Early the next morning...
There was another explosive news in the palace. The Minister of the Ministry of War was jumping and scolding his mother. Zhao Guanren was appointed as the representative of the mission. You have to lead your troops to conquer Thailand.
"Tsk tsk~ Your Majesty is trying to force him to his death, how can Ji Guo be easy to provoke..."
The officials of the Department of Salt Transportation drank tea and shook their heads. A colleague also laughed and said, "With a knife on Sezi's head, he dares to snatch the emperor's women. If he doesn't force him to death, Bai Shangshu will fall too." blood mold, the emperor only gave a symbolic appeasement, and the granddaughter was snatched away by the surname Zhao!"
"Song Chizhu still squeezes forward after this, how bold and ignorant..."
All the officials laughed and gloated, just as Yan Yunsi walked into the yamen with his hands behind his back in confusion, and several people rushed up and asked, "My lord! Why did the official department ask you to go? Song Chizhu won't have been arrested demoted?"
"What are you degrading, people have been promoted..."
The salt transport envoy walked into the ya hall and sat down, folded his arms and said in confusion: "I have been an official for 20 years, and this is the first time I have seen such a strange thing. Song Chizhu has already been transferred to the Ministry of Rites. The right servant of the third rank, Even the people in the official department are like hell, they can't say a word!"
"..."
A group of officials were completely stupefied, and the colleagues who were gloating just now stammered: "The right and right servants are fat vacancies, and they have been promoted from the fifth rank to the third rank in one go, and they can stand in the main hall in the upper court. Who is this?" Did the gods help him use his strength?"
"Song Chizhu took a few carts to the east of the city, and went with his family..."
The Salt Envoy frowned and said, "I thought he bought a new house, but who knows he went to the Zhao Mansion. The six vermilion gates of the Zhao Mansion, with two bronze unicorns in front of the gate, are even more magnificent than Prince Duan's Mansion. Guess what?" What's the matter, Concubine Bai Shu went in with the child in her arms, and the servants are all maids and eunuchs!"
"It can't be Yongshi County Prince's Mansion..."
The officials widened their eyes in shock, and the Salt Transport Envoy also nodded and said, "There is only one prince named Zhao in Quan Dashun, but there is something even more damned evil. Taking pictures on the ground in the apse, Eunuch Tian squatting next to him eating melon seeds!"
"Taking pictures? Why does the commander also play this thing..."
An official subconsciously took out a few pictures, and the rest of the people also took out a few pictures. There are various styles, and it seems that they have already become popular in the capital.
"The commander-in-chief never associates with princes and ministers, and Eunuch Tian is even close to the emperor..."
The Salt Envoy shook his head and said: "The three of them are squatting together to play now. Some people speculate that Bai Shangshu has stumbled, and Zhao Wangye is just a rhetoric. It is estimated that the emperor sees his hard work all his life and wants to make him decent. It’s just returning home!”
"So that's it! Song Chizhu really has foresight, those thighs are so thick..."
A group of officials finally came to their senses and began to discuss in a hurry.
…
There is no fixed place in the Leng Palace, just the most remote old houses in the palace, but once locked here, it is very difficult to turn over again, and it won’t last long and you will either go crazy or die. There are not many people.
"Ms. Wang! Do you still remember who lived in this house..."
Zhao Guanren was sitting on the broken chair in the main room. The former mighty queen with disheveled hair and white clothes was kneeling on the ground, while the forty-something-year-old prince was also quite haggard, squatting beside him in grief, supporting his old mother.
"My concubine remembers it! The queen of the previous dynasty just leaned on your chair and swallowed her breath..."
The queen tilted her head weakly, Zhao Guanren smiled indifferently, and said, "You know it very well,
But it doesn't matter now, Concubine Bai Shu has been taken out of the palace by the king, and several other concubines have also confessed, what else do you want to say? "
"have!"
The queen straightened up suddenly, and said loudly: "It's all done by me. The crown prince doesn't know about it, and the crown prince has never thought of rebelling. I designed to frame those bitches, just to deal with Prince Duan. Please, my lord... the prince is very careful." !"
"Of course I know the details, otherwise how could I find you..."
Zhao Guanren said: "I tried my best to protect the prince, otherwise the prince would have been abolished, but the prince has only a chance to survive, one is that you resist all the crimes, and the other is that the headless body was found on the head of Prince Duan. It's much more serious!"
"Conspiracy? How did Lao Jiu conspire against..."
The crown prince looked at him anxiously, Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "The yin and yang headless corpse is a kind of sorcery, it is not clear who did it, but I guarantee that you will not know before the emperor, if it is not for Prince Duan Because, he will definitely become the crown prince!"
"Brothers!"
The prince begged urgently: "Brother, help me. Once Lao Jiu becomes the prince, I will die. As long as you can keep my position as the prince, I will promise you everything after I go out. Let me take the crown prince." I can send you off, you must help me!"
"Prince! If you didn't go down three ways all day long, you wouldn't be like this. Let's have a good chat..."
After Zhao Guanren finished speaking, he walked out. The queen mother and son cried in their arms, but fighting for the throne was bloody and cruel, not to mention their mother and son's methods. Not only did Zhao Guanren not sympathize with them, but he felt that they deserved it.
"Brother! My mother has a few words to say to you. I, I will go back to the East Palace first..."
The prince came out wiping his tears, followed the guards in a daze, Zhao Guanren threw the cigarette butts and walked back into the room, the queen was staring at the chair of the old queen who had died, and said with a foolish smile: "Your mouth is so real!" Poison, I really want to go down to accompany you!"
"Wang Shi!"
