The smiling face seemed to be laughing at the world and also at himself, full of sarcasm.
Kou Ji hugged Concubine Yang, feeling a little at a loss.
He didn't expect Princess Yang to be so strong, she would die if she died, and she would not give anyone a chance to save her at all.
More importantly, he still needs the doubts in his heart that have not been solved, and he needs Taifei Yang's help. Taifei Yang is now dead. When he asks Liu Congmei, Liu Congmei may not tell him the truth.
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin also looked at Kou Ji at this time.
The two looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
When they came, the two hated Concubine Yang in their hearts, and they both had their hands on Concubine Yang to help Zhao Zhen seek a fair mind.
But now Concubine Yang hanged herself to death, but they couldn't be happy.
"Private Kou, please give the lady to the servant..."
The female officer next to Yang Taifei didn't know when she walked to Kou Ji's side. She didn't see any happiness or anger on her face, so she squatted down slightly and whispered in a low voice.
Kou Ji thought about it, and felt that the female officer next to Concubine Yang should be a cronies of Concubine Yang, and should not toss Concubine Yang's remains, so he handed the female officer around Concubine Yang's remains.
The female officer looked delicate, but her arms were very powerful.
After Kou Ji handed over the remains of Concubine Yang to the female officer, the female officer easily picked up the remains of Concubine Yang and walked to the beauty couch in the corner of the hall.
Kou Ji watched the female officer put the remains of Concubine Yang on the beauty bed, then looked back at Liu Congmei and said, "I still have doubts in my heart. I wonder if you can solve them for me?"
Liu Congmei's mouth was sealed, unable to speak, his eyes staring at Kou Ji were full of mockery.
Seeing this, Kou Ji narrowed his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that you are not going to tell me..."
"Kou Shimi wants to know what, just ask the servants, the servants all know."
After Tai Fei Yang's female officer placed Tai Fei Yang's remains, she returned to the hall. After hearing Kou Ji's words, she bowed and said softly.
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "How can I be threatened by Liu Congmei by the means of the empress dowager? If I am the empress dowager and encounter Liu Congmei's threat, I must act decisively, except for Liu Congmei, so that Liu Congmei has no chance to threaten me."
The female officer gritted her teeth slightly and said: "The mother was just kind at first. Since she is sensible, Liu Congmei has been with Liu Niangniang, and she has been affected by Liu Niangniang's sex. Her mother will occasionally give instructions.
Counting it down carefully, Liu Congmei is considered half a disciple of the empress.
Liu Congmei was at the end of her life and begged to the Niangniang's door. Niangniang was able to protect him, so it was naturally impossible for her to die. "
When Kou Ji heard this, he roughly understood the whole story.
Tai Fei Yang initially only took pity on Liu Congmei and secretly sheltered Liu Congmei.
Liu Congmei took advantage of the trend and hid in the palace, and quietly contacted some of the remnants left by Liu E, including some people sent by Liu E to lurking under Taifei Yang.
With someone in Liu Congmei's hands, naturally, she will not stay in the palace properly, and will inevitably make some small moves.
But even so, Princess Yang still has enough power to deal with Liu Congmei. Why is Liu Congmei allowed to be presumptuous in the palace
Kou Ji looked at the female officer suspiciously.
The female officer seemed to see Kou Ji's thoughts, and sighed slightly: "The handle that Liu Congmei controls is not harmful to the empress. Even if it is exposed, the empress is at best a stigma.
Regardless of a clear name or a stigma, the empress doesn't care.
Even if the officials knew about Niang Niang's past deeds, could they really expel Niang Niang out of the palace because of past events
Although the empress has hurt other people, she has never hurt the official family, and she even blessed the official family.
The reason why the empress is controlled by Liu Congmei is because the things in Liu Congmei's hands are very harmful to the officials.
Once the things Liu Congmei held were spread, the reputation of the first emperor, Liu Niangniang, Niangniang, and even many people in the palace would be lost.
Officials will be discouraged because of this.
If it were in the past, the official's face would be hurt as well.
