Chapter 12: Doubts
In Ci'an Palace, King Xuan Wei Jinxuan was sitting on the brocade, gossiping with the Queen Mother, Wei Peng leaned on the Queen Mother's arms, looking listless, the Queen Mother took him while laughing and whispering: "You child is the most lawless, your father punished you, you must be naughty again, the mourning family does not listen to your quibbles, the mourning family only believes in your father." ”
Wei Peng pouted and muttered: "Then the imperial grandmother will send her grandson back to the palace, anyway, your old man doesn't care about the life or death of his grandson." ”
King Xuan's face was black, and it was not good to guard the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother had always spoiled this child, and every time he was slightly punished, he found a reason to go into the palace to complain, and the Queen Mother also protected it every time, so that his father's ability to repair his son could not be displayed. It's the same this time, I found that this kid found a reason to enter the palace again, and he followed, who knew that the complaint had already been completed, and he had to listen to the Queen Mother's chatter more.
As he was talking, the chamberlain reported that Emperor Huiwen had come to greet the Queen Mother. King Xuan and Wei Peng hurriedly saluted Emperor Huiwen and said goodbye. Emperor Huiwen looked at Wei Peng's unhappy face, reached out and touched his little face, and said strangely: "Peng'er, what's the matter, who provoked us Xuan Shizi again?" ”
Wei Peng glanced at his own father, and pouted: "With the protection of the imperial grandmother and the imperial uncle, who will provoke the nephew, not yet...... Not yet my father. The nephew just broke a glazed jade screen, and was punished by his father to kneel, and he had to copy the scriptures. ”
Emperor Huiwen smiled and said, "It's just a glass jade screen, what's the matter?" Jin Xuan is also too small. Peng'er is not afraid, there are other things in the palace of the imperial uncle, just go back and let someone take you to pick one. ”
King Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Brother Huang, that glazed jade screen was just moved back from you a few days ago, and it has only been a few days since he put it up. ”
Emperor Huiwen was slightly stunned and asked rhetorically: "Is that the one who paid tribute from the Nanyue Kingdom?" The one he snatched from Chong'er? ”
King Xuan's face was helpless, Emperor Huiwen suddenly changed his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Wei! Luxuriant growth! You can do a little more no! "This jade screen was originally the queen's favorite thing, and it made the eldest prince Wei Chong take a fancy to it, and wanted to reward it to Wei Chong, but he was favored by this kid, and he robbed it in vain, Wei Chong was the prince, but he was a few years older than him, and he was squeezed by his words, so he had to let it out, and he was distressed for a long time, but it was only a few days, and he was broken. Can this kid be a little more loser?
Seeing that Emperor Huiwen was on fire, Wei Peng jumped out of the way and saluted the Queen Mother: "Imperial grandmother, it's not early, my grandson wants to go back to the house to copy the scriptures for your old man, and my grandson has retired." Uncle Huang, my nephew won't bother you to talk to your grandmother. After saying that, he ran away without a trace.
The Queen Mother said angrily: "The emperor is really, Peng'er is still a child, your brothers are so strict, how can it be good to scare him?" ”
Seeing that Wei Peng had run away, Wei Jinxuan was afraid that Emperor Huiwen would have something to say to the Queen Mother, and he would be inconvenient here, so he was about to leave the palace, but Emperor Huiwen stopped him, and while ordering the chamberlain and escort Wei Peng back to the palace, he said: "The sixteenth brother is not in a hurry to return to the palace, I also happen to have something to discuss with the queen mother and the sixteenth brother." ”
As he spoke, he told the court about it. It's just that he didn't say anything about his worries about his other brothers. King Xuan's face changed, so soon this matter spread to the capital, it is estimated that the secret guard flying pigeon passed the book, the news he received is not like this, as soon as he encountered a masked man on the road, those people held a pair of children sent away by the second master of the Xie family, and wanted to force them to go together, Xie Yu understood that as long as he left, he would sit on the statement that the Xie family was rebelling, so he naturally refused to go with them, and someone killed the children of the Xie family, Xie Zizhong was furious and fought with them, so together with Yulinwei and others, they were killed, The secret guards of the Marquis of Anguo Mansion and the Xuanwang Mansion were all defeated, and each had casualties. As for Gu Shuyi, he blocked a knife for Xie Si in the melee, so he died, Imperial Doctor Li didn't know where to go, the river was very urgent, and he had drowned if he thought about it.
Of course, he can't say these things, that is to say, the news received by the emperor was deliberately released to him, causing the Xie family to be rescued by someone who failed to respond.
The Queen Mother also changed her face, the Xie family has a heavy army and has always been loyal to the Wei family, how could she suddenly rebel, and the war in Northern Xinjiang is tight, and it is obviously not the time to rebel at this time.
Emperor Huiwen and King Xuan sat on the brocade on both sides of the Queen Mother, looked at King Xuan on the opposite side and said, "Sixteenth brother, what do you think?" ”
King Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Huang, do you believe it?" ”
Emperor Huiwen was noncommittal, King Xuan knew it, and he believed it. He thought for a while and said, "Brother Huang, my brother feels that something is wrong with this matter. Brother Huang has worked hard over the years, the Great Jin Dynasty is the peaceful season, the people live and work in peace and contentment, although the border war continues, but it has not shaken the country, and now the war in Northern Xinjiang is tight, not to mention the court, that is, the people are also very concerned, at this time and Beidi colluded to rebel, will lose the hearts of the people, with his rule of 300,000 troops? King Xuan shook his head lightly: "Brother Xuan feels difficult, these few battles, there are heavy casualties and cripples, and there is no response from the people, so it can't be done, why should he take this risk?" ”
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "What Xuan'er said is very true, Your Majesty, the Xie family has guarded the border for several generations, and if you want to rebel, you will pick a good time, if you don't have a perfect grasp, how dare he rebel?" ”
Emperor Huiwen sighed and said, "I also feel that there are many doubts in this matter, and with Xie Yu's style of acting, it should not be like this. ”
King Xuan didn't say more, and the Queen Mother said: "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, if you don't investigate it thoroughly, and directly conclude the case, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court, and the emperor must think twice." ”
Emperor Huiwen thought about it and nodded, this matter is indeed not ordinary. Coming out of Ci'an Palace, Emperor Huiwen had a sad face, King Xuan followed by his side, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, you should also relax, maybe it's not as serious as we think?" ”
Emperor Huiwen wanted to speak and stopped, his jealousy of his brother could not be said to this younger brother, then even he had to guard himself a little. Reluctantly smiled: "What the sixteenth brother said is that now that Xie Yu is dead, some things are afraid that there is no proof of death." Let's wait for Xie Zifei to return to Beijing, and then make a decision after the three divisions will be tried. ”
When he returned to the palace, Wei Peng had already been copying scriptures in a regular manner, King Xuan pointed at him and gritted his teeth angrily, this child is becoming more and more lawless, there is no younger brother at home to play with him, only the two younger sisters are still young, and they don't pay attention to him, Rui Xue disappeared again, he is bored and has nothing to provoke those in the palace. My head hurts.
After entering the dormitory, Princess Xuan greeted him, and while helping him change his clothes, she also blamed him for being too heavy on Wei Peng. King Xuan sighed, ordered all the palace attendants in the palace to retreat, and then lowered his voice to tell her what happened in the palace.