"By the way, how is the investigation into the Wuding Hou Mansion? Is there any progress?" Shen Haolin walked to the door, opened the door, and looked at the gloomy sky outside. "This matter will be handed over to His Majesty after the new year. You You must be a little unwilling, right?"
"I'm not willing to give in, but there's no other way. No matter how much we check now, we can't find anything. There are some places and some people that are beyond our reach. Only by handing it over to His Majesty can we find out the truth." Shen Cha came over and held his hand. The furnace was stuffed into Shen Haolin's hand, "Based on the information available at hand, it can be confirmed that someone from Brother Xiaotian's maternal family is indeed involved. There are many people and deep involvement."
"Being deeply involved means you have a mastermind?"
"I'm not sure if he is the mastermind, at least he is someone who can make decisions." Shen Cha shook his head, "They are fearless, no, they should be confident, because they do everything in the name of Wuding Houfu, even if they are really investigated. , and they won’t be found out so quickly. Facts also prove that they are right, Wudinghou Mansion suffered because of that incident, but they are still fine. "
"Those people are smart. You must know that the first thing they want to fight is not the banner of Wuding Houfu, but the Queen Mother." Shen Haolin pulled Shen Cha out of the door and walked slowly to the front yard. "It's just that although the empress lives in the harem, she is not blind. The group of people showed some signs, but she was cut off by the empress. She once told the late emperor that as long as there are people outside who do any bad things under her banner, , please don’t be polite, the late Emperor, just arrest them all and execute them to death.”
"Is this happening?" Shen Cha turned his head in surprise, glanced at Shen Haolin, and asked, "Why didn't I know?"
"You don't know it's normal. That was when the Queen Mother had just entered the palace and was very favored. At that time, I was not very old, only two or three years old. I heard the Queen Mother talk about this later. Otherwise, I don’t know.”
"It is quite bluffing to do evil in the name of the imperial concubine. Unless the matter is too big, most people will not delve into it. However, doing so will not be good for the imperial concubine's reputation and can easily be misunderstood. She is the traitorous concubine of Lord Charming.”
"There is nothing we can do about it. If a daughter can be elected to the palace, such a family is at least a famous family. There are many people in the family and their characters are also different. There is the kind of person who is clean and self-sufficient, and there is the kind of Those who use power to bully others. If the imperial concubine in the palace is really the kind who was raised in a boudoir and doesn't know the world, sooner or later something will happen to the family. If someone like the Queen Mother is sensible, she can at least save it."
"What brother is saying is that there is a difference between bullying others and doing evil. Some are just taking advantage of the opportunity to make money, and some are doing this kind of bribery and collaboration with the enemy." Shen Cha sighed softly, "The Queen Mother is wise. , cut off the thoughts of those at home in time, otherwise, I am afraid that even the empress will be implicated, and Daxia will not be what it is now."
"Who says it's not the case! With more relatives, there are more people who need to be controlled, but the Queen Mother only has one pair of eyes and one pair of hands, how can she control them? Besides, those in the late emperor's harem are not good people, otherwise, The Queen Mother will not make those people jealous because she is so favored, and take advantage of the opportunity to go on a tour with the late emperor to kill the Queen Mother."
"Brother said that the Queen Mother had communicated with the late emperor in advance, and we should not condone the clan members because of her. I think, in addition to this reason, the most important reason was that the Queen Mother was in trouble, and she was far away from the palace for a time, and her life and death were unknown. The clan members of the Queen Mother felt that finally No one could stop them from doing anything, so they became more arrogant. The late emperor cherished the memory of his empress, so no matter what his clansmen did, he would turn a blind eye or close an eye and not care about them. But the late emperor did not expect that, These people's appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and they are actually plotting evil and delusional about the throne."
"It is because of this that the late emperor felt particularly regretful. He had always felt that he had to bear a great responsibility for the death of the Queen Mother. If he could have noticed the bad intentions of those people in advance, it would not have happened. Such a tragic thing.”
"The late emperor transferred his guilt towards the empress to the people of the empress' clan?"
