Hai Jiao looked at his sister speechlessly: "How would I know?" I don't even remember what day the Queen Mother died! ”

Haitang grinned and held his arm to coax him: "My brother has worked in Jinyiwei for so many years, and he is still friendly with well-informed people like Divine Whip Zhang San, how many will you hear some rumors, right?" Think about it. ”

Seeing Haijiao frowning, she continued to persuade: "This matter is very important. Doesn't my brother really want to catch up with Master Tao Yuetao? Do you still expect him to exert his strength in advance to prevent Sun Ge Lao from continuing to shine again. But grandpa and cousin are now counting on the protection of the Zhou family to be safe and sound for many years. If you want to get closer to Lord Tao, we have to pay attention to the ideas of the Zhou family, and we can't offend the Zhou family's backer before we climb to Lord Tao, right? But if the two of them can reconcile, join forces, and have holy dependents and military power, it will not be something that Sun Ge Lao can easily deal with. And the biggest contradiction between Master Tao and the Zhou family is probably in the matter of chasing Tao Hui's concubine. Of course, I want to ask what happened back then. ”

My sister is right.

The reef really remembered it seriously.

After returning from rebirth, in order to have a good life for himself, he successfully saved his benefactor, and his career could be smooth sailing, but he remembered what he had experienced and heard in his previous life, so that he could find information that could be used for himself. Those acquaintances under Jinyiwei are naturally one of his biggest sources of intelligence, which is helping him understand the trend of officialdom in the next twenty years. After nearly a year of reminiscing and sorting, he basically knew what he had done, and now when he thinks about it, he remembers an incident he once experienced.

His master once caught the person who was important for the Jinyi guard, and took him and his senior brother to escort them to the Imperial Prison, where they happened to meet acquaintances, so they made an appointment to go to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

That acquaintance is said to be an inner prison from the palace, a master of torture, and was released from the palace by grace before the death of the Empress Dowager Zhou. It's just that he was alone and had nowhere to go, and someone in the Jinyi guard knew his ability, so they invited him to prison with a lot of money.

At that time, it was Haijiao's senior brother who was waiting for the two elders in the private room, and Haijiao was standing by the door and was responsible for delivering food and wine, so he only heard part of the conversation between the "Grandpa Xin" and his master: "...... Concubine Chang Guifei looks like a decent person, King Ji is also smart, I didn't expect the Chang family to be such a family style, the foundation is really not clean, no wonder the Queen Mother hated his family when she was alive, always thinking about grabbing his family's handle, and she was angry with Concubine Tao Hui. I don't know if Prince Hyomyeong's death has anything to do with his family......"

Haitang's eyes widened when he heard this: "This sentence...... What does that mean? Who is Chang Guifei? Who is King Ji? Who is Prince Hyomyung? ”

Hai Jiao explained: "Concubine Chang is the concubine of the first emperor, and the son she gave birth to was crowned King Ji. Prince Xiaoming was the biological son of the Empress Dowager Zhou, who died very early. ”

In the last years of the first emperor, the princes seized the throne, and the battle was very fierce. The first to die was Prince Xiaoming, the descendant of Empress Zhou of the Zhenggong Palace. After his death, the highest voice was the king of Ji born to the favorite concubine Chang Guifei, but at the same time, there was another King An born to Concubine Zhang De, and the other princes also had a brilliant performance from time to time, winning the favor of the first emperor, it is difficult to say which prince has the upper hand.

Emperor Deguang was just an inconspicuous prince at that time, and he was not taken seriously by his brothers who were interested in competing for the throne. He was able to win because he recognized his mother-in-law, Queen Zhou, as his mother, and made contributions with the support of the other party, so that he would enter the East Palace before his brothers.

Soon after, the first emperor died, and the new crown prince succeeded to the throne with the support of the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Zhou family. Even if the princes originally planned to pull the new prince off the horse, they didn't have time to operate, so they could only accept their fate.

