The results of the investigation into the assassination of His Royal Highness King Chen were not long in coming. Sure enough, as Zhao Yao and He Lianfang expected, the final result was that the rebels were killed, and the Southern Wei Dynasty was not involved.

The Eight Princes did everything without leakage, and it was impossible to leave any clues pointing to the Southern Wei Dynasty. Even if the Eight Princes accidentally exposed some horses and feet pointing at the Southern Wei Dynasty, the emperor would not announce to the public that it was the Southern Wei people.

The word "Southern Wei" was not only a taboo in the previous dynasties, but also a taboo in the Great Zhou. However, not many of the officials and people of the Great Zhou knew about the existence of the "Southern Wei", after all, the Southern Wei was exterminated in the previous dynasty, and their existence was basically erased after that.

Now the only people in the court who can know about the existence of the Southern Wei Dynasty are the officials of the family.

The family has a long history, and they know a lot of things that have disappeared or been lost, and even know some secrets of the royal family that no one knows.

Although the families knew about the Southern Wei Dynasty, they didn't dare to mention it, in addition to avoiding it, there was another reason, that is, they felt unlucky.

Zhao Yao and He Lianfang found out some things about the Southern Wei Dynasty, all of which were superficial things. Regarding the real secret of the Southern Wei Dynasty, they did not find out. The real Southern Wei is even more ...... than they imagined Amazing!

The emperor did not mention the Southern Wei Dynasty, not because he disliked the bad luck of the Southern Wei Dynasty, but because there were other reasons. Of course, the emperor did not like the Southern Wei Dynasty, and could even be said to be disgusted.

Even if he knew that the culprit behind the assassination of His Royal Highness King Chen was a native of the Southern Wei Dynasty, the emperor would pretend not to know. He fulfilled the wishes of the Southern Wei people and pushed the mastermind behind this matter to the rebellious army.

It cannot be said that the assassination of His Royal Highness King Chen has nothing to do with the rebellious army. The person who assassinated him was indeed a rebel army, and he was a subordinate of the once notorious Jiao Shan.

When Jiao Shan was in the previous dynasty, he was a notorious rebel army. In the name of the uprising, he burned and looted everywhere. His methods are very cruel, and everywhere he goes, he will slaughter everyone in that place, even the infant baby. When there was no food in the previous dynasty, he also raised "vegetable people".

Before the emperor got rid of him, he was very powerful in Hebei at that time, and he set himself up as emperor, using his surname "Jiao" as the country name.

Back then, many rebel armies took refuge in Jiaoshan. Jiao Shan accepted everything, and these people after following Jiao Shan also became murderous.

The emperor led the four major generals, that is, Shen Hu, to exterminate Jiaoshan and them. Of course, Jiao Shan's group was not the emperor's opponent, and they were quickly eliminated. However, some of his men took the opportunity to flee.

Over the years, Da Zhou has cleared a lot of large and small rebel armies, but it has not been completely eradicated, and there are some fish that have slipped through the net. These fish that slipped through the net did not become a climate, and became mountain bandits, or horse bandits.

The mountain bandits who assassinated His Royal Highness King Chen were a small group of rebels who fled from Hebei that year. They have been hiding in the mountains all these years, and from time to time they come out to rob.

The Southern Wei people knew of their existence and cooperated with them to assassinate His Royal Highness King Chen.

Their group of people originally hated Da Zhou, and when they learned that they were going to assassinate the prince of Da Zhou, they were very happy.

Of course, after they assassinated His Royal Highness King Chen, they were all killed, not a single one was alive, and the corpses disappeared. The emperor sent people to look for these rebels, but they could not find them.

There were many ministers in the court who did not believe that His Royal Highness King Chen's death was the work of the rebels, and they suspected that the assassins had someone else, but they did not expect that the final result of the investigation was the rebellion.

The emperor ordered the people of the Tingwei Mansion to investigate, and it was impossible to cheat. Besides, give the Tingwei Mansion 10,000 guts, and they don't dare to hide the truth.

The ministers were first surprised by this result, and could not believe that this was the case. Then they were relieved. If there is a conspiracy as they suspected, they will be restless. Now that they know that the mastermind behind the assassination of His Royal Highness King Chen is really a chaotic army, not someone or someone in the court, then they don't have to worry. Especially the three princes.

The court, which had become a little depressed because of the death of His Royal Highness King Chen, has now returned to normal. The officials in the court once again focused their attention on the matter of the king of Chu to recover Shu.

After finding out the truth behind the assassination of His Royal Highness King Chen, His Royal Highness King Chen was buried. Because he was a prince during his lifetime, he could no longer be posthumously sealed after his death, so he could only continue to be buried according to the specifications of the prince's funeral.

For His Royal Highness King Chen, the sixth brother, Zhao Yao has no feelings. Zhao Yao had no sympathy for his death, because His Royal Highness King Chen had also colluded with King Youxian a few years ago.

