Chapter 475

The night of Empress Cui’s “death”, Emperor Duanhua was kneeling in front of Emperor Xianjia, listening to the court reports from beginning to end.

So although he compromised with the Grand Princess of Zhenyang, externally he only said that he wanted to thoroughly investigate the death of Cui Jianren.

It’s been a few years since this happened, and most of the palace staff involved were caned.

But Duanhua emperor sent words to go, before and after two days of light, the Emperor Xianjia life relied on a class of palace people also came to report the truth: this said the truth is the real truth, CuiMiRen own death, SongYiXiao and WeiQueen a intention to count, a fall into the well.

And due to the situation of the fight for the crown at the time, in the end, Song YiXiao and the Empress didn’t pay much to cannon fodder CuiMianRi.

“How many days had Mrs. Yan been out of the cabinet at that time? It’s not like her mother’s family had much to shelter her, to do something like this and yet be able to escape with her life, and still tell the mother to show her kindness again and again afterward.” After seeing this result, Emperor Duanhua couldn’t help but sneer, “I don’t need to ask to know that it must be that the Imperial Aunt of the Kingdom of Jin was thinking of A Xu’s sake and did her a favor!”

Even the Dowager Empress had a hand in it.

And if these two knew the truth, would they not tell Jian Xu Bai?

But over the years, when has Jian Xu Bai ever revealed the slightest word to himself?

I think that a few days ago, when he told some story about picking fruit and advised himself to trust Gu Shao and not to trust the King of Liang, he wasn’t genuinely thinking about himself as the Emperor, but was trying to preserve his wife, right?

In addition to the matter of the King of Qing, the Duanhua Emperor had never suspected Jian Xubai, but at this moment, he found that this cousin, who had watched him grow up, was actually not without things to hide from himself, and his mood could be imagined!

“Slave girl dare to say the truth: concubine Cui can serve his majesty, is the previous life to repair the blessing, but do not know to cherish, fall into the later end, in fact, is also to blame.” The emperor’s beloved chamberlain Zhu Qin courageously politely persuaded, “What’s more, His Majesty has always been generous, if he knew what concubine Cui did to Mrs. Yan’s master and servant when she was young, he most likely wouldn’t be able to serve her.”

Zhu Qin said so, but heard the Duanhua Emperor on Jian Xubai born dissatisfaction, worried about cousins have a gap after all, since the Duanhua Emperor came to power, the heart of the big trouble Su Xiang two kings have not been resolved yet, from the Dragon Ministers are the first to fall on the bad luck of the Lu Yicheng family last year on the tragedy of the fall, Gu Shao in the Sung Lu’s face to the saints by the public reprimand, Yuan Xue Pei has just been released from prison, and if even Jian Xubai is also jealous on this, how do you think other people? If even Jian Xubai is suspected of being in jail, what do you think of the others?

Good in the Duanhua emperor these two years emperor is not in vain, at this moment although the heart is dissatisfied, after fixing the spirit, said, “I know the importance of. If the concubine Cui’s own behavior is upright, the Empress and Mrs. Yan even if you want to harm her, and how to get it? In the final analysis, it is the concubine Cui’s own death, can’t blame others too much!”

Zhu Qin lowered his head did not dare to make a sound, he knew that the emperor said “can not be too grudging”, not “not grudging”, obviously is written down this one.

“… Let them check again to see if there could be any involvement between the Empress and the close servants of the Mother’s life!” Emperor Duanhua pondered for a while, and somewhat wearily commanded, “Lady Yan as well!”

When Cui Jianren died, Empress Dowager Cui personally told Emperor Duanhua that everything was Cui Jianren’s own sin and no one else’s fault.

Duanhua Emperor of course believes his own mother now confirmed Empress Wei and Song Yixiao in this matter is not unrelated, the emperor can not help but think of Song Lu’s words that day: Empress Cui may not not have been unaware of the clues, but only in the situation of competition for the Crown Prince, Duanhua Emperor can not be centrifugal with his wife, and can not afford to offend the Grand Princess of Jin as well as the Dowager Empress Dowager!

