The Empress Dowager was suddenly startled. She felt that she was really old. She had been trying hard to maintain the peace of Long Yuan Kingdom, but it only encouraged some arrogance.
"Even if there is no war with swords and guns, just one word "greed" can destroy a country. This is the most powerful thing." Mu Lingwei's eyes were clear, but her voice was leisurely and authentic.
"Granddaughter-in-law, what do you think we should do?" The Queen Mother was worried. She had long known that Long Yuanguo had become corrupt from within, but there were no available talents and they were all old.
"Of course we must avenge ourselves, and we must put plans on the agenda. We cannot just defend without attacking, nor attack without planning." Mu Lingwei pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now the Empress Dowager has seized the Empress Dowager Shen has power, but she has not taken away the power of the Shen family."
"Shen Bi is the general who governs the country. He should be in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. His son Shen Chen is also a general and his ability should be quite high. In addition, half of the people in the court rely on the Shen family. If Shen The family wanted to rebel, and there were so many people supporting them. I guess the Empress Dowager also took this into consideration, so she did not dare to touch Empress Dowager Shen."
The Empress Dowager nodded and added: "There is also the Regent. He seems to respect the Ai family very much, but he is in control of the Royal Forest Army and the Imperial Guard in the palace, as well as the commanders of various ministries and other official positions. He promoted him, and judging from what happened today, there are also members of the Shen family in the Royal Forest Army, and they are surrounded by ears and eyes. Someone wants to destroy Long Yuanguo."
"Only when Shen Yi is alive can he check and balance the regent. In addition, Shen Yi is the emperor's biological mother. As you can see today, the emperor cares about his mother. If his mother dies, the emperor will inevitably blame the Aijia. The Aijia helped Shen Yi cover up her ugly appearance. , His Majesty still respects me as the Imperial Grandmother, and I can even say a few words to him, but he is still willing to listen."
"If a relative interferes in politics and subverts the imperial power, he will be endangered by the destruction of the country." Mu Lingwei added: "It is right for Empress Dowager Shen not to die at present, but she cannot be allowed to live as before. Since she is ill, she must We need to make her really sick, so that she doesn't jump around again, jump up and scare the emperor a few words, and then she takes back her wind seal."
"My granddaughter-in-law, your medical skills are so good, is there any way to prevent her from dying and not getting out?" the Queen Mother said again.
Mu Lingwei suddenly looked at Princess Wei and whispered: "I have a way to make her sick without letting people know that she was poisoned."
The two of them looked at her at the same time...
Mu Lingwei said coldly: "I guess Princess Wei's tuberculosis was contracted by Queen Mother Shen on purpose. When I talked about this topic today, Queen Mother Shen's eyes clearly dodge, and when she saw Princess Wei, she didn't seem to be sick. When the same person appeared, there was surprise on his face, as if he felt that Princess Wei should not have appeared, as she had long been regarded as a dead person."
At this point, Princess Wei said: "I just recently discovered that there is something fishy about my illness."
"Do you still remember my maid Yan'er?"
"Remember, this girl spied on me several times and inquired about my information. She was frightened by me," Mu Lingwei said.
"She was sent to the palace by Empress Dowager Shen's people to monitor me. Later, I arrested her and tortured her, and I found out that someone had promised her the position of the Crown Princess of Prince Wei's Palace. Once I died, Empress Dowager Shen would give her the title. Marriage, they also want to control my son."
"I was so angry when I heard that a humble maid dared to think of my princess's son, so I was not polite and just broke one of her legs and locked her up." Princess Wei said coldly.
"However, Rou'er probably doesn't know how I got sick, because they only asked her to monitor when I died and how my condition was."
Princess Wei recalled: "When I learned about Jun Ao and Shen Yi, I fell ill after returning from the palace. I was in a bad mood and sad. I didn't dare to tell Chen'er for fear that he would make trouble.
It is a serious crime for the prince to get involved with the emperor's concubine, and I was afraid that it would affect Chen'er and Jun Ao, so I endured it."
"Later on, my illness kept coming back and forth, but I never got better. I went to the uterus several times, but they never said it was tuberculosis."
"However, three years ago, Grandma Qi came to visit me once. She also gave her fine clothes, jewelry, silk scarves, fans, etc. She said they were tributes from other countries. Of course I refused to wear them or use them. That's all.
Leave it, but it’s impossible to throw away what the Queen Mother gave you, so just leave it.”
"The problem may lie in those tributes, which contain tuberculosis-causing germs. Fortunately, the princess didn't wear them directly." Mu Lingwei said: "Aunt Qi should know. Since she is in the hands of the imperial grandmother, she
Give it a good interrogation."
"Aunt Chun also touched those things. How come she is fine, but I have been sick all the time and couldn't afford to be ill. Later, after the imperial doctor examined me, he said that I had tuberculosis." Princess Wei asked doubtfully.
"Princess, think about it again, did you really not touch anything at that time? Also, you have been sick and your resistance is low, so you are very susceptible to the disease. In fact, the incubation period of this disease is very long, and some people will also go through it.
It takes two years for the disease to develop, and if it is not treated after the disease occurs, you may die within a few months."
"If you continue to treat it, it may take several years, or even more than ten years. This disease is a terminal disease in your country, so the princess may not know when she got the disease, but Grandma Qi must know a lot of things."
Princess Wei thought carefully and said, "I remember it was summer. Aunt Qi saw that my face was red and my ears were red, and she took the initiative to wipe it for me..."
"Maybe at that time, they only dared to let you get the disease alone and let you know quickly because they were afraid that Prince Wei would be infected by you. This person might be Queen Mother Shen." Mu Lingwei added: "But I'm afraid behind the scenes.
There are others."
The Empress Dowager cursed angrily: "Those beasts have done all the bad things. The Ai family cannot let them die like this. Now that the granddaughter-in-law and Princess Wei are helping the Ai family, we will make their lives worse than death."
"Yes, we will make their lives worse than death."
Mu Lingwei glanced at the gauze scarf on Princess Wei's face, and then said: "We treat others in their own way. Since Empress Dowager Shen lost her body by accident, let's let her have a taste of the disease."
The feeling of tuberculosis, with so many imperial doctors in the palace, would always keep her away from getting sick. In this way, the emperor could no longer have contact with her, so the empress dowager would assist the emperor to bring order to things."
Mu Lingwei was also thinking about another thing. Today in Hanxiang Palace, she always felt that someone was staring at her. At that time, she thought it was Zeng Yi, so she kept on guard, but later Jun Yi told her that Zeng Yi had escaped.
The Empress Dowager also knew that the emperor was simple-minded, and Shen Yi rarely allowed him to have contact with the outside world in order to control him. He had lived a comfortable life than anyone else since he was a child, and he had never learned to fight against each other.
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At night, Mu Lingwei went to Queen Mother Shen's palace on the pretext of treating her illness.
As soon as she left the dormitory, she was stopped by Jun Mengfei.
"Fei'er, what are you doing here?"
Jun Mengfei held a bag of things in her hand and gestured: "I want to go with my sister-in-law."
Mu Lingwei glanced at Aunt Pei Wan. She knew that Jun Mengfei had heard everything and said, "Let's go, I'm just going to visit your mother. Your mother hasn't had the New Year's Eve dinner yet."
Jun Mengfei flashed her big eyes, full of innocence and innocence, and nodded heavily: "Yes."