King of Song

Chapter 687
Xiao Tali, the birth mother of Lord Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager of the Liao Kingdom.

It was the empress dowager in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", when the emperor's uncle rebelled, he slapped his concubine and told the Liao Lord to ignore him and ordered the attack.

This old ancestor has a high status in the Liao Kingdom, and he usually ignores things on weekdays.Recently, he was seriously ill and had been bedridden for recuperation, but today he was standing tremblingly at the entrance of the hall with a cane.Had it not been for the support of her granddaughter, Princess Yerutri, she might have fallen down.

Seeing this, Yelu Hongji immediately stood up and went forward, "Queen Mother, why are you up? Quick, get ready for the couch!"

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "If my mother doesn't come, I'm afraid there will be an injustice case here!"

Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie looked at each other, and both felt that something was wrong.Xiao Tansi was even a little nervous, all right, why is the Queen Mother here?If you don't make it right, you will fall short!

Yelu Hongji helped his mother to sit down on the soft couch, and then asked: "What's the matter with the mother's testimony?"

"Hmph!" Empress Dowager Xiao said, "Hong Ji, did someone tell you that your empress wrote some erotic poems? If you don't abide by women's morals, you will lose your virginity?"

"Yes!"

"Then do you believe it?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked softly with a sullen face.

"The poem is indeed written by the queen."

"The handwriting is hers, so the content must have been written by her?" The Empress Dowager Xiao asked back, and said: "The empress was raised in the palace at the age of four, and she was a childhood sweetheart with you. Do you know what kind of person she is and what her character is?" of."

"Yes, but..." Yelu Hongji said: "People may change!"

"Change? That's right, will it change?" Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Maybe it will change in such a big matter? Look, the dignified and noble queen standing in front of you will do such a shameful thing?"

Zhang Xiaojie interjected: "Queen Mother, there are all witnesses and evidences for this matter, you old man, don't be deceived, you are right to protect your niece, but family affection cannot be greater than legal principles, let alone a major matter related to the state system and the dignity of the royal family."

"Shut up, I'm talking to the emperor, what right do you have to intervene?" Empress Dowager Xiao didn't know where the strength came from, she grabbed the dragon head crutch beside her, swung it out, and hit Zhang Xiaojie heavily on the lips.At the same time as the mouth was damaged and swollen, two teeth fell out in response, and the mouth was immediately covered with blood.

Although Zhang Xiaojie was resentful, he didn't dare to show it, he could only cover his mouth, enduring the pain and standing aside.

He was right about one thing, the Empress Dowager Xiao's father was Xiao Muzhi, the younger brother of Yelu Hongji's grandmother, Empress Chinai; Xiao Guanyin's father, Xiao Hui, was also the younger brother of Empress Chinai, they were a family. (Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are cousins ​​of the same generation, the seniority of Liao people is a bit messy)

Therefore, it is reasonable for Empress Dowager Xiao to defend Xiao Guanyin.Zhang Xiaojie just wanted to name this relationship, meaning that the queen mother may favor the queen.But I didn't want to anger the old lady because of this, and paid a big price!

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "If this poem was copied for the empress, would the emperor believe it?"

"Mother, this..." Yelu Hongji couldn't believe it.

"Father!" Yelutri said: "This poem was found by Shan Deng and claimed to be written by the empress of the Southern Dynasty. If the mother had transcribed it herself, it would be a good story. At that time, my mother and I thought it was inappropriate, so we fooled it first. Take the single board and hand it over to the emperor's grandmother!"

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "At that time, I also thought it was strange. Why was a court lady so bold that she deceived the queen to write erotic poems for her? Later, the more I thought about it, the more it was wrong. I wondered if someone was going to make trouble for the queen, so she ordered the queen to I copied it for him just to have a look, please enter the urn, but in the end a clown really appeared."

"Is that so?" Yelu Hongji was greatly surprised, first glanced at Xiao Guanyin apologetically, then stared closely at Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie, and finally his eyes fell on Shan Deng.

"Your Majesty, this servant did not lie!"

"So the old man lied?" Empress Dowager Xiao's cold tone echoed in the hall, making people shudder.

Yelu Tri said: "Father, you may not know that Shan Deng was originally a maidservant of Yelu Chongyuan's mansion, and he is deeply loved by his father and son!"

"Oh, tell me, what's going on?" Yelu Hongji obviously believed more in his mother's testimony.

"Your Majesty, what the slaves said is true. The Empress Dowager and the Empress are relatives. It is inevitable that the Empress Dowager's testimony will be defensive or false..."

Empress Dowager Xiao was furious and said: "When you are about to die, you are still stubborn, and even slandered the old man. Do you want to find all the witnesses where you got the obscene poems, who you planned with, and all the witnesses?"

Now even Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie were a little anxious, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, a suggestive look drifted over.

Shan Deng hesitated for a moment, then laughed wildly: "That's right, how kind and generous the Emperor Taishu and the King of Chu are. They got their revenge!"

"Bitch!"

Yelu Hongji slapped Shan Deng abruptly, then walked to Xiao Guanyin, held his hand and said, "Queen, I blamed you!"

