"The Queen plotted to kill the King of Chu?" In the Huanhua Palace, Yun Fenghuang listened to Chen Jing's report and smiled, "This move is quite interesting..."
If Chunjia still has some feelings for Gu Zhen, it is probably because of the King of Chu.
Because if nothing happened to King Chu, the emperor sincerely wanted this prince to take the position of the East Palace.
After all, this prince's biological mother came from a humble background, and he fell ill a few days after giving birth, which not only reassured Gu but also satisfied Chunjia.
The King of Chu was also very intelligent before he fell ill... In short, he met Chunjia's requirements very well.
If the prince hadn't been crippled, neither the queen nor the Gu family would have suffered and struggled like this in the past two years. Not to mention that he was suspicious of Chun Jia and could not trust him no matter what.
After all, Gu Zhen has had a clear goal since she ascended to the throne. She does not compete for favor or the emperor's heart. Even the power of the queen can be shared with Yun Fenghuang and Shu Fei De Fei. She only cares about the East Palace and Qingci Palace. belonging.
So when something happened to the King of Chu, Gu Zhen had no legitimate son for quite some time, which made her completely lose her direction.
Even though the tenth and twelfth princes later came into being, the age gap between these two children and the eldest son of the concubine, King Qin, as well as King Chu's missteps, put a lot of pressure on the queen.
She was not only worried that older princes such as King Qin would put pressure on the tenth and twelfth princes, but she was also worried that these two children would be like the king of Chu. Because of their status as legitimate sons, they would attract poisonous hands, causing years of nurturing and cultivation to come to nothing.
If the King of Chu is doing well, Gu Zhen... what should he be afraid of
King Chu and King Qin were born in the same year, only a few months apart!
After something happened to the prince, Gu Zhen almost collapsed.
Although she still resents Chunjia, believing that he did not try his best to investigate the truth and avenge the King of Chu, and because she suspected that Chunjia was deliberately protecting the culprit by doing so, she was led by Yun Fenghuang to suspect that the Queen Mother Yuan was the real culprit. But Yun Fenghuang knew in his heart that although Queen Mother Yuan may not have attacked the King of Chu, Chunjia felt somewhat guilty towards the Queen and the King of Chu about this matter.
The queen Gu Zhen was different from the Queen of the Yuan Dynasty, Ji Lingzi. She was appointed by Chunjia herself.
Although there is Yun Fenghuang's recommendation, in the final analysis it is because she meets the emperor's requirements.
The emperor knew Gu Zhen very well and knew that this concubine, who had been Yaoning's wife for more than ten years, was actually not capable enough to take on the important responsibilities of the Sixth Palace. But what he wanted was this kind of incompetent noblewoman to be the queen, so as to prevent the future situation where the queen mother came to serve as regent and made the relatives become powerful.
Under such circumstances, he should not expect Gu Zhen to protect the King of Chu well by himself.
If Gu Zhen had this ability, neither Yun Fenghuang nor Chunjia would let her sit in the back seat.
Although Yun Fenghuang believed that the King of Chu was not lucky enough to be the crown prince and was an example of how difficult it was to raise Jingui's children, Chunjia was finally touched by the queen's subsequent sorrows.
Therefore, Queen Mother Yuan chose this matter to start with.
"Empress, this seems unlikely. The Empress has always taken good care of His Highness the King of Chu so far." Chie said in a low voice, "She shouldn't be able to kill His Highness the King of Chu... Besides, the three sisters of Concubine Mu are here. Since entering the palace, I have not immediately given birth to children for Your Majesty. If Ping had not given birth to the tenth prince, the Queen would have gone crazy with worry!"
"Of course it's impossible." Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "The queen has always regarded me as a serious problem. Even after she had the tenth and twelfth princes under her knees, she was still uneasy because she was afraid that the Qin King would be younger than the tenth princes and them. A few years older, I was worried that when the two princes grew up, their concubine brothers would already be full-fledged and become a stumbling block to the East Palace! But the criticism made by the loving mother, the Queen Mother, made sense: Who told King Chu that after something happened, the Queen, no, It should be said that the Gu family filled the harem with three Gu family daughters in one breath? So it is not unreasonable to say that the Queen and the Gu family do not want the King of Chu, but only want a prince with Gu family blood. "
"So even if the queen has been very good to King Chu so far, she still can't clear her suspicions."
"After all, being nice to the King of Chu before was just to get away with it after committing a murderous attack; being nice to the King of Chu later could also be out of guilt, right?"
"Furthermore, the Empress Dowager knows that this palace did not act for nothing. Since the people of Chongchang Palace betrayed him and exposed it to the public, at least he must have provided a lot of evidence!"
"The queen is not this palace, so I'm afraid she may not be able to keep her composure."
"When the time comes to make a fuss in public, what if I say something I shouldn't have said... Haha."
