Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager, who was shocked to hear the news, was a little dumbfounded.

"Are you sure you can only be paralyzed in bed?"

Mama Lin nodded firmly: "It's true." ”

"Hey, Chang Lingyan's unscrupulous ruthlessness is really chilling."

"It's not, it's just a wolf, and the old slave thinks it's incredible."

"Don't stop until you reach your goal, this tenacious mourner is beginning to appreciate it a little. Moreover, this time's methods are also quite clever, and they have many birds in one fell swoop, which impresses the mourning family. ”

The Empress Dowager looked thoughtful: "If her ruthlessness and tenacity are spread on the queen's body, the mourning family will be blind to death." ”

"Look at the Empress Dowager, what are you talking about? Always saying those bad things. Mama Lin said twice and said with a smile.

"What have you never tasted in this life? What have you not enjoyed in wealth and glory? Living to this age is worth it, and there is no need to hide it. What's more, the mourning family's own body and bones know it.

Although Chu Yuehua is now favored, she is always ruthless and has appeased Concubine Ling and Concubine Ling several times, missing the opportunity. This is a taboo in the harem, and sooner or later you will suffer. Moreover, what the mourning family is most worried about is whether she is of the same mind with us now? ”

"You've been a little worried, haven't you? The queen mother is weak, if you don't rely on our Chang family, who do you rely on? ”

The mourners have tried her many times, but the results have always been unsatisfactory. And during this period of time, the situation in the court was delicate, and when she came to ask for peace, the mourning family asked about the movements of the emperor, Shao Ziqing and others, and she skillfully perfunctory and refused to reveal anything.

Now that the weight of Gu Han in her heart is gradually increasing, the mourning family is worried that one day, when Gu Han and the Chang family are opposed, she is a wild horse that has escaped from the leash, and it is difficult to restrain her. ”

Mama Lin sighed regretfully: "You said that the emperor is spoiling the queen to the sky, and at the same time secretly sharpening his knife towards our Chang family, isn't it a hypocritical act to stabilize us?" ”

"The emperor's mind is becoming more and more unfathomable, and the mourners who are virtual and real can't see clearly." The Empress Dowager sighed: "The Lian family can't be a demon in the future, it's good to keep to yourself at all, so as to save more trouble." These days, my Chang family is on the cusp of the storm, and there is no room for mistakes. ”

Mama Lin knew what the Empress Dowager was worried about, and persuaded her suspiciously: "Xu is the second master, they are all soldiers." ”

The Empress Dowager stood up, walked to the window, pushed open half of the window, and let the bright spring light shine in, spreading a field of gold in the room.

She couldn't help but squint her eyes, and her eyebrows furrowed into the word "Chuan".

"Some things are not groundless, the emperor really can't wait and wants to make a move."

Mama Lin smiled: "The tree is very windy, and there are many people in the middle of the court who are watching our Chang family, which year has there not been a few storms?" But if you don't tell you, didn't the emperor consciously suppress all the situation? Until now, haven't several uncles been safe and sound? ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head solemnly: "You don't know the emperor's temperament, his mind is too heavy, and he is steady and steady step by step, and he will never act recklessly."

He is now full-fledged, with Shao Ziqing and Chu Mubai, not only promoted several military attachés unusually, but also selected talents from the protégés of the Son of Heaven in this year's scientific examination, and entrusted him with important tasks, coupled with the power of the Shen family behind the Queen Mother, it is now not to be underestimated.

My Chang family is already in danger, and the mourning family originally thought that he would wait for the mourning family to be absent anyway before making a move on them, but I didn't expect him to start planning and gradually infiltrate now.

A year later, he first removed the two political envoys in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the deputy commander of the left-behind capital, and then sent officials from Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to cooperate with the imperial history to go south. I want to pull out the radish and bring out the mud.

In the past, there were many officials in the court who were greedy for ink or used power to do evil, but whenever the Chang family was involved, the emperor would stop in moderation. Now that he is unrelenting, it can be seen that he is ready to make a move, ready to weaken the power of my Chang family, and he will not show mercy this time. ”

The Empress Dowager casually pinched a blooming rhododendron from the flower pot on the windowsill, rubbed it left and right with her fingertips, crushed it into a piece of mud, and dyed her pale palms red.

Mama Lin can only be a listener to the affairs above the court, and she doesn't dare to talk about it, so she can only softly comfort the worried Queen Mother: "Second master, they have been with your old man for so long, and they haven't seen any kind of wind and waves." Such trivial matters will not be ordered by your old man, and they will naturally be handled properly, and your old man can rest assured. ”

The Empress Dowager let out a long sigh, and there was a slight chill in the spring breeze blowing in her face, which made her silver hair as smooth as a mirror.

