Chapter 148: King Yi

A moment later, Wei Changkong and his servant appeared in front of Chunjia.

The servant came in one step later. Seeing Wei Changkong was there, he didn't speak, but moved and went to the side to serve.

"Don't you want to see Uncle Wang?" Seeing this, Chunjia ordered, "Let's go now. Brother Zhen is here, and I will accompany him."

Wei Changkong thanked him, saluted, and left.

Then the emperor asked: "Where are people?"

"Your Majesty, the concubine refused to open the door, she just told the slave that she understands what your majesty means." The servant didn't understand, so he said, "Then I stuffed this letter and gave it to the slave, saying it was for your majesty."

He was a little worried that he would incur Chunjia's wrath because he failed to bring the Lu family.

But there is no way, this is the Prince Regent's other courtyard after all, Lu family refused to open the door, and Chunjia didn't confirm that he would be punished, how dare he blatantly disrespect the princess?

"A letter?" Chunjia raised his eyebrows, and when Yanyin had checked that there was no problem, he took it in his hand, and his face immediately became gloomy after just looking at it!

Based on the experience of coming to the other courtyard today, the emperor was not surprised that the Lu family refused to come to meet and only left a letter.

In his mind, this letter was mostly a plea for Gu, with some pleas and explanations added at most.

Who knew that Lu's mouth would be: "I have completed what Your Majesty ordered, and I know that I have committed a serious crime, so I have nothing to ask for, but my father and son Zhen'er..."

Next, Chunjia didn't look at it, and turned to tell Yanyin, "Send a few people to invite Wangfei to come over."

However, after this group of people went, they found that Mrs. Lu had already drunk the poison.

The body is still warm, but the breath is gone.

Gong Xiangzhen was irritated by his mother's murder of his father just now, and when he heard the news again, he fainted on the spot.

Chunjia's face was ashen, and under the banner of investigating Lu's motive for murdering the regent, he urgently called the Imperial City Secretary to the scene, and searched carefully inside and outside the other courtyard, especially Lu's residence, but in the end only Lu A bottle of poison was found in her dressing table, and the maids who served Lu's daily were basically hanging behind their heads. The result of the imperial doctor's examination was that these people committed suicide at about the same time as Lu's poisoning, and it should be the master and servant who set out together. .

After confirming that apart from the letter in his hand, there was nothing else that should not be there, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. He absolutely cannot be charged with murdering Uncle Wang.

Uncles and nephews who are nephews and nephews who kill uncles are at most discussed a few words. In private, they become a tyrant and cannot bear the reputation of their relatives. But Chunjia is not the blood of Shenzong. Ji Sheng was cold and cold one after another. If the death of the regent is also related to him at this time, one can imagine the criticism he will receive!

The key is……

What happened this time was really not done by him!

The regent is not a fool, how could he let someone reach out to his concubine?

When the uncles and nephews conspired against the Ji family in private, even though the regent had returned some of the Imperial City Secretary at Chunjia's request, Chunjia had never been affected by the manpower that was related to the safety of his mansion!

After all, this Uncle Wang has been in charge of the Imperial City Department for many years, even if his methods are not as good as the emperor's, Chunjia will not underestimate his control over his own mansion.

So Chunjia never thought of playing tricks in the Prince Regent's back house.

Although he is the son of heaven, with the gradual withdrawal of power, the manpower, material and financial resources he can mobilize gradually surpass the regent, but after all, he has only been in power for five years, and his accumulation is limited. The chicken can't lose the rice, and the regent caught him in turn to embarrass him.

Anyway, in Chunjia's plan, as long as he acts steadily and has a righteous reputation, he will gradually disintegrate the Gu family's control over the Dingbei Army... The remaining political means are enough to make the regent feel cool.

Originally, the regent king could not hide his decline if he had no successor, so why use ghost tricks to increase the risk of damage to his reputation?

