The queen died suddenly, and the people in the hall didn't have time to stop it, so Emperor Wu An put his hand on his lap and slowly clenched it into a fist.

Lan Pei screamed bitterly, "Niangniang! ”

She crawled over with her hands and feet, flustered and disorganized.

The blood on the queen's head flowed all over the ground, and Lan Pei shook her hands and tried to pick her up, but she couldn't do anything, and finally she could only pounce on her body and cry.

After Lan Pei's crying gradually stopped, Emperor Wu An's clenched hands slowly let go.

"What did the queen mean by what she said at the end?"

Lan Pei straightened up, the queen died, she wanted to follow the martyr, but her younger brother An An was still in Mu Yuan's hands, which made her unable to act rashly, and now Emperor Wu An's question, she didn't dare not reply.

"Back to the emperor, Li Guifei's death was instructed by someone to Niangniang."

Emperor Wu'an didn't speak, Lan Pei said consciously: "Back then, it was the slave maid who accompanied the mother to the queen mother's palace, and the queen mother told the queen mother that the emperor intended to pass on the throne to the king of Yongding born to Concubine Li Guifei, and the mother mother was anxious, and when she was suffering and had no choice, the queen mother revealed the matter of the heart-devouring Gu, and the mother didn't dare, but she couldn't stand the queen mother and said a word." ”

She knew that it would be a capital crime to say these words, but she couldn't watch Niangniang die as a poisonous woman in the heart of Emperor Wu'an.

As soon as Lan Pei's words were finished, Emperor Wu An was furious and said, "Presumptuous! Dare to slander the queen mother! ”

Lan Pei met his gaze with a fearless face, "Everything the slave and maid said is the truth, if there is any adulteration, the slave and maid will not die well." ”

Emperor Wu An's face was gloomy with anger, and Fu Lu on the side lowered his head to the point that he couldn't lower it, and he wanted to become deaf on the spot, which was better than hearing about this fatal thing.

Mu Yuan's emotions were not as excited as Emperor Wu An, and he asked Lan Pei: "The Queen Mother will definitely retreat from the people around her for such an important matter, how do you know?" ”

"It was Niangniang who told the slave maid personally, and the Heart Devouring Gu was also handed over to Niangniang by Abbot Huiguang himself."

Mu Yuan lowered his gaze, "What did the Queen Mother say to the imperial sister-in-law at the end?" ”

Lan Pei glanced at Emperor Wu'an, "The Queen Mother said that as long as Concubine Li Guifei dies, the Queen Mother can make decisions for the emperor and let the emperor marry her mother." ”

Seeing that Mu Yuan no longer spoke, Lan Pei said a little eagerly: "If the prince doesn't believe it, you can look through the archives in the palace, the queen mother closed the palace on the second day, and Li Guifei died on the third day. ”

Emperor Wu An closed his eyes and was silent, thinking about Lan Pei's words in his heart, and finally had to admit that there was no loophole in Lan Pei's words.

In other words, the real murderer of Li Guifei was not the queen, but the queen mother, who had been hiding behind her.

Mu Yuan looked at Emperor Wu'an, who was at the head of the house, and his thoughts were complicated.

In fact, the relationship between the Queen Mother and their brothers is not very close, the Queen Mother always seems to be separated from them when facing them, Mu Yuan also tried to improve the relationship between mother and son, but gave up after finding that it had no effect.

Even if the relationship is not good, Mu Yuan will inevitably feel uncomfortable after learning what the Queen Mother has done, and it must be the same for Emperor Wu'an.

Lan Pei, who was kneeling in the hall, should have had a lot to say, but after taking a look at the queen's corpse, she decided not to speak again. The queen was already very humble in love during her lifetime, and she didn't want to tell Emperor Wu'an about the queen's forbearance, because there was no need anymore.

The people are gone, so why bother with greed.

Emperor Wu'an opened his eyes again, he slowly walked to the queen's side, bent down and picked up the body of the woman on the ground and placed it on the chair, and instructed Fulu: "All the palace people in the Fenglai Palace were all killed with rods because they didn't take care of the queen well. ”

Fu Lu should be, hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully: "The queen mother"

Emperor Wu An looked at the serene person on the chair.

"The body of the queen was carefully preserved with ice, and two days later it was announced that the queen died violently and was buried with the queen's rites."

He had always known her affection, but all his efforts were devoted to state affairs, and he could not return what she expected.

That's how the reality is.

The queen is not wrong, just because she loves it too much.

Emperor Wu An is not wrong, just because he doesn't love.

Lan Pei looked at Emperor Wu An with surprise on her face, the queen had said something like that before she touched the pillar and died, she thought that Emperor Wu An would hate the queen very much, but now she was willing to give the queen a gift.

She knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed to Emperor Wu An three times, "The slave and maid thank the emperor for his grace." ”

After Lan Pei finished speaking, he knelt down in front of Mu Yuan again, and also kowtowed and said, "The slave maid has something to ask the prince." ”

Mu Yuan looked at her, "What's the matter?" ”

Lan Pei had tears on her face, "After Niangniang's mother's family left the capital, the slave's younger brother has always been raised by the slave, and now the slave is afraid that she will not be able to do it, so please ask the prince to find a reliable family for An An and entrust him to him, so that he can live well in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, Lan Pei gritted his teeth vigorously and held his breath, swallowing the whimper that came out of his mouth.