"If you can't take care of your Majesty, you should take good care of your clan. Unexpectedly..." Shen Haolin shook his head, with regret on his face, "His good intentions only fed a bunch of white-eyed wolves. Fortunately, the Empress returned to the palace safely, and the two of them The individuals were reunited, which also gave the late emperor an excuse to deal with those people. However, those people were too cunning and had been on guard against the late emperor early. In order to protect themselves, they dragged Wu Dinghou and his wife out as a shield. At that time, all the evidence They are all pointed at them, and it is difficult to defend themselves. There is no other way except to apologize with death."
"When the crime happened, His Majesty was still a prince. He could only watch the injustice happen but was powerless. He wanted to avenge Wu Dinghou and his wife, but because of his lack of strength, he couldn't find any evidence that was beneficial to Wu Dinghou and his wife. But now It's different. He is the master of this world. He can do whatever he wants, and no one will make things difficult for him anymore. Finally, he has a chance to vindicate Marquis Wu Ding, so naturally he won't give up." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows. "Thinking about it this way, I don't feel aggrieved at all. As long as I can return the innocence of Wudinghou Mansion, other things don't matter."
"That's what happened. At first, he refused to run away and inherit the throne that he hated. He spent most of the night because he wanted to vindicate the Wuding Hou Mansion. Now that the direct lineage of the Queen Mother's mother's family has been found, this matter is no longer a problem. We can intervene." Shen Haolin smiled at Shen Cha, "Let His Majesty have a headache, and it will save him from having nothing to do all day and only thinking of bad ideas to torment others."
"Brother is right, it's time to find something for him to do."
Shen Cha very much agreed with Shen Haolin's point of view. Song Jue's ability to make trouble out of nothing is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Although he is also a wise king who is diligent and loves the people, he doesn't know why. He has an extremely naughty character and would make some noise from time to time to torment the adults in the court.
When she returned to Beijing to report on her duties, she had seen with her own eyes His Majesty the Emperor, dressed as a young eunuch, sneaking out of the palace. If he hadn't encountered them entering the palace, he might have really escaped. When I was in Xijing, I heard that His Majesty pretended to be a gangster, a dandy, and the like more than once, causing trouble everywhere. After being caught by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion, he said that he was a certain person in the court. An important minister or a prince's nephew or nephew should ask the Yamen servant to inform the unlucky minister or prince to go to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to fish for him.
Shen Cha really couldn't understand Song Jue. She was already very busy in charge of the daily affairs of Jiaping Guancheng, the Shen Family Army, and the Zhenguo Palace. As an emperor, she had to deal with a mountain of national affairs every day. She actually still had time to cause trouble for others. Shen Cha thought she should ask Song Jue for advice on how to handle official duties quickly.
"He has always been particularly happy when he sees others looking worried and angry. This time, we also made him anxious."
"The Queen Mother also allowed him to run wild. Even if someone complained to him, she never restrained him. On the contrary, she even indulged him."
"My Majesty's meaning is very clear. As long as your Majesty does not delay national affairs or the people's livelihood and contentment, anything can be done. Of course, the premise is that he will be an emperor honestly and cannot think about sneaking out of the capital all day long. go."
"He will never give up the throne until the Wuding Hou Mansion is rehabilitated. Wait!" Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and asked in disbelief, "He is so capable, will he just wait until the Wu Ding Hou Mansion is rehabilitated? After that, the ministers will have an excuse to force him to abdicate or he will abdicate on his own initiative, right?"
"Exactly!" Shen Haolin also felt helpless, "That's what he had in mind."
"Don't you, gentlemen in the court, care?"
"I guess all of you are well aware of his thoughts, so...as long as what he does does not harm Daxia's interests or the health of his dragon body, he can do whatever he likes, and no one will really I take it to heart." Shen Haolin chuckled, "Now His Majesty has not yet married, and no legitimate son has been born, and no one in the royal family is willing to succeed him as the next emperor of Great Xia, so no matter how hard he tries, Hopefully, he can only reluctantly continue to sit on that dragon chair."
"...To be able to despise the throne to this extent, Song Jue...can be regarded as the first person in history."
