Chapter 470: King Liang's counterattack
In the evening of this day, there was a lot of discussion on Song Lu's actions in the streets and alleys, and a bigger thing was suddenly exposed - the Liang Wangfu was surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army!
King Liang, as the half-brother of Emperor Duanhua, had the most nourishing life among the princes of this dynasty. Now that something happened, something happened, and people up and down basically didn't know the inside story, and they were surprised and panicked for a while. If it weren't for the fact that it was already dusk at this time, and it might not be too late to enter the palace to ask for a meeting, many people who thought they had this dignity would have to go into the palace to inquire about the news.
Although they didn't get into the palace, they also heard that Gu Shao was summoned to Xuanming Palace early this morning, and he didn't come out until now!
The rumors, which were already raging, are getting louder and louder!
However, the people in the palace didn't bother to pay attention to these for the time being.
Emperor Duanhua, who was high on the throne, played with the white jade lion paperweight in his hand, and looked down on his brother below with complicated eyes.
King Liang had already taken off the golden crown and jade belt before he came, and although he was still wearing an apricot yellow python robe, his hair was scattered and his clothes were untidy, revealing his embarrassment in the end.
After he was pushed under the Danqi, he didn't struggle, and knelt down very obediently.
The next thing the brothers didn't say.
After a long while, Emperor Duanhua put down the paperweight and waved his hand.
The waiter and the soldier who escorted King Liang to come, Yuguan retreated.
"Do you know why?" After Emperor Duanhua waited for the door of the palace to close, he looked at the palace lamp that was quietly lit on the desk, and asked a little hoarsely.
"The minister has nothing to say." When King Liang heard this, he seemed to tremble, but he quickly stopped, raised his head and looked at Danqi not far away, and said, "Your Majesty is guilty of it!" ”
He used to call Emperor Duanhua "imperial brother" and called himself "brother of the courtiers".
Now it has been changed to the same title as an ordinary courtier, although Emperor Duanhua had already changed his words in front of Gu Shao, and when he heard it at this moment, he also felt sad: "You and I have the same mother, we should be like brothers and sisters, but I don't want you to trust outsiders and don't want to trust me...... You're so much to count on!! ”
Speaking of which, Emperor Duanhua hated that iron could not be made of steel, and smashed the white jade lion to the bottom of the stairs!
He didn't mean to hurt King Liang, so the white jade lion just smashed on the brick of the palace next to King Liang - the two brothers followed the prestige at the same time, but seeing that the originally priceless paperweight was already torn apart by such a fall.
It's like a good brotherhood between them.
"The minister really wants to believe in His Majesty." King Liang looked at the pile of broken jade for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Kechen has waited day after day, year after year, but His Majesty has always been indifferent!" The minister understands Your Majesty, after all, Your Majesty was raised by the first emperor, and Your Majesty must keep his promise to the first emperor, and the minister has nothing to say! But Your Majesty should also know that since the minister landed on the ground, until he married the concubine and opened the mansion, he has not left the queen mother for a day - therefore, the magnanimity that His Majesty can have, the minister really can't do it! ”
He said coldly, "After all, it was Your Majesty, not the minister, who promised the first emperor to let go of the country and the queen mother to let the two kings of Suxiang go!" Isn't it?! ”
Emperor Duanhua said with some fatigue: "At this time, you still have to avoid the light?!" Do you want to lift out the mother and then speak? ”
"I heard that Gu Shao entered the palace this morning, and he was brought in with the minister." When King Liang heard this, he was not afraid, and only sneered, "Your Majesty trusts Gu Shao's side but does not trust the minister, and the minister has nothing to say!" ”
This is equivalent to returning the sentence that Emperor Duanhua just said, "You and I are the same mother, we should be like brothers and sisters, but I don't want you to trust outsiders".