But not at that time. "
"What can't it?"
Chen Lin couldn't help but ask.
Kou Ji took a deep breath and sighed: "Because at that time, I was conquering Hexi. The officials relied on their majesty to suppress the voices of opposition from the court and dispatched food and payment to help me.
If the harem scandal is exposed, the officials will not only be disgraced, but also lose their majesty.
Once the officialdom loses its majesty, people in the ruling and the opposition will lose awe of the officialdom.
The voice of opposition to the official war in Hexi will form a wave overnight.
The officials may give up their aid to me under the persecution of the ruling and the opposition.
My battle in Hexi is likely to fail. "
The Hexi battle was a crucial battle for the Song Dynasty.
Da Song completely straightened his waist because of the Hexi war.
Due to the Hexi war, Da Song completely embarked on the road of opening up the territory.
Before the battle in Hexi, Da Song guarded his one-acre three-point land, and he dared not take a step outside.
After the Hexi War, Da Song immediately had the courage to challenge Liao.
When the Song Dynasty launched a war against the Liao Kingdom, nearly half of the officials in the Song Dynasty Hall spoke about the war.
Before the Hexi War, once the Song Dynasty encountered a war, there were not so many officials in the court who spoke about the war.
In the event of a war, half of the officials will ask for peace, some officials will remain silent, and only a few officials will speak for war.
Therefore, the Hexi battle can be said to be a battle related to the Song Dynasty.
Concubine Yang didn't look so deeply. She should feel that Zhao Zhen was very young, and it was very difficult to sit on the throne to subdue a hundred officials. If there was a big victory, it would be easier to subdue the hundred officials, so she didn't want to At that time, Zhao Zhen was dragged back.
Therefore, she was threatened by Liu Congmei.
Regardless of the latter matter, Kou Ji could probably guess a general idea even if the female officer didn't talk about it.
After the battle in Hexi, Taifei Yang should find time to deal with Liu Congmei quietly.
Only after the Hexi War, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen did not hesitate to choose to start a war against Liao.
In order to avoid the fire in the backyard from affecting the war ahead, Princess Yang could only continue to be coerced by Liu Congmei.
Kou Ji stared at the female officer, "After all the wars have fallen to the ground, why is the empress dowager..."
The female officer glared at Liu Congmei and gritted her teeth and said: "The official family took the female relatives out of the palace several times, and Liu Congmei took the opportunity to send the things in his hands out of the palace. The empress wanted to calm down the matter quietly, but didn't find him. The things in his hands don't move him naturally."
Kou Ji groaned: "The concubine empress has found what he sent out of the palace?"
The female officer nodded slowly.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Since the concubine empress has been staring, how could he get entangled with Chen Meiren."
The female officer glanced at Kou Ji and said, "When he hooked up with Chen Meiren, our sisters were secretly protecting sister Zhang."
At this point, the female officer glanced at Chen Lin.
"Niangniang can't cover the sky with one hand in the palace. During those days, Grandpa Chen kept going to the palace and staring at all places in the palace. Niangniang didn't want to make this matter known to everyone, so let the rest The sisters converged on a downward trajectory.
Liu Congmei seized that opportunity to hook up with the Chen family.
After Chen became pregnant, the empress knew that this matter could not be resolved silently.
Niangniang feels ashamed of the officials in her heart, and she has no face to face the officials. She is unwilling to make it difficult for the officials to do it, and she takes the initiative to ask for death.
Now, what Liu Congmei has in his hands has been burned down, and Liu Congmei herself has fallen into your hands.
After Liu Congmei and Chen's death, all people and things that were unfavorable to the official family will disappear. "
Kou Ji was full of emotion when he heard this.
The words of the female officer and Taifei Yang, together, should be the truth of everything.
In addition to the selfishness of the late Concubine Zhang, Tai Fei Yang was always thinking about Zhao Zhen in other matters.
It's just that she kindly did something bad.
Obviously, things that can be cut across the board, she just dragged it down, and brought it to today's situation.
Some people may question why a smart person like Yang Taifei did not leave any beginnings and ends in his work, why he made such a stupid mistake in this matter.
