This day was no exception. Prime Minister Lu Yijian suddenly walked up, as if asking a very trivial and boring sentence, "Empress Dowager, I heard that a concubine in the palace died yesterday."

As soon as these words came out, his mother, who was in power in the world, suddenly stood up, as if facing a great enemy, "Prime Minister, do you want to take care of the affairs of the palace?" After saying that, he immediately pulled him up and walked into the inner palace without waiting for Lu Yijian to answer. On that day, Zhao Zhen must have been puzzled, but he had been used to unconditional obedience. He didn't know what happened, and he dared not ask. He just watched his mother leave suddenly and hurriedly.

Liu E quickly returned to the front hall, but Lu Yijian still did not move, and the others disappeared. He looked at each other and knew it clearly. Liu E asked directly, "Why do you want to separate from my mother and son?"

Lu Yijian only answered one sentence, "Empress Dowager, don't you want to protect the Liu family in the future?" He was so rebellious that he dared to threaten the safety of the Empress Dowager's family! But what was strange was that Liu E, who had been strong all her life, was silent. She thought carefully, and in the end, she was relieved by "relieving her intentions".

The dialogue between the prime minister and the empress dowager was not known in the beginning and the end, but in fact it was related to the biggest inside story of the palace that had been hidden for more than 20 years. Liu E was blessed. This "concubine in the palace" was 20 years younger than her, but died 13 months earlier than her. This reduced her great trouble. But the safety of Liu that Lu Yijian said was not an exaggeration, so she "understood her mind"

But hesitated, but did not do it. She still wanted to use the etiquette of an ordinary palace servant to send this "concubine" and her reason was high-sounding: the officials of the Ministry of Rites found that the time when the concubine died was wrong, so they could not hold a big funeral. At this time, Lu Yijian stood up again to object! This time, he no longer asked whether the empress dowager cared about Liu's safety, but directly asked to hold a funeral in the Huangyi Palace, and use a first-rate gift to stop the spirit in Hongfu Temple. The empress dowager and the emperor must be mourned and slapped in the feudal empire! This is the most solemn funeral etiquette in the feudal empire after the death of the emperor!

Liu E ignored him. An imperial edict in the palace said that the hearse of the "concubine in the palace" would be transported out from the small gate of the palace wall. Lu Yijian became popular and directly asked to meet the queen mother. We had an interview! Liu E refused again and sent a personal eunuch, Luo Chongxun, who drove Cao Yi to kill him. He asked Lu Yijian: What do you want to do?

Lu Yijian's request was very simple: a first-class gift, a solid mercury coffin, and a hearse must go to Xihuamen! Apart from that, I will not agree!

Liu E was very disappointed. This was her "confidant" promoted by herself... She sent Luo Chongxun to pass on the message again, "I didn't expect you to be like this too."

Lu Yijian replied, "I am the prime minister, and the court affairs should be fought against the court. The empress do not allow it, and the minister will never retreat."

Lu Yijian was stubborn, Liu E was even more ruthless. Don’t you retreat? I even more refused! As a result, Eunuch Luo ran back and forth three times, and the two top bosses of the Song Dynasty couldn’t reach an agreement. At this time, Lu Yijian was facing a choice: Give up? Or persevere to the end? If you want to do it, do it to the end! Prime Minister Lu decided to throw out the most important secret. We will make it clear that "Chenfei gave birth to the sage, but mourning is not a ritual. There will be those who will suffer the guilt in the future. Don’t say that Yijian will not say it today." This is the original words of Lu Yijian back then, "Chengsheng Gong" meant that the "concubine in the palace" who gave birth to the emperor, "Chenfei", was the death of the "concubine in the palace". The implication is that this Concubine Li was the biological mother of the current emperor Zhao Zhen!

This involves a palace secret 23 years ago. That is, the popular folk history of "Cat Fighting Prince", of course, there is absolutely no raccoon, and there is no such thing as Bao Qingtian. The current prefect of Kaifeng is Cheng Lin, and Lord Bao will not meditate in Kaifeng Mansion 24 years later. But after giving birth to his son, Empress Li was indeed taken away by Liu E. More than 20 years ago, Empress Li could not get close to her biological son. The current emperor Zhao Zhen was half a step away, and her reputation was always just "shunrong" and was far from the concubine. She enjoyed the title of "Chenfei" for no more than 24 hours. To put it bluntly, it was a farewell gift.

But now there is a question: Is this really hidden? If it is hidden, why did the Li family just died in the palace and Lu Yijian outside the palace know immediately? And you should know: Lu Yijian is not his uncle Lu Mengzheng. He is the new prime minister, so there should not be so many palace spies. Even if there is, this kind of super heavyweight secret can be spread. But Lu Yijian did it! The first prime minister of the Renzong Dynasty was unique from the beginning! Things that no one dared to touch are hidden in it. The glory that everyone desires! The reason why Lu Yijian was able to become Lu Yijian was that there was no luck.

