son-in-law

Chapter 551
Cao Yuzan was reprimanded by her uncle Cao Sheng and eradicated the "Te Tong" she had set up in private.The so-called "Te Tong" is a secret service agency copied by Cao Yuzan according to the "Jing Tong" model.It was also this institution that completed the mission of delivering news to General Min Yue of Anxi.

The special system covers a larger area than the Beijing system.The three old princes and the Sanmen clan are the targets that Cao Yuzan wants to attack and control.But she acted too hastily, and finally showed her feet.And her ambition angered the three princes, as well as the man behind the prince.

Cao Sheng came to see Cao Yuhan this time, it was more like reading an "ultimatum".If Cao Yuzan doesn't know restraint, he still has illusions about military power.The three old kings will depose the queen mother and even the emperor Daxing, and support Prince Geng Zhao Zhun or Prince Kang Zhao Di.

At the same time, the three old kings expelled Zhang Gao, the Lenggong eunuch who was sent by Cao Yuzan to Prince Geng's mansion, out of the mansion. At this time, Zhao Zhun had lifted the punishment and put on the royal robe and crown again.

Now, Cao Yuzan felt that he had been thrown into the cold palace, and he was so disheartened that he didn't even go to court her early.

……

Changqiu Palace, Feixiang Palace.The empress dowager looked sluggish, her eyes were closed tightly, and she didn't care about the little emperor crawling to the couch beside her.

Seeing that the eight-month-old child was about to fall, Cao Xiaobao, who had returned from a trip, rushed over and supported the emperor.

The sound of the wind brought by Cao Xiaobao caused Cao Yuhan to slightly open her eyelids, turned over sleepily, and continued to lie down.

It felt like she had lost her soul, leaving only a beautiful body lying there.

At this time, Li Wantang came in from the outside and gave Cao Xiaobao a few words, Cao Xiaobao reluctantly left with the child in his arms.

Cao Yuzan was still lying down, with her back to Li Wantang, just tapped her fingers lightly to let Li Wantang know that she was still awake.

When Cao Xiaobao had gone far away and there were only two people left in the room, Li Wantang said in a deep voice: "If the Empress Dowager had listened to the old slave earlier, this disaster would not have happened."

Cao Yuhan's fingers did not move.

Li Wantang said again: "During the time when the old slave left, the Empress Dowager appointed several newcomers. Among these people, there are double-faced people."

Cao Yuzan turned around: "What's the use of finding out now?"

Li Wantang said: "Of course it is useful. Now the three old princes have not planned to do anything to the Queen Mother, but just let go of Zhao Zhun to deter the Queen Mother. To keep these double-faced people, as long as the Queen Mother shows in front of them that she will 'change her past mistakes ', the three old kings are blind."

Cao Yuzan narrowed her eyes: "I heard from Zhao Di that he wants to make Zhao Zhun the regent. Wouldn't I be kicked out of the palace? From now on, he will accompany the emperor to the palace. What else do I have to do?"

Li Wantang said: "Zhao Zhun doesn't have military power either. Besides, how could the queen mother forget Xiang Meng? Meng Xiang and Zhao Zhun's political views are completely opposite, and they can be called enemies. If Meng Xiang is willing to talk to the three princes, the queen mother The days of listening to the government behind the curtain will continue. The only thing to guard against now is Ximen Zhensen. The old slave heard that Ximen’s family sent Princess Ximen back to Prince Geng’s mansion to show their support for Zhao Zhun.”

Cao Yuzan sighed: "The three old kings will definitely weigh the two, but whether I can keep my position is still a matter of debate. I think that only Tang Zhen can help me now. I don't know if I can do it by asking Peng Tingyue to go to Chang'an to do business. What's the matter? I don't know if Tang Zhen accepts my favor. In fact, I offered Tang Zhen a lot of conditions. He originally wanted to take back the four counties of Hexi, but he was poor and had no money to fight."

Li Wantang said: "There was no special affairs in the past, and the three old princes may not have stopped the queen mother from opening the Hexi Corridor. Now that the special affairs have been exposed, it will be very difficult for the mother to use money to support powerful clans in the war."