In this regard, Kou Ji has the answer in mind.
It's nothing more than scrupulousness and restraint.
The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes.
The former Concubine Yang was a barefoot person. She was not afraid of doing wrong, let alone being exposed to her own face.
Because she is a lonely person in the palace.
Even if someone exposes her face, she will only die.
No one else is involved.
But after she had Zhao Zhen in her heart, she put on her shoes and had concerns.
She considered the problem from the perspective of Zhao Zhen, always thinking of minimizing the harm of everything that happened in the palace, so that Zhao Zhen would be less injured or not injured.
It was precisely because of this that she was relentless and slashed at the mess, and finally made things happen out of control.
Kou Ji has seen many similar examples.
A poor person, before he or she has no family, before he or she has no children, he or she can let go of his hands and feet to do anything, even if it is to poke a hole in the sky, he or she has the courage to try it.
But once you have a family and children, you will always have some worries when doing any dangerous things.
He or she will be afraid that his head will get hot for a while and will leave the child alone and helpless.
It is a pity that the folks can tolerate concerns, but the harem can't tolerate them.
Once you have concerns, others will take this opportunity to tear the things you want to protect to shreds.
"Huh..."
Kou Ji took a breath and looked at Liu Congmei.
"Hurt others and hurt yourself! You really deserve to die! The empress of the concubine used her own death in exchange for a way of life for others in the palace. Should you also use your own death to find a way of life for the people of Liu Mansion?"
Concubine Yang hanged herself in order to avoid Zhao Zhen's difficulty and to prevent Zhao Zhen from committing too many crimes.
But she can protect only some people in the palace.
Such as those under her.
The people outside the palace cannot be sheltered by Princess Yang.
Liu Congmei heard Kou Ji's words and stared at Kou Ji fiercely. He seemed to have something to say, but Kou Ji didn't want to listen.
Even if the things Tai Fei Yang and the female officials in Tai Fei Yang's palace said were not the truth, even if there were doubts, Kou Ji treated them as the truth.
Because of the truth they gave Zhao Zhen the least harm.
Zhao Zhen's damage was less, and the chance of wanton killing would also decrease.
After all, this is a terrible thing for the royal family, and it shouldn't involve too many people.
After Kou Ji questioned Liu Congmei, his eyes fell on Liu Mei.
Liu Mei was trembling all over, standing still and refused to move half a step.
Seeing this, Kou Ji frowned and said: "Uncle Liu, you are also a person who has served in the court. You should understand that what Liu Congmei did is not to be blamed, and it will harm the Nine Clan."
"Is Comrade Kou secretly persecuting father and son to kill others?"
Liu Mei did not respond to Kou Ji's words, but Chen Lin spoke gloomily.
Kou Ji's brows frowned in an instant.
Chen Lin continued: "Father and son cannibalism, but it's a human tragedy. Secretaries Kou's persecution of father and son cannibalism spreads, I am afraid it will lose a reputation for inhumanity.
Kou Ji snorted coldly, "I am a privy envoy, a soldier in charge, what is the use of a reputation for kindness?"
Chen Lin said coldly: "Our family knows that you want to protect Liu Heng, but the decision on this matter is not in your hands, but in the hands of the officials. So whether Liu Heng can live or not, the officials have the final say. Even if you are here. Forcing people to mutilate father and son, if the officials don't want Liu Heng to live, everything you do will be in vain."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Liu Heng didn't know about this, and anyone who doesn't know is not guilty."
Chen Lin said with a grim expression: "Are you going to be the master for the official family?"
Kou Ji frowned and said nothing.
Chen Lin said in a deep voice from the side: "For your sake of finding out about the matter, I will sell you a face this time. You take Liu and his son to the official house. Whether Liu Heng can live depends on whether you can be an official. The family asked for an amnesty for Liu Heng.
