Daughter Shenghua

Chapter 130 Suspiciousness creates dark ghosts 2
The empress dowager and the empress exchanged a few more words, and the crowd fell silent. People like them couldn't get their mouths in this kind of scene.

The queen deliberately angered the queen mother with her words, and at the same time cast the corner of her eyes at the emperor.It's a pity that he didn't speak from the beginning to the end, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He looked straight at the curtain on the stage.

Yun Xi knew that today's work was done, and now she was about to look at the next thing, so she turned her head and glanced at the prince again.

But at this time, she accidentally found the thoughtful eyes of the eldest princess, which reminded her of the secret about the eldest princess' son-in-law that she saw at Shangguan's house.

According to the scroll, the princess consort was poisoned and died of chronic poison.He was sent out of Beijing a few years before the poisoning occurred, and died on the way of inspection when the poisoning occurred.

The son-in-law seemed to have noticed something before his death. It is said that he did not want to return to the capital after his death, and asked the eldest princess to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to bury him. At the same time, he also hoped that the eldest princess would stay away from the capital.

After the death of the son-in-law, the eldest princess was sad and unwilling to return to Beijing for a while, so she took the little princess to live outside for several years.It wasn't until the queen mother issued several edicts to let her return to Beijing to attend the birthday banquet that she had no choice but to bring the princess back.

Now it seems that the cause of death of the eldest princess' son-in-law is very suspicious, and the eldest princess may already have someone to suspect.

At this time, Yunxi didn't have time to continue paying attention to the eldest princess.

Because the emperor spoke...

"How does the queen mother think of today's play?" The emperor asked suddenly.

The Empress Dowager looked a little impatient, "As long as the emperor likes it!"

The emperor suddenly laughed, "Okay, reward! Lu You, reward them again!"

Lu You retreated respectfully.

When the atmosphere was awkward, the prince suddenly said: "Father, I have some experience after watching this play today, so I would like to ask Father for permission."

"Oh? What does the prince think?"

The prince smiled lightly and said: "My son mentioned the word filial piety while watching the opera, and suddenly remembered that the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace has not been overhauled for more than ten years. And the residence of the father and queen mother has been rested, and even the East Palace of the son has been repaired several times. Daxiu, now that I think about it, it is really unfilial. Therefore, I implore my father to grant permission to repair the Shoukang Palace, so as to be filial!"

The prince's generous speech won the praise of the officials, and the emperor was also thoughtful, only the empress dowager's face was not very good-looking.

"There is no need to look at the Ai family, and the Shoukang Palace is used to living in such an Ai family now, but suddenly I am not used to it after repairing it, so I don't have to waste money and people!" The queen mother vetoed before the emperor.

The corner of the crown prince's mouth raised slightly, and he said in a loud voice: "The queen mother is the mother of the emperor! She still lives in the house more than ten years ago, which makes the grandson feel so embarrassed. The grandson occupies the position of the East Palace and has not made any contribution to the people of the country. Even living in such a magnificent East Palace makes my grandson really feel ashamed, and all civil and military officials must have trouble sleeping and eating!"

Xiao Mujin thought that the prince was trying to curry favor with the empress dowager, and she didn't want him to win the jackpot, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The empress dowager please understand the filial piety of the grandchildren! The grandson is willing to take a bath and fast for the health of the empress dowager."

Seeing that the second prince said the same thing, all the officials knelt down and begged the Queen Mother.

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face gradually faded, "The Ai family knows your filial piety, and the national treasury is not full now, so don't waste it for me, an old woman!"

Xiao Muling stepped forward suddenly, "If the Empress Dowager is worried about the national treasury, my grandson is willing to donate 1 taels of silver as a subsidy, and I also ask the Empress Dowager to honor my grandson's filial piety."

Seeing that he had taken the lead, Xiao Mujin quickly said: "Although my grandson is not as rich as my third brother, I would like to donate 1 taels to fulfill my grandson's filial piety, and that's okay with the Queen Mother's permission!"

