Chapter 581: King Zhuang Jun
Because of the suspicion of Yao Yuerong's identity, Xuan Shao reminded Xuanyun to focus on investigating the fire a year ago.
And Yao Yuerong is also very honest in Prince Zhuang's mansion for a while, so people can't find fault with it. Of course, she was honest from the moment she entered the house, and she never let people find fault with her. Because there were always people who used her as gunmen.
Now the county lord and princess of Huilan, who she used as guns in Prince Zhuang's mansion, have been swept out of the house silently by Sanniang, Yao Yuerong has lost her wings and is not allowed to go out of the yard, so naturally she can't set off the storm for the time being.
It seems that life is going to go on so peacefully.
However, Sanniang knew in her heart that as long as the enemy was still there, as long as they still had plans, then the peaceful days would not last long.
Sure enough, in the past few days, there have been waves in the court.
Someone broke a bullet to impeach the ancestor of Prince Zhuang's mansion, Xuanxin, who had colluded with foreign tribes when he was exiled to northern Xinjiang, and also sneaked into Mongolia five times to secretly meet with the leaders of various Mongolian tribes, and the plot was very big.
This "great plot" is worth exploring, he can be interpreted as Xuanxin coveting the position of the emperor, or it can be interpreted as the impeached party cannot produce conclusive evidence, so he uses this loud and sensational trumped-up charge, to put it bluntly, the title party.
Then some people came forward one after another, impeaching Xuanxin when he was in northern Xinjiang, using the vein of Prince Lao Zhuang to secretly cultivate his own power, and promoted many cronies to generals. These generals are still in the Northern Xinjiang Army, and if they are not uprooted, they will definitely become a cancer within the country in the future.
The impeachment meanders fell like snowflakes in front of the emperor's case. Compared with the last time the ministers impeached Xuanshao and Xuanyun, Emperor Shunde has become much calmer, after all, he is born twice and matured.
He only said indifferently to the left and right: "They are now refusing to let go of the dead, will it be the turn of the impeachment of me next time?" Do I want to take the initiative to let Xian? ”
This is one place. The emperor's face was indifferent, but the people on the left and right were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
originally thought that this impeachment would pass with such a thunderous rain, after all, Xuanxin has been dead for many years. Nor could they produce any conclusive evidence to support the charge of "great conspiracy."
But in life, there are always some accidents.
For example, in the early dynasty today, the younger brother of the prince of Xianzhuang, the current king of Zhuangjun, presented in public the evidence of his brother's crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, a letter of correspondence with the king of Mongolia.
King Zhuangjun's move caused an uproar in the court.
If the person who took out this letter was someone else, it would be fine, and it could be said to be a forgery and slander. However, the person who presented the evidence was Xuanxin's own brother, and the weight of this letter was heavy.
Wang Xuanhuai of Zhuangjun pleaded guilty on the spot. He asked the emperor to depose him as a commoner and bear the blame for his brother.
The young emperor sat on the throne and looked down at Xuan Huai who was kneeling on the ground, the look in his eyes was obscure.
After a long time, Emperor Shunde got up. Without saying a word, he walked out. The big eunuch hurriedly shouted, "Retreat to the court—" and followed. The courtiers who left a dynasty looked at each other.
Xuan Shao's face has been very bad these days, but he always pays attention to his emotions in front of Sanniang. Despite this, where can the people next to the pillow not experience the emotional changes between each other?
Soon after the court on this day, Sanniang heard about the situation of the court from Bai Lan. Hearing that the king of Zhuangjun came up with evidence of the crime of betraying the country by Xuanxin, Sanniang couldn't help but raise her eyebrows secretly.
When King Zhuang took the initiative to propose a division, she and Xuan Shao did sit in secret. But she didn't expect Xuan Huai to really be able to come up with the so-called "evidence".
Regarding this letter, which is said to be evidence of Xuanshao's collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country, Sanniang did not believe it at all. It's just that I heard that the letter is very realistic, and the handwriting of the private letter is consistent with the letter. Sanniang didn't believe that King Zhuang could come up with this kind of handwriting.
When the old princess heard the news, her face turned white with anger.
"This white-eyed wolf! He...... He dared! ”
Mama Zhang waited cautiously on the side. I'm afraid that the old princess will really be angry.
The old princess closed her eyes and tried to calm her mind, but after all, she was so angry that her fingers couldn't help but tremble.
"Go, call me this beast that eats inside and out!"
Mama Zhang glanced at the old princess, sighed lightly, and went out.
King Zhuang came to Prince Zhuang's mansion near evening.
