Wishful Things

"Although King Jing and His Majesty are born of the same mother, but when they were young, they were more in tune with King Yan, and they have always been closer."

Emperor Qingming's biological mother was born in a humble family, and passed away after giving birth to King Jing. King Jing was more likely to be brought up by King Yan's biological mother, who is also the current Queen Mother—children were ignorant and ignorant when they were young, and they always regarded the Queen Mother as their biological mother. Looking at it, and because the second elder brother, King Yan, takes care of him a lot, he is naturally very close to him.

"Perhaps there is still communication between King Jing and King Yan, maybe there is some subtle action that fell into the eyes of the emperor and made him suspicious..." Duke Zhen frowned: "Perhaps there is no need for any real mistakes. "

It is normal for brothers to have contacts, and King Yan has deliberately avoided taboos with his courtiers and clan over the years.

But in the eyes of the emperor, I am afraid it is not enough.

King Jing didn't have much military power in his hands, but Liangzhou was located at a critical point. The emperor's defense was probably that if King Jing and King Yan stood together in the future, he would be attacked by enemies.

After Xu Mingyi was silent for a moment, he asked: "Grandfather, what kind of person is King Yan? In Beijing, it seems that very few people would mention this prince."

When she was young, she knew almost nothing about this king of Yan, so when she suddenly heard that the other party was raising troops in Yangzhou, she couldn't help being surprised-who is this?

At that time, there were different opinions about this 'rebellious' prince in Yangzhou city, and she couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

However, she could clearly feel that Wu Jiaji trusted this son-in-law.

If not, when Wu Ran, the only direct descendant, was handed over to her, she would not have told her in every possible way to find a chance to hand him over to King Yan in the future.

Speaking of King Yan, Duke Zheng's tone was a bit complicated.

"When I first met the late emperor, the prince was only three or four years old...but when he was just ten years old, he began to follow me to learn how to march. When the late emperor ascended the throne, the prince was already fighting with the army. He fought for a full ten years, but at the age of sixteen or seventeen he was able to take the lead alone, and because he was extremely good at using troops and valued friendship, he had a high prestige in the army."

In comparison, His Majesty, who wasn't even a prince back then, hardly stood out in his eyes.

Xu Ming couldn't help but understand.

No wonder Emperor Qingming was so taboo.

She also understood why people in Beijing seldom mentioned King Yan.

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"Based on this, grandfather and this prince were quite close in the old days."

Zhen Guogong sighed noncommittally.

When he first met the first emperor, it was nothing more than being forced by the tyranny of the court to seek a way out. And at that time, the world was already in chaos, everyone was rebelling, he was born with a lot of energy, and he had nowhere to use his energy, so he just wanted to find something to do - how could he think that he would be able to do so much in the end?

So at that time, he just treated Yan Wang as an ordinary child. The child knelt down and kowtowed and called him "Master".

"After the first emperor passed away, the prince went to the Northland. Over the years, he and I have never had a word."

Moreover, there were constant large and small wars in the north, and they were often harassed by foreign vagrants. King Yan had not been to Beijing for many years, and he couldn't remember when the two met last time.

Xu Mingyi slightly frowned.

So what if there has been no contact for many years, in the eyes of the current emperor, I am afraid that the position of the Zhenguo government has always been doubtful.

Perhaps, the grandfather had an old friendship with the King of Yan, which was one of the reasons why the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion suffered a catastrophe in the previous life.

Duke Zhen seems to have sensed his granddaughter's worries.

He did not try to whitewash the peace with words, but said: "If the matter of the prince's distress is really the emperor's intention... Even if King Jing and the emperor's mother have been guarded to this point, our Zhen Guogong's mansion is even more needless. "

Now that Xie family's country is not so stable, it's only normal for the emperor to be jealous of the feudal lords, especially the King of Yan.

If King Yan can't be moved, he can only take the relatively weak King Jing first. One is for deterrence, and it can also be used to centralize power.

Many lessons learned from the past show that there are too many disadvantages in hastily cutting down the vassal, and the emperor does not want to bear the reputation of being narrow-minded, so he arranged such a big show of respecting the prince and murdering the prince——

But this is king-

There are similarities between Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion and King Jing's Mansion, but there are also differences.

The Duke of Zhen Guo said, looked at his granddaughter, and said: "Fortunately, what Zhao Zhao said earlier, if not, my grandfather would have almost chosen the wrong path."

King Jing is weak, so the emperor can act so unscrupulously.

And he has the military power in his hands, even if the emperor has doubts in his heart, he still needs to think twice about what he wants to do——

In the past, he thought he was quite clear-headed and knew how to advance and retreat, but he never really saw the seriousness of his majesty's suspicions, and he did not leave a way for people to survive.

"As the saying goes, tiger poison doesn't eat offspring." Thinking of what happened to the crown prince, Lord Zhen frowned, "Not to mention, the crown prince is still his only heir."

The son is gone, who will pass on the guarded country?

This is not only not leaving a way out for others, it is even not leaving a way out for oneself!

"Probably seeing that Concubine Rong is pregnant, if one is pregnant, there will be a second one—" Xu Mingyi paused for a moment, but finally said: "What's more, the crown prince is weak, if we let it go like this, at most we can only live again It's been three or five years."

The imperial physicians would not dare to hide this from Emperor Qingming.

If a prince whose life is not long can be used to settle a concern for him, it may be very worthwhile in the other party's heart.

But no one should deprive others of their right to live.

What's more, the child's desire to survive is extremely strong.

Duke Zhen was surprised to hear this.

"Three to five years?"

The old man couldn't help asking his granddaughter, "How did Zhao Zhao know about this?"

"It was the inference given by Ah Kui after inspecting the physical condition of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Lord Zhen was stunned.

That being said, that girl Ah Kui is much more useful than Mr. Yao?

"Can you still see it like this? If that's the case, can you ask Aoi to show me too—"

Looking at his grandfather's serious look, Xu Mingyi said helplessly: "Where are you going to go, it's because His Royal Highness is too weak, old diseases are hard to get rid of, and the foundation of the body is damaged, so you can roughly deduce one or two—— "

As the girl spoke, her nose turned slightly sour, but her eyes sparkled with a smile: "Your body is so healthy, you will surely live a long life."

Lord Zhen also laughed.

That's right, he must live a long life, after all, he is not at ease letting his two unreliable sons guard his precious granddaughter.

He has to live longer and take good care of the children at home.

"With the current situation in the world, without a proper name, he still doesn't have the guts to forcibly seize the military power from me. Of course you have to be careful, but Zhao Zhao doesn't need to worry too much."

Lord Zhenguo looked kindly and seriously: "If you have anything, just explain it to grandfather. Although grandfather is old, his brain is not as good as you young people, and he is inevitably a bit stubborn, but grandfather still listens to Zhao Zhao's words."

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