This palace change in the twelfth year of Jingtai shocked the entire government of Daxia. Not only that, many people, decades later, will still lament their children and grandchildren. It is precisely because of this sudden incident that no one
The unexpected changes in the palace caused Daxia to experience the most turbulent period since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Because this palace change was caused by the Crown Princess of the East Palace intending to murder the current imperial concubine Yi, the people called it the Palace Transformation into the East Palace.
chaos.
Xia Yunshen escaped from the palace, and Xia Jie immediately announced to the world Xia Yunshen's crimes. All the crimes he had committed over the years were listed one by one. The gangsters in the East Palace who had not had time to escape from the capital were killed under Xia Jie's vigorous suppression in just half a month.
The Ministry of Punishment convicted Xia Yunshen as quickly as possible. All the Manchus who were loyal to Xia Yunshen were destroyed and no one was spared. Only the female family members were left behind and served as official prostitutes.
Yifang watched Xia Jie's various actions with cold eyes. Sometimes, she would hear Ruihe and Yuerong talking about the miserable situation of those former boudoir sisters and handkerchief friends when they entered the palace. It was not that she didn't feel pity in her heart, but she knew better.
, the battle in the court is either your death or my death. Letting go of Xia Yunshen is already a last resort decision. She will never plead with Xia Jie because of her momentary intolerance, asking Xia Jie to forgive Xia Yunshen's gang members and leave Xia Jie with her.
Hidden dangers.
It's not that she doesn't pity those innocent babies and children, but in this time and space, the survival of a family will often continue from generation to generation, and the guilt and resentment carried by future generations will have a continuing power beyond ordinary people's imagination.
Once these people go into exile, they will educate their children for generations and let them take revenge. This will not only be a disaster for Xia Jie, but also a disaster for her children. Therefore, she can only watch with cold eyes.
During Xia Jie's actions to purge Xia Yunshen's gang members and deal with the chess pieces that the late emperor had planted in various states, the person he relied on the most was Dou Zunian.
Xia Jie needed to cultivate his unwavering confidant at this time. At the same time, he was unwilling to use other people, lest these people use their merits to try to send women into the palace in the future and pose a threat to Yifang.
Therefore, Dou Zunian is undoubtedly the best candidate. At least under the current situation, Dou Zunian has been classified as a staunch royalist faction. He is loyal enough and will undoubtedly choose to defend and support Yifang. As for his relatives, we will talk about it later.
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Xia Jie thought so, but Yifang didn't think so. She had always known that at this critical moment, Dou Zunian would definitely stand on Xia Jie's side, but Dou Zunian could not hold too much power in his hands. Xia Jie
Either he loves her, tolerates her or even indulges her, but in Xia Jie's heart, the only one he is willing to protect is her, and maybe their children in the future, but not the Dou family.
The Dou family has too much power and is always in crisis.
Even if the child she gives birth to succeeds the throne in the future, as an emperor, she will never want to see the power of her relatives grow. If she does not want to face a dilemma in the future, she can only pay attention to controlling the power of the Dou family at this time.
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Therefore, even in this turbulent period, even when Hua Piaoxue committed crimes, the Dou family was as big as an ox, and the Hua family was always pestering Dou Zunian, fearfully trying to get rid of the charges, Yifang still often summoned Dou Zunian into the palace.
, constantly alerting him about the rights of the Dou family. Fortunately, Dou Zunian was still sober enough to listen to all Yifang's words. He maintained an attitude of neither arrogance nor impatience.
Twenty days after the palace coup occurred, Xia Yunshen, who fled to southern Xinjiang, met with Qingshan layman and others who had gone ahead, took out the edict left by Emperor Jing'an, and announced to the world that Xia Jie was the sinner who usurped the throne in a certain dynasty, and the people in the East Palace were just enduring humiliation.
They just lived in secret and waited for the opportunity to eliminate the traitors. Although Emperor Jing'an's edict lost weight compared to the previous emperor's edict, many old officials of Emperor Jing'an still responded and went to southern Xinjiang with their families to support Xia Yunshen's attack on the imperial city.
