Regarding Shi Niang's understanding of Lu Li, He Zhan does not fully agree - maybe Lu Li understands the truth that "some things have become a thing of the past", but whether he can give up is two different things, at least as far as He Zhan observes, Lu Li's feelings for Shi Niang are by no means just old acquaintances, but Shi Niang's mind is not on the relationship between men and women at all, and she is a fan of the authorities, so Lu Li also has the same misunderstanding as her.

But even if the two have a slight disagreement on this matter, I have to say that their analysis of the Queen Mother is indeed "heart-to-heart" and very accurate - if the Queen Mother really intends to take advantage of this opportunity to kill the Xue family, there is no need to leak the secret of heaven in advance, if it is said that Eleven Niang heard about it because the Son of Heaven came suddenly, and the Queen Mother was negligent for a while, then Wei Yuanping even deliberately "reminded" He Zhan two days earlier, which was completely intended to be a temptation.

It should be that He Zhan and Lu Li have a good relationship early, and then Eleven Niang is also deeply involved in it, although the Queen Mother has gone through that meticulous investigation, she is basically biased towards Xue Qian and Lu Li's disharmony and Jing Zhao Xue is unlikely to have the conclusion that Pei Zheng overturned the case, and is often suddenly in danger, people will leak the truth when they are caught off guard, if He Zhan and Eleven Niang and Xue Luli's friendship is beyond ordinary, and even He Zhan responded to the fact that it was actually because of the early communication with the Xue family, when I heard at first glance that the Xue family would be punished by the old case, will not remain indifferent.

However, as Eleven Niang expected, the Queen Mother wasted all her efforts to install such a tenant sent by Yingzhou in Feng Bozhang's mansion, and the temptation of her and He Zhan must be just incidental, as for the primary purpose......

In fact, after the eleventh lady resigned from the Hanxiang Palace that day, the benefits that the Queen Mother wanted to reap had been achieved.

The confrontation with He Yan has actually been expected by the Queen Mother, and the tenant is indeed installed by King Anton, but the purpose is resolutely not to collude with the courtiers of the Great Zhou, but to advocate among the people how sympathetic the small court of King Anton is, in order to survive and flee to the territory of Andong, and even Northern Liao, this kind of tenant is responsible for advocating on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also responsible for secretly helping the people of the Great Zhou to go into exile.

Once caught, most of them have no determination to commit suicide, cannot stand the torture and confess, and even surrender to obey orders.

Since the Queen Mother has made a plan in advance, she will naturally ask the party to arrest Anton Tenant, and it will not take long to arrest such a person, of course, it is impossible to teach this little person face-to-face with the respect of the Queen Mother, and even Wei Yuanping was not involved in it, the Queen Mother only told Mao Wei to come forward to coerce and lure, and persuaded this tenant to act according to the plan without much waste.

Since Xue Qian and Feng Bozhang have both resigned, and most of the officials recommended by the two of them over the years are in danger, then the important task of strictly investigating the crimes of the two can naturally only fall into the hands of the Empress Dowager Dali Siqing.

And Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei received a report from Dali Temple, but this time they did not publicize it to everyone, but they learned about the Son of Heaven in Zichen Palace, and made a suggestion - they should strictly investigate the retrograde and eliminate Pei Zheng's remaining sins.

So the Son of Heaven hurried to the Hanxiang Palace, and when even the eleventh mother was rejected by the Queen Mother, the confrontation between the mother and son was unknown.

"The sage's claim that Pei Zheng's case is not conclusive? Don't forget that the conviction and punishment of both clans are the edicts of the saints! If the queen was cold, she completely tore off the mask of kindness, and her eyes were as cold as thorns, staring at the Son of Heaven's face blue.

"At the beginning, if it weren't for Xie Raoping and Wei Yuanping's threat of self-reliance through Pan Rebellion's support of the army, saying that if Pei Zheng was not convicted and executed immediately, the court would be uneven, and the army's morale would be unstable......"

Isn't that right? Pan Wei colluded with the Northern Liao to support the army and stand on his own, and intended to capture Youzhou! Thanks to Rao Ping and your uncle's conscientious advice, the situation did not deteriorate even further! ”

"But it is clear that Xie Raoping is taking advantage of the situation to force the king, and Pei Zheng has no retrograde ......"

"Speaking of which, the sage still doesn't believe that Pei Zheng has the evil of rebellion." The Queen Mother sneered.

"Yes, I never believed ......"

"Yao Qian's testimony, as well as the documentary evidence that Mao Weicha issued back then, the saint turned a blind eye?"

"These are all likely to be forged by Xie Raoping!"

"Xie Qing was only in the imperial history back then, and the Xie family was not prominent, and both wealth and prestige were far inferior to deep-rooted clans like Pei Zheng, what ability did he have to frame the two clans!" The Queen Mother's smile was even colder: "The real doubter of the saint is actually not Rao Ping, but the mother, right?" ”

After the words fell, the hall fell silent, although the Son of Heaven did not dare to look at the Queen Mother, and his face became even paler, but this silent attitude has explained everything.

