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On the one hand, Zhao Zhen sent people to search for the traces of Han Mengfei and others, and on the other hand, he ordered Dali Temple to preside over Wan Naian, the culprit in the case of killing the family of Chai Wangfu.It's okay if we don't investigate, but after an investigation, this Minister of the Ministry of War really has a lot of bad deeds, apart from framing the Chai family for treason, not mentioning that he connived at the family's children in all kinds of tricks and plunder, he even colluded with Shanxi merchants to privately sell rice to Khitan and other countries.Without waiting for Zhao Zhen to report to the queen mother, the queen mother Liu E, who got the news early in the morning, asked her confidant manager Liang Jianzhang to say "should be killed" to show her attitude.Zhao Zhen understood it, and with a wave of his hand, Zhu approved the Wan clan's family to be ransacked and exiled. Anyone who committed a crime would be punished according to the law.

However, just the day before the execution, the Minister of Dali Temple suddenly came to report that Wan Naian wanted to see His Majesty, saying that he had an extremely important royal secret to tell.Although Zhao Zhen didn't want to see the rebellious minister's face, he was curious about the so-called secret, so he disguised himself overnight and went to the prison under the arrangement of Dali Siqing.

The Heavenly Prison is directly managed by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Most of the prisoners are severely punished. Because there are many officials and royal relatives in Gyeonggi, most of the offenders are also detained there. Therefore, different areas are specially designated for ordinary civilians in the Heavenly Prison. Take custody.Unlike the dark, damp, musty-smelling dungeon built underground, the dungeon was kept fairly clean.

Zhao Zhen was wearing a wide cloak, hiding his whole body in the shadows, so that no one could see his true face.He didn't put down his hood to show his face until he was led to Wan Naian's prison door by Dali Siqing in a smooth way.

Wan Nai'an had a dejected expression on his face. When he first saw the emperor coming, he was shocked and rushed to the prison fence. If it weren't for the ringing of the chain around his wrist reminding him that he was now a prisoner, he might have already prostrated himself on the ground. Kneeled and kowtowed nine times.

Zhao Zhen raised his hand, Dali Temple Minister immediately ordered the prison guard to open the cell door, and then Zhao Zhen walked in confidently.

Once inside, he didn't look at Wan Nai'an, but looked around the cell before Zhao Zhen said coldly, "What is Master Wan's habit of living here?"

Wan Nai'an couldn't hear the sarcasm in the emperor's words, so he quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "I'm guilty, I dare not refute the crimes of corruption and perverting the law. I am grateful for the sentence of exile, so there is a royal secret that has been hidden in my heart for 20 years, and I really dare not bring it into the coffin after death, so I must tell His Majesty the truth anyway." After saying that, he kowtowed again and again, begging : "Your Majesty, please hold back, the guilty minister can only tell His Majesty about this matter."

Wait for Zhao Zhen to wave back around. "Now you can always talk."

A trace of sinisterness flashed across Wan Nai'an's eyes as he knelt down, and when he raised his head again, he hid his emotions well.He talked eloquently: "More than 20 years ago, the Empress Dowager was still the imperial concubine of the late emperor. It has not come out, and it has not been able to convince the public, so the matter of establishing a successor has been postponed until the birth of His Majesty."

Wan Nai'an took a sneak peek at Zhao Zhen, and found that he was showing signs of impatience, so he immediately cleared his throat and turned to the topic. "It's just that when the whole world is celebrating, a maid surnamed Li died unexpectedly in the Jinhua Palace where the Empress Dowager used to live. That maid is not someone else, she is His Majesty's mother!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Zhen, who was extremely shocked, impatiently grabbed Wan Naian's prison uniform by the collar, and lifted it up.

"The sinful minister is not talking nonsense. How does your Majesty think that a woman in her forties who has lost her love can compete with those young and beautiful cardamom girls, and how can she cling to the late emperor's favor for decades? I don't know if your majesty has heard The story of Feiyan in the Han Palace? The reason why Zhao Feiyan can stay beautiful and light is because of taking Xiji Pill for a long time. Although this kind of pill has the effect of retaining beauty, it can also cause infertility in women. "

"You mean to say that the Queen Mother is also taking Xijiwan, so she can't be my birth mother?" Zhao Zhen sneered, threw Wan Naian to the ground, and said angrily, "Ridiculous! If so, I Where did the imperial sister, Princess Deyi, come from? Could it be that some palace maid surnamed Zhang came out of it? Wan Naian, you know that just because of your crime of slandering the Empress Dowager at this moment, I can sentence you to Ling Chi's death."