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At the same time, Xia Jue revealed his identity and told the world that he was the real eldest prince and the legitimate successor. However, he announced his identity but did not tell the world who his biological mother was. He only said that he was the first prince.
The son of Concubine Huang Yuan.
The late emperor fell in love with the eldest princess Feng Wu, but unfortunately he could not get it due to his status. He did not dare to openly and officially canonize the eldest princess Feng Wu, but he did not want his beloved woman to follow him in obscurity all his life without even a title.
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Therefore, when the late emperor was still alive, he once issued an edict to establish the position of Concubine Yuan, equivalent to the queen. However, the world was not told who the Concubine Yuan was, where she was born, and whose surname was known.
Xia Jue told the world that he was the son of Concubine Yuan. It was because he was persecuted by the queen at that time that the late emperor did not dare to publicly ennoble him. Later, he was poisoned and the late emperor sent him away. Now, it is
It's time to take back the country.
Xia Jue dared to say this because he was determined that neither Xia Yunshen nor Xia Jie dared to tell the world publicly that he, the eldest son of the emperor, was the son of the late emperor and his sister, let alone tell the world that the rumored emperor
He was unswervingly infatuated, and the Concubine Yuan he loved most was actually the late emperor's biological sister and the former eldest princess, so he acted unscrupulously.
Sure enough, even if Xia Jie and Xia Yunshen were filled with resentment, they could not deny that they denied that Xia Jue was the bloodline of the late emperor, but they did not deny that the late emperor did have a concubine, and that concubine Yuan also gave birth to an heir.
Originally, no one in the world would believe that Xia Jue, the eldest son of the emperor, appeared out of nowhere. Unfortunately, before Xia Jie had time to eradicate all the state officials, he announced his defection to Xia Jue one after another, causing an uproar in the world.
At this point, the three parties are separated. There are different opinions on who should belong to this world, and no one can understand it. Even the ministers of the court, who have a vague knowledge of the past events, can only sigh secretly because of their loyalty to the emperor.
The emperor was so ignorant that he left behind so many disasters, causing the country to be divided and his subjects to be in turmoil.
In such turmoil, Yifang finally gave birth to his first son, Xia Yuntian.
Xia Yuntian was born in some uncertain days, when the plum blossoms were blooming beautifully and proudly. Xia Jie hugged his son, who had a face so similar to his own, with a warm and sincere smile on his lips, and placed his son on the bed in his room.
Next to him, he leaned down and kissed the corner of Yi Fang's mouth. He was afraid that the armor he was wearing would make Yi Fang and the child cold, so he deliberately made the arc of his bend much wider.
But no matter how soft the smile was, Yi Fang saw it in her eyes and felt her heart aching for a while. She knew that Xia Jie was going to the front line in person.
In the past few months, the war has been repeatedly defeated. Of course, Xia Jie wanted to introduce Xia Yunshen and Xia Jue into the hinterland of the Central Plains and extend the battle line, so he retreated first as a bait. But equally, Xia Yunshen and Xia Jue's ability to command troops
The further expansion of the strength in his hands is also the reason why Xia Jie has to make such dangerous moves. Looking at the pink son in his arms and thinking of Xia Jie having to face those risks personally, Yifang sometimes can't help but regret it.
, if Xia Yunshen had not been let go that day, would Xia Jie really be able to catch Xia Yunshen, and would Xia Jie's current pressure be reduced a lot.
But this can only be thought of.
Xia Jie left anyway, without leaving too many words. He just left a jade seal found in the secret room of the Empress Dowager's palace to Yifang. At the same time, he took Dou Zuping away, leaving Dou Zunian to handle government affairs and serve him in the capital.
Ensure the supply of food and grass.
This also requires taking great risks. Now that Yifang has given birth to a son, he has the most respected position in the harem, and Dou Zunian is in charge of the capital. If Yifang has other intentions, he does not want to be the concubine of Yi, but wants to be the concubine of Yi.
Queen Mother, even if Xia Jie has great power, he can only do nothing under such internal and external difficulties.
