At the next day's court meeting, the queen's party showed the letter written by Concubine Xihe collected by the Lian family, and after the comparison with the letter taken out by Ruan Qingyan before, the momentum was great!

However, Empress Dowager Gu's side failed to snatch the letter hidden by the Lian family, and she put pressure on Qiu Yulan through Ruan Qingyan's life experience to no avail, and she was also ready to deal with it-

As soon as the concubine's handwritten letter was confirmed, Qiu Mengmin insisted that he was not allowed to serve the dying concubine Xihe at that time, but the concubine allowed him to take back the old lady before her death.

Although Princess Ruan never mentioned this matter to him, she never raised any objections, he thought it was a tacit acquiescence.

Someone on the queen's side sneered: "You inherited the prince, you are the head of the Xihe Palace, your brother and daughter-in-law have no children under their knees, and the orphan daughter and widow send people under the fence, you insist on sending your birth mother back to the palace, Princess Ruan is the only daughter, how dare you offend you?" ”

"Zhuang Siye said too much." On the side of the Queen Mother's party, a big man wearing a purple big department, a jade goldfish, and a hedgehog crown stood up and said lightly, "Do you know that those two old servants saw that the princess of Xihe was dying, and they were greedy for their performance in front of the new master, and deliberately fabricated lies?" ”

"If that's the case, then why didn't Princess Ruan say anything about it?" Guozi Siye Zhuang Mo immediately retorted, "When Concubine Xihe died, could it be that Princess Ruan's daughter-in-law would not be in front of her?" ”

But he happened to fall into the trap of the big man - the big man immediately said: "That is Princess Ruan's unfilial piety, such a big thing is actually hidden!" This is clearly deliberately allowing the King of Xihe to disrespect his mother without knowing it! He said hesitantly, "Now it is the daughter of Princess Ruan who has revealed this!" ”

He arched his hand towards Dan Qi, "I don't know if I should sigh Princess Ruan is shrewd, or is it ......?" Although he didn't say the following words, he swept away Lian Chen and the others, and everyone in the court also understood what he meant: Maybe this plan came from Concubine Xihe?!

Qiu Yulan frowned slightly, after all, the second queen has been on equal footing over the years, even if the queen's party now has the upper hand in physical evidence, it is not easy to overwhelm the queen mother's party.

And Empress Dowager Gu is really insidious and shameless, and she insisted that Qiu Mengmin fabricated his mother's last words, and told him that he was calculated by his mother-in-law and brother-in-law!

"This lord's words are full of words!" Qiu Yulan took a breath and said sharply before Zhuang Mo refuted, "I just dare to ask my lord, do you have any evidence for what you said?" There is no evidence, and the slander of the grandmother and the concubine - although my brother died early, although I am young and weak, I cannot sit idly by and watch the reputation of my grandmother and concubine be trampled on by you like this! ”

She suddenly took a step towards Yang Tao, clenched her fists with both hands, spewed fire in her eyes, and shouted, "Unless you come up with evidence today!" Otherwise, if you don't go to the grave of your first mother to ask for sin, I will join the family with my lords and never die!! ”

She said this categorically and loudly!

The big man was so intimidated by her momentum that he forgot to reply for a while.

Zhuang Mo's eyes flashed, and the originally prepared rhetoric turned into a loud cheer: "Okay!" What a pure and filial county lord! ”

"There is no evidence to speculate on the princess!" Behind Zhuang Mo, a purple-robed senior officer also stood up, and said with a sneer, "Qiu Dian, we all know that two days ago, you also instructed the disciples to pretend to be Ruan Qingyan, the heir of General Ruan, as the son of his distant relative, in a vain attempt to disturb Ruan Qingyan to participate in the Spring Festival!" Not to mention that Ruan Qingyan was assassinated as soon as he left the Tribute Courtyard, the only suspicious thing in this case is that your doorman is -"

The senior official also saluted Danqi, "The minister thinks that what Qiu Dian did in the court, coupled with Fang Cai's act of slandering Princess Ruan, must have a personal enmity with the Ruan family!" In this way, Qiu Dian should avoid this discussion! Otherwise, Qiu Dian's words will be unfair! ”

"What Dou sacrifices wine says is reasonable." Empress Jiang said immediately.

