"Consort Yun wouldn't be Yao Xian's illegitimate daughter, right? Yao Xian only had one wife in his life, and she gave birth to three sons and one daughter. How can a man only have one wife! Since he doesn't have one at home, she must have been raised outside. Consort Yun might be the child of his mistress. "
"That should be the case. Otherwise, why would an imperial concubine wear such filial piety to send off Yao Xian's funeral?"
These words were a bit unpleasant to hear. When the Yao Family heard it, they felt uncomfortable, but Consort Yun was in Wanhe, so they couldn't express their opinions on this matter. In all honesty, they also didn't understand why Consort Yun would send off Yao Xian's funeral in such a grand manner, but the Yao Family definitely didn't believe in the words of an illegitimate daughter. The Yao Family had always had a policy of men not taking in concubines, and women not taking in concubines. Yao Xian was the role model of the entire family. He was open and aboveboard all his life, so it was impossible for him to have a mistress and child outside.
Yao Jing Jun looked at Consort Yun, waiting for her to explain. Finally, Consort Yun's footsteps stopped when the people once again said, "Yao Xian had a mistress outside." She cast a sharp gaze over, and the aura of an imperial concubine instantly surged out, frightening those gossiping people into retreating step by step, each of them trembling in fear.
Consort Yun asked them in confusion, "Are you here to send off the funeral or to cause trouble? You keep saying that Divine Doctor Yao is indebted to you, so why are you slandering him with such vicious words? This concubine is grateful for Divine Doctor Yao's kindness and respects him as my adoptive father, so this concubine came to send off the funeral in filial piety. Who gave you the courage to slander this concubine's adoptive father in front of this concubine? Do you think this concubine is easy to bully, or do you think the imperial family is easy to bully? Or do you think that the Yao Family is honest and can tolerate your filthy words? "
Imperial Concubine Yun was angry, and there was not a single citizen that did not feel the anger coming from her body. Those that had said unpleasant things immediately closed their eyes and retreated, fearing that they would be pointed out by Imperial Concubine Yun.
Unfortunately, hiding was useless. Consort Yun had lived in the Winter Moon Palace for more than twenty years. She had never competed with the outside world, but not competing did not mean that she was weak. It was fine if you stayed far away from her, but if you provoked her, the consequences were not something an ordinary person could bear.
Just like now, Yao Xian had passed away and Consort Yun was grieving. However, someone had to say bad things about Yao Xian at this critical moment. How could she tolerate this?
Consort Yun sighed, "I rarely go out. I didn't expect that the people of the outside world would be so evil. Slandering Divine Doctor Yao and making up stories about me. What do you think of the Imperial Family? Hidden guards. "With a cold voice, several hidden guards appeared beside her. The one leading them was Ban Zou, who Feng Yu Heng had left behind to protect her. "Did you all see the people who were speaking nonsense just now?"
Ban Zou nodded, "I saw them all clearly. I didn't miss a single one."
"Good." Consort Yun turned her head and stared at the crowd of commoners, "Cut off their tongues and throw them outside the city to feed the dogs."
With a single order, the secret guards immediately took action. None of the people who had spoken ill of them were able to escape. They were all captured and had their tongues cut off in front of everyone's eyes. Blood flowed freely and they suffered all kinds of pain.
No one pitied them. The commoners were even puzzled. Where did these people come from? It was like no one recognized them. The people who had come to attend Yao Xian's funeral today were all people who had received favors from the Yao Family or Feng Yu Heng. It was impossible for them to say those kinds of things. Thus the people understood. It was not that Imperial Concubine Yun was too vicious. Instead, it was that those people with ulterior motives had arranged for such despicable actions. Everyone with ulterior motives should be punished. Imperial Concubine Yun only cutting out their tongues and not taking their lives was already considered good.
The funeral procession continued forward. The commoners remembered that many years ago, when Consort Yun had just entered the palace, she had been whipped and beaten by the concubines in the palace. It was said that almost all the flesh on her back had rotted away. It was Yao Xian who had personally used the skin changing technique on her, which was why her skin was as bright and clean as before. So for Consort Yun, Yao Xian was indeed her benefactor!
Consort Yun was furious and punished the people who had spoken malicious words in front of everyone. No one raised any objections. Even the princes who had also come to attend the funeral took the initiative to clean up the mess for her. Speaking of which, Consort Yun had been the emperor's favorite for more than 20 years. Most of the princes didn't have any complaints about her. They even loved and respected her. Although a large part of this was because they had a deep brotherly relationship with Xuan Tianming, another part was because although Consort Yun was the only one who was favored by Emperor Tianwu, she didn't bully the other concubines. It was like this in the palace. Women would fall out of favor sooner or later, especially women who had given birth. Their bodies would become out of shape and their faces would age. Sooner or later, there would be a new person to replace their position in the emperor's heart. As for the concubines who had fallen out of favor, they would face round after round of palace fights. Those women who were favored would always think of all kinds of ways to get rid of the other thorns in their eyes.
But Consort Yun was different. She quietly lived by herself and didn't pay attention to anyone. She also didn't let anyone pay attention to her. She didn't do bad things and wouldn't bully the other concubines because she was favored. This made the princes feel a lot more relieved. After all, with Consort Yun's favor, although she didn't see Emperor Tianwu, with just a word, it was enough for Emperor Tianwu to kick away all the women in the palace.
