Chapter 30: Suspicion is deep
The wind and rain were still there, Murong Chong stood in the rain, he didn't leave for a long time, he looked at the trembling figure of the girl leaving, and suddenly there was a trace of sadness in his heart.
It should be sad that the world is long, but there is nowhere to cast grievances.
"Your Highness, you obviously feel sorry for that girl, why do you want to drive her away?" Yuan Xiang asked puzzled. He has followed Murong Chong since he was a child, and with His Royal Highness's eyes, he can see likes and dislikes. His Royal Highness was young and in a high position, but he was not an unkind person, and for some reason, he was so cruel to that girl.
Murong Chong came to his senses slightly, looked at the clouds, his eyes were gloomy, and he sighed lightly, "If I don't drive her away, with such a heavy rain, her injuries will inevitably worsen again, I'm afraid I haven't seen the imperial brother yet, and she has already been crippled first." ”
Yuan Xiang suddenly realized that His Royal Highness felt sorry for that girl.
"Your Highness is kind, I'm afraid that girl won't know, and she will definitely hate you after leaving."
"Let her go. Song Xu's matter is the will of the queen mother, and she wants to use bitter tricks to move the emperor's brother, which is really whimsical. ”
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Yecheng, Imperial Palace, Wenchang Palace
Bucket for the emperor's car, transported in the center, temporary system in four directions, dwelling in its place, and the stars arch it.
"Brother Huang." Murong rushed into the hall and saluted with his robe.
"The Phoenix Emperor is here." Murong Wei closed the music and showed an amiable face, but there was a trace of resistance in his bottomless eyes. I'm afraid this Wenchang Hall is not a place to talk about family affairs.
"Brother ...... Emperor" Murong Chong wanted to speak and stopped, although he was an official in the position of the Great Sima, he had no real power in his hands, and the queen mother rarely let him participate in major affairs in the court. He didn't know if his imperial brother, the emperor of Dayan, would be able to listen to his advice as a courtier.
Seeing that Murong Chong's face was difficult, Murong Wei immediately opened his mouth and said, "Emperor Feng, between you and my brother, if you have anything to say, you might as well speak out." ”
Hearing Murong Wei say this, Murong Chong's hanging heart relaxed slightly, as if he had returned to the days when he and Murong Wei fought with each other when they were children.
It's just that time flies so fast, the prince's eldest brother Murong Ye died of illness, and his third brother Murong Wei succeeded to the throne, and he also grew up.
They can no longer frolic around the trees unscrupulously, let alone talk at night on the summer evening...... In the past, he used to be affectionately titled "Third Brother", but now he must add "Imperial Brother" as an honorific title. In addition to being a brother, he has to abide by the distinction between monarchs and ministers, the third brother is the Son of Heaven, he is a courtier, and his advice is not much more special than other ministers.
Most of the ordinary people envy the royal family and always feel that they are superior, but Murong Chong envies the ordinary brotherhood in his heart.
"Brother Huang remembers that at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Taishi Muyugen falsely accused Dazai Murong Ke and Taifu Murong Ping of rebellion, and asked them to be killed. At that time, the queen mother was shocked, and immediately prepared to order the forbidden army to kill the king of Taiyuan and the king of Shangyong. ”
Although it was a few years ago, Murong Chong was still young at that time, and he heard General Huangfu Zhen talk about it later, he could probably imagine the scene at that time, at that time, his third brother, although he was the emperor at the beginning, had the wisdom to understand people and the decisiveness of his decision, which he deeply admired.
"I still remember for my brother. When I was still young and had just ascended to the throne, I encountered such a big mess. Murong Chong was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Murong Chong suddenly mentioned the rebellion of the Taishi back then.
"At that time, although the imperial brother was young, he had the legacy of his father, distinguished right from wrong, and had lofty political views, and stopped the impulsive queen mother, so he left a talent like Murong Ke, the king of Taiyuan, who had passed through the heavens and latitudes, and only then did Yan become strong and strong. When Dazai Ke was alive, the Yan people were rich and rich, the territory was vast, and they deterred the Quartet, and none of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the former Qin dared to attack. ”
"The imperial brother of the year was discerning, and learned that the truth was that Mu Yugen was proud of his high merits, and because his brother was young, he wanted to persuade Dazai Murong Ke to rebel and replace you, but Dazai Ke was loyal to the monarch and patriotic, upright, and refused, and took the stability of the country as the overall situation, knowing that the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the former Qin were waiting for the gap, and could not bear to see the auxiliary ministers kill each other, so they did not kill Mu Yugen. Who knew that instead of being grateful to Dade, the Taishi was afraid that his thief heart would be exposed, so he first falsely accused Dazai Ke of being anti-minded in front of his mother. ”
"The emperor's brother persuaded the queen mother's clear words at that time, and praised the Yan Kingdom, 'The relatives of the two principalities, Mu and the first emperor, should not have this in the end, and it may not be that the Taishi will be chaotic.' The emperor's brother was determined and resolute at a young age, and immediately sent General Huangfu to kill Mu Yugen, and soon pacified the civil strife in the Yan Kingdom. ”
Murong Chong's words were impassioned, bringing Murong Wei back to that time when he was young and decisive and worked hard.
"If it weren't for the emperor's brother Mingjian back then, Dayan would have lost such a talent as Dazai Ke, wouldn't Yan Guo regret it."
Murong Wei is not a stupid person, although he listened to his younger brother tell about his past achievements and compliments, he still heard Murong Chong's voice.
