[mouse cat] special way

In the eyes of ordinary people, the royal family has been plagued by bad luck.However, in just a few days, Empress Wencheng and Princess Baohe passed away one after another, and another child who lost his mother was added to the harem.

"Hey, I don't know which god of plague has been provoked by the palace this time. People died twice in three days, and they were all nobles." Such discussions can be heard in teahouses and restaurants in the capital.

"That's right, I went to the two noble girls all at once, and the officials didn't do a ritual ceremony to save them."

"If you do something, Xiangguo Temple will be busy again. In fact, it may not work..."

"Hey, I wonder if you guys are making a lot of fuss. A woman's childbirth is a step into hell, and the imperial doctor in the palace can't guarantee the safety of the mother and child."

"You don't know about this. I heard that Empress Wen Cheng was assaulted by a palace lady before she gave birth, and then she had a difficult delivery. The inside story is not clear yet.

Too! "

"Ah? There's something else going on here. Let's talk about it." The people around hurriedly gathered around, as if listening attentively.

"I heard that this matter has something to do with the Empress Dowager." The person who broke the news took a sip of tea and said in a low voice, "You also know that Empress Wen Cheng favors the harem, and the officials treat her well. Not long after entering the palace, she was made a noble concubine, second only to the empress dowager in terms of food and clothing. Later she became pregnant with a dragon seed, and she ranked first in the palace, and even the empress dowager could not surpass her rank."

"So what?" the gossip listener then asked.

"Hey! Can't you see this?" The whistleblower continued, "How can a mother get used to seeing her son always running into the wife's room? Naturally, the more you look at it, the more unpleasant it is~" The empress dowager just came from The folks welcome back, and before they have time to get together with their own sons, they are divided in half by their daughter-in-law for no reason. How can they not complain? "So, a little maid in the Empress Dowager's palace fought for the old lady. It just happened that the princess came to the palace to say hello, so she also suffered."

"Cut—" the people around curled their lips unanimously, this is too fake!

One of them even said what was in his heart: "Who are you lying to? Who doesn't know that the current queen mother is a kind and kind old man, how could she allow the people in the palace to do such a thing? I remember what you said last time It was the empress who was jealous and sneaked in. Last time she said that a man broke into the palace and surprised the nobleman... I said, can you be sincere when you make up the story? Just use the old drafts compiled by Baguaxuan as news, It's so boring."

"That's right!" The others echoed, "It's better that Li Tie's calculations in Deyuelou make sense. The nobles are probably bumping into guests." These days, there are all kinds of weird things, and in the palace , there are too many unclean things...

Seeing nothing new, the onlookers immediately dispersed.

"Hey, what I said is true, don't you believe it~" The person who broke the news remembered scratching his head, but he couldn't tell why.

People are curious, sometimes,

They would rather believe in some imaginary gods and ghosts than the facts under their noses.

In other words, they have long been keenly aware of some things, but for some reason, they know what to believe and what should be exposed on the surface.

Those who grew up in the market, have rich experience, and have a strong ability to discern, don't know the trick of using gossip to convey information.Keeping silent, it's not that they don't understand those flamboyants, it's just to preserve their strength, and using rumors to stop rumors to fuel the flames is another higher-level counterattack.

Never underestimate the wisdom of little people.

Being able to extract real and effective news from all kinds of rumors and gossips is a bit of a skill. Zhao Jue held the wine cup and looked downstairs, with a sneer on his face.He doesn't need to bother, the people from Nanqing Palace will check the details of this person carefully.

And now, what he needs to do is to find that thing as soon as possible - if what the woman said is true, this may be the only way he thinks in his heart.

Zhao Qi stood aside, watching the expression on his master's face constantly changing, and his chest also became sore.He didn't find any useful news in Changzhou, so he rushed back immediately after receiving the order.Unexpectedly, it just happened to catch up with the time when Queen Mother Li was in a daze and said nothing.

At that time, he followed the prince into the empress dowager's bedroom, and saw the most honorable woman in the palace.The moment he saw Queen Mother Li, he was stunned.This woman, who has been wandering among the people for nearly 20 years without changing her appearance, has aged rapidly in just a few days—her head is covered with black silk mixed with strands of white hair, and a few wrinkles have been added between the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.No makeup was applied on her face, and her complexion became more and more dull. Her body, which was not considered strong, was even more emaciated, and could barely support the heavy palace attire.

