Mugui

After the Queen Mother entered the house, she did not sit on the phoenix chair of the Queen Mother of the two palaces, but sat aside.After everyone had finished their salutes, the Empress Dowager asked the two empress dowagers to take their seats, and then slowly said: "The Princess Protector entered the palace today, but was it because of the assassination of Concubine Shu?"

Queen Mother Sheng was shocked. How did this old woman know about this?
Yang Mu cupped his hands and said, "Exactly. I just told the Queen Mother of the two palaces that the assassin of the Gate of Life and Death was paid by a palace maid."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes slightly, glanced at the Queen Mothers of the two palaces, and said slowly: "Princess Protector told the Ai family about this matter. The Ai family found the palace maid during a secret investigation in the past few days."

When Yang Mu entered the palace yesterday, he brought a portrait with him. It was the portrait of the palace maid that was dictated by the elder of the Life and Death Sect and hand-painted by the portraitist.

The Queen Mother raised her hand slightly, and the old woman unfolded a scroll, revealing a portrait of a person.

When the person in the painting was clearly seen, a palace maid in the corner of the main hall quietly slipped towards the back hall, but was stopped by the old nanny.

"Qiu Su, where are you going?"

The palace maid immediately collapsed to the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The Empress Dowager said very solemnly: "Leaving the palace privately is already a serious crime, but you dare to pay someone to kill your master, and you will be punished by the Nine Clan!"

The palace maid named Qiu Su turned pale and looked at Queen Mother Sheng in horror, trembling her lips as if asking for help.

Empress Dowager Sheng's face turned pale. She wanted to kill someone and silence her, but she couldn't do it in front of everyone.

The Empress Dowager said: "Zongren Mansion! This palace maid is entrusted to you. You must interrogate the person behind the scenes!"

Seeing that Empress Dowager Sheng did not save her, Qiu Su knew that if she went to the clan mansion, she would definitely be tortured. So she recruited Empress Dowager Sheng, and then the whole family would have no way to survive, so she was so heartbroken that she even wanted to commit suicide by hitting a pillar.

She gritted her teeth and stood up, and when there was no one around her to stop her, she rushed hard, but found that she hadn't moved a step. She turned around and saw Yang Mu grabbing her belt and looking at her with a smile, which made her whole body feel cold.

Yang Mu made a very quick move and dislocated Qiu Su's chin, then flicked him and threw him to the officials of the Zongren Mansion.

Seeing this situation, Queen Mother Sheng gave Yang Mu a hard look, then bit her lip and looked at the Queen Mother, with murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

The Empress Dowager did not look at Empress Dowager Sheng at all, but asked Empress Dowager Tao: "Why are the people from the Zongren Mansion here?"

Empress Dowager Tao then told the story of the "poisoning" of Concubine Shu, mother and son, and Concubine Xue, and also said that Yang Mu had already replaced the poisonous powder with flour.

The Empress Dowager looked at Yang Mu with admiration in her eyes. Although this girl didn't know the tricks in the harem, she protected the palace very well.After that, all you need to do is push the boat with the flow and use the plan to your advantage.

When you don't set a dragnet and fully monitor everything, all methods will be in vain.

This is called, one force can defeat ten groups.

She figured this out in the cold palace, but she didn't expect this girl to be able to do it at such a young age.

After hearing that the Empress Dowager Tao said that the case was handed over to the Zongren Mansion instead of the Dali Temple, the Empress Dowager looked at Lin Mao, and she did not expect that her brother-in-law, who was rich and powerful, protected the junior, which was a good idea.

Empress Dowager Sheng was about to say something when she saw a eunuch hurried in and knelt down to report.

"To the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces: News has just arrived that Lord Yin Zhang of Shuntian Mansion... died unexpectedly!"

Empress Dowager Sheng frowned and asked, "Zhang Sheng?! How did he die?"