Yao Xian's funeral attracted half of the people in the capital. The funeral was finally completed before noon. When the tomb was covered, everyone in the Yao family felt their hearts sink. Father was gone like this, grandfather was gone like this. Yao Jing Jun thought that when Yao Shu and Feng Yu Heng returned to the capital, would he blame them for not taking care of their grandfather?
Dashun's capital was extremely desolate because of Yao Xian's passing. At that time, Zong Sui's capital was panicking because of the loss of three cities in a row.
Especially the new Emperor Li Jian. After he saw the heavenly lightning that Duanmu Anguo took out, he thought that even if this battle with Dashun would not be easy, they would not lose completely. Even if Dashun had the heavenly lightning, the other party was in the light and they were in the dark. This was a huge advantage. The reason why he decided to fall out with Dashun was because of the heavenly lightning in Duanmu Anguo's hands.
But! He never thought that Duanmu Anguo would actually lose so badly. His Zong Sui's three cities were also lost so tragically. An official said: "Your Majesty, Dashun massacred our Zong Sui's Jian City and blew up our Zong Sui's Tong City. It sounds like this irreconcilable enmity needs to be reported to Dashun. But according to what This Official knows, Jian City was actually poisoned by Duanmu Anguo. The entire city died because of his poison. And the heavenly lightning that blew up Tong City also came from Duanmu Anguo. It can be said that our citizens died in Duanmu Anguo's hands. Our cities were also lost because of Duanmu Anguo. Your Majesty! Why was our dignified Zong Sui harmed by that Duanmu Anguo to this extent? Why did Your Majesty listen to Duanmu Anguo's words and completely break off relations with Dashun? "
With this lead, the other officials could not hold it in anymore and started to criticize Duanmu Anguo. Of course, criticizing Duanmu Anguo was just a pretense. In reality, they were dissatisfied with Li Jian. This new Emperor who relied on improper methods to ascend to the throne, he had not even sat on the throne for a while and he already brought such a huge disaster to Zong Sui. Everyone thought that this Li Jian was really unworthy of sitting on that throne.
But so what if they were unhappy? He was a member of the imperial family, they were just servants in the end. Whoever ascended to the throne in their Master's family had nothing to do with them, they had to listen to orders. But now, if they allowed Dashun to continue fighting like this, Zong Sui would be finished. Zong Sui was finished, their families would also be finished, and they might even lose their lives. This was definitely related to them.
Now that things had come to this, everyone threw caution to the wind. Someone criticized Li Jian directly: "Your Majesty blindly listened to Duanmu Anguo's slanderous words, have you thought about Zong Sui's current state? Your Majesty, please give Zong Sui's citizens an explanation. "
Li Jian was furious, but he could not refute it. Duanmu Anguo really embarrassed him too much. He heard that that old guy did not die, if he landed in his hands, he would definitely tear him into pieces!
However, now that things had come to this, all the accusations were so pale and powerless. Li Jian knew that the only thing he could do now was to think of a way to salvage the situation, only then would he be able to salvage his reputation in court. He thought about it and finally placed his hopes on Old General Chunyu An. He wanted Chunyu An to immediately lead troops to Gan City, definitely stopping Dashun's army outside Gan City, to ensure that Zong Sui's territory would not be lost any further.
But Chunyu An shook his head, telling him: "Ever since this old official lost his beloved daughter, my health has been deteriorating day by day, and I even coughed up blood last night. Not to mention leading troops, even coming to court today, I forced myself to be alert. Your Majesty, this old official is truly powerless, please send another capable general! "
"You-" Li Jian was so angry that he was about to explode. Chunyu An actually did not go to war, if he did not go to war, what was he doing with the title of general? He really wanted to take back all the military authority in Chunyu An's hands immediately, but he was still an Emperor who had not warmed up to the throne yet. Those soldiers did not have any feelings towards him, they were all loyal to Chunyu An. If Chunyu An took the initiative to hand over the military authority, he could still control those soldiers and horses, if he asked for it himself, he was afraid that no one would listen to him.
Li Jian went to court in the morning and had a stomach full of anger, not only did all the court officials criticize him publicly, even Chunyu An rejected the imperial decree to lead troops to the battlefield. Li Jian felt that this Emperor was really useless, and other than Duanmu Anguo, Chunyu An's humiliation was also a major factor.
He had nowhere to vent his anger and did not dare to further anger the court officials in court, so he could only vent his anger on the people around him after court was dismissed. And the people around him, the first to bear the brunt was the Empress Chunyu Qing.
The Empress came from the Chunyu family and was Chunyu An's daughter. Back then, when Li Jian married her, it was to obtain the support of the Chunyu family. And the Chunyu family had indeed made a great contribution to his ascension to the throne.
But, the two parties who were originally on good terms gradually drifted apart because of Duanmu Anguo's interference, because of the decision he made to fall out with Dashun, to the extent that the Chunyu family no longer listened to him and even openly rebelled in court.
Li Jian lost a lot of face. After court was dismissed, he rushed to the Empress' Central Palace, pointing at Chunyu Qing's nose and scolding: "Don't think that We do not dare to depose you, don't think that you can look down on Us just because you have the protection of the Chunyu family. Chunyu Qing, do you believe that We only need to say a word and you will be banished to the Cold Palace, never to see the light of day again! "
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