165. The game between father and son.
As a filial son, in front of these courtiers, Mrs. Fengguo read out the edict of the Queen Mother, he could not say that he was a fraud, and he could not ignore it.
The emperor himself was put there, and he couldn't get down at all.
The emperor planned to force the palace by himself, only he, Yuan Heng, and King Qi knew, and King Qi would never dare to tell Concubine Li and the Li family.
The Li family didn't know about forcing the palace, so they were naturally happy.
The queen has asked to be abolished, and after the queen is abolished, it must be the concubine who will be the queen.
Then they all got up and asked the emperor to obey the queen mother's edict. The rest of the royal relatives and nobles in the capital, the most old-fashioned people, also knelt down and invited.
King Qi was immediately a little dumbfounded, the big drama was about to start, in this situation, how to sing the play?
The emperor was obviously at a loss, and immediately said, "How? Do you still dare to force the palace? ”
King Liao's eyebrows were frowning, he was very worried that the emperor would not be able to rein in the precipice. If the two sides persist, I am afraid that it will only turn into a chaotic war in the end, and I don't know how many innocent people will be hurt.
The King of Liao stepped forward on his knees, kowtowed again and again, and said: "I am the son of my father, and I am also the son of my father's courtier. How dare the son force the palace, the son just assured his father that the son was finally the father in his life, and the son dared to swear to the sky. If you have two hearts for your father, you will not die well when the sky thunders. The emperor's relatives and important ministers of the court are all witnesses of the son today, and if the son has the intention of making trouble, he will immediately die in front of his father. ”
The King of Liao had already said this, and the emperor saw that he could no longer act, so he sat down dejectedly, and fell into a contradictory struggle in his heart. He was obviously not willing to let the king of Liao return to the mountain, but the queen asked to be abolished.
things, how did things turn out like this.
The emperor regretted it a little, he shouldn't have been soft-hearted, he should have gotten rid of the Liao King and the Song family in Yanzhou. Now the kindness of a woman for a while has put herself in this situation.
At this time, the temple suddenly panicked, and someone shouted: "Niangniang, Jade Concubine Niangniang!" ”
The waiter who was waiting in the inner hall ran out in broken steps and said, "Your Majesty, the Jade Concubine has fainted." ”
Everyone was shocked, and some couldn't come back to their senses. The emperor stood up and said, "Let people help Concubine Yu to go to the side hall, and I will go over and take a look at her." ”
The emperor had already stood up as he spoke, and he didn't say yes or no, he got up and went out.
The kneeling people in the hall were left there like this, and the emperor didn't call up, so these people all sat down.
Let's say that in the side hall, Qingrong was forced to change his clothes. When she saw Mrs. Fengguo, she realized that it was Mrs. Fengguo who asked her to stay out of the matter.
Qingrong can understand Mrs. Fengguo's intentions very well, after all, it is against the holy will to tell the emperor about the queen mother's edict. Mrs. Fengguo was worried about her comfort, so she was stopped.
At this time, there was a commotion outside, and Qingrong immediately stood up.
Several palace maids blocked the door and said, "Girl, Madame said, there is a big movement outside, and you can't go out." ”
Qingrong said: "The movement outside is so big, it's really suspicious if I don't go out." Grandmother asked you to stop me, because she was afraid that I would disrupt her plans, but looking at this time, I am afraid that everything that should be said and what should not be said has been said, don't stop me, let me out. ”
A few people, you look at me, I see you don't have an idea.
Qingrong directly pushed away a few people last year, pushed the door and went out.
At this time, Concubine Yu was carried over, and the emperor followed with a gloomy expression, followed by Li Guifei and Princess Yongping and others.
Seeing Qingrong head-on, the emperor was suddenly stunned, and couldn't help but tentatively look at Qingrong.
It is impossible for others to know about the forced palace that he planned, and Mrs. Fengguo chose to ask these questions at this moment because she knew something?
So how did Mrs. Bongkook know?
Shen Qingrong in front of him, how much did he mix in the matter of the Queen Mother's edict?
The emperor couldn't come up with an answer after thinking about it, and his heart was a mess, "What are you doing here?" ”
Qingrong said: "I accidentally got my clothes wet, and I came to the side hall to change my clothes, and now I am about to return the table." Jade Concubine Niangniang, this is ......"
Before she finished speaking, several imperial doctors led by Imperial Doctor Zhang were invited.
When everyone saw the salute, Imperial Doctor Zhang went into the door to check.
Qingrong wanted to withdraw, but heard the emperor say, "You stay here." The emperor said, and instructed the inner eunuch who followed him: "Go and invite Mrs. Fengguo to come." ”
Imperial Doctor Zhang and the others checked Concubine Yu's pulse one by one, and their faces were all gloomy.
Everyone was worried and said: "Your Majesty, the pulse of the Jade Concubine seems to be poisoned." ”
The emperor was shocked and said, "This, how can this be?" How can there be dirty things in the food at the palace banquet. ”
Qingrong turned his head to look at Li Guifei and the others, but he couldn't see any clues.
The previous dynasty and the inner court had an accident almost at the same time, which made the emperor more and more troubled.
Li Guifei wished that Concubine Yu was poisoned, so she only stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Concubine Yu has been poisoned now, and the relevant people are imprisoned and interrogated, but now the royal family and nobles and important ministers of the court are kneeling in the front hall." The Emperor ......"
