The atmosphere in Nuan Pavilion was a bit gloomy. After a while, Zhu Qiyu finally broke away from his emotions, sighed and said.
"Thank you, concubine. I sometimes don't care about the affairs of the harem. However, fortunately, the queen and the concubine are both good-tempered. If the concubine is willing to give them some advice, it will be a blessing to them."
Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult to get along with, especially in the Tian family.
In fact, as a royal family, it is extremely luxurious to have the simple feelings of ordinary people. However, even if he cannot achieve that kind of simplicity, Zhu Qiyu does not want to have any ill feelings between the Wu family, Wang family, and Hang family.
Since the Wu family said that they would no longer care about the Wang family and the Hang family, they would no longer target or plot against them. Zhu Qiyu naturally believed this.
However, he also didn't want Wu to go to the other extreme and let their relationship become distant and indifferent.
After hearing this, Wu smiled and said.
"Don't worry, the Ai family won't let it go. You are openly and secretly attacking outside. How has the palace ever been peaceful? Well, usually the Ai family doesn't want to talk to you about these low-level affairs. You don't feel at ease, so follow It doesn’t matter if you talk about it.”
As he spoke, Wu's eyes flashed with a sharp edge. He raised his hand and ordered the people serving around him to step back. Then he nodded to Qingzhu. The latter's face suddenly became stern. He turned around and took out a locked box, and then held it in his hands. Put it down in front of Zhu Qiyu.
Then, she came to Wu's side and took a small key that Wu took out from nowhere. Instead of touching the box, she placed the key next to the box and then stepped back.
This move surprised Zhu Qiyu. You know, although Qingzhu is just a maid, she is an old man who has been with the Wu family for many years. To put it bluntly, Qingzhu has been with the Wu family longer than Zhu Qiyu's son. Much more.
There shouldn't be any secrets in the entire Jingyang Palace that Qingzhu can't access. However, Qingzhu's move clearly means that she doesn't have the authority to open this box.
After taking a look at Mrs. Wu, Zhu Qiyu picked up the key, opened the box, and found a thick stack of documents inside.
After a quick glance, they seemed to be some records. After picking them up and looking at them carefully, Zhu Qiyu's face immediately darkened.
"These bastards!"
There isn't much written in this box, but every thing recorded in it is shocking.
"In April of the first year of Jingtai, saffron was found in Kunning Palace's fetal medicine. It was discovered before leaving the kitchen. The poisoner was found to be a member of the first palace. When the medicine was put into the jar, the person hanged himself."
"In the fifth month of the first year of Jingtai, some palace servants poured water on the road where Concubine Guo lived."
"In June of the first year of Jingtai, there was someone in the Changchun Palace who was acting sneakily. He claimed that the Queen Mother summoned the eldest prince to see him. Because she had no edict, she was blocked by the open channel of the palace. The person who sent the message disappeared inexplicably. Three days later, he was found in a place in the imperial city. Found in a dry well.”
"In September of the first year of Jingtai, Princess Gu'an was traveling and encountered a small blue snake with fine scales. The princess reached out to touch it, but was stopped by the accompanying guards. Later, the doctor identified the snake as Zhuyeqing, which is highly poisonous."
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The earliest record is from September of the 14th year of Orthodoxy, and the latest is about two months ago, around the Chinese New Year.
Some of these things are serious, some are inconspicuous, but without exception, the methods are extremely vicious, and the people who handle them are the most ordinary, humble and inconspicuous little palace people in the palace.
More importantly, as long as something is done, no matter whether it is successful or not, the person doing it will die or disappear immediately, leaving no chance for further investigation.
After Zhu Qiyu read it, his hands were shaking a little. He didn't dare to think about what the consequences would be if even one of the things recorded in it really happened.
"Mother, who did all this?"
Some of these things are deliberate at first glance, and some are "coincidences." However, since they are recorded, it can only mean that there must be someone behind them.
Wu was calm and waved her hand gently, so Qingzhu stepped forward and put the corresponding documents into the box, locked it again, and put it back to its original place.
Then, Wu Shifang sighed and said.
"What can't be found out? The people who did it are all little-known people. There are thousands of people in the imperial city. How can we check them one by one? Those who feed the horses, those who help the cooks, those who do the work. , As long as you want to do it, as long as you are willing to wait, there will always be a chance."
