At present, Huang Tao, who is deeply trusted by the new emperor of Dalong, and is busy in the Jingwei Command Division to eliminate dissidents and form a gang in an attempt to overthrow the Duke of Weiguo, never dreamed that his eldest son Huang Ke, who was "sacrificed" in desperation, has not been vented by the Maharaja, but is raised in the Maharaja's Mansion with iron locks but delicious food and drink.

If the Monarch wants to kill Huang Ke, it is a matter of no waste, and after Huang Tao betrayed, he had no reason to keep this hostage, and the reason why Huang Ke was still unscathed but did not see the light of day was because the Maharaja had great curiosity about this person's character.

At the beginning in Xuzhou, Huang Ke planned to sneak away under the pretext of "visiting friends", this is really a stupid method, the reason why the prince took him hostage was to "worry" about Huang Tao's betrayal, how could he be defenseless? However, Huang Ke obviously got Huang Tao's advice, although he had the heart of death, he also had to fight, but he couldn't think of any tricks after racking his brains, so he made a desperate bet.

I didn't expect that the Maharaja detained him not to coerce Huang Tao, but just to convince Huang Tao of the plot to assassinate the prince, and continue to sing hard according to the script arranged by the Maharaja.

But a rare thing happened, Huang Ke got out in the name of "visiting friends", but on the way met a pair of beggar sisters and brothers, the sister was about thirteen or four years old, and her face was full of mud, of course, it was impossible to see pity for the moon, and the younger brother didn't know whether he was sick or hungry, in short, he was about to die, and his sister knelt down and begged passers-by to be kind to help, and gave him some money and silver, so that he could ask the doctor to see a doctor and save his brother's life.

Passers-by ignored it, but Huang Ke, who knew that he was difficult to protect, was moved by hidden compassion, and even helped his sister to send his younger brother to the pharmacy, and also took out the money he prepared to get out and return to Beijing, and gave most of it to the sister and brother.

This also led to Xue Dongchang, who had been following Huang Ke, believing Huang Ke's "lost" theory when he "invited" him to go back, thinking that if Huang Ke really planned to run away, how could he give the entanglement to the beggar? Is he going to beg along the way?

Of course, Dajun would not believe Huang Ke's nonsense, but he was also very surprised that Huang Tao, such a sinister and cunning person, could give birth to such a son? It's so unscientific.

Therefore, before revealing the truth, the monarch took advantage of the boredom of the itinerary and arranged several times of temptation, and found that Huang Ke was really a humble gentleman, and the monarch suddenly felt that he had encountered a rare thing that was rare and difficult to explain.

Later, the Maharaja sneaked back to Xiliang, and there was no need to be hypocritical and polite with Huang Ke, so he polished the cold sword on people's necks, but he leaned at the corners of his lips and said softly: "Do you know why I want to kill you?" ”

Huang Ke was probably "invited back" in Xuzhou, and he completely died of the idea of escaping, and did not try again, at that time he said righteously: "His Royal Highness wants to harm the prince, and it is unwise to use me as a coercion to persecute his father, my father is deeply trusted by the prince, loyal to the monarchy, and will never refuse to do such a rebellious thing, His Royal Highness will kill if he wants to, why do you need to say more." ”

Feelings: Does this really think that Huang Tao is a righteous gentleman? The Maharaja was "shocked", and his hand trembled accidentally, and he really drew a bloody wound on the person's neck, but Huang Ke's expression did not change in the slightest, he still regarded death as home, and looked directly at the Maharaja as if he were staring at a rebellious minister and thief.

The Maharaja felt that it was a pity to kill such a person with a sword.

So he put away the sword and asked him bitterly: "If Huang Tao has no malice and bluntly refuses me, he can also report to the prince, why do you need to hand you and me as hostages, so that the parents and children will be in a dead end?" ”

"Without evidence, how dare my father tell the prince in vain, he must have a handle to convince the prince."

The Maharaja was completely speechless.

If he didn't let Huang Ke open his mind, realize Huang Tao's sinister face, and understand that he was used as a victim by his biological father to seize power, wouldn't it seem too unsuccessful?

"I'll spare you your life so that I can teach you the truth." The Maharaja waved his hand, so Huang Ke "settled" in the Maharaja's Mansion.

But it's just that the prince is very busy, and there are too many things to worry about, so he turned his head and forgot about Huang Ke completely.

If it weren't for Xue Dongchang's conscientious duty and keeping in mind the Maharaja's instructions to "lock him up, but don't starve to death", maybe Huang Kezhen would have been starved to death.

