The case of Prince Zhaoming, which shocked the government and the opposition thirteen years ago, gradually became clear in Huo Shining's bland narration, and many details that Xu Yan could not know before were slowly revealed through his mouth, which also solved Xu Yan's doubts.

At that time, the prince of Zhaoming was established in the old age, and he had always had the reputation of benevolence and was very popular with the courtiers, but the benevolence was too much, and some things were done in a muddy manner, and there were often disagreements and conflicts with the first emperor who acted decisively. At that time, the first emperor was still in good health, and if nothing else, it would not be difficult to be the emperor for more than ten years.

Prince Zhaoming may still be able to suppress his temperament and wait for the old emperor to return to the west, but some courtiers who are vassal to him may not be able to wait with peace of mind - compared to Prince Zhaoming, the first emperor is really much more difficult to deal with, and they naturally hope that Prince Zhaoming can ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so that they don't have to walk on thin ice.

The dragon chair lies between father and son, the older the father is, the more reluctant he is to be powerful, but the son gradually gives birth to the desire to replace it, and as time goes by, mustard and doubt are planted between father and son.

According to Huo Shining, Prince Zhaoming did have the intention of rebellion, but he was still swaying at that time, and he didn't make much action.

However, his vacillating attitude gave the courtiers under his command the wrong information, telling them to think that Prince Zhaoming really had the intention of ascending to the throne as soon as possible, but because the name of "benevolence" was not easy to move, he made his own opinion, secretly formed a party under the banner of Prince Zhaoming, and even secretly bribed the defenders inside and outside the capital, hiding weapons in hidden places.

Those clues still fell in the eyes of Emperor Huiping, who was staring at Prince Zhaoming, so he designed to coax Prince Zhaoming, who was a thief, to think that the first emperor had discovered his bad intentions. Prince Zhaoming wanted to defend himself in a panic, but his subordinates had already stabbed the basket for him, and he couldn't get rid of it at all.

These actions were reported to Emperor Huiping in full before the case of the first emperor, and the mustard between father and son finally evolved into a ravine.

What was once a concern finally turned into a reality, and the shock and anger of the first emperor at that time can be imagined.

Under the persuasion of Huo Taifu and others, the first emperor suddenly found that he was not the only son of Prince Zhaoming. After all, the persistence and reluctance of power prevailed over the relationship between father and son, and the first emperor immediately decided to punish Prince Zhaoming, but after all, he thought of his flesh and blood affection and planned to demote him to cloth.

However, how could Emperor Huiping let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs?

As long as his life is spared, there may be a day when he will make a comeback, and if Prince Zhaoming is not completely crushed, he will be uneasy to sleep and eat. So he secretly added fuel to the fire, and even colluded with the internal supervisor to pass on the holy decree, so that the prince Zhaoming, who had fallen into a desperate situation, was afraid and unwilling, and under the intentional guidance of Emperor Huiping, he took the risk to find Tian Kuo, the commander of the forbidden army at that time, with the intention of luring.

Tian Kuo, the commander of the forbidden army, immediately agreed, but when he turned around, he reported the news to the first emperor.

So the matter was irreparable, the whole palace of Prince Zhaoming was beheaded, and the courtiers involved in it were also purged on a large scale.

The queen died of illness because of her beloved son, and the emperor was furious and regretted it, and the dragon body, which was already in his fifties, collapsed in torment.

Emperor Huiping was happy and ascended to the throne.

However, it didn't end there.

The name of Prince Zhaoming's benevolence has long been spread, even if he has been characterized as a rebel by the first emperor, in the eyes of those who are not deeply involved, Prince Zhaoming is still the most benevolent prince in the world, and Emperor Huiping, who took his position in the East Palace and finally entered the palace, is insidious and cunning, and kills his siblings.

There will always be a group of people in the world who are not afraid of death or punishment, but only stubbornly stick to their own opinions, believing that that is the right way.

Prince Zhaoming's name of benevolence flies together with his literary talent. His poetry collections and articles have long been spread among the scholars, and many people think that such a talented person is a Wenqu star, and he is obviously the master of the East Palace, how can he be a rebel scum who is plotting to usurp the throne? It must be another shady royal conspiracy!

So in all kinds of poems and songs, Emperor Huiping ridiculed and ridiculed, and even more, he openly praised the achievements of Prince Zhaoming and belittled the current court atmosphere.

Emperor Huiping was furious.

He is no longer the prince who walked on thin ice back then, he is the lord of the world, and he has worked hard to ascend to the throne, which is nothing more than controlling everything in his hands and not being violated by others. It's okay to bear the name of mutilating his siblings, but to let a group of people who can only show off their writing be presumptuous here, isn't that a challenge to his prestige?

So the case of Prince Zhaoming was reopened, and all his poems were banned. The imprint of the book is not allowed to be printed, collected, or mentioned.

He inherited the decisive and ruthless skills of the first emperor, and once the will was handed down, it was the power of thunder.

Anyway, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he pardoned a group of prisoners, and the prison was just empty and panicked, so anyone who dared to touch the scales of rebellion was imprisoned, and after a few months of ruthless means, those who were not afraid of death had already entered prison, and no one dared to violate Tianyan directly.

After that, Xu Yan was naturally very clear.

The battle for the East Palace of the previous dynasty has just come to an end, and the two children under the knees of Emperor Huiping have gradually grown up, the prince is Yonglu, the king of Wei is strategic, and the queen has no children under her knees, so she can only protect the prince, win over the mother's family, and want Huo Shining to join them.

