When Concubine Xiao Wan heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to her senses: "Queen Mother, Xi'er will definitely not do this kind of thing!" He and Yun Jue have no grievances or hatreds. ”

"He is innocent and innocent, it doesn't mean that others don't." Li Hou said, glanced at Huaxi Yan, and meant something.

"Queen Mother, when Yun Jue was discovered, she was holding a sachet in her hand, do you know what was in the sachet? It turned out to be catkins! It was because of this catkins that Yun Jue fell ill and died! ”

When Concubine Xiao Wan heard this, her voice instantly became sharp: "Impossible! It can't be catkins inside! ”

"Concubine Wan knows so well?" Empress Li sneered and replied without showing weakness, "Isn't it because you gave the sachet?" What are your intentions? ”

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, it's not me ......" Concubine Xiao Wan hurriedly thought about Empress Li's explanation, shook her head again and again, and the pearls hanging from her temples hit her face, bringing a cold touch, but no matter how cold it is, it can't compare to the Queen Mother's cold gaze.

"And you say it's not you? The sachet was given by you, and yesterday someone also saw the five princes go to the household department, can you still say that Yun Jue's death has nothing to do with you? Empress Li seems to be iron-hearted, and she must attribute this matter to Concubine Xiao Wan's head.

"The Queen Mother's ......"

"Enough!" The Queen Mother let out a loud shout and interrupted Concubine Xiao Wan's words.

"To the mourning family, summon the crown prince, the nine princes, the five princes, and all the senior officials above the third rank in the court!"

"Yes." Immediately, someone took the order and ran down. The Queen Mother closed her eyes, leaned back in the chair and rubbed her forehead, extremely tired.

Hua Xiyan turned his head to look at Yun Qi, Yun Qi blinked, lowered his voice, and said in Hua Xiyan's ear: "I heard that the Queen Mother has a holy decree of Emperor Tianlong in her hand, which seems to be related to the position of the prince. ”

Hua Xiyan asked with some surprise: "The position of the prince?" Could it be that Emperor Tianlong really planned to abolish Ning Xuan? ”

"If I didn't have this thought before, I'm afraid it's almost the same now, after all, Ning Xi has returned to Beijing. And Emperor Tianlong is now unconscious, who controls the government is still a question, and the forces in the court have been clearly divided into princelings and the five princes' party, in fact, the key is still in the hands of the queen mother. ”

"I heard that when the first emperor was alive, the queen mother was a regent." Hua Xiyan raised his head and glanced at the woman who was already much older, no longer having the spirit of the Iron Lady at the beginning, but really, a real old woman.

"Although it is only a short time, I finally have some understanding of the government and politics, otherwise it is impossible for Emperor Tianlong to hand over the important holy decree to the Queen Mother." Yun Qi said, chuckling, "Let's see for a while, how the holy decree is written." ”

Abolishing the edict, Hua Xiyan had thought about it a long time ago, and everyone should have thought about it, but no one would have expected that it would be in the hands of the Queen Mother.

There was a sparse sound of footsteps at the door, and the first few people were a few princes, and a few of them should have just come from the council hall, and the court clothes on their bodies still had time to be replaced. As soon as Ning Xuan came in, he saw that something was wrong with the Queen Mother, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Grandmother Huang, are you sick?" ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand, sat up, and her old eyes skimmed over the faces of the people below before she spoke: "All the adults may wish to go to the side hall first and drink a cup of tea." ”

The ministers retreated according to their words, and only a few members of the royal family were left in the palace.

The Queen Mother gave a few words to a servant girl behind her, and saw the servant girl take out a long box from the inner room, the purple gold sandalwood box was shining, and it was not difficult to imagine that it contained the abolished edict of Nazi.

A look of excitement flashed on Ning Xuan's face, although he tried his best to suppress it, but it was still like a stone falling into the lake and causing ripples, Ning Xuan looked at Empress Li, Empress Li's expression did not have any waves, and he really did not move the eight winds.

Hua Xiyan's attention has always been on Ning Xi, he hasn't looked at her since he came in, as if he had never seen her. But Hua Xiyan sensitively felt that Ning Xi was in a bad mood. Very bad.

Thinking of the wedding the day before yesterday, what Yun Qi said, Hua Xiyan's mind couldn't help but sink a little.

"The edict here is about something, the mourning family thinks you can guess it." The Queen Mother opened the box, and the bright yellow scroll inside dazzled everyone's eyes.

The hall was silent, the tension in the court before, the turmoil of the major forces, they didn't know, but this is the first time, this kind of thing is brought to the surface, or in such a special situation now.

"The emperor is old, the princes have become talents, who is entrusted by the Jiangshan Society has always been an eternal topic, and now this thin holy decree is the answer you have always wanted to know." The Queen Mother's voice was very soft and tired, as if she had exhausted her last bit of strength, as if Yun Jue's departure had sent her into a place of no return.

Hearing the Queen Mother say this, Ning Xuan seemed to be even more excited, and even the hands hanging by his side were faintly trembling in the wide sleeves. But it is impossible to tell whether it is because of joy or too much nervousness.

