Chapter 66 The Truth That No One Believes
"A whole day." Prime Minister Yin Wuxian sighed, "The Empress Dowager and Her Majesty are frightened, and the minister waits for the death penalty."
"All the ministers are innocent, and all the ministers have done a good job in escorting them." The Queen Mother's words decided everything, and more than ten ministers saluted and thanked each other.
Han Ruzi was sent to sit beside the Queen Mother. He turned his head and glanced at his mother, and Wang Meiren nodded slightly to his son, indicating that everything was fine.
However, Han Ruzi's heart could not be completely calmed down. The Queen Mother was about to speak when he spoke first: "Who can tell me what happened?"
Prime Minister Yin Wuxian got a hint from the Queen Mother and smiled at the emperor: "Yesterday, the imperial concubine Jiao Zhao entered the Qinzheng Palace to listen to the government, and the old minister escaped by luck..."
"I know all these things, and I want to know what happened last night."
Yin Wuhao took another look at the Queen Mother, "Yesterday evening, Liu Kunsheng and the former Guozijian sacrificed wine to Guo Cong, found the old minister, showed the sword of Taizu, and the old minister immediately took the two to see the governor of Han, and he was the only one among the ministers. I know this sword best."
The next thing is simple. The commander-in-chief of the army and horses has no soldiers and horses, but there is a letter to transfer troops, but there is no official document from the Ministry of War. Fu, went to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and Jingzhao Yin Yamen, and mobilized officers and soldiers from the three places.
These three yamen officials are the main force of the "Guanghua group of tigers", and they are especially loyal to the Queen Mother, but they lack the will from above and dare not act rashly. The officers and soldiers followed Han Xing and Yin harmless.
The two ministers led hundreds of soldiers to directly attack the inner palace. Things were easier than expected. The new Zhonglang general Hua Bin fled in the middle of the night. The Great Governor immediately opened the door and entered the inner palace together with the two adults.
The few swordsmen who sneaked into the palace were outnumbered, and they were wiped out soon after they met. Several swordsmen retreated to Cishun Palace, wanting to kill the Queen Mother and others, but they were stopped by Luo Huanzhang. surrendered.
After being arrested, Bu Hengru was different from the previous one. Facing the officers and soldiers, he kowtowed and begged for mercy. He was soon persuaded by Luo Huanzhang and volunteered to be a consort to save the emperor.
Han Ruzi asked, "Didn't Liu Kunsheng say where the sword came from?"
"I said, the sword was secretly given to him by the empress dowager. This is indeed a miracle." Yin Wuhao replied.
"Huh?" Han Ruzi couldn't believe his ears. He took the risk and sacrificed three eunuchs before taking the sword out of the inner palace and handing it over to Liu Kunsheng. After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at his mother. After reading it, he shut up.
Wang Meiren narrowed her eyes and warned her son not to talk nonsense with a very serious expression.
Han Ruzi believed his mother, so he nodded, "So that's the case, I... there's no doubt about it."
Prime Minister Yin Wuxian bowed and returned to the queue of his colleagues. The Queen Mother said to Luo Huanzhang, "Master Luo taught benevolence and righteousness all his life, but he did such an inhumane and injustice thing. Is there anything else to say?"
Luo Huanzhang shook his head, his expression as proud as usual.
"Missing you at the last moment to stop the traitor from bleeding in the inner palace is a credit. I will save you from the death penalty, put you in prison, and never be released."
Prime Minister Yin Wuxian stepped forward again and said: "Queen Mother, treason is an unpardonable sin, and even if you have made meritorious deeds, it should not be forgiven."
It is not easy to convict a traitor. Ministers usually raise objections again and again to try to figure out what they want. After the prime minister, other ministers also said one after another that Luo Huanzhang's sin was unforgivable.
Luo Huanzhang didn't appreciate it, and when the two guards wanted to escort him down, he said, "I didn't stop them from killing people, not because of the queen mother, but because I didn't want the Chu Dynasty to be without a master, so that the world would be in chaos... Alas, one hundred useless is a scholar. , I have nothing more to say."