After he came, he still respectfully greeted the old princess. After that, he stood aside with his hands tied, and did not speak.
The old princess sat on top and looked at him for a while.
King Zhuang Jun wore a royal blue royal pattern brocade today, which made his handsome face a little noble, and he stood aside with his hands tied, as he had done every time he faced the old princess before, respectful but with some alienation.
The old princess also didn't understand, why this son, who was so well-behaved and obedient when he was a child, and even followed Xin'er to him to coquettish him, has now become so strange? When exactly did this start to change?
"You don't have anything to say?" The old princess spoke slowly.
King Zhuang Jun's face did not change, and he bowed his head and said, "Mother called her son, doesn't she have something to say?" The mother said that it was it, and the son listened to it. ”
The old princess couldn't help but look at him a few times, and saw that he couldn't see any expression on his face, not even a little guilt and weakness.
The old princess couldn't help it, and sneered: "Okay! Good! Good! What a Zhuang Jun King! Now that you've left this Prince's Mansion, you have nothing to do with Prince Zhuang's Mansion, right? ”
"Why did Mother say that?" King Zhuang Jun still has no change in face.
The old princess was so angry that she picked up the tea bowl in her hand and threw it at him, and the king of Zhuang Jun tilted his head slightly, and the tea bowl smashed on his shoulder, and the tea soaked his right arm. King Zhuang Jun glanced at it, then lowered his head and said nothing.
The old princess gasped, pointed at him and scolded: "You beast who eats inside and crawls outside! Now even your dead brother has become your stepping stone! If I had known that there would be a day, I would have strangled you to death when you were born! ”
When King Zhuang heard this, he raised his head and looked at the old princess. Half-ringing, he said seriously: "Then why don't you do it?" ”
The old princess was stunned by his eyes, and although King Zhuang Jun's eyes looked at him without emotion, there seemed to be an unknown monster lurking in his dark eyes.
"What did you say?"
"I said, Mother, why didn't you strangle me to death earlier? After you killed my own mother without stopping? King Zhuang said word by word.
The old princess looked at King Zhuang Jun in astonishment, half loud. As if she had heard something funny, she said in disbelief, "What did you say? I killed your own mother? Where did you hear all this nonsense? ”
King Zhuang Jun stared into the eyes of the old princess, who had always lowered his head when he talked to the old princess before. rarely looked at the old princess, but this time he stared at her without blinking: "Do you still want to coax me to say that I am your own child?" Mother, I'm not a three-year-old anymore. ”
The old princess opened her mouth and looked at King Zhuang Jun, but she didn't speak after all.
Seeing this, King Zhuang Jun smiled sarcastically: "When I was young, I didn't know the truth and regarded you as my own mother. But I'm always a little strange that you can't speak badly to me. I have never lacked some faith. But I always felt like something was missing. Later, when I reached the age of getting married, I fell in love with Jiang Ruoxi, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, and begged for you, and you originally promised to do well. As a result, you did hire Ruoxi to enter the door, but you married Xuanxin, mother, where do you put me? ”
The old princess looked at King Zhuang and still didn't say anything.
Back then, she really wanted to marry Jiang for Xuanhuai, but Xuanxin took a step ahead of them and entered the palace to ask the queen mother. Xuanxin is the eldest son, and there is nothing wrong with marrying first. She felt that Xuanhuai had been wronged, so she selected Xuanhuai who had originally visited Xuanxin carefully to be given to Xuanxin as his wife.
She thinks she has done a good job, Xuanhuai's original partner looks and temperament are impeccable, and her family background is also very good. She's because of this thing. is also very good to Xuanhuai's wife, and sometimes even better than Jiang's.
She thought that so many years had passed, and no matter how unwilling she was, it had passed. I don't want to declare that I have always been obsessed with it.
Now in the face of Xuan Huai's accusations, the old princess feels that she has nothing to say.
She promised the old prince to treat Xuan Huai as if she were her own, although she was not good enough, after all, she was also an ordinary person. There is always a gap between one's own son and someone else's son. Everyone has selfish intentions.
