If Emperor Yongchang knew that in another time and space, there was a Zhao Hede in the Han Dynasty, who had no children himself, and still killed the children of other concubines, Wan Guifei of the Ming Dynasty also had the same mind as Zhao Hede.

Would Emperor Yongchang still think so?

The Liu family, who stayed in Prince Ren's mansion, closely watched the movements of the imperial court, although there were some things that Emperor Yongchang kept secret, but no matter what, there were clues, for example, Concubine Qiao's maiden family suddenly changed the servants who were purchased, and only he could enter and exit every day, and no one else could see it. asked Liu Caiqin to enter the palace to listen to the news, although she didn't hear anything, but she didn't see the queen mother's fart concubine Qiao Taishu, as for why Xiao Yi suddenly went to the Beijing defense camp, they couldn't figure it out, but they could conclude that it must be related to the Liu family. These news were sent to ***, and Liu Guangzhong had a little more hope.

At the scene of the interrogation, the Queen Mother also sent someone, and the old man heard those confessions, and was angry for a while, but fortunately, the emperor had expected it, and let the Queen Mother take the Qingxin Pill first, so as not to cause trouble.

"Put that slut in the cold palace, the whole family will be in prison, and besides, doesn't she like to get married everywhere? Don't let go of any of those women. ”

"Queen Mother, this is inevitable, you take a rest first, and tomorrow you have the spirit, and then deal with this matter well." Emperor Yongchang guarded his mother, the mother and mother watched each other, the relationship between their mother and son was even deeper than that of ordinary people, he hated Concubine Qiao, but he loved his mother more.

The Queen Mother has a fire burning in her heart, how can she wait? Her favored father-in-law, Xiao Anzi, the godson of Guo's father-in-law, was very clever and comforted: "Queen Mother, the Qiao family now knows that the matter has been revealed, and they are anxiously waiting to be punished, at this time, the most fearful is the most unbearable, why don't you let this fear last longer?" Just like a person has a sharp blade hanging from a ponytail on his head, he is always afraid that the knife will fall and hurt himself, in fact, when the knife comes down, it is only an instantaneous thing, once it is a hundred, death is the best relief, and the fear of the unknown is the most tormenting. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately became happy: "Xiao An, you say, how should I punish Qiao Chunzhi, a slut?" ”

"Queen Mother, the more she attaches importance to something, the more you start from there."

"yes, yes." The Queen Mother smiled: "Come, Xiao Anzi, you take her henchman, the king or something, go to report to her, and say that her younger brother Qiao Zhi'an has had a stroke." Back then, when Qiao Chunzhi's brother Qiao Zhigang had a stroke, she was as anxious as crazy, and the Queen Mother was very impressed.

"Yes!"

Xiao Anzi didn't walk away, and the Queen Mother added: "Also, the reason for Qiao Zhi'an's stroke is that his son died, and Qiao's family is now copied by the emperor, and the whole family is crowded into one house, and the child can't bear it and suffers from heat stroke." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Anzi made a gesture of "You old man is so smart" and ran out to arrange it.

Concubine Qiao was sent to the cold palace overnight, when Gonggong Guo appeared at the gate of the palace with a few wolf-like internal guards, she knew that her evil deeds were exposed, and there was no possibility of recovery, she was full of resentment, and cursed the queen mother viciously, and just said two words, she was gagged, tied up and dragged away.

The cold palace is just a remote part of the palace, uninhabited for a long time, and it is cold and gloomy inside, but fortunately, the weather is hot, and she can still endure it.

When Xiao Anzi arrived, Concubine Qiao, who had always been pampered, couldn't stay up, and was curled up on the hard bed in the room and dozing off, he signaled the eunuch Wang to act according to the teaching, and the princess carefully woke her up: "Niangniang, Niangniang, wake up!" ”

Qiao Chunzhi, who had just woken up, was still a little dazed, why was she in such a place, but soon remembered what happened last night: "Xiao Wang, why are you here?" ”

"The slave came to see Niangniang, Niangniang, the general had a stroke."

"Huh?" Qiao Chunzhi was in a hurry, "Hurry up and pass on the imperial doctor." "Thinking about my family, I am already a prisoner, not to mention the imperial doctor, ordinary doctors can't be invited, and I am so anxious, "What's the matter?" How could he have had a stroke? He was only forty years old. ”

"It's Guan Guan who is gone."