It turned out to be interesting now... Who is this brave enough to pretend to be himself to fool Mr. Lu?

Or, the Lu family was actually killed, and someone tried to mislead the emperor under the guise of her suicide note?

Chunjia thought of the servant and said that she didn't see Lu's face before, she just said a few words through the door, took the letter and left, squinting her eyes slightly.

...The Xinggong heard the news half a day late. At this time, the regent had already woken up, but he was so weak that he didn't have the energy to speak, so he could only listen to what Chunjia said to him.

Gong Xiangruo didn't mention what mood he was in at the moment, anyway, he passed out again after a while.

Whether it's weak or stunned may only be known to him.

During this period, some people under his command rushed over to visit, but there were not many of them. It can't be done, the emperor is still acting like a good nephew and watching by the side, whoever comes to visit at this moment, isn't this waiting for the emperor to settle accounts in the future?

Unless it is really about loyalty, or some old parts that cannot be cleaned up, other people have doubts and dare not stand up.

This situation made Chunjia feel better.

After the downfall of the Ji family, another faction in the court, and the most difficult faction, is about to fall and disperse.

So far away from his real Yuji Yunei, it is naturally a big step forward.

The emperor left in the evening, and before he left, he specially left the imperial physician behind, saying that it was for the regent. Although the imperial physician repeatedly said that there was no way to return to heaven, at least he should do his best to obey the destiny.

It was because my mother lost Gong Xiangzhen who had fainted, and when I woke up, I heard the news that my father was dying, and almost fainted again.

He was pinched from left to right and fed with calming soup, and reluctantly sent Chunjia off, even subconsciously wanting to grab Chunjia's sleeve along the way.

After all, he is the only person left who can take charge of other courtyards at the moment.

Gong Xiangzhen, who had been hidden in the inner courtyard since birth and didn't even have a little friend to play with, was very scared.

"It's inconvenient for me to stay here overnight." Chunjia looked pitifully, and finally said, "Do you know about your elder brother?"

Gong Xiang nodded slightly with red eyes.

The emperor said: "Such a big thing has happened, you can't help your brother and sister-in-law not to come out. It's just that they have always kept a low profile, and they may not know it. How about this, I will ask them to come over."

He sent someone to call, even if Gong Xiangxiao didn't want to come.

When it was time to light the lamp, Gong Xiangxiao and Yin Nvluo rushed over. After learning about the passing, Yin Nvluo was fine. She was just a daughter-in-law and had no relationship with the regent, concubine Yuan, or concubine step-by-step. She looked serious at the moment. Most of the time, he was thinking about how this matter would affect his young couple; Gong Xiangxiao lifted his robe and kicked Gong Xiangzhen, almost kicking the defenseless brother off the corridor.

Seeing this, the left and right rushed to help, and Yin Nuluo was also taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed her husband who was still about to make a move: "My husband's condolences! Could it be that you are too sad and confused? That's my brother!"

I know you don't like Gong Xiangzhen and his mother, but is it appropriate to attack your half-brother in full view?

Especially Gong Xiangzhen is only ten years old!

Gong Xiangxiao's eyes were red, and he staggered Yin Nvluo, pointing at Gong Xiangzhen who looked frightened and sneered: "I still thought it was some kind of talent that the Lu family hid so tightly and carefully guarded! It's just a yellow-mouthed kid! It's fine to chase me out, but now for him, even... even..."

His throat rolled, and he seemed to be choking, but he took it away immediately, and said solemnly, "Even the regent had an accident because of him, such an ominous person who caused troubles in the family, still has the face here?! Get out with me!!!"

"Husband!" Yin Nvluo can't wait to go up and give him a slap in the face, no matter how much she hates Mrs. Lu, now that Mrs. Lu is dead, she is still exposed by her own son. Gong Xiangzhen did such a thing, and at such a young age Young man, are you afraid that the big brother will have no reason to handle him in the future?

