When the Empress Dowager heard that Emperor Duanhua was coming to tell her about the matter, she first frowned, and then sneered slightly: "Let him come!" What else is there to do in the mourning family now? Even Ah Xu, who wandered on the palace road for a long time yesterday, didn't he dare to come over to find the mourning family?! The emperor forced the mourning family to such a point, if he wants to come to the Qingxi Palace, has he asked the mourning family what it means?! ”

Yuguo said to the little palace maid: "Go and tell the people from Xuanming Palace that the Empress Dowager is free at this time." ”

After the little palace maid was blessed and retired, she half-knelt down, straightened the folds on the skirt for the queen mother, sighed, and said, "Why should the mother be like this? Your Majesty is your own grandson. These days, Your Majesty is also very sad, and now that you have taken the initiative to come and tell you about the matter, it can be seen that Your Majesty is honoring you! Why don't you give Your Majesty a step down, your ancestors and grandchildren will get back together from now on, and you will be happy and happy in the future, and your grandfather will not be in a dilemma. ”

In this way, it can be said that she has served the Empress Dowager for decades.

And I saw that the two emotions of the Queen Mother had stabilized, so I dared to speak.

It's just that when the Empress Dowager heard this, she shed tears without warning: "After the mourning family lived in this Qingxi Palace, you came to serve the mourning family, so you don't understand - what do you think the mourning family fought with the two sluts of Shentu and Zhenyuan back then, for what?!" ”

She smiled sadly, tears falling on her clothes, "Maybe everyone, including Jin Guo and Dai Guo, think that the mourning family can't take a breath, right?" After all, the mourning family is the original match of Emperor Huizong, and among the children born, Su Hui, Xiangjing and Xianjia are all praised by His Majesty Emperor Taizu. Speaking of which, Emperor Huizong was not the best among the sons of His Majesty Emperor Taizu back then, he was able to inherit the throne, and the three sons born to him by the mourning family did not contribute less! ”

The old people who came down from the founding of Darui knew that Emperor Taizu's favorite juniors were King Suhui and King Xiangjing.

After these two grandsons died in battle, Emperor Taizu was so strong that he was so sad that he couldn't eat for a whole day - you must know that the world was not peaceful at that time, and Emperor Taizu didn't have time at all, in this case, the mourning is so far, you can see the degree of heartache!

And when Emperor Taizu's sons died on the battlefield, he just sighed for a while!

"But in fact, after the mourning family first noticed that Emperor Huizong had changed his mind, they didn't think of fighting at all - because the mourning family only felt that everything was lost at that time!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the flower branches in the vase not far away, and said in a low voice, "The reason why the mourning family decided to fight to the death with the two sluts Shentu and Zhenyuan is because of ...... Because of Chen Guo's death! ”

Yuguo knew that the Chen Guo she was talking about was the eldest princess of Chen Guo - in fact, this eldest princess didn't even make the eldest princess, and when she was a princess, she passed away.

This eldest princess was posthumously crowned after Emperor Duanhua ascended the throne.

According to the records of the history books, the cause of death of the eldest princess of Chen Guo was after a cold wind, and due to the delicate physique of the golden branches and jade leaves, she failed to get better, so she fell at a young age - Yuguo remembered that the eldest princess of Chen Guo was less than twenty years old when she died.

"Chen Guo is because of the loss of power of the mourning family, at a banquet, after being teased and humiliated by her half-sister Gu Guo and Jing Guo, when she went to Emperor Huizong to tell her grievances, she was reversed by Shentu slut, and Ling ...... "Even if decades have passed, the eldest princess of Chen Guo has long been gone, and the Empress Dowager is still unsteady when she talks about this," so that Chen Guo was severely reprimanded by Huizong and hid his face! ”

"After returning to her princess's mansion, she was ridiculed by the concubine - the bitter daughter of the mourning family, and finally couldn't bear to find a short-lived !!"

