Zhang Xiaowu stood up and said solemnly: "Mr. Ruan's words are better than reading for ten years, and our military assistants are all big and coarse, so it is better for Mr. to be far strategic." It's a pity that the prince doesn't reuse Mr., he is only listed as a Sima in the army, and he will be retaliated against in the future. If Mr. believes in me, and believes in us rough men, as long as Mr. is in our army for a day, we will keep Mr. Nguyen safe for a day. A gentleman's talent should not be avoided in the dust, how can the pearl be abandoned in the wild? Although Mucheng is small, I am only a four-rank soldier, but the right Sima of the garrison army is waiting for him, and I ask Mr. Ruan not to abandon it because of his small size. ”

The civilian ranks of the military generals of the forbidden army are the third rank of military division, the third rank of long history, the fourth rank of Qianshi, the subordinate to join the army, the fifth rank of Sima, the fifth rank of the record, the sixth grade of the secretary, and the subordinate book office. Although Ruan Qingwen is highly used by Gu Yong, he is only a small five-rank army Sima in the Blue Dragon Legion. Being able to be reused in Mucheng, Ruan Qingwen was moved, got up and said: "The city lord of Meng will not give up, how dare Ruan dare to look at it, Ruan has been in the army for many years and is good at calculating statistics, and he will do his best to help Mucheng do a good job in calculating the army's expenses in the future." ”

The others got up again and again to congratulate, and Zhang Xiaowu asked with a smile: "Ruan Sima is modest, I see that you are not only good at calculating money, but also good at strategy." Ruan Sima, as you can see, after the rebellion in the dragon capital, who can be the emperor? ”

Hu Li shouted: "That's right, whoever is the emperor in the future, let's bow first." Xiao Kai gave him an elbow and blamed him for talking nonsense, and Hu Li smirked. Shen Lin Dong said: "Ruan Sima used to work by the prince's side, so naturally he knows more than us, so who else is in the royal family and now in Longdu City?" ”

Ruan Qingwen got up and said: "It's normal for you to be in Saibei for a long time and not know what is going on in the palace, so I will tell you about this royal prince." Everyone hurriedly stretched their necks, all curious about the affairs of the royal family, Zhang Xiaowu also took care of Ruan Qingwen standing in the center, and asked Wang Yijin to move a stool and put it in the center. Ruan Qingwen learned that the soldiers did not like meaningless humility, so he walked over and sat in the middle and told everyone: "The first emperor Taiqian gave birth to a total of fifteen sons and three daughters, but only eight sons survived, and he and the prince died, and the three princesses also survived. ”

Hu Li laughed in a low voice: "Eighteen children only survived eleven of them, are all these imperial doctors stupid?" ”

"It's better to let the military doctor go to the hospital." Zu Gongmao said.

Shen Lin Dong said: "How do you know that people died of illness, maybe they were killed." ”

Ruan Qingwen nodded and smiled, and said loudly: "Yes, the seven princes I mentioned are all princes who have not grown up safely, and as for the concubines and beauties in the palace, they are not counted." These seven princes who died untimely were either accidents or sudden illnesses. In the palace, if a little palace maid breaks the emperor's dragon species, I am afraid that what I will get is not favor but disaster.

I know a story about a squire who suddenly won the favor of the emperor, and soon the temple people (eunuchs) found that the contents of the pregnant squire had become extremely ugly in a few days, and soon after that she fell ill and died, and everyone thought that the woman was a bad disease. But Gu Junshi told me that this woman was infused with Gu worms, her stomach was full of maggots, and those maggots sucked the blood of **, sucked her alive into dry bones, and finally she starved to death. ”

Everyone took a breath of cold air, how cruel was it in this palace? Where is this palace, it's hell.