Empress Dowager Zhou has always been at odds with Concubine Chang, and she also suspects that she has something to do with her son's death, and resolutely opposes Prince Ji. But as soon as she took power, before she had time to arrest and interrogate, Concubine Chang simply martyred the first emperor, and in front of her relatives, hundreds of officials and edicts, she cried and told her deep affection and reluctance, and then committed suicide by taking poison. The Empress Dowager Zhou not only couldn't ask her for the blame, but also had to bury her beautifully. King Ji also fainted in public because he was too sad when he cried, and he fell seriously ill afterwards, winning a reputation for filial piety in front of the public. Empress Dowager Zhou and the newly succeeded Emperor Deguang were in the way of material discussions, and there was nothing they could do to him.

During his illness, King Ji disbanded his team very neatly, and even Princess Ji's grandfather was purged from the court by the new monarch. He did not interfere in the government affairs, took the large wealth left by the first emperor and Chang Guifei, and lived a small life behind closed doors in the palace with peace of mind. He is so honest that he can be called a model of the clan. Not only could the emperor not retaliate against him, but he also had to give him a reward during the New Year's holidays to show his benevolence and friendship.

Haijiao said: "King Ji has been beautiful for decades, and he lives longer than the emperor!" Although the Chang family is unwilling, except for a capable son and nephew who was demoted, he has not suffered any major crimes, and his reputation in Beijing is okay, and his family background is also thick. If it weren't for Grandpa Xin mentioning it, I really wouldn't have known that his family was not clean. I don't know what bad things they did, if Concubine Chang was really related to the death of Prince Xiaoming, no wonder the Queen Mother had always resented her. ”

Haitang asked, "But what does this have to do with Concubine Tao Hui?" ”

Haijiao replied: "I can't say how deep it is. It is said that Concubine Tao Hui died early, and before she died, she was not worried about the palace people around her, so she recommended them to Concubine Chang. Among them, there was a palace man who later became Chang Guifei's confidant and often gave her advice. If it is said that Concubine Chang Guifei has harmed Prince Xiaoming, this palace person may be an accomplice. It just so happened that Prince Xiaoming's front foot died, and the palace people on the back foot died violently, and the queen mother suspected that she was killed, so she was angry with Concubine Tao Hui, who recommended the person. "These are the words of Grandpa Xin himself.

But the Empress Dowager Zhou was able to accept the son of Concubine Tao Hui as her adopted son, and she also sent people to the throne, and it is estimated that this anger is also limited. She can't accept the emperor's posthumous mother, I'm afraid it's more for the honor of the queen mother, right?

Haitang was curious: "Concubine Chang was martyred by the first emperor, and there is no way to answer the queen mother's questions, what about her palace people?" Can't the Queen Mother interrogate them? ”

Haijiao shook his head: "After Concubine Chang died, almost all of her henchmen were martyred, and the Queen Mother had nowhere to ask." ”

The queen mother was aggrieved, and the emperor was also aggrieved. The Queen Mother is upbringing and will not take revenge on innocent people. The emperor could only take a small sigh from the Chang family.

However, the Chang family is only a small role, and the key is King Ji.

Emperor Deguang had no choice but to take this rich and leisurely brother, he had been aggrieved for a long time, and he also wanted to take revenge. A few years ago, when the fourth prince invited himself out of the inheritance clan, he passed his son to the other party on the grounds that King Ji had no children, just snatching the other party's rich net worth into his pocket.

In fact, King Ji is not childless, he just has no sons-in-law, but there are many concubines and concubines. But the emperor had to say something on the grounds that he didn't have a son-in-law, and he had no choice but to happily take the four princes to his home, and the next day he wrote to ask for the title of prince.

Haijiao told his sister: "It's this prince of Ji Wang, who always made a fuss about returning to the sect later, and even colluded with the Sun family." If it weren't for that, the Eighth Prince would have been established a long time ago! Now that the emperor has only this one lone seedling under his knees, who else can he set up if he is not appointed as the prince? Back then, the four princes were making trouble to succeed themselves, and now they want to go back to the palace to be the prince, how can there be such a reason in the world? If it weren't for him, Sun Ge would have lost his support a long time ago, how could he be prosperous for more than ten years?! ”

This is something that Begonia didn't expect again.

She hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" The emperor has so few sons, why are there still people clamoring for succession? Such a 'filial' son, the emperor didn't punish him, and even found him a rich father?! ”