Your Majesty, please draw the card

At the same time, Changxin Palace——

Empress Dowager Zhao Yingrong is playing chess with Grand Palace Maid Guilu.She seemed unaware of the tense atmosphere in the palace at this moment.The eldest maid in her palace was taken away, and the emperor was tortured. This matter was not good for her no matter how she looked at it, but she was in the mood to play chess here!

Gui Lu, who was sitting opposite Zhao Yingrong, was only 17 years old this year, with an ordinary appearance and a bit of maturity that didn't match her age.Zhao Yingrong likes her very much because she can play chess well, and she is intelligent and loyal.

At the moment, Mei Zhuang, the oldest maid in Changxin Palace, is doing needlework beside her.She is more than ten years older than the queen mother, and was specially allocated by the first emperor to Zhao Yingrong, who was still the queen at that time.Mei Zhuang is well versed in how to survive in the harem, and she gave Zhao Yingrong a lot of help back then, so Zhao Yingrong valued her very much and did not treat her like a real person.Among the four great court ladies, Mei Zhuang is the head.

The hall was very quiet, only the sound of chess pieces falling on the board.Even so, it doesn't appear depressed, on the contrary, there is a strange sense of ease, tranquility and joy.

At this time, a tall court lady came hurriedly from outside the palace, but it was another big court lady Xue Wu.

"Queen Mother, please save Ruichu! The emperor has heard someone's slander, saying that Ruichu had an affair with Wang Taiyi and is torturing her. Ruichu has served you for many years, and he has never made a wrong step, let alone Maybe you have some affair with Doctor Wang, if you are tortured into a trick, it will only damage your sageness. Now only you can save her!" Xuewu's originally beautiful face was full of panic.She was on good terms with Ruichu on weekdays, and when she heard that Ruichu was suffering, she hurried over to plead with the Queen Mother.

"Oh, you said Aijia should go and save her?" Zhao Yingrong dropped a pawn.

"Yes, it is."

Zhao Yingrong raised her brows upside down: "What happened in the Ai family's palace, it's too late for self-examination. Does the Ai family still have to recycle the sewage?"

Xue Wu hurriedly knelt on the ground: "But...but Rui Chu didn't have an affair with Imperial Physician Wang!"

"Really? If it hadn't been done, the emperor would naturally be aware of the details, so do you still need Aijia to intercede for her?" Zhao Yingrong dropped her hand lightly, and her expression returned to calm, "Guilu, it's your turn."

Seeing that the situation was not right, Xue Wu hurriedly looked at Mei Zhuang, but the latter just lowered her head and was sewing, as if she didn't see her.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Eunuch Gao of Weiyang Palace is asking to see you!"

Following the sound from outside, an ominous omen suddenly rose in Xue Wu's heart.She hurriedly stepped aside and looked at the door nervously.

Gao Lishi came here for the second time today, when he entered the door Ruo gave Xue Wu a deep look.

"Chen Gaolishi has seen the Queen Mother!"

"Excuse me. But the emperor wants you to tell Aijia something?"

"Exactly." Gao Lishi cleared his throat and said, "Rui Chu had an affair with the imperial physician Wang Youde, both of them have admitted. The Emperor asked his ministers to comfort the Queen Mother, the fault of the servants is not the Queen Mother, so let the Queen Mother not take it to heart. This matter should have been handled by the Empress Dowager, but because it still involves the previous dynasty, the Emperor can only do it on her behalf. The Emperor also wants to invite Miss Xue Wu to go to Weiyang Palace to prove something, and I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to make it easier."

"Ah!" For some reason, Xue Wu screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Zhao Yingrong sneered and said: "The emperor just wanted to ask a question, so he was frightened like this, it must be unclean. I didn't expect that my Changxin Palace would become a place where filth is hidden. Eunuch Gao, take him away! Please tell the emperor that the Ai family is determined to reflect on themselves, and will reduce their food and clothing expenses for three months."

Gao Lishi cupped his hands to express his thanks, and said: "When Ruichu and Wang Youde were chasing each other carelessly, Miss Guilu was also involved..."

Zhao Yingrong said decisively: "Guilu is a person close to the Ai family, and she will never do anything shameless!"

Gao Lishi quickly smiled and said: "The Emperor also thinks so, so I want to ask the Queen Mother to comfort Miss Guilu, lest Miss Guilu have any thoughts. The Emperor also ordered his ministers to bring ten pieces of brocade to commend Miss Guilu's loyalty. "

Only then did Zhao Yingrong laugh lowly: "The emperor has a heart, so where is the empress dowager?"

Gao Lishi smiled and said: "The emperor said that grandma is getting old, it's better not to let her worry about these things. If the queen mother is free, you might as well go and accompany her old man."

