Is it true?

Wen smiled wryly.

For His Holiness, there are some things she knows, but she can't tell them truthfully in front of her children. What's more, her husband Xie Pu will not want the children to know too many secrets of their mother, especially those secrets that are not very worthy of the table.

Wen could only reply: "What are you asking these for?" It's all in the past. The old lady didn't like to hear people talk about it, and the old man didn't like the family to talk about it. ”

Xie Mulin said: "We will not mention it in front of the old lady, for no reason, and we will not talk about it in front of my father. My brother and I just want to know the truth. Uncle and grandfather came to the capital to save my father, and we will all count on him in the future. If you don't know anything, what if you say the wrong thing in front of your uncle and grandfather? For example, what does the old man accuse the old lady of, do we as juniors, do we intercede for the old lady, or persuade them not to quarrel? We have to know the taboo in order to grasp the proportions! ”

Wen groaned, and there was some truth in her daughter's words. If you don't know anything, but rashly meddle in the dispute between the two old men, you will definitely offend Xie Zeshan. And if the children saw Mrs. Xie being scolded, but didn't say anything, Mrs. Xie wouldn't let them go. Mrs. Xie was frightened tonight, and she didn't dare to be a demon for the time being, and when she woke up tomorrow, would she blame the children for not helping her speak? No one can say.

Xie Jinzhi saw Wen's hesitation, knowing that there was a door, so he smiled and persuaded again: "Mother, don't worry, this is just a whisper between our mother and son, you told us, we just know it in our hearts, and we won't tell others indiscriminately." Besides, the son also wanted to know the temperament and preferences of his uncle and grandfather, and when he saw him in the future, he would know how to honor him. At such an age, he still worked hard to go to Beijing to save his father, even if he was a close relative, it was extremely rare. We should be grateful, and we should reciprocate. If you can't do it, you can still please his old man. ”

Wen Shi laughed when he heard this: "The old lady doesn't need you to give anything in return, as long as you are all well, his old man will be happy." Don't look at him as if he is very majestic, in fact, he is the most loving and just. The children of the Xie clan are very convinced of him, and the master has respected him very much since he was a child. You don't need to think of any special way to please him, as long as you are more filial to your elders and do your own thing, his old man will understand your mind. ”

This was said too broadly, and Xie Mulin felt not very satisfied, so he asked tentatively: "Uncle and grandfather are so kind and fair, why do you seem to be very angry with the old lady?" Why didn't the old lady be happy for her family to mention the clan? ”

Xie Jinzhi also said: "If it is just because of the fact that my father has two rooms, the old lady clearly knows that she is not a succession, and no one robs her son." The second old lady is not only from an official family, but also has connections, which has helped her father's career, and her father is close to her old man, which is obviously a good thing. But the old lady seems to be extremely taboo about this, is there any other reason? Mother tell us about it, so that we don't know anything, and accidentally commit a taboo when talking, not only will the old lady be angry, but even the uncle and grandfather will be offended, so it's not good. ”

Having said this, it is not easy for the Wen family to hide anything. She told her two children about the past, and told them not to spread the word.

Mrs. Xie's maiden surname is Lu, and it is indeed as Xie Zeshan said, she is the daughter of a criminal official.

Her late father Lu Shaoqing was originally an official in Honglu Temple, named Shaoqing, but his official position was not Shaoqing - he was just from the temple of Liupin. As far as his background as a fellow jinshi is concerned, he is only one of the huge low-level officials in the capital, and he is inconspicuous, and the authority he can hold at hand is also very small. However, Lu Sicheng was unwilling to be ordinary, he felt that he had to at least achieve the position of Shaoqing in order to be worthy of his name. In the officialdom, there are many little people like him, and if you want to rise to the top, the simplest and easiest way is naturally to follow the dragon's work.

It was thirty-five years ago, in the last years of Chengde, Emperor Chengde had two sons, the descendants were famous, and the concubines were favored, and the competition for the heirs was extremely fierce. Lu Sicheng selected the most promising successor among the two princes, and followed behind his boss Honglu Siqing, becoming the other party's henchman, waving the flag and shouting for the prince. However, no one expected that the final result of that battle for the heir would be a lose-lose situation. The two princes poisoned each other and both died violently, and their henchmen naturally became losers together.

Emperor Chengde was sad and angry, and only felt that his two sons were killed by those villains who were bent on going to Longzhigong, so he angrily issued an order to investigate the relevant people. Lu Sicheng had neither background nor talent, and was soon thrown out as a sacrifice, imprisoned on charges of corruption and dereliction of duty, exiled from his home, and died on the road. The family also suffered and was escorted to exile.

It was also Mrs. Xie who was lucky, she had only been exiled for a short time, and she hadn't gone halfway yet, Emperor Chengde died, the new monarch ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Tianchang, and granted amnesty to the world.

The new emperor, Emperor Tianchang – the first emperor and the current father emperor – was not the son of Emperor Chengde, but the only son of his younger brother King Yan. This is the closest junior to him. Emperor Chengde also worked hard to win the battle for succession, and he didn't want to cheapen his past competitors, so even if he had only one son with his maternal brother Yan Wang, he had to appoint the other party as the prince. However, in order not to let his brother cut off the heir, he decreed that after his nephew entered the royal family, he would have two rooms and two rooms, opening a precedent for royal marriage. Since then, the imperial court has also amended the law to recognize the legal status of equal wives in marriages.

For various reasons, after Emperor Tianchang succeeded the royal family, he married the niece of the Empress of the Zhenggong Palace of Emperor Chengde as the queen, and at the same time recognized his status as the princess of the Yanwang Mansion. It's just that the one in the Yan Wangfu didn't move into the palace to live for a long time, so the two palaces are safe. When the two palaces have sons, what happens around the position of the prince is a story.

Mrs. Xie, who was still young at the time, returned to her hometown with her mother and eldest sister, and her life was very difficult. The clansmen suffered a lot because they were implicated in her father's case, and now that things have changed, they feel that those hardships are brought by the Lu family, and they are squeezed out openly and secretly, even if they know that their mother and daughter are having a hard time, no one will help them.

In the second year of Tianchang, Lu's mother was seriously ill and was not worried about the future of her two daughters, so she begged the patriarch to be the master and discuss their marriage. The patriarch promised the eldest sister of the Lu family to a poor Xiucai, and the marriage was completed in three days. The Lu family was unwilling to marry casually like the eldest sister, and even less wanted to be poor, so the patriarch ridiculed her, and pointed out a rich family to her, but instead of letting her be the head lady, she was asked to make a second room for the middle-aged man who had no heirs.

The Lu clan couldn't accept it, and they were afraid that the patriarch would force him. At this time, she happened to meet Xie Zehu, who went to the local area to discuss business, and saw that he had a lot of wealth, was young, good-looking, and interested in himself, so she simply turned her heart sideways and deliberately seduced him, and sure enough, he hooked people.

Xie Zehu married Lu without the permission of his two brothers, paid for his mother's medical expenses, and after his death, he helped to handle the funeral, and gave her sister a sum of silver, and then at Lu's request, he took her to leave the local area and return to her hometown in Huyin County. Although the brothers Xie Zeshan and Xie Zechuan felt that the Lu family was not a good match, Xie Zehu was deeply in love with his wife, and the two brothers didn't say much.

The following year, Lu gave birth to Xie Pu.

In the same year, Xie Zechuan entered the Guozijian and was appreciated by Song Siye and married his beloved daughter. The Xie family, which was originally peaceful, suddenly made waves.