Mu Yuan looked at her quietly, and after discovering that she had made up her mind, he agreed: "This king promises you." ”

Lan Pei breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and kowtowed to him, and then pulled out a dagger out of nowhere, twisted his wrist, wiped his neck and committed suicide.

When she died, her eyes looked in the direction of the queen, and she said silently: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the slave will accompany you"

Su Qingmo covered his mouth with his hands and looked at Lan Pei with a smile.

No one in the hall that exuded a heavy bloody aura spoke again, and no one noticed that there was a figure on the roof who left quickly after Lan Pei's death.

Fu Lu acted according to Emperor Wu'an's orders, first all the palace people in Fenglai Palace were killed in the courtyard with their mouths covered and canes, and then Emperor Wu'an's exclusive guards were stationed in Fenglai Palace.

Mu Yuan and Su Qingmo sat in the carriage leaving the palace, and the carriage walked towards the palace in silence, and Su Qingmo never thought about how to speak about the queen mother.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, there was news in the palace that the queen was seriously ill, and Su Qingmo knew that it must be Emperor Wu'an who ordered someone to release the news.

Sure enough, two days later, the queen died of illness as scheduled, and the whole country mourned, and Emperor Wu'an ordered the Ministry of Rites to handle the queen's funeral.

Who knew that the queen's coffin had changed on the way out of Beijing to the mausoleum.

Someone led troops to surround the procession escorting the queen's coffin, and arrested all the officials accompanying the rear of the team.

When Emperor Wu An learned the news, there was no panic on his face, he and Mu Yuan were waiting in the Imperial Yang Palace, and in front of them was an unfinished chessboard.

Mu Yuan asked, "Does the imperial brother have a chance of winning?" ”

Emperor Wu An smiled, "He has had a problem since he was a child, he has been brave and unscrupulous, so for so many years, I have never lost." ”

He raised his hand and took out a chess piece from Mu Yuan's chess piece that would have some impact on the entire chess game, and continued: "Besides, he never thought that a bad chess would appear next to him. ”

While the two were talking, Fu Lu ran in from outside, "Your Majesty, people have rushed to the front of the palace." ”

Emperor Wu An was the first to get up and leave the chair and patted Mu Yuan's shoulder, "Let's go, go with me and have a look." ”

The two of them walked out of the Imperial Palace with Fu Lu, and saw a well-equipped team confronting the forbidden army of the palace from a distance.

In front of the procession was a man on horseback, and when he saw the figures of Emperor Wu'an and Mu Yuan, he shouted loudly: "All the ministers in the court have been controlled by this king, did the imperial brother ever think that there would be today?" ”

The person who shouted was none other than Yongding Wang Mu Yuanyi, who had a smug look on his face, riding on his horse and looking at the opposite side arrogantly.

Emperor Wu An's face remained unchanged, and he looked at Mu Yuanyi as if he was looking at a ridiculous clown.

Mu Yuanyi's eyebrows were furrowed, he always felt that the reaction of Emperor Wu'an and Mu Yuan was a little strange, he glanced at the army behind him, ignored the weirdness in his heart, and gave an order: "Rush into the palace with this king, after the matter is completed, the meritorious person will be added to the official and knighted, and the reward will be a thousand taels of silver." ”

Emperor Wu'an and Mu Yuan stood in place, never moving, and the army behind Mu Yuanyi also did not move.

The entire army knelt down in unison, and the earth-shattering shouts sounded in front of the Imperial Sun Palace.

"Meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live"

Mu Yuanyi was stunned on the horse, and the disbelief in his eyes was obvious.

Emperor Wu'an raised his voice and ordered: "Take down the king of Yongding and bring him in." ”

The two soldiers behind Mu Yuanyi stood up neatly, stepped forward to tear Mu Yuanyi off their horses, cut their hands back, and escorted them into the Yuyang Palace.

When he stood in front of Emperor Wu An, Mu Yuanyi hadn't come back to his senses, and it wasn't until he was forced to kneel on the ground that he reacted and glared angrily at the person who was heading up.

"You did it on purpose?"

deliberately exposed flaws to the queen when she was at the funeral, so that he had the illusion that he could succeed in forcing the palace.

Emperor Wu An had a chill on his face, "I have never forced you, it is your own ambition that is too strong." ”

Mu Yuanyi was unconvinced: "The throne is mine, and you did something from it." ”

Emperor Wu An was not angry, he took out the things he had prepared early in the morning and handed them to Fu Lu, asking him to show them to Mu Yuanyi.

