Ning Jin looked at it from afar, and then hesitated and whispered to Murong Yan, "Your Majesty, it's too dangerous here, we can't get in." ”Murong Yan thought about it, then quietly stepped back, "Let's go, go find my grandfather and uncle first." ”He had received reliable information that his grandfather and uncle had been in the palace all the time and had never come out, and the food had to be eaten one bite at a time, and everything had to be done one by one, and no matter how bold the Empress Dowager Sun was, it was impossible to kill them immediately.The person on this dragon chair is the emperor's decision, and the person she wants to change into the dragon chair is also banned by the emperor himself.In this way, the Wang family will not be able to move, not only can they not move, but they will also have to give a lot of rewards and favors, so as not to make the people and courtiers suspicious.This is the reason why Murong Yan is sure that his grandfather and uncle are definitely still alive now.It is also Murong Yan's confidence.Ning Jinyuan and Zhang Han listened to Murong Yan's instructions, and they escorted Murong Yan left and right, and after returning to the imperial garden, Zhang Han asked, "Your Majesty."
Where do you think the old general will be locked up by the Empress Dowager" Murong Yan looked around, and pointed to the North Sixth Palace, "The most suitable place in this palace for her is the most reassuring place for her, that is, under her own nose, go, go to Yongshou Palace." ”When Ning Jinyuan, Zhang Han and the others heard this, it really made sense, so they waved their hands back, and several black shadows followed Murong Yan and headed towards Yongshou Palace.The lights in the Yongshou Palace are not bright, except for the vigil lights under the corridor, there is a dark sleeping atmosphere all around, Murong Yan first circled around the Empress Dowager's dormitory, and then frowned, even if he knew that his grandfather and uncle might be in the Yongshou Palace, but the hundreds of rooms in the Yongshou Palace, could it be that one by one was searching, and suddenly saw that the dormitory of the Yongshou Palace opened a side door, and someone was carrying a small palace lamp, leading the two women out.Murong Yan looked at it fixedly, and exclaimed in surprise, "The Empress Dowager" came out of the Empress Dowager, and it was her personal aunt Lianxiang who supported her, and after the two of them went out of the palace gate, they went straight down the corridor around an arch and went to the small garden of Yongshou Palace."
Keep up with them," Murong Yan immediately felt that Empress Dowager Sun's whereabouts were a little weird, and she didn't sleep in the middle of the night.Where to go, Empress Dowager Sun obviously took all the guards away, so she didn't meet anyone along the way, and Murong Yan and the others who followed behind didn't meet anyone, the more she followed Murong Yan, the more sure she became, and the person who could make Empress Dowager Sun sneaky in the middle of the night must be his grandfather.Empress Dowager Sun stopped in front of a row of side halls behind the garden, Lianxiang pushed the door open, Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand and ordered her and the little palace maid with the lantern to be collected outside, and entered the door alone.Seeing this, Murong Yan hurriedly asked Ning Jinyuan and the others to hide in the corner, while he himself jumped up to the upper room, lightly went to the upper room where the lights were on, uncovered the tiles, and looked down.In the room, there was an old general sitting upright with a straight waist, not his grandfather Wang Ze, who Wang Ze didn't seem to get up to greet the Empress Dowager, he was sitting, but the Empress Dowager Sun was standing, he smiled at the Empress Dowager Sun, "Lan'er, are you still not giving up" The lights were dim, Empress Dowager Sun's face was extremely bad, she looked at Wang Ze, and there was a trace of anger in her tone, "Brother Ze, you once said that you will help me no matter this life or the next life, don't you talk nonsense" Wang Ze smiled peacefully, he shook his head, and nodded, There was a hint of desolation in his tone, "Over the years, haven't I done enough for you?"
