Jiang Qingyue was startled, and met his indifferent eyes, and his heart trembled, "Do you still have a back hand?" ”

The more Jiang Qing thought about it, the more frightened he felt, from the beginning of the whole thing to the present, Zhou Rui'an stayed out of the matter, when the queen made a move, Zhou Rui'an was put in prison, and the people outside fought upside down, but none of these had anything to do with Zhou Rui'an.

Emperor Xuande, the empress, Qin Guifei and even the ministers all made choices in this turmoil, only Zhou Rui'an, only him, he was completely isolated from this storm.

This turmoil, which was enough to change the entire pattern of Dajing, did not affect Zhou Rui'an at all.

This is not logical! With Zhou Rui'an's character, how could he be completely out of the way?! Or is he just not showing up, but everything is already in his calculations?

Jiang Qingyue thought of this, and couldn't help but take a step back, looking at him with frightened eyes.

Zhou Rui'an met her gaze, and couldn't help but look a little suspicious: "Qingyue? ”

Jiang Qingyue looked at him with complicated eyes, the person in front of her, she knew his cunning and scheming better than anyone else, and his calculations, she thought she knew him well enough, but she didn't expect that he was still beyond her expectations.

Jiang Qingyue smiled abruptly: "Are you really worried about me?" Or is my behavior part of your calculations? ”

Jiang Qingyue thought of what happened later, she entered the palace to see Emperor Xuande, and then after getting the dragon pendant, she persuaded Guan Youwei to come forward to resist and question the queen's mother, and because of this, Zhao Tianqiao finally made up his mind to turn against the queen.

If it weren't for the emperor's dragon pendant, maybe they would still be hesitating now.

So her actions can be said to have moved the whole course of events! So, Zhou Rui'an, who is now saying that she is worried about her, has she already calculated her behavior?

Jiang Qingyue thought of Liu Min who suddenly appeared in the court, Liu Min was obviously Zhou Rui'an's person, could the timing of his appearance be too appropriate? If it weren't for Liu Min, maybe the second prince would have ascended to the throne a long time ago!

Did he even calculate everyone?!

Jiang Qingyue suddenly found that he had never known him, and the strangeness was almost terrifying.

Zhou Ruian looked at her with a hurt face: "Qingyue? Do you doubt me? Doubt my sincerity towards you? ”

Jiang Qingyue pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "I can't tell the difference now, whether it is true or false, your current expression, or are you calculating something?" ”

Zhou Rui'an's expression was grim: "Qingyue, don't you believe me now?" ”

Jiang Qingyue shook his head and smiled astringently: "I don't know, it may be that too many things have happened in the past few days, and my mind is in chaos." ”

Zhou Ruian tightened his brows: "I admit it, I calculated a little, but Qingyue, please believe me, for you, I only calculate sincerely." ”

Zhou Rui'an has not said such words before, she has heard it too many times, and his deep affection will always make her feel at a loss, but now, when she hears it in her ears, she has begun to question the authenticity of this sentence.

How did they suddenly become like this? Jiang Qingyue was very confused about this matter, and she sighed: "I may have been too tired recently, I need to think about it." ”

Zhou Ruian smiled bitterly: "You still doubt me, don't you?" You don't believe me anymore, I admit it, I did calculate something about this time, but you were never in my calculations, you were beyond my calculations. ”

Jiang Qingyue didn't answer, she turned around and walked out in silence, she returned to Zhou's mansion, and the ghost sent her to Zhou Rui'an's study.

Zhou Rui'an's study is a forbidden place in the mansion, and even Luobei is not allowed to enter and leave at will without a summons, but for Jiang Qingyue, there is no forbidden place in the mansion, and she can go in and out of any place freely.

But Jiang Qingyue didn't like to go to his study before, she always felt that there would be some secrets here that she shouldn't see, and she was also worried that what she saw by accident would ruin his plan.

But today, she especially wants to come here, and wants to understand what kind of person Zhou Ruian is from this study.

Jiang Qingyue picked up the document on the table, which was a record of the secret affairs of a minister in the DPRK and China, this minister Jiang Qingyue knew that she had heard Guan Youwei talk about it, and it was said that he was still a minister known as a clean and honest minister, but it recorded the scandal that he raped his daughter-in-law and forced her daughter-in-law to commit suicide by hanging herself, which simply opened Jiang Qingyue's eyes.

There are many ministers like this, you can imagine what kind of uproar it will cause if these things are spread, and Zhou Rui'an, who has mastered these secrets, is equivalent to directly controlling most of the courtiers!

The more Jiang Qing looked at it, the more frightened she felt, she had long known that Zhou Ruian was extraordinary, but she didn't expect that he had already done so many things......

