Chapter 104 Guo

"The father suspected that his mother had said something confidential with his grandmother in private, but was overheard by the fourth brother? So the mother plotted to kill the fourth brother?" Yuan Xiu muttered to herself.

Xuanhong smiled gently: "How old was your fourth brother at that time? It is said that he is four years old, but in fact, he has only been born in his mother's womb for three years. As I said, he is not a particularly intelligent child. How can an ordinary three- or four-year-old child understand eavesdropping at that time? If he had heard your mother's voice, he would have shouted. It's the wet nurse... Li Jia ran out, and the two little maids waited outside for instructions. His wet nurse was with her! Since you accompanied your fourth brother to Penglai Hall alone, how can he not be trusted by Mrs. Xianchang County? How could she be cheated by your fourth brother and let him out?

Yuan Xiu was shocked: "The third aunt said that the reason why the fourth brother left the side hall was encouraged by the wet nurse?"

"You haven't been to Penglai Hall. Do you remember how high the window of the side hall is?" Xuanhong glanced at her and asked leisurely, "How tall is the three-year-old child?" And under the window, roses are planted, but there are thorns. At the age of your fourth brother, even if he can avoid the guards of two little maids and turn out of the window, if no one holds him or hides his mouth and is stabbed by those thorns, is there no reason not to cry?

"So... who instructed the wet nurse to do this?"

Xuanhong ignored her questions and only said, "Shortly after your fourth brother's body was picked up from Taiye Dongchi, the news that Mrs. Xianchang County had been killed by death. At that time, I was still in the palace and had not yet married. I was very close to your father and was worried that he would be too painful, so I went to comfort him, but I saw... He took your fourth brother The people in the place where the spirit stopped were sent out and alone in it. They took off your fourth brother's clothes and checked his body.

She looked deeply at Yuan Xiu, "Your fourth brother has several marks of grinding on his elbows and knees, and there is no sign of being stabbed by the rose bushes. Your father can see it very clearly!"

"Doesn't this mean that my mother is innocent?" Yuan Xiu whispered, "How can her relationship with her father get worse?"

"There are no thorns, which only shows that your fourth brother did not run out of the side hall alone, but was answered or even encouraged!" Xuanhong Youyou said, "Your fourth brother was familiar with many palace people in the Penglai Hall at that time. Any one of them stood under the window with a pastry to lead him, and then took him out. He only said that he would take him to see his mother, or where to take him to play and so on. Do you think his age would doubt it?"

Yuanxiu was puzzled, "But what did my mother do to harm him? The third aunt also said that the fourth brother was not particularly intelligent. He was favored by his father because he was born similar to his father. His biological mother did not even have a talent, let alone a foreign situation. My mother was the father's original wife. At that time, he was pregnant with my fifth brother and had also been cut off as a boy. How could he be unfavorable to the fourth brother? Is it because his father spoils him this point?"

"The late emperor went to check under the window in person, but the weather was hot at that time, and your mother was pregnant again, so he would splash water everywhere in the Penglai Hall every once in a while. When he went to check, it had been watered again and it was difficult to find traces, but according to the watering waiter, he seemed to see several flowers and leaves He trampled on it, so he deliberately folded those parts so as not to look unspirited. Xuanhong said calmly, "The problem is that the place the maid pointed to the former emperor is the outside of the flowers, not the inside. The rose trees grow next to the wall of the palace, three feet wide. Because of the height of the palace window, if no one helps to turn over the window directly out of the hall, even the wet nurse must step on a little first. Only the flower branches on the inside can jump to the outside palace. And the traces of stepping are on the outside, which shows that there is indeed someone outside the hall!"

Yuan Xiu listened silently.

"And the gatekeepers everywhere in Penglai Hall swore that only King Xin and his nursing mother had come that day, and there were no outsiders." Xuanhong said, "So the person who answered the letter king and his wet nurse who left the side hall must be the person in Penglai Hall. How can your mother get rid of the relationship?"

"The fourth brother and his wet nurse stayed in the side hall and waited. This was arranged by the mother's close maid Qian Yun. Even the two little maids they served were ordered by Qian Yun to stay. Qian Yun is the mother's confidant. If the mother wants to quietly take away the fourth brother and his wet nurse, why should she take so much trouble? What's more, at that time, the fourth brother always took the initiative to run to the Penglai Hall, which showed that he had attached to his mother. In this case, if the mother wanted him to quietly hide it from people's eyes, the fourth brother would certainly be willing to do it. Why is it so troublesome? Yuan Xiu raised his eyebrows and said, "The fourth brother didn't understand this truth at that time. How could his wet nurse not understand?"

Xuanhong smiled faintly: "Don't you understand what you can think of, including your grandmother? Therefore, your fourth brother's wet nurse and Mrs. Xianchang County are all dead!"

Yuanxiu lost his voice and said, "Can you blame my mother if you die without proof?"