Luo Huanzhang was taken away, and the queen mother looked at the imperial concubine. This is her own younger sister, who has been her only trusted confidant for the past few decades, but now she has become the person who betrayed her the most.
The ministers looked at each other and felt that they should not stay in the inner palace to listen to the queen mother's family affairs, but the queen mother did not allow them to leave, and said coldly: "Shangguanduan, you are the imperial concubine, but you colluded with the rebels to cause trouble in the inner palace, do you know the guilt? ?"
The imperial concubine kept staring at the ground, then raised her head and looked at her sister, "The concubine is convicted, and the concubine and the empress dowager share the same crime."
The ministers were all silent, even more embarrassed.
The queen mother said: "You say that I am guilty - the ministers who are appointed by the late emperor are all here. If you have anything to say, just say it."
The imperial concubine's eyes swept across the ministers' faces one by one, "You take care of ministers? If you only care about your own life, how can you care about the emperor's life? Well, if you let me say it, I will say that you poisoned Emperor Huan. ."
It would be too inappropriate not to speak at such a time. The ministers scolded the imperial concubine, and the queen mother raised her right hand to signal the ministers to silence, "Let her speak."
The imperial concubine knew the queen mother better than anyone, and sneered: "You are defending by attacking, thinking that if I speak in front of the ministers, the rumors will be cleared up. But I still want to tell the truth, even if there is no one for the time being. I'm sure someone will remember it in the future."
The imperial concubine looked at the ministers again, her eyes did not stop, she finally stared at the emperor, and continued: "The empress dowager poisoned Emperor Huan, no, it should be said that the empress dowager and I poisoned Emperor Huan together, and we committed the crime of murdering the monarch together. ." She showed a disapproving smile, "She put the medicine, I brought the soup, we watched Emperor Huan drink it together, and watched his breathing become weaker and weaker..."
Han Ruzi was stared so deeply that he felt as if he had been pushed against his chest by three sharp knives again.
The queen mother does not speak, and the ministers dare not speak. At this time, everything is wrong. Those ministers who are not qualified to enter the inner palace are the luckiest people.
The empress's smile slowly disappeared, her eyes still fixed on the emperor, "Your Majesty wants to know why we do such a thing? Of course, it is for our common son, and also your brother, the only one who is qualified to be the emperor is also the most suitable. to be the emperor."
This person is of course Si Di, and the concubine seems to have more affection for him than Wang Meiren's affection for her son.
Prime Minister Yin Wuhao coughed. He had to say something, otherwise he would appear to be derelict, "Di Si is the eldest son of Emperor Huan, and he succeeds only in the morning and evening. Why should the Queen Mother... do such a thing?"
"Because Emperor Huan changed his mind, when he first ascended the throne, he wanted to get rid of Qi Cui's family, but after a period of time in power—" The imperial concubine finally took her eyes off the emperor's face and looked coldly at Yin harmless "Emperor Huan found that the ministers were the most stubborn enemies. You formed your own system, recommended each other and sheltered each other. On the surface, you were loyal to the monarch, but secretly you made the emperor stand up."
The ministers were embarrassed, but Yin Wuxian was the most calm. He shook his head and said, "The imperial concubine's words are bad. Emperor Huan is a wise monarch of a generation. Even if there are some disputes with the ministers, they can always reach an agreement..."
The imperial concubine laughed and stared at the emperor again, "'Mingjun' - remember, Your Majesty, if you can continue to be emperor, you will also be called 'Mingjun' in the future. , What is a 'Mingjun'? Only the emperor who meets the minister's requirements is a 'Mingjun'."
Yin harmless shook his head without saying a word, and expressed his attitude with a series of sighs.
Han Ruzi said, "What do you mean by saying that Emperor Huan changed his mind? He doesn't want to be Mingjun anymore?"
