"Originally Ji ascended to heaven, but his ambition was extinguished. His true form has been exposed, only his flesh and blood remain, and his death is approaching." [Lv Yuan Cong Hua]
In the Jiaofang Hall, under an unlit but elegant crane bronze lamp, Empress Dong was writing on paper for a rare occasion. Her handwriting was very much like a man's, with straight and strong horizontal and vertical folds. Although it was not pretty, it was
There is also a generous air.
Chang Yu, who had returned from Pixiang Hall, was studying ink for Empress Dong. When she saw Empress Dong, who was not good at literature, struggling to write on the paper, she couldn't help blurting out: "There are many literary people in Duke Dong's house, why not let them
Come and write?"
"What do you know?" Empress Dong thought that the other party was saying that her handwriting was not good-looking. She frowned in displeasure and stopped her pen: "The handwriting and diction are not important. It is for Your Majesty to see. The key is in the inside.
What is written."
"Wei Wei." Chang Yu responded sarcastically.
At this time, Guo Zhao brought a bowl of hot tea from the side. Empress Dong put down her pen and reached out to take it. She took a sip of tea and nodded with satisfaction: "You haven't borrowed anything from Pixiang Palace, have you?"
After hearing this, Chang Yu hurriedly told her how arrogant and rude Guo Cainu was. Song Du didn't even want to see her, which showed that there was no queen in his eyes.
Empress Dong sneered, as if she already knew the result. Even so, she was still worried: "She is used to being arrogant, how can she remember the etiquette?" She paused again and said: "Let you wear it before you wear it."
Walk around the Xiang Palace to find out anything?"
Chang Yu was waiting for Empress Dong to ask this question. She squeezed Guo Zhao away without leaving a trace, and said with a smile: "It's clear, the things are still hidden in the palace."
"How can you be willing to throw away something that has tasted good?" Empress Dong said sarcastically, then lowered her head and picked up the pen and continued writing.
Although the empress is the mother of the world, she is still a minister of the emperor. Like other ministers, the queen also has the power to write letters and discuss matters.
This kind of power is generally not commonly used, because the queen usually speaks to the emperor face to face or completes her admonishment between the beds, and there is no need to use this semi-public method. Empress Dong's intention in doing this is to attract the emperor's attention, and
It is not treated as ordinary rumors.
"I heard that Xiaohuangmen Mu Shun was also secretly investigating. I must have followed His Majesty's order?" Guo Zhao saw an opportunity and interrupted to remind Dong Huang while he was following the tea.
"How long ago did this happen?" Chang Yu didn't wait for Empress Dong's answer, and sneered from the side: "Mu Shun was indeed ordered to check at first, but Song Guiren became pregnant soon after, and he was deeply favored.
Where do you dare to investigate again?"
Empress Dong was drying the ink on the paper. When she heard Chang Yu say this, she was thinking about something else. Mu Shun was the emperor's most trusted eunuch. If she could win over him... No, she changed her mind.
When I thought about it, Mu Shun was the one who followed the trend. When the emperor's attitude was unclear, the other party might not take the initiative to take sides, let alone expose the Song Dynasty with her. Empress Dong thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to bring Mu Shun along to avoid collusion.
He chose to report the suspicion directly to the emperor.
The emperor was rarely invited by Empress Dong to the back of Jiaofang Palace, but he saw that the other party did not greet him with a smile as usual, but pursed his lips tightly and looked at him solemnly. The emperor felt a little strange, thought about it for a while, and asked
: "What's wrong with you?"
"I have recently learned about something that concerns your Majesty's health and the stability of the palace, so I have to make a statement to your Majesty." After saying this, Empress Dong bowed to the emperor.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, turned around and sat on the couch, without looking at anyone else, and allowed Guo Zhao to put the tea bowl on the table obediently: "Palace?" Due to the quiet and stable governance of Yeting by Empress Dong these years, there were few
There was a dispute, so the emperor rarely paid attention to the affairs here. Seeing Empress Dong acting like this, he felt that it was not a good thing, and he suddenly felt a little solemn in his heart: "What is it?"
Empress Dong stopped talking, but raised her hand to present the memorial.
The emperor reached out to take it, unfolded it and glanced at it briefly. Suddenly he didn't care to read the writing on it, but his face changed. The emperor's fair face suddenly turned red. He grabbed the memorial and gritted his teeth and asked: "This is
Is it true?"
"How dare I deceive you!" Empress Dong seemed to be afraid to look at the emperor's angry eyes. She trembled slightly and lowered her head and said: "Your Majesty has always practiced health preservation and refused to be courteous to others at a young age. This matter has never been violated.
, but Mr. Song is only young... Don’t you have any doubts in your Majesty’s mind about what happened that night? I don’t know, of course, but for your Majesty’s sake, a special envoy secretly inquired about it, who knew that there was such a secret affair!”
Every word she said was like a nail in the emperor's heart. At this moment, he would rather believe that the other party was deliberately setting up a trap than believe that the Song Dynasty was not as heartless as she showed! But he did agree with Empress Dong's words.
If that were the case, he could not help himself after only drinking one glass of wine that night. This was something that had never happened before, but it must have been something strange about the snail shell: "Mu Shun! Mu Shun!" He turned to look at the person standing there.
Mu Shun, who looked pale at the side, said angrily: "I ordered you to investigate, but what did you find out? How dare you coax me when I don't mention it!"
Mu Shun immediately collapsed and knelt on the ground, his face bloodless. He had indeed found out a lot of strange things at first, but before he could tell the emperor, the news came that Song Du was pregnant. At that time, the emperor was overjoyed by the news.
, big and small rewards kept coming, but Mu Shun guessed that this was just a charm potion. The concubines of previous emperors in the palace had used the charm potion to attract favors and invite good luck. Even the previous emperors took the charm potion personally to enhance their mood. This
It was almost a semi-open secret in the palaces of previous generations. So Mu Xiangxiang thought that it would be better to do less than to do more. Revealing the matter would not do him any good except making the emperor and the nobles of Song Dynasty lose face, and turning a happy event into a bad one.
Who knew that the emperor would take personal safety so seriously! If someone gave the emperor a private dose of love potion today, it would be possible in the future... Mu Shun thought of the seriousness of the matter, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was angry and resentful at the same time,
I was annoyed that I took it for granted and didn't consider what the emperor was most afraid of. What he hated was Empress Dong. Why didn't he communicate with him in advance about such a big matter?
The emperor was so angry that he might not be spared. Mu Shun had to try to save himself and remove himself from the incident. He said urgently: "Your Majesty, I did find out a lot of plots at the beginning, but there is no evidence, and the noble man
I was pregnant with the emperor's heir, so I brought it up rashly, for fear of being hurt... But when I saw that there was no further incident, I secretly hid the matter and planned to report it after the prince was born. I made the decision without permission, please forgive me!
"
"Mean slave!" Empress Dong yelled angrily from the side: "How can you dare to hide such a big thing!"
The emperor raised his kick and kicked Mu Shun's forehead. Mu Shun rolled over in a circle, his forehead was blue and bleeding, and he looked very pitiful: "First go and capture Guo Cainu from the capital of Song Dynasty, search out the Xiangluo, Yan
Add an interrogation and I will punish you later!"