Dahanjiao Queen

Knowing that when Chen Jiao came to visit, Li Guang was giving medicine to Li Ling, so he also knew the news that the prince was not dead.Hearing the servant's report, he stopped applying the medicine in his hand: "Why is she here?"

"It must be for the prince's business." Li Ling lay on the bed, moaning, "Grandpa, I told you that you blamed me!"

"Master Weng is here, are you still lying down?" Li Guang threw the clothes to Li Ling, "Put them on quickly, and follow me to see Lord Weng."

Li Ling pouted aggrievedly, and said, "Understood, grandpa."

When Chen Jiao saw Li Ling, she saw him baring his teeth and screaming in pain: "Master, why didn't you come earlier so that I could intercede with grandpa, I was beaten to death .”

"Just treat it as a show for others to watch!" Chen Jiao took off her cap, "I mainly brought Zhang Tang to see you today. By the way, I have something to discuss with General Li. Zhang Tang, didn't you say Is Li Ling okay?"

"Uh..." Zhang Tang was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized, "Yes." After speaking, he dragged Li Ling to the inner room.

"Looking for a minister?" Li Guang was surprised, "What's the matter, Lord Weng?"

With her hands behind her back, Chen Jiao looked up at the characters hanging in the hall: "This is the character of the late emperor."

On the plaque are written the words "One Family Loyalty".

"Yes."

"Then, is General Li's loyalty to the great man? Or His Majesty's? Or... whoever becomes the emperor is loyal to whom?"

"Your Majesty has something to say."

Chen Jiao didn't answer Li Guang's question directly: "I believe in my uncle's vision. So...uncle believes in General Li, so I believe it. General Li, I think you can take a look at this thing."

Handing the brocade box containing the edict to Li Guang, Chen Jiao saw that he had read the contents above, so she continued: "General Li, can you read the words on it?"

"This is... the late emperor's edict?"

"Otherwise?" Chen Jiao asked back, "Now that I've finished reading it, I want to know, what will General Li plan to do if my imperial grandmother says that my uncle is the King of Liang?"

"Naturally let the prince take out this..."

"But the prince is already dead." Chen Jiao said, "Why did the imperial grandmother let the late prince appear at the uncle's funeral? If the prince is still there, can the imperial grandmother let the uncle go to the funeral the day after tomorrow? I know, the Imperial Forest Army is now Although Dou Ying is in charge, the old general has been in charge for many years and still has the right to speak."

Li Guang vaguely understood: "Where is the prince now?"

"Naturally, it's a safe place." Chen Jiao put away the edict again, "Tomorrow night, Li Ling will bring him to see the general, and ask the general to let him enter the palace."

"My lord, there is something I don't understand."

"The old general has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

"Lingtang... do you know this?"

Princess Guantao?

Chen Jiao frowned unobtrusively: "What does the old general think? Her surname is Liu."

"I understand."

What did Li Guang understand, Chen Jiao didn't know.She just threw out an ambiguous sentence and let Li Guang understand it by himself.It's the same as fortune-telling, playing tricks, believing, and acting.

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Chen Jiao did not receive the imperial edict from the Empress Dowager Dou until the night before Liu Qi's funeral - she was ordered not to appear in the palace tomorrow. The reason is very simple: she is neither a prince, nor a close relative of the Liu family. .

Dou became suspicious.

This is the only explanation.

It's just that Chen Jiao doesn't know whether Dou Yi's room is because of Liu Che or because of Yin Ji.She really wanted to convince herself that Dou Yi's room didn't let her show up tomorrow because of Liu Che, but helping Liu Qi's funeral meant that Dou Shi had already believed the news of Liu Che's death, so she shouldn't be suspected by Dou Shi anymore.

Piano skills are the reason why she is loved by Liu Qi, and it is also the biggest flaw she reveals.Although detailed arrangements have been made, Chen Jiao dare not say that with the current her, she can be foolproof.

Perhaps, to know why, one must go and see for oneself tomorrow.Chen Jiao looked up at the moonlight in the sky, "Aniang, this time, I can only use you."

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The next day, the Empress Dowager came to court and held a funeral for Liu Qi. At the same time, she wanted to posthumously confer the titles of the late emperor and the crown prince as "Double Saints". Sima Tan, the order of Taishi, refused to record it in the history books. The Empress Dowager announced to the officials that Emperor Jing died , intending to proclaim the world Liang Wang as the emperor.She had already wooed Huainan King Liu An and Dou's family members by insinuating in advance. At this time, she thought that King Liang's ascension to the throne was a matter of course, but Princess Pingyang expressed doubts about the emperor's will, and did not believe that the late emperor would forget his favorite prince Liu Che.Dou Yifang was cunning and scheming, controlling the situation with his majesty.

With the help of the old general Li Guang, Liu Che and others pretended to be the imperial army and sneaked into the palace, guarding outside the hall of spirits. At this time, Chen Jiao also pretended to be a palace servant, standing behind Princess Guantao, and met Liu Ling, the daughter of King Huainan.