Our family first went to see the Chen family in the empress dowager’s palace, and after our family confirmed that the Chen family was alive and dead, then we went to see the official family. "
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin smiled coldly, looked at Liu's father and son for a while, then took a deep look at Kou Ji, and stepped away from Taifei Yang's palace, and went straight to Taifei Li's palace.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji set his eyes on Liu Mei, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.
He specially called Liu Mei into the palace, just to let Liu Mei righteously destroy her relatives and help Liu Heng find a way to survive.
Liu Mei stood aside just now, and has heard everything in her ears.
However, he did not choose righteousness to destroy his relatives, instead standing still.
Kou Ji deliberately forced Liu Mei to take action, but finally thought about it and gave up the idea.
Chen Lin was right, Zhao Zhen had the final say whether Liu Heng could live.
Even if he forced Liu Mei to kill Liu Congmei, if Zhao Zhen felt uncomfortable, Liu Heng would still not survive.
Whether Liu Heng can survive, the key lies with Zhao Zhen, not with Liu's father and son.
If he wanted to protect Liu Heng, he could only find a way to help Liu Heng find a way out of Zhao Zhen's mouth.
"Take them and follow me to the official palace..."
Kou Ji solemnly ordered.
The eunuch, who was guarding Princess Yang’s dormitory, escorted Liu and his son to leave the dormitory of Princess Yang.
After leaving the concubine Yang's dormitory, Kou Ji ordered the people to temporarily seal the concubine Yang's dormitory.
Although Taifei Yang has hanged herself, how to deal with her remains and how the people in her dormitory deal with it depends on what Zhao Zhen meant.
After Kou Ji sent someone to seal Princess Yang's dormitory, he rushed to Zhao Zhen's dormitory with them.
When Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's bedroom, it was late at night and Zhao Zhen was already asleep.
Kou Ji ordered everyone to tell him.
Zhao Zhen was awakened in the middle of the night and summoned Kou Ji in the side hall next to the bedroom.
Kou Ji took Liu's father and son to the Piandian, leaving Liu's father and son outside, and entered the Piandian by himself.
As soon as he entered the side hall, he saw Zhao Zhen staring at him with piercing eyes.
"Fourth brother awakened me in the middle of the night, but the case was checked out?"
Kou Ji solemnly saluted Zhao Zhen, saying: "The minister has found out the case."
"Tell me quickly!"
There seemed to be two flames in Zhao Zhen's eyes, staring at Kou Ji and asking.
Kou Ji saluted Zhao Zhen again, saying: "Before telling the official facts, the minister would like to ask the official for a special decree."
Zhao Zhen raised his brows slightly, staring at Kou Ji without saying a word, waiting for Kou Ji's next words.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said solemnly: "The minister hopes that the official will forgive Liu Heng for not dying. The minister can ask the official to ensure that Liu Heng has no knowledge from the beginning to the end, and he has not participated in all kinds of things in the harem. .
I implore the officials to think about Liu Heng's meritorious service to me and the minister's face, and spare Liu Heng his life. "
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji, took a deep look, and said, "Listening to the fourth brother, the various things that happened in my harem are related to the people in the Liu Mansion."
Kou Ji did not hide, nodded decisively.
Zhao Zhen sat in the chair, was silent for a long time, and said, "The fourth brother asked for pity for Liu Heng, presumably the people in Liu's house are deeply involved in the various things that happened in the harem."
Kou Ji nodded again.
Zhao Zhen asked in a deep voice, "I have no two emperors. Should my fourth brother think I should let Liu Heng go, or should I not let Liu Heng go?"
Kou Ji sighed in his heart, did not speak, but bent down deeply.
Zhao Zhen's question is difficult to answer, nor can it be answered.
Seeing Kou Ji's silence, Zhao Zhen spoke again: "If I refuse to let Liu Heng go, will my fourth brother tell me the truth?"
Kou Ji raised his head slightly, and solemnly said: "The minister dare not hide anything."
Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, and sat in the seat of silence for a long time, saying: "Since I entered the court, I have never asked me for anything. On the contrary, I have been begging my fourth brother to do things. After careful calculation, I owe you something. There are many four brothers.
The fourth brother now asks me for the first time, and I can't help but give face to the fourth brother.
