Chapter 234: Mother and Daughter’s Speculation (Part 1)

Jiang was originally eager to tell her daughter the situation, but she was a little proud when she saw the situation, the corners of her mouth were slightly curved, showing a sly look, and said: "You are in the deep palace, you are entangled in many things, and what you are asking about is the affairs of the palace, so it is inevitable that you will be blinded. The many secrets of Shenzong Shizong's time, the ordinary maids in the palace do not know anything. But outside the palace, not everyone knows about it!"

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but suddenly realized, and said angrily: "Indeed, I was confused."

Sure enough, Jiang continued to say: "I have talked to Xie Lan and the others one after another in the past few days. These girls, who are in your favor, are not bad marriages. They don't know many things. They don't know. The elders of the husband’s family may not be ignorant. No, I found an excuse to teach them some words, and after sorting them out, I specially told you to listen to them.”

"Mother, please tell me!" Yun Fenghuang said hastily.

Jiang shi took the lead and said, "You don't have to feel guilty about the Shanyuan Temple, it's not your fault at all."

Yun Fenghuang was startled, and then came to her senses. She was afraid that someone might guess that the Shenzong edict had something to do with Shanyuan's view of running water, and it would be her fault. Even this kind of view had reached Jiang's ears, and she sighed in her heart. , Sure enough, my mother is still reliable.

Always be on your side.

She said, why did the Jiang family go to the old man from the time of Shenzong Shizong to inquire about the past?

After all, there are too many troubles ahead.

The co-author heard the news and was worried that her daughter would be involved.

Gathering his mind, Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "This is all nonsense, His Majesty will not pay attention to it, and I will not feel that it has anything to do with me."

"Your Majesty's palace is deep." Now that no one else is around, Jiang said straightly, "Even if he blames you in his heart now, but the spearhead of King Mao's traitor is aimed at him, even if he punishes you, can't it be Can you calm down this matter? And you have the ability, and you have many heirs. If he touches you now, it will make King Mao and the others see a joke, and take advantage of the situation to make trouble, and the harem will also be chaotic. Would it make things worse? If I were Your Majesty, no matter what I think in my heart at the moment, I will keep protecting you and say that it has nothing to do with you. "

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help being silent when he said this.

Jiang sighed: "Emotional separation is something that must be fought for, but at critical moments, you can't completely rely on it. After all, you still have your own reliance, and that's called reliability."

She has been telling her daughter about similar remarks, and Yun Fenghuang also deeply agrees. At this moment, she has solemnly accepted her mother's teachings, and asked her again, what is going on about Shanyuan Temple and Shenzong's edict?

"In the early years of the Ouyang family, there was a concubine serving in Shizong's harem. Although she failed to become the middle palace, her status was not low." Jiang said to her, "Concubine Shu, who was once one of the four concubines. Then There is no talent like you in the palace for a while. That Concubine Ouyang Shu had many heirs, and her natal family was noble, and her status was very respected. It's just that although the emperor's favorite had a grand occasion, as he got older and faded, Sejong gradually faded away. After coming down, his son didn't have the chance to be the crown prince. Concubine Ouyang Shu was not reconciled, and fought for several times in private, and found the old man who served her sisters for her mother, and heard some past events."

Because after Shenzong ascended the throne, he massacred Shizong's flesh and blood.

Concubine Ouyang Shu's mother and son have both died, and even this Concubine Shu's biological parents, close brothers and sisters, will hardly escape from birth.

It can be said that the Ouyang family where she was born was almost wiped out at that time.

Of course, Shenzong also had tricks. While killing this family, he also promoted another family of Ouyang's family, which is the current line of Ouyang Yanran.

So even though Ouyang's family suffered a big loss, they didn't make trouble.

These past events are not from generations of high-ranking families, like clouds and winds, they have never been heard of before.

She asked at this moment: "Since this servant knows some secrets, he must have a high status in Ouyang's family, but how did he escape from Shenzong's liquidation?"

