Gu Yanzhang was already half-full, swallowed all the food in his mouth at this time, took another sip of tea, and said: "I don't know what rumors will be outside today, so I won't delay much, and I can come back first." ”

Ji Qingling saw that he had time to speak, so he asked curiously: "There are rumors outside, saying that Your Majesty pushed the Empress Dowager off Tianqingtai......"

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "It's not nonsense. ”

Ji Qingling was shocked and lost his voice: "Did you miss your hand?" He continued, "Xiao'er can't control his strength, and there are also cases where he accidentally misses his hand, what should he do if something like this happens?" The Empress Dowager is fine, right? ”

Although Gu Yanzhang didn't stand very forward, he couldn't see the Empress Dowager falling to the ground at that time, but he heard the dispute between the Son of Heaven and him, and watched the Son of Heaven push her down the steps with all his might.

Such an obvious action, and the quarrel ahead, is to wash away the Son of Heaven, and it is difficult to say that he has lost his hand.

"It's not a miss." He said firmly, "I don't know if Your Majesty had any displeasure with the Empress Dowager before, but he deliberately collided with it." ”

He also said: "I have already been out of the Tianqing view, and at this time only the two mansions are left inside, and I don't know the injury of the Queen Mother." ”

Ji Qingling was a little incredulous and asked, "Where did the Empress Dowager fall from?" Is it high or not? ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "It's not very high." He thought for a moment, "It's more than a foot high, but she is the back of her head down, and when someone hears it falling to the ground, the ground is already full of blood." ”

Although I am not sure at the moment, it is not easy to get better in a short period of time with the back of my head down, rolling down the stone steps and hitting my head again.

Ji Qingling couldn't figure out how to think about it, and asked: "Your Majesty is the Empress Dowager who personally helped him to ascend the throne, why did he still act like this when he got such a good deal?" Because he thought of the statement that Gu Yanzhang came back from when he went to teach in the Chongzheng Palace, he said, "Even if he has an unusual temperament, he has never attacked others for no reason?" ”

The two guessed here, but no matter how they guessed, they couldn't guess that it was because of Qin Suniang, the empress dowager and Cui Yongchen's arrest in the middle of the night, that Zhao Zhu went crazy.

Gu Yanzhang had eaten, drinking tea, but on the other hand, he was a little emotional, and said: "If such a big event happens, I'm afraid that the palace is really going to change." ”

"Why does it look like you've hit an evil this year?"

Ji Qingling couldn't help but say.

It's really the same as hitting the evil, first the first emperor Zhao Rui, then the king of Ji Zhao Hao, the king of Wei Zhao Duo, and now the new emperor Zhao Zhu, the empress dowager, as if once you have a relationship with the royal family, you will be unlucky.

"When I came back, I heard someone on the way that Qin Tianjian was discussing a proposal to change the yuan." Gu Yanzhang said, there was an inexplicable helplessness in his tone.

***

Zhao Zhu's collision was really not the right time.

He moved too loudly, his voice was too loud, and he was acting on the stairs very close to the ground, so that many of the officials below him could see clearly.

I don't know if it was intentional, or I didn't have time to think of it in a hurry, whether it was Fan Yaochen, Huang Zhaoliang, or anyone in the two mansions, they didn't remind Empress Dowager Yang to ban the officials. Although even if this ban is issued, it will not be useful, but since it has not been issued, the officials are still out of the door of Tianqingguan, and the matter has been spread.

Not to mention that the officials and people outside are talking about it, in the Tianqing Temple, the diagnosis of the imperial doctors came out quickly.

In fact, the place where the Queen Mother rolled down was not too high from the ground, and if she was lucky, she would probably only be hit and fractured.

But her luck was so bad.

At that time, the Empress Dowager was facing Zhao Zhu, her whole body was facing the ground, and after being hit, because she couldn't react, she didn't have time to protect her head, so she hit the back of her head.

Unfortunately, the back of her head happened to hit the sharp corner of the stone steps, and she broke her head at that time, and the back of her head rolled all the way, hit all the way, and finally fell to the ground, still hitting the back of her head, and she hit it hard.

Although the imperial doctors did not say it directly, it was very obvious that they were just hanging their lives at the moment.

Maybe the diagnosis of Zhao Rui was not very reliable, but this time, several medical officers were in the same opinion.

And things were just as they expected, Empress Dowager Yang was still hesitating to send the Empress Dowager back to Ciming Palace in a chariot, and was about to discuss with others, but before she could ask, and even before the end of the day, the Empress Dowager was out of breath.

The ancestor worship of the Zhao family has not yet passed, and a new funeral is immediately in front of them.

