In the Taiji Palace, Yuan Xu showed Yuan Ziyou Song Wei's complaint against Er Zhurong for deliberately crippling him, and asked him if he had any opinions. Yuan Ziyou took the fold and flipped through it at will, handed it back to Yuan Xu, and asked, "It doesn't matter what Weichen thinks, the key is what the emperor thinks." ”

Yuan Xu threw it down, "I know that everyone in the world thinks that King Qinghe died unjustly, even if this Song Wei is loyal to me, reward him with ten years of money, and recuperate at home." It's just that I've been occasionally wondering if it was wrong to kill the Four Emperor Uncles at that time, Yanda, do you think the Four Emperor Uncles really want to rebel? ”

Yuan Ziyou didn't answer immediately, he knew that even if he told Yuan Xu that he had wrongfully killed King Xian, could Yuan Xu really believe it? Will the traitor who killed Yuan Yi be convicted again? Si Ren has passed away, but the ability to turn the tide is not the little emperor in front of him, he thought about it, and said, "Since the death of his father, every time he thinks about it, he is in pain, but he is helpless. The mother of Weichen washes her face with tears every day, cursing Gao Zhao, and can only let the ministers and brothers avoid trouble, and the ministers are graced by the queen mother, serve the emperor, and get the lintel. The minister once asked his mother why his father was innocent and harmed that day. The mother said to the ministers, Gao Zhao's rebellion, narrow and private, but afraid of the edict of Gao Zu. Now the crime of the king of Qinghe, the minister does not dare to say anything, but as soon as the prince dies, the nobles and lowly of the whole dynasty are all depressed, and the people of the village and the wilderness are running and wailing, which is no different from my father that day. ”

Yuan Xu heard that although he did not bluntly say that he was stupid and killed the virtuous minister, but every word had already pointed out that King Qinghe was wronged, how could he never have thought about this, but when he thought of his mother and his private meeting in the palace, he was angry in his heart, and said, "Are you saying that he doesn't deserve to die, and his uncle is equal to Gao Zhao?" Then I ask you, is he not guilty of fornication? ”

Yuan Ziyu pleaded guiltily, "Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare to compare Lord Yuan with Gao Zhao." It's just that the emperor asked about the king of Qinghe, and the ministers did not change things, but they only knew that from the time they remembered, they were the ministers and their brothers directly worshiped their subordinates, and they were appreciated by the prince, so the ministers were also close. Although the prince has made great contributions, he has never formed a party for personal gain, and he has never been subordinate. And the courtier's mother mentioned that the Queen Mother had known King Qinghe before entering the palace, and she had already had feelings. After the queen mother entered the palace to serve the first emperor, Yongsu held her body and practiced etiquette, which was the model of virtue. Even more Wei Jiangshan Sheji, I am willing to die with my body, give birth to the emperor, and protect the dragon vein. As for the Queen Mother's secret news, the ministers did not dare to discuss it. It's just that why didn't the emperor ask the queen mother in person and let the queen mother give the emperor an answer? ”

Yuan Xu bit his lower lip and listened to Yuan Ziyou's words, but the more he listened, the more angry he became, he yelled at Yuan Ziyou, "Yanda, do you really don't know or fake don't know?" My biological mother is not her Hu Xianzhen, my mother is Li Min'er, this woman not only deceived me, but also tried to deceive the world, she forced my biological mother to die, and replaced her, but also fornicated with King Qinghe in front of me, she is not worthy of being the queen mother, I will not kill her, I will not abolish her, and I will give the honor of the queen mother, but it is just the love of nurturing me for so many years, how did she think that she regarded me as a puppet and manipulated it at will. ”

Yuan Ziyou didn't expect this mother and son to have such a suspicion, Yuan Xu must have listened to Liu Tengyuan's provocation, so he mistakenly regarded his biological mother as an enemy, he asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, you sent Ying Concubine Niangniang to Xuanguang Palace, didn't you want her to do her filial piety on your behalf?" ”

Yuan Xu sneered, "That woman's appearance out of the water is charming, but she disdains my favor and invites herself into the cold palace, and I will fulfill her." She wants to enter the Xuanguang Palace, I know her thoughts, since she wants to, I will fulfill her and live up to the Queen Mother's kindness to her. ”

