Speaking of business, the queen mother suddenly calmed down.

The emperor was suddenly poisoned, although all the evidence pointed to Concubine Zhao, but the queen mother, who had been fighting in the deep palace for most of her life, still didn't believe that things were just so simple.

The Queen Mother is not as simple as the emperor thinks, the truth is too smooth, and there is always a deliberate feeling that it is so smooth.

First of all, the queen mother didn't think that the Huns suddenly sent a princess over, and they really wanted to be unfavorable to the emperor.

With such a big handle, unless the Huns' brains are caught in the door, how can they be so stupid?

Even if you really want to assassinate the emperor, you have to be secretive, is it just so stunned, spread everything out in front of the emperor?

Of course, if the Xiongnu sent the princess with the idea of fighting, then it is reasonable for the princess to intend to kill the king.

But is that really the case?

The Queen Mother is not an ordinary woman, she has been in the palace for so many years, and after two generations of emperors, how can she lack a political sense of smell?

In her opinion, the Huns could not have been stupid enough to be so stupid.

She was suspicious in her heart, and the matter was related to Emperor Hui's life, so the Queen Mother called the crown prince, Lu Zheng, and Master Puyun over.

Although the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, she only asks, and it is not impossible to take the emperor's dragon body as the main starting point.

Because she was suspicious of Concubine Zhao's poisoning and murder of the emperor, the Queen Mother took the lead in asking Lu Zheng: "General Lu, there is something I want to ask you about the mourning family, and I ask the general to tell the truth." ”

When Lu Zheng heard this, he hurriedly replied: "The Queen Mother, please say, but whoever Weichen knows, he will know everything, and he will say everything." ”

"The general is often in the northwest, and has been at war with the Xiongnu many times, so the mourning family wants to ask, does the general think that the Xiongnu will take the initiative to provoke a war in the near future? The general doesn't need to worry, the mourning family asked this, not to find out about the government, but the emperor's poisoning happened suddenly, and it involved Concubine Zhao, what is the origin of Concubine Zhao, the mourning family doesn't say, the general also knows, the reason why the mourning family asks this is to determine how likely it is that Concubine Zhao deliberately murdered the emperor. ”

To put it bluntly, the Queen Mother just didn't believe that this matter was only done by Concubine Zhao.

The Queen Mother had doubts in her heart, but there was no evidence, even if she had doubts in her heart, it was not easy to say it directly, so she had to ask Lu Zheng first whether the Xiongnu would take the initiative to provoke a war in the near future.

Just like she said herself, Lu Zheng is often in the northwest, and he has been at war with the Huns many times, and the person who knows the Huns best is none other than him, so the Queen Mother believes Lu Zheng's judgment.

Lu Zheng didn't doubt the Queen Mother's intentions, but the Queen Mother's question was not an ordinary matter, and Lu Zheng couldn't answer for sure for a while, so he pondered for a while before giving the Queen Mother an answer.

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, Weichen thinks that the Huns are now in civil strife, and it stands to reason that they should not take the initiative to provoke a big war in the near future, but the Huns are ambitious, and a big war is inevitable after all, but it is not at this time, when the civil strife is settled, the Huns will inevitably start a war."

Lu Zheng is a military general, and a general of Zhenbei, who knows the Huns best, the entire Nanzhao, except for him, does not think of others, he has already told the emperor, so he naturally does not hesitate to say it to the queen mother.

The Xiongnu's ambition to annex Nanzhao has never stopped, this is an obvious thing, whoever asks, he has such an opinion, and there is nothing to hide.

The Queen Mother originally had some thoughts in her heart, but now that she heard Lu Zheng say this, she was even more sure that what she was thinking was right.

Since the Xiongnu did not take the initiative to provoke a war in the near future, it is untenable to say that Concubine Zhao was arranged by the king of the Xiongnu to murder Emperor Hui.

Unless, these things are all Concubine Zhao's personal actions and have nothing to do with the Xiongnu.

But is it possible?

Anyway, the Queen Mother felt unlikely.

A woman from a royal family, no matter how shallow her mind is, it is impossible not to even understand the art of weighing.

If his inference is true, then it is very likely that Concubine Zhao was framed.

Even if it wasn't framed, it might have been used.

For example, even if Concubine Zhao had any careful thoughts, she never thought about making the emperor poisoned so severely.

Because, anyone who is a little scheming should understand the consequences of her doing this.

plotting to kill Emperor Nanzhao, if the King of the Huns said that this matter had nothing to do with him, who would believe it?

The Queen Mother integrated these thoughts, and then asked the prince, "What does the prince think is strange about the emperor's poisoning this time?" ”

The Queen Mother's question was direct, and the prince was a little difficult to answer for a while.

Say yes, that is to be doubtful, since there is doubt, always say a suspicious candidate, even if you can't say the candidate, the last time you have to say a general direction.

If you say no, but the Queen Mother is obviously suspicious, if the prince says no, wouldn't he be singing against the Queen Mother?

So, the answer yes or no is not very good.

But if you don't answer, it's even worse.

Therefore, after pondering for a while, the prince replied: "Back to the emperor's grandmother's words, the grandson thinks that there is indeed a suspicion about Concubine Zhao's poisoning. ”

Since you have to say it, you can only say it half-truthfully.

The prince knows the truth about Concubine Zhao's poisoning, but in the absence of evidence, no matter how firm the statement is, it is also a subjective assumption and cannot be counted.

As the prince of a country, the prince's words and deeds are unusual, and he can't easily say it without evidence.

Therefore, the prince replied that he had doubts, but it was only his own thoughts and guesses, and he didn't say much about the specific truth.

The Queen Mother didn't think much about it, and it was normal for the prince to answer like this.

However, it was just a suspicion, and it still couldn't solve the essential problem, so the Queen Mother had to ask Master Puyun again: "Dare to ask the master, do you know what the poison in the emperor is?" ”

Compared with the imperial doctor, the Queen Mother trusted Master Puyun more.

However, what worried her was that Master Puyun's answer was no different from the imperial doctor's diagnosis last night.

It seems that what the imperial doctor said is also true.

This poison came from the northwest border, and it is indeed possible that the Huns got it.

However, if you want to say that, then this poison is originally grown in the northwest, so if it is said from Nanzhao, it is also reasonable?

"General Lu is often in the northwest, have you ever heard of this herb?" The Queen Mother thought that Lu Zheng had been in the northwest for so many years, and it was not necessary to know some rumors about this poison.

However, to her disappointment, Lu Zheng had never heard of this medicine.

However, Lu Zheng's other sentence is not unreasonable.

It is true that Lu Zheng does not understand this poison, but it is impossible for all the people in the northwest not to understand it.