In the Huilin Palace, an old woman is sitting on a futon and reciting the scriptures silently.

The candle flame flickered, reflecting on the woman's smooth face, and it was vaguely seen that her eyebrows and eyes were exquisite, and her facial features were soft, she must have been a beauty when she was young!

Suddenly, a shadow flashed, and a man dressed in black was already standing in front of the old woman.

The old woman seemed to be unaware, her eyes were slightly closed, and she muttered to herself.

The man was not in a hurry, but stood silently aside.

After a while, the old woman opened her eyes, saw the person in front of her, and smiled slightly.

"The cold wind on the winter night is biting, Gonggong Wu has worked tirelessly, the palace has lost sight, and I hope to forgive my sins!"

Wu Xue's father-in-law of Xichang complained in his heart at the moment, knowing that I was freezing in the middle of the night, you still have to finish reading the scriptures, and when I finish speaking, you can't continue to read it!

Wu Xue took away the solemn and gloomy aura in Su Ri, and a kind smile appeared on her face,

"Niangniang tortured the old slave, but the mother was dedicated to the Buddha, so that the old slave admired, a "Diamond Sutra" can be recited backwards, it can be seen that the mother is devoted to the Buddha, the Buddha will be able to bless the mother to fulfill her wishes!"

The old woman smiled faintly,

"My father-in-law has won the award! I am a person in the twilight of my life, but I am not more deeply relied on by His Majesty than my father-in-law, and I have a lot of affairs, and I can't wait to eat and sleep all the time to help Your Majesty take care of things. ”

Gonggong Wu laughed dryly, a trace of sarcasm slipped through his eyes, dissipated in an instant, and still said respectfully,

"Niangniang, you are a blessed person, the old slave is a toiling life, and he is valued by the saints, and he is reluctant to support this old bone."

The old woman put down the Buddha beads in her hand and raised her eyes to look at Wu Xue, her eyes were not without mockery and exploration.

"Reluctantly? Playing Concubine Jiao Xian and Chen Zhuoxin around, Gonggong Wu is too humble! ”

Wu Xue's face was as usual,

"The old slave is doing things for the saint, Concubine Xian Niangniang and Chen Guogong want to pave the way for the thirteen princes to be the prince, but unfortunately, the saint has no intention of establishing a prince at present, and I can only let Concubine Xian Niangniang and Chen Guogong work in vain."

Wu Xue raised her eyebrows, and inadvertently raised her voice,

"It's you, re-mentioning Chen Meiren's death in the palace, and instigating the second prince outside the palace to start competing for the position of the prince, you tell me about you, don't do it with a good concubine, and stir up the thoughts of the second prince, a good rich prince is gone, and there is an ambitious prince, you are not idle, right?"

The old woman's face sank slightly,

"Gonggong Wu, although this palace is different from you, but your affairs have never been revealed by this palace, so why do you bother to ask about the affairs of this palace?"

Wu Xue also put away her smile,

"The old slave wants to ask Niangniang, do you really think that the five princes can inherit the unification? The old slave persuaded you to put your mind away. ”

The old woman was unimpressed,

"If Gonggong Wu is here to be a lobbyist, please go back. Don't wait for this palace to be unbearable, and turn out the Gu that your father-in-law carried, but everyone will not look good. ”

Wu Xue sneered,

"Since I dare to use Gu in the palace, I am not afraid of being known by others, but Chen Niangniang, you poisoned General Ji's wife, the eldest lady of Liguo Gong before, and later, I instigated Concubine Jiao Xian to poison Liguo Gong's father and son, and now, I am doing everything possible to protect the two girls of the Ji family, good people, bad people, let Niangniang do it alone, Niangniang should leave us some way, don't eat alone, right?"

The old woman was not angry at all, raised her hand and stroked her sideburns, where two locks of black and white hair hung down, smiled indifferently, and said,

"Father-in-law, here, please call the White Concubine of the Palace!"

Wu Xue was a little angry, and then smiled again, laughing very playfully,

"Niangniang also has something to be afraid of, the old slave doesn't understand, why does Niangniang put such a big treasure in Huai'an Houfu?"

Concubine Bai looked at Wu Xue, her eyes were full of deep meaning,

"You really want to know?"

Wu Xue nodded!

This is indeed what he is puzzled about.

The person in front of her is actually Chen Meiren, the biological mother of the fifth prince!

It was the White Concubine who really died back then.

The height and posture of the white concubine and Chen Meiren are very similar, and after Chen Meiren "committed suicide", she hid in the palace as the "white concubine".

Chen Meiren once helped the saint do many shady things, one of which was to poison Princess Herui.

At the beginning of the emperor's succession, he was afraid of the power and prestige of Princess Herui, so he thought of letting Princess Herui "recuperate all year round".

Unexpectedly, the poisoning was revealed, and the most bizarre thing was that Princess Herui and Concubine Shangguan Shu were poisoned at the same time, but this poison was not the poison given by the emperor to Chen Meiren, it was another "Gu poison" that was dropped!

Princess Herui was furious, and as a last resort, the emperor had no choice but to hand over Chen Meiren.

However, Chen Meiren was unwilling to die!

When the emperor was still the sixth prince, Chen Meiren worked as a maid in the prince's mansion.

The emperor was very good to Chen Meiren at that time, and Chen Meiren also thought that the emperor was a person who could be trusted, was loyal to the emperor, and secretly helped the emperor do many shady things.

