In order to prove his innocence, the King of Wu'an County committed suicide and died. Emperor Xuande posthumously named him King of Wei and buried him in the imperial mausoleum. Afterwards, he demoted Yao Song, the military governor of Bingzhou, and Lu Yun, the military governor of Jizhou. Blame it on these two people, and finally send out the rewards that the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty deserved.
The courtiers did not dare to say anything about the death of the King of Wu'an County, but the King of Wu'an County was the only surviving son of the founding emperor of Da Zhou. Now he was killed in Chongzheng Hall because of the throne, and in front of his uncle, Emperor Xuande. How can people not talk about it? Not only that, even when Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, there was only an oral edict from Gaozu, and there was no imperial edict.
Even the emperor can't escape from the mouth of Youyou. The ministers lied that the emperor could be demoted and demoted, but he couldn't control so many people. Emperor Xuande could only pretend to be ignorant, but the fire bubbles at the corners of his mouth could not deceive anyone. The Tai Hospital hurriedly prescribed a fire-fighting prescription, and the imperial pantry served light meals in a different way. Bring up your heart.
In late September, the King of Wu'an County was buried in the ground and returned from the funeral. The King of Chu followed his younger brother back to the residence of King Shou.
King Shou knew that his brother had something to say, and asked him to go boating on the lake. It was an open-top boat with no one to serve, and only two brothers sat on it. The King of Chu rowed the oar for a while, and when the boat was far away from the shore of the lake, the King of Chu threw the oar aside, took the wine jar and sat opposite his brother, opened the jar, and the two brothers poured a bottle each.
"This bottle, respect the elder brother." Holding the wine bottle, the king of Chu said to his younger brother, the elder brother in his mouth was the king of Wu'an County, who was a few years older than him.
Zhao Heng picked up the wine bottle, then reached out and moved overboard, and sprinkled the wine into the lake.
After paying homage to the King of Wu'an County, the King of Chu ignored his younger brother and poured his own drink. One person drank half the jar in one go, when the King of Chu suddenly threw the small wine bottle into the lake, picked up the wine jar and was about to pour it into his mouth.
"Big brother." Zhao Heng grabbed the other side of the wine jar in time and stopped in a low voice.
The King of Chu looked at his younger brother, a big man who had become a father. Tears welled up in the tiger's eyes, and he choked up: "My eldest brother is only twenty-eight. He attacked Zhuozhou. I fought side by side with him. The father asked me to guard Zhuozhou. Before I went to Youzhou, my eldest brother promised to give me a jar of fine wine when I conquered Youzhou... I didn't die on the battlefield, but I died..."
Having said that, the King of Chu shook off his brother's hand, raised the wine jar, and poured wine into his mouth. The wine spilled out and splashed on his face, and he couldn't tell which drop was wine and which was tears. Zhao Heng looked at his brother silently, looked at him, and slowly remembered the events of his childhood. The elder brother is three years older than him, and the cousin is eight years older than him. When everyone was a child, the elder brother always played with the cousin. He thought he was too young to take him. Once he insisted on following the elder brother, the elder brother was not happy, it was the cousin. Smile and speak for him.
They are all from the Zhao family, and they are all siblings.
Zhao Heng raised his head and emptied the bottle of wine he had filled earlier.
But the dead are gone, and the living must go on. Seeing that the elder brother had to go to get the second jar after drinking one jar, Zhao Heng persuaded in a low voice, "Brother, enough is enough."
The King of Chu frowned at his younger brother.
Zhao Heng glanced at the direction of the imperial city and said, "Go back drunk and pass it on to the palace, fearing suspicion."
Zhao Heng regretted the helplessness of his cousin's death, but he could also understand his father's depression. The father's Northern Expedition was disastrously defeated, and he was injured by an arrow. He was not happy at all. When he heard that someone wanted to support his nephew instead of his son's enthronement, the father had every reason to be angry. In a family of ordinary people, if a nephew intends to meddle with his uncle's wealth, he will be reprimanded, not to mention the emperor's throne? Yao Song and Lu Yun supported their cousin, but the cousin did not reprimand them harshly. Now the cousin wants to die, and everyone knows that he has no objection, but before the cousin committed suicide, no one dared to guarantee whether Yao Song and Lu Yun were in the cousin There is a seed of treason planted in my heart.
"My brother who played since I was a kid died, and I'm not allowed to get drunk?" The King of Chu clenched his fists and asked, staring in the direction of the imperial city.
"The dead are more important, or the living?" Zhao Heng asked, staring at his brother.
The King of Chu was speechless.
Zhao Heng pointed to the undulating empty altar in the lake and said, "After drinking, the feelings are exhausted. After this incident, eldest brother needs to act cautiously."
I don't know if it was because I said too much at once, or because my emotions were also affected by this incident, Zhao Heng stammered obviously before saying the word "respect". King Chu's thoughts were all on the wine jar that was floating like a cousin's wandering soul, but he didn't hear his brother's stuttering, and after a long while he sneered: "That's also the nephew he grew up with with his own eyes, isn't there any love between uncle and nephew? none?"
Zhao Heng lowered his eyes, held the wine bottle and said, "Heavenly family, it's all like this."
Both father and son can kill each other, not to mention uncles and nephews.
Hearing that his brother was blaming his father, Zhao Heng solemnly persuaded him: "It's hard to be an emperor, and your father will value you. Big brother, don't hold grudges." Although the death of the cousin is sympathetic, the father has always preferred his elder brother, Zhao Heng. I don't want my elder brother to resent the father and emperor, because others lead to the discord between the father and son. One is the dead cousin and the other is the living brother, so Zhao Heng naturally has to think about his brother.
The King of Chu didn't say a word, and he didn't know whether he heard it or not.
