Song Qinghuan was a little surprised that Prince Xiao Mu died of illness like this. In order to fight for the position of Prince, he had to drink the medicine of tiger and wolf to support his weak body.
The medicine was so powerful that most people couldn't bear it. But Xiao Mu not only managed to bear it, but also lived for so many years. He was indeed a little surprised. According to Song Qinghuan's estimate of his condition, Xiao Rouzhen had not escaped from the marriage long ago.
At that time, Xiao Mu should have become warped.
I just don't know which miracle doctor he invited to nurse him back to health, so that he could live for a few more years.
Xiao Mu's death was inevitable. The reason why Empress Dowager Jiang made him the prince was firstly because Xiao Mu was obedient, and secondly because he was frail and sick. But she didn't expect that he was not only frail and sick, but also short-lived.
Moreover, it was not the right time to die. If he had died earlier, Empress Dowager Jiang could still find someone to replace him. If he died later, she would not be in a hurry.
It happened that she died just when her vitality was severely weakened.
As soon as Xiao Mu died, Empress Dowager Jiang's position became even more difficult. After the funeral, all the ministers jointly submitted a petition to establish another crown prince.
Emperor Chengxing had a headache due to the quarrel, but he also noticed it among his sons. He wanted to raise Xiao Wei up, but Empress Dowager Jiang was unwilling to do so. She dressed in court clothes and started arguing with the courtiers in the Jinluan Hall.
Empress Dowager Jiang had been strong for so many years, and Emperor Chengxing had been suffering from it for many years, so naturally he did not dare to say anything.
The Queen Mother and her courtiers had been quarreling fiercely in the court hall for many days, but he did not say a word. He was so bored that he even dozed off openly.
After quarreling for half a month, Empress Dowager Jiang's prestige was not as good as before, and the issue of establishing the crown prince still did not come to a conclusion.
The prince's matter was not resolved, so the courtiers jointly submitted a memorial, accusing Empress Dowager Jiang of interfering with government affairs despite being a member of the harem. Civil servants also listed dozens of charges against Empress Dowager Jiang.
Empress Dowager Jiang has been sitting in this position for decades, and she has long been accustomed to everyone respecting and fearing her. She had lost her vitality a while ago, and Xiao Mu died again. Now that she was being questioned by those officials, she immediately became confused.
I couldn't breathe well and fell ill.
When Empress Dowager Jiang fell ill, the issue of establishing a prince was brought up again, and various parties started arguing in the court, but Xiao Wei was still pushed forward.
The imperial edict to establish the crown prince has been drawn up, and all that is needed is to get the jade seal from Empress Dowager Jiang to cover it, and it will be done.
However, Empress Dowager Jiang was ill and had no intention of compromising. She refused to hand over the jade seal and appointed Xiao Wei no matter what. She even put down harsh words and said that if Emperor Cheng Xing dared to establish the crown prince without her consent,
Unless you kill her.
Emperor Chengxing had been a coward for so many years, and when Empress Dowager Jiang was so frightened, he really did not dare to mention the matter again, and the imperial edict he had prepared could no longer be used. The matter of establishing a prince was shelved from then on.
However, because Empress Dowager Jiang fell ill, several senior ministers forcibly took over the affairs of the court from her hands. In other words, she only held a jade seal in her hand, but all other rights were taken away from her.
Kyoto is in chaos, and it has not calmed down until the end of the New Year. Xiao Ci, who is far away in Ruizhou, has been watching the drama for several months. He was happy, but his mind became more and more heavy.
When Song Qinghuan saw that he had sent many people to investigate the messy things, he wondered: "Then the old devout women have fallen ill, and the prince has not stood up. The fire that lasted for a while can't burn our place."
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On the surface it looked like this, but Xiao Ci didn't have such a good attitude.
He said: "Do you really think that the Queen Mother is trying to push others away? This is too much of a coincidence."
Song Qinghuan didn't know why. From what she saw, Queen Mother Jiang had committed many unjust acts and was bound to die. She had been a domineering Queen Mother for so many years, but she had also accumulated a lot of hatred. It was inevitable that she would fall down now.
Xiao Ci saw her confused look and said, "The matter of establishing a crown prince has been mentioned several times, and the candidate is still Xiao Wei. Do you know why?"
Song Qinghuan said: "Xiao Wei has always wanted to sit in that position, and he has been planning for so many years and won over the courtiers to speak to him. Isn't it normal?"
Xiao Ci saw that she really didn't think of the idea, and immediately laughed: "It's indeed quite normal, but why did he fail to become the prince after all his efforts, and instead allowed Queen Mother Jiang to be sidelined."
After everything was said so clearly, Song Qinghuan understood immediately and couldn't help but change his face: "You mean, the establishment of the crown prince may have been a cover, and the real purpose is actually to gain the rights in the hands of Queen Mother Jiang."
Xiao Ci nodded appreciatively and said nothing. Song Qinghuan thought about it and couldn't help laughing again: "Xiao Wei was used as a pawn, but I'm a little curious about who is behind this plan and what's going on."
It's so delicate."
I was afraid that Xiao Wei would be taken advantage of, but she was still willing to do so.
Song Qing laughed out loud, but Xiao Ci couldn't stop laughing. It was precisely because he couldn't find out who was behind the plan, which was the most terrifying thing.
Being able to play such a big game of chess and still remain calm without anyone noticing, as long as this person works hard, the world will be his own sooner or later.
Xiao Ci couldn't find the person behind this plan, but the incident in Tianyin Village suddenly gave them a clue.
Chuhan was ordered to investigate the Tianyin Village, but he only found the artifacts of those who came to destroy the village, and no clues about who destroyed the village.
Because Tianyin Village was found, it was necessary to find out that there were still people who had escaped death, so Chuhan placed the young man in place, and took people to bury all the bones in Tianyin Village and set up monuments.
The young man from Tianyin Village was crazy even though he had ruined his appearance. He repeated a few sentences over and over again without knowing what he meant. On the day the tomb was built, he kowtowed in front of the stone tablet and couldn't help but howl loudly.
When I started crying, I became more and more silent and often avoided people.
They all thought that he was a little lunatic who had been overly stimulated and that was why he was so weird, so they didn't take it to heart. However, they didn't expect that one day, this little lunatic would rush out and grab Chu Han, and then stuff something into his chest.
In his hands.
It is a jade talisman, which looks like a dragon but not a dragon, and looks like a tiger but not a tiger.
It can be seen from this that the extinction of Tianyin Village must be closely related to this jade talisman.
Xiao Ci studied the jade token that the little madman sent him and the piece that Song Qinghuan gave him over and over again. Although he didn't find out who the owner of the jade talisman was, he had a vague feeling that it was the person behind it.
man of.
I have been investigating the matter of this jade talisman for more than a year, but there is no news. Ruizhou Mansion has been living in peace for a long time since the flood that year. However, I didn't expect that this summer, an edict was rushed from 800 miles away to summon Xiao.
Resign and return to Beijing.
The news came quickly and urgently, without any warning in advance, and even Xiao Ci himself was taken aback.
