Shocking Harem Road: The Legend of Concubine Yi

Chapter 160 The important clue is broken 3
However, he knew that King Yu was different from Yang Dezhang. To deal with King Yu, the opinion of the Empress Dowager must be considered and the Empress Dowager's support must be obtained.If you want the Empress Dowager to support you, or if you cannot object, you must have a reason for the Empress Dowager to accept.

It is a fact that King Yu wins over ministers and controls the government; it is also a fact that King Yu stationed troops and food in his vassal state.However, if the Empress Dowager wants to favor King Yu, these evidences are not enough to convince her.And just when Ming Xuanyu was preparing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs unexpectedly became a breakthrough.Ming Xuanyu was sure that the Empress Dowager would never favor King Yu again in this matter.And he also knew that Chunsheng must have let the Empress Dowager know the truth before reporting it to him.However, the Empress Dowager did not mention that matter to him these days.According to the secret report, the Empress Dowager only met the Duke of England and the Duke of Fuguo.Although I don't know what the empress dowager's plan is, it seems that she is going to let her natal family dispatch her.

Shizu reigned for 20 years, but because Emperor Shizu didn't care about government affairs, the power in the court fell into the hands of Queen Zhao until Ming Xuanyu's father came to the throne.Therefore, in those years, the power of the Zhao family spread all over the court and the public, supporting half of the Ming country.Because of this, Ming Xuanyu's father hated his mother to the extreme. In order to weaken the power of the Zhao family, he used Yang Dezhang, who had trusted him.Unexpectedly, when Yang Dezhang attacked the Zhao family and other foreign relatives, he also seized the power of the court in his own hands.

However, after Yang Dezhang fell from power, King Yu stood up and competed with Princess Antai, and the Zhao family still had to watch from the sidelines.Now that King Yu is doing such a rebellious thing, it is indeed a good opportunity for the Zhao family to return to the center of power.This point, Ming Xuanyu is very clear.The question is, in what form will the Zhao family return to the court?This is what he has to consider.

As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's cub, what the Zhao family does is basically decided by the empress dowager.Then, you need to face the Empress Dowager directly to solve the problem!

Out of such considerations, Ming Xuanyu came to the Palace of Compassion.

The Empress Dowager was feeding the fish in the garden, and the setting sun shone on her purple gown, so elegant and luxurious.The water surface, which was supposed to be calm, became a little noisy because of the fish fighting for food.

Ming Xuanyu looked at his grandma from a distance and raised his grandma.

Hong Shanggong saw him first, and hurriedly told the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager glanced at him, beckoned him to go, and he lifted his robe and walked over.

"These fish are really fat by you, grandma!" Ming Xuanyu saluted and said with a smile.

"The fish need to be fed, otherwise they will starve to death!" The Empress Dowager stood up, Ming Xuanyu hurriedly supported her, and the grandfather and grandson walked to the Yisi Pavilion next to them.

"Is that why you came here?" the Empress Dowager asked.

"Well, grandson wants to ask grandma what she means!" Ming Xuanyu replied.

"You are the emperor, you decide the matter of rewards and punishments yourself, don't ask me!" The Empress Dowager sighed, and sat on a chair. After she settled down, Ming Xuanyu sat beside her.

"Grandma, Uncle Huang is your only living son. How to deal with Uncle Huang is a matter for the court, but grandson cannot ignore your feelings. Therefore, grandson wants to know what you think about how to deal with this matter!" He said. Said.

The Empress Dowager glanced at him, then looked at the distant sky, and asked, "Yu'er, do you think grandma is a heartless person?"

"No!" he replied.

"Your father has hated me all his life. He thinks that I am a person who only has power in his eyes. Do you think so too?" She asked again.

Ming Xuanyu knelt in front of her, and said: "Father is Xuan Yu's father, as a son, he should not blame his father. However, Xuan Yu thinks that grandma is a person who can distinguish right from wrong. When grandpa was alive, grandma did Many things are beneficial to the country and the people.”

The empress dowager rested her hands on the crutches, staring at the emperor in front of her.

"While in the royal family, how many people can truly be pure and ascetic? However, how many people use the imperial power to do things for the country and the people? King Mu, Xuan Ting, and the emperor's uncle, they will have that idea, Xuan Yu wasn't surprised at all, nor complained, but," he raised his head to meet grandma's deep eyes, "whether power for personal gain or for the benefit of the people, that's the crux of the matter."

"Everyone in the world has selfishness. How can any mortal be truly selfless? Therefore, it is understandable for the emperor uncles to use their power to do something for themselves. However, the royal blood is the king of the country. Interfering for selfishness? Xuan Yu will never forgive this!"

At this moment, the Empress Dowager seemed to be looking at a stranger.

Such an unquestionable tone and expression all show that he is the only master of this country!
The Empress Dowager smiled and sighed, "Yu'er has really grown up!"

"grandmother--"

The Empress Dowager signaled him to get up, and asked, "Since you think so, do you have an idea on how to deal with your uncle? It's impossible that you don't have any ideas at all!"

He looked at grandma and said, "Grandson listens to you!"

The Empress Dowager laughed loudly, and said, "You child can change your mind now! Aren't you afraid that grandma is different from what you think?"

"Xuan Yu, you believe in grandma!" He stared at grandma's eyes, eyes that he couldn't see through.

The Empress Dowager stopped laughing, clapped his hands, looked at the sun setting in the distance, and said, "Let him live!"

Ming Xuanyu was silent, he looked at grandma, that slightly sad expression showed that she was also a mother.In the royal family, she is also a mother.