"So we can only prevent this kind of thing, don't think that we can prevent it. As for who did it behind the scenes, it's just those individuals, maybe Cining Palace, maybe the aristocratic families outside, maybe Nangong, or maybe... No one can be sure about the concubines of the Supreme Emperor."
"However, you don't need to be too anxious. There are many tricks in the palace. But fortunately, most of them have been cleared out when you came to the throne. Now at least Kunning Palace, Changchun Palace, Jingyang Palace and several other important ones Every one of them is a reliable person personally selected by the Ai family."
"Be careful on weekdays and nothing will happen."
After saying these words, Zhu Qiyu gradually calmed down. He was actually concerned and confused, but he could indeed understand this truth.
There are too many people of all kinds in the Imperial City, and it is impossible to find out the details one by one, but...
"Why didn't my mother and concubine tell me these things before?"
"What's the point of telling you? Let you go on a killing spree? Kill a group of palace people, and then replace them with a group of people who look innocent but have hidden secrets?"
Wu glanced at him, but her words were not polite at all.
Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and wanted to refute but had nothing to say. Indeed, other than replacing all the palace members on a large scale, he had no other good solution for this kind of matter.
But after all, the imperial city is too big. If you even check all the people who help cooks, wash clothes, and wash vegetables, then you really don't want to do anything else.
Besides, these low-level palace people are very mobile. After entering the palace, they may have done things in many places. Even if they are checked, nothing may be found.
Even if new people come in, there is no guarantee that there won't be people with different intentions among them with such a large number of changes.
"Your two daughters-in-law, it's not that the Ai family wants to say that they are not good. Although one is dignified and solemn, she is more than capable of managing the palace, but not enough to manage the harem. The other...is not as good as the first one. The reason why the Ai family has arranged these people in the palace , I also watch the troubles in this palace for you."
"It's enough trouble for you to deal with the court affairs every day. There are so many things happening in the harem every day. Some things are big and some are small. In fact, no one knows the size of the matter until the results are found."
"Take Sister Hui's time as an example. She has an out-of-control temperament and likes to run into flower jungles. She also encounters squirrels, cats and dogs, etc. on weekdays. That little green snake is a palace person after all. I didn’t pay attention when cleaning it up, but someone still put it there intentionally, and I couldn’t find out at all.”
"There is no conclusive evidence for these things, and you know clearly that nothing can be found. Why bother you with this?"
Zhu Qiyu lost his temper after what he said, because this is also true. In this life, he is already familiar with the road, and he has also strengthened the cabinet's voting plan and tried his best to decentralize government affairs.
But even so, there are still many things in the court affairs, and he will still be busy without touching the ground. He often sleeps directly in the Qianqing Palace. It is really beyond his power to allocate his energy to take care of these things in the harem.
So, he recalled the time in his previous life. As Wu said, maybe it was better now. After all, when he first ascended the throne, he had already screened many people in the inner palace.
But in his previous life, he was really honest and focused on government affairs. He directly used many people in the inner palace who were left behind by Zhu Qizhen, and only promoted Tao in a few key places. An old member of the royal family.
Nowadays, there are so many tricks in this situation. It is conceivable that in the past life, many embarrassing things happened.
Think about it again. At that time, Brother Ji's health was getting worse and worse, the relationship between Wang and him was getting worse and worse, and Xina's concubine's stomach had not moved for a long time. If he had paid careful attention to all these things in his previous life, There are actually a lot of strange things.
More importantly, the Wu family now has much stronger control over the inner palace because they have promoted a large number of their own people.
But in his previous life, because he had never thought about this aspect at all, Wu was afraid that he was unable to take care of these things even if he wanted to.
As he was thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered that in his previous life, Mrs. Wu had actually told him overtly and secretly that he could not trust the previous slaves in the palace too much, but at that time he always felt that they were just slaves and could not cause any trouble, but result……
Looking at Zhu Qiyu's appearance, Wu sighed and said.
"I'm telling you this, not to make you worry. After these things happened, the Ai family deployed manpower in various places, and there were many thoughtful old people around the children to take care of them all the time. Stay here, nothing will happen."
"I am telling you now because I want you to know that the Ai family will take care of everything in the harem. The Ai family still knows clearly what matters are big and what are small."
These words were naturally intended to dispel Zhu Qiyu's worries and tell him that although Wu often scolded Wang and pinched Hang and others, Wu would still protect them when speaking to the outside world.
