The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 25
In the evening, the mastermind behind the drugging of the Ninth Prince's horse was found out. It was not Empress Xie and the Seventh Prince, but someone else.

Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren had just finished their dinner and were drinking tea and chatting.Tongxi came in and reported the matter to them.

Pan Cairen was surprised: "It's not the queen and the seventh prince."

Yu Meiren said: "The Empress and the Seventh Prince will not be so stupid."

Pan Cairen asked again: "The mastermind behind the scenes is Shang Fangling's eunuch. How could a eunuch like him have the guts to murder the prince? Who is the real mastermind behind the scenes?"

Yu Meiren looked at Tong Xi and asked, "That's right, who is the real mastermind behind the scenes?"

Tong Xi said respectfully: "You two ladies, this is what this servant heard. The emperor just ordered the execution of Eunuch Zeng and his assistants under Shang Fang's order, and did not deal with other people."

Both Pan Cairen and Yu Meiren looked surprised, and then looked at Liang Zhaoyi suspiciously: "Sister, what's going on, a eunuch who is up to the party order has no one to order him, even if he has a hundred guts, he would not dare to murder the Ninth Prince Ah, there must be someone behind this Eunuch Zeng."

Liang Zhaoyi was not surprised, and said calmly: "This matter is over."

Pan Cairen said in astonishment: "That's it? Doesn't the emperor investigate the real mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Murdering the prince is a serious crime. It's so strange that the emperor didn't thoroughly investigate the real mastermind behind the scenes." Yu Meiren asked puzzledly, "Sister, why didn't the emperor thoroughly investigate the real mastermind behind the scenes?"

"There is only one possibility." Liang Zhaoyi said with a deep expression, "The identity of the real mastermind behind the scenes is not simple."

When Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen heard what Liang Zhaoyi said, they showed shocking expressions on their faces, and exclaimed at the same time: "The identity is not simple, could it be..."

The words were not finished, but was interrupted by Liang Zhaoyi: "It's not for us to guess who it is."

Hearing the warning in Liang Zhaoyi's tone, Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen tensed up, nodded their heads and said, "My sister is right."

Liang Zhaoyi changed the subject to talk about growing vegetables, and the attention of Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen was successfully diverted.

In the study, Zhao Yao was copying "The Analects of Confucius".The fifth princess sat beside him and helped him read, so that he could copy faster.

After Tong Xi, Liang Zhaoyi and the others reported that the Ninth Prince's horse was drugged, they went to the study to tell Zhao Yao.

"Father only executed a few eunuchs of Shang Fangling, and there are no others?"

Tongxi said: "No."

"No?" Zhao Yao was very surprised, then thought of something, and suddenly said, "It seems that this matter has come to an end." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to let Tong Xi back down, and continued to copy " The Analects of Confucius.

The fifth princess didn't understand, so she quickly asked Zhao Yao, "Yaoyao, what did you mean when you said that this matter is over?"

While copying, Zhao Yao said, "It means that Father doesn't want to delve into this matter any more."

"Why?" The fifth princess was puzzled. "It's not a trivial matter to drug the ninth brother's horse. This is the murder of the prince. Why didn't the father go to the bottom of it? Don't the father love the ninth brother very much?"

"Because this matter is not simple." Zhao Yao continued, "The identity of the real mastermind behind this matter is not simple." I just don't know if it is the prince's person, or the third brother and others.

"Why isn't it simple?" The fifth princess asked curiously, "Father is the emperor, isn't he able to deal with anyone? Why not deal with this person?"

Zhao Yao raised his head and looked helplessly at the fifth princess: "Fifth sister, it's not that the father can't deal with the real mastermind behind the scenes, but wants to let this person go."

After listening to Zhao Yao's words, the fifth princess became more and more puzzled: "Why did the emperor let this person go, he wanted to kill the ninth brother?"

"Because this person is very important."

"Is it more important than the ninth brother?"

"Didn't something happen to Ninth Brother?" Zhao Yao said, "If something happens to Ninth Brother, it's a different story."

The fifth princess half-understood and said: "From what you mean, this person is more important than the ninth brother."

"Fifth sister, there is a saying that one hair can move the whole body, you know?"

"I know."

"This person is just pulling hair, understand?"

The fifth princess nodded first, then shook her head: "I don't understand."

"If you don't understand, then you don't understand. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, so you don't have to worry about it." He said it so clearly, but Fifth Sister still didn't understand, she was so stupid.

"Yaoyao, please make it clear."

