After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 950 Shock
Haitang was stunned.

She looked at the reef and was speechless for a long time.

Haijiao could understand his younger sister's feelings at this moment. He lay flat on the kang, thinking back to when he heard these words outside the new emperor's tent, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he didn't know what to say.

Looking back now, he was quite impressed with himself. He really was worthy of being a person who had lived two lives, had extensive knowledge, was not afraid of danger, and after hearing such an astonishing secret, he was able to calmly judge the situation and decisively choose to turn around and call for help, instead of standing there until someone in the tent discovered him and killed him by an assassin to eliminate future trouble, or someone else noticed what was happening and found an opportunity to silence him afterwards.

The reason why he was able to be rewarded and promoted to a high position after the incident was mainly because he came and went in a hurry, and turned around to call for reinforcements without alerting the people in the tent, and rushed back in time to save the seventh prince, which made the people in the tent feel that he was too fast and could not have stayed to eavesdrop on many secrets. In addition, perhaps he also escaped because of the favor of Tao Gelao, Zhou's father and son, General Tu, and Jin Jiashu. Otherwise, all the assassins present that day, even if they were not killed or committed suicide at the time, were killed afterwards, and the outside world only said that no one survived. He, a little person who accidentally bumped into it, couldn't easily escape even if he made a small contribution.

Even though he didn't reveal any flaws, someone still came to him privately afterwards and asked him how he found out that something was wrong in the new emperor's tent. He only said that he followed the eunuch and the eunuch suddenly left him and rushed into the tent, maybe he found something. Then blood was splashed on the tent, and the new emperor called out the eunuch's name in grief and anger. He immediately felt something was wrong and turned to find General Zhou Si.

He actually didn't know who to look for. He only knew that something big must have happened in the tent. If it was someone else, he might have doubted whether they were reliable enough or whether they were bribed by the Sun family or the royal family. But he had 100% trust in the Zhou family. And General Zhou Si did not disappoint him. After listening to his report, he immediately summoned people to the tent, and arrived just one step later than him, and rescued the new emperor, the Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the cabinet ministers in time.

At that time, if General Zhou Si had hesitated for a moment, worrying that there was something wrong with the information he reported, wondering if someone had set a trap to lure him and his men with weapons into the new monarch's tent and frame him for treason... the new monarch and his men would not have escaped so easily.

Therefore, Haijiao's trust in General Zhou Si enabled him to find the right helper and also earned him a great credit; and General Zhou Si's trust in Haijiao also gave him a second chance to rescue the emperor and make greater contributions. Whether it was the new emperor's mother, sons, brothers, or the civil officials in the cabinet, they all owed him a favor.

Hai Jiao successfully got away with the temptations of some people. Afterwards, the new emperor, the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xu, the seventh prince, Prince Kang, and the ministers in the cabinet were all very friendly and appreciative of him. He probably no longer had to worry about being silenced. But when he recalled the situation at that time, he couldn't help but sweat.

He told Haitang: "I will only mention these things to you once, little sister. From now on, I will completely forget about this matter and won't tell anyone. Even if it's to Grandpa, Grandma, Second Uncle, or my cousin, I won't tell them. I won't tell Zhou Yijun and Xiaojin either... Even if they may be insiders, I will tell this lie to the end. So, little sister..."

Haitang immediately said, "I will also pretend that I didn't hear it and don't know anything. I will only talk about this matter when I am alone with you, brother."

Haijiao was relieved to see that his younger sister understood the seriousness of the matter. But he immediately said, "Even if we are alone together, don't mention this matter again. Just forget it and pretend that you have never heard me say this."

He really didn't dare to take the slightest risk.

Haitang nodded silently, but still couldn't help questioning: "Could this be true? Only the assassin said so, so why didn't the Empress Dowager and Tao refute it?" Haijiao sighed: "The Empress Dowager and Tao don't know whether this is true or not, how can they refute it? Nowadays, there are few ministers in the court with more experience than Sun Ge Lao. Even if there are, they would not have served in front of the emperor at that time and could not have seen this happen. Therefore, if Sun Ge Lao says it happened, no one can prove that he is lying."

Haitang narrowed her eyes. "When the late emperor passed away, the two old princes in the royal family seemed to be greatly upset and got angry at the late emperor and Empress Dowager Zhou. Was it because of this matter? Concubine Sun mentioned this matter in front of the late emperor, and it pissed them off to death?"

Haijiao nodded silently.

He thought so too, so everyone present at the time, whether it was the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xu, the new emperor or the ministers in the cabinet, kept their mouths shut about the matter. Even though the two old princes were furious, pointing at the late emperor and cursing him, and calling in Prince Ji and others, they were never questioned afterwards. The current royal family and the cabinet are determined to conceal this matter and prevent the news from leaking out. If this is a complete lie, I'm afraid it must be somewhat true, right?
The late emperor had been on the throne for more than 30 years, and he had always doted on the father and daughter of the Sun family to an unreasonable degree. This was probably not entirely because Concubine Sun was his true love, or because Lord Sun helped him succeed in reforming the law. They knew his biggest secret, so even if he was dissatisfied with Lord Sun and even kicked him out of the cabinet, he was still unwilling to take ruthless action against the Sun family. Instead, he repeatedly asked his heir to treat the father and daughter of the Sun family well...

How can he remain tough when the handle is in someone else's hands?

But Haitang still couldn't believe it: "How did he succeed? Didn't anyone in front of the late emperor notice it?"

Haijiao didn't know what happened many years ago, but he heard what Tao Ge Lao said when he refuted the assassin.

Tao said that when the previous emperor passed away, Concubine Changgui and Concubine Zhangde, the mother of Prince An, were present. Among the princes, only Emperor Deguang, who was the crown prince at the time, was present, but the chief minister of the cabinet and Lord Wu Wen'an were present, with the exception of Lord Sun, who was only a fourth-rank official at the time. If Emperor Deguang really committed regicide, even if Lord Wu Wen'an and Lord Sun would cover up for him because their daughters married Emperor Deguang, and the chief minister of the cabinet would reach a consensus with Lord Sun and keep silent about the truth because they became in-laws afterwards, what about Concubine Changgui and Concubine Zhangde? Both of these concubines had princes who were popular candidates for the throne, and they would not remain silent if the crown prince had any guilt.

Even if Concubine Chang Gui was buried alive soon, there was still Concubine Zhang De who lived until two or three years ago. She could see her son Prince An every year and her daughter-in-law Princess An every month. When did she ever say that Emperor Deguang had committed regicide?

The assassin had argued that Concubine Zhang De was just a woman and might not have discovered the truth, which was not surprising. But once Emperor Deguang knew that the late emperor intended to abolish the crown prince, he would never sit still and wait for death. If he had not harmed the late emperor, how could the late emperor not have had time to issue an edict to change the crown prince, and let the crown prince he was not satisfied with inherit the throne?

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Tao Ge Lao refuted again: No matter how many times the late emperor said he wanted to abolish the crown prince, the truth was that he had never officially issued an edict. Moreover, Prince An and Prince Ji had also made serious mistakes at the time and were often reprimanded by the late emperor, which allowed Emperor Deguang to ascend the throne smoothly and become the crown prince. Even if the late emperor was dissatisfied with this crown prince, as long as he did not issue an edict to abolish the crown prince, Emperor Deguang would always be the legitimate heir to the throne.

If what Sun Ge Lao said was true, why did he remain silent for more than 30 years? Wasn't it because he had lost power that he lied and slandered the late emperor?