The Child Emperor

"A whole day." The Prime Minister Yin Wuhai sighed, "The Empress Dowager and His Majesty were frightened, and I'm waiting for death."

"All the ministers are innocent, and all the ministers have meritorious service." The words of the Queen Mother decided everything, and more than ten ministers saluted and thanked them together.

Han Ruzi was sent to sit next to the Queen Mother, he turned his head and glanced at his mother, Wang Meiren nodded slightly to her son, expressing that everything was fine.

Han Ruzi's heart couldn't calm down completely, the Queen Mother was about to speak, but he spoke first: "Who can tell me what happened?"

Prime Minister Yin Wuhai got a cue from the Empress Dowager, smiled at the Emperor and said, "Yesterday, the Empress Dowager ordered her to enter the Qinzheng Hall to listen to the government, and the veteran escaped by chance..."

"I understand all these things, and I want to know what happened last night."

Yin Wuhai glanced at the Queen Mother again, "Last night, Liu Kunsheng, the palace gatekeeper, and Guo Cong, the former Imperial Academy, found the old minister and showed the Taizu's sword. The old minister immediately took the two of them to see the Governor of Han, and he was the only one among the ministers. I recognize this sword the most."

The next thing is simple, the military governor has no soldiers and horses, but there is a letter of dispatch, but there is no official document from the Ministry of War, and a separate letter is useless. Fu, went to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and Jingzhaoyin Yamen, and mobilized officers and soldiers from the three places.

The officials of these three yamen are the main force of the "Guanghua Group of Tigers", and they are especially loyal to the Empress Dowager, but they lack the will of the superior and dare not act rashly. The officers and soldiers followed Han Xing and Yin Wuhai.

The two ministers led hundreds of soldiers directly into the inner palace. Things were easier than expected. The new Zhonglang general Hua Bin fled in the middle of the night. The governor immediately opened the door and broke into the inner palace with the two adults.

The small number of swordsmen who sneaked into the palace were outnumbered, and they were wiped out shortly after meeting each other. Several swordsmen retreated to the Cishun Palace, intending to kill the Queen Mother and others and make a desperate fight, but they were stopped by Luo Huanzhang. surrendered.

After being arrested, Bu Hengru was completely different from before. He kowtowed to the officers and soldiers and begged for mercy. He was quickly persuaded by Luo Huanzhang to volunteer as an internal response to save the emperor.

Han Ruzi asked, "Didn't Liu Kunsheng, the palace gatekeeper, say where the sword came from?"

"I've said that the sword was given to him secretly by someone sent by the Queen Mother. This is indeed a remarkable feat." Yin Wuhai replied.

"Huh?" Han Ruzi couldn't believe his ears. He took the sword out of the inner palace and handed it to Liu Kunsheng after risking many dangers and sacrificing three eunuchs. When speaking, he turned his head and glanced at his mother. After looking at it, he shut up.

Wang Meiren squinted her eyes and was warning her son not to talk nonsense with a very serious expression.

Han Ruzi believed his mother, so he nodded, "I see, I... have no doubts."

Prime Minister Yin Wuhai bowed and retreated to his colleagues, the Empress Dowager said to Luo Huanzhang: "Master Luo has been benevolent and righteous all his life, but he did such an injustice, what can we say?"

Luo Huanzhang shook his head, his expression was as proud as usual.

"I think you stopped the traitor from spilling blood in the inner palace at the last moment. It is considered a credit. You will be spared the death penalty and will be put in prison and never released."

Prime Minister Yin Wuhai stepped forward again and said, "Queen Dowager, treason is an unforgivable crime, even if you make meritorious deeds, it should not be forgiven."

It is not easy to convict a treasonist. The ministers usually put forward objections again and again in order to figure out what they want. After the prime minister, other ministers also said that Luo Huanzhang's crimes cannot be forgiven one after another. The queen mother insisted on her own opinion, and everyone calmed down the discussion.