"Who's in there?" Luo Bei's voice came from outside: "Is it Jiang Gongzi?" ”

Jiang Qingyue came back to his senses, and then responded: "It's me, you come in." ”

Luo Bei walked in, and saw Jiang Qingyue put the information in his hand on the table, his eyes flashed, and there was a clear understanding in his eyes, he sighed and said: "Childe finally opened these documents," after a pause, he said again: "It's not easy to find these materials, it was the shadow who risked his brothers to find out with their lives." ”

A touch of complexity flashed in Jiang Qingyue's eyes.

Luo Bei continued: "The master is in a dangerous environment, and it is not easy to live, and then he plans to survive little by little," after a pause, he looked at Jiang Qingyue and said with a smile: "Although he is my master, I am suspected of sycophants when I say this, but the master is really the person I admire the most!" ”

Luo Bei thought for a while, and then continued: "Even if the master became lustful and dizzy because of his son, I also think that this should be God's compensation for the master, he has lived too hard alone for so many years." ”

Jiang Qingyue's eyes darkened slightly, Luo Bei's words made Jiang Qingyue think of Zhou Rui'an's situation, he is the son of King Jin, King Jin and Emperor Xuande have such a relationship, Emperor Xuande naturally treats him as a thorn in the flesh, he can survive in a dangerous environment, isn't it easy?

If the mind of a non-ordinary person is scheming, I am afraid that he will be eaten by someone a long time ago, and there are no bones left.

Suddenly, a carrier pigeon flew in with its wings flapping, Luo Bei's expression changed, and he hurriedly walked out and took down the letter on the pigeon's feet.

Jiang Qingyue glanced at Luo Bei suspiciously, but she didn't ask.

After reading the letter, Luo Bei looked at Jiang Qingyue and explained: "Son, don't blame, it's a spy in the palace," after a pause, he continued: "The first emperor died suddenly, and he was forced into the palace by the queen, I am afraid that many things have not been explained clearly, the most important of which is the Gu poison on the master's body. ”

Jiang Qingyue's eyes lit up: "'Jun Mochou'? ”

Jiang Qingyue almost forgot about this matter, because since she and Zhou Rui'an were together, the Gu worms on Zhou Rui'an's body had never attacked.

Although this is a kind of Gu that controls people's hearts, as long as Zhou Ruian can control his emotions, it will not have much impact.

Now that Emperor Xuande is dead, no one knows the secret of the Gu worm, then the Gu worm in Zhou Rui'an's body will be an uncertain factor, no one knows what will happen to this Gu worm one day, maybe it will mutate, or it may have other effects on Zhou Rui'an's body.

A person like Zhou Rui'an, who has to grasp the overall personality at all times, will definitely not tolerate such a thing, and he will definitely try his best to remove the Gu poison on his body!

Luo Bei nodded and said worriedly: "Not really! I've been busy with this for the past few days, and I want to take advantage of the fact that the emperor has just died, the queen is under house arrest, and the palace is in chaos, hoping to find some clues. After a pause, he looked at Jiang Qingyue expectantly: "Childe, you are the last person to see the first emperor, didn't the first emperor mention this matter?" ”

Now Jiang Qingyue also regrets it a little, although she feels suspicious and disappointed with Zhou Ruian, but it is about his life, this is not a joke.

She shook her head: "I was negligent, I should have asked Your Majesty!" ”

Luo Bei's expression had a disappointed expression that could not be concealed, and he smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Childe, the subordinates just asked casually, such an important secret is asked by Childe, and the character of the former emperor will not be revealed at will, Childe doesn't have to take it to heart." After a pause, he continued: "There are still some things to arrange for my subordinates, and my son is at his own discretion. ”

After Luo Bei left, Jiang Qingyue looked at his back as he left expressionlessly, and after a long time, she said in a low voice: "This is also part of your calculation, right?" Today's incident, you must have told Luobei a message, and asked Luobei to tell me about your difficulty, and finally mentioned the Gu worm, which made me worry and distracted, so naturally I didn't have time to take care of the calculations on the side. ”

Jiang Qingyue turned his head and looked at the neatly arranged study, but an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart, is it that for Zhou Rui'an, everything can be calculated.

It is true that Luo Bei is looking for an antidote to Gu poison, but Zhou Ruian deliberately let Luo Bei reveal it to her, and it is true that she is worried, he has always killed two birds with one stone.

Jiang Qingyue smiled bitterly, she felt that she might have gone mad, no matter what Zhou Ruian did, she felt that she was calculating something.

But, did she really wronged him?

Jiang Qingyue strode out.

The Ministry of Rites finally chose the day when the second prince ascended the throne, which was set on October 17, which was exactly the day before the emperor's 27th.

As soon as this matter was announced, the entire capital seemed to settle down, and everyone had a sense of settled.

Even the queen mother, who was confined to Zhengkun Palace, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The ministers kept coming to visit the Dingguo Mansion to curry favor with Fang Mingkun, and now the Dingguo Mansion is hot, and they are angry.

