The saint suddenly turned around, his eyes as sharp as daggers, and said sternly: "What did you say?"
"Mother, can't you hear clearly?" She Yue didn't show the slightest panic, and sneered: "Back then, you wanted to restore the glory of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, but now you have become the culprit who ruined the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that in front of the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty, you
Not a disobedient person?"
The saint smiled coldly, turned around slowly, and turned his attention back to the koi in the pond.
Seeing this, She Yue's face became even more grim.
"In a few days, it will be your wedding day." After a while, the saint finally said: "I heard that you want me to see you try on clothes with my own eyes?"
She Yue said: "So, is this marriage really your order?"
"Don't you want to?" the saint said, "I have granted Tantai Xuanye the title of Marquis of Jing'an, and the post of General Guide, in charge of the troops inside and outside the capital. With his current status, you can marry him.
It’s not an insult to you.”
She Yue smiled and said: "I originally thought that my mother was coerced by Tantai Xuanye, but now it seems that this is not the case."
"Coercion?" The saint said calmly: "I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who can coerce me?"
She Yue nodded slightly and said: "Very good."
"what for?"
"If you are under coercion, I still have reason to fight to the death with Tantai Xuanye." She Yue said calmly: "But since it is not the case, there is no need for me to continue to deal with it." He raised his head, looked at the night sky, and said calmly.
: "Tonight there is a waning moon, which is fitting for the occasion!"
The saint seemed to realize something, turned around and frowned: "What do you want to do?"
But she saw She Yue actually taking out a pair of scissors from her sleeve.
That was the pruning knife that Princess Musk Moon usually used to prune branches and leaves. It was slightly smaller than ordinary scissors.
"Don't worry, mother, I won't bear the name of matricide." She Yue mocked: "And I don't have the ability to assassinate you here."
The saint's originally calm expression showed a trace of panic at this time, and he said in a deep voice: "She Yue, don't do this nonsense."
"From the moment I was born, I was like a koi in the pond. Life and death are not under my control." She Yue said calmly: "I don't know what your intention is in granting marriage, but I know that if you agree, you will naturally achieve what you want. I
I won't let you get what you want, and life and death will not be controlled by you." She raised her arm, the sharp edge of the pruning knife was already pressed against her throat, looked at the saint with a smile, and asked: "Mother, guess what, I
Do you have the guts to stab me?"
The saint's body trembled and he said: "She Yue, you...don't be confused. If you don't want to marry him, I won't force you."
"What happened?" She Yue said coldly: "I want to know the truth."
"The truth?" The saint frowned and said, "What truth?"
She Yue stared into the saint's eyes and asked: "How did my father die? Why were Grand Duke Ren and the embroidered cloth messenger executed?"
The saint's body trembled, and his expression became cold and stern.
"Even now, you don't want to tell the truth?" She Yue sneered.
The saint said calmly: "Ren Shitian gathered the embroidered messengers to plot a rebellion. The case was already closed back then. Why did you suddenly bring it up again today?"
"This is just your rhetoric." She Yue said: "Duke Ren is loyal to his father, how could he rebel? They are all eunuchs. Even if they want to rebel, how can they usurp the throne?"
"Of course." The saint said: "Don't forget that your uncle Li Chengqing, the fourth emperor, never gave up on usurping the throne. Your father, the emperor, was in poor health and spent most of the last two years lying on the bed.
, Li Chengqing knows that your father’s time is short and he has been operating secretly.”
She Yue said: "You mean that Grand Duke Ren is secretly colluding with Uncle Four Emperors?"
"That's right." The saint said: "Li Chengqing made extensive arrangements inside and outside the palace, colluding with many cronies, just waiting for your father's death to immediately attack and usurp the throne." Staring at She Yue, he said: "Li Chengqing is ruthless and ruthless.
He is so ambitious, if he usurps the throne, do you know what the consequences will be?"
She Yue frowned and said nothing.
"Ren Shitian knows very well the principle of one emperor and one minister. Once your father dies and a new emperor ascends the throne, even if the embroidered messengers are still retained, they will inevitably be replaced by a new group of people." The saint said: "At that time, the government and the public were full of people.
It's rumors. They all say that after your father's death, Li Chengqing was the only person qualified to inherit the throne. The situation at that time was indeed favorable to Li Chengqing. Many officials in the court secretly had contacts with Li Chengqing. Ren Shitian naturally thought that
The new king must be Li Chengqing, so he secretly took refuge in Li Chengqing. Only in this way, after Li Chengqing succeeds to the throne, can Ren Shitian continue to stay in the palace and the power in his hands will not be affected."
She Yue said: "So you acted first to gain strength, and in the name of your father, ordered Wei Wuya to lead people to kill the messenger of embroidered clothes?"
"That's right." The saint said: "At that time, your father was already very ill and could no longer handle political affairs. He couldn't even protect himself, so how could he protect us, mother and daughter? You and Changning are still young. If I want to protect you, I have to.
