Emperor Chen was an emperor to Tang Ning, but a father to Zhao Man, and it was indeed a cruel thing to learn that his father was a cold-blooded and ruthless terrible person.

Tang Ning accompanied her for a whole day, and her mood improved a little.

In the next two days, Tang Ning deliberately collected some secrets from the previous era, and with his current identity and status, it was not difficult to collect these news.

After sorting it out, Tang Ning unexpectedly found that there were indeed some things before Emperor Chen ascended the throne that he didn't know.

The court is treacherous, and in a year or even half a year, it is possible to usher in a major reshuffle.

A year ago, the Tang family was in full swing, Feng Xiang and the Jiangnan party firmly controlled the government, but now it is only a year, the Tang family has been completely defeated, Feng Xiang has returned to his hometown, Jiangnan officials have lost nearly half, and the court seems to have changed the situation.

This was the case a year ago, and the court more than 20 years ago was very different from today.

Even the Tang family, more than 20 years ago, was not the top wealthy family in Beijing, and those powerful and wealthy families were divided by the three princes, and they were inseparable from the court.

More than 20 years ago, Emperor Chen, like Zhao Yuan, was just an extremely marginalized prince, and in terms of his status and forces behind him in the eyes of the first emperor, he was far inferior to Zhao Yuan.

Such a lineup, even if the Tang family is added, will obviously not be put in the eyes of the other three princes.

Tang Ning can see from some clues that the Tang family was probably not the only one who helped Emperor Chen at that time.

When he was still a prince, he married Xiao Jue's sister, and not long after he succeeded to the throne, he successively included Concubine Zhang Xian, Concubine Fang Shu, and Concubine Tang Hui into the harem.

In the process of Emperor Chen's ascension to the throne, Tang Ning not only saw the shadow of the Tang family, but also the Xiao family, the Zhang family, and the Fang family......

Tang Ning can finally get rid of some of his influence on Zhao Yuan, this is not a teacher must have an apprentice, this is a family gene, twenty years ago, Emperor Chen relied on several fathers-in-law to inherit the unification, twenty years later, Zhao Yuan finally embarked on a similar path to him.

In addition to this, Downing also discovered something else.

Not long after the Tang family quietly stood in line, the third prince, who was active in the court at that time, was demoted to a commoner because of a serious political mistake and expelled from the Jingshi, and he never knew what happened.

In the following year, the powerful and wealthy families in Beijing, who originally belonged to the other two princes, were erased one by one for various reasons, until September of the following year, the prince accidentally fell into the water and drowned, and the second prince Su Wang was seriously ill and died in less than half a month.

For this black September, it is recorded in the history books like this.

In the autumn of the sixteenth year, Prince Rui drowned, Su Wang Qi contracted the disease and died, the emperor was very sad, and collapsed in the Yonghe Hall on the 26th.

The crown prince, King Su, and the first emperor passed away one after another, and after Emperor Chen succeeded to the throne, after the period of national mourning, he married the daughters of the Tang family, the Fang family, and the Zhang family.

Before he ascended the throne, he already had two concubines, one was Xiao Jue's sister, the princess of Qin at that time, and the other was Concubine Yang, the mother of King Huai, Concubine Yang was just a folk girl, and Emperor Chen seemed to have a very unpleasant quarrel with the first emperor in order to marry her, which shows that he still liked Concubine Yang very much at that time.

However, after ascending the throne, Concubine Tang Hui was favored alone, and even the queen had to give her three points.

When Emperor Chen was still the king of Qin, he had a son with the queen, but he died a year before he ascended the throne.

Among them, Concubine Shu did not fight, with Concubine Zhang Xian and Concubine Tang Hui fighting the most fiercely, but no one thought that Concubine Yang was the first to get pregnant, and then Concubine Yang accidentally miscarried, Concubine Zhang Xian and Concubine Tang Hui were pregnant at the same time, and after another year, Concubine Yang became pregnant again and gave birth to King Huai.

Then, Concubine Yang died of illness, King Huai was adopted by the queen, and then the queen died of illness, and the harem was valued by Concubine Zhang Xian, Concubine Tang Hui, and Concubine Fang Shu, and the balance continues to this day.