"Huh? Guanguan is gone? Qiao Chunzhi was almost crazy, "Why is he gone?" ”

"The emperor sent someone to raid Qiao's house and drove everyone in a big house, he was very depressed, Xiao Guan Ye probably suffered from heat stroke."

"Huh? Guanguan, my little nephew—"

Qiao Chunzhi cried, and the prince quietly withdrew, and followed Xiao An's father-in-law out of a long distance before he knelt down with a puff: "Father-in-law An save me." ”

"Our family doesn't have so much power, whether your life can be saved, it depends on what the Queen Mother says."

"I didn't do evil, I, I was coerced." In order to climb up, he took refuge in Concubine Qiao Shufei, and now he still wants to escape punishment? Xiao An smiled coldly, this person is still useful, and wait and see.

For several days in a row, Qiao Chunzhi, the concubine of Qiao, could receive a message every day that her father was dead and her mother was dead, which made her both frightened and sad, and her emotions were out of control, and she couldn't tell whether it was true or not.

Qiao Chunzhi's performance every day, all truthfully reported to Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was very relieved, yes, this woman harmed herself, it was carried out quietly, although she was now full of blinded anger, but she did not go through that heart-rending fear and sadness, and, surnamed Qiao, at that time, it was indispensable to be thoughtful, thinking day and night, hard planning, compared with Qiao Chunzhi, the Queen Mother felt that she was very happy now, in addition to maintaining her body every day, she could also play a game of cat and mouse with this slut, seeing her trembling with fear, sadness and tears, anger and anxiety, Like an ant on a hot pot who is in a panic all day long, he is too happy on the side, compared to it, he has won too much.

The queen mother finally calmed down, a decree was sent out of the palace, the Qiao family and the Zhao family married into the high-ranking women, either stripped of their bodies, demoted to concubines, or simply reduced to slavery, the capital of the wealthy family, suddenly some people laughed and some were worried, there were several big families, and even took the opportunity to straighten out the favored concubines around him, he did what he wanted, the family was messed up, the former head of the main room became a concubine, and the concubine who was a little low was about to become a concubine.

Only then did Emperor Yongchang find out that the queen mother, who had always been dignified and well-behaved, had played a little too much this time, and had to help the queen mother deal with the aftermath, suppressing the excerpts of those men who took concubines as their wives to ask for a seal for their new wives, and reprimanded them, and said: "The concubine room will always be the concubine room, I don't care what happens when you close the door, but I want the court to admit it, and there is no door." ”

That's what put down the noise.

The emperor persuaded twice, but the Queen Mother was addicted to playing, these days, how the women of the Qiao family were down, which one hanged, which one was kicked out of the house and sent to Zhuangzi, she let people send them to the ears of Concubine Qiao one by one, Qiao Chunzhi had to jump up and scold almost every day, often so angry that he couldn't eat, and in less than a month, people collapsed.

The Queen Mother was still angry, and on this day, she personally brought people to the cold palace.

Qiao Chunzhi's hair was gray, his face was wrinkled, he was filthy, his hair was messy, and his eyes were glaring when he looked at people, as if he couldn't pounce and bite people.

"Hehe, Xiao Anzi, give her that mirror."

Although Concubine Qiao knew that the Queen Mother was uneasy and kind, as a woman, and once a beautiful woman, the temptation of the mirror could not be stopped, the bronze mirror was not very clear, and she could still see a begging woman inside, Qiao Chunzhi subconsciously screamed, and hurriedly combed her hair in the mirror.

Xiao An's father-in-law took the mirror away.

"Zhang Lingyu, you slut, hum, you think you won, don't you? Do you know how your brother died? Hahaha, my father tricked up his trick and took his life, your mother and your father died depressed, now, although the Zhang family still occupies a huge territory, but it has nothing to do with you at all, you are very clear, rarely interact with them on weekdays, hahaha, you are now proud, but there is not much happiness in your heart, right, right? ”

Looking at the crazy woman in front of her, the Queen Mother clenched her fists, she had long known that her brother was killed, but she always thought that Lin Ren Meilin's family did it. Lin Renmei's death, although it was not the Queen Mother's action, but the Queen Mother had already sensed that her husband's other women were about to move, but she still went to the manor with the emperor and did not take any measures.

