Two Hundred and Fortieth Chapters Truth (Five)

Because Yun Fenghuang knew so many secrets in a short period of time, he didn't feel sorry for it for a while, and only subconsciously said: "Xiao Qi? He is kind-hearted and lovable, but this What does it have to do with His Majesty being able to succeed Emperor Xiaozong?"

"Xiaoqi's appearance." The Empress Dowager reminded briefly.

"Look?" Yun Fenghuang was still confused, "He looks like before His Majesty took the throne...?"

"No." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the Empress Dowager, "He is like the late emperor."

After a pause, the Empress Dowager said softly, "Both their father and son are like the late emperor."

Yun Fenghuang was stunned: "...Since grandson's daughter-in-law entered the palace, she has never heard such a thing? Even many old ministers, it seems that they have never mentioned it?"

Ordinarily, if Chunjia really looks exactly like Shenzong, there should be rumors in the former court and the harem?

After all, it is a good thing for an adopted heir like him to look like his deceased grandfather, so there is no reason to hide it.

"That's the appearance that the Ai family doesn't want to forget the most, but it's also the one that I can't forget the most over the years... I thought that after the late emperor left, there would be no chance again... Who knows, that year the waiter secretly came back from Fuyang County and crawled on the ground. The Ai family howled and cried bitterly, saying that the vassal king of Fuyang King's concubine Chengjue is very much like the first emperor when he was young." The Empress Dowager shook her head, with a look of reminiscence on her face, and said slowly, "At that time, he was still alive. Living in Qiongjiu Palace, the young prince, because he is not favored and proud, is unassuming. He wears green shirts and fast boots all day long, and he does not have the slightest arrogance of a nobleman. He looks like just an ordinary kid from a rich family... Then When we met Nian Shanyuan Guanwai for the first time, when he said his surname was Gongxiang, the Ai family thought it was some side clan that came to the imperial capital with his father and brother..."

"The Ai family decided at that time that the throne must belong to Gong Xiangji!"

She turned her head and looked at Yun Fenghuang, "The emperor and Xiao Qi, if you look at their appearance carefully, they are indeed at most three or four points similar to the late emperor. After all, they are both of the Gongxiang family blood. There are many close relatives. But their expressions and demeanor are like that of the late emperor when he was young... The late emperor that the officials and palace people are familiar with happened before and after his ascension to the throne. When he was a teenager, he was calm and quiet without contending with the world. But for the Ai family, the late emperor at that time is the last thing the Ai family can forget."

After a pause, the Empress Dowager smiled self-consciously, "The Ai family dared not and was ashamed to recall the late emperor after that."

Because she misunderstood Shenzong's betrayal, it would even be detrimental to her and her family, and secretly killed his offspring... She didn't dare to think about getting along with her after that.

The memories that let her have no haze or burden the most are the encounters when she was a teenager, and the short time when they were newlyweds, and they were happy with each other.

The young Chunjia is gentle and elegant, not like a son of the clan, but like a son of a rich family... For the empress dowager, this younger generation with distant blood, every gesture is the shadow of Shenzong back then.

Therefore, Gong Xiangji's ascension to the throne has nothing to do with orphans, widows and mothers, and since the Empress Dowager is the one who truly decides the new king, she can't choose anyone else!

After Yun Fenghuang heard this, he was finally able to ask the question he wanted to ask the most: "Since this is the case, why did the situation come to this? It is because you reminded Shenzong's edict in advance, why is Your Majesty so passive?"

"You still want to ask, why the Ai family obviously likes Gong Xiangji as the emperor, but they let him have a hard time in the palace for these years, even after eight years before taking office?" The Empress Dowager glanced at her and said lightly, "This Of course it's because he resembles the late emperor."

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was ignorant, she sneered shortly, "Except for being victimized by Ai's family and ignoring his death, the late Emperor was a wise and powerful man! If Gong Xiangji resembles him only in appearance, he is actually an embroidered straw bag. Then it's better to die early, so as not to continue to live in this world exactly like the late emperor and humiliate the late emperor!"

Yun Fenghuang: "......?!"

The Empress Dowager ignored her speechlessness and continued, "And do you think Mrs. Ji really didn't know anything about his actions during those eight years?! And Lord Yi, it's really because he is the emperor that he is so loyal to him. ?”

Yun Fenghuang pondered: "I guess it's the imperial grandmother's protection?"

