As soon as Huo Jingchen walked in, he saw Emperor Jian'an lying quietly on the dragon bed, sitting next to the serious-looking Empress Dowager Huo, Zhao Xiang, Empress Li, Grand Tutor Song and Duke Li.
"Empress Dowager, what's wrong with Your Majesty?"
Duke Huo and Huo Jingchen saluted respectfully.
Empress Dowager Huo sighed quietly, "The emperor suddenly fell into a coma. The imperial physician said it was poisoned. The Ai family had interrogated the people around the emperor. It was caused by taking too much elixir. Now Yin Meiren and Taoist Master Qingxu have already
Been locked up.”
"Your Majesty's health improved a few days ago, why did you start taking those pills again?" Huo Jingchen said in a deep voice.
Empress Dowager Huo snorted coldly, Gao Desheng, who was beside him, was so scared that his calves were weak and he immediately knelt down.
"It's all the fault of the slave. The slave concealed this matter. His Majesty gave a special order to prevent the slave from making the matter public because he was afraid that the Empress Dowager would be worried."
"Your Majesty suddenly secretly summoned Taoist Master Qingxu a few days ago. The smelly Taoist priest developed a new pill, saying that it could last forever. Your Majesty was so moved that he actually tried again and summoned the beautiful man Yin every night...
…”
Hearing this, everyone's faces were dim and unclear. They subconsciously glanced at Queen Li, but found that Queen Li did not change her face and her eyebrows did not move.
Queen Li said slowly: "Mother, I am not hiding it from you now. Your Majesty has long been indulging in beauty. At first, I only thought that Your Majesty pursued Taoist will, so I favored Yin Meiren repeatedly. I wanted to
As the lord of the queen, I went to persuade Your Majesty, but Your Majesty clearly wanted to protect Yin Meiren and Taoist Master Qingxu and not let me intervene. Therefore, I followed Your Majesty's wishes and stopped.
Involved in this matter, I didn’t expect that Meiren Yin became more and more arrogant and actually joined forces with Taoist Priest Qingxu to plot against His Majesty. He was so bold."
"Empress, you still need to control the harem. It is not advisable to make a statement about the matter of beautiful people. When the interrogation is concluded, another white silk will understand her and keep it clean." Empress Dowager Huo's eyes sank, and he subconsciously turned his wrists.
Buddhist beads.
"Yes." Empress Li responded respectfully and said, "Why is Your Majesty unconscious? This matter will be discovered by the minister sooner or later. What is the mother planning to do? Concubine Zhang seems to have known some news, and she has been going to the minister just now.
While inquiring, I was avoided by all my friends.”
"Don't worry about her. Now the emperor is sick, and the Ai family has no intention to deal with her." Empress Dowager Huo waved her hand and pondered: "First find out what poison the emperor is planted with, block the news, and now the court meeting can only be suspended."
Empress Dowager Huo smiled bitterly, "Taishi, the situation is urgent now. Maybe you have to worry about leaving the army. The court cannot be in chaos. Now the emperor is sick and the Taishi is highly prestigious. Please ask the Taishi to come out to stabilize the court."
"Don't worry, the country is in danger, and I will fulfill my mission and be loyal to Your Majesty." Grand Master Song bowed and his face was calm.
"There is no chaos in the Jingjiwei side. Lu Xiu, you are the emperor's confidant. These days you have controlled the exchanges between people in the capital and check whether there are suspicious people who have left the city. If there are any suspects, you will take them down immediately."
"Yes, Empress Dowager." Lu Xiu responded respectfully.
"You are worried about the affairs of Zhao, Duke Li, and the court."
"I am afraid." Zhao Xiang and Duke Li bent down to salute.
Empress Dowager Huo sighed almost indescribable and said, "Duke Huo, Marquis of Weiyuan, the capital camp is the first defense of the capital. The Ai family is afraid that people with ulterior motives want to interfere in the military power. You must firmly control the capital.
There must be no accident in the camp."
Huo Guo said openly: "Don't worry, I will control the military camp."
Huo Jingchen bowed, "Empress, I should live up to my mission."
Everyone then discussed many details, and it was not until the second update that Taishi Song and others quietly left the palace.
Duke Huo and Huo Jingchen were deliberately kept by Empress Dowager Huo.
"Well, come with me." Empress Dowager Huo took the two of them to Emperor Jian'an's imperial study room.
"It's okay, there's something that can't be hidden now." Empress Dowager Huo took a sip of tea and looked at Huo Jingchen with a serious expression.
Huo Jingchen felt nervous and suddenly had a bad premonition. When he saw Duke Huo, he saw that he was pursing his lips tightly and said nothing.
When Eunuch Huo, who came in to serve tea, heard this, his body trembled and his heart was filled with happiness. When he looked up at Empress Dowager Huo, he immediately understood her intention, nodded slightly, and went outside to guard herself.
A trace of pain flashed in Queen Mother Huo's eyes and said slowly: "It's okay, the Ai family originally wanted to bring this secret into the coffin, but now the emperor's life and death are unknown, villains are rampant, and they are in great danger. This secret is to be kept.
Can't stay."
"Grandma, just tell me the truth, I can stand it." Huo Jingchen understood her unfinished words and felt a slump in his heart.
