In the previous dynasty, Prime Minister Su was playing.
"Your Majesty has been on the throne for many years, but there is no heir in the harem. This is not normal!"
One sentence made Shang Liyuan tense up. The two words he heard most in the past few years were "heirs". Even if he dealt with all the imperial doctors who diagnosed the pulse without leaking any news, just the fact that the harem has nothing to show for so many years is enough to arouse suspicion!
If he hadn't had a son and a daughter when he was in the dormitory, his infertility would have been brought to light long ago.
It's a pity that the son and daughter he had when he was in the dormitory died shortly after they were born. So he is still empty at his knees.
In the past, he was unwilling to let others in the harem get pregnant, and only wanted Fu Rui to give birth to his child. Now he really wants to have a life, but he can't.
There is only one word difference between "I don't want to live my life" and "I can't live my life", but their meanings are completely different.
He regrets it now. He regrets that he shouldn't have drugged the women in the harem in the first place. He should have given birth to more children when they were fertile, so that he wouldn't be in the current situation.
But there is no regret medicine in the world, so he can only seek medical treatment secretly in order to cure the disease. It's a pity that after so long, nothing has been achieved.
I thought that Prime Minister Su was also doing this for the sake of his heirs this time, but he changed the subject and continued:
"Your Majesty had an heir born when he was in the palace, but no one came to the palace to announce the happy news? Since it's not your Majesty's fault, it must be someone who did it deliberately! I met the master, and he told me that there was someone in the palace. The villain is causing trouble and harming your Majesty's children. Please thoroughly investigate the harem and find out those who are harboring evil intentions so that they can spread the influence of the great merchants as soon as possible."
Shang Liyuan understood as soon as he heard it. There must be something going on in the harem, waiting for him to find out. And this matter is most likely related to the queen. Otherwise, Prime Minister Su would pay attention to the affairs of the harem? Do you think he doesn't know about their secret plan to take the back seat
Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, it comes at the right time anyway. He is almost unable to withstand the pressure of the court. If he finds someone with evil intentions at this time, it will just divert his attention.
So he immediately agreed and sent his most trusted eunuch chief to conduct a thorough investigation.
He also specifically warned not to miss any palace.
When General Manager Wei brought a group of people from Wuyangyang to the harem, all the concubines happened to be paying greetings to the queen.
So he directly left everyone in Fengyi Palace and did not allow anyone to come in or out to facilitate the search.
A clever little eunuch suggested, "Manager Wei, since Fengyi Palace already knows the news, why not start the search from Fengyi Palace first? Otherwise, wouldn't it give people a chance to destroy the evidence?"
Manager Wei glanced at him and said, "You are right, then we will start the search from Fengyi Palace."
But after searching three times inside and outside, Fengyi Palace was clean and there was nothing.
"How is that possible?!" Concubine Shu almost lost her composure.
Yan Shu gave her a cold look, "You seem disappointed that you didn't find anything from my palace?"
Concubine Shu quickly denied, "How, how could it be possible? I am worried about the Queen."
Yan Shu was noncommittal and said to Mr. Wei, "Since there is nothing here in this palace, Mr. Wei should go look elsewhere."
Manager Wei led the people away, but the others were still in shock and uncertainty, not knowing what they were searching for, including Lian Fuli. Because if something happens in the palace, His Majesty will always inform her in advance, but this time there is no warning. Could it be that the Queen is responsible for this
There is nothing unclean in her own palace, but she also has some secrets of her own. If the queen finds out, there is no guarantee that she will not take the opportunity to cause trouble.
The same is true for others. Few people in the harem have clean hands and feet. Everyone is anxiously waiting for the results of the search.
Only Concubine Shu is different. She is not worried about what will be found in her palace because she has already cleaned it up in advance. What she is worried about now is why things did not develop as planned. There is nothing in the Queen's Palace. This shouldn't be the case!
After half a day, the entire harem was finally searched. A lot of stuff was indeed found.
Not to mention poisonous clothes, rouge and gouache, utensils and ornaments, etc., the most shocking thing is that there is a witchcraft puppet hidden in Concubine Shu's palace!
If the puppet was used to curse other concubines, people would not be so shocked, but this puppet was actually used to curse His Majesty!
His Majesty's birthday and name were written on it, and on the back was written the curse of having no descendants and not having a good death.