There was a sneer on her lips, but her eyebrows were slightly frowned. Under normal circumstances, she would certainly be happy to see both the Queen and the Queen Mother suffer.
But right now...
The queen really can't collapse for the time being.
Thinking of this, Chen Jing asked: "Go and prepare for what I said before. Later, if the queen goes to the previous court, be careful. If the situation becomes unruly, come and inform me!"
As he spoke, he let out a long sigh, caressed his bulging belly, and said to himself, "What is the fate of this child? He has not yet landed, but he is in such trouble!"
"Mother, this may be a good sign." He and his wife hurriedly comforted him, "The emperor went through ups and downs before he was born. After he was born, everything is smooth sailing. He is ordinary and wealthy!"
Yun Fenghuang laughed and said, "Stop talking about this, just go ahead and keep an eye on it."
After a pause, he said, "Be sure to take good care of the Seventh Prince. Don't forget that Yin Qu worked hard at the court today. Why?"
"My slave, I obey!" the attendant quickly agreed and whispered, "His Royal Highness King Qin and His Highness Princess Zhaoqing just wanted to come over to pay their respects..."
"Let them go and rest." Yun Fenghuang shook his head before he finished listening, and said calmly, "I am very busy here, and I don't have time to see them for the time being. Tell them to be obedient and stop messing around."
As for whether the two royal heirs, who had always been pampered, would be sad and angry because of this, she was too lazy to care now and had no time to care.
Anyway, these two children are just that in Chunjia's eyes. What is she afraid of
The most valuable thing in front of her now is the Seventh Prince.
The Xuanqing Palace was still stable for the time being because of the throne. In the Chongchang Palace, after hearing the words of the palace attendants, the Queen was stunned for a moment and vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot!
"Empress!" Zuo Zuo was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
"...Yuan family's bastard!!!" Gu Zhen didn't realize at first what it meant for the deputy general manager of Chongchang Palace to report on her plot to murder the King of Chu, because this accusation was simply unbelievable to her!
Then, I just felt that all the blood in my body was rushing into my brain!
She couldn't care about anything, stood up with a scream, and asked someone to get her bow and arrows, "Yuan's wretched maid! Yuan's old wretched maid!!! I am incompatible with her! We are incompatible!!!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down!" The attendant was so frightened that he sent people outside to clear the place to prevent the crowds from hearing what they shouldn't hear. At the same time, he knelt down and pulled the Queen's belt, " Isn't it true that the empress is so impulsive that her relatives will hate her and her enemies will be happy?! You must know that the empress dowager, your loving mother, is still in a coma, and the person jumping up and down in front of you is nothing but Xing Ning Bo! In your majesty's mind, the importance of the empress dowager and Xing Ning Bo Is it the same? Your Majesty, your Majesty, is now bluntly saying that the Empress Dowager is a loving mother. If word spreads, it will only make His Majesty feel disgusted! Please think again, Your Majesty! Please think again, Your Majesty!"
Gu Zhen was pulled by them and couldn't move. After venting for a long time, he suddenly sat down on the ground and cried loudly!
"Your Majesty, don't be like this." Zuo Zuo knew that she was in pain. There were many things that the Queen regretted in her life. The most regretful thing was that she failed to protect herself, so that she had nothing to do. She also failed to protect the King of Chu. As for facing today's difficulties.
To this day, the Queen is secretly investigating the real culprit who murdered the King of Chu. She has doubted the Queen Mother Yuan, the imperial concubine, many many people, and even Chunjia... Of course, under Yun Fenghuang's instigation, she doubted the Queen Mother Yuan the most.
As a result, she was now added to the list of suspects!
"Mother, the Queen Mother may not have done this. Maybe it was the Imperial Concubine who did it? You know, the Imperial Concubine has always wanted to nudge us to deal with the Empress Dowager." The attendant knelt on the ground, holding Gu Zhen's arm, with tears streaming down his face. , "At times like this, you can't be messy! You can't just be sad! You have to think of a way! And this may not be a good thing. When something happened to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there was a thorough investigation from top to bottom, but there was still no clue. Maybe. , what happened this time was caused by the real culprit. Then let’s follow the clues, and we can avenge His Highness the King of Chu and also you, the Empress!”
Then he said, "The old man was fighting hard for my wife in the previous court. Now it is my duty for my wife to cooperate with the old man and wash away my grievances! Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the culprit would be gloating about his misfortune?"
After all the hard talk, Gu Zhen was finally persuaded.
But she couldn't stay any longer. After a little tidying up her appearance, she didn't even bother to change her clothes, so she went to the front court to argue with the eater!
By the way, let’s investigate and find out who harmed her King Chu, and beat him up!