"He wants to be the Mingjun, but he is not the Mingjun in the mind of the minister, so Emperor Huan decided to take the risk, first use his foreign relatives to suppress the ministers, and then turn around to clean up the foreign relatives. For this reason, he made a decision to abolish the queen and the prince, and make Concubine Cui Guifei as the empress. Make the King of the East Sea the Crown Prince."
There was a strange scream in the warm pavilion next to him. It was the King of the East Sea. He didn't run out, and no one paid any attention to the scream.
Yin Wuxian said: "The more the imperial concubine said it, the more unbelievable it became. Such a big thing must have been heard in the court, but when Emperor Huan was in power, he never showed any intention to look down on the Cui family, and even suppressed it one after another..."
"Don't you understand the principle of first suppressing and then raising? Emperor Huan must suppress the Cui family first, and when he changes the empress and crown prince, the Cui family will be grateful and willing to be used by Emperor Huan."
Yin Wuhao shook his head with a wry smile, looked at each other with the other ministers, and the expression on his face clearly said: "It's all nonsense, no need to argue.
Han Xing, the commander-in-chief of soldiers and horses, has been holding the sword of Taizu, and stepped forward and said, "So, even the Cui family does not know what Emperor Huan is thinking?"
Of course the Cui family didn't know, otherwise, they would have used the rumors to build momentum for their own family.
The empress lowered her eyes and looked at the queen mother when she raised her eyes again, "The truth is true, so no one believes it. You are still so smart, I can't fight you after all, but some people can. You can abolish the emperor and establish the emperor again and again, But the fear in your heart can't be lifted, because the emperor grows up a little, and he will always have ambitions, which will make you sleepless."
The palace change failed, but the concubine's face showed the joy of victory, "Di Di is suspicious of Emperor Huan's death, he wants to investigate the truth and ask you for a theory. Your wrist, so you also have murderous intentions for your own son. The second time you kill the king, this time it is only you, because you know that I will never participate, and I will try my best to stop you. "
The joy turned dim, the imperial concubine stood on the spot and swayed for a while, "You killed Si Di and killed your own son, don't you understand that there will be no credible person to be the emperor from now on? Execution Me, I'd rather go underground to accompany Si Di than live to watch you make a fortune."
Facing the "alarmist" of the imperial concubine, the queen mother did not stop her, and the expression on her face remained unchanged. At this time, she slowly raised her right hand, revealing a wrist, and the scar on it was clearly visible, "Zuo Ji, tell everyone, How did this injury come about?"
After Han Ruzi entered the house, he had never seen the eunuch, but he was walking over from behind the guard, with his hands tied behind his back, tears and sweat mixed together, he first kowtowed to the queen mother, and then tried his best to say with the loudest voice: "Si Di passed away, the empress dowager was overwhelmed with grief and wounded her wrist with a dagger. I saw it with my own eyes... I saw it with my own eyes..."
The ministers nodded, although they did not agree with the Queen Mother's approach, but the mother's heart is understandable.
Han Ruzi had heard another statement from Zuo Ji before, and he knew which one he should believe.
The imperial concubine was defeated, smiled at the emperor, and said, "Be careful, Your Majesty."
The queen mother waved her hand, and two guards came to escort the princess out of the room.
No one dared to ask the queen mother what to do with the queen concubine.
Prime Minister Yin Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief, "God bless the Great Chu, sweep away the rebels, the queen mother can rest assured. The imperial concubine's misleading words are full of loopholes, and no one will believe it."
"The imperial concubine believes it herself. Since Emperor Si died, she has been depressed and unhappy. I thought she would get better after a while, but she... had to find a reason to make her feel at ease." The queen mother sighed, and the group The minister knelt down and expressed sympathy to the queen mother.
"The first emperor passed away early, and the new emperor is young. As the empress dowager, it is natural to put the great Chu Jiangshan first. The prime minister wants me to rest assured, but there has been no news from the southern army outside the city, so I am afraid I can't rest assured."
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