Not long after Eleven Niang said goodbye, He Zhan came to see her again, making Wei Haichi rub her brows, she was not so polite to He Zhan, she stretched her face and said in a heavy tone: "You are also interceding for Lin Xi, Eleven Niang is just that, she is entrusted by Yingyang, and she has no choice but to go this way, as a court official, do you also have to follow the law privately?" ”

He Zhan stepped forward and knelt down, and was sprayed with saliva by the Empress Dowager Wei, but of course he had to insist on saying what he should say: "The Empress Dowager, please forgive me, the eleventh sister entered the palace earlier, and she knew me, my aunt has not eaten since last night, and she has not closed her eyes all night, so she has committed an old illness this morning, and it is difficult to get out of bed...... Eleventh sister is young, and I don't know what my aunt has been thinking about over the years, but Chengtai has seen it one by one, Lin Wenduan passed away, and my aunt was sad and couldn't help herself, the reason why she fell ill was for Lin Wenduan, if Lin Wenduan's only son was beheaded, I was afraid, I was afraid that my aunt couldn't afford to be sick, and my aunt had a nurturing grace for Chengtai, how could Chengtai sit idly by, so Chengtai begged for death, and hoped that the Queen Mother would be extrajudicially gracious. ”

Before the Queen Mother could get angry, He Zhan hurriedly said: "Lin Xi is certainly guilty, but he is quite influential among the scholars, and the people also know that he is outspoken and dares to admonish his sleeves, maybe they will sympathize with Lin Xi, thinking that Lin Xi was used by He Qi, who is guilty of rebellion, and he should not die...... Therefore, the ministers advised that Lin Xi could be sent to Xijiang for the crime of being the same party, which could not only calm down the material discussion and reflect justice, but for the aunt, as long as Lin Xi did not die, it could be regarded as repaying the old feelings, and he would not be injured or sick due to grief...... Lin Xi was just a literati, and it may be difficult for him to suffer from distribution, let alone adapt to the harsh climate of Western Xinjiang, but in fact, the punishment of distribution is equivalent to the death penalty for him. ”

In fact, He Zhan was hinting to the Queen Mother that if she wanted Lin Xi to die, she didn't necessarily have to be executed, even if she was pardoned, wouldn't it be easy to assassinate him? In this way, it is impossible for the public to have any material opinions, thinking that the imperial court has punished Lin Xi too harshly, and the imperial court has judged the crime fairly, which is of course conducive to the reputation of the queen mother.

It's just that this method is too vicious, and the proposal of Eleven Niang will definitely make the Queen Mother suspicious, so it has to be said by He Zhan, who is "old and treacherous", this is reasonable.

Distribution is different from ordinary exile, even if the prisoner dies in the middle of the road or in the distribution center, whether the news can be reported to the family is not controlled by the person, as long as Yingyang Zhenren knows nothing, of course he will not be saddened by Lin Xi's death.

As long as Lin Xi is not sentenced to beheading and escorted to Duliuchang to be punished, Eleven Niang will win the opportunity to secretly rescue Lin Xi, of course, this must be a big risk, and it does not guarantee success, and even if it is successful, it may make the Queen Mother suspicious, if it is not for Yingyang Zhenren, Eleven Niang would not have taken such a big risk to rescue Lin Xi.

She was ninety percent sure, but she actually meant to persuade the Queen Mother to pardon Lin Xi's death penalty.

Empress Dowager Wei listened to He Zhan's suggestion, and was really moved, because the key for her at this time was to abolish the Zongzheng Hall and justifiably take the power in her hands, if it caused a discussion, it would indeed be troublesome, and besides, she also hoped to be able to completely subdue Shi Niang, so that this chess piece could play its best role, if it was for the sake of Shi Niang's reluctant invitation to open up to Lin Xi, it would obviously make Shi Niang more grateful to Dade, so why worry that she would not obey orders in the future?

It can not only get rid of Lin Xi's annoying mosquito fly, but also be more beneficial to herself, even if the Queen Mother has a decision.

She sneered at He Zhan: "Yingyang has a nephew like you, and a student like Eleven Niang, it can be regarded as a person with luck, and it is difficult to be more filial than the two of you as many biological children." ”

He Zhan smiled and bowed: "Although the minister and the eleventh sister are filial to the aunt, they are also loyal to the Queen Mother, and please ask the Queen Mother to learn from it." ”

"I hope so." The Queen Mother snorted coldly, but the look on her face was relaxed and happy.

