Mr. An didn't show off, he said: "It's the Queen Mother."
Queen Mother? !
Jian Yu thought of the disgust shown in the Queen Mother's eyes towards her on her first day in Dazhou. She always thought it was because of the conflicting relationship between herself and Tang Fu, but it turned out that it was more than that!
Jian Yu stopped interrupting and let Mr. An tell the whole story.
The late emperor's favorite concubine was Concubine Xi. The empress dowager was not favored, and her natal family background was not high. The reason why she became the empress was entirely due to her relationship with the emperor.
The emperor was established as the prince, and his nominal mother-in-law on the royal jade plate was naturally established as the queen since the harem had no owner.
Today, the Holy Emperor is in the name of the Queen Mother, while Prince Jing is still in the name of his biological concubine. Their mother-concubine is Concubine Duan.
Concubine Duan was an old man next to the late emperor. She was by the late emperor's side when he was in the prince's palace. At that time, Concubine Duan was just an aunt, and her status could not raise her own son.
The concubine at that time, who was now the Queen Mother, had been childless for many years, so she raised the current Holy Emperor in her name.
The Queen Mother also heard from her mother-in-law that if she raised a child in her name, that child would be destined to have a brother. If she did not have a children's palace, she could use this to attract children.
She wants her own child more, so the current emperor is just a name.
The late emperor couldn't bear the separation of Concubine Duan and his son, so although it was over in name, in fact mother and son were still together. The Queen Mother was happy to be the boss, as she didn't want to worry about other people's sons.
Of course, when the child grew older and the Queen Mother discovered that her nominal son had the potential to seize the throne, and she wanted to get closer to him, it was already too late.
The late emperor's apparent love for Concubine Duan was not as good as that of Concubine Xi, but he would never forget Concubine Duan's share of the reward. Unfortunately, Concubine Duan's beauty was short-lived, so the late emperor remembered that Prince Jing lost his mother at a young age. , always handle him lightly whenever he gets into trouble.
There are too many princes in the palace who were born without mothers and concubines. Why does the emperor love Prince Jing so much? In the final analysis, it was due to Concubine Duan.
The concubines in the harem later learned that Concubine Xi was the favorite concubine, but Concubine Duan was actually the one who the emperor really cared about!
"Concubine Duan's death was not due to illness, but was caused by the Queen Mother."
At the end, Mr. An's words made Jian Yu's eyes widen.
"How could the An family know about this?"
Jian Yu did not doubt whether it was true or not, but felt that it made sense.
Why does the Queen Mother hate herself and why she wants her mother to enter the palace? This is because she wants to control the An family.
The Queen Mother is worried that the An family will leak secrets, and the An family is worried that the Queen Mother will kill someone and silence them. They are afraid of each other.
Fortunately, the An family has a strong family background. If it were an ordinary family, they would have been silenced long ago.
Previously, the Queen Mother came to Qingzhou to cause trouble for the An family because of Jian Yu. This was just a way to deal with Jian Yu, and it was more of a test.
After so many years, she wanted to see how the An family was doing, but she hit a wall. She didn't know how the An family was doing, and her own people got involved.
The Queen Mother was sure that the An family would not dare to talk nonsense about this matter, and the whole family would have to be exiled if they were accused of falsely accusing the Queen Mother.
Of course, if this incident comes out, even if the emperor is suspicious, as the old saying goes, without definite evidence, her position as Queen Mother is as stable as a mountain, and she must be respected even if there is doubt.
When the time comes, she will definitely let the An family die, and the whole family will not be in peace.
After so many years, who can guarantee that the evidence is still there?
Therefore, the Queen Mother and the An family maintained a balance, and neither provoked the other, so as not to hurt both sides, it was better to live in peace and harmony. After all, it would not be beneficial to either party if the matter was exposed.
But after all, the Queen Mother was the superior one, so she still had an advantage, so she wanted to recruit Jian Yu's mother into the palace. As a result, Jian Yu's mother married Taifu Jian's son, so the Queen Mother had to stop.
The other two sons of the An family were already married, and she tried to use a beauty trap to trap them in the backyard, but failed.
So the years passed.
But Mr. An knew very well that the Queen Mother would definitely remember this!
"If she hadn't severed ties with your mother back then, the Queen Mother would have suspected that the An family was connected to the Jian family, and thought that the An family might inform the Jian family, and she would keep testing or secretly make moves."
"She is the Queen Mother. Just frowning in the circle of married women can make it difficult for your mother. So she simply cut off the relationship to keep your mother safe and sound. She also separated the relationship between the An and Jian families and had no involvement with the court officials. The Queen Mother I can feel more at ease..."
Mr. An said what he thought, all this was done out of necessity.
There is a saying that the people should not fight with the officials. No matter how rich the An family is, they are still ordinary people. How can they fight with the Queen Mother? Undoubtedly, it is an egg hitting a stone.
Mr. An was right. The Queen Mother was still wary. If she really had murderous intentions towards the An family, she would be able to get too many powerful and wealthy people to take action without even using her people.
This was the case in the palace back then. If Jian Yu had not been quick to act wisely, her life would have been difficult in the future. She knew that her ability to be "arrogant and domineering" was all due to her status as Princess Jing.
At that time, Anjia had no one to rely on and could only survive with his arms broken.
So many years later, I am still trembling with fear, fearing that the Queen Mother may decide to kill Anjia.
Jian Yu thought that the Queen Mother had not taken action for so many years. On the one hand, she saw that the An family was honest, but more importantly, did she have the mentality of fattening the An family and then killing her?
For example, the Queen Mother's family supported the third prince, and when they were short of money to seize the throne, they took action against the An family.
Mr. An has been a leader all his life just for the sake of his daughter and granddaughter, and it is impossible not to leave a way out for his clan members. This shows that when he wants to save his daughter and granddaughter, the An family has other difficulties.
Such as the pressure from the Queen Mother.
The plot in the original book was not comprehensive enough. After experiencing it personally, Jian Yu discovered that the source of everything was not caused by the heroine committing suicide, but everything was pushed forward.
Mr. An then explained to Jian Yu why he knew about this.
Before this, only Mr. An and An Lin knew about the Queen Mother.
Then there is the back-up he left behind, which is written on the paper hidden in the private seal in the study.
This is Mr. An's hidden secret. He knows his daughter's temperament. If all the An family members die one day, his daughter will definitely come to collect his belongings. The gold, silver and jewelry may be taken away, but the ordinary stone private seals will remain.
When the daughter discovers the entrance, it is a life-saving measure. Because the An family is passive, the Queen Mother is likely to target her daughter, and the superiors are very suspicious.
But he was also afraid that if his daughter knew about it, something bad would happen to her, so he hid it in his private seal and waited for God to discover it or not.
Going back to the matter itself, the An family knew that the Queen Mother's killing of Concubine Duan was a complete coincidence.
When Anjia participated in the imperial merchant election and came first, when he was received by the late emperor, he was given the imperial merchant's token and took away some rewards.
A famous palace official came out of the palace along with these merchants who came for evaluation.
By coincidence, the other party hid under Anjia's carriage.
After sneaking out of the carriage, because of the torture, the palace man didn't go far and fainted at the door of the small courtyard that the An family bought in Shengjing.
Anjia saved people.
