The real Han Zhi'er is dead, and died in that coup with her mother.
And the current Han Zhi'er is just a nail inserted into Dagan by the current king of Goryeo.
Goryeo, which conquered the wallless country from the time of Taizu, bowed its head to Dagan, used Dagan's year name, accepted Dagan's canonization, and existed as a Dagan subordinate state.
But the situation in that tiny place is also very complicated. Coups often occur, and because it borders many countries, these power grabbers are deeply rooted. But for this kind of internal affairs, Dagan generally doesn't care, as long as your small country surrenders to me.
The King of Korea didn't want to touch Han Zhier's mother and daughter. He never expected that Lan Zhu would appear when the mother died for her husband and the daughter didn't live alone. So it became a matter of course to arrange for Lanzhu to come to Daqian to find relatives, and to gain a firm foothold by King Qing's side through old love.
Goryeo has always used this method a lot, including paying tribute to a group of women every few years to do a big job. Anyone who can stand firmly beside a high-ranking and powerful person will benefit Goryeo infinitely. Although King Qing is just a little prince now, who knows what will happen in the future
Lan Zhu came to Dagan under the false name and came to King Qing's side.
King Qing was tall and handsome, held power in his hands, and loved Lanzhu, so Lanzhu couldn't help being moved. In addition, although she is a nail, but a nail like her is just a trick. She gradually forgot her identity, and just indulged in competing with Princess Qing for King Qing.
Lan Zhu was made a side concubine and gave birth to brother Cheng. She felt that as long as King Qing and Princess Qing were divorced, this mansion would be her world in the future. But at this moment, someone suddenly handed her a letter.
Only she could understand the code word in this letter, and her master actually told a person her identity.
"I didn't intend to join forces with the other party at first. The letter only said that I would assist, but did not ask me to be ordered by him, but he actually threatened me with my identity. I kept refusing it until I couldn't evade it anymore..."
"You can tell Lao Qi about this." For some unknown reason, King Jin actually said such a sentence.
Hearing this, Lan Zhu was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You think I haven't thought about it? But I'm pretending... You don't think he really has anything to me, do you? In fact, I am very pitiful sometimes He, when I was with him, he often listened to me telling my mother about some things about his mother... He didn't know that these things were actually made up by me... "
Lanzhu's smile was so strange that King Jin couldn't help but look at him more.
"... If I let him know that I lied to him, I think he will be the first person to kill me... Sometimes men's minds are really strange... In fact, not only men, sometimes women are also..." Lan Zhu's expression became dazed, as if he had fallen into memory. The expression is very complicated, mixed with nostalgia, anger, desolation, even remembrance, resentment and so on.
"You haven't told me, who is the person who contacted you?"
Lan Zhu came back to her senses and glanced at King Jin: "I don't know."
After a pause, she continued: "I really don't know, but I know he is not simple, because Fuxi is his person. He contacted me through Fuxi."
Fuxi was an old man who had followed King Qing since childhood and had served King Qing for more than twenty years.
King Jin fell into deep thought, obviously thinking about who is behind Lanzhu.
As for Lan Zhu on the ground, more and more blood came out of her mouth, and her breathing became more and more rapid: "I've finished what I should say, don't forget what you promised me."
"I hope you can tell others about this again."
After saying this, King Jin glanced at a guard next to him, then turned and got on his horse. The man immediately took out a pill from his bosom, squeezed the wax pill, stuffed it into Lanzhu's mouth, and said, "It's cheap for you, this medicine is hard to find, even a dying person can give her more Live for half an hour."
In Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongjing sat on the throne with a gloomy expression.
Under it stood several princes headed by King Hui, only King Jin and King Qing were not there, while King An was pale and knelt on the ground.
"Look at my father and emperor's lesson. Some people deliberately framed my son-in-law. The son-in-law did order someone to pass a note to Xiao Cheng, but he was never bold enough to order someone to sell exam questions everywhere."