But at this time, Prime Minister Lu had to scratch his head for villains: The eunuch Luo Chongxun! He probably really regarded Liu E, who was 66 years old this year, as Wu Zetian? Do you really think that Liu E could ascend the throne at the age of 67 and die at the age of 82 like Wu Zetian?

That's why Lu Yijian forced him to tear his face and said, "There will be someone who will be guilty in the future." The next day is the day when Zhao Zhen takes power. Liu E must have died at that time. Who will suffer? It's you Luo Chongxun! This sentence came into effect immediately, and Luo Chongxun rushed back to the palace. This time it was not long, and the empress dowager's imperial decree was announced - everything was done according to the Prime Minister's wishes!

Lu Yijian vented his anger - it was finally done. It seems that men and women are not easy to communicate, and they need a super excellent semiconductor to achieve it!

So, Li was buried in the empress dowager's clothes, the coffin was filled with mercury, and the hearse came from Xihuamen. The emperor and the empress dowager were mourned together. They posthumously conferred three generations of Li, and stopped for three days of court, and sacrificed together for the whole world!

During this period, the imperial prime minister Lu Yijian was the one who really showed up. The reason was that the emperor was too small and he would not get involved in this matter anyway. Empress Dowager Liu would not really attend the funeral (his love rival? maid? partner?)). So everyone looked at Prime Minister Lu with respect and presided over the funeral ceremony with sincerity, and sent the real empress dowager away. I admire him! But Lu Yijian knew in his heart: his glory and wealth in the second half of his life were confirmed!

On this side, Zhao Zhen died of his biological mother; on the other side, Yelu Zongzhen died of his adoptive mother.

In the spring of this year, Liao Xingzong went out to hunt, and his biological mother Xiao Nojin immediately sent someone to Shangjing, without any procedures, and directly killed his opponent! Everything is that Xiao Boss Xiao was too kind, and Xiao Nojin was too cruel. How many opportunities did she have to do Xiao Nojin in the 14 years since the Holy Sect was not dead and Xingzong was not established? It was time to stop, Xiao Nojin did not accept her feelings at all. As long as she turned her hand, she would immediately get rid of the roots!

The Liao History records the ending of Empress Dowager Xiao Bodhisattva. On that day, the secret envoy arrived. The empress dowager did not beg for mercy or curse. She said calmly, "I am really innocent, and everyone in the world knows. Let me take a bath and then die, okay." The secret envoy said silently and bowed out. After entering again, the 50-year-old Bodhisattva Xiao committed suicide by hanging himself. Yelu Zongzhen lost his adoptive mother like this. But he soon discovered that he had never had a biological mother at all.

Xiao Nojin completely undermined Yelu Zongzhen and helped his brothers to the important position of powerful ministers in the Liao Kingdom one by one. Then he made a lot of money, and the way was to sell official positions.

This woman from a maid proved with practical actions what shallowness and narrowness are. From then on, the Liao Dynasty became a vegetable market, and whoever has money becomes an official, everything has a price. But I would like to ask you that you are the empress dowager, what is the use of you asking for money?

Land, army, and country stability are the wealth of the supreme ruler! Unfortunately, Xiao Yanyan, who was born in a noble family, understood these things, but she did not understand them for a long time. Xiao Nojin only recognized the official position and the current silver in front of him. Except for these two things, everything was fake!

At the age of 66, they died of 46. The only difference between them is their mood. One is at the top of the world, calling the wind and rain as they wish. The other is lonely and deserted, silently accompanying her dead husband, staring at her son who is countless palace walls apart... What kind of life is that? So Li Chenfei died 13 months ago. So what is Liu E feeling now? In order to verify her power index, on July 22, Liu E carried out a reorganization reform of the court bureau and added a functional department called Zhijianyuan.

This department had before, and was the product of the era of Liu E's father-in-law Zhao Guangyi, and later incorporated into the Dongfu Prime Minister's Group. At this time, Liu E decided to take a one-time and for all to suppress the endless letters and find faults from the ministers. She completely dismembered your letters and statements, turned the Junxia Province into the Zhijianyuan, and made it the same as the censors and chief censors, and then what should you do? One power and two governments, just pinch it to yourself!

Later history proved that the establishment of the Zhijianyuan was a pure mistake. On the surface, it made everyone in the world see that the ministers of the Song Dynasty were more free and scruples, which was really a paradise for literati. But later, there were too many people speaking and each had a system. A group of censors with strong fighting spirit did not have to look for foreign enemies, and they fought to the death within the system... So the party struggles of the Song Dynasty far exceeded the party shackles of the Han Dynasty, Niu Li of the Tang Dynasty, and the party struggles of the Ming Dynasty became the nightmare of the kings...

