Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 560 Hongxuan and Madam Hou
"Your Majesty!" Liu Yunxiang exhaled anxiously. Although he had already guessed it, he was still surprised when it was confirmed, "It's really him!"

After the eldest princess and Mrs. Dingyuan Hou left, Liu Yunxiang went back to the backyard and saw Yan Mu was about to go out, so he pestered him for a while and followed.

Knowing that the emperor was involved in this matter, he was very reluctant for her to get involved.She was reluctant to get into the carriage, and he didn't like to talk to her on the way.

All the way up the mountain, they came to the Taoist Temple of Yunxia Mountain, and a little Taoist boy led them to the meditation room where Taoist Hongxuan lived.

Liu Yunxiang was surprised when he heard the truth, but Hongxuan and Yan Mu were happy and calm, poured tea and drank tea, smiled and were indifferent, as if they were competing.

She also thought of the Taoist boy who led them to the Buddhist monastery and said, "Master is waiting for you two in the Zen monastery."

Liu Yunxiang asked curiously: "Taoist Hongxuan knew we would come?"

"Master said that he will always come, it's just a little earlier and a little later."

Therefore, Hongxuan knew that Yan Mu would come, this was his supernatural power.

Liu Yunxiang couldn't stand the atmosphere where you don't talk and I don't talk, so he couldn't help asking: "The emperor and Mrs. Hou are both in the palace and the other is in the backyard of the deep house. How can they get along?"

Speaking of this, she thought of Mrs. Yan, that is, Yan Mu's mother. She was humiliated by the emperor and gave birth to Yan Mu. Could it be the same as this situation?
Liu Yunxiang looked at Yan Mu, as if he shouldn't ask this question, but Yan Mu's face was indifferent, without the memory of the past, he also lost the humiliation caused by this life experience.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Yan Mu raised his eyebrows.

"No, cough cough." Liu Yunxiang picked up the teacup in front of Yan Mu and drank it dry, and said with a dry smile, "This tea is quite delicious."

Hongxuan smiled and said, "It's a long story."

"The Taoist said slowly, we have plenty of time," Liu Yunxiang said.

Hongxuan sighed for a long time, and his expression changed from a detached calmness to a worldly one, with annoyance on his face, "I don't know if you two have heard about the poor Taoist, it was already 20 years ago. , I studied hard for several years in the cold window, just waiting for the leap to the dragon gate, and I was also very high-spirited, and felt that the No. [-] candidate was already in my bag. At that time, I was in favor of a girl. When I was in high school, I went to her house to propose marriage. She was an official I was born in a poor family. We met each other during a spring outing and fell in love with each other. Although she was restrained by etiquette, she still pursued love passionately, and often sneaked out to visit me at home. At that time, I was also very Love her."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Hongxuan, who was dressed in a Taoist priest's attire, but at this moment his brows were frowned, with a look of sadness.Through the current Hongxuan, one can imagine what kind of young man he was 20 years ago.

"At that time, students from all over the world gathered in Shengjing. Some came from poor families like me, and some came from merchants or officials' families. But regardless of their background, they can be divided into two types. Those who are still hanging on the beam, and those who have never worked hard and still eat flower wine before the exam. I belong to the former category, and I sneer at the latter category, thinking that such people will rot into the mud sooner or later, and be judged by people like us. People stepped on the bottom of my feet. At that time, I was so naive and full of ambition every day, thinking about the title of the gold medal and the wedding candles in the wedding room. However, one night, I was studying until late at night, and I was so hungry that my chest was pressed against my back, so I thought about going out to eat a bowl of wontons. There is a wonton stand outside Huajie. I sat in the dark alley and was drinking hot soup. I saw those rich people coming out of it together with the invigilating officials. , I clearly heard him say: My lord, I leave the examination questions to you. He said and stuffed a stack of banknotes into the examiner's arms, but the examiner accepted it and patted the rich man. shoulders, to reassure him. I was very angry at the time, and I went to the Gong Yuan to report it early the next morning, and the result..."

Speaking of this, Hongxuan laughed, not sadly, but sarcastically, probably because he felt that he was really ridiculous at that time.

"In the end, I slandered the court officials and was thrown into prison. After I begged hard, I still missed Qiu Wei. When I came out, the list was already released. That night, those rich families were all on the list, and one of them was even Tanhua. I have no fame, but I love that woman, so I went to her house to propose marriage, but was kicked out by her father. Not long after, she got married, married to Marquis Dingyuan."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Mrs. Dingyuan Hou, you two knew each other before, and you still have this relationship!"

Hongxuan shook his head and laughed, "At that time, I felt that the officialdom was dark, and it was useless to retake the exam. Instead, it would humiliate my own talent, and the woman I loved married another person. Under the double blow, I was hidden from the world."

Liu Yunxiang exhaled lightly. In her previous life, she only knew that Hongxuan had seen through the world and became a monk before Qiuwei, so it turned out that something like this happened in the middle.

"Uh, but what does this have to do with Madam Hou and the Emperor?"

Hongxuan sighed, and continued: "After she married into the Marquis's Mansion, she was superficially beautiful, and in the eyes of others, she was a loving couple, but in fact, that Marquis had a bad temper and often beat her. She once told me Yes, but at that time I had already abandoned Xiao Ai, devoted myself to cultivating the Tao, and did not care about worldly matters. The year before last, when Marquis Dingyuan passed away, she came to the Taoist temple and said she was liberated, so I also returned to the world, so that we can reunite together. Shape the front edge. Of course I didn’t agree, and I couldn’t even understand why she was so obsessed with it. It’s been 20 years, and it should have been polished. But one day, I went to Xuanyuantai to preach Taoism, She sneaked into my meditation room and lighted acacia incense, but...but it was the emperor who came in, so the two hit each other by mistake."

Liu Yunxiang pursed her lips, "So it's not that the emperor humiliated Mrs. Hou, but... it's her own doing."

"Shortly after this incident, she became pregnant, and the emperor knew about it. The emperor wanted to have a child, so how could he let her go? Naturally, he forced her to give birth to the child."

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang didn't know how to react for a while.

It turned out to be like this...

"Mrs. Hou's maid, Nian'er, discovered the relationship between Mrs. Hou and the emperor, so she had to die. The emperor asked Han Zicheng to deal with it, but Han Zicheng was a pervert. He didn't kill her directly, but tortured her." Yan Mu analyzed lightly.

Hongxuan nodded, "That's right."

"On the same day, Miss Six brought her maidservant Lan Xiang to the Taoist temple to get sleeping incense. Someone deliberately led them to Zhuangzi, apparently from Shangguanxu, in order to let Miss Six break the matter. In fact, Nian'er Unexpectedly, after all, she is only a maidservant, and her death is not enough for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to intervene. Shangguan Xu wanted to kill the sixth girl, and only when the sixth girl died could the case become a big one. The Ministry of Criminal Justice had to intervene. Although the sixth girl broke through, but she knew kung fu, she escaped from Zhuangzi with her maid Lan Xiang. Qin Feishi was already prepared, and he asked Hong Zhu to wait outside to intercept the two. Hong Zhu only killed Lan Xiang, I don't know if he couldn't beat her or what, and she let Miss Six run away." Yan Mu said.

"Miss Six was missing, Mrs. Dingyuan Hou entered the palace to beg the emperor, and the emperor handed over the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for His Highness to investigate. The Emperor knows His Highness's ability, so he is not afraid of you finding out?" Hongxuan asked with a smile.

Yan Mu frowned, "Indeed, he can hand it over to someone close to him, but why should I check it?"

(End of this chapter)