Therefore, Empress Cui concealed the truth for the sake of Emperor Duanhua’s throne, lest Emperor Duanhua, who wasn’t considered to be a man of the city at that time, reveal his flaws in front of Empress Wei and Jian Xu Bai, causing the two to be centrifuged from him.

Then Empress Wei and Song Yixiao have a reason to murder Empress Cui in order to silence her.

Although it is said that Empress Cui died of regicide, but who knows, flinging her regicide, in the end is not Shentu Guifei that era of the remaining sins? Or is it a hint from Emperor Xianjia, or is it the handiwork of the Empress and Song Yixiao?

Of course, the last thing that Emperor Duanhua wanted to believe was that the mastermind was Emperor Xianjia; and the emperor’s reasoning told him that even with the help of Jian Xubai, Song Yixiao’s hand couldn’t reach out that far; and by this reckoning, the most suspicious one was still Empress Wei.

“Shisu … “Thinking of his married wife, Duanhua Emperor’s gaze sank a few more points, “If it’s really you, how should I …It’s a good thing? ”

After all, Empress Wei was the Crown Prince’s birth mother.

Although the crown prince is young, but intelligent and filial, even if the second prince is still alive, Duanhua Emperor also preferred the first eldest son.

After the departure of the second prince, Emperor Duanhua had only one male heir at his knee.

The emperor suddenly realized the mood of Emperor Xianjia in that year: the bestowal of death on Empress Cui to Emperor Xianjia is just a commanded thing, there is no need to hide, the reason why they have to act in secret is only to consider their own eldest son.

And now, Emperor Duanhua, is he going to do it himself?

Duanhua emperor pondered for a long time, and finally once again instructed Zhu Qin, “I have been out of the father’s filial piety, but the knees are still empty … Empress these two days lack of, think also can not manage, you put this word privately with … with the empress dowager’s side of the penetration of the mouth it! ”

Originally, when the Harem was to be added, it must have been presided over by Empress Wei.

But Duanhua Emperor now has a gap with the Empress, and with the first grandmother of the Empress Dowager also tore the face, this matter can only find the first mother of the Empress Dowager Su.

Zhu Qin could not help but remind him, “The decline of His Royal Highness the eldest princess of Changxing is not far away, the empress dowager has been in poor health these two years, such a big event as the imperial heir, if entrusted to the empress dowager, the slave girl is afraid that … I am afraid that the empress dowager’s strength is not as good as it should be?”

This could be about Emperor Duanhua’s future pillow!

What if Empress Su is trying to sabotage us?

But Duanhua Emperor has his idea, “First, I have no other person who can be entrusted with this matter; Secondly, SuXiang two king in these two years has been very scared, I think in the end is also my feet, if I know that I will be forced to die on behalf of the country aunt and uncle of the king of the Liang in prison, and entrusted with the heavy responsibility of the first mother, I think it can be at ease a little bit.”

The last sentence to listen to the other way around: just because Su can not be trusted, let her go to do things, once out of order, there is also a reason to pursue to Su Xiang two Wang head is not?

These two big problems on his mind, Emperor Duanhua had really had enough of them as well!

If it weren’t for them, this time around, would the titular emperor need to be so tied up?

Only then did Zhu Qin lead the way, “Slave girl obeys the order!”

King Liang and Yuan Xue Pei were imprisoned one after another, and the whole imperial capital was originally in a state of panic.

However, after the news that Emperor Duanhua was worried about the thinness of his heir and was interested in enriching his harem, most families immediately threw everything else aside and pondered whether there were any girls in their own families, relatives’ families, or acquaintances’ families that would be suitable to be sent to the palace.

“It seems that His Majesty is really annoyed with the Empress.” Wei Mansion, abbot Wei Xi stroked his long beard under his chin and said faintly, “Otherwise, the matter between King Liang and Marquis Boling has not been resolved until now, and the Empress is still grounded, so how could His Majesty, with so many things on his hand, think of bringing in a new person?”