Emperor Hongjing didn't say a word.
King Hui opened a pair of cloudy eyes, smiled beside him and said: "Second brother, it's not that you are a brother, even if you are short of money, you can ask us brothers for a loan, why is the food so ugly, even that All the money from cats and dogs will be collected. It’s not that my brother said you, you are too careless.”
In the past, this kind of right and wrong Wang An would not fight. But it's different now, cheating in the examination room is a big deal, and if he is not careful, he will end up being banned by seizing the title. King An looked at King Hui resentfully: "Brother, don't talk about younger brother, you have done this kind of thing a lot, do you need me to mention how many people under your prince's family came out like this back then. They were all transferred to the Salt Envoy manage… "
King Hui's face immediately changed, and he retorted: "You think everyone else is dirty, but you are clean, then..."
Emperor Hongjing was so angry that his face was purple, and he cursed on it: "Shut up, you bastards! You are a brother, you are a son..."
Emperor Hongjing's chest was heaving and unsteady, Li Dequan rushed over to comfort him, and brought him hot tea to drink with him.
The following plopped and knelt down, asking Emperor Hongjing to appease his anger.
But the problem is that Emperor Hongjing can appease his anger. He looked at the sons below, how many of these individuals have tampered with it. Frame, frame, slander, slander...
Now Emperor Hongjing can finally understand why his father looked at his brothers that way back then.
It was because of this situation that Emperor Hongjing knew that King Hui had made so many mistakes, how many of them were done stupidly by himself, and how many of them were splashed with dirty water. As for King An's matter today, as well as King Qing, how many people have tampered with it.
There is no father and son in the heavenly family! There are no brothers in heaven!
For some reason, such a sentence flashed in Emperor Hongjing's mind, and his face suddenly aged dozens of years.
Li Dequan was still pressing Emperor Hongjing's chest, and he felt a burst of pain in his head, which made him sick. He took several deep breaths before suppressing the nausea, and was about to say something when suddenly a little eunuch came in to report that King Jin was coming.
"Let him come in." Emperor Hongjing said, waved away Li Dequan's hand, and took the tea next to him to drink. After such a while, he has been able to regain his composure.
He sat on the throne, high above, and the faces of the sons below seemed to be in front of his eyes, but seemed far away.
He saw King An's uneasiness, King Hui's outrage, King Dai's silence, King Yong's waiting for an opportunity, and King Lu's gloating...
A sense of being high above and above all living beings, he seems to return to the cold and ruthless emperor again, not the anxious father for the sake of future generations.
King Jin walked in, his clothes were neat and not messy. His steps were steady, neither fast nor slow, but the soles of his boots were stained with some dust.
"Where have you been? I told you to enter the palace, and all your brothers have come, but you are the slowest."
"My son has something to do." While speaking, King Jin saluted, and then stood still without saying a word, as if he had no intention of explaining that he would be late.
Emperor Hongjing was very angry with him, so the old fifth never cared what he thought or whether it would make him unhappy. He pursed his lips tightly and was about to say something when King Jin said again, "I have something to report."
"What's the matter?" Emperor Hongjing subconsciously asked.
King Jin stopped talking again, obviously because he disliked too many people around him, so he didn't want to talk.
Emperor Hongjing stood up angrily, he shook slightly, but grabbed Li Dequan's elbow the next moment.
"Come in with me."
After going to Xinuang Pavilion, Emperor Hongjing sat down on the bright yellow cushion under the south window kang, and put one hand on his welcoming arm: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
King Jin didn't answer the question correctly, "I don't know how the father plans to deal with the second brother, and how he plans to deal with the seventh brother?"
These words made Emperor Hongjing startled, "How do I deal with them, do I still need to greet you?"
"My son got one person, and this person is..."
The King of Jin gave a general account of Concubine Han's affairs.
After hearing this, Emperor Hongjing sneered instead of being startled and angry: "A woman can play him around, he is really my good son."
