The hall fell into dead silence again.
A few days ago, when the Imperial City Division presented pieces of evidence in front of everyone, especially the Empress Dowager and Chunjia, driving Ji Sheng into the abyss bit by bit, it was already jaw-dropping.
Although it has always been an open secret that the emperor's heirs had a difficult life in the palace, but it was still an unheard-of method to make it known to everyone, and it was very rare in all dynasties.
The result is now good, the empress is actually one of the victims, and the target of the attack is Lu Qidao, who doesn't mention his father specifically and doesn't think about it at all...
Dead silence, dead silence.
Even Chunjia didn't say anything immediately.
Everyone is not a fool. It is clear who is targeted by this incident.
The regent came out with a cold face: "Your Majesty, Mr. Ji is crazy. In the past, when Ji Sheng, a common man, was the crown prince, he had evil intentions. Otherwise, why would he protect Sun Yong? If he was truly kind-hearted, such a harmful person would As a strategy, we should kill all the Sun family members to prevent endless poisoning!"
"As the saying goes, like an aunt, like a nephew, the queen is the niece of commoner Ji Sheng, and she has always been on good terms with him. This is a matter that everyone in the palace knows. How could she not know about Ji Sheng's actions? ?After His Majesty’s wedding, the concubines became pregnant one after another, including the former noble concubine, Concubine Zhenxi Shu, and Mrs. Chunke, all of whom had miscarriages.”
"It would be too false to say that these were all done by Ji Sheng, a common man."
"After all, the common man Ji Sheng has entrusted the palace affairs with the queen since she entered the palace. Although the concubine went to Mianfu Palace from time to time to pay her respects, in fact Ji Sheng has not been in charge of the affairs for a long time. In this case, how can he instruct the palace people to attack the concubines? ?”
"Therefore, the queen is the source of many inexplicable miscarriages of your majesty's children!"
"Now that I have suffered a lot from it... Haha, who knows if it was because I accidentally hurt myself when I was thinking of ways to harm others earlier, so I feel resentful and don't want to see my concubine pregnant?"
Empress Ji did not explain her innocence, and just smiled leisurely: "During the long time when the regent was talking non-stop, Baohui Palace must have received the news?"
"Your Majesty, Prince Regent, this is a serious matter. In my opinion, it is better to send someone to Baohui Palace to have a look." After hearing this, King Zhou's eyes flashed and he said, "What does it involve about the innocence of the mother of a country?" , should not be ignored. Otherwise, how can we convince the public?"
The regent immediately glared at him.
King Zhou didn't realize it and said with a smile, "The little king has been in the vassal country for a long time and doesn't know much about temple matters. But whether the queen is virtuous or not is not a purely state matter, but also a family matter after all. The little king boldly spoke out. Oh... If there is anything wrong with what I said, I hope your majesty and the regent will not take offense to it!"
As he spoke, he bowed his hands to the regent above Danqi and in front of him as a sign of apology.
The regent had a sullen face, knowing that he had been won over by Chunjia and specially handed the ladder to the queen, but it was true that whether the queen's conduct was inappropriate was not only a state matter, but also a family matter of the Gongxiang family.
The King of Zhou is senior and old. With his attitude, even the regent would not be able to do anything to him on the spot - otherwise not only the clan members present will attack him in groups, but also the clan members who are still on the way and have not arrived. He will also feel that the regent is too overbearing and will increasingly side with Chunjia.
Fortunately, the regent was not alone. Some of the clansmen whom he had won over also stood up against the king of Zhou, saying that the queen's mother-in-law had to honor the world, and it had to be discussed seriously in the temple when she was enthroned. How could it be the same as ordinary people marrying wives? , let the clan members dictate
The most important thing is... he didn't come out, because when he said this, a chamberlain came in to report that the people who searched Baohui Palace had returned and had indeed found something, and wanted to bring it in for everyone to judge.
The regents were all shocked and asked: "Who went to search?! When did they go there?!"
The regent noticed Chunjia in particular and sneered, "Your Majesty is really good at it. The Queen just brought up Lu Chongyi. Your Majesty even prepared the people and evidence to search the palace. It's really hard work, Your Majesty!"
This was almost an obvious mockery, and in front of so many courtiers, royalists such as Yi Guogong were already full of anger. If Chunjia hadn't spoken yet, he would have stepped forward to scold them for their shamelessness. Courtesy and offense.