Zhang Sheng was one of the first people to be loyal to her. He was very loyal to him. He always paid attention to the happenings in the capital for her. He had the best eyes and ears. Why did he die?
The eunuch reported, "It was... his head hit the corner of the table and he lost his breath on the spot."

Empress Dowager Tao was a little gloating. With Zhang Sheng's death, Jing Zhaoyin's position would be vacant, and she could arrange for one of her own to take over.

Queen Mother Sheng asked: "When did you die?" The eunuch replied: "Last night at Xu."

Empress Dowager Sheng asked again: "He died last night, why did he come to report this morning?"

The eunuch said awkwardly: "Master Zhang knocked Mrs. Zhang unconscious first, and when he was about to beat her again, he accidentally hit her to death. Mrs. Zhang was unconscious, and no one in the Zhang family was in charge, so she came to report this morning after Mrs. Zhang regained consciousness."

Queen Mother Sheng also felt that she had lost face. It was embarrassing enough to hit her daughter-in-law, and she even hit herself to death!

It's just that things were too coincidental.

Just when Empress Dowager Sheng had not figured it out, another eunuch came in to report.

"Information to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces: Meet them outside the Yushitai Palace."

The Empress Dowager said: "Please come in, censors."

The Yushitai is the yamen that monitors hundreds of officials. Most of the Yushitai are upright officials.

However, Fang Lixu, the imperial censor, was Tai Fei Fang's uncle and could be regarded as the regent.

The censors saluted as they came in. As soon as they stood up, a square-faced censor stepped forward, handed over a book, and said: "I Jin Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Zhimiao, embezzled and accepted bribes, passed off inferior quality products as good ones, and Cotton is made into cotton clothes and supplied to border soldiers!"

Empress Dowager Sheng felt a lump in her chest, today was directed at her!Zhang Sheng died, and Chen Zhimiao was involved again.

Another white-faced censor came forward and said: "Your Majesty Li Zhao, Xue Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the Yulin Army, allowed his family to bully men and women, usury money, and forced 12 civilians to death!"

Queen Mother Sheng suddenly looked at Li Zhao with sharp eyes.

But what I was thinking about was: Who?Who is going to deal with him?
After Li Zhao finished speaking, another white-haired censor stood up and said: "I, Wei Li, participated in the performance of Marquis Shengxia Feng of Jing'an, colluded with foreign enemies, and concealed military achievements!"

If the first few contributions made Empress Dowager Sheng angry, then this last one made her immediately furious.

Marquis Jingan is her father!
"Wei Li!"

Empress Dowager Sheng yelled and slapped the table: "You are so presumptuous!"

Wei Li raised his head slightly and glanced at the furious Queen Mother Sheng. His voice was still calm and he said, "Old minister, I don't know where the arrogance lies?"

Empress Dowager Sheng said angrily: "Jing'an Marquis is my biological father and a relative of the emperor. How can he collude with foreign enemies?"

What is your father doing in colluding with foreign enemies?Deal with yourself?joke!

Wei Li was still respectful and polite, but what he said was chilling.

"The Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, the surname of the Dashun Dynasty is Li."

It means that even if you, a woman with a foreign surname, marry into the royal family and are honored as the Queen Mother, Dashun is not from your family, and the Marquis of Jing'an is not treasonous against your country, so why is there no reason?
Empress Dowager Sheng was so angry at Wei Li's words that her fingers trembled. Although she had experienced several dynasties and generations, she was only a woman in her early twenties. She did not have the presence of an old spirit like the Empress Dowager, and her face remained unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai. of calmness.

"Come here! Capture these traitorous officials who are talking nonsense and send them to Dali Temple!"

The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "Empress Dowager Sheng! Pay attention to your phoenix etiquette! The censor is a communicator. Even if what he says is inappropriate, he will correct it or encourage him. Throughout the dynasties, he will say something without any disagreement. It’s a precedent for an official to be imprisoned!”