Ruan Qingwen said again: "The eight surviving princes of Emperor Taiqian are the eldest prince Xuanyuan Zizhi, the second prince Xuanyuan Zixing, the third prince Xuanyuan Zixun, the fourth prince Xuanyuan Zijin, the fifth prince Xuanyuan Zixiao, the sixth prince Xuanyuan Zishang, the seventh prince Xuanyuan Zidong, and the ninth prince Xuanyuan Zichi. ”

"Let's talk about this great prince Xuanyuan Zizhi, the first emperor was also a romantic figure when he was a prince in his early years, and he took a fancy to a family's wife when he was playing in Beijing one day, so he grabbed it. Fearing that something would happen to that family, the first emperor sent someone to wipe out the whole family. Later, the first emperor threatened this woman's whole family, and the woman could only obey him, and gave birth to the first son of the first emperor, which was this Xuanyuan Zizhi. Later, the woman somehow knew that her husband's whole family had been killed, and then she hanged herself with grief and indignation, so that this Xuanyuan Zizhi had no mother since he was a child. The eldest prince came from a humble background, and without the protection of his mother, he was raised by some palace maids and eunuchs, so he naturally had no chance to fight for the position of prince. Of course, the first emperor didn't want to see this son, so he let him go to the domain early, and now the eldest prince is in Yangzhou to do Sanpinjiang Waiting. I heard that now the big prince is a big fat man weighing 500 pounds, and it is very difficult to walk, and even the carriage to go out requires four horses to pull. Because of his obesity, Xuanyuan Zizhi has never had descendants, so there is no possibility of taking over the throne. ”

Everyone compared, how much does five hundred catties weigh, everyone looked at Bai Hao, after all, Bai Hao was the most lenient among the people, Bai Hao said angrily: "What do you think I do?" I'm only two hundred and forty pounds, half of the big prince. Everyone swallowed and spit, Bai Hao, a strong man, is only half of the eldest prince, and Bai Hao is tall and tall like a King Kong Tower, so what does the eldest prince have to be fat?

Ruan Qingwen continued: "From ancient times to the present, a prince without a queen cannot be the crown prince, so the eldest prince Xuanyuan Zizhi and the seventh prince Xuanyuan Zidong have no queen although they are adults, so they have lost the possibility of competing for the crown.

The two princes, Xuanyuan Zixing, gave birth to four daughters, and they also vassed Yizhou early, and they were appointed to Chengdu as the second prince. In addition, let me tell you why these two princes were feudal early, do you know who the mother of these two princes is? His mother, Concubine De, was the most favored woman by Emperor Taiqian twenty years ago, but Concubine De's brother participated in the rebellion of King Ning twenty years ago, so that the whole family was executed, and Concubine De was also sent to the cold palace. When the second prince grew up, he pleaded with Emperor Taiqian, and took his mother to support him in the prince's mansion, although the two princes were for filial piety, but this move broke the rules of the palace, which made the first emperor angry, so he drove him to Yizhou to take the domain. ”

"The royal family is ruthless." Zhang Xiaowu sighed.

Ruan Qingwen smiled bitterly and said: "For the emperor, his wife and concubines and children are just courtiers. The first emperor's favorite is these three princes, that is, the abolished prince Xuanyuan Zixun. The three princes have the same appearance as the first emperor since they were young, and the third prince's mother, Concubine Liang, is a rare virtuous concubine in the palace, and the first emperor originally intended to make Concubine Liang the queen. This concubine is also the cousin of Gu Junshi, the men and women of the Gu family have always been handsome and beautiful, and they were extremely favored by the first emperor. Concubine Liang gave birth to three princes and thirteen princes, but during an autumn hunt, the holy drive was disturbed, and the thirteen princes were trampled to death by a frightened horse. The reason why the emperor favored the three princes was because everyone only cared about rescuing the emperor when the horse was frightened, but it led to the tragic death of the thirteen princes.

Besides, these four princes Xuanyuan Zijin, this person has been timid and cowardly since he was a child, and his mother Concubine Zhuang is also the most cowardly person among the imperial concubines, so these two women have no status in the royal family battle, and they have no ability to protect themselves. However, it was because of his cowardly nature that he lived the most peaceful life in this cruel battle for the crown prince. ”

Sometimes weakness is also a kind of protection, in the eyes of others, weak people disdain to be opponents, and the four princes live precisely because of weakness, which is an irony for the survival of the fittest.