Luo Huanzhang didn't appreciate it. When the two guards wanted to take him down, he said: "I stopped them from killing people, not because of the queen mother, but because I don't want to be so ruthless that the world is in chaos... Alas, useless is a scholar." , I have nothing more to say."

Luo Huanzhang was taken away, the queen mother looked at the imperial concubine, this is her own sister, who has been her only trusted confidant in the past few decades, but now she has become the person who betrayed her the most.

The ministers looked at each other, and felt that it was inappropriate for them to stay in the inner palace to attend to the Empress Dowager's family affairs, but the Empress Dowager refused to allow them to leave, and said coldly: "Shangguanduan, you are the empress dowager, but you are guilty of colluding with rebels to disrupt the inner palace. ?”

The imperial concubine had been staring at the ground, but now she raised her head and looked at her sister, "The concubine is guilty, the concubine is guilty of the same crime as the empress dowager."

The ministers all remained silent, feeling even more embarrassed.

The Empress Dowager said: "You say I'm guilty—all the ministers selected by the late Emperor are here. If you have anything to say, say it."

The imperial concubine's eyes swept over the faces of the ministers one by one, "Minister for orders? You only care about your own life, why care about the emperor's life? Well, let me tell you, I will say, you poisoned Emperor Huan .”

It would be too inappropriate not to speak at such a time. The ministers shouted at the empress dowager, and the empress dowager raised her right hand to signal the ministers to silence, "Let her speak."

The imperial concubine knew the empress dowager better than anyone else, and said with a sneer: "You are substituting offense for defense, thinking that by letting me speak in front of the officials, you can clear up the rumors. But I still want to tell the truth, even if no one is around for the time being." I believe that someone will think of it in the future.”

The imperial concubine looked at the officials again, her eyes did not stop, she finally stared at the emperor, and continued: "The empress dowager poisoned Emperor Huan, no, it should be said that I and the empress dowager poisoned Emperor Huan together, we committed the crime of regicide together " She showed a disapproving smile, "She puts the medicine, I serve the soup, and we watch Emperor Huan drink it together, and watch his breathing become weaker and weaker..."

Han Ruzi was so stared at, as if he had been pressed against his chest by three sharp knives.

The Empress Dowager kept silent, and the ministers dared not speak up. At this time, everything was wrong. Those ministers who were not qualified to enter the inner palace were the luckiest people.

The empress dowager's smile slowly disappeared, her gaze was still fixed on the emperor, "Your Majesty wants to know why we did such a thing? Of course it is for our common son, who is also your elder brother, who is the only one who is qualified to be emperor, and the most suitable one." The man who is the emperor."

This person is of course Sidi, and the Empress Dowager seems to love him more than Wang Meiren loves her son.

Prime Minister Yin Wuhai coughed, he had to say something, otherwise he would appear to be negligent, "Emperor Si is the eldest son of Emperor Huan, and his succession is only in the morning and evening, so why did the Empress Dowager...do such a thing?"

"Because Emperor Huan changed his mind. When he first came to the throne, he wanted to get rid of his relative Cui, but after a period of time in power—" The empress dowager finally left the emperor's face and looked at Yin Wuhai coldly. , "Emperor Huan discovered that the ministers are the most stubborn enemies. You form your own system, recommend and protect each other. On the surface, you are loyal to the emperor, but secretly you emptied the emperor."

The officials were extremely embarrassed, but Yin Wuhai was the calmest. He shook his head and said, "The imperial concubine's words are wrong. Emperor Huan is a wise emperor. Even if there are some disputes with the ministers, he can always reach an agreement..."

The imperial concubine laughed and stared at the emperor again, "'Ming Jun' - remember, Your Majesty, if you can continue to be emperor, you will also be called 'Ming Jun' in the future, this is the means used by the ministers to make you empty , What is a 'Ming Jun'? Only an emperor who meets the requirements of the minister is a 'Ming Jun'."

Yin Wuhai shook his head and remained silent, expressing his attitude with a series of sighs.

Han Ruzi said: "What do you mean that Emperor Huan changed his mind? He doesn't want to be a Mingjun anymore?"

