Qiu Yilan was slightly surprised that the Queen Mother Ye would speak first and in such a way. After thinking about it, she said, "I have indeed endured a lot of hardships, but I don't know why the Queen Mother would think so?"
Originally she wanted to keep an eye on the Jiang family and treat Queen Mother Ye leniently, but now that she saw the old man, she had no idea - everyone could see that even if the Jiang family didn't take action, Queen Mother Ye would not live long.
I am afraid that the reason why she has been able to survive for such a long time from the aloof step-queen to the so-called empress dowager who lives in seclusion is because of her dormant faith waiting for opportunities. He moved while waiting for an opportunity, and his energy and spirit were exhausted. Naturally, he couldn't hold on.
"Because this method was accidentally learned from a poor man." Queen Mother Ye stared at her with complex eyes, including sadness, resentment, and more of dejection, "In the early years, Liang Xiaogeng had to move around because of his poor family. He stole to support himself. Once he stole several eggs from a farmer, but was caught. The kid would have been very hungry, and after being caught, he did not forget to put the raw eggs in his mouth and swallow them. He went down there, which made his master angry, so he fed him some arsenic, which is used to poison rats, and then left him in the wild to die. Unexpectedly, he was safe! "
She seemed a little tired after saying such words. She closed her eyes and said, "Later, he really couldn't survive and had to become a chamberlain... When I first entered the palace, I was very depressed. I often went to the place where he was responsible for cleaning and sat around. After getting to know him well, he wanted to relieve my boredom, so he told me this. In his opinion, it was God's will to kill him, but I became curious... I tried it privately with two palace maids who had been executed with a cane. Sure enough…”
At this point, Empress Dowager Ye stopped talking. Qiu Yilan pondered for a while and said: "I know this method, but it was learned by my mother and concubine when she was afraid that I would be harmed and asked about the art of repelling poison." She thought to herself. No wonder Queen Mother Ye is in such a miserable state, yet she can still command the emperor's personal attendant Liang Xiaogeng. It turns out that these two people have been friends for a long time - how many years has it been since Queen Mother Ye, the successor, entered the palace? Forty years? Fifty years
And judging from Queen Mother Ye's tone, the two of them were not in a direct superior-subordinate relationship, otherwise neither Queen Mother Gu nor Queen Jiang would have allowed Liang Xiaogeng to serve the emperor personally. On the contrary, Liang Xiaogeng was the emotional trash can of Queen Mother Ye for a long time when she was a girl because of cleaning the place... This kind of relationship with spiritual communication, not to mention platonic love, how could they be close friends, right
Otherwise, how can ordinary friendship still make one party work for the other party after more than thirty years of decline
"Although the Ai family has stayed here for many years, Duanrou comes to visit from time to time, and I can still hear about things outside... You have a good mother and concubine." Queen Mother Ye breathed out, opened her eyes again, and looked sadly She said, "It's a pity that the Ai family is useless compared to your mother and concubine. Back then, I couldn't protect my sister's biological flesh and blood, and watched the prince's family disappear, leaving only Qiyang... Now I want to speak out for Duanrou, but it's actually a drag on her." Got her!"
Qiu Yilan pursed her lips, but she still couldn't hold it back and said: "Empress, I really don't understand why you are doing this? After all, even if your plan succeeds this time and His Majesty dies - no matter whether the Queen Mother Gu or the Queen, After losing power, can the Duanrou County Lord and his family recover?"
The most important thing is, "Duan Rou's marriage has been promised by the Empress. If when Xiao Su pays filial piety, Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu and Prince Ou will have an heir, it will be cancelled. So this matter is not without change." room."
"This is just your idea, maybe your wish, but who knows what will happen in the future?" Empress Dowager Ye responded to her confusion with an indifferent smile and said coldly, "Maybe Princess Yongfu will never forget Xiao Su... By that time, the queen might find Duanrou an eyesore again! The most important thing is that Duanrou has followed the instructions of the Ai family and has been following Princess Yongfu for so many years, obeying and flattering her in everything, and the Ai family has no other agenda. Just because they think about Duanrou’s cleverness and humiliation, they just want to give this child a loyal county horse!”
Queen Mother Ye closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were as sharp as knives!
