Regarding this issue, most of the people inside and outside the palace now suspect that the mastermind of this matter is the Empress Dowager - or that this matter must have been approved by the Empress Dowager.

Even the Empress Dowager Su and Empress Wei, who witnessed the Empress Dowager's horror last night when she saw Lu Hehao break into the banquet, were also suspicious of the Empress Dowager because of the actions of the "Fifth Brother" and his party to kill the "assassin": The Empress Dowager was so concerned about her own safety, and she did not even slack off on the day of the Holy Birthday, which shows that Mingren Palace seems to be loose and tight, and it is not a good place to mix in at all.

- Without the permission of the Empress Dowager, how could Lu Hehao, who had been deposed as a concubine and sent to the emperor's mausoleum, walk into Mingren Palace with his head held high and expose the indecent things of Emperor Duanhua in public? !

However, when Su Shaoge heard this, he pondered for a while before he said: "I don't know about this matter, whether the old lady Duanmu is willing to inform the two, so I dare not overstep, and please forgive the two!" ”

Song Yixiao heard this, frowned slightly, and looked at her husband with helpless eyes-Jian Xubai also smiled bitterly: Su Shaoge said that he refused to say this, but in fact, he had already hinted at them, and the mastermind behind the scenes of helping Lu Hehao break into the palace and set off this monstrous storm in front of him was not the Empress Dowager, but the old lady Duanmu!

In fact, those who know the Empress Dowager will know the flaw when they calm down: no matter how much the Empress Dowager hates Emperor Duanhua, she won't say that in order to kill this grandson, she will lose the name of her son Emperor Xianjia?

After all, the Empress Dowager is not without other ways to replace the emperor - speaking of which, the Empress Dowager suddenly gave the Weisu family a secret decree before, probably because when the concubine Lu Hehao left the imperial capital and went to the imperial mausoleum, the eldest princess Tuo Zhenyang told the Empress Dowager the secret in the letter that the eldest princess Tuo Zhenyang forwarded to the Empress Dowager.

Therefore, after receiving the order, the Wei and Su families inquired repeatedly, but they only knew that the Empress Dowager was very angry after reading the letter, and asked to solve Emperor Duanhua as soon as possible, but as for the content of the letter, it was not revealed!

Such a royal scandal, of course the Queen Mother will not allow it to be spread!

"I'm afraid that the reason why Lu Hehao was assassinated is also the purpose of the Empress Dowager?" Song Yixiao secretly thought, "The Empress Dowager directly gave the Weisu family a secret decree, urging them to act quickly - these two families were unexpected, how could they not try to figure out the reason?" ”

And it is impossible for them to force the Empress Dowager, so how can they not do it when they find out that it is related to Lu Hehao?

The Empress Dowager borrowed a knife to kill people - no, no, no, the Weisu family sent people to arrest Lu Hehao, the main purpose was to ask for a confession, not to kill people directly.

Otherwise, even if Lu Hehao was ruthless and used his wife and children as shields, he might not be able to support the arrival of the people sent by Old Lady Duanmu to pick him up.

And the Empress Dowager obviously didn't want this secret to be leaked out.

Song Yi smiled, "I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager is also suspicious of her grandmother, and she wants to take this opportunity to force her grandmother to make a move?" ”

——The date of Concubine Nuan's conception has been repeatedly confirmed as early as when Emperor Chuduanhua suspected the bloodline of King Qing, and it was around the time of Emperor Xianjia's death.

Most likely, it was the days after Emperor Xianjia's death.

It was the most chaotic and weak period of Emperor Duanhua, which made Gu Shao worry about it.

The Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Su are in pain, and Empress Wei is about to give birth, and it is the owner of the harem - no matter how Gu Shao grasps it inside and out, he can't control the palace!

But even so, with Lu Hehao's power and foundation, there was not much hope for him to become an emperor like this at that time.

Because although he could often branch out Emperor Duanhua's henchman Zhu Qin under the banner of considering Emperor Duanhua, even if Emperor Duanhua had not officially ascended the throne at that time, it was impossible for Zhu Qin to serve alone.

After Zhu Qin left, there were other people who served Emperor Duanhua.

It's just that those people may not be as loyal as Zhu Qin!

The most important thing is that although Emperor Duanhua was in a very bad situation at that time, he was not really stupid in the end - it was impossible for him to go to warm the concubine's residence!

So it could only be that Concubine Nuan quietly sneaked into the place where Emperor Duanhua would be placed, and gave birth to an heir when Emperor Duanhua lost consciousness.

And Concubine Nuan is not unattended - with Lu Hehao himself, where did he have the ability to do this, and he has been hiding it until now?

A fool can think that there must be someone behind him.

Therefore, when the Empress Dowager issued a secret decree to the Weisu family, she told them that she had allowed Lu Hehao to also have the qualifications to succeed to the throne - the purpose was to use the hands of these two families to force out Lu Hehao's mastermind behind the scenes!

It's just that the Empress Dowager never expected that although the real culprit behind the scenes was forced out, she didn't wait for her to think of a way to settle it, and the old lady Duanmu made the first move and gave the Lu royal family a ruthless blow.

Song Yixiao sighed in her heart: Old Madam Duanmu's hand can be said to have made Xianjia and Duanhua, the father and son, lose face, and by the way, brought a resounding slap to the entire Lu royal family!

After such a new monarch comes to power, will he really not care?

