In the Changxia Palace, the right Zhaoyi Li is standing in front of the incense burner to prepare new incense.

On that day, Princess Yuanyu of Pengcheng told Zheng Qiao that he had hanged himself, and the Li family was a little inexplicably worried in his heart, but the Li family now felt that the position of Luan belonged to him, so he was lucky. The Li family is such a shrewd person, at this time, the palace maid reported that Jiang Yinqi, who knew that Yu Linlang and the eunuch Sanbao came together, had already guessed a few points.

After settling down, Li put Xinxiang aside, and then went to the couch to sit down, and then motioned to the palace maid to welcome Jiang Yinqi and Sanbao and others in.

Bowing to the Li family, Sanbao said: "Right Zhaoyi, Your Majesty has announced your questioning, please move Right Zhaoyi to the Chengqian Palace." ”

Li pretended to be calm and said, "I don't know what happened to Your Majesty Xuanwu?" I hope the chief eunuch will tell me. ”

Sanbao smiled lightly: "The slave only serves the emperor, how can he know about His Majesty's affairs, and you Zhaoyi will know when he goes." ”

Li Shi thought for a moment and said, "In this way, please ask the eunuch later, and I will go with the eunuch." ”

Sanbao said: "Your Majesty is urgently summoned, how can You Zhaoyi make Your Majesty wait for a long time?" ”

Li said: "I am a Zhaoyi, how can I go to face the saint with my sideburns?" The eunuch is relieved, I will go back quickly. ”

Without waiting for the Three Treasures to answer, Li got up and left the table and went to the inner hall. After all, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and Sanbao and Jiang Yinqi did not dare to obstruct it more, so that they could wait in the main hall.

In the inner hall, looking at himself in the mirror, Li said to the close maid Huandan: "I have been with your master and servant for many years, and I have long been in love with each other. If I have the opportunity to ascend to the throne, your brother and father will have a bright future... Only providence makes people, I may have a catastrophe this time..."

Huan Dan said: "The slave Meng right Zhaoyi does not give up, since childhood, the slave family can have enough food and clothing today, and the blessing of the right Zhaoyi." Slaves are all the maids of Right Zhaoyi, but by the orders of Right Zhaoyi! ”

Li Shi turned his head to look at Huan Dan and said, "Today is not the same as before, if I leave the palace and do not return within an hour, you will cut it off yourself..."

Huan Dan was dumbfounded when he heard Li's words, and he was speechless for a while. Huan Dan knew in his heart that his brother and father were all subject to the Li family, and if he did not act according to his orders, his father and brother's lives would not be guaranteed. Thinking of this, Huan Dan's heart sank, and he said: "Right Zhaoyi is at ease, and the slave will live up to Right Zhaoyi's entrustment." ”

Li is a shrewd person, knowing that in case of failure, Huandan will tell what he has done for many years in order to protect himself, so that he will have no chance to turn around. At present, the Li family has not lost its position, and Huandan is afraid of it, so he sacrifices his pawn to protect the car.

In the Chengqian Palace, Rencheng Wang Yuancheng and others also withdrew outside, leaving only Yuanhong and Li alone.

The Li family bowed to Yuan Hong, and then said: "The eunuch said to the concubine, His Majesty came to ask the concubine, I don't know what happened? ”

Yuan Hong didn't answer Li, but asked, "Can You Zhaoyi know that Zheng Qiao died by hanging?" ”

Li said: "The concubine heard about this a few days ago, but I don't know why she hanged herself. ”

Yuan Hong remained silent, and only said: "On that day, I chose the left and right sons to be the ones who opened the house, and the Liu family died with the son, and Zheng Qiao was saved because of the fetus in his womb... Unexpectedly, the providence of heaven made people, and this woman was also a person with a thin life, and she died in Huangquan after all..."

After a pause, Yuan Hong continued: "Only Zheng Qiao went here, and I was unjustly killed, and the person who designed the blame was sinister, which made me think about it very fearfully. ”

When the Li family heard Yuanhong's words, they were already cowardly in their hearts, but they didn't know how much the emperor knew about it. Li pretended to be calm, his face did not change, and said: "Your Majesty, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and there is a letter between the abolished prince and Yuan Long as evidence, how can Your Majesty make him wronged?" ”

Yuan Hong said: "Seeing may not be true... Right Zhaoyi has always had the ability to kill and decide, I came to ask you, if someone flies to blame the blame and build a trap, according to your opinion, how should I deal with it? ”

Li Shi only felt cold sweat on his back: "The concubine is just a woman in the deep palace, how can she know about the court..."