But he believed in Yi Fang and left without hesitation.
Naturally, Yifang would not do this. Even after Xia Jie left, regardless of his physical weakness after childbirth, he suppressed the Dou family who were about to make a move one by one, and ruthlessly killed several of the direct descendants of the Dou family at all costs under other pretexts. Lian Rui
She ignored He Yuerong's pleas and had a big quarrel with Dou Zunian, who advised her to use this time to win over courtiers to pave the way for Xia Yuntian's succession. In this way, the Dou family's concerns were completely dispelled, and everyone from top to bottom was worried.
You know, this country still belongs to Xia Jie. No one, not even the Dou family, can take it away!
By the winter of the next year, when the New Year was approaching, Yifang was confident that he had placed all Xia Jie's remaining confidants in important positions in the court. After completing what Xia Jie wanted to do but had no time to do, Yifang looked at it as having already
Xia Yuntian, who was learning the language but still unfamiliar with the word father, finally made a move and decided to go to Zhaocheng, where the war was raging, to reunite with Xia Jie.
This battle was so difficult. No matter what the outcome was, she thought that she and her children should be with Xia Jie.
Dou Zunian learned that Yifang wanted to go to Zhaocheng, and Dou Zunian immediately rushed into the palace and tried to stop him.
"Yifang, what are you thinking about? What is the situation in Zhaocheng now? The road laid out by the emperor was going well, but who knew that Xia Yunshen would ignore his dignity and join forces with Xia Jue. Now the emperor
The situation is becoming more and more difficult. You have a little prince at your knees. If the emperor unfortunately fails, you can rely on the little prince to guard the capital for the emperor so that you can avenge the emperor in the future. But you have to take the little prince there. Have you done anything for him?
Jiangshan Sheji has thought about this!"
Dou Zunian's words sounded so righteous, but Yifang looked at Dou Zunian indifferently and gave a sneer.
For some reason, when Dou Zunian saw this smile, he couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Brother, a month ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs submitted a report to transfer the county magistrate of Zouxian County to Kaiyang Mansion to be promoted to the general position and be in charge of agricultural affairs. You dismissed it as overstepping the rank and transferred Xue Qing, the supervisor of the Imperial Academy.
In the past, you took over the overall position of Kaiyang Prefecture. Twenty days ago, you dismissed the Langguan from the Ministry of Revenue on the pretext of having sex with prostitutes on the street in the calamity year, and replaced him with Du Zhongnian, a young general from the Fucheng Army. Fifteen days ago, the envoy of the vassal town of Beishuo
I was demoted to the county magistrate by you for being lax in controlling my subordinates. This time, the person you appointed is Rong Hao, the master of ceremonies of the Ministry of Rites."
"Well, the transfer of these people was originally arranged by the emperor before he left. Now you want to blame me and suspect me of abusing my power. I have nothing to say."
Yifang saw the expression on Dou Zunian's face sinking every inch as she said her words. She felt a little unbearable and didn't say anything further. But Dou Zunian's unreasonable excuse completely aroused the anger in her heart!
"When the emperor left, he did intend to mobilize these people. These people were either in charge of the staff, or in charge of the granary, or the source of military power. However, you replaced the people who should be replaced, and the people who were supposed to be on top were replaced.
, but you didn’t follow the emperor’s instructions!”
Yifang looked at Dou Zunian's hurried face, endured it again and again, and said: "Xue Qing, Rong Hao, Du Zhongnian, who are these people? They are either nephews of Ruihe's natal family, distant relatives of the Dou family, and
It seems that the relationship between these people at Yuerong's side is far apart. I have no big quarrels with you or the Dou family, and I don't even have any big quarrels with the Shu Duke's Mansion and the Earl's Mansion.
Trouble, but don’t forget, brother, the emperor has been able to control the situation of the court in his hands and seize the opportunity to take various actions over the years, despite the constraints left by the late emperor and Xia Yunshen’s approach.
, relying on his group of secret guards who can collect any information. Do you think that since the emperor can entrust the government to you and entrust me and my son to you, he will not let me stay?
Just rely on it!"