"I said, you don't understand either." Zhao Yao patted "The Analects of Confucius", "Fifth Sister, keep reading."

"If you don't talk, don't talk, I don't care about listening." The fifth princess said angrily, then picked up "The Analects of Confucius" and continued to read it to Zhao Yao.

When he read Xu, Zhao Yao asked the fifth princess to go back to rest.Before leaving, the fifth princess still wanted to know why the person who framed the ninth prince couldn't move, but Zhao Yao didn't tell her.

The fifth princess went back and asked Poppy, but Poppy didn't know why.Yu Meiren told the fifth princess not to care about this matter, otherwise she would get angry.When Princess Wu heard what Yu Meiren said, she was too scared to ask any more questions.

The two from Zhaoyang Palace and Yongxin Palace were very dissatisfied with the fact that Emperor Wu of Zhou only dealt with several eunuchs of Shang Fangling.

In Zhaoyang Palace, Empress Xie angrily smashed the teacup.

"Why doesn't your majesty continue to investigate?" Empress Xie's face was very ugly, "is your majesty trying to cover up the crown prince?"

"Isn't my father always loving Zhao Xun? Zhao Xun was almost killed this time, but my father didn't go after the real culprit." The seventh prince said with a sneer, "It seems that in my father's heart, Zhao Xun is worse than Zhao Xun." Go up to the prince."

"What is Zhao Xun?" Empress Xie felt annoyed, "The emperor is actually blatantly protecting the prince's people and defending the prince."

"Queen Mother, this matter has nothing to do with us. We don't need to be so angry." The Seventh Prince comforted Empress Xie and said, "The one who is really angry should be Concubine Rong. She will definitely not let this matter go away."

Empress Xie thought of Concubine Rong's rudeness to her before, her eyes turned cold instantly, she gritted her teeth and said, "Concubine Rong, that bitch!"

"Mother, let Concubine Rong be proud for the time being, let them fight the prince first." The seventh prince said with a sly smile, "With Concubine Rong's temper, she will never let this matter go easily. And Dai Wang, He won't let it go, we'll just wait for them to fight."

After hearing this, Empress Xie nodded slightly and said, "The Dai Wang is coming back soon, let them fight."

"Mother, we can add fire to this matter..." Although the Seventh Prince didn't finish his sentence, the meaning was obvious.

Empress Xie understood and nodded in agreement: "I will do it according to your words."

"Queen Mother, about adding beads to the acting king, the father has not made a decision for a long time. Doesn't the father want to add beads to the acting king?" The matter of adding beads to the acting king has been arguing for a few days, but the father has not agreed for a long time, which is too strange. "Didn't the father love the Dai Wang the most, and want the Dai Wang to replace the crown prince? Adding beads to the Dai Wang is to honor the Dai Wang. It stands to reason that the father would immediately agree, but the father did not agree. What is the father thinking? "

"Because of your grandfather." Empress Xie was very angry when she thought that her father supported the crown prince but not her son. "Behind the prince is the Xie family. The emperor is concerned about the Xie family, so he will not immediately agree to add beads to the acting king."

"Obviously I am the orthodox, but my grandfather supports the prince who is a concubine girl. I really don't know what my grandfather thinks." The seventh prince was also very angry and resentful, "I am no worse than the prince."

This matter was a thorn in Empress Xie's heart, "If I hadn't been young back then, what qualifications did that bitch Xie Wan have to marry the emperor, what qualifications did she have to be the queen, and why should her son be the prince." Back then, The first emperor cooperated with Xie's family to let Emperor Wu of Zhou marry the daughter of Xie's family.At that time, Empress Xie, the prostitute of the Xie family, was too young to marry Emperor Wu of Zhou.The Xie family married a concubine who was about the same age as Emperor Wu of Zhou to him.

"You are the orthodox of the Zhao family and the Xie family, and you are the crown prince, not the son of that concubine Xie Wan." Every time I think that the son of the concubine daughter of the Xie family is inferior to the son of the concubine daughter Xie Wan, Empress Xie only felt humiliated.

"My mother, it's useless for me to be orthodox, my grandfather and the others don't support me."

"When the crown prince loses to the acting king, your grandfather will turn around and support you." Empress Xie felt aggrieved, but there was nothing she could do, "We can only wait patiently for now."

"I really hope Dai Wang can come back soon." As soon as Dai Wang returns to Beijing, the battle between him and the prince will become fierce.

　Guess who is behind the drugging?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)