"Please be safe, Your Majesty. How dare the guilty minister slander the Queen Mother? Aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will destroy our nine clans? Since Your Majesty has mentioned Princess Deyi, well, the guilty minister will tell Your Majesty that Princess Deyi is indeed not born of the Queen Mother, but Concubine Yang His own flesh and blood, conceived in October. When the concubine concubine gave birth to the little princess, she was adopted by Empress Dowager Liu in order to leave a way for herself after the death of the late emperor. Could it be that over the years, your majesty has never felt that Is it strange? Concubine Yang and the princess are seven to eight points alike, is it just because the princess was raised by the concubine?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly felt a little confused.It is true that Concubine Yang and Zhao Ying are very similar in appearance. I remember that there was a family dinner where he joked that Concubine Yang and Ying Er were like mother and daughter. The topic passed by.Afterwards, Concubine Yang repeatedly reminded him not to say such absurd words again, and he didn't think much about it. After all, he and Ying Er could be regarded as being raised by Concubine Yang single-handedly. The Empress Dowager took care of them, so how could they have time to take care of their brothers and sisters personally? So the work of taking care of daily life fell on the shoulders of Concubine Yang, who had always been good friends with the Empress Dowager, so the love of nurturing them in the past ten years was like an extra child. Mother, and he and Ying Er always kindly call Empress Dowager Liu as the big lady and Concubine Yang as the little lady.But now Wan Nai'an actually said that Ying'er is the little empress's own flesh and blood? ...

Seeing that Zhao Zhen had been shaken, Wan Naian hurriedly said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can confront Concubine Yang to see if the criminal has deceived His Majesty."

"You said that the maid of the Li family died as soon as I was born. Do you know how she...how did she die?" Zhao Zhen was in a mess at the moment. Although he didn't fully believe it, he listened to it.

"How did you die?" The cold smile flashed away, but when he faced Zhao Zhen again, he was troubled. "Criminal...don't know."

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Is it unclear or dare not say it?!"

"The guilty minister really doesn't know about the affairs of the inner court. It's just that the guilty minister remembers that the day before the maid surnamed Li died, Empress Dowager Liu approached the criminal minister and asked the criminal minister who was still an official in the official department to help her arrange the The family of the palace lady. After the palace lady died, a Jinhua Palace eunuch who I knew secretly told me that the death of the Li family lady was extremely terrifying, her eyes were closed, and... her lips were dark and purple, as if she had been tortured. People are poisoned..."

"You...don't say it." Zhao Zhen interrupted Wan Naian, and walked away in a daze.

Until he returned to the palace, he couldn't believe what he just heard.

The queen mother whom he has always respected and admired is not his biological mother, but his biological mother is actually a little court lady, and may have been murdered by the queen mother in the end.How could this be?He clearly saw his mother's love for him so clearly, how could it be possible that the past 20 years have been fake?No, he doesn't believe it.It must be that Wan Nai'an abandoned him after seeing the queen mother committing crimes in Chai Wang's mansion, and framed what the queen mother said.Just ask the little lady about such absurd things to find out.

Thinking so, Zhao Zhen rushed to Yanfu Hall without stopping that night.In order not to alarm the palace people, Zhao Zhen sneaked into the dowager dowager's dormitory using his light skills. After knocking out the two maids who were watching the night, Dowager Yang was also woken up by a lot of noise.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Concubine Yang hurriedly put on a robe, and Concubine Yang didn't have time to take care of the palace servants who were beaten unconscious in her own palace, but she was terrified by Zhao Zhen's extremely pale and gloomy face.She took Zhao Zhen's hand, feeling cold in her palm, and was about to call for people outside to get some hot tea for food, but Zhao Zhen grabbed her back.

"Little lady, I trespassed on your bedroom late at night, just hoping to know the truth." Zhao Zhen's voice trembled, and he slightly pressed his head against Concubine Yang's shoulder. "Just now I went to see Wan Nai'an in the prison, but I didn't want him to tell me that I... am not the empress dowager's biological son, am I?"

