Jinyang City, the capital of Dalongguo, after entering May, makes people really feel the fierce political storm hanging overhead.

Since the rumors that the three princes were the masterminds of colluding with the assassination of the prince in the northern plains, at first it was just the cautious whispers of some cloth-clothed people in the streets and alleys, or the tacit eyebrows of the aristocratic eunuchs, but later, it gradually became a hot topic in teahouses and restaurants, and there were many people talking about it, and everyone had the mentality of impunity as a guarantee, and at first they were not held accountable, and their courage gradually increased, and even some storytellers used this paragraph to compile the plot in "Romance". Although there is no blatant point out that it is fratricidal between the princes of this dynasty, everyone who listens to it knows it.

Seeing that the remarks had become a big noise, of course, the Four Princes Party wanted to add a barrel of fuel to the fire, so one day Yu Shi Lu Jian, who was known for his reputation of "refusing to give direct advice", was dragged to a wine shop by a colleague and heard those rumors with his own ears.

"Over the past few days, there have been more and more discussions, which is really worrying, but because the matter involves the three princes and the prince of Chu, the officials are all cautious, and they don't dare to listen to these words." The colleague shook his head and sighed, looking a little impatient, of course he didn't want to come out on his own, and he intended to provoke Lu Jian's awe-inspiring justice.

After several years of training, Lu Jian is no longer the Leng Touqing he was back then, he is much calmer when he encounters things, how can he be easily provoked by others, but he still won't be vain, and he can't do anything that he agrees with on the surface and turns around and ridicules, so he shows disapproval in person: "It's just that people with ill intentions are deliberately spreading rumors, the assassination of the prince has been tried and approved by the saint, there is no evidence pointing to the three princes, and the prince of Chu and the three princes have never been close, what reason is there to cover up?" If the impeachment is carried out only on the basis of these rootless theories, some people say that the real culprit is the second prince, and the next month it is said that it is the fourth prince, but I am afraid that even the rest of the princes will be implicated, and the official can not be impeached one by one? ”

Qin Xiang saw that Lu Jian was not fooled, so he had to choose a relatively obscure person of his own to come forward, which completely triggered a killing poke in May of the ninth year of Yuanqing.

The Son of Heaven, who was furious, first dismissed the post of counselor, followed by the culprit who spread rumors, and issued a holy edict ordering his subjects not to spread the rumors, and the warning was invalid, that is, he took action vigorously, and the first unlucky were those storytellers who insinuated that the prince seized the prince, and then found out that the first to spread rumors among the people was greedy for a few taels of silver given by a mysterious person who did not know his identity.

Later, even some of the nobles who took advantage of the wine to speak freely were arrested and executed.

I finally noticed a few people who were scheming and spreading rumors, and the Son of Heaven directly ordered to be beheaded in public without even being interrogated, these people were more or less related to the Confucian family, although the court was inconclusive, and all the courtiers were silent.

For half a month, there were heads falling to the ground outside the Xuanwu Gate every day, and the smell of blood lingered.

Even if Yijing was "grounded" in the house, she didn't close her eyes and listen, Qingtian and Sanshun would tell them about these movements every day, but since the beginning of this killing, her family cabinet has been staying in the palace with Su Yi, and she has not returned home for half a month.

The reason why the Son of Heaven did not punish the queen and the Kong family, but only killed a few saddle horses as a warning, should still want to curb the situation, even if he wants to let the prince get off the horse, he does not want the three princes to oppose him, and bear the notoriety of snatching the prince and the heir, which is not conducive to the future rule.

But at this point, it is obvious that things will no longer develop in the direction expected by the Son of Heaven, and the situation is no longer under the control of others.

Of course, Yijing's greatest concern is who will spend the throne, if it is as Yu Feng speculated, the three princes will give up the throne...... Yi Jing is very sure that the third prince will not let go of the prince, at least it will make him lose his position, and of course, he will also budget that the queen will not sit still, so there should be a follow-up.

If the crown prince is deposed, the eldest brother-in-law King Fu will be pushed to the forefront even if he has no desire and ambition, the four princes are the most respected and the most powerful among the sons, and there are also concubines and five princes who are ready to move, although the concubines are dull and the six princes are not wise, it is difficult to guarantee that the mother and son will not do jaw-dropping things, and the eighth prince seems to be the most sacred-hearted person outside the three princes, if the saint lets Su and Chu help him......

It's a mess, it's confusing, the outcome is really unpredictable, and the blessing and misfortune are even more unpredictable.

