There was silence in the Hanguang Hall for a long time, and the Queen Mother's voice sounded again: "What is your opinion?"

Old Man Qin bowed his head and said respectfully: "The old minister doesn't dare, he just should do it according to the rules, and pray to the Queen Mother." ”

After thinking for a while, the Queen Mother nodded slowly. The so-called according to the rules, since His Majesty has already been in the sky, it should naturally be the crown prince to succeed to the throne. The Queen Mother thought of the several conversations she had with the crown prince in the past two days, and her satisfaction with this grandson became deeper and deeper, and she felt that this child was much clearer than his mother.

The Queen Mother is the aunt of the queen, no matter from which point of view, the crown prince will succeed to the throne will be her first choice. At this time, there was a covert statement from the important military ministers, and there was no reason to change this qiē.

"Over there in the Fan Mansion?"

"...... I shouldn't forget the woman surnamed Ye before. ”

After another period of dead silence, the Queen Mother spoke: "You go down first." ”

"Yes. Old General Qin bowed and withdrew from the Hanguang Palace, but when he was not far from this palace, the old man with the highest rank in the Qing Fang subconsciously looked back, and intuitively could faintly hear that someone in the hall seemed to be crying.

The old man's heart suddenly twitched, and he remembered the wisp of the emperor's soul on the distant Dadong Mountain, and an unprecedented palpitation and fear suddenly surged into his heart, and cold sweat began to ooze from his back, speeding up the pace of leaving the palace.

After the first two days and two nights, the concubines who were invited into the palace by the will of the Queen Mother returned to their respective bedrooms, except for Ning Cairen, Yigui and Concubine Shugui. The reason is very simple, these three concubines all have princes, and at such an extraordinary moment, if the crown prince is to ascend the throne safely, the queen mother must hold these three women in her hands.

As for the eldest princess, she returned to the Guangxin Palace that she had been missing for a long time.

The Queen Mother sat alone on the couch, and several old ladies were serving in the back calmly, not daring to make a sound. The dim yellow light shone on the side cheeks of the old queen mother, clearly distinguishing countless wrinkles, making the current most powerful person in Qingguo appear a hopelessly old dragon clock.

"I can't make the wrong choice. ”

The question in the heart of the Queen Mother is like a poisonous snake that keeps devouring her confidence, and when she is old, she suddenly hears the news of her son's death, which is an extremely difficult blow for all old people. However, the Empress Dowager Qingguo strongly suppressed her grief and began to seek the most reliable and safe way for the future of Qingguo.

"If he was still alive, he would definitely blame the mourners. ”

The Queen Mother slowly closed her eyes, thinking about the emperor who had left this world, and her heart was sad. This trip to Dadong Mountain to worship the sky, the goal of His Majesty is to abolish the prince, but His Majesty is the original Bintian, who is a mother, but he wants to help the prince to ascend the throne again, and His Majesty's soul will definitely be very angry.

But for the sake of Qingguo and for the thousands of miles laid by the emperor to survive, the Queen Mother seems to have no choice.

Even the terrible conjecture that hung in her mind would not affect her choice.

The Queen Mother opened her eyes suddenly, as if she wanted to find her son's soul in this palace, she looked at the Night Palace quietly, her lips opened slightly, and she said in a voice that only she could hear: "I don't care who harmed you, and I don't care if the person I chose harmed you, but you are dead, do you understand? You are dead, it doesn't matter what matters!"

Yes, the Queen Mother is not a stupid old woman in the village, and the so-called evidence of coming to Beijing several times in a row does not make her fully believe that her grandson outside the palace, who is not very affectionate, will be the mastermind behind the assassination.

She even vaguely doubted the role of her daughter, her other grandchildren, in the assassination of the emperor, because from any point of view, the emperor's death gave these people the best fruits.

But doubt is useless, believing is just a subjective choice, the queen mother knows that if she wants to be more at ease in the years before her death, she must force herself to believe that Fan Xian is the real murderer, and the prince will become a Ming monarch.

"Queen Mother, the eldest princess has arrived. An old woman lowered her voice and reported.

The Queen Mother waved her hand weakly, and the eldest princess Li Yunrui, who was dressed in a white palace dress, slowly walked into the main hall of the Hanguang Palace, and saluted the Queen Mother, cowardly.

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, then waved her hand, and the grandmothers and palace maids serving in the entire palace hurriedly withdrew from the main hall, leaving this empty and deserted palace to this mother and daughter.

The Queen Mother looked at the tears in the corners of her daughter's eyes, lost her mind slightly, and said after a while: "I heard that you washed your face with tears, why bother hurting yourself so much, people have already gone, it's useless for us to cry here anymore." ”

The eldest princess smiled quietly, and said in a gentle tone that she had never shown in front of the Queen Mother: "Mother taught me a lesson. ”

Then she sat down beside the Queen Mother, like a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, and snuggled softly.