When the Empress Dowager said this, she was already in tears, and Yuguo turned pale with fright, secretly regretting that she shouldn't have persuaded her like that, and she actually aroused such a sad thing as the Empress Dowager.

was about to say something of relief, but the Empress Dowager took the handkerchief she handed her and wiped her face, but she calmed down again, waved her hand and said, "You don't have to panic! Although the mourning family feels unbearable every time they think of this matter, but after so many years, it is impossible for the mourning family to indulge in it all the time! ”

She paused, and did not explain why the eldest princess of Chen Guo was clearly recorded as a death of illness, and only said word for word, "After Chen Guo died, the mourning family was very sad, and Fang woke up, instead of being sad about Emperor Huizong's change of heart, it is better to take care of her own flesh and blood - it is better than Chen Guo has gone, and the mourning family regrets not being able to protect her!! ”

"But the mourning family woke up too late!"

"Therefore, in the biological flesh and blood of the mourning family, in addition to the Dai Guo, including the first emperor Xianjia......"

"None of them have lived perfectly!"

"Daiguo is the only exception."

"In the past, the mourning family always thought that the mourning family could get a little comfort from her."

"But she's gone!"

"You say, how can this be reconciled with that little girl?!"

The Empress Dowager said with tears in her eyes, "When Su Hui and Xiangjing died on the battlefield, the mourning family couldn't wait to follow them together!" Later, Da Rui Dingding, the world was first peaceful, the mourning family was registered as the crown princess, and watched the children come to congratulate at the ceremony, thinking that they were blessed after all, and they did not have to go through all kinds of hardships and life and death like their brothers, so that the mourning family, the biological mother, even if they lived in the rear for a long time, was not at peace day and night, and was always worried about when people would knock on the door of the courtyard at night and report bad news! ”

"But I don't want to ......"

"——All the unscrupulous efforts, all the intrigues of the mourning family in the second half of their lives, in order to let the mourning family's biological flesh and blood not repeat the tragedy of Chen Guo, and they can do whatever they want, in a noble and arbitrary way that conforms to their identity, and live well in front of the mourning family!!"

"Willing to do anything for this reason!!"

She raised her sleeves to cover her face and said in a low voice, "Yuguo, do you know why you are not too old, but you can manage the Mingren Palace of the Mourning Family?" ”

There is no need for Yuguo to answer, the Empress Dowager has already said the answer herself, "Because when the mourning family saw the old man in the past, they couldn't help but think of Su Hui and Chen Guo, and the mourning family really couldn't stand it!" Yes, after moving to this Qingxi Palace, all the people who served were replaced! ”

Yuguo knelt on the ground, also burst into tears, thinking of Emperor Duanhua who was about to come, she was extremely worried, but at this moment, she couldn't say any words of persuasion.

It's just that half an hour later, when Emperor Duanhua entered the palace to salute, the Empress Dowager, who had been refreshed, did not give this grandson a cold face, but calmly called out and gave a seat.

Except for the lack of a smile on his face, everything was as usual.

This situation made Yuguo's heart go up and down, for fear that the Empress Dowager would want to promote and suppress first, and then suddenly she would have a seizure!

Emperor Duanhua Xu has already torn his face with the Empress Dowager once, so there is nothing to worry about, and after sitting down, he said straightforwardly: "Grandmother Huang, some of the things that have happened recently, I have already investigated the same, and it is not interesting to drag it out like this, so I came to discuss with you, is it time to end it?" ”

He used to call himself "grandson" in front of the Empress Dowager, but since he fell out, he changed his name to "I", and he didn't change his words this time, so it can be seen that he is not trying to reconcile with the Empress Dowager.

Yuguo saw it in his eyes and couldn't help frowning secretly.