On this day, Yijing had just accompanied the old princess to dinner, and got a report, saying that Yu Feng had returned to the house and was convening a staff meeting in the front yard, and it seemed that he would stay at home tonight.

"Go back to Guan Sui Yuan and prepare, Feng'er lives in the palace these days, and the food and lodging will not be satisfactory, so it will be easy to come back...... Don't let him come to me to say hello, let him rest for a long time. Although the old princess was worried about her eldest grandson, she was worried about Yu Feng's body and told her repeatedly.

Yi Jing asked Yu Feng that he didn't eat, and he didn't have time to care about those false courtesies, so he promised to come down, and went back to Guan Suiyuan to cook a few kinds of soup that the prince used to love, and asked the servant woman to prepare a lot of dishes, and sent them to the outer study for the prince and his staff to enjoy.

When he arrived, Yu Feng returned to Guan Sui Yuan, and without saying a word, Yijing pushed people to the clean room, and personally served the bathing and washing, so that the husband and wife had time to lean on the bed and talk.

But he didn't have time to elaborate on the complicated affairs of the court, Yu Feng was slightly apologetic: "The Queen Mother ordered me to go today, so that I could tell Ah Zhao to live in the palace." ”

"At this time?" The scenery was surprised.

"I don't know what the Queen Mother is thinking." Yu Feng was also very troubled.

When things came to such a situation, the Queen Mother naturally didn't know anything about political affairs, and probably expected that the holy will belonged, but she still let Wei Zhao enter the palace, I really don't know what it means.

The reason why Yu Feng apologized was, of course, because the Queen Mother instructed Yijing to go to Weifu to spread the word today, and not long ago, Yijing had a very unpleasant dispute with Wei's aunt.

"I'm going to enter the palace early tomorrow morning, I really don't have time, the Wei Mansion just needs to take you on a trip." Yu Feng lightly kissed the sideburns of the person in his arms, and was reluctant to leave the fragrant fragrance of the sideburns and hairline for a while.

Yi Jing leaned back, leaning on her husband's fresh and slightly cold embrace, and fell silent for a while.

Of course, she thought of the recent altercation.

It happened in April, when Yu Dong's family had just been convicted.

I thought that as soon as this accident happened, it was Mrs. Jianning Houfu who took the lead in "asking for the crime", Yijing had already made enough preparations, but when Houfu learned of Jiang Yue's death, Mrs. Tai fell ill immediately, although Yichen was pregnant, she also made a special trip to accompany Yijing to Houfu for a condolence visit, that is, she was worried that her grandmother would embarrass Yijing, who knew that Mrs. Tai refused to see foreign guests under the pretext of being seriously ill, but Mrs. Hou comforted Yichen sisters and did not encounter any questioning.

But it was Uncle Wei's aunt who immediately came to the door, and at first she didn't ask questions, but she came to take Wei Zhao home.

At that time, there were no rumors, and Yu Feng was not so busy that he couldn't return home, he happened to be resting that day, and heard that Uncle Wei came to the palace, of course, he wanted to go to Rongxi Hall to sit with him.

Uncle Wei was still sent out of Beijing by the Son of Heaven in March to investigate the affairs of various prefectures and schools, and he was not in Jinyang, so naturally he did not hear about Princess Wei being poisoned by Yu Dong in time, and his attitude is not clear for the time being.

Aunt Wei didn't talk about it at first, but she said that there had been a lot of things recently, and it was not good to let Wei Zhao bother in the palace anymore, so she came to pick up her daughter home.

Yi Jing and Yu Feng also think that the recent turmoil has continued, the Queen Mother is afraid that she will no longer take into account the marriage of the princes, Wei Zhao has no need to live in the palace for a long time, and Aunt Wei wants to come with measure, even if she takes Wei Zhao back, she will not be busy discussing marriage to her daughter at this juncture, how can she wait until the turmoil passes, after Uncle Wei returns to Beijing, so she did not stop it, Yi Jing looked at Uncle Wei compared to before, that attitude was more cold and cold, and seemed to have made up her mind not to let Wei Zhao stay in the palace again, so she immediately instructed to let Wei Zhao pack up her boxes, Get ready to send people away alive.

The old princess was very happy with Wei Zhao during this time, so she said a few reluctant words, praised Wei Zhao for being well-behaved and clever, and slightly expressed the intention of staying as a guest, which turned out to be polite words.

Yijing also echoed a few words, hoping that in the future, when I have free time, I will take my cousin to live at home.