Cao Yuzan finally sat up: "The Jingtong side, didn't the three old kings notice?"

Li Wantang said: "It's not that they didn't notice it, but they didn't take it seriously at all. They even made fun of the Queen Mother and got dozens of people at each gate to mess around there, but it was useless at all. And their existence is even better. It covered up the secret agents. The old slave thought that this road would definitely go to the end."

Cao Yuzan laughed miserably: "But my uncle can't come back, when can I catch Zhao Yafu?"

Li Wantang said: "Mother, you are too impatient. The old slave once remembered that the fastest time Su Yu gave was three years. But what the Queen Mother wants is three months."

"Do you think that even if uncle doesn't come back, things can be done in three years?"

"The old slave thinks it should be five years."

"You are less anxious than Su Yu." Cao Yuhan frowned: "I have never understood that the old prince attaches great importance to the quietness of the harem, but why do they tolerate Su Yu often visiting me in the harem?"

"because……"

"you know?"

Li Wantang hesitated for a while before saying: "Because he is also the prince, the one Chen Mei lost."

"Oh?" Cao Yuzan cheered up, sat up straight, and pointed at Li Wantang impatiently: "Please tell me in detail, and tell me everything you know."

Li Wantang continued: "I thought he could die, but he survived because of his life. Chen Mei was reluctant to strangle the child, so she went to ask Empress Tang. At that time, Su Changsheng was committing a capital crime. Later, during Tang Qiong's mediation Excuse me, and spare him the death penalty. Just when Su Changsheng returned to his hometown in Huazhou, he took the child away."

"Oh..., I seem to understand." Cao Yuzan recalled, "Renzong (God-given Emperor Zhao Chong) once told me about this. At that time, Emperor Wanlong said that the pampered prince could not be reused and was not good enough to be the crown prince. So let the three families take away a prince from the palace, and raise them like wild children. At that time, it was said that the three princes were born to Empress Tang, Concubine Meng, and Concubine Ximen. Now it seems that it was not Tang who was taken away by the Tang family. The Empress gave birth. It's no wonder that the Empress Dowager Chen killed the other two, leaving only Su Yu..."

"Queen Mother, you are wrong, Su Yu's situation is more dangerous..."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"The princes of the Meng family and the Ximen family were killed. How could the two families not retaliate. Besides, they didn't think it was the Queen Mother Chen who did it, but pointed the finger at the Tang family. They sent several groups of masters to assassinate. Only Chen Xun, Su Maosheng, Huang Dingtian, and Lu Changxiao were too powerful to let the assassins succeed. Later, Su Changsheng wrote to Tang Qiong, saying that his home was about to be demolished, and begged the Duke to give him a noble hand to save him. Tang Qiong was old at that time, and the other The child was not born to Empress Tang, so he didn't want to quarrel with the other two families because of this matter. So he told the secret to Ximen Zaichi and Meng Qi, and the dispute was resolved. From then on, Su Yu was The Tang family may nominate the crown prince, and later he will become the Tang family's son-in-law."

"Oh, so that's the case... then who is Chen Xun?"

"He is an old slave of Empress Dowager Chen's natal family. In fact, this old slave does not have a good relationship with Empress Dowager Chen. He originally served Empress Dowager Chen's half-sister Chen Qiao. In order to please Emperor Wanlong, Empress Dowager Chen introduced her sister To the emperor, and Chen Qiao is also the mother of King Mu and the younger sister of Chen Qianfen. Chen Xun always believed that it was the Queen Mother Chen who killed Chen Qiao. But out of loyalty to the master of the Chen family, he agreed to take care of the child. In addition, whether the Empress Dowager Chen agreed to other conditions, the old slave is not clear."

The amount of information was too much, and Cao Yuzan was a little stunned. She frowned and recalled something, and suddenly whispered: "In this way, Renzong knew Su Yu's identity... Of course, the Empress Dowager Chen knew it even more, but..., that's not right. When Renzong's health was about to fail, why did Empress Dowager Chen choose Zhao Zhun instead of Su Yu? She also killed those concubines and brought me into the palace?"