Zhao Guanren knelt down in front of the queen and said, "Don't frame him anymore at this time, I can only help the prince if I tell the truth, and the emperor wants to know how many wild species there are?"
"Except Concubine Tong, everyone under the age of six is the son of the prince..."
The empress said with a limp face: "Don't look at the joy of Concubine Zhou. If she is really smart, she won't jump out. Only Prince Duan's family can hide the burial from me. Don't look at Princess Yongning, that girl is a girl!" Lord who eats people without spitting out bones!"
Zhao Guanren asked, "Where is Concubine Qin? She has a son from Prince Qin, but she is also a candidate for the crown prince!"
"Impossible! Concubine Qin Gui is a living dead person, and she has no connections inside or outside the palace..."
The queen shook her head firmly and said: "Don't be fooled by blindfolds. Although the harem looks like a mess, it is mostly under my control. I, the queen, am not just for nothing. There are only four people who are capable of burying corpses in the imperial garden." One, me, Princess Yongning, Commander-in-Chief, and Qianyexuan!"
"Grandmaster Qianyexuan doesn't even bother to do this..."
Zhao Guanren was puzzled and said: "The commander-in-chief has something in your hands, it is even more impossible for him to do such a thing, and why do you always insist on Yongning? Besides you, the most powerful person in the harem should be her grandma, Concubine Liu, who is ten years old. What can a five-year-old girl do?"
"My lord! You have ruled out three of the four..."
The queen sneered and said, "Concubine Liu is naturally capable of killing people and burying corpses, but she has no ability to hide it from me. Only the little princess is not under my control. She ran around the palace with a bunch of handles in her hands, except for that Who else is the goblin?"
"Let me ask you one more question..."
Zhao Guanren asked with piercing eyes: "You really don't like the sorcery in the Qi Refining Pavilion and the secret way of the Mercy Palace?"
do you know? "
"How can there be sorcery in the Qi Refining Pavilion?"
The queen shook her head in surprise and said: "I really don't know about this matter, and where is the secret way. I have lived in the Palace of Mercy for more than ten years and have never found any secret way. I don't need to lie You, if you really want to have a secret way, I won't be like this!"
"Who sent the old queen to die? Does anyone visit her from time to time..."
Zhao Guanren pointed to the ground, and the queen thought for a while and said, "Except for the old women who serve on a daily basis, there should be no one to visit. Besides, who would dare to visit the former queen? Yongning was ignorant when he was young, and always liked to come here." Listen to her story!"
"Why Yongning again?"
"You really think of her as an ignorant girl, the emperor has to go through her hands to turn over cards..."
The queen sneered and said: "The prince thought you were a talent before leaving Beijing. Yongning said that she would handle it, and she would be able to win you over with both soft and hard tactics. Later, you kidnapped her into the casino and made love to her on the boat. The prince will never forget all these things." It's clear!"
"Little Kuizi! He is your internal agent..."
Zhao Guanren's expression changed suddenly, and he suddenly remembered that the little princess's personal eunuch had arrived, but he hadn't seen him when he entered the palace this time.
"My lord! You finally came to your senses, Little Kuizi was silenced by Yongning long ago..."
The queen smiled and said: "Yongning does like you somewhat, but she knows that it is impossible to marry you. You are a waste if you marry her. She needs you to seek the throne for her father. There is no way out in the battle for the throne. Old Jiuyi Once defeated, the whole family will die, and the little goblin can't afford the price!"
"Yongning! I really underestimated her..."
Zhao Guanren stood up with a gloomy expression. Thinking about it carefully, something was wrong. Almost everything had the shadow of Yongning. Even her grandmother looked at her when she spoke, including the eunuch Tian Gonggong. The two of them were both allies and mentors.
"My lord! You may think that we are all lunatics, and we will do everything to fight for power..."
The queen said with a grim face: "But if you have seen with your own eyes, after the living concubine is peeled off the skin, washed grass, stuffed into a steamer and steamed, you will understand what we are fighting for. Who is not dripping urine while urinating? Gritting your teeth and crawling forward, the three-foot white silk is the best end!"
"Your Majesty! I wish you the best of luck, and don't want to be born in the emperor's house in your next life..."
Zhao Guanren patted her on the shoulder, the queen kowtowed to him, and said with a sad smile: "The damned emperor's family will never come again, it's just that we can't give up the family relationship. The slave family begged the prince to give the prince justice. He never thought about it." Murder the emperor!"
"There is no justice in the palace, I just want to have a clear conscience..."
Zhao Guanren walked out with his hands behind his back, and an old eunuch stepped in with a three-foot white silk. Zhao Guanren went outside the courtyard door and lit a cigarette, just in time to see Princess Yaoyue standing alone in the corridor, with her hair disheveled like a girl. Lost like a ghost.
"My mother... has she left..."
Yaoyue walked tremblingly to the entrance of the alley, Zhao Guanren took two puffs of cigarettes and walked away, said: "After all, the crown prince is his own son, and if she does not bear all the crimes, the crown prince will never recover. You bury her in the Go outside the city, she said she will never come to the damn emperor's house again!"
"What do you want to do, the emperor's eagle dog..."
Yaoyue looked at him with ashen face, Zhao Guanren walked past her and said with a smile without looking back: "Be an ordinary person! Greedy and lustful! Be upright! That's all! Hurry up and get married, leave this place It is your best choice, you are living like a zombie now, with no form but no soul!"
"It's God's day!"
Following the emotionless cry of the old eunuch, Yaoyue suddenly fell to her knees outside the small courtyard, and the empress who had been tossing her for most of her life went away like this, drawing an incomplete end in the harem...