Liu Hao's family was secretly happy when they heard Emperor Wanli's words, but they still frowned and said, "Your Majesty, let's do this. Let the common people think of a solution. Maybe next time you take a rest, your Majesty will come up with a solution!"
After hearing this, Zhang Jia immediately took off a waist badge from his waist and handed it to Liu Haojia and said, "If there is a way, just take the waist badge to the palace gate and ask the guards to notify me!"
Liu Haojia took the badge and put it away. At this time, Emperor Wanli was preoccupied and had no intention of talking to him, so he said goodbye and left. After sending Emperor Wanli away, Liu Haojia touched the waist badge in his arms and said to himself: "Small flag! It's a little too small, Lao Zhu's family is stingy! But it's still a good start!"
Emperor Wanli took Zhang Jia back to the palace and went straight to Queen Mother Li's palace. He didn't even wait for the eunuch at the palace gate to inform him, and rushed in immediately.
He entered the palace and saw Queen Mother Li talking to several palace ladies. They were chatting and laughing very happily! When the maids saw Emperor Wanli coming, they hurriedly stood up and saluted. Empress Dowager Li also sat upright and said, "How come Lord Wanzai has time to come today? Can such a big man be so frizzy? He can't even wait for the announcement." ?”
Emperor Wanli waved the maids to stand up and said directly: "Mother, do you know how Emperor Wuzong died?"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li's expression suddenly changed and she shouted loudly: "Shut up!"
Then she said to a palace maid next to her: "Zi Luo, take them all down, and let the Aijia say a few words to Lord Long Live!"
This Zi Luo is Queen Mother Li's personal maid, and she has won the trust of Queen Mother Li. Seeing the color of Queen Mother Li, she hurriedly left with several maids. Queen Mother Li and her son were the only two people left in the room. At this time, Empress Dowager Li said with a serious face: "Long live my lord, what did someone say to you today? But what about Liu Haojia?"
Emperor Wanli felt awkward when he heard what Empress Dowager Li said! Because he knew that his actions were controlled by others again! In the past, he wouldn't have cared about this matter, and even thought it was the result of being taken seriously. But today, his feeling was different. This was clearly the result of being firmly controlled by someone!
However, he still suppressed this feeling and simply recounted what happened in Gu Ningbo's mansion today. Queen Mother Li did not speak after listening to Emperor Wanli's description, but folded her hands on her lap. His long nails were tapping on his legs, his eyes were lowered, and his breathing was almost inaudible!
Emperor Wanli was also frightened by Empress Dowager Li's appearance! Because he had never seen anything like this happen to Queen Mother Li. It can be seen that things are a bit big today! And just when he mustered up the courage to speak, Empress Dowager Li's personal maid Zi Luo had already walked back quickly from outside.
Emperor Wanli saw that her face was pale, her body was shrinking, and she didn't understand. But Queen Mother Li was already very familiar with the people around her, and she could tell by the sound of footsteps that it was Zi Luo who had returned. She still lowered her eyes and whispered: "How are people dealt with?"
Zi Luo lowered her head and said, "Go back to my wife, we were all killed! She was gagged and beaten to death, and she didn't speak a word!"
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli immediately knew that it was because of his words that the four palace maids were killed alive! Although he felt uncomfortable, he didn't feel anything special. It's like a favorite ornament has been broken, that's all! But this also made him clearly realize how destructive his question just now was and how many problems it contained!
At this time, Empress Dowager Li raised her hand and pushed. The sapphire blue fine porcelain vase on the table was pushed to the ground and shattered with a "bang"! When Emperor Wanli came in, Queen Mother Li and the others were admiring this vase!
After the vase fell to the ground, Queen Mother Li said slowly: "Spread the news and say that these people broke the vase of the Ai family, so the Ai family killed them in a rage! But just in time, Long live the Lord came to give them The Ai family asked for their regards and even tried to dissuade them a few times! But in their rage, the Ai family did not listen to Banzai's words and ordered them to be beaten to death!"
Zi Luo bowed her head in agreement and turned around to leave. Queen Mother Li then turned around and said, "Long live my Lord, do you think it's worth it to have four palace people die because of your words?"
Emperor Wanli said categorically: "Of course it's worth it, I'm just a palace servant!"
Queen Mother Li frowned when she heard this, but didn't say anything. Anyway, she whispered: "Long live my Lord, please tell me what happened today again without missing a word!"
Emperor Wanli had no choice but to tell what happened today in detail. Finally, he said: "Mother, is Emperor Wuzong's death really what Liu Haojia said?"
Empress Dowager Li sighed and said: "Aijia originally planned to tell you these things slowly in the future, but unexpectedly, this little monkey said it without restraint! But Aijia can tell Lord Long Live that these things he said are pure speculation. , there is absolutely no evidence!”
Emperor Wanli's expression became more relaxed when he heard this. He shook his sleeves and said, "Doesn't that mean there's no way to prove whether what Liu Haojia said is right or wrong, right? In other words, it's possible for him to alienate me and the courtiers! "
Empress Dowager Li said slowly: "Long live my lord, the Ai family will tell you two things today. You must remember it! First, you are the emperor, and you don't need to look at the evidence to do things! You just need to look at this In this incident, who benefits, and who is the initiator! After all, some people do the beheading business, but no one does the money-losing business! The people in this temple are all as smart as monkeys, how can anyone suffer? "
Emperor Wanli thought for a moment and said, "I seem to understand a little better, Queen Mother, what is the second thing?"
Empress Dowager Li showed an almost imperceptible smile on her lips, and then said: "Ai Jia will tell you the second thing, that is, if something is good for Long Live, good for the court, good for the world and the country, it will wrong some people. It’s nothing special!”
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli thought for a long time before saying: "So, the death of Emperor Wu Zong is indeed suspicious! Because the civil servants who benefited the most were the civil servants! They killed Jiang Bin, gathered military power, and completely returned to the imperial court. The family in the hall is now the only one, am I right?"
Queen Mother Li said: "Long Live Lord, you need to make your own judgment! There are some things that Long Live Lord must have your own ideas about!"
After Queen Mother Li said this, the whole room fell silent. And Emperor Wanli suddenly felt that many things that were unclear before were much clearer, but some things were even more blurred!
