From Yang Tinghe's suggestion of "coaxing, deceiving and threatening" to suddenly breaking down and running away in tears, from Jiang Mian and others speaking out about the situation to advising her not to expect a grandchild so quickly, things changed so quickly.
Now Empress Dowager Zhang feels nothing but anger and sadness, and there is no way out.
Then Han Guang looked at Wei Bin and Zhang Yong.
In her mind, the reason why things developed to this extent was that Yang Ting and others drafted the wrong edict, but the eunuchs who first went to announce the edict and then met in private were also highly suspicious.
Suddenly, it was as if everyone was colluding.
"Wei Bin!"
"...The slave is here!" Wei Bin felt that Queen Mother Zhang's tone was wrong.
Empress Dowager Zhang's expression was ferocious: "Did you conspire to seduce His Highness?"
Wei Bin immediately kowtowed and cried: "Queen Mother, on the day we elected a new monarch, the old slave was afraid that the ministers would take over the power, so he risked his life to see if they could let the Queen Mother listen to politics behind the curtain. At that time, as long as the cabinet ministers quoted scriptures and reprimanded the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was
Under pressure, you can kill the old slave on the spot! The old slave is loyal, and the sun will tell you!"
Empress Dowager Zhang recalled that that night indeed happened.
Remembering that the cabinet ministers were so afraid of her listening to politics behind the curtain, and now that the promised heir was gone, her eyes suddenly turned miserable.
Seeing her expression, Wei Bin immediately continued: "Seeing this thank you note, you should understand that the old slaves really don't have the courage and ability to persuade His Highness! As of now, only the old slaves are loyal to the Queen Mother! The new king has ascended the throne.
New people have always been employed, and the courtiers have never liked old slaves."
"Zhang Zhong, Zhang Rui... The elders suggested that the Queen Mother should deal with them, and the old slaves were very cautious. Seeing that the people who grew up together in the palace were imprisoned one by one, how could they dare to do that?
Waiting for something?" Wei Bin burst into tears and his forehead was bleeding, "Old slaves are all serving Emperor Xiaozong and His Majesty. No matter how stupid you are now, you know that you can only rely on the Queen Mother to retain any dignity."
"It's good to know!" Queen Mother Zhang was prepared for the possibility, "Do you have any other ideas now?"
"... I would like to ask the Queen Mother to return to Renshou Palace first. I have something to say from the bottom of my heart. Please consider it."
Wei Bin looked at her face and stood up when he saw her gritting her teeth: "Go back to Renshou Palace first! Since you know who you can only rely on now, you should know that I only need one decree to kill you.
This slave’s life is like hell!”
Wei Bin wiped his tears and followed behind, saying he didn't dare.
Damn, I finally found the best time to say these words.
The first secret letter Gu Dayong sent contained four words: Life is in the south.
These four words are currently being digested in Wei Bin's stomach.
Acting with the camera, Yang Ting and others could quote scriptures to persuade the Queen Mother, but Wei Bin and others living in the palace had to find ways to emotionally persuade the Queen Mother, and they also had to make the heir understand their current importance.
At present, the dispute between the heir and the courtiers has already started, and they are about to add fuel to the fire!
When they arrived at Renshou Palace, Zhang Yong and Wei Bin knelt there together.
Seeing the old servant who was trembling with fear and bleeding from his forehead, Queen Mother Zhang sat firmly and took a sip of the soup to remove the heat. She sat in front of them with Queen Xia and said coldly: "Say it."
Wei Bin gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "In just over half a month, Your Majesty has not gone far, and many years of hard work have been wasted. Your Highness admires Your Majesty so much, is it possible that His Majesty's achievements in the past sixteen years are all maladministration? The Queen Mother must be
You have to distinguish between loyal and traitorous people!"
"Oh? Who is loyal and who is traitor?" Empress Dowager Zhang laughed angrily when she thought of Yang Tinghe's suggestion to take them down and they started to attack Yang Tinghe and these cabinet ministers.
The wound on Wei Bin's forehead is still there, but the blood stains have been wiped away, and now it is swollen.
He ignored the pain and said righteously: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't understand so many etiquette and rhetoric. But for this old slave, the person who values his biological father and mother the most is definitely a filial child. This truth couldn't be simpler.
Bar?"
Empress Dowager Zhang remained noncommittal and continued to look at him coldly.
Wei Bin gritted his teeth and said: "The elders said that this was His Highness's method, but the old servants said that if you don't choose the youngest son as your heir, you are afraid that the Queen Mother will let you down. If you don't choose other princes, you will directly succeed your brother. Of course, the Queen Mother is not willing, and the courtiers
I’m afraid they can’t suppress it either. Even though His Highness has lost both his father and his brother, and he is only fifteen years old, it suits them best!”