After learning of this, Zhao Yao finally understood why the emperor was indifferent to King Chen's death.

If King Chen is still alive, he will use the power of King Youxian to snatch the throne from other princes in the future. At that time, I am afraid that a few cities on the border of the Great Zhou will be given to King Youxian. Of course, this is Zhao Yao's guess. What was the agreement between King Chen and King Youxian, they had no way of knowing.

"Second uncle, do you say that my father knows about the existence of the Southern Wei Dynasty?" Also, does the father know about the starling?

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao, and said in a light tone: "Why don't you ask your father in person." ”

"Uh......" Zhao Yao frowned his little face, his expression was a little distressed, "I don't want to ask." ”

"Can't ask?" When He Lianfang heard this, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Why don't you ask?" ”

Zhao Yao scratched the back of his head with a tangled expression: "This ...... Some of them are not easy to say......"

Regarding Zhao Yao's reaction, He Lianfang was very surprised. He asked with interest, "Why don't you say what's wrong between you and your father?" ”

Zhao Yao pondered the words: "I feel a little awkward, and I can't open my mouth to ask." ”

"Awkward?"

"In the past, I always felt that my father didn't love my little son, and I also thought that I didn't like my father."

When He Lianfang heard this, her expression became very strange for a moment.

The emperor doesn't like him? Where did he see it?

Zhao Yao continued: "I still think that the mother concubine is too, and then I think that if our mother and son want to live well in the palace, we have to pretend to be harmless and useless, so as not to get involved in the imperial brothers' seizure of the heir, so I will secretly do a lot of things." ”

Only then did He Lianfang understand why Zhao Yao had secretly done so many things at such a young age.

"I feel that my father doesn't like my little son, then I don't like him either, and then I don't have to please my father, when I become an adult and become queen, I will go to my fiefdom, at that time, far away from the capital, and far away from my father, and he will be a father and son who do not interfere with the river water."

He Lianfang couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you really think so? ”

Zhao Yao said a little embarrassedly: "I really thought so before. ”

"Generally speaking, your father doesn't like you, shouldn't you try your best to please your father? Why are you unwilling to please your father? Children will try their best to please their parents and their elders, like Zhao Yao's attitude of "you don't love me, why should I please you" is really the first time I have seen it.

Zhao Yao asked rhetorically, "Why should I bother to do such a thankless job?" ”

"You should know that there will be many benefits for you to please your father, such as making your life with your mother and concubine better in the palace."

"It's not uncommon, my mother and I just want to live well in the palace, and we don't want to be noticeable."

When He Lianfang heard this answer, he was slightly stunned, and then his expression was a little inexplicable: "You don't care if your father likes you or not?" ”

Zhao Yao shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't care, because I have long known that my father is not my father alone, he has ten sons, and a bowl of water must be uneven." Besides, ten fingers are still long. "He really didn't want to please his father before, he wished that his father didn't care about his little son all along." If others are good to me, I will be good to others. Others treat me badly, why should I treat others well. ”

He Lianfang's mood at the moment was a little complicated, but it was not revealed on his face. He asked, "How did you know that your father was not as unloving to you as you thought?" ”

"It was that time when Concubine Rong sent someone to assassinate Concubine Ying in the Taoist Temple, and then I was implicated and almost killed by the assassin, when four secret guards suddenly appeared. From that time on, I learned that my father had been secretly sending secret guards to protect me. Zhao Yao picked his face and said, "I also realized that my father didn't care about my little son. ”

When He Lianfang heard this, she asked a little puzzled: "You know that your father cares about you so much, shouldn't you be happy, why do you feel awkward?" ”

"I'm happy, but I also know why my father doesn't show his affection for me on the surface, so I've been pretending not to know anything for the past few years, and continue to treat my father the same as before."

When He Lianfang heard this, she figured out what Zhao Yao was awkward.

"Don't you dare to get close to your father?"

Zhao Yao nodded first, then shook his head again.

He Lianfang was confused by Zhao Yao, and asked angrily, "Do you dare, or don't you dare?" ”

"Second uncle, it's not a question of daring or not, it's ......" Zhao Yao scratched his head in embarrassment, "I haven't been close to my father since I was a child, and suddenly let me get close to him, I can't do it, and it's really awkward." ”

He Lianfang had never seen the picture of Zhao Yao getting along with the emperor. However, when he heard Zhao Yao say this, he somewhat understood what he meant.

"After all, you still don't dare to get close."

Zhao Yao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then lowered his hip and shoulder, and said: "It's possible, in fact, I'm not afraid of my father, but if I want to tell my father everything, just like me and your second uncle, I can't do it, I just think it's weird." "He knows that his father loves him, but he just can't be as close and honest with his father as he is with his second uncle." To be honest, I'd rather my father didn't care about my little son as I thought before. ”

He Lianfang laughed at the emperor in her heart. He must tell the emperor what he said.

