Princess Wu knew that the maids would not disturb her if nothing happened. After waking up, she asked, "What happened?"
Aunt Dou, who had served her for many years, had already taken off her clothes and came over, sighing: "So that the concubine will know that the eldest princess of Jinling has gone to the tomb of Emperor Zhuangzong to cry."
Princess Wu's face changed drastically, and she immediately got up to change her clothes. After hearing Aunt Dou tell the whole story, she just spit out two words: "Confused!"
I hurried to Emperor Zhuangzong's cemetery, and sure enough I saw the eldest princess of Jinling half leaning on the strong servant girl, with red eyes, weakly kneeling on the ground.
Princess Wu was so angry that she trembled. She scolded the attendants around her and stood down. She said straight to the point: "If you are over fifty, just die. Where are your children and grandchildren? They will also accompany you. We will die together in two years." ?!"
The eldest princess of Jinling couldn't help but feel a little frightened when a person who had always been gentle and generous became angry. Thinking about the injustice she had suffered, she couldn't help but feel sad: "I am still alive, but my children and grandchildren are being abused like this. Wait until I die." Okay, so that’s okay?”
Princess Wu really gritted her teeth and said: "So you are still thinking about your children and grandchildren? I thought you had been looking forward to their early death and birth!"
She said angrily: "Wei Shi is extravagant and domineering. She is not a suitable mistress who can preside over the central government. Have I advised you? But you only remember that she is from a noble family and has produced three prime ministers in the West House. You came back with a betrothal! That's all. Marrying a wife has more room for change than marrying a daughter. If you have a legitimate grandson, it's the same with a good education. But what have you done? Is your good grandson? Did he behave badly the first day he went out? Have you disciplined him?!"
The eldest princess of Jinling couldn't help but look embarrassed. She just thought of her grandson lingering on the bed, which made her heartbroken: "Then he can't die! What a good child, be happy before going out. It didn't take long for me to be carried back. Sister-in-law, if it were you, could you swallow this breath?"
She sobbed and cried.
Princess Wu said without mercy: "Don't say 'if it were you', I don't have such useless children and grandchildren!"
The eldest princess of Jinling choked and stopped crying. After holding back her aggrievedness for a while, she started crying again: "Yes, even if he is useless, but a good child is beaten to death by outsiders, why don't I say anything?" When he went out to do mischief, didn’t the emperor do the same in the beginning? How could he have the face to criticize others?!”
"Yes, the emperor used to go out and fool around like this," Princess Wu sneered: "So, didn't he get beaten too?!"
The eldest princess of Jinling: "..."
Princess Wu: "Isn't the emperor more noble than your grandson? After he was beaten, didn't he admit it honestly? Now after he ascended the throne, he still asked that Lu Chong to be the counselor of the cavalry army! If you really want to blame, it's better to It’s your grandson’s fault for being too weak. He was also beaten. Others would have been fine after being raised for two months. How come he couldn’t survive on the spot?!”
The eldest princess of Jinling: "..."
Princess Wu: "Is it because the emperor is particularly resistant to beatings, like your grandson, who received dozens of sticks and still felt no pain or itch?"
The eldest princess of Jinling was speechless, just lowered her head and cried.
Princess Wu has been with her for many years and knows the character of this sister-in-law very well.
When Emperor Zhuangzong died, she was only a few years old. For this reason, both the late emperor and her husband were very arrogant and doted on her, pampering her to a great extent. Even though she was old, she still didn't know how generous the world was. A lot of leisure time.
Today, I heard Aunt Dou tell me the whole story. Princess Wu originally didn't want to take care of it, but for some reason, she thought of her deceased husband.
There is no such gentle and generous old man as him in the world. He treats her wholeheartedly, paints eyebrows in the boudoir, gambles on books and spills tea. The couple fall in love with each other and raise several children together.
The eldest princess of Jinling has been acting overbearing and rude for more than a day or two. After so many years, Princess Wu has tried to persuade everyone she should have persuaded. However, she failed to get any favors. Instead, she caused a lot of trouble. In recent years, she has not spoken much. , and there were fewer contacts with the Duke of Guizhou.
It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words, and who can always have a friendly heart with someone who always speaks harshly to them?
It's just that if something goes wrong today, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the whole family of the Duke of Guizhou in the future, so after she fell into a trance, she seemed to have seen her deceased husband.
He looked at her sadly with his gentle eyes, as if to say - Xian Niang, help her one more time, for the last time...
Princess Wu was still soft-hearted.
Looking at the eldest princess of Jinling who was hesitating in front of her, Princess Wu sighed tiredly.
She is a few years older than the eldest princess of Jinling, and she is also an old man who is about to be sixty years old.
"Sister, I will call you sister one last time. If you treat me as your sister-in-law, then listen to what I have to say."