"The matter of the next generation, it's just that Qiu Dianmenke misidentified his relatives, who can be blameless if he is not a saint or sage, such a trivial matter is also worth mentioning?" Empress Dowager Gu's eyelids twitched, and she said coldly, "As for the person who said that he was the assassin, Feng Rugui, I don't want to think about it, if those disciples are assassins, why bother to meet with the Lord of Ningyi County first?!" As for the words that I guessed about Princess Ruan just now - Qiu Dian, as a doctor of imperial history, is not guilty of what he said, not to mention that what he said is not completely unreasonable?! ”

Empress Jiang sneered: "Oh, my daughter-in-law doesn't understand what the truth is in his words?" Now the ironclad evidence is that Qiu Mengmin disrespects his mother-in-law, Qiu Dian, as a doctor of the imperial history, is in charge of the imperial history platform, and he has not said a word to impeach Qiu Mengmin, but he has caught Princess Ruan, a deceased person, and kept pouring dirty water, this is not a communiqué and a personal vendetta! ”

Empress Dowager Gu looked at her: "Just because after Qiu Zhongyan died in battle, when Qiu Mengmin inherited the prince, he actually moved back to the Xihe Palace, instead of originally living in the Xihe Palace, it can be seen that the Xihe Concubine is not a virtuous mother!" In that case, what's so strange about her scheming with her daughter-in-law?! ”

Danqi Xia Qiu Lan was furious in her heart - the old lady was so evaluated by the Queen Mother, she was simply stigmatized when she died!

But what is more angry and anxious than her is the Lian family!

Lian Chen knelt down without saying a word, and then kowtowed his head "bang bang", and said loudly while kowtowing: "My sister is young and young, and it is impossible to treat her children badly for no reason!" Although the family style of the courtiers does not dare to look at the strictness of the famous families, the women in the clan can still afford the sentence of 'gentle and silent'! ”

"That's a good point!" After praising Lian Chen, Empress Jiang turned her head, met the gaze of the Empress Dowager Gu through the emperor, and said coldly, "The queen mother's words are funny!" At that time, Emperor Gaozong first set up Gong Huai Prince, and then Gong Huai Prince was sick, and he summoned the first emperor who had left the palace to fill the East Palace! Isn't the Empress Dowager Xiaoding also virtuous?! ”

"How can the family affairs of a courtier be compared to the royal family?!" Empress Dowager Gu was furious, "It has always been the case that the prince is old and married, and he must leave the palace to open the mansion!" Lest the palace be unsettled! But which of the ministers does not abide by the filial piety rules of the elders in the hall! ”

Empress Jiang said coldly: "Since this is the case, then Qiu Mengmin is even more guilty!" Concubine Xihe is still here, and he actually moved out of Xihe Palace! Even if there is any gap between mother and son, children should endure it and continue to serve their mother-in-law! If he left like this, wouldn't he put Concubine Xihe in an unrighteous realm?! This is clearly his ill intentions! ”

The queen's voice was high, "And Qiu Zhongyan died in battle, and his eldest son Qiu Jinglan actually drowned in the pool, causing Concubine Xihe to hear the bad news in just a few days, and then she died of heartache!" How could such a coincidence happen?! Maybe Qiu Jinglan was killed by Qiu Mengmin at all, in order to usurp the lord of the King of Xihe! ”

Qiu Mengmin knelt down with a "plop", just like Lian Chen just now, "bang, bang" and kowtowed desperately: "How dare the minister do such a rebellious thing?!" I beg the queen to know it! ”

"That's!" Empress Dowager Gu shouted, "It's obvious that Princess Ruan doesn't take good care of her children!" And at that time, Qiu Mengmin had not yet inherited the title, how could he harm Qiu Jinglan?! ”

"What did Guan and Dong Yao say before?!" Empress Jiang sneered, "These two people clearly have their hearts set on Qiu Mengmin, and they were ordered to murder Qiu Zhongyan's only son, so that Qiu Mengmin usurped the prince who should have belonged to his nephew, what's so strange?" How old was poor Qiu Jinglan at that time? Seven or eight years old? What an innocent child! ”

Empress Dowager Gu was stunned, and her face was gloomy!

