Chapter 611: Leaked
King Jinyang is the fifth son of the first emperor and the half-brother of the king of Guangping and the emperor. The biological mother, Concubine Wang Xian, was originally born in a family of eunuchs, and she was also beautiful, and she was once favored, and she was also pampered and arrogant, and she was not very respectful to the first emperor's queen Yuan. Later, somehow, he was disgusted by the first emperor, first imprisoned, and then died of illness, and even his son King Jinyang was not favored by the first emperor.
He was a few years older than the Marquis of Shanyin, and before the death of the first emperor, he was already the age of marrying a wife, but the first emperor never worried about his life's affairs. Now he is in his early twenties, there are many concubines in the house, and there are a few concubines and concubines, but there is no trace of the concubine. The emperor wanted to find him a wife, but he didn't care about it, and he was still a bachelor.
He was originally a character who was obsessed with pleasure, and he also liked to let the servants of the door do business to make money, even if he was no longer favored, his identity was there, it could be said that he was laughing and scolding, and he did whatever he wanted. Among the brothers, the popularity is average; In the clan, there are also many people who are afraid of him. The first emperor ignored him, but he didn't deliberately withhold what he deserved, if there was no accident, he would be the life of an idle king.
But who told King Guangping to be injured and blind and retire from the throne of the crown prince? The first emperor summoned the rest of the princes, hoping to choose a suitable prince among them. King Guangping supports his younger brother to ascend to the throne, Zhu Lifei has a ghost in her heart to exclude dissidents for her son, and as for the other princes, no one feels that they are worse than others. And after getting along with his brothers for a long time, King Jinyang suddenly found that his IQ was stronger than most of his brothers, second only to King Guangping. is on a par with King Le'an (that is, the current emperor), so he also has ambitions.
At that time, all the princes won the heirs and fought to the end. The courtiers actually know in their hearts that the future crown prince is either the fourth prince King Le'an, or the fifth prince King Jinyang, and the six princes born by Zhu Lifei are too young and have the blood of the previous dynasty. In the end, the four princes are more popular than their younger brothers because of their better tempers. also won the emperor's blue eyes and stood out in the battle for the storage position. Although King Jinyang was a little unconvinced, he was not very jealous. When King Gin Quang Binh was on the throne of the East Palace. is extremely generous to his brothers, and now that the brother of King Guangping is on the throne, he is almost the same.
No one expected that King Ying and Concubine Zhu Li would be in trouble. In order to eradicate all the princes who have the right to inherit. actually succeeded the king of Jinyang. This was the greatest shame in the life of King Jinyang. Even if the new monarch succeeded to the throne and remembered him back to his own family, the humiliation in his heart did not disappear at all. He is no longer taken seriously, and he is also a serious dragon son and phoenix grandson, asking himself that his IQ surpasses that of ordinary people, and he was actually played by a rebel king and a woman, and he couldn't even keep the identity of the prince, which was for his self-esteem. It is undoubtedly a great hurt. If there is no power, even if it is a dragon son and a phoenix grandson. can only be at the mercy of others, and he definitely doesn't want to experience this kind of humiliation again.
After the new monarch succeeded to the throne, King Jinyang returned to the royal family and has been very low-key, and An An has been his idle king. The emperor would have been suspicious of King Guangping, but he had almost no suspicion of him. It is probably because the King of Jinyang was the relationship between his subordinates and defeated generals when he seized the throne, and of course, the style of the King of Jinyang, who was usually moody and did not care about the government, also reassured him. Therefore, after the injury of his right eye, the emperor suspected the king of Guangping for a long time, and never expected that the first person to come to him for trouble would be the king of Jinyang, who had always been peaceful.
Only then did the emperor remember that among the princes of the first emperor, the only person left who was in good health and had no stain was King Jinyang. It is true that King Guangping's eyes have regained his sight, but he has not yet returned to the point of being consistent with ordinary people. Isn't King Jinyang also a strong competitor? The emperor was extremely annoyed for a while, why didn't he think to be wary of this brother in the past?
King Jinyang brought a group of princes into the palace to ask for a meeting, in the name of caring for the queen mother and the emperor, just because he heard the news that the queen mother was sick and asked the emperor to depose the queen. But how could the emperor meet them? Naturally, they found an excuse to go back. The king of Jinyang insisted on not leaving, waiting in front of the Qianqing Palace, and it didn't take long for the six important ministers and several scholars to come, and even Shang Taifu and several princes rushed to hear the news.
With so many people coming, it seemed too strange that the emperor refused to see him again. He was in a hurry in the palace, and it was not good to send only a few trusted henchmen into the palace, so he could only say that he was unwell and let everyone go back.
