late night song

Chapter 65 The dark web is about to be closed
After coming out of Xingxin Hall, the old prince looked at the sun in the sky calmly.The sun is hiding behind the clouds, but it can still sting people's eyes, but the road is still underfoot.

After he returned home, he immediately wrote to Emperor Ming, saying that he was old and unable to do what he wanted. He was willing to hand over the military power of the Zhenxi Army and stay in Beijing to spend his old age.

Emperor Ming also immediately issued an edict. In order to sympathize with his veterans, he first recruited 15 troops and appointed Fan Li as commander. The commander of the imperial army was held by Xiao Guang, the leader of the Imperial Guards. The remaining [-] Western Army remained as before, led by the old prince's old subordinates. Commander.

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Since the reappearance of Concubine Yi's handwriting, the Prince of Qin's palace has been very quiet. To outsiders, it seemed that Prince Qin had lost his heart as a king, was grounded, and had received military orders. However, in fact, after Emperor Ming accepted the military orders of Qi Jie and Ping Qi's army, he secretly He was awarded the Red Golden Turtle Talisman.

When the late emperor was on the throne, he changed the old system of tiger talismans and set up a total of four snake talismans for the Dongqi local army. They were different, divided into two, and the two matched.

Before the alliance of the Four Nations, border wars continued. In order for the local army to flexibly deploy troops to deal with foreign enemies, the late emperor gave three complete snake talismans to the king of Zhenxi, the king of Dongding, and the king of Nanchang. He held a talisman to command the imperial army and the northern army. territory.

In addition, a red golden turtle talisman was also specially made, which was set as Dong Qi's highest military power certificate.

Although the red golden turtle talisman is thousands of miles away from the snake talisman, it can be combined with half a snake in the hands of the outer army to form a basalt shape. With this, any army in Dongqi can be mobilized to demonstrate the supremacy of the imperial power. Prevent the local military from taking over the government.

Emperor Ming gave Qi Jie the scarlet golden tortoise talisman to prevent the Suppressing West Army from taking action and causing turmoil when the old prince and queen were being held hostage in the capital.

In this game, Qi Jian and Emperor Ming had a tacit understanding and a tacit understanding. It was also the first ice-breaking in the relationship between father and son.

After Qi Ji got the scarlet turtle talisman, he secretly left the house and went to the two nearest military camps near Qidu, deploying 15 troops to ambush outside Qidu city. At the same time, Fan Li was also preparing to respond in the city.If the Zhenxi Army made any changes, they would immediately suppress it.

Fortunately in the midst of all dangers, the old king of Zhenxi was a sensible man who knew how to make trade-offs and advances and retreats. Since Emperor Ming was able to discuss the old case of the village with him straight to the point, he must have made complete preparations. He knew Qi Sheng's fate better than anyone else. He really didn't have to risk the lives of 25 soldiers of the Western Army to fight to the death.

In this way, the simmering civil strife was calmed down, and he was able to save his family and face.

However, the old prince would not be so stupid as to completely believe in Emperor Ming's promise, so he took the initiative to write a letter to hand over his military power and proposed to stay in Beijing for retirement. This was to show the loyalty of himself and the queen to Dong Qi, and to pledge his past merits and reputation. It coerced Emperor Ming to treat the Zhenxi Army kindly, and also prevented him from insisting on abolishing the queen. Otherwise, Emperor Ming would be criticized and slandered by his ministers and the people of the world. This is what Emperor Ming cared about most.

Emperor Ming was well aware of Zhenxi Laowang's intentions. Although he acquiesced, he did not give up on seeking the truth about Chang Xinyi's suicide.

In the palace, Queen Qi Anran has been banned for three days, and her personal maid Fu Xiang has also been tortured for three days.

You know, even if it is an unsolved case, once the clues are revealed, it will be closer and closer to the truth.

Lin Zixian took the opportunity to blame Tuan Fan's framing of Zhang Mengyi on the queen. Concubine Lan also fulfilled her promise and helped her become a witness.At the same time, Concubine Lan also revealed that the queen forced herself to do something to Zhang Mengyi, who was pregnant for the second time, after Lin Zixian.

From the confessions of Fu Xiang and other Fulin Palace ladies and internal prisoners, we also found out the whole story of Concubine Yi Gui who was framed by the Queen 15 years ago.

Back then, the Queen formed an alliance with Concubine Xian and Concubine Jing, and they laid the groundwork to get rid of Chang Xinyi together.

Later, taking advantage of the opportunity to organize the Queen Mother's birthday, the Queen deliberately left the errands to Concubine Jing to organize the arrangements, because she knew that Chang Xinyi and Zhao Jingge had a good relationship, and Chang Xinyi would definitely help with planning for such important events in the palace.

She also knew that the Queen Mother also loved red plums very much, and the red plum forest in Chenyuan was planted by the late emperor the year she got married.

In order to please the Queen Mother, she instructed the concubine to "think cleverly" and hang the red plum blossom branches in Chen Yuanyuan Garden all over the letter paper, on which she wrote poems describing the red plums passed down from generation to generation.

