Just when Tong Xi said, "Isn't this the same as the empress?", Zhao Yao's first reaction was that the empress did not really die of illness, but might have been killed by empress Xie. However, he soon felt that his idea was too scary, but after hearing the real cause of Princess Dai's death, Zhao Yao felt that his previous terrifying guess might be right.
Liang Zhaoyi was frightened by Zhao Yao's words. She hurriedly denied: "It's impossible."
"Concubine, nothing is impossible." The more Zhao Yao thought about it, the more he felt that his guess might be right. "Concubine, think about it carefully. When the first empress died of illness, was the empress already in her prime?"
Liang Zhaoyi thought about it carefully, and then her expression changed drastically.
"Yes, before the late Empress passed away, the Empress got her haircut. I remember that the Empress's haircut ceremony was very grand. On the one hand, it was because the Empress was the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, and on the other hand, it was to celebrate the Empress's birthday. .”
Zhao Yao continued to ask: "Did the queen die of illness not long after the queen and her hairpin?"
"No, the late empress died of illness at the end of the year that the queen concubine and her hairpin were born." Liang Zhaoyi tried to recall the events of that year, "By the way, I remember that the empress' concubine and her hairpin queen died of illness, and the former empress' illness suddenly got better. At that time, everyone It is said that it is all because of the happy marriage between the Queen and the Queen, and the Emperor also rewarded the Queen with many things."
She added: "At that time, everyone praised the Empress, saying that her haircut ceremony washed away the illness of the late Empress."
Zhao Yao was shocked: "Is there such a thing?"
Liang Zhaoyi nodded, and her tone was very sure: "I remember correctly. At that time, the Queen's condition improved, and we went to Changle Palace to visit her. Her complexion improved a lot, and she talked to us for a while, asking us not to Worry about her. Before the Queen Mother’s haircut ceremony, the First Queen was very ill. The imperial doctor said that the First Queen could not survive for long, only a month at most. But after the Queen Mother’s hair extension ceremony, the First Queen’s health suddenly began to improve.”
Zhao Yao asked again: "How long did the Queen's improvement last?"
"It seems to have been more than a month. I remember that the Queen was much better at that time. The imperial doctor said that if she continued like this, it wouldn't take long for the Queen to get out of bed. But then the Queen caught wind and cold and couldn't afford to fall ill again. No medical treatment has shown any improvement." Liang Zhaoyi recalled, "At that time, the empress even prayed for the late empress and went to the Huguo Temple to chant sutras for the late empress. Unfortunately, the late empress' condition still did not improve at all, but became more and more serious. "
"Didn't the imperial doctors discover that the first empress was poisoned?" Zhao Yao speculated in his mind that the first empress might have been given a chronic poison by the empress. This kind of chronic poison will not kill the first queen immediately, but it will eat away at the first queen's health little by little, making the first queen's body gradually become weak, and eventually she will die.
Liang Zhaoyi shook her head and said: "No, the emperor also suspected that the late empress had been poisoned, and specifically asked the imperial doctors to carefully diagnose the late empress' pulse. The imperial doctors did not find that the late empress was poisoned."
"Where is the miracle doctor at the Zhenguo Palace? Did my father ask him to diagnose the late empress's pulse?"
"Yes, the miraculous doctor at Zhenguo Palace did not diagnose the late empress's poisoning." The emperor paid great attention to the late empress's serious illness, and the concubines were also very concerned about it, so Liang Zhaoyi remembered this matter very clearly. "The miracle doctor said it was caused by the late queen's fatigue. In addition, the late queen was ill and did not take a good rest. That's why the late queen's body is so weak."
Zhao Yao thought to himself: The queen at that time might have bribed the miracle doctor of the Zhenguo Palace, or even obtained the chronic poison from the miracle doctor.
Liang Zhaoyi saw what Zhao Yao was thinking and said: "It's impossible. If the miracle doctor is really bribed by the Queen, with the Queen's temperament, it is impossible to keep the miracle doctor, but the miracle doctor has been working well in the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion."
