The timing of this rumor is extremely clever.
At a time when the various forces in the court were arguing endlessly about the smuggling between the inner treasury and the Ming family, the life experience of Fan Xian, the supervisor of the Supervisory Yuan who was responsible for investigating the affairs of the Ming family, was revealed. This rumor caused people in the capital to The strange situation suddenly became quiet.
Just like in the sky where the dark clouds are closed and the sun is not visible, there are lightning and thunder, and strong winds are blowing, but no raindrops have fallen yet.
Such an environment makes people feel even more depressed and uneasy.
Lu Ze also did not expect that the effect of this strange move would be so good.
Ye family.
This family's status in Qingguo is extremely special.
Because of the woman named Ye Qingmei.
Although the Ye family still carries the label of rebellion, there are many people in the capital who admire that strange woman, including the current director of the Supervisory Yuan, Chen Pingping, who are still chasing the deceased. Even the four great masters have an inexplicable relationship with her.
The sudden revelation of Fan Xian's identity shocked everyone.
Although no one in this world can produce conclusive evidence to prove that Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son.
But the human heart is the most wonderful and unpredictable thing in the world.
In particular, Fan Xian, an illegitimate son who had just arrived in Beijing, was able to master the powerful weapon of the Overwatch Council and sit in the powerful position of supervisor of the Overwatch Council at a young age. This was no longer the illegitimate son of Si Nanbo. Identity can convince.
The more important thing is naturally the acquiescence of the one in the palace.
Everyone in the court knows that the Overwatch Council is the forbidden concubine of our Emperor, but no matter how close the relationship between Emperor Qing and Fan Jian is, they cannot use the Overwatch Council to give the illegitimate son of the Fan family as a means to win over.
As soon as this rumor came out, it gave people a reason to believe it.
So that’s it!
...
At this time, the protagonist at the center of the topic, Fan Tisi, was on his way back to Beijing. Through the secret letter from the Supervisory Council, Fan Xian immediately learned everything that happened in Kyoto. In the service hall closest to the capital, Fan Xian, who had returned from Jiangnan, A group of people sat down among them.
As he hurried back, Fan Xian's lips looked very chapped.
Mr. Fan has experienced half a year of hard work in the Oversight Council, and he has already developed a strong heart. As a time traveler, Fan Xian has gradually realized the taste of power, but this time things have directly affected him. It disturbed his long-lasting state of mind.
--boom!
The porcelain cup was thrown to the ground hard, and the shattered porcelain pieces flew everywhere, showing that Fan Xian was currently in a confused state of mind.
It was not that he had never thought about the day when his life experience would be revealed. Deep down in his heart, Fan Xian was secretly looking forward to the day when he could stand in front of the world and shout loudly that he was Ye Qingmei's son, not an illegitimate child. .
But it is definitely not presented to the world in this way.
At this moment, Fan Xian deeply felt his own weakness. Before he had any preparation, this rumor had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto, making him clearly feel that there was unpredictable danger and danger hidden in front of him. dark. Fan Xian hated the feeling that things were completely out of control. Just like when he first came to Beijing to participate in a poetry meeting, he was tricked by Lu Ze, but this time the situation was far comparable to that of a small poetry meeting in Prince Jing's palace.
"Is...Chen Pingping deliberately releasing the news?"
Fan Xian was puzzled.
It's been a day and a night since he learned the news at noon yesterday, and he still can't guess who deliberately spread the rumors.
He even felt that the old man in the Overwatch Council who cared so much about him was the biggest suspect.
At this time, a carriage appeared outside Chenyuan, which was more noble than the Royal Villa in the suburbs of Beijing. The old man being pushed in a wheelchair got on the carriage surrounded by many guards. The sound of horse hooves sounded rhythmically, and he headed towards Driving slowly and unhurriedly in the direction of Kyoto.
"Does this make you so panicked?"
Chen Pingping thought about accepting it
When he saw the urgent tip from Fan Xian, he shook his head. What happened this time was also beyond his expectation. However, what made Chen Pingping a little disappointed was that Fan Xian's reaction to this incident, compared with his mother, Fan Xian can only be regarded as a well-behaved child.
At this time, Kyoto has closed its gates.
Although there is no curfew in Kyoto, the lights in the city are still bright, and the shipyard on the Liujing River is also very lively. If there are no accidents, the city gate at this time will only be opened after dawn tomorrow.
Chen Yuan's carriage was not questioned at all. After knowing that it was Chen Yuan's carriage, the Kyoto garrison quickly opened the city gate.
