Chapter 1212 The pain of losing a child

The king of Yizhou died in the military situation of the chaotic army and flew into the capital like wings. After the emperor received it, he was very sentimental and shed tears, and then people were not allowed to leak this news to the queen mother, so that the queen mother could take care of her illness.

The King of Yizhou died, and all his private army was dug up, and the next step was the aftermath work.

After investigating the root cause, the emperor found that some of the officials and aristocratic families who followed the King of Yizhou followed when they were fighting for the throne more than ten years ago.

It stands to reason that at least the three clans should be punished for treason, and as many as 20,000 people need to be charged with such an implication.

Wei Zhi and others went up to plead for mercy, hoping to only ask the first offender.

After thinking about it, the emperor agreed, and asked Wei Zhi and others to find out what the people involved in the case had done for more than ten years, and punished them according to the law. Many people had invaded and murdered fertile fields. They used to cover up and intercede, so they were not punished. check.

This time, because of the case of King Yizhou, many people could not stand the investigation.

The Punishment Department was so busy that they could not touch the ground, and Old Tang and Wei Zhi also had to stay in the Punishment Department to deal with felons.

But there are also quite a few people who have been wronged.

But no matter if they were wronged or not, those who were implicated would have their property seized first, and then they would be judged whether they were within the "forgiveness" stipulated by the emperor. If they were released, everything would have to start over.

But so many people are screened one by one, and it is estimated that it will take half a year or even longer to complete the review.

Then the Ministry of Officials was busy. This time, the officials involved, especially the officials from Jiannan Road, several provincial governors were involved.

Although he was not killed by his comrades who were regarded as the king of Yizhou, for example, the arrested Inspector Zhang, the Inspector of Zizhou, who wrote a letter to plead guilty, all had to be replaced in the end.

At this moment, the Ministry of Personnel could not recruit so many people. The key is that if people from this place are recruited, there will be shortage of people in that place.

Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel was also bald. Finally, he proposed to the emperor that he wanted to take a major exam in the Ministry of Personnel after the beginning of the spring. This time, the exam would only be for the imperial guards, and the national exam would be held again in the spring.

The emperor agreed after deliberation.

Things started to get organized, the officials guarding Changqing Lane also left, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang could go to school again, and Man Bao began to quietly try to sit in the pharmacy.

Then, the harem, which was managed like a barrel by the queen, was leaked into the harem. At this time, Yin Li was already on the road with the coffins of the king and his son of Yizhou.

When the queen mother heard that the king of Yizhou died in the chaos of the army, she vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted. Xiaoyuan was leading half of the imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to rescue him, and finally got the man back.

The emperor was discussing matters with the ministers in the study room at that time. Hearing this, he immediately left the state affairs and went to the harem, and personally waited outside the palace of the queen mother.

The queen stood beside him and looked at him apologetically.

The emperor stretched his arms around her, patted her on the shoulder lightly, and sighed, "I don't blame you, it's the limit that you can hide for so many days."

The queen said: "It's not Ying's, it's Concubine Zhang's family who came to see her in the palace, and quietly contacted the people in Yunfeng Palace."

She paused and said: "Yunfeng is now locked in the cold palace by me, has your Majesty thought about what to do with it?"

The emperor asked, "What does Zitong think?"

"Yunfeng is a girl. She can't know about her father. Xinqing is only eight years old, so let them ease the mother's heart."

The emperor replied in a low voice, which is why he didn't lock Xinqing with his father and brother in the first place.

Xiao Yuanzheng and others withdrew, and reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is awake, but she refuses to take medicine."

The emperor stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the medicine."

The queen was worried and stepped forward: "Erlang."

The emperor turned around and smiled at her, and said softly: "It's okay, you are not well, go back to the palace first."

The queen looked at him worriedly as he entered with the medicine, and after a while, the palace servants in the Queen Mother's Palace also withdrew tremblingly.

Only the mother and son were left in the huge palace. The emperor put the bowl on the table, stretched out his hand to gently lift the mother up, and said softly, "Mother, take some medicine."

The queen mother had gray hair, turned her head to the side with a sullen face, and ignored him.

The emperor held up the spoon, and seeing that she was unwilling to take medicine, he withdrew his hand with a sigh, "How can mother be willing to take medicine?"

The queen mother didn't speak for a long time, she turned her head to look at the emperor, and then said in a hoarse voice: "In my life, there are only six most important people, your sister left me very early, and the pain of losing a child is like a cut. The pain in my heart, I thought I would never experience it again, but you made me suffer three times, even your father..."

The emperor clenched the bowl in his hand, the tip of his nose was sour, and he raised his head with red eyes, "Mother, do you also blame me for the death of my eldest brother and father?"

The queen mother knocked down the medicine bowl in his hand, reached out and grabbed his sleeve and said angrily: "If you hadn't killed Saburo, how could your father have gray hair overnight, and why did he go so early?"

The emperor opened his mouth and said after holding back for a while: "Mother, I don't regret killing the third brother, I have no way out. Back then when he cut me off, my father was sitting in the back and closed one eye. I can only live if I can kill him, and only the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under my command can live."

"What about the fifth one," the Queen Mother said with her chest heaving and her eyes flushed, "he can't fight you, and the tens of thousands of private troops you support are just like children playing a family in front of you, why can't you let him live? Or win the title? , or demoted to commoners, or exiled..."

"Mother," the emperor interrupted her, "this is all an accident. There is no eye on the battlefield..."

"It's not an accident!" The Queen Mother said firmly: "If you really have the heart, how could Yin Li dare to kill him?"

She said: "Yin Li left the capital before Wulang entered the capital. You already knew that, didn't you? Then why did you delay the opening until now? You locked him in the palace, how did he escape? , tell me, how did he escape?"

The emperor did not speak.

The queen mother felt pain and anger in her heart, she couldn't help but slapped him on the face and cried bitterly: "I only have two sons, and only two of you brothers, why are you so cruel, he is Your younger brother, he is your younger brother..."

The emperor fell to the ground silently.

The queen mother cried bitterly: "And Xin'an and Xinping, how old are they, what do they know? Xinping has not married yet, is your heart made of stone?"

The emperor bowed his head and let her beat and scold her. The queen stood outside the hall listening to the movement in the hall. After a while, she sighed and sent the palace servants a little further away before turning around and leaving.

The emperor was afraid that she would faint from crying too hard, so he stretched out his hand to support his mother while being beaten.

Tired of fighting, the queen mother leaned weakly on the pillow and turned her head into the bed, "I don't want to see you, you go."

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