Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen

The regent sighed lowly, and he didn't know whether it was regretful for Princess Minghui's practice of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, or the satisfaction of getting his wish. He focused on Yun Fenghuang, and said slowly: "Xianfei heard ? Don’t you want to die? Why didn’t you do it now? Could it be that you were just pretending to coerce the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty?”

Seeing Yunfenghuang not far away, the soldier still pressed the handle of the knife tightly, maintaining the posture of kneeling on one knee to plead guilty, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Actually, if the concubine Xian really wants to die, why bother to use a sword? This is the emperor, see It's bloody, it's not good."

Is it because the palace pillars are not enough for you to bump into, or is it because the gold hairpins in the hair are not good enough to kill yourself? Or can't go out to find a jump in the tower pond?

It is very disgraceful for him to provoke a woman to commit suicide with such words in public, but the regent can't care about it now.

Just as Princess Minghui was worried, he was also worried that if things were to go to nothing today, giving the imperial concubine time to prepare for the situation would lose the advantage she had so hard to build.

This advantage cannot even be reproduced in the future.

So even if he loses face, he doesn't care, if Chunjia can't be ruined today, at least he has to drag a virtuous concubine!

Without Concubine Xian, the stumbling block for the owner of Yanfu Palace, the regent... the regent calmed down, cut off distracting thoughts, focused his mind on the front, and said hesitantly, "Concubine Xian, please? Why did His Royal Highness the eldest princess agree?" You, instead, are indifferent?"

Yun Fenghuang finally couldn't control his emotions, and his whole body trembled slightly.

She turned her head expressionlessly, and looked at Duke Yi who was not far from the regent... Duke Yi was still hesitating.

He has always been loyal to the emperor, which means that he supported Xiaozong when Xiaozong was in power, and he supported Chunjia when Chunjia was in power.

But for the flesh and blood of the two emperors, he also has love for the house and black.

The most important thing is that Yunfenghuang is not his serious niece. Everyone knows that Xianfei said her surname is Yun, but in fact, her thoughts are on Xie.

Moreover, the entanglement between her and Yi Guogong's mansion is even more difficult to describe.

Of course, out of consideration for the eldest prince, Duke Yi's mansion should still keep her.

But the situation is different now, because Yi Guogong is too aware of Yun Fenghuang's nature. She has suffered so much this time, so it's okay if she can't make it through. I'm afraid people will not get better!

The first to bear the brunt is Princess Minghui!

This kind of ruthless character who dares to take the lead just after entering the palace, can you expect her to be merciful because Princess Nian Minghui is the blood of the late emperor?

impossible.

In other words, for Yi Guogong, the choice before him is to protect his grandson, or Bao Xiaozong's daughter?

He quickly made a judgment, that is, the eldest prince was not born to Concubine Shu after all, and Chunjia was still young, so he had five sons and three daughters right now, and there must be more children in the future.

Even if the Eldest Prince is gone because of losing the protection of Concubine Xian, there will be no chance to ask the Emperor to write the Prince under Concubine Shu's name in the future.

But Xiaozong was just such a prostitute.

Once there are three pros and two deficiencies, Xiaozong's only descendant will be gone.

So after a brief moment of pondering, he decisively turned his face away, pretending that he hadn't seen Yun Fenghuang asking for help.

The regent was worried that something would happen, and he was still urging him with sneering words... Except for Duke Yi, Yun Fenghuang didn't know anyone in this temple. She was about to look away when Gu Jiashu, whom she had seen just now, suddenly stood up. Come out: "The regent's words are wrong!"

When he made such a sound at this time, everyone looked over.

Gu Jiashu, as the younger brother of Uncle Zhaowu Gu Fangshu, although he also has an official status, but they are all official positions sealed by his father and brother. He has no real power and talent. He has always followed the crowd and never stood out.

At this moment, he suddenly stood up, and he was still the regent, and the civil and military officials of the whole court were very surprised.

After all, since someone proposed to make Gu Zhen the queen, keen people have already noticed that there seems to be some problem between the Gu family and the regent.

