Chapter 45: Candidates for the Throne

"Who do you think is more suitable to be the king of this Li country, the three princes or the six princes?" Dou was more of a temptation than an inquiry, and she wondered if the hands of those two had reached into the harem.

The female official in charge lowered her head, sorted out the folds that had been reviewed, panicked but calmly responded: "The establishment of a new emperor is a big deal, the slave maid has a humble status, how can she judge, besides, the slave and the maid get along with the two princes very little, and it is not easy to put forward opinions." ”

Dou Shi was satisfied and continued to review the excerpt: "You have been with me for many years, and I also know your temperament, this harem will inevitably hook up, don't blame the mourning family for tempting you." ”

"The slave and maid don't dare, the queen mother knows the grace of the encounter, and the slave will not be repaid for all eternity."

"The third prince is too deep in his mind, others can't see through him, even my great-grandmother doesn't know much about him, behind him is the Wen family, originally I was worried about the problem of relatives, but now the Wen family has long been scattered, and there was a saying that Li Guo was a leader before, so he is a good candidate." Dou paused slightly, looking embarrassed: "It's just that the six princes are virtuous and generous, and today's Li State needs such a monarch to lead the people to recuperate, Yan'er, this child, I have noticed, he is merciful when he is young, if he is on the throne, at least he can guarantee that he will not kill each other, it is difficult, it is difficult." ”

The female official in charge only listened and did not make any judgments, and only when Dou asked her opinion did she speak: "Which prince is urged by the ministers of the court?" ”

"It's strange to say this, it's just the fall of the Wen family, but the Yue General's Mansion didn't propose it, they should make friends with the six princes, but there was no action at this time, but some inconsequential ministers wrote to urge the three princes to be established." The Dou clan had been puzzled about this matter for a long time, Yue Xun was indeed with Huo Yan's party, why did he not take any action.

"Yuefu has not participated in the establishment of princes for generations, and whoever is the king of Li has always supported him, which has long been a rule." The lady in charge said what she thought in her heart: "Maybe they are waiting for the will of the Empress Dowager." ”

Dou was entangled, but at this time, a palace maid hurriedly walked in from outside, and the female official in charge looked at her face and reprimanded: "Where did you come from, you don't know the rules so much!" ”

The palace maid was frightened, and after calming down for a while, she took out a fold from her arms and presented it to Dou, and replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the slave maid is the sprinkling palace maid outside, and the slave's brother asked the slave to hand over this letter to the Empress Dowager." ”

Dou's brows tightened, and she motioned to the lady in charge to present the envelope, she looked at the palace maid's face that didn't seem to be lying, and asked, "Who is your brother?" Why not by way of an excerpt? ”

"My brother, my brother is the housekeeper of the Wen Mansion." The little maid slammed on the ground and cried: "Before my brother died, he asked someone to bring me a letter, saying that it was confessed by Mrs. Wen before she was exiled, and it must be presented to the Empress Dowager." ”

When the Empress Dowager heard that it was the letter from the Wen family, she subconsciously didn't have a good impression, and after weighing the pros and cons, she still took the envelope, quickly opened her eyes and swept it, but she lost her mind and sat down on the chair.

"The Empress Dowager!" The female officer in charge hurried to help, for fear that there would be any mistakes at this juncture.

Dou pushed her away, rushed to the palace maid, forcibly provoked her chin with his withered old hand, forced her to look at him, and said urgently: "Let me ask you, have you read this letter?" ”

"Never." The palace maid was frightened and leaned back slightly: "The slave maid has never seen it, and my brother has explained thousands of things, and I want the queen mother to open it in person." ”

The Empress Dowager pulled the letter tightly into a ball, and swept her majestic gaze: "Where is Mrs. Wen Xiangbian?" ”

The female officer in charge knew that Dou was asking her, and lowered her head and replied honestly: "I'm in exile, and I'm probably on the way out of Beijing at this time." ”

"Quick! Hurry up and bring someone back to me! ”

"Yes." The female official in charge didn't know what made the Dou family so anxious, but since there was an order, she could only do it.

The Empress Dowager was already in poor health, so she was in a hurry again, so she ordered the palace maid to temporarily retreat, and the female official helped her back to the master bedroom to rest and take medicine.

No one noticed, after the dim palace was darkened, a small eunuch walked in from behind the pillar on the side, he came to the bookcase with an alert look, and after making sure that there was no one around, he began to flip through the letter hidden by the Dou family, Dou did things very carefully, and finally let him find it, he took the letter to the window, and opened it by the moonlight, and the first few words on it made him tremble.

The third prince is not the heir of His Majesty.

He hurriedly stuffed the letter paper into his arms, and slipped out of the side door with a nervous expression, and had to hurry to the Third Prince's Mansion to report.

In the Three Princes' Mansion, Huo Ze had just come out of the Wenyue Courtyard, and now that she had no backer of the Wen family, and the Wen family had been raided, she naturally felt uncomfortable. However, the fifth prince killed his wife just now, no matter how impatient he was with Wen Yue, he could only endure it first.

"Your Highness, the father-in-law from the Empress Dowager's palace is here and is waiting in the study." The guard stepped forward to report.

"Hmm."