When Manager Wei saw it, he felt that something was wrong, and he did not dare to delay. He hurriedly took it from Qianchao and presented it to Shang Liyuan.
Shang Liyuan was furious when he saw it, and threw the thing in front of Su Xiang, "Su Jingzhi, you are so brave! How dare you curse me to cut off my descendants!"
Su Jingzhi had arranged everything and was waiting for the queen to dismount, but unexpectedly, disaster struck.
Yes, this incident was originally planned by Su Xiang. Because the queen has no fault, and both her father and brother died in battle, she cannot be pulled down casually. There must be a reason why you can't stand up.
The people under Su Xiang came up with the idea of using witchcraft.
Because Shang Liyuan had never had any children, he had a ready excuse. It only needs to be said that the queen herself cannot give birth, so she curses others not to have children, so that your majesty will have no descendants.
Shang Liyuan knew very well that this incident was planned by Prime Minister Su, but something should have happened and it did not harm anyone else. Instead, someone took advantage of his plan and turned an army against him.
He knew it, but he might as well use it to his own ends.
At first, he only planned to use this matter to divert the attention of the ministers of the DPRK and China, so as to relieve the pressure of having no children. So it doesn’t matter who the person who “committed the crime” is. Be it queen or concubine, they are all shields anyway.
It is better to be a concubine Shu.
Because the Yan family has been eliminated, the Su family is the dominant family, and they feel that they have the merit of following the dragon. They have become more and more high-profile in recent years. Now he even dares to interfere in the affairs of his harem!
Huh, do you think he will let them control him
Su Xiang never expected that he would steal the chicken but lose the rice. Instead of getting the second position, he would get the glory and wealth instead!
Since ancient times, the art of witchcraft has not been tolerated, especially when it involves cutting off the royal family's heirs.
So Su Xiang's family was sentenced to exile, and Concubine Shu was also thrown into the cold palace.
However, because he was cursed by Concubine Shu, he cut off his descendants. This reason could only temporarily relieve the pressure. If he wanted to completely stabilize the country, he still had to fundamentally solve this matter.
When Su Xiang fell, the prime minister's seat became vacant, and Shang Liyuan chose one of his own to sit on it without hesitation.
This person is none other than Lin Wenxiu, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
In Fengyi Palace, Yan Shu couldn't help but chuckle after hearing the news, "Finally, the big obstacle of Su Xiang has been removed, and the rest will be much smoother."
In the past three years, they have been secretly planning and have almost won over all the officials from the six ministries. Either giving favors, or tempting, or taking advantage. There are also people like Su Xiang who are impossible to win over anyway, so they can only replace them.
The fact that she was able to complete such an incredible task in such a short period of time was all due to system cheats and the intelligence brought by the secret chamber.
Yan Qing also smiled, "Yes, the time is almost here, we can prepare to cause trouble. If we put some more pressure on Shang Liyuan, I don't know if he can still bear it."
"You mean, use that?"
"Yes, it's the one you think of."
Yan Shu smiled. She had already seen Shang Liyuan's reaction before she even used it.
In July of the fifth year of Chengyuan, heavy rains continued in the south of the Yangtze River, and floods occurred in many places.
The people were displaced and homeless.
When the flood finally receded, someone found a stone as tall as a person by the river. The stone was dark and stood upright on the river bank, weighing a thousand kilograms.
Six words in the letter: The emperor has no virtue and will be punished by heaven.
For a time, rumors spread among the people, saying that it was because of the emperor's lack of virtue that God sent down a divine punishment. Floods are divine punishment.
The matter was serious and local officials reported it immediately.
Shang Liyuan was furious and felt that the person who did this was despicable.
But he sneered at the matter of divine punishment. It is too easy to just find a strange-shaped stone, carve words on it, and pretend to be punished by God.
However, although they did not believe it, the people had to be comforted and could not let the rumors spread.
He immediately sent people to provide relief and killed several people who were talking about divine punishment in the street. This method really frightened the people, and no one dared to spread the news again.
Although it is no longer being circulated publicly, in private the more banned it is, the faster it is circulated.
And because of the divine punishment, another minister raised the issue of heirs. An emperor without a queen can be regarded as a punishment from heaven. This is more convincing than any stone.
Shang Liyuan was very worried. After confirming that he really would not have an heir, he could only use the method he least wanted to do.