No matter how resentful you are, wouldn't it be good to settle the score slowly later? If at this time, in front of so many people, you can't tolerate your brother's reputation if you lose your father and stepmother?

She tightly grabbed Gong Xiangxiao's sleeve, "Husband, my father is lying on the couch, I must be thinking of you right now! Let's go to see my father first, and we will talk about other things later, huh?"

After mentioning the regent again and again, Gong Xiangxiao didn't say anything, and went first with a flick of his sleeves.

Yin Nvluo looked at his back, but didn't catch up immediately, but apologized to Gong Xiangzhen in Wen Yan: "In fact, your elder brother has been thinking about you, but he has been unable to see you for various reasons... He was too heartbroken just now What's happening now is not aimed at you, you should not take it to heart for the sake of kinship."

"...Well." Gong Xiangzhen tried his best to hold back his tears, lowered his head, and whispered, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm fine."

Yin Nvluo met him for the first time, and she was not sure whether he really didn't mind or held a grudge, but now she didn't have time to stay for long, so she followed Gong Xiangxiao's pace and went to see the regent after a few polite words.

Not to mention the turmoil in the other courtyard that night, there was also a commotion in the palace.

Everyone was talking about the situation of the Prince Regent, and what kind of hatred did Concubine Lu Ji have, and she would actually kill her husband?

And the person who had been forgotten by the previous harem for some time was also brought up, that is Lu Chuncao.

Yun Fenghuang sighed, "It's still good to be the Empress Dowager."

When the news came to the palace, the Empress Dowager summoned Lu Chuncao to have an audience.

At that time, Chunjia was still guarding the regent personally in the other courtyard as a caring nephew.

No one in the harem stopped the empress dowager again.

Until now, Chunjia has returned, and Lu Chuncao is still with the Empress Dowager.

After Chunjia knew about this, she also passed away.

They didn't separate until midnight, and Lu Chuncao was left in the palace for the whole night. Since he was an eunuch, it didn't matter.

The next day, all the ministers knew about it, and they all went to the palace to meet Chunjia.

The monarchs and ministers discussed for most of the night, and the lunch time was almost over, and they finally came to the same conclusion that the second concubine Lu was poisoned by someone sent by He Le, so that she became insane and harmed the regent by mistake.

Anyway, the relationship between Guochao and Hele is left there, it doesn't matter what kind of dirty water is poured on it.

After the matter of the regent who has not been alive for two days is finalized, the next thing is simple, nothing more than dealing with the aftermath.

This is not difficult, but there was still some controversy among the ministers: the dispute about the succession of the regent's title.

It is impossible for the prince regent to continue to pass on, and no courtier who is dead dares to mention this at this time.

Even some courtiers of the regent's faction were relieved.

Because the Prince Regent fell so abruptly and there was no tragic and ugly tearing up, as long as they resign quickly and leave quickly, there is still a high possibility of a good death.

Everyone is in favor of taking Yi Wangjue before the Regent as his son's title.

Chunjia has no objection to this. Anyway, there are many vassals in the country. As long as his throne is not threatened, he has been treating Xiaozong's relatives and daughters kindly for these years. , Gong Xiangxiao and Gong Xiangzhen, the two younger brothers, the emperor's perception is not bad.

It's not worthwhile to give a vassal prince to show the kindness to his own Shenzong flesh and blood.

However, the courtiers disputed over which son should inherit the king's title.

Some people think that Gong Xiangxiao is the eldest son of Yuan Pei. Even if he asked himself to abolish the position of heir and almost broke with the Prince Regent's House, Concubine Lu Jifei played a lot of roles in it. Now Concubine Lu Jifei even personally poisoned the Prince Regent... Whether it was because of being bewitched or for other reasons, if it weren't for Concubine Lu Ji, Gong Xiangxiao would be the natural heir to the prince.

Now that Concubine Lu's conspiracy has been exposed, it's time for Gong Xiangxiao to succeed her.

