Forensic lady champion husband

Chapter 56

The carriage came to the Lize Gate on the west side of the inner palace, because the Hall of Compassion and Peace where the Empress Dowager lived was on the west side of the inner palace, also known as the West Palace. After getting out of the carriage from the Lize Gate, Zhou Huai and the guards guarding the gate had checked the entrance card, and then Looking back, he signaled Yan Ziqin and Mingshu to follow him into the palace.

Having spent her youth in Bianliang, Mingshu has looked up at Daiqing's double-eaved pavilion in the imperial palace more than once, but it is the first time to actually walk into it.Every year during the Qianqiu Festival of the Two Palaces, high-grade foreign wives will wear formal dresses to enter the palace to celebrate their birthdays. Mingshu has also seen her mother in full dress, a real red shirt with large sleeves, colorful flowers on the collar, and black cicadas On the temples is a crown of flower hairpins decorated with precious mother-of-pearl trees, and the golden diary on the crown holds a shiny pearl, which is indescribably graceful amidst the light of the pearl.

At that time, she often stayed by her mother's side after her mother came back, and asked her enviously what the palace was like. Mrs. Qu always stroked her head and said with a smile: "How can you look around when you enter the palace, you have to pay more attention to yourself words and deeds."

After that, he cupped her face lovingly, and said helplessly: "Ning Ning loves to mess around so much, someday she will set up her own family and enter the palace to congratulate her, but don't forget the rules."

Thinking of her mother's exhortations, Mingshu couldn't help straightening her clothes. Although it wasn't a festival, and she wasn't wearing a fancy dress, but when she thought about meeting the queen mother and the emperor, one was the person who really held the real power in the world, and the other was the supreme Son of Heaven, she still dare not neglect.

The jade steps in front of the Hall of Compassion and Ning seem to lead to the sky, surrounded by white jade railings, the hall is full of greenery, with high eaves and teeth, surrounded by this huge palace, Mingshu suddenly understood the meaning of her mother's words ——Under the oppression of the overwhelming power, it is too late to walk on thin ice, so there is no mood to look around.

It is different from visiting the Forbidden City in modern times. Although it is also a forbidden courtyard, there has long been no monarch in the Forbidden City. Now, the two people on the throne in the Palace of Compassion and Peace may not be able to dominate everything in the world. It is still easy to "master" her and Yan Ziqin's future.

In the copper crane stove next to the throne, imperial incense is curlingly burning, and the heavy sandalwood makes people solemn.After the salute, the two stood respectfully at His Royal Highness, and Mingshu could see the shining gold bricks with her eyes lowered, and her face was vaguely reflected on them, it was really unexpected, she always thought that she was a person who was fearless , really came to the situation where the sky is so close, and even involuntarily became trembling.

Looking at Yan Ziqin from the corner of his eye, he was much calmer. Perhaps it was because of his long career as a chauffeur that he calmed down, or it was his innate bearing. After all, he was only a 15-year-old boy during the imperial examination. Since he was appointed by Tian En, he must be able to perform well in front of the holy car, and he will never feel cramped at all.

Zhou Huai, the chief manager of the Palace of Compassion and Peace, walked up to the gilt-painted high platform, stood beside the Empress Dowager, respectfully said: "Empress Dowager, the official family, Jiying Hall is waiting for Lord Yan and his wife to come to revive the order."

There is the crackling sound of silver charcoal burning in my ears, and in the silence, there is a steady sound, just like the vibration of the air when a good silk satin is unfolded, calm and elegant.

"It's hard for you to brave the wind and cold to come here, please give me a seat."

After receiving the Queen Mother's oral order, Zhou Huai said yes, and ordered the little eunuch to move two high chairs and place them under the high platform.

It is a great grace to be able to sit in front of the emperor. If it is not a veteran with outstanding merits, even the clan and prince must stand in front of the emperor.

Yan Ziqin knew that the sky is high and the earth is thick, so naturally he didn't dare to take his seat, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I dare not."

Mingshu also followed the blessing and bowed down.

The Empress Dowager laughed, and her laughter was still full of vigor. Although she didn't dare to look up at her face, Mingshu couldn't believe that she was nearly sixty years old just with this hearty laughter.