Because there were countless red plum blossom branches, transcribing the poems and articles on the letterhead was a huge project. In order to show the empress dowager's importance and sincerity to the Queen Mother's birthday, concubine Jing planned to transcribe it herself, and naturally asked her friend Chang Xinyi for help.

After her birthday, Concubine Jing collected Chang Xinyi's handwriting and copied it secretly for a whole year in case of emergency.In order to prevent others from suspecting her, the queen ordered someone to give the concubine Chang Xinyi's unique plum blossom letterhead. If the copy of the letter is accidentally dug out in the future, it can be said that the poems copied by Chang Xinyi were borrowed for appreciation.After Qi Sheng's incident, Concubine Jing followed Concubine Xian's instructions and copied Chang Xinyi's handwriting to forge the letters and secretly placed them in Chang Xinyi's Palace of Youth.

If you want to incriminate someone, there is no excuse. Besides, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, and Chang Xinyi can't argue.

On the day when Chang Xinyi committed suicide by jumping into the well, before Concubine Jing had time to clean up the copied manuscripts in her palace, the Queen had already taken the lead and ordered someone to steal and hide the evidence that framed Concubine Yi. This frightened Concubine Jing. The concubine was frightened and worried every day, and finally died of depression.

In addition, Concubine Xian, who was encouraged by the empress, even proposed a plan to Emperor Ming to eliminate the Yuchi clan by suppressing the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The Yuchi clan's relatives from the two dynasties had intertwined forces in the court, and even wanted to influence Emperor Ming to implement the national policy of reducing vassal states. Emperor Ming was very dissatisfied with this and wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.The queen then told Concubine Xian that if she could relieve the emperor's worries, she would get rid of his serious problems and she would be favored and respected.

I have to say that the queen's methods are really clever. She never casts her own net when fishing, takes all the responsibilities, and is very patient and far-sighted.

Although the cover of her letter to Concubine Jing looks the same as that of Fanghua Palace at first glance, there is actually another mystery. If you look closely, the embroidery method of the flower stamens is very different from that of Fanghua Palace, and the embroidery on the fake is that of Concubine Jing. She is the best at the yarn drawing show. If she is found out, she will have a hard time defending her.

Especially after many years after the limelight passed, the queen still hid the manuscript in case it was needed in case of emergencies.

In fact, this manuscript actually came into play 15 years later.

The second mastermind behind Qi Jinjue's frame-up of Fan Li was the Queen.

Qi Anran knew that Ning Wang Qi Jinjue wanted to assassinate the Japanese envoys to frame Han Wang, Fan Li and Qin Wang. Therefore, she secretly asked people to pretend to be bandits to rob Guan Jia's mansion at night, rob and burn grain trucks, and make Qidu bandits a crime. It was more realistic, but what she never expected was that Qi Jinjue was so ignorant that he would bite back and drag King Rong into the water.

Fortunately, Qi Jian used the fake glazed golden pagoda as bait and laid clues. While proving his innocence, he also uncovered the person who framed him and cleared away the suspicion of King Rong.

But what made her even more unexpected and horrified was the reappearance of Chang Xinyi's handwriting on Emperor Ming's birthday.

Qi Anran could not be sure who did this, but she guessed that Emperor Ming's first suspicion would be Prince Ning Qi Jinjue. After all, he was most implicated in the assassination of Japanese envoys on the street and the theft of the Glazed Golden Pagoda.

So, she suddenly remembered the manuscript that she had hidden in the snow, and ordered someone to quietly put it among the concubine's belongings in Prince Ning's mansion. When Emperor Ming ordered the house to be searched, if any clues were found and the cause of Concubine Yi's death was thoroughly investigated, they could be found. The blame was passed on to the concubine Jing, mother and son.

It's a pity that despite all her calculations, she didn't realize that Qi Jian and Ming Emperor and his son had already put aside their grudges and joined forces to make such a big deal, forcing her to tie herself up and seek death.

After receiving these confessions, the emperor was so angry that he smashed many rare treasures in the Xingxin Palace.

However, due to the vigilance and planning of Zhenxi Laowang, he did not abolish the queen, nor did he take her life due to the current internal and external troubles in Dongqi and the reputation of his wise emperor.

Of course, this is all just a stopgap measure at the moment.Emperor Ming's love for Concubine Yi would inevitably not stick to his promise to the old king of Zhenxi forever.

He naturally attributed King Ning's assassination of the Japanese envoy to frame Fan Li and the poisoning of the Xingxin Palace designed by himself to the Queen's handiwork, and immediately ordered that the Queen be imprisoned in the Fulin Palace forever, and no one was allowed to visit.

In addition to killing the emperor's heirs, Qi Anran also intended to murder Emperor Ming, which was really treasonous. Emperor Ming's treatment was already out of consideration for old friendships and was extremely benevolent. No one in the government or the public dared to refute it. The old king of Zhenxi had nothing to do about it.

In order to complete this drama, he also deprived the concubine Lan Fei who was exploited by the queen, demoted her to a maid, and fined her for three years.

But what is surprising is that although Prince Ning, who also deceived the king and ignored his superiors, was imprisoned, his crime was not announced to the outside world for a long time.

(End of this chapter)