The Empress Dowager was almost angered to death by Emperor Shengwu.
"The Queen Mother, if you have nothing to do, please rest quietly. The Queen and I have things to do, so we won't disturb the Queen Mother's rest."
Emperor Shengwu took Bei Lingyao's hand and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute"
The Empress Dowager looked forward to seeing the backs of Emperor Shengwu and Bei Lingyao. "Fu'er and his family will go to the southwest. I will give you the late emperor's will."
This was the empress dowager's biggest compromise and concession. As long as her son and his family could go to the southwest, even without the late emperor's will, she could still regain the throne with the help of the mighty general's southwest army.
Emperor Shengwu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Is it the Queen Mother who is foolish, or am I? The southwest is your Liu family's ancestral home. Am I the kind of person who would let a tiger go back to the mountains? Even if my tenth brother is in my heart, he is nothing more than a fattened pig."
"Evil son, you insult my Fu'er like this."
The Queen Mother's eyes were bloodshot and she roared in anger.
"Isn't this the truth? The Queen Mother raised my tenth brother like this."
Emperor Shengwu remembered that Prince Fu was clever, intelligent, and cute when he was two or three years old, innocent and funny, and was said to be a child prodigy that appeared once in a century.
But it was also when he was three years old that the influence of everyone around him changed Prince Fu's eyes. Although he still looked innocent on the surface, he was vicious and cruel towards him. He openly and secretly flattered the late emperor and pretended to be very afraid of him.
In front of the late emperor, he trembled when he saw him, his face full of fear and trepidation. His every move and word told the late emperor and everyone that he, the crown prince, was unvirtuous, unjust, and unbrotherly, and that he bullied his legitimate younger brother.
Behind all this was nothing but the Queen Mother's instruction, who spared no effort to discredit him, slander him, plot to suppress him, and frame him.
Do whatever it takes.
When he returned from the capital seven years later, the ten-year-old Prince Fu proved the old saying: A child who is bright at a young age may not be a good person when he grows up.
The child prodigy has become just like everyone else!
The Emperor Shengwu who came to power also deliberately indulged them. The Empress Dowager, Prince Fu and others thought that Emperor Shengwu was afraid of them because he was afraid of them because of the will.
Prince Fu acted even more recklessly.
Now, the empress dowager finally understood Emperor Shengwu's vicious plan.
Overpraise!
But it was the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor who were the first to indulge Prince Fu and dote on him excessively.
The Empress Dowager had a son in her middle age, and the late emperor had a son in his later years. He was the youngest legitimate son who was fifteen years younger than the ninth prince, Emperor Shengwu.
It is not too much to love someone with all your heart.
What's more, Prince Fu suffered a great injustice by losing the throne.
After the death of the previous emperor, the Queen Mother not only held on to the power in her hands, but also responded to Prince Fu's every request.
From the fact that Prince Fu has many wives and concubines in his mansion, which is comparable to the number of concubines in the harem, we can see how much the Queen Mother indulges Prince Fu in his desire for women.
How can a person who is obsessed with beauty and pleasure all day long and cannot bear the hardship of studying and learning martial arts make progress?
Emperor Shengwu merely helped Prince Fu to become useless.
"You will regret this. I am waiting for your end."
The Queen Mother closed her eyes angrily and no longer looked at Sheng Wu.
"I am waiting, anticipating the Queen Mother's move."
He was not afraid of the Queen Mother taking action, but he was afraid that the Queen Mother would hide in the dark and not move.
Bei Lingyao followed Emperor Shengwu out of Shou'an Palace and searched the palace with her spiritual sense again. She found more than a dozen secret boxes, but was not sure where the late emperor's will was hidden.
But there are many secret guards hidden in Shou'an Palace, probably the Qilin Guards of the late emperor.
As soon as the Emperor and Empress returned to Yufu Palace, Zhihua served tea and said, "Your Majesty, the wife of the Duke of Feng'en has sent a visiting card to the palace."
Bei Lingyao was thinking about the third branch of the family involved with Prince Fu who was dismissed from office and brought back to Beijing, the Hong family in prison, and Bei Hongjiao from the clan house.