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment and said, "Your brother is an unreliable guy, since Your Majesty has already gone, when you are free, you can come and talk to me for a while." ”

"Yes, Mother. ”

The Queen Mother looked at her daughter out of the corner of her eye, suddenly frowned, and said, "Try to convince the mourning family about Anzhi." ”

The eldest princess was slightly stunned, as if she didn't expect her mother to ask so directly, and said after a long silence: "I don't understand what my mother means." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes gradually became cold, but quickly faded again, and said in a harmonious voice: "I just need something to convince myself." ”

The eldest princess lowered her head and said after a while, "Fan Xian has a reason to do this. ”

"Why?"

"Because his mother is Ye Qingmei. The eldest princess raised her face and looked at her mother with a hint of gloom, "And he never thought that his surname was Li." ”

The Queen Mother was not angry, and said calmly: "Go on." ”

"He colluded with the Northern Qi people in Jiangnan, and the specific things will naturally be clear after being investigated. The eldest princess said calmly: "Besides...... Fan Xian and Dongyi Cheng were also a little inexplicable, these rìzi recently, the young Jiupin master who followed him should be the closed disciple of Sigu Sword. ”

"You mean that Wang Shisanlang. The Queen Mother said.

The corners of the eldest princess's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if she didn't expect her mother to be so clear about these things, and bowed her head and responded, "Yes." ”

"A few months ago, Cheng Qian went to Nanzhao, and took care of that Wang Shisanlang along the way. The Queen Mother's eyes calmed down, "If he is Fan Xian's person, then I will ...... Anzhi is a good child. ”

The Queen Mother continued to say slowly: "The crown prince has already told the mourning family about Wang Shisanlang. The old man sighed: "In the past few years, the prince has been vigorously arguing for Fan Xian, and from this point of view, Cheng Qian's child is not bad." ”

The eldest princess nodded: "My daughter thinks so too." ”

The Queen Mother looked at her daughter quietly: "Your Majesty, these sons have their own benefits, and the mourning family is very pleased, so ...... The mourning family doesn't want to see these juniors being tossed by you. ”

"My daughter understands what you mean. The eldest princess replied calmly: "From now on, my daughter will definitely keep to herself." ”

"In the past few years, although His Majesty has been a little stubborn, he is your brother after all. The Queen Mother's brows gradually wrinkled, her eyes were full of sadness and helplessness, and she looked at her daughter and was speechless for a long time.

The eldest princess leaned slightly sideways, exposing her beautiful cheeks to the faint light.

The Queen Mother raised her palm and slapped the eldest princess in the face with a crisp snap. The eldest princess snorted and was knocked to the ground, a trace of blood flowing from the corner of her lips.

The Queen Mother's chest rose and fell rapidly, and after a long time, she gradually calmed down.

――――――――――――――――――― didn't know if Fan Xian had made a judgment closest to the truth about the situation in the palace, if he knew this, then he would definitely not choose to enter the palace, and in front of the Queen Mother, he would state the truth about Dadongshan, and hand over His Majesty's handwritten letter, as well as the jade seal.

In this major event that shocked the world, Fan Xian must admit that the choice made by his mother-in-law is a very simple and effective plan, as long as His Majesty is dead, then whether it is a courtier or a queen mother, the prince who is becoming more and more like a monarch will be the first choice.

Starting from the name, starting from the stable dìng, there is no better choice than the prince.

And once the crown prince ascends the throne and the dust settles, Fan Xian can only find a way to go to Northern Qi to eat soft rice. But the problem at the moment is that the Fan Mansion is under the control of the palace, and his wife and concubine have heard that they have been admitted to the palace, so he just wants to eat soft rice, but it is impossible to throw away the dry rice.

The women of the old Li family are really more vicious than the other.

Fan Xian repeated the three words of old bitch in his heart, and on the other hand, under the cover of the night, he climbed over a high wall and gently landed in the green garden.

This is a minister's mansion, although there is no master guard, but there are many people in the house, there are many officials, from the foot of the courtyard wall to the study, Fan Xian, who has not recovered from serious injuries, feels a burst of heartache, almost exposed the line.

After quietly listening to the movement inside the study for a while, Fan Xian pried open the window with a dagger, flashed in, and was covered with a snow-like white arrangement, and couldn't help frowning slightly, and then turned around, grabbed the throat of the minister who screamed in surprise, leaned into the other party's ear, and said softly: "Don't scream, it's me." ”

The minister, who had been restrained by him, heard his voice, and his body shook like a lightning strike, but gradually relaxed.

Fan Xian looked at his eyes timidly, pulling his iron-like palm away from the other party's throat, if the other party really ignored xìng's life and called someone to catch him, with his current state, he was afraid that it would be really difficult to escape from Kyoto alive.

This is a gamble, but Fan Xian's life is a big gamble, and his luck has always been good enough.

The minister did not call for help, but looked at Fan Xian's somewhat pale face with a very strange look, as if he was a little surprised and a little surprised.

............ "Old man Shu, don't look at me like this. Fan Xian confirmed that his judgment was correct, withdrew the dagger, and sat opposite Shu Wu.

