"Elder-in-law" migraine

Duan Yixian's secret guard was established with the help of his master Quelin when he was 15 years old. However, in a few years, it continued to grow and become a secret weapon of Duan Yixian.Dozens of secret guards hide the capital and wherever Duan Yixian needs them to go. No one has seen their faces except Duan Yixian and Fu Sheng.They were all adopted by Quelin since they were young, and they taught martial arts by themselves. They are highly capable and loyal.The things entrusted to them have never disappointed Duan Yixian.

This time too.

Three days later, the secret guard sent two people in front of Duan Yixian, one of them was the director of the Shangfu Bureau, and the other was unidentified, but the conversation between the two on the rockery behind the Shangfu Bureau proved that they were obviously related to this Things can not get rid of the relationship.

Duan Yixian ordered to block the news of Concubine Shu's poisoning in the past few days, saying that Concubine Shu was infected with cold and fell ill, and secretly sent secret guards to inquire quietly, but he ran between Yiwang Mansion and Tongxin Hall while taking care of the concubine. The newborn "son" and the "postpartum" princess took care of the concubine Shu in the "sick bed", and the reputation of a virtuous husband and filial son spread even more.

When the dark guards caught them, Duan Yixian had just come out of Concubine Shu's room, with tired eyes, he ordered them to take the two into the side hall of the Hall of Concentric Heart, and let them guard the door, while Duan Yixian went in for interrogation alone.

The two of them were already paralyzed by the sudden sudden appearance of the guards, they huddled together and looked at Duan Yixian.Duan Yixian stood tall, looked at the two of them, and said for a while, "I think you have already figured out why this king is looking for you."

The two people looked at each other, and suddenly the director of the Shangfu Bureau fell to his knees, "His Royal Highness, slave, I don't know this person. I really don't know about the poisoning of Concubine Shu."

"Oh?" Duan Yixian raised his eyebrows, but his tone did not change at all, "If you don't know him, why hide behind a rockery to meet this person?"

"Your Highness, it's the slave who has lost his mind. At the beginning, Tongxin Hall sent someone to say that the empress's fragrance powder was gone, and wanted to get another box back. It happened that the fragrance powder from the Shangfu Bureau was also used up. This person found the slave. He said that he had incense powder brought from a foreign land in his hand, and the price was cheaper than the original one. The servant can buy it from him, and if there is more money...you can keep it for yourself. Unexpectedly, something happened to Concubine Shu. The servant secretly heard from others that the empress was not sick, but was poisoned in the incense powder. I was worried that there was something wrong with the incense powder, so I came to him and wanted to ask about this matter. It really has nothing to do with slaves." Na Sishi said, tearing up and down, desperately trying to explain.

Duan Yixian glanced at him, nodded, and looked at the other person, "Then what about you, which palace are you from?"

The man raised his eyes and looked at Duan Yixian's expression. Duan Yixian's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Concubine Shu's, but at the moment he was smiling, but it made people feel shuddering. He remembered Emperor Jingyan when he was angry, and he couldn't help trembling. Looking at Duan Yixian with pursed lips, he shook his head and remained silent.

Duan Yixian snorted softly, but he was not annoyed, and the smile on his lips deepened, "I guess you are not so easy to speak. I will send someone to take you to a place later, and someone will make you tell the truth."

***

Yiyuan Hall is the palace of the empress of the current dynasty, and it has been ten years since Gongxihan took over here.Ten years is enough for her to grow into a successful harem master.She has always done things properly, neither the concubine nor Emperor Jing Yan can pick out big mistakes.

It's just that she ran into trouble today because of her brother.

Gongxi's family was originally a prominent family in the former dynasty, and there are only two brothers and sisters in this generation.Their father once commented on the two of them, saying that Gong Xibang was more than courageous and lacking in wisdom, while Gong Xihan was a woman but had great wisdom. Their Gongxi family has no worries.

Gongxibang has also always obeyed his father's last words, so for many years, they can still occupy a place no matter in the court or in the harem.It's just that this time Gongxihan didn't expect her elder brother to be so courageous.

