Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

The Eighth Sage King took a step back, his hands and feet were cold.

Empress dowager what does this mean?

Of course he is the emperor's biological father, he...

He suddenly remembered.

That child is not the biological son of him and the princess.

Seventeen years ago, Chen Lin, the chief eunuch, came to visit with a food box.A baby's cry came from the food box, and after everyone was screened away, Chen Lin carried the child out.

This is the prince born by Concubine Li, who is jealous of Concubine Liu.Concubine Liu exchanged the civet cat for the prince, and wanted to abandon the prince under the Jinshui Bridge.The palace man Kou Zhu couldn't bear to kill, so he handed over the prince to him.He hid the prince in a food box and brought it out, hoping that the Eighth Prince would adopt the prince and raise him up for the sake of royal blood.

The Eight Sage Kings agreed.

At that time, Princess Di had just given birth, and King Baxian announced that the princess had given birth to twins. The eldest son was named Zhao Yunxi, and the second son was named Zhao Yiyi.

He stared at Liu E: "What does the queen mother mean by this?"

The emperor was indeed not his own son, but how did the queen mother know?

Liu E knew that the emperor was not his own son, so did she already know all the truth back then?

Liu E smirked: "Back then Kou Zhu handed over the little prince to Chen Lin, and Chen Lin brought him to you, right? Then my prince died, and the late emperor wanted to choose a nephew from the clan to adopt. Go, it was actually chosen over your family."

She said leisurely: "And I actually put that child on the throne with one hand."

That, the child who was almost killed by her when she was born.

Eight Sage Kings calmed down like never before.

He said slowly: "You know. Who told you?"

Liu E already knew that Ba Xian Wang raised the little prince who was assassinated by her and sent him back to the palace.

So, who told her?

Chen Lin?Kou Zhu?

No, no, Kou Zhu just handed over the little prince to Chen Lin, she may not know where the little prince ended up.

Then it is...

"It's Chen Lin..."

Liu E smiled and shook her head: "Chen Lin's mouth is very strict."

"You must never have imagined who told me the truth."

The Eighth Wise King asked, "Who is it?"

Liu E restrained her smile, and said in the most serious voice, "It's the emperor himself."

Eight Sage Kings didn't seem to understand the meaning of what she said: "Emperor, myself?"

Liu E nodded: "That's right, the emperor himself."

"Not only does he know that he is not the biological son of you and the eighth concubine, but he also knows that he is the first prince born to the late concubine Li for the late emperor, and he is the most legitimate prince."

Liu E clasped his hands together: "Actually, he also met his biological mother. He had just ascended the throne that year, and once entered the cold palace by mistake, and saw his mother there. That night, the cold palace caught fire, and his mother burned died there."

Eight Wise Kings said: "Impossible."

Liu E looked at him with a smile: "Why is this impossible?"

The Baxian King said firmly: "If the officials know what you have done, how could he still accept the thief as his mother and continue to let you be the queen mother? How could he not rehabilitate his biological mother? You know, back then Concubine Li was cast into the cold palace precisely because she gave birth to a monster, and died in the fire after more than ten years!"

Liu E laughed loudly: "My good brother!"

She almost burst into tears with laughter: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Rehabilitate his mother and prevent me from continuing to be the queen mother?"

Pointing to her nose, she smiled and said, "I have been the empress dowager for five years, and the whole world knows that I am the late emperor's wife and the emperor's aunt. He won't let me be the empress dowager, why? Li Concubine has been dead for several years. Even if she is not dead, she is just a former concubine who was thrown into limbo. Rehabilitate her? How to rehabilitate? Tell the world that the one born by Concubine Li was not an evildoer, but the late emperor The real prince, unfortunately, was replaced by a civet cat by me, the empress dowager, the real prince was exiled in the Nanqing Palace, and ascended to the throne by accident, is he the current emperor?"

The Eighth Sage King clenched his teeth and squeezed out two words: "Crazy woman!"

Obviously, he also understood that it was impossible for the emperor to do so.

He is from the royal family of the Zhao family, so of course he knows how important the face of the royal family is.

This matter must not be made public, otherwise the emperor's face will be completely lost, and even the entire royal family will have no good fruit to eat.

Liu E stopped laughing, and looked at him contemptuously: "As long as you have a trace of blood, you should say it at this time, why not?"

Even if these things are made public, why not?

In the end, the Baxian King was just afraid, just like she and the emperor, that when the truth came out, gossip would damage the reputation of the royal family.

She seemed to ask him curiously: "Imperial brother, I want to ask you something."

The Eighth Sage King glanced at her: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Liu E said: "Do you know why the emperor let me go to court again?"

The Eight Sage King said: "The Empress Dowager's illness is cured, so she can naturally come back to court."

Liu E clicked his tongue twice: "You really don't know."

She relaxes her whole body.

"Let me tell you," Liu E lazily said, "The emperor made a deal with me."

