When Qiu Yilan and his wife racked their brains to think about what Qiu Feng was thinking, they went to the Imperial City and Ganli Palace.
The palace door suddenly opened, and the strong wind blew in the snowflakes, blowing open the heavy curtains in one breath, revealing the innermost tent.
Queen Mother Ye, who was sleeping with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and was not surprised to see Ms. Lin personally carrying an ebony lacquer tray and walking in slowly: "Empress Dowager, it's time for you to get on your way!"
"Finally here?" Queen Mother Ye calmly patted the hand of the only old palace man beside her. Unlike the old palace man who turned pale instantly, the Queen Mother was very calm at the moment. She motioned to the old palace man to help her. Sitting up, she took a few glances at the poisonous wine from the plate held up by Miss Lin, who was kneeling in front of her. She raised the cup to drink it happily - but when the wine barely touched her lips, she suddenly stopped and smiled at the frowning Miss Lin. , "Don't worry, the Ai family has long wanted to be freed, and I won't bother you!"
Ms. Lin thought you'd better do this, otherwise you'd really call the guards in and force-feed her. Not to mention the embarrassment, the Jiang family's hard-earned guards might have to kill a few more people. It would be a waste.
She didn't want to create too many details, so she asked respectfully, "What else do you want me to do? Lord Duanrou, please rest assured that the Lord doesn't know anything, and the Queen will still regard her as her own flesh and blood!"
These words not only reassured Queen Mother Ye, but also reminded her: Whether your beloved county master can live a good life in the future depends on the Jiang family! Now that the Jiang family wants you to commit suicide, do you dare to die? !
Queen Mother Ye narrowed her eyes and looked at her for a while, then said leisurely: "The Ai family just want to ask a question: after General Ruan's grave was dug... did the Jiang family seize the opportunity to give that bitch Gu a hard slap? !”
"What?!" Ms. Lin was shocked and stood up. She didn't even care that the ebony lacquer plate in her hand fell on the thick felt. She raised her hand and knocked away the poisonous wine and shouted loudly for the guards to come in. "You keep an eye on her! I have something important to report to the Queen!"
Ever since Empress Dowager Ye failed in her attempt to murder the emperor, Empress Jiang had ordered her to keep an eye on her and not let her know about the outside world at all - especially since General Ruan's tomb was excavated, no outsiders have visited Empress Dowager Ye at all!
... A long while later, Queen Jiang arrived in person with a solemn expression and waved the guards away. She stared at Queen Mother Ye with piercing eyes: "It's you?! How did you do that?!"
"There are only a few loyal people in the Ai family, will they tell you?" Queen Mother Ye gave her an indifferent look and mocked, "Don't worry, the Ai family has been like this for many years, if those people are serious What can I do? I have already started. How can I wait until today? Moreover, the digging of General Ruan’s grave this time was originally done for your family. You know that I have nothing else but to hope that Duanrou can live a better life. , Just be a little less aggrieved!”
Queen Jiang's chest rose and fell violently several times, and she said, "Do you think we can rest assured if you say this?!"
Queen Mother Ye smiled: "So what if you don't worry? The Ai family is about to die anyway!"
"Duan Rou..." Queen Jiang looked at her coldly, "Do you really think I can't do anything?!"
"It's because of her that the Ai family won't tell you!" Empress Dowager Ye looked at her without giving in at all, "Duanrou doesn't know anything. The people and things in the Ai family's hands have not been revealed to her! So! , keep her and treat her well, it won't bother you at all! Of course, it's not difficult for you to wrong her and kill her... You don't know what other cards the Ai family has, maybe they don't know how to use them. How is she? If everyone knows, her safety depends on you... Hey! If you don't worry about the Ai family, the Ai family will worry about you!"
Even the unreasonable Empress Jiang was a little speechless at the moment. She paused for a while and then said: "Okay, we'll talk about this later. How did you come up with the idea of doing this? Did the nineteenth daughter-in-law come over that day to offend you? Or?"