This is Princess Yongping, who has been silent for a long time and has no sense of existence, suddenly said: "Father, the King of Liao obviously united with Mrs. Fengguo to incite the courtiers under the pretense of the Empress Dowager's edict, intending to force the palace. What are you waiting for, it is only right to let the King of Liao and the Queen go out immediately. How many years have they threatened you, Father! ”
The emperor didn't want to move the empress, he didn't want to kill the Song family from beginning to end. He just wants the King of Liao and the Song family to have no ability to threaten him, he just wants the Song family and the King of Liao to no longer be so popular and no longer occupy people.
He wanted to be a wise and perfect emperor, and he wanted everyone to know that it was the empress, the Song family, and the Liao king who were sorry for him, persecuted him, and threatened him all these years, but he was a lenient monarch, even if they committed heinous crimes. He can also look at the merits of the queen and the Song family back then, forgive them, and punish them with a small punishment.
Everyone didn't see this clearly, and everyone felt that the emperor wanted the Song family and the King of Liao to die.
But when Princess Yongping said this, the emperor hesitated. Qingrong suddenly understood that what the emperor wanted was the unquestionable support of all the people.
Yes, over the years, the emperor's performance in front of her has always been convincing people with virtue. What the emperor really wants is the hearts of the people, the willing submission of all people.
Therefore, for so many years, the emperor has only suppressed the queen and the Song family, but he has never dealt with it with a dead hand.
Qingrong suddenly realized, so the most important thing now is to let the emperor understand that letting the king and queen of Liao return to Liaozhou is the best choice for him.
It can not only complete the filial piety to the queen mother, but also enough to show his benevolence and generosity, and the most important thing is that the king of Liao is in Liaozhou, which is a constraint for the Li family. Whenever the Li family, the crown prince and these princes have any thoughts, the King of Liao is the best jealousy and containment for them.
Qingrong immediately followed Princess Yongping's words and said: "Princess's words are too ridiculous, my grandmother has been loyal to the queen mother and the emperor since she was a child, and now everything is rewarded by the queen mother and the emperor. How can the princess slander my grandmother and the King of Liao like this now? ”
Princess Yongping snorted coldly and said, "Don't forget, Shen Runrong is now the princess of Liao. ”
Qingrong immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor and said: "Justice is in the hearts of the people, how grandmother treats the emperor, I think the emperor knows best." ”
"The old woman has been loyal to the queen mother and the emperor all her life, and she will never lose her old age when she is old. Princess Yongping has just returned from southern Xinjiang, and she doesn't know the ins and outs of the matter, so please don't talk nonsense. Mrs. Fengguo's voice was sonorous and powerful, and she saluted the emperor without humility or arrogance when she entered the door.
The emperor raised his hand, but did not speak.
Mrs. Fengguo didn't get up, and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty, letting the queen go back to Liaozhou with the King of Liao is really the last edict of the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother is like this, all for the sake of the emperor. The Liao king and empress were not at all troublesome. ”
The emperor frowned and stared fixedly at Mrs. Fengguo.
Mrs. Fengguo said again: "Please ask the emperor to fulfill the queen mother's wishes." ”
The emperor looked at Mrs. Fengguo with gloomy eyes.
Li Guifei also said: "If the emperor is worried that it is unreasonable, then it will also fulfill the queen's wishes, and whoever let it be abolished by herself." The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty listened to it. ”
The emperor suddenly said tiredly: "This matter can be done later, now the poisoning of the jade concubine is a big thing, so that the outside are scattered." The emperor said, and said to Mrs. Fengguo: "Please Mrs. be in the inner palace first and thoroughly investigate this matter." ”
When the emperor said this, he was bent on delaying the matter.
The King of Liao has long been prepared for the emperor to delay, and they are afraid that there will be complications in the future, and they have already thought of countermeasures, and they will take the queen out of the palace today no matter what.
Once out of the palace, they will leave the city overnight and leave the capital. The people of the Song family had already gone to the hot spring Zhuangzi outside the city a few days ago. Wei Guogong and his wife have quietly left the capital, and now they are only waiting for Song Zhao and others to leave the city outside the city, and everyone can leave safely.
At that time, the matter is a foregone conclusion, and the emperor may have no choice but to stop there, is it possible that he will really send troops to Liaozhou?
Mrs. Fengguo looked at Qingrong and made a color at her, and that look seemed to tell Qingrong to leave the palace and leave with Song Zhao.
Qingrong always felt that it was nothing good for the emperor to detain Mrs. Fengguo inexplicably, and stared at Mrs. Fengguo with some sourness in his eyes and confusion.
The emperor continued: "By the way, Mrs. Fengguo is old, I am afraid that she will not be able to do it, and Qingrong will stay in the palace together until this matter is revealed." ”
Qingrong was shocked, the emperor was preventing them from leaving secretly? If this is the case, I am afraid that it will soon be able to break through the matter of King Liao and others smuggling the queen out of the palace.
Qingrong was beating a drum in her heart, but in front of the emperor, she couldn't let people send a letter to Song Zhao.
However, Mrs. Fengguo was in danger and said: "Your Majesty, Huatang is still outside, I'm afraid she will have to wait if Qingrong and I can't go out, can you let someone inform her?" ”