There is only one person, who is still obsessed with the cause of Emperor Xuande's death, and refuses to let go of the queen's mother.

The queen mother was also very good at talking at this time, expressing her willingness to stay in the palace to pray for Emperor Xuande, and she believed that the Qing would clear itself.

The current queen mother is the quasi-queen mother, and her identity is naturally more noble than before, but she is so generous and tolerant, and naturally won a lot of praise, and now everyone seems to have forgotten that the current queen is the mastermind behind the destruction of Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and it is also she who killed Qin Guifei and the Seventh Prince.

But who cares now?

The queen is not idle now, she is looking for the jade seal in the palace, without the jade seal, how can she be called the emperor?

The queen naturally didn't know that Emperor Xuande had already put away the jade seal when he wrote the last edict.

Seeing that the second prince was about to ascend the throne, the queen finally couldn't sit still, and finally she set her eyes on one person - Princess Ningyang!

Although Princess Ningyang is fake, she has been Emperor Xuande's favorite daughter for more than ten years, and Emperor Xuande's favorite Princess Ningyang is a real favorite before, maybe she will know some unknown secrets?

Thinking of this, the queen's eyes flashed: "Come on, bring Princess Ningyang over." ”

Soon, Princess Ningyang was brought up, and the queen was startled when she saw Princess Ningyang, she knew that Princess Ningyang was not doing well, but she didn't expect that Princess Ningyang would become like this!

The originally ruddy cheeks are also concave and convex, and there is no longer the pampering atmosphere of the past on the face, and the eyes are blank, where is it still like a cardamom girl?

The queen frowned, and was about to speak, but Princess Ningyang suddenly shook off the palace maid's hand and pounced on the queen like crazy: "Tell me!" You tell me! I am the daughter of my father! I'm the princess of the golden branches! You tell me! ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of her lips were hooked, "Okay, this palace can tell you, but you also have to tell me one thing......"

Soon, a palace maid came up and held down Princess Ningyang, who looked at the queen resentfully and pursed the corners of her lips.

The queen walked to the ear room of the dormitory, and Jiang Qingyue entered Emperor Xuande's bedroom through the secret passage in this room.

The queen looked at the secret passage that appeared and sneered, she didn't expect Princess Ningyang to really give her a surprise!

The queen followed the secret passage directly into Emperor Xuande's bedroom, and from the dormitory to the imperial study, she couldn't help it, after all, she was now praying for Emperor Xuande in the palace, if she was seen, she was not afraid, but she couldn't affect the second prince.

The queen quietly sneaked into the imperial study, according to Princess Ningyang, she knew that there was a secret passage in Emperor Xuande's imperial study, but she didn't know where the specific mechanism was, only that it should be behind the wall.

The queen rummaged in the imperial study, and finally found the entrance to the mechanism under a vase, she opened the mechanism, and a wall slowly moved away, and a small secret room appeared in front of her.

The queen walked in, and there were many things in it that she hadn't seen before, except for the jade seal, but she was not interested in anything else, and the jade seal was her target.

The queen mother happily picked up the jade seal, and her hanging heart finally let go, and she couldn't help but hook the corners of her lips: "Now no one can stop my son from ascending the throne as the emperor!" ”

The queen hugged the jade seal tightly, and suddenly saw a bright yellow holy decree on the case, she frowned, but she already had a goal in her heart, this is probably the edict written by Emperor Xuande to establish the prince, right?

The queen took the holy decree, opened it, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Since ancient times, the emperor has succeeded the heavens and established the pole, and the royal area has been ......" she looked at it quickly, and finally wrote: "The concubine Ruichen, the quality of the instrument is far away...... can be made the crown prince. ”

The queen took two steps back with a stunned face, and the jade seal in her hand suddenly seemed to be as heavy as a thousand gold, she couldn't hold it anymore, and fell to the ground.

Emperor Xuande's prince is Chen'er! Not the Seven Princes! It's Chen'er! The last thing he chose was their son!

So, what the hell is she doing all this for?!

The queen collapsed to the ground softly, the tears in her eyes couldn't help falling, she hooked the corners of her lips, and suddenly thought of the handsome and domineering young man back then, he took her hand and walked up to the most honorable position in the world together.

At that time, he said that he would never fail in this life.

When she was pregnant, he was also ecstatic, and happily said that he would definitely be a son, and he would definitely train him to become a talent and pass on this great country to him.

She thought he had forgotten, so she refused to make Chen'er the crown prince, so over the years, she hated his affection.

She thought that he was so disappointed in her, so he gave the position of the leader of the Jinyi Guard to Qin Guifei's people, and she really thought that he had already made a decision.

But in the end, she found that these were just her thoughts, he hadn't forgotten, he still remembered what he said back then, and he finally chose their son!

