On the night when Empress Dowager Cui "died", Emperor Duanhua knelt in front of Emperor Xianjia and listened to the palace people from beginning to end.

So although he compromised with the eldest princess of Zhenyang, he only said to the outside world that he would thoroughly investigate Cui Jianlian's death.

Although several years have passed since this incident, most of the palace people involved at the beginning have been killed with rods.

But Emperor Duanhua sent a word, and after two days, a group of palace people who Emperor Xianjia relied on before his death also came to tell the truth: the truth of this is the real truth, Cui Jianpian himself died, Song Yixiao and Empress Wei were calculating, and the other fell into the ground.

And because of the situation of competing for the crown at that time, in the end, Song Yixiao and the queen did not pay any price, so they killed Cui Jianlian as cannon fodder.

"Mrs. Yan Guo has only been out of the cabinet for a few days at that time? There was no one in her mother's family to protect her, but she was able to escape after doing such a thing, and asked her mother to show her kindness again and again afterwards. After Emperor Duanhua saw this result, he couldn't help but sneer, "You don't have to ask to know, it must be the Emperor Gu of the Jin Kingdom who helped her for Ah Xu's sake!" ”

Even the Empress Dowager has a share.

And these two know the truth, will they not tell Jian Xubai?

But over the years, when has Jian Xubai ever revealed the slightest tone to himself?

Thinking about what kind of fruit-picking story he told a few days ago, he persuaded himself to trust Gu Shao and not believe King Liang, but he didn't really think about himself as the emperor, but to protect his wife, right?

Except for King Qing's incident, Emperor Duanhua never doubted Jian Xubai, but at this moment, he found that this cousin who watched him grow up was actually not hiding something from himself, and his mood can be imagined!

"The slave and maid have the courage to tell the truth: the Shuren Cui family can serve His Majesty, which is a blessing from the previous life, but they don't know how to cherish it, and they fall into the fate of the future, in fact, they are also to blame." The emperor's confidant Zhu Qin had the courage to persuade tactfully, "What's more, Your Majesty has always been generous, if you know what the concubine Cui did to Mrs. Yanguo's master and servant when she was young, most of them will not accept her." ”

Zhu Qin said this, but she heard that Emperor Duanhua was dissatisfied with Jian Xubai, and worried that his cousin would have a gap - after all, since Emperor Duanhua came to power, the two kings of Su Xiang, who were in great trouble, have not solved it until now, Conglong Gongchen was unlucky first, Lu Yicheng's family was tragic last year, Gu Shao was reprimanded in public when Song Lu was facing the saint, Yuan Xuepei had just been imprisoned, if even Jian Xubai was also suspected, what did other people think?

Fortunately, Emperor Duanhua has not done it in vain in the past two years, although he is dissatisfied at this moment, after calming down, he said: "I know the severity. If the concubine Cui Shi can sit up straight, even if the queen and Mrs. Yan Guo want to harm her, how can they succeed? In the final analysis, it is the Shuren Cui who has killed himself, and he can't blame others too much! ”

Zhu Qin lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound, he knew that the emperor said "can't be too resentful", not "not resentful", obviously wrote down this one.

“…… Let them check again, what has to do with the queen and the queen's servants before her death! Emperor Duanhua thought for a while, and commanded a little tiredly, "Mrs. Yan Guo is too!" ”

After Cui Jianlian died, Empress Dowager Cui personally told Emperor Duanhua that everything was Cui Jianlian's own sin, and she couldn't complain about others.

Of course, Emperor Duanhua believed in his biological mother - now that it is confirmed that Empress Wei and Song Yixiao are inseparable from each other in this matter, the emperor can't help but think of Song Lu's words that day: Empress Dowager Cui may not have been unaware of the clues, but in the situation of competing for the crown, Emperor Duanhua can't be separated from his wife, and he can't afford to offend the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom and the empress dowager!

Therefore, for the sake of Emperor Duanhua's storage position, Empress Dowager Cui concealed the facts, lest Emperor Duanhua, who was not considered a city government at that time, expose her flaws in front of Empress Wei and Jian Xubai, causing them to separate from him.

Then Empress Wei and Song Yixiao have a reason to murder Empress Dowager Cui to kill their mouths.

Although it is said that Empress Dowager Cui died of killing the monarch, who knows whether it was the remnants of Shentu Guifei's era who provoked her to kill the monarch? Or is it a hint from Emperor Xianjia, or is it from the hand of the queen and Song Yixiao?

Of course, the last thing Emperor Duanhua wants to believe is that the mastermind is Emperor Xianjia; And the emperor's reason told him that even with Jian Xubai's help, Song Yixiao's hand would not be able to stretch that long; In this way, the most suspicious is still Empress Wei.

"Xisu ......" Thinking of his wife, Emperor Duanhua's gaze became a little gloomy, "If it's really you, I'm ...... What should I do?! ”

After all, Empress Wei is the biological mother of the crown prince.

Although the crown prince is young, he is smart and filial, even when the second prince is still alive, Emperor Duanhua prefers the eldest son.

