On the day of the eldest princess's "response to the edict", the prince of Chu, who had not been in court for several months, appeared in front of the Qianming Palace for the first time, but at this hour, the Son of Heaven was meeting the officials of the Chinese book, and Gonggong Zhan subconsciously wanted to enter the palace, but was stopped by Yu Feng, saying that there was a matter of enlightenment, but it was not as important as national politics, and he did not dare to disturb the holy and important ministers to discuss politics, so he went to Ci'an Palace to greet him first.

At this time, the eldest princess had not yet entered the palace, and Empress Qin was also asserting her only right to admonish the concubines.

Yu Feng presented the secret recital of Tianchawei to the Empress Dowager, and it was the news of the "unfortunate death" of Concubine Yang's mother and son who were far away in the forbidden land.

At the beginning, the five princes poisoned their siblings in order to seek a throne, which was a capital crime, but the first emperor only executed Concubine De, let the Yang family be buried with men, and sent the five princes and his wife to be imprisoned, in order to save his life and blood.

But the five princes died soon after they arrived in the forbidden place, and the news came back to Jinyang, which immediately led to rumors, and even triggered a bloody killing, so that everyone was terrified, but the gossip was not a killing can be completely extinguished, and if the news of the death of Yang's mother and son is publicized again, it will inevitably make the rumors rise again.

As a spy of the Heavenly Family, it is normal for Tianchawei to be the first to get the news.

Yu Feng was angry when she saw the Empress Dowager shooting the case, and immediately knelt down as if she had been prepared.

"Yuanyang, when the news of Golang's death came back, the mourning family asked you to instruct the Tianchawei to keep an eye on the forbidden land, so the death of the Yang family's mother and son, presumably even the Tianchawei could not prevent it." The Empress Dowager's eyes were cold.

Yu Feng also said bluntly: "It's the eunuch in the palace." ”

The Empress Dowager clenched her fists suddenly—who else could instruct the palace eunuchs right now? What a spicy method, this is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he really didn't take the emperor's advice to heart! But the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, only let Yu Feng get up and sit aside: "Jing Yatou still has no news?" ”

"I don't dare to hide it from the Empress Dowager, the minister just got the news, and heard that the remnants of the Xiao clan are secretly active in Yungui, so they plan to ask for an order to go to the domain, no matter what, they will also eradicate the remnants of the Xiao clan." Yu Feng said: "I entered the palace today, firstly, to hand over the Tianchawei to the Empress Dowager, and secondly, I also wanted to ask the Holy Lord to allow my father and Weichen to go to the domain. ”

When the first emperor was seriously ill, he issued an edict ordering the king of Liao to go to the domain in May, but he was repeatedly delayed by the Son of Heaven, not to mention that the powerful King of Chu wanted to go to the domain, how could the Son of Heaven easily allow it.

Therefore, although Yu Feng had already made up his mind to go to the domain, he had to wait for the opportunity, but this opportunity would not fall from the sky, so he started to create it.

According to him, the only person who can coerce the Son of Heaven to obey the will of the first emperor is the empress dowager, but this is quite guarded against the Chu Palace, and may not be happy to see the king of Chu go to the vassal to get out of the control of the heavenly family, but the empress dowager's many actions show that her old man attaches great importance to the few surviving princes of the first emperor, and does not allow the saint to suppress his siblings, and the tragic death of the five princes' family is bound to anger the empress dowager, and the death of the Yang mother and son at the hands of the present is obvious, and the palace attendant who gave the two deaths is not yet time to rush back, and the empress dowager will know it at a glance.

Of course, the Empress Dowager will not ask about sin, the saint is the king, what is the crime of giving death to the guilty minister?

However, at this moment, it must be the Empress Dowager's decision to let the King of Liao go to the vassal smoothly, so it is natural for the King of Chu, who has the will of the first emperor, to want to go to the vassal domain.

But Yu Feng speculated that the Empress Dowager should not agree easily, so she also needed the assistance of the eldest princess, if she made a special trip to the palace to see her for this matter, it might make the Empress Dowager suspicious, coincidentally the Empress Qin gave such an opportunity, so Yu Feng made a special trip to ask for the matter of going to the vassal on this day.