And what is more anxious than the funeral of the Empress Dowager is the matter of the Son of Heaven.

After this Tianqingtai incident, it is impossible for Zhao Zhu, the emperor, to continue to sit in that seat.

He pushed the Empress Dowager off the high platform, whether intentionally or unintentionally, even if he still missed and injured people, but he generally killed his people.

And the most tricky thing at the moment, apart from how to deal with Zhao Zhu, who else will sit in that position.

It is naturally not easy to deal with Zhao Zhu, although such a thing has never been recorded in history, but Zhao Zhu is a king, no matter when, it is impossible to kill the Son of Heaven.

Can only be deposed.

As for what happens after the dethronement, it is a matter for later.

At present, the Empress Dowager died suddenly, Zhao Zhu can no longer be used, and there are only two government officials left in Tianqingguan, and everyone has their own ideas, and they quarrel with each other for the new emperor.

Someone remembered Zhao Hao, the king of Ji, at this time.

"His Royal Highness King Ji is kind-hearted, and his brother is the right way to ......"

Empress Dowager Yang, who had been sitting next to the body of the Empress Dowager in the corner, heard this sentence, and suddenly a spirit suddenly stirred, and the whole person sat up straight.

She paused and looked over.

Empress Dowager Yang has always been in the deep palace, she is a husband as the nature of the sky, and the family background is not special, her father is just a small civil official, and all the knowledge of major events and officials in the DPRK and China comes from Zhao Rui's dictation.

She is not like the Empress Dowager Zhang, she is familiar with the officials of the court and the central government, and she is familiar with everyone's situation, and at this time she is sitting in the side hall of Tianqingguan, looking up, and in the hall, she can almost only recognize the faces of three or four people.

The one who praised Zhao Hao for his "kindness" is also an unfamiliar face.

It's an old face.

Empress Dowager Yang stared at him deadly and remembered his appearance in her heart.

Since Zhao Rui's death, she has been in a daze, but at this time, this person's suggestion was like a hard slap, suddenly waking her up from her dream.

If you want to list the most disgusted people in this world, there is no doubt that Zhao Hao ranks first.

She was naturally dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, but after all, she was the Queen Mother and an elder.

And Zhao Hao is obviously a younger brother, but he is not filial piety to the brother of the emperor, and he always provokes the contradictions between the empress dowager and the first emperor, and tries to get benefits from Zhao Rui, the elder brother, relying on his mother.

Until now, the Empress Dowager Yang still remembers every time because of Zhao Hao's troubles, the first emperor was angry in front of the Empress Dowager, and when she came back, she was uncomfortable.

She even suspected that her husband would be so weak and short-lived, and Zhao Hao's younger brother cursed behind his back and bullied him on the surface.

Yes, it's bullying.

Relying on the good temper of the former emperor and the filial piety of the former emperor, he has no success, and he wants to bully him.

When Zhao Rui died violently, the Empress Dowager hung the curtain, and she finally did not choose Zhao Hao and Zhao Duo's children, but chose the heir of the Marquis of Huaiyin's mansion, although she did not pay attention to the opinion of the Empress Dowager Yang, but in her heart, she was relieved.

It's better than watching Zhao Hao's heirs sit on the throne with their teeth and claws.

Now there is a sudden turmoil, Zhao Hao, as the queen mother of the backer, has died, and Zhao Zhu is no longer useful, the queen mother of her own family, seeing that she is still alive, has been a daughter-in-law for many years and has become a mother-in-law, do you still have to endure Zhao Hao's power on her head?

It's too much to bully her as a widow!

I have only heard that the people are desperate, and the uncles and brothers want to rob the property of the woman who has no husband and children, is it possible that the family will learn such a shameful behavior on this day? !

The Empress Dowager is no longer there, and in the harem, she is the biggest.

She wants to see who has benefited from Zhao Hao today, and she wants to open her eyes for him here!

The man finished speaking, and the rest of the people came forward, either proposing this or that.

Fan Yaochen asked the ministers of the two governments to stay, and naturally he had his reasons. If all the officials are here, and whether they can stand in the palace or not, it is indeed unorthodox to make noise and shout for the new emperor's candidate.

And for such an important matter, it is naturally better to close the door and solve it.

The important ministers of the two governments, as well as a few specific officials and clans, add up to only thirty people.

Empress Dowager Yang has an ordinary memory, so she picked the face of the person who seconded Zhao Hao to be the emperor and wrote it down.

As they talked, they almost quarreled.

Among the candidates, naturally A is good as A, and B is also wonderful as B, but each has its own flaws.