"He has a good heart and skills, so he can be regarded as a talent. Although he was still immature, but he was young at the time, and he would naturally become sophisticated after a while. The methods of Ji's and others are just for him to practice. "The Empress Dowager said lightly, and suddenly showed a look of disappointment, "It's just that, just like you look like Ai Jia, he really, really looks like the late emperor."

The face of this royal elder suddenly turned cold, "Even this soft-hearted manner in women's sex is no different from that of the late emperor!"

You even scolded yourself... Yun Fenghuang sighed in his heart, and said softly: "My granddaughter-in-law didn't expect that... Maybe you don't believe it, but if my granddaughter-in-law can choose, she would rather die on the spot. I don’t want to see him seriously injured now.”

"There is no time to think about life and death, and the true heart can be seen the most." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Yuan is right, the one who should be beaten by the Ai family is not you, but the emperor!"

Yun Fenghuang is silent.

The grandparents and grandchildren were relatively silent for a moment, and the empress dowager said again: "What else do you want to ask?"

"The imperial grandmother hasn't said anything about the will?"

Just after this question was asked, the Empress Dowager took a deep look at her, a sneer appeared on her lips, and said, "The will? The people in front of the Ai family have already told you about this matter?!"

"This is all a good thing you did!"

Yun Fenghuang was surprised and said: "Could it be that the edict is really hidden in Shanyuan Temple?! But King Mao hasn't come to the imperial capital for many years, how did he get it?!"

The empress dowager showed a rotten and uncarable expression: "The first emperor never thought about returning to the Gongxiang family, why did he leave an edict to prove that the blood of Emperor Xiaozong and the regent is not royal...Have you thought about it?!"

"..." Yun Fenghuang pondered.

But before she could think it through, the empress dowager choked up and said, "Because he can't worry about mourning his family!"

Yun Fenghuang was stunned: "Grandmother...?"

Shenzong is worried about the Empress Dowager?

There is nothing to worry about!

Shenzong, do you know what your queen has done to you?

Well, Shenzong didn't know anything, so he felt that his queen would be wronged after he left?

But why did Xiaozong not be filial to the Empress Dowager?

"The first emperor said that Xiaozong was not his own flesh and blood. Even if he was, there are no unfilial flesh and blood in the world?" The Empress Dowager sat upright, tears falling silently, "So on the eve of his death, he mobilized the staff of the Imperial City Department, Forcing the sick body, in front of the imperial court, ordered them to swear to be loyal to the Ai family from generation to generation... Don't ask about the world, don't ask about the common people, don't ask about the rise and fall of the Gongxiang family, just think about the Ai family... But because they don't know the new king Xianyu , and after he left, the changes in the former dynasty and the rear palace... Therefore, the first emperor thought hard and made an agreement with the Ai family to use the view of Shanyuan as a signal."

"This is not only to commemorate the acquaintance of Aijia and him at the Shanyuan Temple, but also because this Taoist temple has some relationship with Qu's lowly maidservant. If someone thinks too much, they will focus on the Taoist temple instead of the Taoist temple. itself!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Yun Fenghuang and sneered, "So do you understand? In the view of Shanyuan, it is true that there are no secrets at all! The so-called people and things are just blindfolds!"

"Its only function is a signal."

"If the new emperor treated the Ai family badly after the first emperor left, or if the Ai family was in danger for any reason...then send someone to destroy the Shanyuan Temple!"

"At that time, the former Imperial City Secretary hiding outside will hand over the will to the person they think is most likely to avenge Aijia!"

"At the same time, use all the secrets arranged by the late emperor before his death, and cooperate with the outside to overthrow the reigning emperor..."

The empress dowager's lips trembled and she couldn't continue, she said in a low voice, "So you know why Ai's family has not been to Shanyuan Temple for many years, but they have been given generously?"

Because it was the place where she met Shenzong, and because it was the last tenderness and protection that Shenzong left for her before his death.

Yun Fenghuang was stunned, thinking of the news that the Shanyuan temple was burned, the empress dowager fell ill overnight, and even suffered a serious loss of vitality... She was a little at a loss, and after a while, she said softly: "Granddaughter-in-law... at that time It's also the emergency medical treatment, and it's the granddaughter-in-law who is sorry for you."

"...That's all." The Empress Dowager laughed at herself, "The Ai family originally wanted to live out this life quietly, but maybe it's not because they didn't report the end of time. The Ai family harmed the late emperor all his life and even lied to him For the rest of my life, I originally wanted to bring these secrets into the catalpa coffin, but in the end, I still have to tell them. I want you to know how vicious and stupid the Ai family was back then!"