Old Mrs. Bei was crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide because of the third branch and the Hong family.
If the old lady died, the Bei family would have to observe mourning.
My mother had to observe a three-year mourning period last year, and my grandmother had to observe a one-year mourning period after she passed away.
She had just become the empress, and Emperor Shengwu had just cleaned up the Empress Dowager and Prince Fu's party from top to bottom.
Now is the time when the court needs people, and with Emperor Shengwu's special examination, both Bei Liulang and Bei Qillang will be in trouble.
Mrs. Bei really can't afford to let anything go wrong.
"The Hong family and Bei Xiushu are one family. What do you want to do with them, Yao'er?"
When Emperor Shengwu mentioned these two families, a flash of anger flashed across his eyes, but he still left the affairs of the third branch of the Bei family and the Hong family to Bei Lingyao.
Although these two families were involved with Prince Fu, they did not play much role in Prince Fu's rebellion.
After all, Prince Fu had not started a rebellion yet. He was just building an underground palace and plundering the people's wealth to prepare armor and dragon robes to satisfy his own selfish desires.
The third branch of the Bei family and the Hong family can only be regarded as small minions in the Prince Fu's party.
However, it was discovered from Bei Hongjiao's interrogation that Prince Fu originally wanted to use Bei Hongjiao to get in touch with Old Lady Bei and the Hong family, get in touch with the Yufu Palace, and poison Bei Lingyao and the prince.
However, on the day of the full moon, Ling stopped Mrs. Bei and the Hong family and did not let them enter the palace.
Emperor Shengwu wanted to destroy the third branch of the Bei family and the Hong family.
"I am mainly worried that if something happens to Grandmother, my father and brother will be in mourning, and my sixth and seventh brothers will not be able to participate in this year's imperial examination."
Emperor Shengwu opened the imperial examination system, this year is the autumn examination and next year is the spring examination.
Bei Liulang and Bei Qillang are twins. They passed the imperial examination three years ago, but their ranking was not high, so they did not take part in the imperial examination last year.
Bei Liulang and Bei Qillang will definitely take part in this year's special examination.
Emperor Shengwu thought of the confused old lady of the Bei family and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Every family has its own problems, and even Mrs. Bei and the Queen Mother are no match for her.
At least he is not her biological son, so it is understandable that the Queen Mother wants her biological son to succeed her.
Those who have different ideals cannot work together.
But the three brothers of Bei Yushi are all the biological children of Old Lady Bei. In the past, no matter how much Old Lady Bei doted on her youngest son, she always valued her eldest son more.
After her eldest son became successful, Mrs. Bei became more confused.
"Let me see my mother first."
The next morning, Ling entered the palace.
Bei Lingyao could tell that Ling looked much more haggard than on the day of the full moon, and there was unconcealable fatigue in her eyes.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mom."
Ling sighed bitterly, "The old lady is threatening to die every day. One day she cut her wrists, and yesterday she swallowed gold, hanged herself, and banged her head against the wall... She knows we're all afraid of her death, so she's threatening us."
Ling gritted her teeth as she spoke of this, "Mother is only the daughter of a successful candidate. Since marrying into the Bei family, she has been filial to her parents-in-law and served her aunts, never daring to make even the slightest mistake.
I know your grandmother is dissatisfied with me. In addition, your maternal grandfather passed away, and I gave birth to sons one after another. I was afraid that the higher your father climbed the ladder, the stronger your grandmother would want to divorce me and take a concubine for your father.
You don’t know that your father used to marry many women. Fortunately, your mother was very kind and gave birth to many sons.
In order to secure my position as the legal wife, I endured all the harassment and anger the old lady inflicted on me. Fortunately, your father wasn't that unfaithful man, otherwise it would have been difficult for me to give birth to you safely."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mom."
Bei Lingyao held Ling's hand and knew how difficult it was for Ling.
Although my maternal grandfather was a juren, he died of illness not long after Censor Bei passed the imperial examination.
If Censor Bei was a heartless person, even if Ling was not divorced, she would have died of illness.
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