In June of the fifth year of Lixin, the Son of Heaven in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, announced that he was unable to govern due to a sudden illness, and would go to Yuhua Palace to recuperate.

Although there was once a Empress Wen in the Great Zhou Dynasty who came to the court to listen to the government because the Son of Heaven was young, but the edict did not add a dragon seal and only relied on the Empress Dowager's seal and the golden medal of Zai Fu to be able to promulgate the world's unique things, which was obviously not in line with the etiquette system, but after the Son of Heaven announced the ministers, the Xuanzheng Palace did not stimulate the natural group of admonitions.

Although many Feng Dang have been suspended pending investigation, among the officials recommended by Xue Qian after taking power, those loyal ministers who did not collude with Feng Bozhang were also silent.

It's not that they have changed their minds because of this series of blows, but in the past five years, because the Son of Heaven has tried to protect Liu Du and ignored the advice and advice, resulting in bias and belief in Feng Dang's corruption, the official system has become more and more chaotic compared to the first emperor, which really makes Yi Ying Zhong Geng feel discouraged, such as today's son said that he was sick and handed over to the government, they could not prevent the Son of Heaven from recuperating from his illness, and even more, if he insisted on the etiquette system at this time, he insisted that the edict must and could only be stamped with the dragon seal before it could be issued, and if the son of one day simply handed over the dragon seal to the queen mother, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

Even though there are so few Feng Dang, because of the limitation of their official rank, they are not qualified to participate in Liu Du and the search case, and they have stubbornly come out to admonish them for self-protection, but because of their weak words, they were refuted by those Queen Dowager Party who occupied important positions, and they returned to their positions one by one with a pale old face.

After the Son of Heaven was really silent below, he got up and left his seat with a silent laughter, and as the eunuch pulled a sharp voice to announce "retreat from the dynasty", under the empty throne, how many people got their wish with joy, how many people sighed secretly with heavy hearts, how many people were disheartened and cold, and how many people raised their eyes slightly to see the stumbling steps of the Son of Heaven, and clenched their fists - the new policy, is it just like today, officially ended? !

Feng Xue was convicted, even the concubine who had lived in seclusion for several years and had no intention of doing side work had also heard of it, but it was not until June 15 that she heard that the Son of Heaven was going to Yuhua Palace to recuperate, even though the concubine had promised Eleven Niang not to interfere again, at this time, she couldn't help but be anxious and couldn't sit still, and rushed to the Zichen Palace, which had not been set foot in for a long time, and saw Gu Huaien, the eunuch, kneeling at the foot of the Son of Heaven's bedroom with a face full of defeat, her head swollen and high, obviously knocked.

"Concubine, concubine can intercede for the old slave, the old slave is loyal to the saint, the concubine knows, now the queen mother actually forced the saint to drive the old slave out of the palace......" Seeing the concubine, Gu Huaien's cloudy eyes instantly brightened, and he stepped forward and kowtowed heavily.

Since the Son of Heaven took power five years ago, Gu Huaien, a confidant eunuch, has also become a powerful eunuch, and he has colluded with Feng Bozhang, accepted bribes from many officials who want to be promoted, and developed them all into the Feng Party, and in the ears of the Son of Heaven, he has whitewashed the Feng Party at the sight of the needle, and now he has several times more private property in hand than when he served Dezong, and he can't even look at how many dignitaries and nobles he can't look at, who knows that once he was drawn from the bottom of the queen mother's cauldron, if it wasn't for the Son of Heaven to intercede for him, he would be executed with a rod according to the law, although now he was only driven out of the court, However, for such eunuchs, if they leave the court, their family property will be confiscated and fined, and the future situation can be imagined.

But the concubine had no sympathy for Gu Huaien at all, and only dropped the sentence "take the blame for herself" and passed by without hesitation, and then the corner of her long skirt was pulled by Gu Huaien.

The concubine, who had never been so offended, was already in a state of anxiety that added to her anger.

She half-turned, staring coldly.

"Isn't the concubine worried, the old slave is trying to protect herself, the reason why the sage firmly believes that Xie Xiangguo killed Empress Pei is because the concubine is bewitching her?!"

The eunuch slave, who was cornered, had blood-red eyes and gritted his teeth at this time.

But the concubine smiled.

With two fingers, he withdrew the corner of his skirt, but turned around completely, facing Gu Huaien and bent his spine slightly.

"Are you afraid of Wei Haichi? You can go and tell the truth, no, this can't be called a whistleblower, I'm sure Wei Haichi knows it. The concubine had no scruples about calling the queen mother by her name, but frightened Gu Huaien as if she had seen a ghost.

