In fact, the emperor and his ministers did not quite believe what the heads of the Luo and Meng families said.
After all, the Gu family is not crazy. Even if Gu Zhen really murdered the King of Chu in order to let the prince with Gu's blood become the East Palace, the King of Chu and the King of Chu were already stupid, and his biological mother was also from a humble background. At this point, the emperor There may not necessarily be a big fight. But in the imperial capital, sending dead soldiers to attack the ancestral residence of two important ministers, killing people, setting fires and so on... This is what will push the entire family on the road to destruction!
The ministers were more interested in the conclusive evidence from the two families that the queen had murdered the king of Chu.
Unable to predict the emperor's thoughts, several important ministers carefully chose to remain silent.
At this time, it is natural to take advantage of the situation for the sake of gain, or to ask for the ins and outs of the situation.
The head of the Luo family said: "I only learned about this recently! The main reason is that the Queen has always had a reputation for respect. Who would think of her like that? When the Second Princess was still in the presence of Concubine Jing, she also occasionally felt cold. Yes. Because of the example of His Highness King Chu, Concubine Jing was extremely anxious... "
After hearing this, Chunjia looked at Yan Yin next to him, and when he saw Yan Yin nodding calmly, he realized that this was indeed the case.
He had a lot of things to do all day long, and when he had a little free time, the concubines in the harem divided it up. The only ones who could be divided among the children were those who could benefit from the glory of their respective mothers and concubines.
For example, Concubine Jing has only been favored a few times in the past two years. How can she take care of the second princess
Besides, she is not the biological mother of the second princess, and she doesn’t expect this cheap daughter to bring any benefits to her when she grows up. Every time Chunjia goes over, she certainly won’t talk about the child like the noble concubine De Fei did. body, or arrange for the child to come out to win Chunjia's favor.
Therefore, Chunjia's impression of his daughter this time was more vivid than when the emperor's heirs were personally questioned about their studies in the side hall of Taichu Palace before they officially entered school.
But I just remember that this daughter is not as smart and beautiful as Zhaoqing. She is a relatively silent and even a bit dull child.
Even his concubines prefer those who are smart and clever. Of course, Yu Zisi also likes those who are cunning and clever.
For example, Zhaoqing.
The second princess looked dim in comparison, so Chunjia didn't pay much attention.
Of course, now that he heard that the second princess had been infected with cold, which even caused Concubine Jing to panic, he didn't feel much distress. He just made sure that the Luo family and his daughter were not talking nonsense.
The head of the Luo family carefully described Concubine Jing's attention and love for the second princess, and finally said: "Concubine Jing sent the palace people everywhere to inquire about ways to reduce fever for the sake of the second princess. Later, someone heard about a folk remedy from the middle palace. As a result, After using it on the second princess, the second princess fell into a coma! Concubine Jing was very anxious. Later, the imperial doctor saw it and said that this remedy seemed reasonable, but in fact, it would make the second princess's body worse. … Concubine Jing was in a hurry to treat the second princess and didn’t think much about it. She heard about this a few days ago and felt something was wrong. As a result, she asked someone to investigate and found out that the time His Royal Highness King Chu was infected with the cold in the palace, the Empress did not think much of it. Among the antipyretic methods used for her, there was the folk remedy that caused the second princess to almost die!"
This alone does not prove that the queen murdered King Chu, at most there is some suspicion.
After all, wasn’t Concubine Jing also used by the Second Princess in the beginning
After all, entering the palace to be a concubine is not a job as a pediatrician. It is understandable for a concubine not to know whether the folk remedies are reliable, and to seek medical treatment indiscriminately for emergencies.
But the head of the Meng family also followed up, saying that his daughter, Concubine Wan, did not know about Concubine Jing. Concubine Wan realized that the queen might have murdered King Chu because... the queen immediately started a conspiracy after King Chu's accident. The series operates in secret!
Including but not limited to forcing the concubine, stalking the queen mother, and most importantly!
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! The previous incident involving the Eighth Prince may have something to do with the Queen!" The head of the Meng family glanced at the livid old Mrs. Gu with cold eyes, held up the jade scepter, and said in a deep voice, "I have a niece. She has good looks, and because she is still young, she is quite out of the ordinary. She often associates with noble girls from various families in the imperial capital, and she has little reputation... For this reason, she has attracted the pursuit of some libertines. Although the discipline at home is strict, this niece and those The libertines have no contact with each other and have no connections, but there are also several young people who try their best to please my niece."
