On the day of King Jing's funeral, as Madam Gaoming, Wen Qingzhu had to go.
What is surprising is that Jiang Yuansheng came to support the spirit in person.
He stood in front of the coffin, wearing sackcloth and mourning, with no expression on his face.
Not long after, Concubine Wei appeared on behalf of Jiang Yue.
She took out a phoenix blood jade and gently put it into the coffin.
Looking at the familiar face, Concubine Wei felt sad and held back tears and opened her eyes.
"Get up."
Jiang Yuansheng looked at the Phoenix Blood Jade, his eyes finally fluctuating.
The moment the coffin was about to close, he reached out to stop the coffin lid, took out the Phoenix Blood Jade with his other hand, turned to Concubine Wei and said, "I want to see my father."
"Sheng'er, why are you doing this? Your Majesty doesn't want to-"
Before Concubine Wei finished speaking, veins popped out in Jiang Yuansheng's hand holding the Phoenix Blood Jade: "Empress! This matter is related to the truth about the death of my mother!"
His voice was not quiet, and it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Those who didn't know the inside story thought that Jiang Yuansheng decided to fight with his last resort.
Those who knew the inside story were very worried, such as King Ning, who was in charge of the funeral, and King Chu, who came to express his condolences.
Concubine Wei looked at the blood jade in Jiang Yuansheng's hand and finally agreed.
"You come with me."
Concubine Wei took Jiang Yuansheng away, and the lobby was unusually quiet.
Until Wen Qinglan suddenly couldn't stand still and let out a soft cry.
The sound was so abrupt that everyone couldn't help but look over.
Wen Qinglan's face began to turn pale, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and the maid serving her looked at King Chu for help.
Jiang Yuancheng stood not far in front of Wen Qinglan, but he did not move.
Until Wen Qingzhu stood up and said, "Concubine Lan is so uncomfortable, why not go down and rest first?"
This sentence instantly focused all eyes on Wen Qingzhu.
Jiang Yuancheng frowned and looked over: "There is no need for Madam Ping Guohou to worry. Someone, help the concubine down!"
A nun came forward immediately, but Wen Qingzhu walked over in a few steps, took the lead and grabbed Wen Qinglan's wrist, and said in surprise: "Concubine Lan is pregnant!"
Jiang Yuancheng looked directly at Wen Qingzhu, his eyes dark and unclear.
Wen Qinglan was a little nervous, but Wen Qingzhu said immediately: "It's been three months."
Jiang Yuancheng raised his eyebrows. He did not look at Wen Qinglan, but stared at Wen Qingzhu: "What exactly does Mrs. Ping Guohou want to say?"
"It's nothing. I just want to tell His Highness King Chu that a woman should be carefully taken care of when she is pregnant. If you don't pay attention for a while, you might do something unbelievable to ordinary people."
Wen Qingzhu let go of Wen Qinglan's hand and returned to his seat with a smile.
At the same time, inside the apse.
Jiang Yue picked up the tea cup at hand and threw it at Jiang Yuansheng's head.
With a crash, a wound was made on his forehead.
Blood slowly flowed down the end of his eyebrows, but Jiang Yuansheng's expression remained firm. He raised his hands and asked Jiang Yue: "Father! The queen's illness did not cause her to die suddenly. Was she poisoned or was she killed by her father?" The emperor poisoned you?"
"You're a traitor! A traitor!" Jiang Yue became excited, his face turned red, he picked up the things around him and threw them at Jiang Yuansheng.
But Jiang Yuansheng still said the same thing: "Does the death of my mother have anything to do with my father?"
"Get away! Get away from me! I don't want to see you again!" Jiang Yue didn't dare to look directly at Jiang Yuansheng. He was hard-hearted about other things, but he could never face things related to Queen Zheng. .
He did make a mistake, but he would never admit it!
Concubine Wei finally couldn't stand it anymore and took a handkerchief to hold Jiang Yuansheng's wound: "Sheng'er, get up first. Xiaojiu hasn't mourned yet, so we can't let him stay in the palace forever, right?"