King Zhuang Jun saw that the old princess looked at him coldly and did not speak, so he continued: "After that, I married another daughter of the Jiang family, and I had Xuan'an and Huilan. Mother, do you feel that you treat them the same as you do to Xuanshao? Huilan was sick, you sent it away without hesitation, did you take care of Xuan'an who didn't go home all day and night and messed around outside? And although Jiang Ruolin was also born in the Jiang family and is Ruoxi's own sister, she is compared to Ruoxi...... I don't even deserve to lift her shoes! Such a woman, you are willing to let her enter the door of Prince Zhuang's mansion! Mother, don't you just think that Jiang Ruolin can't be better on the stage, and after Xuanshao's wife enters the door, she just makes way for your granddaughter-in-law? You've always treated me as a fool, so why don't you keep pretending to be stupid for my son! ”
"Shut up!" The old princess interrupted, "You had to marry Jiang Ruolin to enter the door!" Now it's my fault! ”
When Xuanhuai lost his wife and proposed to marry the concubine of the Jiang family, the old princess agreed to her without saying anything because she felt indebted to him.
Xuanhuai tugged at the corners of his mouth: "If it were Xuanxin, would you let her marry such a woman to enter the door?" ”
The old princess was speechless.
If it was a confession, she really wouldn't have agreed to let Jiang Ruolin enter the door. Xuanxin is her son, she is his mother, and she doesn't have to worry about whether she owes or not. Even now that she thinks about it, even the charges she just said she felt like she might have that in mind.
She can't be the same to Xuan Shao as she is to Xuan An and Huilan. As for the teaching of the two children, she originally thought that even Xuan Shao had not been taught by herself, Xuan Shao was also good-looking, and Xuan An and Huilan should naturally be taught by their own parents, she admitted that she did not pay attention to it, and only maintained the apparent favor.
And let the princess of the county give way to her granddaughter-in-law...... Whether she had thought about this question or not, even she did not know.
The old princess was a little tired and a little speechless.
"Go out and take back the letter tomorrow when you go to court." The old princess didn't want to say anything to Xuan Huai.
Xuan Huai smiled: "How can you get it back in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military handovers?" Does my mother want me to bully the king or to despise the court? The son could not afford this crime. ”
The old princess raised her eyes to look at him: "What do you want?" ”
Xuan Huai stared at the old princess, and a strange light flashed in his eyes: "If your mother, you can think of moving my mother's tomb to the imperial tomb, how about my son bear this crime?" ”
The old princess was stunned. immediately looked at Xuanhuai like a madman. Xuan Huai's smile remained unchanged.
He is deliberately embarrassed by the old princess, he has not yet found out what the identity of his own mother is, presumably just a woman with no identity, and it is uncertain whether there is a grave after death. Prince Zhuang's tomb is in the imperial tomb, how can a lowly woman be accepted there? In fact, his words were a bit insignificant.
However, today's King Zhuang Jun was a little excited, so his brain was also a little twitching.
The old princess looked at Xuanhuai for a while. Somehow, I suddenly laughed, and finally laughed so much that tears came out.
King Zhuang Jun was secretly happy in his heart, and when he saw the old princess like this, he couldn't help frowning.
The old princess finally stopped laughing, and when she looked at King Zhuang Jun again, she seemed to be looking at something rare. In the middle of the sound, she finally spoke: "Originally, I promised the old prince not to tell you the truth for the rest of my life, but I thought that if I didn't tell you. You still regard me as an enemy, and your own son as an enemy. I can't swallow this! If the old prince wants to blame me, blame me, he didn't dare to scold me when he was alive, and when I die, he will scold me and I'm not afraid of him. ”
Seeing that the old princess suddenly said such a paragraph, King Zhuang Jun was a little stunned. He had a faint bad feeling in his heart.
The old princess suddenly looked at him coldly and said, "Xuanhuai, you are indeed not my son, but you have nothing to do with our old prince." Your father is King Kang, who rebelled at the hands of the first emperor and was given to death by the first emperor. Your mother is just a play raised by King Kang outside, and she committed suicide by hanging herself after King Kang was given death. Our old prince has always been kind-hearted, and he couldn't bear to let King Kang cut off his children and grandchildren, so he took you back and raised you. ”
King Zhuangjun's face turned pale suddenly, and he looked at the old princess and said, "This ...... No way. You lied to me. ”
The old princess glanced at him disdainfully.
King Kang was the brother of Prince Lao Zhuang and the former emperor, ranked fifth, and died on the battlefield of the struggle for power. His wife and children were slaughtered, leaving only Xuanhuai, a fish that slipped through the net.
When Prince Zhuang was a child, he was taken care of by King Kang's biological mother Jing Concubine in the harem, so he saved Xuanhuai and raised him as his sister-in-law.
