Chronicle of Emperor Jing

The Empress Dowager gave an order, and Shen Mo was called into the palace not long after.

"The commander-in-chief hasn't come to pay respects to Ai's family for quite some time. Could it be that the commander-in-chief, like the emperor, is also blaming Ai's family for that incident?"

Recently, the relationship between the empress dowager and the emperor has become increasingly tense. Although they have always maintained a harmonious appearance of motherly kindness and filial piety in front of people, the secret rift cannot be hidden from the eyes of several confidant officials around them.

Of course the Empress Dowager knew this, so Shen Mo was summoned inside, and after receiving the gift and giving her a seat, she was too lazy to chat nonsense with him, so she directly asked him this question.

"I'm terrified. I've been busy with business recently, so I've neglected to enter the house to pay my respects. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me. As for whether it's strange or not, I think the Queen Mother is worrying too much. The Queen Mother is doing this for the sake of the country. Your Majesty understands it." .” The queen mother can be straightforward, but Shen Mo dare not answer so frankly.

There are many reasons for the estrangement between the mother and the son of the Tian family, all kinds of complex and cumbersome, the two involved may not be able to explain it clearly, and it is even more difficult for others to guess, but close and important officials like them naturally know the reasons and say a thousand things Ten thousand, there is only one main sticking point.

The empress dowager understands this crux, Shen Mo understands it, even if the emperor didn't understand it at the beginning, by now, I'm afraid he has gradually understood it.

"Maybe one day, the emperor will be able to understand Aijia's painstaking efforts, but I am afraid he will never be able to forgive Aijia." Hearing what he said, the queen mother smiled helplessly.

When she made that decision at that time, she also thought about it and thought about it. She thought about the reaction of the emperor in the future when he understood it, but for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, she finally decided to do so.

There are some things that always give people a chance, a chance that can be easily obtained, tempting people to lose their minds, and if there are traces showing their feet, she can clean up the head and tail.

By doing this, she certainly put the emperor in danger, but in this way, she can easily get the most legitimate reasons, without going to great lengths, without putting lives in ruins, without looking for all kinds of far-fetched groundless reasons, without Risking the risk of being attacked by historians in the future, let alone going to see the first emperor without shame in the future, the future troubles can be eliminated by cleaning up.

King You is the youngest brother of the late emperor, ranked ninth among the brothers. The relationship between the late emperor and the other brothers was limited because of the struggle for the throne, but when the ninth prince was babbling and toddling, the late emperor had already ascended the throne. Princess, no prince was born. The late emperor treated his ninth younger brother with a loving heart like a father. He always loved him very much and raised him in the palace. The late emperor still thought he was young, so he was reluctant to send him out. manor.

When the first emperor was sick, the emperor was only four years old and had not yet been established as a prince. The other two princes were still in their infancy. It is not known whether they can stand up.Many ministers in the court who wanted to benefit from the dragon's merits shouted "the country depends on the king" and persuaded the late emperor to make the nine princes the crown prince.

On that day, the Empress Dowager waited on the late Emperor's bed, and found that the late Emperor's thoughts were really agitated by what the officials said. She talked with the late emperor many times throughout the night and analyzed various pros and cons. In order to stabilize the court situation, Xie's daughter was designated as the princess.

When the first emperor was dying, he asked the empress dowager in front of his bed to swear a solemn oath that in the future, as long as the Ninth Prince did not commit the crime of treason, the empress dowager would spare him and spare him from death.

The first emperor collapsed and the emperor ascended the throne. A few days after the first emperor was buried, the empress dowager gave the Ninth Prince the title of King You, and sent him to Youzhou to enfeoff the land.

There used to be only one step between King You and the throne, but he failed to cross that step. From now on, there will be a world of difference between the monarch and his subjects. The empress dowager naturally understands the unreconciled and difficult feelings in his heart. So she was in Youzhou, and laid many chess pieces in Youwang's mansion to monitor Youwang's every move.

