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After listening to Kang Yuanbang's words, Zhao Qian also let go of a lot of worries and smiled: "The emperor and my lord, have you talked about it today?" ”

Kang Yuanbang smiled rarely: "It's all mine, many scruples, the emperor is long, and it is difficult for our courtiers to repay their deaths, so we can only do things for the emperor with all our hearts to repay the king's kindness." ”

Zhao Qian bowed: "In this way, there will be Lord Lao, please take care of your body, adults have lost a lot of weight recently, don't work too hard and hurt your body." ”

"The affairs of the harem, the chief should bother more, and mention more mothers."

"Please rest assured, Niangniang is the master that the slave really loves, and in the heart of the slave, only the emperor and Niangniang are the real masters of the slave."

Kang Yuanbang nodded, walked towards the outside of the palace, stretched out his hand, and the snowflakes falling from the sky fell on his palm, cold pieces of it, and melted in a moment. God, it's really going to change!

The things that happened in the harem, just like this gloomy cloud, weighed heavily on Kang Yuanbang's heart, and now after a heart-to-heart conversation with Xuanyuan Yan, the burden on his shoulders is heavier, and the responsibility is heavier.

Who is the black hand that is difficult to catch in the harem?

The suspicion is expanding in Kang Yuanbang's heart, there has always been his presence in the palace, and since the time when Gong Qingtian was there, there were people from the Xi family in the palace. Especially when Gong Qingtian was seriously ill, in order to grasp every movement in the palace, he even planted and bought more people in the palace to avoid losses.

At that time, Ye Tianqing was just to prevent someone from being unfavorable to Gong Qingtian and making trouble in the harem, not only did he have to control the court, but the harem could not be negligent in the slightest, otherwise it would cause a big change.

After Xuanyuan Yan ascended the throne, those powers were still there, but Ye Tianqing and he didn't use those powers anymore. Or, in the future, those forces will be stripped out of the Xi family and handed over to Ye Ruoxi for use, these are Ye Tianqing's intentions, and return the power to the royal family.

It's just that the person who can master this power can only be Ye Ruoxi, the daughter of the Xi family, otherwise he will let those powers be hidden, and he can't hand them over to anyone at will.

Ye Tianqing did this so that Ye Ruoxi could gain a firm foothold in the harem, and no one would be able to threaten Ye Ruoxi.

Those powers have not yet been handed over to Ye Ruoxi, and I don't want accidents to happen in the harem one after another.

Perhaps now is the time to use those powers once again.

Kang Yuanbang squinted his eyes and looked up at the cloudy sky, if he wanted to use those powers, he had to discuss with Ye Tianqing in advance and get Ye Tianqing's permission.

Although the right minister left Jian'an City, many people and many things are still in his hands, and they are remotely controlled from afar.

Clenched his hands, and the snow flakes in his palms melted and turned into water dripping from his palms.

Closed his eyes slightly, opened his eyes and walked out of the palace quickly, boarded the carriage and returned to the house, there are still too many things to do for him, presumably there are many people waiting for him inside and outside the prime minister's mansion at this moment, waiting for his reception.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the fourth prince asks to see Niangniang."

Xuanyuan Yan glanced back at Ye Ruoxi: "Do you want to see him?" ”

"Well, I think it's better to say some things clearly, so as not to make them suspicious, it's the bloodline of the first emperor, so give them a chance."

"Yes, go see him."

Ye Ruoxi walked out of the dormitory and went to the side hall next to him, and summoned Xuanyuan De in the side hall.

"Sinner Xuanyuan De, see Niang Niang Chitose, Chitose."

Xuanyuan De fell to his knees, he was wearing heavy filial piety, and knelt on the ground to pay homage to Ye Ruoxi.

"Get up."

"Xie Niangniang."

Xuanyuan De got up, raised his eyes slightly, peeked at Ye Ruoxi from the corner of his eye, and hurriedly lowered his head: "The criminal heard that Niangniang summoned him, so he kept filial piety for his mother, and only came to see Niangniang at this time, and asked Niangniang to forgive his sins." ”

"It's okay, there are some things, just say it clearly. Summoned, my words are not half a word of falsehood, how to think about the right thing. In the end, it is also the bloodline of the first emperor, in order to compete for the position of the prince before, he did some foolish things, and the emperor forgave their sins and gave them a chance. I can't bear to see the first emperor's bloodline withering again, so I informed Yu of this. ”

"Sinner, thank Niangniang's grace, the sinner knows that it is a great sin that cannot be atoned, thanks to the emperor's forgiveness, the sinner hopes to be able to keep filial piety in the imperial tomb for a long time, there is no other thought, please Niangniang Mingjian."