On August 7, Yelu Zongzhen's eldest son, the future Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji, was born.

The love between mother and son, which is the most important thing in the world, will definitely be retribution. Heaven is good, and Liu E's bad luck will come soon. On August 23, a fire broke out in the inner courtyard of the Song Dynasty palace. It was directly from the top priority of the Great Inner Palace, and the blazing flames instantly swallowed Liu E and Zhao Zhen's residence. Thanks to the little eunuch who called Wang Shougui discovered it in time, he helped their mother and son from the back door of the bedroom to the back garden, and hid in Yanfu Palace the next day, and survived.

It was dawn, and I came to see: a piece of coke, full of ashes, and no tiles existed. Chongde, Changchun, Zhufu, Huiqing, Chonghui, Tianhe, Chengming, and Yanqing, all burned into white ground. Even the treasures that Zhao Zhen received when he ascended the throne were burned.

In the early morning, all officials gathered at the palace gate to inquire about the safety of His Majesty the Emperor. At this time, Zhao Zhen appeared on the palace wall. As soon as the yellow figure under the yellow umbrella cover flashed, the officials immediately kowtowed to pay tribute, but the head of all officials, Lu Yijian, stood upright and did not kneel, staring straight at the emperor on the palace wall, until Zhao Zhen sent someone to ask him what he was doing?

Lu Yijian replied: I was very worried about the fire last night. It’s too far away now. Can you get closer and let us see clearly?

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was overjoyed: My prime minister is worthy of his surname, Lu Duan, who helped my father to the throne, will never be confused about major issues! Come on, let us go down and let him see clearly!

When the king and his ministers met, Lu Yijian knelt down and bowed to his Majesty for his health. The first prime minister of Renzong not only added a bargaining weight to his future, but also allowed the emperor to see how unique he was in the reality before him... Perhaps he was the only person who benefited from this natural disaster.

On the 25th, Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Privy Councilor Yang Chongxun were appointed as the chief and deputy chief envoy of the rebuilding of the Grand Inner Palace, construction was carried out as soon as possible to rebuild the imperial palace! On the 26th, the ministers issued an edict to write a letter to the general public. On the 28th, the world was summoned. At the same time, the cause of the fire was investigated... But almost none of these things satisfy the elderly Queen Liu.

Let’s talk about pursuing the murderer first. The eunuchs in the palace were collectively responsible and severely cracked down. Finally, the suspect was finally determined: a "sewing man" who did needlework, so he turned the man to the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion to make a clear punishment, but the depressed thing was that Mr. Cheng Lin, the prefect of Kaifeng, did not provide any guillotine that day... He said that Kaifeng Mansion was a case-trial, not a guillotine! Now I want to try it! Let’s do this! You can draw a roadmap for the fire that night.

The picture is drawn, and the problem is clear. It points directly to a stove in the harem and a wall near it. It ignited it, and then it ignited the entire palace. As for the initial reason, Cheng Lin's explanation was that "it was burned for a long time and it was a natural disaster, so it should not be a sin." If there is no such tailor, let me go quickly!

Liu E was a little dazed. Natural disasters, no one could hold God accountable. But Cheng Lin said this and she couldn't accept it. The difference was too big! This person not long ago presented her with the "Picture of Empress Wu's Reign" to her and asked her to be Wu Zetian. Unfortunately, the time was wrong, so she threw the picture on the ground half-true and half-falsely, and said the touching daughter-in-law declaration, "I swear to never do this to blame my ancestors." But she remembered Cheng Lin's loyalty and gradually became a confidant, but today she actually came to tear her down in public!

Let’s talk about the ministers’ letters. Teng Zongliang and Liu Yue made the problem unlimitedly exaggerated and related to the national fortune and virtue of the Song Dynasty: Empress Dowager, do you know that our Song Dynasty was born in the world with “fire virtue”? Now that the fire has been perverted, the root of the disease lies in you! You have messed up the government, which is a “political loss”. As long as you remove the curtain as soon as possible and return the power to the emperor, everything will be peaceful...

The ministers of the Song Dynasty separated and kept the rhythm of writing a letter, so that the empress dowager could always hear the call for a return of power. Historical records show that Liu E was panicked and privately found the governor of Ning****, Li Zunyi, the son-in-law of the prince-consort, and quietly asked "What to do outside the country" Li Prince-consort pondered for a long time and said, "The minister has no other news. But people say that the emperor is the crown, and the empress dowager should return the power according to the time." After all, she is required to return the power no matter what...
Chapter completed!