Chapter 47: The Death of the Prince
Jia Nanfeng's mother passed away, perhaps because she saw that the relationship between Jia Nanfeng and Sima Shu was getting stiffer and stiffer, she couldn't rest assured, and before she died, she kept telling Jia Nanfeng and the prince to rebuild their relationship and shake hands and make peace. Jia Nanfeng listened to her mother's last words a little, but she didn't know if the prince planned to get rid of her old suspicions.
The East Palace was in full swing, and many of the original wavering people had thrown themselves into the prince's door, and after Guo's death, he began to cultivate dead soldiers in secret and expand his power to seek great things. Jia Nanfeng knew all of this, and even those remarks that secretly persuaded him to abolish the queen, she also knew. The prince has done this, how can Jia Nanfeng make peace with him? Even if the crown prince agrees to make peace, he will not be willing to be at the mercy of Jia Nanfeng in the future, once he is allowed to seize power, the Jia family will not end well. Now, it is impossible for the two to reconcile.
In today's situation, the East Palace and the Xianyang Palace are lukewarm, if you talk about the forces in the court, it is natural that Jia Nanfeng will win, but there are not a few soldiers and horses in the East Palace, it turns out that those eyeliners placed in the East Palace, seeing that Sima Shu is becoming more and more powerful, are also more and more perfunctory to Jia Nanfeng, if Sima Shu suddenly moves, Jia Nanfeng may not be able to cope with it in a hurry.
More than half of the ninth year of Yuankang, Sima Shu was happy to get his third son. The ministers of the court celebrated, and some people came to the table and asked for more troops for the East Palace. Jia Nanfeng was furious, the East Palace was about to press on his head, if he increased his troops, the soldiers and horses in the East Palace would be nearly 10,000 people, and the troops would be concentrated. And she herself, there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in a short period of time, and these 20,000 people are scattered, if she agrees, wouldn't she give up the power?
Jia Nanfeng finally realized that he couldn't wait any longer, these years of vacillation made Sima Shu take advantage of the loophole, he took advantage of Jia Nanfeng's childlessness and his own son, developed momentum, and openly opposed her, if she hadn't hesitated, how could things have become so tricky?
At this time, Jia Mi came to sue again, he went to the East Palace to see Sima Shu, Sima Shu did not have a good face every time, Jia Mi couldn't bear it, and quarreled with him, at that time Sima Mi's uncle, Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, was also there, seeing Jia Mi presumptuous, he helped the prince scold him. Jia Mi held a grudge, so he had to find Jia Nanfeng to tell his grievances, and said that Sima Shu made wild remarks, threatening him to kill all of the Jia family if he became an emperor one day.
When Jia Nanfeng heard this, she was stunned in her heart, knowing that things had reached the point of life and death, and she couldn't wait any longer, "There are many talented people around you, you pick one and let him imitate the tone of the prince and write an article." ”
Jia Mi thought for a while, and then said: "Ask Pan An, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, to do this, he has excellent literary skills and is foolproof." ”
Jia Nanfeng nodded, indicating permission.
At the time of the lunar month, a hundred days passed for Sima Shu's young son, and Jia Nanfeng saw that everything was ready and was ready to start. She said that the emperor was unwell, and asked Sima Shu to come to serve the sick, and when Sima Shu arrived, she asked the palace maid to introduce him into the side room, and prepared a lot of drunk dates for him, and the palace maid coaxed him to eat a lot, and when he was drunk, he took the partial article written by Pan An in advance, and the little palace maid guided Sima Shu to copy all the articles. In this way, an essay full of rebellious words written by the prince is completed.
Jia Nanfeng presented this article to Emperor Hui of Jin, and said with added fuel and vinegar: "Your son is amazing, he wants to abolish you and me, ascend the throne as the emperor himself, and make Jiang Jun the queen." ”
Although Emperor Jin Hui had a bad brain, he also knew what this meant, and he was instigated by Jia Nanfeng like this, so he immediately got angry, summoned all the princes and ministers, showed them the article written by Sima Shu, and said angrily: "The prince wrote such rebellious words, I want to kill him." ”
No one dared to speak out of the ministers of the court, but Zhang Hua said after carefully reading the letter: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this article is definitely not written by the prince. ”
When Jia Mi heard this, he hurriedly said: "This text is the prince's handwriting, this is the case, what else do you justify?" ”
Zhang Hua shook his head: "Although it is the prince's handwriting, this handwriting is sloppy, and it is chaotic in many places, it may not have been written when the prince was sober, and it cannot be ruled out that he was framed by someone, according to what the minister saw, or should be thoroughly investigated." ”
When Jia Mi heard the word "thorough investigation", he was a little confused, and opened his mouth and said, "What else is there to investigate?" By the time you check it out, the prince has already gotten the news, if you make a move in advance and put the emperor and queen in danger, can you afford this crime? ”
"That can't make the prince wronged in vain." Zhang Hua argued: "The prince is not an extraordinary person, but the foundation of the imperial court, how can the prince be convicted because of an article of unknown origin, it is too hasty." ”
Sima Zhen was distracted by the quarrel between the two facing up, and he looked at Jia Nanfeng like a plea for help, hoping that she could give him an idea. Jia Nanfeng was already weak-hearted, and seeing that Zhang Hua was unwilling to give up, she was afraid that things would change, so she had to take a step back.
"What Zhang Qing said is good, since this matter needs to be investigated, it must be investigated clearly, but everyone knows about this matter, I am afraid that it will not work to investigate secretly, what Jia Mi said is not unreasonable, during the period, if the prince is in trouble, His Majesty is in danger, it is better to depose the prince as a concubine first, put Kim Yongcheng under house arrest, and wait for the investigation of the matter to be clear in the future, if the prince is innocent, then release him."
