Princess [rebirth]

Not long after Fu Jue came back, the army that put down the chaos also returned to the capital. Dou Chun rewarded the generals who had meritorious deeds in the morning court, and specially proposed that the He family wash away the stigma of "rebellion" for the He family. For He Dalang to be the Duke of the first rank, it can be said that all members of the He family are rewarded.But Dou Chun turned his head and brought Dou Ze out again, and handed it over to Dali Temple Qinghui, Minister of Punishment and Yushi Zhongcheng for trial.

When the third division judge tried the case of Dou Ze's rebellion, he even tried the case of the assassination of the prince a few months ago.The minister of Dali Temple brought out the members of Prince Huai's residence from the prison. After staying in the prison for several months, the faces of Sun Ruren and other concubines had already become haggard and embarrassing, and they were no longer as delicate and beautiful as before.

Sun Ruren and others have suffered a lot in prison, and now they have become obedient. They answered the questions of Dali Siqing and others in a straightforward manner. Clearly, after all, how could Dou Ze reveal the truth about major events such as assassination and rebellion, so after a while, Dali Siqing and others finished asking according to the regulations, and when they wanted to take them back into custody, someone suddenly shouted, "Mr. Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

The minister of Dali Temple raised his eyebrows, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is in the hall?" A woman rushed forward, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Back to Duke Zhang, this concubine is originally a child of Prince Huai's residence, my concubine's surname is Lu, my father I am an assistant teacher of Taixue." This woman was Lu Ruren, and Lu Ruren was kneeling in the hall with a dirty body, with hatred and anger shining in her eyes.

"What do you want to say?" The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment raised his eyelids and asked lightly, and Lu Ruren quickly replied: "I want to identify her, but she lied just now, and she was assassinated in collusion with Dou Ze." The prince's murderer!" Lu Ruren said while pointing at someone kneeling beside him, the eyelid of the person she pointed to twitched and glared fiercely at her, but Lu Ruren was not afraid at all, and now his life was about to die , is she still afraid of the other party's harmless stare?

"What evidence do you have?" Dali Siqing asked.

"Back to Mr. Zhang, my concubine saw her acting sneaky, so she made people stare at her. Later, I found out that she had contact with the prince Liangyuan. At first, I didn't think too much about it. I just thought that the two of them met before Liangyuan entered the palace. We've known each other, but I didn't expect that not long after she came into contact with Liang Yuan, Liang Yuan died suddenly." Lu Ruren said methodically.

Dali Siqing exchanged glances with the people around him, and then said, "Continue."

"No." Lu Ruren continued to tell her everything she knew, and when she finished speaking, the minister of Dali Temple asked the person identified by Lu Ruren, "What do you want to say?"

"Returning to Duke Zhang, the concubine is not convinced. Those are all fabricated by Lu Ruren. Although the concubine has contact with the prince Liangyuan, it is only because of the acquaintance in the past. As for her claim that the concubine participated in the assassination of the prince, The concubine never dared to admit it. Since the concubine entered the palace, she trembled and did not dare to slack off. She only helped the princess to take care of the affairs of the palace. Now that I am a princess, my concubine is just a small child, how can I participate in the great affairs of the king?" The person identified by Lu Ruren is naturally the arrogant and frivolous Sun Ruren.

Afterwards, Lu Ruren ordered a few maidservants and wives, and they all proved that Sun Ruren was involved in the assassination, and they nailed Sun Ruren to death in one fell swoop. Sun Ruren and several witnesses were detained separately, and then entered the palace with Lu Ruren's confession.

The three ministers of Dali Temple met Dou Chun in the study of Liangyi Hall. They submitted the confession. Dou Chun flipped through it and said lightly: "This case is of great importance. In the future, three love ministers will be needed." You need to worry a lot." Dali Siqing and the others said they didn't dare, and then they briefly described the trial process. After listening to it, Dou Chun pondered for a while, and then said: "Since we have the direction, let's go and investigate." With Dou Chun's words, Dali Siqing and others felt relieved.

