Chapter 325: 325 Unfilial
Chapter 325 Chapter 325 Unfilial piety
The other princes around them nodded and began to whisper uncontrollably, saying things like "indecent" and "undermining the royal dignity".
They have long been dissatisfied with the queen. What she has done to a mere prince-in-law, why doesn't she fly to the sky?
After all, the Queen is a womanly person, and she is really short-sighted.
These princes used to say that they didn't care, that is to say, they felt that these trivial housework matters were not suitable for their men to take care of, and they did not want to be the one who offended the emperor and the empress.
Now that things have reached this point, and Prince Li has come forward, they can't help but murmur a few words.
These sounds were not loud, but they reached the emperor's ears clearly, like a slap in the face.
Prince Li ignored the emperor's ugly expression and sighed righteously: "Since the emperor cannot care for the imperial sister, the queen mother stepped forward to care for her. This is also the queen mother's love for her children."
These words pierced the emperor's heart like a knife.
emperor:"…"
The emperor's breath became more rapid, and his angry eyes were fixed on Prince Li.
He wanted to get angry, but there were at least seven or eight elders of the clan who were distant or close to him, especially Prince Li. Prince Li was the clan leader and the direct younger brother of the late emperor. He was deeply respected by the late emperor. Back then, even the late emperor dared to do so. Scolding means that in recent years, I have gotten older and my temper has improved a lot.
The emperor held back his breath, stood with his hands behind his hands, and his voice came out from between his teeth: "Uncle Emperor, I was negligent."
The emperor listened kindly to these words and took the queen's words into his own hands, causing several princes to stroke their beards and nod with satisfaction.
In fact, the emperor hated Gu Jue and the Empress Dowager Yin, mother and son, and they insisted on causing trouble for him during the Chinese New Year.
The emperor used all his strength to suppress the violent and angry dragon in his heart. He did not turn around to look at Gu Jue, but continued to look at Prince Li and said, "In the future, I will ask the queen to take more care of the imperial sisters."
He spoke lightly, wanting to get over this topic as quickly as possible. During the Chinese New Year, the emperor had no interest in standing in the cold wind and continuing to be pointed at and scolded.
He has lost all face today!
Gu Jue, who was in the crowd at the back, didn't say a word at first. He didn't whisper anything to the others beside him. He just watched the emperor being scolded quietly.
Now that the emperor's training was over, Gu Jue suddenly spoke: "Brother, the emperor cares about the world. It is inevitable that he will care about one thing and not the other."
His expression and tone were calm, and there was no emotion in his words, but when these words came out of his mouth, they naturally had a hint of ridicule.
The words "caring about the world" and "focusing on one thing and not the other" were heard in the emperor's ears, and every word was full of meanings and hidden needles.
The emperor's complexion, which had finally calmed down, became visibly worse, and the air suddenly cooled down.
The surrounding clan members also immediately felt the strange atmosphere. They all consciously moved to both sides, and a path was suddenly opened between the emperor and Gu Jue.
The emperor slowly turned around and looked directly at Gu Jue. There was only less than two feet between the brothers.
Two brothers, one has not yet reached the age of forty, already has silver threads in his hair, and has deep wrinkles on his brows due to irritability; the other has just passed his prime, is in his prime, and is wearing a bright red coat. The benfu made him look so energetic, like the blazing sun in the sky, attracting people's attention to him.
In this calm atmosphere, Gu Jue remained calm and composed, and casually changed the sleeve stove in his sleeve from his left sleeve to his right sleeve.
In addition to the charcoal fire, incense was placed in the sleeve stove, so a faint scent of fragrance drifted out, filling the sleeves with fragrance.
The elegant fragrance penetrated the emperor's nose with the wind, but it only made him feel suffocated.
The emperor twitched his lips coldly: "Gu Jue, are you accusing me?"
The emperor called Gu Jue by his first name, and the atmosphere became more solemn and depressing.
Prince Gu Nanjin looked gloomy and felt empty. In the past, he had mentioned the matter of Princess Jingle to the Queen several times, but the Queen refused to listen, and the Emperor didn't even want to hear it.
The emperor and the empress are both responsible for things reaching this point.
"Brother Emperor, you are too worried." Gu Jue looked calm, his large sleeves bulging in the cold wind, "Jingle and the others are close to the mother. I was very happy to hear that they can often enter the palace to pay respect to the mother. Then You are also fulfilling your filial piety for us, what do you think, brother Huang?"
"..." The emperor's expression changed again and he did not answer.
