When she first heard the news that her father had entered the palace, Queen Mother Sun didn't take it seriously.
On New Year's Eve, it is reasonable for the abbot to enter the palace to meet his daughter.
But as soon as Sun Zhong opened his mouth, Queen Mother Sun was so shocked that her face turned pale.
To say that the person Empress Dowager Sun hated the most in her life was naturally Empress Hu. After the deaths of Xuanzong and the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Sun's methods were decisive enough. Within just one year, Princess Shunde and Queen Hu were on their way.
The emperor had previously proposed to reinstate Empress Hu, but Empress Dowager Sun had already tolerated it. Now the emperor has gone even further and wants to adopt himself to Empress Hu. Isn't this going too far?
Once Queen Hu is restored to the throne and the emperor is adopted by Queen Hu, who is the legitimate son between the emperor and the emperor?
If the emperor does not stop in the future and continues to take more actions to further weaken the legitimacy of the emperor, it is very likely that in the end, even the prince Zhu Jianshen will become the eldest son of Xuanzong's eldest son. Can Zhu Jianshen still hold the position of prince at that time?
Although Empress Dowager Sun's ability to govern the country was very poor, it was difficult to teach Zhu Qizhen well. But in terms of fighting for power and palace, he is indeed a good hand.
After hearing the news and doing a little analysis, he understood the emperor's intentions and the situation he was about to face.
Seeing that his daughter was silent, Sun Zhong complained with some dissatisfaction: "In the continuous wars in the past six months, the emperor has lost his troops and humiliated the country, which has harmed the country. But the emperor turned the tide and made unparalleled achievements."
In comparison, the reputation of the Supreme Emperor was greatly damaged, while the emperor's prestige reached an unimaginable level.
Why do you want to touch King Tan's family at this time? Originally, the Supreme Emperor still had the advantage of orthodoxy, and the Emperor was just a little bastard.
Even if he wants to respect Queen Hu, we can organize forces to stop him. After all, the emperor only controls the cabinet and the heads of the six ministries, and there are quite a few civil and military officials who are devoted to the emperor.
As a result, you have done this, and now everyone in the government and the public sympathizes with the emperor and Empress Hu.
In the hearts of the people of the world, Queen Hu was an innocent victim, and the emperor was also an innocent victim.
Moreover, the emperor was even more innocent in the hearts of the people in the world. He had just made an immortal contribution, and then all his children were killed.
Nowadays, the general trend of public opinion has become established. Anyone who stands in the way will be mercilessly crushed. "
After Sun Zhong finished speaking, he shook his head vigorously and sighed heavily.
All the palace people stood far away at the entrance of the main palace. Queen Mother Sun also sighed and told her father the truth in a low voice: "I originally thought that the emperor would guard the Prince's Palace against thieves all day long. , and will send King Tan out of Beijing to join the feudal clan next year.
In this way, Prince Tan's Mansion, the Wang family and others will have no use value to us.
Therefore, I ordered people to do something to make King Xi seriously ill, which also served as a warning to the emperor.
If the emperor is willing to restrain himself, then forget it. If the emperor still goes to extremes, he will send King Tan to death at the beginning of the Zhengdan Dynasty.
In this way, you can accomplish multiple things with one stone. The Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting will definitely not be able to continue and will have to be terminated. The emperor lost his only son on the first day of his Jingtai Dynasty. This is clear evidence that the emperor is not favored by God, which will inevitably greatly damage the emperor's prestige and make the whole country suspicious.
Furthermore, if the prince dies in infancy, the emperor's fertility will be questioned, causing turmoil in the hearts of the people.
In this way, the emperor is too busy to take care of himself, and for a while, he will not have the energy to press us step by step. "
Sun Zhong nodded when he heard this. It is said that his daughter's plan was very vicious and clever. If the emperor's only son really died on the day of the Zhengdan Dynasty, its impact on the situation would definitely be exactly as his daughter expected.
If it were someone else, after thinking of this strategy, they would still be confident and complacent. But why did it suddenly become like this?
I heard Queen Mother Sun continue to say: "Yuanjian Cui of Natai Hospital is an old man I have used for many years, and his methods of treating people are extremely skillful.
If King Yi died at the beginning of the Zhengdan Dynasty, King Yi would definitely set off on time on that day, absolutely neither early nor late.
But something went wrong here, and King Tan died three days early.
Immediately afterwards, Hang committed suicide and Wang set himself on fire. It all happened so fast that by the time we knew it, we had no time to react and it was all over. "
Sun Zhong asked curiously: "Then what happened on the night of Wang's self-immolation?"
