There was a heated exchange of words between the two parties in the court, and they almost started fighting on the spot. In the end, the emperor made the final decision... to open a warehouse to provide food relief!
The aristocratic families were so unconvinced that they actually threw up their sleeves and left in front of all the civil and military officials, completely ignoring the emperor's imperial edict.
With this as the starting point, the matter snowballed. Almost every day when going to court, one could see aristocratic families quarreling with Song Yushi and others. Later, when they got tired of the fight, the aristocratic families simply claimed sick leave and refused to go to court again.
The relationship between the aristocratic families and the Tian family has reached a deadlock.
The aristocratic families are very confident that the emperor will definitely surrender in a few days. Without the support of the aristocratic families, the emperor's position will not be stable at all. He does not dare to go against the aristocratic families.
Just when the aristocratic families looked at the emperor with pride and put down his body to apologize, the emperor suddenly fell ill. It was said that the illness was quite serious and he had to rest in peace. On weekdays, only the Song Yushi could occasionally see his majesty, and the others could not see him.
Everyone will be stopped outside the palace and will not be allowed to disturb His Majesty's recovery.
The emperor was ill, and the aristocratic families couldn't figure out whether the matter was true or not. They wanted to find out inside information through the relationship with the Imperial Hospital. However, the person who treated His Majesty every time was the judge of the Taiyuan Hospital. This judge has been seeing the emperor since
After he got sick, he was kept in the palace. It was said that it was so convenient to see His Majesty at any time that he had not yet left the palace gate. Under the care of Eunuch Xia and Bihe, the entire palace
They were all surrounded like a big iron barrel and it was airtight. If outsiders wanted to see the judge, they had to fly in with wings.
Just when everyone was wondering about the emperor's condition, Prime Minister Wang Qiuyu entered the palace in a low-key manner. He met Queen Wang in Chunning Palace. The father and daughter chatted for a few words, and the topic soon turned to the emperor.
on top of the disease.
Logically speaking, the emperor was ill in bed, and as the queen, Wang Shuhua went to see a doctor. Wang Qiuyu's meaning was very simple. He wanted his daughter to visit the emperor and find out whether the emperor's condition was true or not.
Wang Shuhua thought that people are most vulnerable when they are sick. If she could seize this opportunity to stay with Xiao Feng for a while and let him experience her tenderness, the distance between their husband and wife would definitely be shortened a lot.
The father and daughter hit it off immediately over the matter. Wang Shuhua asked the imperial kitchen to boil a pot of chicken soup, carried it personally, and marched toward the Jinhua Palace with a pair of palace maids.
When Wang Shuhua came to the gate of Jinhua Palace, she was stopped by Eunuch Xia. Wang Shuhua raised her chin arrogantly: "I learned that Your Majesty was ill, and I was very worried. I made chicken soup and came to visit you."
Eunuch Xia's attitude was respectful, but his tone was neither humble nor arrogant: "His Majesty once ordered you to stay in Chunning Palace and think about your mistakes. Now that His Majesty has not lifted the ban on you, you have left Chunning Palace so hastily. I'm afraid it's a bit uncomfortable.
Is it okay?"
Wang Shuhua seemed to have expected that he would ask this question, and said slowly: "There was some misunderstanding between Your Majesty and me before, but even so, it was a family matter between our husband and wife. Now that Your Majesty is ill, I
Your Majesty's health is at the heart of the palace, and the little misunderstanding before has long been forgotten, so why do you need to bring it up again to cause further discord between us husband and wife?"
These words were so subtle that it was difficult to refute them. If she were not careful, she could easily accuse him of deliberately driving a wedge between the couple in the Tian family. If this charge was confirmed, he would have been following the emperor all the time.
Eunuch Xia, who had been with him for many years, couldn't bear it.
Eunuch Xia smiled: "Your Majesty is willing to get back on good terms with you, which is the best thing. However, your Majesty is ill now, and the doctor has told you not to see people, otherwise it will easily aggravate your condition. In order for your Majesty to recover as soon as possible.
, please forgive me."
Wang Shuhua refused to give up and asked persistently: "Since I can't see your majesty, who can the censor of the Song Dynasty see your majesty?"
"This... this servant doesn't know," Eunuch Xia said with a bitter smile and a very helpless expression, "These are all His Majesty's orders. He said he wanted to see Song Yushi, so a servant can't resist the order and be disrespectful, right?"
"Then what you mean is that His Majesty doesn't want to see me?!"
Faced with her question, Eunuch Xia did not answer.
Wang Shuhua took his silence as acquiescence, and immediately stamped her feet angrily: "I want to see Your Majesty today, who of you dares to stop me?!"
As she said that, she was about to force her way in. Eunuch Xia immediately sent someone to stop her and would never allow her to step into the palace.
Seeing that Wang Shuhua couldn't force her way in, she simply knelt down on the ground and cried loudly. She made up her mind that even if she was cheating, she would definitely see Xiao Feng today. She didn't believe that these slaves really dared to drive her out.
Eunuch Xia and others really did not dare to touch her. After all, she was the empress of the main palace who was being married by Ming Media. She was the highest-status person in the entire harem besides the emperor and the empress dowager. No one dared to touch her without the emperor's order.
