In the Buddhist hall, Mrs. Li was already kneeling in front of the Buddha statue.
Concubine Duan, like a servant, lit the incense for Mrs. Li and then handed it to her.
"If you have anything to do with me, don't bring harm to innocent people!" Concubine Duan said calmly.
The noise outside was so loud that it was impossible for her not to hear it.
Holding incense in both hands, Ms. Li kowtowed to the Buddha statue and said, "Are you begging me?"
"I have always thought that for a person with such a vicious heart like you, other people's lives are worthless in your heart!"
While speaking, Mrs. Li had kowtowed three times, and then Concubine Duan took the incense from her hand, and finally found it in the incense burner on the altar table.
Concubine Duan said: "If you want to take revenge, just come to me directly... bully some slaves, but don't insult the sage of your great empress dowager!"
Standing up from the futon, Mrs. Li sneered and said, "You said it lightly. Do you think I don't want to kill you?"
"If the emperor hadn't protected you, I would have killed you unexpectedly!"
Having said this, Mrs. Li walked up to Concubine Duan, looked into her eyes and said, "You are lucky. Two emperors will protect you throughout your life!"
"For your sake, the late emperor even deliberately shot down the Buddhist hall in the imperial mausoleum. Why do you call it Changshou Zhai..."
After saying this, she saw Li grabbing Concubine Duan's collar and said angrily: "I am the queen, and it is I who should stay with the late emperor forever!"
As a queen, she has lived a very miserable life. As glorious as Concubine Duan was, she was as humiliated as she was.
Although she was grabbed by the collar, Concubine Duan did not take it seriously and said: "You have become the Empress Dowager, and you are the one who will be buried with the emperor's mausoleum. Naturally, you and the late emperor will stay together forever!"
Slowly letting go of her hand, Li said: "This is natural...you still lost to me in the end!"
"Don't worry, I won't let you die happily. I will slowly deal with you in the future so that you can live but not die!"
In this room, Mrs. Li expressed her truest thoughts, which she was not supposed to say as the Empress Dowager.
"Now, let's start with the slaves outside!"
Concubine Duan had an angry look on her face, but she controlled her emotions. At the moment, she could not confront Mr. Li head-on.
Seeing Concubine Duan's aggrieved look, Mrs. Li's heart was filled with joy, which made her feel extremely relaxed.
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In the afternoon, in the inner chamber and study room of Uncle Taoyang's Mansion.
"Ms. Li went to the imperial mausoleum today!" Cao Liu said worriedly.
Sitting on the chair, Cao Jiasheng looked solemn.
"She doesn't dare to take advantage of Miaoyin!"
In the end, Cao Jiasheng came to this conclusion.
"Above the court, all the officials who originally supported the empress have been wiped out... After cutting the branches, shouldn't the next step be to dig out the roots?"
Hearing his wife's words, Cao Jiasheng shook his head and said: "But you have forgotten the emperor. The emperor will not let them dig up the roots of the tree!"
"Why? Because the empress is kind to him?" Ms. Cao Liu didn't quite agree with her husband's judgment.
"Of course not. In addition to this kindness, the emperor needs balance in the court!"
Cao Jiasheng stood up and said: "No matter how many people have been dismissed, the emperor has also preserved a group of people, such as the people who recommended the emperor as his grandson in the original report..."
"Isn't this because he is thinking of kindness?" Ms. Cao Liu was a little confused.
Cao Jiasheng's eyes widened and he thought: "I guess... the emperor wants to use these people!"
"What's the meaning?"
Cao Jiasheng analyzed: "The emperor's new throne, even though there are people from the East Palace, his foundation is still too shallow. Now that the two parties are suppressing political opponents, it is just an opportunity for him to show his kindness!"
"You may not think that many people have been beheaded and exiled this time, but if you think about it carefully... are there more beheadings or dismissals? Are some people still in their positions?"
Naturally, more people were dismissed from office, and those who were beheaded were only those who had committed the greatest crimes and had the most corrupt reputations.
But Cao Liu didn't agree with the second half of the sentence.
"Those who are still in office may have to deal with them next!"
Cao Jiasheng picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "The news just came back that Cabinet Minister Lu Chaowen has retired, and the Emperor has approved it!"
"This also means that this storm is over!"
Cao Liu nodded. If Lu Chaowen dies, then it will be true that the situation will calm down.
"Can we live a stable life?"
Cao Jiasheng said helplessly: "For us, this is just a temporary lull, and the days ahead will be difficult!"
"It's not easy... Since you started on this road, when have your days been easy?"
At this point, Mrs. Cao Liu felt angry, and she continued to say: "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have entered your Cao family's door!"
Walking to his wife's side, Cao Jiasheng said with a smile: "People say that when you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, and when you marry a dog, follow the dog. You have been wronged!"
Mrs. Cao Liu is by no means an ordinary woman. Being able to participate in these major events naturally has a different pattern, so she can adjust her mentality.
Seeing that his wife's mood improved, Cao Jiasheng explained: "Don't forget, King Yong has strong soldiers and horses in Longyou, so we still have a chance to make a comeback!"
"Longyou is thousands of miles away from the capital. When he comes back, we don't know whether we will die or live!"
What Cao Liu said was true. They could not place their hopes only on Zhao Yanxun. Cao Jiasheng had been thinking about countermeasures.
"So we have to find a way to send Yunhui and the others away first. Even if we can't send them away... we still have to hide them!"
The goals of Cao Jiasheng and his wife are too big. It is definitely unrealistic for them to escape, but they can send their children away.
"Yes!" Ms. Cao Liu nodded and said, "We have to prepare early!"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the room.
"who?"
"Dad, it's me!"
"Come in!"
With a creak, the study door opened, and Cao Yunhui walked in from the outside.
"What's up?"
Cao Yunhui replied: "Dad, someone from the imperial mausoleum has spread the news!"
Li went to the imperial mausoleum in the morning, and now there is news from there that something may have happened.
In order to secretly send people to the imperial mausoleum, Cao Jiasheng worked hard. He had already packed ten people into the mausoleum guards, all of whom were sent by Zhao Yanxun from Longyou.
However, he did not directly participate in the Cypriot people. Instead, he relied on his connections to create a false identity and let these guards use his own skills to infiltrate himself into the mausoleum guards.
"What news?" Cao Jiasheng asked.
"The queen said she wants to see Eunuch Liu!"
Nodding, Cao Jiasheng replied: "Okay, you can go out!"
"yes!"
After Cao Yunhui withdrew, Cao Liu finally couldn't help but said: "What does your sister mean? She insists on meeting a eunuch. Doesn't she believe us?"
At this moment, Cao Jiasheng's expression was also ugly.
You can obviously spread the news, but why do you have to tell Liu De in person? Isn't this because you don't believe his brother?
Although she was angry, Cao Jiasheng also knew that the matter might not be that simple. Her sister had always been very smart.
"This matter still needs to be arranged, but... it will take some time!" Cao Jiasheng said helplessly.
The imperial mausoleum is keeping a close eye on him right now, so it's obviously not a good time to send Liu De there.
