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With the permission of Empress Dowager Cining, Jing Yao could interrogate any slave in the palace at any time, but he was very cautious and did not make any big fuss, and he did not want to alarm the enemy. He had a general direction in his heart, and he slowly groped in this direction, and finally found out the truth and was also surprised.

Jing Yao asked Empress Dowager Cining for an official historian, pretending to provide materials for the record of Emperor Si, and visiting relevant people one by one. The attendants of Emperor Si and the Emperor Shangguan imperial concubine were all placed outside the city to guard the gardens and tombs. Some were nervous about Jing Yao's visit, some didn't care, and some wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to return to the palace.

Jing Yao is well versed in the way of asking questions. He uses everyone's different thoughts to make different promises, but he is vague and he doesn't have to be responsible in the future.

A palace maid provided extremely important memories. She was not the maid around Emperor Si, but was only responsible for cleaning the bedroom. After the matter was done, she would never meet the emperor for the rest of her life.

In fact, she had never seen Emperor Si before, but she had heard the sound. She was cleaning the inner room at that time, but Emperor Si came back early, sat on a chair in the outer room, and shut down everyone away.

The palace maid was afraid and hid in the inner room and didn't dare to come out, let alone make a statement.

Not long after, Shangguan became too late and was alone, leaving the waiter outside.

The mother and son had a fierce quarrel as soon as they met.

Emperor Si asked his mother and father why he died. Empress Dowager Shangguan severely scolded the emperor for being rude. Later, his tone eased, and he said to Emperor Si: "Why should I mention the old things again? Your Majesty is now the supreme position, so what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Emperor Si was even more angry, "If I can't even avenge my father, what qualifications do I have to call myself the emperor?"

The quarrel ended in a bad mood. When Empress Dowager Shangguan left, Emperor Si asked Emperor Si to think about it carefully. Emperor Si was alone and kept muttering: "I just knew that's the case."

The little palace maid was even more scared and dared not breathe in the inner room.

Then Yang Feng came.

Emperor Si respected Yang Feng very much and said everything to him, even the suspicion in his heart was no exception. "I have guessed why my father died, what should I do?"

"What does Your Majesty want to do?" Yang Feng asked.

Emperor Si was silent.

Yang Feng said: "Your Majesty has only two choices: one is to fight quickly, but you cannot mention the matter of the late emperor. The Shangguan family has been quite arrogant recently. Your Majesty can use this opportunity to demote the Empress Dowager to the cold palace; the other is to endure it and wait until Your Majesty grows up and gains all the power before making plans."

When Jing Yao said this, Han Ruzi felt a little jealous. Yang Feng made a clear suggestion to Emperor Si, but he always left questions about himself and refused to point it out at once.

Jing Yao didn't see the emperor's thoughts, so he continued to talk.

Emperor Si was persuaded at that time and agreed to make long-term plans. The little palace maid heard this. After the emperor and Yang Feng left the palace, she quickly left and did not dare to mention this matter to anyone. She hoped that Jing Yao could transfer herself back to the palace.

Other people's testimony is not so important and direct, but it is combined to outline a clearer process.

Emperor Si couldn't help it, and soon afterwards, there was a fight with his mother. Several people heard the sound. Afterwards, Empress Dowager Shangguan's hand was obviously injured.

Yang Feng was very dissatisfied with Emperor Si's actions and had a long talk with him several times. Jing Yao speculated that after Yang Feng found that Emperor Si didn't want to endure it anymore, he suggested that Emperor Si fight quickly and decide quickly, and even suggested to take the opportunity to take back all the imperial power.

This is just a one-sided remark from Jing Yao, and Han Ruzi didn't particularly believe it.

No matter what, Emperor Si was uneasy during that period. He wanted to avenge his father, but he couldn't make up his mind to his mother. He wanted to endure it, but he couldn't forget his father's in vain death.

