In fact, Queen Meng has never thought about the real culprit of that incident: Ge Zhongpeng ordered someone to do it.
The purpose of course is to implement Dong Liang's wishes. Gongsun Xi's flesh and blood must not be allowed to fall into Meng Guiyu's control under any circumstances!
At that time, while the queen and her aunt were working hard to get to the bottom of the matter, Ge Zhongpeng was also listening to the report from the man on the bottom of his leg.
The person reporting back was not the adopted son who had served him before, but a new face. I don’t know if it was for that reason. I was very nervous. On a cold day, I wiped my sweat while talking: "... the little boy in the kitchen over there. The palace maid quietly took out the dregs of the medicine, and the servant asked someone to see if they were all used to preserve the fetus. The Queen... The Queen must have not had a miscarriage."
"So, it failed that time?" Ge Zhongpeng sighed and said, "Then the queen is a little lucky... The moon is long, and she has not shown her pregnancy even if she meets Donglai. Will she look for another chance? !”
Seeing that he was not angry, Leg Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Ge Zhongpeng say again, "Otherwise, the Queen and Meng Guiyu would probably be suspicious! We should find a scapegoat for that incident!"
Leg Dong suddenly became nervous again and asked cautiously: "Did father-in-law mean...?"
"Hasn't the Queen always liked Shu Zhaoyi?" Ge Zhongpeng said nonchalantly, "Just put the blame on Shu Zhaoyi's head... Anyway, Zhaoyi Ruming's power has been greatly reduced, I'm sorry she can't explain it clearly!"
He glanced at the submissive Leg Dong and said, "The next time you move your legs, you should be smart and stop delaying!"
Leg Dong's face tightened and he hurriedly said no.
At that time, a young waiter of 13 or 14 years old walked up next to him. He glanced at Di Dong's companions, smiled apologetically to Ge Zhongpeng and said, "Dad, since we want the Empress to have a miscarriage, why don't we communicate with the two of them directly through the sound of a message?" Contact the Queen, pretend to ask her for help, and then wait until you are close to her before doing the legs and feet? Isn't this convenient?"
"Slap!" The little foreign servant was one of Ge Zhongpeng's adopted sons. After the adopted son who had been following Ge Zhongpeng disappeared inexplicably, he became his most favored son. He had always been open and bold in front of Ge Zhongpeng. This time he I thought I had a chance to show off, so I spoke out.
Who would have thought that when Ge Zhongpeng heard this, he smiled coldly and uttered two words without even raising his eyelids!
The little waiter was stunned, then without saying a word, he raised his legs and gave himself two loud slaps on the ears!
Because in front of Ge Zhongpeng, he didn't dare to save his legs at all. He was beaten so hard that his cheeks, which were originally red and tender, became swollen.
After the two of them fought, seeing that his adoptive father was coldly not even looking at him, the little waiter hesitated for a moment and continued to fight eastward.
After a moment, seven or eight calls passed, and there was blood oozing from the corners of the little waiter's mouth. Ge Zhongpeng said "hmm" with a sincere word, looked up at him again, and said softly: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
"My child is stupid." The little foreign waiter Dong's legs were too heavy, and his face was very swollen at that time, so he couldn't speak clearly and could not speak clearly. He said tremblingly, "My child has a bad idea!"
Ge Zhongpeng said "hmm" again and continued to ask softly: "Then what's the bad idea?"
"The bad thing is... the queen has already found Meng Guiyu as the backer to bring the child to the east. Once... once we get together, we will be discovered by Meng Guiyu if we have no choice but to follow the clues and expose our father!" She was timid, fearing that she would be punished again if she said something wrong, "And since the Empress would go to Meng Guiyu for a showdown, even if she didn't tell the whole truth, it was obviously our fault, so she still wouldn't have full trust, but would be a bit picky about both sides." It’s a matter of picking and choosing. Naturally, we can’t let her know too much about us at that time, otherwise we will be completely ruined if she sells us one day!”
"I know everything, then..." Ge Zhongpeng smiled, "What should I do if I receive Dong's request?"
The young waiter was stunned for a moment and glanced at his expression. He found out that Ge Zhongpeng was smiling and could not tell what he was really thinking.
