Chapter 46: Leaving the Palace with a Letter
"Say hello to the Queen Mother." Huo Ze is gentle and polite, and he can't see any flaws.
Dou couldn't speak, only raised his hand to signal.
"I heard that my great-grandmother is unwell, but can I pass on the imperial doctor? Now the court of Li Guo still needs great-grandmother to preside over the government, please cherish it. Huo Ze's words are sincere, no matter how you look at it, he is a person who abides by filial piety.
Dou picked up a pen and exchanged a few words on the paper.
Huo Ze hooked his lips when he saw this, and he didn't know what to laugh at. He paused and then said the purpose of the trip: "Now that the throne is empty, the external news can be hidden for a while, but it can't be hidden for a lifetime. It is better for the great-grandmother to establish a new emperor early. ”
Dou hesitated for a moment, dipped in ink and wrote: "In your opinion, who should be appointed emperor?" ”
Huo Ze was waiting for this sentence, his eyebrows fluctuated, and he lowered his head: "Ze'er is not talented, and he recommends himself as the new emperor." ”
Dou Shi knew in his heart that he was not here to advise, but to ask for Yi Zhi directly. She continued, "Reason. ”
Huo Ze had already thought of a series of rhetoric, he bent down and sat down next to the bookcase, and explained the reason: "Don't hide it from my great-grandmother, many ministers have visited the prince's palace in recent days, and they have recommended me as the new emperor. In addition, when my father was alive, he also asked me to preside over many major events to worship the heavens, which can be regarded as a recognition of me. ”
Huo Ze saw Dou's thoughts, and directly stated her concerns: "I know that my great-grandmother likes the Sixth Emperor Brother more, but after all, the Sixth Emperor Brother is not deeply involved in the world, how can he suppress the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee?" Great-grandmothers are also invited to think about the big picture. ”
Dou Shiguang's hand was quietly clenched, Huo Ze did not recommend himself, but directly pointed out that he wanted to become the emperor of the Li State. The Dou clan is not worried about Huo Yan's ability, but now that there are many Huo Ze's henchmen in the court, if Huo Yan is established, he will definitely encounter a lot of resistance.
But Hozer's identity... Without getting the evidence, the Dou family didn't dare to make up their minds, but if it was true, then confusing the royal bloodline, how should she go to see the ancestors of the Huo family, she was really embarrassed, she had read the letter, no matter what, Huo Ze couldn't let herself live for a long time... Dou thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement.
Stabilize the situation first, and trust the female official in charge to hand it over to Huo Yan, if the truth is found out in the future, then with Huo Yan's ability, this throne will eventually fall to him.
But what Dou didn't expect was that as soon as the female official in charge left the palace, she was targeted by the people of the three princes. The lady in charge was already aware that she was being followed as she passed through the street. Although she was flustered, she thought that she had a difficult task on her, so she relaxed and pretended to be nothing.
Turning around and entering a shop, the disguised assassins walked up to the shop and looked up, taking in the Golden Pavilion.
"What do you want?" Shopkeeper Yao saw the guests come forward and greet them warmly.
The lady in charge responded with a smile, but looked left and right absent-mindedly. Shopkeeper Yao saw two more men coming in, and greeted them together with the attitude of a businessman, but they also agreed to the same, but their eyes followed the woman all the time.
Shopkeeper Yao felt puzzled, so he simply stopped caring and entertained the other guests in the hall.
"Shopkeeper Yao, this batch of jade brocade is really beautiful, how did you sell it?" A noble lady asked, touching the current concubine-colored fabric.
Shopkeeper Yao glanced at it and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Zheng, this is the jade brocade set by the young lady of the Yue family, and the money has been paid." ”
"Hey, it's a pity, the shopkeeper will help me keep it next time he meets a good jade brocade." Mrs. Zheng touched the jade brocade and said very regretfully.
"Definitely, definitely!" Shopkeeper Yao hurriedly agreed.
