Chapter 2 The Secret History of the Empress Dowager of the Kingdom of Jin
In 1221 AD, in the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven of the Kingdom of Jin, two scholars dressed as scholars walked into the Kaifeng Imperial City.
There was already a tense atmosphere in Kaifeng City, and the actions of the Mongols and the Song State to reorganize their armaments did not conceal the plans of the Jin State, and the spies of the Jin State had already transmitted the news back to the imperial city, and the court of the Jin State was shaken, and the ministers were terrified, fearing that the old things of five years ago would be repeated, and they set their eyes on His Royal Highness King Rong who was beside the emperor.
Emperor Wan Yan Xu of the Jin State has turned six years old, and he will listen to the government in the court on weekdays, and King Rong Wan Yan Hongxi sits upright in the position under the emperor's side, although the courtiers keep saying that they are the emperor when they discuss the matter, but they all know that the real decision-making is the prince with the greatest power, fortunately, King Rong is not autocratic, as long as the opinion is reasonable, it will be adopted.
At this time, the prime minister of the Jin State is called Xu Ding, quite talented, and King Rong cooperate tacitly, in the face of the crisis of the country's survival, the Prime Minister mentioned yì to Mongolia for peace, as long as the land is ceded, to satisfy the greed of Mongolia, the Song State will not become the climate, he looked at His Royal Highness King Rong who was closing his eyes and recuperating, waiting for His Royal Highness's reply, so that he could send an envoy to Mongolia to ask for peace.
"Wait!"
King Rong Wanyan Hongxi opened his eyes, and after saying this word, he stopped speaking, and the ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
The third prince is naturally not just waiting, he has also made a lot of arrangements, he doesn't understand the government, he only knows how to march and fight, of course, even in the battle formation, he is not a famous general, just with a brave and many years of experience in fighting, the only thing he can do is his prestige in the army.
Wanyan Hongxi joined the army as a young man, and now he has been in the army for more than 30 years, has experienced hundreds of large and small battles, and has survived countless near-deaths. With absolute command of the army, there was once a chance that he thought he saw a bright future for the country, but in the end it was just a flash of joy, and the person who could revive the Dajin Kingdom left.
The third prince returned to the mansion, took off his court clothes and changed into civilian clothes. Walking towards the study, he didn't like to read, he just wanted to be quiet in the study and calm the troubled feelings, but when he came to the study, he found that the door of the study was open, and there was a faint fragrance of tea wafting out inside.
King Rong vigilantly drew the dagger he carried with him and pushed open the hidden door.
In the palace of the Jin Kingdom, the emperor left the court. As usual, I went to the harem to ask the queen mother for peace, and the queen mother asked about some things in the court, and the opinions of the ministers, which is not to say that the queen mother is interested in court politics, but to investigate whether the emperor really listens to the government attentively.
King Rong is getting old, the emperor is young, the Jin country is stormy, and the queen mother feels nostalgic in her heart. I was a little confused and didn't know where to go from here. However, she had a belief in her heart that when the survival of this country was at stake, that person would definitely appear, just like he had done at the beginning, to save the country from a desperate situation.
In the Dajin Kingdom, perhaps only the Queen Mother understood why King Rong said the word "wait" in the court, and King Rong was waiting. Why didn't she wait any longer, she didn't know why that person left, she didn't know what the plan was behind this, she didn't ask King Rong, her weak nature made her only know to wait silently.
That summer night two years ago. The Empress Dowager of the Jin Kingdom did not appear on the streets of Kaifeng City for no reason.
King Rong Wanyan Hongxi did not go to the court for several days, it is said that he has been drinking in the palace, she sent the palace people to inquire but could not get a reply, the queen mother who has always stayed in the deep palace and guarded herself had to come to the Rong Wangfu in person to inquire about the reason, the reason why she took advantage of the late night, the light car Jane Cong was afraid of being recognized, causing criticism.
When she was about to get off the carriage, she saw a figure coming out of the Rongwang Mansion in despair, she didn't care in the dark night, but walked into the Rongwang Mansion, the Queen Mother saw the Rong Wang sitting on the stone bench with a drunken body, with a broken sword and half a robe in front of him, surrounded by traces of fighting, she recalled that she had just staggered past the emperor who seemed to have died in Mobei.
"I want to keep him, Jin Guo can't live without him. King Rong said in a deep voice.
In this way, she left the palace and followed that person, and her heart was in turmoil, if this emperor was still alive, then what should her children do? A country cannot have two emperors, why did he and the third prince fight? Why did he leave? Why did the third prince have to keep him?
Countless reasons plagued the queen mother, until she returned to the palace, she realized that the ordinary palace maid beside her was actually equipped with martial arts, and she was very familiar with the drunken emperor His Majesty, she figured out something, and knew that there must be a big conspiracy behind this, and her son was just a puppet who was pushed to the forefront.
The Empress Dowager of the Jin Kingdom looked at the drunken Emperor Xià, the past flashed in front of her eyes, this person had threatened her, and also took her to escape from the Imperial City of Zhongdu, I thought he died in Mobei, but I didn't expect to come back to life again, and continued to threaten her son's life, in her eyes, this Majesty Xià was gloomy and frightening, but King Rong was right, Jin Guo couldn't live without him.
So what can be done to keep him and keep his children from harm?
So she went to boil a bowl of decoction, this decoction is not a secret in the harem of the Jin Kingdom, it is used to help men and women find pleasure, Li Shi'er had given it to Wan Yan Jing back then, just to make Wan Yan Jing sober up, the Empress Dowager fed the decoction to the drunken emperor His Majesty, and then it was a matter of course.
As a weak woman, this was the only way she could think of.
But the man still left, but left a gift, the queen mother looked at the girl lying on the bed and fell asleep, showed a relieved smile, for the sake of Dajinguo, for her own child, she did not regret that incident, she has been waiting, waiting for that person to come back and take a look.
The door of the palace quietly opened, and a figure walked in.
On the second day, at the court meeting of the Jin Kingdom, King Rong Wanyan Hongxi announced that he would lead his troops to Jingzhao Mansion and garrison Chang'an City to resist the invasion of the Mongol army.
The ministers of the court and the central government discussed a lot, as we all know, the queen mother has a weak temperament, in this critical moment of foreign invasion, indecision will ruin a big thing, this is really a move to destroy the country, they asked His Royal Highness King Rong to withdraw the order, and change the prime minister or an adult prince to supervise the country.
King Rong Wanyan Hongxi just smiled weirdly and ignored it, he didn't want to care about this mess for a long time, he still went to the front to fight happily, as for these ministers, if they want to make trouble, just make trouble, there will always be someone to clean them up.
The man who was pinned on the high hopes of the third prince was lying on the ground and hurriedly playing with a two-year-old girl, at this moment this man had neither the majesty of the emperor nor the demeanor of a peerless master, just a father who circled around the child, beside him, the Empress Dowager of Jin Guo chuckled softly. (To be continued......)