The second year of Xuande!
Zhu Qiyu remembered that in the records about Xu Zhen, Xu Zhen disappeared in the second year of Xuande's reign. According to the records, he was dead!
The second year of Xuande was the year Zhu Qizhen was born!
In later generations, there were rumors that Zhu Qizhen was not the Queen Mother Sun's biological son. During the Xuande period, Empress Hu was controversial because she had no heirs. Emperor Xuande loved the Queen Mother even more, so the Queen Mother Sun coveted the throne. It happened that the palace maid was pregnant, so Empress Dowager Sun took the palace maid into the palace to raise the fetus. After giving birth to a baby boy, she killed the mother and kept the son, and lied about her birth. In this way, she overthrew Empress Hu and successfully ascended to the throne, making her mother famous in the world.
The imperial doctor Xu Zhen died that year. It was also that year that Xu Biao entered the Palace of the Prince of Qin as a good doctor. He was promoted to the imperial hospital after ten years of orthodoxy, and then he skyrocketed!
No wonder Xu Biao would never confess to the Queen Mother, because the incident involved more than just his family. Once the incident happened, it would not only be his small family that would be unlucky, but the entire Xu family! He would rather sacrifice his own family than bring the whole family to be buried with him!
No wonder Xu Biao dared to poison the emperor, and no wonder Queen Mother Sun was not worried about Xu Biao's rebellion. It was because the Xu family had long been tied to Zhu Qizhen! If Zhu Qi Zhen is alive, they will be fine; if Zhu Qi Zhen dies, they will all be buried with him! So no matter how I win over them, they will never become my confidants!
Got it all! I have worked hard for many years to feed the dog!
But we still need evidence to convince the people of the world that Zhu Qizhen is a bastard!
"Xu Biao, you hid it deep enough!" Zhu Qiyu turned and looked at Nie Shanggong: "Shanggong, where were you in the second year of Xuande?"
Nie Shanggong lowered his head and couldn't see her face clearly: "This slave has been in the palace since she was a child. Thanks to the Empress Dowager Zhang, she never gave up and became a female official in the palace."
"I ask you, where were you in the second year of Xuande's reign?"
"I forgot, I may be serving the Empress Dowager Zhang in the palace." Nie Shanggong answered the question.
"No! It's not that you forgot, but you didn't dare to say it! You refused to say it!"
"In the second year of Xuande, you were serving in the palace of the Empress Dowager!"
"That year, the Empress Dowager gave birth to the Supreme Emperor, and gave birth to the emperor's eldest son Zhu Qizhen, right? Because of this, in the third year of Xuande, the late Emperor deposed Empress Hu on the grounds that she had no children, and made the Empress Dowager the empress instead! Since then, After that, the Empress Dowager will be the Empress of the Middle Palace, and the Supreme Emperor will become the eldest son of the late Emperor! Right?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes reflected excitement: "But! The Supreme Emperor is not the Empress Dowager's biological son at all! He was adopted by her! What a civet cat for the prince! Do you think the late emperor is a fool? You think you are a fool with all the civil and military officials? You use a bastard? How can you get the courage to replace your legitimate son?"
Later historical materials are skeptical about the parent-child relationship between the Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, and Xu Biao's father Xu Zhen died very strangely. After repeated scrutiny, it can be concluded that the Empress Dowager Sun had no children, and in order to seek the queen in the middle palace In the third year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong demoted Queen Hu to a concubine because she had no children, and then her descendants The Queen Mother sits in the middle palace, and her mother pays homage to the world.
If it is confirmed that Zhu Qizhen is not the biological son of the Empress Dowager Sun, then Zhu Qizhen will lose his status as a legitimate son! If he becomes a bastard like him, then what reason do the nobles and civil servants have to abolish him and install another bastard?
In that case, the huge gap between him and Zhu Qizhen will be smoothed! He is even better than Zhu Qizhen. At least he did not lose his power and humiliate the country in the Battle of Tumubao!
Zhu Qizhen's innate status as a lofty and unattainable legitimate son will also be thrown into the dust because you are the daughter of a maid! It's a bastard! You don't deserve to be an emperor!
"Nie Shanggong, answer me!" Zhu Qiyu suddenly took a step forward.
