"Could Concubine Yun be Yao Xian's illegitimate daughter? Yao Xian only had one wife in his life, who gave birth to three sons and one daughter. How could a man marry only one wife? Since there is no one at home, she must be raised outside. Concubine Yun might be the child born to his woman outside."
"That should be the case. Otherwise, why would a royal concubine wear heavy mourning to attend Yao Xian's funeral?"
This was a bit harsh, and the Yao family felt uncomfortable after hearing it, but Concubine Yun was in Wanhe, so they couldn't express their opinions on this matter. To be honest, they didn't understand why Concubine Yun wanted to hold such a grand funeral for Yao Xian, but the Yao family absolutely didn't believe in the illegitimate daughter. The Yao family has always been a family that does not allow men to take concubines and women to be concubines. Yao Xian is a role model for the whole family. He has lived an upright life and it is impossible for him to have women and children outside.
Yao Jingjun looked at Concubine Yun, waiting for her to explain. Finally, Concubine Yun stopped when people once again talked about "Yao Xian keeping a mistress outside." With a sharp gaze, the imperial concubine's aura instantly surged out, frightening those gossipers to step back, and everyone was trembling with fear.
Concubine Yun asked them in confusion, "Are you here to attend the funeral or to cause trouble? You keep saying that you are indebted to Divine Doctor Yao, so why are you slandering him with such vicious words? I am grateful for Divine Doctor Yao's kindness and respect him as my adoptive father. I came to attend the funeral in great filial piety. Who gave you the courage to slander my adoptive father in front of me? Do you think I am easy to bully, or do you think the royal family is easy to bully? Or do you think the Yao family is honest and can tolerate your dirty words?"
Concubine Yun was angry, and all the people could feel the angry aura coming from her body. Those who did not like her words immediately closed their eyes and stepped back, fearing that they would be identified by Concubine Yun.
Unfortunately, it's useless to hide. Concubine Yun has lived in Yuehan Palace for more than 20 years and has never competed with the outside world. But not competing does not mean being cowardly. It's okay for you to stay away from her, but if you provoke her, the consequences are not something that ordinary people can bear.
Just like now, Yao Xian passed away and Concubine Yun was very sad, but someone happened to speak ill of Yao Xian at this critical moment. How could she bear it?
But I heard Concubine Yun sigh: "I seldom go out, I didn't expect that the minds of people outside have become so bad. You slandered Divine Doctor Yao and framed me. Where do you put the royal family? The secret guards..." With a cold voice, several secret guards appeared around him, led by Ban Zou, who was left behind by Feng Yuheng to protect her. "Did you see clearly the people who talked nonsense just now?"
Ban Zou nodded, "I saw them all clearly, not a single one was left out."
"Okay." Concubine Yun turned her head and stared at the crowd of people. "Cut off their tongues and throw them outside the city to feed the dogs."
At the command, the secret guards immediately took action. None of those who had spoken ill words could escape. They were all arrested and their tongues were cut off in front of everyone. They were left to bleed and suffer untold pain.
No one pitied them. The people were even wondering where these people came from. It seemed that no one knew them. Those who came to mourn Yao Xian today were all people who had received favors from the Yao family or Feng Yuheng. It was impossible for them to say such words. So people understood that it was not that Concubine Yun was too cruel, but that those people had arranged the despicable behavior. Anyone with such intentions could be killed. Concubine Yun only cut off their tongues and did not take their lives. It was already good.
The funeral procession continued to move forward. The people remembered that many years ago, when Concubine Yun had just entered the palace, she was whipped and beaten by the concubines in the palace. It was said that the flesh on her entire back was almost rotten. It was Yao Xian who personally performed the magic of skin replacement to make her skin smooth and clean. So for Concubine Yun, Yao Xian was indeed a benefactor!
Concubine Yun was furious and dealt with the person who spoke ill of her in public. No one questioned this, and even the princes who came to the funeral took the initiative to help her clean up the mess. Speaking of which, Concubine Yun has been the emperor's favorite for more than 20 years, and most of the princes have no complaints about her, and even love her. Although a large part of the reason is that they have a deep brotherly friendship with Xuan Tianming, another part is that although Concubine Yun is the only one favored by Emperor Tianwu, she does not bully other concubines. This is how it is in the palace. Sooner or later, women will fall out of favor, especially women who have given birth to children. Their figures are out of shape and their faces are old. Sooner or later, new people will replace their positions in the emperor's mind. And the concubines who have lost favor will face rounds of palace fighting. Those women who are in favor will always try every means to get rid of other thorns in their eyes.
But Concubine Yun was different. She lived a quiet life by herself, ignored everyone, and didn't let anyone pay attention to her. She didn't do bad things, and she didn't bully other concubines because of her favor. This made the princes feel relieved. After all, with Concubine Yun's great favor, although she didn't see Emperor Tianwu, just one word was enough for Emperor Tianwu to kick out all the women in the palace.