Seeing everyone coming in, the Empress Dowager Li, who was quietly being fed medicine by the palace servants, suddenly became agitated. She struggled hard and tried to break away from the attendant's hand, and yelled at them.The surrounding attendants pulled out their master stubbornly, not daring to let go even if there were bloodstains on his body.Li Yiyi's voice was shrill and miserable, like a ghost crawling back from hell.She was screaming and biting, but there was no trace of the Empress Dowager Song on her body anymore, she was just a crazy woman who had lost everything and wanted revenge.

The death of Bao and Princess was the last straw that crushed her.

Anyone who finds out that his own daughter designed his niece to murder the concubine, and both of them died in the end, can no longer calm down.Only then did Zhao Qi know that Princess Baohe was the biological daughter of Empress Dowager Li and the last heir of the late emperor.

It was difficult for the first emperor's heirs. The heirs born in the early years all died in infancy, and thereafter they had nothing to produce for many years.He had no choice but to turn to the heavenly book, and finally found out that Concubine Li could bring an heir, and then welcomed him into the palace.Unexpectedly, Concubine Li gave birth to a princess who could not inherit the throne. The first emperor wanted to kill her in anger, but finally sent her out of the palace under the persuasion of Empress Liu.Empress Dowager Li always thought that she gave birth to a prince, who died before she was fully grown. She didn't know the truth until the empress took Li Wan'er away and His Majesty came to comfort her.

She thought over and over again, and decided to give up Li Waner Baoquanbao and the princess.The sad thing is that before the mother and daughter recognized each other, Bao and the princess died of dystocia.How could she, a mentally handicapped woman, bear the upheaval of the past few days? !

The first emperor used her as a tool to carry on the family line, and wanted to kill her when he failed to get the prince; the Li family used her as a ladder for promotion, and abandoned her when she fell out of favor and left the palace.After all the calculations, only Empress Liu, who saved her life, and Meng Chunni, who took care of her, were kind of sincere to her.

Zhao Qi shook his head secretly. Although he sympathized with Queen Mother Li, he didn't like this selfish woman.Poor people also have something to hate.Just because I long for the warmth of my family, can I ignore my identity as a queen mother and do whatever I want?Into the royal family, this kind of superficial kindness itself is a kind of ignorance.

Such a person is crazy!

It's just...he didn't quite understand the crazy things Queen Mother Li said.After losing Meng Chunni, abandoning Li Wan'er, and failing to keep Bao and the Princess, Queen Mother Li crazily hated everyone: she hated the Li family for being a dou who couldn't afford to support her, and instead of being able to protect her, she even used her as a stepping stone She hated Liu E for concealing the matter of Baohe, so that she could not raise her own children; The imperial palace is a place that eats people without spitting out their bones; she even hated Kaifeng mansion, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang... Of course, what she hated the most was the first emperor, she hated the chief culprit who forced her into the palace and caused her life's misfortune The culprit!

Such a person full of hatred in his heart would naturally not keep secrets that should be kept.It has to be said that the late emperor once had great hopes for Li Yiyi, and did not let her avoid many things.Therefore, from Queen Mother Li's mouth, Zhao Jue and Zhao Defang knew a lot of secrets about the palace that they didn't know before.

Among them, there are things about the princes and sons.Hearing these things, the faces of the two princes were as cold as water, and Zhao Qi, Nian Qi, Ying Yi and others who were allowed to stay in the palace also felt a little at a loss, regretting why they didn't go out with others.

It's a pity that Li Yiyi was insane, and her speech was inconsequential. I don't know if those bad deeds were true, or she imagined them to slander the late emperor.

People who knew about the past had disappeared without a trace in the repeated purges. The only one who could prove it was Empress Dowager Liu, no, it should be Mrs. Jing'an who said it.You know, this woman who is stronger than refined steel is not so easy to deal with.For a person who has been in charge of the government for so many years, how firm her heart must be and how strong her spirit is, how can Li Yiyi and others can compare.

Zhao Qi was thinking wildly when there was a soft sound of tiles above his head, and when he raised his eyes, Ying Yi came in from the window of the private seat.

"How?" Zhao Jue asked softly.

"It's a good luck." Ying Yi whispered, took out a blue porcelain bottle from his bosom, and brought it to Zhao Jue.

"Okay!" Zhao Jue stretched out his hand to take it, only to feel that the porcelain vase in his hand was so heavy that his hands trembled slightly.

With this "flowing clouds and flowing water", you can prove that what you think is really an illusion.