Ordinarily, for such a servant, if the master died, it would be difficult for him to escape?

"Since Concubine Ouyang Shu once wanted to seize the reserve, and her natal family also participated in it, this kind of prominent family is not the kind of muddleheaded gambler who rushes to overwhelm everything." Jiang said, "Naturally, we have to prepare for failure." Otherwise, do you think Shenzong only pursued their family for what they did? But when they planned, there was a tacit understanding among the clan, and they would not all end up at all, and even their daily actions were different. Even if things fail, they will be more flexible Serious injuries, but it is determined that there will be no clan annihilation."

Speaking of this, she was a little sad, "Mr. Xie just doesn't understand this truth. Otherwise, your brothers, nephews and the others wouldn't be... well, let's not talk about it."

The Jiang family collected himself and continued, "Concubine Ouyang Shu's sister had already left the cabinet at that time. After knowing Concubine Shu's thoughts, of course, she had to do something to prevent it from being affected. In short, the identity of the old servant is that the mother has personally read the report. Yes, there should be no problem. After all, many things were confidential at the time, and they were absolutely not allowed to be leaked. How many years have passed now, and the old owner has disappeared. It will not do any harm to the Ouyang family today, but why should we care about it? ?”

This also makes sense.

Yun Fenghuang then lost his suspicion, and listened to her narration with bated breath.

"Concubine Shu jumped up and down for a while in order to seek the crown prince for her own flesh and blood, and learned a lot of secrets from it." Jiang said, "For example, the current empress dowager herself does not believe in it, but the empress dowager's grandmother, He is a devout Taoist. The first benefactor of this Shanyuan temple in the country was actually the grandmother of the empress dowager. When the empress dowager was young, she often followed her grandmother to live in the temple and even practiced."

"At that time, there was also a noble lady who was about the same age as the Empress Dowager, and because of her elders, she often came to the temple."

She suddenly smiled slightly, "Guess who is that?"

"Who?" Yun Fenghuang was startled, his thoughts changed, and he blurted out, "Could it be that Empress Qu?"

After all, Jiang asked her to guess, it must be someone she knew.

But at that time, she didn't know many people. She was about the same age as the empress dowager, and the noble daughter... was only Empress Qu.

"My son is really smart." Jiang praised, "Isn't it her?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "But it's nothing, the circle of noble girls in the imperial capital is so big, there are only a few people who come and go."

Jiang said: "But if you know another thing, you will know that it is not that simple: the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the First Emperor Shenzong is indeed good, and even before the death of the Emperor Shenzong, he couldn't let the Empress Dowager go... But The late Emperor Shenzong not only loved and loved the Empress Dowager, but was also full of guilt!"

"Guilty?" Yun Fenghuang frowned and pondered slightly.

"Moreover." Jiang went on, "The marriage between the late Emperor Shenzong and the Empress Dowager was not a special concern for the Empress Shizong, but it was the first emperor Shenzong and the Empress Dowager who met by chance near Shanyuan Temple. After that, the late Emperor Shenzong took the initiative to visit The imperial court asked. After some twists and turns, the two became husband and wife."

Yun Fenghuang thought thoughtfully: "Could it be that Empress Qu also had a hand in the marriage of these two? I heard from the palace people that Shizong didn't like Emperor Shenzong very much, so he didn't hear about his marriage. Don't ask. Later, after Empress Qu accepted the certificate, she only mentioned it to show her concern for the princes. Moreover, the marriage between Shenzong and the Empress Dowager was because the Ji family took a fancy to the late Emperor Shenzong and took the initiative to marry the emperor who was in the imperial capital at that time. The Empress Dowager, who is very popular among noble girls, will marry Shenzong?"

Mrs. Jiang said: "There have been such rumors for several years, but the old servant said that Mrs. Ji was unlikely to have taken a fancy to Emperor Shenzong at that time, because one of the aunts of the Empress Dowager was Princess Shu at that time! You should probably You know, King Shu during Sejong's time is different from the King Shu today, who is very much loved by Sejong."