Yuan Ziyou began to feel that he would be wrong about Yuan Xu's meaning, he always thought that Yuan Xu was just cooperating with Ying'e to act in a scene to rescue the Queen Mother, so he kept following this line of thought, and he would go to Yaoguang Temple to pick up. If Yuan Xu knew that he had secretly done so many things, would the Pengcheng Mansion face another catastrophe, no, he could no longer let his mother and concubine be frightened, let alone involve the Pengcheng Mansion in the dispute between the court and the party, the Queen Mother wanted to be saved, and Yuan Yi Liu Teng must be eradicated. He quickly organized the language, "Ying Concubine doesn't understand the amorous feelings, but she doesn't know how to lift, but she deserves this punishment." It's just that the emperor knew the reason why Ying Concubine was bent on going to Xuanguang Palace, and he let Ying Concubine go, which was also a sign of filial piety to the Queen Mother. ”

Yuan Xu was silent, "Yanda knows that the death of Concubine Li was to bring down Queen Gao, and the Queen Mother was the one who benefited in the end." Let me lose my mother at a young age, she took me back to raise me as a queen mother, nothing more than to emulate the Empress Dowager Wencheng Wenming and achieve her goal of listening to the government, for so many years I have listened to her everything, everything is her decision, she makes me feel incompetent. But I was sometimes conflicted, and she did make me feel the warmth of my mother many times, so I asked her if she was my biological mother. But what mother would flirt with her brother-in-law in front of her son openly, and openly stay with the prince, so that I will be ridiculed by the world, how can I bear it. Yanda, do you think I'm actually pitiful? I don't want to know the things I want to know one by one, and the things I don't want to know are broken by me, this is my sorrow. ”

Yuan Ziyou looked at the young man in front of him, who was only fifteen years old, the thin body under the dragon robe, his eyes were firmly fixed on the candle flame in front of him, as if he wanted to let the flame melt into his eyes, he wanted to prove his value as the Son of Heaven, Yuan Yi took advantage of this, screened the folds every day, and then let Yuan Xu personally approve some innocuous twists and turns, so that he had the pleasure of being pro-government, Pan Wailian provoked by the pillow every day, which caused Yuan Xu to hate the Queen Mother more and more, and imprisoned his biological mother and did not want to visit.

Yuan Ziyou was a little uneasy, he chose to continue to test, "The emperor is the son of heaven of our Great Wei, a good emperor admired by all the people, the emperor must not be arrogant, but the emperor is now allowed to play by the prime minister, Er Zhurong will inevitably enter Beijing, how will the emperor place the concubine?" Song Wei's remnants have already shown Er Zhurong's attitude towards the case of King Qinghe, and he wrote that he wanted to ask to meet the Queen Mother, I don't know what the emperor plans to do? ”

Yuan Xu smiled indifferently, "I know that you are all waiting to see my jokes, Concubine Ying is not arranged by me to become a monk, since the harem is still the queen mother, just wait for the queen mother's will." As for the courtiers who wanted to meet the Queen Mother at the celebration banquet, they asked Gonggong Liu to arrange it, and I believe that he can organize this celebration. After speaking, he looked at Yuan Ziyou meaningfully and said, "Yanda, you have been my attendant since you were a child, for the sake of this feeling, I asked you to be cautious in front of me again, just don't just let outsiders see your impulse, you don't have to be like this to me, you retreat." ”

Yuan Ziyou was so shocked that he was covered in a cold sweat, and slowly withdrew from the palace, thinking all the way about what Yuan Xu was referring to, he was not afraid of saving the Queen Mother, after all, it was justice and had his own rhetoric, but the emperor had always emphasized to himself the secret of the Queen Mother, could it be that he couldn't help but be in love with Ying'e? He began to panic, blaming himself for his confusion at the time, making this big mistake, if Yuan Xu was difficult, it would really be a humiliation to the family and disgrace his deceased father. When he thought of this, he didn't pay attention and happened to meet Liu Teng head-on.

Liu Teng put his hands behind his back and looked at Yuan Ziyou with a sneer, he saw that Yuan Ziyou was uneasy, and wanted to take the opportunity to knock on one or two, he said in a weird way, "The waiter left the palace so late, and he accidentally looked at the road, don't take the wrong road." ”

Yuan Ziyou saw that it was Liu Teng, and immediately hid the uneasiness in his heart, and squeezed out the same smirk as Liu Teng on his face, "I'm tired of Lord Liu showing the way here, I will see the direction clearly, thank you, my lord." ”

Liu Teng said, "It's okay to give the waiter directions, if the waiter is free next time, I will visit Mrs. Jingsi, please help our family find a little yellow door." That kid was sent by our family to serve the teacher, but he didn't see him for a few days, and there were many forks in the mountain, so I thought that the kid was playful and went astray. ”