Gong Xihan also knew that Concubine Shu had been poisoned, so she realized that something was wrong.Although Duan Yixian ordered that this matter not be spread outside the public, but, as the lord of the harem, what can he hide from Gong Xihan?

Although Gongxihan has always known that Concubine Shu is her hidden danger, she never thought of attacking Concubine Shu.She has always understood that to keep her and Duan Yijie's status today, she just needs to keep her duty and strive for nothing wrong, instead of trying to get rid of others, because as long as you do something, you will leave traces. It is definitely not that easy to keep one's duty.

It's just that her brother couldn't understand this truth no matter what.

Gongxihan sighed, and ordered the servant, "Send someone to wait on the way to court, and ask Lord Gongxi to come and see me."

After the dynasty was over, Gong Xibang came to Yiyuan Palace with his servants, and he just glanced at Gong Xihan's face, and knew that something must have been done wrong, because at this moment, the expression on his sister's face was definitely not good enough. happy.

Queen Gongxi has always been very easy to get along with, she has a gentle attitude towards concubines and servants, and rarely gets angry, but because she is her own sister, so just by taking a look, Gongxibang will know when this sister is in a bad mood. good.

Gong Xihan leaned on the couch, saw Gong Xibang coming in and just waved his hand, all the servants retreated, Gong Xihan stretched out his finger and pointed to the chair beside him, "Brother, sit down and talk."

Gong Xihan's tone made Gong Xibang break out in a cold sweat. He sat down on the chair and said hesitantly, "Sister, are you unhappy?"

Gongxihan sat up straight and looked at her elder brother expressionlessly, "I just didn't expect my own brother to be so courageous that he dared to poison and murder the concubine. If His Majesty finds out, maybe our Gongxihan The fate of the family will end here!"

Gong Xibang was shocked by the sudden tone of the last sentence, and then said, "I poisoned Concubine Shu just to blame Duan Yimo. When Duan Yixian finds out that Duan Yimo poisoned his mother The concubine has been poisoned, so she can't hold her breath no matter what. When the two brothers turn against each other, we can help. In addition, I now have evidence that Duan Yimo is not the prince. When the time comes, get rid of Duan Yimo. Yi Mo can also inflict severe damage on Duan Yixian, and the position of the crown prince will no longer be threatened."

"It's just nonsense." Gong Xihan said coldly, "Who is Duan Yixian? Why are you so confident that he won't be able to find out the truth? I'm afraid that when the time comes, he will turn against us. .”

"How could it be?" Gong Xibang said conceitedly, "I've already made a complete plan. Not only did I leave physical evidence in the Shangfu Bureau, but I also sent a special witness. At that time, that person will beat him up and admit that he is The people sent by Prince Chen's mansion are all happy."

Gongxihan stared at Gongxibang for a while, "This doesn't seem like an idea you dare to make, who is it?"

"A confidant of mine." Gong Xibang said truthfully.

Gong Xihan shook his head, and said a little irritably, "I always feel that this matter is not so simple, and Duan Yixian is not so easy to deceive. This matter is related to the life of his mother and concubine, and he will never judge the case hastily. And your confidant , come up with such an idea, it doesn't seem very reliable."

Just as they were talking, the door of the palace was suddenly pushed open, and the two people in the room were startled, and when they turned around, they found that it was Duan Yihong who was leaning on the door and smiling at the two of them.

Gong Xihan was the first to come back to his senses, and withdrew the seriousness on his face, "Hong'er, why did you come here suddenly and didn't tell anyone to pass it on?"

Duan Yihong closed the door with his hand back, and bent his lips to look at his mother, queen, and uncle, "After I finish the transmission, maybe I will never have the chance to see my uncle again. And the mother concubine and the fifth brother, maybe will be affected."

Gong Xibang frowned, "What does Hong'er mean?"

Duan Yihong smiled lightly, "Uncle probably doesn't know yet, but when you came to see the concubine mother, the witness card you sent was taken away by Fourth Brother's people as planned."