It was obviously a matter of heaven, but the courtiers seemed to have regarded this matter as their own jurisdiction.

There is no way, the Empress Dowager has passed away. Zhao Zhu, the little emperor who was about to be deposed, was not qualified to speak. As for Empress Dowager Yang, she has almost no sense of existence, and her performance during the day, as long as she has eyes, she will not count on her.

Seeing that the ministers were about to tear down the roof, when they talked about the succession, someone finally remembered the Empress Dowager Yang in the corner.

"Since you want to pass the succession, you naturally have to ask the Queen Mother!"

Fan Yaochen, who couldn't compete with Huang Zhaoliang, frowned and shouted.

There is a lot of truth to this.

Stepchild, can you not ask the mother's meaning? Even if it's just a formality.

Everyone fell silent, turned their heads, and looked around to find the Empress Dowager Yang, who had been ignored for a long time.

"Queen Mother."

Or Huang Zhaoliang's name is not wrong, a pair of tricks are very bright.

He first found the Empress Dowager Yang, who was sitting in front of the Empress Dowager's corpse, and strode over.

"Queen Mother!" He bowed, "Son of His Royal Highness King Ji......"

He didn't speak, but Empress Dowager Yang, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly spoke: "Huang Xianggong, since you want to succeed, where does this successor come from?" ”

If it is to discuss the country, Empress Dowager Yang may not be able to speak, but if it is to discuss family affairs, she can still put a reason.

Huang Zhaoliang was stunned for a moment and said: "Make a choice from heaven, and choose the good one and take it." ”

"Huang Xianggong came to ask about the slave family, and the slave family is not as good as the officials - everyone used to look at that...... Zhao Zhu is a good person, and he also says that he is 'good', but today, can he still praise him for a 'good' word? ”

Unlike the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Yang's voice was not loud, and there was no decisiveness in it, but it was warm and gentle.

But she still had everything she said after all.

Glancing at Huang Zhaoliang opposite, and then at the ministers of the two prefectures who followed behind, she paused, and knew that she was thinking about it in her mind, and then said: "I am a woman and a Taoist family, and I don't have any knowledge, I only know how to listen to the words of the former emperor and the empress dowager." ”

Seeing that no one spoke, she paused, and then spoke: "The Empress Dowager said that she wanted to set up Zhao Zhu, and I followed his instructions to regard Zhao Zhu as a parent, and now that the Empress Dowager is gone, I can only listen to the words of the former emperor." ”

Everyone in the audience was stunned.

The Empress Dowager is naturally gone, but is the former emperor still alive?

After being dead for so long, I'm afraid that even the bones can be used to beat the big drum!

Still, there were people who reacted one step quicker.

For the sake of the new emperor, Sun Bian secretly didn't know how many times he had pondered, and when he heard Empress Dowager Yang's words, a thought flashed in his mind.

Zhao Rui died early, how could you listen to him?

What else did he leave behind?

"The emperor has a testament......," he muttered.

Obviously, his voice was not loud, but for some reason, he heard a not small voice ringing in front of him.

"The emperor has a testament."

Sun Bian looked up.

It was Fan Yaochen who spoke.

Empress Dowager Yang nodded.

She recognized Fan Yaochen and returned to the palace, even though Zhao Rui complained about this governor's affairs from time to time, she also praised him from time to time, and he was his minister of the humerus.

"What Fan said is exactly what he said."

With Fan Yaochen's talk, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Or is it better to have the vision of the emperor...... After all, he is the minister of the humerus, and it can be used at a critical time.

"The emperor left a testament."

She spoke word by word.

***

Zhao Rui did leave an edict in the past, and the first edict was intended to pass on the throne to Zhao Duo, the king of Wei, but after Zhao Rui's death, Wu Yi, a scholar from Hanlin, said that he colluded with foreign countries and slaughtered the people, Zhao Duo's reputation had already been ruined, not to mention that he was also suspected of poisoning his brother Zhao Hao later.

Although the matter was later settled, nine out of ten of the people had already decided that the four kings were murderers.

Such a candidate is naturally not worthy of a big responsibility.

And the other......

Sun Bian couldn't help frowning, hesitated in his heart, but stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, although Zhao Fang was determined by the edict of the first emperor, he is ......sick."

"After all, it's still young, and it's common for children to have headaches and brain fever when they are young." Empress Dowager Yang interrupted him involuntarily, "Besides, is it possible that the emperor's body has always been very healthy?" Could it be that the first emperor, the emperor, did not do well? ”

It was precisely because of the emperor's poor health that he died so early, so he left such a mess!

This thought inevitably came to the minds of all the ministers present.