Emperor Duanhua laughed angrily: "Do you want me to believe you? All right! Now tell me, what have you done, what grievances do you have, and I want me to believe you?! ”
"What the minister wants to say, Song Lu has actually said it that day, but His Majesty refuses to believe it, what can the minister do?!" King Liang said coldly, "To this day, the queen still lives in Weiyang Palace - Your Majesty has ever thought about the mood of you and my biological mother under the Nine Springs?!" ”
"You mean, you are trying to usurp the throne, all to avenge the queen mother?!" Emperor Duanhua also sneered, "Those evidences and statements of the Song Lu clan are all from you?!" Bastard - if that's the case, why don't you just tell me?! went around such a big circle, and made things all over the city, and even the Cui family, a foreigner, was also involved! Your name is Gu Nian's mother?! The queen mother will be happy to see you drag the Cui family into the water?! ”
King Liang said hesitantly: "Who doesn't know that Your Majesty favors the Empress?!" What's more, Your Majesty now has only one male heir under his knees, and that is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! If the minister directly exposes the queen to His Majesty, even if His Majesty believes it, for the sake of the prince, will you take the queen?! And you won't take the queen, so what will happen to the minister, do you need to say?! ”
He raised his head suddenly, and looked directly at Emperor Duanhua on the Danqi, "Ministers are not afraid of death!" If the minister was afraid of death, he would not have known that the queen was from a family, and he had a deep relationship with His Majesty, and he was planning to avenge his mother! ”
"The minister is only afraid, before the minister dies, he can't avenge his mother, and after going to the Yellow Spring, he will be tired of the queen mother and sad for the minister!!"
Emperor Duanhua was so angry that he trembled, and said angrily: "You have said one set after another-then I ask you: When you killed the Shao family, the queen mother was still alive, are you also to avenge the queen mother?!" ”
"The Shuren Shao Clan instigated the ministers to plot against her, and it is natural for the ministers to kill her!" King Liang was not panicked when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "The reason why this matter was not made public is because the two kings of Suxiang were plotting to save the throne at that time, and the ministers were afraid of causing trouble to Your Majesty, so they disguised it as drowning!" ”
Emperor Duanhua sneered and said, "You can quibble!" Then I ask you, if you don't make this matter public, why didn't you even say it?! Who doesn't know what the situation is in Yiwangfu? Then the Shao Brothers have the audacity to instigate you to betray me, how can there be no mastermind behind the scenes?! You know that the two kings of Suxiang were plotting for the position of prince at that time, such an important news, but you secretly concealed me, so you are not afraid that I will be ruined because of this calculation?! ”
The emperor's eyes were grim, "Or did you want to be ruined?!" ”
"Your Majesty complained that the minister hid it from you in this matter, do you know what the Shuren Shao Shi said to the minister?" King Liang didn't think about it and asked, "Didn't Your Majesty think about how the minister knew that Cousin Cui's death had an inside story?!" This matter was thoroughly investigated by the queen mother herself at that time! Even the queen mother told you that Cousin Cui died unjustly, so how did the minister know that Cousin Cui died with grievances?! ”
Seeing that Emperor Duanhua frowned, King Liang smiled coldly, "Shuren Shao Shi, when persuading the minister, in order to show sincerity and the ability of the people behind the scenes, I specially told the minister about this - after the minister heard the news, the six gods had no owner, and after killing the Shuren Shao Shi, he followed to find the queen mother, and told the matter in 1510!" ”
"The decision not to tell His Majesty was made by the Queen Mother, and she repeatedly told the ministers not to show flaws, so that Your Majesty would notice!"
"As for why the Queen Mother did this, Your Majesty should know in your heart what the reason is!"
King Liang turned his head and looked in the direction of Weiyang Palace, and a clear resentment flashed between his eyebrows, "The queen is the daughter of Fengzhou Wei, and the ancestor of the Fengzhou Wei family did not let Qingzhou Su, the reason why she has been lonely all these years is because she is afraid of being tabooed by the first emperor and His Majesty - there is a way that is not to fight is to fight, and the Wei family can be said to have used this hand perfectly over the years!" Thinking about the time when the two kings of Suxiang seized the crown prince, how much effort did the Wei family make? How can it not be shaken in the middle? But relying on the queen, isn't it still enjoying the glory and wealth as a dragon hero?! And even now, even if Your Majesty has ever been suspicious of the Wei family?! ”
"The minister said far away, in short, the queen mother meant at that time that the Fengzhou Wei family should not be underestimated. At that time, the two kings of Suxiang were plotting against each other, and the situation facing His Majesty was already very serious. If there is a rift with the queen because of Cousin Cui's matter, it is a small matter to lose the support of the Wei family, after all, they planned to sit back and enjoy it early on, and they have not made great efforts for His Majesty; The two kings of Suxiang seized the opportunity to instigate discord, spread rumors and slander, and shake the hearts of other people's military affairs-Cousin Cui is dead, it is better to pretend that nothing happened for the time being, and after the dust settles, I will seek justice for Cousin Cui! ”
"The queen mother knows that the queen's city mansion is deep, and Your Majesty has always been unguarded against the people around her, so she told the ministers to hide it from you!"