He thought for a while and tentatively said: "Since the child in the Queen's belly cannot be kept... the Queen herself is no longer reliable, no, no, no... even the Queen...?"
He made a subtle but sharp leg gesture.
Ge Zhongpeng looked at him, begging not to smile, and did not say whether the suggestion was wrong or not. He just waved his leg to the kneeling man in Didong: "Go!"
When the man came out, he thought about whether the words of the father and son inside were probably meant for him.
So is it possible to frame Shu Zhaoyi and eventually kill the queen as well
He had no clue about killing the queen at the moment, but it didn't take much to frame Shu Zhaoyi. After all, the Shu sisters were already a little careless after one of them died. At that time, Shu Zhaoyi was not as doting and powerful as before, and was ordered by the Empress Dowager to have a baby in Leyi Palace all day long. She had not seen Emperor Xuanjing for several months. Due to the control of the palace people, of course, she could not make a big comeback. .
Within two months, the queen and the aunt sent to her by Meng Guiyu found out that the person who greased the bricks for the queen's digestion was an outside waiter in the Palace of Hope who was responsible for tending flowers and plants. Following the waiter's path, and going around and around, I had indeed touched Leyi Palace before.
It turned out that the queen listened to her aunt, so she was not surprised. Privately, she was thinking about how young she was, and whether the ambitious old man had experience. The aunt was a little surprised that her words came true, but then she thought, what's wrong with her? I feel relieved.
The aunt planned to immediately find trouble with Shu Zhaoyi at the door, and even tried to send Shu Zhaoyi east after a few months when the queen announced her pregnancy, but she was stopped by the queen.
Of course the queen was afraid that Shu Zhaoyi would tell her story about herself and Gongsun Xi in a hurry.
But the reason given was different: "Sixth brother doesn't like Shu Zhaoyi either, but he personally announced Shu Zhaoyi's pregnancy before! That doesn't reflect the overall situation. Just as I told Sixth Brother before, you are in trouble. The emptiness is tight, if Zhaoyi or I are happy, it will be very exciting!"
"It is true that the concubines are pregnant, so that the people of Didong can strengthen their minds and know whether the people in heaven will be kind and generous after all!"
Those words were high-sounding and very consistent with her status as a queen, and Meng Guiyu really thought that way at that time, so after knowing it, he personally took the time to go to Wangchun Palace to comfort the queen, and promised compensation many months later. He asked people to go to Leyi Palace to beat Shu Zhaoyi once, and then gave up.
Shu Zhaoyi was furious after hearing the news because he didn't do that at all.
Because Qiu had something to use against Queen Meng, she didn't say anything in front of Meng Guiyu's people. Instead, she sent people to Wangchun Palace to ask Queen Meng to argue in person.
The palace attendants in Wangchun Palace were very angry when they heard this, thinking that Shu Zhaoyi relied on her favor as before and deliberately caused trouble for the queen, so naturally they would not let the queen pass. The aunt sent by Meng Guiyu relied on Meng Guiyu's status as Ruming, and scolded the visitor severely, begging her to bring a message to Shu Zhaoyi, telling Shu Zhaoyi to have a good pregnancy and continue the heirs for the royal family. Those things that Shu Zhaoyi should not do , it’s better to take it easy!
The palace servants had no choice but to politely reply to Shu Zhaoyi. Shu Zhaoyi was so angry that she almost went crazy, so she could not help but be comforted by her confidants: "Madam, please don't worry! That wretched maid of the Meng family, even in the Ming Dynasty, no one trusts the people sent to her by the Marquis. She How could she dare to tell Marquis Chongxin what she had done? Well, Marquis Chongxin’s people would not allow Meng to come to see you. She was afraid of arousing suspicion, so she did not dare to speak out! However, she was not sure how scared she was at that time! Just wait, even if she can't spare the time herself, she will definitely send someone over to contact you!"
In fact, this is not the case. Although Empress Meng resented Shu Zhaoyi for being wrong in her murder, thinking about the secret of the child's biological father, she did not dare to fall out with Shu Zhaoyi.
She couldn't get away, so after thinking about it, she quietly asked Luyin, who was very thoughtful, to try to go to Leyi Palace to negotiate with Shu Zhaoyi.
Suyin had a heart-to-heart discussion and decided not to take action.