But Gu Jiashu, the second son of the Gu family, blatantly stood up and spoke against the regent, which was another matter.

So much so that even the regent showed a look of disbelief for a moment, and then there was indescribable gloom and anger!

Gu Jiashu was stubborn since he was a child, and when he grew up, he also relied solely on his father and brother. He had self-knowledge and never forced himself to stand out. It was a rare time to stand up. When the regent looked at him like this, he felt a little timid, and subconsciously looked back... He Looking at the direction, Wei's father and son looked at the nose, the nose and the heart, standing upright and upright, with an innocent look of "we didn't say anything" or "we didn't do anything".

"...Forget it, you all stood up." Gu Jiashu immediately felt a little regretful.

But after all, he came from a family of officials for generations, no matter how unusable he is, he still understands the basic rules in the officialdom: in the current situation, he must either keep quiet, and since he has made a statement, he must stick to it.

If it is both ends of the first mouse, I am afraid that it will not end well on the spot.

It's better to listen to Wei's father and son and give it a go.

Gathering his mind, Gu Jiashu said: "No matter how you say it, the virtuous concubine is a person hired by the empress dowager to serve your majesty in the palace, and has a pair of imperial heirs under her knees, which are not comparable to ordinary concubines. Even if the empress dowager or the empress dowager wants to punish her, There must be reasons and evidence, and follow the palace rules. Is there any reason for the regent to force one of the dignified four concubines to die in public? How will the regent explain this to the eldest prince and Princess Zhaoqing in the future?! There is absolutely no reason for an uncle to decide how to deal with nephews and concubines, let alone set an example for the world?"

Someone from the regent's side came out to refute him, saying that the regent was just venting his anger on the eldest princess.

"The eldest princess is young and ignorant, so is the regent also ignorant?" Gu Jiashu recalled what Wei's father and son had taught him just now, and said with a smile, "The state-owned state-law family has family rules. In the past, when Emperor Xiaozong was here, the most common thing to say was This sentence, even lead by example, never go beyond! Her Royal Highness is Xiaozong's biological daughter, do you know this?"

Minghui was silent.

Of course she does.

And she also knew that the reason why Xiaozong kept emphasizing state-owned state law and family rules was to restrain the Ji family.

Seeing that she was silent, Gu Jiashu went on talking: "Even if the concubine Xian made a heinous mistake, there are national laws and palace rules, why should she be forced to commit suicide in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty? This place is the seat of the great dynasty. Do you cooperate with the execution ground? If this case is opened, what will happen in the future?!"

Then he said, "Besides, since Her Royal Highness has the evidence in hand, she is not afraid to say anything, so why rush to seek justice? Isn't it good to be upright? You are so hasty and hasty, those who don't know think you are guilty, so you are so eager to make Concubine Xian Passed away! What good will this do to the reputation of His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, and even to the reputation of the late Emperor?"

"His Royal Highness the First Emperor is the only concubine daughter of the late emperor. Even if you don't consider your own reputation, you should also consider the late emperor's reputation?!"

Minghui looked up at him.

The veil covered the hatred in her eyes, but it couldn't hide her trembling figure. Because of the extreme anger, her originally hoarse voice changed a little bit: "You keep saying that the first emperor, the first emperor, the first emperor, if you take the late emperor seriously? Take it to heart, why are you so partial to Xiaoyun's lowly servant girl, but pointing fingers at me!!! All kinds of demands!!!"

"I don't dare!" Gu Jiashu hurriedly bowed and saluted, "I'm just telling the truth, please calm down, Your Highness the Eldest Princess!"

He really dare not...

But there is no way, just now after Yun Fenghuang watched him finish what he said, taking advantage of the time when the concubine Xian took the knife and committed suicide, Princess Minghui made a statement, and the regent pressed him step by step, Wei's father and son rushed to remind him: You have been missed by Concubine Xian!

And the emperor must remember you too!

This is not the point, the point is that your family, Gu Zhen, wants to be a queen, and now the most staunch supporter is the emperor.

