On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the ninth year of Yuanqing, the night began to fall, and the gloomy and gloomy clouds were heavily suppressed in the sky above Jinyangjing, the capital of the Dalong Dynasty, as if deliberately to destroy this solemn and silent city, there were no lanterns and flags, let alone laughter and noise, the Spring Festival that should have been celebrated by the monarch and the courtiers and the people was happy together, shrouded in a nightmare of the gloomy and overbearing containment, whether it was the Gaomen Wangzhai or the Burrow Houses, they were immersed in dead silence and solemnity, and even the occasional conversation of people was with careful fear.

In the middle of the night, the New Year's bell in front of the Ping'an Gate rang at the right time, and the heavy sound shook through the heavy haze, and there was a lonely detour between the 36 arches in Jinyangjing.

With the arrival of the first day of the first month of the tenth year of Yuanqing, there was a long-brewing snowstorm, roaring and overwhelming, until the eve of the Lantern Festival, this huge surprise attack was stopped.

The wind and snow stopped, but the sky was still shrouded in haze, the gray clouds blended with the heavy snow, and the gloomy and solemn atmosphere did not dissipate because of the noise of the wind and snow, which still made people tremble and breathe.

The annual Shangyuan Festival, there is no routine celebration of fire trees and silver flowers carnival all night, outside the Imperial City, the front of the Peace Gate is empty, there is no lantern color, no singing and dancing, no gorgeous and huge golden dragon lantern, no worship under the lamp, the subjects who make good wishes, only the square bell tower made of gold bricks, eaves carved beams, lonely watch in the empty square, quietly standing.

The banks of the Streamer River passing through the city are not bright in spring; In the painting building along the embankment and Zhu Pavilion, there is no red-sleeved man dance, and the beautiful scene of staggered staggering. The river is moving slowly, the waves are gloomy, there is no painting boat driving in the water, there is no beautiful prostitute and pipa half-hugging, the cherry lips are lightly open, and they are singing a sultry song in a low voice.

is so silent and dignified, all because of the assassination of the prince in the autumn of the ninth year of Yuanqing!

The eldest son of the current saint died in this sudden assassination, and many nobles and clans were involved, and every day there were people arrested and imprisoned by the Jingwei Iron Armor Army, including many high-ranking officials and Houlu, of course, there were also civilians in the market.

Since then, Jinyangjing has been shrouded in a tense atmosphere of wind and noise, so that everyone is silent.

But the mastermind of the assassination of the prince has not been identified for a long time, and the subjects are all secretly speculating-

It's nothing more than those princes who covet the throne!

"I'm afraid that there will be another rebellion by Jiao Yue when Emperor Taizong was in power!" Some old people remembered that at the beginning of the first emperor Taizong's accession to the throne, the rebellion initiated by King Liang and King Gui and the British Duke couldn't help but worry, who doesn't want to be peaceful in the prosperous world, and who wants to start the war again?

But those noble and high-ranking officials can't protect themselves, let alone ordinary people?

In any case, the Spring Festival of the 10th year of Yuanqing still passed quietly in this oppressive silence, and the Dalong Dynasty took a step forward solemnly under the leadership of the third generation of emperors, entering the forty-fourth year of the surname Yu.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, at the beginning of the day, located on the west side of the imperial city, on the left side of the first square of Kyoto - Zhengzheng Fang, the two heavy gold-lacquered doors of the Chu Wangfu were hastily opened, and the low sound of opening and closing echoed in the blue mist, as if it was mournful.

The messy and hurried steps of more than a dozen servant women dressed in plain clothes completely broke the silence of the early morning, and they cried loudly and mournfully, crossing the bluestone avenue in front of the door and heading straight to the Weiguo Mansion opposite.

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There are only two mansions, the Chu Palace, and the Weiguo Mansion, both of which are deeply trusted by the three generations of emperors.

Yu Anzheng, the king of Chu, was the second son of Emperor Gaozu, because the eldest son of Gaozu died early, he was actually equivalent to the eldest son of Gaozu, Anzheng raised troops with Gaozu in Chuzhou, between ten years of conquest, he made great achievements, and then Gaozu suddenly collapsed, because he did not set up the East Palace, and there was no edict, so it led to the four sons to fight. Concubine De died early, An Zheng was raised by Gaozu Empress Yan since she was a child, and she had a deep brotherhood with the five princes, and naturally advocated the establishment of a successor, clearing the way for Emperor Taizong's smooth accession to the throne.

