Chapter 223: Sun Yu’s Cause of Death

Chapter 223

Seeing Yun Fenghuang's expression slightly startled, the corners of the Empress Dowager's lips curled up, and she said quietly: "The Imperial City Secretary is the eyes and ears of the emperors of all dynasties, and it is also a sharp sword for the emperors to control the officials and monitor the world. ...This sword is a bit too blunt, isn't it?"

"...It turns out that the Emperor Shenzong relied heavily on the Imperial City Secretary?" Yun Fenghuang was a little stunned for a while. The performance of the Imperial City Secretary over the years is indeed very sorry for their reputation in the historical records.

To put it bluntly, the expressions of the officials changed, even the errands handed down by the emperor himself were often muddled.

Even Sun Yu, the last envoy of the imperial city, died for no apparent reason!

To be honest, it feels like an ordinary yamen.

It's not that Yun Fenghuang didn't suspect them in private, but considering that the Imperial City Secretary was exceptionally passed to the Regent before Xiaozong's death, and after Chunjia ascended the throne, he tried every means to regain part of the control from the Regent, Uncles and nephews took charge together for several years before completely returning to the hands of the emperor.

No matter how powerful it is, it is understandable that after such a toss, the vitality was seriously injured.

Not to mention that Gong Xiangxiao also revealed before that when the Imperial City Secretary was in the hands of the Regent, the Regent arranged for Concubine Yuan's family to take over the power. The line is getting farther and farther, and there must be another battle here.

It can be said that since Xiaozong's later years, the Imperial City Secretary has never been safe.

Therefore, when she returned to Chunjia's hands, it was not as good as before, which is understandable.

But now it seems that the root cause of the failure of the Imperial City Secretary is not that Xiaozong broke the rules and passed it on to his younger brother, but that when Xiaozong got it, it might be the Huangcheng Secretary who was transferred from the backbone?

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help suddenly realizing that, too, Xiaozong was not Shenzong's own flesh and blood. Shenzong even made a decision to return to the Gongxiang family before his death.

Huangcheng Division is a sharp weapon used by the emperors of all dynasties to consolidate the throne, not to mention that Shenzong still needs their assistance to return the Gongxiang family, but if it is given to Xiaozong, if they meet someone who is powerful and make a fake come true, how can they steal the throne and pass it on from generation to generation? manage?

"The Imperial City Secretary Xiaozong got is just an empty shell." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Otherwise, even a family like the Dou family wants to occupy a high position in it, so it would be too contemptuous of the Imperial City Secretary..."

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help thinking of one person: "Dare to ask the emperor's grandmother, is Lu Chuncao a member of the Imperial City Department who is ordered by Shenzong?"

"You react quickly." The Empress Dowager said, "Yes, he was the deputy of the Imperial City Department when the late Emperor was here."

Lu Chuncao was just a deputy?

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help asking: "Then dare to ask who is the person who presides over the overall situation left by the late emperor?"

The Empress Dowager did not answer this question, but instead said with a half-smile, "Aijia thought you would ask, why would Lu Chuncao betroth his adoptive daughter to the Prince Regent as his second concubine?"

"Is there even a question?" Yun Fenghuang asked back, "Since Lu Chuncao was ordered by the late Emperor Shenzong and is also loyal to Shenzong, it is natural to rule over the regent and prevent him from becoming a big one! Give the righteous daughter to the regent, It not only cuts off the way for him to marry a noble daughter and marry a powerful person, but also can closely monitor the regent to prevent him from doing petty tricks in private... Even after the second concubine gave birth to the regent's Marquis Yongchun, he was able to justifiably suppress the prince and avoid After the son grows up, his wings will be full, forming a tail that cannot be dropped."

She thought it was strange at first that the Prince Regent's Concubine Yuan died suddenly, and it happened so coincidentally. It was clear that the Prince Regent's mentality had changed. In terms of marriage, he had changed from pursuing true love to caring about the overall situation.

That being the case, it is actually a bit inappropriate to marry the adopted daughter who was still Qing Pinghou at that time as a concubine.

After all, no matter how reliable Lu Chuncao was, he was born as an eunuch, so he was naturally despised by powerful scholars.

Ordinarily, it is most appropriate to give the Lu family the status of side concubine and marry a noble girl as the main concubine. But not only did the regent do this, but he didn't even take in any more concubines, and he didn't even add a few concubines, which is outrageous.

What is the difference between this and the previous concubine Yuan? It's just that there is an extra Qingpinghou assistant.

But in fact, Lu Chuncao didn't seem to help him do anything?

And in terms of the attitude towards the two sons, it doesn't matter if the elders are abandoned or the younger ones are. The key point is that the two sons under their knees, and they didn't even praise one of them, it is also puzzling.

Now I understand that Lu Chuncao, who seems to be the Prince Regent's closest ally, is actually the shackles that trap the Prince Regent!

Yun Fenghuang thought about it, and said, "However, after the regent left, His Majesty deliberately eradicated Lu Chuncao, and later the emperor's grandmother came forward to protect him... But I don't know what method the emperor's grandmother used to make His Majesty Give up pursuing Lu Chuncao? You can't, you told His Majesty the truth at that time?"

This should not be possible.