"Since the saint has always been so suspicious, why didn't he uphold justice for Pei Zheng back then, return the innocence of the two clans, and give the world an explanation of me, the culprit?" The Queen Mother took the case, approached the Son of Heaven in two steps, and looked at the Son of Heaven condescendingly: "If I am really the culprit of framing Zhongliang, what is the saint, what is the saint who knew that Pei Zheng was innocent but ordered his clan to be executed!" Accomplice? If this is the case, what qualifications does the saint have to punish Xie Qing at this time! ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven who was the ninth five-year emperor was shaky because of this question, the Queen Mother seemed to be extremely disappointed and shook her head: "He Yan, do you know how much effort I wasted to protect you back then, and if there was no Xie, Mao and others to help, how could Pei Yu notice that Cui Mu's father and son were ambitious and made suggestions?" Do you think Pei Yu is loyal to you? You're wrong! Back then, if Empress Cui succeeded and let He Ye get the reserve, once the first emperor died, the mother and son were weak, Cui Mu and his son would only lean towards the government and the opposition, and there would be no Pei Yu to stand on the court! He saw this situation clearly, and then made up his mind to assist you, what loyal and good ministers, under this high-sounding layer of skin, it is nothing more than a selfish heart! ”

The Queen Mother sneered again and again, and slowly paced in front of the Son of Heaven: "You are gentle by nature, Pei Yu has long seen it, he knows that you are easy to control, which is even more beneficial to him!" Think about it yourself, since you ascended the throne, has Pei Yu had a monopoly to exclude dissidents? I recommended Xie Qing and Mao Qing to consolidate the imperial power and balance the court, but Pei Yu and his party jointly opposed it, and even sow discord, wanting to make our mother and son have a gap! ”

"He Yan, you were born to me in ten months of pregnancy, I only have a son like you, and only me, I will always think about you everywhere, but you would rather believe Pei Zheng, but doubt my biological mother?" The Queen Mother finally stopped, she looked at her son's empty and blank eyes, and sighed bitterly: "You are really, so disappointed me." ”

Seeing that after the Son of Heaven heard her words, he did not regret his sins, and the Queen Mother finally couldn't help frowning.

"Since the saint firmly believes that I am trapping Zhongliang, I have nothing to say, so the saint ordered me to be executed for Pei Zheng Zhaoxue." The Queen Mother returned to her seat again, looked at the Son of Heaven coldly, and suddenly raised her hand to pull out the hairpin, and a wisp of green silk hung down: "From today onwards, I will kneel in the Hanxiang Hall to wait for the sin, waiting for the saint's edict to give death." ”

Hearing the Queen Mother's resolute words, He Yancai finally turned his pale face, seeing his biological mother's eyes reddened and grieved, the fist he placed on his knee couldn't help but tremble, and after more than ten breaths, he prostrate and knocked: "Why should the mother force her son to ......?"

"Persecution?" The Queen Mother couldn't hold back her sharp voice anymore: "Am I persecuting the saint, or is the saint pressing step by step?" Isn't it the saint who is questioning me for harboring my cronies and trapping me for loyalty? ”

"Son...... Don't dare ......"

"Then, the saint should be fair and judgmental, and severely punish Pei Zheng Yu's sins! Feng Bozhang and Xue Qian should both be executed, and the two clans should also be punished! ”

The Son of Heaven looked up suddenly, and it seemed that even his lips were bloodless.

Do you want him to personally issue an edict to behead all the people who are loyal to him, and then cause rivers of blood?

Pei Zheng is not guilty, Xue Qian and Feng Bozhang are not innocent, but they are not guilty of death, let alone clan punishment!

"Mother, the son begs the mother to stop forcing the son to kill." The Son of Heaven closed his eyes, and at this time leaned on a few cases, only to feel that his whole body was weak.

"The saint is the king of a country, how can he be so weak, how can he be gracious to the world." The Queen Mother's tone was a little softer.

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he suddenly understood, he opened his eyes, and this time he calmly and clearly looked at the Queen Mother.

"The son is indeed too weak to govern the world, mother, as long as the mother forgives this time, the son will only obey the mother's orders in the future."

Now that the mother and son have spoken between them, the Queen Mother completely restrained her anger and smiled slightly: "It was a one-sided statement, whether Feng Bozhang is guilty or not remains to be carefully investigated, but even if he is not involved in rebellion, covering up corruption and other crimes is conclusive, Xue Qian also tried his best to protect Liu Du, although he did not supervise the search of the fugitive households, but his recommended officials were mostly involved, and they should sit together, Feng Bozhang should be beheaded, although Xue Qian is not guilty of death, the dismissal of the prime minister is not avoidable." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had no objections, the Queen Mother followed up and said: "Since Liu Du's crime is clear, Xie Qing's false accusation obviously does not exist, and Xie Tingshi and Liu Changshi have made meritorious contributions to pacifying Hanzhou and deserve to be commended." ”

It is nothing more than to transfer Rao Ping back to Beijing and re-enter the political hall.

At this time, the Son of Heaven was already disheartened and silently agreed.

"The saint now has no heirs under his knees, and he should take this as the priority, Xue Feng's case is in an uproar, many officials are involved, the saint is benevolent, since he can't make up his mind to rule one by one, don't let his mother be this wicked person, the military government, the saint can temporarily hand over to me and the political affairs hall to make a decision, as for the saint, you can calm down and recuperate."

It turns out that this is the purpose of the Queen Mother.

The Son of Heaven smiled lightly: "My son obeys." ”