She growled lowly, like a wounded female animal, "They still don't take Duanrou seriously!!!! Yongfu is a city-level treasure that cannot be blown away by the slightest wind in the palm of his hand. The Duanrou of the Ai family Rou, that is also a legitimate clan bloodline! If that bitch from the Gu family hadn't plotted against her grandfather in a despicable way - even if they didn't mention these things, just because of Duanrou's companionship with Yongfu all these years, they would still have the nerve to take advantage of Duanrou for the rest of their lives. Just to prevent Yongfu from being wronged!"
"But if Empress Dowager Gu gains power, I don't think she will be kind to Duan Rou and the others..." Qiu Yilan frowned slightly, "Isn't it right?" Empress Dowager Gu killed the family of the former prince and Prince Neng of Qiyang County. It was because of a brain problem that she became the Queen Mother. Although the Duanrou County Lord was a girl, how could Queen Mother Gu let her go because of her closeness to the Jiang family over the years
"Of course the Ai family knows that whether it's the Gu family's bitch or Jiang Tianluan's ruthless thing, whichever one gains power will not be a good thing for Duan Rou of the Ai family!" Queen Mother Ye sneered after hearing this, "What do you think? Is the purpose of the Ai family's attack this time just to help one of them? It seems that it was just a coincidence that you saw through the Ai family's method of poisoning the emperor before! "
Qiu Yilan was startled, then after thinking for a moment, her face changed slightly: "Which prince did the queen contact?! Or, which clan member?!"
Since Queen Mother Ye's purpose is not to deal with Queen Mother Gu or Queen Jiang, she can only deal with both parties at the same time - in fact, if you think about it carefully, this is exactly the case. At the moment when neither side is ready for the final battle, if the emperor is really killed Now, the second queen is forced to start the war in advance. If either side wins, it will be a tragic victory!
Under such circumstances, it is a good time for the ambitious and courageous princes and clan members of the royal family to rise up - after all, there is a group of forces in the court that even the second empress does not dare to intimidate: the Neutral Party!
The Neutral Party has no grudge against the Duanrou County Lord's family, and the royal family members have no holidays with the Duanrou County Lord's family. Even though the Duanrou County Lord's grandfather died inexplicably, time has changed and the County Lord just cannot inherit the heir. As long as the new king is not mentally ill, any woman will not embarrass this family!
"Sure enough, there is not a single fuel-efficient lamp in the palace!" Qiu Yilan smiled bitterly and thought to herself, "I thought Queen Mother Ye was so angry... that she had planned all the options for this junior!"
To be honest, Qiu Yilan very much agrees with Empress Dowager Ye's thinking: if the Queen's Party can ignore the life-long event of County Master Duanrou once, they can ignore her life a second time... This kind of completely unreliable Is it safe to change the seat of my backer
If she were the Queen Mother Ye, she would also try to trick the Second Queen to death and support the orthodox prince's succession to power in exchange for the new prince's promise to protect Duanrou's family!
It’s just that Queen Mother Ye was a bit unlucky: the first emperor was not dead! The second is that her poisoning strategy was discovered...
"There is nothing we can do about it. Who told me that I am the wife of the Jiang family now?" Qiu Yilan feels very painful now. From a personal perspective, Queen Mother Ye's approach is very suitable to her; but from the overall situation, she must side with the Jiang family. ! After all, if Queen Mother Ye's plan succeeds, the Jiang family will definitely not end well!
Qiu Yilan's heart went up and down for a moment, and suddenly she heard Queen Mother Ye smiling and saying, "Do you think the Ai family will tell you?"
"Didn't you say that you would not tell me until you met me?" Qiu Yilan knew that she did not intend to fulfill her promise as soon as she heard Queen Mother Ye's words, and Queen Mother Ye did exactly that - she said nonchalantly: "It's just a casual talk. , I just want to know whose hand I lost to... Originally, the Ai family always thought that even if this plan failed, the Ai family would be fine. "
There was a hint of sadness in his eyes, "What a pity Liang Xiaogeng..."
"Are you deliberately keeping this thorn in the heart of the Jiang family?" Qiu Yilan pondered for a while and said, "In this way, the Jiang family is not sure who in the royal family is, and can only distrust all possible heirs? "
With the Jiang family's style of conduct, they would naturally rather kill someone by mistake than let it go - but Queen Jiang has no biological son, and she cannot be the queen. If she wants to take power, it is impossible not to support a member of the Chu family to ascend the throne. So no matter how much you kill, you have to keep a few... The problem is that although there are many members of the royal family, they are killing people just based on the hint given by Queen Mother Ye. How can the world believe this? !