If Yang Tinghe heard this, he would probably have to risk his life to ask the Queen Mother to kill him.
What a clever tongue! Who first persuaded the emperor to adopt a son earlier? If he had refused earlier, he would have adopted a young son when he was seriously ill, which would have been the source of trouble!
With the imperial power, how could the courtiers be bent on suppressing the emperor together?
Wei Bin was judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart, but the situation is different now, and this is in private in the harem again.
Empress Dowager Zhang had just felt "abandoned" by her courtiers. She actually nodded when she heard Wei Bin's words: Wouldn't it be better to choose a younger son as an heir earlier? She was just afraid of listening to politics behind the curtain, or using eunuchs or relatives to suppress her.
them.
Wei Bin was from the palace, and he had been dealing with these women for many years, so he knew that the simpler he spoke, the better.
Seeing Empress Dowager Zhang nod, Wei Bin continued: "Lao Jiang Ge finally mentioned the matter of Grandpa Taizong, which shows that they don't care that much about heirs or not. It was well said that night, but now it seems that the plan was not
The imperial edict did not make your intention clear at all, the Queen Mother. The old slaves only know how to act with loyalty and have no knowledge and skills, but with the knowledge of the elders, can't they handle such a small thing?"
When old things were brought up again, this was the source of Empress Dowager Zhang's most irritation, and she immediately let out a heavy snort.
"But from the four cabinet elders to Mao Shangshu, as well as hundreds of officials in the capital who already knew the content of the imperial edict, none of them mentioned anything wrong first! The old slave has now figured it out, they did it on purpose! Queen Mother,
This edict is a dead end!"
"Dead end? How to say it?" The Queen Mother felt a chill in her heart.
"Even if Your Highness succeeds to the throne first, if one person is arranged to say something more in the future, saying that the imperial edict clearly states that the son of King Xingxian will succeed to the throne, will Your Highness hate the Queen Mother after you figure it out?"
"If His Highness sees that he is not willing to succeed, they will join forces and argue that he can succeed to the throne. If His Highness agrees, he will have to listen to the officials on everything in the future."
"Even if Your Highness can't see it, His Highness is willing to inherit, in the future the officials will definitely make a fuss about His Highness's unfilial parents. Queen Mother, they are winning from both sides. You have to rely on these courtiers no matter what. Or rely on them to suppress Your Highness.
Successor, either rely on them to prevent His Highness from hating you and doing something treacherous after he ascends the throne!"
After today's incident, Empress Dowager Zhang has long understood that she can only rely on the cabinet, and now the cabinet is not reliable.
After hearing Wei Bin analyze the sinister thing behind it, she was immediately furious: "His heart is worth killing!"
"Not only that, His Highness will also be suppressed by the courtiers. How can he still exercise his royal power? Isn't that what happened after His Majesty ascended the throne? There are people who will advise you with great principles in whatever you want to do. Your Majesty has no choice but to use the old slave.
Let’s build a leopard room and train troops!”
"I just figured it out today. Your Highness has already said that your Majesty has lofty ambitions! It's a pity that Liu Jin, a talented killer, got carried away after being trusted! But His Majesty continued to trust the old slaves until Daxing, just because he wanted to have great power.
Fight for more from the courtiers! It’s a pity that His Majesty’s ambition has not been fulfilled..."
Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes turned red when she thought of Zhu Houzhao, and Empress Xia burst into tears.
Wei Bin was arousing all kinds of emotions now, and then he said: "Queen Mother, I dare to swear to Grandpa Xiaomiao and Your Majesty's spirit in heaven that Zhang Jin and Gu Dayong definitely did not instigate His Highness! It is Your Highness who is far smarter than the courtiers.
Imagine and know that you cannot follow the strategy they set step by step."
"Your Highness is risking his life by writing this note of thanks. He would rather offend the Queen Mother than destroy the sinister intentions of the courtiers! Queen Mother, Your Highness admires Your Majesty and describes the courtiers as conservative people. This offends the whole court.
Civil servant! Would someone who really values that high position do such a thing? Your Highness is afraid that after the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will no longer have any authority, and all major affairs will be decided by the hands of important ministers."
"If the old slave hadn't fought to let Gu Dayong and Hou Ninghou and Prince Consort Cui go together, we don't know what would have happened! What happened in Anlu, I'm afraid they can only tell them!"
Wei Bin advised earnestly: "Queen Mother, regardless of heir or not, Your Highness and Your Majesty are cousins. King Xingxian and Grandpa Xiaomiao are both brothers. They are all descendants of the ancestors of Xianmiao. We are a family! Don't believe the Zhu family
If so, do you believe the words of those foreign ministers? What will happen to my Zhu family now depends entirely on the Queen Mother’s thoughts!"