"That's not just right." After Gong Xibang finished speaking, he suddenly came back to his senses, "How do you know this?"

Duan Yihong stretched out a finger and waved it lightly, "How do I know that this matter is obviously not important anymore, the point is, I also know that your confidant Zhao Shu has quietly left Gongxi Mansion last night, and now probably He has already left the capital, and what he took away was the only family member you sent as a witness. Therefore, before you, the fourth brother will learn through interrogation that it is the uncle of the country who instigated people to kill Concubine Shu. He poisoned her face powder, trying to poison her life, and eventually disfigured Concubine Shu."

Gong Xibang's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is this possible? Zhao Shu is my confidant, how could he harm me?"

"Uncle may still have some problems with his eyesight." Duan Yihong walked to the table, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, tasted it, then turned to his mother and said, "My mother's tea is not bad. Get me some."

Gong Xihan's complexion was already slightly pale, and she tried her best to calm down her emotions before she calmly said, "Hong'er, tell me what you know at once, so as to save your mother and your uncle from worrying."

Duan Yihong put down his teacup and continued, "Zhao Shu, a native of Longzhou, was a Jinshi in Jingyan's eighth year. Because he had been unsuccessful in the court, he joined his uncle as his brain trust. But in fact, Zhao Shu and Fang Yong They were originally from the same township, but in the previous dynasty, the two of them passed the local examination together as a scholar, appreciated each other, and became close friends."

Gong Xibang's hand holding the water glass trembled, he couldn't believe it, he had made such a negligence, and he hadn't even investigated the origins of his subordinates, allowing Fang Yong to take advantage of such a big loophole .

Duan Yihong looked at Xibang's expression playfully, and continued, "After my uncle found out about Fang Yong's relationship with Concubine De and Duan Yimo's background, Zhao Shu ran to conspire with Fang Yong on this matter." , I want to use this to divert attention, maybe it can also make fourth brother compete with uncle clam."

Gongxihan sighed heavily, as she expected, this matter is definitely not that simple, if she could know about it as soon as possible, she would never allow Gongxibang to make such an idea anyway.

Gong Xibang's face was already deathly pale, he looked at Duan Yihong's half-smile expression, and he spoke for a long time, "You already knew about these things, why didn't you remind me?"

Duan Yihong shook his head, "If you don't teach uncle a lesson, how can uncle believe me? What's more, I naturally have my purpose." After a pause, he looked at Queen Gongxi's expression and continued, " Mother, don't worry, I am your own son, I will not harm you. And I will tell you my purpose sooner or later."

Gongxihan waved her hand wearily. The catastrophe that Gongxibang caused has exhausted her physically and mentally. The concubine's murder is not a small matter, and Concubine Shu is the real first wife of Emperor Jingyan after all. Although people are not close, Emperor Jingyan never gave up on Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu has a knot in her heart, Emperor Jingyan betrayed her, and why doesn't Emperor Jingyan have a knot in his heart?That emperor was too proud. He felt that he had nothing to lose in his life, but he was only ashamed of Concubine Shu. He had tried his best to make up for it over the years, but he never expected that someone would attack Concubine Shu.

But he chose to entrust this matter to Duan Yixian to take full responsibility, if Duan Yixian was afraid that he would find out that Gong Xibang was the murderer, he would definitely not let him go.

After Duan Yihong reached out to support his mother, let her sit down on the chair, poured another cup of tea and handed it to her, then glanced at his uncle, and said softly, "I'm not here today just to mock uncle I have a way to resolve this matter, let the fourth brother let the uncle go, and get rid of Fang Yong and the seventh prince, I wonder if the uncle is willing?"

"You?" Gong Xibang couldn't believe it, "Who doesn't know that Duan Yixian has a deep relationship with his mother and concubine, can he let go of such a big enmity?"

The corners of Duan Yihong's lips twitched slightly, "I said I have a way, and I have a way. I just hope that my uncle can keep a low profile both inside and outside the court, and try to visit the queen mother as little as possible in the palace. It's best to live in seclusion."

Gong Xibang frowned, "What do you mean?"

