Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

The head of the Hanyuan Hall is Zhang Chaoen, and Zhang Chaoen is also one of the people serving in Fuguang.

Although Li Wei is nominally Fu Guang's adoptive mother, she is not the one who brought her up. As the prince, Fu Guang has no shortage of people to serve from his birth, the nanny in the early years, the nanny later, and countless eunuchs and court ladies. When she was still in Zhaoyang Hall, Fu Guang did not live with her in Zhaoyang Hall, but grew up in Baoling Hall as the Prince's East Palace.

Zhang Chaoen has been serving from Baoling Hall, and has been around Fuguang for seven years. Fu Guang trusted him very much and even relied on him a little. Li Wei also felt that Zhang Chaoen was loyal. Although he was the manager of the Hanyuan Palace, there was never any case of bullying.

The first person Li Wei summoned was Zhang Chaoen.

"Zhang Banban, you have been wronged these days."

Zhang Chaoen squatted his head and said: "The slave is not profitable, and the crime deserves ten thousand deaths. How dare you say grievance."

"Get up and talk." Li Wei respected Zhang Chaoen and asked him to move him an embroidered pier.

Zhang Chaoen leaned forward and sat down, and Li Wei asked him to serve him tea. Such courtesy made Zhang Chaoen more uneasy.

"I asked my companion to ask a few words. After all, the emperor walked too abruptly. I don't know the details of what happened before. The companion doesn't need to be too nervous. You can answer whatever I ask."

Zhang Chaoen responded with a yes.

Li Wei said: "Has the emperor left the Hanyuan Hall on the eighth day of the day?"

Zhang Chaoen said: "I went out once, went to the study room and stayed alone for less than half an hour, and returned with a book. Since then, I haven't gone out."

"When did that happen?"

Zhang Chaoen replied: "It's not like Shen Zheng."

"Who did you meet afterwards? Whoever went in and out of the emperor's room do you still remember?"

But what happened a few days ago, Zhang Chaoen tried his best to tell what he knew one by one. Zhang Chaoen didn't always accompany him that afternoon until the emperor's sudden death. When he was holding the lantern, he went out of the palace. Up.

Li Wei listened patiently to what Zhang Chaoen said, and found nothing unusual in his words. After he finished talking about what he knew, Li Wei nodded and said, "Thanks for your cooperation. I have to limit my companion’s freedom for a few days, please forgive me.”

"The minion is loyal to the palace to the death, please send it by the queen mother at will."

Not much was asked here, Li Wei called the grand maid, grandma, and other eunuchs in front of him. She was still in charge of questioning, Caizhi helped her record what these people said. She is afraid that too many people will be involved and eventually won't remember.

She spent two whole days interrogating the people of Hanyuan Hall, and Caizhi's records were piled up high.

After two days, no clues were found. Could Fu Guang's death really be a sudden illness, as the imperial doctor said, the situation turned abruptly, and it took only half an hour from the cry of stomach pain to the final death. All the signs indicate that something is strange.

Li Wei wondered again from the bottom of his heart who was the key to Fuguang.

The princess Jinggui waited to come to salute Li Wei, and the princess Jinggui looked at Li Wei who could not lose weight. She looked very haggard and could not help but say: "Please also take care of the queen mother, otherwise the emperor will be uncomfortable. "

Li Wei bluntly said: "There are doubts everywhere, and there are quirks everywhere, so the emperor walks at ease, he has done something wrong, he is just a child."

What she said made people in the moment dare not say anything else.

After a while, Mrs. Dun said: "It is said that the country cannot be without a king for a day. It is better to determine the emperor's throne earlier, which can be regarded as an explanation by the people of the world."

As soon as Mrs. Dun’s words fell, Li Wei yelled: “What is the hurry! Before Fu Guang died, are you busy fighting for the throne? His bones are not cold and he has gone unclearly. I must pay him back. Fair. No one is allowed to mention the throne before things are clarified!"

In everyone's impression, Li Wei has always been amiable, soft-tempered, and kind to everyone. This time I really saw her angry, and Princess Dun hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed her head to apologize.

Li Wei walked away later.

After Fu Guang died, there were two elder brothers above him, the emperor Fu, Nai Ping Wang. The fourth son of Emperor Fu Shenxiu.

But Fushen is not too old, only ten years old this year. There is a younger and weaker Fukang below. It is easy to consider, Ping Wang is the most suitable candidate.

But before the truth of Fu Guang's death was found out, Li Wei didn't want to make a decision early.

In addition to these concubines and concubines who are anxious about their status, the ministers in the DPRK are also very anxious, and have written many times to ask for an early heir. Zhao Qian understood Li Wei's meaning, so he told the ministers about the meaning of the queen mother and waited until the princes came to Beijing to discuss the decision.

The veteran ministers in the cabinet are always aware of the changes in the dynasty. They have obtained the emperor Chengzong's will to assist the emperor, and they are in control. Once the new emperor takes office, no one can say whether he will seize the power of the cabinet. Now it seems that King Ping has the greatest chance of winning. King Ping is an adult prince and does not need to be an assistant.

Zhao Qian went back to see Li Wei. The two exchanged opinions on this matter. Li Wei has his own insistence: "It's not a good time to talk about this right now. There is nothing uneasy about having you in the middle of the court."

"That's how it is said, but if it can be decided earlier, it can also comfort the people."

After careful consideration, Li Wei said, "Give me another half a month, no, twenty days. I don't believe anything and can't find out."

Seeing Li Wei's persistence, Zhao Qian didn't say much.

Li Wei continued to investigate the cause of Fu Guang's death with all his strength, and nothing could be seen in the pulse case or the prescription. She started with the expenditure of the items received from the twelve yamen from the Hanyuan Palace, and never let go of any details.

When everyone was paying attention to the candidate for the throne, the old Mr. Wan, who Zhao Qian invited from the Sage Mountain, once sincerely advised Li Wei: "Master, it is better to do it yourself than to let others do it. The old man will not look away. It is an honor for the whole Daqi to be the master of the people."

Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he immediately said, "I don't want to be an emperor."

After hearing this, Mr. Wan smiled and said: "This is a coveted position. Isn't the prince unmoved?"

"Thank you? What's so tempting, what's the meaning of staying in that position, it's hard to get out of the palace once. I'm not suitable for being an emperor."

Seeing that Zhao Qianzhi was not here, Mr. Wan couldn't persuade him more.

Zhao Qian loves freedom and does not want to be an emperor. On the other hand, he has selfishness. If he took the position, he would have missed Li Wei for the rest of his life. When the time comes, even if we can meet every day, but can't be together forever, what is the meaning of it, it is even more torture.