After this day, Concubine Duan disappeared silently.

It's like the world has evaporated.

When the concubines gathered in the queen's palace, they inevitably talked about it.

First, Concubine Hui said, "Xue Yinhuan, that slut died, and Concubine Duan disappeared for no reason." How? Is it that she also has goods in her stomach? Afraid of ending up with the same fate as Xue Yinhuan, so he slipped away first? ”

Concubine Xi groaned: "Who knows? She has a strange personality and is quiet, and she often goes in and out by herself, not even a palace maid. Bengong has long said that she is so withdrawn, in case something happens one day, there is no one to call for help. Now it's okay, who knows if it will be due to careless walking and falling into which well. ”

Concubine Chen was surprised and said: "There are not a thousand but eight hundred wells in and out of the imperial city, if this really falls, it will be difficult to find." ”

"Didn't you say? There are many places in the imperial city that few people care about, and if she really has an accident in one corner, it is really difficult to find out people. ”

The queen cut off everyone's discussion in a solemn voice, "The successive accidents in the palace are really unfortunate for the family." Ahem...... In the afternoon, the palace is going to Fahua Temple to burn incense and pray, and the concubine Xi will go with her, right? Ahem......"

She didn't say a word before she coughed, and her face was as bad as dust.

This situation has been going on for several days, and some people are concerned: "The queen mother has not looked very good recently, have you ever looked for a doctor?" ”

"The imperial doctor has seen it and said that this palace is just qi deficiency, and there is no big problem."

Where is she just lacking in qi?

Wu Shiyi told Shen Ciwei that the cinnabar accumulated in the queen's body had reached a critical point, and she might have a seizure one day, and she would die violently in the palace for no reason.

Somehow, Shen Ciwei, who was sitting in the hall, watched her hold on to the majesty of a queen, and felt that she was a little pitiful.

Is it really worth it to take your life for a false position?

If she is the queen, she will go down to the court early in the morning to beg for such a husband who has no feelings for herself.

If you can't go, just close the palace gate and plant some flowers and plants in the backyard, raise some cats and dogs, just want to be comfortable, why bother to hurt for men?

As she was talking, Laixi beside the queen hurriedly entered, and muttered a few words to her.

The queen's face became even worse, "Really? ”

Coming to Xi's head, Concubine Xi was curious: "What's wrong?" ”

The queen said: "There was an accident in the previous dynasty. ”

Only then did everyone know that Li Mobai detained many officials when they were in the court, and the people of the Shen Criminal Division went directly to the Jinluan Hall with torture tools, and tortured those detained courtiers in front of a group of courtiers.

If anyone discerns resistance, the court will take out the crime he has committed and read it to the courtiers.

The crimes committed by these people are not capital crimes but also serious crimes, but they were all hidden deep in the past and were not discovered by their colleagues.

On this day, there were nine courtiers who were disposed of by Li Mobai, and I heard that the outer city also attacked at the same time, and a total of 38 courtiers were disposed of.

It is said that they are guilty, and Li Mobai can only investigate and punish them according to law.

But he carried out capital punishment on them in front of everyone's eyes, what silver needles into the fingers, iron branding the body, black face gouging out eyes, and doing everything.

For a while, people were panicked and the hustle and bustle was very high.

Li Mobai's name as a 'tyrant' also spread.

In Jiangdu, such rumors spread faster than the plague.

As if there was a driving force behind the scenes, a song had not yet been compiled and widely circulated.

When the storyteller saw this, he attracted listeners, and after adding fuel to these things, he secretly said right and wrong in the teahouse.

Unexpectedly, when this matter reached the imperial court, Li Mobai immediately ordered that all storytellers be imprisoned in the prison, and a legislative covenant was enacted, and all the people who talked about the royal family in vain would be killed.

This iron law completely exploded in Jiangdu.

In the past, there were many people in Jiangdu who regarded the affairs of the royal family as a pleasure to discuss after tea and dinner, but the imperial court never cared about this.

Under Li Mobai's strong pressure, there was less discussion, but most of the people's hearts were lost.

In the face of his many abnormal behaviors, some courtiers spoke out when they went to court, but they were demoted by Li Mobai.

He said: "I am the Son of Heaven, and my imperial power cannot be questioned by anyone. Whoever dares to say no to me again is to be in a nest with the thieves, snakes and rats who disturb the peace of the Qi Dynasty. Watch your head! ”

He sealed the mouths of all the officials with one sentence, and everyone thought that he had been bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, but now everyone looks like a person who hides a different heart.

For this matter, Li Jinyan privately persuaded him, "Brother, haven't you noticed that there are a lot fewer excerpts sent to Chaoyang Palace recently?" Although those ministers didn't dare to say anything on the surface, behind the scenes, they were all dissatisfied with your approach. So I don't bother to fold big and small matters, and I just let go of being a lazy person. If this continues, the situation in the DPRK is worrying. ”

"What waves can they roll over?" Li Mobai smiled contemptuously: "With a few fewer people, can the Qi Dynasty still collapse?" As long as the military power is still in my hands, I will not be afraid of anything. The most urgent task at the moment is not how to handle state affairs well, but to catch those who are manipulating the chess game behind the scenes. If you don't get rid of him, the country will not be safe, and no matter how you govern it, it will be a mess. ”

Li Jinyan dragged his chin and pondered for a moment, and said: "Brother, I think that person can have such the strength to turn his hands into clouds and rain with his hands, he must be a person with great power in the court, and he must have a lot of financial resources to support him to do these things." Brother has a suspicion? ”

Li Mobai said: "If there is, I would have made a move a long time ago." He did so many things just to get my imperial power. Otherwise, why bother? And as long as my imperial power is not decentralized, he will have no chance to threaten me.

Why do you think he dared to kill the third and seventh children, but he didn't dare to attack me? Because I am dead, my military power will be automatically transferred to the queen mother, who will take the order to represent the country. As long as Concubine Rong's son lands, the throne will pass to my son.

In the past, he thought that Concubine Rong was a detailed work he arranged by my side, and wanted to wait for Concubine Rong's birth to land, and then it would be unfavorable to me, and then support the new emperor to ascend the throne, and he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he didn't expect that I had already had a good relationship with Concubine Rong, but Concubine Rong rebelled against me, and had already started to do things for me early in the morning.

Therefore, he must make me lose the hearts of the people, so that he can take advantage of the chaos to attack, in the name of crusading against me, inciting the courtiers and the people, and lifting my hegemonic rule. ”

Li Jinyan breathed a long sigh of relief and said lightly: "I'll just say it, I thought my brother really couldn't figure it out, and he wanted to offend the people and then offend the courtiers." It turns out that my brother is luring the snake out of the hole. ”

Li Mobai patted him on the shoulder, "Jinyan, there are not many people I can trust now, are you willing to stand by my side and accompany me to fight this tough battle?" ”

"Of course!" Li Jinyan nodded vigorously, his eyes were sincere, "I will definitely be by my brother's side all the time!" ”