The Lin family took revenge on their younger brother, and the Queen Mother hated it, but she was able to accept this fact.

But she never expected that it was the Qiao family who harmed people, why? She had never done anything to be sorry for Qiao Chunzhi.

But the Queen Mother's emotions were so excited, and then she was relieved, Qiao Chunzhi was crazy, didn't she hurt herself? She blamed her son's death on herself.

Seeing the Queen Mother's hatred, Concubine Qiao laughed happily.

The Queen Mother also laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Qiao Chunzhi's eyes narrowed and asked suspiciously.

"I laugh at you for being mad, and I don't know what to do, in the heart of the first emperor, in addition to me, it is Lin Renmei, he said, only the sons of the two of us are worthy of being the emperor of the Ninety-Five, hum, your son, just look smart by himself, my son has never regarded him as an opponent, calculating his life? I'm not sorry to do it yet. ”

"No way, my son is smarter than yours!" Qiao Chunzhi shouted.

"Clever? Which mother, see that her son is not smart? The Queen Mother said disdainfully.

"The emperor liked him the most!"

The Queen Mother laughed, tears coming out: "If the emperor didn't pretend to like him the most, how could my son grow up safely?" ”

"It can't be, it can't be like this."

"Use your pig brain, the emperor likes your son? Did he hold him in his arms and teach him to read? Teach him how to govern the country? It's just a reward for a few more toys and clothes, that is, liking? Do you know what a liking is? ”

Qiao Chunzhi thought about it carefully, and the expression on his face changed sharply, gloomy for a while, unwilling for a while, and angry for a while. The Queen Mother looked at it with interest, smiled sarcastically, turned around, and walked away.

A few days later, Xiao Anzi happily said to the Queen Mother: "Qiao Chunzhi is crazy, singing music in the cold palace alone and dancing for the emperor." ”

"Hmmm! Deserve! ”

Qiao Chunzhi is a person with strong concentration, and after a few days, he is not crazy, and after the Queen Mother found out, she took someone on another trip.

This time, Qiao Chunzhi accepted the lesson and didn't say a word, but the Queen Mother chuckled a few times, and said first: "The emperor just imprisoned the king of Guangjun, he couldn't think about it himself, he committed suicide in the palace, and he hanged himself last night." ”

Qiao Chunzhi regretted saying the wrong thing last time, her mother's family is now wiped out, but there is no bad news on her son's side, she plans to endure it again, as long as she can save her son, it is worth it to suffer and suffer.

The last bit of hope in his heart was completely shattered, and Qiao Chunzhi couldn't help but explode hysterically again: "Zhang Lingyu, you have killed the bloodline of the first emperor, aren't you afraid of going to the eighteenth layer of hell after death?" ”

"I didn't hurt anyone, your son hanged himself, and I didn't let him go, but you let him go, and it was you who should go to the eighteenth layer of hell, not me."

"Me? How is me? You framed! ”

"Hmph, Qiao Chunzhi, if you don't do so many evil things, can King Guangjun be able to sit still and have no face to see people and have to seek death? The emperor did not condemn him, and the ministers did not criticize him, he himself was thin-skinned, and he was ashamed to have such a mother, what did he do to me? If it is a sin, it should be blamed on you. ”

Qiao Chunzhi staggered and sat on the ground in the happy laughter of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother walked away and returned to the palace, only to proudly show Xiao Anzi: "How is it?" I guess this time, that slut is crazy, right? ”

"The Queen Mother is so tall! It's really high! ”

The emperor just put King Guangjun under house arrest, the reason why Qiao Chunzhi did not let his son compete for the throne was because King Guangjun had epilepsy, but after the age of twelve, he never committed it again, and many outsiders didn't know, the queen mother just waited for Qiao Chunzhi to go crazy, and then recruited King Guangjun and his wife into the palace to serve the sick, and then found a way to tie them to the cold palace, and then they could completely solve the problem.

If Guangjun Wang's seizures were to occur again, it would be even better.

Emperor Yongchang saw that the Queen Mother had something to do, and her spirit was better, so he told Guo Gonggong to help the Queen Mother do a good job of the aftermath, so he let go of his hand and let his mother vent his evil anger.