Lifting his head slowly, what he touched was not anger and veto, but a pair of indescribably flustered eyes, which made Zhao Zhen's heart sink heavily. "He said that Ying Er is not the Empress Dowager's daughter, her real biological mother...is you?!"

Her eyes widened suddenly, Concubine Yang said "Sorry" in her mouth for a long time, but she couldn't utter anything.The heart of the emperor sank again and again.

"He also said that Zhen's biological mother is actually a maid named Li in Jinhua Palace, and...is dead..."

Concubine Yang turned her back suddenly, her voice hoarse: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, go back and rest well."

Suddenly. "It turns out that what he said is true..."

"Your Majesty, why should you care about the truth? You only need to know that Aijia and the Empress Dowager treat you sincerely. Otherwise, how could they hand over the whole country and society to you? You should know that the Empress Dowager has such ambitions." There is also this ability to become the second Wu Zhao, but why didn't she do it? Because in her eyes and in her heart, you are her son, and there is nothing more important than you. We have raised you for 20 years, and now you have to Does an unfounded court lady surnamed Li deny our two mothers?" Turning around, Concubine Yang supported Zhao Zhen's shoulders and helped him straighten his messy temple hair. "Beneficiary, of course you must be sober in dealing with people, but it's rare to be confused. There are some truths that hurt others and yourself, why don't you rot them in your belly, and use your filial piety for the rest of your life?"

The concubine's embrace was extremely warm, and Zhao Zhen suddenly felt that he could no longer ask a word.Yes, he shouldn't doubt his mother's sincerity, or he didn't doubt how the queen mother treated him, but he just couldn't figure out why the mother could love him and love him without reservation, but she couldn't consider saving his biological mother's life for him back then Woolen cloth?Of course, silence can complete his filial piety to the queen mother, but what about his biological mother, where will he put that filial piety?

There is obviously no cool breeze in the airtight room, why is his heart so cold....

Zhan Zhao, who will be kept in Zhuyixuan, has been recovering well recently, and he has obtained the doctor's order and can finally land.No need to lie on the bed and get moldy anymore. For Zhan Zhao, he felt much better physically and mentally. It's just that the palace servants who always waited on him followed suit, which made him feel very bad.Especially the court lady named Xiang Ling, after a period of contact, Zhan Zhao's good temper made her lose the so-called awe. , when you can get down to the ground, you just raise your tail so that no one will follow you?"

Zhan Zhao really has nothing to do with this kind of "overbearing" little girl, but fortunately there is Qiaoer who knows the general situation, and after discussing it, they agreed that they could leave for a while during the lunch break.And agreeing to this is also based on Qiaoer's observation, the long-term vigilance makes it difficult for Zhan Zhao to have the habit of deep sleep, especially if there are people in the room, it is easy to wake them up whenever there is a disturbance.So after reporting back to the emperor, Imperial Physician Dong got a new order to add more Ningxicao to the decoction every afternoon, so Zhan Zhao gradually developed the habit of taking a nap in the afternoon, and slept very deeply.

It was mid-afternoon at this time, and it was the season of laziness. Although there was a large bamboo forest to cover it, the sunlight could only leak through the branches and leaves in small pieces, causing the ground to be mottled. At the same time, what was leaked was the warmth of the room.

After taking the medicine, sleepiness came as expected, Zhan Zhao fell asleep on the soft couch by the window as usual.Zhan Zhao's breath has always been very shallow, almost inaudible, so the breeze swaying the bamboo forest has become the only sound in the world here.Although that voice is irregular, it has its own rhythm, as if it follows the beating of human pulse, calming the mind and calming the mind.

Until it was disturbed by a "creak" of pushing the door.

The bright yellow color of the clothes is a little dazzling under the reflection of the sun, and although the steps are a little chaotic, they appear silent because of the restraint of life.The emperor's face was quite pale, and his expression was haggard. His helpless eyes did not find a little comfort until they touched the people resting on the soft bed.