Today, Taifu Murong Ping and King Wu Murong Chui competed in the court, once the momentum became fire and water, and the sword was tense, Murong Ping even participated in Murong Chui had the heart of Lian Qin and rebelled against Yan, and Murong Chong should have come to intercede for King Wu. In fact, even if he didn't come, he didn't suspect King Wu's treason, although he didn't want to cut the land west of the Tiger Prison to Qin, but he wouldn't easily doubt Murong Chui, who had just made military exploits.
"Emperor Feng wanted to tell Brother Wei, and now it is the same as back then, but the Taishi has been replaced by Taifu Murong Ping."
Murong Chong immediately knelt down again and said excitedly, "I hope that the emperor's brother can use the sage of the emperor back then, and now he can distinguish loyalty." ”
"As Uncle Murong Ke said, King Wu is both civil and military, and Xiao Zhiya is in charge, hoping that His Majesty will let him govern, and the country will be safe. If you lose the king of Wu, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the former Qin Erkou, there will be a plan to peep, and I hope Your Majesty will think carefully. ”
Murong Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. What an example of persuading the present from the past, his good brother actually beat around the bush with him. He got the news that before Murong Chui entered the palace to invite the head of the battle fang, Murong Chongte went to King Wu's mansion to visit Murong Chui, and now he has persuaded Gu to reuse King Wu several times, isn't there any agreement reached between the two?
Thinking of this, Murong Wei couldn't help but tighten his left hand holding the dragon chair, as if he had to grasp the cold golden texture fiercely in order to feel a little reassured.
Over the years, the queen mother's power in the court has continued to grow, and she has already hollowed him out as a puppet emperor, and the queen mother has always preferred her younger brother, and even entrusted the position of the great Sima to the younger brother, which was the position of her uncle Murong Ke back then. Back then, he entrusted the affairs of all opportunities to Murong Ke alone, and it was impossible for the queen mother not to know the importance of this position. He has no children under his knees, his brother is his brother, and the system of the first king, if he has a prestigious Murong Chui as Murong Chong's backing, then his threat is ten times more than that of King Wu.
This is also the reason why he knew that Taifu Murong Ping and King Murong Zang of Le'an were far inferior to King Wu, but he wanted to entrust them with important tasks, at least, they were still on his side.
Wu Wangken took the initiative to hand over the military power and return to his hometown, he liked to see it, at least his hanging heart was half of it. As for the two requests he made, he probably wouldn't approve them! King Wu has high merit and prestige, and he is the first person in Dayan, and there are not a few followers in the court, and he is a private party that can never be crowned by him to expand the power of King Wu. Speaking of the covenant with Qin, there are only eternal interests between the two countries in ancient times, and there are no eternal friends. I think that when Shu and Eastern Wu fought against Cao Cao's army, if the virtuous lord Liu Xuande also occupied Jingzhou in Eastern Wu for many years, what would it matter if he stuck to the land of his homeland. If the Qin envoy arrived, he could have gold, silver, money, and horses as a reward, and then promised that if Qin was in danger, Yan would help each other, and he would not treat Qin lightly.
"Emperor Feng, what you mean is that my brother understands, and Lone will treat this matter carefully." He said it solemnly, but the perfunctory meaning was as vague as a mystery.
Although he was worried about this, he looked at this younger brother who had been close to him since childhood, and his heart struggled in every way, thinking about it, Fenghuang was young, and he had always respected and loved his brother, and he might not have the heart to fight for the emperor. Besides, King Wu, as long as their father and son are willing to relinquish their military power and no longer care about the affairs of the court, he will also give them a mansion of glory and health.
"Your Majesty is wise." Murong Chong kowtowed again, but there was still a faint worry in his heart.
Although the imperial brother opened Chrysostom and said that he would consider it carefully, he did not explicitly state his decision for his younger brother, which was also what he was worried about.
Seeing that Murong Chong hadn't left yet, Murong Wei's heart tightened slightly, could it be that he saw my perfunctory meaning? He couldn't help but ask, "How?" Anything else? ”
"Brother Huang, I heard that the lieutenant was imprisoned from Shu Song Xu, can Brother Huang know the details?"
As soon as he heard Murong Ran say this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, a lieutenant is not a very important thing.
"Brother Wei didn't receive Song Xu's recital, so he was the queen mother."
These are not important courtiers, and the decision to kill has been directly ordered by the Queen Mother.
Thinking about his mother, he couldn't help but love and respect, hate and fear in his heart, he didn't know why his mother had such a big obsession with power, so big that it even exceeded the relationship between mother and son, the difference between monarch and minister.
Murong Chong sighed, sure enough, it was the queen mother, and even the imperial brother didn't know what was going on, so things were much more difficult to handle now.
"Does Fenghuang have a relationship with that Song Xu?" Murong Wei couldn't help but ask suspiciously, could it be that Emperor Feng is now wooing low-level soldiers?
"There's no friendship. The younger brother just heard that Song Xu was imprisoned for secretly colluding with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he felt puzzled and worried about any grievances. The Song Mansion has been keeping to itself for many years, and there should be no treason, so I hope the emperor's brother will be aware of it. ”
"You, you are too worried at a young age, be careful of Huafa early birth. What you said about Song Xu was taken to heart for my brother. Murong Wei joked with a smile.
He should also investigate whether Murong Chong and the ministers of the DPRK and China are secretly colluding.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, as if they were young, but their thoughts were different, and they were not as good as they were back then.