When the eldest princesses enter the palace, they don't need to hand over the sign. After all, the palace is the eldest princess's natal home. There is no reason to prevent them from returning to their natal home. If the emperor and the empress reprimand the princesses not to enter the palace, it is usually the princess. We made a big mistake.
The emperor suddenly understood that this was probably the reason why Gu Jue and the Queen Mother and her son had tried to win over Jingle and the others in such roundabout ways.
If the eldest princesses go to Shouning Palace from time to time to pay respects to the Queen Mother, and the Queen does not go, it means that the Queen is unfilial, which means that the queen, princes, princesses and other younger generations have to go to the Queen Mother from time to time to "fulfill their filial piety."
As long as the Queen Mother can show her face, she can use filial piety to suppress the Queen.
The Queen Mother clearly wanted to seize power and regain her control over the harem step by step. The matter between Jingle and Lu Fangrui was just a means for her to achieve this goal.
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth. His eyes were cold and he objected without saying a word: "Brother Nine Emperors, my mother has been unwell in recent years and needs to rest. It's better not to worry her too much."
Others were not surprised by the emperor's reaction. After all, the emperor had been focused on confining the queen mother all these years to manipulate Gu Jue, so how could he easily agree to "release" the queen mother? !
Gu Jue sighed quietly: "Over the years, my mother has been lying on the bed all year round. As a son of a human being, I am also very heartbroken..."
The emperor consciously put the topic aside and raised the corners of his lips slightly, but then he heard Gu Jue continue: "Brother, in my opinion, this imperial doctor is useless, so why not ask the miracle doctor from Jishi Hall to take a look? "
"Obviously when my father was still alive, my mother's body was always healthy. How come after my father passed away, my mother was sick for more than 300 days a year."
emperor:"!!"
The emperor's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking something was wrong.
He was wrong before. Gu Jue was actually waiting for him here!
Prince Li and other royal family members looked at each other in confusion, and some people with keen eyes could already taste something unusual in Gu Jue's words.
Before the emperor could react, Gu Jue asked another question: "Brother, I wonder what the illness is about my mother?"
The emperor bit the bullet and said what he had said to the outside world over the years: "The queen mother suffers from liver and kidney yin deficiency, yin does not contain yang, and even liver yang hyperactivity, so she often feels dizzy, and her waist and knees are sore and weak."
"Really?" Gu Jue raised his eyebrows, "Brother Emperor, did you really go to greet your mother? She uses ginseng tea every day. As far as I know, ginseng tea cannot be used for hyperactive yang."
emperor:"!!"
The emperor didn't know whether Yang Kang could drink ginseng tea, so he couldn't help but look at Eunuch Ni with a questioning look, and Eunuch Ni nodded slightly.
The expressions of the other princes around him became increasingly strange.
Everyone knew that the emperor could not be filial to the Queen Mother Yin, but he still had to show enough etiquette in terms of face. If someone made a mistake on the spot, the emperor's own reputation would be damaged.
Gu Jue took a step towards the emperor. In just one step, the emperor felt a huge pressure rushing towards him.
Gu Jue asked again: "Dare I ask the emperor, brother and mother, what is the disease?"
Although his voice was neither soft nor serious, it already released an aggressive momentum.
The emperor's expression was stiff, and his mind calmed down slightly after a period of confusion. He remembered that ginseng was a qi-tonifying medicine, so he changed his words and said: "The queen mother is suffering from deficiency of qi and blood. I forgot about it for a moment."
He was afraid that he would make too many mistakes, so he just vaguely mentioned "deficiency of Qi and blood", but he didn't know that his attitude would make people even more suspicious.
Many people looked at the emperor with a hint of inquiry.
"Oh?" Gu Jue's final voice sounded a subtle tone, "The Queen Mother is really weak in energy and blood. Could it be that the Emperor Brother remembered it wrong again?"
emperor:"!!"
If the emperor hadn't made a mistake earlier, he would have turned against him by now. A prince dared to question the emperor, which was simply disrespectful!
Seeing that the two brothers started to tense up without saying a few words, everyone's hearts became aroused.
Prince Li laughed and said, "Yes, we haven't seen the Queen Mother for a long time. Why not take advantage of the rare New Year to go and greet the Queen Mother together."
Prince Li also had good intentions, thinking that Gu Jue had little chance to see the Queen Mother Yin on weekdays, and it just so happened that he came into the palace today. It was the Chinese New Year, and now there were so many people present, so the emperor could not stop the mother and son from meeting.