Because of Lu Ruren's denunciation just now, Sun Ruren was furious, and the two actually clung to each other on the spot in the courtroom. Who knew that this clinch and bite actually pulled out the secrets of Prince Huai's mansion. , more than half of them were dragged into the water, and even the officials of the palace were pulled out, including several ministers in the court. Therefore, Dali Siqing and others did not dare to ignore it, and hurried into the palace to ask Dou Chun asked for instructions.Dou Chun naturally asked them to investigate freely, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to completely remove the power of King Huai in the middle of the court.

After Dali Temple Minister and others left, Zhuo Jingfan came out from the inner room again, as soon as he came out Dou Chun handed him the confession and said with a smile: "There are so many jokes in Prince Huai's residence. "

Zhuo Jingfan remained silent, flipping through the confession, and finally sighed after finishing reading, "There are many things that Lu Ruren's identity can't find out, and she didn't even suspect that she was being used as a gun." Is it?"

"So what if you know, so what if you don't know, in short, Lu Ruren and Sun Ruren are immortal." Dou Chun waved his hand and said indifferently.

"...Princess Huai is really a pity." Zhuo Jingfan couldn't help but sighed again. Lu Ruren suddenly made a fuss today, and even presented several witnesses in a row, and he knocked Sun Ruren down in one fell swoop. Sun Ruren participated in the assassination of the prince, but she herself was also affected. Afterwards, everyone blamed each other, and revealed more secrets of Huai Palace. Princess' handwriting.

"The concubine daughter of the He family is not easy to get along with. Since Dou Ze asked to marry the concubine daughter of the He family, it was his own negligence that he didn't find out the ability of the other party in advance. As for the concubines, I'm afraid they always have I thought that the concubine was weak and sick, so it was easy to handle, but I never thought that even if the concubine went, everyone in Duke Huai's residence would still be under her control." Dou Chun also had to admit that Concubine Huai's arrangement was very good.

"Concubine Huai probably expected this day long ago." Zhuo Jingfan flipped through the confessions made by the servants of Duke Huai's mansion, in which almost all the concubines of Duke Huai or the officials in the mansion were dragged into the water. Ruren can't escape, but Lu Ruren is not that innocent. When the trial of the case is over, Duke Huai's mansion will be wiped out.

"Concubine Huai married into Duke Huai's mansion for more than ten years, and the entire mansion has been in her hands. She has arranged it for more than ten years, so she wants the whole mansion to be buried with her as soon as she makes a move." Dou Chun said flatly.

"Hasn't Princess Huai thought about her own children? If Prince Huai's mansion is gone, what will her children do?" Zhuo Jingfan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Princess Huai would use such a drastic method. If everything is destroyed, Duke Huai's mansion will also be brought down.

"I guess she may also know about the will, and that she can use it to save her children, so she made such an arrangement." Dou Chun tapped his fingers on the book case and said in a deep thought.

Zhuo Jingfan's expression suddenly changed, but he hesitated, he hesitated to speak for several times, and then he said softly: "...Dou Chun, I have an idea in my mind, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"After all, is there anything we can't say between you and me?" Dou Chun looked directly at him, and vaguely guessed what the other party was thinking.

"Did the first emperor know about Princess Huai's arrangements, and that's why he secretly ordered the He family to 'rebel'? Now that the He family has made a contribution, even if King Huai really committed a crime, apart from the will, the He family will do their best for Princess Huai." It can be said that the He family is Princess Huai's second protection." Zhuo Jingfan looked at Dou Chun and said slowly.

"It's possible." Dou Chun's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded in agreement with Zhuo Jingfan's analysis.

"If that's the case, then the late emperor must... have taken too much care of Princess Huai." Zhuo Jingfan deliberated for a while, and chose a more reserved statement.

"It's very caring, and I'm not afraid to hide it from you. Princess Huai has been in contact with the emperor for more than ten years since she entered the palace. It can be said that Princess Huai is the nail that the emperor buried in the palace." Dou Chun frowned. lips, admitted that Dou Yuan looked differently at Princess Huai.Zhuo Jingfan got another meaning from this passage, Princess Huai, He Shiniang, as the daughter of the He family, was willing to be the late emperor's pawn, and for ten years worked hard to control the Huai Palace for the late emperor. , This...however you think about it, it doesn't taste right.