"Grandmother, don't do this, these are all the lowly maidservants of the Qu family..." Yun Fenghuang's words of consolation were interrupted by the Empress Dowager: "No, no matter how bad the Qu family is, as long as the Ai family trusts the late emperor more, all the late emperors follow Ai more. Let me explain to my family, Aijia and the late emperor will not go to the same level later."

She was silent for a while, and said softly, "Now you should understand why Aijia would tell you this part of the past today, right?"

"...The imperial grandmother hopes that the granddaughter-in-law will not force and test your majesty for her own selfishness in the future?" Yun Fenghuang said with a wry smile, "Why do you still use the imperial grandmother to say this... after this incident, can the granddaughter-in-law What face do you have, what are you thinking about? For the rest of your life, as long as His Majesty does not dislike her, granddaughter-in-law...is willing to ask for nothing, and stay by his side...to serve him day and night..."

After saying this, the Empress Dowager looked at her with indifference for an instant.

Yun Fenghuang was stunned: "Grandmother?"

"Do you think Ai's family is Gong Xiangji, or the Yuan family?!" The Empress Dowager sneered, and suddenly picked up the tea at hand and poured it directly on her body!

At this moment, there was no hindrance from Queen Mother Yuan, but Yun Fenghuang quickly dodged to the side, frowning: "Please ask the emperor's grandmother to speak clearly! My grandson just said it, and every word comes from the heart!"

The Empress Dowager stabbed at her like a knife: "From the bottom of my heart? Bastard, this hand is swearing, you can use it to fool Gong Xiangji, and Yuan Shi, who cares about Gong Xiangji, is fine. In front of Ai's family , what else do you want to play?"

She sneered, "The two arrows that killed you are only powerful and accurate. It is not good to use them to kill anyone. I need to find you specifically. If they are used to kill the king, I am afraid that Duke Yi and Duke Ning will die at least." One, doesn’t it make Gong Xiangji more anxious than killing you! Or do you think, in the eyes of outsiders, Gong Xiangji loves you to the point where he is willing to sacrifice his life for you?!”

Even Yun Fenghuang himself didn't expect Chunjia to block the queen's arrows, this point, the assassins definitely couldn't think of it.

In fact, no one would have thought that the majestic emperor would risk his life for a successor!

"..." Yun Fenghuang took a deep breath, and suddenly sneered, "The emperor's grandmother just talked about the past with her granddaughter-in-law, every word and every word is regretful, but from the grandson's wife's point of view, the emperor's grandmother is actually the same as before, she was still a teenager. Just after he left the court, he often doubted the appearance of the late Emperor Shenzong, and it hasn't changed in the slightest!"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was stunned, she immediately revealed a look of rage. She said coldly, "Is my daughter-in-law wrong? Back then, you suspected that the former Emperor Shenzong had a private relationship with the Qu family without telling you, and handed over the imperial guards. He betrayed you and had an affair with Qu. You are so confident in your speculation that you decided to fight him to the death after being sent to Zhuangzi for a while! At this moment, you Why not? My daughter-in-law doesn't know what information you have, so I am sure that my daughter-in-law has never been sincere to His Majesty... But my daughter-in-law thinks that although she is not a truly virtuous and virtuous person, she is not inhuman !"

"Your Majesty, the son of heaven, is in danger to all the people, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he disregards life and death for his granddaughter-in-law..."

"If my daughter-in-law still has two hearts for His Majesty from now on, wouldn't she be inferior to a beast?!"

"You watched His Majesty walk all the way, and the grandson's daughter-in-law entered the palace even after His Majesty. You should also be very clear about her grandson's temperament."

"Granddaughter-in-law has never been afraid of death!"

"Just now I said that the one who would rather die is the grandson-in-law, and the one who doesn't want to be hurt is Your Majesty. The grandson-in-law is sincere in everything!"

"And from now on, treat His Majesty with sincerity, granddaughter-in-law dares to swear all the poisonous oaths in the world... Why on earth is the emperor's grandmother making such an arbitrary judgment, granddaughter-in-law is really fooling you?!"

The Empress Dowager looked at her blankly.

As the empress of Shenzong Yuan, the leader behind the scenes of the country's general trend in the past two years, and even the direction of the seemingly chaotic situation at the moment, is also in her mind. With a condescending attitude.