"Your Majesty has overthought it. The Supreme Emperor is naturally the Empress Dowager's son. It is absolutely true. The records filed in the palace are clear, and the old people in the palace and the veterans outside the palace can also prove it. Besides, the Empress Dowager Zhang was still alive at the time. How could it be possible? What kind of nonsense happened? Your Majesty, please don’t think too much about it, the Emperor is definitely the Empress Dowager’s son.”
Nie Shanggong's face suddenly twitched: "I have remembered it. In the second year of Xuande, the imperial physician Xu Zhen molested the palace maid, and was strangled to death by the late emperor's strongman. He announced that he had died of illness. I was confused just now, so I forgot."
"Nie Shanggong, are you kidding me? She's just a palace maid. Even if she was molested by the imperial doctor, given the late emperor's character, he would not directly strangle the imperial doctor to death. The late emperor was playful and playful, but he was not a violent king." Zhu Qiyu didn't believe it.
"What if the person you are teasing is a slave?" Nie Shanggong really risked his life to exchange his reputation for Zhu Qizhen's Zhengshuo. What is Zhu Qizhen's relationship with her?
In the twenty-two years since Zhu Qiyu returned to the palace, he had never heard any rumors about Nie Shanggong. She never bothered to do anything against other eunuchs and maids. It can be said that her reputation was excellent. She was willing to risk her own reputation, which shows that Zhu Qiyu was willing to risk her own reputation. Qi Zhen's Zhengshuo is more important than her reputation!
"Nie Shanggong is saying that Xu Zhen molested you, so the late emperor strangled him?"
"Yes!" Nie Shanggong admitted frankly.
Zhu Qiyu suddenly looked at Xu Biao. Xu Biao had collapsed and was bleeding everywhere he had eyes. This reminded him of the scene when he traveled through time, which was the result of overdoing it! Damn Xu Biao and Ai Gaofeng, you killed me!
"Xu Biao, I gave you a chance to save your nine clans! Do you still cherish it?" Zhu Qiyu must dig out this secret. It is related to the throne. As long as Zhu Qizhen's identity as the legitimate son is revealed, what else can he fight with me for?
But Xu Biao spoke intermittently: "I, I am not guilty..."
"Shut up! Are you not guilty? I just had a minor illness, but you gave me a big tonic! You harmed me, and you were so eloquent in your excuses! You dare to say you are not guilty! Okay! I will let all nine of your tribes go to hell with you! Let me Your life is worse than death!"
Zhu Qiyu's face was full of anger: "Liu Xiang, go and transfer Xuande's archives from one to three years. All files must be transferred! I want to check them! Go quickly!"
"Jin Zhong, ask an imperial doctor to come in and drag him down to treat his illness. It would be too easy for him to die like this. If he dares to harm the emperor, I should give him melon vines!"
Then he looked at Nie Shanggong suddenly: "Shang Gong, I know that you grew up under the knees of the Empress Dowager since childhood. During the Hongxi period, you were the head of the female officials in the palace. You are quite prestigious in the palace, you are fair in dealing with things, and you are dedicated to serving the public. Why? Are you always going against me? I think that as an emperor, I am better than the Supreme Emperor, and I will never be disrespectful to the Empress Dowager or the Prince. I have never criticized the palace people or harmed the world. Why does Shang Gong target me?"
Nie Shanggong lowered his head and said nothing.
"Shang Gong just said that the imperial doctor Xu Zhen was teasing you, and the late emperor had his strongmen strangle him to death. I ask you, how old are you in the second year of Xuande? Are you nearly thirty? There are so many maids in the palace, but he ignores them. Is he tired of teasing the leader of female officials? Or is he deliberately seeking death? Shang Gong, why do you lie even though you are innocent? Why? "
"I know that you are not afraid of pain or punishment, and you have no family outside the palace. You seem to be invulnerable. But you take your name very seriously. If I stripped you naked and asked you to stand in front of the Meridian Gate, what would you do? How about it?"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was sinister: "Shang Gong, tell me whether the Supreme Emperor is the biological son of the Empress Dowager!"
"The Emperor is the Empress Dowager's biological son, there is no mistake!" Nie Shanggong said decisively.
"The mouth is so tough! Someone stripped Nie Shanggong naked and asked her to stand in front of the door! Didn't she say that Xu Zhen was molesting her? There are hundreds of doctors kneeling outside the door. I want to take a look. Who would tease you!"
