Murong Yingluo was looking after Yu'er in the side hall. She felt a little uneasy for some reason. She stretched out her hand to touch Yu'er's forehead. The heat on her body had obviously weakened.
Then he took cold water and applied it to the child's head, stroking his young face, "Poor child, he lost his father at a young age, and he has to bear the heavy responsibility of the entire country."
Yingluo stayed by Yu'er's side, and fell asleep at some point. In her dream, a sea of fire appeared in front of her, and Murong Jinxin was in the fire, looking very painful.
"Sister! Don't go there!"
"Bang bang!" Yingluo woke up from her dream when she heard a knock on the door.
"Luo'er, something happened to the queen." Si Wushang called outside the door.
Yingluo remembered that terrible dream, rushed to the door in a panic, opened the door, and asked: "Sister, what's wrong with her?"
Si Wushang's face was stained with sadness and his voice was slightly hoarse. She knew that the news was a bolt from the blue for Yingluo.
"The queen hanged herself for love!"
Yingluo froze and said, "It's impossible. When I left, my sister said that for the sake of Yu'er, she would live well and he would not abandon her."
"I don't believe that the queen died for love either."
The couple handed over their child to Cheng Feng, and King Zheng suspected that the Queen Mother had done so in order to win Yu'er.
Once the queen dies, the only person qualified to raise Yu'er is the queen mother, and the purpose of fighting for Yu'er can be achieved. The emperor and the queen can be regarded as loving. At this time, the queen sacrifices her love to show her loyalty and will not arouse suspicion.
Once the empress died, there was no mother to support Yu'er, which made it easier for the Murong family to cut off their ties, cut off Murong Xuan's ambitions, and organize the state funeral for the emperor.
Murong Yingluo rushed to the mourning hall. Seeing the terrifying expression on Murong Jinxin's face under Bai Ling, she pinched her neck deeply, "Sister, she definitely didn't hang herself! Someone must have murdered her."
Si Wushang could understand Yingluo's pain of losing her loved one, and he also knew that there was no hidden secret, and there was no evidence at this time.
"Luo'er, please be patient! If you want to prove that the queen committed suicide, you must find evidence."
"I didn't expect the Queen to be so loyal." The Queen Mother walked in with the support of Nanny Yang.
They knew who killed the Queen and his wife, "The Queen was murdered."
The Queen Mother was very surprised, "How can you say such nonsense? This palace is heavily guarded. Who would have the courage to murder the Queen? Please ask the patrolling guards who came to the mourning hall last night."
Si Wushang had already ordered people to conduct an investigation. The guards had said that only Princess Zheng returned last night. It was obvious that the Queen Mother had been planning this trap for a long time. Someone was disguised as Yingluo, but the guards did not recognize her.
"Last night, Yingluo had been taking care of Yu'er and never left the side hall. I went to the Yizheng Hall to discuss the late emperor's funeral affairs with the court officials."
"I didn't expect to die so tragically. The Ai family believed that the queen died for love. King Zheng really wanted to take care of the queen's affairs as well!"
Listening to the Empress Dowager's sarcasm, Si Wushang was also thinking in his mind that he could never let go of this matter.
The Queen Mother will definitely force Yu'er back to Fengqi Palace to take care of her, and the child will become a puppet. Today, the Queen Mother can harm the Queen, but in the future, in order to eliminate dissidents, she will also extend her poisonous hand to Yingluo against herself.
The Queen Mother should also be prepared to kill her, so that she can be eradicated before the Queen Mother gains power.
Si Wushang took out a farewell letter from his body and said, "This is the farewell letter left by the Queen. Luo'er, please take a look to see if it is the Queen's handwriting."
After Murong Jinxin died, Yingluo was in a confused mood. Looking at the farewell letter, she found that the handwriting on it was indeed exactly the same as her sister's handwriting. However, Yingluo still insisted that the farewell poem was not written by the queen.
The handwriting on it is very similar to my sister's handwriting. Luo'er remembers that my sister would copy a Buddhist scripture for my aunt every year, so she only needs to go to the General's Mansion to get a pair of scriptures and it will be clear."
"If you want to know whether the handwriting is the same, there are ancestral injunctions transcribed by the queen in the palace. Comparing the two is not clear at a glance."
The Queen Mother ordered people to go and get the ancestral injunctions that the Queen had copied, and King Zheng also ordered people to go to the General's Mansion to find scriptures.
Yingluo's heart is full of grief and anger, and she must avenge her sister and find evidence. The marks of being strangled to death are different from those of hanging herself.
After carefully examining the body, Murong Jinxin's nails were broken, and skin flakes and blood stains were found in the nails, which were left behind during the struggle.
The Queen Mother did not let go of Murong Yingluo, "The Ai family asked the guards that Princess Zheng went to the side hall to take care of the emperor last night and returned to the mourning hall on the way."
Faced with the Queen Mother's doubts, "Mother and daughter-in-law found flesh and blood in the Queen's nails, which proves that the person who murdered the Queen must have left blood marks on the exposed skin, but there were no blood marks on the daughter-in-law."
The Queen Mother remembered that there was indeed a bloody mark on the neck of the killer who sent someone to kill the Queen. "It is natural that the Queen hanged herself in pain. Maybe she injured herself in the struggle."
"According to the height, the queen's hand was holding the criminal's collar and she did not hurt herself." The confrontation between the two was just to delay time.
All forces in the palace are getting ready, and the situation is about to break out.
The people sent by the Queen have brought the ancestral injunctions that the Queen once copied. The handwriting comparison is almost exactly the same, and it should be written by the same person as the farewell letter.
Si Wushang did not order anyone to go to the general's palace. The queen was in charge of the affairs of the harem. It was not difficult to find the queen's handwriting. "This time, are you looking at the difference between the three-point handwriting?"
