The Queen Mother said angrily: "Bold!" Hearing her arrogant words, she dared to accuse the emperor, but the implication was still to ridicule her for the dereliction of duty of the queen mother, her face was even more gloomy, and she wanted to scold, but when she saw that she had arrived at the Yinxue Palace in front of her, she remembered the purpose of coming, so she had to temporarily suppress her anger, and said: "Concubine Yun, the mourning family is here, one is to see Xuanshuang, and in addition, I want to talk to you about a few common words." ”

Shen Shiyun understood and said, "Xiao Xuan, you take Xuanshuang to play elsewhere." Cheng Jiaxuan responded: "Yes, Niangniang." Holding Xuan Shuang, he said: "Lord Belle, let's not disturb the mother's conversation, the slave maid will take you to enjoy the flowers, okay?" Xuan Shuang shouted in a childish voice: "Okay, go enjoy the flowers, go enjoy the flowers!" Hearing the two doors behind him closing, there was a "bang", and he followed a few steps, suddenly stood still, pulled Cheng Jiaxuan, and said angrily: "Hey, are you really leaving?"

Cheng Jiaxuan said curiously: "What else? Do you want to sit in a sedan chair?" Xuan Shuang scolded: "What stupid! stupid Xiaoxuan!" Playing with his fingers, he said: "I ask you, my plan is seamless, how did Eniang find out that I am not in Yinxue Palace?" Cheng Jiaxuan said: "Didn't Fang Cai Niangniang say it herself, did she analyze it herself?" Xuan Shuang sneered: "She said yes, just take it seriously?" This is to put gold on my face, first of all, to show off her cleverness, and to warn me that no matter what I do to hide from her, she will have a way to know, so that I know how to be restrained. Hmph, I'm not that well-behaved. ”

Cheng Jiaxuan said angrily: "Who said that you can't analyze? Just now, you clearly deliberately framed Master Li, and you didn't hesitate to hurt yourself and deceive the empress dowager's sympathy, which made him speechless, don't think I didn't see it." To be honest, this method is not very glorious, and it is a bit shameless, Master Li treats you well, you repay him like this?" Xuan Shuang said: "If you want to take care of it, then it is better for you to be his apprentice." ”

Cheng Jiaxuan said: "Stupid, I'm reminding you, even I can see it so obviously, can't Niangniang still see it? She just didn't want you to be too embarrassed in front of the Queen Mother, so she didn't break it." ”

Xuan Shuang sneered: "So what? Eniang only cares about whether I can become a talent, and she doesn't care if I talk about morality in the rivers and lakes." Besides, the origin of the surname Li is unknown, and the position of the leader of the Ganshe Martial Arts Alliance is lurking in the palace, and he is only a small chief soldier, but he seems to be very happy, and he doesn't know what the hell he is doing. It was even harder for him and Eniang to say how many secrets there were. They have hidden so much from me, why do they want me to be honest?"

Cheng Jiaxuan bit her lip and cried aggrievedly. Xuanshuang's heart softened, this was her own vindictiveness with Li Yijie, there was no need to vent with her. Wen Yan said: "Xiao Xuan, don't you want to know what the imperial grandmother and my mother are talking about sneakily in the room?" Cheng Jiaxuan still had tears in his eyes, and first made him laugh, and said: "You are going to be angry with Young Master Tang, how can he have an apprentice like you? How can this be described as 'sneaky'?" Xuan Shuang said with a straight face: "The doors and windows are closed, isn't it called sneaky? Master Tang also has to praise me for applying what I have learned, and the words are appropriate." ”

Cheng Jiaxuan said: "It's a common talk, what's so good about it? You tried your best to escape, and now it's hard for my mother to care, I'll accompany you to see the horse, isn't it much more interesting?"

Xuan Shuang pursed his lips and said, "Stupid Xiaoxuan, what do you know? I just taught you not to listen to and believe, but you forgot again." If it doesn't sound good, why avoid us?"