“The Empress has always been generous, if it’s just an addition to the harem, it’s nothing.” Wei Pi, a son of Wei family, frowned and said, “The problem is that in this situation, His Majesty is trying to recruit people, clearly intending to dishonor the Empress! After this batch of people enter the palace, someone will inevitably defy the Empress because of this!”

There was a pause, “Even the Crown Prince …”

Speaking here, he stole a glance at his father’s face and hesitantly said, “Father, do we not care about anything this time?”

“This time it’s definitely a pipe!” Wei Xi calmly said, “But there’s no rush now, after all, there’s still Gu Shao at the front isn’t there?”

Wei Pi couldn’t help but politely express his opinion: ”Gu Shao has a high position of authority and is the former emperor’s personally entrusted Minister of Auxiliary Government, although he is the Crown Prince’s teacher, he may not be willing to bet his entire future on the Crown Prince, right? After all, if the Empress and the Crown Prince have any problems, his position will not be shaken. What if he stands by and does nothing?”

Furthermore, “Originally the Empress already respected Gu Shao, if this time also let Gu Shao in the front, in the future the Empress and the Crown Prince can not be grateful to Gu Shao? At that time, even if our family also contributes, by Gu Shao a comparison, but how with the Empress and the Prince to explain?”

Although the Wei family is Queen Wei’s mother’s family, but the hearts of people are meat long, Wei Queen and not stupid, Wei family has stood by before a time; if this time not to show down, the Queen did not get over it, even if, after getting over it when the family, how can not resent the mother’s family?

Wei Pi is aware of his sister’s Queen Wei from the time she married into the Royal family, scheming is the Mingren Palace, children’s thoughts are to the back of the queue, want to rely on affection to eat her that is a dream!

“You don’t understand!” However, Wei Xi shook his head and said, “His Majesty, because he has been sheltered by the previous emperor since he was young, he hasn’t suffered much at all, so his mind is not really firm. He is not a headstrong person, so the ‘listening to both sides is clear, listening to both sides is dark’ that a wise ruler should have, in his case, it has become wavering: look at this time, initially, it was the Empress and Duke and Duchess of Yan who teamed up to report to His Majesty. The Cui family, the King of Liang, and the Song Lu family.”

“His Majesty was furious at the news and immediately detained the three parties to Xuanming Palace for questioning!”

“After that Song Lu exposed the Empress and Lady Yan in the hall, and His Majesty followed suit and grounded the Empress.”

“Following this, Gu Shao went to the palace to state his loyalty, so King Liang was immediately imprisoned!”

“After King Liang met with the Holy Spirit alone in the Xuanming Palace for a while before he was imprisoned, if it weren’t for Duke Yan’s persuasion, His Majesty would surely have listened to him again.”

“But Princess Liang’s first grandmother, Grand Princess Zhenyang, has also entered the palaceWang Liang’s purpose has suddenly succeeded again!”

Summarizing Emperor Duanhua’s actions over the past two days, Wei Xi snorted out a laugh, “So you shouldn’t panic just because you see that the Empress is grounded! Your eldest sister is not a sitting duck, and my Rui Yu Tang’s carefully cultivated first daughter is not that easy to bully!”

Wei Pi frowned and said, “Father, I naturally know that the Empress is powerful, but we are in the end the descendants, if we do nothing …”

“What was the reason for the Empress being grounded?” Wei Xi glanced at his son and decided to give him a good lesson, “On the surface, it was the death of Empress Cui’s aunt and nephew! In reality, it was these two events that affected her impression in His Majesty’s mind!”

“The only thing the Empress was really involved in was Cui Mirei’s death, however, while Cui Mirei was alive, although she was favored to take over the exclusive room, it has been three or four years since she died. His Majesty is not someone who covets beauty, how much do you think His Majesty still remembers her now?”

“What’s more, Cui Mirei has one of the biggest handles, which is that her sweetheart is not His Majesty, but Marquis Zhaode Lu Guanlun!”

“Based on that alone, the Cui family wouldn’t even dare to come forward and cry foul on her behalf the time Song Lu went up to the temple before, Song Lu was all busted up to expose the Empress, and Cui Ziyu had to come forward to clear the air instead, why do you think that is?”