Are you sure that your family can offend the imperial concubine now?

Even if you say you give up, you still want to go back to the embrace of the Regent, let alone betrayed once, even if Gu Fangshu himself did not betray, the Regent cannot trust you as much as before, just say that the emperor will not let it go!

This is tantamount to provoking all the royal uncles and nephews, can this end well?

So you have no choice now, you can only go to Hei one way and follow the emperor.

Moreover, think about what Concubine Xian entrusted to Duke Yi just now: what is meant by "uncle comes to be loyal to the emperor", isn't this just to remind the royalists, are you still the emperor's people? !

To protect the eldest princess so much, why don't you just support her to ascend the throne?

Otherwise, why would Ouyang Yanran, who is so loyal to Xiaozong, suddenly stand up and try to smooth things over?

Ouyang Yanran is so shrewd and powerful and has many people in the city, the Ji family can't do anything about it. He was the first important minister to recover after Chunjia came to power. He has already expressed his position, why are you hesitating?

Do you still want to be the queen's uncle?

Besides, isn't your family worried that the concubine Xian is too powerful, and that Gu Zhen's reputation as a queen is in vain?

This is a ready-made opportunity to give favors to the concubine Xian and make contributions in front of the emperor, you idiot... You stand up today to rescue the concubine Xian and fulfill the emperor's wish. Can these two not miss you, Mrs. Gu? Can you not take extra care of Gu Zhen? Anyway, it is impossible for Yun Fenghuang to be a queen, she will only support Gu Zhen's superior position even more!

Gu Jiashu thought it made sense, and the Weis and his sons promised that as long as he stood up, they would come out and second him immediately, so he agreed.

As a result, no one came out to agree with him when it came to this, so he felt very guilty.

But guilty conscience, he still looks very righteous on the scene, thinking that if the eldest princess continues to shout and ask later, then... is he... cowardly... or... cowardly... or... um... Wei Shi The father and son didn't say what to do in this situation! ?

Just as he was thinking wildly, finally Wei's father and son really stepped forward to help.

The father and son speak much better than Gu Jiashu, but they mean the same thing, that is, Xiaozong never said that he dealt with serious officials or concubines in private because of personal grievances. Doing things of one's own will.

Therefore, as Xiaozong's only daughter-in-law, it is necessary and obligatory for Princess Minghui to maintain and continue Xiaozong's fine style!

...Although everyone knows that Xiaozong's self-discipline is not necessarily all conscious, the main reason is that the Ji family has a very close eye on the emperor. Usually, the emperor is going to live a good life, and he will be picked on by the eggs, let alone doing whatever he wants. He could be scolded to death by Duke Ye.

But on the scene, there was nothing wrong with what Wei's father and son said.

Your father is the Son of Heaven, and he never said that he came here according to his own temperament. If you, as a daughter, don't learn from your father, isn't this embarrassing to your father!

Because the regent defended the eldest princess from the sidelines, he was asked by Wei's father and son a harsh word: "My lord has a good reputation, how could he not know how to condone His Royal Highness the eldest princess to treat a virtuous concubine like this, and he will definitely lose his tongue and be talked about by others?" But you still let it go, could it be that you deliberately put the eldest princess in an unrighteous place?! At the beginning, Emperor Xiaozong treated you with great kindness, and this is how you repay the only daughter of the late emperor?"

The only thing left to say is that the Prince Regent has ulterior motives and deliberately framed Princess Minghui!

Having said that, this matter can only be discussed later... But!

Yun Fenghuang spoke abruptly, reminding everyone: "The entanglement between the concubine and the eldest princess is naturally not suitable for further discussion. However, it was Lu Chuncao who poisoned the palace before, and Lu Chuncao was already by his side. Could it be the same? Let it go? Or do you all think that the Imperial City Secretary is so useless that there is no conclusive evidence?!"

Including Chunjia, the whole temple was silent for a while.

No, you committed suicide just now, even if you discuss it later, you may not be able to escape unscathed... At a time like this, you don't want to think about how to protect yourself, and you still think about throwing stones at the regent?