The queen mother said: "It's not for you, but for Mrs. Yan. Qu Zhang once mentioned his daughter to Ai's family, and his love was beyond words, like a pearl in the palm of his hand. Yan Qing's family stood in court, standing for an hour It's not a problem, if a lovely lady like Mrs. Yan is exhausted, the Ai family will feel sorry for her."

In this way, the two could only sit down.Once she was seated, she seemed to feel a lot more relaxed, but Mingshu still didn't dare to be contemptuous, she kept her eyes on her nose, her nose on her heart, trying to figure out how to answer when she was asked why the corpse was examined.

The empress dowager and the emperor are not Yan Ziqin, so they won't be fooled by her words "I learned from my father". Even if they can't figure out why the two nobles are interested in such an unknown little lady like herself, she can only be stubborn. Scalp listen up.

"The incidents in the four yamen of Duke Jin's mansion are raging, it's hard for Yan Qing's family." The young emperor cut to the chase, looking at the Queen Mother frequently, as if he was asking about her room every word.Sweat oozes from his forehead, he doesn't know if it's because the Compassion Palace is too hot, or because he feels nervous in front of his mother.

After all, he is a person who only wears jackets all year round, does not feel cold in winter, and does not feel hot in summer.

The official continued: "Due to the presence of my mother, I also want to hear the truth of the matter. I wonder if there is a result for Yan Qing's family?"

Yan Ziqin was silent. Although he knew the emperor's intentions, he didn't know who the empress dowager preferred.Although she had a quarrel with Ding Wei, it was seven years ago.

Seven years ago, Emperor Zhenzong was seriously ill, and the prince was still young.At that time, Kou Zhun, a veteran of the three dynasties, served as the prime minister. He was upright and honest, and he was promoted by the whole world, and he was the object of the Queen Mother's all-out efforts.

Liu E, who was still a queen at the time, knew that her foundation was not stable. In order to balance the situation of internal and external troubles, she had to rely on the power of the minister of the humerus, but Ding Wei actually collaborated with the privy envoy Wang Qinruo to forge the heavenly scriptures to confuse the seriously ill Emperor Zhenzong, and issued an order to general Kou Quasi-relegated to the prefect of Shanzhou.Later, in order to show his power to cover the sky with one hand, the mighty Ding Wei transferred Kou Zhun back to Beijing and once again assumed the position of prime minister, hoping to bribe Kou Zhun, but Kou Zhun was not willing to marry him The party was relegated again, and finally died in Leizhou.

Kou Zhun's experience was seen by the queen mother, but she was powerless to intervene, which made her extremely disgusted with Ding Wei.He clearly wanted to fight against dissidents, but in fact, he intended to make an example and let the world know that besides the emperor, there is only one presidency in Bianliang.

Later, when Emperor Zhenzong passed away, the Empress Dowager resisted the powerful officials headed by Ding Wei by mobilizing Qingliu's strength. For six years, she maintained a superficial peace, but the inner undercurrent was turbulent, and finally did not hinder the great Song Dynasty.

After all, they are all from the Song Dynasty. Neither the Queen Mother nor Ding Wei wanted to disturb the country, make Xixia and Liao bigger, and end up losing both sides.

Therefore, according to Yan Ziqin's judgment, the Empress Dowager never wanted anything to happen to Ding Wei.

It's a pity that the world has changed, and too many accidents happened without Yan Ziqin's knowledge.

Just two days ago, a book of memorials was delivered to the emperor's desk. In fact, the person who reviewed the book of memorials was the Empress Dowager. When she finished reading the book, which was less than a finger thick, she threw the book on the ground heavily in anger.

According to the memorial, Si Tianjian Xing Zhonghe changed the structure and location of Emperor Zhenzong's Yongding Mausoleum without authorization, and the instigator was Lei Yungong, the governor of Yongding Mausoleum.Unexpectedly, when the Empress Dowager ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, no one dared to touch Lei Yungong, just because he was a member of Ding Wei's sect.

In ancient times, death was like life, especially in the Song Dynasty, which respected filial piety, tampering with the tomb of the first emperor without permission was tantamount to treason for the current emperor. a layer of meaning.

Today, Ding Wei's people dared to touch Emperor Zhenzong's tomb. In the future, will she be in peace when she is the Empress Dowager?In other words, this is the Ding family throwing stones to ask for directions, intending to overthrow the Zhao royal family?Although Liu E is greedy for power, she never thought of becoming emperor, and always regarded herself as a queen.