Over at Leyi Palace, everyone frowned when they saw her coming again.
Arriving in front of Shu Zhaoyi, Shu Zhaoyi thought there was a chance for revenge, so she took pictures of several cases before anyone else, and begged her to kneel down and shut up!
However, Xiyin continued not to buy it and said: "I hope that Empress Zhaoyi will know! This slave was originally under the command of Marquis Zheng. It was by chance that she accompanied the Empress and became a palace maid! Even if she fails, she will never leave the palace. When I went to work in Chongxinhou's Mansion, I had to wait for everyone. My previous companions were all at Chongxinhou's feet at that time. I don't believe that without a bowl of food for me, things in Chongxinhou's Mansion might be a bit more relaxed. Well! You don’t need to wait until twenty-five years old like the palace maid before you can marry someone... So you can put away the majesty of the empress! Even if you are in the erotic palace, the empress can treat slaves and sisters in a polite way, then She is not the emperor's true concubine, but also the lord of the middle palace! How much more is the empress Zhaoyi?"
That attitude made Shu Zhaoyi want to vomit blood. However, people like Ming Meng Guiyu were more confident than any empress, queen mother or emperor. As for Shu Zhaoyi, she had always suspected that Meng Guiyu had harmed her sister, Concubine Shu. At that time, she did not dare to do anything that would anger Meng Guiyu.
She could put all the accounts in the hands of Queen Meng and secretly gnashed her teeth: "Meng Bijun, that wretched maid! She must have sent that message to me on purpose, to make me unhappy!"
The impulsive Dong almost blurted out the Queen's secret.
He simply held it back in time and said with a sneer: "My slave, don't show off your rhetoric in front of me! The master is not the master, the slave is not the slave. It's hard for me to be a slave in the palace. If I don't kneel down when I see my master, when I get to Chongqing, I won't be a slave." Do you have the same attitude after Xinhou Mansion? No, I feel that as Zhaoyi, I am not as good as Meng Guiyu, a Marquis?!"
At that time, although Meng Guiyu had overwhelming power and had completely sidelined Emperor Xuan Jing, he was still not strong enough to usurp the throne. Sui Yinqiu denied what she said, and Shu Zhaoyi punished her justly. Meng Guiyu could be applauded if he knew about it. .
Xiyin would not give her that chance, and said: "Is this slave a disobedient person? However, I am the eldest maid in front of the Queen. According to the rules, when I see you, I wish you all the best! Especially at that time. On behalf of the Empress, I am here to visit you... If you have to beg me to kneel down, why don’t you, the Empress, also beg to kneel to you?"
Seeing her being unruly, Shu Zhaoyi was afraid of making Zhaoyi angry again, so she hurriedly tried to smooth things over. After some mediation, the originally tense atmosphere finally relaxed a little. Shu Zhaoyi asked angrily: "I don't follow those nonsense either." That’s a long way to go! Since I’m here on behalf of the Queen, then what’s the point of relying on me to be here when something goes wrong with the Queen?! Can the Queen tell me that?!”
Xiyin didn't know what Ge Zhongpeng did. After listening to Queen Meng's stern explanation, she also thought that Shu Zhaoyi was the real culprit behind the scenes.
At that time, seeing that Zhaoyi's words were serious and she didn't look like she was in trouble, she was not very sure in her heart, so she followed the queen's instructions and asked back: "The Queen's troubles, Ruoguo and Le Yi Palace It doesn’t matter, why did you find your head? Don’t you know what you are doing by yourself?!”
When Shu Zhaoyi heard this, her heart sank, and she thought to herself: "I knew that Meng Bijun was a good person! Sure enough, she wanted to struggle at that time?! Isn't it so easy for me to pay for it!!" !”
But there is no doubt that Queen Meng will prevent her from revealing the identity of herself and Meng Guiyu's enemy Hudong in the future, and preemptively create a situation in which she intends to murder her.
Even if Shu Zhaoyi comes up with evidence to testify against Queen Meng, the Queen can still say that Zhaoyi will try to kill herself again!
So, given the previous examples, how much hope do the aunt and nephew have to believe in Empress Dowager Meng, Meng Guiyu, and so on
Zhaoyi's murderous intention surged in her heart, and she quickly thought about the wrong strategy.