In other words, their relationship is not as bad as Zhu Qiyu imagined.
"It's all the son's fault. It's the son's bad behavior that makes your life in the harem so difficult. Thank you for your hard work, mother and concubine!"
Although Wu said that he could not find out, Zhu Qiyu knew that the person behind it was most likely from Cining Palace.
Otherwise, she would not have picked up the prince so early and had someone follow him all the time. People always like to judge others by themselves. When she uses her own methods, she is always afraid of being dealt with in the same way. This is human nature.
From this perspective, it was actually Zhu Qiyu who caused these disasters.
In fact, as long as he was as cruel as Zhu Qizhen in his previous life, and asked Shu Liang to lead the imperial army to seal Cining Palace and Nangong Palace, find two eunuchs to go in and strangle the people inside, everything would be over. Solve the problem at the source.
However, once this is done, it will be a bloody massacre no less than Jingnan.
In addition to the two most critical figures, Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, in order to prevent restoration, the princes and princesses of Zhu Qizhen's lineage were naturally not allowed to stay, and all of them would "die of sudden illness."
If we want to completely eradicate the scourge and eliminate all sense of Zhu Qizhen's existence, then even Queen Qian and Zhu Qizhen's concubines will also be "buried".
Zhu Qiyu thought that he was not an overly kind person, but even without mentioning other consequences, he just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
Call it cowardice or benevolent as a woman, Zhu Qiyu felt it was not worth it to have so many people bury Zhu Qizhen alone.
What's more, once he does this, the turmoil it will bring to the court, the impact on the inheritance of etiquette, and the possible turmoil in the country are all costs he cannot bear.
For his own absolute safety, doing such a thing is not what an emperor should do. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu chose a gentler and more aboveboard method to solve Zhu Qizhen's problem.
However, since you want to occupy a rational word, you are dancing with shackles, and it is difficult to do whatever you want.
In the outer court, no matter how many calculations and offences he suffered, Zhu Qiyu could calmly deal with it. However, when he saw the treacherous plots in the inner palace, he couldn't help but feel deeply guilty.
"You did the right thing!"
Wu naturally felt this emotion, but she shook her head, put down the beads in her hand, sat up straight, folded her hands, and said solemnly and seriously.
"As an emperor, it is your duty to abandon your family and care for everyone, put aside your personal affairs and focus on the community. You will be a better emperor than your father in the future."
"I still remember when the news of Tumu's defeat came. When you woke up, you went to the palace and said that you wanted to fight for the throne. At that time, my mother made up her mind. Right or wrong, success or failure, you and I, mother and son, will share life and death."
"The Ai family believes that although Yun Niang and the Hang family don't know so many things, if they knew, they would make the same decision. So, do what you think you should do."
Zhu Qiyu raised his head and looked at Wu's solemn expression. After a moment, he finally let out a breath and said.
"Thank you, concubine!"
The warm sunshine outside the window shines on the couch, reflecting a magnificent light through the jade beads on the table. On the treetops, there are birds chirping, and the breeze blows, everything seems quiet and leisurely.
In fact, Zhu Qiyu came to Jingyang Palace today because of Brother Ji's affairs, but he never thought that he would resolve the long-standing grudge between mother and son.
At this moment, Zhu Qiyu suddenly didn't want to ask Brother Ji anymore, because just now, he wanted to understand something.
Since Wu has been able to stay in the harem and silently block so many overt and covert attacks, we can understand the painstaking efforts he put into what he did.
Then, she would not have any inappropriate thoughts about her grandson.
However, before he asked, Wu took the initiative and said.
"The Ai family already knows what happened in the Royal Garden."
"During these days, Brother Ji was in Jingyang Palace, and the Ai family did teach him something. Now that you are here, it seems that you feel that what the Ai family did is not appropriate enough?"
Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Obviously, although he no longer wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, Wu did not want to suffer this grievance.
However, since the topic has been brought up, it would be good to talk about it, so Zhu Qiyu considered the words, and after a while, he said.
"It is his blessing that the mother-in-law is willing to teach this child herself. However, every time he looks at his sensible appearance, his son always feels that since he is a child, he should be as lively and lively as Sister Hui."
"Brother Ji...after all, he is still too young. It doesn't matter if he becomes sensible later!"
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