At this time, the monarch suddenly remembered such a person, but Xue Dongchang didn't know how to answer.

What else? With iron shackles and locked in the Forbidden Garden, what else can Huang Ke do?

So Commander Xue only said: "It's still alive." ”

"Is there any fuss?" The Maharaja was quite patient and guided.

"Your Highness only said don't starve people to death at that time, so your subordinates ...... I didn't listen to the servant's report, I think there shouldn't be any trouble......" Xue Dongchang was so depressed that he couldn't express it, his greatest wish in this life was to fight on the battlefield and make contributions, and it was easy to look forward to the opportunity, but he was left by the king in Jinyang to guard against a helpless woman, at this time, did he still care about Huang Ke's kid?

The Maharaja then went to "visit" in person, but found that although Huang Ke had been imprisoned for nearly two years, he had not seen the light of day for too long, and his complexion was a little abnormal, but he did not show embarrassment.

After asking, the monarch learned that Huang Ke asked for the servant who sent food: "I am tired of the little brother, three meals a day are not necessary, one meal is enough, can you send me water every day to scrub and change my clothes, if you can send a few books in, I am even more grateful." The servant reported the matter, and Xue Dongchang also felt that it was not good to lock people up and stink, so he didn't take it to heart, so he agreed casually.

Seeing Huang Ke's peaceful appearance through the fence, the monarch felt more and more that this person was really rare as Huang Tao's son, and waved his hand to let Xue Dongchang loosen his shackles and invite people into the tea room.

Huang Ke thought that he was dying, and he had returned to his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, which really made His Royal Highness the Great King cry and laugh, and organized a language for a long time before telling him what happened in Dalong.

"Huang Tao did not expose the assassination of the prince to my mastermind, but he saved the driver, and now he has won the trust of the new emperor, and has been known to Jingwei, as for you, the eldest son, it seems to say that the robbers on the way to business are missing, and they have been reported to have died in an accident...... Huang Ke, Huang Tao knew Gu's plan so that he could save the prince, but Kong Jun also died in that assassination, why do you say it? ”

Seeing that Huang Ke's expression finally turned into a shock, the prince was a little satisfied: "Your father has already surrendered to King Qing, in order to plan and help King Qing eradicate me, he is afraid of persuading Kong Jun to 'arrange' Beiyuan Tenant to enter the Yingyuan Garden The matter is exposed, so he kills people and kills people, and you ......" The prince shook his head: "Your son has long been regarded by him as a person who is bound to sacrifice, Huang Tao is loyal to the monarchy, and it is obvious that he is greedy for wealth and power." "Poor boy, you have been deceived by your father.

"It can't be." Huang Ke's demeanor couldn't be maintained, and he sat aside, but he still couldn't believe it: "My father taught my brothers to be honest and ......upheld loyalty."

"He was bought by Gu from the beginning, and he had a disobedience to the former prince, and later, because the Liao family was accepted by King Qing, he had two thoughts...... Huang Tao also had an early attempt to take the title of Duke of Weiguo, your aunt, I can't wait to let Su Xun die, so that she can teach her own son to attack the lord. The Maharaja spoke bitterly and was determined to make Huang Ke sober.

Unexpectedly, Huang Ke suddenly got up, Xue Dongchang only thought that he was annoyed and angry and wanted to harm the monarch, so he stepped forward with an arrow......

But he saw Huang Ke take a long look: "Your Highness, you have a request, if you can't find out that this matter is really unwilling, please let Your Highness return to Dalong." ”

Xue Dongchang is petrified, there are still such people in this world! Why do you want to let you go back, why do you have anything to do with us if you are willing to do it?!

How do you know that the monarch waved his hand: "Dongchang, send him to Tongling Pass, be careful not to fall into the hands of Yu Feng, and be sure to send him out of Chuzhou safely." ”

Afterwards, Xue Dongchang couldn't bear it, and chased after the prince and asked: "Why did His Highness let Huang Ke go like this?" ”

"I've lived for more than 20 years, and I haven't encountered this kind of rare thing, killing Huang Ke is too boring, the past has been decided, no one will mention it again, why not let him go back, and see how he wants to find out the true face of Huang Tao, and one day understand that his father is like that, what will happen?" The Dajun shook his head and sighed: "It seems that I don't know much about Huang Tao, you say, how did he teach such a son?" ”

But Kong Xilin, a conspiracy theorist, thought weirdly: "Maybe Huang Ke is just pretending, so as to coax His Highness to let the tiger return to the mountain." ”

"In this way?" The Maharaja laughed a few times: "Then I should be worth it." ”

Of course, Yi Jing didn't know anything about this episode, and even Xia Ke completely forgot about the "repeat offender" who had been confined in the same courtyard with her at this time, and of course she didn't remember the reason for her kindness from beginning to end.