“There is no impermeable wall in the world, once the matter of Cui Mirei’s love for Lu Guanlun gets out, how can Cui Ziyu, the one who pushed for his daughter to be sent to His Majesty’s side, have a good ending? So even though Cui Mirei is Cui Ziyu’s own daughter, Cui Ziyu would rather this daughter’s death never be mentioned!”

“That’s why the death of Cui Mirei is better to deal with.”

“What’s hard to get is Empress Cui, that’s His Majesty’s birth mother after all.”

“Song Lu, no, I should say King Liang, why did you turn over Cui Mirei’s death and mention it piece by piece?”

“Because His Majesty used to trust the Empress, and only when that trust is shaken can he expect to deal with her.”

“The Empress did have a hand in Cui Miren’s death, and if His Majesty recognizes that he really wants to investigate this matter, he definitely won’t be able to hide it.”

“Borrowing this fact in order to plant the death of Empress Cui, which the Empress was not even involved in, on the Empress’ head!”

When Wei Pi heard this, he said in confusion, “Since father said that this is a big matter, why didn’t he start helping the Empress immediately?”

“The Empress is only grounded right now, so it is evident that things are not without room to turn around.” Wei Xi looked at him, “But, His Majesty only has one son in his lap, and Gu Shao, whom His Majesty relies on the most, is the Crown Prince’s teacher, and as the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father, if there are no accidents, the Crown Prince will definitely not treat Gu Shao poorly if at this juncture, those of us who are the family members of the mother are also running around, do you say. What will His Majesty think?”

He sighed leisurely, “Even though our family has been practicing the policy of biding our time since the Crown Princess was born, and our family didn’t make much of a move before when His Majesty hadn’t yet ascended to the throne when he was at a disadvantagebut who asked us to be the Fengzhou Guards, the Rui Yu Tang?!”

The six valves in the sea, how many years side by side, Duanhua Emperor had personally felt the pressure of the Qingzhou Su, Fengzhou Wei dress themselves up again harmless and tame, Duanhua Emperor will be stupid enough to believe that their own this inlaws do not have the ability to work together with the Queen of the Wei inside and outside the abolition of the or to get him killed, to support the crown prince to ascend to the throne?

“Why didn’t His Majesty wait for King Liang and other matters to be disposed of before hastily ordering the filling up of the harem, and even when he really couldn’t find anyone, he preferred to let Empress Dowager Su intervene in order to accomplish this matter immediately?” Wei Xi looked at his frothing son and sighed, “It’s obvious that His Majesty is not only guarding against the Empress, but also, the royal son who has my Wei Clan’s blood flowing through him!”

“After this incident, even if the Empress is able to regain control of the Six Palaces, I’m afraid, in the future, in the palace exams, there will be a lot of turmoil!”

After all, want to extinguish the Wei family to support the young master’s ambition to advance to the throne, the best way, is to give birth to a bunch of commoner prince, to support, when both fullblooded and long prince lost the advantage of succession, Wei family or queen, naturally do not dare to rush to the emperor of the Duanhua down.

Instead, they had to find ways to curry favor with Emperor Duanhua to ensure that the Crown Prince could assume the throne.

Wei Pi silently chewed on his father’s teachings, and after a long time, he whispered, “In that case, the Crown Prince is also too aggrieved!”

“What goes around comes around.” Wei Xi understood the meaning of his son’s words, but it was a veiled inquiry to see if he could go along with turning Emperor Duanhua’s fears into facts, but he still shook his head, “The Crown Prince that grows up under no worries is far worse than the one who fights his own way up His Majesty and the late Emperor are the best examples of this! Is the grandson of my Fengzhou Wei Clan still afraid of his own concubine brother?!”

Duanhua Emperor’s ability is insufficient, the days of succession are also short, if you can really unite Gu Shao, with the Wei family’s heritage, it may not be impossible to help the crown prince to ascend to the throne early.

However, this idea of Wei Pi’s was still too shortsighted.