The entire imperial capital, including Emperor Sutai, the grandson of the Empress Dowager, has not noticed the Empress Dowager for a long time.

There's no way, everyone is too busy - the Queen Mother can't play any role in the current situation, and she is so busy that she naturally forgets about her.

However, Emperor Sutai's goal is to be a generation of Ming Jun who has been recited through the ages, so forgetting is forgetting, and the supply of Mingren Palace, he has always explained that he is not allowed to slacken.

As for saying that he has not been to ask for peace during this time, as the emperor, he puts state affairs first, and temporarily neglects to greet the elders, which is not a matter of concern.

After all, no matter how filial the emperor is to his elders, but he slacks off on state affairs, he is not a good example after all.

Now that he heard that the Empress Dowager was gone, Emperor Sutai was surprised and felt a little bad - the identity and age of the Empress Dowager are every three or two days, and there will be a doctor asking for peace every three or two days, how can it be possible to say that it is gone without warning?

The little chamberlain who came to report the news tremblingly confirmed Emperor Sutai's guess: "The Empress Dowager ...... Cast. It's gone! ”

"But there is still salvation?!" Emperor Su Tai and Su Shaoge asked in unison.

"When the palace people found out, they were already ......," the little chamberlain lowered his head and didn't dare to continue.

“…… Cousin? Emperor Su Tai and Su Shaoge were silent for a long time, and after a while, the emperor calmed down, interrogated the little chamberlain a few words, and saw that he couldn't say other useful news, waved his hand to let him stand down for the time being, and turned to Su Shaoge, "What ......do you think about this matter?" ”

Although Su Shaoge was not very sincere when he thanked him just now, he didn't mean to let go at the moment, and frowned: "I've lived to this day, how can I suddenly die?" ”

Although he said this very politely, it hit the nail on the head: The Empress Dowager is not without self. As much as possible, it's just ...... After the death of the eldest princess and his wife, she did not die; After the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom was forced to die, she did not die; Emperor Sutai and Nie Wuying's enthronement ceremony and post-book ceremony, she still hasn't died!

I've lived until now, why can't I think about it all of a sudden?

"Could it have something to do with Lord Leyuan?" Emperor Sutai hesitated and whispered.

Although it is said that the Empress Dowager raised Jian Xubai with ulterior motives, after all, she is a child who grew up under her knees, and she has been together day and night for so many years, and it is impossible to say that she is not moved at all.

Jian Xubai's eldest daughter, her name and title are all from the Empress Dowager - as a result, this time, in order to be more harmonious with Jian Xubai, Emperor Sutai deliberately changed her title Leyuan when he gave Jian Qingyue the title of Jin, although this move greatly comforted the Duanmu clan of Princess Chengyang, but for the Empress Dowager, it may be the last straw for the collapse, right?

- Going around and around, the organs are exhausted, and the Queen Mother still loses in a mess.

Although it is her grandchildren who sit on the throne, the Empress Dowager's own biological flesh and blood no longer exist.

On the other hand, Duanmu Song restored the identity of the princess of Chengyang, recognized her grandson Jian Xubai, and changed the title of her great-granddaughter Jian Qingyue to Leyuan next door to Yishui County - with the identity of Jian Qingyue, it is unlikely that the name of the boudoir will be passed on, but there is no such taboo in the title.

Since then, the world only knows the lord of Leyuan, but may not know that she had the title "Chaoping" in her early years, and she does not know that her maiden name comes from the "Qingyue" drawn up by the Empress Dowager herself.

In normal times, for the Empress Dowager, this matter may just feel swept away.

But for the Empress Dowager, who had not long lost her last biological flesh and blood......

Emperor Sutai subconsciously frowned, feeling vaguely guilty, no matter how much the Empress Dowager attaches importance to Jian Xubai, it is impossible for her to be completely emotionless for her relatives and grandchildren.

If he can take the time to go to Mingren Palace these days and accompany this grandmother, perhaps, the Empress Dowager may not take the narrow road?

It's just that he was busy with the enthronement ceremony first, and then in order to pardon Wei's mother and son, he had a fierce dispute with the Empress Dowager Su - although the Empress Dowager Su compromised in the end, he has never given him a good face until now, that is his biological mother, Emperor Sutai has an opinion, and it is impossible to blindly press the Empress Dowager Su to ignore it.

These days, whenever he has time, he goes to Huiyi Palace to curry favor with Empress Dowager Su in every way, and as for Mingren Palace, which is adjacent to Huiyi Palace, it has been quiet.

Emperor Sutai thought that since the imperial grandmother still had the heart to instigate her queen a few days ago, there should be no problem if there was no movement at the moment?

Whoever wanted to turn his head came with bad news.