On the other hand, Prince Li also wanted to value peace and was afraid that the two brothers would quarrel again.
When Prince Li spoke, the other princes also responded. Most of them had the same idea and just wanted to put an end to the trouble.
Amid the echoes, there was still a sense of unity. The emperor felt even more unhappy and wished he could just walk away.
However, he still had some sense left in him, and he knew that under such circumstances, if he objected to paying respects to the Queen Mother, he would be obviously unfilial. If word spread, even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to wash away the situation.
The emperor's eyes were as sinister as an owl's, and he could only say dryly, "Then let's go together."
So, the emperor stopped talking to Gu Jue, waved his sleeves heavily, and took the lead in getting on the dragon chariot with the help of Eunuch Ni. A group of carriages and horses surrounded the emperor and returned to the palace from the Ancestral Temple. Then, everyone went together in a mighty manner. To Shouning Palace.
In the Shouning Palace, Chu Qianchen, Princess Li, Jingle and the other eldest princesses had not yet left. With the addition of the emperor and his entourage, the place suddenly became more lively.
There were no secrets in the palace. With so many pairs of eyes watching, it didn't take much effort for the entire palace to know that the emperor, King Chen and other princes of the clan had gone to Shouning Palace.
After the emperor and his party arrived, there was a burst of salutes. The people on the Queen Mother's side saluted the Emperor, and the people on the Emperor and Gu Jue's side saluted the Queen Mother.
After half a cup of tea, everyone sat down one after another, and the emperor naturally sat down.
This was the first time the emperor saw the Queen Mother Yin after the third princess's haircut ceremony. He saw her face was sick and weak, and the corners of her lips were almost invisible.
The maids of Shouning Palace had not seen the emperor in person for a long time, and they were a little restrained. Even their movements when serving tea were stiff.
Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen looked at each other, both of them were smiling, and everything was silent.
Many other people were peeking at the emperor, and the atmosphere in the Nuan Pavilion was a bit awkward.
Logically speaking, at this time, the emperor's son should be the first to show his filial piety to the Queen Mother, but the emperor actually seemed to not even know how to act as he picked up the tea cup.
Prince Li had somewhat understood the emperor's temperament, and was too lazy to count on him. He cleared his throat and asked after the Queen Mother Yin: "How is the Queen Mother's health lately?"
Queen Mother Yin replied politely and politely, saying that she was fine, but that she had a headache again last night.
"The Queen Mother should take care of herself." Prince Li said sincerely, and then turned the topic to Jingle, "Hey, Jingle's matter... I and the emperor just heard about it. Hey, the emperor didn't know that this prince consort actually For being so bold, the Queen Mother deserves to be punished just now! She should kill the chicken to scare others!"
Prince Li's words were very beautiful, and everyone else was nodding frequently, which meant that Jingle's divorce was made clear, and it meant that the emperor and everyone in the clan supported the Queen Mother's decision.
When the words reached this point, the emperor naturally could not object later. After all, the emperor's golden words could not be changed overnight. When Empress Dowager Yin faced Prince Li, she had a graceful demeanor and did not pursue this matter. She said with a broad smile: "The emperor is usually diligent in government affairs and can't take care of Jingle and the others, so he has no choice but to take action against the old bones of the Ai family." As long as the emperor doesn’t blame the Ai family for being troublesome.”
Even if the emperor resented the Queen Mother Yin for meddling in her own business, at this time, he could only show his face by saying "Where" and praising the Queen Mother for her "motherly heart".
At first glance, the mother and son appear to be loving and harmonious.
This matter has come to an end now.
The eldest princesses all breathed a sigh of relief, especially Jingle, whose heart was completely settled and stable.
She has experienced the worst days and survived them. It will not be worse again. No, it should be said that it will only be better in the future.
Jingle's eyes sparkled, she reached out her hand from under the coffee table and happily took hold of Chu Qianchen's sleeve.
Chu Qianchen turned her head and smiled appreciatively at Jingle. If there weren't too many people at the moment, she would have raised her hand to touch Jingle's head.
Jiang Yuan noticed Jingle's little movements and secretly lamented that the princess was like raising a white rabbit.
In this warm and pleasant atmosphere, a distinct smell of ginseng came from the direction of the door curtain, and Grandma Yan came carrying a tray with a blue and white porcelain cup on it.
The rich ginseng tea flavor cannot be blocked even by the cup lid.
When Grandma Yan saw so many people in the room, her expression immediately showed a hint of fear, and she panicked a little.
