Raise an emperor as a villain

Ming Jue followed the little eunuch to the long-lost Shoukang Palace.The golden glazed tiles on the roof of the Shoukang Palace are still hung with little rainwater from yesterday, refracting colorful rays of light under the sunshine.

It has been ten years since Ming Jue was deposed as King Su when he was ten years old, and left the palace where he grew up.Although the Shoukang Palace hasn't changed much, it is already very blurred in Ming Jue's memory.

Ming Jue walked into Shoukang Palace, while Shen Yizhong and other eunuchs who followed were left outside.

As soon as Ming Jue entered, he bowed before he could take a closer look, knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings to the emperor's grandmother." Before he could look up, he heard crying from the superior in front.

"Queen Mother, it's so hard to see you, why is it like this!" Xi Ruo handed the Queen Mother a handkerchief and hurriedly tried to persuade her.

"It's saying, get up quickly and come to Ai's house." The queen mother stretched out her hand and called.

Ming Jue got up when he heard the words, and saw that the graceful and luxurious imperial grandmother in his memory, her hair was all white, and there were many lines of time on her face, she was actually much older.

He was far away from his parents since he was a child, and he had no elders to take care of him. He thought his heart had been hardened, but when he saw his kind grandmother, he couldn't help but also burst into tears.

"Imperial Grandmother." Ming Jue cried out in a crying voice, and threw herself down at the Empress Dowager's knees.

The Empress Dowager took him over and said, "Good boy, I'm sorry for you." As she spoke, she held Ming Jue's head in her hands again, and carefully looked at this grandson who had grown up and changed a lot.

"It's really carved out of the same mold as your father." The queen mother couldn't help feeling the wonder of the blood relationship, but thinking of the deceased British emperor, her heart ached again. "Pity my poor son, even if he goes to Ai's house, he can't go near him."

"Grandmother, don't be sad. The grandson will take care of the royal father's funeral. He didn't cause the royal father to be wronged." Ming Jue only picked nice things to coax the queen mother, but he didn't say anything about the poisoned emperor Ying. do not mention.

The queen mother has also experienced many winds and rains, but she was not overly sad. Now she calmed down and saw Ming Jue was still kneeling in front of her, she quickly pulled him and said: "It's cold on the ground, don't kneel down, sit next to Aijia .”

Ming Jue sat down beside the Empress Dowager according to her words, and the Empress Dowager took his hand and asked, "Ai Jia heard that you were injured in fighting against the rebels yesterday." As she spoke, she repeatedly looked at Ming Jue's hand, there were some small wounds on it. , and thick cocoons, which is really distressing.

"It's nothing, just a little skin trauma." Ming Jue replied.

"Grandmother, Shen Yizhong of Chengqian Hall, do you know?" Ming Jue asked.Shen Yizhong is the person closest to him now, why can't he just be ignorant of his details.If he belongs to the queen mother, then he can use it with confidence.

The Empress Dowager became serious when she heard this, she waved Xi Ruo away and dismissed all the palace people, only the grandparents and grandchildren were left to speak. "Although Aijia got news about what happened yesterday, he still doesn't know it very clearly. You can tell Aijia about the details."

Ming Jue nodded, explaining everything from his own plan to what happened later to the current situation with the Queen Mother in detail.

The queen mother was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said: "There are some accidental factors in this, and it was not arranged by the Ai family."

"Oh?" Ming Jue made a sound in doubt.

"Shen Yizhong is Li Shanxi's godson. It's not that the Ai family never thought of trying to win him over, but they just gave up for various reasons. As for Lou Yan, he is a diehard loyalist of the British Emperor and a warrior, so he doesn't know what's going on. I think King Qing rebelled, so he took action. As for Duan Wenzheng, it's even simpler, he doesn't get along with King Qing, as long as King Qing doesn't ascend the throne, he would be happy to see it happen. Besides, you don't have a foundation in Beijing, so it's easier to control."

Ming Jue sighed inwardly when he heard the words, although the queen mother lived in the deep palace for a long time, her grasp of the situation and people's hearts was no less than her own.

"What the imperial grandmother said is very true." Ming Jue and the queen mother thought roughly the same, but Lou Yan seemed to be helping him intentionally or unintentionally a few times, which made him feel that things were not that simple.

"Whether it's Shen Yizhong or anyone else, don't trust any of them now. Ai's family will slowly find opportunities to replace those who serve you, so we have to make do with it now." The queen mother instructed.

"Yes, grandson knows."

"How about the enthronement?

"Qin Tianjian is already choosing a date, and the Ministry of Rites is also working on the emperor's name and year, and everything should be done."

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction when she heard the words, and reminded: "Recently, there have been too many major events in the court. The war has just been settled, and your father passed away before he could return to Beijing. Now that it is finally over, it is just in time for Emperor Rui's death. , I’m afraid the people below will delay your enthronement.”

Ming Jue was startled when he heard the words, but he hadn't thought of these details. As the queen mother said, if there are too many major affairs in the court, the expenses must be huge.And the enthronement ceremony is quite expensive, and the treasury will inevitably be empty, and the people below will naturally have reasons to delay.

"What should I do?" Ming Jue asked.

"Late makes changes, and this matter should be settled as soon as possible. If you want to ascend the throne as soon as possible, you still have to start with the Qin Tianjian and tell them to set the date earlier. At that time, if someone says it is too hasty, you can say that the two emperors died this year. I don’t want to make a fuss. It’s a serious enthronement, and it doesn’t matter whether the ceremony is grand or not.”

"Exactly." Ming Jue was about to overwhelm the audience.

"Although your mother is cowardly, she is still your mother after all. Don't resent her too much."

When Ming Jue heard the words, he remembered how Empress Zhou was indifferent to him in front of Emperor Yingdi, and felt a little chilled, but he still nodded in agreement.

In the end, the grandparents and grandchildren talked again, narrating the big and small things after the farewell, and all kinds of things.Each of them sighed for a while.

In the end Ming Jue left, but the Queen Mother was still worried and stopped him again.

"Bring Dexi over there, he and Li Shanxi are old men of the same generation, and they can also deter villains with evil intentions." The queen mother half-closed her phoenix eyes, full of majesty.

"Eunuch Dexi is serving the imperial grandmother, what should I do if I take the imperial grandmother away?"

"Just take it with you, and return it when someone uses it for you."

When the Queen Mother said this, Ming Jue had no choice but to obey.When leaving, Dexi followed Ming Jue, and sure enough, Shen Yizhong was very unhappy when he saw Dexi.But he had little qualifications, so he had to endure it.