After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 7 Fairy Tale

At night, Jingshou Palace.

Ye Qinghuai wore only a middle coat and a black satin robe. She sat on the edge of the cave, looking at the edict in her hand in trance.

She has been like this for an hour.

Fortunately, it was late at night, and Aunt Fanghua and Li Baoquan had all gone to bed, leaving only a few young eunuchs standing guard outside the palace. If Aunt Fanghua and Li Baoquan were here, they would have to whisper in her ears something about taking care of the dragon body.

The edict in her hand was drafted by Gu Shihai in Dali Temple and sent up by the cabinet in the afternoon. It stated Wang Lisong's crime and the results of the three-level trial. It only needed the emperor's seal to dismiss Wang Lisong and send him into exile.

The decision was issued to both the government and the opposition.

She had to stamp this seal, even though she knew how ridiculous this tri-judicial trial was.

Although Ye Qinghuai has never been interested in political affairs, she was born in the royal family and grew up in the royal family. More than ten years of exposure and exposure have cultivated her keen political sense. The experience of growing up disguised as a man and hiding from the truth has also cultivated her cautious temperament.

The current situation in the court was very different from what she thought. What was even more frightening was that she didn't even know how deep the water was.

But the situation would only be more difficult than she imagined. The fact that Gu Shihai was able to stage a trick in front of her and all the courtiers showed that the court's surname was no longer Ye, but Gu.

Maybe there are still a few loyal and outspoken people in the court, but under the current situation, they can't speak out, and Ye Qinghuai doesn't want them to stand up and speak out at this time. If they stand up at this time, it will only increase the number of people.

Just "Li Wenqing".

Gu Shihai's reputation in the court was established during the Renshen Rebellion.

During the Renshen Rebellion, the commander of the imperial army was instigated by the eldest prince to launch a palace coup. In the name of protecting the emperor, the prince mobilized nine guards from Gyeonggi Province to enter the palace to suppress the rebellion. The eldest prince's party and the princelings fought all night, and finally all the princelings were killed.

However, what the old emperor never expected was that the prince did not come to Qingjun's side. The prince who had wiped out the rebels turned around and pointed the blood-stained sword in his hand at his father on the throne.

If it weren't for Gu Shihai, who was the minister of the Ministry of Punishment at the time, and dozens of patrolmen from the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Punishment, who fought to the death to protect the emperor, Emperor Shunping would have been killed by his own son's sword.

Gu Shihai became famous in one battle.

It is said that the sunset was stained with blood that day. Gu Shihai, who was over 40 years old, stood outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony with a long knife in his hand. He was hit by several arrows and covered in blood, but he stood still like a god of war. He faced enemies ten times his size.

Without any fear, he shouted loudly: "Gu Shihai, Flying from the Eagle's Nest, is here. If you snakes and rats dare to take an inch, you will be dead!" He actually drank the enemy until no one dared to come forward.

After the Renshen Rebellion, Emperor Shunping was grateful for Gu Shihai's meritorious service in escorting him, so he appreciated and relied heavily on him. In just one year, he handed over the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War to him, and even appointed him as a minister during the funeral.

The auxiliary minister supported and protected the young emperor.

Gu Shihai was promoted so quickly that he reached the sky in one step. Throughout the two hundred years of history, no one could match him.

As for this second assistant, Ye Qinghuai has always had great trust and admiration. On the one hand, it is because of his father's recognition and trust. On the other hand, it is because of Gu Shihai's "Although there are thousands of people, I am the best person" during the Renshen Rebellion.

The heroic spirit of "I'm gone" is really embarrassing. Although Ye Qinghuai is from a daughter's family, she can't help but be impressed by his courage.

Therefore, to this day, she still can't figure out how the great hero who sacrificed his life for justice in the past turned into a thief who changed the country.

"Is power really so scary?" Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but murmured to himself.

Ye Qinghuai remembered that Emperor Shunping had warned her before his death that courtiers are like bowstrings. No matter how easy they are to use, they must be replaced after being used for a long time. Because power will corrode people's hearts and make them loose.