"Zhiyi is ruthless and decisive, never drags mud and water, the mourning family is relieved, but the courtesy is too frizzy, and the lady who married is also stupid, which is really uncomfortable. In addition, there are always unpleasant signs of burning incense for mourning families this year, so it is inevitable that my heart will be frightened. ”

"Then why didn't the Queen Mother simply make it clear to the queen and let her inquire around the emperor? Whether the queen is with us or not, isn't it clear at a glance? Let's plan ahead. ”

"The mourning family has been hesitating for a long time in this matter, there are pros and cons, and there is no decision for a while."

As soon as the words fell, my wife hurriedly entered Ci'an Palace when she was happy, walking with her head bored and her feet in a hurry.

"What's wrong? Suki? ”

The Empress Dowager saw from the window that he was in a hurry, and couldn't help but ask.

Suxi raised his eyes and saw that it was the Empress Dowager leaning in front of the window to ask questions, and stumbled, but did not make a sound, but pulled the curtain straight into the palace with a solemn face.

The Empress Dowager knew that there must be something important.

Shou Xi entered the door, turned over and kowtowed, and then opened the door and said: "The old slave has just come back from outside, and the third master entrusted the slave with a message, asking the empress dowager to rescue him." ”

One sentence verified the empress dowager's uneasiness, the empress dowager closed her eyes, her face hated iron is not steel, and she said hatefully for a while: "Say, what's going on?" ”

Suki wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately told the story one by one.

It turned out that it was really as worried about the Empress Dowager, Mo Guhan withdrew the two political envoys from Jiangnan, and then followed the vine and found Chang Zhili's head. Before Chang Zhili had time to prepare, he destroyed all the evidence of the crime, so the imperial envoy and the people of the Criminal Department seized all the evidence with the speed of thunder, took Chang Zhili into the Criminal Department, and ordered Zuo Shaoqing Chang Zhixin of Dali Temple to recuse himself.

The Empress Dowager had a premonition, so she just snorted coldly when she heard this: "I warned him to be more restrained everywhere earlier, and wipe his mouth clean after he is greedy." They didn't care, and took the words of the mourning family as a deaf ear, and now that the incident has happened, they know that they have come to the mourning family. ”

Suki knelt on the ground, silent and unable to speak.

The Empress Dowager raised her hand: "Hurry up." ”

Shou Xi got up from the ground, and pleaded for Chang Zhili: "The third master said that this time he was really wronged, because when those people under the silver two sent it up, it was in the name of giving your old man's birthday gift, and he didn't want to accept it, those people were very sincere, and repeatedly emphasized that they were filial to you, so he accepted it." ”

The Empress Dowager thought about it, it seems that there is indeed such a thing, before her birthday, she entered the palace to pay tribute to her own silver.

She snorted coldly: "Zhili means that this matter is to be managed by the mourning family, and it is to be managed regardless of it?" ”

"Where does the third master have such guts, I just think that this matter is not considered favoritism, and this crime is a little wronged."

The Empress Dowager sighed slightly: "In addition, are there any other crimes?" ”

Shou Xi shook his head and said, "The third master was arrested because of this matter, and the others have not yet been tried...... Perhaps, it is also uncertain. ”

"Hmph, he didn't know how many corrupt things he had done to bend the law from the mourning family, and now he must be empty-hearted. Fortunately, this crime is not a big one, and if you move a little, you will not die. It's just that no matter whether you save it or not, you need to cut through the mess quickly and close the case quickly, so as not to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and then the wall will fall down and everyone will push it, which will not be good. ”

"The Empress Dowager is wise."

"This matter, since it involves the mourning family, it is not convenient for the mourning family to come forward. Now that the queen is just favored, why not let the queen hand a few words in front of the emperor, and you let the third family go to the queen and let the queen take a hand. ”

Suki didn't dare to say much, but since he had brought the words, the Empress Dowager had instructions again, so she turned around and withdrew, and went out of the palace to spread the word.

Mama Lin stayed by the side from beginning to end, not saying a word. Seeing Suki go out, Fang Cai stepped forward to help the Queen Mother sit down on the soft couch, and half-closed the window.

"Are you going to tempt the Queen?"

The Empress Dowager frowned, stretched out her hand to rub the tip of her eyebrows, exhausted.

"As you said, plan ahead. lest she turn against us again at a critical moment, and we are caught off guard. ”

Mama Lin stepped forward and took a piece of soothing incense and put it into the incense burner, pulled out the silver hairpin on her head, and carefully removed the incense ash.

"Your old man is just hard-mouthed, and he doesn't care about it, don't you worry about it the same? The entire Chang family is supported by you alone, and the wind and waves also make you bear it, and the old slave feels distressed when he looks at it. ”

The Empress Dowager raised her head and slowly closed her eyes.

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days, used for a while, the mourning family took the trouble to put Yuehua in this position, and now it is time to do something for the Chang family. Otherwise, what's the use of keeping it? If she dares to disobey the will of the mourning family again, the mourning family will immediately abolish her! ”

The voice seemed to be weak, but the tone was extremely fierce and resolute.

Yuehua, who was far away in Qingqiu Palace, suddenly shivered coldly. Then Mama Wei came in to report that the Li family from the Third Master's Mansion had come to ask for a meeting.