He added: "The late Queen is gentle and kind, and is kind to everyone. I heard that it was the First Queen who saved the miracle doctor, and then the miracle doctor was willing to enter the Duke's Mansion. It is impossible for the miracle doctor to be bribed by the Queen."
Zhao Yao looked surprised: "It turns out that the late Queen brought the miracle doctor into the Zhenguo Palace."
"That's right, the miraculous doctor at the Zhenguo Palace has superb medical skills. If the late empress was poisoned, it's impossible that he wouldn't have been able to detect it." Liang Zhaoyi said, "The late empress couldn't have been killed by the empress."
After listening to Liang Zhaoyi's words, it seemed impossible that the Queen Mother was killed by the Queen Mother, but Zhao Yao still felt in his heart that the Queen Mother killed the Queen Mother.
"Mother, with the Queen's temperament, how could she allow a concubine of the First Queen to be the Queen? Moreover, this Queen originally belonged to the Queen. It was only because she was too young to marry her father that the Xie family asked the First Queen to take her place. She is married to her father."
"If the father did not ascend the throne and become the emperor in the end, the empress might not have minded the former empress marrying the father instead of her. But when the father becomes the emperor, the empress and the mother will respect the world. Do you think the empress will be willing to do so?"
Liang Zhaoyi was stunned by Zhao Yao's question. Although Empress Xie has always maintained elegance and dignity over the years, she hates others comparing her to the former Empress. In the beginning, Queen Xie would pretend not to care, but in recent years, Queen Xie no longer seems to hide this.
"For the Empress, all the dignity, glory and wealth that the First Empress possessed were hers. If the First Empress did not die, she would marry someone else. How could she allow her status to be lower than that of the First Empress, especially the Queen? The position was originally hers."
He continued: "Only when the first empress dies can she marry her father and take back the position of queen that originally belonged to her, so she will let the first empress die before she reaches her age."
Zhao Yao's analysis was very correct. After hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi once again showed a horrified expression on his face.
"After the first empress died of illness, the empress got her wish and became the empress." Zhao Yao said, frowning, "However, I don't know what means the empress used to kill the first empress."
Liang Zhaoyi's heart suddenly sank, and she asked Zhao Yao with a heavy face: "Do you really think it was the empress who killed the late empress?"
Zhao Yao nodded vigorously and said: "Well, I think nine times out of ten, yes."
Liang Zhaoyi gasped in shock, and she said in disbelief: "How old was the Queen at that time, and she actually..."
"If I'm not wrong, the Queen Mother most likely murdered the First Queen when her father was the Crown Prince."
"Why do you think so?"
"When Grandpa Huang established the Great Zhou Dynasty, his father was named the crown prince, and the former empress was also canonized as the crown prince." Zhao Yao said, "At that time, Grandpa Huang only had one son, his father, who would definitely become the emperor in the future. , and the Crown Princess will also become the Queen in the future, how can the Queen allow the former Queen to remain the Queen?"
"I'm afraid that from that time on, the Empress made up her mind to get rid of the First Queen, but she was still very young at that time, and there were still a few years before she got her hairpin. If the First Queen died before she got her hairpin, then she wouldn't be able to be the Queen. So she did not get rid of the first queen immediately, but let the first queen live until she reached the age of hairpin. When she reached the age of hairpin, she couldn't wait to kill the first queen."
"When the Emperor was still the Crown Prince, the Queen was just a child. How could she be so vicious?"
"Mother and concubine, do you think the wife of the Duke of Zhen at that time would let a concubine and her mother treat the world like a concubine? Would she let a concubine step on the heads of their mother and daughter?" Zhao Yao thought to himself, isn't this what the storybooks say? , the legitimate mother treated the concubine very badly, and it was hard to see the concubine living a better life than the legitimate daughter. "I think the murderers who killed the late empress, as well as Mrs. Zhen Guo, were most likely to have found the poison, and then let the late empress take it without her noticing."