Such a simple conversation made the eyes of the female officer in charge light up, the cloth of the Yue family, it is impossible for them to hand over the letter to the Six Princes' Mansion, but the relationship between the Yue Mansion and the Prince's Mansion is good, if they see it, they will definitely bring the letter to the Six Princes.
She slowly moved to the cloth, only to see that the two assassins had been staring at her, and she pretended to accidentally knock over the jade ornament on the side.
With a snap, the ornaments were scattered, and the shopkeeper Yao and the women in the store surrounded them, and soon the two assassins were drowned out of the crowd. Seeing this, she took the opportunity to stuff the letter into the jade brocade.
"What's going on?" Shopkeeper Yao saw the ornaments on the ground, and his heart hurt.
"I'm sorry shopkeeper, I accidentally knocked it down, you see how much money I pay." The lady in charge stepped forward and took out the purse in her arms and handed it to the shopkeeper Yao.
Shopkeeper Yao took over and weighed the weight, and his attitude changed: "It's okay, it's all a trivial matter, guest officer, what do you need to see again?" "The weight of the silver taels in this purse greatly exceeds the price of the jade ornament.
Seeing that the matter had been done, the female officer in charge waved her hand: "I have gone back in advance, and I will come back to choose another day." ”
"Wait, wait, wait." Shopkeeper Yao looked at this big customer and was reluctant.
The Assassin followed the lady in charge for a while, and seeing that she did not behave strangely, as if she had really gone out of the palace to make purchases, he stayed outside the palace for a while, and got into the carriage and returned to the palace. The Assassin saw her enter the Cining Palace before leaving to report to the Prince's Palace.
Dou saw the female officer in charge come back and stepped forward to stare at her.
The lady in charge has followed Dou for many years, and she can see from her eyes what she is asking. She looked around and said softly: "As soon as I left the palace, I was targeted, and the letter was not delivered to the Six Princes' Mansion. ”
Dou had already guessed, and sighed.
The lady in charge continued: "I put the letter in the jade brocade of the young lady of the Yue family, hoping that they can see the letter and give it to the six princes. ”
Now it seems that it can only be like this, Huo Ze will definitely send more people to keep an eye on Cining Palace, I am afraid that it will be a problem to even leave the palace at that time.
Dou wrote on rice paper and ordered her to prepare court clothes, the emperor's crown and other items. The lady in charge did not ask anything, she knew that someone had personally visited her during the time she had been away from the palace.
The next morning, Dou gathered all the ministers together and handed the edict to Gonggong Feng, so that he could read it out to the public.
"Huo Ze, the third son of the emperor, has a valuable character and is destined for heaven, and he will be able to inherit the unification and ascend the throne."
At the end of this order, there was no shortage of shocked ministers in the DPRK and China, but most of them had already expected that Huo Ze stood up under the eyes of everyone, walked to the dragon chair and knelt down, the empress dowager put on a crown for him, Huo Ze boarded the dragon chair, and the ministers shouted long live.
Now that the decree has been made, there is no need to dwell on the throne. Huo Yan and Yue Xun glanced at each other, and they were not annoyed in their hearts, everything has a fixed number, what the Empress Dowager said to him before must not be a joke, and now it is very likely that something big will happen if he changes his mind.
Yue Xun had already noticed that the soldiers in Beijing were frequently transferred today, and when he reported the Wen family to the Empress Dowager, he was even more rejected by Cining Palace, so he could only report to him, and he knew that the harem should fall under the surveillance of others.
The Empress Dowager then took out another edict from her sleeve and handed it to Gonggong Feng.
"The sixth prince Huo Yan, virtuous and far-reaching, Shengren Guangyun, loved by the first emperor, is now canonized as the regent, can be placed in the palace and the official office, more than 100 guards, plus 100,000 taels of gold, and 50 horses of silk."
This decree was shocked by the ministers again, there is no precedent for the canonization of the regent in the Li State, and now the canonization of the regent is not equivalent to giving the six princes real power to check and balance each other with the emperor, splitting the power that originally belonged to the emperor, what is the purpose of the empress dowager's move.