Compared with the Chu Palace, the Empress Dowager trusts the Su family more, the great reason is that she is friendly with the eldest princess, and believes that Wei Guogong is only loyal to the Son of Heaven, and will not be biased towards in-laws because of power, Wei Guogong is a loyal minister, but the King of Chu is a clan, is the blood of Gaozu, if the power is too heavy, if you want to take the throne, you are not afraid of not finding the name, so the Empress Dowager has to embankment.

Moreover, the Yan family has never been in charge of military power, and at present, if the influence and prestige of the family are not as good as the Qin family, and even because King Qing succeeded to the throne, the Chen family also suppressed the Yan family, and the empress dowager even in order to maintain the honorable status of the Yan family, she also needs to maintain a friendly and prosperous relationship with the Su family for many years.

Don't talk about personal feelings, just talk about the stakes, the eldest princess's words still have a great impact on the queen mother.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager didn't say anything allowed, but just sighed: "The King of Chu, as an important minister, is in charge of the capital and seal, and soon after the Holy Lord ascended the throne, he can't leave the prince's assistance, so he must be reluctant to let the prince go to Chuzhou." ”

Yu Feng didn't mention it again, but talked about the information collected by the Tianchawei spies from all over the country, and learned that the rumors of the Son of Heaven marrying his siblings, killing people, and usurping the throne were not quelled, but because of the bloody killing of the Son of Heaven, it was secretly spread among the people in various places, adding another crime of killing the people and being violent and unreasonable, the Empress Dowager gasped.

She opposed the indiscriminate killing of innocents by the Son of Heaven at the beginning, but the Confucian ministers led by Qin Huaiyu did not have the mercy of "cherishing all the people" this time, and took the lead in admonishing that rumors should be deterred, and if heavy punishment was not imposed, they could not be punished.

It made Jinyangjing bleed, but the rumors did not disappear, but became uncontrollable!

Qin Huaiyu's treacherous appearance is really a disaster for the country and the people, and the queen is pale.

At this moment, the eldest princess "killed".

Yu Feng was originally going to retire, but was retained by the Empress Dowager, and joked that the eldest princess was not an outsider, so Yu Feng, the grandson-in-law, avoided it.

The eldest princess was fully armed today, and she was wearing a strict set of court clothes, which surprised the empress dowager, and while inviting someone to sit down, she said with a smile: "Shangyuan is what's wrong today, I always know that you are most annoyed by this court dress, and it will not be on until the New Year's Festival, but today is rare." ”

The eldest princess was also not polite, and said with a sneer: "Fifth sister-in-law, this is rare? I don't dare to slack off today, our queen mother specially let the eunuch pass the edict to see, and I have to go to Kunren Palace to answer the edict later, if I don't wear court clothes, won't the queen blame me for being rude? ”

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face stiffened - what a Qin family, there was no time for her to stop! It's just a matter of tossing the concubines and palace maids in the six palaces of the East and West, which is this with the tendons on the hooves, so that they can provoke Shangyuan? Shangyuan is her aunt and grandmother, "Zhao Jian"? She figured it out.

"I won't talk to my fifth sister-in-law anymore, so I will go to answer the edict, so as not to be blamed by the queen." The eldest princess got up and wanted to leave, but the empress dowager hurriedly dissuaded: "Shangyuan, don't say this, it's really embarrassing for me, just look at Feng'er's presence, don't be angry...... What kind of person is Qin? She has a lot of ridiculousness, I'll talk to you again when I'm free, don't be annoyed, I have to ask the Queen Mother today, how she disciplines her daughter-in-law, and she knows that she doesn't know how to respect the elders and the young. ”

The Empress Dowager immediately ordered Aunt Ru and Wei Zhao to invite the Empress Dowager and the Empress respectively, and then let the chamberlain go to the Qianming Palace and invite the saint to come, and said to Yu Feng, who was a little cramped because of her "inexplicable" involvement in the affairs of the Inner Palace: "Feng'er is also sitting, and those words just now will be told to the Son of Heaven in front of the mourning family later, and let him make a decision." ”

There are rumors in various places, how can the Empress Dowager know that she will not leave the palace an inch, since she wants to be held accountable, she naturally needs Yu Feng to be present.

Before Wei Zhao went out, she made eye contact with her cousin and smiled understandingly, so she deliberately slowed down her pace and walked to Kunren Palace for a while.