She looked at the edict in her hand. Every stroke on the edict was written by Gu Shihai. The iron and silver hooks were strong and powerful. It was clearly written by the Wu family. Has Gu Shihai's heart really become relaxed?

she does not know.

Ye Qinghuai closed the edict, stood up and put it on the desk. She did not intend to seal it, at least not today.

She was unwilling to bow her head and retreat, to be a puppet in the hands of powerful ministers, relegated to the small confines of the harem all her life. She wanted to give herself another chance, and also give the government a chance to change.

She wanted to find Wang Lisong. No matter life or death, as long as she could find him before this edict was announced, everything would be possible.

But this is not easy? Wang Lisong is the crux of everything, and Gu Shihai will definitely lock him in the most secret place. With Ye Qinghuai's own power, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he may not be able to find any trace.

She needs help.

But after all, she had just taken charge of the government, and most of the people in the court were veterans left behind by her father, and there were no close ministers of her own. Not to mention the previous court, even in the harem, there were only a few people she could trust.

There were too few chess pieces in her hands. Ye Qinghuai was a little annoyed. She was in vain for two years in office, but she wasted her time without achieving anything. She also thought that the government and the public were peaceful and there was mutual trust between the emperor and his ministers. In fact, she was just being kept in the palace.

As a pet in the house, everything she sees and hears are fairy tales deliberately woven for her by others.

Also, if all the people in the court were really loyal to the emperor, and the emperor and his ministers were of the same mind, how could Dajing perish so easily?

But she always focused on Lu Yanchen, resenting him and thinking that he had ruined the whole scene, so she didn't even notice how many hidden dangers there were in the court right in front of her.

If the country and the countryside are clear and clear, and the troops and horses are strong, why should we fear the rebels?

She remembered that she had persistently wanted to ask Lu Yanchen before she died in her previous life. In his heart, she was really as dim as he wrote in his essay. And Lu Yanchen's answer still lingered in her ears.

"Since ancient times, there have been only faint kings who have been overthrown, but no wise kings."

Perhaps, in Lu Yanchen's eyes, he was really a fool who couldn't tell the difference between loyalty and treachery.

Thinking of this, a somewhat absurd guess arose in Ye Qinghuai's mind: If what Lu Yanchen said was true and he really had high hopes for her as the emperor, then would it be because he saw her as fatuous and incompetent that he later rebelled?

, so she was so disappointed that she had to force the palace to abdicate, right?

This thought just passed through Ye Qinghuai's mind. What a big deal it was to rebel, how could it be for such a ridiculous reason?

Thinking of the reason for Lu Yanchen's rebellion, Ye Qinghuai quickly thought of another thing.

Gu Shihai also died at the hands of Lu Yanchen in his previous life. It can even be said that Gu Shihai was the trigger of Lu Yanchen's uprising.

After Lu Yanchen returned to his hometown of Dingyou in his previous life, Ye Qinghuai's identity as a woman was revealed. Not long after, news came from Yunzhou that Gu Shihai's eldest son was attacked during a routine patrol in Yunzhou. None of the dozen or so attendants who accompanied him survived. The perpetrator was

It was Lu Yanchen from Dingyou in Yunzhou.

Lu Yanchen killed the imperial official, no matter how hard he died, and simply raised the flag of rebellion. Gu Shihai hated him deeply because of the loss of his beloved son. He offered to join him several times, but the courtiers stopped him because of the overall situation. However, in the end, Lu Yanchen

Yanchen fought at the foot of Shengjing City, but Gu Shihai refused to surrender and died in the hands of Lu Yanchen.

When she saw the report sent by Yunzhou, Ye Qinghuai was as shocked as she was today during the interrogation. She could never imagine the elegant and elegant Lu Yanchen holding a knife. Not only did he take the knife, but he also killed ten people in one go.

Several people were killed, and the one they killed was the eldest son of the second minister of the dynasty.

What made a learned man with no physical strength pick up a knife and commit murder?

Ye Qinghuai didn't know.

But she knew that Lu Yanchen was definitely not in the same boat as Gu Shihai.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. When it comes to Gu Shihai, Lu Yanchen may be someone who can be used.

Ye Qinghuai decided to test Lu Yanchen.

(End of chapter)