Yuan Ziyou knew that Liu Teng suspected that he had killed the little eunuch, and because he had no evidence, he came to test himself, and he replied calmly, "I am only a waiter in the lower ranks, but I don't have the power to inspect the missing people, I am afraid that I will live up to Lord Liu's trust." I just heard my mother say that Master Jing Si entered the Buddha Gate because he didn't like to disturb, so he only had a palace maid to serve him. The adults are indeed loyal to the old master, and bother to arrange for the little yellow door to serve, what kind of heart is this? If you have the opportunity to see your master again, you will definitely show your loyalty, and you will be a model for your ministers. ”

Liu Tengyin said with a smile, "Being loyal to the Lord is our duty as slaves. It's just that although the little yellow door is said to be a small official, it is also a master who has a family to worry about. The waiter walks slowly, and our family goes in to serve the emperor. ”

Yuan Ziyou made a gesture and said goodbye with a smile. When I returned home, passing by Yongxiang, the cold moonlight reflected the gloomy chill of the bluestone road, and the palace lights on both sides of the road struggled to burn as if it were bright and dark. Yuan Ziyou seemed to see the broken picture of the fight, and the last helpless words of King Qinghe before his death sounded in his ears, "Zhen'er, I am destined not to take you away." That day, he could only rush to collect the body for Yuan Yi, and saw his most respected uncle lying on the ground covered in blood, with more than a dozen spears stuck in his body, and he couldn't bear to look at the death on the peerless handsome face. He avoided his body, quickly wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and watched Yuan Yi cover his nose with a handkerchief in the distance, sinister and wicked. That day, he seemed to see his father's voice again, his father was stubbornly loyal to Emperor Xiaowen, holding an edict but it was difficult to ensure a good death, and he began to understand that this court would not stop killing as long as there was a desire, and the prince of the high merit would never tolerate the young master, not to mention that there were also charms and ghosts around him to provoke and frame. Father is like this, so is King Qinghe, the two people who Yuan Ziyou respected most in his life ended with such a tragic death. He felt extremely tightness in his chest, looked around the palace, and suddenly found a figure flashing in the aisle, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and pretended not to see him and went out of the palace directly to return to the palace.

On the second day, the doorman found that there were a few strange beggars and traders around the Pengcheng Palace, not for a living, but just staring at the people entering and leaving the palace. Yuan Ziyou instructed the doorman not to tell his mother Li Yuanhua, for fear that his mother would be worried, so he didn't even say anything about his brother Yuan Zizhi and younger brother Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Zizhi has been an official for many years, and he carefully noticed the abnormal movement outside the house, and after a day of dinner, he borrowed a book from Yuan Ziyou for an excuse, went to his study, and went straight to the point, "Second brother, although I am a brother, but I am a concubine." It is said that you should be in charge of this family in the future, you don't have to discuss some things with us, and the eldest brother also knows your hard work, but isn't it better to have one more person to discuss some things? ”

Yuan Ziyou has never regarded this eldest brother as an outsider, his talent is most appreciated by the King of Qinghe, and now he is a regular attendant of the Zhizhi Scattered Cavalry, all of whom are helped by the King of Qinghe, since the death of the King of Qinghe, he was excluded by the Yuan Yi henchmen, depressed, and returned to the house every day just after dealing with routine official duties, and insisted on patience in everything. Yuanzi knew that he was steady, thought twice, and said bluntly, "Big brother, I have been your little follower since I was a child, you know that my mother regards you as my own child, and our younger brothers and sisters also look up to you." Father is gone, eldest brother and father, it is said that I should consult with you in everything, but now this matter is very serious, it is really dangerous, I can bear it alone, I really don't want to implicate you. ”

Yuan Zizhi smiled and patted Yuan Ziyou on the shoulder, "Second brother, born from the same root, do you think that if something happens to you, we can be left alone?" If you are honest now, you and I will discuss a countermeasure, if the eldest brother is not wrong, do you want to rescue the Queen Mother? ”

Yuan Ziyou nodded and said angrily, "Big brother, I was there when King Qinghe died, and his last wish was to rescue the Queen Mother. Big brother, can I sit idly by and ignore the country and private interests? ”

At the mention of King Qinghe, Yuan Zizhi couldn't help but burst into tears, "Second brother, what do you say, big brother listens to you." ”

Yuan Ziyou told Yuan Zizhi about the plan being implemented, and especially mentioned the suicide note of Li Min'er that Bai Cheng said, and Bai Cheng was also assisting in finding his whereabouts. Yuan Zizhi still didn't believe Bai Cheng very much, "That kind of villain, how to believe it." Such an important letter, Liu Teng must be hidden in a hidden place, and his wife may not know about it. All the people in his mansion are personally selected cronies, and it is not easy to install eyeliner, and now he has to wait for Er Zhurong to enter Beijing, and Liu Teng must be in the palace at the thanksgiving banquet. The two brothers discussed the details again, and waited for Erzhu Rong to enter Beijing two days later.