However, what happened after Gu Zhen rushed over in an aggressive manner was just as Yun Fenghuang expected: since the deputy general manager dared to "reveal" such an appalling truth in front of Manchu Wenwu and Chunjia, he was certainly quite confident.
He was not at all worried about the Queen's arrival. Instead, he plausibly cited pieces of evidence to prove that in the palace that year, the Queen was openly caring for the King of Chu, but secretly encouraged the palace people to neglect to take care of the King of Chu. , so that the king of Chu had a high fever and became stupid.
The key is that this matter, combined with several facts, caused the ministers to whisper, and many of them actually believed it.
First, the reason why King Chu fell ill was that he caught a cold. At his age and in the mountains during summer vacation, it was very possible. The problem is, he was playing with the third prince at the time. But the third prince is safe! This is also the reason why after the accident, the queen believed that King Chu was murdered rather than due to bad luck. The imperial doctor's explanation was that people's constitutions are different, and with the same care and the same clothes, it is possible that the third prince was not sick, but the King of Chu was so sick that his brain was damaged. And how many months older is the third prince than the King of Chu
At this time, the deputy general manager talked about the reason why the third prince Dao was safe and sound because although he was adopted by the queen, he was not his legitimate son and would not block the way of a prince with Gu family blood like the twelfth prince. He was also able to erect a memorial arch for the queen to treat her concubine kindly, thus escaping a disaster;
Secondly, after the King of Chu's accident, rumors were banned that the emperor intended to adopt other concubines for the queen, who would be recorded as legitimate sons. But the queen was unhappy and refused many times. Taking advantage of the emperor's guilt and pity, she finally succeeded in recommending the three Gu Su sisters to the palace. Let me ask you, if it weren't for something happening to King Chu, would Gu Susan... have the opportunity to serve the emperor? Not to mention giving birth to a prince with Gu family blood!
Therefore, there is every reason to suspect that the queen is shouting to catch the thief.
Third, the death of the biological mother of the twelfth prince!
The deputy general manager shook off the "truth" in public: "My dear Mr. Gu did not commit suicide at all, but was murdered for someone else! It was precisely because of this discovery that the slave girl was so frightened that she could not sleep peacefully all day long, so she braved the disapproval of the world and boldly went to the palace. , expose what the Queen has done!"
To be honest, with Gu Liman's status, even if she was the biological mother of the twelfth prince, her death was really not a big deal in the minds of Chunjia and the other ministers.
But it depends on when the commotion started.
In this situation, this matter is just adding fuel to the fire!
It has pushed a situation that was already on the rise to a new peak.
The emperor on the throne was expressionless.
The deputy manager was still talking: "... As we all know, among the three Gu girls recommended by the Queen to serve His Majesty in the palace, Little Gu has the most gentle and sensible temperament. Even after giving birth to the twelfth prince, she is still docile and silent. But However, the Queen still refused to let go of Mr. Gu. Not only did she hint that Concubine Mu and Gu Cairen were targeting Mr. Gu, not long ago, she also took advantage of the dispute between Concubine Mu and Mr. Gu and eliminated them! She even blamed Mu. Concubine Mu made everyone in the Sixth Palace believe that Concubine Gu was forced to death by Concubine Mu! She was a sister of the same race as the Queen Concubine, and she also gave birth to an heir for the Queen Concubine! The Queen Concubine could not tolerate her, and the servants were really scared. …”
"Die Nuo!!!!" At this time, the gap between Gu Zhen and Ji Lingzi became apparent. The latter's family was destroyed and the building was about to collapse. Even when facing the malicious monarchs and ministers alone, she still maintained her dignity as a queen.
But Gu Zhen couldn't do it. The weak palace maid was not a queen who was skilled in holding a bow and horse. She immediately rushed up and gave the deputy general manager a firm slap in the face!
And then... Then if the palace maid hadn't caught up with her immediately and grabbed her, she would have wanted to kick her a few more times.
This outburst showed the anger in the queen's heart, but several courtiers, led by Xing Ningbo, immediately came out to persuade her to calm down her anger. Their attitude was very respectful. The meaning behind the words was to ask the queen to be calm and calm down. She has something to say in public. Under the circumstances, it can't be true or false, so don't be so impulsive.
The others who did not come out to speak had expressions of dissatisfaction with the Queen.
After all, Concubine Min, who was famous for her humble background but was favored by the emperor, did not behave like this when she was criticized at the court meeting...
With the comparison of Yun Fenghuang, it is difficult for everyone not to be disappointed with the current successor.
"Your Majesty, everyone, the Queen has been straightforward since she was a child, and what she is worst at is lying." However, this may not be a good thing. Mr. Gu immediately stood up and took advantage of the situation to defend his granddaughter, "In front of Your Majesty and the ministers, the Queen Even if you are so impulsive, how can you do what this naughty slave said one by one?"