After Huo Ze listened to the will, the smile on his face stiffened but quickly recovered, so readily agreed, it turned out that he had such an idea, afraid that I would kill each other, so he specially gave Huo Yan real power, so that he could add guards in the mansion openly, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy.
Huo Yan knelt down to accept the decree, took the holy decree with both hands, and looked at Dou's eyes, Dou's eyes were complicated, and when Huo Yan wanted to see it clearly, Dou's eyes had already lowered his eyes.
"I'm tired of mourning, so I'll go back to the palace to rest first." The lady in charge relayed Dou's meaning.
"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager." The ministers saluted and watched Dou leave.
The new emperor ascended the throne and naturally held the funeral of the first emperor in a grand manner to show filial piety, just like that, Emperor Qi did not make any contribution to the Li State, and it was recorded in history vigorously.
Huo Ze ascended to the throne as Emperor Zhao, and then promulgated various new policies, all of which were checks and balances on the power of the old ministers, and everyone could only do so even if they were dissatisfied.
Yao's shopkeeper was busy, and he finally found an opportunity to personally deliver the jade brocade to Yuefu Rouyun.
"The shopkeeper has worked hard, and I will trouble you to run a trip, and let the guy know directly in the future, and I will send a maid to pick it up." Rou Yun made tea and handed it to Shopkeeper Yao.
Shopkeeper Yao took over and was flattered: "What did the young lady say, the small shop is full of glory depends on the young lady, thanks to the young lady for recommending such a carver as Uncle He for me, and now the things he carves are the big signboard of the Golden Pavilion!" ”
Businessmen listen to what they say. Rou Yun then greeted a few words: "How is the business of the Golden Pavilion recently?" ”
"It's good, it's good, I met a woman yesterday, and the jade ornament was broken, but I was lucky to meet a good person, she paid me several times the price, I asked her to pick a few more pieces back, she also refused, you said this is not the God of Wealth scattered wealth." Shopkeeper Yao moistened his voice and continued: "On the other hand, the two men who have been following her have not said a word and have not bought anything, what do you say is this." ”
Rou Yun listened to him quietly, inserting a few words from time to time, and it was a little late in the day, and Shopkeeper Yao hurriedly said goodbye.
Yue Xun and Huo Yan went to choose the palace guards together, and the two discussed many things before returning to Changying Courtyard with the moonlight.
"My husband is back." Rou Yun stepped forward to undress him.
"Hmm." Yue Xun hugged Rou Yun's waist, and the two of them were close together.
Rou Yun didn't struggle, let him rest quietly on himself, and when he raised his head, seeing the tiredness between his eyebrows, he pulled him to the couch and gently kneaded the corners of his forehead: "Aren't you tired." ”
Yue Xun put his head on Rou Yun's lap, took her hand and kissed it on the back of her hand: "I'm not tired, I just can't see you." ”
In recent days, the two have really little time to meet, and because of the affairs of the Yuefu industry, they are busy from morning to night; Yue Xun was given the task of training the soldiers of the palace, leaving early and returning late.
Rou Yun's heart warmed, she lowered her head and looked at Yue Xun, and gently branded a kiss on his forehead.
"I've been at home, waiting for you at our house."
Home, for Yue Xun's perennial military generals who are fighting outside the country is an extremely extravagant thing, he looked at his wife's soft face under the light, and his heart couldn't help himself: "Yun'er, I am pleased with you." ”
Even though the two are already husband and wife, even if they have done all the intimate things, Rou Yun still blushes and glares lightly, but this look has no deterrent effect on Yue Xun, but is very charming.
Dong Solstice was about to enter the house with a copper basin, and when he saw the two of them with affection, he quietly retreated and closed the door by the way.
"What's wrong?" Layue, who was following behind, was puzzled, and just received the hot water and was ready to let Mrs. Bubble hand quit.
"Shh Dong Solstice made a silent gesture and called Layue aside: "The two of them are soaking in the honey pot." ”
The wax moon is clear, and it retreats together with the winter solstice. I have to hurry up and rest the meeting, and I guess I will be busy in the evening.
Sure enough, the master bedroom called for water a few more times in the evening.