"Uncle Wang misunderstood." Chunjia raised her hand, raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at the door, and said softly, "I only allowed the queen to defend herself today, but I don't know how the queen will defend herself. How could she know how to talk to Lu Chongyi Does it matter? It’s just that when the queen made the request just now, the female relatives in the back hall listened and went to do it immediately. "
The regent sneered: "How can you believe that the palace concubines are fighting against each other?!"
"Of course, if you are just a palace concubine, you won't be able to convince the public." Chunjia was very calm, "But Aunt Dongxing and the others are both of the blood of my Gongxiang family, how can they cheat on this kind of thing?"
"Aunt Dongxing's granddaughter is Zhaorong in His Majesty's palace, and she is pregnant." The regent reminded everyone coldly, "How can Auntie not love Wujiwu and favor Your Majesty?"
Chunjia said calmly: "Aunt Dongxing favors me, I admit it. After all, let alone Zhaorong, my aunt loves her grandnephew. Is there any problem? But although the husband and wife are one, when it comes to important matters such as heirs, why does Uncle Wang think that? Will my great-aunt help the queen cover it up? You must know that when what happened to the common man Ji came out, my great-aunt was the most sad and sad, and she fainted in front of all the civil and military officials."
"It's okay for Uncle Wang to doubt others. To doubt my great-aunt would be too chilling for my great-aunt."
"That's right!" Before anyone arrived, an old woman in simple clothes held the waiter's hand and strode in with her head held high. She glanced at the regent and said lightly, "Ruoji, do you think I am the elder of the palace?" You are so confused that you can’t tell the difference between your own family and outsiders, and you regard a queen who is born in the Ji family more closely than the blood of my Gongxiang family?"
The regent was usually quite polite to these aunts and cousins of the same clan, but he definitely couldn't be polite at this moment. Hearing this, he said coldly: "How could it be? But I must be honest, although my aunt is the blood of the Gongxiang family, after all, She has been married to a foreigner for many years and is the wife of the Wei family. I guess my aunt is looking at the future of the Wei family more than anything else right now, right?"
It is impossible for you to know that the emperor's heir was harmed by the queen, but still favor the queen and ignore the fate of the Gongxiang family.
But it may not be impossible for you to tell lies with your eyes open for the sake of the Wei family's future that Chunjia promised you!
"The Wei family is in peace, what should I worry about? The royal family, on the other hand, has been making noises in the past two years." The eldest princess of Dongxing sneered and said, "I won't say anything specific, I just advise. If I want to send you this sentence: You are so old, why do you still have to vent your anger on the juniors all day long?"
The regent said coldly: "Auntie is older than Gu, so why don't you go out and wade in the muddy water yourself? But how can you say that Gu is wrong?"
The aunt and nephew exchanged words with each other, but Chunjia finally spoke up to persuade them to stop.
Chunjia advised them because: "Since my great-aunt has already searched the palace, I'd better show the evidence for everyone to see whether Lu Chongyi has been wronged."
The regent actually didn't want to agree, but in front of everyone, if he insisted on refusing, he would look shady.
The most important thing is that Taichu Palace is Chunjia's residence, and the people here only obey the orders of the Holy Master.
Chunjia asked for evidence, and they immediately brought it.
Empress Ji has always been prudent in doing things, and this time she was no different. Lu Qidao would definitely not be wronged if she was wronged - at least based on the evidence.
But then Lu Qidao, who was brought over, was almost hysterical and shouted injustice.
She insisted that although she was often in Ji Sheng's presence when she was a child, and would run to Mianfu Palace when something happened after becoming a palace concubine, her relationship with Ji Sheng was far from close enough to share such a secret: "Besides, concubine Why do you want to murder the empress? As I am in the palace, I am not favored, and my family background is not very good. Even if I give birth to a prince, I may not have great fortune. Do I still want to hate the middle palace?!"
"Moreover, the middle palace is of noble birth, and after entering the palace, it is even more important for the mother to treat the world. I can't even take the initiative to offer attentive service! Where did I get the ability to do this to the queen? !!"
This would make more sense if it were a concubine, but Lu Qidao, Empress Ji was too lazy to use her brain and said directly: "You are the adopted daughter of Qingping Hou, who was born as an old servant of Ji Sheng, a commoner."
Therefore, I have a close relationship with Ji Sheng and Ji Sheng's attendants, and I have a chance to learn how civet cats can harm people. Also, because I have a close relationship with Ji Sheng and Ji Sheng's attendants, I have the opportunity to get in touch with the queen who has a lot of contacts with Ji Sheng... Anyway, Queen Ji Even if he is determined, except for Lu Qidao, it is impossible for anyone else to use this method to harm him!
