From Yang Tinghe's suggestion of "coaxing, deceiving and intimidating" to suddenly breaking down and running away in tears, from Jiang Mian and others speaking out about the situation to advising her not to expect a grandchild so quickly, things changed so quickly.
Now Empress Dowager Zhang feels nothing but anger and sadness, and there is no way out.
Then Han Guang looked at Wei Bin and Zhang Yong.
In her mind, the reason things had developed to this extent was because Yang Ting and others drafted the wrong edict, but the eunuchs who first went to announce the edict and then met in private were also highly suspicious.
For a moment, it was as if everyone was colluding.
"Wei Bin!"
"...The slave is here!" Wei Bin felt that Queen Mother Zhang's tone was wrong.
Empress Dowager Zhang had a ferocious expression: "Did you conspire to seduce His Highness?"
Wei Bin immediately kowtowed and cried: "Queen Mother, on the day we elected a new monarch, the old slave was afraid that the ministers would take over the power, so he risked his life to see if they could let the Queen Mother listen to the government behind the curtain. At that time, as long as the cabinet ministers cited scriptures and reprimanded the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was Under pressure, you can kill the old slave on the spot! The old slave is loyal, and the sun will tell you!"
Empress Dowager Zhang remembered that that night indeed happened.
Remembering that the cabinet ministers were so afraid of her listening to politics behind the curtain, and now that the promised heir was gone, her eyes suddenly turned miserable.
Seeing her expression, Wei Bin immediately continued: "Seeing this thank you note, you should understand that the old slaves really don't have the courage and ability to persuade His Highness! As of now, only the old slaves are loyal to the Queen Mother! The new king has ascended the throne. New people have always been employed, and the courtiers have never liked old slaves."
"Zhang Zhong, Zhang Rui... Ge Lao Jianyan and the Empress Dowager agreed to deal with them. The old slaves were cautious and did everything they could. Seeing that the people who grew up together in the palace were imprisoned one by one, how could they dare to do that? Waiting for something?" Wei Bin burst into tears and his forehead was bleeding, "Old slaves are all serving Emperor Xiaozong and His Majesty. No matter how stupid you are now, you know that you can only rely on the Queen Mother to retain any dignity."
"It's good to know!" Queen Mother Zhang was thinking just in case, "Do you have any other ideas now?"
"... I would like to ask the Queen Mother to return to Renshou Palace first. I have something to say from the bottom of my heart. Please consider it."
Wei Bin looked at her face and stood up when he saw her gritting her teeth: "Go back to Renshou Palace first! Since you know who you can only rely on now, you should know that I only need one decree to kill you. This slave’s life is like hell!”
Wei Bin wiped his tears and followed behind, saying he didn't dare.
Damn it, I finally found the best time to say these words.
The secret letter that Gu Dayong first sent contained four words: Life is in the south.
These four words are now being digested in Wei Bin's stomach.
Acting in camera, Yang Ting and others could quote scriptures to persuade the Queen Mother, but Wei Bin and others living in the palace had to find ways to emotionally persuade the Queen Mother, and they also had to make the heir understand their current importance.
At present, the dispute between the heir and the courtiers has already started, and they are about to add fuel to the fire!
Arriving at Renshou Palace, Zhang Yong and Wei Bin knelt there together.
Seeing the old servant who was trembling with fear with blood on his forehead, Queen Mother Zhang sat down and took a sip of the soup to remove the heat. She sat in front of them with Queen Xia and said coldly: "Say it."
Wei Bin gritted his teeth and whispered: "In just over half a month, Your Majesty has not gone far, and many years of hard work have been wasted. Your Majesty praises Your Majesty so much, is it possible that His Majesty's achievements in the past sixteen years are all bad governance? The Queen Mother must be You have to distinguish between loyal and traitorous people!"
"Oh? Who is loyal and who is traitor?" Empress Dowager Zhang laughed angrily when she thought of Yang Tinghe's suggestion to take them down and they started to attack Yang Tinghe and these cabinet ministers.
The wound on Wei Bin's forehead was still there, but the blood stains had been wiped away, and now it was swollen.
He ignored the pain and said righteously: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't understand so many etiquette and rhetoric. But for this old slave, the person who values his biological father and mother the most is definitely a filial child. This truth couldn't be simpler. Bar?"
Queen Mother Zhang remained noncommittal and continued to look at him coldly.
Wei Bin bit the bullet and said: "The elders said that this was His Highness's method, but the old servants said that if you don't choose the youngest son as your heir, you are afraid that the Queen Mother will let you down. If you don't choose other princes, you will directly succeed your brother. Of course, the Queen Mother is not willing, and the courtiers I’m afraid they can’t suppress it. Even though His Highness has lost both his father and his brother, and is only fifteen years old, he is the most suitable to them!”
