"You understand? What do you understand?"
Jin Miaomiao helped Hongye pack the food boxes, and the two of them carried them to the corridor outside the warm hall. The shadows would come and take them away without their instructions at all.
The two of them returned to the living room and sat next to Uncle Yan again. Hongye poked Xue Ruitian next to him, raised an eyebrow at him, and showed a smirk.
"Tell me, what do you understand?"
"Isn't this obvious? The Empress Dowager initially targeted Yan Bo and his group of humerus ministers who had been studying in the East Palace. From the initial wooing and seduction to the assassination in anger after being repeatedly rejected, she never succeeded. . As the late emperor was born, grew up, and ascended the throne, and a new batch of young people entered the court, her target changed from Yan Bo's generation to the new generation."
"Do you mean that she can't win over Uncle Yan and the others, so she can only wait slowly, waiting for the late emperor, the Xue family, and the Shen family to grow up?" Seeing Xue Ruitian nodding, Jin Miaomiao shook her head, "How can she be sure that she can live longer than the late emperor..." She suddenly stopped, looked at the people present in shock, and stammered, "No... no way? She..."
"You said that..." Uncle Yan and Qin Zheng were a little surprised. They looked at each other, "It's not impossible. Your imperial grandfather's body is not very healthy, but serious problems can kill people." There are no problems with him, they are all minor problems. It was originally said that he passed away after lingering on the bed. Because we were stationed outside, we had no way to go back to attend the funeral, so we had no way to peep into the truth. If that's true..." They looked at it Looking at Jin Miaomiao, "As Miaomiao guessed, the old witch's sins are really serious."
"But why aren't master and uncle surprised?"
"Why are you surprised?" Uncle Yan snorted, "That old witch can do anything, she doesn't think it's strange at all."
"If it is like what Miaomiao said, the Empress Dowager intends to eliminate all the people who know her well, waiting for new people and new goals to grow up slowly, and to draw a clear line between them and the old people before them. After all, Uncle Yan and his generation People already know that she has evil intentions, and they will also order the children of the family to stay away from her and the people around her. But the people around the late emperor and the late emperor are different. Although the late emperor and the eldest princess are not the biological children of the empress dowager, they have grown up. After that, the only elder left in the palace was the Empress Dowager. Besides, the Empress Dowager was usually very charitable and did not act too excessively. Therefore, she was not particularly wary of her. In this way, It will be more convenient for her to take action against the late Emperor and those around him."
"Brother is right." Song Qiyun stretched out and patted Xia Jiu on the shoulder, "Now it's our brothers' turn to explain, first of all, about the mother-in-law of the Xue family who died young." He glanced at Xue Ruitian, "Don't look at me, I've never seen that lady before."
"I've never seen it. Where did you go?" Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes, "What did my aunt tell you? Why have you never mentioned it?" He looked at Song Qiyun and then at Xia Jiu, " You too, and you didn’t say that either.”
"Don't look at me. I don't know anything about my affairs." Xia Jiu waved his hand, "I only lived in the palace for three or two years. As soon as I had some memory, I moved out. Even if I entered I can’t stay long if the palace pays my respects to my mother and concubine.”
"That's right." Xue Ruitian nodded and raised his chin towards Song Qiyun, "What did aunt say? About aunt?"
"Let's just say that she grew up with the eldest princess when she was young, and then suddenly lost contact with the eldest princess one day. Later, news spread that she was seriously ill, and even rumors that she would die soon."
"I know this, Xiaocha said it."
"What my sister didn't say is that the Xue family seemed to know what was going on from the beginning. On the surface, they were busy hiring famous doctors for aunt Xue's family, and the old doctor from Tai Hospital was also stationed at the Xue family. But in fact, the Xue family was always there. Those who have contact with the Buddhist and Taoist families, and even people from the southwest, are not spared. The reason why it has not been spread is because it is all done in secret." Song Qiyun looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "This is the Shen family who has been friends for generations. It’s all hidden, and almost no one knows.”
"Then why does aunt know?"
"They begged to the palace and to the head of the Empress Dowager."
"But..." Xue Ruitian frowned slightly, "In the end, my aunt recovered from her illness. She is a real person with a certain outlook."
"Yes." Song Qiyun nodded, "But the mother-in-law said that Aunt Xue's family seemed to be a different person after she recovered from her serious illness. The girl who was particularly sunny, lively, and somewhat heroic before became less beautiful after she recovered from the illness. She was too talkative and liked to be alone. She was cold and indifferent. She was completely opposite to the girl before. Later, the aunt of the Xue family entered the palace and became the concubine of the father. The father still liked her very much. This aunt would go and stay with this aunt of the Xue family from time to time. Later, I don’t know why, but this aunt of the Xue family did something not very good to my father..." He looked at Xue Ruitian, "He did something not very good. , Fortunately, my father did not hold her accountable, but just let her shut up and think about her mistakes."
Xue Ruitian opened his mouth, but nothing came out for a long time. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he found that it was inappropriate to say anything.
"Unexpected, right?" Song Qiyun smiled at him, "I heard that he did something shocking later."
"The imperial study room was set on fire." Shen Cha sighed softly, "Fortunately, everyone is fine, and the imperial study room is fine. It's just that the miscellaneous room next to it is missing. At the same time, there are several places in the inner palace where water can escape, as well. The work of the Xue family’s empress. When all the turmoil subsided and the source was found, it was the Xue family’s empress. The result..."
"Let's all go to the palace of the empress. He has passed away." Song Qiyun reached out and patted Xue Ruitian, "The reason why the Xue family was not implicated is because Aunt Xue's family..." He sighed deeply, "It was an abnormal death. "
"This means..." Xue Ruitian looked at Chen Cha and then at Song Qiyun, "Murder?"
"Yes." Shen Cha nodded, "But we can't publicize it to the outside world. We can only say that he died of a sudden serious illness. However, people close to him know it. But from then on, the Xue family's empress became a taboo. Can we not mention it? I won’t let you mention it.”
"This is understandable." Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "But her abnormality and death are all related to the Empress Dowager?"
"Tianning Temple was worshiped by the Empress Dowager." Song Qiyun snorted coldly, "My mother-in-law quietly told me that the real person who treated Aunt Xue's family and then disappeared mysteriously was someone close to the Empress Dowager. .”