But at this moment, a news somehow spread among the waiting crowd that the queen not only made the queen mother angry, but she also assassinated the emperor! The emperor was seriously injured and could not afford to fall ill. At this time, he refused to see the clan and the ministers, because he was too seriously injured to see him! Don't you see that the East Palace is all closed? The eldest son of the emperor has been taken into custody, and the queen is also locked up in the big Buddha hall of Cining Palace, just waiting for the emperor's injury to have a letter of approval, and he will have to deal with it.
For a while, the royal family and noble courtiers all panicked. They can't see the emperor, and they don't know if the rumors are true or not, but if the emperor is really seriously injured, it will be a matter of shaking the dynasty! Not to mention that it was the empress who stabbed the emperor. The emperor now has only two sons under his knees, both of whom are born to the queen, if the emperor has a good deal because of the queen's assassination, how can the queen's bloodline inherit the throne? Although the concubine is pregnant, she is still early before giving birth, and she does not know men and women. The emperor doesn't even have an heir, if there really is one with three long and two short, what will the state do with it?
Not to mention the clansmen, the courtiers couldn't sit still first. Among them, many of them are confidants and important ministers who were promoted after the emperor ascended the throne, and their wealth and honor can be said to be pinned on the emperor, and they are the people who are most concerned about the emperor's safety in the world. They were almost begging to see the emperor anyway. Are the rumors true? How much was the emperor's injury? They have to know the truth, right?
In addition, the king of Jinyang instigated it, and there was a surge of emotions outside the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor had a headache in the palace to death, but he knew that he couldn't hide anymore. In desperation, he had no choice but to order the eunuch to invite a few clan elders and the six Shangshu, Shang Taifu and several scholars into the palace, telling them that he was not dead.
King Jinyang is not among them.
Everyone did see him alive, but the worry in their hearts did not diminish at all. The wound on the emperor's eyes was too obvious to hide the past. Although the emperor summoned the imperial physician to explain to the people, his injuries were only to look terrifying. In fact, the eyes are not blind, as long as they are healthy and recuperate, they can recover. But among those present who believe this, only three out of ten believe it. Most people know in their hearts: the emperor's right eye seems to be very difficult to heal, and using only one left eye will definitely increase his burden, and after a long time, he may even lose his left eye. What should I do then? The emperor simply doesn't have an adult heir to the throne to support the overall situation!
Just when someone remembered that the emperor's eldest son was thirteen years old, he also began to listen to politics, so he taught him well. When he could take over the throne in a few years, King Jinyang came forward first. He once again respectfully asked the emperor to depose the queen, because the crime of the sick mother-in-law was far from being comparable to the crime of assassinating the emperor. The queen has two sons on her knees. Once something happens to the emperor, it will be her son who will succeed her, and the purpose is too strong, and it is no different from rebellion. King Jinyang thinks. Such behaviour must not be tolerated. As punishment, the emperor must depose the empress in order to be able to see it right.
The emperor was furious. He was really angry with his two sons, even if he knew that the emperor's eldest son was innocent, he had to be a little suspicious and grounded people on guard. But now that King Jinyang mentioned the matter of the abolition, he changed his mind. Now no matter how much he resents the queen, he can't abolish her. Once she was abolished, the two princes lost their status as concubines. The eldest son of the emperor is no longer good at establishing a prince as the eldest son. If, as King Jinyang said, two princes will be punished, then who can become the emperor's heir? Duan Concubine has not yet given birth, and the emperor does not believe that the king of Jinyang will kindly wait for him to have another prince to be the prince. He may be thinking of being the "emperor's brother"!
In the emperor's heart, he had already forgotten the suspicion of the father and son of King Guangping at this moment, and now for him, the most important thing to guard against was King Jinyang!
After seeing the side of the ministers, the emperor ignored the request of King Jinyang and ordered everyone to retreat. Although there were many people who considered themselves to be superior and qualified to discuss their next course of action with the emperor, the emperor did not leave anyone behind. After he drove the people away, he immediately ordered his henchmen to investigate how the news of the queen's assassination leaked out!
It shouldn't have been revealed by Zhao Xiu. When Zhao Xiu was talking to Gao Zhen, not only were people standing next to him, but the emperor was also sitting on the other side of the window. Every word she said was heard clearly, and there was no suspicion of leaking. Then the news must have leaked out from another channel!
After a thorough investigation, the celebrant reported it, but it was an imperial nobleman who lived in the east room of Cining Palace, and there was a palace maid beside him who slipped out of the gate of Cining Palace before the emperor ordered the palace gate to be closed after the queen's assassination.