After the second prince went, Emperor Duanhua was just such a male heir under his knees.

The emperor suddenly realized the mood of Emperor Xianjia back then: the death of Empress Dowager Cui was just an order for Emperor Xianjia, there was no need to hide it at all, and the reason why he had to act secretly was nothing more than to consider his eldest son.

And now, Emperor Duanhua, does he want to do it himself?

Emperor Duanhua pondered for a long time, and finally instructed Zhu Qin again: "I have been filial to my father, but my knees are still empty...... The queen has been tired for the past two days, and she can't care about it, so you tell this in private...... Let's talk to the Queen Mother! ”

Originally, if the harem was going to add people, it must have been presided over by Empress Wei.

But Emperor Duanhua now has a gap with the queen, and he has also torn his face with his grandmother, the Empress Dowager, but he can only find his mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Su.

Zhu Qin couldn't help but remind him: "The descent of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Changxing is not far away, and the queen mother has been in poor health for the past two years...... I'm afraid the Queen Mother can't do it? ”

This is related to the pillow person of Emperor Duanhua in the future!

What if the Empress Dowager Su makes a bad deal out of it?

But Emperor Duanhua had his thoughts: "First, there is no other person who can entrust this matter at the moment; Second, the two kings of Suxiang have been very frightened for the past two years, and I think that in the end, I am also my siblings, if I know that I will force King Liang, who killed my aunt and uncle to death, to prison, and entrust me with the important task of my mother-in-law, I can feel more at ease. ”

The last sentence should be listened to in reverse: It is precisely because the Empress Dowager Su cannot be trusted, let her do things, once something goes wrong, there is a reason to blame the second king of Suxiang, right? !

These two big troubles, Emperor Duanhua is really fed up!

If it weren't for them, would the dignified emperor need to be so restrained?!

Only then did Zhu Qin receive the order: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

King Liang and Yuan Xuepei were imprisoned one after another, and the people in the imperial capital were originally panicked.

But after the news that Emperor Duanhua was worried about the thin heirs and intended to enrich the harem came out, most of the people immediately put aside other things, thinking about their own family, relatives' families, and acquaintances, whether there were girls suitable for sending to the court?

"It seems that Your Majesty is really annoyed with the queen." Wei Mansion, Guozhang Wei Xi stroked his long beard under his chin, and said lightly, "Otherwise, the matter between King Liang and Marquis Boling has not yet come out, and the queen is still grounded, how can Your Majesty think of accepting new people with so many things at hand?" ”

"The queen has always been generous, if it is just a harem to add people, it is nothing." Wei Pi, the son of the Wei family, frowned and said, "The problem is that in this situation, Your Majesty wants to accept people, and it is clear that you have the intention to fall into the dignity of the queen!" After this group of people enter the palace, few people will despise the queen because of this! ”

After a pause, "Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"

Speaking of this, he peeked at his father's face and hesitated, "Dad, don't we care about anything this time?" ”

"This time it's definitely going to be managed!" Wei Xi said calmly, "But it's not in a hurry now, after all, there is still Gu Shaoding in front, isn't it?" ”

Wei Pi couldn't help but express his opinion euphemistically: "Gu Shao is a high-ranking and powerful minister, and he is an auxiliary minister entrusted by the first emperor personally, although he is the prince's teacher, he may not be willing to bet all his future on the prince, right?" After all, if there is anything bad about the queen and the crown prince at the moment, it will not shake his position. What if he stood by and watched? ”

Moreover, "Originally, the queen respected Gu Shao very much, if Gu Shao was also in front this time, could the queen and the crown prince not be grateful to Gu Shao in the future?" At that time, even if our family also contributes and is compared with Gu Shao, how can we explain to the queen and the prince? ”

Although the Wei family is Empress Wei's maiden family, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and Empress Wei is not stupid, the Wei family has already stood by and watched once before; If you don't show it this time, it doesn't matter if the queen doesn't get through it, how can she not resent her mother's family after she gets through and becomes a family?

Wei Pi knows his sister - Empress Wei has been plotting Mingren Palace since she married into the royal family, and her children's thoughts have to be in the back row, and it is a dream to eat her with family affection!

"You don't understand!" However, Wei Xi shook his head and said, "Today's Your Majesty, because he has been protected by the first emperor since he was a child, has not suffered any hardships at all, so his will is not firm. However, he is not a stubborn person, so the Ming Jun should have 'both listen to the bright and listen to the dark', and when he came to him, it became a vacillation: Look at this thing, it was originally the queen and Yan Guogong and his wife who joined forces to check His Majesty. Raise the Cui family, the King of Liang and the Song Lu family. ”

"Your Majesty was furious when he heard the news, and immediately detained these three parties to Xuanming Palace for questioning!"

"After that, the Song Lu clan exposed the queen and Mrs. Yan Guo in the palace, and His Majesty grounded the queen with his feet."

"Then Gu Shao entered the palace and said that he was loyal, so King Liang was immediately imprisoned!"

