All Hail Cousin Brother

"Over the past year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has had a lot of backlogs. Students from all over the country have made demands, asking the court to seriously try Ning Boyuan's case. It is indeed difficult for the case to continue to be delayed."

"..."

The documents collected by the courtiers were sent to Shouyan Palace.

At this time, the Queen Mother was already bedridden, leaning on the large ginger pillow, listening breathlessly to the chamberlain's report on the situation in the previous court.

"I heard that many students have gathered at the Confucius Temple to jointly protest to the court, demanding a strict trial of Ning Yuanbo's case and justice to thousands of students in the world..."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother covered her mouth and coughed heartbreakingly. The chamberlain looked at the veil covering the Queen Mother's mouth. It was stained red with blood. Her calves could not help but tremble, and there was cold sweat on her forehead. Keep coming out.

"Cough cough cough -" the Queen Mother coughed and wheezed.

Aunt Shen quickly brought a bowl of pear paste water over and fed it to the Queen Mother to drink.

Miraculously, after drinking a bowl of pear paste water, the Queen Mother, who was constantly coughing and wheezing, looked much better visibly, and her coughing and wheezing gradually stopped.

The Queen Mother gasped and said: "One by one, they are sanctimonious and high-sounding. To be honest, they are just to exclude dissidents..."

Ning Yuanbo is the maternal wife of the second prince. As long as Ning Yuanbo's case is not tried and the charges are not decided, Concubine Lan still does not lose power. There are still a group of people in the court who support the second prince.

The trial of Ning Yuanbo seemed reasonable, but in fact it was aimed at the second prince and Concubine Lan, hoping to take the opportunity to cut off the second prince's gang members, and then implicate the second prince and completely eradicate the second prince.

"Your Majesty, how is your Majesty's health lately?" The Queen Mother's sallow complexion showed an abnormal flush, and her hoarse voice sounded like it had been rubbed by sand.

The waiter's face turned pale and his mouth trembled: "Still, still the same."

Before he finished speaking, his legs went weak and he knelt down on the ground with a "plop". The emperor had already suffered a stroke, his mouth was crooked and his eyes were slanted. He had difficulty speaking earlier, and words could still come out of his mouth. Recently I can't even speak. When I open my mouth, saliva is drooling from the corner of my mouth, and I make a sound of "Ahhhhhhh" in my throat.

After enduring it for more than half a year, it seemed that I couldn’t endure it any longer.

Others don't know what is going on with the Emperor, so how could the Queen Mother not know?

The courtiers were busy vying for power, and the matter of establishing the crown prince would not be settled without the emperor's intervention. Empress Ning, Concubine Lan, and Concubine Xu were not vegetarians. The three parties were fighting, but they could restrain each other. But once the situation of checks and balances is broken, it will trigger civil strife.

What broke the balance was the advice of the ancient censor.

Some people could no longer hold themselves back and wanted to attack Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan probably never imagined that she would instruct the ancient censor to divert trouble to the east and shelve the fourth prince's northern tour. Little did she know that all this was just a trap.

"It's true that Ai, the young one of the Ai family, looked at her..." Before she could finish her sentence, large mouthfuls of blood gushed out from the Queen Mother's mouth and nose.

"The Queen Mother," Aunt Shen was startled and rushed to the bed. When she saw the Queen Mother, her eyes rolled up and her mouth was open, but she was letting out more air than taking in. She shouted in a panic: "Here comes someone, hurry up." Doctor, please come in..."

The chamberlain was startled, and his body suddenly crawled to the ground, but his mind kept echoing about the "her" in the Queen Mother's mouth.

He is a confidant of the Queen Mother, so he naturally understands that "she" refers to Queen Ning.

The fourth prince's northern tour was a trap by Empress Ning.

Empress Ning first calculated that Miss Yu was "born with a phoenix life", and then she instigated the royalists and raised the issue of the fourth prince's northern tour.

Everyone thought that Empress Ning was plotting against the four princes to visit the north, win over the people, accumulate fame, and further win over King Wu Muding and officials in the north.

By then, the fourth prince's reputation as a virtuous man would become obvious, and it was logical that the "daughter of Phoenix's destiny" would be given to marry the fourth prince.

The fourth prince gained the support of the Yu clan, and Queen Ning naturally adopted the fourth prince as his heir.

But who would have thought that this was a plan within a plan?

The second prince had gained a lot of reputation as a virtuous person in the court, but if the fourth prince came to the north, this "reputation for being virtuous" would probably change hands.

No matter how virtuous the second prince is, how can he be compared to it? The fourth prince's contribution to understanding the people's hearts on behalf of the emperor?

The fourth prince visited the north, and the one who was most affected was the second prince.

In order to prevent the fourth prince from visiting the north, Concubine Lan asked the ancient censor to reveal the news that the emperor was seriously ill. The matter of competing for the heir apparent was put on the table, but Concubine Lan took the advantage.

By restraining Empress Ning from using the "Phoenix Ming's Daughter" to make a big fuss, and restraining the hands and feet of the fourth prince, Empress Ning would not be able to manipulate Baohuangtang and cause trouble in the court.

The third prince, who couldn't hold up the wall with mud, became easier to deal with.

Concubine Lan's calculation was absolutely correct.

However, what I never expected was that Queen Ning made a feint.

Ning Yuanbo's case has never been tried. It was because the Queen Mother did not want to break the balance of the struggle for the throne. But the ancient censor took the lead and broke the balance. The queen had no scruples and took advantage of the royalists and the world. Thousands of students demanded a strict trial of Ning Yuanbo's case.

The balance of checks and balances that the Queen Mother had worked so hard to maintain was completely broken.

When he heard the news of the death of the Queen Mother, Yu Youyao was having dinner with Yin Huaixi.

Yin Qi reported the news to Yin Huaixi: "Full martial law has been imposed in the palace. The Queen Mother has stepped forward and will start organizing the Queen Mother's funeral."

Yin Huaixi glanced at Yu Youyao subconsciously.

Seeing that her smiling eyes had lost her smile, she paused with the chopsticks she had just stretched out to pick up food, then took them back again and placed them on the plate.

Yin Huaixi asked helplessly: "It's only a matter of time. Why don't you even eat?"

Yu Youyao's expression was a little complicated: "That's right, it's a little too sudden."

Yin Huaixi picked up a piece of mushroom, put it in her bowl, and coaxed softly: "The world is huge, and the food is the biggest. Try this dried mushroom with bamboo shoots in a dry pot. I specially found a chef who is good at cooking Fujian cuisine to cook the mushroom." It tastes like seafood.”

Yu Youyao reluctantly took a few bites, but she couldn't eat any more: "Actually, the Queen Mother has never treated me poorly for a long time. I have also been protected by the Queen Mother, and that's why I am today. I just feel a little stuck in my heart."

Yin Huaixi also put down his chopsticks: "Well, it's a familiar person, and we don't usually have much interaction with him. When I suddenly learn that he has passed away, I will inevitably feel a little sad, which is human nature."

Originally, her heart was quite complicated, but when Yin Huaixi explained it simply and straightforwardly, Yu Youyao felt less uncomfortable.

"Now that the Queen Mother has passed away, the government and the public are afraid that there will be complete chaos." Without the Queen Mother to balance the situation, it is a foregone conclusion that the Zhou Dynasty will fall apart.