This is also the reason why she rushed to Xingxintang after hearing that Chunjia had blocked arrows for him, and when she saw Yun Fenghuang, she would strike without hesitation.

Even the Empress Dowager Yuan felt helpless and jealous of this daughter-in-law because of Yun Fenghuang's record, but the Empress Dowager would not.

She has seen too many winds and rains in her life, and she has also competed with too many amazing and talented people, so she said that Empress Qu, in terms of means, the city may not be much worse than Yun Fenghuang, or even worse than the Empress Dowager.

It's just that Shenzong chose the Empress Dowager, but he was bored with Empress Qu.

Therefore, in her eyes, Yun Fenghuang is outstanding, but that's all.

If it wasn't for the fact that this younger generation was too similar to her when she was young, and Chunjia was so similar to Shenzong when she was young... so that the Empress Dowager often thought of herself in a trance when she looked at the pair of young emperors and empresses, and couldn't help but secretly speculate If she hadn't harmed Shenzong back then, if she hadn't been killed by Empress Qu, would it have been the same with Shenzong later, with many children under her knees, and after a long time, no matter how good the relationship is, they can't help but quarrel.

Shenzong has no guilt in his heart, and he may not be willing to be obedient and doting to her. When the two disagree, she must act like Yun Fenghuang in private... Shenzong knows it well, but because of his affection, he pretends to be I don't know, I even have to deal with her aftermath...

Such a noisy day with the smell of fireworks in the world.

It wasn't that Shenzong relied on her for everything, but she didn't want to ask for anything. As the most honorable couple in the world, after the two of them stood at the highest point, they didn't have the joy and joy of being newlyweds.

The Empress Dowager always thought that when Shenzong passed away in his prime, apart from losing his predestined lifespan, he would feel sorry for her and feel guilty for dragging her down until his death.

After all, how could such a wise and capable ruler like him not understand the hidden danger of deliberately exalting foreign relatives after slaughtering the main branch clan?

He still did it because he felt that Xiaozong was not the blood of the two, but the Ji family was related to the Empress Dowager.

Now that Yun Fenghuang refuted with other things and other reasons, the Empress Dowager would scoff.

She has plenty of ways to deal with this bastard queen!

Ke Yunfenghuang mentioned Shenzong, and mentioned the root cause of her and Shenzong's sorrow.

The Empress Dowager felt like falling into an ice cellar.

At this moment, it seemed as if her whole body exploded, and the only thing in her mind was the sentence "the emperor's grandmother hasn't changed at all".

It has been decades since Shenzong died.

The Empress Dowager assumed countless times that if she returned to the past with her current self, she would be able to live a lifetime of love and harmony with him.

She was so sure of it that she had never doubted it.

This is why when she told Yun Fenghuang about the past, she repeatedly emphasized that both of them were young at that time.

The Empress Dowager always felt that apart from external factors, the tragedy between her and Shenzong was that they were both too young at the time and did not understand the true meaning of getting along.

But Yunfenghuang... Yunfenghuang, she turned out!

She said that the empress dowager has never changed!

In the past, the arbitrariness harmed Shenzong and himself, and now the arbitrariness remains the same.

The empress dowager's hands and feet were cold, and she didn't know how much time had passed before she said in a dazed and nonchalant manner: "I... Aijia... You... Those two arrows that assassinated you... Didn't you arrange it yourself?!"

"How is it possible?" Yun Fenghuang said those words in a fit of anger, but his heart was actually a little beating, mainly because the Empress Dowager had too many cards in her hand.

Who would have thought that Shenzong was also a lover, for the sake of this empress, he would not even consider returning the throne to the Gongxiang clan, not to mention, even to ensure that her old age would be as good as she wanted, and even the stability of the world would not be cared about? ? ?

If the empress dowager is really angered at this moment, she is also at this age, and the imperial doctor said that time is running out, and if she is in a hurry, she simply drags the current royal family to die together, then Yun Fenghuang and others are too wronged.

At this moment, when the Empress Dowager finally spoke, she breathed a sigh of relief, showing real surprise, "It's not like you don't know about grandson's daughter-in-law's background...not to mention today's change, grandson's daughter-in-law didn't know in advance, just say that kind of master, Where can granddaughter-in-law win over?!"

When she said this, she suddenly thought of something, twitched the corners of her mouth, and said in a low voice, "Well, self-administration of child-killing drugs and self-administration of abortion drugs... are all unavoidable."

"The grandson's daughter-in-law is very concerned about her own safety."