Chapter Twenty-Six: A Difficult Situation
Yu Nanxing learned some about the situation in today's society from the conversations of the guests in the restaurant and the teahouse, and combined with some information from Mei Mufeng, she also knew the general situation of Nanjing today.
For more than 300 years since the founding of Nanjing, it has been moving from prosperity to decline step by step. Today's officials in the Nanjing Kingdom are corrupt, the officials of the DPRK and China are forming parties for personal gain, there are wars on the border from time to time, coupled with the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people's grievances have been accumulated for a long time, and the situation in the Nanjing is very bad.
And the situation of Xuanwangfu is even more difficult now.
Xuan Wang Xu Tinghan's father was originally the crown prince of the year, and he was very loved and respected by the emperor. After the death of the first emperor, the crown prince, who was supposed to ascend the throne as the emperor, died mysteriously and violently in the palace.
The external rhetoric is that the crown prince Xu Yuanzheng died of an old illness caused by the death of his father.
And the prince's younger brother Xu Yuansheng became the new emperor with lightning speed, that is, the current emperor. Under the obstruction of the current emperor, no one dares to investigate and question the cause of the death of the former prince.
The former crown prince died before he ascended the throne, and the new emperor posthumously crowned the former prince as King Xuan, hereditary replacement. The eldest son of the former prince, who is also Xu Tinghan's eldest brother, inherited the position of his father King Xuan.
At that time, Xu Tinghan was leading the troops at the border pass, and it was already too late when he got the news.
And Xu Tinghan's eldest brother has always been in poor health, and finally gave birth to a son after many years of marriage. But soon he died of illness, and his wife Li also followed.
Under the leadership of the current Queen Mother and Xu Tinghan's mother, Xu Tinghan succeeded his brother and became King Xuan, presiding over all matters of Xuanwang's Mansion.
But Xu Tinghan is the son of the former prince after all, and this identity is very taboo by the emperor.
Xu Tinghan has the military power of 100,000 troops in the northern camp of the capital, and his prestige in the army is very high, and the war at the border pass still needs to rely on Xu Tinghan, in order not to be criticized, and because the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the political situation is still unstable, and there is the maintenance of the queen mother, so the emperor did not take back Xu Tinghan's military power.
But everyone knows that the emperor does not want to take back military power all the time.
The emperor's attitude towards Xuanwangfu is very wonderful, on the surface he is very fond of Xuanwangfu, but in fact he secretly suppresses Xuanwangfu. This is no secret in Kyoto's wealthy aristocratic circles.
Because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, many families who were originally better with Xu Tinghan's family gradually moved away. After all, no one wants to fight against the emperor.
Therefore, the situation of Xuan Wangfu and Xu Tinghan is very difficult. Fortunately, Xu Tinghan is alert, resourceful, and knows how to forbear, so he has survived the past few years safely.
Yu Nanxing felt that the deaths of the former prince and Xu Tinghan's eldest brother were very strange, and most of them were related to the current emperor. Xu Zhaoyi's abduction and trafficking this time may not be an accident, but someone deliberately assassinated him.
Yu Nanxing also summed up the conclusions he had heard along the way.
From the perspective of the current emperor, if the death of the former prince is related to him, then he must want to get rid of all the men in the Xuanwang Mansion in order to avoid future troubles.
And the people of Xuanwangfu have to endure humiliation and live with heavy burdens. In the end, it either perishes in silence or explodes in silence.
Yu Nanxing thought that this must be a thrilling power drama. She had to think about whether to keep her distance from King Xuan's Mansion, so as not to be affected.
The person who was supposed to be able to become the prince and hope to win the throne in the future was denied the hope of becoming the emperor, and could only become a prince without any real power. and the cause of death of his father and eldest brother is obviously very strange, but it can't be investigated openly, so it can only be investigated secretly. Xu Tinghan's heart must also be very sad and depressed.
It is really good that the royal family has no family affection written in the history books, and for the sake of that supreme position, some people can often abandon everything and extinguish their conscience, even their parents and brothers can also be eradicated.