"As for the minister, I rarely met you during that time, and I was afraid that the minister was young and shallow, and you would see the flaws!"
Hearing this with a gloomy face, Emperor Duanhua sneered: "It's hard for you to come up with such a statement to deal with, seeing that the queen mother is no longer there, no matter how you make it up, it is impossible for me to ask the queen mother for verification, yes or no?" It's just that I still say the same thing: Since you know that there is someone behind the Shuren Shao family, aren't you worried about angering the people behind her by killing her?! ”
"Or, you already know the people behind the Shaw Clan, and you have already made an alliance with him?!"
King Liang didn't immediately refute this time, pursed his thin lips, and seemed to be running out of words.
The emperor waited for a while, waited for a while, and saw that he had never spoken out to defend himself, let alone bow his head and admit his guilt, so he couldn't bear to take the case - he quickly stood up, bypassed the imperial case, took a few steps down the Danqi, walked to King Liang, paused, and then raised his leg and kicked him to the side, "Something that is not angry!" I originally thought that although your rebellion was conclusive, I was my only brother! ”
"What's more, you are young, and there are mistakes in your actions!"
"As long as you are willing to change - I can't forgive you!"
"But you're good!"
"I refuse to confess even if I am poor!"
"Looking at the fact that I have been spoiling you in the past, do you have no fear?!"
Emperor Duanhua is sad and angry, Darui Dingding has only been for decades, and Emperor Xianjia is a very capable British lord, so now their status as a Lu royal family is still very stable.
But after Emperor Xianjia ascended the throne that year, he killed all his half-brothers other than King Yijing - even King Yijing did not survive the Xianjia Dynasty.
And Emperor Xianjia counted the posthumous sons under his knees, and there were only six sons in total.
Emperor Duanhua has already decided that he will kill the second king of Suxiang no matter what!
In this way, the only brothers he may come in handy for are King Liang, King Shu and King Qing.
He himself has a son now, and his two brothers are not yet adults, and they don't know how to be virtuous or foolish when they become young...... The hope for King Liang can be imagined!
As a result, King Liang not only betrayed him, but looked at the younger brother who still confessed his guilt but said, "I am a good son of my biological mother, you are not", obviously the degree of separation from himself is no longer something that can be redeemed by the two brothers hugging their heads and crying behind closed doors!
Emperor Duanhua was angry and hateful, and he also felt deep sadness: Could it be that before eradicating the two kings of Suxiang, he actually had to send his only half-brother down?!
Not to mention that after doing this, he went underground later, how to explain to his biological mother, Empress Dowager Cui; After killing King Liang, what will the two kings of Suxiang think and do?!
A King of Liang is easy to deal with, and the reason why this younger brother can play the big throne is nothing more than that he has won the trust of Emperor Duanhua before, and he is lurking in the shadows.
Now that it has been exposed by Gu Shao - Emperor Duanhua wants to kill him, it is just a matter of eyes.
However, the two kings of Suxiang were not, especially King Su, who was the nephew of the Su family in Qingzhou.
Since the founding of the Su family, the power in the army can be said to be deep-rooted.
It's only been a few days since Ji Guogong died?
Based on the experience of so many dynasties of the Su family, it would be a joke to say that they have no influence on the army now!
The deterrent power of Emperor Duanhua is fundamentally incomparable with Emperor Xianjia.
When Emperor Xianjia was there, even if there was only one breath left, the Su family did not dare to rebel.
But in the face of Emperor Duanhua, the Su family, who was already doomed to a bleak future, didn't they dare to fight to the death?!
Suddenly feeling completely depressed, Emperor Duanhua stopped beating King Liang, sighed, and turned to return to his seat.
He had just ascended to the last level of Danqi, and suddenly heard the low voice of King Liang behind him: "The minister was very young and ignorant in the past, and many things were not thought through, and he only reacted when he was old. Of course, Your Majesty must now think that the minister is reluctantly quibbling, and he can't say that he wants to come down and beat the minister again? ”
He smiled self-deprecatingly when he said this, but the corners of his mouth continued to hook, revealing a smile full of malice, "It's just that the minister only says one thing now: Your Majesty really thinks that Jian Pingyu and his son are the real culprits of smallpox?!" ”
Emperor Duanhua was stunned.