The concubine turned around again, and she was still rushing straight into the hall - Wei Haichi only didn't know anything, that is, He Ye, the king of Jin, was the mastermind, but not mentioning Gu Huaien, even the Son of Heaven was hidden in the dark, and the concubine was extremely glad that she was at least the only one who was cautious when she was desperate.

But when he walked into the hall that fell into a dim hall again because of the brocade curtain, he saw that the Son of Heaven was as depressed as he was five years ago, one after another, and the crown of the ninety-five was messy, and even the placket was stained with wine, and the concubine's mood was even more as if she had been pressed on a huge iron, she had no intention of seeing the courtesy, and took a few steps forward to snatch the wine cup and slammed it on the ground, seeing that the Son of Heaven directly grabbed the wine pot and stuffed it in his mouth.

"King, you don't persuade the saints either?!"

"I persuaded it." He Ye shook his robe that was splashed so that he almost didn't drip wine directly, and turned his face sideways again, so that the concubine could see the residual lipstick marks on his cheeks, and stretched out his finger and nodded at a musician who was kneeling ten steps away and trembling: "This is the result." ”

The angry mind of the concubine couldn't understand what the words and gestures of the King of Jin represented in an accident, and she didn't have the leisure to understand this, so she drank heavily and "retreated", so as early as when the concubine threw the cup in front of the Son of Heaven, the group of people who had stopped the drum music, including the musician who had no choice but to "leave a mark" on the face of the King of Jin under the persecution of the Son of Heaven, and retreated cleanly in the blink of an eye holding the instrument as if relieved.

Of course, the King of Jin is still there, and the Son of Heaven is still paralyzed on the scene.

"Don't you drink too much at this time, saint!"

Without waiting for the concubine's bitter words of consolation, He Yan actually looked up to the sky and smiled, but the laughter gradually came to the end, which was more desolate than crying: "Sister, Sister!" ”

He Yan threw himself on the food table, regardless of the sleeves soaked in the soup, and his shoulders twitched violently: "When is this, and what can I do at this time?" Sister, don't be distracted, you don't need to say anything...... It is only now that I understand that all the wrong blame is caused by me, I am stupid, I am useless, I am not qualified to be the king of a country at all, if I am not in this position, Wu Dan will not die, and the loyalty of Pei and Zheng will not die with grievances! ”

The Ninety-Five Venerable only whimpered: "I ordered them to be killed, I knew that they would not rebel!" I'm cowardly, I'm hypocritical, for so many years, I don't even dare to face the truth, I once swore to Wotan, I will never leave the old man, but it was I who destroyed her parents and her family with my own hands! But I can't help it, I can't ......."

The persuasions that the concubine had calculated along the way were blocked by the words of the Son of Heaven, and they were all held in her chest.

She saw King Jin shaking his head again and again - it was useless to say anything, the truth of Pei Zheng's case was obviously clear, but he couldn't do anything.

However, after the concubine took a long breath, she still sat beside the Son of Heaven, held this pathetic and cowardly man, and became more and more unable to hold her trembling palms after being drunk: "Even if the sage was suspicious of Pei Zheng's rebellion case back then, and was more inclined to the innocent of the two races, he never expected that someone would dare to be bold and trap Zhongliang, and he never understood the evil intentions of the Queen Mother, only because the situation forced him and he was not firm enough, so he made a mistake in desperation, and the concubine believed that the saint did not choose to shelter the adulterer from the beginning." ”

He Yan's trembling seemed to stagnate, and it took a long time to raise his pale and tear-wet face, but his eyes were still sloppy, like a person who was on the verge of death.

"What's the use of believing it, Wodan will never trust me again, let alone forgive me, I know the truth now, but I can't do anything, one day under the nine springs, she won't see me, I have no shame to see her, to this point, even begging for forgiveness is not qualified! …… Sister, in my life, what I expect most is to be rich and idle, grow old with the person I admire, and have a comfortable life, I have never thought about the position and the ninety-five, and I have never been in love with the supreme throne, but if I had the courage to tell Aya these words and give up the storage position to Brother Ye, maybe there would be no such situation as it is now, it was I who killed Wodan, I killed all her relatives, I am ashamed of Wodan, ashamed of my wife, and even more shameless to see my father, I am such a good-for-nothing person, why did I let me be born in the emperor's family! ”

"Now that the saint has understood the truth, it may not be too late to ......"

"It's late! It's late! He Yan covered his eyes and fell on the concubine's knees: "It's not easy for Auntie, I can't ignore her, Sister, I can only ...... I'm ashamed to ...... Ottan."

Finally, is this going to be a failure?

The concubine's heart was also sad, but the resentment accumulated for many years still made her unwilling to give up, but before she could further persuade her, she suddenly felt that the Son of Heaven who was lying on her knees was coughing violently, and He Ye, who was quick in her eyes, helped the Son of Heaven up, and the concubine saw the dazzling red on the brocade skirt!