All in all, Queen Mother Ye made no secret of her purpose in attacking the emperor, which directly aroused mutual suspicion between the Jiang family and the royal family - the Jiang family suspected that someone in the royal family intended to rely on Queen Mother Ye's secret hand to kill their own family and the real king. The world; people in the royal family suspect that the Jiang family has evil intentions, but they are just looking for an excuse to massacre members of the Chu family!
Now even if Queen Mother Ye revealed which prince she originally planned to support to come to power, no one would believe her.
Because who knows if Queen Mother Ye deliberately dragged out irrelevant people in order to cover her true allies
Queen Mother Ye looked at her with a smile: "Why do you think the Ai family still has allies? It may be that the Ai family knows that every move is under surveillance. It is already very difficult to send a message to Liang Xiaogeng... She has no intention and no ability to follow. What kind of alliance between princes and clans is this? They just want to poison the emperor and provoke a fierce conflict between you and the bitch of the Gu family! Anyway, the Ai family will be happy if any of your two factions falls! Here, do you believe it?”
Qiu Yilan was silent.
She didn’t say whether she believed it or not, she just said that the Queen’s Party would definitely not believe it!
The reason is very simple. No matter how you say it, Empress Dowager Ye is the successor of the previous emperor. As Empress Jiang said, Empress Dowager Gu won the palace battle and almost wiped out the former crown prince. She also wiped out her relatives, the Ye family, and the former crown prince's family. My aunt and aunt are actually still alive today! He also placed chess pieces like Liang Xiaogeng next to the emperor! She said she couldn't collude with the prince? ! What a joke!
Maybe even the clan members will be suspected!
"The emperor is not dead, and the current situation is still one where the two empresses are fighting for power." Qiu Yilan frowned, "It is not a good thing to be suspicious of the entire royal family at this time... Although the heroine has been in power and the royal family has declined over the years, but No matter how weak this flag is, the Queen Mother’s Party and the Queen’s Party will not dare to throw it away! Isn’t it true that the Neutral Party only maintains its foothold under the banner of loyalty to the emperor?”
Of course, Qiu Yilan is still very confident that the Queen's Party will kill the Queen Mother's Party, but she also knows, "Once the Queen Mother's Party suffers a tragedy and the Queen's Party becomes the dominant family, then this suspicion will not just be suspicion, but can be turned into action!" "
Considering how domineering and arrogant the Jiang family was when it was still "Jiang Banchao", Qiu Yilan could imagine what kind of miserable life the royal family members would lead when "Jiang Banchao" became "Jiang Yichao"!
There is no suspicion of guilt, which puts no pressure on most of the Jiang family!
They have long been used to being domineering!
And after losing the constraints of the Queen Mother Party, many people may act even more unscrupulously!
Whether Duke Qin or Queen Jiang, these two high-level officials of the Queen's Party have always been so tolerant towards their own people...
The problem is, it’s okay to treat one or two royal family members badly, but if you treat them too much... the Jiang family will be considered a rebel even if they don’t rebel!
No matter what Queen Mother Ye had in mind before poisoning the emperor, at least with her current words, her purpose of making life difficult for the Jiang family was achieved...
"Alas! This husband's family..." Qiu Yilan smiled bitterly, "It doesn't matter if there is a mess in the back house. After all, it is a small detail and has nothing to do with the overall situation! If you do too many evil things outside, you will be punished, right? Lord Duanrou County is easy to bully? Qi Qi? Are Prince Yang and his wife easy to bully? The rabbit bites people when they are in a hurry! How much more so?"
She looked at the smiling Empress Dowager Ye and felt that there was no need to stay any longer - because she had almost seen through the purpose of Empress Dowager Ye's meeting her: curiosity and unwillingness.
As for her calculations and seemingly false purposes, Qiu Yilan believed that the Queen Mother Ye was very willing to let the Queen's party go crazy with her thoughts, and she would say it whether she came or not.
So if you stay any longer, you will be led in circles... Let Empress Jiang and the others worry about such troubles!
Qiu Yilan stood up: "I will bring these words to the Queen. Duanrou is a good child. I have always liked her, so if possible, I will try my best to protect her. But I am just a granddaughter-in-law of the Jiang family. , that’s all I can do... If you don’t have anything else to say, I’ll leave first?”
"There is no need to use Duan Rou to scare the Ai family. Can the Ai family still trust the Jiang family?" Queen Mother Ye replied indifferently.
Qiu Yilan didn't care: "Then I'll say goodbye!"
She walked to the door without any hesitation, and Queen Mother Ye suddenly said: "Stop!"