Therefore, when Empress Qin arrived at Ci'an Palace, the main hall was actually full of economic resources.

Empress Qin didn't care about the Queen Mother, her eyes were slightly surprised on the face of the Son of Heaven, but she followed with confidence, this time with the Son of Heaven in person, what else could the eldest princess do, no matter how good the Empress Dowager was, it was impossible to disobey the holy will for outsiders, in the final analysis, the Son of Heaven was the lord of a country, and the rest of the people had to bend down and submit to softness - this completely forgot that not long ago, when the Son of Heaven slapped her in the face twice, she also called the Holy Son and cursed the other party not to die well.

If the Son of Heaven hadn't looked at the fact that the Qin family was still unable to suppress the Su and Chu mansions, he would have broken the body of the Empress Qin to pieces, but it was just that the Empress Qin was already a dying person in the mind of the Son of Heaven, and at this time, looking at the Empress Qin was as indifferent as staring at a tomb.

Although Yu Feng was left in Ci'an Palace by the Empress Dowager, she also knew that this matter should not be involved, and as early as after greeting the Son of Heaven, she avoided the main hall with interest.

"Shengshang, your daughter-in-law is amazing, she has a big thorn to see Shangyuan, the Queen Mother has taught her these days, but it is becoming more and more unbearable, this basic respect for the elders is forgotten, is it possible that the Qin family thinks that being the queen can be unfilial and unvirtuous?" The Empress Dowager smiled coldly: "Qin, if you go down this ceremony, the mourning family didn't let you get up, but you feel it...... That's why I advise Shangyuan not to be annoyed, our queen has a lot of absurdities, if I deal with her everywhere, my life will be a few years shorter. ”

If it is so serious, not to mention that Empress Qin's face is flushed, even the Queen Mother can't sit still, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the Son of Heaven also stood up, looking at Empress Qin who was still standing up straight, and she really wanted to raise her foot up, and it was easy to hold back, and she pulled Queen Qin hard, and she was about to kneel.

The eldest princess had already stood up and turned sideways, although she was here, she couldn't stand the kneeling of the queen mother-in-law and the son of heaven.

The Empress Dowager didn't wait for the Son of Heaven to kneel down seriously, and she had already raised her arms: "Get up, I was angry for Shangyuan for a while, and my tone was a little heavier, which made the Empress Dowager and the Holy Lord uneasy." The implication of this is that Empress Qin is still unconvinced.

The Son of Heaven stood up, and the Queen Mother also stood up, seeing that Empress Qin was about to sit down, a wave of anger rushed straight to Tianling: "Don't stand up yet!" Do you still know about physique? If you do such an offensive thing, you still don't listen to it with an open mind. ”

Today is suspicious, many things will not be said directly, not to mention that the queen mother does not know what the eldest princess is like when the queen of Qin sees her, even the queen of Qin herself thinks that the Son of Heaven wants to support the Huang family because of Huang Tao, at this time she was still hidden in the dark by her sister and husband, and she did not know the important key behind this matter.

So the queen was drunk by the Queen Mother, and she was immediately furious.

blurted out: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with the concubine?" Seeing that my aunt's grandmother was originally instructed by the saint, it was also because there was a lot of discussion outside, and the saint was worried that my aunt and grandmother would be criticized, so he asked the concubine to kindly mention it. ”

The poor Son of Heaven was "confessed" by his own queen like this, and the sad and indignant mood was really indescribable, especially when he saw the Qin family holding his head high and facing the eldest princess, with a sarcastic demeanor of "I don't know what is good, but I was bitten by a dog", the Son of Heaven was full of anger, and he wanted to kill his wife on the spot and destroy the Qin family!

What kind of tutor does this need to raise such a stupid daughter!