Yu Nanxing thought that the man who was the same as Xu Hanchen was burdened with such hatred, no wonder he always had a cold face and never smiled.
Didn't Xu Hanchen also give up a lot because of the family's responsibilities. Men like them may never experience happiness in their lives.
Yu Nanxing unconsciously sympathized with Xu Tinghan. There is also Xu Zhaoyi, the little guy, will he have to bear these when he grows up?
It seems that the water in this capital is very deep, and she has no power to protect herself, so she has to keep a low profile, and it is best not to associate with people in Xuanwangfu.
But she thought of that lovely child, and she didn't want to disappoint the child. Xu Zhaoyi has been fatherless and motherless since he was a child, although he has a grandmother and an uncle, they cannot replace the love of his parents.
And Xu Tinghan, the person who has been cold-faced for a long time, can't even hold a child, and at a glance, he knows that he has no experience in getting along with children.
Xu Zhaoyi estimated that he would not get much love from him.
Think about it again, there are still people peeping in secret, looking for an opportunity to harm Xu Zhaoyi. Yu Nanxing's heart couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
Such a child with no scheming is the easiest to be calculated. She didn't think it was an accident. Fortunately, the child met her, otherwise by the time Xu Tinghan found him, maybe the child would have been stupid.
Forget it, let it be. She is not a helpless person, she still has the system as a plug-in. If the emperor was in trouble with her because of the Xuanwang Mansion and forced her, she would get some explosives and blow up his palace.
When Xu Tinghan came back from the palace, he saw his mother holding his grandson Xu Zhaoyi crying uncontrollably. Mei Mufeng next to her persuaded helplessly, and the maids and mothers-in-law also persuaded her.
Even Xu Zhaoyi, who has always been like a little devil, seems to be sensible after experiencing this incident, and he is also persuading his grandmother not to cry and hurt his body.
When the old princess Qin saw that her grandson had become so sensible, she felt that her grandson must have suffered a lot when he became like this, and she couldn't help but feel sad again, and she couldn't stop her tears.
Her husband and eldest son are gone, and now only a younger son and a grandson are left, and now there are only the three of them in this huge Xuanwang Mansion who depend on each other, and they have to be on guard against the emperor's troubles and assassinations, it is really difficult for them to live.
Xu Tinghan looked around the house and didn't see Yu Nanxing, feeling a little disappointed, and the expectation on the way back just now was disappointed at this time.
But it's not good for him to blatantly ask Mei Mufeng about Yu Nanxing's news in front of his mother.
Mei Mufeng is Xu Tinghan's friend and knows him very well, he leaned over to Xu Tinghan and whispered: "Miss Yu refuses to go back to Xuanwang's Mansion with me and settle down in an inn, the inn was arranged by me personally, no problem." ”
In fact, Xu Tinghan also had a hunch that Yu Nanxing would not come to Xuanwangfu with Mei Mufeng and them. He could see that the girl was not a person who was attached to the powerful. It seems that everything is under control.,Even if she herself is sure to live well.。
He had already sent someone to find out Yu Nanxing's identity, and it turned out that Yu Nanxing was the eldest lady from the second room of the Loyal Marquis Mansion. It's just that because her mother died early, her stepmother treated her harshly, and her father was indifferent, so that the little girl was bullied at home.
Because of the jealousy of my sister and sister-in-law, I designed to sell her, and in turn framed her for running away. No wonder the little girl wants to change her name and identity, and she doesn't want to go home again.
There was no place for her in that family, and although she was alone, she didn't have to worry about her family's calculations and betrayals.
The loss of such an excellent girl in the Loyal Marquis Mansion is definitely a loss for them.
It's just that the personality of the eldest lady in the second room of the Zhongxin Marquis Mansion that he investigated is very different from Yu Nanxing after the name change, and no one has heard that she has a master. Maybe Yu Baguio was hiding everything about himself before.