Zhao Zhen dejectedly walked to the edge of the soft couch and sat down, staring at Zhan Zhao's peaceful sleeping face, the bitterness in his heart finally poured out like a bank bursting.He took Zhan Zhao's hand and lightly pressed it against his drooping forehead, and murmured, "Guard Zhan, what do you think I should do? How should I face my mother? I don't want to believe it, but all this really happened. , I can’t believe it. Now as long as I see the loving face of my mother, my heart will be pierced like a knife, and I feel that she is false and hypocritical. Zhan Huwei, tell me, what should I do?..."

He raised his head again, his eye sockets were filled with water, but he stubbornly refused to let it fall.Trembling slightly, he raised his other hand to gently caress Zhan Zhao's face, from top to bottom, from the eyebrows and eyes all the way to the chin, and the thumb slid across the extremely pale lips.The emperor's gaze gradually turned into obsession with such a gentle touch, and when he came back to his senses again, it was time to lean over and wrap his lips around the other's cold and thin lips.

"what!……"

The picturesque beauty was suddenly disturbed by a low cry.

Zhao Zhen suddenly looked back, only to see Zhao Ying, who was huddled by the door, showing a dumbfounded expression, looking back at Zhan Zhao, thinking that his unethical behavior just now had all this younger sister watching, and his whole heart panicked to the extreme.Without any explanation, he stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's wrist, then dragged him out.

Zhao Zhen dragged Zhao Ying and walked aimlessly, and he didn't stop until Zhao Ying let go of the restraint with a cry of pain.Turning back suddenly, Zhao Zhen said viciously: "You didn't see anything today, did you hear that?!"

"How could it be possible that you didn't see anything? Brother Huang, you're crazy. Zhanwei is a man. How could you... How could you...?" Zhao Ying felt embarrassed to say anything when she thought of the scene she saw just now. Going crazy. "Brother Huang, what's wrong with you? Why did you kiss the guard? This is too abnormal, you are all men!"

"Of course I know, but..."

"But what? Could it be that you were on a whim? But who is wrong for you to find, why did you find Shang Zhan's guard? He saved your life, Brother Huang. How could you humiliate him like this. Brother Huang, you love him Isn't it sister Yuzhen?"

"The one I love has never been Yuzhen!" The resounding roar seemed to vent all the emotions in the body unreservedly.Slightly calming down his emotions, Zhao Zhen looked at the unbelievable Zhao Ying with reddish eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I used to think that I loved Yuzhen, but unfortunately I didn't. I have never found the love you said in Yuzhen. The feeling of love, some are just the joy of being comfortable and comfortable together.”

"Then you mean...you can find that feeling in Zhanwei?"

Zhao Zhen neither nodded nor shook his head, but it happened so, Zhao Ying only felt dizzy and unable to breathe.She suddenly burst into tears, as if the world was spinning, she suddenly fell to the ground, then knelt and crawled to Zhao Zhen's feet, hugged and begged bitterly. "This is wrong, Brother Huang, you can't do this. If you have that kind of thought about Zhanwei, what do you ask Sister Yuzhen to do? What will the queen mother think when she finds out? You will kill Zhanwei, do you know?" Do you know? Yinger begs you, put away that ridiculous thought, don't make the same mistake again and again. Yinger begs you, begs you..."

Tears soon wet the trouser legs, but Zhao Zhen was in a daze and couldn't move at all.

How could he not know that this unspeakable feeling is wrong, not only in vain of human relations, but more likely to make everyone fall into a situation beyond redemption.But... if you love it, you love it... can you still take it back?If it can be easily received, how can it be called love?He couldn't hold it anymore, the only thing he could do now was to firmly suppress the feelings he wanted to show, so as not to bring unnecessary troubles to everyone.

"Ying'er, get up... I understand. I also know this is wrong, so give me some time to get rid of these illusions, I believe it should be okay..." Zhao Ying lifted up the teary-eyed Zhao Ying, and lifted her up. Gently hugged her into her arms.Zhao Zhen said every word and every sentence a little bit woodenly. "So... forget what you saw, okay? You should know that this matter must not be let the queen mother know, otherwise Zhan Huwei will die without a place to bury him. If you love him, please keep this secret for me. okay?"

Even without looking at Zhao Zhen, he knew that Deyi would nod and agree, because they both had the same feelings for that person, as long as it was for him, any kind of feeling could be suppressed, and any kind of secret could be kept.

The author has something to say: April is completely patched up, and there should be no more changes in the next month. I will see if I have time to write at the beginning of next month.