The Empress Dowager also said coldly: "Since you are the emperor, just look at it yourself, what are you going to do with the mourning family?" ”

"Everyone else is fine." Emperor Duanhua said lightly, "But the Imperial Aunt of the Acting Kingdom is your sweetheart, the real murderer who forced her to death, doesn't the Imperial Grandmother plan to deal with it personally?" ”

He also said, "Of course, that Song Lu is the maiden stepmother of Brother and Sister Song, although Brother and Sister Song will not care about the life or death of this stepmother, but her son is the only male heir of Jiang Nantang at present, I am afraid that Brother and Sister Song will ask Ah Xuan to disturb you if you can't say anything - if you think it's just face, after disposing of them, push it on my head, I have no opinion." ”

"There's no need for this!" The Empress Dowager said coldly, "Ah Xu's daughter-in-law is very clear about her mourning family, she is not such an ignorant person!" ”

There was a faint annoyance in the Empress Dowager's eyes, not that she was annoyed by Emperor Duanhua's attitude, but that Emperor Duanhua deliberately mentioned Song Yixiao, which was very suspicious of provoking the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Jian Xubai.

"In that case, then please show the imperial grandmother!" Emperor Duanhua took a sip of tea and said calmly.

…… The grandfather and grandson discussed coldly for a while, and after more cold bargaining, they finally decided on the outcome of a series of things during this time:

First of all, the Cui family and Song Lu's small roles are definitely not good.

Both families were confiscated, and both men and women over the age of 16 were beheaded, and officials under the age of 16 were sold and could not redeem themselves!

Among them, Cui Ziyu and Song Lu were the main participants and were deeply hated by the Empress Dowager, so they were not treated as well as beheading, but would be punished with "grooming".

This kind of punishment is also famous in the history books, it is to tie people to an iron bed, splash boiling water, and then use an iron brush to brush off the flesh and skin, and finally only the bones are clear—in fact, the flesh has not yet faded, and the person who was tortured is already dead.

But the pain during this period can also be imagined!

However, according to the empress dowager's love for the eldest princess of the country, it is understandable to make such a request.

On the disposal of these two families, Emperor Duanhua did not have any opinions.

Then it was King Liang's turn, but the two ancestors and grandsons almost tore their faces in the palace again - according to the requirements of the Queen Mother, since King Liang also had a part in the death of the eldest princess of the country, and he was also the mastermind, then even the accomplices were "freshened up", even if it was for the sake of King Liang is clan, give him a decent appearance, at most it is just a whole corpse!

The Empress Dowager said this: "My son Daiguo is a golden branch and jade leaf, and he is the aunt of King Liang, Cui Ziyu and Song Lu's behavior is the following crime, murdering the eldest princess of the clan!" And King Liang not only committed this crime, but also added a piece of anti-Lun murder and gave him a whole corpse, which is already mourning for the sake of the love of his ancestors and grandchildren! ”

But Emperor Duanhua refused without even thinking about it: "King Liang is the youngest son of my biological mother, and when my biological mother was alive, he loved him very much!" Since the imperial grandmother is partial to the imperial aunt of the country, I think she should also understand my biological mother's feelings of favoring King Liang! So how could I kill him? If you do this, but let me go under the Nine Springs, how can I explain to my biological mother?! ”

"Moreover, the so-called King Liang is the mastermind behind Song Lu's and Cui Ziyu's family is just rumors, but there is no actual evidence!"

"Do you know if the Song Lu clan knows that they have no luck, and they resent the royal family, so they deliberately said this, so that I could kill my brother and the emperor's grandmother to kill my grandson? We can't afford to fall for such a trick! ”

The Empress Dowager was so angry by these words that she trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "Daiguo was just trying to compete with King Xiang for the throne at the beginning, but King Liang was already suspicious after you ascended the throne!" You are talking about King Liang now one after another, but why can't you be more merciful to the Dai Guo of the Mourning family in the first place?! ”

"You complain that your family favors Daiguo, why don't you say it now that you love King Liang?!"

"But I also intend to forgive Brother and Sister Song." Emperor Duanhua had been prepared before he came, and he didn't want to think about it when he heard it, "What does the imperial grandmother think?!" ”