Wang Shuhua's purpose was to make the emperor unbearable and come to see her in person.
Just when everyone was helpless about Wang Shuhua, the Empress Dowager suddenly arrived. She took one look at Wang Shuhua and ordered people to send Wang Shuhua back to Chunning Palace for safe custody and not allow Wang Shuhua to step out of the gate again.
The Empress Dowager usually seemed kind and amiable, but at this time her demeanor was extremely severe. Wang Shuhua was extremely unwilling to do so, but in the face of the overwhelming majesty exuded by the Empress Dowager, all her little tricks became decorations, and in the end she could only
He was escorted back to Chunning Palace in silence.
Wang Shuhua failed to see Xiao Feng as she wished, which made her angry. At the same time, she became increasingly suspicious that there was something behind Xiao Feng's condition. She used money to bribe the young eunuch who escorted Song Yushi in and out of the palace, and found out clues from him.
It turns out that every time Song Yushi entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, he could not see the people inside clearly through a layer of gauze curtain. Even if there was a stranger inside, no one outside would know.
Wang Shuhua related what happened in the past few days, and a bold guess came into her mind... Xiao Feng might not be in the palace at all?!
Once this suspicion emerged, it immediately took root in her heart and became out of control.
She quietly revealed this guess to her father and asked him to check the truth of the matter. Unexpectedly, Wang Qiuyu actually asked Wang Qiuyu to investigate and deal with some inside stories. It turned out that the emperor had already left the palace and was now in the Jinhua Palace.
The "emperor" in it is simply a fake!
Wang Shuhua's eyes lit up and she stared at him excitedly and asked: "Then what are we waiting for? Before the real emperor comes back, hurry up and get rid of this fake! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we can't let it go easily!"
Wang Qiuyu was calmer than her. He said slowly: "Don't be anxious yet, this matter must be done slowly."
Wang Shuhua was puzzled: "If we are not in a hurry now, when will we wait?"
"We must first find out the purpose of Your Majesty's leaving the palace."
Wang Shuhua thought for a moment and couldn't figure out what this had to do with what they were going to do. She frowned slightly and said, "No matter what his purpose is, the most important thing for us is to take the opportunity to bring him down. As long as he falls, we have nothing to worry about."
Let him lead us by the nose again?! Now that he has made up his mind to go against the family, we must not sit back and wait for death. Either he dies now or we forget. Father, what are you still hesitating about?!"
"No, the more it is at this time, the more we must be calm and calm. We must not be fooled by the illusion in front of us." Wang Qiuyu put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth with a very solemn expression. "In my impression, His Majesty has always been
He is a cautious and thoughtful person, otherwise he would not have been able to defeat all his opponents and secure the throne in just two years after the death of the late emperor. To be honest, he is a difficult opponent to deal with. If
It's possible that I never want to be his enemy in this life."
Wang Shuhua disagreed with him very much: "Father, this battle has not even started yet, and you are here to inflate other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige! No matter how cautious he is, he is still weak. Without the support of his father, he will
There is no way to secure this throne!"
The daughter lives in the harem, although she is a little clever, her vision is inevitably a bit narrow. In her eyes, the purpose of opposing the emperor is to avenge his neglect of her. She does not care at all whether this is related to the structure of the court, nor does she care about the relationship between the Tian family and the emperor.
What is the significance of the family's game? Wang Qiuyu stopped, looked at her again, and began to regret that he should not involve his daughter in this conspiracy dispute?
However, there is no regret medicine in the world. Now that things have come to this, she will definitely not be willing to let her daughter quit midway. And if she is here, she should be able to restrain the attention of the Empress Dowager to some extent.
What my daughter said just now is quite right. Today, the Holy Emperor has been watching every move of the aristocratic family and is determined to eradicate all the aristocratic families. If he cannot be pulled down while he is still in his infancy, I am afraid that after he takes full power in the future,
All aristocratic families will suffer disaster.
In this war, either you die or I die!
They have no way out!
After thinking for a moment, Wang Qiuyu made up his mind that since he wanted to do something, he had to do it quickly. It was best to take away all the power in the palace before the emperor came back. Even if the emperor came back, he would be alone and helpless.
Wang Qiuyu's eyes became fierce and decisive, and he said in a deep voice: "You find a way to contain the Queen Mother so that she can't be distracted from other things. As for Your Majesty... I have my own plan. Since Your Majesty
If you dare to leave the palace secretly, you will never come back again!"
Wang Shuhua immediately nodded in agreement. Thinking of Xiao Feng who was far outside the palace, a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes and a sneer tugged at the corner of her mouth. Since you take me as a queen seriously, then why should I waste all my youth on this?
On you?!
Xiao Feng, after all your wings are cut off, I will make you kneel on the ground crying and begging me to look at you again! I will make you regret it!
Queen Wang suddenly fell ill. The palace maid invited the imperial doctor, but Queen Wang kicked her out of the room. Queen Wang said that she became ill because she could not see His Majesty. Unless she was allowed to see His Majesty, she would rather die of illness than see a doctor!
This matter reached the ears of the Empress Dowager. She was so angry that Wang Shuhua's almost rogue threatening behavior broke the tea cup. She slapped the table hard, gritted her teeth and cursed: "What an ignorant woman!" (To be continued)