In the memory of Liu Ling, Chen Jiao has always stayed in the eloquent Weng Zhu when she was a child, but now that she meets her, she can see a bit of beauty and trouble from her.Liu An didn't want to be the first bird, he must have agreed to Dou Yifang but wanted to turn against him. If Liu Ling hadn't reacted wittily, I'm afraid that he would be unable to step down in front of all the princes and ministers.

"A-Jiao, what are you going to do?" Liu Xun asked Chen Jiao softly while everyone was not paying attention.

"Does that ring on Liu Ling's hand look familiar, Ma'am?"

Liu Xun took a closer look and suddenly realized: "Isn't that... the empress dowager used to wear it?"

"So Auntie...as much as Princess Pingyang argued just now, King Huainan's approach is very smart."

"Didn't you plan to..." Guantao wondered, "Have you changed your mind?"

"I saw Che'er." Chen Jiao let out a long sigh of relief, "But, Aunt, no matter what I say later, you just need to remember that you have to stop me."

"Gillian?"

"Remember!" Chen Jiao told Princess Guantao, and threw herself on Liu Qi's coffin, "Uncle, don't go, open your eyes to see A-Jiao again, okay? A-Jiao will play the piano for you, you You also said... You also said that when A-Jiao is married, you want to see A-Jiao get married, and then welcome A-Jiao to the palace to be your princess! Uncle, you don't mean anything!"

"A-Jiao!" Princess Guantao stepped forward and took Chen Jiao's arm, "Don't be sad, I know, your uncle has always loved you the most, especially since your father has been away for ten years, your uncle is in your heart, Just like my father. But Gillian, the dead cannot be resurrected, you sneaked into the mourning hall like this, you said...you said that the civil and military are all here..."

"Why can't I come!" Chen Jiao blinked hard to keep the tears from flowing, "Uncle is gone, Cheer is gone, I want to see them for the last time, is it wrong? A Niang, Grandmother, you Why don't you let me see them? By the way, where's Cher? Where's Cher?" She said, looking around, letting all the ministers see the tears in her eyes, "Have you seen Cher? I haven't Seeing him for the last time!"

"My lord, please accept your condolences." It was Sima Tan, the historian who spoke, "I have something I want to ask you to confirm. When was the last time you saw His Majesty?"

"The last time?" Chen Jiao recalled, "It was when my uncle vomited blood and became seriously ill. At that time, the prince had already sneaked out of the palace. At that time, my uncle said that he wanted to see me become the princess. On the second day after the prince got married, he gave me a surprise, but...the result...uncle didn't keep his promise and left..." Chen Jiao sobbed again, letting the tears flow down her cheeks.

In fact, what she said was half true and half false. As for deliberately mentioning the princess, it was naturally to give the ministers a chance to ask questions.

"Then, at that time, did His Majesty have the idea of ​​abolishing the crown prince?"

"Prince abolishment?" Chen Jiao stopped crying, with a look of astonishment, "What abolish the prince? When is uncle going to abolish Che'er?"

"Of course he abolished it before his death, and he gave this will to me before his death."

"Impossible!" Chen Jiao saw the edict in Dou Yifang's hand, "Grandmother, this edict in your hand is not written by uncle at all. Who forged this edict to deceive you?" ?”

"How is that possible! Is this jade seal real? King Liang, tell me how the first emperor asked you to write the imperial edict and seal it!"

"Uncle Liang Wang?" Chen Jiao's voice was not loud, but everyone could hear him clearly, "Didn't he go to Yanci? I remember that Che'er sneaked out of the palace. After the imperial grandmother knew that he had gone to Yanci, Why don't you let King Liang go and bring him back?"

Chen Jiao's attack was not expected by Dou Yifang. After a short period of panic, she quickly put on a majestic expression: "A-Jiao, your uncle passed away. I understand that you are sad and mourning. It is the emperor's grandmother. No, I think that although you are the late emperor's niece, your surname is Chen after all, so you are not allowed to send your uncle to the funeral. For the sake of your filial piety, the Ai family will not embarrass you about sneaking into the palace gone."

"But...if Uncle Liang Wang didn't go to Yanci, why didn't I see him among the people who entered the palace on the day Uncle Emperor died?"

"Look at you, the Ai family will say you, you must be too sad, and have hallucinations. When the first emperor died, Liang Wang was indeed not in Chang'an, but he came back the next day. Guantao, I Seeing A-Jiao, I have to find an imperial physician, if the late Emperor had a spirit in heaven, seeing A-Jiao like this, I don’t know how sad it would be!"

"What the queen mother said," Guan Tao pulled Chen Jiao behind him, "A-Jiao, why don't you obediently stand behind, there are so many ministers here, are you acting like this?"

"I..." Chen Jiao still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Dou Yifang, she leaned forward slightly, clung to Chen Jiao's ear, and whispered in a voice that only two people could hear, "I know what you are talking about Idea, Han Qing."