Weiguo Gong Su Ting, his mother died early, his father was a general under Gao Zu, unfortunately died in the battle in the suburbs, Gao Zu took pity on him and left him to raise and teach, just like his parents. Su Ting was heroic since childhood, at the age of ten he put on armor to go into battle, killed the enemy and made meritorious contributions, at the age of fourteen, he was appointed as the commander of the vanguard Xiao cavalry, captured Ninghai in the south and conquered Yizhou in the north, and later Emperor Wai of the Eastern Ming Dynasty was forced to abdicate, and he led 30,000 troops straight into Jinyang Jing, destroyed the Xiao rebel party, and set the current situation in Beijing.

Su Ting became famous as a young man, and was named a first-class duke in less than twenty, and Gaozu even ordered him to marry, and married Su Ting as his wife, the only pearl in his palm - the Shangyuan princess from the Queen Yan's family.

Speaking of this Shangyuan princess, there is another legend.

Gaozu Yu Xingbang, originally the former dynasty Dongming town guard Chu general, born in the Dongming Dynasty, won the trust of the emperor, after the collapse of the emperor, the emperor succeeded to the throne, but is the three hundred years of history of the Dongming Dynasty 14 emperors, the most brutal and unkind monarch, only by a moment of joy and anger, repeatedly killed, as soon as he ascended the throne, he will be matched with his wife to die, exterminate, a lowly maid Xiao Shi set up the queen, and his father and brother clan, the father of the Xiao family - an illiterate man with a big word of less than a basket of words for the prime minister of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, in charge of six political affairs!

This move caused the courtiers to be angry, and they wrote letters one after another, persuading the emperor to retract his fate.

Helplessly, Emperor Wai was obsessed with Xiao's beauty, and was blown by the pillow wind, and lost his mind, and even beheaded dozens of officials from the center and six ministries, setting off a bloody storm in the Eastern Ming Dynasty.

In order to consolidate his power, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng went around to win over party members, and even decided to marry the Yu family and marry his stupid daughter to Yu Xingbang's nephew as his wife.

At that time, although Xingbang was far away in Chudi, the family stayed in Jinyang Beijing, Xingbang's father had always been upright, and he looked down on the Xiao family, how could he let his descendants suffer such humiliation, so he sternly rejected Prime Minister Xiao's proposal.

So Prime Minister Xiao Cheng slandered, framed the Yu family for rebellion, and made an order to kill the Yu family, and took Xingbang back to Beijing to punish the crime.

The poor Yu family is full of more than 50 people, only the Yan family and a pair of children escaped the catastrophe, and even the eldest son unfortunately died in that disaster.

The surviving son is naturally the later Emperor Taizong, and the daughter is the princess of Shangyuan.

Yan took a pair of children, and after a lifetime of hardships and deaths, they arrived in Chu and reunited with Gaozu, who had already learned of the misfortune of his family, and was forced to support Chuzhou in desperation to confront the Dongming royal family.

Princess Shangyuan had a rough childhood, naturally not as pretentious as an ordinary boudoir, because with Gaozu in the south and the north war, playing urine to practice a riding and archery skills, cardamom years, but also independently built a flying phoenix department, at first it was just a maid around the side, the family of soldiers, and later, it expanded to nearly 10,000 people, and also attracted many young junjie to join.

Under the leadership of the princess, the Feifeng Department and the Xiao cavalry led by Su Ting fought side by side, fighting bloodily, and made great achievements for the establishment of the Dalong River.

Young Junjie and women heroes, side by side, galloping the country, both childhood sweethearts and friends of life and death, and finally tied the knot, knotted hair, I don't know how many people talked about it, envy and praise, it is really a good story and legend in the wolf smoke and beacon fire.

Time flies, flick your fingers and throw people, when Yuanqing ten years, the king of Chu and the old prince have already passed away, the title is inherited by their eldest sons, Princess Shangyuan has been named the eldest princess, is the aunt of today's saint, and is still very respected by the subjects.

Chu Wangfu and Weiguo Mansion are both neighbors, and blood relatives, the relationship has always been close, and now the wife of Yu Feng, the son of the King of Chu, is the second daughter of Weiguo Gongfu - Su Wuniang, known as Kyoto Shuanghua.

