Lady forced to seek prince

The system character card mission stated that the little emperor Xiao Min's biological mother, Ying Bi, was murdered. Zhao Luoyang felt that in order to complete the character card mission, he must at least find out what happened around the little emperor.

The death of his biological mother will inevitably affect Xiao Min, not to mention that Ruichun later mentioned that people around Yingbi had been secretly helping the little emperor.

This statement should be true or false. Before this, Xiao Yu had also received news from the palace that someone was helping the young emperor behind the Grand Master's back. Who were these people?

The little emperor is still young and it is difficult to cultivate any manpower on his own, so the possibility of favoring concubines is greater.

Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhang Yao: "What did uncle find out?"

Zhang Yao nodded: "When I help the Prime Minister, I will also place many informants in various mansions in the capital to find out all kinds of information for me. This time, there are still some people who have not been discovered by the Prime Minister. They know that I want to find out about Xiao Min and There are really some clues about the Grand Master’s news.”

Zhang Yao paused deliberately when he said this: "The princess may not even guess who the news is pointing to this time."

Zhao Luoyang understood and said: "Is it possible that uncle is talking about the Grand Master?"

Zhang Yao's eyes lit up slightly, and the news obviously made him happy and excited.

"The princess guessed correctly, she is the Grand Master," Zhang Yao said, "Back then, Concubine Ying was sentenced to death because she harmed Concubine Hui."

Zhao Luoyang had heard about Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui was selected by the people to enter the palace. It took more than a year to be promoted to the rank of concubine. This was surprising, but it was a pity that Concubine Hui was so beautiful. , when she was six months pregnant, she lost one life and two lives due to an illness.

Originally, Concubine Hui's matter would not attract Zhao Luoyang's attention. It is not uncommon for emperors to favor a certain concubine from ancient times to the present. What made Zhao Luoyang feel that Concubine Hui was unusual was that Concubine Hui looked a bit like Empress Xian Zhang.

Zhang Yao sighed and said, "To tell you more carefully, Concubine Hui has some relationship with the Zhang family. Concubine Hui's mother is the concubine of Empress Zhang's mother."

The concubines and concubines raised at home are recognized by the clan and their lives are not too bad. However, there are also concubines and concubines who are despised by the royal family, especially concubines. Sooner or later, they will be married off and will not bring any benefits to the clan. , they are treated like servants at home, and even the housekeepers talk coldly to them.

This was the case with Concubine Hui. Her name didn't even have the same character as the other sisters in the family, and she was incompatible with that family from the inside out. Thanks to meeting a good aunt, her aunt saw the opportunity and pushed her out to participate in the selection. Unexpectedly, she rose to the top and completely changed her situation.

Zhang Yao said: "The emperor likes Concubine Hui. He must have seen the shadow of Empress Xian Zhang in her. Those who have been lost must be cherished. The emperor is making up for the guilt of Empress Xian Zhang and the Zhang family on Concubine Hui. "

"In those days, Concubine Hui was the only favorite in the Sixth Palace. Even Empress Feng had to give her more face. This became even more so when Concubine Hui became pregnant. Everyone in the palace carefully served Concubine Hui. Who knew that Concubine Hui was six months old? When I was there, I started to have symptoms of poisoning after eating a piece of snack."

"The emperor personally stood by and killed an imperial doctor in a rage. Even so, he failed to save Concubine Hui and her son. The emperor was furious and went into war in the harem. He arrested more than 20 palace people and interrogated them all night. , and finally all the clues point to a young chamberlain in Concubine Hui’s palace.”

"When Concubine Hui first entered the palace, this chamberlain was with her. He was the right person beside Concubine Hui and was deeply trusted by Concubine Hui. Based on this, Concubine Hui had extra trust in him, and he also got the opportunity to serve Concubine Hui. The concubine’s food was poisoned.”

Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhang Yao: "Was the chambermaid confessing because he was instigated by concubine Ying?" For such a big matter, even if he confessed, he would be punished by death, so he would generally not bite his master.

Zhang Yao shook his head: "No, it was found that his family was taken care of by the palace servants around Ying Bin, and then it was confirmed that he and Ying Bin knew each other."

He was found out instead of confessed, which makes people feel more believable. No wonder concubine Ying gave birth to a prince for the late emperor, and the late emperor would attack concubine Ying.

Zhang Yao said: "There are also people who took the risk to plead with the late emperor on behalf of Concubine Ying, and also mentioned that Concubine Ying's children are still young and need their mother's care."

When Zhao Luoyang heard this, he knew that the late emperor would kill Concubine Ying. Even if he had hesitated before, he would make up his mind after hearing these words.

Zhao Luoyang said: "It is impossible for the emperor to leave the future prince to the upbringing of a poisonous woman."

Zhang Yao stroked his beard and nodded: "That's exactly what happened. That's why the emperor decisively killed Ying Concubine without waiting for her mother's family to come to plead for mercy. However, he did not issue an explicit edict. He only said that Concubine Ying fell ill and died."

Zhao Luoyang said: "The late emperor saved Ying's face, and Ying's mother's family did not dare to raise any doubts, because Ying died of illness rather than being convicted, and would not implicate her mother's family. At least the late emperor did not. The crime will be punished immediately. Furthermore, after Ying Concubine passes away, it is impossible for Concubine Ying's mother's family to get any benefits from her. The only person they can rely on in the future is the current emperor."

Zhang Yao was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Princess Yu to figure this out so quickly.

"That's right," Zhang Yao said, "That's what Concubine Ying's mother's family does."

"But they have forgotten what happened to the Zhang family," Zhao Luoyang said. "The late emperor will not let everything pass casually."

The late emperor appeared to be kind, but in fact he was a careless villain. Even the Zhang family could become a pawn in his hands, let alone concubine Ying.

The final result of Yingbin's mother's family was no different from that of the Zhang family.

Zhao Luoyang then asked: "But what does this have to do with the Grand Master?"

"If you don't want others to be unaware, you have to do it yourself," Zhang Yao said. "This time, the Grand Master used the excuse to investigate Feng's spy in the palace and cleaned up the palace from top to bottom. Now the chamberlain in charge of the palace is named Huang Chuan. , the Jiang chamberlain who poisoned Concubine Hui, had been favored by Huang Chuan, and Huang Chuan adopted an adopted son who would inherit his family business in the future, and this adopted son was adopted from the Jiang family."

Huang Chuan had contacts with Jiang Neishi, and even accepted Jiang family's children to continue the family line, which shows that Huang Chuan and Jiang Neishi had a close relationship.

The relationships and interests in the palace have always been traceable. It can be said that this news can cause a rift between Xiao Min and the Grand Master.

Zhang Yao said: "If the Empress Dowager Feng's staff had not been cleaned up, the Grand Master would not have let down his guard and exposed his flaws."

"After killing Concubine Ying and cleaning up Concubine Ying's mother's family, the young emperor suddenly had no one to teach him, so the emperor sent the young emperor to Concubine De's palace, and Concubine De recommended the grand master to enlighten the young emperor. "

All of these, one after another, brought the little emperor to the grand master. The grand master tried his best to teach this disciple. The late emperor saw it, so before he died, he safely handed the little emperor to the grand master. in hand.