Speaking of which, Emperor Duanhua would suspect King Liang and Xu Xio, but he was reminded by Empress Wei.

And the reason why Empress Wei mentioned these two people, in addition to helping her husband, was actually suspected that the person who used pox powder to murder the prince was King Liang.

"The smallpox incident started with Ah Xu's father and daughter, but their father and daughter eventually survived, but the second prince was gone!" The queen used to be the same as everyone else, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with this, although the second prince was two years older than Jian Qingyue, but the survival rate of the flower was not calculated according to age - everyone has their own fate, and everyone thinks that the second prince is a little thinner.

After learning from Qiu Shuxia's eyeliner that the prince had been deliberately murdered with pox powder, the queen felt that something was wrong, "Someone attempted to murder the prince, so could it be that the second prince was murdered at the same time?" ”

Speaking of which, because of his young age, the second prince was not valued by Emperor Duanhua during his lifetime, and he followed Concubine Mao to live in the palace when he was young, and he didn't show up at all.

In other words, during the summer vacation last year, he never had direct contact with Jian Xubai.

But because the first flower on Cuihua Mountain at that time was Jian Xubai's beloved daughter Jian Qingyue, so after learning that the second prince also showed signs of flowers, everyone thought that it was spread by Jian Xubai - for this reason, the palace spent a lot of effort to investigate, and finally found that a palace person who served the second prince once met Jian Xubai on the palace road, avoided the roadside according to the rules and made a salute, and left after Jian Xubai walked away.

So everyone thought they had found the cause.

And now the queen suspects the cause of the death of the second prince because of what happened to the prince, and she can't help but think that the second prince is so young, and his biological mother, Concubine Mao, has been very docile and silent before the loss of her son. Even herself, the queen who gave birth to the crown prince, is very polite to them, how do you look at it, neither mother nor son can hinder anyone, who would do such a poisonous hand?

She thought about it, and always felt that the most suspicious was King Liang.

Because if it weren't for Qiu Shuxia who planted people in the East Palace and prevented a disaster for the prince, the prince and the second prince would both be infected with smallpox, in case they were both gone-the blow to Emperor Duanhua can be imagined!

Although Emperor Duanhua is still young, he said before that he would follow the example of ordinary people and keep his father's filial piety for Emperor Xianjia for three years. In other words, after the death of his two sons, if he wants to have another son, it will be three or two years later!

He may be able to have another son then, but what about Empress Wei?

The queen is the same age as Emperor Duanhua, she is twenty-eight this year, and she is about to be thirty, and at this time she is ready to be a grandmother.

When Emperor Xianjia died the year before last, the queen gave birth to a little prince who died before he landed - but calculating the age gap between the little prince and the prince, it can be seen that the queen is not very suitable for the physique, not to mention that the queen was not less tormented during the pregnancy of the little prince, and then suffered the pain of losing a child and was sad for a long time, and it was difficult for her body not to be affected.

"If the crown prince is gone, His Majesty's promise not to accept people anymore and only live a good life with the palace will be invalidated after many years, right?" Empress Wei felt hatred welling up in her heart when she thought of this, although she was not very confident in Emperor Duanhua's promise, but with her understanding of her husband, she also felt that the husband and wife could love each other for at least ten or twenty years, and this time was enough for her mother and son to consolidate their status!

But if Emperor Duanhua has no children under his knees, the Empress Dowager Su may not dare to say anything, but the Empress Dowager will definitely not sit idly by.

Is it needless to say which is more likely to continue the heir, the queen who is almost thirty years old or the teenage girl?

No matter how unwilling Empress Wei is, it is impossible to stop her - even she has to take the initiative to add someone to her husband before the Empress Dowager!

The queen is from everyone, not a jealous person, and she doesn't care very much about having more people in the harem.

What she cares about is the position of the prince: once the young concubine gives birth to the imperial heir, even if she gives birth to the prince later, it is not the eldest son, and when the time comes, it will not be good, won't she follow in the footsteps of the Empress Dowager Su?

What's more, the current crown prince has Gu Shao, an auxiliary minister left by Emperor Xianjia himself, as a teacher, regardless of background, talent, potential, and assistance - as long as this son is here, Empress Wei believes that even if Emperor Duanhua meets him in the future, Shentu Guifei and Mrs. Zhenyuan, her mother and son will not be able to fall into the situation of the Empress Dowager's mother and son!

Once this son is gone, her future children, even if they are more talented, will no longer have such an advantage!

Because Emperor Xianjia is no longer there.