Chen Pingping is undoubtedly a special case.
When the carriage drove to the palace, Chen Pingping on the carriage opened her eyes. The old man murmured to himself: "Who did it this time? Only a few people knew about Fan Xian's life experience, not even the Queen Mother. Clearly know Fan Xian’s true identity.”
The best conspirator in Qing Kingdom quickly eliminated various options in his mind.
Chen Pingping lowered her eyebrows.
He vaguely noticed that since the last assassination at Xuankong Temple, some things seemed to be gradually getting out of his control.
The sound of opening the key came from the palace gate. Dean Chen had the privilege of entering the palace to meet the saint at any time. This was a transcendent status that belonged to him alone.
Soon, the candles in the imperial study room lit up.
"The only people who know about this matter are Your Majesty, me, Fan Xian, the old lady of the Fan family, and Fei Jie." Chen Pingping in the wheelchair counted with her old and withered fingers. Her slightly hoarse voice echoed in the imperial study. In front of him was the gloomy Emperor Qing.
Emperor Qing was silent for a moment, then said quietly: "The queen mother also knew about Fan Xian's life experience. After Fan Xian's identity as a supervisor in the Oversight Council was exposed, she vaguely noticed something, and then..."
The troubles Fan Xian caused after entering the capital were not small.
And although the empress dowager who was deep in the palace never asked about the affairs of the court, her political sense was extremely keen.
[In view of the general environment,
Most people wouldn't notice anything, but she still smelled something was wrong. Her reputation in Kyoto had become very bad, and her marriage to Wan'er was even blown up. How could the illegitimate son of the Fan family turn around and become a member of the Supervisory Yuan? A dignified Tisi?
So, under the Queen Mother's forceful questioning, Emperor Qing still told the truth to the old lady of Hanguang Palace.
Chen Pingping's voice sounded again: "In my opinion, it is impossible for the six people who knew about it to leak the matter."
Emperor Qing's originally cold eyes suddenly became sharp and fierce. He stared at Chen Pingping in the wheelchair, his temperament became less profound than usual, and the anger in his voice was clearly visible: "Then how did Northern Qi know about this? "
Emperor Qing and Lu Ze are both the kind of people who like to control everything.
And many things happening in Kyoto now seem to be beyond the control of Emperor Qing, including the previous assassination of Xuankong Temple, the visit of the blindfolded robot at night, and this incident that just broke out.
Therefore, Emperor Qing was angry and wanted to find the person who leaked the secret.
Chen Pingping was silent for a long time. After a long time, she slowly spoke: "I think the eldest princess is the most suspicious."
If Lu Ze were around, he would be tempted to give Dean Chen a thumbs up.
Things developed exactly as Lu Ze guessed, and in the end the problem fell on Li Yunrui's head.
The Queen Mother knew about Fan Xian's life experience, and Li Yunrui was the Queen Mother's most beloved daughter. More importantly, the relationship between Li Yunrui and the Northern Qi Dynasty had now been brought to light. The inner treasury of the eldest princess betraying the country for personal gain was still being debated in court. focus topic.
Regardless of the motive or the conditions for the crime, she is Chi Guoguo's number one suspect.
Emperor Qing sighed.
In fact, he also knew that Li Yunrui was the person most likely to leak it, but he could not tell the matter through his mouth. Chen Pingping knew the thoughts of Emperor Qing very well, and His Majesty the Emperor cherished feathers the most.
How could he possibly have promised the Queen Mother before and then turn around and attack his own sister?
Therefore, Chen Pingping became the villain.
"Yun Rui doesn't know that Fan Xian is my... biological son."
Chen Pingping didn't say anything because he knew this topic was taboo.
But since His Majesty has said so, it seems that he has officially confirmed that the eldest princess is the one who leaked the secret in this incident.
Li Yunrui takes the blame +1!
"Then what should we do next?"
Chen Pingping knew that this matter would not end easily. Since the person who leaked the information knew that Fan Xian was Ye Qingmei's son, he might be able to guess something further. This was why Emperor Qing seemed so angry.
illegitimate child.
He is also the emperor's illegitimate son.
For the royal family, such a name is not a good one.
The Queen Mother at that time sent someone to give her a handful of white silk because Ye Qingmei was unwilling to enter the palace.
I just didn't expect that things would turn out like this later.
"It's just a rumor for a moment, and it will soon disappear in the wind."
