The whole family of villains criticized her wildly, but the princess treated her with medical treatm

"don't want--"

Hua Shi worked as a maid to the Queen Mother for more than ten years. She was responsible for the Queen Mother's dressing and grooming, and also managed a large group of servants in Qihuang Palace. She was very majestic. Now that the poisoning incident was exposed, the pink beauty finally became a lonely soul.

His sister was almost poisoned. Right Prime Minister Yan Xi, who had already crawled into bed to sleep, got up overnight, put on a red python official uniform and an official sedan, walked through the cold and quiet streets of Yundu Imperial City, and hurried here. .

"Thanks to Her Royal Highness the Princess for being wise and wise."

Empress Yan Xi was so frightened that she wiped cold sweat, "If the Empress Dowager is poisoned because of her illness, the imperial city will be in chaos!"

He is a civil servant.If a palace change really occurs, it won't have much effect.

The Zhenbei Army is all in the north, and his nephew Yan Yang is not here. The third and third floors in Yundu are controlled by Jinwu Guards controlled by Lijia, making it easy to seize power.

"Uncle, this Yu Ruhai is an official of your Shangshu Province. What is his origin?"

Mu Tingxue looked at the love letter, her eyebrows furrowed, "In the letter, he has been trying to instigate a relationship between Hua Shi and his mother, and he has also promised to be the wife of Minister Zuo Dushi."

From a palace maid, she crossed the hierarchy and became an official wife.

No wonder Hua Shi is willing to take risks.

"Before, I didn't even notice that there was such a person in Shangshu Province."

Yan Xi looked solemn and confused, "Shang Shu Zuo Du Shi is only a seventh-rank official, not a high official. This Yu Ruhai is only 29 years old and has very little qualifications as an official."

The actual controller of Shangshu Province is Shangshu Zuopushe, also known as the left and right prime ministers.

Below is Shangshu Zuocheng.

Minister Zuodu was not ranked at all, and he probably just did odd jobs for his superiors, sorting out documents, and serving tea.

"Find out his background!"

"Yes."

Yan Xi went to Zhao Prison for three days of personal interrogation and gave Yu Ruhai a lot of torture. Yu Ruhai confessed to the crime of conspiring with the palace maid Hua Shi to murder the Queen Mother Yan. Huang Eunuch, who was in charge of Qihuang Palace, also served as the governor of Dongchang. The eunuch agents below have also found out the details of Yu Ruhai's eighteen generations of ancestors.

Two reports were sent to the Queen Mother's imperial cabinet.

"Yu Ruhai is the adopted son of Zhang Bing, the former minister of the Ministry of Punishment, one of the Seven Sins."

After seeing this, Empress Dowager Yan snorted coldly with a very unhappy expression, "The Ai family's three thousand swords cut off the handle. No wonder he wants to seduce the Ai family's maid and wait for an opportunity to poison him for revenge!"

"Seven Sinners?"

Mu Tingxue was stunned. What kind of crime caused her mother to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts?

Since ancient times, there have been many types of death penalty, but Lingchi is the most cruel. They will cut your flesh one by one. If you are lucky, you will die after a few hundred cuts. If you are not lucky, you will not die even after thousands of cuts. It is extremely torture.

"Five years ago - no, it should be six years ago."

Empress Dowager Yan stood with her hands behind her back, facing the south window. Her expression could not be seen clearly, but her voice was extremely heavy. The rule of women and children is a sign of ruin for the country. Seven veterans, including Zhang Bing, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, even signed a petition, accusing the Ai family of 26 major crimes, including causing trouble in the harem, murdering the prince, framing loyal people, plotting evil, committing insurrection, and corruption. Bribery, etc., all the crimes you can think of, all the crimes you can't think of, all are detained, every word is murderous, every word is bloody, and the Ai family is forced to die for the late emperor."

Mu Tingxue took a breath of cold air.

Just by listening, you can imagine how dangerous the situation was at that time.

"Thanks to the presence of the regent, he controlled the military power and immediately ordered the abolition of the system of burial of palace concubines."

Queen Mother Yan turned her head and looked at her, "The Ai family started to fight back and sent all seven guilty officials to Zhao Prison and executed them at Ling Chi. Do you think it is cruel to be a mother?"

She doesn't fit the traditional image of a virtuous, gentle mother, and she's not even a good person.

She never denied this, nor would she sugarcoat it.