"So, my son seems to be at a loss." However, he really felt weird.

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao deeply, and immediately said sharply: "You are afraid, afraid that your father's favor for you is fake, afraid that your father's love for you is temporary, and you are also afraid that after you are close to your father, your father will not be close to you, so you would rather your father never favor you." ”

"Is that so?" Zhao Yao had never thought of it that way.

"You said that you don't care if your father hurts you, but it's not like that, didn't you really think about why your father didn't hurt you when you were a child? I really didn't want to get your father's favor like the acting king? ”

Zhao Yao was asked. He said after a while, "Maybe I thought about it. He didn't remember, though. He had a serious illness that year, and after having another person's memory in his head, he couldn't remember much about what happened before he got sick.

"There is another reason why you are afraid, and that is that your father is the emperor." He Lianfang said, "A companion is like a tiger, so you don't dare to be close to your father." ”

"Ah, is that so?" Zhao Yao thought about it and felt that He Lianfang's words made some sense.

He Lianfang sighed in her heart: I didn't expect this kid to be so vigilant.

"There's nothing wrong with you thinking that."

"Am I right to think so?" Zhao Yao didn't say these words to Concubine Liang.

"That's right." He Lianfang said with a smile, "How you treated your father and emperor before, how you will treat it in the future, you don't need to change your attitude." ”

Zhao Yao felt that what He Lianfang said was right, but it didn't seem to be right.

"Second uncle, am I really good to my father like this?" He felt like a white-eyed wolf.

"Good." He Lianfang persuaded Zhao Yao, "You have to know one thing, your father is the emperor of the Great Zhou first, and then your father. Even if you are close to your father, you can't say anything to him. ”

Zhao Yao understood a little, but he didn't understand a little. However, the second uncle's words are right.

"I see." That's still the same as before, he doesn't need to go out of his way to get close to his father and ask his father something.

"You don't dare to be close to your father, how dare you be close to me?" He Lianfang thought that he did not seem to be a friendly person, most people would be afraid of him when they saw him, and few people dared to approach him.

"I think you have a good face, second uncle."

"I'm kind?" He Lianfang didn't expect that one day, someone would say that he had a good face.

Zhao Yao said with a smile: "For me, Second Uncle, you are kind-hearted, so I can't help but be close." ”

His words evoked He Lianfang's memories. He remembered the first time he saw his lord, and what he said to him was, "This boy seems to be kind-faced, and he is destined for me."

"I'm not kind."

Zhao Yao nodded and agreed: "For others, Second Uncle, you must not be kind. ”

He Lianfang didn't want to talk about his unkind face anymore, so she changed the topic and talked about the matter of the Jingyang Marquis Mansion.

During this period of time, the Marquis of Jingyang Mansion was very miserable. The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and the Marquis of Jingyang was bullied a little miserably.

Although the guests of Jingyang Hou had the means, except for the eldest son, no one listened to him. Moreover, the words of the eldest son, the others did not listen.

The eldest son of Shu has no majesty in the Jingyang Hou Mansion, and he can't suppress others. In addition to being bullied by other families, the Marquis of Jingyang also had internal strife. The other concubines wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power, and the people in the side branches also thought so.

As he was talking, the housekeeper walked in and handed He Lianfang a note.

After He Lianfang saw it, her brows furrowed, and she said, "The doorman who was reused by the Marquis of Jingyang was driven out of the mansion. ”

"What, you were kicked out of the Jingyang Marquis Mansion?"

He Lianfang said meaningfully: "The eldest son is sick, and now the Jingyang Hou Mansion is controlled by the fourth son. ”

"Not unexpected." The eldest son of the Marquis of Jingyang has no prestige, and it is normal for other concubines to disagree with him, and it is not surprising that he wants to replace him. "It seems that there is a big drama in the Jingyang Marquis Mansion today." I don't know if they have found evidence that the Marquis of Jingyang colluded with the Xiongnu.

After chatting with He Lianfang for a while, Zhao Yao left.

After he left, He Lianfang immediately passed his words to the emperor in the palace, and laughed at the emperor fiercely.

After the emperor saw it, he angrily scolded Zhao Yao for being "little without conscience".

"Your Majesty, what did His Highness Ten do to make you so angry?"

"This stinky boy told He Lianfang that he would rather I not love him." The emperor was angry and aggrieved.

"It's impossible, how could His Highness Ten say this, it must be the one who sowed discord."

"It must be so." The Emperor gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go find him now." ”

When she saw the emperor appear in front of him, He Lianfang was not surprised at all and laughed at him very loudly.

Zhao Yao: It's really weird.

Emperor: Stinky boy, what's the blame?

He Lianfang: In your son's heart, your father is not as close as an outsider as me, hahaha......

Emperor: I'm so angry.

In the end, I still ask the old iron for a monthly pass!