Before Huang Tao was expelled from the clan, Huang Ke was also regarded as Yijing's cousin, and the nephews of Jianning Houfu came to visit the Weiguo Mansion during the New Year's holidays, and would also greet the eldest princess, and meet with the little ladies.

And the banquet of the Maharaja's Mansion was also organized in an orderly manner under the auspices of the chief historian, and of course Yijing did not worry about it at all.

She didn't even know that at this time, the Xiliang aristocratic group had already had a monstrous dispute, and the people with different intentions were especially looking forward to the next banquet in the Dajun Mansion.

The reason is that Yu Haoxi, a resolute guy, on the day of returning to Beijing, at the luncheon on the first day of the palace, he proposed in public to reward military merits, so that ordinary nobles have the qualification to be crowned by merit.

The king of Xiliang did not express his position at that time, but after the three-day feast, he will submit the proposal to the alliance for discussion at a later date.

For the major nobles, this is of course a great benefit, they belong to the old department of the three surnames, the wealth and honor are all dependent on the three surnames of the Yi Hou Gu, and they do not enjoy the right to collect the city, so the family wealth and family property all depend on the major Yi Hou to give, give them the corresponding authority, or bribe the rich businessmen, or rack their brains to exploit taxes, generally speaking, as long as the three surnames of the Yi Hou have a rich Yi income account, generally do not care about the small interception of the people below, but for the nobles, this is like stealing silver in someone else's treasury, there is always some sneaky, It's not so above board, and the profits are also small, and no one wants to acquiesce to you emptying your own treasury, right?

If they can also be feudal because of merit, then they will keep the treasury for themselves, and it will be inexhaustible from generation to generation, and the attraction can be seen.

The surname Wan is a clan, and he has won the will of the king of Xiliang, so he naturally agrees with this matter, but for the surnames Qing and Hu, it is bound to oppose it to the end.

They know very well that if the nobles behind them have the ability to "stand on their own", they no longer rely on them to support, but they can be ranked among the princes by the royal family, which is the king directly leading the nobles, and the power of the three surnames will be suppressed by the royal family.

In fact, even if you are awarded for merit, it will not be a large-scale reward for a while, and there will only be a few people who will benefit.

But this does not prevent most nobles from seeing the expectation of merit, no one wants to be suppressed all the time, since the royal family has given them a chance to get glory and wealth without having to be servile, everyone still wants to fight, Xiliang people are already martial, most of the noble children have ridden and shot, and everyone has the opportunity to make military achievements!

Therefore, the nobles very much hoped that the League would pass this proposal.

Especially this time, the nobles whose children participated in the great victory of Haojing, the opportunity to feud the province was in front of them, and they couldn't hold back more and more, and they even came to the door one after another to ask to see Hu and Qingyi Gong, expressing their earnest hope that the political council could consider the interests of the old ministry.

The surnames Hu and Qing were originally for merit, but this time they deliberately achieved their old subordinates with the army, but they didn't expect it to become such a situation now, and they felt a little like they were lifting a stone.

There is no need to delay, and the king of Xiliang has officially asked the political council to discuss it, and a decision must be made within a month at the latest.

So both the Qing family and the Hu family expressed the same warning to their old ministries - this is the royal family's intention to divide the three alliances, and everyone must not be fooled.

But the nobles were clearly not going to be convinced.

Fundamentally speaking, the Western Liang has a history of hundreds of years, and has gradually developed and grown, and the time has changed, and the feelings of the nobles of the various leagues for the old alliance have been weakened, and even many of them have complained about the unfair handling of the Yi Gong and the "distribution of profits", and the contradiction has existed for a long time, but it has not broken out.

The Maharaja's move undoubtedly ignited the fuse.

It's a matter of interests, who will die down with just a few words, of course we want to be united, the key is that the princes of the city also have to let us see the greater interests than the seal.

But the Maharaja thought that the atmosphere was not warm enough, and he needed to add another handful of dry firewood, so he planned to break some more favorable to the nobles and make Hu and Qing have a toothache at the banquet held by his family, which naturally destined the banquet of the Maharaja's Mansion to be "recorded in history" by future generations.