Uncle Wei had a cold face, and seeing that no one else was present, she said unabashedly: "The concubine knows that she is humble, so she didn't dare to cling to the clan, and she didn't dare to let the little girl bother her in the future." ”

These words made Yu Feng and his wife look at each other, and the old princess was also stunned, and blurted out: "What does Mrs. Uncle mean by this, is she worried that Zhao Yatou will be wronged in our family?" ”

Uncle Wei got up, maintained the etiquette, and said those words very powerfully: "The prince's mansion is a clan, and some things will naturally not be explained to the Wei family, the princess was clearly poisoned, but the Wei family was kept in the dark, all these years, I have been believing in the theory of death, at this time the truth was revealed, and the real murderer was also executed, the Wei family naturally did not dare to have any doubts, the prince was really filial, and he often had correspondence with the Wei family in previous years, and never mentioned the hidden secrets, so it was because the ugliness of the family could not be publicized, and the Wei family could understand it, but this matter was publicized, The second elder of the family didn't know how to be sad after hearing it, and he might not complain, the concubine was a daughter-in-law, and he didn't dare to disobey the elder, although he knew that the old princess was gracious, he could only refuse it presumptuously. ”

The old princess was stunned by these words, Yu Feng also frowned, but Yijing's heart suddenly jumped into anger.

After Princess Wei married into the palace, the Wei family was like cutting off relations with their daughter, and they ignored it for many years.

It wasn't until Uncle Wei came out of office, and later talked about it with Yu Feng, that he was still guilty, and it was very vague that he wanted to go to the lawsuit in person at that time, but the second elder was stubborn and refused to allow it.

For the sake of a "pure" false name, he was so indifferent to his daughter that at this time, Uncle Wei still had the confidence to ask the teacher.

What does this mean, it is an allusion to the fact that the Chu Wangfu shielded the real murderer and concealed the truth, and actually said that Yu Feng was not mentioned in the letter because of the ugliness of the family.

Yijing didn't believe that the second elder of the Wei family would come to Jinyang to seek justice for his daughter when he learned that Princess Wei had died unexpectedly.

As for Aunt Wei, even Wei Zhao said that she had leaked her mouth, she had always been very shameful about Princess Wei's insistence on marrying into the clan back then, and often used her sister-in-law's "bad customs" to educate her two daughters, don't "covet wealth" and "damage the family style".

Yi Jing couldn't help but retort to her face: "Uncle's words are misunderstood, didn't my aunt hear that the Miao family's poison is very powerful, and the chronic poison in the mother's body was not even diagnosed by the imperial doctor, if it weren't for the death of the mother's mother, the father saw the same symptoms as the mother and became suspicious, and asked for an autopsy, but he didn't notice that it was because of the poisoning. ”

It's a pity that the Wei family never asked for a word about this.

"Later, although the father suspected that this matter was by no means a mere dowry maid could do it, he had been secretly investigating the truth with the prince, and began to suspect the second uncle, but he did not find real evidence, although the prince also knew that if the grandfather knew that the mother concubine was murdered by the second uncle, he would not endure the humiliation, and would seek justice for the mother, if the grandfather knew that the son was weak since childhood, it was also because of poisoning, if there was no solution, he would inevitably die, and he would be worried and sad, so he kept concealing it."

In fact, although the Wei family knew that the only grandson was frail, they had not even sent a letter of condolence for many years.

Yi Jing smiled coldly: "What my aunt said just now seems to be a misunderstanding of my father's shielding of the real murderer, and I even suspect that the son intends to deceive, so I dare to ask my aunt, if this is the case, how can the second uncle's crime be made public, so that he is now ruined?" My aunt didn't know that the son of the world was also highly poisoned, but now that she knows the truth, she doesn't care for a word, some just complain and blame, and my aunt has a misunderstanding...... The concubine saw her uncle's many cares for the son, which showed the second elder's concern for the son, and she believed that the Wei family had the reputation of a century-old family, and it must be a benevolent, righteous, courteous heirloom, and it would not be so unreasonable and suspicious. ”

Princess Wei's grievances were declared, and the Wei family did not have half an inch of credit, they were so indifferent back then, what position do they have to question the father and son of King Chu now?

Uncle Wei's aunt was only because of her own selfishness and secretly hated that Wei Zhao's marriage had been delayed because of the in-laws of the Chu Palace, so she took this opportunity to express her indignation, hoping to be estranged from the Chu Wangfu in the future, thinking that she would not be implicated in the turmoil of seizing the prince.