"That young lady is very virtuous. In order to get the Ai family's words, she did not hesitate to describe her life experience in an attempt to arouse the sympathy of the Ai family!" A trace of ridicule appeared on the corner of the Queen Mother Ye's mouth, "It's just... she is still young after all! She thought that the Ai family was so easy to be sympathized with. A person who knows everything about his feelings!"
Queen Jiang frowned and said, "Then?"
"Aijia was very impatient and wanted to send her away!" Queen Mother Ye yawned lazily, "But she probably misunderstood that Aijia's unhappy expression was because she thought her experience was nothing more than this, so she sent Ruan away. The old general also talked about revenge against Kuang Shihanen - when the Ai family heard about it, wasn't this a ready opportunity to make amends and help the Jiang family? "
"So, the Ai family sent people to arrest a person who was closely related to the Kuang family, dragged him to General Ruan's grave, dug the grave, and hacked him to death there!"
Queen Mother Ye smiled and looked at Queen Jiang, whose face was livid: "How is it? This matter has helped you a lot, hasn't it?"
"You..." Queen Rao Shijiang has always been domineering and domineering, and she is far less caring than her nephew. At this moment, she also felt a heavy sense of guilt towards Qiu Yilan in her heart, "Damn it! This old woman has been dormant for decades and has not taken action. Then, once I take action, it turns out to be either regicide or grave digging - how can I explain this to the Nineteenth couple?"
If Qiu Yilan was just a little wronged, even if she was injured or something, Queen Jiang wouldn't think anything of it. She would even think that since she was the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family, she should make some sacrifices for the Jiang family.
But now this sacrifice—the grave of the elders! Is there any greater hatred or greater shame than this? !
Empress Jiang thought about the niece-in-law who had a bad temper in her mind, and felt a deep headache at her reaction after knowing the truth: "At that time, I was very disapproving of letting her come to see Mrs. Ye! It's just that I He was eager to ask questions, but the old woman threatened him. He swore an oath to Yongfu, and he didn't dare to break his promise. He called his wife without telling Nineteen... Now Nineteen's wife wants to know the truth, and she doesn't know what the trouble will be! You will definitely blame me!”
The queen was not afraid of Jiang Yashuang, but her nephew who had grown up and was the one she valued the most had a flaw in Queen Mother Ye's plan, and she couldn't make it work no matter how hard she thought!
But she couldn't refute what Queen Mother Ye said - General Ruan's grave was being dug, and the Jiang family was the one who took advantage, okay?
Coupled with Xue Chang's well-timed assist, it was all in one battle!
"The Gu family has indeed fallen into a disadvantage, but there is still some time left before her reputation is ruined!" Queen Jiang thought for a long time, and the more she thought about it, the more angry and resentful she became. Finally, she brushed her sleeves and gritted her teeth and said, "Do you want to know if this is true? ?! I’ve told you, can you go on your way?”
She knew that Queen Mother Ye deliberately exposed the truth about the excavation of General Ruan's tomb before drinking poisonous wine. She just hoped to see the Gu family's downfall before she died.
However, Queen Jiang just didn't give her this chance!
You dare to trick me, and you still want to die in peace? !
Seeing Queen Mother Ye drinking the poisonous wine with regret on her face, Queen Jiang finally felt a bad breath coming from her heart, but then she started to have a headache...
Empress Jiang, who had a headache, really had no shame to tell Qiu Yilan or even Jiang Yashuang, so she had to send someone to summon Qin Guogong to the Beique Hall. She stood back and told the story of the matter in a cryptic and shy manner, and asked Qin Guogong to give him some advice. Make up your own mind.
After hearing this, Qin Guogong's face turned pale: "What about Queen Mother Ye now?"
"This old woman is so vicious, my daughter has already sent her on her way!" When mentioning Queen Mother Ye, Queen Jiang still felt extremely angry, gritting her teeth and said, "After doing such a thing, I still want to see Mrs. Gu's death with my own eyes. …”
"Stupid!" The always elegant Duke of Qin rarely lost his temper. Not only did he scold the queen's daughter, he even slapped the tea set with his palm and almost dropped it. He had known for a long time that this daughter was not as smart as others thought, but he did not expect that she could. So stupid, "Since you are worried that the Nineteenth couple will have a problem with you because of what Queen Mother Ye has done, how can you still kill Queen Mother Ye?!"