Han Ruzi never thought of avenging his father. Emperor Huan's image was vague in his memory, and he was even more profound than Emperor Wu, who had only met one time. After reading the records of the completed and unfinished versions, he had a deeper impression of his grandfather. Emperor Huan did not reign for a long time and had almost no achievements that could be remembered in history.

Sidi is different. He grew up by his father since childhood and was trained as a future heir. He has a deep affection for his father.

Yang Feng urged Emperor Si to make a decision quickly, while Empress Dowager Shangguan hoped that Emperor Si would forget his father's death.

A few months later, Emperor Si calmed down and once said to his personal eunuch: "Everyone says that the emperor is the supreme in the world. In fact, the emperor is just an ordinary person, with no stronger strength than others, no more intelligent than others, the only thing is suffering and cannot enjoy the happiness of ordinary people."

The eunuch also did not dare to reveal these words to anyone. Until Jing Yao visited, he had nothing to ask for and was willing to keep guarding the tomb for Emperor Si, hoping to speak up as he could.

Han Ruzi interrupted Jing Yao's story, "Wait, if Yang Feng had urged Emperor Si to 'fight quickly', why would Empress Dowager Shangguan still trust him?"

Jing Yao smiled and said, "Even after many years, I still went through a lot of trouble to make everyone speak. Back then, no one dared to reveal a word. In the eyes of Queen Mother Shangguan, Yang Feng might have been helping her persuade Emperor Si. Your Majesty, this is the so-called darkness under the lamp. Although Queen Mother Shangguan had been in charge of the palace, not everyone would tell her the truth. Besides, Queen Mother Shangguan herself was especially unwilling to mention this matter, so the palace servants were afraid that they would not avoid it."

Another eunuch testified that Emperor Si once stole into the empress dowager's bedroom. It took a short time and soon came out. After those three days, Emperor Si began to show symptoms of poisoning.

Jing Yao guessed that Emperor Si stole the poison from Empress Dowager Shangguan and ate it himself, which proved that his father was indeed poisoned to death by his mother.

During the entire poisoning period, Emperor Si hardly talked to his mother, and only talked to the Emperor Shangguan who raised him a few times. After each time, Emperor Shangguan would leave crying.

Emperor Si obviously did not tell the whole truth, so in the eyes of Emperor Shangguan, the person who killed Emperor Si was his sister.

Han Ruzi still felt it was hard to understand, "Emperor Si committed suicide for this?"

Jing Yao said: "Have Your Majesty met Emperor Si?"

"See you." Han Ruzi had a weaker impression of this elder brother.

"I have served Emperor Si. Although I am not a close servant, I am quite familiar with him. Emperor Si is very smart, and I can never forget everything I read. I can debate with great scholars without losing the upper hand. I am also kind and kind to the palace ladies. However, Emperor Si is a natural prodigy and only adapts to smooth sailing and not to the strong winds and waves."

"There is one thing that I saw in person. When Emperor Si was still the prince, the two eunuchs around me had a dispute over a trivial matter, and the more they were getting more and more irritating, and finally they went to find the prince to make a decision. The prince was very interested at first and wanted to be fair, but they each had their own opinions. Everyone had reason, but they were in conflict with each other, but no outsiders could prove it. The prince became more angry as he heard it. At that time, the minister was next to him and winked at the two eunuchs, asking one of them to admit their mistakes and resolve the matter. Unfortunately, the man did not understand what he meant, but instead fought more fiercely, swearing and claiming that what he said was true."

Jing Yao sighed, obviously impressed by the scene at that time.

"The prince suddenly broke out and jumped up and said, "Do you want to force me to death?" The two eunuchs then reacted and hurriedly apologized and sued in a hurry. After the two left, the prince blushed and said to the minister, "What's wrong with me? These two people are unwilling to tell the truth."

Han Ruzi said: "Maybe these two people are telling the truth, they think they are the truth."