Seeing that several palace maids who served tea were also expelled from the palace, he even verified what he said, and said proudly: "'Homely words' and 'homely words' are just vague words, and to put it bluntly, they are unsightly private affairs! A small situation in the royal family is related to the lives of hundreds of people, especially those powerful and powerful figures, stomp your feet, and immediately ask you to be in a different place, you are joking? If you want to gain a foothold in the palace, you must be deaf and clear-sighted, and everything around you is under control, and you must pretend to be pure and have few desires on the surface, and have no quarrel with others, in order to protect yourself. ”

Cheng Jiaxuan listened to his big truth, his mind was dizzy, Xuan Shuang had already walked to the window, followed his ear, and beckoned to Cheng Jiaxuan. Cheng Jiaxuan hesitated for a moment, but also quickly followed.

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The Queen Mother took a sip of tea, and when she looked closely, she could see that her arms trembled slightly, and then put the tea cup on the table and said, "Concubine Yun, don't be too complacent." If the mourning family is not at a loss, they will definitely not come to you for help. Shen Shiyun smiled and said: "This is natural, otherwise how can the concubine, this little Yinxue Palace, be able to invite the Empress Dowager to be respectful? Although Xuan Shuang is loved by you, his face is not so big." Your old man is in a difficult situation, and it is my supreme honor to be able to think of my concubine in time. ”

The Queen Mother snorted and said, "The mourning family came to you, but they didn't admit you, but in this matter, apart from you, I can't find a more suitable candidate." What I said to you next, whether you agree to help or not, you can't disclose it to a third person, do you hear?" Shen Shiyun said: "The queen mother trusts the concubine so much, and shares your worries, although the concubine obeys orders in public, it is also incumbent on her in private." ”

The Queen Mother sighed, was silent for a long time, and said: "What has the emperor been busy with recently, and he hasn't missed a word with you?" Shen Shiyun said: "The emperor is busy with state affairs, and the concubines haven't seen him for a while. The Queen Mother glanced at her, saw that her face was as usual, and she couldn't see if it was a fake, but she still wanted to test how much she knew, and said: "How did Emperor Taizong die back then, do you know?"

Shen Shiyun looked calm and replied: "He died without illness in Qingning Palace." The Queen Mother still didn't give up, and said: "Have you heard of many secrets in the deep palace before entering the customs?" Shen Shiyun said lightly: "The Queen Mother said that she laughed, the concubines had not yet met the emperor before entering the customs, how could they know?"

When the Queen Mother thought about the old things, she always felt that her conscience was uneasy, and she really didn't want to repeat it, but she couldn't catch the flaws when she heard her answers, pretending to be confused to the end. I begged her for help, but I had to speak, "These old things, I didn't mention them...... I was originally born in Gege, the Horqin Department of Mongolia, and later became the West Palace Fujin of Emperor Taizong, and then Jin was named Concubine Zhuang, and now I am the Queen Mother. Others were very envious when they saw me step by step towards the top, and their life was glorious and petty, but they didn't know that I didn't marry him voluntarily. ”

Shen Shiyun said: "Yes, marriages in the palace involve political interests, and few of them are voluntary. The Queen Mother seemed to be deeply touched, sighed faintly, her eyes seemed to drift far away, and her thoughts returned to the eleventh year of the Mandate of Heaven.

"That year, I returned to my hometown with my aunt Empress Xiaoduanwen and Emperor Taizong, and fell in love with his younger brother at first sight in the imperial capital Shengjing. There was indeed a sweet time when we were happy with each other and promised each other a lifetime. However, the situation is getting tighter, the grandfather fought with Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan City, the defeated army was wounded, and soon the injury became serious, and because of the accumulation of depression in the heart, vomiting blood and dying, before his death, he ordered him to succeed to the throne, please tell Dafujin.

In fact, I would like to be with him, but it has nothing to do with whether he can succeed to the throne. Amin and Mang Gurtai supported Emperor Taizong to succeed to the throne, wanted to destroy Dafu Jinkou, forced her to be martyred, and put him and Duoduo brothers under house arrest in Sibeile Mansion, so that Emperor Taizong became the new Great Khan of Dajin Kingdom.

In order to avenge his mother's death, Dolgon endured humiliation and concentrated on learning Wen Taowu's strategy, and finally got the opportunity to lead his troops to the battle. I prayed day and night for his triumph. Just when my aunt was pregnant and asked Emperor Taizong to marry a new concubine, he actually named me. My aunt didn't know that my heart had already promised others, so she readily agreed, and came to propose, but I immediately refused.

