The legitimate daughter brings disaster to the concubine! Seize the imperial power and the throne

The only sound in the silent palace was the even breathing. The two of them were in a stalemate for a moment, and the Queen Mother couldn't help herself and asked, "What else do you know?"

Seeing that Zhao Yan remained silent, the Queen Mother thought for a moment and was about to speak, but suddenly she caught a glimpse of the murderous look on Zhao Yan's face, and she was so frightened that she was speechless for a moment.

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. Everything depends on your decision."

The atmosphere fell into silence again.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said, "The late emperor did know about the twins a long time ago, and Concubine Yue Xian took a secret medicine that made her pregnant with twins. The doctor who treated Concubine Yue Xian had been secretly executed. The late emperor

The reason for doing this is to stabilize Chao Gang. At that time, the Bo family was thriving, with two generals in one family, and they were also married to the Xu family, and they had a close relationship with the Liu family. These families had already seriously threatened the status of the previous emperor, and the concubines in the harem were dominated by these families. Chang'an Hou proposed to the emperor that if he wanted to seize power, he must have a legitimate reason. "

"Although the details of the twins are unknown, it is not a serious crime after all." The Queen Mother's tone was unstable, and her eyes were a little dull. "Who knew that this matter was known by Concubine Yuexian in advance? According to the agreed time, Concubine Yuexian still had more than two months to give birth. She took advantage of the period when the emperor and empress prayed for blessings, drank the abortion medicine in advance, and secretly summoned Xu, secretly sending away a child. The late emperor was furious."

Zhao Yan frowned.

He could guess that he was furious because the plan that had been planned for seven months was ruined by Concubine Yuexian. Without evidence, the Emperor of Northern Qi vented his anger on Lord Bo and demoted the descendants of the Bo family who were officials in the court again and again.

Lord Bo finally realized something was wrong and took his anger out on Xu, torturing her even more severely. Within a few years, he tortured her to death.

"The late emperor's original plan was to make one of them the crown prince to fight against the Liu family, and secretly hand the other one over to the Bo family to raise." The queen mother said excitedly: "As a king, what is wrong with the late emperor doing this? He was just weighing the pros and cons and wanted the country to be stable."

After speaking her mind, the Queen Mother felt relieved: "Who would have thought that you didn't die, went to Nanliang, and came back alive!"

Zhao Yan stood up with his long legs, looked down at the Queen Mother, and sneered: "The late emperor shamelessly forced Concubine Yuexian into the harem and favored her, and got the support of the Bo family. After he secured his throne, he abandoned her and plotted against his own children. Such a person is not worthy of being a husband, a monarch, and even less worthy of being a father!"

The Queen Mother panicked. "What are you going to do? Everything I said is true. It was all the idea of ​​the Marquis of Chang'an. He instigated it."

As soon as she finished speaking, the guard came in holding a brocade box. When he opened the box and revealed a bloody human head inside, the empress dowager was stunned.

It turned out to be the head of Marquis Chang'an!

"You knew this a long time ago?" asked the Queen Mother.

Zhao Yan opened his lips and said, "I gave the Queen Mother a chance, but you didn't cherish it."

"Zhao Yan, don't do anything stupid!" The Queen Mother panicked and tried to explain but was interrupted by Zhao Yan: "My mother is proficient in medicine. It is not difficult for her to conceal her pulse. She knew from the beginning that this was a trap. She had been enduring it to protect the two children. Originally, my mother wanted to send both children away, but they were discovered in advance, so she had to keep Zhao Zhen. Not long after Xu took me away, my mother was fed with the decoction and died of hemorrhage. Then she adopted Zhao Zhen to Empress Liu to stabilize her position. In order to express gratitude to the late emperor, the Liu family was willing to be a knife in the hands of the late emperor and reported the Bo family, causing the Bo family to fall for fifteen years in one day."

The Queen Mother's eyes widened in horror.

"The bowl of Luozi soup that my mother drank was personally poured by the Queen Mother. How come you don't remember these things?" Zhao Yan sneered, "It was because you were worried that the matter would be exposed that you wanted Xu to die in a hurry. You hinted to Madam Bo from time to time that Xu got sick for no reason and her health deteriorated. She died of illness in just a few years."

The Queen Mother couldn't bear the revelation of the things that had been hidden for many years. She shook her head and denied it flatly: "No, no, I have never done such a thing."

Zhao Yan watched the empress dowager gradually collapse. He once again witnessed the empress dowager's despicableness. She seemed to care about her son, but in fact she tried every means to make up excuses to put the blame on the dead emperor.

"When Xu was dying, I was five years old and could already remember things. That night, mother held my hand and talked to me all night." Zhao Yan's dark eyes were filled with anger. The Queen Mother was so frightened that she couldn't sit still. She said angrily, "I knew that this bitch knew... wuwu..."

Someone suddenly grabbed his neck. Zhao Yan raised his hand and slowly tightened the strength in his hand. He watched the empress dowager's face gradually turn pale, her feet left the ground, and there was a hint of fear in her eyes.