When the matter is urgent, follow the authority." After a pause, he continued: "When your father was still the prince, he was threatened by Li Chengqing. At that time, many people in the court supported Li Chengqing to inherit the throne. The Xiahou clan led by your grandfather
I fully support your father. Because of this, the Xiahou family has long been a thorn in Li Chengqing's side."
She Yue understood and asked: "So you are worried that once the Fourth Emperor's uncle succeeds to the throne, he will be cruel to the Xiahou family?"
"One emperor, one courtier." The saint sneered: "The Xiahou family has a deep foundation in the court. Once Li Chengqing ascends the throne, he will try his best to eradicate the Xiahou clan, both public and private. This is an unchangeable situation at that time. Xiahou
Once our family is destroyed, do you think we, mother and daughter, can survive? I am from the Xiahou family. You and Changning are both from the Li family and from the Xiahou family. With Li Chengqing's cruelty, it is absolutely impossible for him to have Xiahou.
We, who are part of our family, will survive."
The pruning knife held against Musk Moon's throat has not been removed, but it has loosened slightly.
"The situation back then, I had no other choice to protect the Xiahou family and your sisters." The saint said calmly: "The threat of Ren Shitian and Xiuyi Messenger in the palace is too great. Your father is lingering on the sickbed, and it is gradually unable to restrain them.
, if the situation continues to develop, Ren Shitian and Xiuyi Envoy may completely control the inner palace. Once this happens, these eunuchs and Li Chengqing will cooperate internally and externally, and it will be easier for Li Chengqing to usurp the throne."
"So you strike first and let Wei Wuya lead his men to kill them?"
The saint nodded and said, "That's right. To get rid of Li Chengqing, naturally we must first eradicate his insiders in the palace. If Ren Shitian and Xiuyi Messenger are eradicated, Li Chengqing will lose an arm."
"Then your father's imperial edict was naturally forged by you!"
The saint looked indifferent and said: "In order to protect you, I will do whatever it takes."
"Can you even be a queen?" She Yue blurted out.
The saint's originally calm face suddenly showed a look of shock. He stared at She Yue and said sternly: "What did you say?"
"My father loved Empress Yuhua so much that he even made her a noble concubine. In the harem, Concubine Li's status is only lower than yours." She Yue said: "Empress Yuhua was not only favored by my father, but she also had a baby.
However, about half a year before the death of my father, Empress Yuhua died of a miscarriage, and neither mother nor son could be saved."
The saint's eyes twitched and he sneered: "Do you suspect that I sent someone to kill Yuhua's mother and son?"
"As far as I know, Empress Yuhua was in good health, but she suddenly contracted a serious illness." She Yue said: "When she miscarried, she was about to give birth. If everything goes well, the child in her belly will naturally be born."
Facing the saint, She Yue showed no fear at all and said calmly: "Once Empress Jihua gives birth to a prince, even if he is young, he will be the most qualified to inherit the throne. The father of the emperor came to the throne half a year after the death of Empress Jihua.
Damn, if that prince is still alive, he will naturally inherit the position of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If this is the case, the Queen Mother will naturally not be able to forge the imperial edict and ascend the throne herself."
When the saint heard this, he laughed angrily and burst into harsh laughter.
"Is mother angry because I told the truth?"
"She Yue, I always thought you were a smart person with extraordinary wisdom, but now it seems that you are beyond comparison." The saint said coldly: "It is simply unbelievable that you would suspect that I was responsible for the death of Yuhua's mother and son.
Do you think that Yuhua’s child is a stumbling block to me, so I have to get rid of him for the sake of my position? If you really think so, then I really feel sad for you."
"What's the meaning?"
"Before me, no woman has ever ascended the throne as emperor." The saint said: "I took the risk and took the throne. Do you know how much risk I took? Everyone in the world will suspect that I am not right in my position. Countless people in the government and the public who are loyal to Li Tang will regard it as
If I are an enemy, all the scholars will use the name of righteousness to insult me as a snake and scorpion usurping the throne. The surrounding barbarians will also take the opportunity to invade the Tang Dynasty, causing chaos in the world. And all this has become a fact after I ascend the throne."
He put one hand behind his back and sneered: "Do you really think that I can ignore all this in order to sit on the throne?"
She Yue heard the anger in the saint's tone and was a little surprised.
"If Yuhua gives birth to a prince, he can successfully inherit the throne, why should I sit in the fire pit myself?" The saint said: "If the prince is alive, he will inherit the throne of course, and even Li Chengqing is not qualified to compete for it. I
At that time, I was the empress, assisting the prince to ascend the throne, and could become the empress dowager. The emperor was young, and as the empress dowager, I could teach the court. In this way, I could sit on the throne without risking the world's disapproval, and I could also control the government affairs, which was enough to check and balance Li Chengqing."
Looking into She Yue's beautiful big eyes, she said slowly: "If this can be done, wouldn't it be better for me? Maybe future generations will give me the name of a virtuous empress, so why should I bear the infamy?"