There are not many descriptions of the dispute in Empress Chen's palace in the information, the Tang family, the Fang family, and the Zhang family all helped Emperor Chen and participated in the seizure of the heir, and after the matter was completed, it was normal for them to compete with each other for their own interests.

After learning about this history, Downing destroyed the materials.

There is no doubt that Emperor Chen was able to ascend to the throne back then, and the Tang family contributed the most, but at this time and then, judging from the current situation, Zhao Yuan taking his place is the best choice for Emperor Chen.

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Inside the Imperial Study.

After reviewing the recital, Emperor Chen leaned over and fell asleep for a while, but suddenly woke up at a certain moment.

Wei Jian hurriedly stepped forward, took out a handkerchief, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with concern: "Your Majesty has a nightmare again?" ”

Chen Huang leaned back in his chair, his chest heaved and heaved, panting slightly, calming down for a while, and muttering, "It's been more than twenty years, and they still refuse to let me go?" ”

When his voice fell, there was a sound at the door of the imperial study, and Zhao Yuan walked in with a soup cup.

Zhao Yuan sent soup to Emperor Chen every day, and then drank it with him, and then went to Chongwen Hall to study.

Chen Huang picked up the spoon, took a sip of soup, looked at him, and asked, "Is it difficult to "Zizhi Tongjian"? ”

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "It's a little harder, but Yuan'er will work hard." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Chen and said: "The mother concubine said that my father has often had nightmares these days, and I put some Yuanzhi in the hall, and the imperial doctor said that this has a calming effect, and my father will not have nightmares after drinking the soup." ”

In the past 20 years, he has often had this nightmare, and all kinds of methods have been useless, how can it be that a mere ambition can work.

Emperor Chen still smiled and asked, "Yuan'er has been out of the palace less these days, and I haven't seen the little girls of the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Bai family, right?" ”

Zhao Yuan sighed leisurely and said, "Reading is important......"

Emperor Chen showed a smile on his face and said, "These three little girls are all good, after two years, my father will decree that they all marry you, okay?" ”

Let's go.

The spoon in Zhao Yuan's hand fell into the bowl, raised his head, and said in disbelief: "But, is it okay?" ”

Chen Huang patted him on the shoulder and said, "As long as you want, there is nothing you can't do." ”

……

Emperor Chen felt that Zhao Yuan was studying hard, so he deliberately let him rest for one day every three days, and after Zhao Yuan left the palace, he stayed in the Tang family for a while, and he didn't know whether to go to the Wang family, the Zhang family or the Bai family.

He was accompanied by a eunuch in the palace, and the court drew up a preliminary law for streamlining the tax system, and Emperor Chen asked him and King Huai to take another look at the matter and finalize the matter as soon as possible.

Tang Ning browsed it, originally wanted to go to King Huai's Mansion and discuss with King Huai about a few places, but when he was about to walk out of the mansion, he suddenly thought of something, walked back, and asked Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, what day is today?" ”

Xiu'er thought for a moment and said, "The sixth year of junior high school." ”

"The sixth day of the eleventh month...... Tang Ning muttered, shook his head, turned around and walked back.

You can find King Huai whenever you want, but not today, he saw from those materials two days ago that today is Concubine Yang's death day.

Jingshi, outside the city.

Every emperor in the past generations would choose a feng shui treasure for himself as the imperial mausoleum, and the imperial mausoleum of the contemporary Emperor Chen was chosen twenty years ago, and the late Empress and Concubine Yang were buried here.

Nanshan, among the imperial tombs, in front of a certain mausoleum.

King Huai carefully removed the few weeds next to the mausoleum, and wiped the stone tablet in front of the tomb spotlessly.

When he had done this, he walked over to another tomb and repeated what he had just done.

Then, he stood quietly by the tomb, and after a while, a middle-aged man came from behind, put down the food box in his hand, and placed a few plates of pastries on the stone steps.

He stood in front of the mausoleum, touched his slightly plump belly, and smiled: "It's all what she used to like to eat, and it's been more than 20 years, and I don't know if her taste has changed." ”

King Huai looked ahead and said, "It's been more than twenty years......"

The middle-aged man said, "Twenty-two years." ”

"Twenty-two years." King Huai retracted his gaze, smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said: "In twenty-two years, all the people who don't deserve to die have died, and the people who deserve to die are still alive in this world, what kind of world is this......"