Jing Yao nodded, "Your Majesty said very well. According to what I see, these two are just a battle of intentions. Emperor Si did not need to participate from the beginning, or let the two of them calm down. Emperor Si insisted on finding out the truth, but he could not see the truth, which made Emperor Si extremely angry. The most important thing is that Emperor Si thought it was wrong for him. Because he was not smart enough and majestic enough, the two eunuchs refused to tell the truth. Later, both of them were sent to guard the tomb. I also looked for them this time. The two still held grudges with each other, and both claimed that Emperor Si had supported him. If he had not been on the scene at that time, I would have been at a loss."

Yang Feng and Empress Dowager Shangguan were two people quarreling with each other.

Yang Feng had a high standard for the emperor, so of course he had to urge Emperor Si to make a decision quickly, but the result made Emperor Si even more painful.

"Don't Empress Dowager Shangguan knew that she had forced Emperor Si to death?" Han Ruzi asked.

"Maybe I know, maybe I don't know that there is no certain truth in the world. I will never realize it until my death. In short, in the heart of Empress Dowager Shangguan, there is another culprit in the death of Emperor Si."

Empress Dowager Shangguan passed on the hatred to the Cui family and finally felt at ease after killing the Concubine Cui.

"Why did Empress Dowager Shangguan commit suicide?"

"When Empress Dowager Shangguan was frightened, she probably could not hide the truth from herself again, so..."

Han Ruzi stared at Jing Yao. The whole story did clarify many facts, but there were many loopholes, especially the reason for the suicide of Empress Dowager Shangguan.

"Empress Dowager Shangguan is not a panic when encountering trouble. Even if the enemy really breaks the city, she will not be the first person to commit suicide."

Jing Yao bowed and bowed, "As I said, there is no certain truth in the world. Empress Dowager Shangguan has a ghost in her heart, and she is more fragile than others. When she heard that the enemy was about to break the city, she thought it had already broken the city. Therefore, she hung the beam and burned the corpse, claiming that she did not want to be humiliated after her death. I thought she had no face to see Emperor Huan, Emperor Si and Emperor Shangguan Empress Concubine."

Han Ruzi was silent for a moment, "Who told Empress Dowager Shangguan to break through the city?"

"It's the minister."

If he asked again, who sent Jing Yao, Han Ruzi decided to stop here, "The world is vast, and the emperor can do a lot of things, and Emperor Si missed it."

"Emperor Si appreciated the benefits of the emperor from the very beginning. In the opinion of Si, the emperor was probably the same." Jing Yao stepped forward, "I am old and my life is not long. I have no other wishes. I just hope that Your Majesty will live forever and protect the country forever."

Jing Yao had too many secrets and knew that he would be afraid, but his biggest failure in his life was his demotion by Empress Dowager Shangguan. Once this revenge was revenge, he had no regrets.

"When the enemy retreats, you can also guard the tomb for Emperor Si. I heard that the enemy has destroyed a lot of tombs outside the city and needs major repairs."

Jing Yao knelt down and knelt down, understanding that the emperor had saved him from his death penalty.

"Your guess is not accurate to Yang Feng." Han Ruzi said that Yang Feng's wife and children are in the city, and he has the opportunity to learn more about the eunuch.

Jing Yao kowtowed again without arguing.

It was already bright outside the house. Han Ruzi only slept for an hour, but he had no intention of resting. Strangely, what he thought was not the death of Emperor Si, not Yang Feng, not anyone in the palace, but Meng E who disappeared.

Recalling the little things that happened the night before, a long time later, Han Ruzi suddenly felt a move in her heart, walked out with big strides, waved to Liu Jie and others outside, and headed straight to Qinzheng Hall.

Zhuo Ruhe and others were busy for a long time and they all went home to rest. Only one minor official was packing his things. After Han Ruzi came in, he asked, "Have the defenders in the city set out?"

The little official hurriedly knelt down, "Yes, the last batch of people left the city half an hour ago."

The enemy evacuated rather than collapsed. Han Ruzi became increasingly uneasy about this. Don’t ask too much about some things, but some things must be found out. (To be continued.).

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