At night.
Ning Que walked on the street.
Soldiers would greet us from time to time.
They are all Ning Que's personal guards.
Mainly responsible for the rapid reconstruction of Linzi.
In order to defend the city, many houses were demolished.
In addition, after Linzi was captured, many buildings were burned down.
Ning Que ordered his personal guards to help the people rebuild the house.
And all sorts of corpses...
Fortunately, these guards are all battle-hardened.
I'm also used to seeing all kinds of broken limbs.
If it were an ordinary soldier, he would be scared to death.
They returned to the palace.
Uncle Fu had already prepared the meal.
Shen Qinghe greeted him as he passed by.
"Uncle Fu, prepare some wine later."
"Huh? Wine?!"
"Yeah." Shen Qinghe nodded. "Xiao Ning isn't in a good mood. Prepare some wine for him. Let him have a couple of drinks."
"good!"
Uncle Fu also understood what he meant.
Ning Que did not go to the hall, but to the study.
There are a lot of documents piled up inside.
He sat down and sighed.
The meals are also relatively simple.
There were only fried snails with leeks and steamed salted fish.
Linzi City is now in a state of disrepair.
The food in the city was almost exhausted.
It’s good enough to have something to eat.
But Ning Que didn't have much appetite.
"Xiao Ning, you need to eat more."
"If you can't eat, you can drink two cups first."
"You've been so busy with government affairs these past few days that you haven't eaten much. Now that we've finally put down the rebellion, we'll have to go to Goguryeo in a few days. You're the backbone of Linzi City now, and you absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes."
"OK."
Ning Que raised the wine jar and drank it all in one gulp.
Raise your hands and let the breeze and moon go away first.
"How about it?"
"Did you find out anything?"
"Yeah." Ning Que let out a long sigh, "You once told me that if I could become the Emperor of Feng, perhaps Dafeng would become even more prosperous and powerful."
"yes."
Shen Qinghe nodded seriously.
She had grown up in Kunlun Mountain and didn't understand the ways of the world. In her opinion, Emperor Feng was too ambitious. Many of his actions were correct in the long run, but they caused immense hardship for the people. If it weren't for Ning Que's support, Dafeng would have been in trouble long ago.
If that’s the case, why can’t Ning Que be allowed to take the position?
Ning Que's surname is also Ning!
The blood of Emperor Gaozu of Dafeng flows in my body!
Shen Qinghe looked at Ning Que.
"Could it be that the death of your father and brother is related to Emperor Feng?"
"That's what Tian Zhongxun meant." Ning Que raised his glass again and whispered, "He said that Emperor Feng was not of the previous emperor's bloodline. He then murdered his father and brother, usurped the throne, and then slaughtered the former crown prince's bloodline. This incident caught my father's attention, and he later traced it back to Gu Shuang."
"Gu Shuang?"
"Gu Mingzhi is the Empress Dowager's aunt, Gu Yuan's great-aunt. She has a very good relationship with the Empress Dowager and was the one who brought her into the palace. Being proficient in medicine, she is responsible for treating the Empress Dowager. When the Empress Dowager gave birth, she was also responsible for delivering the child. With such a person, her status should be higher than Nanny Yang's, and she would be the most trusted confidant of the Empress Dowager's confidants."
"I don't think I've seen her?"
"She made a mistake in her early years in the palace. The medicine she prescribed for the former empress was faulty, causing her to become seriously ill. The late emperor was furious and demanded a thorough investigation, implicating even the empress dowager. However, later investigations revealed that her prescription was perfectly normal and was merely a heat-clearing remedy. It was the age of the Imperial Hospital's medicinal ingredients that had become mixed in potency, ultimately leading to the former empress's serious illness."
Ning Que also knew everything that happened in the palace.
His mother would often talk to him.
"Then what?"
"The Empress Dowager was punished by being confined to her house for six months, while Gu Shuang was expelled from the harem and exiled to the western frontier. The former Empress's health deteriorated day by day, and she passed away six months later."
Ning Que spoke slowly.
After Tian Zhongxun's story, many things made sense to him. He himself was afraid of this conjecture and even refused to believe it.
Then think of Emperor Feng’s kind smile.
It made his back feel cold!
"As for Gu Shuang, some say she accidentally fell off a cliff and died, leaving no trace of her body. But Tian Zhongxun suggests that Gu Shuang faked her own death to escape. Later, my father got wind of some news and learned that Gu Shuang was outside the western border. It also implicated Emperor Feng's identity, so during the Western Expedition, he secretly investigated, hoping to find Gu Shuang for proof. When Emperor Feng learned of this, he sent someone to leak the news, and ultimately had my father, brother, and everyone else who knew about it killed!"
"this……"
Shen Qinghe even held his breath.
She looked at Ning Que in surprise.
"If this is true, then..."
"It will overturn the government and the opposition!"
Ning Que spoke in a low voice.
Shen Qinghe frowned, as if she had thought of something, and said, "This isn't right, is it? Gu Shuang is just a physician, responsible for delivering the empress dowager. How can she prove that Emperor Feng is not the late emperor's son?"
"According to Tian Zhongxun's investigation, the Empress Dowager's newborn child died. Gu Shuang secretly found a new child, which fooled the Empress Dowager. This new child was Emperor Feng."
"this……"
Shen Qinghe was petrified.
I just felt like all the blood in my body was flowing backwards.
If this is all true, then...
"call!"
Ning Que let out a long sigh and drank again.
“I’ve been thinking a lot along the way.”
"If what Tian Zhongxun said is true, then the matter is very clear. Emperor Feng was not the previous emperor's son, so the Queen Mother found an opportunity to send Gu Shuang out of the palace and exile him to the western frontier. Gu Shuang then faked his own death to escape."
"Later, Emperor Feng secretly formed the Ghost Guard. When he was retaking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he found an opportunity to harm the former crown prince. Because my father and brother vouched for him, the former crown prince was deposed."
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