As for what the regent just said, it is suspected that the reason why Empress Ji fell into the trap was because she accidentally harmed herself when she wanted to harm others.
Empress Ji vetoed the idea outright, on the grounds that if she had known that she could not have children, and knew the reasons for her infertility, why had she sat there and watched her concubines have miscarriages one after another all these years without doing anything
After all, as the main palace, any children born to concubines are her children.
The concubines were fine, but the key was the concubines. The childless queen had priority in raising children, especially since the Ji family was so powerful at that time. Even if the pregnant concubine had the throne, could the queen not be able to grab it if she wanted to
The reason why she watched helplessly as many concubines were happily pregnant and miserable with miscarriages was because she didn't know anything!
There are quite a few people who believe these words, but it's not that they believe that Queen Ji would have spared those concubines if she really knew the situation. But I believe that if she had known earlier that she could not have children, how could she have foolishly allowed Chunjia to have no children? You have long imitated Yun Fenghuang and raised two royal heirs with humble birth mothers under your lap, right
Some people even secretly disapproved of Chunjia's overthrow of the Ji family, and secretly suspected that the queen was actually tricked by the emperor.
Because it was Chunjia who exposed the civet cat's obstruction of the heirs, which meant that Chunjia knew about it in advance. So how far in advance did he know? Judging from the incident of Mr. Chao's betrayal, this person is very good at forbearing and is very particular about not taking action. Once he does, he will kill with one strike.
Maybe the emperor knew about this method not long after he ascended the throne, and then secretly used it on Empress Ji...
Now arrange for the queen to jump out and bite down another Lu Qidao.
This speculation is supported by reality: before Chunjia took office, the only concubines who were pregnant were Concubine Shu and Yuan Yuniang.
Both of these families support Chunjia.
Like the Queen, former Concubine Xin, Mrs. Yaoning, former Zhaoyuan and now Kang Jieyu, Lu Qidao, Jia Pingye... there is no movement at all!
Kang Jieyu's twins were born after Chunjia took office. The former imperial concubine was conceived on the eve of Chunjia's taking office.
In this case, Chunjia's theory is that the emperor has his own destiny, so those who don't agree with him are not blessed to be born as emperors. What's more to blame is that the emperor is clever and doesn't want to keep the concubine. Neither can get pregnant.
If you think more darkly, maybe the pregnancy of the former imperial concubine and Kang Jieyu had the emperor's plan in mind: the former was because he had an uncle who was a hussar general. The emperor wanted to use Zheng Ju, but he didn't want Zheng Ju to interfere in the palace. If there are too many, then of course the former imperial concubine cannot keep her, and if the former imperial concubine’s child can be born smoothly, it will be the emperor’s eldest son!
With such an heir gone, how could the Zheng family let the culprit go
Kang Jieyu, the legitimate daughter of the Ji family, when the relationship between the emperor and the Ji family was tense, the two princes she gave birth to made it easier for the Ji family to calm down: without these two children, the Ji family might have fought with him. ; With these two children, especially the two children who are only a few months apart in age from the eldest prince, Ji can't help but think about being gentler and recommending one of the two children to the top...
... In short, no one now thinks that the queen went to court today to defend herself. It was her own intention and her own rhetoric.
The regent thought so too. He stopped talking to the queen and looked directly at Danqi. He asked Chunjia: "Where is your majesty? Your majesty also thinks that an unpopular Chongyi needs to be bold enough to murder the middle palace?! What good does she gain by harming Zhonggong herself?!"
"It's not just that the palace has no children." There was silence in the palace. Chunjia considered her words and did not answer for a while. At this time, Empress Ji suddenly said quietly, "Your Majesty has been on the throne for nearly ten years, and he only has an heir this year... He has been killed in these years. I'm afraid there are too many concubines who have children. It should be said that before His Majesty took charge, the most troublesome thing for the palace was that His Majesty had no children."
That was all she said, but she continued, "Who can take advantage of His Majesty's childlessness? The Regent knows this, doesn't he? I have no children, and His Majesty has no children, so Lu Chongyi will not get direct benefits."
"But who told her that her adopted father also had an adopted daughter, who was the step-concubine of the regent and gave birth to the regent's legitimate son?"
The court was silent for a breath, and the next moment, discussions broke out!