After Xiao Lezi beat the little eunuch serving the wine to death, he was escorted out of the palace by the guards. Madam Dugu was afraid of hurting innocent people again and quickly knelt down beside her daughter. She kowtowed to Yuwen Yun and begged.
"This slave is willing to die for my daughter."
After saying this, another young eunuch came towards me with poisoned wine, and Madam Dugu reached out to grab it. Whether it was the eunuch's intention or Madam Dugu's hand that knocked the cup askew, the refilled wine suddenly spilled out. .
The poisonous wine juice splashed everywhere.
"ah?"
Yu Wenyun was shocked. He didn't hear clearly what Mrs. Dugu said just now, nor did he figure out who the person was, so he asked angrily.
"Who are you, who dares to intercede for Yang Lihua?"
Mrs. Dugu raised her head and said.
"This servant is Dugu Jialuo, the mother of Lihua."
Yu Wen Yun looked over carefully and realized that the person in front of him who was causing trouble was actually his mother-in-law, so Yu Wen Yun said angrily.
"I am about to destroy your whole family. You have come to seek death yourself. If you are here just in time, then accompany your daughter to report to the Lord of Hell. Come and get two more glasses of poisonous wine."
Xiao Lezi was escorted by several guards and could not resist, so he yelled at Yu Wenyun.
"You have suffered a lot, Yu Wenyun, you bastard, you have harmed the loyal and good, but today you are so rebellious that you want to kill your mother-in-law and your queen. Since you became the emperor, people will die wherever you go." , you will definitely receive retribution, bah, and you ministers don’t even dare to fart.”
Yu Wenyun pointed at Xiao Lezi and said.
"I see that you have served the late emperor for many years. Today, I will not kill you. I will leave you alive and drag you out to give you a 50-day cane."
Dugu Jialuo couldn't control himself when he saw the scene and said quickly.
"It doesn't matter if this slave dies. Please, Your Majesty, take care of your daughter."
Mrs. Dugu kowtowed her head repeatedly. She wanted to die to relieve the hatred in Yuwen Yun's heart. Mrs. Dugu's father, Duguxin, was the general of the Zhu Kingdom when the Western Wei Dynasty unified the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Duguxin made great contributions to helping Yuwentai establish the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
In order to prevent the now prestigious Dugu Xin from usurping power, Yu Wenyun's grandfather Yu Wentai found a reputation for rebelling against the imperial court and harmed him. On the other hand, Dugu Xin drank a glass of poisonous wine and died at home in order to protect the whole family from being implicated. Now his fate has befallen his daughter Jia Luo.
Zheng Yi, who had been standing in a corner of the palace and watched the situation worsen, walked out of the palace and paced back and forth outside. Suddenly he saw Xiao Lezi limping from the other direction, so Zheng Yi went up to Xiao Lezi and whispered a few words to Xiao Lezi, "Smart little Lezi" He understood and quietly left the palace.
The deathly silence in the palace passed for a while, and rustling sounds came from deep inside the palace. Another young eunuch was seen slowly walking towards the mother and daughter with two glasses of poisonous wine. The minister above was concentrating and holding his breath. The eunuch holding the poisoned wine was getting closer and closer to the mother and daughter.
Suddenly, I heard Xiao Lezi's duck-like voice coming from outside the palace gate.
"The Queen Mother of the Holy Emperor Tianyuan has arrived."
The sound resounded like thunder throughout the palace hall. The ministers gathered in the hall, including the arrogant Yu Wenyun, all knelt down. Empress Dowager Li and Empress Ashina, surrounded by several palace ladies, walked into the hall of Moonlight Palace to meet. He bowed his hands to the kneeling ministers and maids.
"Everyone, get up quickly."
When everyone heard this, even the queen and concubines who had knelt down to beg for mercy stood up one after another. In the end, only Mrs. Dugu and Yang Lihua, who were about to be sentenced to death, were still unable to kneel down.
"Who are these two?"
Queen Mother Li just heard from Xiao Lezi that something big happened in the harem and rushed over in a hurry. She didn't know what happened, so she winked at the maids on the left and right and said to the mother and daughter who were still kneeling.
"You two please get up too."
With the help of the palace maid, Mrs. Dugu and her daughter stood up. Queen Mother Li pondered carefully for a while before she recognized the person in front of her. She was shocked and said.
"It's my mother-in-law. How did you get here? What happened?"
Empress Dowager Li stepped forward and took her in-law's hands. She saw that his forehead was already bruised and bleeding, and the dust on his face was so stained that it was not human-like.