Gu Shao is shrewd, he is already a noble minister, and he has won the trust of Emperor Duanhua, if it weren't for the Xianjia Dynasty, he would have become the prince's teacher, and now, if there is a prince who wants to worship him, he will definitely not agree: at his age, such a status, if he doesn't do anything, it is enough to go down in history, why toss again?

Therefore, Empress Wei thinks: "There is a chance that the crown prince and the second prince will be murdered. Nine is to provoke the rebellion of the palace and reproduce the dispute between the princes! ”

The reason for the contention for the crown of the Xianjia Dynasty is that the eldest son is not the eldest son, and the eldest son is not the eldest son.

And the current crown prince is both long and flawless.

As long as this prince lives and does not make fatal mistakes, it is unlikely that the Duanhua Dynasty will have the trouble of competing for the throne.

If there is no contention for the throne, it means that the inheritance of the throne will be very stable, and even if someone is ambitious, they will not find the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

So who can't see the peace of the palace and want to do this?

Of course, the two kings of Suxiang are the most suspicious, but Empress Wei thinks it is unlikely after careful analysis, because Emperor Duanhua is very wary of these two younger brothers, but they are not very good at acting, and they have officially succeeded.

Even if there is any accident between Emperor Duanhua's father and son, the new monarch will not be able to take the turn of the two kings of Suxiang, after all, the sons under the name of Emperor Xianjia are also King Liang, King Shu and King Qing.

Among them, King Liang is not only the younger brother of Emperor Duanhua, but also second only to Emperor Duanhua in the current order of eldest and youngest, and he already has a son, although the son is not in good health, but compared with the young King of Shu and King Qing who is still in his hands, the advantage can be imagined!

Emperor Duanhua's vein is going to go wrong, and the new monarch is eight times out of ten. Nine will be the king of Liang!

And after Empress Wei suspected him, she recalled another thing:

After Emperor Xianjia died, Emperor Duanhua fainted on the spot in grief, and although he was rescued and woke up, he was in a trance for several days before he recovered.

During that time, Gu Shao was in charge of the overall situation, and King Liang, Xu Xioan and Jian Xubai assumed the responsibility of the main assistants.

Among them, Gu Shao is mainly in charge of the overall situation, and most of his thoughts are on the situation of the court and the army near the left of the imperial capital; Xu Xi swore to give Gu Shao a hand; Jian Xubai is to appease the Empress Dowager and give a hand to the national mourning when she is free.

And King Liang's envoy at that time mainly followed Emperor Duanhua - this was because Gu Shao saw that Emperor Duanhua's mental condition at that time was very bad, and he was worried that he would lose his honor in front of everyone, fall into the royal dignity, and show his weakness that he could not bear the responsibility, so the problem would be big.

So he wrote a copy of the regulations for the national funeral to King Liang, and asked him to follow his brother in the name of comforting Emperor Duanhua, so that he could mention it at any time, if Emperor Duanhua had any flaws, he would also cover up, or take the top cylinder for Emperor Duanhua.

This is also the reason why Empress Wei thinks that if King Qing is not in the blood of Emperor Xianjia, his biological father will be one of these three people - Gu Shao was busy appeasing the hundred officials and arranging for Fuling to return to the capital, and he didn't have time and didn't go to the harem; Only these three people, due to their respective missions, were in and out of the palace very frequently for a period of time.

But Xu Xioan has always been cautious in his words and deeds due to the early death of his biological mother, the eldest princess of Lu Guo, but he didn't have the courage to do so; Jian Xubai refused Concubine Nuan in his early years, and he was raised by Emperor Xianjia as his son, whether it was Concubine Nuan's temptation to him. The degree of confusion is still his own conscience, and he may not have done such a thing.

Only King Liang - although he is Emperor Xianjia's own son, but because Emperor Xianjia's mind is focused on cultivating his eldest son, he is not close to King Liang. Even though King Liang has never complained about Emperor Xianjia's partiality, and he has always behaved very respectfully in front of Emperor Xianjia, whether he really respects Emperor Xianjia in his heart is probably only known to him.

Counting that he stayed in the palace for the longest time at that time, it was said that he followed Emperor Duanhua step by step, but in fact, Emperor Duanhua was too sad at that time, and he was in a state of confusion for several days, and he didn't even know what he had done.

Empress Wei thought that most of her inferences would not be wrong, but she didn't want and couldn't let Emperor Duanhua know the truth about smallpox, so she reminded her husband that King Liang and Xu Xioan were suspicious, and hoped to use this method to force King Liang to death, which could be regarded as avenging her son!

Who knows, now King Liang has passed the blood to recognize his relatives?