Hearing this, Dou Zunian swayed his feet and looked at Yi Fangliang's astonishing eyes. The aura that suddenly emanated from his body made him regard him as a mortal enemy. He suddenly felt that all the hard work in his life was just like this, and he sat down frustrated.
He sat on the chair and covered his face with his hands. After a long while, he smiled softly and said: "That's right, that's right. You have been smarter and more capable than me since you were a child. What I have done recently is indeed overstepping the rules.
You didn't directly say that I had any intention of usurping the throne, so you were showing mercy."
Yifang's lips opened, and her heart was sour. She knew that her brother had always loved her. He did these things just to concentrate more power in his hands, but because he didn't trust Xia Jie.
, I am worried that after this battle, if Xia Jie is worried about the power of the Dou family in the future, he will establish another concubine in the palace to suppress her.
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However, human desires are endless. When so many temptations of power are in front of us, it is often difficult to control the human heart.
Even she herself, who has been helping Xia Jie handle political affairs in the capital for more than a year and has the power, will feel satisfied and shaken. She is eager to handle everything, arrange everything, and bring everything together.
Yuntian went to reunite with Xia Jie and spent the most difficult time with Xia Jie. Among them, she was worried that she had become accustomed to having power for a long time. After Xia Jie returned victorious in the future, she would be reluctant to return the power and attract Xia Jie.
Her suspicions completely destroyed her relationship with Xia Jie.
She didn't want such a result. Today's sweet love was obtained with countless blood and pain, including one of her children, so she had to cut off such signs first.
If even she has to worry about being deceived by power, then what about Dou Zunian, a person who has been suppressed by his status as a concubine for so many years, a man who has always been ambitious and quite talented, who once succeeded and rose to prominence, suddenly,
I found that there is still such power in this world. One day of brother-sister love, ten days of brother-sister love, but how long can such brother-sister love be suppressed for a long time? Women still have flesh and blood and love to restrain them from making rational choices.
But men, especially men in this era, are different.
Only when he personally experienced such a swing in his mind, did Yifang understand what Hua Piaoling told her back then, how helpless and pitiful it was for a mother to tell her beloved daughter to guard against her son.
Words from the bottom of my heart!
Especially, seeing the lust that occasionally flashed in Dou Zunian's eyes recently, Yifang felt that it was time to wake up. She didn't want to one day have to be like her own brother for the sake of her husband and son.
People who depend on each other for life raise the butcher's knife.
During this period of time, she has killed too many people, including Hua Piaoxue, more than a hundred members of the Hua family, the remnants of the previous crown prince, and even the restless children of the Dou family. Among these people, some were Xia Jielin
Some of the people who had made a decree to be executed before leaving had no time to carry out the execution, but she had personally sealed the decree with the jade seal left by Xia Jie.
There are many people among them who are her blood relatives, and she has to deal with them. Some, such as Hua Yunqing and others, are still in prison by her, imprisoned to death, waiting to be dealt with. However, in the end,
It can't be dragged to death, it's just waiting for more use value.
Her hands were stained with too much blood. When she dreamed about it at midnight, she often dreamed that someone would come to ask for her life, asking her why her parents and brothers committed crimes, and they, the orphans and weaklings, also had to take their lives and go to hell.
The wronged soul.
Every time she woke up, she always held her son in her arms, thinking about Xia Jie's gentle care of her, thinking about Xia Jie's smiling face, and thinking about the happy days their family of three would have in the future. She told herself over and over again that there was no such thing as
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it will always be fine, it will always be fine. For Xia Jie and Yuntian, even if she goes to the underworld and enters the eighteenth level of hell in the future, she will be happy with it.
But could it be that if she really wanted to force her to that step, her eldest brother would be the only one who could do it!
Yifang suddenly felt sad. The calm face she had tried to maintain since Xia Jie left finally collapsed. Just like when she was a child, she knelt down at Dou Zunian's feet, rested her head on Dou Zunian's knees, and burst into tears.
There was no one around, but when the people waiting outside heard Yi Fang crying, they felt uneasy and walked a few steps away unconsciously.