Yao Xian's burial attracted half of the capital's people. The funeral was finally completed before noon. When the tomb cover was closed, everyone in the Yao family felt their hearts sink. His father was gone, his grandfather was gone. Yao Jingjun thought, when Yao Shu and Feng Yuheng returned to the capital in the future, would he blame him for not taking good care of their grandfather?
The capital of Dashun was desolate because of Yao Xian's death. Meanwhile, the capital of Sui was in a state of panic because of the loss of three cities in a row.
Especially the new emperor Li Jian, after seeing the thunderbolts that Duanmu Anguo brought out, he thought that even if the battle with Dashun was not easy, it would not be a complete loss. Even if Dashun had thunderbolts, the other side was in the open while they were in the dark, which was a great advantage. The reason why he decided to turn against Dashun was because of the thunderbolts in Duanmu Anguo's hand.
But! I never expected that Duanmu Anguo would be defeated so miserably, and that the three cities of his Zong Sui were lost so tragically. A minister said, "Your Majesty, Dashun massacred Jiancheng of my Zong Sui and blew up Tongcheng of my Zong Sui. It sounds like this irreconcilable feud is to be avenged by Dashun, but as far as I know, Jiancheng was actually poisoned by Duanmu Anguo, and all the people in the city died because of his poison. And the thunder that blew up Tongcheng also came from Duanmu Anguo. It can be said that our people died at the hands of Duanmu Anguo, and our cities were also lost by Duanmu Anguo. Your Majesty! Why on earth did my dignified Zong Sui have to be harmed like this by Duanmu Anguo? Why on earth did your Majesty listen to Duanmu Anguo and completely break with Dashun?"
As soon as this was said, other court officials could not help but blame Duanmu Anguo. Of course, the blame against Duanmu Anguo was just a cover. In fact, they were dissatisfied with Li Jian. This new emperor who came to power by improper means, had not even sat on the throne for a while, but he had brought such a great disaster to the Sui Dynasty. Everyone thought that Li Jian was not worthy of sitting on the throne.
But what can they do if they are not happy? They are members of the royal family, and they are just slaves after all. It doesn't matter to them who is in power in the master's family. They all have to obey orders. But now, if Ren Dashun continues to fight like this, Zong Sui will be finished. If Zong Sui is finished, their family will be finished, and they may even lose their lives. This has absolutely nothing to do with them.
At this point, people have given up everything. Some people directly accused Li Jian: "Your Majesty blindly listened to Duanmu Anguo's slander. Have you ever thought about the fate of Zong Sui? Please give an explanation to the people of Zong Sui."
Li Jian was furious, but he had nothing to refute. Duanmu Anguo was really embarrassing him. He heard that the old guy was not dead. If he fell into his hands, he would definitely cut him into pieces!
However, at this point, all the accusations were so pale and powerless. Li Jian knew that the only way to save his reputation in the court was to find a way to remedy the situation. He thought about it and finally placed his hope on the old general Chun Yu An. He wanted Chun Yu An to lead his troops to Gancheng immediately and stop the Dashun Army outside Gancheng to prevent the further loss of the Sui territory.
But Chun Yu An shook his head and said to him, "Since the loss of my beloved daughter, my health has been getting worse day by day. I even coughed up blood last night. Let alone leading the troops, I have to force myself to come to court today. Your Majesty, I am really powerless. Please send another wise general!"
"You" Li Jian was furious. Chun Yu An didn't go to the war. If he didn't go to the war, what was the point of him holding the title of general? He really wanted to take back all the military power in Chun Yu An's hands immediately, but he was an emperor who hadn't even sat on the throne yet. Those soldiers had no feelings for him. They were all loyal to Chun Yu An. If Chun Yu An took the initiative to hand over the military power, he could still control those soldiers. If he asked for it himself, no one would listen to him.
Li Jian was furious at the last morning court session. Not only did all the court officials openly criticize him, but even Chun Yu An refused to lead his troops to the battlefield. Li Jian felt that this emperor was really a coward, and this cowardice came not only from Duanmu Anguo, but also from Chun Yu An's humiliation.
He had no place to vent his anger, and he did not dare to further anger the ministers in the court, so he could only take it out on the people around him after the court session. The first person to bear the brunt of this was Empress Chunyu Qing.
The queen was from the Chunyu family, the daughter of Chunyu An. Li Jian married her in order to gain the support of the Chunyu family. The Chunyu family did make a great contribution to his ascension to the throne.
However, the two parties, who originally had a good relationship, gradually became estranged because of Duanmu Anguo's intervention and his decision to turn against Dashun. Now they have become so estranged that the Chunyu family no longer obeys him and even openly resists him in the court.
Li Jian was very embarrassed. After leaving the court, he rushed to the Queen's palace, pointed at Chun Yuqing's nose and cursed: "Don't think I dare not depose you. Don't think you can ignore me because of the Chunyu family's protection. Chun Yuqing, believe it or not, I can banish you to the cold palace with just one word, and you will never see the light of day again!"
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