The women of the Qiao family and the women of the Zhao family fell from the clouds overnight. The three Xiao Qiyun sisters cried very sadly when they heard that they were going to change from concubines to concubines, the only thing they can rely on now is their identity, their father doesn't kiss their stepmother and doesn't love them, what will they live on in the future?

Xiao Yi was also shocked by such a change for a while, and then he was very happy, and planned to immediately announce the whole clan and take Zhao Yulan's tablet out of the ancestral hall, but when he saw his daughter Wen Jin, he changed his mind again.

Shen Mingxi was ordered by the emperor to create public opinion in order for Liu Guangzhong to reclaim, and his first stop was Prince Ren.

Prince Ren is the representative of the nobles, Shen Mingzhao is the first assistant of the cabinet, the two can be said to be cars running on two railroad tracks, he was very surprised when he saw Shen Mingzhao's greetings: "Didn't say why you came?" ”

The butler bowed his head and said respectfully: "No, but it seems that there is something very important." ”

"Please!" Prince Ren came to the reception room in the outer courtyard, Shen Mingzhao had already arrived, and he bowed respectfully: "I've seen Prince Ren!" "He, the first assistant of the first grade, only needs to kneel to the emperor.

"Please, the boss of Shen Pavilion is here, and the humble house is shining!"

"Prince Ren is a thousand years old, thanks to the summons, Shen is honored!"

"You may be seated! I don't know why Lord Shen came here when he returned to the land and kicked the land? ”

"There is a fact that is difficult to decide, and he specially came to consult the prince Chitose."

"Oh? Lord Shen is wise and wise, like the sun and the moon, what else can stump Your Excellency? ”

"That's the case, please see something for Prince Ren Chitose."

Shen Mingzhao handed over the wat board he took when he went to court, which generally recorded the outline of his speech when facing the monarch, and this time, it simply recorded the main points of Liu Guangzhong's speech to the emperor.

Being able to show such a thing to himself can be seen that it is the emperor's order, and Prince Ren is solemn in his heart.

"Prince Chitose, the father and son of the Liu family were in power and opposition, and they had intended to be unfavorable to today's saints, these facts are obvious, but when today's son has the world in mind, for the stability of the country, he just suppressed his own feelings, leaving the Liu family to survive to this day, now the country is peaceful, the people support, the saint has spent more than a year, the government is harmonious, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, and there are already idle experts below who say that they have reached the best situation of Ming Jun's governance, and now, this Liu family should also be solved."

"What does Lord Shen mean, how to deal with the Liu family?"

"This is exactly where Xia Guan and Prince Chitose discussed, killing people is not enough, death is the easiest thing, but in Liu Guangzhong's hands, after all, there are still 100,000 people, since he expressed his willingness to do something for the imperial court, Xia Guan thinks, why not fulfill his meaning? In any case, it is possible that the imperial court will have a large amount of fertile land for this, and it can also eliminate a war invisibly, which is always more good than bad, so why not fulfill him? Although the lives of the Liu family were saved, these lives were used for the country and the people, so why not stay? ”

Shen Mingzhao estimated that Prince Ren wanted to leave the Liu family's life, and it was best that the emperor did not convict the Liu family, but vaguely came to a tun, so that the Liu family would automatically disappear from the public eye and automatically withdraw from the circle of activities of court officials.

"This? Xiao Wang has been in Western Xinjiang for ten years, and he has been recuperating since he came back, and he is not very familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, Lord Shen is wise and decisive, your idea may be quite right, but Xiao Wang can't agree. Let's put it this way, I don't know how to deal with it, it's delaying Lord Shen's time. ”

Shen Mingzhao underestimated Prince Ren's intention to protect his wife, he had already sacrificed his military exploits in Western Xinjiang, and was ready to sacrifice the Liu family in exchange for his wife's stable life for the rest of his life, at this time, how could he speak for Liu Linshen's father and son?

"Prince Ren, for example, the emperor will consult you about this matter, after all, Liu Linshen was in power and misled the country, and there were many constraints on the army in Western Xinjiang, so that the prince could not return to Beijing for ten years, and whether Liu Linshen's father and son were left behind, your opinion is very important." Shen Mingzhao is forcing this.

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