Zhao Yingrong immediately understood: "It should be so, Ai's family will go to Changle Palace for a walk."

Zhao Yingrong was furious when Gao Lishi hinted that Rui Chu had framed her for having an affair with Zhou Yu, but now seeing that the emperor had already dealt with the matter, she was naturally very happy to stand in the way of the empress dowager for the emperor.Wang Juchen is the empress dowager's family, so to say that the empress dowager didn't know anything about it would be to underestimate her.Zhao Yingrong knew her brother well, and knew that Zhao Wenshan had caused a lot of trouble outside recently, so she tried to persuade him once, but ignored it if nothing came of it.But if someone set the fire on her, she would definitely not sit still.

Because Xue Wu had fainted, Gao Lishi asked two eunuchs to carry him away.Mei Zhuang ordered someone to clear the table and invite the Empress Dowager to have a meal.Gui Lu also put away the chessboard, and glanced at Zhao Yingrong worriedly, seeing that the latter didn't care, so she didn't care about it.

In the evening, the interrogation came to a conclusion.Wang Youde and Ruichu confessed that they came up with this poisonous plan to frame others because they were afraid that their crimes would be discovered, and because Wang Youde hated Zhou Yu for taking away the post of envoy of the Imperial Hospital.Xue Wu also admitted to being involved in this matter, and they all identified Wang Juchen as the mastermind behind it.

Liu Xi was very satisfied with this confession.He didn't want to use the trick of beating and beating, but the other party was obviously distorting the facts. If he didn't fight back, he would be regarded as a toothless tiger.Now none of the people involved in this matter can escape, and even the Empress Dowager will be implicated.Although Zhao Wenshan cannot be taken down by the opportunity, the Wang family's power in the ruling and opposition parties should be completely eliminated first, this result is acceptable.

But before the emperor was happy for too long, a person came to Weiyang Palace.

"Gongjin, why are you here? I don't have a headache!" The blood in the yard has been cleaned up, and Liu Xi decides to play stupid, but it's obviously not easy for the male god to pass.

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Is the emperor planning to completely hide this matter from my minister?"

Liu Xi immediately twitched: "This... this is related to Gongjin's reputation, and Gongjin should... avoid suspicion."

"What are you avoiding? Does the emperor think that he has done a perfect job and can take the opportunity to overthrow Wang Juchen?" Zhou Yu snorted coldly, "If the minister does not come, the emperor will become the laughing stock of the world in a few days, and the minister is more There will be no reputation at all!"

Liu Xi was shocked: "How do you say that?"

No matter how he put it, he also exposed this huge conspiracy, right?Why is it not good for the male god?

Zhou Yu asked without answering: "The emperor first answers the minister, is the emperor planning to use this to get rid of Wang Juchen?"

Although Liu Xi was a little embarrassed, he still nodded and said: "Wang Juchen is an old fox, it is too difficult to find his mistakes, so it is better to just charge him with a crime and send him away from Chang'an. Anyway, he is not in this matter. Innocent. How would he know about the secrets in the palace? He cannot escape the charge of prying into the palace."

Zhou Yu said seriously: "Your Majesty, torture can only be used on small people, but not on such a big event as the downfall of Wang Juchen. Such a scandal happened in the harem, and the Emperor quickly dealt with Wang Youde and Ruichu. Now, everyone will just keep silent, because this is the emperor's family matter. No matter how many loopholes the interrogation process seems to have, because it involves the palace, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks. But Wang Juchen is different, he is a foreign minister, It was out of a "sincere heart" that he wanted to share the worries of the emperor to expose this matter. If the emperor wants to place the mastermind of this matter on Wang Juchen, Mr. Bao will be the first to agree, let alone Wang Juchen and those henchmen When the case is retried, does the emperor think that the confessions of Wang Youde and Ruichu are really perfect? ​​These two people can withdraw their confessions at any time as long as they are alive, and it is even more unclear if they are dead. In the future, if Wang Youde and Ruichu are proved innocent No matter how innocent the minister and the empress dowager are, they will become so innocent. No matter what the emperor does, he is trying to cover it up. The emperor thinks that he is protecting the minister, but the minister thinks that the emperor is just pushing the minister into the fire pit. !"

"I didn't!"

"If not, please listen to the emperor's words and let this matter stop in the harem! Between Wang Juchen and Zhao Wenshan, there will be friction again sooner or later. Our goal is still Zhao Wenshan. The emperor may wish to think about it, what can we do?" Bring down Zhao Wenshan without letting Wang Juchen become the second royal court."

Liu Xi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I've already made up my mind about this matter. Gongjin, do you really not need me to vent your anger on you?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "In the final analysis, this matter is because the emperor's words and deeds are not cautious enough. If the emperor does not have a private meeting with the empress dowager in the middle of the night, how can he give people the opportunity to cause trouble. I believe that the emperor is not a womanizer, but the emperor should also be cautious in his words and deeds , don’t be so youthful again. Fortunately, no one doubted the emperor this time, it’s an honor for me to be able to take the place of the emperor, the emperor doesn’t need to think too much.”