Duan Yihong waved his hands with a smile, turned his head and said to Gong Xihan, "I'll say what I have to say, and the child will retire first, and the mother should rest well, don't worry about this matter. By the way, for that tea, send someone Just send it to my mansion. I have to settle the matter before the fourth brother finds out the murderer and sues the emperor."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked to the door, opened the door and stopped, looked back at Gong Xibang, "By the way, uncle, there is one more thing I have to remind you, you only have one son, Cousin Han, Did you never know where he went when he didn't return home all day? After all, Duan Yimo is not of royal blood, and his identity will be exposed sooner or later. At that time, it will be the crime of exterminating the family. It is not a coincidence that Cousin Han has something to do with him It's a good thing." After finishing speaking, without looking at Gong Xibang's expression, he left with a smile.

Both Gongxihan and Gongxibang froze in the room. After a long time, Gongxibang came back to his senses and looked at Gongxihan in disbelief, "Hong'er, he..."

Gongxihan's affairs in the harem are cumbersome, and the crown prince is a worrying son. Most of her thoughts are elsewhere, and she has little energy to worry about her youngest son, but Duan Yihong has been reticent since childhood. She rarely did anything that worried her, and she knew very little about this son.

But she didn't expect that this moment today would make her dumbfounded and admiring.She couldn't help regretting a little, if Duan Yihong instead of Duan Yijie had become the crown prince that day, all her worries today would be gone, right?

She thought for a while, and finally sighed, "Brother, go back to the mansion first, just follow what Hong'er said, and live in seclusion. As for Concubine Shu, let him handle it. You don't need to let the prince know about this matter, go back Afterwards, take a good look at the people under you, so as not to repeat the same mistakes."

Gong Xibang nodded, and there was still a layer of worry in his heart, that is, his only son really had something to do with Duan Yimo as Duan Yihong said, so the trouble might still be behind.

Duan Yihong came out of Yiyuan Hall and went to another place before leaving the palace. When he entered the palace, the carriage was waiting at the gate of the palace. He got on the carriage and told the driver, "Go to Prince Yi's Mansion."

On the way to Prince Yi's Mansion, Duan Yihong kept taking a nap until the carriage stopped at the entrance of Prince Yi's Mansion and the driver woke him up, then he got out of the carriage yawning, looking sleepy.

Duan Yihong has always been the most low-key among the princes of Emperor Jingyan. He was only granted the title of King of Shu at the age of 16, and he has no fiefdom.

The guards at the gate of Prince Yi's Mansion had already seen the carriage. They didn't bow until they saw Duan Yihong dangling from the carriage, and said, "I've seen His Highness the King of Shu. I don't know why His Highness came to visit suddenly?"

Duan Yihong looked up at the sky, and said to himself, "It's still early, I'm afraid fourth brother hasn't asked yet." Then he turned to the guards, "This king heard that Princess Yi gave birth, so I came to visit my little nephew. "

The guard took a step back and let Duan Yihong in, "Please, Your Highness, I will take you to see the young master."

Duan Yihong nodded in satisfaction, and followed the guards into the mansion.

According to the genealogy, the Chinese character of this generation is "Bing", and Emperor Jingyan bestowed the character "Zheng", so the name of the emperor's eldest grandson has been determined as "Duan Bingzheng".Duan Yihong smiled after hearing this, "The word '正' is good, and my father is also well-intentioned."

After hearing what he said, the guard smiled and said, "Your Majesty has taken good care of the young master, and has given you a lot of things to the mansion."

Duan Yihong nodded, "It should."

Because Ashinalan couldn’t get out of bed, the nanny took the child most of the time. It was not very convenient for Duan Yihong to visit Ashinalan. Just in time for Ashinalan to rest, the nanny took the child to the next door to play. , the guard brought Duan Yihong to the door of the room and respectfully said, "Your Highness, the young master is here. We have already told the nanny, you just go in."

Duan Yihong nodded, "I'm sorry. Besides," he said casually when he pushed open the door, "By the way, please tell Third Brother that he will come see me immediately after finishing his work."