Empress Dowager Li realized the seriousness of the matter and turned her gaze to Yuwen Yun, hitting the floor with her cane fiercely.
"Yun'er, can you tell your mother what's going on?"
Xiaolezi interjected.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty wants to kill the Queen Mother and Mrs. Yang. We kindly persuade Your Majesty. Look, Your Majesty has people beat us."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li ignored her face and walked to the throne, slapped Yu Wenyun twice and said.
"You are today, and I didn't want to hit you, but take a closer look at who is kneeling in front of you. One is your mother-in-law, and the other is Lihua, who has given birth to your children. If you are angry, you can attack her. Why do you, mother, cast all your resentment on this innocent person?"
Ashina couldn't stand Yu Wenyun's stubborn character and continued.
"Yun'er, although you were not born to me, in terms of status, Aijia is half of your mother. Yun'er, why did you do such a rebellious thing today? Are you a fool to become the emperor? After all these years Everyone knows what kind of character Lihua is. It seems that your mother still spanked you too lightly. I think two slaps are not enough. I will reward you with a few more slaps to make you remember. I will take good care of you for your father. Unworthy of descendants."
After saying that, Ashina used all her strength to slap Yuwen Yun with a few big mouths. Yuwen Yun, who was furious, kicked the dragon seat over like a madman to vent his anger and walked out of the harem alone.
It was already dark when Yang Jian returned to his home from the Prime Minister's Mansion. He knew nothing about what happened in the palace during the day. After entering the house, Li Shun hurried over and told Yang Jian the whole story.
After hearing what Li Shun said, Yang Jian quickly entered the room and saw Mrs. Dugu lying on the bed with a white cloth wrapped around her head. The couple looked at each other for a long time and were speechless.
After a long time, Yang Jian finally broke the silence and said to his wife.
"Yu Wenyun is unethical and is forcing us to have a showdown with him. At worst, it will be a fight to the death and both parties will suffer losses."
"Both sides will suffer losses. Is this the result your husband wants?"
Mrs. Dugu said while lying on the bed looking up at her husband Yang Jian.
"This kind of reckless impulsiveness can only provide a laughing stock for future generations."
"This won't work, that won't work either, so what do you think we should do?"
Yang Jian said angrily.
"We almost lost our name in the hands of the Hunjun. Today he almost killed your mother and daughter. He also kept saying that he wanted to destroy our whole family. How could he say this if he didn't have this intention?"
"Yesterday and today were very dangerous, but if we don't tell you, you still escaped. You used to be a little bit secretive. Now that you have become an official, you have a bad temper. Although we broke our scalp today, we still can't. It’s not like I’m going to get dizzy and lose my mind.”
Yang Jian sighed and said.
"Well, we understand the truth, but this tone is really hard to swallow."
"It's hard to swallow, so I have to swallow it forcefully. Okay, it's getting late, go have a meal quickly, the children have been waiting for you to eat with them."
After a series of blows, Yang Jian's appetite dropped a lot and he only drank a bowl of rice porridge. Li walked in by the way and reported.
"Lord Zheng Yi is visiting."
Zheng Yi brought a large piece of venison and a few old wild ginseng to Li Shun.
"Madam is injured, let's stop by to visit. These things are not respectful, so let's try to replenish Madam's health."
"Thanks to Mr. Zheng's handling of what happened today, we can ensure that mother and daughter are safe."
As soon as Yang Jian entered the living room, he expressed his deep gratitude to Zheng Yi.
"Where there."
Zheng Yi quickly corrected him.
"Thanks to Lezi's busy running around and alarming the Queen Mother, the matter was settled."
Then Zheng Yi told Yang Jian word for word what happened today from beginning to end.
After hearing this, Yang Jian felt uneasy and said to Zheng Yi.
"We have always worked diligently for the imperial court. I don't know why the Holy Father keeps having trouble with us, which has caused my family to suffer along with me."
"Is there anything I can't figure out about this? The Holy Master has been accustomed to do whatever he wants since he was a child."
Zheng Yi smiled and shook his head and continued.
"You and Your Majesty have nothing to argue with. To sum up, as ministers, we must obey orders no matter whether they are right or wrong. If we accept the consequences and accept the consequences, Yu Tiandou will not end well. You are a smart man, how can you even do this?" Don’t you know anything?”
Yang Jian retorted.
"At this point, even if we are honest, can we still calm down in the future?"
"It's hard to get through it, but don't think about doing impossible things."
