Chapter 431

Speaking of which, Emperor Duanhua was still reminded by Empress Wei when he suspected that King Liang and Xu Qi swear.

And the reason why Empress Wei mentioned these two people, apart from giving her husband a favor, was actually because she suspected that the person who took the pox powder with the intention of murdering the Crown Prince in the first place, was the King of Liang.

“The matter of smallpox started with A Xu’s father and daughter, but both their father and daughter eventually survived, instead, the second prince was lost!” The Empress used to be like everyone else, didn’t think it was a problem, although the second prince was still two years older than Jian Qing Yue, but the survival rate of smallpox wasn’t originally calculated according to agepeople have their own destinies, and everyone thought that the second prince was blessed with a little bit of thinness.

However, after learning from Qiu Shuxia’s eyes that the crown prince had been deliberately murdered with pox powder, the Empress felt that something was wrong, “Someone attempted to murder the crown prince, so could it be that the second prince was also murdered at the same time?”

Speaking of the second prince because of the age of the small, born also not end of the Emperor’s attention, playing small, followed by Princess Mao deep in the palace, idle simply do not show up.

That is to say, during the summer vacation last year, he never came into direct contact with Jian Xu Bai.

But because the first flower on Cuihua Mountain was Jian Xubai’s daughter Jane Qing Yue, so after learning that the second prince also appeared to flower signs, we all think that it is spread by Jian Xubai for this the palace exams very much spent a lot of effort to investigate, and finally found that, wait for the second prince of the palace of a palace people, once in the palace road to meet the Jian Xubai, according to the rules of avoidance to the side of the road line A salute, to wait for Jian Xubai to go far before leaving.

So the crowd thought they had found the cause.

And now the empress because of the prince’s encounter suspected the cause of death of the second prince, can not help but think, the second prince so small, its biological mother Mao Fei in the loss of the son before also has been very tame and quiet. Even herself, the empress who gave birth to the crown prince, was very polite to them, how to look at, mother and son both can not hinder anyone, who would lay such poisonous hands?

As she thought about it, she always felt that the most suspicious person was King Liang.

Because if Qiu Shuxia hadn’t planted a man in the Eastern Palace and blocked a disaster for the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince both contracted smallpox, and in the event that they were also both gone the blow to Emperor Duanhua could be imagined!

Although it was said that Emperor Duanhua was still young, he had previously said that he wanted to follow the example of ordinary people and observe three years of filial piety for Emperor Xianjia. In other words, after the death of his two sons, if he wanted to have another son, it would be three or two years later!

He might have another son by then, but what about Empress Wei?

The Empress was the same age as Emperor Duanhua, and this year she was already twentyeight, about to be thirty, and at this point in time was at an age where she could prepare to be a grandmother.

The year before last, when Emperor Xianjia died, the Queen was born only to land on the death of a small prince but counting the gap between the age of this small prince and the Prince, it can be seen that the Queen is not very suitable for the child’s constitution, not to mention that during the gestation period of the small prince, the Queen did not suffer a lot of torment, and then suffered the loss of a son of the pain and sad for a long time, it is difficult to not be affected by the body.

“If the crown prince is gone, I’m afraid that His Majesty’s promise that he will no longer marry anyone and will only live a good life with the palace will be null and void after many years, right?” Empress Wei felt hatred welling up in her heart when she thought of this, although she was not very confident in this promise of Emperor Duanhua, but with her understanding of her husband, she also felt that husband and wife could at least love each other for so many ten or twenty years, and this period of time would be enough for her mother and son to consolidate their position!

But if Emperor Duanhua had no son at his knee, Empress Su might not dare to say anything, but the Dowager Empress would definitely not sit back and watch.

It goes without saying which is more likely to continue the heir, a queen of almost thirty or a girl in her teens.

Empress Wei couldn’t possibly stop it even if she was unwilling even she had to jump ahead of the Dowager Empress and take the initiative to add someone to her husband’s family!

The queen comes from a big family, is not a jealous person, the harem more people she does not care very much.

What she cared about was the position of the Crown Prince: once the young concubine gave birth to an heir, even if she later gave birth to a son, it would not be the firstborn son, and when the time came a bad one, would she not have to follow in the footsteps of Empress Dowager Su?

What’s more, the current crown prince has Gu Shao, the auxiliary minister left by Emperor Xianjia himself, as his teacher, no matter the origin, talent, potential, and help are all impeccable as long as this son is there, Empress Wei believes that even if Emperor Duanhua meets his Shentu Noble Concubine and Mrs. Zhenyuan in the future, her own mother and son will not be able to end up in the same situation as that of the Dowager Empress mother and son back in the day!

Once this son was gone, her future children, even if they were more talented, would no longer have such an advantage!

Because Emperor Xianjia is no longer with us.