If Yang Tinghe heard this, he would probably have to risk his life to ask the Queen Mother to kill him.
Smooth tongue! Who first persuaded the emperor to adopt a son earlier? If you don't agree early, you will adopt a young son when you are seriously ill, which will be the source of trouble!
With the imperial power, how could the courtiers be bent on suppressing the emperor together?
Wei Bin was judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart, but the situation is different now, and this is in private in the harem again.
Empress Dowager Zhang just felt "abandoned" by her courtiers. She actually nodded when she heard Wei Bin's words: Wouldn't it be better to choose a younger son as his heir earlier? They are simply afraid of listening to politics behind the curtain, or using eunuchs or relatives to suppress them.
Wei Bin was from the palace, and he had been dealing with these women for many years, so he knew that the simpler he spoke, the better.
Seeing Empress Dowager Zhang nod, Wei Bin continued: "Lao Jiang Ge finally mentioned the matter of Grandpa Taizong, which shows that they don't care that much about succession. It was said well that night, but now it seems that the plan was not The imperial edict did not make your intention clear at all, the Queen Mother. The old slaves only know how to do things with loyalty and have no knowledge and skills, but with the knowledge of the elders, can't they handle such a small thing?"
This was the source of Empress Dowager Zhang's most irritation when old things were brought up again, and she immediately snorted heavily.
"But from the four cabinet elders to Mao Shangshu, as well as hundreds of officials in the capital who already knew the contents of the imperial edict, none of them mentioned anything wrong first! The old slave has now figured it out, they did it on purpose! Queen Mother, This edict is a dead end!"
"Dead end? What do you say?" The Queen Mother felt a chill in her heart.
"Even if Your Highness succeeds to the throne first, if one person is arranged to say something more in the future, saying that the imperial edict clearly states that the son of King Xingxian will succeed to the throne, will Your Highness hate the Queen Mother after you figure it out?"
"If His Highness sees that he is not willing to succeed, they will join forces and argue that only the successor can inherit the throne. If His Highness agrees, he will have to listen to the officials on everything in the future."
"Even if Your Highness can't see it, His Highness is willing to inherit, and the officials will definitely make a fuss about Your Highness's unfilial parents in the future. Queen Mother, they are winning from both sides. You have to rely on these courtiers no matter what. Or rely on them to suppress Your Highness. Heirs, either rely on them to prevent His Highness from hating you and doing something treacherous after he ascends the throne!"
After today's changes, Empress Dowager Zhang has long known that she can only rely on the cabinet, and now the cabinet is not reliable.
After hearing Wei Bin analyze the sinister thing behind it, she suddenly became furious: "His heart is worth killing!"
"Not only that, His Highness will also be suppressed by the courtiers. How can he still exercise his royal power? Isn't this the case after Your Majesty ascended the throne? There are always people who advise you with great principles in whatever you want to do. Your Majesty has no choice but to use the old slave. Let’s build a leopard room and train troops!”
"I just figured it out today. Your Highness has already said that your Majesty has lofty ambitions! It's a pity that Liu Jin, a talented killer, got carried away after being trusted! But His Majesty continued to trust the old slaves until Daxing, just because he wanted to have great power Fight for more from the courtiers! It's a pity that His Majesty's ambition has not been fulfilled..."
Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes turned red when she thought of Zhu Houzhao, and Empress Xia burst into tears.
Wei Bin was arousing all kinds of emotions now, and then he said: "Queen Mother, I dare to swear to Grandpa Xiaomiao and Your Majesty's spirit in heaven that Zhang Jin and Gu Dayong definitely did not instigate His Highness! It is Your Highness who is far smarter than the courtiers. Imagine and know that you cannot follow the strategies they set."
"Your Highness is risking his life by writing this note of thanks. He would rather offend the Queen Mother than destroy the sinister intentions of the courtiers! Queen Mother, Your Highness admires Your Majesty and describes the courtiers as conservative people. This offends the whole court. Civil servant! Would someone who really values that high position do such a thing? Your Highness is afraid that after the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will no longer have any authority, and all major affairs will be decided by the hands of important ministers."
"If the old slave hadn't fought to let Gu Dayong and Shouning Hou and Cui Prince Consort go together, we don't know what would have happened! What happened in Anlu, I'm afraid they can only tell them!"
Wei Bin advised earnestly: "Queen Mother, regardless of heir or not, Your Highness and Your Majesty are cousins. King Xingxian and Grandpa Xiaomiao are both brothers. They are all descendants of the ancestors of Xianmiao. They are one family! Don't believe the Zhu family If so, do you believe what those foreign ministers say? What will happen to my Zhu family now depends entirely on the Queen Mother’s thoughts!"