Then the prince also donated 5000 taels.

Seeing that the princes donated money one after another, all the officials had to bite the bullet and "donate generously" one after another.

The queen mother was very angry when she saw that things had suddenly become like this.

Seeing the empress dowager's complexion, the emperor said slowly: "Mother, since the children are so filial, why not fulfill them, and it will be a good story in the future. If the mother insists on refusing, let someone who cares know about it, and thinks there is something in the mother's Shoukang Palace." Things can't be seen by people, wouldn't it ruin the empress mother's virtuous name?"

The Empress Dowager's expression completely cooled down, and everyone realized that something was wrong.

Seeing the Queen Mother cast a glance at Princess Ling who had not said a word, Princess Ling immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant.The queen mother wanted her to persuade the emperor to give up this idea, so she stood up.

Princess Ling suddenly became the focus of the crowd. Just as she was about to speak, a lazy voice came from beside her, "Queen Mother, do you want the emperor and these princes to bear the reputation of being unfilial! Grandmother of the princes!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a sharp sword piercing into the emperor's heart.He suddenly realized that the queen mother had never treated his son as a grandson in these years, and had never fulfilled the duties of a mother to himself.My heart sank suddenly...

When Xiao Muyun said this, Princess Ling couldn't say what she was about to say. Seeing that everyone was still looking at her, she glanced at Xiao Mujin, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "Second brother's words are so sincere, please let the queen mother help you. Brother's heart.!"

The Queen Mother no longer hides her dissatisfaction at this time, anyone can see that she is in a bad mood at the moment.Seeing that Princess Ling put all the "credit" on herself at this time, Xiao Mujin's expression turned cold.Xiao Muling also laughed secretly at the side, wondering when the second child offended that devil king.

The atmosphere froze again!The Empress Dowager just wanted to use this method to let the matter pass like this.

Unexpectedly, the prince said lightly: "What's wrong with the queen mother? She looks a little bad, but did the grandson do something wrong?" The prince pretended to be stupid, and Yun Xi almost wanted to applaud.

The prince went on to say: "The grandson has been in poor health since he was a child, and he never went to Shoukang Palace to perform his filial piety, so he thought of using this method to show some filial piety to the Queen Mother, but he didn't find it, but he offended the Queen Mother. My mistake, please be punished by the Queen Mother!" After finishing speaking, he was about to step forward, but at this moment the prince's feet were weak, as if he was about to fall, and the guards on the side hurriedly supported him.

The prince pushed away the guards and said: "You all stand down, I have already displeased the queen mother, please don't cause trouble!" After speaking, he started to cough heavily.

The queen hurried over and patted the prince on the back to comfort him. The emperor also stood up anxiously. After a while, the prince's face looked better.

The empress seemed to be blaming the prince in a moderate voice and said: "You are the prince of the East Palace, the future prince, and you are fooling around without caring about your own body for such a trivial matter. She will really disregard your filial piety, she is the emperor's biological mother, your direct grandmother, how can she disregard your reputation. You are still too young."

Yun Xi nodded secretly as she listened to the side, the empress was not for nothing!

The prince hurriedly said: "The child is abrupt, thank you queen mother!"

At this point, the Queen Mother had no choice but to agree to overhaul the Shoukang Palace.

The emperor sneered, there must be some shady secret in the Shoukang Palace, otherwise why would the empress dowager evade in every possible way!

Tonight, this drama pierced the emperor's heart like a thorn.

Childhood doubts kept lingering in his mind, could the Empress Dowager not be his biological mother?Could it be that he was carried here?Is it a tool used to snatch the throne?

Is that why the queen mother is not friendly to herself, wants to control the court, and gives herself such medicine?

More and more problems emerged in the emperor's heart, and he felt deeply contradictory and uneasy...

Before leaving the palace, Yun Xi took another look at the "chrysanthemum" that was half a person tall, and chuckled lightly.

(End of this chapter)