Liang Zhaoyi felt that her son was right and sighed softly: "If it is the wife of the Duke of Laozhen, it is not impossible."
The current Duke of Zhen is the elder brother of Queen Xie. Mrs. Zhen Guogong is the sister-in-law of Queen Xie.
The wife of the Duke of Laozhen died of illness in the third year after the emperor ascended the throne. The Duke of Laozhen died of illness two years before Queen Xie and Ji.
"So, nine out of ten times, the late Queen was killed by the Queen Mother." Zhao Yao said, "Just like the Dai Wangfei was probably killed by her concubine."
"Alas..." Liang Zhaoyi let out a heavy sigh.
"However, when it came to killing the late empress, the Duke Zhenguo's wife and empress should have done it very secretly so that no one could detect it." Zhao Yao scratched his head and said, "I'm afraid everyone who knew about this matter back then was After getting rid of the Duke’s wife in Laozhen, I’m afraid there’s no evidence at all now.”
Liang Zhaoyi thought of the late queen's care for her when she first entered the palace. Thinking of the late empress's tenderness to all the concubines in the harem, she felt sad and angry at the same time.
"The late Queen was such a gentle and kind person, but because of..." She clenched her hands into fists, with an angry look on her face.
"Mother, concubine, in these aristocratic families, isn't it normal for you to harm me and me to harm you, although it is wrong." Zhao Yao saw Liang Zhaoyi's angry face, fearing that she would rush to tell the emperor about this impulsively. He quickly persuaded her, "Concubine, this is just our speculation. We have no evidence. You must not impulsively run to tell your father that the late Queen was killed by the Queen."
When Liang Zhaoyi heard this, she unclenched her clenched fists, and the angry look on her face was replaced by helplessness.
"I will not impulsively tell your father about this matter."
Seeing that Liang Zhaoyi returned to normal, Zhao Yao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"That's good."
"I won't tell the emperor about this matter for the time being, but this matter cannot be let go." Liang Zhaoyi said angrily when she thought that the gentle and kind-hearted late empress died unexpectedly. "We must investigate this matter clearly."
"How to investigate?" Zhao Yao asked blankly, "Laozhen Guogong's wife will definitely not leave any trouble for the Queen. Before she died, she must have known all the hidden dangers for the Queen, and she would not leave any traces. Down."
"That's what I said, but we still need to investigate, and we must give justice to the Queen first."
This was the first time that Zhao Yao saw Liang Zhaoyi so angry, and he was surprised. You must know that Liang Zhaoyi has a very gentle temper. In Zhao Yao's impression, she has never lost her temper.
"Concubine, do you like the late Queen very much?"
"Everyone likes the late Queen, who takes great care of us." Liang Zhaoyi said, "the late Queen is the best person in the world."
Zhao Yao had never met the late queen, so he had no feelings for her. After guessing the real cause of her death, he felt pitiful for her and felt pity for her, but he was not as angry as Liang Zhaoyi.
"Concubine, do you want to avenge the late queen?"
"No, I just want to give justice to the Queen." Liang Zhaoyi's eyes flashed with a cold look, "Let the Queen get the punishment she deserves."
"Concubine, what do you want to do?"
"Let your second uncle investigate what happened back then."
"Second uncle doesn't have the ability to investigate the affairs of the Zhen Guogong Mansion. Besides, if the second uncle really investigates the affairs of the Zhen Guogong Mansion, it will definitely be dangerous." Zhao Yao did not agree with letting Liang Run investigate, he thought for a moment and said , "I'd better ask my second uncle to help investigate."
Liang Zhaoyi didn't want to trouble He Lianfang, but she knew in her heart that Liang Run couldn't investigate, and she couldn't find out anything about the Zhenguo Palace.
"Then ask your second uncle to help with the investigation." With He Lianfang's methods, maybe he can actually find something.
"Does your father really have no doubts about the death of the late empress?"