Mu Tingxue thought for a while and said: "My mother is a politician. Under such circumstances, the officials forcing you to bury the late emperor are just trying to control the young new emperor. In the final analysis, it is a game of power." .”

The road to imperial power is a road full of thorns, mountains of corpses, and seas of blood.

There is only success or failure, no right or wrong.

If she were in Yan Ya's position at that time, she would probably do the same.The forces that stand in the way are killed; those who stand in the way are killed.

Queen Mother Yan was a little touched. She thought her daughter would dislike her for being cruel, but she didn't expect that she could understand her difficulties: "Daughter——"

Mu Tingxue said: "First, replace a group of reliable maids. There is also a pricker among the eunuchs. It seems that many forces from all sides have penetrated into the palace and put others in Qihuang Palace."

Eunuch Huang was waiting on the side. After hearing this, he quickly knelt down and apologized: "It was my negligence that allowed the thieves to take advantage of me. I should be beaten -"

As he spoke, he raised his hands and gave himself a big mouth on the left and a big ear-scraper on the right.

After about a dozen slaps, his face was swollen.

"The painting and poetry were originally recommended to Qihuang Palace by a slave. This is the first crime. The little eunuch who stabbed villains to practice the art of hating victory was also from the servant's ceremonial supervisor. This is the second crime. The Queen Mother suffered this disaster, no matter what the slave knew. Ignorance and ignorance are all to blame!"

Eunuch Huang burst into tears and expressed his heartfelt loyalty to Queen Mother Yan, "I am willing to go to Zhao Prison to receive my punishment. I only ask the Queen Mother to take care of the holy body and not make any mistakes again."

Mu Tingxue was slightly stunned and thought to herself, no one said they would punish you.

However, upon closer inspection, I discovered that the head eunuch's facial features looked very much like Zhou Zheng's.Although he is over 40 years old, he is already a bit old, but he can still vaguely see the splendor of his youth.

Most of the eunuchs were illiterate and were sold into the palace to be castrated when they were very poor in their teens. However, the Governor of Dongchang was said to be very talented, with excellent writing skills and good martial arts. Sometimes he could help the Queen Mother. Take care of things.

"Okay, Wenruo."

Empress Dowager Yan was helpless, "You can go down, there is no need to go to Zhao Prison. The Ai family knows that this matter has nothing to do with you."

Mu Tingxue was shocked again.

Wen Ruo?

Eunuch Huang, wasn't his name Huang Xian? He was a famous governor.

Could it be that this eunuch has a cousin?

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for eunuchs from poor backgrounds to be given any crowning ceremony at the age of 20, let alone to be given a cousin name during the crowning ceremony.In Yunhuang Kingdom, only the upper-class young masters have this honor.

Empress Dowager Yan seemed to see that she had doubts, so she explained: "Eunuch Huang was once a protégé of the regent's father, and Wen Ruo was his nickname. The late emperor was still an unpopular prince at that time, and the Yan family entered the situation and married off the Ai family. She became the emperor's concubine and helped him successfully ascend the throne, and the Ai family became the queen. However, Wen Ruo was accidentally seriously injured in the struggle and was unable to have children, so he simply entered the palace as a eunuch to protect the Ai family."

Mu Tingxue realized.

Emotional Eunuch Huang is a senior fellow apprentice to Mr. Lu, the Minister of Household Affairs!

The old Duke Yan Gongting, the previous head of the Yan family and the eldest brother of the Empress Dowager Yan, was also said to be a top minister and conspirator. Unfortunately, he died early.In his early years, he had two apprentices. One became the Minister of Household Affairs and engaged in corruption, and the other became the Superintendent of the East Factory and engaged in espionage work.He also gave birth to a son named Yan Yang who was a powerful minister and regent, and he took the emperor to command the princes.It's absolutely amazing.

"Mother, I feel that Mr. Lu is corrupt and unfit for use."

The eldest princess made a very sincere suggestion, "Take this snow disaster as an example. The imperial court first distributed 20 shi of disaster relief food. When we set out from the palace, there were only [-] shi left. When we arrived at the inner city of Yundu, there were only [-] shi left." Ten thousand, after being distributed to the lower counties, only twenty thousand were left. In fact, only about ten thousand stones were received by the victims. The first person to take action was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. After receiving the food, he did not care about anything. I deducted half of it and followed the example, and the officials below also followed suit. The governor and county magistrate also became greedy a few times, and they were extremely shameless!"