Chapter Ninety-Eight: Public Enemy
It snowed in the capital for a few days, and this year's New Year was also extraordinarily grand, all said that Ruixue was a good year, and the snow itself was a good sign, and the New Year was approaching, and the treasury was abundant.
The ministers were indignant and wrote to congratulate Emperor Jiaping on his ascension to peace in the four seas, and praised Emperor Jiaping as a ruler of the country and a famous monarch through the ages.
Emperor Jiaping was also very happy, and it was rare to have a palace banquet with great interest, announcing that officials above the fourth grade would enter the palace to attend the banquet, and set up a banquet in the Taiji Hall to entertain the ministers and envoys of various countries.
As for the harem, because Empress Wei was finally in good health, and the Queen Mother was also in good health, she ordered all the wives to enter the palace to meet and receive the banquet.
The Queen Mother hadn't been so happy for a long time, and when she saw that Empress Wei had brought a few women from her inner life to visit, she smiled and asked them to get up, and said, "The Mourning family has always remembered you for so many years, and you are good, but you never come to see the old woman of the Mourning family." ”
Several princesses of the feudal clan all said in fear that they didn't dare.
Their husbands are all vassal kings, and the court has extremely strict restrictions on their whereabouts, and they can't enter and leave the fiefdom at will. Of course, it's because Emperor Jiaping is taboo!
At that time, it was not so easy for him to ascend to the throne by himself, and he was naturally even more taboo against his brothers and uncles, who had been living with their tails shrunk all these years.
Thinking of this, the princesses of the feudal clan all smiled bitterly in their hearts, but they hurriedly admitted their mistakes and made amends.
The Queen Mother naturally knew the reason, smiled slightly and didn't say more, but specially picked Princess Xiang out, looked at her meaningfully and asked her: "Is King Xiang still messing around like before?" ”
King Xiang killed his own princess, and the princess was still pregnant, so that one corpse and two lives, this matter was personally encountered by Chu Tingchuan, and when even Song returned to the capital.
Emperor Jiaping was immediately furious and issued an order to imprison King Xiang.
Later, Emperor Jiaping didn't care too much about him, Xiangyang kept coming news, saying that King Xiang was sick, and it was a serious illness, and he could hardly be saved from nine deaths, Emperor Jiaping pressed the order to kill back----- the clans all wrote to advise, and felt that although King Xiang was tyrannical, the design almost wiped out the villagers of Zhangjia Village was also full of evil deeds, but in the end, Emperor Gao forbeared, and the emperor was in the same vein, since they were all about to die, they could not be executed again.
At that time, Zhu Yuan had not yet come to the capital, and the Queen Mother didn't know what King Xiang had done, so she didn't interfere too much.
Who knew that the capital was so lively, and King Xiang, who had always said that he was going to die, was not dead in the end.
Not only did he not die, but he also wrote a book to remarry a princess the year before last.
The origin of this new princess Xiang is also not simple----- she is the daughter of the governor of Jiangxi, and she only said that King Xiang was going to die, so she wanted to marry a new princess and take care of the children in the future.
Emperor Jiaping was busy dealing with the affairs of the Sheng family at that time, where did he still have the heart to worry about this imperial uncle, and he didn't think too much about it at all, so he approved the red according to the vote of the cabinet.
Who knew that after King Xiang became a relative, he would not die, and his illness would be completely cured.
This time, Emperor Jiaping because of the four seas of peace, and thinking that he had not summoned the vassal king into the capital since he boarded the plane, now he has been on the throne for many years, the throne has been stable, and now the border issue is handled very properly, and it can be regarded as a small achievement, so he summoned the vassal kings into the capital, intending to let them spend the New Year in the capital, and prepare for the Qianqiu Festival around March of the Queen Mother.
Since King Xiang was fine, he also asked to enter Beijing, and Emperor Jiaping agreed, and this time his princess naturally followed.
The Queen Mother glanced meaningfully at the new princess of King Xiang, and shook her head with a gloomy face.
The daughter of the governor of Jiangxi is also a noble daughter, and she has just turned eighteen years old, so she really can't figure out why she will be married to a tyrannical widower by her family.
Princess Xiang is still clever, as soon as she heard the queen mother's question, she hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to deceive the old lady, the prince is no longer as nonsense as before, after he is sick, he cultivates himself at home, raises his children, and does not dare to exceed the rules, this time it is also because the prince has not seen the queen mother and the queen for a long time, and he is worried about guilt, and he wants to come to confess to the queen mother and the queen in person, in order to atone for the mistakes of the year, he dares to enter Beijing, and asks the queen mother for forgiveness." ”
He's a talker.
Empress Wei sighed in her heart, she was actually very disgusted with King Xiang, and felt that King Xiang was too cruel and unkind, and even killed his wife, which was really sensational.
Seeing a character like Princess Xiang, she couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart.
However, the Queen Mother's face became more and more cold.
The governor of Jiangxi is not a fool, if he doesn't ask for something, how can he be willing to marry such an outstanding daughter to a prince whose future is ruined?
She saw that Princess Xiang was advancing and retreating in a certain way, and her tongue was bright and lotus, and she felt a little taboo and cold in her heart, so she bowed her head and didn't say anything more.
When the banquet was dispersed and the women had left the palace, she said to the queen: "The reward for the Xiangwang Mansion will be doubled according to the other vassal kings." ”
When Empress Wei saw the Queen Mother say this, she knew that the Queen Mother still hated King Xiang, so she hurriedly agreed.
Anyway, King Xiang made a big mistake and has not been punished until now, and it is also appropriate to teach them some lessons.
King Xiang, who received the reward, soon found out that his reward was different from that of other vassal kings, and he slammed the porcelain piece on the ground in the backyard, and said angrily: "The slut has insulted me so much! ”
His temper is abnormal, after being calculated in Xiangyang, it will become even worse, and he may be angry all the time, Princess Xiang is accustomed to it, and she is not afraid, and when King Xiang is crazy enough, she has to pinch the neck of a girl, and then she said coldly: "Your Highness, this is in the capital!" At the feet of the Son of Heaven, if you kill a girl today, you may be imprisoned tomorrow, and you will never be able to leave the capital again, don't you know?! ”
King Xiang's hand stopped in the middle of the road, and he glanced at the little girl with a cold and fierce face, and said angrily: "Why don't you get out of here!?" ”
The little girl hurriedly went down.
Princess Xiang turned to look at King Xiang and shook her head slowly: "Your Royal Highness, don't forget, you came to Beijing to move around, trying your best to cover up our relationship with the He family, if you make a slight mistake, it is a ready-made handle for others." ”
King Xiang was said to be in the sore spot, and he pointed at Princess Xiang anxiously and angrily and couldn't help but be angry: "It's all your fault!" If it weren't for the fact that your father was poor and crazy, and he wanted to calculate my guards, how could I be so passive now?! ”
Princess Xiang's face was even colder, like an iceberg, and she slowly pulled the corners of her mouth, revealing a mocking smile.