The Queen Mother naturally knew about King You's painstaking efforts in Youzhou, but for many years, she hadn't said much, but just watched him running towards his death without turning back.

Before the "Niwang case" happened, she had received a secret report from Youzhou, knowing that Youwang was going to attack the emperor during the autumn hunt.In order to achieve her goal, she did not inform the emperor of the news, but took the approach of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, not only to ensure the safety of the emperor, but also to obtain tangible evidence of King You's conspiracy. cut off.

She made a lot of preparations, trying her best to avoid any accidents.Unfortunately, God failed to fulfill people's wishes, and in the end, there was really a just in case.

During the hunt that day, due to various accidents, the emperor broke away from the main army, and only a few dozen people were left to guard him, so he was caught by someone and fell into a desperate situation.

It can only be said that manpower is sometimes poor, and God's will cannot be violated.

When the Empress Dowager considered the whole plan at that time, she was very organized, her choice was very clear, her wrist was strong enough, and her heart was absolutely ruthless, but now, she felt a little uncomfortable.

She originally thought that it would take at least a few years for the emperor to have any doubts about this matter. At that time, the emperor had matured his mind and behaved smoothly. Even if he was dissatisfied with that matter, he probably would not have any overreaction Unexpectedly, after only a few months, the emperor began to become suspicious.

The luck of the misfortune is that the emperor still has suspicions in private. Although he took the opportunity of execution and sent people to Youzhou, he has not found any real evidence.

If the emperor really caught something, with the emperor's childish and self-willed temper, apart from secretly contradicting her in everything like now, I'm afraid it would be difficult to maintain even this superficial politeness.

Now that this matter has come to such a state, the Empress Dowager doesn't know whether she should be thankful that she taught the emperor so well, or whether she should be a headache because she taught the emperor so well.

"The Queen Mother is worrying too much." Shen Mo didn't know what to say, so he could only play sloppy.

Since the Empress Dowager chose that path that day, she should estimate the Emperor's reaction when she found out about it. Even if she regrets it now, what good is it?

"The emperor is dissatisfied with the Ai family. The Ai family can understand, but this is not a reason for the emperor to disregard the face of the royal family and gossip. As one of the emperor's most trusted people, the commander-in-chief should persuade the emperor no matter what."

The queen mother can tolerate the emperor's actions to seize power in the government, but she cannot accept the emperor's willful and absurd private affairs.The emperor knew that it was very wrong to do this, but he still refused to listen to others' persuasion. It is unbecoming of a majestic king of a country to act like a rogue in the market!

It's a pity that her persuasion, the emperor was getting angry with her because of that matter, obviously he didn't intend to listen to it at all.She didn't want to quarrel with the emperor more, so she couldn't be tough on him, so she had to find someone to persuade the emperor to reflect on himself, so as not to make the matter worse.

Shen Mo was entrusted by the late emperor, and was ordered to guard the palace to protect the emperor, and also taught the emperor to practice martial arts since he was a child. After getting along for many years, the relationship is naturally different.

Besides, the emperor has always respected him as half master and half father. In the past, no matter how willful and mischievous his temper was, he would restrain himself a little in front of him. Shen Mo is of course the best choice to find someone to persuade the emperor.

"I don't understand what the Empress Dowager means."

Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager forgot that there is a saying that like a teacher, there must be a disciple, and vice versa, you can know the teacher by watching the disciples.The emperor's acting skills of pretending to be innocent and ignorant are top-notch, and Shen Mo is equally as good.

"The Ai family understands that the commander-in-chief is only loyal to the emperor. As long as the emperor is happy, he doesn't care about the life and death of other people. But that person is so innocent, does the commander-in-chief really have the heart to ignore it? And if the commander-in-chief is right that day Aijia said one more thing, today's incident would not have happened. Aijia now asks the commander-in-chief to persuade the emperor, and it is also a chance for the commander-in-chief to make up for his negligence that day."