"He wants to be a Mingjun, but he is not the Mingjun in the minister's mind, so Emperor Huan decided to take the risk, first use his relatives to suppress the ministers, and then turn around to clean up the relatives. For this reason, he made a decision to abolish the queen and prince, and make Cui Guifei the empress. Make the king of the East China Sea the crown prince."

There was a surprised scream from the nearby warm pavilion. It was the king of the East China Sea. He didn't run out, and no one paid attention to the scream.

Yin Wuhai said: "The more the imperial concubine talks, the more unbelievable it is. Such a big event must be heard in the court, but when Emperor Huan was in power, he never showed any respect for the Cui family, and even suppressed it one after another..."

"Don't you understand the principle of suppressing first and then promoting? Emperor Huan must first suppress the Cui family. When he changes the empress and prince, the Cui family will be grateful and willing to be used by Emperor Huan."

Yin Wuhai shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at each other with the other ministers, with a clear expression on his face saying: It's nonsense, there is no need to refute it.

Han Xing, the governor of the army and horses, held the Taizu sword all the time, stepped forward and said, "So, even the Cui family doesn't know what Emperor Huan thinks?"

Of course the Cui family didn't know, otherwise they would have used the rumors to create momentum for themselves.

The imperial concubine lowered her eyes, and when she raised her eyes again, she looked at the queen mother, "The truth is true, so no one believes it. You are still so smart, I can't beat you in the end, but there are people who can. You can abolish and establish emperors again and again, But the fear in your heart cannot be relieved, because the emperor will always grow up with ambitions when he grows up a little bit, which will make you sleepless."

The palace change failed, but the empress dowager's face showed the joy of victory, "Emperor Si had doubts about Emperor Huan's death. He wanted to investigate the truth and ask you to reason. Your wrist, so you also moved to kill your own son. You kill the king for the second time, this time only you, because you know that I will never participate, and will try my best to stop you. "

The joy turned dim, and the imperial concubine stood in place and swayed, "You killed Sidi and your own son, don't you understand that there will be no more trustworthy people to be emperors from now on? Put to death Me, I'd rather go underground to accompany Sidi than live to see you domineering."

Facing the "scaremongering" of the imperial concubine, the queen mother did not stop her, and the expression on her face remained unchanged. At this time, she slowly raised her right hand, revealing a section of her wrist. The scar on it was clearly visible, "Zuo Ji, tell everyone, How did this injury come about?"

Han Ruzi hadn't seen the eunuch before entering the room, but he was walking from behind the guards with his hands tied behind his back, tears and sweat mixed together, first kowtowed vigorously to the Queen Mother, and then tried to say in the loudest voice: "Emperor Si passed away, the Empress Dowager was so sad that she hurt her own wrist with a dagger. I saw it with my own eyes... I saw it with my own eyes..."

The officials nodded, although they did not agree with the queen mother's approach, but the mother's heart is understandable.

Han Ruzi had heard another statement from Zuo Ji before, and he knew which one he should believe.

The imperial concubine was completely defeated, she smiled at the emperor and said, "Be careful, Your Majesty."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand, and two guards came to escort the Empress Dowager out of the room.

No one dared to ask the queen mother how to deal with the imperial concubine.

Prime Minister Yin Wuhai breathed a sigh of relief, "God bless the Great Chu, the Queen Mother can rest assured to sweep away the traitors. The Queen Dowager concubine's lies are full of loopholes, and no one will believe them."

"Emperor Dowager believes it herself. Ever since Sidi passed away, she has been depressed. I thought it would get better after a while, but she... insisted on finding a reason to make her feel at ease." The queen mother sighed, and the group The minister knelt down and expressed sympathy to the Queen Mother.

"The first emperor passed away early, and the new emperor is still young. As the empress dowager, it is natural to put Da Chu Jiangshan first. The prime minister wants me to rest assured, but there has been no news from the Southern Army outside the city. I am afraid I am still worried."

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