"It's okay!" Xiao Guanyin's expression was indifferent, as if she didn't care about her husband's attitude.He was apologizing to himself, but thinking about his attitude just now, with such distrust, where is the affection from the past?It's a conversation between an emperor and a queen, not like a husband and wife.

"Pull this lowly servant girl down and tear her body to pieces!" Yelu Hongji roared angrily, Yelu Chongyuan's remnants of crimes are already hateful enough, she even framed his wife.Allowing himself to wear a cuckold, and almost misleading himself to kill his wife, is simply heinous.

"Wait!" Empress Dowager Xiao stopped her, "Hongji, she is the remnant of Yelu Chongyuan, yes, she does have the intention of murdering the queen. It's just that such an ingenious plan, can a little maid like her accomplish it? "

"This……"

Mrs. Xiao followed up: "Thinking about the obscene poems written by the empress, you must be a master with outstanding literary talent to complete them. Then this poem was taken to Zhao Wangfu, and then our Zhao Wang and Zhang Zhuangyuan came together. Keep saying, singing and chorusing, accusing the queen of losing her virginity, it's very tight!"

"Queen Dowager forgive me!" Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie immediately knelt down and said, "Queen Dowager, Your Majesty, we were also deceived by Shan Deng and used by her. After I saw the manuscript of the poem, I heard that it was written by the Empress Dowager. It's very inappropriate, so Zhang Zhuangyuan was called in for review, and he was worried about the damage to the state of the Liao Dynasty, and the royal family would be ashamed, so he informed His Majesty."

"What a country is damaged, the royal family is humiliated, who has such thoughts, you know it in your heart!" Empress Dowager Xiao said angrily: "Zhang Xiaojie, it's just a poem, why do you judge that it is the empress' impromptu work recently? With such intentions, It's disgusting, it's suspicious!"

"The empress dowager forgives the sin. I see that the handwriting and style are all from the empress's hand, and the content is true and vivid, so I lie... Please forgive me, the empress dowager!" Zhang Xiaojie hurriedly explained, but two front teeth fell out, and his speech was a bit leaky. funny.

Yelu Hongji's face was gloomy again, and he turned around and asked, "Bitch, tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

Shan Deng firmly shook his head and said: "No one instigated, I just want to avenge the emperor's uncle and His Royal Highness Chu! I can only hate me as a weak woman, I can't kill you, I can only let you kill each other and be humiliated. Even if that "Ten Fragrances" was not written by the empress, but the empress and Zhao Weiyi are unclear...Xiao Guanyin, do you dare to say that you are loyal to the emperor?"

Xiao Guanyin's face turned red and then turned white. After the momentary turmoil, he tried to calm down and said lightly: "I am a queen, and there is no other woman in the world who is more noble than me. I have given birth to so many children, and now Having a grandson, what else can I be dissatisfied with, wanting to do such shameless deeds?"

"Bad maid!" Yelu Hongji slapped Shan Deng's face again.

Yelu Tri sneered and said: "The shameless and humble servant girl is really loyal and commendable, she will protect the master even when she is about to die, come and bring Gao Changming here!"

Zhang Xiaojie and Yelu Yixin's expressions changed instantly, especially Zhang Xiaojie's legs could not help shaking.

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "The old man has already ordered Terry to investigate this matter and caught the original author of "Ten Fragrance Ci"!"

A white and clean man was brought up, his hands and feet were tied with iron chains, and he knelt in the hall.

"Gao Changming, tell me!"

The prisoner said: "The villain has a long life. He is an entertainer in the teaching workshop and is good at poetry. Some time ago, someone found the villain and asked the villain to try to figure out the style of the empress's writing and write a erotic poem for fun in the boudoir. The villain I didn’t dare at first, but the other party has a high position, threatened the villain, and gave the villain a lot of gold and silver, so the villain was confused for a while, and wrote the disgusting "Ten Fragrance Ci"."

"Hmph!" Yelu Hongji sneered, "Say, who asked you to write it!"

"Yes..." Gao Changming raised his head, looked at someone and said, "It's Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Xiaojie, number one scholar of the Liao Kingdom, official residence prime minister!
Yelu Hongji's eagle-like eyes fell on Zhang Xiaojie, and he said coldly: "It's you? Why did you frame the queen?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged!" Zhang Xiaojie hastily begged for mercy, shouting that he was wronged.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Dinghe, the Secretary of the Jiaofang, also knows about this matter. He and Zhang Xiaojie have participated in the deliberation and revision of some parts of the poem. The villain has kept the manuscript they have revised, and their handwriting is on it!" Keep everything, especially this kind of For important matters related to wealth and life, individuals will leave some handles.

Zhang Xiaojie fell, and sat on the ground weakly, without a single excuse, he made a fatal mistake, any remedy was in vain!

Yelu Yixin also knelt down on the ground immediately, and said in grief: "Queen Dowager, Your Majesty, forgive me. I was confused for a moment, and fell into Zhang Xiaojie and this lowly servant girl's tricks, and was deceived by them. If you are disrespectful, please be magnanimous and forgive me. minister!"

Xiao Tansi was also trembling, several times he wanted to open his mouth to say something, but finally hesitant to speak.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely strange!

(End of this chapter)