However, some people felt that there was something wrong with Gong Xiangxiao. Although the regent was a bit indifferent to the eldest son, he was a father with a high position and authority. Why should he spoil his already grown son all the time? When a son has no tolerance for his father, it is also unfilial. Especially the fact that Gong Xiangxiao never took his wife back to visit his parents after he got married, which shows that he is narrow-minded and cut himself off from his father's house! In this way, he has asked himself to abolish the position of the son, so why can he still inherit the prince?

This title should be given to Gong Xiangzhen!

The two sides were arguing endlessly, and what Chunjia almost laughed angrily was that many of the courtiers who supported Gong Xiangzhen's succession showed tacit intentions.

...Obviously, they may not sincerely think that the prince should be given to Gong Xiangzhen, but they suspect that Chunjia did the regent couple's matter. Lu Jifei's death is so coincidental, so maybe they reached an agreement with Chunjia. The mother did this, what else could she do it for besides her son?

So maybe the holy will is Gong Xiangzhen?

Chunjia ignored the dispute below, turned her head and asked Yanyin: "Have you found out yet?"

Yan Yin panicked and said: "The Secretary of the Imperial City is still investigating, but the people serving around the Lu family are gone..."

Originally, the emperor had no infiltration into the Prince Regent's backyard, but now all the servants of the Lu family are dead. It can be said that there is no proof of death. Even the Imperial City Secretary, it will be difficult to find out the culprit who pretended to be Chunjia.

Seeing that the emperor's face was not looking very good, Yan Yin hurriedly whispered, "Since the regent is gone, the rest of us will definitely turn to the light if they are not deceived by lard. Maybe there will be clues at that time."

The emperor could not control the affairs of the Prince Regent's mansion simply because the Prince Regent had been the owner of the Imperial City Department for many years.

But now that he's cold, it's impossible for these people to stay with him, maybe they will come to Chunjia's side, maybe they can find out the truth?

It's just that these people are bound to be in a mess now, and I'm afraid it will not be easy to get results in a while.

Chunjia frowned, and said softly, "Let Sun Yu be quicker."

Yan Yin responded in a low voice.

Seeing that they were still arguing, the emperor got annoyed and made a decision directly: "Since the elders and young are in order, I ordered Gong Xiangxiao to inherit the title of the king and become the king of Yi."

In view of the lessons that the previous dynasty was dragged down by the huge clan, the Guochao was very harsh on the clan canonization.

If you can't inherit the king's title, unless you are particularly favored by the emperor, such as Shou Ninghou before Gong Xiangxiao, you will be an idle clan.

When Chunjia saw Lu's suicide note, she decided not to give Gong Xiangzhen too much benefit, lest people in the world suspect that he ordered Lu to kill the regent.

But whoever instigated Mrs. Lu hasn't been found out yet, so he changed his mind and ordered, "Gong Xiangzhen is young, his mother has already died, and his biological father is already bedridden... I feel sorry for you! Si will go to school after returning to the palace, let him go with him when the time comes."

This means that when the regent dies, he will raise Gong Xiangzhen in front of him and treat him like a prince.

The understanding of the courtiers was that the emperor's move was not only to show his generosity and love, but also to hold Gong Xiangzhen as a hostage, so as not to allow the remnant party of the regent to stir up trouble.

This is what it should be, and no one objects to it.

So it was settled.

After hearing the news, the harem let out a sigh of relief.

Ever since the Ji family was cool, everyone knew that there must be a battle between the royal uncles and nephews.

This time the regent fell so quickly, it was like giving Chunjia points. Apart from the accidents in the former court and the harem, most people were very lucky.

After all, there are only a few people like Yun Fenghuang who like to make troubles. Everyone thinks that this kind of hurdle has passed without major turmoil, which is very good.

Perhaps the most unacceptable thing was that Gong Xiangzhen, who had just stood in front of everyone, was shocked, but to be honest, no one cared about his thoughts.