Therefore, when she learned that the emperor had appointed Yan Ziqin to check the case of Chading's family, she sensitively felt that this was an opportunity to eradicate the silverfish.

To expose the criminal evidence of the Ding family is as simple as picking up a stone on the ground, the criminal evidence is easy to obtain, it is a rare opportunity, and now, Yan Ziqin's intervention is an excellent opportunity.

She smiled and said: "The crimes of the Ding clan are too numerous to record, and now this case is nothing. Just talking about the incident of Kou Zhun and Kou Xianggong in the past, it is difficult to stop the mouths of the world. It is fierce both at home and abroad. I think everyone still remembers it. "

The officials nodded in agreement.

This made Yan Ziqin and Mingshu dizzy. I don't know why the Queen Mother's attitude changed so quickly.

The Empress Dowager said: "It's time to settle the case, Yan Qing's family, since you have already intervened in this matter, why don't you thoroughly investigate the old crimes of the Ding family, and bring justice to the many subjects who were framed by him, what do you think the officials want?"

The mother and son had already passed the gas, and the emperor naturally followed suit and said, "The queen mother is right. Yan Qing's family, although your official position is low, I will now appoint you as an imperial envoy. I myself and the ministers of the world must stay away."

Yan Ziqin thought to himself, there is no room for evasion on this matter, not to mention that he was still worried before that if Ding Zhi retaliated, he would have no way to escape. Now it seems that both the queen mother and the emperor have the intention to cut off the Ding family. The imperial court is in serious trouble, and returning the country to Qingming, isn't it just in line with his wishes.

So, he took Ming Shu, who was still ignorant, to thank him.

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "Madam Yan is not an ordinary woman either. I heard that she is proficient in the business of scribbling. Very good, I like strong people the most, but they are too strong, and they will inevitably behave vulgarly. Now I see her, she is a lady who keeps the etiquette. When the turmoil is over, the official family will definitely promote Yan Qing's family, and at that time, he will inevitably ask for an imperial order for you."

This is the letter of guarantee given by the queen mother to Mingshu. Although the wives of officials will have orders sooner or later, very few of them can get them in their teens. Adding officials to Yan Ziqin, it seems that they are determined to eradicate the cancer of the Ding family.

After Yan Ziqin and Ming Shu thanked them for their kindness, the Empress Dowager ordered people to prepare the car, and before leaving, she ordered Yan Ziqin to send a memorial to explain the whole story of Ding Xun's case, and then she got up and left.The emperor summoned them to recount in Chengming Palace.

Along the way, the husband and wife did not dare to speak loudly, the cold wind gusts on the road between Gongye, blowing their sleeves up and down, Mingshu sighed softly, Yan Ziqin seemed to feel it, and under the cover of his sleeves, quietly Clenched her cold hand.

He still remembered that she was afraid of the cold, and she didn't dare to wear bloated clothes, which would be unsightly, what's more, in this "high place that is too cold", this is a place where even the bearded veterans are frightened, let alone her. A young lady who just came out of the boudoir.

At this time, I can't help but sigh, it turns out that the ghastly dead in the eyes of the world are better to get along with. Liver and intestines, any marks on their bodies will not lie, and it is even more impossible to attack each other in order to fight for power.

He seems to understand why the lady is not afraid of corpses. After all, there is nothing worse and treacherous than a living person in this world.

When we arrived at Chengming Hall, it was another snow cave-like place.Sure enough, it was the emperor's residence, without a trace of charcoal fire, which surprised Mingshu who entered the palace for the first time and did not know the emperor's habits. She wanted to enter the room to be warm and warm, but unexpectedly it was no different from the outside.

Not long after, the emperor in a vermilion shirt with large sleeves ascended to the throne. Seeing Mingshu's nose and cheeks flushed from the cold, although he suppressed his trembling forcibly but still shivering from time to time, he couldn't help chuckling, and said to the eunuch beside him: "Let's make a furnace!" Charcoal fire."

The eunuch was astonished as if he had seen a god. The official family, he has been working with the official family for 18 years. He has never seen this master take the initiative to make people angry. Go there to inform them in advance, and order them to hide the charcoal basin, so as not to be uncomfortably hot after the official's house goes.