"It's the best, who hasn't made a mistake?"

Ye Ruoxi sighed slightly: "Mother Concubine Yan Taifei was added to the medicine by someone who should not have drugs, which caused the old disease to aggravate and died. Now, there have been three murders in a row in the harem, and the murderer has not been caught so far. ”

Xuanyuan De was taken aback, Kang Yuanbang had already mentioned him before, and he didn't want it to be so.

"Please give me advice."

"On the first night, Concubine Yan was drugged to death, and on the second night, Concubine Ming was strangled to death, and in the name of hanging herself, she left a suicide note. Today, Concubine Zhen drank poisoned wine and died, and the suicide note she left behind is here, you can take a look at it, don't break it. ”

Ye Ruoxi handed Concubine Zhen's suicide note to Xuanyuande: "The emperor has decreed that the people in charge of Dali Temple, the Yan family and the Ming family will cooperate with Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the case." ”

"Sinner, Xie Niangniang told me the truth, thank you Niangniang for your kindness."

Xuanyuan De took his clothes and knelt down to pay respects, bursting into tears: "Niangniang, even if the criminal minister has a great sin, he should be killed, and this matter has nothing to do with the criminal minister's mother." Thinking that the mother of the criminal minister lived deep in the palace, the criminal was confused for a while and committed such a big crime, and he should have died. The emperor forgave the emperor, and the sinners were grateful, so they could only pray for the emperor and his mother in the imperial mausoleum day and night. Now, the mother of the criminal minister has been killed, and the mother is also invited to make the decision in this matter, seek justice for the mother of the criminal minister, and ask for the grace of the mother. ”

Ye Ruoxi was silent for a moment: "I have failed to catch the murderer after several arrangements, if there are clues that can be provided, it is the best." The emperor and I are worried about this matter, and the death of the three concubines will definitely cause great changes in the government and the opposition

Let's have a number. Don't be confused and make mistakes, the mother concubine is in the spirit of the sky, and I hope that it will be safe. ”

Xuanyuan De walked out of the side hall and stood for a long time in the cold wind, and the thoughts in his heart were surging.

The Yan family has two imperial concubines, one is his mother Concubine Yan, and the other is Concubine Zhen, the mother of the seventh prince Xuanyuan Qing.

Concubine Yan and Concubine Zhen are both daughters of the Yan family, with the same father and different mother, in order to compete for favor and power, the relationship between the two has always been harmonious on the surface, but in fact it is the same as fire and water.

The Yan family, the first to support him was him, after the birth of the Seventh Prince Xuanyuan Qing, the weight of the Yan family on him began to tilt, and it tilted towards the Seventh Prince Xuanyuan Qing a little bit.

Gong Qingtian gave Concubine Zhen a higher rank than Concubine Yan, and his favor for the Seven Princes was better than his favor.

These made the balance of the Yan family's support and support continue to tilt towards Xuanyuan Qing.

Xuanyuan Qing has always been sweet-talking, and Concubine Zhen is a concubine in the Yan family, not like his mother is a concubine, so he gradually won more support in the Yan family, and he was gradually neglected.

Although the Yan family did not give all the support to Xuanyuan Qing and still had hope for him, he understood that most of the Yan family's strength and support were given to Xuanyuan Qing.

The battle for the throne intensified, and the relationship between him and Xuanyuan Qing became more and more stiff, until they became enemies.

The throne, hanging high in the distance, the golden light dazzling, pierced the eyes of all of them and bewitched the hearts of all of them.

For the position of the prince, their brothers fought endlessly, turning against each other.

Slander, belittlement, assassination......

All kinds of means emerged one after another, and those days were unbearable, and everyone had great hopes in their hearts, wanting to finally seize the position of the prince and eventually become the supreme of the Tanglin Kingdom. But in that position, there can only be one person left in the end, the only one, and only one person between them can win, and everyone else is the loser.

Xuanyuan De stretched out his hand and held the snowflakes that fell in his palm, the position of the prince was once so close to them, but it was so far away, just like the snowflakes in his palm, it instantly turned into a drop of cold water, disappeared in his palm, and after a while, there was not even a drop of water left in his palm.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly, if he was willing to give up fighting for the position of prince at the beginning, maybe today he would be canonized as a king, like those few remaining princes, and enjoy honor, living the life of a royal prince, with fine clothes and food.

His mother would not have had such a tragic end today.