The eldest princess smiled lightly: "It turned out to be the order of the saint, no wonder, the saint is the king, and if you want to see the subjects, you should be." ”

The Son of Heaven woke up, hurriedly got up, and gave a salute: "My aunt and grandmother have tormented my nephew." He glared at Queen Qin angrily: "You are still quibbling, I have an order for you to invite your aunt and grandmother into the palace, and tell your aunt and grandmother those rumors, so that your aunt and grandmother can have a plan, but you are so stubborn and stupid, you are so disrespectful, and you don't ask your aunt and grandmother for guilt!" ”

The eldest princess didn't bother to care, and smiled lightly: "That's it, the queen changed it after knowing her mistake, there is the queen mother and the fifth sister-in-law to teach and manage, why should I overstep my bounds?" I just don't know if the queen has worked hard to mention any important words. ”

The queen was choked by the word "change after knowing the mistake", and it was very difficult to turn around, and under the gaze of the Son of Heaven, she did not dare to show her majesty again, so she "tactfully" down slightly, and said the rumors about Su Yi's intention to be in the title, and proposed very intimately: "Although it is rootless and unfounded, the world knows it." Groundless wind may not be without a cause', and the Duchess of the State is not in the palm of the hand, but the third lady is in charge of the affairs of the back house of the Guogong Mansion, and outsiders feel that there is a basis, the aunt and grandmother, the concubine and the saint are indeed planning to defend the country, which is for the sake of power and the rumors that the siblings are closed, but it is not conducive to the reputation of the Weiguo Mansion. Immediately after, he naturally praised the Huang family again, and said all the words that Qin Ziruo had instructed.

The eldest princess's smile became more and more relaxed: "What the queen said is good, it is her duty to serve her in-laws when she is a daughter-in-law, so I intend to wait for the eldest daughter-in-law to take care of her body and then serve me. ”

"The fifth sister-in-law didn't know that my eldest daughter-in-law had been in the palace a lot recently, thinking that she was good friends with the queen, but I didn't pay attention to it at first, because I didn't want her to talk about injustice behind my back...... The queen doesn't argue for the Huang family, where do you know the truth, when the Huang family was sick and unwell, I let her take care of it, and I can't be idle, the first few granddaughters got married, and they became more and more boring, so they took over the housework, Brother Jing's daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law are just assistant managers, and I am in charge of major matters, who knows that because of this, those rumors came out. ”

The eldest princess sighed: "Originally, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and I don't want to say that the eldest daughter-in-law is not, but this incident actually alarmed the saint and the queen, but I have to explain clearly, the queen is a filial person, serving the queen mother wholeheartedly, and she will never agree with Huang's words and deeds, but she is just blinded...... Fifth sister-in-law, I'm really ashamed, I will definitely discipline my eldest daughter-in-law well when I go back. ”

This made the Queen Mother listen to it, and she was very suspicious in her heart, no wonder the queen provoked this inexplicable incident, it turned out that she wanted to take the opportunity to return to the power of the palace? But isn't it, she said that the middle feed of the Weiguo Mansion should be in charge of the Huang family, and the affairs of the six palaces of the east and west should also be in charge of her, the queen!

The queen mother's eyes became more and more cold, and when she saw that the queen was about to refute, she chuckled: "It sounds like this, it is indeed the fault of the Duchess of the country, as a daughter-in-law, virtuous and filial piety is the foundation, the more high-ranking the more you should follow, how can you disrespect your in-laws for personal gain, the queen should give a decree to reprimand the Huang family, if you don't repent, you are not worthy of being a public wife!" ”

The queen was dumbfounded, but she couldn't react, why couldn't she coerce, and in a blink of an eye, she became the fault of the Huang family!

The Son of Heaven was also furious, and glanced at the queen angrily, but he naturally didn't want to intervene in the affairs of these women's families.

The Empress Dowager was very satisfied: "The Empress Dowager is reasonable, it's just that, today's matter is over like this, the saint stays, Shangyuan also sits for a while, Feng'er just reported an incident, it is related to Jing Yatou, Shangyuan, you also listen." ”

The Son of Heaven is very irritable, the Queen Mother doesn't say anything about political affairs, and now she is even involved in the eldest princess! But because he had scruples, he didn't dare to object, the eldest princess is no better than an ordinary woman, Gaozu allowed the eldest princess to discuss politics back then, if it weren't for the eldest princess who later ran out of mind, I am afraid that Emperor Taizong would also discuss government affairs with the sister of this mother, and the empress dowager said that it was about the princess, and it was common sense for the eldest princess to ask one or two as a grandmother.

Can he, the emperor, complain?

The Son of Heaven was indignant, what kind of emperor was he? Even government affairs cannot be arbitrary, and they have to be controlled by women and children.

But what can be done? His father's ...... The Son of Heaven gritted his teeth, but he could only smile and say "Okay".