Duke Qin really couldn't understand such a simple truth, and Queen Jiang couldn't even think of it, "If you leave Queen Mother Ye to let the Nineteenth couple deal with it, how much do you think they can blame you?!"
In the final analysis, the mastermind and planner of the excavation of General Ruan's grave was Queen Mother Ye. With her here, Jiang Yashuang and his wife, Qiu Jinglan, Ruan Ciyi and his wife, as well as the old troops in the Zhenxi Army far away, will only target her!
In this way, Queen Jiang's responsibility is minimal!
What did Queen Jiang do in the end? She was so angry that she told Queen Mother Ye to die!
Now, without Queen Mother Ye as the first target of hatred, General Ruan's juniors and old subordinates can turn their hatred to the second target of hatred - disobeying Jiang Yashuang's request and sending Qiu Yilan to see Queen Mother Ye, which led to all this Queen Jiang? ! !
Duke Qin could imagine that if these people knew what had happened, they would even suspect that the Jiang family was the mastermind, and Queen Mother Ye would not only be the scapegoat, but she would also be silenced by Queen Jiang!
"I really don't know if you have a stupid talent and can't teach me anything! Or maybe it's because our Jiang family has been so prosperous in recent years that you don't need to be too smart, just be arrogant to run rampant in this palace, so you are used to following the rules when things happen. Are you thinking too much?"
This was the first time since Empress Jiang came out of the cabinet to hear Qin Guogong say such serious words. The dignity of the long-term master of the Sixth Palace made her instinctively want to protect her own dignity: "Father, it is useless to say this now, the person is dead! The key is! It’s the aftermath.”
"What are you doing now?!" Qin Guogong sneered, "This matter must not be spread out! Not even the nineteenth daughter-in-law can be told! Otherwise, the nineteenth daughter-in-law hates you for trivial matters, and Qiu Jinglan hates you for trivial matters. The Zhenxi Army hates you, that’s the big problem!”
The Jiang family was involved in the Suppression of the West Army, and their capital was those people in the Suppression of the West Army who remembered General Ruan.
If they suspect that the head of the Jiang family was responsible for digging up General Ruan's grave, it is conceivable that all the Jiang family's current investment will be in vain! And no one reads this well!
When Qin Guogong said this, Queen Jiang also felt that she had caused a big trouble and bit her lip: "Father makes the decision in everything!"
"Treat Duanrou well from now on, and never wrong her again!" Qin Guogong said coldly, "Don't mention her marriage to Xiao Su again!"
Queen Jiang was stunned: "Why?"
"..." Qin Guogong looked at his daughter expressionlessly. He really didn't know whether he should vomit blood or slap her in the face. "Have you forgotten that Queen Mother Ye never revealed the manpower she sent to dig the grave?!"
If these people can dig graves, why can't they spread the news that the Jiang family is the real culprits in digging graves? !
"..." Queen Jiang's face suddenly turned red! She would never have thought of this normally, but it was rare that her father spoke harsh words today, and her heart suddenly became confused, so she was negligent.
Seeing that the queen was silent, Qin Guogong said with a sullen face: "Nineteenth daughter-in-law has suffered too much injustice this time. Even if Nineteenth doesn't tell her, we know it in our hearts... Never mention the idea of adding someone to Nineteenth again in the future. , be nice to her and find more reasons to compensate her! After all, the reason why Queen Mother Ye came up with this idea was because the nineteenth daughter-in-law wanted to help the family so much that she took advantage of her! "
Queen Mother Ye's men are too hidden, making it difficult to completely find and deal with them. Therefore, Qin Guogong felt that there was a possibility that this matter would be exposed accidentally in the future. In this case, the brother and sister Qiu Yilan would have to spend a lot of money to gain favor.
Lest it leak out one day and cause the old Ruan family to label the Jiang family as a feud, there will be no one to mediate... At least until the Jiang family completely takes control of the Zhenxi Army, the favorability of the brother and sister, including Ruan Ciyi and his wife, will Gotta brush it up!