Fu Lu unfolded the secret decree in his hand and sent it to Mu Yuanyi's eyes, Mu Yuanyi read it word by word, his face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "This must be fake, you forged it"

Emperor Wu An sighed and stopped making a sound, no one could wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

Mu Yuan said loudly: "My father and the emperor have been interested in the emperor's brother inheriting the throne early on, Mu Yuanyi, you have been wrong from beginning to end." ”

Mu Yuanyi suddenly looked at him, "Could it be that the death of my mother is also the king's mistake?" ”

The real cause of Li Guifei's death was only investigated a few days ago, and Emperor Wu'an sent someone to block the news, so it stands to reason that Mu Yuanyi could not know.

"Who told you?"

Looking at Emperor Wu'an, who had a gloomy face, Mu Yuanyi smiled, "What, I'm afraid that this king will tell the Queen Mother what she has done?" ”

When someone first passed the news into his ears, Mu Yuanyi still didn't believe it, and after the person told all the conversations of several people in the Fenglai Palace, Mu Yuanyi trembled with anger, if it wasn't for Mu Yuanrou's death, he would have led the troops into the palace immediately, he always thought that the mother concubine was hanged herself, but he never thought that the person who really killed the mother concubine was the queen mother.

Doesn't Mu Yuanrou hate?

No, after learning the real cause of Concubine Li Guifei's death, she hated the Queen Mother more than anyone else, and even the two sons born to the Queen Mother She hated the house and Wuqi, but she knew that if she wanted to take revenge, she had to hold her temper and wait for the time to come.

The two waited quietly in their respective mansions, waiting for the so-called opportunity.

On the day of the queen's funeral and the hundred officials accompanying her, Mu Yuanrou told Mu Yuanyi that the time had come and he could act, so Mu Yuanyi led the troops to detain the hundred officials and rushed into the palace again.

It's just that neither he nor Mu Yuanrou thought that the so-called timing was just a game made by Emperor Wu An and Mu Yuan, a bureau that led them into the urn.

Mu Yuan was still immersed in his thoughts, and was suddenly awakened by the sound of the temple door opening, he looked behind him and saw Mu Yuanrou being escorted in.

Mu Yuanrou's hairpin was scattered, and he was pushed and walked to Mu Yuanyi's side and knelt down.

Emperor Wu An's gaze swept around the two siblings.

"Who told you the real cause of Concubine Li's death?"

Seeing that the two of them were silent and didn't answer, Emperor Wu An was not in a hurry, he looked at Fu Lu, "Bring people in." ”

As soon as the words fell, the door of the hall was opened again, and Mu Yuanrou saw that the person who came opened her eyes slightly.

She said eagerly to Emperor Wu'an: "The horse has nothing to do with this matter. ”

"The crime committed by you and Mu Yuanyi will inevitably be involved in the house."

Mu Yuanrou fell down in an instant, languishing to the ground, she knew that Emperor Wu An was threatening herself with a horse, but she had to obey, and could only whisper what she knew.

"The real cause of the mother's death was told to us by a man in black, I haven't seen his appearance, I just heard the voice like a man, and he told us everything you said in the Fenglai Palace."

Mu Yuan said suspiciously: "You originally planned to raise troops to force the palace? ”

Mu Yuanrou didn't answer, but Mu Yuanyi smiled and said, "This king would rather die standing than live on his knees." ”

He was able to say this in a strong manner, because he was sure that he would not be able to live, so he did not intend to continue begging for mercy.

Emperor Wu An heard about the man in black from Mu Yuan several times, and he was not surprised to hear it again at this time, he believed that as long as it was a person, there would always be a day when he was caught, and the identity of the man in black would be investigated sooner or later.

He looked at the siblings who were kneeling down, and the first thing he needed to solve was them.

"Fulu."

Fu Lu, who was called by name, bowed forward and listened to Emperor Wu'an's dispatch.

"Take them down and put them in the Liufang Temple, where they will only be given three meals a day, and they will not be allowed to go out for the rest of their lives."

Mu Yuanyi and Mu Yuanrou did not struggle, and were quickly taken down.

After the two left, Emperor Wu An rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly.

Mu Yuan asked, "What does the imperial brother think about the matter of the man in black?" ”

Emperor Wu An walked back to the dragon chair and sat down, picked up a pen and wrote the word 'wait' on the spread out rice paper.

"It's better to be still than to be still, and now we can only wait and see what happens to the man in black next."

Mu Yuan nodded and didn't say anything more.

Emperor Wu An looked at him, "Mu Yuanyi's rebellion still has some aftermath work, hand it over to you?" ”

"The younger brother is only good at running the hermitage."

Emperor Wu An scolded with a smile, "Lazy." ”

How could he not know Mu Yuan's thoughts, but he was just afraid of trouble, he waved his hand to drive Mu Yuan away, and ordered the people below to take over the aftermath.

Su Qingmo waited in the palace, and after seeing Mu Yuan come back safely, she breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that her breath was raised again the next day.

Yongan hurriedly ran into Moxiangju from outside, "Lord, princess, something happened in the palace." ”

Mu Yuan sat on the couch with the book in his hand, and his eyes did not take off the book, "What's wrong?" ”

"King Yongding and Princess Anping died in the Liufang Palace."

Mu Yuan's gaze moved to Yong'an, "When?" ”