The queen couldn't help but close her eyes, tears couldn't stop falling, what the hell did she do?! Thinking of Emperor Xuande's eyes that had not been closed before he died, her heart suddenly felt like a knife.

After so many years of love-hate entanglement, suddenly it became unimportant, and at this moment, the queen suddenly found out that she loved him, because of love, so she was jealous, and all the unwillingness and resentment were just because of love.

Jealous of Qing Guifei, jealous of the later Qin Guifei, what she resented was just why he didn't love her.

The queen didn't know how Emperor Xuande wrote this decree at that time, or he thought that he had high hopes for the second prince back then, maybe he just considered that the seventh prince was still young and could not take on this important responsibility, but Emperor Xuande chose the second prince.

She was extremely familiar with the handwriting on the holy decree, which was written by Emperor Xuande himself, and she didn't dare to think about what kind of mood Emperor Xuande was in when he wrote this holy decree, and in what mood he drank the poison she handed over.

The queen finally couldn't help it and cried bitterly.

After a long time, the queen's emotions gradually calmed down, she picked up the jade seal and holy decree that fell on the ground, and slowly returned to the Zhengkun Palace.

The queen knelt in front of the shrine, her hands clasped together, her hair was a little messy, and the makeup on her face was spent, but she didn't care, she kept chanting Buddhist scriptures, as if this was the only way to calm her down.

She knelt for a long time, and finally, she opened her eyes.

"In this life, I don't know if you have lost me, or I have lost you," the queen said softly: "But if there is a next life, we still don't meet again, don't become husband and wife again." ”

The queen said, slowly closing her eyes, tears running through the corners of her eyes, full of bitter taste, but she couldn't regret it.

Two days before the enthronement ceremony, the Ministry of Rites had already sent the newly made dragon robe over for the second prince to try on.

Just when the second prince was about to try on clothes, suddenly there was a bell outside.

The second prince was startled, and hurriedly ordered: "What happened outside?" ”

Soon, a eunuch ran in and said: "Returning to Your Highness, yes, someone rang the spiritual bell of the Taimiao!" ”

The second prince and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were all stunned, just because this Taimiao Spirit Bell was extraordinary!

Taimiao is the place where the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty are worshipped, generally non-major events do not enter the Taimiao, such as the first day of the new year every year, the new emperor ascends the throne, the posterior, the prince or a natural disaster will open the temple to worship the ancestors.

And this spirit bell was set by Emperor Yuan when he established the Dajing Dynasty, the purpose is to warn future generations, to let future generations remember the hardships of the ancestors of the founding of the country, to love the people like sons, and to be diligent in the government, but if it is really unfortunate that there is no way to faint the king, the emperor in the clan can ring the spirit bell to complain to the ancestors.

This is actually a warning, and the deterrent is greater than the actual effect, but fortunately, the Zhou dynasty has been passed down to the present, and there has never been a mediocre and incompetent emperor, so this spirit bell has never been ringed.

But the second prince has not yet ascended the throne, and he is not yet the emperor, and someone rang the spirit bell, who is this going to get along with? !

The second prince's face was already gloomy, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites said angrily: "Who is this? It's nonsense! Don't take them down yet! ”

The eunuch hesitated for a moment, and then whispered: "If you go back to your lord, it is Lord Guan who strikes the bell!" ”

Guan Youwei?! The second prince was stunned, his brows frowned tightly, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, but he still said calmly: "It seems that Guan Qing still has a misunderstanding about me, since this is the case, let's go and see first." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said something that His Highness was kind, and hurriedly followed.

The second prince rushed to the Taimiao with people, Guan Youwei was still struggling to hit the bell, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Grandpa! The Emperor! Open your eyes! Now that I am Dajing, the demon queen is acting for the tiger, collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the sky of Dajing is about to change! ”

Guan Youwei's words were like a bolt from the blue, and before others could speak, the second prince already reprimanded angrily with a blue face: "Guan Youwei! You don't want to spew blood! The queen mother is the mother of a nation, how can you be so defiled! ”

Not long after the second prince arrived, other ministers also rushed over, and it seemed that Guan Youwei had already come prepared, and notified the ministers in advance.

Liu Min hid in the crowd and made a gesture into the shadows to get the guards ready.

Guan Youwei stood up, his eyes were awe-inspiring: "As the secretary of Dali Temple, I should investigate the injustices in the world!" After a pause, he continued: "The queen colluded with the second prince of Tatar with bad intentions! The queen is not merciful, how can such a woman be worthy of being called the mother of the country?! ”

"Presumptuous!" The second prince said angrily: "You keep slandering the queen, what is your intention?!" ”

"Slander? I have proof! Guan Youwei said, and took out a few letters from his arms: "This is a letter between the queen and the second prince of Tatar, which is not only stamped with the queen's phoenix seal but also the queen's private seal!" Conclusive! There is no denial! ”