Chapter 34 Final Strike Thirty-Four
Dingguo Gong is one of the few nobles who founded the country, because he has always stood on the side of the royal family, so the emperors of all dynasties have treated this family well. This generation of Dingguo Gong is very smart, and he has been an echo worm and a hand-raiser for nearly forty years. Listen to the emperor or the queen mother no matter what, and it is an absolute royalist. Because of this, he has won the love of the royal family, especially the emperor, and has lived a very happy life over the years. This daughter-in-law Wu is even more amazing, Empress Dowager Chen is the eldest daughter in the family, and the mother of Wu, the daughter-in-law of Dingguo Gong, is the third sister of Empress Dowager Chen. When Empress Dowager Chen accompanied her husband to suffer in the palace, almost everything was managed by Empress Dowager Chen. The weak Empress Dowager Chen had to appease her husband while dealing with the daily life of a large family, which caused her to be infertile. Although there was a stronger and more capable Empress Dowager Li than Empress Dowager Chen, and Empress Dowager Li gave birth to a son for Emperor Longqing, who was still King Yu at that time, King Yu at that time still felt that he was sorry for Empress Dowager Chen, the original wife. So when Emperor Longqing ascended the throne as emperor, Emperor Longqing almost did not hesitate to make Empress Dowager Chen the empress.
It may be that Emperor Longqing felt that he was sorry for the Empress Dowager Chen, so Emperor Longqing took great care of Empress Dowager Chen's family during his years as emperor. Wu's child has been very cute since he was a child, and Empress Dowager Chen almost wanted to accept her as her daughter. Emperor Longqing also liked this little girl very much, so he personally made the decision to marry the prince of Dingguo, who was loyal to him. Wu officially married into the Dingguo Mansion ten years ago and became the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Dingguo Mansion. Eight years ago, Wu gave birth to her first child, and although it was a daughter, the family was very happy. It's a pity that soon after, the little eldest lady of the Dingguo Mansion died. Fortunately, in the second year, the Wu family not only had another but also gave birth to a boy, who was the eldest son and grandson of Dingguo Gong. At the beginning of last year, the Wu family gave birth to her second son, and now the Wu family's position in the Dingguo Mansion is very stable. There are two sons at home to support, and there is an aunt like Empress Dowager Chen outside, who dares to offend the Wu family up and down the Dingguo Mansion?
Because of the relationship between the Wu family and the Empress Dowager Chen, the Wu family often entered the palace, so Feng Bao also knew a lot about the Wu family. Although Wu has a little temper, he is not scheming and has a big mouth. There are such women who talk nonsense behind their backs, but it is unlikely that they will kill others. Besides, whether it is the Wu family or the Empress Dowager Chen, there is no grudge against Queen Wang, and it is impossible to deliberately poison people here with Queen Wang.
As for why the two children were not poisoned, the question is actually quite simple. The eldest son and grandson of the Dingguo Mansion have begun to study, and according to the temper of the Dingguo Gong, he will definitely teach his grandson at home, and he must be obedient in the palace. Therefore, the eldest son and grandson of Dingguo Gong, who already has a certain degree of control, will not mess around in Kunning Palace. Besides, for a seven or eight-year-old child, he also disdains to play childish games later with a group of three or four-year-old children. As for the little young master of the Dingguo Mansion, because he was not very old and his physique was not good, he had been sleeping in Wu's arms, and of course he had no time to touch snacks or other food. So it's normal for two children not to be poisoned, unless the person who poisoned them must poison all the children, otherwise it is really impossible to poison these two children.
Taka-sama is a cabinet minister, but he is not a very important minister. The personality of this tall man is a bit similar to that of Dingguo Gong, so he will let the little emperor choose to temporarily stabilize the overall situation in the cabinet. Feng Bao has very complete information about the ministers of the DPRK and China, so he is very clear about the information about Gao Daren and his family. Gao Daren is now 67 years old, and he belongs to the group of people who will come to work in a few years. This veteran minister of the three dynasties, who went through Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Longqing and Emperor Wanli, belonged to the faction of raising hands and riding on the wall. When Yan Song was in power, he was Yan Song's echo worm; When Xu Jie's reign, he waved his flag and shouted for Xu Jie; When Gao Gong was the head of the cabinet, he declared that he was Gao Gong's fellow clan, fellow countryman, and ally; After Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, he cheekily called Zhang Juzheng a teacher. At the time of Zhang Juzheng's downfall, the most information about the tall people in the exposed materials was the largest. The little emperor also looked down on this tall man, but in order to stabilize the situation and let the ministers serve the little emperor, the little emperor had to let the tall man be the cabinet minister.
Ma is the step-family of the tall man, because the original partner of the tall man died early, so the average person thinks that the Ma family is the original partner of the tall man. Ma gave birth to a total of three sons and a daughter. In order to ensure that his son can inherit the family business, Ma has not tortured the son born to his ex-wife in private. For this reason, there is a record of Ma's abuse of his ex-wife and son in the secret file of Dongchang, and Feng Bao remembered this information about Ma's. Ma is very vicious to his ex-wife's son, but he can be said to be very fond of his children. She once took a house slave to her in-laws' house to make trouble for a little thing about her daughter's in-law's house. She also once almost gave her daughter-in-law a divorce because she didn't prepare supper for her son. Therefore, the reputation of Mrs. Ma of the tall family is not good, and the big families in the capital know it very well.