Nie Shanggong shed two lines of clear tears, trembling all over, and allowed the little eunuch to pull her down.
Seeing her determination, Zhu Qiyu felt that something was not simple inside: "Wait a minute, Shang Gong, you have watched me grow up. I don't have an insoluble grudge with you, so why don't you just settle it?"
Nie Shanggong said nothing.
Zhu Qiyu was still unwilling: "Your family name is Nie? Where is your surname?"
"My maid's surname is Nie. I can't remember where my family comes from. She was sent to the palace since she was a child. Thanks to the grace of the Empress Dowager Zhang, she was raised under her knees. Later she was valued by the Empress Dowager and entered the Empress Dowager's palace to serve her." Nie Shang Gong's voice was slightly choked.
Obviously, Zhu Qiyu hit her on the seven inches. She is not afraid of anything, she just wants a clear name. If she was stripped naked and left standing in a crowd, she would have no choice but to die.
"The Empress Dowager entered the palace at the age of ten. Were you in the palace at that time?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
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"Why don't you leave the palace?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
"I have no family outside the palace and no worries. I am old and don't want to worry about it anymore, so I stay in the palace to serve you. Besides, the Empress Dowager Zhang is very kind to me, so I should do my best." Nie Shanggong answered rightly.
"Have you never had sex with a eunuch?" Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered.
"I dare not disturb the palace and break the rules of the palace!" Nie Shanggong said anxiously.
"You haven't looked for her yet?" Zhu Qiyu said slowly, "Send Po Wen to come into the palace and check Nie Shanggong's body!"
The palace maid who gave birth to Zhu Qizhen was probably Nie Shanggong!
Zhu Qizhen is the late emperor's heir, and I am also the late emperor's own son. She was born in the palace of the Empress Dowager, so she should be treated equally. Moreover, she has no children and is not involved in inheriting the family business. She is not greedy for money or fame. She has a good reputation in the palace, but she has targeted me and painstakingly helped the Empress Dowager to kill me. It is too contradictory to attach great importance to Zhu Qizhen's Zhengshuo.
"Your Majesty, how could my slave He De be favored by Emperor Xuanzong? How to give birth to the Supreme Emperor? Your Majesty, please don't break this slave. I am nothing more than a rough servant girl. I have to be trusted by the Empress Dowager Zhang to not give up and promote me all the way to where I am today. . When Your Majesty sees that the slave is bored, just give the slave a piece of white silk and a glass of sake. The slave will never complain. Why use the slave to taint the Queen Mother?"
Nie Shanggong kowtowed: "For eight years, Your Majesty has always been suspicious and suspicious, thinking that someone was harming Your Majesty. You thought that the Queen Mother was not your biological mother, so you were always on guard. In fact, the Queen Mother protected Your Majesty and treated Him as your own child. The servants saw this and they I know that Your Majesty is sick, and that Your Majesty is suspicious. You will not give up until you kill all the people you doubt. So what if you kill them all? They will still appear in your dreams. This is the inner demon. As long as Your Majesty is alive, you will See them!"
"How dare you, this lowly maid, curse Your Majesty!" Jin Zhong slapped Nie Shanggong on the face.
But Nie Shanggong stared at Zhu Qiyu unconvinced: "Your Majesty is ill. No matter what the servants say, your Majesty will not believe it. He will only believe what he thinks in his heart. Your Majesty must not be able to sleep at night. He is afraid, frightened, and violent. You want to kill everyone you see! Don’t you? Your Majesty is sick!”
"Kill you bastard!" Jin Zhong Duotou slapped him a few more times before going to kill him.
Zhu Qiyu stopped him, with an indifferent expression: "She is forcing me to kill her! Nie Shanggong, you are anxious, calling me sick, and irritating me to kill you. But I won't do it, I am a benevolent king, a benevolent king through the ages! Someone is here. , stripped her naked and left her standing at the door! Jin Zhong, keep an eye on her and don’t allow her to commit suicide! I want to dig out all the secrets in her belly!"
"Why hasn't Liu Xiang come back yet? Go find an old eunuch and summon him for questioning!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't wait to check the archives. As long as the identity of Zhu Qizhen's legitimate son was stripped away, he would be useless!
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