Chapter 73: Joint Appointment of the Prince
The flat ground is three feet of waves, and the wall is small because of the power.
How many white beards are arrogant, how arrogant are you?
Murong Ningyan stood quietly in front of the window alone, falling into contemplation, today he asked the emperor to focus more on court politics, and the emperor must not like to listen, so he deduced and chanted. The emperor was influenced by the tradition of the previous emperors, and believed in Buddhism since he was a child, coupled with his benevolent nature, he was good at quitting killing, in Murong Ningyan's view, it is a good thing to have a monarch who believes in Buddhism, at least the cannibalism of brothers, wives and children will not happen in this dynasty.
Murong Ningyan took out the hosta from his arms, gently stroked it with his fingers, and after a while, he turned around and went to the box to take out a delicate and box, opened it and saw that there was a delicate jade comb inlaid with three beaded flowers lying inside.
Murong Ningyan sat in front of the mirror, gently combed his long hair with the jade comb, then picked up the jade comb with both hands and looked at it carefully, rubbed it for a while, and then picked up the silk handkerchief in the box. After reading the poems, my heart fluctuated like waves of rivers and mountains, stretching endlessly, and I thought: Xiao Gongzi, why didn't you come to propose marriage earlier? Did you know? After you left, how many nights, Yan'er often "dreamed of holding hands with you and walking in the flower garden." Lonely tossing and turning, Sier until dawn. ”
Thinking about it, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and gradually converged, and Murong Ningyan tried to control them and prevent them from bursting.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a sound outside, Murong Ningyan hurriedly put the silk handkerchief and jade comb into the box, and put them back in the box, only then did he dip his eyes with the silk handkerchief, and his expression returned to the same as before, and the palace was still quiet and peaceful.
Murong Ningyan walked to the window, and didn't find anyone coming, it turned out that the north wind was howling, wantonly ravaging the treetops, seeing that the sky was about to snow, at this time last year, Xiao Gongzi and himself swore an alliance, you and me, there was a lot of love, but now it is separated by yin and yang, but how can Xiao Lang's love linger, but it can't be revealed, it can only be secretly carved in his heart.
The emperor is even more affectionate to himself, and he loves him very much, as the emperor who has three thousand beauties in the harem, how precious it is to be able to favor a certain concubine? How many concubines can't be wanted, you have to know how many concubines there are, and there are many people who have never seen the emperor once in their lives after entering the palace, Murong Ningyan understands in his heart that he must not slack off on the emperor's favor, thinking about it like this, Murong Ningyan's restless thoughts gradually calmed down, and he sat down and studied the score with peace of mind.
The words of the person who met King Xiaoning back then often echoed in the ears of the imperial concubine Murong Ningshuang recently: "This child is full of heaven, the land is wide and round, and his fate is noble, and he will definitely be a material for great achievements in the future." ”
Perhaps in order for King Xiao Ning not to be disturbed and grow up smoothly, Murong Ningshuang reined in all his edges and curled up to hide in the Longevity Palace since he entered the Longevity Palace. However, the Longevity Palace, which has been silent for several years, seems to be surging recently.
On this day, Murong Ningshuang's grandfather, Chen Mingshu, the left governor of the Inspectorate, hurriedly stepped into the Longevity Palace, sent people down, and closed the door.
"Grandpa, what happened, you are in such a hurry?"
"Shuang'er, we can't wait, it seems that we have to act in advance, Li Yu is buying people's hearts."
"You take a sip of water first and talk slowly, what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know if he was seduced by the demon girl, he didn't care about state affairs at all before, but he actually said in the court that there are many old ministers who rely on the old and sell the old, do indecent and illegal things, and are criticized by the people, and they want to get rid of the bad habits left over from the previous dynasties. He has already begun to take action against the favored ministers of the former emperor when he was alive, and the official secretary Zhang has been dismissed and investigated by him. The champion approved by Mr. Zhang was also abolished, and several so-called top three of this year's top three were re-sealed in the imperial court, and the people were full of voices. If this continues, we, the ministers who opposed him as the crown prince at the beginning, will suffer, and it is very likely that he will abolish these old ministers one by one, and cultivate his new power in the court, so that he will soon win the hearts of the people and expand his power, which is extremely unfavorable to King Ning! ”
"Then, according to my grandfather's wishes, now that he proposes to make the emperor the crown prince, will he agree? What's more, now that Ning Yan's demon girl is deeply favored by the emperor, she has a lot of ghost ideas, and she really didn't see it before. ”
"When the first emperor was in power, he took the lead in opposing Li Yu as the crown prince of the Hanlin bachelor Zhong Mo, who was demoted by the emperor to the son of the country, he was angry about this matter, and at that time there were a large number of court officials who were opposed, and now we jointly wrote a letter asking King Li Ning to be the crown prince, if he agrees, then wait for King Ning to succeed to the throne when he is older, if he dares to resist, the military department also has our people, then come to a fish to die and break the net, fight to win or lose."
"Okay, then do as my grandfather wants."
After Chen Mingshu finished speaking, he left the Longevity Palace, and after several years of precipitation, she was no longer so impulsive and learned to think. Murong Ningshuang fell into deep thought: Yes! Grandpa is right, an emperor who only knows the wind and snow, and writes poems and lyrics, suddenly cares about state affairs, must have been instigated by Murong Ningyan, and it was really a disaster for ten thousand years that he didn't get rid of her in the first place, and he took a wrong step.
