Chapter 70: Five Years Ago Again
"The prince remembers the old man?" Xue Nuo's expression was stunned.
"This subordinate knows something."
Qiu Changqing spoke on the side, "After the Lord's accident, almost all the people in the princess's mansion died, and those in the court who wanted to intercede for the Lord or intended to retry the reverse case and did not want to believe that the Lord was plotting rebellion, were later implicated and exiled and killed for various reasons. ”
"Among the rest of the people, in addition to the shameless villains who took the initiative to report or even stepped on a foot and fell into the well, there are also a few officials who are in high positions and cannot move, and other people who have been appreciated by the lord are almost all demoted and sent away from the capital."
The Lord is amazingly talented, and those who can be favored by her are naturally capable people.
The prince took pity on the situation of those people and couldn't bear to let them stay away from the court, so he wanted to let them re-enter the court, but this undoubtedly poked Emperor Tianqing's lungs.
He always felt that the prince's heart was a traitor.
Ning Jingshui waited for Qiu Changqing to finish speaking before he said: "I have been walking in the palace for the past few years, and I can see that Emperor Tianqing does not like the prince very much, and he almost abolished the position of the East Palace five years ago. ”
"Although the prince has not mentioned the matter of the lord in recent years, the revival of the old ministers has also touched the reverse scale of Emperor Tianqing, and Emperor Tianqing has wanted to teach the prince a lesson several times, all because the prince has never made mistakes on his face, and the position of the prince was set by the first emperor when he was there, plus he was added in the name of saving the driver of benevolence and filial piety."
"Even if Emperor Tianqing doesn't like him anymore, he can only reprimand a few words, and then favor several other princes, conniving and supporting them to go against the crown prince."
If it weren't for Emperor Tianqing's acquiescence, with the crown prince being stable for many years, how could the third prince, the fourth prince and others dare to bully the prince.
Xue Nuo listened to Qiu Changqing and Ning Jingshui's words, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Five years ago again.
She had heard Shen Qi talk about Shen Zhongkang's impeachment of Xu Lizhen five years ago, and the crown prince was almost deposed at that time, so I am afraid that what they did was not just as simple as impeaching Xu Lizhen.
Since Emperor Tianqing had the idea of abolishing the prince, it was not so easy to suppress it, but the prince accidentally "rescued", and this thing sounded a little like it was deliberately made.
Emperor Tianqing cherished his feathers and also valued his reputation, Xue Nuo felt that the matter of saving the driver seemed to be a deliberate plan, so as to force Emperor Tianqing to change his mind, and he could not move the East Palace.
She asked: "Is the matter of abolishing the prince related to the impeachment of Xu Lizhen?" ”
Ning Jingshui shook his head: "I don't know." ”
Qiu Changqing also said: "The reason why Xu Lizhen was dismissed back then was that he made a big mistake in investigating a case of collusion between South Vietnamese spies and people in the DPRK and China, and forced an old minister of the DPRK and China to death. ”
"Shen Zhongkang and several other courtiers were impeached, and the crown prince came forward, so Emperor Tianqing took him to the official body, but he didn't expect that he would find an opportunity to re-enter the court three years later."
After Xu Lizhen was dismissed, Qiu Changqing thought about killing that person, but who would have thought that Xu Lizhen would have stayed in the capital all the time, although he had no official body, he still had contacts with many people in the court, and he was always guarded by his side.
Qiu Changqing had followed Xu Lizhen for a period of time, and had found out that the prince and the people of the Shen family had troubled Xu Lizhen, but after that person was down, he was like a turtle with a shrunken head and did not come out, and the prince did not catch Xu Lizhen's handle several times.
Gu Diao didn't know how he knew that he had murderous intent towards Xu Lizhen, and he was not allowed to do it without permission, saying that if Xu Lizhen died, there would be no more clarity in the master's case.
Qiu Changqing just stopped.
When Xue Nuo heard this, he remembered that Shen had said that Xu Lizhen had a relationship with the Shen family and the East Palace, and it was probably from that time that Xu Lizhen hated them to the core.
She said lightly: "Gu Diao is right, Xu Lizhen can't die, at least until he is Zhaoxue for his mother, his life has to be saved." ”
If he died, who would know his mother's grievances.
Ning Jingshui looked at the young master in front of him dressed as a man, weak and thin, and he didn't see the curve of a woman at all, but his face was particularly eye-catching: "Young master, you are back in Beijing now, but you want to avenge the master?" ”
Xue Nuo did not hesitate: "Yes." She raised her eyes to the two of them, "Would you like to help me?" ”
Ning Jingshui showed a smile on his face: "My life was picked up by the Lord, if I can take Zhaoxue for the Lord, even if I take it back again, what's the matter?" ”
Qiu Changqing was even more neat: "As long as you can avenge the Lord, the Blue Bird swears to follow the young master!" ”
Xue Nuo looked at their reactions without hesitation, and his slightly cold face softened, except for Daddy Xue, there are still people in this world who have not forgotten their mother after all.
Qiu Changqing asked, "Does the young master have any plans now?" ”
Xue Nuo said: "There are two things for you to do. ”
Qiu Changqing hurriedly looked stunned.
Xue Nuo said: "The first thing is to restore the secret line that my mother stayed in Beijing as soon as possible, let them all move, and find out for me the matter of Meng Dehui, the head of the household department, no matter how big or small, everyone in the Meng family, including the relatives of the Meng family, will give me the news before the Cao Yun Division and others enter Beijing." ”
"The second thing is that I want a list of officials who were demoted out of Beijing because they were implicated in the rebellion case seven years ago, or who were depressed, the more detailed the better, can it be done?"
Qiu Changqing nodded: "Yes." ”
She thought for a moment, "Do you have someone you absolutely trust?" ”
"How?"
"Clever, loyal, preferably a little skillful, the key is to have a clean background."
Xue Nuo said, "I will stay in the Shen family for the next period of time, the juniors of the Shen family are easy to fool, but Shen Zhongkang is an old fox, and the slightest clue is easy to arouse his suspicion, so I can't go out to meet you frequently, and someone must enter the Shen family to stay with me and pass on the news at any time." ”
Although she fooled Shen Qi, she was not too sure about Shen Zhongkang.
That person was too shrewd and thoughtful, she had to stay in the Shen family as "safely" as possible, at least until she achieved what she wanted to do through the Shen family, and she couldn't let the old fox be suspicious of her.
Qiu Changqing is just that, but Ning Jingshui can't touch it on his face for the time being.
Otherwise, the old fox would have been suspicious!
Qiu Changqing has been floating around all these years, and it is easy to find someone, but it is not so easy to be absolutely loyal and clever, but Ning Jingshui thought about it and said: "There is a suitable person on my side." ”
"Who?"
"The son of a peasant family on the outskirts of the city, he is seventeen years old this year, before his mother was seriously ill and begged me to come to me, I saw that he was pitiful and treated his mother, and then saw that their mother and son could not survive, so I sent them to the village outside the city to let them do some simple things."
"That kid has a lot of brute strength, although he is not clever enough, he is obedient and honest, and the most important thing is that he is very filial, and he once wanted to enter the palace to ask for food, and he found someone to cleanse himself, but he was deceived."
Xue Nuo is a woman, even if a woman dresses as a man, she can't be an ordinary man who can serve her.
The child's mother lived in the Zhuangzi, even if he was sent to follow Xue Nuo, as long as his mother was well, the child would never betray him, and he would never do anything to hurt Xue Nuo.