"Father, when you made Concubine Zhen higher than the mother of your son's minister, and your favor for the seventh brother was also more important than that of your son, did you do that intentionally?"

Xuanyuan asked softly, but there was no answer to the snowflakes fluttering in the sky.

At this moment, he remembered that he had been unwilling, jealous and hateful in the past, but he was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple

In the past few days, he has been thinking a lot

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In the darkness and loneliness, the decadence and despair after defeat made him sober up.

Everything from the past flowed through his mind, and the only thing he could do in those days was to reminisce.

These days of the imperial mausoleum are lonely and desolate, feeling the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and the hot and cold state of the world. These former noble princes are now uncared for, enduring loneliness and cold wind in the imperial tomb, accompanied only by those imperial palace guards in iron armor, closely guarding them and paying attention to their every move.

Just where the Imperial Tomb is very close to them, there lives the right minister of the Tanglin country, he has seen it twice, and the right minister walks around the imperial tomb every day, I don't know if he is reminiscing about the past, or thinking about something.

He also understood that the other princes did not give up, and they still had secret contacts with their original subordinates, the courtiers and families who supported them behind their backs.

The Yan family has also looked for him many times, intending to ask him to make trouble again, not to be decadent, but he refused.

He thought that the Yan family would definitely give more support to the ambitious seventh brother again. Because after being rejected by him, the Yan family only had one Seventh Prince to choose from, and there was no other bargaining chip.

I don't want to be the bargaining chip of the Yan family anymore, Xuanyuan Qing's stepping stone, he understands what the Yan family means, maybe he is just a chess piece used by the Yan family to prepare, the kind that can be discarded at any time.

Beside him is the right minister who is in awe of the government and the opposition and has controlled the government of the Tanglin Kingdom for more than 20 years, even if he has the heart, he does not dare to do any tricks in front of the iron-fisted and cold-blooded right minister, unless he is tired of life.

Sneered, the winner is the king and the loser is the villain, he has woken up.

Blood and those lost lives, days and nights of being confined to fear and worry, days of sleepless sleep, days of worrying about being killed, days of loneliness and coldness in the imperial tomb.

The eyes of those guards, sharp and cold, swept over the bodies of their princes, and their indifferent expressions and gazes did not have the slightest awe and deference of the past.

They used to be princes, but now they are only prisoners, and no one salutes them anymore.

The guards were cold and stern, and ridicule came from the mouths of those people from time to time to their ears, and they dared not speak out, because they were waiting for sin, and those guards were stationed in the imperial tomb by order, guarding the tomb for the first emperor, and even more so to monitor them.

Xuanyuan Qing looked up, and the snow flakes kept falling from the sky.

Those who die of their subordinates die, those who descend, those who are imprisoned, and those who escape, are to be surrendered to the Lord......

Even his mother was killed because of his rebellion!

"Mother, it was the son-in-law who killed you, if it wasn't for the son-in-law to do these things in a daze, how could you have died so miserably?"

Xuanyuan fell to his knees, kneeling in the bone-chilling wind and ice, his hands inserted into the ice and snow on the ground, and the cold snow made his hands ache.

"Xuanyuande, the criminal minister, hereby ask the emperor for his guilt and ask the emperor to see him.

”

He faced the dormitory, kneeling in the snow and ice beneath the steps, bowing his head.

"Your Majesty, the four princes knelt in the snow outside to ask the emperor for their guilt and begged the emperor to see him."

Zhao Qian replied softly.

Xuanyuan Yan didn't look up, he was looking at it with a fold in his hand, and he said after a long time: "Let him go back and guard the spirit of Concubine Yan." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Qian walked out and saw Xuanyuan De respectfully prostrate in the snow, the cold wind rolled up the snowflakes, and there was already a little white snow on his body.

"Fourth prince, the emperor has a decree to go back and guard the spirit of Concubine Yan, let's go."

Xuanyuan didn't speak, he still knelt in the snow with his head bowed, the cold soaked his knees, the cold wind was bone-chilling, he didn't move, as if frozen in the snow.

Zhao Qian shook his head slightly, this fourth prince is really stubborn.

"Your Majesty, the four princes refused to leave, and knelt outside waiting for the emperor to see you."

Xuanyuan Yan's sword eyebrows were slightly raised, his eyelids never raised, and he still looked at the music in his hand without making a sound.

Zhao Qian didn't dare to say more, and retreated to the side to wait.

Half an hour passed, Xuanyuan De trembled, his knees were already sore in the cold wind, and the ice and snow melted by his body temperature under his knees turned into cold water, soaking through his clothes, and the cold wind blew, and the pain was piercing.

