Empress Xiao is Xiao Jue's sister, and the former prince in Li Qi's mouth should be Xiao Jue's nephew, the son of Empress Xiao and Emperor Chen, who was supposed to become the crown prince, but died before Emperor Chen ascended the throne.

The Tang family has already existed in name only, and there is no chance of making a comeback, Tang Ning has long drawn a line with them, and he is not interested in the previous things of the Tang family, but this matter still involves Xiao Jue and the Xiao family, so he can no longer be regarded as ignoring.

He looked at Li Qi and asked, "What secret?" ”

Li Qi said: "Please spare the official first!" ”

"I didn't want you to die in the first place." Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "But if you have half a lie, I don't guarantee that I won't change my mind." ”

Li Qi stretched out his palm and said solemnly: "If there is half a lie, let Xia Guantian thunder and split, and it will not be a good death!" ”

Tang Ning glanced at him, "Say it." ”

"The former prince was killed by the Tang family, and Queen Xiao was also killed by the Tang family!" Li Qi's words were amazing, and even Tang Ning's body couldn't help but be shocked.

Empress Xiao's children died at an early age, and within a few years, Empress Xiao also died of illness in the palace, without the pillars of the harem, the Xiao family gradually declined, and Concubine Tang Hui gradually became favored in the palace, the Tang family was still huge, Tang Ning only thought that these were all accidents, but Li Qi obviously knew some facts that he didn't know.

Tang Ning suppressed the shock in his heart, looked at Li Qi again, and said in a deep voice: "The identity of the crown prince and the queen is so noble, and they are heavily guarded, how can the Tang family succeed repeatedly, you dare to fool this official!" ”

Seeing that Tang Ning was angry, Li Qi's face was nervous, and he blurted out: "Because these things are acquiesced in by Your Majesty!" ”

Tang Ning was silent for a while, looked at Li Qi, and asked slowly, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”

The secret that had been buried in his heart for many years was finally revealed, Li Qi simply let it go and said: "Your Majesty's background is not good, compared to the princes at that time, without the help of the Tang family, he will not get the throne at all, and the Tang family's condition for helping His Majesty to win the heir is to exchange the life of the princess at that time, that is, the son of Queen Xiao!" ”

"What the Tang family wants is King Duan, the next emperor of Emperor Chen, so they married Concubine Tang Hui to His Majesty and wanted him to give birth to a prince, and only when Empress Xiao's son dies, Concubine Tang Hui will have a chance!"

Li Qi said faster and faster, and his voice trembled slightly: "Later, Your Majesty finally sat on the throne with the help of the Tang family, but at the beginning of his succession, there were still many remnants of forces in the court who did not obey him, and he also used the power of the Tang family to get rid of those people one by one, Tang Huifei wanted to be the master of the harem, so he tried to kill Queen Xiao, the reason why the Tang family and Tang Huifei were able to succeed was because His Majesty agreed to do so, because His Majesty wanted to use their strength!" ”

After Li Qi finished speaking in one breath, it was as if he had been slung out of his spine and collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.

This secret that he learned by accident, he has buried it in his heart for many years, and over the years, he has watched the people related to this matter disappear one by one, how many times he dreamed back at midnight, and the bedding was wet with cold sweat.

After telling this secret today, the boulder in his heart finally fell, and the whole person relaxed.

Li Qi was relaxed, but Tang Ning's mood suddenly became heavy.

He knew that when the Tang family helped His Majesty win the heir, they must have used a lot of means, but he didn't expect these methods to be so cruel and bloody.

Tiger poison still does not eat children, for the throne, he does not hesitate to sacrifice his son and wife, Tang Ning does not want to believe that this is done by Emperor Chen, it is Zhao Man's father, his father-in-law in a sense.

But it is precisely because he knows Emperor Chen very well that Tang Ning knows better that what Li Qi said is very likely not to be a lie.

For the sake of Chen Guo, he was able to sacrifice Zhao Man three times and twice, and it was not unusual for him to do these things ruthlessly in order to become the emperor back then.

Perhaps, in his eyes, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed in order to achieve the goal.

Even Tang Ning knew without guessing that in addition to Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang's death should also have an inseparable relationship with the Tang family and Emperor Chen.

Back then, the Tang family, relying on their power and Emperor Chen's reliance on them, pushed Concubine Tang Hui to the position of the head of the harem, their purpose should be to make Concubine Tang Hui a legitimate queen, but they didn't expect that Emperor Chen was a tiger, and negotiating conditions with him was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

Concubine Tang Hui did not become the queen in the end, and the Tang family was suppressed after Emperor Chen completely stabilized the throne until it fell to today's situation.

Even Tang Ning has been able to be so powerful and smooth in the struggle with the Tang family in recent years, and it is indispensable for Chen Huang to support him behind him.

He is using Emperor Chen's power, why is Emperor Chen not using him?

Emperors are ruthless, and there are not a few emperors who kill their brothers and fathers and sons in history, but for Tangning, it only exists in history books, and it is just cold words to read.

Now those cold and biting words in the history books are happening next to him, and he just feels cold in his heart, and there is a feeling of emptiness.

From his standpoint, he didn't want to believe that Chen Huang was such a vicious and ruthless person.

Tang Ning's eyes finally looked at Li Qi and asked, "This matter should be the biggest secret of the Tang family, how did you know about it?" ”

"Xia Guan also overheard what the Tang family brothers said." Li Qi said: "They don't know that the lower officials know their secrets, otherwise the lower officials would not be alive today......

He glanced at Tang Ning and said in a low voice: "Xiaguan only wants to use this secret to replace the lives of Xiaguan's family......"

Tang Ning was not silent for long, then nodded and said: "This time you go to the grassland, you can stay there, when you get there, your family, I will also send someone to the grassland to reunite your family." ”

When Li Qi heard this, he knelt on the ground again and said loudly: "Xiaguan thank Tang Xiang, Xiaguan thank Tang Xiang......"

Although Li Qi is Duanwang's person, he didn't do anything heinous and let his family stay on the grassland to live, which can be regarded as his reward for telling Tang Ning this secret.

At that time, Chen Guo received only the news that Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi was on his way to Chu State, unfortunately contracted a serious illness and died, and from then on, he would never appear in Chen State again.

Tang Ning went home today without waiting for the next office, he was a little confused, and when he walked to the door, he saw Xiao Jue holding the child in the yard, talking and laughing with Lu Ya.

Xiao Jue saw Tang Ning, waved his hand at him, and said: "Our family Yu'er is almost over 100 days, you were not in Beijing when he was born, it is cheap for you, if you don't prepare a generous gift this time, next time your son is born, don't think about what good things I will give......"

Just learned that Empress Xiao's death had another hidden secret, Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue with a complicated expression.

Xiao Jue saw that Tang Ning's face was sick, and said dissatisfied: "You won't pick the door like this......"

"Come in with me, I have something to say to you." Tang Ning glanced at him and walked straight into the study.

Xiao Jue saw that his face was so serious, and his expression became serious, so he handed the child to Lu Ya and followed Tang Ning into the study.

He walked into the study, only then did he look at Tang Ning, and said solemnly: "What happened, Your Majesty wants to pass on the throne to King Duan?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

Xiao Jue breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said, "What's the matter, it's so serious, it scares me......"

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Regarding Empress Xiao's death, I learned some hidden secrets today......

The smile on Xiao Jue's face froze, his eyes looked at Tang Ning, and he said seriously: "You say...... What the? ”