Zhuo Jingfan also knew that it was not easy to talk about such things, and since the former emperor and Princess Huai had already gone, there was no need to bother to investigate what was going on between them. ...

Now that the arrangement of the former emperor and Princess Huai is in place, it will be much easier to save Dou Xun and Dou Zhirong. The case of King Huai Dou Ze's rebellion and assassination of the prince was finally settled after several months of trial by the third judge. , Dou Ze was sentenced to death.At the same time, a group of officials in the court began to write letters to plead for Dou Ze. Dou Chun kept those memorials and did not publish them. He was waiting for the edict to appear.

A few days later, the Taibao asked to see him.

Dou Chun was refreshed, and indeed he came. Before his death, the late emperor said that he suspected that the imperial edict was in the hands of the Taibao. It was only then that the power of the Taibao was slowly emptied, and the other party was named the Taibao.Dou Chun remembered that the Taibao led some courtiers to retreat, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. It seemed that among those people, there were many who were loyal to Duke Huai, and they would be removed one by one after Duke Huai was dealt with.

Dou Chun met the Taibao in the study of Liangyi Hall. When all the officials heard that the Taibao met the saint, they had different thoughts in their hearts. Some of them guessed that the Taibao must be pleading for Dou Ze. Most of the courtiers have heard the rumors about the edict, so these courtiers speculated that the Taibao took the edict to protect Dou Ze's life.

The facts were as expected by those courtiers, the Taibao begged Dou Chun with the will, but he was not pleading for Dou Ze, but he wanted Dou Chun to leave the blood of King Huai, and he wanted the sage to allow him to resign.Dou Chun was going to keep Dou Xun and Dou Zhirong, so he didn't make things difficult for the Taibao. After withdrawing the will, he allowed the other party to resign and take care of him at home.

In the early morning of the next day, Dou Chun took out the edict on the spot and saved Dou Xun and Dou Zhirong. Three days later, Dou Ze was beheaded, and all the members of Prince Huai's residence were executed, and only some were exiled. So far, Prince Huai's residence was completely annihilated. in the hearts of the people. ...

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In the spring of the 26th year of Wenwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the third princess Dou Qi got married.In July of the same year, the fourth princess Dou Wan married Fu Taifu's eldest grandson Fu Jue. One month after the two got married, Fu Taifu passed away peacefully in his sleep one night.

Because of Taifu Fu's death, Dou Chun had to release the queen mother temporarily. After all, Taifu Fu was the queen mother's father, so the queen mother had to show her performance.The first thing the Queen Mother did after she came out was to call Mrs. Fu and Mrs. Fu into the palace. After Zhuo Jingfan heard about it, he just sent someone to watch the Queen Mother and ignored him.

Now Zhuo Jingfan has a trouble at hand, which occupies all his mind, and he can't spare any energy to pay attention to others. Even Dou Chun is ranked second. eldest son.

Dou Chun's eldest son was born in January. The eldest son was carried to the Lizheng Hall as soon as he was born. The third washing was also very grand. After all, this was Dou Chun's first son. After being hugged to Zhuo Jingfan's side, Dou Chun began to prepare for the matter of becoming a queen.

However, the eldest son of the emperor seemed to be in poor health. He fell ill within a few days after the third bath, and after that, he became ill every three days, and then became seriously ill every five days. Jing Fan was so busy taking care of the little prince that he had no time to take care of other things, and he couldn't bear to add to the other's burden, so he had to suppress the matter of Empress Li for the time being.

For the sake of the eldest son's body, Imperial Physician Hu and Imperial Physician Qin tried their best, but because Bletilla striata was poisoned in the early stages of pregnancy, the eldest son of the emperor was naturally affected. When the eldest son was born, Imperial Physician Hu and Doctor Qin told Dou Chun tremblingly that the eldest son of the emperor was too weak in body and bone, and he was afraid it would be difficult to raise him.Dou Chun actually wanted to give up the child at the moment, but Zhuo Jingfan stepped forward and took the eldest son of the emperor back to the Lizheng Hall. Outsiders didn't know it, so they thought it was a saint who carried the child to Mr. Zhuo Lang.

But this kind of misunderstanding is not harmful to Zhuo Jingfan, so Dou Chun is also lazy and caressing, and wants to become queen, but the health of the eldest son of the emperor is really not optimistic, which makes Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun have no mind to think about other things.And Li Jieyu, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, immediately knelt outside the Lizheng Hall after confinement, begging to see Zhuo Jingfan.

When Zhuo Jingfan heard that Li Jieyu was kneeling outside, he just sneered and ignored him. Everyone in the Legislative Hall was so busy with the eldest son of the emperor that no one paid any attention to Li Jieyu.Li Jieyu had a pale face, kneeling on the bluestone slab in mourning, with the scorching sun above her head, she felt that she was about to be roasted.Just when she was about to be unable to hold on any longer, there was a loud singing of "The saint is coming—" at the entrance of the hall, Li Jieyu's heart was lifted, and she continued to kneel on the spot with her head bowed.

As soon as Dou Chun entered the Lizheng Hall, he saw Li Jieyu kneeling outside the hall. He squinted his eyes and walked slowly towards Li Jieyu with his hands behind his back. Li Jieyu listened to his shoes on the bluestone slab "Da, da, da!" The footsteps approached her step by step, and her heart rose higher and higher. When a shadow covered her, her heart also reached the highest point in an instant.

"Li Jieyu, what are you doing here?" Dou Chun asked flatly, looking at Li Jieyu who was kneeling in front of him.

"My concubine has seen the saint, and the saint is blessed." Li Jieyu hurriedly got up to salute the saint, and said respectfully, "Back to the saint, my concubine wants to see the lord, but the lord... You seem to be busy and have not granted my concubine's request to see you."

"Mr. Lang didn't see you, so you knelt outside?" Dou Chun asked again.

"Back to the saint, I miss the prince, I just want to see the prince, just a glance, after all, the prince is the flesh and blood of the concubine who was born in October of pregnancy, I think very much..." Li Jieyu wrung the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, Na na said, if someone who doesn't know the inside story hears what she said, he might be moved by her.But Dou Chun just smiled inexplicably, staring at her mockingly.

"If you want to see me, come in with me." Dou Chun flicked his sleeves, turned around and entered the main hall of the Lizheng Palace. Li Jieyu got Dou Chun's words and hurriedly followed, but her heart was pounding. It was pounding and pounding, and there was always an ominous premonition in my heart.

After entering the main hall, Fu Ling and the others rushed to greet him. Dou Chun scanned around, but Zhuo Jingfan was not seen. Fu Ling was very winking, and said in a low voice: "Sage, the eldest son of the emperor just drank milk, now Mr. Lang is coaxing him to sleep." Dou Chun curled his lips when he heard that, since he had this cheap son, his position in Fanfan's heart has plummeted, but he was too embarrassed to compete with a milk baby, so he had to watch the eldest son of the emperor occupy Fanfan All the time and effort.

But the noise of Dou Chun's arrival was too great, how could Zhuo Jingfan who was in the side hall didn't know, he hurriedly handed the eldest son of the emperor to the nanny, adjusted his clothes and rushed to greet Dou Chun.Dou Chun snorted, and went straight to the main seat, Zhuo Jingfan hurried to serve tea and snacks, but Li Jieyu who was on the side was ignored by everyone, she stood in the corner blankly, looking at everyone Busy walking around, only she didn't know what to do, so she could only grit her teeth, and went forward to salute Zhuo Jingfan, and at the same time interrupted the conversation between Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun.

"Oh, Li Jieyu, what's the matter?" Zhuo Jingfan glanced at her and asked indifferently.

"Back to your lord, I miss the little prince, I wonder if I can let the concubine go to visit the little prince?" Li Jieyu said bravely, she was betting that there were so many palace people present, the sage would definitely cover the facts to death Tight, it won't directly expose the fact that she is not the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor.