Thinking back then, her good youth was also buried in this cold palace because of her, if it wasn't for her grandfather and herself to find a way, she would have died of exhaustion in the Huanyi Bureau now. But she is good, she dared to use tricks to escape from entering the palace, and now she has become a queen above 10,000 people under one person, if it is not for the crime of bullying the king, she will be punished, and she will really sue her for the crime of bullying the king.
Think about how many sleepless days you have spent since entering the palace, and I will remember this account for you. Hum! See how long you can be proud? I, Murong Ningshuang, am not a vegetarian, and I swear to smash you Murong Ningyan from this position.
The next day in the court, Chen Mingshu handed over to the emperor a joint letter of all the ministers, saying that the emperor has no heirs for the time being, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, proposed King Lining as the prince, the court was in an uproar, which made the emperor both embarrassed and angry, and then exclaimed: "I have just succeeded to the throne, and I am still young, my body is healthy, and the harem is full, so why worry about the heirs?" ”
Chen Mingshu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, on the day of the emperor's lifetime, there were a total of five princes, and in the end, only His Majesty and Ji Guogong were good, but now Ji Guogong is seriously ill, and the ministers are worried that if something goes wrong, no one will inherit the unification." ”
The emperor glanced at the list of books, almost all of them were the old ministers of the emperor's reign, headed by Chen Mingshu, the left governor of the Inspectorate who opposed himself as the prince, Zhong Mo, the prince of the country, Liao Chengbin, the squire of the Ministry of War, Zhou Qizhong of the Ministry of Households, Fan Changyi of the Ministry of Industry, etc., there are not a few people, but there are people from all ministries, the emperor thought, this matter should not be underestimated, at this time the refutation must be in line with his wishes, and he has to think about it in the long run, so he said: "The proposal of the secretary of the Qing Dynasty, I have already understood, since it is related to my Tang Dynasty and the society, I have to carefully consider Zhou Xiang before I can reply, Let's discuss it again in the future, let's disperse the dynasty today! ”
Seeing that the emperor was not in a hurry or annoyed, he looked calm, but it made these people not say anything, I originally thought that the emperor would be angry at the court, and it happened to be a rebellion, so it seemed that he could only do it again.
In the Yaoguang Palace, the emperor left all the palace people except for Grandpa Zeng, and told all the palace people to retreat, and told the things that happened in the court and Ning Yan.
"What? Is there such a thing? That King Ning is a two-year-old child? ”
"Yes, it was the posthumous son left by my father, and the day after I learned that I was pregnant, my father died. The imperial concubine is your sister Murong Ningshuang, who originally wanted to avenge you, but she never thought that her father would give a special explanation when he was dying, asking me to promise to treat their mother and son well. ”
"Are you saying that the emperor has always been by his side in his last days?"
"It doesn't seem to be like this, I have been running to the water and clouds for a while, and I don't know much about what happened in the palace, but I overheard the eunuchs muttering, as if she was favored for a while, and then she did something to anger her father, and was beaten into the Huanyi Bureau. Just when her father was seriously ill, the news of her pregnancy suddenly came, so she was taken back to Youyue Palace. At that time, I was still thinking that my father had been seriously ill during that time since the crown prince, and he could even make the concubine pregnant. ”
"So she didn't stay in the Raccoon Bureau for long?"
"I think I've been there for a few months! You have to ask the Shangfu Bureau for specific things. By the way, Yan'er, what do you think when you ask this? ”
"The concubine was thinking, since the former emperor had been seriously ill, he spoiled her for a while, punished her for a while, and then said that she was pregnant after a few months, and she always felt that there was something strange about it."
"When you say that, I feel the same way, and it seems that this matter needs to be investigated."
"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the royal reputation, it is not trivial, it is best to do it in secret, do not make a public announcement, the fewer people who know, the better."
"What Yan'er said is very true, I will arrange it and start to investigate from the Shang Sleep Bureau."
"Manager Zeng, you go check it out, I remember that Gonggong Zhou next to my father is your master, right?"
"Exactly, the old slave's master treats me like a son, it's not difficult for me to inquire about something, he will not hide it from me, the old slave will inquire."
"Manager Zeng, it's better to do this, you call Gonggong Zhou to the Yaoguang Palace, I want to hear it with my own ears."
"The old slave obeys the order, so I'm going to invite the master!"
Not long after, Gonggong Zhou and Gonggong Zeng came to Yaoguang Hall one after another.
"Old slave, please give your majesty! The old slave greets the queen! ”
"Gonggong Zhou is exempt from courtesy, I called you here today, just because you are an old man next to the emperor, and you take good care of the emperor, and I want to ask you about the emperor."
"When the emperor was alive, he was not thin on the old slave, and if His Majesty wanted to know something, just ask, the old slave knew everything and said everything."
"Father-in-law Zhou, please sit down and say." The emperor gave a seat to Zhou Gonggong.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
At this time, Father-in-law Zeng offered tea to Father-in-law Zhou and stepped aside.
"Please tell me about my father and the imperial concubine Ningwang's mother."
"This is really a coincidence, the old slave was still about to come and talk to His Majesty about this, but I didn't expect His Majesty to take the initiative to ask, it should be Your Majesty who noticed that Chen Mingshu's old thief had moved!"
"Yes, today's court wants to make King Lining the prince, but I and the queen always feel that there is something strange in this issue."
"Humph! They are so arrogant, they are not afraid of goofs? ”