It's no wonder that this grandmother refuses to move to Yanhou Mansion - Old Lady Duanmu herself is very old anyway, she has enjoyed blessings and sufferings, and after decades of ups and downs, she has seen everything, and she is not afraid of any more miserable ends.

As long as the fire does not burn to the Yanhou Mansion, the old lady can be said to have no taboos.

In this way, she has been hiding it, refusing to reveal the past and her plans to Yanhou Mansion, probably hoping to make Yanhou Mansion as clear as possible from what she did?

"If Your Majesty himself proposes to abdicate and give way to the crown prince, I am afraid that most of the courtiers will agree." At this time, Jian Xubai slowly spoke, "Because Your Majesty's current brothers in name are only two people, Lu Hehao and King Shu." ”

Lu Hehao's hopes are very small, not only because he has no support behind him that can match Wei Su, but also because he lacks fame. What's more, the reason why he is now a concubine is because of the long-term relationship between the Manchu Dynasty and His Majesty! ”

——At the beginning, the court resisted the opposition of Emperor Duanhua, cut the former His Royal Highness King Liang into a commoner, confiscated his family property, and rushed the whole family to the emperor's tomb to guard the mausoleum!

Although because Lu Hehao's exposure was very successful, these people can justify that they didn't know what was going on at the time, and they didn't understand Lu Hehao's painstaking and filial piety to avenge the grievances of the first emperor, but who knows if Lu Hehao can understand them?

If they can't, won't they be miserable?

"And the King of Shu is too young, his temperament seems to be arrogant, and his schoolwork has always been commonplace, and he really doesn't look like a Ming Jun!"

"What's more, Concubine Xu has an ordinary background, and the Xu family is not even qualified to participate in such a big event as competing for the crown prince - unless Gu Xiang and the emperor's grandmother suddenly take a fancy to the King of Shu, no one is willing to resist the pressure of the Wei family and propose that the King of Shu inherit the throne!"

"The most terrible thing is that King Su is still on his way back to the imperial capital!"

"King Su was personally succeeded by the first emperor, which is already very unfavorable to his succession."

"Now that people are not in the imperial capital, Your Majesty will definitely give an explanation to the world as soon as possible, is it difficult to call the court up and down, call the entire clan, and leave the heirs of the first emperor in the imperial capital alone, and set up King Su who has not yet arrived in the imperial capital?"

"Throughout history, there has never been such a rule!"

Jian Xubai sighed when he said this, "In fact, His Royal Highness King Su's mind and talent are clear to the court!" Now the difficulty is difficult in one name: if this problem is not solved, with all due respect, the hope of His Royal Highness King Su ascending the throne is very slim! ”

added, "In particular, His Majesty in the palace may respond at any time, and His Royal Highness King Su will not be able to catch up with the imperial capital in the next two or three days!" ”

"Earlier, we planned to wait for King Su to arrive in the imperial capital before dealing with it." Su Shaoge showed a wry smile, "But the matter has come to this...... I can only find a way! ”

There is no way, although the old lady Duanmu is deeply entangled with the Su family, she is not a subordinate of the Su family, the purpose of the Su family is to let King Su ascend the throne, and the purpose of the old lady Duanmu is to take revenge on Emperor Xianjia, who broke his promise-the two sides are barely allies, or the kind of allies who are not close to each other, it is inevitable that they will go their own way.

In the case of different needs, it is impossible to expect Old Madam Duanmu to consider the position of the Su family and King Su before doing anything.

After all, the layout of the Su family has never been aimed at Emperor Xianjia.

This kind of thing can only be done by means.

is involved, and I can't complain about allies.

So although Su Shaoge smiled bitterly at the moment, his heart was actually very calm - as a child of the Wang clan who was accustomed to intrigue, for him, calculating people and being calculated were commonplace, and there was nothing to be angry about.

Of course, the posture of the victim still has to be posed, after all, crying children have candy, don't they?

"Fortunately, there is no room for maneuver in this matter." This will simply hear the euphemistic complaint against the old lady Duanmu in his tone, and hurriedly said, "Because although Lu Hehao's hope of succeeding to the throne is not big, it is not completely absent - we can use him as a cover first, push him forward and entangle with the prince for a few days, as long as the new monarch can't be selected, drag it out for three or five days, His Royal Highness King Su will hurry back to the imperial capital, and then kick him away and replace him with His Royal Highness King Su!" ”

Speaking of this, he reminded Su Shaoge, "It's just that if His Royal Highness King Su changes horses and returns to the imperial capital, the safety of this journey is ......."

"Yanhou, but please rest assured!" Su Shaoge said solemnly, "Although Qingzhou Su has not regained his ancestral reputation, he is still sure that he will bring back King Su safely!" ”

Empress Dowager Su is such a son, if she wants to have three long and two short, what else is Qingzhou Su pinching?

Speaking of which, the reason why the Wei and Su families missed when they arrested Lu Hehao was not only because they didn't expect Jinxiutang's horizontal intervention, but also because the secret guards of these two families, a considerable number of elites, were sent to protect the crown prince and King Su - who called Empress Wei and Empress Dowager Su, both have only one son alive?

So there is no need to talk about it simply, and it is impossible for Su Shaoge to ignore the safety of King Su.

Jian Xubai also knew this in his heart, and after getting Su Shaoge's promise, he didn't ask anymore, but said calmly: "Then the next question is: Lu Hehao, a common man, has made it clear that he also has a deep desire for the throne, and judging from the ambitions and city government that this person has gradually revealed, he should not be that kind of whimsical!" ”

"And what are his hole cards?"