He lowered his head, his hands tingling unbearably.

I couldn't help but hold my sleeves tightly with my hands, and use my sleeves to slightly resist the cold on the snow, giving my hands a little room for relief.

"Your Majesty, the four princes have been kneeling in the snow for an hour, and I am afraid that they will freeze if they continue like this, and they will be criticized by others."

"Won't he go?"

Xuanyuan Yan raised his head slightly, and the deep ink was surging with endless cold currents.

"Slave, the four princes are quite sincere, so the emperor will give you a meeting. If the fourth prince goes out and has an illness, the courtiers and the Yan family will definitely have a lot of criticism and speculation. ”

"Biography."

"Biography, Xuanyuan De is here."

Xuanyuan De raised his head and looked towards the palace, and the emperor was finally willing to see him.

He wanted to get up, but it was difficult to move, his whole body was stiff and trembling, his legs had already lost sensation, and the numbness did not seem to belong to him.

Xuanyuan lowered his head and crawled forward with difficulty, kneeling on the snow, dragging his unconscious legs step by step with his body, and kneeling up the steps with his hands and elbows, his head slamming heavily on the ground, making a dull sound.

He shook his head step by step, kneeling and crawling slowly into the dormitory, and saw a bright yellow in the corner of his eye, and hurriedly bowed his head and kowtowed to the ground.

"Sinner Xuanyuande, see the emperor, long live long live."

Xuanyuan Yan didn't go to see Xuanyuande, leaving a trailing wet trail behind Xuanyuande.

"Your Majesty, the guilty ministers came to meet the emperor and plead guilty to the emperor in person. The sinner has no shame to meet the emperor again, and it is not worth it

The emperor summoned him, and the criminal minister only wanted to show his heart to the emperor, so that even if the criminal minister died, he would have no regrets. ”

For a long time, Xuanyuan De didn't hear Xuanyuan Yan speak, so he had to bow again: "Your Majesty, the Yan family once looked for a criminal minister, and intended to let the criminal minister rise up again and seek to seize the throne. The criminal has already committed a great crime without forgiveness for a moment of confusion, thanks to the emperor's grace to forgive the death penalty, the criminal is grateful, how can he continue to make mistakes. But the Yan family will definitely not stop there, they will go to Xuanyuan Qing to help Xuanyuan Qing get started. Xuanyuan Qing is ambitious, and he has always been unwilling, and the criminal ministers asked the emperor not to be negligent. ”

Xuanyuan Yan finally put down the fold in his hand and looked down at Xuanyuan De.

The fourth brother who was crawling at his feet was trembling all over, trembling in his tone, there was still a slight snow on his body, his head was lowered on the ground, and his face was not clear.

"Move the charcoal brazier to him."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Someone hurriedly moved two pots of charcoal fire to Xuanyuande's side, and warmth passed from the charcoal brazier to Xuanyuande's body.

"Thank you for the emperor's grace, the guilty minister should have died, and he is not worthy of the emperor's love and pity. Emperor Qiqi, several princes are in the imperial mausoleum, their hearts have never died, and there are many secret contacts with former subordinates and ministers of the court, please do not neglect the emperor, and give this generation an opportunity. ”

"Have you seen the queen?"

"Yes, the minister was summoned by the queen's mother, and he was just taught by the mother."

Xuanyuan De's heart was shocked, that lady has no name so far, it is rumored outside how the emperor pampers and indulges, etc., today I really heard the emperor call that lady queen from the emperor's mouth, it seems that the candidate for the future queen of Tanglin can only be this mother.

Xuanyuan De bowed again and said respectfully: "The mother concubine of the guilty minister has returned to heaven and followed the first emperor, this is the retribution of the criminal minister." If it weren't for the fact that the criminal was confused and committed such an unforgivable crime, the mother of the criminal could also enjoy her old age in peace. The criminal minister has no other intention, thanks to the grace of the emperor not to kill, to pardon the great sin of the criminal minister, the criminal minister in this life, but also to repent to his father, pray for the emperor, pray for the mother, pray for the blessing of the Tanglin country. ”

"It would be nice to think so."

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister begs the emperor for a grace, begs the emperor to allow the guilty minister to lose his hair, meditate in the Tian'en Temple, pray for the emperor's blessing, and never contaminate the mortal dust again."

"Monks

"Yes, the sinner is willing to become a monk, a green light ancient Buddha for the rest of his life, repent to his father, pray for the emperor's blessings, this heart can be learned every day, please allow the emperor's permission."

(End of chapter)

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