When Huo Ze stepped into the study, Duo Gonggong couldn't put it down, stroked the antiques on the shelf, listened to the report from his subordinates, and met Huo Ze's cold eyes, he quickly let go of his hand and stepped forward with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, I haven't seen His Highness become more and more handsome and chic in a few days."

Duogong is a person in the palace of the Empress Dowager whom he has bribed.

"My father-in-law is also becoming more and more able to speak." Huo Ze smiled back, but there was no warmth: "I don't know what happened to my father-in-law coming late at night?" ”

Duo Gonggong sat on the stool by himself, picked up the tea and poured it into his mouth: "The slave family is here for a big deal!" Father-in-law took the crumpled ball of paper from his bosom and handed it to him.

Huo Ze took it and unfolded it, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes, and then it was replaced by viciousness. is a good literary minister, it seems that he expected that one day, even if he fell, he would also bring down his grandson, which was really ruthless.

"Has my father-in-law seen it?" Huo Ze smiled and crumpled the letter paper into a ball and threw it into the incense burner.

Duogong showed off his might: "Naturally, I have seen it, Your Highness, is this true?" Father-in-law Duo didn't notice Huo Ze's dangerous eyes, and said to himself: "Your Highness, I don't know how much effort I have put into this letter. “

Huo Ze didn't answer, he knew in his heart that his father-in-law loved money, and he wanted to get benefits from him, so he boldly agreed: "Seeing that my father-in-law likes antiques on the shelf, my father-in-law picked them out." ”

Father-in-law only acquiesced to his identity, picked up his clothes, and stuffed the antiques on the shelf into his arms: "Since this is the case, I am welcome, Your Highness, rest assured that I have not shown this letter to others, you are good to me, I will keep it secret for you." ”

Huo Ze's lips hooked, and the killing intent was still not revealed: "Then I want to thank my father-in-law, my father-in-law is in danger with so many treasures in the dark, I will let Lu Mei send you away." Huo Ze clapped his hands, and Lu Mei appeared from the shadows in black clothes.

Although the father-in-law was not sound, he was also a man after all, but when he saw the woman's bumpy figure, he was ecstatic and replied: "Thank you prince, thank you prince!" ”

Huo Ze turned on the paper fan and turned out to go out, and when he passed by Lu Mei's side, the two exchanged glances, and Lu Mei nodded knowingly.

Before the poor Duogong's things were confiscated, he was ordered to the acupoints, and the antiques were scattered all over the place, and then Lu Mei and other secret guards transported the Duogong to the palace and threw it in the lake outside the Cining Palace, and by the time it was discovered, it was already lifeless.

Mrs. Wen on the other side was not happy, when several people in black appeared in the Wen family's exile team, Mrs. Wen Fang thought that the Empress Dowager had received the letter and sent someone to pick her up, and she was about to step forward with a happy heart, but she didn't expect the man in black to slash the Wen family's people with a knife, she realized that something was wrong, and quickly pulled her young son to run to the lake.

But the men in black are not vegetarians, and their quick movements quickly drive them to the precipice. Mrs. Wen Fang protected her young son, and the man in black approached her to hand over the physical evidence, Mrs. Wen gritted her teeth and stuffed things into her young son, and pushed him off the cliff ruthlessly.

Seeing this, the man in black wanted to step forward to stop it, but was bitten by Mrs. Wenfang's leg, and he couldn't get rid of it, the man in black ruthlessly drew his sword and ended her, Mrs. Wenfang fell silently, tears flowed in her eyes, and the concubine married her own daughter, ruining the happiness of others for no reason, this is retribution.

The man in black kicked away the woman, and when he walked to the edge of the cliff, he saw a cloud and mist below, and there was still a boy's figure, so he breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to make a difference.

Dou Shichen got up and tried his best to take another look at the letter, but found that he could no longer find a trace. At this time, outsiders from the palace reported that the corpse of many father-in-laws was found in the pool, and the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, she had a premonition that something must have happened in such a night. She hurriedly ordered to send more Imperial Forest Army out to pick up the Wen family.

When the imperial forest army in the palace arrived according to the words of the empress dowager, only the corpse of the Wen family in front of them remained, and the more than 70 members of the Wen family were nowhere to be found, except for the young son, and the rest of the people did not survive.

After learning the news, Dou was shocked, and the government and the opposition were also surprised. The Wen family, who has mastered the court for decades, ended up like this.

Dou Shi felt strange, the letter disappeared, and then many major events happened, it seems that there is a big conspiracy, there must be an undercover agent in Cining Palace, and that person is likely to be a drowning father-in-law, but unfortunately there is no proof of death, now the plan is to find the young son, if he is still alive, he will be able to find out the truth from it, and this series of accidents also makes Dou more convinced that what the letter said is likely to be true.

Anyone who read the letter met with an accident, and even the palace maid who delivered the letter was like evaporating from the world. Dou guessed that he was not immune, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

The Dou palace has always been exquisite, but it still gives people in the shadows a chance, early the next morning, she lost her voice, unable to speak completely, she knew that person didn't want her to reveal any news.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was smart, wrote down the original story, and instructed the female official in charge to collect the letter and find an opportunity to send it to Huo Yan's mansion, but as soon as the letter was handed over to the female official in charge, someone outside came to report it, and the third prince asked to see him.

The Empress Dowager and the female official in charge glanced at each other, motioned for her to retreat, and then nodded and asked the palace maid to bring Huo Ze up.