Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 241 Forced into the Palace

"Master, we haven't found any clues yet." Zhang An said a little guiltily.

Yuan Wenshao heard this and said indifferently: "Since the other party dares to do it, he must have been prepared for it. It has only been two days, so it is normal that he can't find it. Have the rumors in Bianjing been weakened now?"

Zhang An hesitated after hearing this and said: "No, and it's getting worse and worse, even...even..."

"Just say what you have to say, why are you hesitating?" Yuan Wenshao frowned.

"Some people are even spreading rumors that the eldest lady has a hidden illness and that the young master is the child of the sixth lady and the master." Zhang An said.

"boom!"

Yuan Wenshao started to slap the case. Because he was too angry and didn't hold back at all, the table was smashed open.

"Check it for me, no matter the cost. The other party has been spreading rumors, there is no way there is no trace at all." Yuan Wenshao said coldly.

If it was just about him and Minglan, Yuan Wenshao wouldn't be so angry. After all, it was already reported once last year.

Unexpectedly, the man in the dark went so far and involved Hualan and his son.

If this matter is not investigated clearly, both Hualan and the children will be harmed, which Yuan Wenshao cannot tolerate.

"Don't worry, my lord. If the investigation is not clear within three days, I will have no shame in coming to see you." Zhang An said quickly when he saw Yuan Wenshao was so angry.

"Whoo~"

Yuan Wenshao exhaled heavily, waved his hands and said, "Don't be stressed, I don't mean to blame you."

Zhang An looked haggard, and one look at him showed that he had not had a good rest in the past two days.

Yuan Wenshao also knew Zhang An's loyalty and did not want to put too much pressure on him.

"Master, don't worry, I understand."

Although he said this, Zhang An secretly vowed to find the person behind the scenes as soon as possible, otherwise he would lose Yuan Wenshao's trust.

Yuan Wenshao pondered for a while and said, "You can ask Mr. Ning for advice, and ask Mr. Ning to come here to see me tomorrow."

"Yes." Zhang An responded and said, "If the Lord doesn't have any instructions, I will return to Bianjing."

"Forget it, it's getting late now. I'll stay here for one night and go back tomorrow." Yuan Wenshao said.

"My Lord, this is too far from Bianjing and it is inconvenient to receive news. I want to go back overnight." Zhang An said.

Yuan Wenshao saw Zhang An's determined face and knew that he was holding a breath in his heart and said, "Go ahead."

"Yes." Zhang An bowed and retreated.

"I hope it wasn't you, otherwise don't blame me for not following the rules." Yuan Wenshao sneered.

……

"Your Majesty, the case of rebelling against the king has been investigated, and all those involved have been arrested and tried. After strict review, the three divisions have made a judgment. Please see it for your Majesty." The Minister of Punishment came out and held a thick memorial.

An eunuch immediately came forward, took the memorial, and passed it all the way to Zhao Zongquan.

Zhao Zongquan took a cursory look, turned his head and asked, "Would you like to take a look, Queen Mother?"

The queen mother behind the curtain said calmly: "The Ai family has already seen it. There is no problem with the judgment of the third division. Let's carry it out as it is."

"Yes." Zhao Zongquan responded, turned around, and said in a deep voice: "Rebellion is a serious crime, so we will deal with it according to the plan drawn up by the Third Division and tell the world."

"Yes." The Minister of Punishment responded and stepped back.

Han Zhang came out and said: "His Majesty has been on the throne for some time, and it is time for King Xianpu to grant him the title. Otherwise, it will be against filial piety and may lead to criticism."

Zhao Zongquan heard this and asked the Queen Mother for instructions: "Mother, do you think?"

"It should be like this. The officials can handle this matter themselves." The Queen Mother said nonchalantly.

Although Zhao Zongquan was adopted under the name of Emperor Renzong, King Xianpu was Zhao Zongquan's biological father after all, and he should indeed be named after him.

"Thank you mother."

Zhao Zongquan turned around and said: "Since this matter was brought up by the Grand Prime Minister, let the Grand Prime Minister discuss it with several other ministers and then submit it to the public."

"Yes, I obey your order." Han Zhang responded and retreated.

……

When Yuan Wenshao came to Feiyun Village, he had already taken leave and did not need to go back to attend the morning court.

At the end of the morning court in Bianjing, Yuan Wenshao was meeting with Ning Zhiguang who came from Bianjing.

"Thank you, Mr. Ning, for a trip. This courtyard has beautiful scenery and hot springs. Mr. Ning can stay here for a few days." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Haha, thank you so much, Lord Marquis." Ning Zhiguang said with a smile.

When the servants brought tea, Yuan Wenshao asked everyone to step back and said, "Mr. Ning, you should know why I invited you here, right?"

"The Marquis called me here probably because of the rumors. But I can't guess who did it for the time being." Ning Zhiguang said.

