Chapter 293

Du Xiaoli picked up a branch, threw it into the fire, hit some sparks, flew in the air for a few times and went out. "Leng Yi, aren't the emperor and King Ren the real sons of the Empress Dowager? Why did she let King Ren usurp the throne?"

Lengyi put down the cake in his hand and said, "in fact, the emperor is not the Empress Dowager's own son."

Isn't the emperor the Empress Dowager's own son? But they are biological mother and son, don't we all know?

"Qiao Zhu said that the emperor and King Ren are close brothers. Why are they not close brothers now?" Yingge spoke quickly and said Du Xiaoli's doubts.

"In the eyes of outsiders, they are close brothers, because the Empress Dowager took them after the emperor was born. That's what they said to outsiders." Leng Yi replied.

Huh? What's the story here?

Seeing the doubts and curiosity in everyone's eyes, lenger said: "At the beginning, the first emperor had a special liking for the empress. At that time, it was not too much to spoil her alone. However, her beauty was short of life. The first queen had difficulty giving birth to the emperor and died as soon as he was born. Later, the first emperor passed the emperor on to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager knew that the first emperor loved this son, so she said she would treat him as her own son in the future. The first Emperor didn't want others to ignore him Since then, the emperor has also agreed with the Empress Dowager. From then on, the emperor has more time to go to the empress dowager, and later he made her queen. Therefore, those people think the emperor is the Empress Dowager's own son. "

"The Empress Dowager is so smart," sighed Yingge.

"She is definitely a strong man in women."

"She doesn't really like the emperor, does she?" Xia Yuan said.

Lenger nodded and said: "At first, the first emperor thought she really liked the emperor, but after a long time, he would naturally find some clues, so he didn't decide who was the prince at first. He treated several princes in the same way, even a little better for King Ren, but it was not particularly prominent. People couldn't touch his ideas, but he secretly cultivated power for the emperor and taught himself He was in the book of emperors. When he grew up and had the ability to protect himself, he suddenly announced that he would make the emperor crown prince. Although the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, she still made some moves secretly, but they were blocked. "

"The first emperor knows what the Empress Dowager did. Why not deal with her?" Yingge asked.

"No, although the first emperor doubted her, there was no evidence, because it was not her who did bad things every time, but other concubines."

"It should be those concubines she controls with Gu insects." Du Xiaoli said.

"I don't know, but the Emperor gave her a hard blow before he died, which hit a lot of her forces, so she hasn't done anything for so many years. Now I think she can't help it." lenger said.

"The Empress Dowager is like this. What about the Zhong family? What's their reaction?" Du Xiaoli asked.

"The Zhong family is very low-key. Few people have seen the old Prime Minister Zhong come out since he came home to recuperate from illness. Although there are many officials in the Zhong family, there are no big officials. Sometimes the emperor says he wants to mention their official positions, but they are stopped by the Empress Dowager, saying that it is to avoid the excessive power of the Zhong family."

"Are there many officials in the Palace this time?" Du Xiaoli asked again.

"One third," Leng Er replied, "and several of them are powerful officials."

"I think old Prime Minister Zhong went home, but he didn't stop, but he changed from light to dark and went to do those things secretly." Du Xiaoli guessed.

"The master thinks so," Leng Er replied, "but the old Prime Minister Zhong is really an old fox. In addition, the master has been fighting outside all year round, so he has no evidence."

"So..." Du Xiaoli knew that things were really like. He felt that Han Mingze was actually a little pitiful. He had no mother's protection since childhood. The Empress Dowager who raised himself was not sincere to him. The environment in which he grew up was startling step by step. Fortunately, he had the greatest backing.

"Let's have a rest early. We'll continue to travel tomorrow." Leng Yi waited for Leng Er to finish.

"Well, let's have a rest," said Du Xiaoli.

"Leave two people to watch the night, one in the middle of the night and the other in the middle of the night." Luo Qi said, "let me come in the middle of the night. Mu Shui, you watch the middle of the night."

"Yes, young master." Mu Shui nodded.

When we went out, we couldn't care so much. We were really tired this night, so those who leaned against the wall and those who leaned against the horse rested one after another.

Luo Qi kept watch in front of the fire and added some firewood to it from time to time.

Du Xiaoli rested against the wall beside him. He looked at the small face illuminated by the fire, his eyes were slightly restrained, stretched out his hand to touch her face, saw her frown, stopped in the air, laughed at himself, and then took his hand back.

Looking at her, she doesn't sleep well at all. I should be worried about prime minister Du and him.

In the middle of the night, Mu Shui woke up and replaced Luo Qi. Luo Qi leaned against Du Xiaoli, smelled her breath and fell asleep.

The fire had not been extinguished all night and the house was warm. The next morning, everyone woke up and was relieved to see the living horses. In this weather, it's better to have a substitute horse.

"Let's continue on our way." lengyi wiped out all Mars and said.

There was no river here, so everyone didn't bother to wash. A group of people took out the horses and started the day's journey. Fortunately, there was no strong wind and heavy snow today. Although there was snow on the ground, the horse ran faster and left the mountain after more than an hour. When we stepped into the plain, we got up quickly. We didn't rest at night and were on our way all the time. Another day later, Du Xiaoli and them arrived outside Phoenix in the afternoon. At this time, there was less than one day left from the deadline given by the Empress Dowager to Han Mingze. Phoenix, which has always been prosperous, has become a little deserted. Maybe we know that we can enter or leave now, so there are few people entering the city and none leaving the city. Du Xiaoli and others saw the wanted notices posted on the city wall outside the city. One was Han Mingyi, the other was her, and there were seven cold words. All those who enter the city will be checked. The soldiers guarding the city will compare the portraits. When they see suspicious ones, they will reach out to touch their faces to see if they are wearing human skin masks. "Miss, what should I do now?" Yingge asked, looking at Du Xiaoli. Du Xiaoli looked at the strange soldiers guarding the city, thought for a moment, took them away, and soon three carriages of the family appeared at the gate of the city. "Stop, want to enter the city?" the soldier called them a few words. "Yes," replied Mu Shan. "What are you doing in the city?" the soldier asked, "there are so many people, can't they have bad intentions?" "the official joked! We just came to the capital to go to relatives. My eldest brother said he did well here and wanted me to take my parents here to go to him, so I can live a good life in my old age." Mu Shan said.