Chapter 117: The Cruel Truth
Seeing that it was coming to the New Year, my father would not come to the Crescent Country, but I heard that the king of Yasukuni died of a sudden illness and the crown prince succeeded to the throne.
Qi Yan chose a coral as a gift to send over, for the country of the grassland, corals are such an object, which is finally rare and precious.
Pei Lin, Shu Meiren, and Song Meiren in the palace are all happy, and even Qi Yue is happy, but there is no news from Ziyu alone.
I asked the reason, but Ziyu stubbornly said that the family feud had not been rehabilitated, and she would not give birth to a child for Qi Yan, which could be regarded as having less to do with Qi Yan.
"Are you really confused or fake, if there is only a trace of connection, you and Your Majesty will already have a bond." I sat on a bench in Shufang Palace, drinking warm water and lighting purple jade. "You said this to this palace at the beginning, why did you get confused when you got to yourself?"
Ziyu shook her head and sighed on the side: "A few days ago was my father's death day, if it wasn't for His Majesty's reminder, I would have almost forgotten it." ”
Ziyu couldn't help but shake her head, and laughed at herself: "I didn't expect to rely on the enemy's son to remind me, it's really ironic." Instead, Ziyu added: "Maybe falling in love with Your Majesty from the beginning is a sarcasm. ”
"Actually...... "I was a little hesitant, but seeing that Ziyu was a little depressed, I was still ready to open my mouth to comfort." In fact, Ziyu, this matter is a matter of the previous generation, and it has nothing to do with Qi Yan, so you have true feelings for him, and it is still worth blessing. ”
Ziyu looked up at me and sneered, "I didn't expect that you and Your Majesty have experienced a life and death and have already begun to change direction. Hmph, I thought Niangniang would attack His Majesty. ”
I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect Ziyu to guess my initial thoughts.
"Ziyu, in fact, the truth of many things is always different from what we initially thought." I explained: "At first, I thought that this peace was for the peace of the two countries, but now it has become a bargaining chip to start a war, and the choice between choices has long since changed. ”
"What do you mean, Queen?" Ziyu asked with some sensitivity: "Could it be that Xinyue and Da Zhou are going to fight?" ”
I frowned helplessly, "This palace doesn't want this to happen, so this time I may stand on the opposite side of my father." ”
Ziyu saw that I was a little depressed, and couldn't help but comfort me.
"Don't worry too much, I believe Your Majesty will stand by Niangniang."
I nodded, looked up at Ziyu and smiled slightly: "Since you persuaded me to believe in Your Majesty, why don't you have confidence in Your Majesty?" In fact, this palace also learned recently, it turns out that His Majesty has been investigating the affairs of the year, and he has already gained something, and there is still a gap between it and what it seems on the surface back then. ”
"There's a gap?!" Ziyu looked at me with a puzzled expression, I nodded, and told Ziyu the news I learned from Qi Yan 1510.
Back then, Ziyu's father Zifeng was indeed ordered by the emperor to go undercover beside the prince, but the actual situation was that Zifeng was a double-sided undercover agent.
On the one hand, he was delivering news to the emperor, and on the other hand, he was also giving ideas to the crown prince. He is more for double insurance, if the crown prince has the upper hand, Zifeng will attack the emperor. If the emperor was one step closer to the throne, he would push the crown prince into the abyss.
The reason why the former emperor cured Zifeng's sin was actually because the prince told the emperor some secrets before he died, and also reminded the former emperor that Zifeng could not stay.
After listening to my brief description, Ziyu couldn't accept it for a while.
"Impossible, my father was a hero who assisted the emperor to ascend the throne, not a two-faced villain! No way! ”
"Ziyu, if you really want to know the truth, you can actually ask someone, and you will definitely believe his words."
"Who!?"
"Cao Lingqiu."
"Cao Lingqiu? Who is it! ”
"Why did you forget about Yongfu Village so quickly?" I reminded with a smile: "You always remember the county order Cao Yin, right?" ”
"Lord Cao?" Ziyu asked weakly, "What does it have to do with Lord Cao?" ”
"Ziyu, have you forgotten that there are still people in the palace who are still following the Red Sleeve Village, if you want to check the origin of a person, it is still easy to do it with a little effort." I continued to explain: "Back then, Zifeng had a sworn brother in the Great Zhou, and the two experienced a lot of life and death, but it was a pity that the sworn brother later entered the court of the Great Zhou, and Zifeng had to be the staff of the second prince of the new moon. ”
Ziyu listened to me talk about the old past, and she couldn't help but sweat profusely.
"Later, Zifeng suffered a disaster, and before he died, he wrote a letter and entrusted his children to this righteous brother to take care of." I saw that Ziyu was already relieved, so I directly told the riddle.
"This righteous brother is the county magistrate Cao Yin, and in order not to drag Cao Yin down, you stayed in Yongfu Village to live."
Ziyu nodded, "I didn't expect that after so many years of past, Niangniang would be able to dig so clearly." ”
"Actually, Your Majesty knows all this." I took a letter from my bosom and handed it to Ziyu. "This is a letter from Lord Cao Yin's daughter Cao Ling Qiuzang, a letter written by Lord Zifeng to his righteous brother back then, most of these things that this palace said were learned from here, you can see if it is Ling Zun's handwriting."
Ziyu took the letter tremblingly, quickly pulled it out, and swept her eyes over it, and couldn't help but tears fall.
"It turns out that I am not a loyal minister, but the daughter of a criminal minister? It's ironic, haha, great irony. ”
Seeing Ziyu in such pain, I felt very uncomfortable, especially the letter, I even regretted giving it to Ziyu.
When I left Shufang Palace, I lost my energy when I walked. Cuiyun and Yu Mo supported me with all their hearts.
"Mother, it's snowing again, the road is slippery, you have to be careful."
Listening to Cuiyun's reminder, I realized that there were indeed goose feather-like snowflakes floating on both sides of the corridor. Yu Mo tidied up the cloak on my body and pulled it forward again.
"Yu Mo, don't tell Your Majesty about today's matter."
Yu Mo was stunned for a moment, then bowed and saluted, and answered "yes".
"I hope that this time, I can help Your Majesty, and I can also help Ziyu." I said lightly, turning around and looking at the snowflakes falling all over the sky, but my mind could not be calm.
For those who did not come, and for those who did not leave.
"Niangniang, are you so interested in enjoying the wind and snow here?"
I turned around and found that it was none other than my wife, Pei Lin. Standing beside her is her sister, Princess Pei Jingqiu.
I couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in my heart, but thinking of Pei Lin breaking her personal maid a few days ago, I somewhat sympathized with this rampaging Mrs. Pei.