"I do have some doubts." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Oh?" Ning Zhiguang said in surprise: "Since Mr. Hou has someone to suspect, if we let people investigate, we should be able to find out the clues."

"The main reason is that this person is not easy to investigate. I'm worried about alerting others." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Who can make the Marquis so scrupulous? Who is it that the Marquis is suspicious of?" Ning Zhiguang asked.

"Mr. Han." Yuan Wenshao said.

Ning Zhiguang was stunned and asked: "Why does the Marquis think it was Mr. Han who did it?"

"Prince Mr. Han came to me alone before and wanted to win over me. I neither agreed nor refused. I only said that I would consider it, but I never responded to him." Yuan Wenshao said.

Ning Zhiguang said: "Just because of this, the Marquis thinks it was Mr. Han who did it?"

"Apart from him, I really can't think of anyone else I've offended." Yuan Wenshao said.

Ning Zhiguang shook his head and said, "Master Hou, in my opinion, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Han."

When Yuan Wenshao heard this, he just looked at Ning Zhiguang, waiting for his next words.

"To be able to regain the prime ministership again after being demoted and become the Grand Prime Minister, Han Zhang is not as simple as the Marquis thought. Han Zhang just wants to win over the Marquis to have one more chess piece in his hand. Even if the Marquis is not willing, If the Marquis will not affect the situation on the chessboard, he will not take action against the Marquis. Even if he wants to take action, he will not use such small means."

"Think about it carefully, Mr. Hou. This method will only make Mr. Hou angry. Will it have any real impact on Mr. Hou?" Ning Zhiguang said.

Yuan Wenshao thought about it carefully after hearing this. Although this rumor made him angry, it did not have a big impact on him.

To put it bluntly, it is just tidbits. Even if it is true, it is nothing more than a romantic affair.

It seemed that it was really unnecessary, but besides Han Zhang, he really couldn't think of anyone else.

"I think this method is somewhat similar to what women often use in fights," Ning Zhiguang said.

"A woman's method of fighting?"

Yuan Wenshao frowned, thinking about it carefully, it was true.

For men, what is more important is their moral reputation. This kind of rumor really has no impact on men.

The biggest impact is on women.

This method is usually used in internal fights. After all, for women, reputation is more important than life.

The only women involved here are Minglan and Hualan.

To say that the one who had the greatest impact was Minglan. After all, it was said that Hua Lan had a hidden illness and could not give birth to a child.

But Minglan was different. She was a girl who had not left the court. She was rumored to have had an affair with him, and she even gave birth to a child.

To be honest, if she hadn't met someone like Gu Tingye, who wanted to marry Minglan but didn't believe it, Minglan's life might have been ruined.

If this matter was aimed at Minglan, Yuan Wenshao's first suspect would be the Xiao Qin family.

She would benefit the most from delaying Gu Tingye's marriage.

Even with this rumor, even if Minglan marries and gives birth to a son for Gu Tingye, if Gu Tingye dies in battle in the future, she can still say that the child is not Gu Tingye's.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wenshao cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Ning's words made me enlightened. Mr. Ning is tired from traveling and traveling, so please go down and rest first."

"Haha, that old man has resigned." Ning Zhiguang stood up and saluted.

Yuan Wenshao nodded and called for people to come in and take Ning Zhiguang down to rest. He also asked Qin Li to send a confidant to inform Zhang An and ask him to investigate whether the rumors had anything to do with the Xiao Qin family.

At noon, Yuan Wenshao received the news that in the morning, Han Daxiangong proposed the posthumous title of King Xianpu.

After learning the news, Yuan Wenshao knew that the power struggle between Zhao Zongquan and the Queen Mother was about to begin.

It was right to pursue the title of King Xianpu, but the problem came in the title.

According to the provisions in "Book of Rites: Qu Li Xia", the emperor paid homage to his father as Huang Kao and his mother as Huang Hei.

Zhao Zongquan is an adoptive father, so his imperial examination should be that of the late emperor.

But when he paid homage to his biological father, he wanted to honor him as Huang Kao.

The Queen Mother's party will definitely not agree to this.

What Zhao Zongquan did was actually forcing all officials to take sides.

But this has nothing to do with Yuan Wenshao. He came to Feiyun Village temporarily because he didn't want to take sides.

Logically speaking, he should stand in support of Zhao Zongquan.

But Emperor Renzong treated him well, and Zhao Zongquan's behavior was not right in itself.

Although he understood that Zhao Zongquan did this just to find an excuse to force the officials to stand in line, and did not really want to pursue King Xianpu as the emperor.

But he still disagreed with Zhao Zongquan's approach.

Even ordinary people know that after adoption, they have nothing to do with their biological father, and even those with different surnames have to change their surnames.

Zhao Zongquan inherited Jiang Shang. Although this was just an excuse for Zhao Zongquan to fight for power, it shows that he was not grateful to Emperor Renzong in his heart.