"After King Liang met alone in Xuanming Palace for a while before he was imprisoned, if it weren't for the persuasion of Yan Guogong, His Majesty would definitely have to listen to him again."

"But Princess Liang's grandmother, Princess Zhenyang, also entered the palace - King Liang's purpose suddenly succeeded again!"

Summing up the actions of the lower end of the Emperor in the past two days, Wei Xi sneered, "So don't panic when you see the queen being grounded!" Your eldest sister is not a person who sits idly by, and the eldest daughter carefully cultivated by my Ruiyu Hall is not so easy to bully! ”

Wei Pi frowned and said, "Dad, I naturally know how powerful the queen is, but after all, we are descendants, if we don't do anything......"

"What is the reason for the queen's grounding?" Wei Xi glanced at his son and decided to teach him a good lesson, "On the bright side, it is the death of Empress Dowager Cui's aunt and nephew!" In fact, it was these two things that affected her impression in His Majesty's mind! ”

"The queen really participated in the death of Cui Jianlian, but although Cui Jianlian was alive, although he was spoiled and took the special room, he has been dead for three or four years now. Your Majesty is not a person who covets beauty, how much do you think Your Majesty still remembers her? ”

"What's more, Cui Jianlian has the biggest trick, that is, her sweetheart is not His Majesty, but Zhaodehou Lu Guanlun!"

"Based on this alone, the Cui family didn't dare to stand up and cry out for her - when the Song Lu family went to the palace before, the Song Lu family broke the kettle and exposed the queen, but Cui Ziyu wanted to stand up and clear up, why do you think it is?"

"There is no impermeable wall in the world, once the news of Cui Jian's love for Lu Guanlun spreads, how can Cui Ziyu, the person who advocates sending his daughter to His Majesty, have a good end? So although Cui Jianlian is Cui Ziyu's biological daughter, Cui Ziyu would rather the death of this daughter never be brought up! ”

"So Cui Jianlian's death is easier to deal with."

"The difficult thing is the Empress Dowager Cui, who is His Majesty's biological mother."

"Song Lu, no, it should be said that King Liang, why did you turn Cui Jianlian's death out of a piece?"

"Because Your Majesty used to trust the queen very much, and only when this trust is shaken can there be hope of dealing with the queen."

"Cui Jianlian's death, the queen did make a move, if Your Majesty admits that this matter is really investigated, it will definitely not be able to hide it."

"I can use this fact to put the death of the Empress Dowager Cui, who the queen did not participate in at all, on the queen's head!"

When Wei Pi heard this, he was puzzled: "Since Dad said that this is a big matter, why didn't he immediately start to help the queen?" ”

"The queen is just grounded now, which shows that things are not without room for change." Wei Xi looked at him, "But, Your Majesty currently has only one son under your knees, and Gu Shao, whom Your Majesty relies on the most, is the prince's teacher, and there is a way to be a teacher for one day and a father for life, if there is no accident, the prince will definitely not treat Gu Shao badly - if this eye is on the bones, those of us who are mothers' families are also running around, you say, what will Your Majesty think?" ”

He sighed slowly, "Even if our family has been pursuing the policy of taoguang and obscurity since the crown princess came out, and before His Majesty was on the throne, he fell behind, and our family didn't do much - but who called us Fengzhou Wei and Ruiyutang?!" ”

The six valves in the sea, for many years have been neck and neck, Emperor Duanhua has personally felt the pressure of Qingzhou Su, Fengzhou Wei dresses himself up harmless and tame, Emperor Duanhua will be stupid enough to believe that his Yue family is not capable of cooperating with Empress Wei, abolishing or killing him, and supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne? !

"Why didn't Your Majesty wait for King Liang and other matters to be dealt with, and then hurriedly ordered to enrich the harem, and even when there was really no one to be found, he would rather let Empress Dowager Su come forward to do this immediately?" Wei Xi looked at his stunned son and sighed, "This is obvious, Your Majesty is not only guarding against the queen, but also the prince with my Wei blood!" ”

"After this incident, even if the queen can regain control of the six palaces, I am afraid that in the future, there will be constant turmoil in the palace!"

After all, if you want to extinguish the Wei family's ambition to support the young lord to ascend to the throne in advance, the best way is to give birth to a bunch of princes and support them.

Instead, he had to find ways to curry favor with Emperor Duanhua to ensure that the crown prince could inherit the throne.

Wei Pi silently chewed on his father's teachings, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "In this way, the prince is too wronged!" ”

"Where there is loss, there must be gain." Wei Xi understood the meaning of his son's words, but he asked vaguely if he could take advantage of the situation to turn what Emperor Duanhua was worried about into reality, but he still shook his head, "The prince who grew up without worry is too far behind the prince who fought all the way - Your Majesty and the first emperor are the best examples!" My grandson of the Wei family in Fengzhou, are you still afraid that your cousin will not succeed?! ”

Emperor Duanhua's ability is insufficient, and the days of succession are short, if he can really unite with Gu Shao and use the background of the Wei family, it may not be impossible to help the prince ascend the throne in advance.

However, Wei Pi's idea is still too short-sighted.