"Not enough," Empress Dowager Sun snorted, "You promised me that you would kill your wife, but she has always been alive and well, she has always stayed by your side, being your wife, she can see you every day, she can talk to you every day, she can lean into your arms and listen to your heartbeat every day, you have lied to me for more than 40 years, when do you still want to deceive me" Wang Ze slowly raised his hand, wanting to shake Empress Dowager Sun's, However, his hand stopped halfway through, he looked at the Empress Dowager Sun, and sighed with compassion in his eyes, "She is innocent, I can't kill her Lan'er, I want to repair an afterlife for the two of us" "I don't want any afterlife, you can't even do what you promised me in this life, what do you tell me about the next life" Empress Dowager Sun took a step back and shouted angrily, "Brother Ze, over the years, the mourning family has treated your Wang family well, even if you have never killed your wife, even if she enters the palace at every turn and goes in and out in front of my eyes, the mourning family has never complained about you, let alone killed her herself; The mourning family is overwhelmed, let Qingyue marry your daughter as a concubine, and the mourning family has worked hard to let Qingyue sit on the dragon chair and let your daughter become the queen, over the years, even if your daughter is as stupid as a pig, the mourning family still protects her wholeheartedly, protects your grandson, there is no mourning family, can your grandson sit on the throne so easily I have done so much for you for your royal family, what have you repaid the mourning family" She said "mourning family" one by one, this is her first time, she has always called him "Brother Ze".There was pain in Wang Ze's eyes, after all these years, she still stood in front of him as the queen mother, not his sister Lan.This "mourning" exit, he and her are separated by a moat, she is a king, he is a minister, Wang Ze closed his eyes and refused to look at her again.Empress Dowager Sun was full of resentment, "When the mourning family let your daughter be the queen, how could he Murong Qingyue be willing to spoil that concubine Zhou back then, if it weren't for the mourning family to help you suppress Murong Qingyue, and then design to get rid of Concubine Zhou, do you think that the Changchun Palace is now living in the dragon chair of your Wang family's daughter, and it will be the son born to your Wang family's daughter" Wang Ze sat quietly, and I don't know if he heard that his nearly seventy-year-old body is not as strong as it was then, although his body is straight, But in the end, there was a little trembling and unbearable, Murong Yan's nose on the roof was sour, and he found out for the first time that his grandfather was so old Empress Dowager Sun was obviously angry for a long time, she "snapped" the table, and continued, "But when your grandson married a girl from my Sun family, how did he treat her mourning family If he knew that it was today's scene, he should not have let Murong Qingyue marry the daughter of your Wang family back then, why should the mourning family give this earth-shattering wealth to your Wang family" "Lan'er," Wang Ze opened his eyes and looked at Empress Dowager Sun and sighed."
You are reasonable, not to mention that there was no girl of the right age in your Sun family back then, you asked Murong Qingyue to marry my daughter, isn't it for the sake of the military power in my hand If it is not for my support, after the death of King Jin, there is also King Cheng, the first emperor will not pass the throne to Murong Qingyue, and you can't be the queen mother" "You" Empress Dowager Sun was choked by Wang Ze and couldn't speak, and after a while, she suddenly chattered and chuckled, "Brother Ze, don't you think it's very boring for the two of us to settle accounts like this" "I don't want to mention the past, Lan'er."
You can also look away," Wang Ze looked at the Empress Dowager Sun and sighed, with guilt and pity in his eyes, but more but deep pity.Empress Dowager Sun nodded, and sat down next to Wang Ze, she looked at Wang Ze, a smile appeared on her face, as if the person who turned over the old accounts just now was not her, and only sighed, "It's funny to say, what do you say we are doing so much for the affairs of the Murong family, how many years can we live at our age" "Lan'er, have you finally seen it" The smile on Empress Dowager Sun's face was even stronger, but the corners of her mouth were full of sadness, "In the end, the two of us have never lived for ourselves in this life, and we are busy calculating and planning, It's all for the world, for the family, for the children, but not for ourselves. ”Wang Ze also smiled, he finally reached out and gently shook the Empress Dowager Sun's, "It's a pity that you just can't see it, if you can let go of all this, I will take you out of this golden cage, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and spend these last few years." ”Empress Dowager Sun smiled, but tears fell in her eyes, she gently withdrew her hand and shook her head at Wang Ze, "Brother Ze, when I asked you to take me away, you refused; Now that I'm old, I can't walk anymore, no matter how good the landscape outside, my eyes can't see clearly, my ears can't hear anymore, don't toss, don't toss" The two were silent, except for the soft sobbing of the Empress Dowager Sun, there was only the sound of the wind blowing through the window paper.After a long time, Wang Ze finally said, "Lan'er, I'm sorry for you" Empress Dowager Sun's sobbing voice slowly lowered, she looked at Wang Ze, and said, "Then you are willing to help me again" Wang Ze shook his head, "Yan'er is the new monarch of the emperor's reign, if I help you, it will be a rebellion." ”"But he is sick, he is already unconscious, and the country cannot be without a king for a day," Empress Dowager Sun said sharply.Murong Yan on the roof frowned, and then smiled bitterly.Empress Dowager Sun was as he expected, and even her grandfather deceived and covered up with the word "illness"."
