rumor, don't believe it."

"Xiangye will not be gullible, but it is a matter of the royal family, and whether the emperor believes it or not is important." Lu Youwei said, lowering his head.

On the carriage back to Yecheng, Gu Changfeng asked Yan Su, "Can you pass a rumor related to your mother?" ”

"What rumors?"

"It is rumored that your mother Du Ruonai was born to the Empress Dowager and a guard who was responsible for guarding the cold palace when she was living in the cold palace, and it was your grandmother Mrs. Yan who delivered her at that time. At that time, your grandmother was only a female official in the palace, and she was specially for the concubines and ladies in the palace. There are also rumors outside that the first emperor is seriously ill, and it is also the hands and feet of your Yan family, and the person behind this is the current Queen Mother. ”

", it's just. Before the death of the first emperor, the queen mother was already the only imperial concubine in the harem, no matter that prince ascended the throne, he had to be honored as the queen mother. What did she do to murder the emperor? Yes, the first emperor entrusted the emperor to the care of the queen mother, but how old was the emperor at that time? Even if the Queen Mother has the heart to support him to ascend to the throne, can he sit firmly? Before him, there were many adult princes, did he win it? Those princes are not born to the Queen Mother, nor is the emperor, for the Queen Mother, no matter which position is the same. Moreover, the Yan family at that time couldn't get on the stage, except for my grandmother who served in the palace, the rest were all minions. This person who spreads rumors can really look down on our Yan family. ”

"Madame has a wrong sentence, other princes are on the throne and the current emperor is still different from the queen mother."

"What's the difference? Just because the current emperor was raised by the Queen Mother herself? It's said that it is raised, and where can it be taken care of? There is all the food and drink in this palace, and the daily life is also taken care of by the eunuchs and palace maids, and the queen mother is at most asking. said that there are feelings, but I am afraid that they are all on the surface. ”

"The emperor's biological mother died of illness." Gu Changfeng said lightly: "The reason why the emperor handed over the emperor to the queen mother to raise is because his mother was from a humble background, and the emperor was worried that after he left, he would not be able to take care of this child. The first emperor promoted the queen mother's concubine to the throne, which was also considered. Second, it is because the emperor's biological mother is seriously ill, even if she wants to take care of it herself, she can't. Other princes, although they also have to refer to the rules and call the queen mother, but they are either adults or have their own biological mothers, even if they are honorific, they inevitably have other plans in their hearts. In this matter, if it is Mrs. Change, who will Mrs. choose to take the throne? ”

Hearing this, Yan Suwen's face suddenly froze, and it took a long time before he said sullenly: "It's me who is wrong, I didn't think so deeply before." ”

"There is one more thing, at this time, which should also be told to Madame."

"What's the matter?"

"If the rumors outside are true, then your maternal grandmother is the current Queen Mother, and your maternal grandfather is still alive in the world, and he is still a heavy minister with a heavy army."

"You mean, my status instantly became noble?" Yan Suwen's voice was slightly strange: "My grandmother is the queen mother, so what about my mother, even if she is not a princess, she should be a county lord, right?" Am I a small county lord? So should I celebrate myself, celebrate that I finally got involved with the emperor and suddenly had a royal identity? ”

"Do you think the emperor will recognize you as a relative?"

"If you refer to the routine in the script, he should recognize it, because he doesn't suffer a loss. My Yan family has medical skills, and I am the wife of his good brother and confidant, and the most important thing is that I have no wolf ambitions, and he recognizes me as a niece, which is very cost-effective. Wait...... Wait, niece, how do I feel that this has lowered the seniority of both of us! ”

"Madame, did you only think about the question of seniority?" Gu Changfeng looked at her with an expression that wanted to cry and laugh.

"I don't just think about generation, I think about age. When the queen mother raised the emperor on her behalf, how old was the emperor? ”

"Under the age of one."

"Then the emperor is an old man." Yan Su asked and pinched his fingers to calculate: "When the Queen Mother was beaten into the cold palace, she seemed to be in her twenties, and when she left the palace, she was almost forty. If the rumors were true, then my mother would have been twelve or thirteen years old at that time. ”

"The Queen Mother was twenty-five years old when she was beaten into the cold palace!" Gu Changfeng added: "The year the Empress Dowager met the first emperor, the first emperor was twenty-seven years old, Prince Muyang was nine years old, Concubine De was seventeen years old, and the Empress Dowager was only fifteen years old at that time. Five years later, Prince Mu Yang led the troops to the battle, and the Queen Mother had just given birth to Princess Mu Yuan, who died in the future. Three years later, Prince Muyang committed suicide by drinking, and after another two years, the Empress Dowager was dragged by Concubine De and was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor. ”

"According to what you said, my mother's life experience is really a little suspicious. I always thought that the Queen Mother was younger than my grandmother, but now it seems that she is just better at maintenance than my grandmother. By the way, husband, what did you want to say just now, I looked at your expression, it was weird. ”

"The royal family does not allow such a thing to exist." Gu Changfeng said lightly: "In other words, the emperor does not allow your mother's identity to exist." ”