"I'm thinking of asking Fan Xian to assist the Crown Prince in comprehensively reviewing the inner treasury at the end of the year. Then he will go to Jiangnan and stay for two years. The rumors will soon pass."
"You can still get some tidbits in the newspapers."
Chen Pingping nodded slightly and agreed with a smile, but her heart sank.
His Majesty's attitude towards Fan Xian seems to be far worse than when he first came to Beijing. At that time, Emperor Qing would even often ask Fan Xian to come to the palace to attend family banquets, but recently he seems not to pay that much attention to Fan Xian. If His Majesty said Chen Pingping didn't think much of Fan Xian going to Jiangnan on behalf of the Supervisory Yuan, but His Majesty said that Fan Xian should follow the man from the East Palace, so he changed his mind.
"Tell me, am I very sorry for this son?"
Emperor Qing sighed heavily: "In order to take over the property left by Xiao Yezi, he had to accuse the Ye family of treason. Only in this way could the things left by Xiao Yezi be inherited safely. Now Fan Xian has another problem. In such a situation, I can't..."
Chen Pingping said a few words of relief to His Majesty.
After a long time, he spoke and reminded: "It's just that your Majesty still has to be careful about what happened fifteen years ago."
Emperor Qing nodded silently: "Don't worry about the queen, I will ask my mother to remind her."
After Chen Pingping left, Emperor Qing sat on a chair in the imperial study room. The decoration in the palace was extremely simple and unpretentious.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the candles blowing in the breeze outside the window with an incomprehensible expression.
"Fan Xian..."
"Wuzhu..."
...
Rumors about Fan Xian's life experience spread.
The queen's reaction was even more exciting than that of Li Yunrui.
Because to a certain extent, she is the one who really hates the Ye family. Fifteen years ago, the Queen's mother's family was slaughtered in Kyoto on a bloody night. At the same time, because of this reason, she has been firmly entrenched over the years. Sitting in the position of the master of the harem.
It really seems pathetic.
And Lu Ze, the current prince of the East Palace, was actually affected by what happened back then.
At least Emperor Qing felt at ease with the prince who had no influence from his relatives. He finally found a father-in-law and was soon driven back to Wuzhou to live in his old age. Emperor Qing was extremely skilled in the art of balancing.
This is why Chen Pingping doesn't want to help Fan Xian, the emperor's illegitimate son, to sit on the throne.
Because if Emperor Qing really wanted to let Fan Xian ascend the throne, the first thing he would do would be to find a reason to kill the Fan family and the entire Liu family.
Chen Pingping knew that His Majesty the Emperor could definitely do such a thing.
At this time, in the Hanguang Hall, the Queen was kneeling in front of the Queen Mother with tears on her face, holding the Queen Mother's hand tightly, her eyes were red, and her voice was full of sorrow: "Mother, you must make the decision for your child."
The Queen Mother sighed: "How can I make the decision for you? What happened back then is in the past."
"Past?" The queen actually chuckled: "Can this matter pass? Wasn't the bloody night in Kyoto caused by His Majesty's blood in revenge for that witch? Fan Xian..."
"Shut up!"
"Don't forget that Fan Xian has royal blood in his bones. Are you thinking of killing him? Have you asked the Ai family what they want?"
At this time, the smart people in the palace had already noticed something from His Majesty's reaction. When they thought about the relationship between His Majesty and the head of the Ye family, Fan Xian's true identity was already revealed.
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Mother, are you telling me to let it go now? What happened back then was not your fault..."
--Snapped!
A hard slap hit the queen's face, and red handprints quickly appeared on the left side of the latter's face.
At this time, the Queen finally despaired. After getting up, she forced herself to salute the Queen Mother, turned around and left.
When she walked to the entrance of the palace, the Queen Mother's slightly cold voice suddenly sounded: "In recent times, you have been staying in the palace peacefully, and you don't want to go to Chengqian. That girl Wan'er just gave birth to a baby. , need to rest now."
The Queen saluted again, with a mocking smile on her face, and said goodbye.
"Go and watch her and the Changxin Palace."
"Don't let these things bother Your Majesty anymore."
The Queen Mother said calmly to the old eunuch behind her.
Hong Sixiang was seen bowing and saluting, and then quickly disappeared into the hall.
...
Lu Ze successfully received the news from the palace.
Lu Ze, who was obsessed with spending time with his wife and children, was not affected by the strange situation in Kyoto. No one could have guessed that the one in charge of everything in the East Palace. Lu Ze looked at the news and smiled dumbly.
"Kill Fan Xian?"
