Chapter 377: King of Nanyang County
The king of Nanyang County was directly banned from Lishan Villa to make the edict into the Daming Palace, but of course along the way also witnessed the tense situation of the ban in Kyoto, although he had already expected it in his heart, but when he heard the queen mother announce the critical condition of the Son of Heaven in an extremely sad tone, he still couldn't believe it, although today's son has not been very strong, and even because of the long-term depression and indulgence in drinking and suffering from illness, in the end it has not yet arrived, and some time ago the queen mother set up a banquet, and the princess of the county also heard with her own ears that there was Ju Shinan enlightened by strange arts, After the Son of Heaven was comforted, the dragon's body improved greatly, how could he suddenly be critically ill?
Although the King of Nanyang knew that the Empress Dowager Wei was ambitious, but because she was the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, he did not doubt that the Empress Dowager Wei would harm the Son of Heaven, so although he was suspicious, he did not speculate like the rest of the clans, especially noticed that the King of Ruyang, He Qi, was unusually calm, as if he was not shocked by the bad news that the Son of Heaven was in danger, but when he was finally ordered to enter the Zichen Hall to meet today, because the waiting time was too long, he began to encourage those who belonged to the same clan as him and had dealings with him. They questioned why the Son of Heaven had already passed on the edict, why he detained the clans in the East Side Palace, so under the instigation of He Qi, the clans were even more panicked and suspicious, and finally after witnessing the fire in the forbidden area, there were those who were impetuous and impetuous who wanted to break in, and loudly questioned Empress Dowager Wei's bad intentions.
As Zong Zhengqing, the king of Nanyang County, the oldest and oldest person in the clan present, although he was still as immobile as a mountain, his heart sank little by little, he looked at the thick and gloomy night outside the hall, and his gray sideburns were gradually soaked with sweat.
His father Qi Wang Ke was the sibling of Yingzong's compatriots, but Yingzong's father Emperor Jianzong was sick and weak, resulting in the storage position has been unresolved, and then Jianzong's son simply died of illness, seven or eight adult princes each have nobles to follow, the competition for the storage position was once very fierce, Jianzong died because of a sudden illness, and only when he was dying did he edict the princes to enter the palace to announce the edict, and the danger of the situation at that time can be imagined.
Nanyang Wang He Duo was still young at the time, but even though he was only five years old and immature, he still remembered his mother's anxiety when his father and brother were edicted to the forbidden palace for several days without news, when the cold night finally had a bell to break the silence, he could never forget his mother kneeling on the ground with half his arms around him, crying bitterly to tell the "Dragon Riding Bintian" when he trembled and frightened, and could not forget the tragic situation when his blood-stained father was carried home by the guards, the brother helped his mother up and told him that his father succeeded to the throne, and his father was seriously injured during the coup d'état, the pale and quiet look of the elder brother that day, is still vivid in my mind at this time.
Emperor Yingzong did not hesitate to break the old practice of not going to the feudal country, and intended to let the king of Qi go to the fiefdom to govern the fiefdom, but his father repeatedly resigned, insisting on staying in Kyoto to continue to be a famous and powerless prince on the grounds of reluctance to give up family affection, and Yingzong was very affectionate to this brother who knew how to advance and retreat.
But what about then?
Later, his father died young due to a vicious illness caused by serious injury, and Yingzong even made an exception again to let his brother, who should have been reduced to the throne, attack the prince's lordship, but then there was a rebellion against King Wu, and the brother was implicated in his friendship with Prince Wu, and he was given the title to death!
That year, He Duo was only eleven years old, and he was once imprisoned with his mother, and almost overnight, he fell from glory and wealth to a prisoner of the ranks, but fortunately, Yingzong quickly repented after giving his brother death, not only pardoned their mother and son, but also named him the king of Nanyang County, and entered the court, and accepted the royal education with the princes.
King Nanyang still remembers He Ming, the prince of Yingzong, with kindness, filial piety and respect, and Queen Wang is also very amiable, especially for him, the orphan of King Qi, whose father died early and his brother died in vain, and the prince Yu was raised by Queen Wang as a parent, but what happened later?
Li Jieyu, the biological mother of the prince Yu, was favored again because of the recommendation of the sister into the palace, and she jumped from the position of Jieyu to become a concubine, and her ambitions grew, and finally instigated Yingzong to gradually become dissatisfied with the queen.
After Suzong succeeded to the throne, he did not miss the brotherhood of the prince Ming, first in the name of resentment, he was demoted to a concubine, and then simply gave death, the king of Nanyang because he could not bear it, advised Suzong not to kill He Ming, although Suzong because of his friendship with the king of Nanyang since childhood and obeyed the advice, forgave He Ming's young son, but his eldest son, the second son was mercilessly given to death, and on this the king of Nanyang had a grudge, gradually alienated.
It wasn't until Su Zong was seriously ill that he suddenly found out in his conscience that the king of Nanyang hugged his head and cried, appointed him as Zong Zhengqing before his death, and entrusted his only son, who was later Dezong, to He Duo.