Yes, at this time, he was in the study of Shufu, and after a few calculations, Fan Xian still decided to find this bachelor who was a very popular minister first, because among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he always felt that only Zhuang Mohan's student was the most trustworthy in terms of character and morality.

Shu Wu looked at him with complicated eyes, and suddenly said, "Three questions." ”

"Please. Fan Xian replied.

"Is Your Majesty dead?" Shu Wu's voice trembled a little.

Fan Xian was silent for a moment: "When I left Dadong Mountain, I wasn't dead yet, but ......" He thought of the figure who came by boat, thought of the Sigu Sword hidden beside him, and thought of the big bald head that was very likely to make a move, and frowned and said: "It should be dead." ”

Shu Wu sighed and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Who is the mastermind?" Shu Wu looked into his eyes.

Fan Xian pointed to his nose and said, "According to the intelligence of the military and the Supervision Yuan, it should be me." ”

"If it's you, why do you want to go back to Kyoto?" Shu Wu shook his head: "It's so heartbroken, it's not in line with the heart of the king at all." ”

Both of them fell silent, and Fan Xian suddenly said, "Since I came to find Your Excellency, I naturally have something to ask Your Excellency." ”

"What?"

"The crown prince cannot be allowed to ascend the throne. Fan Xian stared into his eyes and said word by word.

Shu Wu's brows furrowed and then relaxed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Why?"

The corners of Fan Xian's lips floated with a hint of self-deprecation: "Because...... I believe that Scholar Shu is unwilling to look at a scum who killed his father and the monarch and sat on the dragon chair of Qingguo. ”

The room was quiet, Fan Xian stood up, took out the letter that he had hidden in his arms, and said softly: "Shu Wu takes the order." ”

Shu Wu was shocked, knelt on the ground, took the letter with trembling hands, and great doubts surged in his heart, thinking that if His Majesty had already returned to heaven, who had drafted this will? But he had been in the court for many years, and had been in charge of the affairs of the Book Pavilion for a long time, and he was extremely familiar with the handwriting and tone of His Majesty's handwriting, and he only glanced at the cover and the explanation after the cover, and knew that it was written by His Majesty, and he couldn't help but get excited, and his eyes began to be wet.

Fan Xian opened the envelope and handed the letter to Shu Wu.

The more Shu Wu looked at it, the more shocked he became, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help but pat the desk next to him and scolded: "Wolf!

Fan Xian gently and softly held his hand, did not let Master Shu's palm hit the desk, and said slowly: "This is the night before His Majesty asked me to return to Kyoto. ”

"I'll enter the palace right away. Shu Wu stood up and couldn't hide his anger on his face, "I want to meet the Queen Mother." ”

Fan Xian shook his head.

Shu Wu frowned and said: "Although there is no mourning, the palace has already begun to prepare for the prince's accession to the throne, without further ado, if it is late, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”

Fan Xian lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then said, "This imperial letter is originally a ...... Written for the Queen Mother. ”

Shu Wu was taken aback, thinking to himself, yes, with Fan Xian's hidden power in Kyoto and his own super strength, even if the palace city was extremely strict at this time, he must have a way to enter the palace and meet the Queen Mother, with this letter and the seal he had seen before, the Queen Mother would definitely believe Fan Xian's words.

"Ah......" Shu Wu's face changed suddenly, and he looked at Fan Xian in a daze, "Impossible!"

"There's never anything impossible in the world. Fan Xian's eyes seemed to have a ghost fire beating, "You are a Wenchen, and I am pretending to be a member of the royal family, I want to see the thoughts of those nobles in the palace more clearly, if it weren't for the fear of the Queen Mother, why would I venture here tonight?"

He was silent for a moment and then said: "The Li Dynasty itself is a living thing, and it will naturally correct the deformation of the body, so as to ensure that the entire imperial family occupies the control of the world and ensures its survival...... Under this premise, nothing matters. ”

Fan Xian looked at Scholar Shu and said calmly: "The matter has been done thoroughly, no matter what you choose, Scholar, it is legitimate." You can assume that I haven't been here today. ”

Shu Wu also fell into a long silence, and the Qingguo minister became old in an instant, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Since Lord Xiao Fan has been here, and the old man also knows, naturally you can't assume that you haven't come." ”

Fan Xian was slightly moved.

"The old man is just very curious, although Fan Shangshu is under house arrest at this time, but you still have a lot of friends in the court, why did you choose the old man instead of meeting others, such as Dean Chen, such as the eldest prince?" Shu Wu's eyes exuded a very comfortable brilliance, and asked with a smile.

Fan Xian also laughed and said: "Force is always only the last way to solve the matter, and in the end, this matter still has to be used by force, but before you do it, Qingguo needs to be reasonable." ”

He said calmly: "The reason why I chose you to reason for His Majesty is very simple, because you are a scholar. ”

Fan Xian finally said: "I am not a simple reader, but I know what a real reader should look like, such as your teacher, Mr. Zhuang Mohan - a scholar has bones, and I want to borrow your bones from Mr. ”