The queen was surprised, but also felt a sense of loss: "Then now, how can the palace seek justice for the prince?" ”

Emperor Duanhua's younger brother, even if she is the queen, she is not easy to move casually!

"It's going to be summer again!" But the queen quickly thought, "When the time comes, it will be much easier to talk and do things when you get to the mountain—it is better to consult with Gu Xiang at that time!" I think Gu Xiang also hopes to eradicate the troubles as soon as possible, so as not to become a handle in the hands of others one day, right? ”

After all, it was Gu Shaoqi who made the scapegoat for Jian Pingyu's father and son to be the smallpox incident at the beginning.

Gu Shao's urgency to kill political enemies at that time was greater than finding out the real culprit, but this didn't mean that he didn't want to find out the real culprit - Emperor Duanhua didn't know that his so-called truth was to bully the king, but the real murderer definitely knew!

So not only does the queen want to avenge her son, Gu Shao also has this need.

When the time comes, if it is found out that King Liang is the real murderer - if you want to kill a prince, it is more convenient for a powerful minister like him than the queen!

When Empress Wei thought of this, she had a certain thought, so she called Shiwan in: "Concubine Nuan's side, have you given all the shares these days?" If there is any negligence or negligence, make up for it immediately! ”

- Concubine Nuan's mother and son have been under house arrest for some days, and the people below have fallen into the well before, but now King Qing has been proven not to be chaotic. Lun, if you want to be neglected, you don't have to come forward with the Queen Mother, and Emperor Duanhua, who is full of guilt about this child, will not agree.

The power to govern the six houses is not only power, but also responsibility.

Empress Wei is a delicate person, even if there are no concubines in the harem who are her opponents now, and her mother-in-law does not dare to pick on her thorns, but she doesn't want to fall into the trap.

And at this time, in the main hall of Huiyi Palace, Empress Dowager Su was asking her daughter Princess Changxing: "You said, when you went to visit King Qing with Yushan, the Empress Dowager sent Yuguo to pick up King Qing, but King Qing cried loudly when he saw her, and no one could coax her?" ”

"Isn't it?" The eldest princess of Changxing felt a little incredible, "It's also fortunate that Yuguo is the emperor's grandmother's person, if she changes to a palace person, I will suspect that she is bullying her younger brother in private." Otherwise, the little brother is the most well-behaved, and when he sees the living, he greets everyone with a smile, why do he cry when he sees her? I'm crying so much! ”

"There's something wrong with that." Empress Dowager Su muttered, "What happened later? ”

"Later, when we saw that the little brother was crying so much, we persuaded Yuguo not to take him to disturb the imperial grandmother." The eldest princess of Changxing thought about it for a while, and said, "Yuguo thought about it and retired-oh, then another palace person came to Qingxi Palace, and gave the emperor's grandmother a soothing soup, and the younger brother fell asleep soon after drinking it, and Concubine Nuan took him to the apse to settle down." The queen mother also knew that our sisters had nothing to talk about with Concubine Nuan, and we couldn't tease our little brother, so we left! ”

Speaking of this, I remembered one more thing, "Concubine Nuan is a Wuhuan person in the end, and it is not appropriate for outsiders to raise children!" The little brother is only so big, she doesn't know how to put away the sharp things, and she actually asked the little brother to cut his finger, but fortunately the wound is not very big! When we asked her if she had asked her for a doctor for her little brother, she not only didn't answer, but also made a little face-if it wasn't for the queen mother's advice in advance, Yushan and I would have wanted to turn their faces with her at that time! ”

"Fingers?" Empress Dowager Su's eyes flashed, and she said, "King Qing cut his finger? When did this happen? Why didn't you say anything when you went back to see him? ”

The eldest princess of Changxing muttered: "The little brother was not injured last time!" It should be the matter of the past two days, Concubine Nuan is used to keeping her eyebrows low and pleasing to her eyes, and you don't know the queen mother - I look at the situation of the wound, it is estimated that Concubine Nuan was scratched left and right by the murder, so it is estimated that she was too frightened at the time and neglected her little brother, but she can't be blamed. ”

"......" Empress Dowager Su's mind was racing, a touch of astonishment and complexity flashed between her eyebrows, she pondered for a moment, and said, "Since Concubine Nuan has been able to get up, you don't need to be old to see their mother and son anymore." After all, she is such a timid appearance, and if you go all the time, I'm afraid it will be a trouble for her! ”

When the Queen Mother said this, she didn't continue the matter, but sighed, "I don't know what the situation in Liaozhou is?" ”