Chapter 113: The Beginning of the Edge
Sweating.,The second chapter was cut off when the name of the chapter was revised.,It's only now that someone left a message to tell me ~~~~ crying.,How did many later readers read it?
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Before Xiao Jingyan was crowned the title of prince, whether it was the harem, the imperial court, or even Emperor Liang himself, they were all doing a narrow multiple-choice question. It seems that if you don't choose the crown prince, you should choose the honor king, and if you don't choose the honor king, you should choose the crown prince, even if you don't make it clear who you support at this stage, sooner or later you will let one of those two people ascend to the throne.
Under this mindset, when everyone saw King Jing, who was originally ranked in the second rank of the clan, wearing a five-regiment dragon costume and a five-bead crown, heroic, and standing beside King Yu with Gu Panshen, the visual impact of the whole picture was even stronger than when they first heard the news of his promotion. Even the most politically dull people realized at that moment that a new political pattern had begun.
In fact, King Jing at this time is not completely comparable to King Yu, his crown is still two less than King Yu, but in any case, they are now the same prince of Yipin, and the gap between the two beads seems to be easy to cross compared to the gap between the princes and princes in the past.
People are always prone to fall into blind spots, and things that have not been paid attention to for a long time are often not seen even if they are placed in front of them, but once the thin layer of window paper is pierced, it seems that everyone suddenly discovers that in fact, King Jing is really no worse than King Yu. The reason why he was unknown before was only because of his lack of grace. But it is precisely because of his lack of grace that he is often kicked out of Beijing to run errands and go on expeditions, but because of a blessing in disguise, the political achievements and military exploits he established have all crushed his brothers.
As for the origin, thanks to the court debate before the Yu Wang, everyone has said it thoroughly and clearly, no one is a concubine, no one is more noble than the other, not to mention that Concubine Jing is now more and more favored, and although King Yu is the adopted son of the queen, his own mother is just a "concubine" before he died.
When it comes to prologue, Xiao Jingyan does have to be a little behind, but this is not an important factor after all, if everyone only relies on age to divide the fruit, then the prince Yuwang has been in vain for more than ten years.
If two or three months ago someone said that there would be another prince who would suddenly rise to the occasion and be comparable to the rival of King Yu, most of this person would be regarded as a fool's dream, but only after this short period of time, everyone can already clearly see that King Yu not only has another opponent other than the crown prince, but also he does not have a big advantage in front of this opponent.
Of course, for the change of the whole situation, the person who feels the most obvious is King Jing himself. When he first decided to participate in the succession under extremely small circumstances, his confidence was actually very weak. He also asked Mei Changsu for advice on how to tactfully reveal his willingness to compete for the position to his confidants, generals and subordinates in the military, so as not to scare these people. At that time, Mei Changsu's answer was: "There is no need to reveal, when you slowly have the qualifications to win the heir, the people around you will feel it earlier than you." ”
After being crowned the crown prince, King Jing slowly understood the true meaning of Mei Changsu's words. In the past, he discussed with his subordinates, and when everyone complained, they complained at most about the lack of military salaries, the cotton clothes were too thin, and whether the court could pay more attention to things like that, but now, the discussion in the Tiger Shadow Hall of Jingwangfu is how to establish a more effective system of gathering soldiers and horses, how to promote the implementation of the new horse policy at the local level, and other major court affairs. A few well-informed friends and henchmen have even begun to encourage him to show more ability in the court and recruit more talents for great use, if King Jing slightly expresses a little emotion for the country or the throne, this group of henchmen will immediately have bright eyes, full of excitement, and the excitement is overflowing, but it has to make King Jing hint that it is better for them to be a little restrained.
The water has risen to this point, so there is really no need to say anything anymore, everyone knows it.
Although King Jing believes that even if he will never lose power, these old subordinates who fight with him will never abandon him, but from the perspective of a man's achievements, it is much more comfortable to follow a prince who is expected to start a new dynasty than to follow a prince who is always suppressed.
The person who was most annoyed by King Jing's ascension to the throne was, of course, Xiao Jinghuan, the honorary king. Looking back now, he thinks that he almost watched King Jing gain a firm foothold in the court step by step, without revealing anything, and in the process, there were obviously so many opportunities to suppress him to the point that he could no longer come out, and he actually let him go out of thin air, and even worse, sometimes helped him.
King Yu felt like the farmer who had warmed the frozen snake, and he was so remorseful that he wanted to curse. Since the main focus has only been on the crown prince for many years, the Yuwang Mansion does not know enough about this new opponent, and only has some superficial impressions, and even the queen in the palace can't tell what kind of character Concubine Jing is.
After Xiao Jingyan was crowned the prince, King Yu convened his henchmen in his palace several times within a month to discuss countermeasures, but he did not get any beneficial results. went to discuss with Mei Changsu, but the man was not in a hurry, but smiled and said "congratulations".
King Yu couldn't help but lose his temper and slapped the table and said, "Jing Yan has made the prince, you still congratulate me?" ”
"King Jing has made the prince, which means that the crown prince will be deposed soon, Your Highness, you have achieved your long-cherished wish for many years, shouldn't you congratulate?"