Liu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and said to Zhou Yu, "Gongjin, you are amazing! Nothing can be difficult for you. If I hadn't reminded you, I would have almost made a big mistake."

Zhou Yu wanted to sternly teach the emperor a few more words, but remembered that the emperor's character was like this, so he sighed: "Your Majesty, don't be so happy. This time, the Emperor has beaten you into a trick. Although they are just two little people, you have to think about it carefully." Thinking about how to get through Master Bao's test. I don't need to say more about the importance of Master Bao to Dayan, the emperor understands in his heart, and I don't want the emperor to be divorced from him."

Liu Xi quickly nodded in agreement.

Not long after, the imperial physician Wang Youde and the court lady Ruichu broke the court order. The emperor ordered them to be executed, gave a pile of treasures and antiques to comfort the Queen Mother Zhao, and praised Wang Juchen for his meritorious service in exposing the matter.The emperor told the officials that the secret performance of the king's ministers was about this matter.

Zhao Wenshan failed to get any inside information from Queen Mother Zhao.Although he didn't understand why Wang Juchen's memorial was not related to him, he immediately wrote a memorial to impeach Wang Juchen, saying that he interfered in the harem.Naturally, this memorial fell to nothing, and everyone could tell that the emperor had taken a new look at Wang Juchen since this incident.Only Wang Juchen himself was very anxious, unable to understand why the memorial to bring down the Queen Mother Zhao and Zhao Wenshan finally returned such a result.

So does the emperor care about Queen Mother Zhao, or... Zhou Yu?

Wang Juchen thought about it, and felt that it was a mistake for him not to spend a lot of effort to understand the imperial physician who had saved the emperor's life.After all, the emperor was a young man, so how could he allow others to hurt his savior? This was precisely the biggest flaw in the whole scheme.The emperor wanted to protect Zhou Yu next time, so of course the Queen Mother Zhao couldn't be involved, that's why things turned out like this.

The more Wang Juchen thought about it, the more he felt that this should be the case, so he specifically asked Lord Longyang once.

Ever since he became Weiyang Court Captain, Lord Longyang's status has risen, and there are even rumors that he and the emperor often go in and out together.Wang Juchen thought that he made the right move, and he had the most useful eyes and ears around the emperor.

To Wang Juchen's question, Longyang Jun only gave an answer that intentionally confuses the line of sight——

"The emperor is 15 years old, but the empress dowager is still young. The emperor treats Zhou Taiyi differently, but it is because of the life-saving grace back then. In terms of influence, can his influence be greater than you and me?"

Wang Juchen left thoughtfully.

There is a little-known follow-up to this incident.Accompanied by Lord Longyang, the emperor went to Bao Mansion in person and staged a "pleading guilty".He sincerely expressed to Mr. Bao his attitude of admitting his mistakes and his determination to never mend his ways again.

Mr. Bao really wanted to throw the emperor a slap in the face, but Mr. Longyang's proper "position" made this impossible.Besides, he also understood that the emperor had also been killed, and these two people were not upright men, so it would be too ignorant to reverse the case for them.In the end, Lord Bao had no choice but to give the emperor a good lesson, but unfortunately he didn't know that the emperor's ability to shield the preaching was also first-class. Apart from making the emperor feel that he must do it next time, he must hide it from everyone. Besides, nothing works.

When leaving Bao Mansion, Lord Longyang said to the emperor with a smile that if he hadn't blocked him, the emperor would have been shut down.

When Longyang Jun said this, his fingers were pressed against the emperor's chin, which gave the emperor a wonderful illusion.

"Long Yang, are you teasing me?"

Lord Longyang nodded generously: "Didn't I say it a long time ago, the emperor is pretty handsome, and eating it when he was young would have a special flavor?"

Liu Xi's eyes widened, feeling that this matter was a little different from what he had imagined.

"you you……"

Lord Longyang smiled: "Longyang has been in the top position for a long time, and he will definitely make the emperor's first time comfortable and enjoyable."

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Liu Xi finally understood what was wrong.Lord Longyang turned out to be the one who oppressed, not the one who was oppressed!King Wei Anli, in vain, you called such a complicated name, and you were suppressed by your courtiers! ! !

On the way back to the palace, Liu Xi was in a state of shock.He didn't react until he entered Weiyang Palace.

"That's not right, Lord Longyang, didn't you cry to King Wei Anli to stop accepting beauties?"

Longyang Jun smiled inscrutablely.

"Happiness in the boudoir, the emperor still doesn't understand it!"

"..."