Princess Wu said: "You and I are the daughter of the royal family and the wife of the royal family. We are nearly sixty years old. Have we not seen many ups and downs in these years? Don't you know that the heavenly family relies on legal principles to act, and the other is the wife of the royal family? Relying on love, sometimes, love can even overwhelm legal principles?"
"Do you understand what happened this time? That soldier enforced the law impartially and dealt with your grandson. This is the law of the country. What fault did he have?"
"As for love - you are the daughter of Emperor Zhuangzong, and I am the wife of the late King Wu, but the late emperor has passed away. This is no longer our era!"
"Emperor and courtier, yes, you are the eldest princess, but when it comes to the emperor's heart, how can you compare with the military affairs of the army? His lordship is not as good as yours, his rank is not as good as yours, and his connections are not as good as yours. There is only one thing about him that is worse than you. That is the Emperor’s Heart, and based on this alone, he is stronger than you!”
"You have grown up to seventeen years old in the palace. Don't you still know that the county magistrate is not as good as the current governor? At that time, Zhou Lai, the cruel official, won the favor of Emperor Zhuangzong. He took a fancy to Wang, the wife of the official Wailang - then But the Taiyuan Wang family’s daughter, haven’t you finally got it?! There are so many concubines in the late emperor’s palace, but when you see the attendants serving in front of the emperor in the Taiji Palace, don’t you have to be careful to please!”
The eldest princess of Jinling remained silent.
Princess Wu sighed: "Don't think of today's emperor as the late emperor. He is not the brother who loves you and will not bend the law for you. He tamed his subordinates just like taming horses. Those who obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish. That day You should also know the inside story of the incident at the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet, but why don’t you think about it, if Mrs. Zhang was really that capable and had overturned the situation long ago, why would she wait until today?”
"The Empress Dowager is the late emperor's legitimate wife. As the emperor's legitimate mother, she took advantage of the opportunity and ended up like this. What kind of affection do you have today that can make him be extra graceful instead of being ruthless and ruthless?"
The eldest princess of Jinling suddenly changed her color: "What do you mean, sister-in-law?"
"I didn't mean anything."
Princess Wu stood up and said slowly: "Sister, this is all I have to say, you can take care of yourself!"
The eldest princess of Jinling shook her head and stood up: "Sister-in-law——"
Princess Wu left without looking back.
The eldest princess of Jinling stood there for a long time, her expression extremely complicated.
A gust of wind blew from a distance and blew over Zhai Yi on her body.
She turned her head involuntarily and looked at the tomb of Emperor Zhuangzong, then shuddered, gritted her teeth, asked the maids to support her, and left in a hurry.
After two days like this, the eldest son of the Duke of Guizhou finally passed away. The funeral was arranged in a low-key manner. The Duke of Guizhou respectfully apologized and did not dare to have any say in the matter of the subsequent three generations' succession to the title. Objection, this matter passed so easily.
…
If the dandies in Chang'an were still interested in weighing Lu Chong's weight before, now they no longer dare to have any intention of disrupting the law.
The direct grandson of the eldest princess of Jinling, the son of the Duke of Guizhou, and the grandson of Jingzhao Weishi, all the strong men with triple buffs are so cold. Who dares to know the law and break it?
As a result, the public security in the imperial capital was very strict, no items were picked up on the road, and the houses were not closed at night. It really looked like a prosperous and peaceful road.
Ying Zheng felt a little regretful when he saw that the eldest princess of Jinling was withering away. After thinking about it, he felt relieved again - if he was really a fool who ran all the way to the dark side, what's the point of using her as an opponent?
It's just that this time the clan took a step back, but Ying Zheng especially felt that it was not enough.
Hundreds of years after the founding of this dynasty, there have been too many clansmen who have been eating the royal food. Even the beautiful and beautiful concubines in my harem have to work from dawn to dusk to support themselves. Why do you just eat without doing anything and make trouble all day long? No, are you eating my rice for free? !
Immediately, Cao Yang was notified and his trusted spy leader was asked to go out and cause trouble.
With such a sudden move, even Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand what he wanted to do: "Should you say it or not, be careful of overturning!"
Li Yuanda was also a little surprised: "When you are an emperor, you have to fight back and forth. Why is your sword heading towards the clan?"
Liu Che held his hands and tutted: "Shi Huang, Shi Huang, if you think this world will be overthrown by others, then stop hanging around in the space. Be smart and withdraw from the group!"
Li Shimin vaguely guessed: "Could it be that he wanted to borrow from the late emperor..."
"That's right!" Ying Zheng raised his thick eyebrows and said proudly: "If there is no comparison, how can they know who is good or bad between me and the late emperor? The late emperor secretly planned to pass the throne to his son-in-law, which can be said to be a cruel gift. Killed them with two sticks..."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked doubtfully: "You want to give them a sweet date?"