"...So, the Ji family actually supported King Shu at that time?" Yun Fenghuang was greatly surprised. If this is the case, then it is really unlikely that the Ji family will support Shenzong again.

Not to mention that since King Shu was favored at that time, he must have been the most popular candidate for the crown prince, but if the Ji family did this, wouldn't they be afraid of offending King Shu?

Jiang's nodded slightly: "The so-called Ji's insightful eyes know the pearl, thinking that the first emperor of Shenzong must be able to achieve something, so he married off the most outstanding girl in the clan... It's just a later rumor. Since King Shu was favored at that time, Ji In fact, Shizong didn't pay attention to Emperor Shenzong at all. Their support for Emperor Shenzong was designed by Empress Qu, who made King Shu dislike Shizong."

Yun Fenghuang asked: "Since King Shu is Shizong's beloved son, how did he dislike Shizong?"

"It is said that King Shu once went to the palace for a banquet, and when he woke up, he was found lying on the couch of a young palace concubine." Jiang said, "If the prince who is not favored does such a thing, it is of course The consequences are serious. But King Shu was favored, so Sejong just gave his concubine to death and reprimanded him. But after this incident, both inside and outside demanded that King Shu not be allowed to enter the palace rashly, and even though Sejong loved him He, but there are other favorite children, after all, they are much colder to him."

"After this incident, the Ji family began to pay attention to some Shenzongs. But it has not yet reached the point of giving and taking as it did for King Shu, and has high hopes."

"Mother." Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while, and said, "Do you think it is possible that this is the case: the Empress Dowager and Empress Qu often went to Shanyuan Temple when they were young, and the Empress Dowager also met the first emperor of Shenzong because of this, but It may be that the first emperor of Shenzong recognized the wrong person, or it may be that the first emperor of Shenzong had other plans with Empress Qu, in short, the person Shenzong wanted to marry at first was not the Empress Dowager, but Empress Qu?"

"Afterwards, Empress Qu entered the palace as a concubine. Because of her merits in giving birth to a son, she was appointed as the successor. Even if she still thought about Shenzong's first emperor in her heart at first, her own flesh and blood is more important."

"The position of empress dowager is also more attractive."

"In short, Empress Qu used retreat as an advance, and used the late Emperor Shenzong to remove the obstacles for her son to succeed to the throne..."

Yun Fenghuang had probably heard about this general story before entering the palace.

If it hadn't been for Empress Qu's fall short, and the late Emperor Shenzong had succeeded in counterattacking at the last moment, who would be sitting on the throne at this moment.

She didn't think much about it before, or rather, no one thought much about it over the years.

After all, Shenzong forced Empress Qu to commit suicide by swallowing gold, and even her son-in-law failed to save his life when he was sent to Shizong. In such a situation, who would guess what happened between these two?

Yun Fenghuang said slowly: "In the eyes of the late Emperor Shenzong, Queen Qu betrayed him, and even wanted to kill him for the sake of her own flesh and blood, but the Empress Dowager was always by her side. Later, the Ji family would abandon King Shu, Turning to support Emperor Shenzong, the empress dowager also owes most of the credit. So, the first emperor of Shenzong was kind to the empress dowager, and he was full of guilt?"

Jiang said: "According to what we know now, such speculation is not unreasonable."

"Then what does Shanyuan Temple have to do with Shenzong's edict?" Yun Fenghuang asked puzzledly, "What did you mean just now, even if Shanyuan Temple didn't leak, Shenzong's edict would be exposed? This edict, before In whose hands is it? I think it must not have been in the hands of King Mao in the first place, otherwise King Mao and the others wouldn’t have tolerated it until now.”

After all, if Emperor Xiaozong and the regent were not of Shenzong's flesh and blood, King Mao was very likely to be in the top position in terms of blood relationship.

But why should he wait until Chunjia is full-fledged now to expose it?