"It's not because of your mother's fault, but because there is no evidence of death. Although your father concluded that your fourth brother ran out with his wet nurse and drowned himself, and then the wife of Xianchang County was overly sad and hanged herself, which was a conclusion. However, in private, everyone said that your mother finally gave birth to a legitimate son, so he began to deal with it. The children of other concubines, Li Jia, is close to the water platform, and they are similar in age to their legitimate son, and have to be seen differently by your father, so he is the first one. Xuanhong lowered his eyes and said lightly, "And King Peng was also pulled out - you may not know that King Peng was very healthy when he was born. When he died, it was also quite strange. At that time, your mother had a good relationship with Wang. After he was born, she visited him from time to time. Later, King Peng died, although you died when he died. The mother was not present. After the death of the king, a word came from the palace that King Peng and King Xin died because they were close to your mother, and were not close to your mother. For example, the king and the king of Qi were safe and sound.

Yuan Xiu muttered, "Then what?"

"Your mother knew that your father was not confused, and rumors were boiling. She had just given birth to your fifth brother at that time. She spent all her thoughts on him and didn't have the energy to care too much about it. And how can she refute this kind of thing?" Xuanhong said leisurely, "The conflict occurred when your fifth brother was full of the week. At that time, your fifth brother had begun to learn to learn to walk and was very strong by your mother. Of course, your mother asked him to be the prince - at that time, the king was already able to ride a pony behind your father to shoot and hunt, and the Cui family was a big family. At that time, although the Guo family seemed to be powerful, your grandfather was not in harmony with Wangyou. On the contrary, several people in the Boling Cui family supported Wangyou. Your mother was worried that there were many dreams at night and wanted to win a decent position for your fifth brother as soon as possible, which was also her heart to love her son.

Yuan Xiu's face changed: "I remember that the fifth brother was appointed as the prince, which seemed to be just before I was born?"

That's also true. In the early years of Jianying, Guo Shou was worried about the eldest daughter and young daughter under his knees and asked for the time of the long-term birth!

Xuan Hong looked at her with a smile and nodded slowly: "Your father, refuse your mother's request and just say that this matter will be discussed later!"

"If he said so, wouldn't the rumors become more hustle and bustle?" Yuan Xiu was stunned and whispered.

"Your mother's personality actually depends on your fifth brother." A subtle color flashed in Xuanhong's eyes, "She is magnificent, very maternal demeanor, and quite strategic. Your father has not succeeded her since she left. Even Wang has always been able to win the position of concubine. Your father is actually very satisfied with her as a queen."

Yuan Xiu was silent.

"But she has a fatal weakness." Xuanhong closed his eyes and said, "She is too suspicious and doesn't like to come straight to the point. It's useless to explain what she believes. If she was like you at the beginning, if there is any problem, or things may not be like later..."

Yuan Xiu was keenly aware of the meaning of her words: "My third aunt said that my mother passed away..."

"Here is the reason why your fifth brother doesn't like Wang's family - before your mother went, he saw Wang coming out of the bedroom of the political hall, and then there were rumors in the palace that someone had violated the order of the previous emperor and revealed the fate of the Guo family to your mother, causing her to die in childbirth!" Xuanhong said calmly, "After that, no one in the palace was punished for this, so your fifth brother thinks that person is Wang!" This is also the reason why he doesn't like the current queen. After all, Empress Dowager Zhaoxian is the aunt of the queen.

Yuan Xiu's face turned pale in an instant.

"Third aunt, you're lying!" She covered her face with her sleeves, but a moment later, but suddenly put down her sleeves and said with a smile, "Because I remember that on the day my mother gave birth prematurely, the fifth brother rushed to the Lizheng Hall with my father. Before that, he was taken by his father to the Ganlu Hall to correct the seal. When he arrived at the Lizheng Hall, he saw that the hall was mess because of my mother's premature birth. He was worried that I was I was scared, so I quietly took me to the East Palace. Although I didn't know anything else that day, I remember that he carried me all the way, rushed to the main hall of the East Palace, drove all the people of the palace, hugged me and cried silently... until my father sent someone to pass it on us! But how did you see Empress Dowager Zhaoxian enter the bedroom of the political hall? Lizheng Hall and Ganlu Hall are not like Zichen Hall and Penglai Hall. They can still stand at the height of Zichen Hall and look far away, or it may spy on people who enter and leave Penglai Hall. From the back of Ganlu Hall to the Lizheng Hall, there are palace walls and partitions, and there are flower and wooden rockeries in the middle. How can the fifth brother have such great ability?

Xuanhong frowned and said, "Well, I remember it wrong. It was someone who saw Wang and told your fifth brother."

"Third aunt, you said something wrong." Yuan Xiu interrupted her, and her eyes were as bright as stars, but there was a faint chill. "You said that on purpose. There was a person when you talked about it. It was natural when you mentioned it, but after saying it, you unconsciously frowned, as if you were a little annoyed... Du Qingtang! What did he do in the death of my mother?

Xuan Hong's face changed!