"It has something to do with everything, and it can't have anything to do with the Yanguo Mansion." Su Shaoge's calm words interrupted Emperor Sutai's guilt, "What's more, Your Majesty has not been on the throne for a long time, and you have just been crowned a meritorious hero, and the Empress Dowager actually voted for it, and the people of the world can't say that they want to speculate about Your Majesty's filial piety, after all, you are the grandson of the Empress Dowager!" ”

Emperor Sutai was reminded by him and suddenly came to his senses: That's right, in terms of blood, he is a grandson, and Jian Xubai is not even a grandson; In terms of identity, he is the emperor and deserves the greatest attention from the empress dowager, and he is just a courtier.

If people know that the Empress Dowager is because she can't stand the blow from Jian Xubai's side, this is the reason why she has since . As far as the world speculates, Emperor Sutai is not as favored as Jian Xubai in front of the Empress Dowager; Or Emperor Sutai was unfilial to the Empress Dowager, but he used Jian Xubai as a scapegoat - for the new monarch, it is not a shameful thing.

"But the Empress Dowager had never reported her illness before, and now that she has died suddenly, the outside world must have speculated......," Emperor Sutai muttered.

"Deep Palace, what do outsiders know?" Su Shaoge disagreed, "Let's talk about the ...... of this cold winter wax moon"

Emperor Sutai understood, and raised his voice to call into his henchmen and serve orders.

After Su Shaoge left the palace on this day, there was news in the palace that the Empress Dowager was sick on the bed.

It is said that Emperor Sutai was shocked to hear the news, and personally rushed to Mingren Palace to serve the illness, and even killed several palace people who "neglected their duties and caused the Empress Dowager to be sick" on the spot!

Inside and outside are not surprised by this news, since the death of Emperor Xianjia two years ago, the news of the queen mother's lack of safety has not been once or twice - especially the two eldest princesses have passed away one after another, in just two years, three white-haired people sent black-haired people, or the last three biological black-haired people, and no one can stand it.

Now it is less than a month before the death of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, and the new dynasty is initially decided, the empress dowager is overly sad and her condition is aggravated, and it is reasonable - the old man is worried about his children and grandchildren! Isn't it natural to hold on and see that Su Tai has gradually stepped on the right track, and the breath in his heart is relieved, and he can't hold it and fall?

And the people who intended to enter the palace to visit were stopped outside the Mingren Palace, and everyone didn't feel that something was wrong, because the palace people's words were reasonable: "The Empress Dowager has been in a bad mood lately and doesn't want to see outsiders. Even His Majesty and the Queen Mother had a hard time begging the Queen Mother to let go of her mouth before they could serve in front of the bed. ”

People who are sick, especially the elderly who are sick, will have very bad physical strength, and at this time, a group of people come to the sickbed to say goodbye, but it is a kind of disturbance.

Like the current identity and status of the Empress Dowager, she doesn't need to give face to anyone at all, she is impatient to be disturbed, who dares to force her to sell face?

So after everyone left gifts and condolences, they dispersed.

The Empress Dowager's illness dragged on for about ten days, and when Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, a bell finally rang out from the palace: The Empress Dowager is gone.

Since the Empress Dowager has been sick for four or five days, she has not gotten up, and people inside and outside have guessed that she will not be able to survive this time - even the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom has gone, and the Empress Dowager does not have a particularly beloved grandchild, raising Jian Xubai is an ulterior motive.

Staying up these days, it is estimated that it is also concerned about the future of the entire Lu family.

But since Emperor Sutai took the throne, although the power is in the hands of Jian Xubai and others, Emperor Sutai's situation is not particularly embarrassing. The Empress Dowager can't help this grandson if she is alive, and she can't find a carrier that can sustenance her feelings in her bloodline.

The officials were all in an expected mood and participated in the condolence very calmly.

The aftermath of the Empress Dowager can be said to have passed without shock.

Originally, Emperor Daxing was suspended for twenty-seven days, and the Empress Dowager was so senior that it should have been stopped for more than half a month.

However, as the New Year approaches, some people have come to advise that the new dynasty will only be established, and if the Empress Dowager's coffin is stopped in the palace until the new year, I am afraid that the luck of the new dynasty will be unfavorable, and it is estimated that there will be a collision with the health of Empress Su, Emperor Sutai and Empress Nie, and it is recommended to rush the funeral and end it before Chinese New Year's Eve.

At least end the ritual on Miyagi's side.

In fact, this was not intended to offend the Empress Dowager, because there has always been such a custom in the market, so after discussing it privately for a while, the officials did not object.

Although Emperor Sutai didn't believe in this kind of words, considering that the yuan was going to be changed at the beginning of the year, such a new beginning, but the palace was holding a funeral, which really hit morale. So after thinking about it for a long time, I listened to this suggestion and rushed to the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month to personally send the Empress Dowager's coffin to the imperial mausoleum.

By the way, I met the King of Shu here.

On the night when the Su family seized the palace by force, after escaping by "luck", Wei Xi tried to support the King of Shu against the Su family. At that time, although the Liu family had a secret discussion with Jian Xubai, they also hoped to have more advantages in matters involving the future of the family, so they also echoed this suggestion at the beginning.