It was not until he was sixteen years old that he was diagnosed and treated by a divine doctor who served as Qinggu, and after several years of recuperation, his condition seemed to improve.

But at this time, the New Year had just passed, and in the early morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, there were people from the Chu Wangfu who went to the Weiguo Mansion to report the funeral......

What's even more shocking is that in the evening of the same day, the Weiguo Mansion also raised white flags and mourned!

- The eldest princess of Shangyuan, dead!

- Prince of Chu, dead!

- The princess of the king of Chu, dead!

Even though the haze of the crown prince's assassination still suppressed the subjects of Jinyangjing, the repeated bad news of the Chu Wangfu and the Weiguo Mansion still caused the discussion in the market to boil.

After a few days, many nobles of the family vaguely found out the hidden secret-

On that cold and silent Lantern Festival night, it turned out to be the princess who poisoned the prince of Chu, left a suicide note, and committed suicide in fear of sin, the eldest princess heard the news, grief-stricken, coughing up blood and fainting, although Wei Guogong immediately entered the palace to ask Qinggu, who had become a doctor, to treat his mother, but he had also returned to heaven.

Many noble ladies hid their faces and sighed: "The eldest princess, a generation of women, I don't know how many eyebrows are better, but I don't want to end up because of a few hard-working descendants...... After the eldest lady of the Su family married the third prince, she heard that she had two miscarriages in a row, and she was also seriously ill, and now she is just lying on the couch and breathing, because of her affairs, the eldest princess is very worried...... In addition, the prince of Weiguo died because of the assassination of the prince...... It's no wonder that the eldest princess can't stand the sudden death of Wu Niang. ”

"Su's five mothers have both talent and appearance, and they have been regarded as the pearl of the palm by the eldest princess since childhood, and even the queen mother is full of praise, how could she do such a foolish thing? It hurt her grandmother ...... too."

"The prince of Chu is also pitiful, he has been sick since he was a child, and he finally got better, but he didn't want to be poisoned by his wife."

"Although the prince of Chu is weaker, his temperament is extremely gentle, and it is said that he is also obedient and caring for the princess, and he doesn't want the princess to be beautiful on the surface, but she has a femme fatale, and they have been married for two years, how can they do it?"

The nobles of the family talked a lot, some were curious, some lamented, some scolded, and some were happy, but whether it was pity or accusation, those who passed away could no longer be heard, and there was no way to justify it.

The years are still in a hurry, and they will not stop for anyone's poignant.

In the eleventh year of Yuanqing, the assassination of the prince finally came to an end, and the murderer who was finally found turned out to be a Jianghu assassination alliance and several Beiyuan tenants, and now the asthma is getting worse and worse, so the ministers admonished, please set up the crown prince this morning, in order to determine the hearts of the country and the people. Among several adult princes, the four princes with the most respectable status as their biological mothers have the highest voice, but now they are the only ones who have always known how to chant the wind and the moon, and in recent years, they have been obsessed with women and depressed.

Someone has insight into the Sacred Heart—

I think that the saint still suspects that the death of the crown prince is inseparable from several talented princes, but trusts the three princes wholeheartedly.

In the twelfth year of Yuanqing, the third prince Haoxi was established as the prince and issued an edict to the world.

In the same year, the emperor collapsed, and the temple name was Mingzong.

Yu Haoxi ascended the throne as the emperor, granted amnesty to the world, changed the yuan to "Qingping" the following year, and established the eldest daughter of the Duke of Weiguo, Su Shi, as the queen.

In August of the first year of Qingping, the queen died, and her nickname was Huining.

Because the prince of Chu has died, the king of Chu has no heirs, and the saint sympathizes with the king of Chu without an heir, and specially allows him to pass the eldest son of the general of Zhenguo as the heir - Yu Zhou was named the son of the king of Chu.

After the state funeral, Yu Zhou married Qi Niang, the daughter of Jianning Houfu - he and Su Wu Niang called the Huang family of Kyoto Shuanghua as his wife.

Ten miles of red makeup surrounds the city, and after many years of silence, Zhengzhengfang once again attracted guests like clouds. There was a lot of traffic and congratulations, but no one mentioned those who had passed away.

Only the sycamore leaves in the middle of the road are sparse, and the golden wind sings softly: In the high wall and deep house, how many years are like flowing water, in the Yutang painting building, whose cardamom is green? I still remember Takeshita's play Qingmei, but I forgot the former alliance, and I forgot the former alliance.