"The emperor had suspicions and sent people to investigate, but nothing unusual was found."
"No one from the father's family has found any abnormalities, which means that the old lady of the town has destroyed all the evidence or clues. Then the second uncle may not be able to find anything." Zhao Yao looked at Liang Zhaoyi and said, " Mother, you’d better not have any expectations.”
Liang Zhaoyi nodded solemnly and said, "I know."
Seeing that Liang Zhaoyi's face was still ugly, Zhao Yao felt a little worried and asked again: "Concubine, are you really okay?"
"No problem." Liang Zhaoyi smiled reassuringly at Zhao Yao, "Don't worry, I won't do anything impulsively."
"Okay, then I won't worry."
Liang Zhaoyi raised her hand and tapped Zhao Yao's head gently: "It's getting late, you should go and rest."
"Then I'm going to rest." Zhao Yao smiled brightly at Liang Zhaoyi, "Concubine, you should also rest early."
Seeing the bright smile on her son's face, Liang Zhaoyi's heart softened and her eyes softened: "Okay."
Zhao Yao waved to Liang Zhaoyi and immediately returned to his room, where he saw Lai Yi sleeping on Xiao Jin's body. His heart moved and he immediately had an idea.
"Come on, wake up."
Lai Yi, who was having a sweet dream, was woken up by Zhao Yao. He stared at him dissatisfied and said: [Yao Yao, you'd better be fine. 】
Zhao Yao reached out and touched Lai Yi's little head, smiled and said to him, "I have something very important to tell you."
Lai Yi: [You say. 】
"Do you know that parrot in Zhaoyang Palace?" There is a white parrot in the corridor of Zhaoyang Palace, which is very rare. I heard it was a foreign parrot.
[You mean that unlucky parrot? 】Come on, of course they know the white parrot in Zhaoyang Palace. They used to fly to play with the white parrot, but the white parrot was very arrogant and looked down on them, sparrows, and said they were not qualified to talk to it.
Hearing the dissatisfaction in his voice, Zhao Yao asked doubtfully: "Do you have a grudge against it?"
[There is a grudge, a very big grudge...] Next, let's chat to Zhao Yao about how annoying that white parrot is.
After hearing this, Zhao Yao said: "..." He didn't expect the white parrot in Zhaoyang Palace to be so annoying.
[Yao Yao, are you looking for that unlucky parrot? 】
"Forget it, let's not look for it anymore. Lai Yi, you send your sparrows to guard Zhaoyang Palace..." Zhao Yao leaned into Lai Yi's ear and whispered to it.
[Although we hate that unlucky white parrot, for Yaoyao you, we are still willing to stay at Zhaoyang Palace. 】
Zhao Yao lowered his head and kissed Lai Yi's little head.
"Then I'll trouble you."
Laiyi raised his wings and patted his chest, saying: "Leave it to us." ] After saying that, Laiyi flew out to arrange the matter.
Xiao Jin said: [I will also go to Zhaoyang Palace to stay guard. 】
Zhao Yao gently touched the feathers on Xiao Jin's back and said with a smile: "You can't do it. You are too eye-catching. You will definitely be discovered when you go to Zhaoyang Palace."
Xiao Jin looked at Zhao Yao unhappily.
"You have other things to do. Help me deliver a letter to my second uncle later."
Xiao Jin was happy when he heard what Zhao Yao said.
Zhao Yao could not leave the palace for the time being, so he wrote to He Lianfang every day. The messenger was of course Xiao Jin.
He Lianfang was sitting at the table reading a book when she suddenly heard a sound, and then saw Xiao Jin flying in front of him in a big way.
Xiao Jin took the initiative to lift his right leg, and there was a letter tied to his right leg.
He Lianfang smiled slightly, then reached out to untie the letter on Xiao Jin's right leg, and then gently touched Xiao Jin's little head.
When he read the letter from Zhao Yao, he couldn't help but show a surprised look on his face.
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