But when Yu Qinghan sent someone to the emperor's tomb to pick up the king of Shu, he found that the king of Shu was secretly poisoned by the princess of Chengyang, and he couldn't do without the antidote for a day - if he wanted to use him as a disguise, then he couldn't turn out the palm of the princess of Chengyang at all!

Later, after going around and around, the Liu family finally decided to follow Jian Xubai and support Emperor Sutai.

In this way, the king of Shu was naturally useless, and he was sent back to the emperor's tomb.

After Emperor Sutai ascended the throne, things happened one after another, and he had long forgotten about this younger brother who tried to compete with him for the throne.

However, although he did not show the intention of settling old accounts with the King of Shu, the people on the side of the emperor's tomb did not dare to be too concerned about the King of Shu, for fear that the new monarch would hate the King of Shu and involve them.

Therefore, the King of Shu who appeared in front of Emperor Sutai at this moment, although he was completely detoxified by Princess Chengyang after Emperor Sutai ascended the throne, he was very depressed.

The complexion is not very good, even the robe is not very clean, and the hem is even a little damaged and has not been repaired.

It shows how careless the people who serve him here are.

Emperor Su Tai looked at this younger brother for a long time before he said softly, "How are you doing here?" ”

Although Xinjun and King Shu are not the same mother, when they were princes under Xianjia's knees, Xinjun loved this young brother very much.

The relationship between brothers has always been good - at that time, Xinjun let his younger brother do everything.

At this moment, when he asked like this, the panic of the people around him who had been talking about their lives suddenly disappeared, and the King of Shu instantly turned red in his eyes, and choked up: "Didn't the fourth brother see it all?" Why do you have to ask me? ”

"Do you know how our eldest brother is doing?" However, Emperor Sutai didn't soften his tone to coax him as before, only turned the tea bowl in his palm, and said calmly, "There is also King Xiangjun." ”

"I heard that the fourth brother gave death to Duanhua?" The King of Shu noticed his change, his face changed slightly, and he subconsciously restrained his arrogance, and said, "The second brother has been demoted? ”

After Emperor Sutai ascended the throne, King Xiang immediately entered the imperial capital, knelt down three times and bowed nine times under the Danqi to plead guilty, and bluntly said that everything was Gu Shao's conspiracy - Emperor Sutai finally demoted his title, and there was clear evidence here that Gu Shao slandered and framed the new monarch, not to mention that he was executed, and the punishment was inevitable.

However, Emperor Sutai and Jian Xubai discussed with them for a long time, and finally decided to let Gu Shao go.

Of course, this is not because they can't bear it, but because of what Wei Xi said in private: "Gu Gong is the most famous person who was born in a family today, if even he is ruined, what will the people of my generation look like in the eyes of the people of the world?" In the future, when the royal family wants to eradicate us, won't it be a victory without a fight?! ”。

Wei Xi is actually a bit selfish when he says this, he has a deep hatred for the Su family, but if it weren't for Jian Xubai's intervention right now, the entire Fengzhou Wei might not be able to keep it, let alone take revenge.

And Wei Xi was an ally with Gu Shao earlier, although the Hongzhou Gu behind Gu Shao has been declining, and the background is far inferior to the six valves, it is a help.

If you can keep it, you must always do your best.

But it makes sense for him to think from the perspective of the whole family, before the imperial examination appeared, although because of "the smell of wine and meat in Zhumen, and the frozen bones on the road", the Shu people have instinctive jealousy and hatred for the scholars, but more is awe and yearning.

Since the advent of the imperial examination, the children of the Han family have been promoted, and while squeezing the scholars, the awe and yearning for the scholars have been declining day by day, and the envy, jealousy and hatred have increased day by day - Gu Shao's prestige is so high and his fame is so great, if he is ruined, it will not be a good thing for the entire scholar class.

Therefore, for the sake of collective interests, Jian Xubai and these people not only could not announce that he had planned the assassination of King Xiang, but even He Lou Duhan's assassination had to find a suitable reason for him to cover it up.

Otherwise, it is not a good thing to let the Shu clan take advantage of the situation and smear the Shi clan in front of the people of the world!

Jian Xubai actually doesn't have a strong sense of belonging to the family's gate valve, but he has stabilized the situation now under this guise, so naturally he will not rashly do something that will centrifuge his allies, so after thinking about it, he agreed.

He nodded, Emperor Sutai was difficult to support alone, and his own killing intent towards Gu Shao was not strong, so this matter was covered up, and he only said to the outside world that the king of Xiangjun himself was dizzy and planted the new monarch, and the new monarch only spared him as a light punishment for the sake of blood and blood.

Even though the King of Shu was in the emperor's mausoleum, he was naturally closely concerned about what happened to his brothers, and after saying casually at this moment, he suddenly felt that Emperor Sutai's eyes had been looking at him, but it was not like any previous intimacy and tolerance, but a kind of indifference of cold bystanders - he moved uneasily, and after a moment of silence, he finally came to his senses, and knelt down in a complicated mood: "Hexuan is young and ignorant, and once misbelieved the words of others, in a vain attempt to get into the big position, His Majesty Wan Qi forgives!" ”