But He Duo has experienced too many tragic incidents of fratricidal fighting in the same room for the struggle for power, and he is very sober about how insufficient family affection is for the royal family, and he is not willing to chase power, although there is a suzong testament, but he has never been involved in political affairs, not only Dezong respects his uncle, even the rather ruthless Empress Dowager Lu did not guard against him back then, and the king of Nanyang is more wary of his own children and grandchildren, so his children and grandchildren have been taught to be content with pleasure "Gentleman", only to his daughter is very pampered, It doesn't matter that Yingyang Zhenren is more attentive to talent learning than men. And Dezong, the monarch, happened not to pay much attention to political affairs, and was very close to the Nanyang King's clan relatives who only liked pleasure, and once regretted that his uncle's son and nephew were too greedy for pleasure, although he was very good at talking, but it was not good to give it directly to high-ranking officials, so he cherished Yingyang Zhenren's cousin very much.
Before the collapse of Dezong, he was also very worried about Wei's ruthlessness, so he entrusted He Ye to the king of Nanyang.
Although the king of Nanyang has no intention of power, but because he was born with affection, he has always been particularly sad about the affairs of his roommates, so he still attaches great importance to the trust of Dezong, he knows that He Yan is gentle, in terms of character, it is quite similar to He Ming, the crown prince of the Yingzong Dynasty, so he risked being jealous of the Empress Dowager Wei, and reminded He Yan that He Yan must guard against He Ye being secretly harmed by the Empress Dowager.
Over the years, the King of Nanyang has seen that He Ye has been cultivated to be arrogant and greedy for fun because the Son of Heaven is too cherished, and the King of Nanyang is not only worried, but secretly rejoices, if He Ye is just a prince who is greedy for pleasure, this life is full of glory and wealth, and he will live up to the trust of the first emperor, but what he never expected is that the Son of Heaven has only succeeded to the throne for just ten years, and in the absence of children, he will be seriously ill and die!
According to the Son of Heaven's deep brotherhood towards He Ye, it is very likely that he will entrust the position of power, if this is the case...... I'm afraid that He Ye is already out of danger!
And King Ruyang saw that his grandfather King Luo, who was ambitious and greedy for power, and now he was so fearless, I don't know how many wrongdoings he had done in secret, and the current Empress Dowager Wei is not like the Empress Dowager Lu back then, who only knew how ruthless she was in the harem, and her ambition and means were even more intimidating, where would he let He Qi be arrogant and domineering? If it is not handled well tonight, I am afraid that the clan surnamed He will be completely wiped out by the Wei family, which will lead to chaos in the world in the future and change the surname!
Even if the king of Nanyang has never asked about government affairs for decades, after all, he is a clan surnamed He, and he attaches great importance to family affection, and now he still serves as Zong Zhengqing, so naturally he will not watch his nephew surnamed He lose his wife's hands.
No matter how He Qi provoked, the king of Nanyang not only indulged in the noisy changes in the clan, but even shouted at those who were simple-minded and instigated by a few words and couldn't help but draw their swords to face each other: "The queen mother has said that the saint is in danger, so I have been ordered to discuss the need to succeed to the throne, and it is not unusual to meet you, and it is reasonable to wait for a little longer. Besides, if the Queen Mother really has a suspicious heart, how can I wait for the saber to enter the meeting?! ”
This has to praise the foresight of the Empress Dowager Wei, originally forbidden to see the inside of the house is not allowed to carry a sword, and she knows that there are people in the clan such as Ruyang Wang He Qi and other people with plots, it is very likely that there will be a bloody incident, but if you disarm everyone according to the usual law, in the end, in case of bloodshed, it is obvious that the Empress Dowager Wei has already conspired, even if these clans riot, they are no match for thousands of guards, but if they take the lead in drawing their swords, it will undoubtedly confirm the name of the conspiracy, at least the palace guards will not suspect that it is the queen mother usurping the government, In the event of a local riot, Wei Haichi would not be able to rebel and leave without soldiers.
King Nanyang was not unaware of Empress Dowager Wei's seemingly selfless true intentions, but at this time he had no other choice.
The clans are like turtles in the urn at the moment, and they can't sit on the crime of "counterconspiracy", and they were beheaded by Wei Shi with an excuse, which is his responsibility as Zong Zhengqing!
With the presence of the king of Nanyang, although there was a forbidden water incident, there was no noise and turmoil among the clans in the east hall, He Qi naturally did not refute Zong Zhengqing's reprimand, he originally planned to discuss with his uncle in advance, so as to make a preemptive strike, which governor backfired and jumped into the air, and the Empress Dowager Wei immediately responded, at this time He Qi was not in a hurry to confess to the king of Nanyang.
He also knows the bottom line of this uncle, as long as Wei's conspiracy to kill the King of Jin and usurp the government is exposed later, the uncle will inevitably protect the rule of the surname He and point the sword at Wei!