"In the autumn of the year when His Majesty the King of Chu was involved in the accident, there was a young man who asked the family members to help convey the letter to my niece. No matter what the family background of our family, the people below would naturally not do such scandalous things! Therefore, I sent the things immediately. Arrive in front of the old lady!"
"After a thorough investigation, the old lady discovered that my niece and my son have indeed never met each other. It was just wishful thinking on the part of the other party. She originally planned to find an argument with the other party's elders."
"It was only at that time that the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, heard that the Phoenix body was violating the agreement and was worried that this move would upset the Empress Dowager, so she gave up!"
"And that letter was opened and read by the old lady when Zhao Chen's niece confronted him. Apart from some rude words expressing admiration, it was... "
The head of the Meng family curled up his lips slightly, revealed a sneer, and said loudly, "I am telling you that my niece, Xingningbo Mansion, has recently received guidance from an expert, and will soon be prosperous and prosperous. Not to mention, my family, The Luo family, the Yin family, the Yun family, the Ouyang family and other high-ranking families will all be outclassed by the Yuan family sooner or later!"
This is just short of directly saying that the Yuan family has the intention to become the second Ji family!
There was an uproar in the temple!
In fact, it was not a pure secret that the Yuan family had this plan. After all, the emperor, Duke Yi and other important ministers had known about it when they were tracing the life story of the eighth prince.
The so-called eighth prince, the actual bloodline of the Yuan family, had been dealt with early on, and now they were just waiting for a suitable opportunity to announce the news of the eighth prince's "untimely death".
It's just that most of the courtiers still don't know the inside story and think that the eighth prince is not of royal blood but was only affected by the palace battle, which is not the truth.
Since the Eighth Prince was still Chunjia's heir, the Empress Dowager Yuan sent him to the Empress to raise him, and it was not recorded in the Empress's name. On the premise that the Empress had Kang Jian's legitimate son, no one doubted that Yuan was so arrogant.
The main reason is that the people in Xingningbo's house neither have a lot of power nor have much ability to show off. In the eyes of ordinary people, how can they be qualified to learn from the Ji family
The Ji family started out as a first-class noble family, assisting His Majesty Emperor Shenzong in overcoming obstacles and ascending to the throne. After that, he helped the country and cleaned up the world. He truly made a mark for the Gongxiang family and the great people in the world. Thank you very much.
It also happened that Emperor Shenzong was nostalgic for the past. He was not the kind of emperor who could do nothing but hide everything. In addition, Shenzong had only a few heirs, and he was not a long-lived person. His legitimate sons and concubines were both young when he died. He was worried that the two brothers would not be able to support such a large dynasty. In need of trustworthy Tuogu and important ministers, this was the opportunity for the Ji family to dominate the government and the public.
Just like Ningbo Mansion...
Do they dare to think about it
Duke Yi Guo and Ouyang Yanran looked at each other, both frowning.
They are all people who know the inside story, but they are also people who agree to hide Yuan's ambition from the world.
This was done to save some face for Empress Dowager Yuan and to preserve the mother-son relationship between her and Chunjia; and secondly, she was worried that if this matter spread, it would not be good for Chunjia. After all, at times like this, some people will feel that the Holy Emperor should influence the world with his virtues. If some people resist, some betray, and some dig holes, it only means that you, the Emperor, are not doing a good enough job.
Especially the close relationship between Yuan and Chunjia.
Think about it, the Ji family, the maternal family in the Chunjia tradition, is already in decline.
Not only is it cold, but the process of settling accounts is already underway.
If the Yuan family also...then what will the outside world, above the Qing Dynasty, and future generations think of Chunjia
Isn't this the emperor who ordered Rick's maternal family
Or maybe you feel that Chunjia is being unlucky and trying to burn bridges
It won't be a good thing anyway.
In addition to confusing their bloodlines to plan for the position of the East Palace, the Yuan family did not do anything to harm the common people in the world. It was enough to deal with it privately. There was no need to publicize it in a big way to make people's hearts wander and cause trouble for nothing.
Now the head of the Meng family made such a noise, which made the two important ministers very unhappy.
Regarding the Eighth Prince incident, Chunjia should be the one who was hurt the most.
It was because of the emperor's deep thoughts and his lack of affection for Concubine Yuan Xian and the Eighth Prince that he held back and continued to act as if nothing had happened.