Gu Shao is a shrewd person, he has already been a nobleman, and deeply trusted by Emperor Duanhua, if he had not been the teacher of the Crown Prince during the Xianjia Dynasty, in exchange for now, there are imperial sons who want to worship under him, he will certainly not agree: at his age, such a position, doing nothing, is enough to go down in history, so why would he have to toss it again?

That’s why Empress Wei thinks, “The murder of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, eight out of ten . Nine is to provoke chaos in the palace and recreate the dispute over the Crown Prince!”

The dispute over the crown in the Xianjia dynasty started because the first son was not the first son.

And now the Crown Prince is both fullblooded and impeccable.

As long as the crown prince lives and does not make any fatal mistakes, it is unlikely that there will be a dispute over the throne in the Duanhua Dynasty.

If there was no competition for the crown, it also meant that the succession of emperors would be smooth, and even if someone had ambitions, they wouldn’t be able to find a chance to fish in troubled waters.

So who couldn’t see peace in the palace and wanted to do this?

The two kings of Su Xiang were of course the most suspicious, but Empress Wei thought it was unlikely after careful analysis, because Emperor Duan Hua was very defensive of these two younger brothers, they were instead not very good at making moves, and, moreover, they had already formally come out of the succession.

Even if something happened to Emperor Duanhua’s father and son, the new ruler would not be King Su Xiang’s turn, after all, Emperor Xianjia’s son still has King Liang, King Shu and King Qing.

Among them, the King of Liang is not only the younger brother of Emperor Duanhua, but also second only to Emperor Duanhua in the current order of elders and youngest, and he already has a son, and even though the son is not in good health, compared to the young King of Shu and the King of Qing who is still in the hands of the King of Liang, the advantage can be imagined!

If something goes wrong with Emperor Duanhua’s line, the new ruler will be the King of Liang. Nine times out of ten, the new king will be the King of Liang!

And after Empress Wei suspected him, she recalled something else:

After the death of Emperor Xianjia, Emperor Duanhua fainted on the spot under the grief, after that, although he was rescued and woke up, he was in a trance for several days before slowing down.

During that time, Gu Shao was in charge of the overall situation, and King Liang, Xu Shiyi and Jian Xu Bai were the three people who took on the responsibility of assisting him.

Gu Shao is mainly in charge of the overall situation, most of the mind on the court and the situation of the army near the imperial capital; Xu Xizhi swear to Gu Shao to play a hand; Jane Vu Bai is to appease the empress dowager and when free to give the national mourning a hand.

The King of Liang’s mission at that time was mainly to follow Emperor Duanhua this was because Gu Shao saw that Emperor Duanhua’s mental condition was very bad at that time, and was worried that he would lose his manners in front of the crowd, and it was a small matter to lose the royal decency, but the weakness of revealing that he couldn’t take on a big job would be a big problem.

Therefore, he wrote a copy of the regulations of the state mourning to the King of Liang, so that he could follow his elder brother in the name of relieving the Duanhua Emperor, so that he could always raise the point, and if the Duanhua Emperor wanted to have any breakage, he could also cover it up or take the cylinder for the Duanhua Emperor.

This is also the Empress Wei believes that King Qing, if not the bloodline of Emperor Xianjia, the biological father must be out of one of these three reasons Gu Shao was busy pacifying the hundred officials, arrangements to help the spirit of the return to the capital, did not have the time and have not been to the harem; only these three, due to their respective duties, very frequent access to the Palace Palace Exams for a period of time.

But Xu Qi swear because of the birth mother Lu Guo Grand Princess died early, has always been careful with his words, I do not think he has the guts to do this; Jane Void White rejected the Nuan Tai Fei in the early years, and is the Emperor of the Xianjia as his own son was raised, whether it is the Nuan Tai Fei of his seductive degree of temptation, or his own conscience may not be able to do such a thing. Whether it is the degree of temptation of the Nuan Tai Fei to him, or his own conscience, may not be able to do such a thing.

Only King Liang although he was Emperor Xianjia’s own son, because Emperor Xianjia’s mind was focused on nurturing his eldest son, he was not considered close to King Liang. Even though King Liang had never complained about Emperor Xianjia’s favoritism and had always acted respectfully in front of Emperor Xianjia, whether or not he really respected Emperor Xianjia in his heart was probably something only he knew.

Calculated that he was in the palace exams to stay the longest time, said that is also step by step to follow the Duanhua Emperor, in fact, the Duanhua Emperor at that time too much grief, for several days in a row are muddled, even what he did not know, in this case, the Liang King left the meeting, to go with the Nuan Tai Fei rendezvous, how could the Duanhua Emperor notice that something is not right?