She lowered her eyebrows and walked cautiously to the Queen Mother Yin. She presented the blue and white porcelain cup with both hands: "The Queen Mother, please use ginseng tea."
Before the tea cup was placed on the coffee table, Gu Jue's cold voice suddenly sounded: "What kind of disease does the queen have, and what kind of ginseng does she use every day?"
"Come here and bring this ginseng tea to me."
Gu Jue raised his finger and pointed at Granny Yan.
Everyone's eyes followed Gu Jue's hand to look at Granny Yan, and almost no one noticed the change in the emperor's expression.
Grandma Yan's hand holding the tea cup shook violently. The next moment, the blue and white porcelain tea cup in her hand fell out and hit the gold brick floor below. The ginseng tea spilled all over the floor and the tea cup shattered into pieces. All over the place.
The movement was so great that the entire Nuan Pavilion fell silent.
Aunt Yan's wrinkled face was painted white, and she knelt down all of a sudden. Her skirt was splashed with ginseng tea, and she looked embarrassed and embarrassed, with her eyes wandering from side to side.
She looked like she had "guilty" written all over her face.
Everyone frowned with different expressions. Some were disgusted, some were suspicious, some were thoughtful, and some were just watching.
Queen Mother Yin also frowned, her graceful face could not hide the look of suspicion and shock, and her eyes gradually became sharp.
Prince Li, Princess Li and others did not know what happened in the Ancestral Temple and did not think much about it. However, Prince Li, Prince Edward and others thought that the emperor had even misspoken about the Queen Mother's illness, so they could not help but speculate on the emperor with the greatest malice.
However, in just a few breaths, they had already created a palace drama in their hearts.
In the end, they all lead to the same conclusion—
The emperor poisoned the queen mother!
That's why the emperor couldn't tell what the Queen Mother's illness was and hesitated to change his story. That's why the nun of Shouning Palace felt so guilty just because of Gu Jue's question. She was obviously afraid that Gu Jue would find out that she was ginseng tea. question!
After repeatedly thinking about the ins and outs of this matter, everyone felt that they had discovered the truth. No wonder, no wonder Queen Mother Yin was only forty, but her body and bones were in such a state of decay!
"..." The emperor felt that all the blood in his body had condensed into ice.
Even if he didn't ask, he could still tell what the princes of the clan were thinking. Not to mention them, even the prince looked at him with disbelief.
Gu Jue's face darkened, his thin lips pursed into a straight line, and his gaze became as cold as an ice sword, directed towards Grandma Yan, and asked again: "Tell me, what is in this ginseng tea?"
Aunt Yan was kneeling on the ground, her whole body shivering like chaff, and she didn't dare to raise her head.
Her refusal to answer further proved her guilty conscience.
The female relatives who were unaware of the problem at first also understood the implication of Gu Jue's words, and the princes even concluded that there must be something wrong with this ginseng tea.
The emperor could naturally feel the suspicious gazes directed at him, each gaze cutting into his body like a knife.
He felt like he couldn't explain it even if his mouth was full, not to mention that he knew there was something wrong with this ginseng tea.
He always believed that the palace was under his control, and never thought about the possibility of this matter being exposed. He was even defenseless and at the time he didn't know how to best deal with it.
The emperor's eyes wandered around, inadvertently showing some guilt and panic, and he raised his voice and ordered: "Come here, this cheap maid has not served the Queen Mother well, drag her out and kill her with a cane."
Prince Li was sitting next to the emperor and noticed the strange color in the emperor's expression. His suspicion, which was only five points, instantly rose to eight points.
Eunuch Ni immediately went to convey the order, and then he took a step forward. At this moment, Chu Qianchen, who was not far away, said:
"Does the Emperor want to kill people and silence them?"
Her words were so shocking that they tore through the thin window paper with just one sentence, exposing the truth that was about to come out.
At this moment, there was no smile on her palm-sized face, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were like a pool of cold water. The fourteen-year-old girl looked at the emperor calmly.
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Although everyone present had doubts about this, no one dared to say it. In the final analysis, they were still afraid of offending Long Yan.
Everyone else was looking at the emperor, but Jingle was seeing Chu Qianchen, so focused, with admiration written in his eyes.
The emperor's face turned from pale to ashen. His face was burning. He was completely irritated by Chu Qianchen's words. He slammed his palm on the coffee table and said angrily: "How bold! You have no basis for doubting I!"
"If there is anything wrong with this ginseng tea, you can ask the doctor to check it out!"
