The princess is soft!The sick villain is crazy

That day, in a capital city that couldn't be more peaceful, the Imperial City Secretary sealed off Qin Yanghou's mansion, and Qin Yanghou Shu Jing and his concubine Pan Suniang were imprisoned.Shu Jing was deprived of his title, no longer enjoying the fiefdom, and faced the risk of confiscating his home and exile. It is a great fortune to be able to recover his life.

Ever since the case of Xie Hong and Zheng Lian's conspiracy was handled by the Imperial City Division, he no longer hid in the dark, but came into the eyes of the courtiers, and as a secret service agency around Emperor Yong, assisted Emperor Yong in governing the country.Ordinary cases are heard by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, and only very serious cases will be handed over to the Imperial City Division.

Regarding the arrest of Shu Jing's family, the notice given by the Imperial City Secretary was that Shu Jing and Pan Suniang had hurt innocent people, amassing money wantonly in the fief, and randomly killed the servants of the family, and planned to kill all the servants.But which royal relatives have clean hands, everyone has done such things more or less, it is far less serious than Shu Jing.

In this way, the court can only attribute it to Shu Jing's offending Princess Huaxi.There is only one who deserves such a big fight by Emperor Yong.

But no matter what, they are also father and daughter.No matter how many conflicts there are, it won't rise to the point of killing the biological father, right?
As soon as the early dynasty ended, Emperor Yong received many memorials, most of which were pleading for Qin Yanghou and persuading him to stop in time.It wasn't that these officials had such a good relationship with Qin Yanghou. From what they saw, Emperor Yong crossed the border repeatedly for Shu Yao and punished her father without hesitation. This really destroyed the relationship between etiquette and law, violated the rules and ethics, and might cause disputes.

Emperor Yong ignored all of them and sent the memorials back intact.No one knows better than him the real reason why he disposes of Qin Yanghou, but it is related to Princess Yongning's Qingyu, and Princess Yongning has passed away for many years, and he does not want to disclose these truths to the public and disturb the princess's purity.

These officials who were single-handedly promoted by Emperor Yong only dared to speak out, but did not dare to take action. After repeated appeals to no avail, seeing that Emperor Yong was determined to deal with Qin Yanghou, he did not mention this matter again.

Qin Yanghou just disappeared from the public eye.

Emperor Yong was worried that Shu Yao would be sentimental, so he took Shu Yao to the palace the next day and asked the Queen Mother, Concubine Shen and Princess Jiayi to accompany her.Apart from some melancholy, Shu Yao didn't feel much in her heart, she just suddenly understood why Qin Yanghou hadn't been close to her since she was a child, and now that she thought about it, he didn't dare to be her "father" because of a guilty conscience.

It's just that Shu Yao didn't expect that not long after Shu Jing was imprisoned, the queen mother fell ill after hearing about this incident.

Last year, the Empress Dowager suffered from severe cold and spring poison, Li Mingji asked forgiveness for an elder to go down the mountain to treat her. After more than half a year of recuperation, the Empress Dowager's health has improved a lot, and her face has turned rosy.Now it's spring and summer, and the weather is gradually getting warmer. Why did the Queen Mother suddenly fall ill?
Shu Yao was so worried that she went to Yanshou Palace to meet the Empress Dowager, but for the first time she was stopped by the palace guards.The one who stopped her was the queen mother's close female officer, who shook her head at Shu Yao and said, "Princess, the queen mother doesn't want to see anyone now, so don't bother her."

Shu Yao lowered her head, said hello lazily, and stood in front of the palace gate unwilling to leave.Unexpectedly, after a while, another female officer of the Queen Mother came out, blessed Shu Yao, and said: "Princess, the Queen Mother invites you to come in."

Grandma is willing to see her?
Shu Yao jumped up, but the two female officials knelt down, "See Your Majesty."

It turned out that Emperor Yong also came.

"I'll come and see the queen mother."

Emperor Yong nodded slightly, seeing Shu Yao, his expression softened a lot, "Yao Yao, let's go in together."

Behind the heavy gauze curtains, the smell of medicine was bitter and strong. The queen mother lay on the bed, her eyes were empty, and her thoughts drifted far away.

"Yaoyao, you're here."

She didn't turn her head, so she didn't notice that Emperor Yong also entered the palace, "Come to Ai's house."

Shu Yao glanced at Emperor Yong, and Emperor Yong sat down, made a quiet gesture without making a sound.Shu Yao followed what the Empress Dowager said, and sat down beside her bed, "Grandmother, are you better?"

"No, Aijia is very bad."

The queen mother shook her head, pulled out one hand from the quilt, and gently held Shu Yao, "Yaoyao, Ai's family has been having nightmares for the past few days..."

The nonsensical words made Shu Yao wrinkle her nose, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"You know about Shu Jing, right?"

Shu Yao froze for a moment, then nodded.Emperor Yong found out that she and Princess Ruyang had not left, so he told her the truth of the year.Princess Yongning did not die of illness, she could have lived for several more years, but was given abortion medicine by Qin Yanghou and died on the spot.The maid who presented the medicine was killed, and the other maids who served were kicked out of the Hou Mansion because of "sickness". Therefore, for so many years, everyone thought that the eldest princess had a sudden illness.

"There is one thing that the Ai family has kept in their hearts for many years, and they dare not tell anyone, especially you."

Shu Yao vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and obediently held the Queen Mother's hand, "Grandmother, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

One more thing is worse than one less thing, knowing too many secrets makes life tiring, so it's better to be so simple.

The queen mother shook her head, and said in a low voice: "The Ai family always feels that you can't hide it from you, the court lady who offered medicine to Shu Jing... was allocated to your mother by the Ai family."

Shu Yao was taken aback.

"They have been taking care of your mother's health, and occasionally they will tell Aijia about your mother's situation. Two nights before your mother died, they just told Aijia that she was pregnant. It's just that Aijia hasn't figured it out yet. What to do, your mother died of illness, and several court ladies also lost contact, the Ai family felt that something was wrong at that time, but did not send anyone to investigate the matter."

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, "If Aijia had told the imperial physicians who took care of your mother's health earlier, she would not..."

After being silent for a while, Shu Yao shook her head and said, "Grandma, that bowl of medicine was fed by Shu Jing. No matter how much you do, you can't stop Shu Jing. Besides, it's a matter of the Hou's residence. How can you investigate in the palace? "

Shu Yao no longer wanted to call Shu Jing her father. Although the Queen Mother's words surprised her, they did not reach the point of hatred.What's more, for so many years, the empress dowager's love for her is real. They have no blood relationship at all, but the empress dowager regards her as a real relative.

"What's more, when you sent those maids to the Marquis' Mansion, you didn't know that they would indirectly kill my mother. It's been so many years, and it's useless to say more. I don't think you need to feel guilty about it. I don't blame you. "

The queen mother raised her cloudy eyes, looked at her clear and clean pupils, and slowly touched her face without speaking.

Seeing that her pale face didn't improve, Shu Yao thought that she might need some buffer time, so she took the initiative to hug her hand, "Grandma, then I won't bother you for now, you can rest at ease, okay?"

Uncle is also here, maybe he can enlighten her better.

The queen mother said goodbye softly.

After Shu Yao left, Emperor Yong got up and walked to the Empress Dowager's bedside.

He lowered his eyes, and said lightly, "This is not the only thing that the mother is hiding from Yaoyao, right?"