If he's sick, then why don't you let me go to see him" Wang Ze was not stupid, he looked at the Empress Dowager Sun, "Why did you put the Empress Dowager under house arrest Lan'er, where did you hide her" Empress Dowager Sun looked at Wang Ze, her eyes gradually became clear and bright from the original mourning, where there was still a little sadness, she sneered at Wang Ze, "Don't worry, the mourning family will not hurt her, after Murong Yu ascends the throne, she will still be the queen mother, and the mourning family will choose a daughter in your Wang family and be directly named a concubine, Your Wang family is like a brocade of flowers and cooking oil, Brother Ze, isn't this very good" "You haven't answered my question yet, if Yan'er is sick, why don't you let me go to see him" Wang Ze refused to be taken away by Empress Dowager Sun's words.Empress Dowager Sun didn't even have a sneer on her face, she just looked at Wang Ze so coldly, and asked instead of answering, "Brother Ze, for so many years, the mourning family has been very thin on you, your daughter and grandson, do you really want to force the mourning family to make a move on you, do we really want to come this far" Wang Ze looked at the Empress Dowager Sun, his eyes did not flinch, "You always have to give me a reason." ”Empress Dowager Sun was silent, her brows furrowed slightly, as if she was hesitating, Wang Ze saw that she was silent, so he said for her, "Actually, Yan'er is not sick, he is just hindering the interests of your Sun family, so you have to get rid of him and replace the obedient Murong Yu to be the emperor, and then it will still be the girl of your Sun family.Isn't it" Seeing that Mrs.
Sun was frightened, Wang Ze said again, "Lan'er, Lan'er, you let me deal with my grandson, how can you open this mouth" Empress Dowager Sun's face turned from blue to white, and after a while, she gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "Yes, you are right, the mourning family is to get rid of Murong Yan, the white-eyed wolf, if it weren't for the mourning family planning for him all these years, how could he become the prince smoothly but he actually practiced the queen for a cheap woman, and that's it, the mourning family turned a blind eye."
still suppressed the queen from crying with him, but he even reduced the power of the Sun family again and again, if the mourning family continued to tolerate it like this, his knife would be on the neck of the mourning family. ”"He is the emperor, he naturally will not allow the power of the courtiers to expand, even if you set up that Murong Yu tomorrow, he will not be obedient for a lifetime, as long as he finds the opportunity, he will also eradicate your Sun family, I am afraid that he will be more ruthless to your Sun family at that time, and he will do even more than Yan'er," Wang Ze sneered."
Hmph, if the mourning family can restrain Murong Qingyue for a lifetime, they can also control him Murong Yu for a lifetime."
