The grass in the factory should be plucked

Xie Changan continued, "At that time, the Duke of Zhenguo was responsible for defending Mongolia, and General Su was responsible for defending the Jurchens. Later, for some reason, the late emperor ordered the two sides to switch defenses."

"Not long after, in a battle, General Su led a team deep into Mongolia, where they were ambushed. The reinforcements from the Duke of Zhenguo were slow to arrive, and General Su and his three sons all died on the battlefield."

"The Mongolian army marched straight into Datong and killed all the Su family's wives and children."

Jiang Li was surprised: "Why didn't the Duke of Zhenguo come to rescue?"

Xie Changan said, "I heard from my foster father that there were rumors that General Su was colluding with the Jurchens, which made the late emperor suspicious. The Duke of Zhenguo took advantage of the situation and deliberately delayed the rescue, killing someone with a borrowed knife."

"After General Su's family was brutally exterminated, the Duke of Zhenguo took control of the Northern Frontier in one fell swoop."

Jiang Li frowned: "I guess, maybe it was the late emperor's instruction?"

Xie Changan nodded: "It's possible. The Duke of Zhenguo was not punished back then. He was even promoted to Duke of Guo for his contribution in recovering Datong."

Jiang Li was shocked: "So the Duke of Zhenguo ascended to the throne by stepping on the Su family! Then why did the late emperor promise to make Su the empress?"

General Su is suspected of colluding with the Jurchens. Even if he dotes on Concubine Su, he will never make her the queen!

"That is unknown."

Jiang Li said in horror: "Tell me, is it possible that the murder of Empress Su was also tacitly approved by the late emperor?"

Deliberately spread the rumor that Su would be made queen, so as to harm Empress Su through Empress Zhang?

Xie Changan sighed: "It's very likely."

"At that time, Madam Su was pregnant with a prince. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, but he had the guts to do that to her!"

Jiang Li gritted his teeth secretly, what a terrifying emperor's mentality!

I just hope that Nangong Qinghe will not become such a cold-hearted king in the future.

"At that time, the late emperor was only in his thirties, and he already had the Prince of Qin and three princesses as his children. In the future, there will be a prince born in the harem."

"Even if Empress Su hadn't fallen into the water, she would have been poisoned. If she had stayed in the harem, the child in her belly would definitely not have been born smoothly."

"So, it is very likely that Empress Su escaped by pretending to die in order to save the fetus in her belly?" Jiang Li was surprised.

"The prerequisite is that there is someone to pick us up." Xie Changan said.

At that time, Concubine Su was accompanying the emperor on his southern tour, and it was a good opportunity for her to escape.

Assuming that the crazy Taoist was the person who was supposed to pick up Concubine Su, after picking her up, he forged a corpse to conceal the truth, and then quickly fled to Shu with Concubine Su.

After the poison was removed, Empress Su gave birth to Nangong Yonghe in Shu.

This would explain why Concubine Su disappeared from then on, and the old emperor sent out the imperial guards and the navy, but could not find her anywhere.

No matter which woman she is in, she would never want to see such a cruel and heartless man who harmed her entire family and even spared no effort for her own flesh and blood!

It is understandable that Nangong Yonghe, who harbored deep hatred, returned to avenge his mother.

"In the end, the late emperor died at the hands of his most beloved son. This is retribution." Jiang Li sneered.

The old emperor was poisoned by Nangong Xihe, it is the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is inevitable!

It is obvious that Nangong Yonghe will definitely take action against Empress Dowager Zhang and the Duke of Zhenguo.

Empress Dowager Zhang and the Duke of Zhenguo would also be extremely wary of Nangong Yonghe and would be eager to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Jiang Li did not want to interfere in the grudge between them. Everything in the world has its destiny. There must be a reason for the fruit of a lotus.

However, she could not stand idly by if innocent people were implicated.

"Little raccoon slave, you won't feel pity for him, will you?"

Xie Changan was a little uneasy. What would he do if Nangong Yonghe pretended to be pitiful and made the little cat slave fall in love with him?

Jiang Li burst out laughing: "Isn't your life story pitiful? My mother died with two lives, isn't that pitiful? There are many pitiful people in this world, and I have Brother Changan in my heart, so there is no room for anyone else!"

Xie Changan was overjoyed: "I feel the same way."

Tomorrow is their wedding day!

Xie Changan was extremely happy and said softly, "Go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow."

He was extremely looking forward to seeing Jiang Li wearing her wedding dress.

His little cat slave must be the most beautiful bride in the world!

Early the next morning, Cui Han led a group of palace maids to pick up Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was sleepy and closed her eyes, letting them do whatever they wanted.

Zhang Wanwan, Cui Jin and Lu Meiyi also came with palace maids. They wanted to act as the sisters of the bride and make things difficult for the groom.

After bathing in fragrant water and applying perfumed lotion all over her body, Jiang Li was pressed in front of the dressing table and several maids dressed her up.

Jiang Li protested: "Please let me eat something. I won't be able to eat after I put on makeup!"

Zhang Wanwan smiled and said, "Aren't you nervous? On the day of my wedding, I was so nervous that I couldn't eat anything!"

Cui Jin also laughed and said, "She is only thinking about food. I can see that in her heart, even the groom is not as good as food!"

Jiang Li said with a bitter face: "If you don't eat for a day, you will starve to death!"

Lu Meiyi covered her mouth and laughed. Marquis Jing'an was so funny. If she had met him earlier, they would have become close friends.

Cui Han smiled and brought a bowl of glutinous rice balls over: "Come, eat the glutinous rice balls and we will be reunited."

After eating the dumplings, Jiang Li still felt unsatisfied, but Cui Han didn't let her eat any more.

"If you delay any longer, the groom will enter the palace soon. Don't miss the auspicious time."

Jiang Li had no choice but to let Nanny Xi comb her hair and put on makeup for her.

After finishing her makeup and putting on her elaborate wedding gown, Jiang Li, dressed up in her best, was truly breathtakingly beautiful.

Cui Jin sighed, "One glance can make a city fall in love with her, another glance can make a country fall in love with her. Today I have finally seen that there really are such beauties in the world!"

She smiled and said, "If you give birth to a daughter in the future, can you marry her to our eldest prince?"

Zhang Wanwan also smiled and said, "Then Marquis Jing'an must have more children. I also want such a beautiful daughter-in-law."

Jiang Li blushed: "You wish!"

She thought to herself, if I have a daughter in the future, I don’t want her to marry into the royal family.

At this time, a young eunuch hurried over to report: "Master Xie has entered the palace!"

Cui Jin said with a smile: "Close the palace gate quickly! If Master Xie doesn't write eight or ten poems to urge her to get ready, I won't let him take the bride away!"

Jiang Li burst out laughing. Asking Xie Changan to write a poem would really make it difficult for him!

Zhang Wanwan shouted again: "Serve with sticks!"

The palace maids and eunuchs laughed and played, each holding a "killing stick" and guarding the palace gate tightly.

There was a burst of loud drum and music, and Xie Chang'an, dressed in wedding gown, came to the palace gate in high spirits, surrounded by officials from the Ministry of Rites, Shen Muchun, Mo Qilang and others.

When the palace maids and eunuchs saw the groom, they couldn't help but cheer, what a god-like figure!

He was seen wearing a black gauze hat with flowers on his head and a red robe with a kirin patch. He was tall and slender, with an outstanding demeanor, and was as handsome as a god. People dared not look at him directly.

Shen Muchun and others started to make a noise, "The groom is here, the bride, come out quickly!"