Princess Herui lost her hand this time, and Chen Meiren felt that she couldn't completely blame herself.

If the emperor hadn't had evil thoughts about Princess Herui, he wouldn't have been used.

However, there is no way to reason with the emperor, and the poison is indeed his own hand, in order to give an explanation to Princess Herui, the emperor can only give up Chen Meiren!

Doing secret things for the emperor all year round, Chen Meiren was forced to take the initiative to learn some methods, including disguise, including self-defense.

Of course, more importantly, Chen Meiren is no longer the little maid who obeys orders, she has learned how to better complete the task under the premise of protecting herself after years of obeying orders.

At the same time, she began to find a way out for herself step by step.

After entering the palace, she has found several suitable "stand-ins".

The White Concubine accidentally broke her secret, and the White Concubine must die!

But Chen Meiren still has a good conscience, and allows Concubine Bai to make a request, and Chen Meiren can try her best to meet it.

The white concubine smiled bitterly and said,

"My mother's family is basically empty, and since I was a child, my family was flooded, and I was the only one who was saved. Later, he went to the capital to join distant relatives and survived. After that, in order to repay the kindness of his relatives and to find a way out, he entered the palace. It's okay to go through your life without a companion like this. That is, I didn't repay the kindness of the family who adopted me, and I didn't feel at ease when I left. ”

Wu Xue asked tentatively,

"Concubine Bai's relatives are Huai'an Houfu?"

Chen Meiren bowed her head,

"Speaking of which, Concubine Bai wants to call Mrs. Hong an aunt. Mrs. Hong took in Concubine Bai back then, but she didn't expect that a good thought would give her children and grandchildren such an opportunity to be rich and rich. ”

Wu Xue sighed imperceptibly, people like them basically walk on the tip of a knife, and they can't see tomorrow's sun if they can't keep it.

Concubine Bai is good, she knows why she died, and she can fulfill a wish before she dies.

How many guilty or innocent people have lost their lives in a daze!

The emperor's treatment of Chen Meiren like this will indeed make Chen Meiren feel cold.

However, working hard for the master and taking the blame for the master seems to be an inevitable ending!

Chen Meiren saw what Wu Xue was thinking, and said,

"Do you think I'm the Blame Emperor?"

Wu Xue was noncommittal.

Chen Meiren blames the emperor or not, Wu Xue is not easy to say.

However, the emperor is really disgusted with the five princes born to Chen Meiren!

Also, as soon as you see the five princes, you will think of his "missed" mother, the key is that the "missed" mother offended the eldest princess!

Or, what the emperor is unwilling to face is his failed self!

The dignified king of a country was actually ruled by his sister-in-law!

But ask yourself, Princess Herui did not abuse power and interfere in court politics excessively, is it just because of Princess Herui's status as "princess" that the emperor is unhappy?

The emperor's mother has a low position and has been raised by Concubine Lu.

Neither the biological mother nor the adoptive mother are the father's wife!

Forget it, this is the emperor's family matter, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

Chen Meiren shook her head,

"From the first day I did these shady things for the emperor, I was ready to be abandoned by the emperor anytime and anywhere. Moreover, it is true that I did not do a good job, and I did mess things up, not only did not weaken the power of the eldest princess, but on the contrary, it also aroused the anger of the eldest princess, and once wanted the emperor to abdicate and become the emperor, so that the crown prince could inherit the throne. ”

The outside world doesn't know about this, but Wu Xue knows.

Later, it was the king of Guangning County and the king of Jiangxia County who strongly objected, saying that after several princes competing for the throne, the vitality of the court had been greatly damaged, and it caught up with the flood of the Yellow River, the drought in the south of the Yangtze River, the invasion of troops in the north, and the peace in the south.

If at this time, there is a change of throne, the Great Zhou will be in turmoil.

Once the Great Zhou Dynasty is unstable, what face will you, the eldest princess, have to meet the ancestors and ancestors?

You and Rui, whose "eldest princess" are you going to be?

The eldest princess accused the emperor of "improper position", and accused the king of Guangning and Jiangxia of "aiding and abusive".

Wu Xue was guarding at that time, but he was not the emperor's most important confidant at that time, he didn't know if the eldest princess's accusation was justified, but he didn't care.

Whether the throne is right or not, the emperor is also the prince and grandson of the Great Zhou, and it has nothing to do with Wu Xue.

And all the scenery and power of Wu Xue are given by the saint today, and that's enough!

The saint has always suspected that the prince is not dead, at least some people are deliberately obstructing the investigation of the truth about the prince's disappearance, and even think that the prince's disappearance is related to Princess Herui!

The military expenditure consumed to exterminate the "Green Tea Sect" far exceeded the real cost of suppressing the bandits.

The emperor suspected that someone took advantage of the rise and extermination of the "Green Tea Sect" to secretly transfer the treasury silver.

The "Green Tea Sect" is a clear attempt to test the reality of the Great Zhou.

And some people hiding in the shadows want to take advantage of the suspicion of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and natural and man-made disasters to overthrow the throne of the Holy Lord, and even subvert the country of the Great Zhou!

Chen Meiren continued,

"The emperor was suspicious, so the prince became a pond fish. I have no ill will towards the crown prince, and if you go to find your crown prince, it will not prevent me from paving the way for the five princes. It's just a matter of which of us has the fastest footsteps. Why should my father-in-law be aggressive? ”