The Eighth Wise King raised his eyes: "What deal?"

Liu E said: "The emperor asked me to return to the court and do some things for him. You have also seen that now Di Qing is a privy envoy, Fan Zhongyan is a scholar of Jixian Hall, and Lai Guo's announcement is old. Frankly speaking, my palace also It’s a bit of an effort.”

The Eight Sage King sarcastically said: "It turns out that the queen mother will also contribute to the government."

Liu E said: "Of course, my palace did not contribute in vain." She said: "The emperor promised me that after the matter is completed, he will give me a good home. Empress Zhang Xian Mingsu is the posthumous name he chose for this palace. As for this palace Everything that has been done in the past few years, behind this palace, when the final conclusion is made, only good things will be discussed, regardless of evil."

She looked at the Baxian King with a smile: "Zhang Xianming Su, isn't he a beautiful posthumous title?"

The Eight Sage Kings were silent for a while, then gritted their teeth and said, "The Emperor will never do this."

It can only be regarded as a compromise to rehabilitate Concubine Li and punish Liu E without much fanfare for fear of damaging the reputation of the royal family.

Even the Eight Sage Kings chose this compromise.

But when he was fully aware of the truth, knew how his biological mother died, and knew what Liu E had done, he chose to hide it for Liu E and hide his name behind her, just in exchange for Liu E's honor in the court. some support.

This is not compromise, this is sacrilege.

This is a blasphemy against his biological mother, which is disrespectful and unfilial.

Faced with the enemy who killed his mother, but could not take revenge publicly for some reason, this is a matter of ability.

To make a deal with the enemy who killed her mother, the bargaining chip in the deal is to help her cover up the crime of killing her mother. This is a matter of attitude.

Ba Xian Wang is a child of the royal family, he values ​​the emperor's face, and understands that the case of replacing the civet cat with the prince cannot be made public.

But he is also a person with extremely high moral standards, he absolutely cannot tolerate the emperor being so... so...

He didn't know how to describe the emperor, because some words couldn't be easily used on the emperor, even if he thought about it in his heart.

He asked Liu E: "Is everything the Queen Mother said just now true?"

Liu E nodded: "every sentence is true."

Eight Wise Kings said: "Do you have proof?"

Liu E stood up and pointed to herself: "Isn't this Gong standing here the biggest proof?"

The Eighth Sage King looked at her. Liu E ate well and slept soundly recently, and the gloomy complexion during the period of illness was swept away, and she was completely a woman full of energy and charm.

Reminiscent of the fact that the emperor has already mastered the government affairs, if Liu E knew the truth about the civet cat exchange for the prince, then the emperor would have no reason not to know.

The Eight Sage Kings also lived in the palace, knowing that only those with power in the palace are entitled to have secrets.

Since Liu E passed out in the Chongzheng Hall and was forced to be unable to go to court, she was not worthy of having a secret.

The emperor knew the truth about the replacement of the civet cat for the prince, but let Liu E live so freely...

Eight Wise Kings said: "This king understands."

He turned around and walked out of the hall.

Liu E said behind him: "The emperor doesn't want to see you today!"

Eight Wise Kings said: "He must see me."

Liu E said, "Why?"

Eight Wise Kings said: "Because I am his father."

Liu E smiled: "Unfortunately you are not."

The Eighth Wise King looked back, his side face was covered with an orange light in the setting sun.

"Oh?" He sneered slightly: "Then let him tell who his biological father is in front of the whole world."

"Until he does, this king will always be his father."

After the Eighth Sage King left, Liu E sat back on her beauty table and waved her hand. A maid who had been standing in the dark stepped forward and kneaded her sore shoulders.

Liu E sighed: "I am really old. When I was young, I would sit in front of the desk and approve the papers all day without getting tired."

The palace maid said with a smile: "Your Majesty is not old, your Majesty is in her prime."

Liu E said, "As expected, your mouth is the sweetest."

The palace maid said softly: "Your Majesty, why is this so?"

Why tell the eight sage kings about this, and make the eight sage kings dissatisfied with the emperor?

Obviously, the empress has already retired, and the emperor has already made an agreement with the empress. After a year or so, the empress will definitely return to power completely, and she will never have to...

Liu E said: "What do you mean I told him this? Didn't he always know who the emperor is? You can't raise a son for seven years, but you don't know that the son is not yours?"

The palace maid said: "Your Majesty, this is not what the slaves mean."

Liu E said, "Oh, so you didn't mean that."

Looking at the maid's face, she smiled and said, "I, it's just..."

She pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Maybe I just want to trouble him."

"It's also causing some trouble for the Eight Sage Kings."

"Who let the two of them hide it from me for so many years."

"And actually let Concubine Li's son become the emperor."

She covered her eyes: "I actually made Concubine Li's son the emperor. I actually made her son the emperor."

"I'm not reconciled."