After He Zhan also retired, she confessed to Gao Yuxiang: "You have heard everything, I will leave Lin Xi's affairs to you, no matter sooner or later, you just don't forget, since I promised the two of them, this matter must be done properly, and the news of Lin Xi's death must not be transmitted back to the capital, especially when Yingyang hears about it." ”

In August of the third year of Chengde, the coup d'état of Jiucheng Palace, which made people panic, was quickly tried and decided by Xie Raoping and Yuan Dezhi, as well as Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and the main culprit He Qi and important comrades such as his brother He Fen were all beheaded, but for the minor children of Princess Ruyang and He Qi, the Queen Mother gave a pardon, demoted to a concubine and placed under house arrest for life, and for the relatives of the remaining criminals, or house arrest or exile, but they were pardoned for capital crimes.

It's just that Princess Ruyang was cut off on the day He Qi was beheaded, and in the next three or two years, He Qi's children also died one after another, and his bloodline was completely cut off.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, on August 21, a felony was escorted to the execution ground and beheaded in public, the blood seeped into the sand, and the smell of fish did not disappear for several months.

But compared to Pei Zheng's extermination of the clan, even the two surnames are not allowed to be severely punished as officials, and the punishment of this major rebellion case caused by He Qi is certainly not harsh.

However, He Tao was an important mastermind, because only a few people witnessed his father's murder, all of them were the confidants of the Empress Dowager Wei, and the Empress Dowager issued a gag order, He Tao was not held accountable for any crime, and even won a reward for his meritorious service.

However, soon the news came that Shizitao was seriously injured and would inevitably be paralyzed for life.

The fact is, of course, that although the Queen Mother pardoned He Tao's crimes, she would not allow him to be as free as before, he was placed under house arrest by King Yoshikawa, and a year later, King Yoshikawa was unable to take the title because his eldest son was disabled, and asked the Queen Mother to make a decision to abolish the position of the prince of He Tao, and the Queen Mother sympathized with King Yoshikawa for his loyalty to the country, and authorized him to establish a concubine as the son of the prince.

Just to September, the king of Nanyang and the king of Yichuan jointly admonished the abolition of Zongzhengtang, several major countries seconded the proposal, Zongzhengtang was finally withdrawn, and from then on, the power was held by the Empress Dowager Wei alone, but the queen mother in order to reward Nanyang, Yichuan two kings for many years of loyalty, promoted the two to enjoy the prince of the title, and the son of the undiminished.

Although it seems to be a great honor, the king of Nanyang and the king of Yoshikawa only have the right to participate in politics from now on, and cannot interfere with any decisions of the political hall and the queen mother.

The king of Nanyang has long been away from the court, and he is not angry, but the other is secretly anxious.

Although such a compromise and concession was expected by Yoshikawa, but he was not willing, he really "idle" at home, and his anger was even more serious than he expected, and he often convened strategists to discuss how to "break through" - when the former Zongzheng Hall existed, although Yoshikawa could only obey the Queen Mother's orders, some plans, and could also use He Qi's party to secretly achieve, no matter how bad it was, as one of the auxiliary kings, the prestige was there, and some officials and nobles could take the initiative to climb the knot, or see the wind and rudder, This is conducive to his quiet expansion of strength, and no matter how poor he is, he can still keep abreast of military affairs and major political affairs in various places. Now that Zongzhengtang has been abolished, although King Yichuan can also go to the court, it depends on whether the Queen Mother wants him to know about the current affairs.

Although the Son of Heaven is still young now, it is a blink of an eye to grow up, and the ruthless fact is that if King Yichuan continues to be depressed, the people who were originally enveloped by him may turn the rudder again, and Empress Dowager Wei will have more and more followers, and then what will King Yichuan do to support the Son of Heaven?

Although he still has the dark chess of Yuan Dezhi in his hand, it is undoubtedly far from enough.

Yoshikawa was impetuous, and he couldn't be angry at Xiao Wei, so he had to throw fire at He Tao.

On this day, he had a cold face and slapped a letter of harmony and separation in front of his eldest son: "The Zhao family has agreed to reconcile and leave, and it can be regarded as you wish." ”

He Tao was stunned, looking at the handwriting at the end of the book, and was silent for a long time.

"Why, now you can't regret it? It's late, I know that you didn't want to involve the Zhao family at the beginning, so you deliberately drove her away, but in the eyes of the world, but you are heartless, and the Zhao family can't know that you have the intention of killing your father and the king, for her sake, even if you want to rebuild the old friendship with her now, I will not allow it. ”

He Tao seemed to have just woken up from a long reminiscence, and sneered: "Father wants to see me regret it, but why do I regret it?" Will I let my beloved stay with me, a wreck, and never see the light of day for the rest of my life? The son is not as ruthless as the father, and I am not as ruthless as the father. ”

He finally wrote and fell into obscurity.