Zheng Yi habitually looked around and saw no one around before lowering his voice.
"The Holy One has been addicted to women since he was a child. Now in his early 30s, he often feels ill. The imperial doctor specially developed a powerful medicine for him. After taking it, his temper became more and more violent. Not only you, but also me and Liu Pi's eldest grandson attracted many close ministers. I often feel in danger just like you!!!!”
"How are you doing, Mr. Liu?"
Zheng Yi said.
"The flesh wounds he received from the beating have long since healed, but he still often stays at home without going out. At present, I have to shoulder all the troubles in the palace by myself. The Holy Spirit is so moody, which really makes us very sad. Headache."
Yang Jian was talking to Zheng Yi but he remembered Yang Shuang's advice and said to Zheng Yi.
"If we continue like this, sooner or later we will completely piss off the Holy Emperor. I would like to ask you to do a favor to my brother."
Zheng Yi readily agreed.
"Just tell us whatever you need us to do."
"Can you try to move us away from the Prime Minister's Mansion? Let us go to the border to lead troops to fight."
Zheng Yi continued.
"Then where does the Prime Minister want to go?"
Yang Jian thought about it in his heart.
"We have Wei Xiaokuan and Yang Shuang in the south, and Yu Qingze in the north. They are all places where we can stay."
Yang Jian said to Zheng Yi uncertainly.
"We don't have to choose a place. The farther away the better, whether it's south or north, as long as there's a place for us to stay."
"Okay, I got it, I'll let you worry about this."
When Yu Wen Yun woke up, it was already noon the next day. When he opened his eyes, he saw Queen Zhu fully dressed and sitting on the couch. Yu Wen Yun stretched out a hand from the quilt and waved.
"I'm going to get up, go and fetch Yang Lihua."
After receiving the report, Empress Yang came from Hanren Palace where she lived, as if nothing happened yesterday, still with the usual smile on her face and greeted the people in the palace.
Before Yang Lihua entered the hall, Yu Wenyun heard her voice and quickly changed from a lying position to a sitting position.
"Don't catch a cold."
Seeing that her husband was wearing thin clothes, Yang Lihua casually put Zhu's fox fur cloak on his body and asked the palace maid to fetch a basin of hot water while washing Yu Wenyun's feet with her own hands.
"Your Majesty slept all day and didn't even warm his feet. Is this how the Emperor lives?"
Listening to Yang Lihua's complaints, Yu Wenyun no longer lost his temper but felt deeply that he had made a serious mistake.
"Lihua, I have been in a bad mood these past few days. Don't take what happened yesterday to your heart. Besides, the two queens also taught us a lesson."
Queen Yang served Yu Wenyun. She got up slowly, neatly, neatly and gently. It was already past noon after Yu Wenyun put on his clothes and washed up. The two queens immediately accompanied the emperor to dinner.
Under the kind words of the two queens, Yu Wenyun made an exception and did not drink alcohol during the meal because he drank too much yesterday and smelled the smell of alcohol.
After the meal, Yu Wenyun returned to the Tiantai Hall and Zheng Yi came to report.
"Little uncle, Yuchi Sun Sheng is back."
"who?"
Yu Wenyun has no impression of this person.
"Your Majesty, it is Yuchi Sunsheng, the marksman who defeated the Turks with three arrows."
Yu Wenyun said after thinking for a moment.
"Oh, we remember, where has he been? And when did he come back."
"Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? He was an envoy for the imperial court and sent a princess with a daughter of gold to marry a Turk."
"Right......................... I remembered that when he went to the Turkic tribe, people there admired him. His archery skills kept him here, why did he come back?"
"Yes, Apok Khan also sent an envoy to pay tribute to the Holy Sage. Hetian jade beef, mutton, jerky, and many local specialties were all brought here by camels. The animals walked slowly on the road and were delayed on the road. For some time, Yuchi, Sun Sheng and the envoy have been waiting for His Majesty's summons."
"good."
Yuwen Yunlai said to Zheng Yi in interest.
"Tell them to bring the camels too. I will meet them at Liehui Garden. You can also call all the married women who were frightened yesterday. Those who are willing to eat camel meat can also taste it, and those who are willing to watch the archery show can also take a look. How about this arrangement for the marksman's performance?"
Zheng Yi said a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, the ladies of destiny are all scattered in various places. I'm afraid they won't be able to gather together in a while. The last post was posted several days in advance."
"Forget it, I won't bother you anymore. Let's just invite the ladies in the harem. Don't forget to call Chan'er too and let him learn archery."