Yingluo compared the three handwritings and found that two were written by one person. King Zheng ordered someone to obtain the memorial, which was almost identical.
"The first word in that suicide note was wrong. When the queen wrote the word "dang", people were accustomed to using the word "dang" (sister) and usually wrote "dang."
Si Wushang also found evidence, "Not only are the handwriting different, but the ink used on these three pieces of paper is also different. As far as I know, the queen uses the same inkstone as the emperor. They are all made of three ounces of pearls, plus
One or two pieces of jade scraps were pounded into ten thousand pestles. It was strong and unbreakable, and was favored by the emperor. Of these three copies, only the queen used pearl ink when reviewing memorials, and the other two used agarwood ink. These two copies
It’s fake.”
Yingluo looked at the Queen Mother with a cold eyebrow, "If my sister dies, the Queen Mother can keep Yu'er by her side. The child has lost his father, and in an instant he has lost his mother. For a child who is only six years old, Queen Mother, are you really
So cruel!”
The Queen Mother pretended to be angry and said: "Princess Zheng, you are disrespectful to the Ai family and falsely accuse the Ai family of murdering the queen. Such a treason! Come here! Send Princess Zheng to the sky prison." A large number of soldiers rushed in from outside the palace to guard the mourning hall.
surrounded.
King Zheng protected Yingluo behind him. King Zheng was not worried. At this time, the imperial army had surrounded the entire imperial city.
He hated the Queen Mother for killing his mother and concubine, but he remembered the Emperor's instructions and gave her a chance out of the Emperor's affection.
"Mother, this is the mourning hall. The late emperor just passed away, and you seized power and left the emperor uneasy."
"Prince Zheng! Haven't you been planning this for a long time? Just get rid of the two of you! Everything will be solved!"
The couple fought with the Queen Mother's people. Suddenly, shouts of killing were heard in the imperial city, and secret guards rushed in from outside the door...
After a bloody storm, the palace was covered in blood, filled with the smell of blood, and the broken limbs and walls were horrifying.
The Queen Mother united the emperor's forces and the city defense army during his lifetime. If King Zheng had not had the secret guards and imperial guards left to him by his father, as well as the forces of the veterans of the previous dynasty, he would have been completely defeated.
Leaving the Queen Mother behind was undoubtedly a source of disaster. In order to protect the imperial power of the Cheng Han Dynasty, King Zheng had no choice but to betray the Emperor's entrustment, remove the Queen Mother, and restore peace to the palace.
Rumors spread that it was King Zheng who launched the coup. The emperor and the queen mother died in the war, and King Zheng was stigmatized as a traitor and traitor.
Si Wushang did not suppress this, not wanting to add chaos to the panic-stricken current situation. What about the rebellious ministers and traitors? As long as the court can be cleared, the Han Dynasty will be restored to peace and prosperity.
In the past, the emperor had too many scruples, but now the only ones who can threaten the dynasty are the Murong family.
In May of the first year of Shenglong, Emperor Si Yu ascended the throne, and King Zheng became the regent. He promulgated many policies to appease the people.
In August of the same year, the ancient Wu State joined forces with the Xinyue State to attack the Chenghan Dynasty. The world was in turmoil and war was raging.
In the afternoon of autumn, the sky was blue without any clouds, and the weather was fine.
Yingluo came to the imperial study room and prepared food. She heard that the war ahead was tense. During these days, King Zheng was almost always in the imperial study room discussing strategies to deal with the enemy.
After all the courtiers retreated, Yingluo walked in carrying the food box.
Yu'er's face was full of tears and she rushed towards her.
"Aunt, Yu'er is so tired! Yu'er doesn't understand what they are talking about."
Hearing the child's slightly coquettish tone, in order to cultivate the child's sense of crisis, King Zheng had to listen to the court officials' discussions.
Yingluo's eyes were full of heartache. He was only a six-year-old child, so it was really difficult for him.
King Zheng looked coldly and said: "Yu'er, you are an emperor, you cannot complain."
"Shang! Yu'er is still a child."
Yingluo took some snacks and put them in Yu'er's hands, "Yuanluo is outside, go find her to play with you."
Yingluo is in charge of the weapons department, and Prince Zheng is in the palace every day. The two of them haven't seen each other for a long time. This visit is not just to visit, but also to tell Prince Zheng something.
"Shang! I heard that the current situation is not very good."
Si Wushang rubbed his brows, "The situation in southern Xinjiang is relatively stable, but Hongwuguan is more difficult. The ancient Wu Kingdom and the Xinyue Kingdom launched an attack at the same time. General Murong has already written a letter asking for support. I plan to send Wu Yang to the battlefield.
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Cheng Han does not have an advantage in terms of weapons. Fortunately, Cheng Han's population and physical quality are several times stronger, making it more suitable for fighting a protracted war.
As long as there is a war, there will be casualties, and it will consume national power. If it takes ten or eight years, even a prosperous country will be emptied out.
Therefore, Yingluo has been thinking about whether there is a way to wait for work, and she thinks of a person.
"Shang! Do you remember Arnold, the eldest prince of the ancient Wu Kingdom? Yingluo remembers that he once launched a coup, but it failed."
Si Wushang understood Yingluo's thoughts, "The real power of the ancient Wu Kingdom has been eclipsed by the queen, and he has been deposed as the crown prince. But I heard that he also went to the battlefield, right at Hongwuguan."
"That's right! Shang! Have you forgotten what my brother said? My brother once said that he suspected that Aman was not the son of the queen of the ancient Wu Kingdom. In this way, this Arnold is an extremely advantageous chess piece. Therefore, I want to go to another
Travel to the ancient Kingdom of Wu to pay homage to my brother and investigate Aman’s life experience.”