The emperor's voice became louder and louder, revealing a weak energy that was strong on the outside but dry on the inside.
In his embarrassment, he just wanted to prove that there was nothing wrong with the ginseng tea, but Eunuch Ni secretly shook his head: It turns out that because of his status as the emperor, the emperor naturally has the initiative, so he can stubbornly say that if Grandma Yan made a mistake, she would not be punished with a stick. , or you can use a rod to punish her. Whether she will die after being punished with a rod depends on the "fate" of Grandma Yan.
However, now the emperor's thinking was obviously led astray by Princess Chen, who only wanted to prove that ginseng tea was okay.
The emperor made a wrong move.
Eunuch Ni couldn't help but think of the last time the emperor suspected that Gu Jue had colluded with Qin Yao to plot rebellion. Chu Qianchen faced the attack from the emperor and Chu Lingxiao alone in the imperial study, but calmly forced the emperor back step by step. This Princess Chen is really not simple.
"Brother Imperial, isn't the imperial doctor one of yours?" Gu Jue said lightly, "I can't believe it."
He openly said that he could not trust the emperor.
Probably only Gu Jue dared to say this.
The other people around him became even quieter and watched the development of the situation quietly. Everyone was in a state of turmoil and could not calm down for a long time.
"!!" The emperor tightened his fists, the backs of his hands were tense, and the veins under the skin were bulging, as if they were about to burst.
"Or just invite that miracle doctor from Jishi Hall. Didn't the emperor make Jishi Hall a national medical center?" Gu Jue looked at the emperor with a half-smile, meaning that since the emperor made Jishi Hall a national medical center, then It means that you agree with Ji Shi Tang’s medical skills.
After talking about this, Prince Li, Prince Shun and other royal family members all believed 90% that the emperor had tampered with the ginseng tea that Queen Mother Yin drank every day, and that he should have drugged or poisoned it. .
Everyone looked at Queen Mother Yin's face as pale as a wall with regret, and their brows furrowed even more.
Yes, it's no wonder that since the death of the late emperor, Queen Mother Yin almost never showed up even during holidays.
At first, the emperor said that the Queen Mother was too sad, and later said that the Queen Mother was depressed because of a heart disease. Over the years, other people occasionally visited the Queen Mother, who had also been ill.
That is to say, after Gu Jue returned to Beijing last year, the Queen Mother began to show up twice while dragging her sick body.
Before today, no one had ever doubted that the emperor would attack the Queen Mother Yin. It seems that the emperor did not want to be bound by filial piety and felt that the Queen Mother was an eyesore, so he would do this cruel thing.
Everyone sighed secretly and looked at the Empress Dowager Yin and the Emperor with more complicated expressions.
In the past, they had always thought that the emperor wanted to use the Queen Mother to control Gu Jue, so he imprisoned the Queen Mother. But now that the truth was suddenly revealed, they all found it thrilling.
The emperor could also see that others were suspicious of him, and he felt as if he was being cut into pieces and being publicly executed under the gaze of everyone.
He wanted to argue, but he couldn't. He had indeed been manipulated.
The emperor has given full authority to the queen to take charge of this matter. The emperor himself has never even seen the candidates that the queen has placed in Shouning Palace, let alone who is responsible for the tea ginseng, until now.
Thinking about Jingle and Lu Fangrui again, the emperor was completely annoyed with the queen. He felt that the queen was really useless and would only hinder him. The person she used was not reliable at all.
Waste, all waste!
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he hated him, and he hated Gu Jue, Chu Qianchen and the Queen Mother Yin to the core of his heart.
He looked at Gu Jue with eyes that were tempered with poison, gritted his teeth and said, "Who knows if the Nine Emperors Brother will deliberately find someone to frame me?"
His voice was as cold as ice, pointing directly at Gu Jue's intention to collude with Ji Shitang to frame him as the emperor.
Prince Li, Prince Shun and others were silent.
As the saying goes, there is still a time when the teeth are in contact with the tongue.
The Empress Dowager Yin was the late emperor's stepmother and the empress dowager conferred by the late emperor. It was only natural for the emperor to have a grudge against the Empress Dowager Yin.
However, if the emperor really drugged her, it would be an attempt to murder his stepmother, which would be a serious crime of unfilial piety, a breach of morality, and contrary to the way of a king.
Daqi attaches great importance to filial piety.
Thinking about it, Prince Gu Nanjin and several princes were sweating coldly. Once the evidence of the emperor's crime was verified, the consequences would be disastrous.
(End of chapter)