This palace maid was originally an old person from the time of Concubine Wang Xian. After the death of Concubine Wang Xian, the palace people in her palace were scattered and assigned to various palaces as errands, and some of them waited for the later low-ranking concubines. King Jinyang had cut off contact with them at first, but after the new monarch succeeded to the throne, he didn't know if he felt that he had no connections in the palace and no sources, so he reconnected with his biological mother's old servants. It didn't take much effort, he just needed to reward them with some silver and some medicine every time he entered the palace, and let his subordinates help them pass on a letter to their families and take care of their families. After a long time, these scattered old people of Wang Xianfei returned to the command of King Jinyang and did things for him.
The palace maid witnessed the queen's stabbing of the emperor, and immediately made a decision, found an excuse and slipped out of Cining Palace. When the palace gate was closed, there were fewer people in the palace, and others were only sent out by the master to do errands and failed to return. The palace maid took advantage of this opportunity to find her former colleague, relay the news to her, and turned around on her own. When the supervisor of Cining Palace saw that the number of people was complete, he did not suspect it. And the colleague of the palace maid took advantage of the gap between sending pulp and washing clothes to the Huanyi Bureau outside the palace, went out of the palace gate, and went straight to the Jinyang Palace to report the news.
Knowing the truth, the emperor knew that the king of Jinyang must have already known the truth, and what he did in front of the emperor in the morning was just to force him to expose the truth of his injury in front of the courtiers. Immediately after that, he was forced to abolish the queen, and then abolished the prince, if he had a good emperor at this time, wouldn't the king of Jinyang be able to take the opportunity to take the throne?
The emperor was angry and anxious, but he also knew that something was in a hurry. King Jinyang didn't show his feet for a day, so he couldn't suppress it first, so he could only think of a way to deal with it first, and quickly got Doctor Ye back and cured his eyes.
But the three coquettish guests in Cining Palace have no point in continuing to detain.
Zhao Xiu stayed in Cining Palace for one night and finally got permission to go home.
Before leaving, she went to bid farewell to the Queen Mother with Li Shanwen and the princess of Fenyang, and the Queen Mother's complexion had improved, but she was still haggard. She first said to the princess of Fenyang: "I've worked hard for you in the past two days, go back and have a good rest." Tell your son that the mourning family and the emperor have their own opinions on the affairs of the palace, so that he can just study with peace of mind and ignore other things. The princess of Fenyang responded and received the reward given by the queen mother and retreated. The Queen Mother turned to Zhao Xiu again.
She wanted to speak again and again, and finally only said one sentence: "Good boy, it's hard for you, go home and rest for a few days." Tired of your grandmother also worried for two days, you can compensate her for the mourning family. Zhao Xiu hurriedly smiled: "The Queen Mother is serious. ”
The Queen Mother sighed: "You go, the mourning family still has something to say to Shanwen." ”
Zhao Xiu retreated according to her words, and when she went out of the palace, she saw the Queen Mother asking Li Shanwen to sit down beside her, and the two approached and discussed something in a low voice.
Zhao Xiu followed a palace maid to the palace gate, followed by a little palace maid to help carry the baggage. When she got out of the palace gate, she saw her brother Zhao Wei waiting there, followed by a carriage, and the maid-in-law was waiting by the car.
When Zhao Wei saw her, he hurriedly greeted her, and his voice was a little choked: "How is my sister doing these two days?" When I heard the news earlier, I was really shocked, and my grandmother was worried at home. ”
Zhao Xiu lowered his head and said, "It's my grandmother and brother who are worried, it's all mine." ”
Zhao Wei smiled: "Sister, don't say that, it's not up to you to call the shots." Let's go home first. Out of the corner of his eye, he motioned for his mother-in-law to step forward and take the baggage, and then took his sister to the carriage.
Liu Lu opened a corner of the curtain for her, Zhao Xiu stepped on the footstool and was about to get into the carriage, when he suddenly saw Gao Zhen sitting inside, he was stunned.
Gao Zhen winked at her and raised an index finger to "shhhh
Zhao Xiu snorted, pretended to be nothing, and sat down beside him. Liu Lu immediately jumped into the carriage, Zhao Wei turned over and got on the horse, and ordered to go home.
Zhao Xiu left the imperial city in a car, and only then did he glance at Gao Zhen. Since others are sitting here, they must have been allowed by Zhao Wei, when did my brother be so generous to him?
She suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly asked Gao Zhen in a low voice: "What I told you yesterday ......?"
Gao Zhen smiled and nodded: "Sister Zhao, don't worry, I understand." The uncle of your family in the third room is just that, and the one who gave up the imperial examination due to disability when he was young was not an eye disease, but a crippled hand. You're suggesting that someone has something wrong with their eyes, right? can be so strictly guarded, even Cining Palace does not allow me to enter, in addition to the emperor being injured, is there a second possibility? ”
Zhao Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was good that Gao Zhen could understand. She hurriedly asked Gao Zhen: "Then have you told the prince?" What are his plans? (To be continued......)