Qiu Yulan bit her lip and secretly admired Empress Jiang: Originally, when Empress Jiang mentioned Qiu Jinglan, Qiu Yulan thought that she was slandered by the Empress Dowager Xuegu, but at this moment, as soon as Empress Jiang said that her mother and Dongyao were facing Qiu Mengmin, she knew the true intention of the queen to mention Qiu Jinglan!

The two handwritten letters of the concubine of Xihe have proved that the concubine never allowed the old lady to return to the palace.

Qiu Mengmin resisted death and insisted that he had also been deceived by his servants.

Therefore, it was said that the old lady took the initiative to let Qiu Mengmin honor her biological mother's mother Guan and Dong Yao, which were destined to be considered as deliberately fabricating the old lady's last words to please the new king.

Since Mother Guan and Dong Yao are such people, in order to curry favor with Qiu Mengmin, it may not be impossible to take advantage of the chaos in the palace at that time to murder Qiu Jinglan!

- After all, Qiu Jinglan should inherit the prince, and it is impossible for him to be grateful to Guan Ma and Dongyao as the new king of Xihe. And Qiu Jinglan, as the son of the world, there must be no shortage of people around him, and even if he does, he may not send his mother and Dongyao to replenish it!

Qiu Mengmin seized this point to trick them into harming their young nephew, how logical?!

"Empress Dowager Gu must deny that Mother Guan and Dong Yao murdered Qiu Jinglan......" Qiu Yulan was thinking so in her heart, and sure enough, Empress Dowager Gu said coldly: "Even if Qiu Jinglan was murdered, I blame Princess Ruan for not taking a good look at her son!" Second, it may not be Guan and Dongyao, these two people are the henchmen of Concubine Xihe, since Concubine Xihe is not good, how can they leave? ”

The Queen Mother sneered, "What's more, Concubine Xihe's handwritten letter can already prove that these two subordinates are not a good thing." It can be seen that Concubine Xihe's ability to recognize people is just the same thing! In this case, the other subordinates of the Xihe Royal Mansion may not be reliable, or they are not careless or because of their usual grudges, and plot to kill Qiu Jinglan, is it strange? ”

Empress Jiang said unhurriedly: "Since the queen mother also thinks that Qiu Jinglan's death is too strange, the daughter-in-law proposes to thoroughly investigate the cause of Qiu Jinglan's death that year!" ”

The queen sneered and looked down at the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, "After all, Qiu Zhongyan sacrificed his life for the country, and since the death of his only son is suspicious, how can he not investigate?!" Otherwise, wouldn't it be cold to the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who defended the border for me! ”

Empress Dowager Gu's heart sank!

It is said that Qiu Jinglan has been dead for more than ten years, whether he was killed or not, it is easy to speculate at the moment, and it is almost impossible to find out something.

But this request for a thorough investigation was put forward by Empress Jiang, and of course Empress Dowager Gu had to be suspicious, did the Jiang family grasp the truth about Qiu Jinglan's murder and turn around and wait for herself here?

If the Jiang family can prove that Qiu Mengmin plotted to kill his nephew and usurp the throne - then the problem is not just that he disrespects his mother-in-law!

At least, Qiu Mengmin's disrespect for his mother-in-law is because he has pity for his biological mother.

Even if Qiu Mengmin's behavior is wrong in the eyes of the mainstream because his mother-in-law is higher than his biological mother, he may not be able to win sympathy for grasping the affection of flesh and blood!

But......

It is also possible that the Jiang family is cheating on the mourning family! Empress Dowager Gu was a little unsure - she couldn't help but glance at Qiu Yulan under the Danqi: "The matter was suddenly caused by this Qiu clan, she is Qiu Jinglan's sister-in-law, and her foreign family had an heir not long ago...... Is there really evidence that he deliberately borrowed the Jiang family's hand to expose it? ”

Qiu Yulan noticed the gaze of the Empress Dowager Gu, her heart was racing, and she bowed to her knees: "I beg the Empress Dowager's permission to thoroughly investigate the death of my brother!" In order to return the innocence of the daughter's grandmother and concubine! ”

The court was quiet and could hear the needle, and they all held their breath and stared, waiting for the answer of the Empress Dowager Gu!