If Chunjia had known about Xiaozong's life experience at that time, he would have started to deal with the edict in King Mao's hand long ago, and would never have given King Mao a chance to stir up such a storm.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager said indifferently: "The matter of Chen Zhima's rotten millet, why bother the later generations? Aijia just let the emperor have to forgive others and forgive others."

Yun Fenghuang asked curiously: "Is Your Majesty so easy to talk to?"

"The regent's departure was so sudden that the entire government and the public already doubted the emperor." The empress dowager said calmly, "Lu Chuncao was born as an eunuch, as long as he loses the appreciation of the royal family, there is nothing to be afraid of. Killing him is meaningless. Keeping him, on the contrary, can To a certain extent, the suspicion of the emperor is cleared, isn't it?"

That's true.

The regent was killed by the Lu family. If the Lu family's adoptive father had been executed, under the circumstances at that time, it might be considered that the emperor killed him.

If you keep it, it seems that the emperor has a clear conscience.

However, based on Yun Fenghuang's understanding of Chunjia, I am afraid that these reasons are not enough to convince him.

Most likely the emperor will continue to monitor Lu Chuncao?

She turned her mind and continued to ask: "The emperor's grandmother just mentioned the Imperial City Division... but she doesn't know who Sun Yu is harming?"

This incident caused a big commotion at the time, and Yun Fenghuang was quite surprised, after all, no matter how defeated, the Imperial City Division is the Imperial City Division after all.

The culprit who was ordered to thoroughly investigate the palace change did not reveal anything, and even put his own life on the line. This is really...

Unheard of.

"Didn't you hear about the details after Sun Yu was killed?" The Empress Dowager heard the words, looked at her with a strange expression, and said slowly, "He actually found out some clues, but not only was he killed, but even those who were investigated The things he found disappeared! May I ask, under the circumstances at that time, the Imperial City envoy found out the clues, why didn't he report it immediately, but gave others a chance to murder him?"

Yun Fenghuang was startled, and said subconsciously: "I'm afraid it's because the results of the investigation are too shocking?"

"But he is the envoy of the imperial city." The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "At that time, the emperor was still urging him, no matter how frightening it was, the emperor still made the decisions. Why did he panic?"

"So this matter has something to do with him?" Yun Fenghuang guessed.

The Empress Dowager shook her head slightly, and said: "The Imperial City Secretary has been in the hands of the Regent. Even if it is mixed with sand, the Emperor can understand. After all, it was not long before the Regent passed away. When he hesitated, the biggest possibility is that the answer he found out made him afraid to tell the emperor."

Yun Fenghuang asked in surprise: "Why is this so?"

"Are you pretending to be confused because you understand, or have you really never thought of it until now?" The Empress Dowager lost her patience and said sarcastically, "Since Sun Yu is the envoy of the imperial city, he is naturally very pleased. The impeachment is protected by the emperor, and he is not afraid of those people. But there is only one person who keeps him from moving forward, fearing that after the report, he will be beaten up, so that he will be killed... It's a pity, when he was hesitating, Instead, people seized the opportunity to eradicate it..."

Yun Fenghuang's face changed dramatically, he gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you Wuzheng?!"

"It's indeed what Ji Qin and the others did." The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "Have you realized it? This matter, when it comes to the truth, is on your shoulders. After all, the Ji family had already been destroyed at that time, and the regent had gone. At that time, besides you, a concubine who is good at turning black and white, who else can make Sun Yu hesitate?"

"It's fine for him to find other people, but he found Xie Wuzheng, can he not think of you? Can he not be afraid?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang said with a dark face, "What did Ji Qin and the others do with the palace change? And the two empress dowagers fell into the water at that time. Was it done by them, or by the loving mother empress dowager?"

The Empress Dowager said: "It's not like the Ai family can pinch and count, how can it be possible to know everything?"

Seeing Yun Fenghuang staring at him, he said calmly, "In the matter of falling into the water, the two empress dowagers were fine, but the twelve princes suffered a lot. Think about it for yourself, how did the twelve princes be arranged afterwards? "

"I stayed in the Taichu Palace for a long time." Yun Fenghuang said with a frown, "The emperor's grandmother means that this is Gu's arrangement to let the twelve princes get closer to His Majesty? But it seems that His Majesty does not favor the Twelve Princes because of this? "

The Empress Dowager said: "One moment and another moment. At that time, King Chongxin and the Twelve Princes were not grown up, and they didn't know the virtuous and foolish, and His Majesty didn't particularly value any one. But King Chongxin was older than the Twelve Princes, but this After the incident, His Majesty paid more attention to the Twelve Princes. Of course, it would be even better if the empress dowager could make some troubles after falling into the water. It's a pity that Gu's methods are not enough. But it was a false alarm.”

Yun Fenghuang was quite speechless, she always thought that this matter was done by the loving mother Empress Dowager, the purpose was to deal with the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, or vice versa.

"This Mrs. Gu really has more success than failure." After commenting, she asked again, "What about the palace change? What's the purpose of this? Is it purely to help Ji Minggan get out of trouble?"

The queen looked at the empress dowager suspiciously, "I don't know if the emperor's grandmother has ever worried about this matter?"