Yuan Wenshao couldn't stop it, and for the sake of his family, he didn't dare to side with the Queen Mother, so he simply stopped getting involved.

Zhang An received orders from Yuan Wenshao and immediately focused the investigation on Xiao Qin.

However, after several days of careful investigation, no clues were found. It seemed that this matter had nothing to do with the Xiao Qin family.

When Yuan Wenshao learned about it, he frowned. If it wasn't Xiao Qin who did it, he really couldn't think of anyone else.

But considering that Xiao Qin was able to play tricks on the Gu family and his son, it was normal that no clues could be found in a short time.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wenshao ordered Zhang An to continue staring at the Gu family.

As long as it was Xiao Qin who did it, there would be no clues at all.

At this moment, a piece of news instantly overwhelmed the rumors about Yuan Wenshao and Minglan.

Last time, Grand Prime Minister Han proposed to postulate the title of King Xianpu. Zhao Zongquan asked Grand Prime Minister Han to work with other prime ministers to work out the issue of titles and titles for Xian Pu.

During the morning court again, Han Daxiangong reported the title and title of King Xianpu and the princess.

At first, the Queen Mother didn't care. She was just pursuing the title. Even if Zhao Zongquan's title was a little higher, she had no intention of stopping it. Everyone was dead anyway, and they were Zhao Zongquan's biological father and mother after all.

The title proposed by Han Zhang was indeed very important. King Xianpu was originally a county king, but was posthumously made a prince.

The Queen Mother had anticipated this and said nothing.

However, Han Zhang actually proposed that the officials honor King Xian Pu as Huang Kao and posthumously confer the title of Emperor Bo to the late Emperor.

This made the Queen Mother unable to sit still for a moment. She came out from the curtain behind and pointed at Han Zhang and scolded Han Zhang until he was bloody.

Not only the Queen Mother, but also many officials in the DPRK felt that Zhao Zongquan's move was inappropriate.

However, many people guessed Zhao Zongquan's intention and could only remain silent.

After all, the Queen Mother always wanted to return the government to the officials. In addition, it was Grand Prime Minister Han who proposed this matter, so how could they dare to object.

In the end, only a dozen or so people from the civil and military officials stood up to oppose this matter.

When the Queen Mother saw this scene, she didn't know what these people were thinking.

"Okay, great. The late emperor passed the throne to you. Now that you are sitting on the throne, you no longer recognize the late emperor. You want to honor your biological father as the emperor? Where do you put the late emperor by doing this?" The Queen Mother pointed at Zhao Zongquan's face. Cursed.

Zhao Zongquan stood up quickly and said with a panic look on his face: "Mom, please calm down. This matter is just a discussion, not a decision."

"What's the point of discussing this kind of thing? You should just refuse it." The Queen Mother said coldly.

Zhao Zongquan lowered his head when he heard this and remained silent.

"The Ai family has finally figured it out. You secretly ordered this, right? I think you can just make your biological father the emperor and your biological mother the empress." The Queen Mother said coldly.

"The queen is serious, and I dare not!" Zhao Zongquan said quickly.

He really didn't have this idea, and as long as the Queen Mother retreated and was willing to pull back the curtain and return to power, he was willing not to call his biological father Huang Kao.

If he can make his biological father emperor, then his status as emperor is no longer legal, so how dare he.

"Don't you dare? I think you are very brave! Let me tell you, there are you too!"

The Queen Mother said, turned around, pointed at the officials kneeling below, and said coldly: "As long as the Ai family is alive, don't even think about it!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left the hall directly.

As the morning court ended, the incident spread and became a hot topic among the people.

Although Emperor Renzong was a little weaker, he was still good to the people.

Many people were grateful to the late emperor and felt very shameful about Zhao Zongquan's actions.

Zhao Zongquan's face turned dark when he heard about the public discussion. He just wanted to use this matter to get all officials to stand in line and force the Queen Mother to return to power.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother would directly get angry at the court. Although it was just a discussion among the people, if it continued, his prestige as the emperor would be completely lost, and someone might take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zongquan quickly summoned Mr. Han and several other ministers to discuss.

No one could do anything about it. Finally, it was Han Zhang who suggested that he lead hundreds of officials to kneel outside the Queen Mother's palace to ask for her consent.

Zhao Zongquan knew that this was to force him into the palace, but he had no good way now, so he could only nod in agreement.

……

"The Queen Mother is not well. Mr. Han led many officials to kneel outside the palace."

A young eunuch ran into the palace in a panic and said.

The Queen Mother returned to the palace and threw things angrily. She had just finished venting her anger and sat down to rest. When she heard the eunuch's words, she stood up and trembled: "What are they doing? They want to force the palace to fail! The late emperor treated them It’s not bad, now that the late emperor’s body is still cold, in order to please the new king, they actually agreed to the officials calling their biological father Huang Kao, and now they are forcing the palace to mourn the Ai family, they are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves.”

(End of this chapter)