Dou Zunian was upset at first, but when he suddenly saw Yifang crying, he became at a loss. Then he saw that Yifang was still leaning on his knees like he had been bullied when he was a child.
He gently stroked Yi Fang's long hair and remained silent.
Yi Fang sobbed and cried for a long time, his nose was red, and he said angrily: "Brother, don't force me. I feel uncomfortable since he left, but I promised him that I will take good care of him and take him with me."
Yuntian, guarding this capital and managing this court, must not let him get distracted and wait for his return. For his words, I have become ruthless. No matter what, I dare to do it. No matter how difficult it is, I will do it.
If you endure it, I will attack anyone, I dare to kill anyone, but you are my eldest brother. When we, brother and sister, were in the Dou family, we endured such hardships. In one winter, we weighed more than ten kilograms.
You gave me all the examples of carbon. You were shivering with cold, and you almost froze to death. My brother and sister, we agreed to get ahead and be the best among people. You worked hard for my mother and me.
Go ahead and venture to the south to flatter and win over the courtiers. It is for you and my mother that I entered the palace and became a concubine. Could it be that we finally got to this point because of our power and wealth, because of the Dou family and the imperial power?
The sword is facing each other, brother, I beg you not to force me, I beg you."
Dou Zunian had a sour feeling in his throat and his eyes were moist. He didn't want to cry in front of Yi Fang, so he bit the tip of his tongue and forced the tide back. In his mind, he remembered many things in confusion.
Yes, after so many years of relying on each other, why has the relationship between brother and sister turned out to be like this now!
He has indeed done a lot of things during this period, and it is indeed for Yi Fang. People's hearts have been fickle since ancient times, and the emperor's favor is even more unlucky. Even though the love in the past was as deep as the sea, how long can it last? Mr. Yi Fang
There will be things like old age and loss of beauty, even if the emperor is always as beautiful as a flower, if the emperor gets tired of it and favors another woman again, what will happen to Yifang? He always thinks that the best way is to take advantage of the opportunity.
Seizing the opportunity to firmly hold the power in his hands, in the future, if the emperor has other ideas and wants to favor other women, whether it is his nephew's crown prince position, Yi Fang's status in the palace, or even the Dou family, he will
can be preserved.
Unexpectedly, he ignored it. Before he knew it, the love and care he thought he had had already changed. In fact, in his heart, he had always been thinking about seeking benefit for himself. If he didn't know it today,
If it weren't for Yifang's wake-up call, maybe one day, as his desire grows bigger and bigger, he would indeed be able to usurp the throne in a certain dynasty. Even then, perhaps in order to eradicate the roots, he would not even let Yifang and Yuntian go!
Thinking of this, Dou Zunian couldn't help feeling ashamed and panicked. He gritted his teeth, patted Yifang's shoulder, looked at Yifang's watery eyes and looked at him, and said with pity: "Brother won't force you, eldest brother won't force you, I'll go back today
, we will place all the people who should go up according to the list left by the emperor. You can go to Zhaocheng with peace of mind. Big brother will guard Zhaocheng for the emperor and Yuntian, waiting for your triumphant return."
Yifang had mixed feelings. She knew that this time, her eldest brother was sincere.
Because once all the people are placed according to the list left by Xia Jie before leaving, and these people are all the confidants trained by Xia Jie, they have complete control methods in their hands, and they will not betray them no matter what, then even if
Neither she nor Xia Jie was in the capital, and no one, not even Dou Zunian, could shake the rear.
The corners of Yi Fang's lips trembled a few times. He glanced at the fine lines on the corners of Dou Zunian's eyes. Thinking of those years in the past, he choked and called "big brother" and could no longer say anything else.
Dou Zunian, on the other hand, just patted Yi Fang's shoulder gently with his hand, smiled slightly, and said nothing more.
I'm disappointed. I can't do one chapter, so I divided it into two sections. One chapter can have up to 10,000 words. I hope you don't think it's too big a jump, because some things will be explained in detail in the extra chapter. Otherwise, they will be written in the main text. I think it is too much.