As long as the fourth brother can ensure that Liu Heng has nothing to do with this matter, I can let Liu Heng make a living.
But capital crimes are exempt, and living crimes cannot escape.
How I deal with him, I have to make a final decision after listening to the evil done by the people in the Liu Mansion. "
Kou Ji gave a deep salute to Zhao Zhen, saying: "The ministers would like to thank the officials for their love."
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "Can you tell me the truth now, right?"
Kou Ji groaned slightly, then spoke slowly.
As soon as Kou Ji spoke, Zhao Zhen's expression changed.
While observing Zhao Zhen's face, Kou Ji slowly told Zhao Zhen about the various things that had happened in the harem.
During this period, Zhao Zhen was not angry, but his face changed constantly, the blue veins on his forehead were constantly beating, and his palms subconsciously clenched into fists.
After Kou Ji finished talking, Zhao Zhen did not say a word.
Kou Ji reached the end, took a deep breath, and whispered: "The concubine empress hanged herself to death, in order not to make it difficult for the officials to do, but also to let the officials do less crimes."
After finishing the last sentence, Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen's expression closely.
Zhao Zhen didn't shout or make trouble, calmly a little scary.
After he listened to Kou Ji's narration, his icy eyes fell on Kou Ji's body, and when he opened his mouth, his mouth was as cold and sharp as an ice ball.
"Can the Yang family manage outside the palace? I remember that when I became the throne, I said that the harem must not be involved in politics, let alone everything in the harem."
Kou Ji's heart jumped when he heard this.
Zhao Zhen called Taifei Yang to be the little empress for more than ten years.
Now that he has changed his name to the Yang family, it can be seen that his heart has become extremely angry.
He didn't explode on the spot, it was probably the anger that pressed his heart.
When he broke out, it was bound to be stormy.
Facing Zhao Zhen’s question, Kou Ji took a deep breath, and said solemnly: “If the concubine empress, she can’t leave the palace. She doesn’t want the official to commit more crimes, but hopes that the official will not kill because of her fault. Palace man..."
"I see..."
Zhao Zhen's cold words blocked Kou Ji's remaining words in his belly.
Kou Ji opened his mouth, thousands of words, and finally turned into a thick sigh.
When Kou Ji sighed, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "Fourth brother, you have a problem for me."
Kou Ji sighed when he heard this.
The problem Zhao Zhen mentioned naturally refers to the fact that Kou Ji asked Liu Heng to survive in advance.
"The minister is ashamed..."
Kou Ji arched his hands.
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "This is exactly what the fourth brother said. Liu Heng didn't know it from beginning to end, and he didn't participate from beginning to end. Liu Heng gave up his life and forgot to die for my country, I see. Over.
It is not impossible for me to spare his life.
Four brothers don't have to blame themselves. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji was about to bow and thank him, but after thinking about it, he found that Zhao Zhen was not comforting him, but rather comforting himself.
He was persuading himself not to hurt Liu Heng's life.
In other words, Zhao Zhen had already given birth to the idea of killing.
Liu Heng is clearly among the killers.
But Kou Ji first interceded, and he agreed.
So he was trying to persuade himself to let Liu Heng die.
The tranquility of Zhao Zhen at this moment is just the tranquility before the storm.
When the storm comes, I am afraid it will be a sea of blood.
Zhao Zhen's performance today is completely different from the previous performance of Han Mei after a dead body and two lives.
After Han Meiren died and died before, Zhao Zhen cried and screamed and shut herself in the palace, loving and pitying herself.
Now there is unprecedented calm and unprecedented abnormality.
Kou Ji felt that the calm Zhao Zhen was far more dangerous than the crying and shouting Zhao Zhen.
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and said: "Officials, this matter..."
Before Kou Ji could finish speaking, Zhao Zhen interrupted Kou Ji's words bluntly.
"Fourth brother is investigating the case in the palace, day and night, I must be tired. Fourth brother first go back to the mansion and rest. I will give orders to the four gates to open the door and let the fourth brother leave."