Ning Xi kept his head hanging silently, and the dark purple prince's clothes set off his aura even more gloomy and sad. He just stood there, as if he were an outsider, and nothing could cause him half a wave.

"If it is said that the emperor has already made a will, it is better to have this ruling power in the hands of the mourning family now." The Queen Mother's wrinkled face showed a somewhat arrogant posture. casually handed the things in his hand to Empress Li on the side.

Li Hu took it and took a general look, his eyes paused somewhere, he glued tightly, and asked rhetorically for a moment: "Zexian stands?" ”

Ning Xuan was stunned, Concubine Xiao Wan was stunned, and Ning Xi finally reacted and slowly raised her head.

"Yes, choose the meritocracy." The Queen Mother leaned on the armrest on the side of the chair and sat up slightly straight, "Although Xuan'er is the crown prince, the position of the crown prince is not immutable, and I have always been virtuous and not long, if you want to go to prison for this position, you still have to rely on your ability." ”

"Now that the emperor is seriously ill, the mourning family has to focus on the society of the country, who can be the emperor of my holy heaven, in addition to being virtuous, he also needs to have compassion, love the son of others, and take the people as relatives, and he is not the kind of person who is waiting for someone's life."

The Queen Mother's words came here, and Hua Xiyan finally understood what the meaning of these words was. finally knew why, Empress Li was determined to put the hat of Yun Jue's death on Ning Xi's head.

According to the relationship between the Queen Mother and Yun Jue, Ning Xi, who has been away since childhood, is naturally not as close as Ning Xuan and Yun Jue and the Queen Mother, plus if Yun Jue is really killed by Ning Xi, then here in the Queen Mother, she will inevitably resent Ning Xi, and he will definitely have no chance with the position of the prince.

It turns out that this is what Empress Li meant! Hua Xiyan hooked her lips and smiled, she couldn't have imagined that last night, she would make wedding dresses for others?

Sure enough, the Queen Mother spoke next: "Xi'er, let me ask you, Jue'er's death was also done by you?" ”

Ning Xi looked up at the Queen Mother with a blank expression.

"Queen Mother, it's definitely not Xi'er! How could he have done such a thing! Concubine Xiao Wan couldn't help it, and couldn't help but defend her son.

"Shut up the mourners!" The Queen Mother slapped her thigh and scolded Concubine Xiao Wan heavily.

The light in Ning Xi's eyes was just a flash, and then he was unfazed, he lightly opened his thin lips and spit out two words: "No." ”

"Fifth Emperor Brother, this palace has heard that yesterday you went to the household department, and not long after you went, Yun Jue died. Even if you say no, I'm afraid no one will be convinced, right? ”

Ning Xuan said, with a touch of smugness in his eyes, and by the way, he looked at Ning Xi with a little provocation, as if he had won today's battle.

"I don't have to kill him." Ning Xi's tone was light, as if he didn't care that he would be wronged and suffered injustice.

"None? I think there is. After all, he is from the Yun family, and your surname is Ning. It's just a short sentence, but it contains all kinds of entanglements between the Yun family and the Ning family royal family for hundreds of years.

"The crown prince brother is so sure, as if he really saw me kill someone?" Ning Xi sneered, "Everything is just empty words, the crown prince and the royal brother are so infinite, the central thought of the emperor is really intriguing." ”

"What are you talking about?" Ning Xuan showed a slightly unhappy look on his face, "Although you are my imperial brother, Yun Jue grew up beside the imperial grandmother since he was a child, and there is no difference between him and our relationship, I am anxious for him, shouldn't I?" Besides, Yun Jue has been with the imperial grandmother for so many years, and suddenly it is gone, shouldn't we all tell the truth, so as to give the imperial grandmother a comfort, right? ”

The words not only picked up Yun Jue, but also showed an extremely filial appearance, the Queen Mother was very useful when she heard it, and she looked at Ning Xuan's eyes with a little more appreciation.

"That sachet was originally given to Yun Jue by Concubine Wan, and it was good to have mint in it, but the mezzanine was mixed with catkins. And for people with asthma, a trace of catkins is a big problem, you just need to have a few casual words with Yun Jue, induce him to get sick, and then force him to take out this sachet to relieve his illness, but accidentally died, am I right? ”

"What the crown prince and brother said is so true, if I say anything more, I'm afraid it will really be sophistry." Ning Xi sneered, "Then I have nothing to say." ”

Ning Xi is wrong, something is wrong, Hua Xiyan thought in his heart. This is not Ning Xi's character, he should be a person who loves and hates and is jealous and hateful, and he is definitely not the kind of person who allows others to pour dirty water on him and is indifferent.

The Queen Mother looked at Ning Xi with a very disappointed look, there was already a dead silence in her eyes, she couldn't talk about it, the clever grandson in front of her, who she also liked once, turned out to be such a ruthless person.

"Xuan'er, you are the crown prince, and this holy decree should be used by you." The Queen Mother turned her gaze back to Ning Xuan and made a final decision.

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( The Poisonous Concubine of the Cold Gate of the Prosperous Era )