Empress Dowager Huo sighed quietly, looked at Huo Jingchen without blinking, and said word by word: "Yes, in fact, you are the emperor's bloodline, your biological mother is Huo Lanxin, you have called you an aunt for more than 20 years!
”
"What!" Huo Jingchen murmured and looked at Duke Huo suddenly. He saw his eyes slightly red, he nodded with difficulty, and suddenly he was spinning and collapsed on the chair.
Huo Jingchen struggled to hold the handle of the chair, and felt his head buzzing. After a long time, his voice was obscure: "Is grandma joking?"
"It's okay." Empress Dowager Huo understood that he was unacceptable. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Lan Xin has been extremely intelligent since childhood, and her wisdom and martial arts are not inferior to men. I have always liked this niece and often answered her.
She went to the palace to accompany me, and Lan Xin could be said to have grown up in the palace."
"You also know that I have never had children. The late emperor pityed me for having no children, for fear that I would not have any support in the future, so he hugged my second son, who had lost his mother since childhood, and was the current emperor."
"The emperor was very timid when he was young, always timid, and he did not have the current emperor's aura at all." Empress Dowager Huo thought of the past, and a trace of recollection flashed in her eyes, "Ko Lanxin is a naughty girl, like a boy,
Even the late emperor often laughed at them for changing their temperaments, and they really didn't look like their peers at all."
"The emperor and Lan Xin grew up together and later joined the same master. The same is true for your master."
Huo Jingchen's eyebrows moved slightly, and suddenly realized the lonely figure of his master over the years.
"Lan Xin is stubborn and can't even pull back what she wants to do. I originally felt sorry for her and didn't want her to learn from her, but she insisted on not listening. She got into it. When the emperor was young, she was Lan Xin's follower.
Of course, I had to go with you, but later the late emperor softened his heart and let the two children go."
"The Ai family always thought that the emperor just treated Lan Xin as his sister. Otherwise, when the late emperor wanted him to marry the eldest daughter of Duke Lao Li when he was older, he agreed without hesitation."
Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Huo sighed and regretted it. "But the Ai family did not expect that the emperor's purpose of marrying the empress was just for the power of Duke Li's mansion. Lan Xin was always hidden in his heart!"
"Lan Xin is not restricted. At the age of eighteen, she began to travel around the country with your master and other brothers. She did not return to Beijing until she was twenty-three years old."
"At that time, the emperor had already been named the crown prince by the late emperor. The Ai family felt that Lan Xin was not young and wanted to refer to a marriage for Lan Xin. However, the emperor had received the news from somewhere and rushed to the Ai family palace overnight.
I asked to marry Lan Xin!"
Empress Dowager Huo grinded her teeth, as if she saw the young man who was sincere but was determined to win in her eyes, and snorted coldly, "Ai's family treats Lan Xin as their biological daughter, so naturally they cannot let her be a concubine. Ai's family thinks
The refusal that night made the emperor give up. He didn't expect that he was fooling the Ai family!"
"Not long after, King Li launched a palace change, killing the late emperor. The emperor and the old prince quelled the rebellion. As the prince, the emperor naturally ascended the throne as the emperor."
"But the Ai family knew that things were not that simple. The Ai family came to their senses and could not tell that these were all the emperor's plans. He knew that King Li was going to launch a palace change and kill his father! But he
As if he didn't see it, let his brother kill his father!"
Empress Dowager Huo's chest fluctuated and seemed to be very angry.
Duke Huo walked forward, patted her back gently, and handed her a cup of tea.
Empress Dowager Huo took a sip of tea, took a deep breath, his face returned to calm, and said, "Ai family knew that the emperor was cold-hearted at that time. If he was an emperor, it would be the most appropriate, but he could not bear it as a husband!"
"Lan Xin is a casual person and loves freedom by nature. The Ai family doesn't want her to be trapped in the square palace walls in the future. She wants to take advantage of the emperor's busy pacifying the court and have no time to take care of this matter, so she wants to put Lan Xin earlier
After the marriage is settled, the one that is determined is your master, now Master Wangchen.”
Hearing this, Huo Jingchen's body shook, his pupils tightened, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, but he vaguely understood why Wangchen wanted to accept him as his disciple and treat him like his own son.
Empress Dowager Huo showed shame, "But the emperor knew the Ai family's plan for some reason, and actually took Lan Xin away first. When the Ai family saw her again, she had you in her belly!"
Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Huo was so angry that her teeth were itchy. She held the handle of the chair tightly, so she did not lose her composure.
Duke Huo was expressionless, but his tightly clenched fists all showed the uneasiness in his heart.
"What happened later..." Huo Jingchen's throat rolled hard, and he couldn't help but remember that Master Wangchen had once talked about the unrestrained and ostentatious woman.
He was wearing a red dress, with a warm smile, holding a long sword in his hand, and was unrestrained and unruly.
Such a strong woman as strong as wine was trapped in the palace, wouldn’t she break her wings?
"Later, Lan Xin felt like she had become a different person, and there was no smile on her face." Thinking of the broken appearance of the woman in red who had always been bright and charming for the rest of her life, Empress Dowager Huo felt ache in her heart and her eyes were red.