But Huo Shining has long been disgusted.

He was involved in the case of Prince Zhaoming back then, on the one hand, because of his father's influence, and on the other hand, he also felt that Emperor Huiping's temperament was more suitable for being a monarch. However, after Emperor Huiping ascended the throne, he immediately froze the talent of Prince Zhaoming and falsely accused him of "□□ and evil", which was really unacceptable to Huo Shining, who was full of poetry and books, elegant and upright.

Many things were seen clearly in the turbulent ups and downs, so he retreated bravely and resigned to enter the Tao.

On the way back to the city, Xu Yan recalled the calculations, conspiracies, and speculations of the year, which was thrilling for a while, and chilling for a while.

He also finally understood the obsession of the eldest princess of Leyang.

At that time, the prince of Zhaoming was beheaded, and after Emperor Huiping ascended the throne, many people hid these things in their hearts and gradually forgot about it, except for the eldest princess of Leyang.

She is the younger sister of Prince Zhaoming and the sister of Emperor Huiping. But the former was raised with her under the knees of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen, and the blood relatives and the brother and sister who have gotten along since childhood are far better than Emperor Huiping.

With the temperament of the eldest princess of Leyang and her current behavior, I am afraid that she will never believe that her brother will rebel, and believes that it was Emperor Huiping who played tricks, framed him, and deceived the first emperor to kill the benevolent prince. And the Empress Dowager Xiaozhen was ill because of this, and the first emperor was declining because of this, and the reason was naturally that all the accounts were recorded on the head of Emperor Huiping.

If Cui Zhan is the orphan of Prince Zhaoming, then it makes sense that she wants to protect him and regain his position.

Xu Yan was cheerful for a while, and after returning home, he talked with Shen Yan and his wife at night, although he did not elaborate on the insidious calculations, but he also roughly sorted out the ins and outs.

So he became more and more resolute -

Even if Prince Zhaoming was lured into the game back then, Emperor Huiping's intentions were not sinister, but the throne was passed on to Emperor Huiping by the first emperor himself, what is the point of mentioning the right and wrong entanglements in the past? And looking at the unscrupulous appearance of the Marquis of Ningyuan now, even if Cui Zhan can ascend to the throne of God, I am afraid that Emperor Huiping's vein should be cleansed, and then the situation will be turbulent, and the night Qin in the west will be eyeing the tiger, if the north takes the opportunity to go down, wouldn't it be a catastrophe for the country?

After clearing his thoughts like this, he entered the palace and went to the Chengqian Hall early the next morning.

Recently, the news about the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion has been reported frequently, and the whereabouts of those military salaries have gradually been clarified, and the two turmoils on the fifth day of the first month and the first day of the Yuan Dynasty have made the Marquis of Ningyuan fall into passivity.

Xu Yan reported all the recent gains, and Emperor Huiping sorted out the intersecting network of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion by Tsing Yi, and after a closer look, the brothers were shocked-

Adding up openly and secretly, the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion has attracted most of the courtiers over the years, from the six departments and nine temples to the local army, more or less, there can be clues.

This situation shocked Emperor Huiping, he knew that the Marquis of Ningyuan's actions were naturally trying to rebel, but why? His fingers clasped on the thick stack of files, and he muttered, "Even if the eldest princess of Leyang is dissatisfied with the case of Prince Zhaoming back then, even if she really has the ability to attack the imperial city, can she still regain the throne?" ”

Xu Yan looked up at him, and stopped talking.

How could Emperor Huiping let go of these tiny details, and immediately asked, "What did you find?" ”

"Brother Chen mentioned to the imperial brother that there is a person named Cui Zhan before, does the imperial brother remember?" Xu Yan couldn't help but shrink his fist, and found that his palm was wet, he didn't dare to look at Emperor Huiping, and bear the anger that he might erupt, so he only bowed his head and said: "Brother Chen's investigation has been for a long time, his past is very hidden, and it is obvious that he has been deliberately dealt with by the eldest princess." The younger brother speculated that he might be ...... Chengtai. ”

Chengtai ...... Seo Seung-tae?!

The third son of Prince Zhaoming, Xu Chengtai!

That kid who should have died on the execution ground thirteen years ago!

Emperor Huiping Huo Ran got up and looked at Xu Yan in disbelief, staring at him with straight eyes, as if they wanted to penetrate his body.

"You say he's ...... Chengtai? Even if he deliberately suppressed it, Emperor Huiping's voice was still extremely loud, with disbelief and vigorous anger, and his expression seemed to have seen a ghost - in the spirit of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, he did all the aftermath things properly!

Xu Yan rarely saw the appearance of the imperial brother, so he couldn't help lowering his body a little, "Imperial brother, please calm your anger." ”

Where could Emperor Huiping calm his anger, and hurriedly walked around the hall, anxious and uneasy, and asked Xu Yan for a long time, "Is this really the case?" ”

"It's just the speculation of the younger brother, why don't you listen to the younger brother and then make a judgment?"

Emperor Huiping's heart was pounding, where could he calm down. He knew that this younger brother's temperament was not a sure thing, and he would not say it lightly, especially this kind of secret matter involving heavy dà, if he was not sure, he would never say anything.

It took him a long time to calm down, and asked Xu Yan to get up and sit down, "You finish talking first." ”