"Grandma, you—"

She looked at him, smiling.

"Grandma, grandson has thought about it, it's you, you can persuade him, persuade him to leave voluntarily. It's the past, the past," Ming Xuanyu sighed, but the empress dowager stared at him firmly.

"Forget it!" He said these three words with a smile. The Empress Dowager looked surprised, obviously she did not expect it.

"It's a state matter, and it's also a family matter!" He said, "Grandma, grandson doesn't want to see him anymore, please persuade him to go!"

"Xuanyu—" the Empress Dowager called out.

Ming Xuanyu stood up, walked to the side of the pavilion, looked into the distance, and said, "Grandma, didn't you say that the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and my grandson doesn't want to continue this kind of sibling rivalry anymore!"

After finishing speaking, he saluted respectfully and withdrew.

The Empress Dowager stood up, looked at his receding figure, and bowed deeply.

Ming Xuanyu walked out of the gate of Compassionate Ning Palace, and saw her standing under the tree waiting for him, he smiled at her, ran over, and left together holding her hand.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Empress Dowager was ill and did not attend the Mid-Autumn Banquet held in Qingyuan Hall.

With the bright moon hanging high, all the officials accompanied the emperor to sing and drink, and in the harem, the empress presided over the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the harem in the Palace of Compassion.

What surprised the ministers was that King Yu did not appear at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

When the banquet was held in the palace, Ye Yixuan took over the Shence Army by order, and arrested the former commander of the Shence Army, Chen Junkun, for corruption and handed it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.At the same time, the Shence Army has strengthened its vigilance on the capital, and all officials above the second rank, the Duke's Mansion, and the mansion of King Yu are under the surveillance of the Shence Army.

So, where is King Yu?
When King Yu first entered Danfeng Gate, Hong Shanggong was waiting for him there, saying that Lafayette wanted to see him and invited him to go, so King Yu followed.

Unexpectedly, Hong Shanggong took him to Fengxian Hall!
King Yu began to wonder, why is it Fengxian Hall?
The door of the main hall opened, and Hong Shanggong invited him in, while he stayed outside the door.

The moonlight spilled in through the window lattice, and the pattern of the flower was cast on the floor tiles.

Fengxian Hall is a place where the ancestors of the Ming family are worshipped. At this moment, King Yu saw his mother kneeling in front of the portrait of his father, Emperor Shizu, and he went to kneel behind his mother.

"Cong'er, go home! This court, don't come here again!" The Empress Dowager said to King Yu as she was still praying with her eyes closed.

"Mother——" King Yu said.

"You know what this place is. Here are your ancestors, your father, your brother, and Xuan Yu and his descendants in the future. You should never be here!" the empress dowager His tone was calm, but it sounded so unfeeling to King Yu!
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" King Yu is such a smart person, he certainly knew what his mother meant when he heard what his mother said.

"Cong'er, in front of our ancestors, why did you do those things to Xuan Yu? Why did you want to cut off my royal bloodline?" The voice of the Empress Dowager suddenly rose, she turned her eyes wide and stared at her son.

With that look and tone, King Yu couldn't help trembling.

He is a prince above ten thousand people, he is not afraid of anyone, the only thing he is afraid of is this mother.

What kind of person is the mother?As a son, King Yu knew it all too well.

She is a woman who can sacrifice everything for imperial power, even her own daughter and granddaughter!Even his son!
King Yu threw himself in front of his mother and said, "My queen, Cong'er, Cong'er dare not, my mother—"

The Empress Dowager stood up, supported the incense table, stared at her son on the ground, and said, "Cong'er, the Queen Mother can forgive you for everything you do, except for this one! This one, the Queen Mother can neither forgive you nor forgive you." Protect you! If the queen mother does that, she will come under the Nine Springs, how do you tell me to face the ancestors of the Ming family and your father?"

"Mother, mother, you, please spare Cong'er, mother, mother!" King Yu crawled to his mother's feet, hugged his mother's legs, and begged.

With his mother's words so far, he couldn't be more clear about what was waiting for him!
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, her lips were trembling, but she still remained calm.

"Go home! Write a letter of resignation and present it to the emperor, and stay in the palace!" The Empress Dowager swallowed her tears, she never thought that she would cry at this age.

"Mother--" King Yu still cried and begged.

"Tell the emperor that you will return the four provinces of Beijun to the imperial court. All the soldiers, horses, food, population and people in the four provinces will be dispatched by the imperial court!"

As the empress dowager said, King Yu cried and begged at his mother's feet.

"From now on, without the emperor's will, you are not allowed to leave Prince Yu's Mansion! Dismiss the retainers of the Palace, and the number of guards in the Palace must not exceed the imperial regulations!"

"Mother's Queen—" King Yu's cry could be faintly heard by Hong Shanggong outside the door.

"Take all your family members in Beijun back to the capital, and you can just stay at home!" The Empress Dowager said, opening her eyes and looking at the bright moon outside the window.

"Mother, don't, don't, mother—" Yu Wang begged.

"Cong'er, the queen mother can only go so far! If you listen to the queen mother, you can still save your life and salary. From now on, behave yourself and stop having those dreams. When the queen mother is gone in the future, who will Still here to save you?" The Empress Dowager couldn't help sobbing as she said.

"Queen, why? Why do you want to do this?"

"Why? Think about what you did, and you still ask me why?" The Empress Dowager was angry, "Do you want the world to know what you did? You want people in the future to scold you Is Ming Qincong a shameless villain who has forgotten all his classics?"

(End of this chapter)