Just when the Queen Mother thought she was about to die, Zhao Yan loosened her grip. The Queen Mother's body softened and fell heavily to the ground. She pointed at Zhao Yan with trembling hands, "You evil son!"

Zhao Yan smiled and left with his hands behind his back.

Only the Queen Mother was left sitting on the ground shivering.

I don’t remember how long it took, but the little palace maid came to pass on the message: “Empress Dowager, the Cheng family has been confiscated.”

The Queen Mother looked up in surprise.

Another palace servant came in to report: "Empress Dowager, *** has been stripped of her title and demoted to a commoner, and will be sent to the Western Wilderness by the new emperor to marry."

"……What did you say?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the palace servant came in again to report: "Empress Dowager, the new emperor has ordered the execution of all members of the Chang'an Marquis' Mansion."

Each piece of news was more devastating than the last. The empress dowager covered her chest and vomited blood. Her body began to sway, and she closed her eyes and fainted.

When he woke up again, Zhao Yan had already ascended the throne as emperor.

Several palace maids were guarding the Queen Mother, but placed in front of her were rows of pitch-black tablets, which frightened her so much that she almost fainted again.

"Where is Zhao Yan? Call Zhao Yan to see me!"

"Empress Dowager, the Emperor said that you have become insane and cannot leave this room." said the palace maid.

The Queen Mother's face darkened and she was about to curse but was slapped on the mouth by a palace maid. The Queen Mother was stunned.

"The Emperor has ordered that if the Empress Dowager gets sick, we servants must do everything we can to cure her." The palace maid rubbed her sore wrist.

After suffering a few losses, the empress dowager became much more honest.

She was stripped of her gorgeous clothes and imprisoned in the yard, facing the tablet every day. What made the empress dowager even more horrified was that Zhao Yan had the palace servants who served her dress up as old friends and hang around behind her all day long.

Finally, two months later, the Queen Mother collapsed and fell ill.

He didn't drink a drop of water for more than ten days before he died.

"Your Majesty, the person is dead." A palace maid came to report.

Zhao Yan was sitting on the dragon throne with a memorial in his hand. He didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard the news, and the palace servants tactfully withdrew.

At this time, Xu Feng stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Nanliang has withdrawn its troops, the border has been rearranged, and a treaty has been signed as agreed beforehand. The two countries will never invade again within fifty years. The Queen of Nanliang has found a young and promising prince for Changling, and they will get married soon."

When talking about his beloved, the smile on Zhao Yan's face grew wider.

Xu Feng looked at the smile on Zhao Yan's face and asked, "How does the emperor plan to arrange his own marriage? It's not a big deal if the six palaces are empty. Those civil and military officials can't wait to select a concubine for you."

The smile disappeared from his lips.

Both of them are emperors, and neither can abandon the country and the people.

Xu Feng racked his brains but still had no idea how to help the two of them.

"I intend to vent my anger on Hecheng."

"Move the capital?" Xu Feng was suddenly stunned.

Hecheng and Nanlianglingcheng are adjacent to each other, and even the two nearest cities can be seen by waving from a distance.

As if he had thought of something, Xu Feng asked, "Could it be that Nanliang is also going to move its capital?"

Zhao Yan smiled without saying anything, which was considered as his agreement.

A month later, the two countries moved their capitals together.

Another year passed as spring went by and autumn came. The new emperor of Northern Qi proposed to marry the empress of Southern Liang and held a very grand wedding.

The two men still stayed in their own country, and only went to their separate mansions at night when they went to bed. The mansion was occupied by Southern Liang and Northern Qi respectively, and it was the home of two emperors.

Zhao Yan took Lu Jingning into his arms, his fingertips resting on her belly: "When will the little one be able to stand on her own?"

He was already tired of being an emperor.

Lu Jingning suppressed his morning sickness and muttered, "It will take at least fifteen years."

"I could read and write when I was five, and I was preparing for the imperial examination at seven... With the assistance of Prince Changguang and Xu Feng, seven years was enough."

If it weren't for Lu Jingning's expression, Zhao Yan would have wanted to help the child take the throne after three years.

"Aning..." Zhao Yan looked at Lu Jingning's thin face with distress: "You have suffered."

half year later

The common prince of the two countries was born.

He held the responsibilities of both countries and was called the Crown Prince of Liang and Qi.

This chosen son of heaven was destined to be extraordinary from birth. How many people had red eyes. The officials of Northern Qi were afraid that he would be led astray by the people of Southern Liang. They wanted to focus all their eyes on the little prince and demanded that the little prince spend equal time between the two countries fairly and impartially.

Before he knew it, the little prince had grown up. Prince Changguang taught him personally, and the imperial tutor of three dynasties followed the little prince every day.

Wu has Xu Feng, who never leaves his side.

The five-year-old prince looked at his master Xu Feng with a bitter face, puzzled: "Where are my father and mother?"

Xu Feng pulled a helpless smile on his face and bent down to explain, "They went out together to investigate the people's sentiments."

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