This is a foolproof method, no one in the court objected, and Jia Nanfeng ordered people to go to the East Palace to announce the decree. Sima Shu was visiting the garden, and he had no time to react, so he had to accept the edict and leave a letter to the crown princess, asking her to take care of the three children, and then take a rough ox cart and be escorted to Kim Yong Cheng under house arrest.
The crown prince was suddenly deposed, and there was an uproar in the court, but the father of the crown princess Wang Huifeng made a decision very quickly, he wrote to the queen, saying that the prince was immoral, please allow the prince to reconcile with the crown princess, and let the princess go home.
Wang Yan was originally the queen's person, so Jia Nanfeng did not embarrass him too much, approved his letter, and ordered Wang Huifeng to leave the East Palace. Wang Huifeng was reluctant to leave, and begged the people who came to pick her up to let her see the queen to show her feelings, but those people were willing to listen to her crying, and forcibly put her in a carriage and sent her back to Wang Yan's mansion.
The rest of the people who were close to the East Palace, most of them chose to remain silent at this time, after all, before the result was revealed, it was unwise to choose who to side with. However, there were also people who were deeply saddened by Sima Shu's grace and his abolition, so they actively rescued him, and the person they found was Sun Xiu. They advised Sun Xiu: "If the country has no heirs, the society will be in danger, and the calamity of the minister will definitely rise." And you served the middle palace, were intimate with Empress Jia, and abolished the prince, all said that you knew in advance that once something happened, disasters would definitely affect you. Why not plan ahead? ”
Sun Xiu felt justified, so he relayed these words to Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, who thought so deeply and decided to adopt it, and made a plan accordingly. But Sun Xiu persuaded Sima Lun again, saying: "The prince is upright and fierce, if he wins his ambition, he will definitely indulge his temperament." You have always served Empress Jia, and when you talk in the streets, you think you are Empress Jia's comrade. Now, although you want to make great contributions to the prince, even if the prince wants to bury his resentment in his heart, he will definitely not reward you, and will say that you are forced by the people's expectations and capricious, and you are just making credit for your crimes. If there is a small mistake, it will not be spared from punishment. It's better to delay the date, Empress Jia will inevitably harm the prince, and then abolish Empress Jia and avenge the prince, which can be both meritorious and ambitious. ”
Of course, Sima Lun thought that this plan was better, so he sent people to spread rumors in the palace, saying that someone wanted to abolish Jia Hou and welcome the prince back to the palace. Jia Nanfeng abolished the crown prince, and he was only half relieved, as long as he was alive and the power was there, it would inevitably pose a threat to her, so she needed to make this case an iron case, so that Sima Shu would never turn over.
Jia Nanfeng recalled Zhong Sui from the East Palace and asked him to write a confession to frame the prince for plotting wrong, but Zhong Sui had feelings for the prince for many years in the East Palace, and he didn't want to frame the prince like this, so he cried and begged the queen to spare the prince's life.
Jia Nanfeng was furious, and asked Zhong Sui to be taken into a private prison, and wrote a confession to force him to sign and draw the detainment, Zhong Sui refused, and was beaten all over his body, but he still did not want to frame the prince. Jia Nanfeng sent many people to the East Palace, only Zhong Sui and Jiang Jun were the closest prince, but Jiang Jun knew in his heart that once the prince was convicted of rebellion, his three sons would also die without a place to be buried, she was the prince's beauty, only if the prince was alive, she and her children could have a good life, so she bit the prince to death and was not guilty. As a beauty and the mother of the three little princes, Jia Nanfeng couldn't arrest her openly, so he could only aim at Zhong Sui first.
Who knew that this Zhong Sui turned out to be a hard bone, oil and salt did not enter, Jia Nanfeng couldn't, so he had to move out of his family, Zhong Sui also entered the palace in order to let the family live a better life, these years, he got a lot of benefits by the prince's side, coupled with the queen's reward, the environment at home has indeed improved greatly, if they are implicated, after the family is destroyed, his efforts and grievances over the years have come to naught.
Zhong then wept loudly in prison, trembling and pressing his handprint on the confession. He felt sorry for the prince, and after pressing the handprint, he took advantage of the guard's negligence and hit the pillar in the prison headlong, and died with a whimper.
Jia Nanfeng, who got the confession, had an excuse to kill Sima Shu. She asked the imperial physician Cheng Ju to make the poison croton apricot pills, and then ordered Sun Ji to take the medicine to Kim Yong City to kill the prince. Sima Shu was under house arrest, he was afraid of being harmed, often cooked and ate by himself, after Sun Shu came, he forced Sima Shu to take medicine, Sima Shu refused, hid in the toilet, Sun Shu actually beat him to death with a pestle.
At this point, Sima Zhen's only son, Sima Shu, died unjustly at the age of twenty-three. Because he had the intention of rebellion, the palace planned to bury him as a concubine, but Jia Nanfeng actually went to the table and said: "Sima Shu unfortunately died, but he was poor for being confused and rebellious, and died early, my grief heart, I can't help myself." The concubine privately hoped that he would be unforgettable, think more about filial piety, be extremely pious, and be in good name. This ambition is not successful, and it is even more sour and resentful. Although Sima Shu committed a great sin, he was still the grandson of the emperor, and if he was sent to the end with the gifts of the common people, he would be merciful and specially ask for the grace of heaven to give him a royal burial. The concubine is indeed ignorant and ignorant of etiquette, and she is overwhelmed with affection, and she takes the liberty of stating my thoughts. ”
In the end, Sima Zhen issued an edict and buried Sima Shu with the gift of King Guangling.