Empress Dowager Sun shook her head: "I don't know. The officials and guards of the Prince's Palace were tightly imprisoned at that time, and they were all exiled the next day. It is impossible for them to know what happened in the backyard of the Palace.
As for the eunuchs, maids, and concubines, it was possible that they knew about it, but they were all executed on the same order by Concubine Wu the next morning.
Not to mention the people we installed in Prince Xin's Mansion, the entire people in Prince Xin's Mansion are all gone.
On that day, Jin Yiwei interrogated Wang, and later was responsible for placing Wang under house arrest. It is very possible that Jin Yiwei did something and did something excessive when interrogating Wang.
The Wang family had always been a very angry person, and she always regarded herself as the emperor's first wife and his wife. She was quite dissatisfied with the emperor's cold treatment. At that time, the Jin Yiwei tortured and interrogated severely, pointing out that the Wang family had poisoned King Xi. It is not impossible for Wang to self-immolate in anger. "
Sun Zhong sighed after hearing this: "I didn't expect that the emperor's methods were so vicious and sophisticated. He cut through the mess with a sharp knife. Not only did he break the killing situation you set up, but he actually forced us into a dead end.
So what to do next? Can we still compromise with the emperor? "
Empress Dowager Sun asked: "Are any of the civil and military ministers of the DPRK willing to stand up against the emperor?"
Sun Zhong replied categorically: "Don't even think about this, now public opinion has become the general trend, which is extremely unfavorable to us. Now whoever stands up to oppose the emperor will be mercilessly swallowed up by public opinion.
Anyway, among the civil servants, military generals and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty, absolutely no one would stand out.
As for the vassal king, maybe someone is willing? Hasn't King Xiang always been quite dissatisfied with the emperor? I don't know if he is willing to come forward.
Anyway, I don't want to try it. Now all the troops and horses in the capital are in the hands of the emperor. If the emperor couldn't think of anything, destroying the entire Sun family would be just a matter of waving his hand. "
Queen Mother Sun replied with a look of embarrassment: "But now that we have reached this stage, how can we compromise?"
Sun Zhong hesitated for a moment and then gave a constructive suggestion: "Let's give in completely and admit defeat. When Princess Qi gives birth to a legitimate son, we will take the initiative to change the prince's position.
Then you and the Supreme Emperor will take your whole family to live in Fengyang, and I will take all the Sun family back to my hometown.
We just want to be well-dressed, well-fed, and prosperous. Based on my observation of the emperor, he will agree. "
Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Sun replied categorically: "No, I absolutely cannot agree to this. In that case, Mrs. Hu will still be the wife of the first wife, and I will become a concubine again.
The late Emperor and I are husband and wife, why should we hand over everything that belonged to the late Emperor to a bastard who came out of nowhere? "
Sun Zhong couldn't sit still anymore, and complained angrily: "I have been fighting for most of my life over this distinction between wives and concubines. Why bother? Is it just a false name worth dragging the entire Sun family to death?"
Sun Zhong was excited for a moment and spoke a little loudly. The palace people guarding the door of the main hall looked over.
Now that it has attracted the attention of the palace people, the conversation can no longer continue. Sun Zhong suppressed his unhappiness again, said a few words of comfort, and then left.
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In the evening, the capital is even more lively.
The sound of firecrackers continued, covering the entire capital. The first is to celebrate the joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and to reunite the family; the second is to celebrate the victory of the heavy damage to Oala and the defense of the capital; the third is to celebrate the succession of the emperor and the restoration of Queen Hu.
Zhu Qiyu took his beloved concubines to the dowager's bedroom and kowtowed, preparing to stay up late with the dowager.
The concubine waved her hand: "You don't need to accompany me. So many things have happened in the past few days, and I am not in the mood to celebrate the New Year. You go back to the room to watch the New Year together. I will drink a cup of calming tea and go to sleep."
Zhu Qiyu saw that the concubine had made up her mind, so he could only take his beloved concubines back to his room.
Fortunately, the soft couch was big enough, so everyone sat on it, hugging each other and leaning on each other. Chatting while watching the New Year.
Everyone must fast for three days for the people in Prince Xi's palace. During the New Year, they can neither eat meat nor do intimate things.
So there was a rare silence and tranquility in the room.
It was an extremely rare scene where the master and the slave treated each other as guests, and the atmosphere was quite awkward. Zhu Qiyu said to everyone: "It's a long night, why don't I tell you a story."
(End of chapter)