Empress Dowager Sun was disdainful, she said angrily to Wang Ze, "Only your grandson, who is cunning and insidious, has secretly gathered a lot of forces over the years of leading the troops, Murong Qingyue also gave him the most critical Jiangbei camp, and you are his maternal ancestor, naturally he also helped him, he mastered the Jiangbei camp and then grabbed the green battalion soldiers, and you were behind him, his wings were hard, and he dared to deal with the mourning family" "Yes, although Emperor Jiahe had military power in his hands in previous years, but the largest force of the Dasu Dynasty was in my hands, So Emperor Jiahe is quite jealous of you, so you can restrain Emperor Jiahe for a lifetime," Wang Ze sighed, "Haven't you ever thought about why Emperor Jiahe gave Yan'er both the Jiangbei camp and the green camp army He just hopes that Yan'er will get rid of your grandson's family, because I am Yan'er's grandfather, I can clamp him, but I won't clamp Yan'er, so he wants Yan'er to achieve real military and political unity, and no longer allow any relatives to be autocratic" Seeing that Empress Dowager Sun didn't speak, Wang Ze sneered, "Lan'er, you have been calculating for so many years, In fact, even if Concubine Zhou's mother and son have always been favored, the first emperor will eventually pass the throne to Yan'er, because only Yan'er has the ability to achieve military and political unification" Empress Dowager Sun picked up the tea bowl on the table, took a sip lightly, and then asked, "So you are determined to go against the mourning family" Wang Ze took a deep breath and arched his hand to the sky, "Back to the Empress Dowager, the old minister did not dare to live up to the trust of the first emperor, and the old minister swore allegiance to the current emperor" "Wang Ze" Empress Dowager Sun tore off the last trace of warmth on her face, her face was resentful and hideous, and she glared at Wang Ze with hatred, Gritting her teeth, "Then don't blame the mourning family for being ruthless," she flicked her sleeves fiercely, turned around angrily and left Wang Ze looked at the door being slammed shut, and suddenly two lines of turbid old tears rolled down in his eyes, he and she supported each other for a lifetime, and now they have finally come to this step of opposition When the footsteps of the Empress Dowager Sun and others were far away, he let out a long sigh, then got up and came to the back window, pushed the window to look at the roof, and called softly, "On the roof, you have been here for a long time, come down and meet." ”"Ancestor," Murong Yan shouted, climbed through the window, and fell to his knees.Wang Ze squinted and was shocked, two days after "Yanyan'er", Empress Dowager Sun finally compromised with Wang Ze.Wang Ze ordered the guards to send her a message, "If Murong Yan is really seriously ill, for the sake of the overall interests of the family and country, he can help her, but the premise is: he must see Murong Yan with his own eyes, and he wants the Empress Dowager Sun to swear that Murong Yan's illness is really sick, not caused by the Empress Dowager Sun's medicine." ”After so many years, how could Empress Dowager Sun not understand Wang Ze's temperament.He has always eaten soft rather than hard, and after all, he is Murong Yan's maternal ancestor, it is indeed difficult for him to deal with his own grandson, if she does not swear this oath, if she does not let Wang Ze see with his own eyes that Murong Yan is indeed sick and dying, he will never be able to compromise.If he doesn't compromise, she is the only one who will compromise.Empress Dowager Sun personally took Wang Ze to Chengqing Palace, Wang Ze sat in front of the dragon bed, looking at the "Murong Yan" on the bed dying, he immediately asked to talk to "Murong Yan" alone for a while, clearly did not believe the oath made by the Empress Dowager Sun, and the Empress Dowager Sun looked at the "Murong Yan" on the bed and did not object, and retreated to the outer hall.Wang Ze didn't stay in the dormitory for long.Then he came out with a grief-stricken face, and he sincerely apologized to the Empress Dowager Sun, "Lan'er, I blame you wrong." ”Empress Dowager Sun just looked at him quietly, without saying a word, her eyes were gentle, but she was sneering in her heart.The "Murong Yan" on the dragon bed is the stand-in left by Murong Yan that day, but Murong Yan obviously overestimated the loyalty of this stand-in, and after Sun Qizhen noticed that his flawed identity was exposed, Empress Dowager Sun immediately found an excuse to call away the inseparable manager Zhang, who was guarding the stand-in, and then Sun Qizhen broke into the Chengqing Palace and exposed the true face of the stand-in.The stand-in was afraid of death, so he naturally poured beans from a bamboo tube, and said everything for a while.Only then did Sun Qizhen know that Murong Yan had gone to the distant Yuguan for Lin Qiao.The man you love, but you love someone else, this is the greatest sorrow of a woman.Although Sun