As long as she confirms that she is the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor, she can use this identity to get close to the eldest son of the emperor in the future. She doesn't ask much, she just wants to take advantage of this, so that she can see the saint more often, and if she has the opportunity to sleep with him , she will have a child who really belongs to her sooner or later.

She thinks that such a request is very low, she will not compete with him for the position of queen, nor will she compete with him for the favor of a saint, she only wants a child of her own, so that she can have a child in this deep palace. It's nothing more than companionship, she thinks such a request is reasonable, the saint has used her, shouldn't she compensate herself?Li Jieyu cheered herself up in her heart, and kept using that passage in her mind to convince herself that she was not wrong, she was still young, and she still had a lot of youth, she didn't want to grow old alone in the palace like this.

But she didn't expect that as soon as she finished speaking, she heard Zhuo Jingfan burst out laughing, the sarcasm in her tone was so obvious that she could imagine the expression on the other person's face without raising her head.

"The little prince was not born to you, what is there to miss?" Before Li Jieyu could suppress the resentment in her heart, she heard a sentence that stunned her.She raised her head abruptly, and looked at Zhuo Jingfan in disbelief.

"Why, I didn't expect that I would directly expose you? I know what you are planning. I used to think that you were a safe person, but I didn't expect you to have a big heart." Zhuo Jingfan seemed to sigh a little. shook his head.

"You...you..." Li Jieyu said "you" for a long time, and didn't know what to say. Zhuo Jingfan's reaction disrupted her calculations, and she never expected that Zhuo Jingfan also knew that the child was not her. of.She has always believed that the lady in Guanling Pavilion must have caught Zhuo Jingfan's eyes before being protected by the saint. She has always guessed that it is because Zhuo Jingfan tolerates no one, that's why the saint wants her to be that lady As a shield, she thought that she was hiding the adultery for the saint. Seeing this, the saint should agree to her request.

Unexpectedly, Zhuo Jingfan knew everything at all, this made Li Jieyu feel like a clown, she was immediately ashamed and embarrassed, and at the same time full of regret.

"Li Jieyu hurt her body after childbirth, she needs to take good care of her body. From now on, she will stay in the Baifu Hall to recuperate. Don't come out and walk around anymore. Your health is not good, so the prince will be handed over to your lord." Dou Chun ignored Li Jieyu. Jieyu's pale face gave her another heavy blow. Li Jieyu immediately softened, knowing that she would never have a bright future.Although she was full of unwillingness, she did not dare to disobey the saint, so she had to accept the order with difficulty.

After that day, Li Jieyu disappeared in front of everyone, and the Baifu Hall was guarded by guards sent by the saint, no one was allowed to enter or leave, and it became a forbidden place in the palace. ...

However, the eldest son of the emperor was recuperated by physicians Hu and Qin. Although his bones were still a little weak, he was much better than when he was born. Half a year later, the eldest son was finally fatter than when he was born.In the past six months, Zhuo Jingfan had put in a lot of energy for the eldest son of the emperor, and after the eldest son's body stabilized, he himself fell ill instead.

Dou Chun felt sorry for him because he was too tired, and he would not bring up the matter at this time, and it happened that the two princesses were getting married, so Dou Chun thought about moving the matter back, but who knew it would happen later? Encountered the death of Fu Taifu.When the news of Fu Taifu's death spread to the palace, Dou Chun was in Zhuo Jingfan's Lizheng Palace, teasing with him the eight-month-old eldest son of the emperor. When they heard that Fu Taifu passed away, they were stunned at the same time. Leng.

"It seems that the Taifu has fulfilled his wish, so he left with peace of mind." Dou Chun sighed. After he pointed out the fourth princess to Fu Jue last year, the Taifu once entered the palace to ask him to see him. After he had a deep talk with Taifu , Taifu never mentioned this matter again.

"That's because the Taifu can understand your painstaking efforts." Zhuo Jingfan also knew about this, so he stretched out his hand to hold Dou Chun's hand, and said softly, but he hesitated for a while, and then continued: "The Taifu has already gone. If the queen mother can't avoid her face... I'm afraid it's not good." Dou Chun knew what he meant, and although he was full of reluctance, he had to compromise temporarily and let the queen mother out.