"Yes." Surprise turned into surprise, the emperor's words are the imperial decree, and their slaves and handmaids can only obey orders.

As the charcoal fire gradually brightened, the hall became more and more warm. The officials seemed to be in a good mood. They got up from the throne, stepped down from the high platform, and fiddled with the charcoal in the gilt basin with a gold clip with a crane engraved on the end. The red light burns brighter.

"I see Yan Qing's house every day, but I never imagined that there is such an interesting wife hidden in your house, who is not afraid of those hideous corpses." Putting on the airs of the prince and the emperor, he faced either the elderly courtiers or the cautious attendants. Now seeing Yan Ziqin, who was about the same age, he seemed to be a friend.

Yan Ziqin said: "My wife is good at this matter, and I am ashamed of myself."

Mingshu couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has praised you so much."

The emperor shook his head, picked up a piece of gray charcoal from the basin, rustled into ashes, and fell back into the flickering fire, "This is not a ridiculous praise. There are many talented women in this world, but they can embroider vividly." Flowers and birds, who can compose poems and sing, or are good at writing and ink, but there are very few people like you. The so-called not letting men and eyebrows should be like this. Seeing them today has also given me a lot of insight, so I know what is in my world. There is such a strange thing."

Mingshu was praised, especially by the emperor, which made her blood boil for a moment, and she immediately wanted to hold his hand and introduce her classmates in college to this young and handsome emperor one by one. He is dumbfounded, but these are just thoughts. The times are different, and the world's perception of women is also different.When she grew up, it was common for women to enter the workplace. If it was placed in the Song Dynasty, it might become a social hot spot that everyone pays attention to and be impeached by those conservative censors.

Impeach?She won't be impeached for showing her face and going in and out of the government!
Thinking of this, although the Chengming Palace was warm as spring, she still broke out in a layer of cold sweat.

The emperor seemed to see her worries, and said with a smile: "Yan Qing's family cannot do without you as a right-hand man, just like I cannot do without Yan Qing's family. I like to meddle in other people's affairs, but I still don't want to get involved in the principles of 'seeing the small to know the book' and 'preventing the small from passing away'."

At the end, he whispered: "The last sentence is not allowed to be spoken to outsiders."

Looking at the way he carefully said his instructions, he really didn't look like a "genuine" emperor, Mingshu couldn't help laughing, and then the emperor laughed too, Yan Ziqin endured it for a long time, reluctantly pulled out a smile, which angered the emperor He even laughed heartily, pointing at Yan Ziqin's serious face and said: "Fortunately, Yan Qing's family was not allowed to be the speaker. They are serious and unsmiling. You became the speaker... I asked for trouble."

The eunuchs standing outside the door held up the floating dust, looked at the white snow under the dan ridge, and inadvertently glanced back at the Chengming Palace, all of them sighed in their hearts, it had been a long time since they had seen an official family so happy.

Although the emperor is young, he grew up in the deep palace, and he has an adult demeanor since he was a child, because he rarely sees his father, and his mother has a strong personality, not to mention...

There are often rumors in the palace that the emperor was not born to the empress dowager, but that his biological mother was someone else.This saying has been circulated for more than ten years, and no one dared to mention it in front of the emperor, but the words are like the wind and pervasive. The emperor has heard of it in the early years, although he still serves Liu E like his biological mother. No negligence, but, would he really not be suspicious?
The eunuch shook the floating dust, the originally soft white silk seemed to be hardened by the cold air.The secrets of the palace are not what they should care about, they all hold their breaths, and the sun is dying, and they live another day smoothly.

Just at this moment, a man in brocade clothes ran up to Danchi close to the edge, the dental plaque on his waist was fluttering, and his pace was as flustered as his pace.

After a closer look, it turned out to be Eunuch Guo in the Queen's Palace.

Seeing that it was him, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Everyone knows that Queen Guo is not favored, but Shang Chongyi and Yang Meiren are even more favored.The palace is full of people who trample on the highs and the lows, even though she is the empress of the world, she is not favored, and there is no need to curry favor with her.

"Eunuch Guo, what's the trouble for you to come here?" The servant in front of Chengming Hall asked, his tone a bit impatient.

"Is the official family here? It's not good, Shang Chongyi made trouble in the Empress's Palace of Renming!"

(End of this chapter)