Qizhen was heartbroken by Murong Yan a long time ago, she did not give up, she always imagined that under her silent care and ardent love, Murong Yan would one day be moved by her and repay her infatuation and affection, but this dream was completely shattered after learning that Murong Yan actually went to Yuguan for Lin Qiao, and what followed was endless anger and humiliation, she was the queen of the world of the dignified Dasu Dynasty, she was the daughter of everyone who had received a good education, Murong Yan could not love her, But she must not love a lowly slave, she can't let Murong Yan come back with that lowly woman no matter what, she must not let the world know that the emperor is willing to love a lowly palace maid.I don't like her as a queen, she told the Empress Dowager everything Murong Yan did to her, and she made the Empress Dowager understand that Murong Yan's eyes can't tolerate their Sun family at all, the reason why Murong Yan treats her like this is that she doesn't want her to be pregnant, and she doesn't want the blood of their Sun family to appear among the princes, and the emperor of any dynasty does not allow her relatives to dominate, Murong Yan is also Sun Qizhen reminded the Empress Dowager that the first emperor is not her biological blood, so she is not Murong Yan's grandmother So, Murong Yan wanted to remove her and their Sun family, and she wouldn't blink her eyes, and Empress Dowager Sun already knew that Murong Yan was reducing the power of the Sun family, and she was already resentful in her heart.At this time, it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, with the strategy of Empress Dowager Sun, she must understand that Murong Yan is not in Beijing at this time, and it is the best time to get rid of him.Once missed, there will be no chance to inherit the stand-in in the palace, it is Murong Yan's weapon, it can also be the weapon of the Empress Dowager Sun, Wang Ze wants to talk to him alone, it is nothing more than to suspect that his "illness" is caused by her Empress Dowager Sun, yes, the "disease" of this stand-in is indeed her handiwork, she ordered people to poison the food of this stand-in little by little, and the reason why she still left him breathe was because she had not seen Murong Yan's head.The stand-in knew that he was dying, and he knew why he was dying, but he still had to obey the instructions of the Empress Dowager Sun, and told Wang Ze in "private" that his illness had been committed before he ascended the throne, but now that the oil was exhausted, he didn't dare not listen to the Empress Dowager Sun, and the lives of his family were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Sun Since seeing "Murong Yan" with his own eyes, Wang Ze was finally willing to agree to help the Empress Dowager Sun.He still put forward a bunch of requirements, for example, after Murong Yu ascended the throne, his daughter had to be the queen mother, and Murong Yu's biological mother could only be the concubine, not the queen mother; For example, Murong Yu's harem must have at least two daughters of his Wang family, such as the noble concubine, and so on, and the Empress Dowager Sun agreed one by one.In this way, Wang Ze suggested that since this is the case, it is inevitable that the government will be wasted, and the courtiers will be suspicious, so it is better to set up a new monarch as early as the Empress Dowager Sun was stunned, "early establishment of a new monarch" Her original intention was to wait until she saw Murong Yan's head, and then let the people in the Chengqing Palace "die," then she could justifiably let Murong Yu ascend the throne, but at this time Murong Yan was chased and chased, and there was no trace, at this time, let Murong Yu ascend the throne, in case Murong Yan came out again, then Wang Ze must know that she had deceived him, but how did it end Wang Ze didn't look at her, only frowned, and arched his hand to God with a worried face."
The government has been abandoned for a long time, and the civil and military discussions of the Manchu Dynasty are suspicious, this is not a fortunate thing for me, and the old minister implores the empress dowager to think about the country and the society for the sake of the country.""
But this emperor is still lying on the bed, and a new monarch will be established behind him, which is not like words," Empress Dowager Sun frowned."
It's okay," Wang Ze said, "The old minister has an idea, while the emperor can still speak, the empress dowager can order someone to carry him to the Jinluan Palace, and learn from the first emperor to pass on to Murong Yu, and when the time comes, the new emperor will give an order."
Just crown him as the emperor, in this way, isn't it in line with the rules of etiquette, no one has any doubts" Empress Dowager Sun heard it, this is really a good idea, let Murong Yu ascend the throne as soon as possible, even if he really Murong Yan comes back, it will be ironclad, and this Zen position is controlled by Murong Yan's own ancestor, who can blame her: