"Lock her up, remember, don't let her die! Then call all the courtiers together and announce the edict."
Shi Jiang glanced at Concubine Cui and then gave instructions to Yun Jin.
After giving instructions, Shi Jiang took Yang Ji to the dormitory.
Yang Ji looked at Yang Jiong who was lying on the ground and cried loudly.
"Father...!"
By the time the court officials arrived, Yang Jiong's body had been packed away.
Mr. Wu Ge took the edict from the queen, read it carefully from beginning to end, and nodded to the others, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the edict.
However, I didn't expect that the emperor actually asked the queen to supervise the country.
Regarding this, the four veterans all murmured in their hearts.
However, the queen has no relatives, and the uncle was beaten up just a year ago. Now he is still hiding in the uncle's house and refuses to come out.
I am deeply afraid that when I meet someone, they will look at me strangely.
There are no such relatives.
So, in the final analysis, there is no one behind the queen to support her. Although it is written that she supervises the country, in the end it is these veterans who rely on her!
Shi Jiang didn't care what these ministers thought.
General Yang Ji ascended the throne, and before Jiang was ready to appoint Yun Jin as regent, war broke out at the border.
General Qi was originally going to return to Beijing, but was delayed because of this.
This time the enemy came with great force, and the two sides fought back and forth for almost two months before bad news came.
General Qi was shot by a stray arrow and is now dying.
There is no commander in the army, and it is simply a mess.
No matter how much the enemy general scolded them outside the city, they could only close the city and not come out.
But in this case, it can only be delayed for a while.
Therefore, eight hundred miles of urgent military intelligence and warfare reports were delivered to the capital.
At that time, Jiang asked the court officials who should be sent to the border.
Several old ministers looked at each other. They were civil servants after all. Apart from General Qi, they really couldn't think of a suitable candidate to replace General Qi.
"I would like to report to the Queen Mother that I am willing to lead troops to defend against foreign enemies."
Just when Shi Jiang frowned and looked at the group of people below who were helpless, Yun Jin stepped out of the queue, cupped his fists and said.
Seeing this, Shi Jiang narrowed his eyes.
"allow."
She believed that Yun Jin would not act without aim. Since no one was going, let him go.
If he can make great achievements at the border, it will be much easier to appoint him as regent when he comes back.
Mr. Wu Ge and others wanted to object, but after objecting, the Queen would definitely ask them if they wanted someone to go to the border to lead troops to fight.
The war at the border is so difficult now. Even if there are people, who would take the risk and die?
Since Yun Jin wants to go, let him go.
Anyway, there are many people who dislike Jin Yiwei.
There are even many people who secretly feel that Yun Jin is seeking death.
After going down to court, before Shi Jiang could sit firmly, she saw the eunuch rushing in anxiously, and with a thud, he knelt down in front of her.
"The Queen Mother, Concubine Cui...are gone!"
Shi Jiang didn't react for a moment, blinked his eyes, and suddenly his face became solemn.
"Didn't the Ai family tell you to keep an eye on her and not let her die?"
The eunuch who came to report was lying on the ground, trembling all over.
They didn't want to. Who would have thought that when Cui Xiang rebelled, the queen did not execute Cui Guifei on the spot, but just locked her up.
Never thought that Concubine Cui would hang herself behind their backs?
After Shi Jiang finished speaking, he walked towards the place where Concubine Cui was being held with a straight face.
That place was in a palace in the Cold Palace, and Concubine Cui had been let down.
Shi Jiang ignored Yang Jian shouting loudly for his mother, but moved closer to Concubine Cui's body and looked at her neck carefully.
I saw a deep mark on Concubine Cui's neck.
However, when Jiang's eyes fell on the area behind Cui Guifei's ear, there were two marks there.
Shi Jiang was shocked and immediately thought of what Yang Jiong said before.
If Concubine Cui hanged herself, the strangulation mark caused by the rope must be behind the ear, and there is absolutely no possibility of a strangulation mark extending toward the back.
There is only one possibility for such extended strangulation marks, and that is that someone caught Cui Guifei behind her back and strangled her neck with a rope, then strangled her alive and then hung her on a beam, pretending that she had hanged herself.
Suicide situations.
And besides Yang Jiong's secret guards, she couldn't think of anyone else who could do this without anyone noticing in the palace.
After all, except for her as the queen, no one seems to have murderous intentions towards Concubine Cui!
When he thought of this, Shi Jiang's face turned very ugly.
For her, although Concubine Cui had her own reasons for committing suicide.
But for the original person, the only person who could feel sorry for her was Yang Jiong.
Shi Jiang had originally planned a way to torture Yang Jiong.
But she didn't expect Mrs. Cui to give her such a big surprise. Even so, she never thought about letting Concubine Cui die.
After all, it is easy to die, but it is harder to live and kill your heart.
Now that Concubine Cui is dead, the whole court will definitely put the blame on her.
When she thought about Yang Jiong's death and causing trouble for her, Shi Jiang wanted to lift the lid of Yang Jiong's coffin.
Lifting his eyes to look at Yang Jian who had been crying, Shi Jiang saw in his eyes the hatred towards him.
Oh, since Yang Jiong wanted her to let Yang Jian go before, then she would let him go.
"Come here, send Mrs. Cui to be buried with the late emperor. As for the eldest prince, he will go to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil from now on. He will not be allowed to return without an edict."
After giving this decree with a straight face, the palace maids and eunuchs quickly stepped forward and covered Yang Jian, who was still crying, to muffle the curse words he was about to say.
Then he quickly wrapped up Concubine Cui and carried her out, while Yang Jian was also dragged out at the same time.
"Mother, will the eldest brother not come back again?"
Yang Ji watched helplessly as the eldest brother, with red eyes, was dragged out by the palace maids and eunuchs. He suddenly felt very uncomfortable and looked up at Shi Jiang.
Shi Jiang looked at him with a sullen face.
"Your Majesty, now that you are the king of a country, if you are merciful to people who should not be merciful, you will be the one who suffers in the end."
After hearing this, Yang Ji felt that his mother was thinking too much.
After all, he and the eldest brother are biological brothers. If he has good intentions towards the eldest brother, how could the eldest brother treat him badly?
When Shi Jiang saw Yang Ji's face, he knew that he didn't take his words to heart at all.
Forget it, her previous words of persuasion were just for the sake of raising Yang Ji over the years.
If he doesn't listen, then leave it to him and let God do what you want!
Shi Jiang stopped looking at Yang Ji and turned around to leave.
Looking at the back of his mother, Yang Ji secretly made up his mind to wait until the day he takes charge of the throne to enlarge the imperial brother's return.
Brothers who work together can cut through metal, as the teacher said.