But the ministers who knew about it also had a tacit understanding that this prince and this matter could not be mentioned in front of the emperor in the future!
Mentioning it was to irritate the emperor.
Just bring up old scores and slap the emperor in the face!
As a dignified emperor, his bloodline was confused, and the body of his biological princess has not been found yet. Instead, he raised the bloodline of an ambitious courtier's family as a legitimate heir in the palace for many years, and even let the queen personally raise her. of!
Of Chunjia’s many biological children, not all of them are qualified for the queen to take care of them personally
A child who occupies a magpie's nest has taken advantage of this
Even if Chunjia has a good temper and is good at forbearing, how could he not hold grudges
Ouyang Yanran was thinking about whether to interrupt in person, when the head of the Meng family continued: "At that time, our family just thought that the Yuan family was deliberately bragging to seduce young women, and we didn't take it to heart. But... last year , the children of the Yuan family no longer tried to woo the girls of our family, but turned to a girl from the Gu family. Rumor has it that the girl from the Gu family is mediocre in appearance... "
"Marry a wife with virtue." Mr. Gu couldn't bear it anymore and said in a cold voice, "Our family has always placed the highest emphasis on virtue in raising women, but it is not like the Meng family. They all pay attention to beauty and charm. Even Zhenniang and Li family in the world can't match it!"
Seeing that Chunjia didn't understand, Yan Yin hurriedly whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, the Zhenniang and the Li family that Mr. Gu mentioned were the leaders of the line selected by the Imperial Capital Fireworks Department at the beginning of this year. It is said that they are both talented and beautiful, and have outstanding appearance."
The status of the fireworks woman and the noble daughter of the Meng family are so different.
Mr. Gu was obviously angry when he said this and had no regard for dignity.
However, the head of the Meng family had no time to care about it, and only said with a sneer: "Our family has no plans to marry the Yuan family. If the Yuan family does not bother our daughters, but instead goes to please other girls, it will be too late for our family to be happy! As for why he did this, our family had no time to delve into it! It’s just... "
Wasn't Yuan's murder of his loving mother the Queen Mother "revealed" not long ago
At that time, there was a fierce debate between the government and the public. When the head of the Meng family said that he went back to the mansion to pay his respects to the old lady, even the reclusive old lady heard about it and couldn't help but express some concern for the queen mother.
Then the head of the Meng family briefly talked about the situation. The old lady was shocked when she heard that the Queen Mother Yuan was actually murdered by the Yuan family. She then thought of the incident about the Yuan family's prodigal son, and couldn't help but be surprised: "The Yuan family's son wrote in the letter The words were precise. I thought that even if he was boasting, our girls are short-sighted. There may be no reason for the groundless rumors. Maybe His Majesty cares about the Queen Mother's affection and wants to give Yuan family some reward... But they failed. Are you crazy? You actually plotted to kill your loving mother, the Queen Mother!"
These words reminded the head of the Meng family. He asked for the letter from the old lady, studied it carefully, and then checked some of the actions of the Xingning Bo Mansion in the past two years, and discovered an astonishing thing: "... Your Majesty, Shortly after His Royal Highness the King of Chu's incident, the Gu family had a considerable number of manpower keeping an eye on everyone in the Xingningbo Mansion! Even when Concubine Yuan Xian stayed in Wannian County to give birth, the Gu family's people were always with her! I thought to myself Look, the prodigal son of the Yuan family may not necessarily have the intention of deceiving in his letter. I am afraid that the entire Yuan family, or at least a considerable number of people, are deceived and feel that great wealth is just around the corner!"
"This matter must be related to the murder of our loving mother, the Queen Mother!"
"The Empress Dowager is the legitimate daughter of the Yuan family and is closely related to the Yuan family. If there is no corresponding reason, how could the Yuan family dare to kill the Empress Dowager?!"
"I'm afraid it's all instigated by outsiders!"
"This outsider is undoubtedly the Gu family!"
"Your Majesty, my family accidentally learned the truth. I dare to ask the Gu family, how can they allow my family to continue to live? Fortunately, my family has been married for generations, has many children, and the servants are willing to use their lives. Today, I have Come and see your majesty with your life!!! I beg your majesty to understand everything clearly and avenge my family! This is also to bring justice to the Ningbo family!!!"
After saying this, the head of the Meng family fell to the ground in tears, kowtowing repeatedly, looking extremely sad.