"These questions can only be asked to that person..."

"who?"

"Emperor Bandung."

"What did you say! Are you teasing me?"

"Don't panic, Queen Mother. Emperor Wanlong has never died. The order to kill Queen Mother Chen was not given by the three princes, but by him."

Hearing this, Cao Yuzan's back felt chills, took a long breath, thought for a long time, and asked in a deep voice, "Where is he?"

Li Wantang said solemnly: "Does the queen mother want to kill him? This old slave still advises you to get rid of this idea. Zhang Yunlong, Zhao Ting, Gongsunxiong, Zhao Yafu, and even your uncle Cao Sheng, they will do it before you do it. "

"The five generals belong to him?"

"Exactly." Li Wantang paused for a long time, and then said: "Zhang Yunlong and Zhao Ting are both his sons. Maybe your uncle Cao Sheng..."

Cao Yuzan felt dizzy, and calmed down before saying: "From this point of view, five years may not be enough, let's talk about it after he dies. Go and tell Su Yu that you should follow his plan and strive for victory in a steady manner." In addition, you can tell Qiu Yao and Li Fu that they can stop there."

Cao Yuzhan sat there quietly, thought of a few more questions, and asked Li Wantang: "The three old kings know Su Yu's identity, so what about Tang Zhen and the others?"

Li Wantang said: "Tang Zhen must know, Meng Danqing and Ximen Zhensen should know too."

"But I don't think Tang Ling'er knows, and she often has bitter thoughts about Su Yu's background." Cao Yuzhan smiled wryly: "The three dukes' mouths are really strict, so they didn't spread the matter. In fact, I don’t think it’s necessary to keep it a secret. Just like Zhang Yunlong, everyone in the market knows about it. So what?”

Li Wantang said: "Emperor Wanlong has too many illegitimate children, if they all are revealed, the reputation of the country may be damaged."

"But he is not an illegitimate child." Cao Yuzan snorted coldly, and asked again: "Why did Chen Chonghua abort his second child back then?"

Li Wantang said that Empress Tang did not allow her to give birth.Empress Tang was not against Chen Mei, but was angry with Emperor Wanlong.During that time, Chen Mei was not the only one in the palace who was forced to have a miscarriage, but only Su Yu, the child, survived.

Cao Yuzan asked again, when both Concubine Meng Gui and Concubine Ximen sent their children out of the palace, why didn't Empress Tang send them?
Li Wantang said that Empress Tang was worried that the child she sent out would die, so she simply took Su Yu as a backstop.

Cao Yuzan asked: Su Yu was not born to Empress Tang, did the other concubines know?
Li Wantang said: Empress Tang has a very domineering personality, and that was also the time when she and Emperor Wanlong had the worst quarrel.Empress Tang ordered that every concubine give birth to her palace, call her mother, and not allow her biological mother to visit.This includes the children of Concubine Meng and Concubine Ximen.

At first the two noble concubines refused to hand over the child, so Empress Tang sent someone to snatch it.Grab it in your own hands.At that time, the head of the palace was Hu Rong of Lao Diaosi.Li Wantang, as Hu Rong's follower, accompanied Hu Rong to rob.

At that time, the empress and the two noble concubines also had a very unpleasant quarrel, they did not communicate with each other all the year round, and regarded each other as enemies.Not to mention the daily visits, it is a major etiquette event, and the two noble concubines can't escape their illnesses.The other concubines did not dare to enter Changqiu Palace either.Empress Tang had so many children, no one knew which one was born to Empress Tang.

The two concubines Meng and Ximen were wronged in the palace, so they asked their relatives for help.Under the pressure from Meng and Ximen, Emperor Wanlong said that "the pampered prince cannot be reused", and used this as an excuse to forcefully snatch the two children out and send them to the clan for training.

As a result, the two children died shortly after Chen Mei seized power.Su Yu was ten years old that year.It was the peak period of Su Changsheng, Su Changli, Su Maosheng, Huang Dingtian, and Lu Changxiao. Although Chen Xun was old, he was still growing strong.

(End of this chapter)