Chapter 297, light sentence and heavy punishment

A sudden palace change, under the emperor's holy authority, was forcibly suppressed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe crown prince and the king of Su, who participated in this matter, were unexpectedly just confined to their respective mansions. On the contrary, the three princes who did not participate in it were fined and grounded in various provinces.

The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and no one can guess what the emperor is thinking in his heart. Even the prince's great guilt in forcing the palace was not degraded because of this. So for a while, the ministers of the DPRK and China were a little cornered and at a loss. But there are still some people who hold their own wisdom and speculate on the holy will, and secretly run around the Xuanwang Mansion and the Jingwang Mansion with heavy gifts.

Of course, there were also people from King Qing's Mansion who came to visit, but they were blocked out of the house by King Qing under various excuses. After a few times, there were naturally fewer people coming. There is even a lot of gossip in Beijing, saying that this Qing prince is timid and afraid of things, and he can't make a big deal. The rumors became more and more unpleasant, but the gate of the Qingwang Mansion was still closed, and even the subordinates in the mansion did not come out to clarify and refute the master.

It's just that no one thought that these rumors were all deliberately released by Nangong Shumo, in order to convince the emperor that Prince Qing had no plans and would only act according to orders. And Prince Qing and his sister-in-law Nangong Xun, with the information provided by Nangong Shumo, used this time to step up the implementation of various plans.

The emperor exempted the early dynasty these days, but every day he would summon the envoy of the dragon guard to report to the palace. Of course, I also heard rumors in the capital.

"In the past, I thought that among my princes, the prince was ruthless, King Su was brave, King Xuan was old, and King Jing was suspicious. And King Qing has no ambition and is useless. But now it seems that I still don't know them well enough! Although the prince is ruthless, he can't fight King Su. Although King Su is brave, he is not eager for success and profit. And King Xuan and King Jing are more than ruthless, but they are not resourceful enough, and they are not big things at all. These five brothers, on the contrary, are the king of Qing, who knows the situation and knows how to forbear and scheming, and the depth of this city alone is actually won by the prince! ”

There were only the emperor and the dragon guard envoy and ******** in the imperial study, and the emperor's words seemed to be explaining and asking, but the other two knew that they could only be listeners at all. The emperor pondered for a moment and then continued, "I remember that King Qing only has one son-in-law, and the heirs are inevitably a little thin. But there is a lot less trouble. Hi! Speaking of heirs, the emperor reminded the prince and others, and felt that there was nothing wrong with having fewer sons.

"How about you send someone to secretly observe the two sons of King Qing?" was asked by the emperor, and the palm envoy hurriedly bowed his head and replied.

"Back to the emperor, Nangong Xun, the son of King Qing, is steady and witty, talented and knowledgeable, and fought on the battlefield of the border city when he was a teenager. Won the support of the soldiers. Although Prince Qing is still in charge of the palace, the property of the palace and the major events in the palace have long been decided by the prince of the county. The princess of the county next to her is a step-family and was born in the Great Situ Mansion. It's just that this time in Beijing, Qingwang's Mansion and Dasitu Mansion are not very close. ”

"And the concubine Nangong Shumo, when he was in the fiefdom of Youzhou, was frail and sick all the year round, and almost died of illness a few years ago. Later, he married the fourth daughter of the master of the six products, but the fourth lady of the shogunate went due to illness after only one year of entering the house, and the second young master took the concubine as his wife and insisted on marrying the fifth lady of the shogunate. There were even rumors in Jixian County that the fifth lady of the shogunate had the appearance of an immortal, and after marrying into the palace, the second young master's illness was miraculously cured. ”

It stands to reason that the envoy will not use the rumors of the immortals, such unfounded clues back and forth to the emperor's questioning, but he sent someone to check early in the morning, but no clues were found at all, so he could only report according to the truth.

The subordinates also found out that Prince Qing did not bring Princess Qing with him when he entered Beijing this time, and announced to the public that Princess Qing was seriously ill and could not move around, so she stayed in the fief to recuperate. But according to the secret investigation of her subordinates, Princess Qing was not sick, but she was confined in the palace courtyard and could not come out! ”

"Captivity? Why is that? The emperor listened quietly, silently thinking about the father and son in his heart, but he didn't want to hear such an unbelievable thing.

"Very few people know about this matter, even a few big girls around Princess Qing don't know about it!"

"Looks like there's something going on here. Check, the people around Princess Qing can't find out, so start from King Qing and the king of the county. I want to see, what kind of medicine is sold in this Qingwang's gourd? The emperor was a little surprised, in his heart, the most unaccomplished, the most ambitious is King Qing. And it was what this son did, but he couldn't find out.

This is enough to show that this son is the deepest in the city government and the one who can achieve great things. Fortunately, this son is not as attached to the throne as the crown prince and others, and the emperor did not feel the crisis because of what King Qing did. Otherwise, such a son would definitely not be kept.

"Send more manpower to monitor the people in Qingwangfu, don't let anyone go!" The emperor gave such an order, which shows that he attaches great importance to the people in Qingwangfu.

A month after the palace change, the emperor finally issued an edict to demote the prince to the idle king and confined him to the idle king's mansion. The emperor decreed that the prince was the idle king, and only this one word "idle" was enough to tell the world that the prince would never come out in the future. Even after being demoted, he didn't even have a fief, so he could only be confined in the palace.

From now on, the king of Su will return to the fiefdom, and he will not be allowed to enter Beijing without being summoned by the emperor. a fine of three years, and removal from the hereditary throne. Compared with the crown prince, King Su's punishment is quite heavy, the throne cannot be passed on to his son, and King Su's son can only be a county king in the future.

King Su was unwilling, and repeatedly wrote to ask to see the emperor, and even many ministers in the court interceded for King Su. But the emperor still insisted on his own opinion and rejected all the letters.

Prince Qing got the news as soon as possible, called his sons into the study, and discussed behind closed doors, "Obviously, the prince launched the palace change first, but why did the emperor punish King Su heavily, although the prince was demoted to the king and banned in the palace, at least it did not harm the children and grandchildren!" ”

What the emperor is thinking, even Prince Qing is a little confused. Nangong Xun thought for a while, glanced at his younger brother and then replied, "The emperor and the former queen have a deep relationship, and they are unwilling to punish the prince heavily. The son just couldn't understand, why did the emperor punish King Su heavily? ”

Nangong Shumo has been bowing his head and being silent, when the news came out, he received a letter from his wife Mu Chenxue for the first time, his wife's analysis was the same as what he thought, the reason why the emperor punished King Su heavily, the most important point is that King Su has a high merit. Moreover, King Su was able to transfer troops in the capital, which is something that only the emperor can do. But King Su did it.

Seeing that the concubine just bowed his head and was silent, Prince Qing couldn't help asking, "Shumo, what do you think the emperor means like this?" ”

The son felt that the reason why the emperor punished King Su heavily could only show that the emperor was more jealous of King Su than the prince. And the biggest difference between the prince and King Su is that he is one writer and one martial artist! Nangong Shumo just mentioned it, the purpose was to wake up his father, but he didn't want his brother to misunderstand him because of this. These days, his father obviously relies more on himself, and Nangong Shumo is afraid of hurting his brother. (To be continued.) )