This tone did not seem to be talking about his own son, but rather an outsider. Emperor Hongjing had always had a slight dislike for King Qing. Many people did not understand why. Only King Jin understood some of the reasons.
King Jin remained calm and said without raising his eyebrows: "I hope that the father will show mercy to the seventh younger brother and give him a chance to reflect on his past."
"If you plead for him like this, it seems that I am like an executioner. Isn't he my son?"
King Jin looked up at him. Although he didn't say anything, his clear eyes were full of insights.
Yes, everyone knows that King Qing was framed.
This happened two days ago, but Emperor Hongjing kept suppressing it, until today he ordered people to take King Qing, what he wanted is self-evident.
Emperor Hongjing was a father, but at the same time he was also an emperor.
What is the emperor most afraid of? In addition to death, it is probably the loss of the throne.
The father is weak and the son is strong, especially with so many sons who are ambitious, I am afraid that any emperor would be afraid. Emperor Hongjing lured them with bait, and designed several sons to accept the reduction of feudal vassals, and kept the princes in Beijing to grant them official positions. It seems that they want to examine which son has the appearance of a prince, but in fact it is not a reaction of mentality.
The King of Jin understood the mentality of this kind of person too well, so he was sure that Emperor Hongjing still had a backup.
And this backhand is equivalent to killing chickens to warn monkeys, in order to warn the kings not to act rashly, and to declare their supreme majesty.
With King Jin's personality, even if he understood all this, he would not do anything or say anything. But this time it was King Qing who was involved. Although King Qing was confused and incompetent, he was the younger brother he had protected for many years.
King Jin's clear but bottomless eyes reminded Emperor Hongjing of someone.
A person who made him toss in his dreams at midnight, and dreamed of him from time to time.
"...Shen Luan, don't forget what she used to conceive the Dragon Heir. You thought she was innocent and weak, but in fact..."
She didn't say anything, just looked at him with this look.
Under this look, he felt a sense of shame, and even more insight—she knew everything.
She knows her scheming, she knows why she is scheming, and she knows the man's bad nature in his bones, she knows everything, she doesn't care, she doesn't care about anything, even death. If she cared, probably only the Shen family could make her care, and he...
The two pairs of eyes overlapped, and Emperor Hongjing's eyes trembled.
"I won't do anything to him." At first, the voice was still the same, and then a little weakened: "It's just guarding the imperial tomb."
King Jin nodded, and said again: "If Lao Qi divorces his wife, I hope the emperor will not stop him."
"Divorce your wife, what kind of wife will you divorce?" Immediately, Emperor Hongjing understood, and what he said was a bit unpleasant: "You really like to meddle in other people's business."
"The women at home are thinking about it."
Emperor Hongjing was furious again, "You are really promising! You don't hide it at all. You are a majestic prince and let a woman control your head."
The king of Jin ignored him and just said: "If there is nothing wrong, I will step down."
"Get out, get out!"
So King Jin went away.
However, King Jin did not leave the palace directly, but went to the place where King Qing was imprisoned.
When King Jin arrived, there was no sound in the palace. King Qing curled up in a corner of the room, the big man hugged his knees and buried his head like a child.
"Have you seen her?"
"Fifth brother, I'm sorry..."
"Fifth brother, I'm sorry, I let you down." King Qing held his head and cried bitterly, "I'm a bastard, I'm a fool, I'm a white-eyed wolf... I've been immersed in self-pity all day long, I think Everyone in the world owes me everything, and everyone treats me well... I hate my discord and weakness, and I always think that one day when I am strong, I will be able to let go of all this. Actually, no, Not at all, I'm stronger on the outside, but in my heart I'm still the same old me who just covered my head and hid in a corner crying... "
Back then at Ganxi No. 5 Institute, King Jin saw King Qing again, and King Qing just as he said, covered his head and hid in a corner crying, not even daring to cry out loud.