Chapter 221: The Truth

When Yun Fenghuang received the news, he had just sent Concubine De away, but he didn't say anything after hearing the news, and asked Chunjia if he had any other orders, so he let the imperial attendant go.

"Your Majesty." The Qing people saw the person coming out of the door, and said softly, "What is your majesty's intention? Do you want your majesty to ask the Empress Dowager? But the posture over there has already been put on, so I'm afraid it's hard to say! "

"King Mao made such a big mess, His Majesty has to be busy with the aftermath right now." Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and said calmly, "How many things in the previous dynasty are waiting for His Majesty to make up his mind, and the matters in the harem are naturally It’s up to me to worry about it.”

After thinking for a while, she said, "Let's go to the emperor's grandmother first."

When I arrived at the residence of the Empress Dowager, I saw that the inside and outside were as the imperial attendant said, the waiters who had served the Empress Dowager for many years were strictly on guard, as if they were facing an enemy, and pots of fire oil were placed not far away.

Before Yun Fenghuang approached, an elderly palace maid came up to stop her, and calmly persuaded: "The Empress Dowager has already been settled, please don't disturb the Empress Dowager."

"What is this for?" Yun Fenghuang glanced around, and said slowly, "The palace has only passed through the water, and you just act like this, but where is the safety of the emperor's grandmother?"

The maidservant said in a low voice: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your concern! The maidservants are acting on the orders of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is already old, and it is advisable to ask the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty to be filial."

Yun Fenghuang said indifferently: "It is precisely because I am worried about the emperor's grandmother that I came here specially."

"The empress dowager needs to rest now." said the palace maid, "so it's not appropriate to disturb her."

Yun Fenghuang pestered her for a few more words, seeing her resolute attitude, she didn't force her way, she just said: "Nowadays there are rumors outside, the emperor's grandmother is the wife of the late Emperor Shenzong, don't you have anything to say?"

The maidservant said briefly: "The Empress Dowager is tired, and the maidservants dare not bother with these things."

"Absurd!" Yun Fenghuang scolded, "Other things are fine, but now it involves the two late emperors Shenzong and Xiaozong. How dare you hide such a big matter from the emperor's grandmother? What's the intention!?"

Immediately ordered someone to take down this palace maid, "If the imperial grandmother knew that such a major event happened in the previous dynasty, for the sake of the posthumous names of the two late emperors, there was absolutely no question. !"

"Empress!" The palace man frowned and shouted, "Empress, please be careful! The Empress Dowager has an order, anyone who dares to step forward, light the fire!"

"It's simply absurd!" This attitude made the imperial attendant retreat in the face of difficulties, but it couldn't stop Yun Fenghuang. She said disapprovingly, "Is there any person in the world whose husband and son are slandered and remain indifferent? Especially the emperor's grandmother and Shenzong. It is well known that the late emperor and his wife were deeply in love! This time, the emperor's grandmother even came to the palace to remember Shenzong's ancestor regardless of his illness, which shows the love between the two elders! Sons and heirs. These two posthumous names were planted by their clan relatives, so that the dignified late emperor became the laughing stock of the world! As long as the emperor's grandmother still has breath, she must immediately come out to preside over the overall situation and refute those rumors that confuse right and wrong! "

"How could it be possible to avoid it and let you stop me?!"

Yun Fenghuang quickly came to a conclusion, "It must be because you lowly maidservants have already been bought by Mao Wang and other rebellious officials and thieves, so this is intentional!"

"Your Majesty." Qing comprehended and cooperated, "The maidservants haven't seen the Empress Dowager these two days, so how do you know how the Empress Dowager is doing now? Could it be that she has been murdered by these lowly maidservants? "

"That's exactly the reason." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "King Mao is insane. He even assassinated Zhou Wang and his son outside the palace before. What else can't be done? The life experience of Emperor Xiaozong and the regent, in this world, The one who knows the most is the emperor's grandmother! As long as the emperor's grandmother is alive, their slander will not be successful. Now that they dare to deceive the world, maybe they have given the emperor's grandmother to..."

Seeing that their master and servant sang together, they beat the Empress Dowager to death directly, and the crime was charged to King Mao, the people inside couldn't hold back after all: a palace maid in a blue dress came out in a hurry, and said in a deep voice. Said: "The empress do not want to make trouble, the empress dowager has an invitation!"

Yun Fenghuang's attitude became friendly all of a sudden, he straightened his dress as if nothing had happened, and said with a pleasant face, "Is the imperial grandmother all right?"

The palace man said indifferently: "If Your Majesty and Your Majesty can give the Empress Dowager more peace, it will be even better for the Empress Dowager."

"Look at what my aunt said." Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "The emperor's grandmother is getting old, why doesn't she like being surrounded by juniors like me? If she likes to be clean, it's because the old man without children forced herself to comfort herself Yes. Ding Xingwang, who was born in the Xie family, has many elders, so I understand."

"..." The palace man's face twitched, he was too lazy to talk to her, and only made gestures to invite her in, "My lady, please!"

When the master and servant entered the inner room, they saw that the Empress Dowager was indeed awake, leaning sleepily on the hidden bag, looking at her expression, she was a little more sluggish than the last time I saw her.

Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, it seems that the matter of Shenzong's edict has dealt a big blow to this person.

Therefore, it proved even more that the will was true.

"What's the matter?" The Empress Dowager looked at her with bored eyes, and said lightly.

"The imperial grandmother said that the grandson's daughter-in-law should not disturb the Shanyuan temple." Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to go around in circles, and after the salute, he chose a seat and sat down, straight to the point, "Could it be because of the edict? But, how did it come here?" In the hands of King Mao?"

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Aren't you very conceited when you ordered people to burn Shanyuan Temple? Why can't you figure it out now?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "I also ask the emperor's grandmother to give advice."

"I want to go."

Yun Fenghuang was not angry when she heard the words, she really started to think about it, and she said while thinking: "The granddaughter-in-law was interested in Shanyuan Temple at first because she found out that since the first emperor of Shenzong reigned, you have seen the sky give Shanyuan Temple a lot of money. Ci. Although it is rumored that this Taoist temple is closely related to the royal family, in fact, you went to visit it in person and had close contacts with it. It was a matter of Sejong's time. After Shenzong came to the throne, you did not go there twice. When you arrived at Xiaozong, You don't care about world affairs, but Ji Sheng, a commoner, actually went there many times in the name of seeking a son."

"But your generosity has never stopped."

"I just thought that even if you have a noble status and don't care about such things, you can't afford to feed such a person who has been supporting you for so many years, right?"

"I can't help but be a little curious."

"So I asked some old people who came down from the time of Sejong from the palace to inquire about it."

When she said this, she carefully observed the expression of the Empress Dowager.

It's just that the empress dowager didn't have any expression on her face, she just listened calmly.

He even urged: "Continue."

"...The emperor's grandmother is exhausted, so the granddaughter-in-law will not go into details." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "You and the first emperor of Shenzong once used the view of Shanyuan to plot against the last successor of Shizong, that is, Queen Qu, right?"

The Empress Dowager just sneered and didn't speak.

Yun Fenghuang didn't care, and said: "It's just that in the process of calculating, you two also got caught out. Earlier, the granddaughter-in-law couldn't figure out what secret made you spend so many years silently. Seal it with silver. Now it seems that it should be the edict in the hands of King Mao."

The Empress Dowager was noncommittal, but asked instead: "Do you regret it?"

"Why does my daughter-in-law regret it?" Yun Fenghuang smiled, "This kind of old sesame seed and rotten millet was not caused by my grandson's daughter-in-law, nor is it that your majesty can't settle it. Now that I know the ins and outs, I have also solved these things. The doubts encountered by many clan relatives over the years are better than being confused? If you want to blame, you can only blame you, the old man. Your Majesty, bring so much trouble to the royal family!"

"You are still as eloquent as ever." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Since you think this is not a big deal, why do you have to come to see Ai's family?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Of course it's because it happened many years ago after all, and the general process can be deduced now, but many details still need to be clarified by you, old man."

She said with a smile, "For example, the death of Princess Yushan... This is really incomprehensible. The first emperor of Shenzong even tolerated the regent's two sons, who still occupy the throne and marquis position. Why? Can't tolerate a princess?"

"Because it's not necessary." The Empress Dowager glanced at her and actually answered, "King Yi and Marquis Yongchun can't threaten the emperor's throne, but their existence can prove that the emperor has the capacity to accommodate others, and to a certain extent At least before the princes grow up, the emperor needs their help. These two are useful, as long as they don't reproduce, it doesn't hurt to give them two titles."

"But Xiaozong's three daughters are more or less controlled by the emperor."

"If their descended husband's family is helpful to the emperor, and their heart is for Chunjia, they will keep it if they keep it. As you said, the first emperor was not a man of no means. It doesn't matter if the canonization of a mere princess and princess is given to an outsider , after all, it’s just a girl.”

"But Yun'an's husband's family was of no use to the emperor at that time, so why let his descendants steal their wealth?"

Yun Fenghuang was stunned, and said: "Then why is the youngest son of Jin Xi and Yun An still alive? And Ming Hui's many heirs didn't die suddenly?"

The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "Because the Ai family stopped me."

She said lightly, "People are not grass and trees, so they can be ruthless. The three girls, especially Ming Hui, were raised by the Ai family after all. The Ai family also has feelings for King Yi, let alone them?"

After a pause, she seemed to remember something, and then said, "Oh, by the way, another reason for Yushan's death is that Yun'an was dishonest. She had a private relationship with Ji Minggan, and she really thought that people like the Ai family were not You know? After Yushan left, she fell seriously ill and said it was because of her daughter’s grief. Is it because of this, or she knew it well and was frightened, probably only she knew it.”

The Empress Dowager said calmly, "Among the three girls, Minghui is the most straightforward, and Aijia also likes her character the most, so she messes around more, and Aijia can bear it."

"Yun'an is the one who thinks the most carefully. The Ai family really doesn't have that much patience with her."

"Speaking of Minghui." Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Dare to ask the emperor's grandmother, why does the common man Ji Sheng hide Minghui's true appearance?"