My aunt tried to persuade me, saying that Emperor Taizong had a grudge against him, and if he didn't agree, he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied, and he would fall into a stalemate, and he was in a dilemma. At that time, I was close to breaking down, and I was trying to die several times. In the end, I learned that he was framed by Amin, but behind the scenes, it was at the behest of Huang Taiji.

Without him, I would not be interested in living, and in order to save Duoduo's life, I promised to marry as a side concubine, intending to die after revenge. Just before the wedding, he got the news that he had returned from injury. At that time, I felt a thousand feelings in my heart, all kinds of melancholy, not only glad that he was okay, but also sad for myself, I can focus on the overall situation, I can't let all my hard work be in vain.

After marriage, he came to me and scolded me for not keeping my promises, and I felt ashamed and did not explain. He also slowly calmed down, we talked for a long time, and finally opened each other's hearts, thinking that there was no love, and hugged and cried. On the contrary, he took the initiative to comfort me, saying that he would come to see me often, so that I would persevere, and the coming days would be long, and I would eventually get through the day. Since then, we have been in contact from time to time, and this is the only help I can survive in the deep palace.

The paper can't hold the fire, once we were making love, it was to take advantage of the emperor Taiji to go to the main hall to discuss the military situation. Somehow, he came back very early that day and happened to bump into him. He was very angry, and went round and round the room like a trapped beast, and said that he was not afraid to lose face, and that he would also tell the public about our crimes, so that we could be a couple...... Adulterer**, punished by the law of the land. I begged him to spare him from death on our conjugal relationship, but this ruthless man remained indifferent.

In order to protect ourselves, we had no choice but to kill Emperor Taizong. At that time, I was almost in a mess, but he was much calmer, called in a imperial doctor, frightened and coaxed, soft and hard, and asked him to go out and tell the ministers that the emperor died without a problem. Afterwards, he naturally killed him and gave his family a lot of silver taels in compensation. Afterwards, under his strong push, and Dai Shan and other Beylers' proposals, and after the kings deliberated, unanimously elected my son Fulin as the prince, and after entering the customs, he will carry out the succession ceremony.

Later, I became the queen mother, and he also became the regent, and our identities are different from the past, and it is not appropriate to do more at this time. After so many years of peace and quiet, my hanging heart gradually relaxed.

But just last month, after Prince Deyu's funeral, the emperor somehow suddenly had a whim, saying that his brothers were not reliable, and they would turn against each other for personal interests at any time. He also said that he suspected the true cause of his emperor Amma's death, and planned to thoroughly investigate the old affairs, and if there was a murderer, he would be severely punished. The look on his face as he spoke seemed to have some clues, and I thought to myself...... I was so panicked. ”

After the Queen Mother finished talking about this period of the past, it was like traveling through time and space, and she experienced the unbearable memories again, and she only felt exhausted. Shen Shiyun pretended not to notice her embarrassment, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely: "The emperor is not a whim, but has been planning for a long time. He had this suspicion because he had heard a story of fratricide from his concubine six years ago. However, the concubine only explained the cause of Prince Deyu's death, and as for the old case that would involve the mother, it was unexpected. ”

The Queen Mother said suspiciously: "Explain the cause of death? Didn't Duoduo die of smallpox last month? Is there any secret?"

Shen Shiyun smiled and said: "That's not the case, speaking of this, you really have to admire our ability to hide from the world." However, the concubine is thinking about me, and please judge right and wrong. ”

So he told in detail how the great-grandfather brothers raised an army against the Ming Dynasty, how they fought endlessly for power, how Shulhaqi was defeated and imprisoned, how he exchanged his newborn youngest son with the son of his eldest brother Abahai before his execution, how he ordered him to avenge his death (*See "Drunk in Traditional Sounds" for details), and how Duoduo raised troops in the name of resisting the enemy, and so on.

As soon as this palace secret was revealed, not only Xuan Shuang and Cheng Jiaxuan outside the room, but even the Queen Mother, who had been in the center of the conspiracy for a long time, was dumbfounded.