"Of course not!" Ying Zheng categorically objected: "The late emperor gave them two hard blows, but I only gave them one. Isn't this already very kind-hearted? What else do they have to be dissatisfied with? "
He sneered and said: "The late emperor wanted to dig up the roots of the clan, but I just let go of the clan's blood and connected the two things together. Then they will know that I am the only one in the world who does not dislike them and is willing to treat them well." …”
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."
The remaining emperors: "..."
Oh, what kind of quote is this from a scumbag PUA?
Chapter 29
seven days.
Cao Yang spent seven days to restore the true colors of this shocking conspiracy.
The current Crown Prince Ji is still not the rightful owner. In that case, how did he manage to get into this carrot pit that did not belong to him in the first place?
And what purpose did the late emperor have in ordering a person who was not from the clan to join the clan?
Who is the true identity of this fake Prince Ji? !
Cao Yang looked through the records left by the internal guards and selected all the internal guards who participated in the investigation of the real and fake crown prince case, and detained and interrogated them individually.
Then he made a surprising discovery - these people were nominally responsible for investigating the case of the real and fake crown prince, but in fact they were only acting in vain.
The one who really had an overview of the matter was an internal guard commander who covered his face and was personally appointed by the late emperor. They were only responsible for the execution, and all specific matters were handled by this indiscriminate internal guard commander and his subordinates. Full authority.
Since it wasn't someone from the Five Departments of Internal Guard outside the palace who was responsible for it, the matter was actually simpler.
Cao Yang immediately filed an application and went to Yeting Secret Prison to meet several prisoners.
After the Empress Dowager became a monk, Ying Zheng ruthlessly cleaned up the inner palace. All the secrets that had been buried in the previous decades and the internal guards hidden in the palace were arrested. After a unified and severe interrogation, those who confessed The contents and records were left with the Black Guards, while the others were sent to the Yeting Secret Prison.
Even the commanders of the Black Guards have no right to check this part of the records. Only when relevant matters are encountered and the situation is extremely serious, can they enter the palace after applying for layers. Under the supervision of confidential persons Borrowed with accompaniment.
His immediate superior, Chai Tongfu, Minister of the Ministry of War, read his application documents, stamped his seal on it, and said meaningfully: "Captain Cao, you know what you are about to enter. Such a whirlpool? As someone who has been through it, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Knowing too much is never a good thing."
Cao Yang glanced at him lightly, his face so handsome that it was almost enchanting. He said with carelessness: "I only know that people who enter the black-clothed guard have only two ways to go, either to step into the whirlpool actively, or to be swallowed by the whirlpool. This Isn’t this the fate of the black-clad guards, Lord Commander?”
Chai Tongfu's pupils shrank slightly and he said no more.
…
In the following days, Lu Chong and the black-clad guards seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.
The former is responsible for patrolling Chang'an and investigating illegal activities, while the latter takes the initiative to provide evidence for the other party and hands over a lot of black materials to Lu Chong.
The knife of the black-clothed guard is so sharp. It is not an exaggeration to say that the blood will seal the throat. If hundreds of officials turn their attention to this, the reputation of the black-clothed guard among the people will be improved. As a result, some common people, whose grievances could not be redressed, even had the courage to go to the black-clothed official's office, which the courtiers regarded as a den of hell, to redress their grievances and beg them to open their eyes for their families.
Su Zhan's former classmate, whom he had not seen for a long time, went to visit him at the Duke of Xing's Mansion. When he mentioned this, he spat on the ground angrily: "That Cao Yang is like a mad dog, walking around everywhere. Bare your teeth and bite!"
"An Guo, you don't know yet, right?"
There was a look of ridicule and jealousy on the classmates' faces: "Since this period of time, the threshold of Cao's house has been trampled to pieces. Hundreds of officials and nobles are rushing to give him gifts, for fear of being framed and imprisoned by him." , in just these ten months, he has made a fortune of nearly one million taels!"
Even Su Zhan couldn't help but be stunned by this number: "One million taels?!"
The entire Xingguo Duke's mansion probably only has these family assets.
You know, this has been accumulated by the ancestors of the Su family for several generations!
The classmate snorted: "He's so fat!"
Then he sighed and said with emotion: "It's a shame that the Holy Emperor was deceived by the villain and did not recognize the nature of this treacherous minister. An Guo, you are valued by the Emperor. If you enter the palace to see His Majesty one day, you will definitely call His Majesty You know how that villain Cao Yang extorted money and misbehaved outside the palace!"
Su Zhan frowned slightly, but was not in a hurry to answer.
The more he can speak in front of the emperor, the less he can speak casually.
Before the matter is clear, jumping to conclusions in front of the emperor is not only unfair to the people involved, but also obstructs the fairness of the emperor's hearing.
