Ling Ruo was silent for a long time and said, "Then how does the emperor plan to deal with this matter?"
Yinzhen took a breath and said something that surprised Ling Ruo, "Early this morning, Ying Ge published a memorial to impeach Hong Shi for sleeping in flowers and willows and lingering in the imperial court."
Ling Ruo asked in shock: "Master Yingge? He is the biological uncle of the second elder brother, and he actually submitted a petition to impeach the second elder brother?"
Yinzhen nodded and said: "Yes, I was just as surprised as you when I saw that envelope. I didn't expect that Yingge would kill his relatives out of justice. However, it can also be seen from this that what Hongshi has done recently is very unpopular.
, but he himself has no regrets."
Ling Ruo didn't answer, but secretly guessed Yingge's intention to impeach Hongshi. This incident was indeed beyond her expectation. She originally thought that Yingge was the Queen's wife, so she would try her best to keep Hongshi no matter what.
The more he defends, the more disgusted Yinzhen will be, which will eventually make the situation more and more unfavorable to the Nala clan, thereby shaking their fundamentals. However, the situation is obviously not going in this direction now.
Could it be that Yingge wanted to retreat in order to advance? But if this was the case, the risk would be too great. If Yinzhen really dealt with Hongshi, the gain would outweigh the loss for them.
But if not, what is their purpose? Yingge has always followed Nala's orders. Nala should know about the impeachment of Hongshi, but she did not object. Why? Give up Hongshi and give up on
The fight for the throne?
This idea was denied by Ling Ruo as soon as it came up. The Nala she knew was by no means a person who would give up. Just look at the fact that she has been thinking about taking her own life for more than 20 years. Let me ask.
How could such a person be willing to lose to himself? If he was even willing to die, there would be no word "admit defeat" in La Shi's heart.
If she doesn’t want to give up her fight for the throne, then why would La Shi let Yingge take part in such a book? Isn’t this cutting off her own escape route? Unless...
Ling Ruo's eyelids twitched, and a thought gradually became clear in her heart. Yes, only in this way can she explain the intention of Na La's and Ying Ge's actions. However, she really didn't expect that Na La's was so cruel and heartless, without thinking twice.
The mother-son friendship of more than ten years, even if it was false, after all these years, there was always some affection. But when the Nala family found out that Hongshi could no longer be used by him, he abandoned Hongshi without any hesitation.
Reluctant to give up.
She really doubted whether Nala's heart was made of iron stone, or... after Honghui's death, her heart had turned into iron stone, without any trace of humanity anymore.
If Honghui had not died, everything might not have turned out like this, and she would still have been the uncontested direct descendant of the royal family. But the fact is the fact, and there is no room for "what if".
"Ruo'er? Ruo'er?" Yinzhen's voice woke Ling Ruo out of her deep thoughts. Seeing that her eyes had regained their clarity, Yinzhen smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? You are so absorbed that I haven't called you many times."
reaction."
Ling Ruoxu smiled and said: "It's nothing. I just didn't expect Lord Yingge to be so understanding of justice and impartial. I don't know whether the emperor is planning to stay in China with this letter or..."
Yinzhen's eyes turned cold and he said: "Let's leave it until tomorrow. If you still don't go to court tomorrow, you will deal with it according to the law to avoid losing my face."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." After that, neither of them mentioned the matter again, and Ling Ruo also left the Yangxin Hall after accompanying Yinzhen to dinner.
When they were halfway there, Ling Ruo said softly: "Shui Xiu, help me go to Xianfu Palace. I have something to say to Concubine Jin."
Shuixiu helped her to Xianfu Palace as she was told. Guarjia was sewing a small hat. When she saw Ling Ruolai, she smiled and waved: "You're just in time, look at this hat for Jiarou to wear."
How about it? Is it too big?"
Ling Ruo took the half-sewn hat and said softly: "The bigger one is, the little ones grow up fast, and they will be able to wear it in a few months, and it will be cold by then."
"That's right." Guarjia put the needle and thread aside and said seriously: "You come here so late, but you have something to say to me?"
"Yes." Ling Ruo nodded and explained in detail what happened in the Yangxin Hall. Guarjia said solemnly: "She is really willing to give up the chess piece she has raised for twenty years.
And doing so would be tantamount to cutting off one’s own path forward.”
"This is exactly what I want to discuss with my sister. With Nala's thoughts, she will never give up the plan of more than 20 years. If she loses to me, she will lose the opportunity to become the Queen Mother. She will give up Hongshi just because this chess piece does not exist.
She has used it, and she has found a better chess piece."
"Better..." Guarjia pondered for a moment and then said hesitantly: "You are not referring to the other elder brothers, right? But their mother-in-law is still alive and well, how can the queen take her as her own?
"
"Sister, have you forgotten how Ye Xiu died?" Guarjia was speechless with one sentence. After a while, Fang said: "Apart from Hongli, there are only two other people left, Hongzhou and Hongzhan.
Hong Zhou has grown up, has his own likes and dislikes, and has always been on good terms with Hong Li. It is basically impossible for the queen to control him, so there is only one left - Hong Zhan."
"Yes, this is the only way to explain why the queen gave up on Hongshi." After Ling Ruo's words fell, Guarjia said with a cold smile: "It seems that Mrs. Liu is going to be unlucky, but this woman is not a fuel saver either.
Deng, if the Queen wants her life, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”
Ling Ruo smiled and said nothing. The plot between the Queen and the Liu family had nothing to do with her, and she did not think that the Nala family's plan could succeed. Because if she had not guessed wrong, the plan to seize the Liu family's son should be successful.
After Ping'er's incident, it's hard to say whether she will be a queen or not.
Early the next morning, Hongshi still didn't show up at the morning court. Yinzhen took out the paper that Yingge had presented yesterday and asked the ministers what to do with Hongshi staying in the hospital without thinking about the morning court.
In fact, many officials have heard about this matter, but firstly, they themselves are not necessarily very clean, and secondly, they are more or less related to the Nala clan, so they all chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
, didn’t mention this matter, but now Yinzhen couldn’t avoid asking about it.
Seeing that all the officials were silent, Yinzhen raised the zhezi in his hand and said, "What, you don't have anything to say? Or do you think there is no need to pursue Hongshi?"
Under his words, one of the officials finally stood up and said: "Returning to the emperor, Prince Ding probably stayed in the Imperial Court because he was temporarily confused. The minister thought that he should be advised to prevent him from continuing to make mistakes."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Prince Ding has always abided by the rules. This time he probably made a mistake because he was tempted by others. He should be persuaded rather than punished blindly."