Empress Wei thought that her deduction was mostly not wrong, but she did not want and could not let Emperor Duanhua know the truth about the smallpox matter, so she reminded her husband of the suspicious nature of the King of Liang and Xu Xizhi Oath, hoping that by using this method, she would force the King of Liang to die, and would be considered to have avenged her son’s death!

What do you know, but now the King of Liang has passed the blood drop?

The Empress was surprised but also felt a sense of loss, “Now then, how is this palace going to seek justice for the Crown Prince?”

Duanhua Emperor’s sibling brother, even if she is the Empress, she can’t just move ah!

“It’s almost time for another summer vacation!” But the Empress quickly thought, “By the time we get to the mountains, it will be much easier to talk and do things why don’t we find Minister Gu to discuss it then? I think Minister Gu would also like to eliminate the trouble earlier, so as not to become a handle in the hands of others someday, right?”

After all, it was Gu Shao who started the scapegoating of Jian Ping Yu’s father and son for the smallpox matter in the first place.

Gu Shao’s urgency to finish off his political enemies at that time was greater than finding out the real culprits, but that didn’t mean he didn’t want to find out the real culprits Emperor Duanhua didn’t know that his socalled truth was a deception, but the real culprits surely knew that ah!

So not only did the Empress want to avenge her son, Gu Shao also had this need.

When the time comes, if it is found out that King Liang is the real culprit to say that taking out a prince, a powerful minister like him can be more convenient than the Queen!

When Empress Wei thought of this, her mind was set, and she called Shi Wan in, “On the side of the Nuan Tai Fei, have you given all of her portions for these days? If there is any negligence, make up for it immediately!”

Nuan too consort mother and son were under house arrest has been some days, before the bottom of the well is also just, now King Qing has been proved is not incest. Now King Qing has been proved not to be incest. If you still want to be neglected, do not need the Empress Dowager to intervene, is full of guilt for this child Duanhua Emperor, also want to not agree.

The right to rule the six palaces is not just a power, but also a responsibility.

Empress Wei is a fine person, even if there is simply no concubine in the harem that is her rival right now, and her first motherinlaw doesn’t dare to pick her thorns, she doesn’t want to fall on her sword.

And at this time, in the main hall of Huiyi Palace, Empress Dowager Su was asking her daughter, Elder Princess Changxing, “You said that when you went to visit King Qing with Yushan, the Dowager Empress made Yugo go to fetch King Qing, but when King Qing saw her, he let out a loud cry, and no one could coax him?”

“Isn’t that so?” Eldest Princess Changxing felt a bit unbelievable, “It’s also fortunate that Yuguo is a member of Imperial Grandmother’s family, if it was a different court member, I’d suspect that she’s bullying Little Brother in private. Otherwise, my little brother is the most wellbehaved, and when he sees a stranger, he greets him with a smile on his face, so how could he cry when he sees her? He even cried so hard!”

“This matter is indeed a bit wrong.” Empress Su mused, “What happened afterward?”

“Later we saw that little brother was crying and choking, so we advised Yu Guo not to bring him to disturb imperial grandmother.” Eldest Princess Changxing inclined her head to think about it and said, “Yugeo thought about it and then excused herself oh, then Qingxi Palace came with a palace person and sent a tranquilizing soup rewarded by Imperial Grandmother, little brother fell asleep very quickly after he drank it, and the Nuan Tai Fei carried him to the back of the palace to settle him down. Mother also knows, we sisters and Nuan Tai Fei have nothing to talk about, can not tease little brother, we also left!”

Speaking here and remembered a point, “Nuan Tai Fei in the end is the Wuhuan people, foreigners to raise children is not careful! Little brother is just a little bit big, she does not know to put away the sharp things, even asked little brother cut his finger, fortunately the wound is not very big! When we asked her if she had called a doctor for Little Brother, she didn’t answer, but even made a face if it wasn’t for your prior advice, Mother, Yushan and I would have wanted to turn our backs on her at that moment!”

“Finger?” Empress Su’s gaze flickered as she said, “King Qing cut his finger? When did this happen? Why didn’t you mention it when you came back to see him last time?”

Changxing Long Princess murmured: ”Last time little brother did not hurt it! It should be the matter of these two days, the Nuan Tai Fei habitually low brow and obediently silent, mother you are not unaware of I look at the situation of the wounds, it is estimated that the Nuan Tai Fei was plotted around the scratches, in this case, it is estimated that she was too shocked at that time, negligence of the little brother, and can not be quick to blame her.”

“… “Empress Su’s mind turned, a flash of consternation and complexity between her brows, pondered for a moment, said, “Since the Nuan Tai Fei has been able to get up, you don’t need to go to see the mother and child all the time next. After all, she is so timid, you always go, I’m afraid it’s a trouble for her!”

When the Empress Dowager spoke here, she did not continue with the matter, but only sighed, “I don’t know how the situation in Liaozhou is?”