King Yu twisted his eyebrows and did not speak for the time being. Mei Changsu understood what he meant, Emperor Liang was affected by the dominance of King Qi and was unable to control this incident, and he was keen on balancing the art, so there was a situation where the crown prince and himself were opposed to each other over the years. Now that King Jing has ascended the throne, it does mean that the crown prince has been abandoned, and Emperor Liang intends to create a new balance situation. But having said that, when I think of my hard work for so many years, it seems that I didn't get anything in the end, and I can't help but feel angry.
"It took me ten years to fight the crown prince, do I have to spend another ten years to fight the king of Jing?"
Mei Changsu sneered: "How can King Jing and the crown prince be the same? The crown prince is famous, Your Royal Highness, you are congenitally weaker than him, but King Jing is just a prince of Wuzhu, and it is only because of his new favorite that he seems to be hot. Let's not talk about the future for the time being, letting the prince vacate his position first is already a big victory for His Highness. If you don't take this step first, if your majesty has something unspeakable later, you will suppress the crown prince no matter how deep, then he should sit on the throne. If you want to rob it again at that time, it will be a rebellion. ”
After his persuasion, King Yu's heart was slightly settled, but when he returned to the mansion and thought about it, he was still restless. If it was this time last year, when the strength in his hands was flourishing, Mei Changsu's statement would immediately make him feel happy, but today, after carefully calculating the real chips in his hand, he suddenly found that he had nothing to hold in his palm, and he couldn't help but panic for a while.
King Yu was puzzled in his heart, and Mei Changsu also understood that it would be difficult to coax him into obedience this time, so after King Jing was crowned, the defense of Su's house was also strengthened, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and was rectified by Li Gang and Zhen Ping like an iron bucket.
Tong Lu still comes every other day, and even every day when there is urgent information. However, his stay in Su's house will not be too long, at most it will be half an hour, if Mei Changsu has any instructions to Mr. Thirteen, he will go to Miaoyinfang again in the name of delivering food, if not, he will go directly to his residence.
Because of the need to hide his identity, Tong Lu lives in a neighborhood inhabited by poor people, except for the people next door to his own league, the other neighbors are all ordinary low-class people, there are tofu sellers, groceries sellers, bag runners, sewing clothes for others, etc., life is extremely hard and hardworking, and rarely has the spirit to pay attention to others.
Generally speaking, it was almost dusk when Tong Lu returned to his dilapidated yard, and sometimes as soon as he drove the little donkey cart carrying vegetables into the courtyard, he would hear a heavy sound of climbing and panting behind him, and when he heard it, he knew that Qiu's mother, who lived in the west and separated two families, had returned.
Qiu's mother has lived here for most of her life since she was young, her husband and son have died early, and there is only a seven or eight-year-old granddaughter by her side.
So as long as she touches her, Tong Lu always has to go out to help her.
This habit has been cultivated since Tong Lu lived here a few years ago, but in the past month or so, it has changed slightly.
The change is that in the past, he only helped when he ran into it, but now, he will consciously or unconsciously try to get home at that time, just to help Qiu's mother push her wheelbarrow.
And after helping, he can also get a bowl of unsold sugar water, which is hand-scooped and handed to him by Qiu's mother's niece who came from afar.
Qiu's mother's niece's name is Jun Niang, and she came from her hometown of Wuzhou more than a month ago. When she first found this neighborhood, it was obvious that she had suffered a lot of hardships along the way, not only with yellow face and thin muscles, but also in a trance, and she couldn't even speak clearly when she asked people, and finally fainted on the street, or Tong Lu rescued her, and asked for a long time before she found out that she was looking for Qiu's mother. However, Qiu's mother has been married away from her hometown for too long, although she still remembers that there is such a nephew, but it is difficult to meet each other, and finally she recognized her after seeing the two red moles on Jun Niang's left shoulder. After that, Jun Niang stayed at Qiu's mother's house.
Since she has lived, there have been contacts in the neighborhood, and occasionally Jun Niang will confide in some of her own situation, it seems that her husband is dead and childless, and the local bully intends to bully, so she escaped overnight. Everyone saw that although she was thin and haggard, she was really a beautiful embryo, no wonder she was coveted, so they were very sympathetic. Especially Tong Lu remembered the humiliation suffered by his sister before, and he felt the same way, and he would go to help when he was free, and Jun Niang also wanted to repay because he was rescued by him, and often did some miscellaneous things for him. The two inevitably had some contact.
Since there are newcomers moving in, Mr. Thirteen also investigated as usual, and found out that the new widow who Jun Niang said, the clan did not tolerate it, bullies bullied each other, and escaped overnight. And after Jun Niang came, she got up early and went to bed late every day, helped Qiu's mother make sugar water and sold it, she could endure hardships, she could do a lot of things, and her daily life was also very simple.
After a month of recuperation, although the days are hard, but the aunt is loving, the neighborhood is harmonious, the days are peaceful and peaceful, Jun Niang's mood is getting better and better, the yellow and thin face is gradually receding, the whole person is more and more graceful, and the ordinary Jingchai cloth skirt can also set off her elegant and delicate. Even Tong Lu, who often goes to Miaoyinfang and has seen many beautiful women, will be in a daze in front of her shy and timid eyes from time to time, if there is something to delay and not see her one day, his heart will be lost, bitter and empty. And Jun Niang doesn't seem to have no feelings for him, sometimes with affection, sometimes if he leaves, that kind of beautiful mood, thousands of soft intestines, unconsciously has caused Tong Lu to worry about her, and she is fascinated......