However, this victim is Ma's favorite little grandson, and because he likes it, Ma always takes it with him. The little emperor originally meant to let the Ma clan prepare next to Empress Wang, but he was worried that Empress Wang and the other concubine Qiu would quarrel. Once a quarrel broke out, Ma could persuade both parties as an elder and the wife of the minister of the DPRK and China. Unexpectedly, Ma brought his grandson as well, which led to the poisoning of Ma's precious grandson in the end.
Empress Dowager Li's niece and daughter-in-law Shen's background Feng Bao is even clearer, this niece and daughter-in-law was still chosen by Feng Bao for Empress Dowager Li's nephew. Empress Dowager Li's maiden family was very bad, and Feng Bao privately told Qin Tai that Empress Dowager Li's father really used to be a pig killer and a mason. Empress Dowager Li's father had the strength to kill pigs when he was young, so he learned to kill pigs with his neighbors. Although the pig killing industry is not good, it can always make the family eat some meat. Later, Empress Dowager Li's father was old, and there was an accident, which made the pig killing business unsustainable. However, because of this, Empress Dowager Li had the opportunity to enter the palace. If Empress Dowager Li's father is still a pig killer, as the daughter of a pig killer, Empress Dowager Li will never be able to enter the palace as a palace maid, let alone become King Yu's side concubine. You must know that the surname of the Ming royal family is Zhu, which is the same as the pig, isn't killing a pig killing Zhu? Who would dare to let a daughter who killed a pig enter the palace to be the daughter-in-law of the royal family? After Empress Dowager Li's father stopped killing pigs, he had to work as a mason that no one wanted to do in order to make a living. Therefore, although the birth of Empress Dowager Li is not good, her family background is quite innocent.
After Empress Dowager Li became the concubine of King Yu, Empress Dowager Li's maiden family no longer did this kind of menial work. But the family still had to live, and King Yu was too busy to take care of himself at that time, so the Li family became an imperial merchant. Due to the relationship between the Empress Dowager Li, the Li family is also a relative of the royal family, so serving as an imperial merchant is not only suitable but also the only way. As a relative of the royal family, he cannot be an official or join the army, and the family can only serve the royal business. At that time, one of King Yu's cronies was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so Empress Dowager Li's father took his young son to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to do business. Qin Tai knew very well that this so-called confidant of King Yu was Tan Lun he was familiar with, that is, because Tan Lun was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Qin Tai also came to Fujian and Zhejiang. In fact, Qin Tai and Empress Dowager Li's father once knew each other, but Qin Tai had forgotten it.
Due to the poor living conditions when he was a child, Empress Dowager Li's younger brother did not have the opportunity to study hard, so Empress Dowager Li hoped that her nephew, a descendant of the Li family, would be able to make a living. I didn't expect this nephew and Empress Dowager Li's father to have a virtue, but he was a stunned man with no ambitions. For the sake of the future of her mother's family, and for the Li family to survive in the absence of Empress Dowager Li, she asked Feng Bao to help find a good family. Empress Dowager Li does not require the other party to be rich and noble, nor does she require the other party to have any big people in the family, especially the in-laws who do not need to be officials. In fact, it's right to think so, after all, the Li family was born as an imperial businessman, and the previous family background was even worse, and finding a big lady would invite a living ancestor to the Li family. Although the official is majestic, the risk is also very great, and no matter how big the official is, there is no official as the little emperor, the son of the Empress Dowager Li.
Under the explanation of Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao searched for a long time before finding a suitable candidate. The Shen family in Jiangnan is not only a big family, but also a businessman, and they will not look down on the Li family's imperial business background. Besides, the Shen family at that time was also in the wind and rain, and they needed a family with a background to be their backer. Although the Li family is not a big family, but with the big Buddha of the Empress Dowager Li, at least no one in the Li family has dared to move it in these years. Feng Bao only revealed some information slightly, and the head of the Shen family immediately had the intention of getting married. As long as the Empress Dowager Li looks down on the Shen family, all the girls to be married in the Shen family are at the mercy of the Empress Dowager Li. After Feng Bao got the consent of the Empress Dowager Li, he chose four girls in the Shen family to return to Beijing, and finally the Empress Dowager Li chose the Shen family in it. When Empress Dowager Li's nephew got married, the bride and groom kowtowed to Feng Bao, which was regarded as thanking Feng Bao for being a big matchmaker.
Because the Shen family is not a descendant of the official eunuch family, he is not familiar with the official ladies in the capital. In addition, the power of Empress Dowager Li has gradually weakened over the years, so the relationship between the Shen family and the relatives and nobles in the capital, including the little emperor, is not very good. The little emperor would rather get close to the cousin Wu of Empress Dowager Chen's family than take care of this cousin's daughter-in-law, Shen. The Shen family also knew the relationship, so they usually didn't take the initiative to come to the palace without the summons of the Empress Dowager Li. This time, Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen jointly ordered that Shen bring the child to the palace to accompany him. The guest is Princess Lu, the host is Queen Wang, and Shen's identity is very embarrassing. Shen's role didn't work at all, but because of this accompaniment, his son was poisoned and died, and this time Shen was really unlucky.