"Empress, you know that, right?" Jiang Yuansheng turned to look at Concubine Wei, "My mother used to like you the most. You know how she died, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be unable to sleep every night and die every few days. I want to be declared the imperial physician."
"Sheng'er!" Concubine Wei did not run away, but shook her head at him.
Jiang Yuansheng gave a wry smile and stood up. He looked at the Phoenix Blood Jade in his hand and didn't know who he was talking to. "This is my mother's favorite jade pendant. I heard that my grandmother gave it to her when she got married, but now it is If no one wants it, it will be destroyed!"
Before Concubine Wei could stop her, Jiang Yuansheng threw the jade pendant to the ground.
The Phoenix Blood Jade immediately broke into two halves, and Jiang Yuansheng left here without looking back.
Jiang Yue looked at the jade pendant broken in half on the ground, and suddenly thought of the night when Queen Zheng passed away, and how the golden dragon and white jade was broken into pieces by Queen Zheng.
"Sheng'er! Sheng'er!" Jiang Yue shouted loudly, but Jiang Yuansheng did not look back.
Jiang Yue recalled what happened in the past and finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
The father-in-law who was serving him hurriedly shouted: "The imperial doctor! The imperial doctor! Your Majesty is vomiting blood!"
In the corridor, Concubine Wei looked at Jiang Yuansheng distressedly: "Why are you doing this? Things were not that simple back then."
"I know, so I wanted to ascend the throne as soon as possible and change everything, but I made my father more and more disappointed and even killed Xiao Jiu."
Jiang Yuansheng's expression was calm. He pushed away Concubine Wei's hand and said, "Your Majesty, you take good care of Han'er. He may be a wise king."
Concubine Wei looked at his leaving figure and didn't know what to say.
But soon, her eyes became cold and stern: "Go and keep an eye on the eldest prince. If he does anything strange, report him immediately."
"Yes!" The person hiding in the dark immediately took the order.
Jiang Yuansheng personally sent King Jing to leave the palace.
When he arrived at the palace gate, he looked back at the majestic imperial city, laughed out loud, and never looked back.
Prince Ning followed behind with complicated eyes.
Jiang Yuansheng, who was demoted to a commoner, should not be able to make a comeback, but why did he suddenly feel worried
What exactly did Jiang Yuansheng say when he went to see the emperor
On this day, it suddenly snowed in the sky.
This was late spring, so logically speaking, it wouldn't snow at all.
But the fluttering snowflakes really fell, and the team escorting King Jing's coffin looked even more miserable against the background of the snowflakes.
Standing on the city tower, Wen Qingzhu looked at the funeral procession getting farther and farther away, and said to Wei Yu beside him: "Is there any movement on the emperor's side?"
"Not yet, but the empress said it might be soon." Wei Yu knew that the reason why Jiang Yuansheng was struggling so hard was because Wen Qingzhu went to see Jiang Yuansheng last night.
But Wei Yu still couldn't figure out how Wen Qingzhu persuaded Jiang Yuansheng
Wen Qingzhu glanced at him and understood Wei Yu's doubts: "But we are all sons of men. What he said to the emperor should be true. He wants to ascend the throne to change everything."
"Then isn't he..." Wei Yu suddenly felt that the eldest prince was a little pitiful.
He did this for his mother, but not everyone understood it.
Wen Qingzhu patted Wei Yu on the shoulder: "Young man, this is only part of the reason. If he just wants to give the queen a clean slate, he has many other ways, but he chose this one. People all have selfish desires."
Wei Yu was stunned again.
Wen Qingzhu retracted his hand and looked at the disappearing team again: "Of course Empress Zheng is his obsession, but his greater obsession is the supreme power. That's why he is so crazy. It's just that he didn't realize it. .”
The snow fell heavier and heavier, but Jiang Yue's condition became serious.
The High Court judge began to guard Qianyuan Palace, paying attention to the emperor's changes all the time.
At night, after Jiang Yue finished drinking the medicine, he lost consciousness when he saw the snowflakes on Eunuch Fang's shoulders.
Eunuch Fang was a little anxious. The ministers at the Xuanzheng Palace were paying close attention to this place.