The old princess saw that he was stubborn and uncertain, so she said lightly: "The emperor actually knew about this matter, otherwise with the courage of our old prince." How dare he do such a thing? In order to keep you, he knelt at the emperor's place for three whole days, and finally got the emperor to agree to keep you. The Holy One must know about this matter today. ”
Speaking of the old prince, the old princess sighed in her heart. Although he seemed to be very cowardly and gentle, and even in front of her wife, he was a very good character, but in fact he was a very intelligent man.
But it can be seen that Emperor Jianwu killed his four brothers, and he, the eldest son of the emperor who was originally the most obnoxious, was left behind and was still deeply trusted.
When the old prince wanted to save Xuanhuai, the old princess was resolutely opposed, thinking that he was killing himself.
At that time, the former emperor was making a big fuss about King Kang's rebellion, and Prince Zhuang was almost affected because of his concubine's relationship. Zhuang Wangfu was originally in a stormy time.
But that time, Prince Zhuang didn't listen to her persuasion and insisted on going her own way, and she was still angry.
It's just that she didn't expect it, but the final result was unexpected.
The first emperor not only agreed to stay Xuanhuai, but even the original suspicion of Prince Zhuang's mansion disappeared, and since then he has more trust in Prince Zhuang.
The old princess also learned later that Prince Zhuang was on the wrong side of the sword at that time and came to a dangerous move. The more the emperor suspected that he was colluding with King Kang, the more he did not shy away from suspicion, and finally left a good image of affection and righteousness with the former emperor.
A lot of things, as soon as you take the initiative to spread out in the sun, the conspiracy or something becomes a floating cloud.
Xuan Huai was actually a chess piece used by Prince Lao Zhuang to save himself at that time.
And the old princess really raised Xuanhuai as her own child because of this, after all, he is also a great contributor to Prince Zhuang's mansion getting out of danger.
But these are things that the old princess will not say to Xuan Huai. She said it today because she hated it psychologically. She couldn't bear the letter of others slandering her, and she hated Xuanhuai even more for eating inside and out, even letting go of a dead person.
And King Zhuang Jun's face was already pale at this time.
He finally understood why the Emperor was always cold to him. He didn't understand why the emperor demoted his title when he said that he was also the son of Prince Zhuang, and he didn't use him much on weekdays, but he trusted his nephew very much.
It turned out that it was because he was after the traitorous king.
The old princess said: "The words have been said here. Our Prince Zhuang's Mansion has never treated you badly, if you still can't think about it, then I have no choice. Let's get out. I won't keep you to eat. ”
Although the old princess also regretted that she couldn't help but say this for a while, she was still in a better mood.
King Zhuang glanced at the old princess in a daze, turned around and went out.
At the door, a woman wearing an autumn-scented gown quickly withdrew from the tea tray in her hand, and left from the corner gate behind the old princess's courtyard before Xuan Huai came out.
She frowned and walked forward, and when she looked up, she saw a group of people coming this way.
When I looked closely, I saw the two people walking in front. A woman dressed in a smoky outfit and a man in a blue suit.
The woman was looking up slightly to say something to the man, with a smile on her little face, and the man looked down at her slightly, his face soft. The wide sleeves of the two of them were connected together, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that the man was holding the woman's hand.
A special atmosphere surrounds the young couple. It seems to exclude all the people around them, and it makes people feel that these two people are so compatible and complement each other.
She couldn't help but smile as she looked at it.
The two of them also saw her at this time, and the woman smiled and shouted at her, "Aunt Fan, why are you here?" ”
Aunt Fan bent her knees slightly: "Young Master, Young Madame." ”
Sanniang glanced at the tray in her hand, and saw that it was a bowl of medicine, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious: "Aunt Fan? Who is sick? ”
Xuan Shao glanced at the medicine. But he frowned slightly: "This is grandmother's medicine?" ”
Aunt Fan sighed lightly and looked at Xuan Shao with a smile: "It's a pity that the young master doesn't go to be a doctor, so you can know what kind of medicine it is." ”
She said this with some joking, but it also seemed a little intimate.
Xuan Shao didn't think it was a pestle, but smiled slightly: "I prescribed the medicine, you can know it when you smell it." ”
Aunt Fan glanced back at where she came. Only then did he say: "Just now, the prince of the county came, and the princess was talking to him, so I brought out the medicine." Wait for it to warm up before sending it in. ”
Xuan Shao nodded and didn't say anything.
Aunt Fan hesitated for a while and said, "Young Master, I have something to tell you." ”
Xuan Shao didn't say anything, only nodded, and looked down at Sanniang again.
Sanniang smiled: "Then I'll wait for you here, can you go?" ”
Aunt Fan smiled and said, "Young lady, come over too." ”
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