She still said with luck: "Perhaps, there is such a woman who is the emperor's favorite, but it is not me, and Erlang is just an ordinary child......"

Yang Shen said: "Maybe that's the truth. But if Erlang is a dragon species, have you ever thought about your fate? ”

Qin Liu sighed in his heart.

Yang Shen continued: "Elder Liu Ge has served as a courtier for nearly twenty years, and most of the Chinese officials in the dynasty are his protégés, and even my father, who is regarded as Liu Gelao's protégé, was transferred to Nanjing. The queen mother of the two palaces and the emperor will not sit idly by and watch the prince have such a powerful mother's family. If Erlang is welcomed back to the palace, I am afraid that there will be no place for you in the world of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Qin Liu felt a cool breath rushing from the soles of his feet to the Heavenly Spirit Gai, his face turned pale, and he couldn't stand still. Yang Shen hurriedly reached out and helped her.

No wonder Zhu Yue wanted to hide in the grassland by himself! No wonder he wants to drop Erlang's bag!

He must know the truth!

Qin Liu forcibly calmed himself down and said slowly: "Zhu Yue of the Baoguo Mansion, what role does he play here?" ”

Yang Shen was stunned for a moment, and thought for a moment before saying: "The Baoguo Mansion is the most important first noble of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Zhu Yue has been the emperor's companion since he was a child, and he is five years older than the emperor, just like a brother, and the emperor has a very deep relationship, and often goes in and out together. When you were looking for a tartar on the street, it was Zhu Yue who rescued you from the tartar.

It's just that in the first month after the emperor ascended the throne, he transferred Baoguo Gong to Xuanfu to destroy the captives, and Zhu Yue also went to the border to guard, except for reporting on his work, he never returned to the capital. At the end of last year, Bao Guogong was also completely relieved of his military power. It seems that it is difficult for Zhu Yue to participate in these things. ”

Qin Liu sneered: "Guess why I came to the grassland? He was the one who told me to come and take refuge. He knows so much more than you and me! ”

Yang Shen calmly analyzed it and said, "He has this motive. Although Baoguo Gong was relieved of military power, after all, he has commanded the military affairs of the capital for many years, and if the prince is in hand, it is not impossible to change the day. ”

Qin Liu wanted to say, "Erlang is also in the grassland", but he swallowed back his words after all.

If Erlang's identity is really so sensitive, the less one person knows, the more security it will be.

Qin Liu asked, "Who are those people who came to me and Erlang, and what is their purpose?" ”

Yang Shen said: "Those people are under the banner of Jinyiwei on their faces, and they can probably guess what forces are behind them, and the purpose is nothing more than three. ”

"The first party is probably the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Marquis of Shouning, and in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, there was a case of Zheng Wang, saying that the prince was not born to Empress Zhang, but was born to Zheng Wang's daughter, a palace maid in the Qianqing Palace. At the end of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi himself interrogated the case and killed some related personnel, but only imprisoned the owner Zheng Wang, and finally released him. In the second year of Zhengde, Zheng Wang came out again to shout injustice, saying that he was the emperor's grandfather, and was finally beheaded by the palace.

If the emperor is not Zhang's biological flesh and blood, it is inevitable that the mother and son will be separated. It makes sense for the emperor to move out of the palace and live in the leopard room, and it makes sense for the emperor not to touch the queen Xia! Empress Xia's sister was married to the Hou Shizi of Shouning. ”

Qin Liu thought for a long time before he figured it out: "You mean, the emperor is not the biological flesh and blood of the Empress Dowager Zhang?" ”

Yang Shen nodded: "It's very likely that this is the case." Emperor Hongzhi's grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, died in March of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, and in May of that year, there was a scandal in which Zhou's younger brother Qingyun Hou Zhou Shoujia and Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling's family fought over the fields. Emperor Hongzhi helped his brother-in-law Zhang's family, but the Zheng Wang case soon broke out.

Emperor Hongzhi was raised by the Empress Dowager Zhou, and obeyed Zhou's words, but Empress Zhang was in the East Palace but had not come out for many years, and Zheng Wang's daughter may be Zhou's handiwork. ”

Qin Liu's brain hurt when he was so entangled. hurriedly pulled back the topic: "What does the Empress Dowager Zhang have to do with Erlang?" ”

Yang Shen looked at her like a fool again: "The emperor is not easy to control when he is old, if he is replaced by a child who is just a few years old to become the emperor, wouldn't it be easier to control the court situation?" Empress Dowager Zhang may have made this calculation! ”

"Without the support of civil officials, will it work another day?"

"I'm afraid this is why I didn't force Liu Ge Lao and Xie Ge Lao to go in the first place. The wife of Li Dongyang, the current cabinet chief, is the daughter of Chengguo Gong, who has a close relationship with the royal family, and may have fallen to Empress Dowager Zhang a long time ago. ”

Yang Shen paused and said: "Although I have a teacher-student friendship with Li Dongyangge, my father was recommended by your grandfather to serve in the East Palace, and our Yang family has long been branded by Liu Jian's party. The poor emperor was immature back then, and he suddenly lost two important ministers, so he had to support Liu Jin to come out to confront Li Dongyang and the Queen Mother. ”

Qin Liu's heart moved: "So, you sympathize with the emperor?" ”

Yang Shen shook his head: "I have had a gentleman's friendship with the emperor for a few years, although he has a temperament and likes to have fun, he is not a bad person, he is very smart and transparent." It's just that he was pampered and grew up, and he acted a little flamboyant. ”

Qin Liu was silent, and then pulled back to the topic: "What are the other two forces you are talking about?" ”

Yang Shen said: "The second force is the family of Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou. They were suppressed by the Zhang family, and their power in the palace has not been completely destroyed, and it is very likely that they will support the little prince as their spokesperson. However, they are now weaker and less likely. ”

"The third force is the current eunuch Liu Jin, who is in charge of the seal. Liu Jin has been desperately collecting money all these years, mainly to consolidate his power for the emperor. If the day is changed, he will be greeted by a catastrophe. So the one who doesn't want the little prince to return to the palace is Liu Jin. ”

Qin Liu said strangely: "My grandfather, won't they be involved?" And what about the Baoguo Mansion? ”

Yang Shen shook his head firmly: "If your grandfather was willing to participate in the competition for the prince, he would not have announced that you had died of illness back then, wouldn't it be more appropriate to directly force the emperor to admit this prince?"

Liu Ge has always been a lonely and important minister entrusted by the first emperor, and he has always been upright, and he is bound to assist and persuade the emperor as his own responsibility, and will never make traitorous acts that disrupt the court and harm the court for the sake of power. This is the patriotic belief that our Confucian disciples have always adhered to. ”

Qin Liu was a little moved in his heart. Everyone has their own insistence, Liu Xuejiang's grandfather Liu Jian, with the respect of the first assistant, would rather lose his position of power than be a courtier who seeks power and usurps the dynasty.

"As for the Baoguo Mansion, their power has been weakened, and I don't see any intentions."

The two stood on the top of the hill and talked until nightfall, but they did not come to any definite conclusions.

The two wanted to continue their discussion, and the little mute came over. Yang Shen tried to stop him but failed.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Qin Liu shouted: "Stop, it's your own people." ”

Yang Shen also waved his hand to let the little guy go.

The little mute went up to the top of the mountain, glanced at Yang Shen with an unkind gaze, and said, "It's time for dinner......

(End of chapter)