Yuan Hong's face sank suddenly, and he said coldly: "I don't know about the court? You are bent on pushing Zi Yi to the storage position, and you do not hesitate to blame the wrongs, collude with the courtiers, and frame you! Although Zi Sui is not from you, but as the right Zhaoyi, and you are in charge of the palace, you are the most noble person in the harem, so you should be tolerant and treat it as if you were your own! ”

Li Shi was shocked, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, there must be a villain who is falsely accused, and the concubine is wronged... The concubine has taken care of the harem for His Majesty all these years, although she does not dare to say everything properly, but she respects the ancestors and loves the emperor's heirs, and she does not dare to slack off. Your Majesty is now a concubine who is framed by a concubine, and the concubine is really wronged! ”

Yuan Hong said: "What do you mean by that I have wronged you? Throwing Li Biao's confession in front of Li, Yuan Hong said again: "If you feel aggrieved, you can call Li Biao to come and confront him!" ”

At this time, Li knew that he was powerless to refute, but the matter was very important, and if he confessed to the law, he would be full of trouble. Thinking of this, the Li family kowtowed again and again, making a form of grievance, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is guilty, and if you want to kill her, you will let Your Majesty... Only before His Majesty is convicted, can the concubine be allowed to plead? ”

Yuan Hong said coldly: "What else do you have to argue?" ”

Li said: "The abolished prince harbored evil intentions and wanted to plot rebellion against the king, but His Majesty was benevolent and only abolished him as a concubine, and he should be supplied with the system of the prince... Conspiracy is a great crime, and if you don't make an example of it, you will surely suffer endless disasters..."Between the words, Li Shi was already in tears.

Looking up at Yuan Hong, Li Shi continued: "Although the concubine is a woman, she is the governor of the family and the country, Your Majesty, if you continue to make decisions, you will suffer from it..."

Seeing the Li family's quibble, Yuan Hong snorted coldly and said, "According to your words, I want to thank you for removing Zi Sui for me?" I thought about the old feelings of the Duke of Longxi, and gave you a chance to repent, but I didn't expect you to have no regrets..."

"Zi Sui is at fault, and I have abolished him as a concubine and banned him for life. However, after all, it is my blood and bones, you framed the blame, and made me kill my son with my own hands, where do you put me! ”

Li sobbed and complained: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the concubine is only for Your Majesty, and for me to be forever in the Great Wei Dynasty..."

Li's words made Yuan Hong even more angry: "For me? I feel that you only have my country in your heart... When you covet the position of Luan for a long time, you not only spy on the Yonghe Palace on weekdays, but also cut down different parties in the harem... I endured and endured, but I never punished you, but I didn't know that I gave birth to calamity! ”

When Li heard this, he knew that the emperor had already seen what he was doing, and his face turned pale in an instant, and he collapsed to the ground.

Yuan Hong summoned the three treasures to enter and said, "The Li family deceived the monarch and colluded with the courtiers, which violated the fatwa. Withdraw, withdraw his Zhaoyi honorable number, abolish it as a concubine, temporarily imprisoned in the Changxia Palace, and wait for the fate! ”

After the attendants carried Li out, Yuan Hongfu announced that Yuan Cheng and others had come inside.

Yuan Cheng and the others saw the attendants carrying Li out of the house, and they all knew it in their hearts. Bowing his head, Yuan Cheng said carefully: "Your Majesty, is it really Youzhaoyi who framed the abolished prince?" ”

Yuan Hong was angry and said: "I have abolished him as a concubine, and there will be no right Zhaoyi in the future." ”

Yuan Cheng asked, "Then what is Your Majesty's plan?" ”

Yuan Hong said: "The son died in vain... I have deposed his mother Lin as a concubine, I am ashamed! I can make an order to restore the Lin clan's posterior..."

Yuan Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, although the Li family is framing the blame, but the abolition of the prince is the first to plot, and his crime should be punished. Your Majesty, don't blame yourself! ”

Yuan Xi knew that the Li family's general trend had gone, but he didn't dare to speak out again for fear of affecting himself.

Yuan Xian, who was on the side, said cautiously: "Your Majesty, now that the abolished prince has been subdued, although it is a scourge to the Li family, it is also the will of heaven that Your Majesty has the opportunity to quell the rebellion of the old nobles... If Your Majesty blames himself at this time and reinstates the Lin family's posteriority, it will be to give people a handle, and the ministers are afraid that the old nobles of the Eight Divisions will change again! ”

Hearing Yuan Xian's words, Yuan Hong was immediately awakened: "What the sixth brother said is extremely true! It's my lack of thought. ”

However, the hatred in his heart was incomprehensible, and after a moment of silence, Yuan Hong said solemnly: "The Li family is sinister, and its crime should be punished." I thought and Li Chong served the two dynasties, so they did not reduce their sins and leak them, nor did they affect the whole clan, and gave Li Shi wine to make him immediately subdued! ”

"The Seventh Prince, with a different name, was handed over to Concubine Lu to raise, and he was not allowed to be crowned king for life!"

When the news reached Li Chong's mansion, Li Chong was furious and palpitating, his speech was confused, he screamed and scolded, and he lost his heart. More than ten days later, he died in the mansion. Yuan Hong remembered that he had tried his best to protect his throne in front of the former Empress Dowager, so he posthumously presented Li Chong to Sikong and called Wenmu.

Huan Dan died before Li, and what Li had done was also buried under the loess, and no one can know what Li had done.

In the harem, he is now the only one, even if Yuan Yu obstructs it in every way, it will not help. In the spring of the twenty-second year of Taihe, He was established as the queen by Yuan Hong, and in July of the same year, Yuan Ke was also established as the crown prince.

Yuan Yu hated it in his heart, thought about it hard, and finally got a plan.