What the queen mother said was not to shift the responsibility to Shen Mo for no reason, but had a certain basis.

It was Shen Mo who brought people back to find the emperor and Wei Yan that day, the queen mother would not believe that with Shen Mo's eyesight, she would not see anything wrong.But in order to please the emperor, Shen Mo insisted on not saying anything and just sat and watched everything happen.Now she asked Shen Mo to clean up the matter for the emperor, which is obviously a matter of course.

If the queen mother knew from the beginning that the emperor had different thoughts on Wei Yan because of the three days of getting along with her, she would have dealt with it properly and released Wei Yan as an official early, how could things have developed to this point? How could the emperor have the chance to be persistent?

It happened that one step was late, every step was late.By the time the queen mother found out that something was wrong, the emperor had already been deeply involved.At this point, it's not that they can't deal with it, but they are afraid that the methods will be too tough, which will further arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction and damage the little affection between their mother and child.

Therefore, even if the empress dowager wanted to solve this troublesome matter, she would wait until the emperor calmed down before making another plan.Anyway, the emperor has never been a long-term person.The favor of the king is naturally like a flower blooming when it is in full swing. Once it falls out of favor, that person will probably be thrown into a corner and no one will ever know about it again.

The queen mother can wait, patiently waiting for the best time, but she can't tolerate the emperor's willful mischief to the point where he is now.

In the past, the emperor was not without absurdity, but his absurdity obviously had a degree.At that time, every time the emperor stayed in the palace, he would always give a legitimate reason to accompany him on duty. No matter how thin the fig leaf was, as long as the cloth was there, and as long as no one was tired of work, no one would dare to pierce it.

But now, the emperor imprisoned him in his bedroom and prevented him from communicating with his family. Even if the Wei family didn't care about the safety of that person in the palace, even if they wanted to pretend that nothing happened, after a long time, I'm afraid they couldn't continue to pretend.What's more, the Wei family is obviously very concerned about the life and death of that person in the palace, and they are so concerned that they are going to toss, and they are tossing and tossing, can this paper still hold the fire?

When the queen mother thought of this, the anger in her heart kept rising.Obviously there is a better way to achieve the goal, but the emperor just doesn't want to, and wants to make such a fuss.

By doing this, the emperor simply disregarded the dignity of the king and the absurdity of the royal family's face. If it is accidentally spread, it will definitely cause an uproar in the world.

At that time, the emperor will have the face to face the world, but the queen mother will not have such a thick skin.

Hearing what the queen mother said, Shen Mo felt how innocent he was, and he didn't have the ability to predict, how could he have seen the situation that day, and predicted that the relationship between the emperor and Wei Yan would become like this, so how could he be negligent? say?

When he found them that day, it was in a deep ditch that had collapsed. One of them was unable to move because of a sprained ankle, and the other fell into a coma due to high fever due to wound inflammation. Because the situation of the enemy and us was unknown, they did not dare to light the fire at will, so the two could only hug each other Keep each other warm.

When Shen Mo saw the two of them, they were indeed disheveled, but in that situation, it was a very normal choice to take off their outer robes and hug each other to keep warm. With Shen Mo's normal thinking mode, of course, it is impossible for any Abnormal thoughts, and Shen Mo dared to say that the emperor would not have any abnormal thoughts in his heart at that time. As long as a person with a slightly normal mind would not have the energy to think about those at the moment when life and death were uncertain. Some do not.

Later, he found that the emperor was paralyzed by Wei Yan, but he didn't push Wei Yan aside, and he was still hugged in his arms. This surprised him a little, but other than that, everything was fine. He was so normal that he couldn't be more normal, he would go to the queen mother to say something more only when his mind was abnormal.

But now, just because he was not out of his mind at the time, the queen mother actually said that he had been negligent, and Shen Mo felt that his grievances could soon catch up with "June Feixue".