After waiting for a long time, Eunuch Fang finally spoke: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei and several other ministers are waiting for you."
Jiang Yue came to his senses and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked Eunuch Fang: "Is it snowing outside?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Jiang Yue turned his eyes and looked at the Phoenix Blood Jade broken in half on the table, and murmured to himself: "Maybe I am really wrong."
The room fell silent. No one could say that the emperor was wrong, but the emperor himself could say so.
"Go and call Pei Yu and Fu Lie over." Jiang Yue ordered, and then started coughing violently.
When the emperor became emperor, Pei Yu and Fu Lie came out of Qianyuan Palace.
Wen Qingzhu was waiting for Fu Lie with an umbrella.
Pei Yu looked at Wen Qingzhu and said, "Master Hou, someone is waiting, so I'll leave first."
Fu Lie cupped his hands and said, "Master Xiang, go slowly."
"Why didn't you go back earlier?" Fu Lie took the umbrella from her hand.
Wen Qingzhu walked side by side with him outside: "If I said that I was worried about you, would you believe it?"
Fu Lie said it almost subconsciously: "Don't worry-"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly remembered Pei Zhixuan's words.
"She cares about you. If she didn't care about you, she wouldn't explain it to you. Women are so awkward sometimes, and Qingzhu is no exception."
"Yes." Fu Lie stopped talking, changed the umbrella to another hand, raised his right hand and said, "My hands are hot. If you are afraid of the cold, hold my hand."
Wen Qingzhu was slightly startled, something suddenly pierced her heart. She said nothing and reached out to grab Fu Lie's hand.
Warmth suddenly spread from his palms to his heart, and a smile appeared on Wen Qingzhu's face.
Fu Lie saw it from the corner of his eye, finally felt relieved and started to continue what happened that night.
"I heard from Yang Liu that you went out to look for me that night because you were worried about me. I originally went to find Suho, and he still owed me three meals. But he was not at home, so I had to go home. Unexpectedly, I met Miss Pei halfway, and she invited me to dinner—"
Wen Qingzhu felt sour in his heart: "I haven't interacted with her before I saw you? Why did she suddenly invite you to dinner?"
"I helped her deliver letters to Suho before." Fu Lie felt warmer in his heart when he saw Wen Qingzhu's pursed lips expression.
Wen Qingzhu stopped suddenly: "You helped her deliver a letter to Suho? When did it happen? Does Sister Zhou know?"
"A long time ago, when I was still in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing." Fu Lie didn't intend to hide it. Pei Zhixuan said that it was best to explain everything frankly and clearly.
Wen Qingzhu suddenly remembered that Su Huo had rejected Pei Zhixuan a long time ago.
She stared at Fu Lie and asked, "What year is it specifically?"
…
In the morning of the next day, Eunuch Fang read out the imperial edict and announced that King Ning and King Rui would temporarily take charge of the government.
Jiang Yuancheng was also present at the time. When he heard the news, he didn't show it on his face, but his heart felt heavy.
King Ning knew that he must be on the list of acting government officials, but why not King Chu but King Rui
He looked at Jiang Yuancheng, his eyes appraising.
Jiang Yuancheng turned sideways and said, "Congratulations, brother! You have won the trust of your father!"
"Fifth Emperor Brother, you are so polite. I am only acting as an agent of the government, not to mention that I have Prince Rui with me." Jiang Yuanan was a little surprised, why is there still that kid Jiang Yuanhan.
At the entrance of the main hall, Mr. Cui walked in with King Rui.
Everyone congratulated one after another, and Mr. Cui led Jiang Yuanhan to respond one by one.
Arriving at the front, Jiang Yuanhan bowed his hands to Jiang Yuanan respectfully: "Brother Prince Ning, please give me your advice in the future."
"Don't worry, I will give you good advice." Jiang Yuanan looked at Jiang Yuanhan without paying much attention.
He looked at Mr. Cui next to Jiang Yuanhan.
This person was the focus of his worries. Since he led Jiang Yuanhan to the court, it must have been the emperor's order.
On the first day of jointly acting as government officials, everyone got along well, at least maintaining a superficial courtesy.