Zhao Heng wanted to explain a few more sentences when a loud shout suddenly came from a distance, the brothers looked over at the same time and could not see the figure clearly, only the little eunuch in gray said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, go back quickly, The princess is about to give birth!" The repeated words were repeated several times in a row, for fear that his prince would not be able to hear them.
Daughter-in-law is giving birth
Hearing this, the King of Chu's eyes lit up and his mouth grinned. The Prince of Wu'an, the father and the emperor, and the sadness and resentment were all thrown into the clouds by him. He grabbed the shoulder of the opposite brother excitedly, laughed a few times, and then slammed into the sky. Realizing that it was useless to hold on to his brother, he immediately released his brother, rushed over to pick up the oars, sat on the bow and rowed desperately, as if there were monsters in the lake trying to catch him, fast.
When they got ashore, the King of Chu ignored the younger brother on the boat and ran wild. Not long after, the sound of hooves came from outside the palace.
Zhao Heng sat on the boat alone, looking sideways at the lake, until the sound of his brother's hooves disappeared, he stepped onto the shore of the lake and slowly went to the backyard.
Song Jianing also learned the good news that Feng Zheng was about to give birth, and was both happy and nervous at the moment. Feng Zheng has already given birth to a grandson, the eldest grandson. Whether the child is a son or a daughter is a happy event. As long as the mother and son are safe, Song Jianing is nervous about himself. Her month is just about a month later than Feng Zheng, and it will be her turn at the end of next month.
"My lord." Song Jianing said softly when he saw King Shou coming in, all his thoughts were in his eyes.
Zhao Heng helped her sit on the Arhat bed, his left arm wrapped around her shoulder, and his right hand gently pressed against her bulging belly. The sister-in-law had already given birth once, and she was so excited to have her brother for the second time. Now that he was feeling the child he was about to give birth, Zhao Heng was suddenly curious about what it would feel like.
Feng Zheng's attack was about to fall, and whenever there was any movement on her side, except for the excited king of Chu, except for his younger brother who was concerned about whether his brother would add a nephew or a niece, Prince Rui's mansion and the imperial palace were also waiting for news. Princess Rui gave birth to a daughter in July, which made Prince Rui, who was looking forward to a direct son, very dissatisfied. If the elder brother had another son, Prince Rui... Just a thought, Prince Rui wanted to beat people with sourness.
In the palace, when he learned that his daughter-in-law was about to give birth, Emperor Xuande directly sent a small eunuch to the Chu palace to wait for the news. In the past six months, first the defeat of Liaoning, and then the rumors caused by the death of his nephew, there is nothing good around him. Emperor Xuande has been suffocated for half a year, and now he most needs a good news.
In the middle palace, Queen Li knelt down in front of the statue of Jade Goddess of Mercy, reciting the scriptures silently, and prayed to the Bodhisattva to give the King of Chu another son.
When he was about to give birth, Feng Zheng finally gave birth to a fat boy who weighed six pounds and two taels, which was heavier than his brother Shenggeer. The midwife packed it up and handed it over to the King of Chu. The King of Chu held his young son and took a rare step to kiss her. The three-year-old brother Sheng insisted on waiting for his mother to give birth to his younger brother. As a result, he fell asleep before the second watch. When he fell asleep, he was woken up by his father's loud voice. The boy rubbed his eyes and ran out. In the swaddling clothes, the boy ran over excitedly.
The King of Chu sat on the chair and gave half of the chair to the eldest son to sit on, and then the two of them watched the newly born little boy together.
Although it was midnight, the good news still spread.
Prince Rui learned that he was so angry that he went to the house of the concubine Zhang's house in the middle of the night. In Shouwangfu, Zhao Heng and Song Jianing were completely relieved to confirm that the sister-in-law and the mother were safe, especially Song Jianing. Can she remember that Princess Rui gave birth to a daughter, and the emperor did not give any rewards. It shows how much he looks forward to his grandson. Now that Feng Zheng has given birth, the emperor is happy, so even if she gives birth to a daughter next month, the emperor will not be too disappointed. , It can be said that Feng Zheng had another child, which helped her relieve a lot of burden.
In the palace, there was another fat grandson. In the middle of the night, Emperor Xuande finally smiled, undressed, and slept peacefully for the first time since his nephew died. On Queen Li's side, after hearing that Princess Chu had indeed given birth to a son, Queen Li also slid into the bed with satisfaction, only to wait for Feng Zheng to finish her confinement before opening her mouth.
At dawn the next day, Emperor Xuande rewarded his eldest daughter-in-law generously, and then, as he remembered, he also gave a reward to the daughter-in-law Princess Rui. But to Princess Rui, this reward for being late for two months was like a slap in the face. It was better not to give it. It was so bitter that she sent the maid and threw herself on the bed and cried for a long time, her eyes were swollen.
Both sisters-in-law were born, Song Jianing became more and more nervous, and began to lose sleep at night.
Zhao Heng was awakened by the movement of her turning over, and asked what she was thinking, Song Jianing couldn't tell, and was inexplicably flustered.
Zhao Hengneng asked her to paint, but he couldn't help with the birth of a child. He hugged her from behind and whispered, "Tomorrow, please mother-in-law."
Song Jianing is getting heavier and heavier. In the past two months and sixteen, both Mrs. Tai and her mother came to see her in the palace, but...
"Tomorrow will only be fourteen." Song Jianing reminded in a low voice, misunderstanding that the prince remembered the wrong day.
Zhao Heng took her hand and put it on her stomach together: "As long as you want, mother-in-law can live in the palace."
One is his princess, and the other is his soon-to-be born flesh and blood. At this moment, their mothers are the most important.
Song Jianing laughed, tears rolling down silently.
She knew what she was afraid of. She was afraid that she would not be able to give birth, that she would have an accident, that she would wake up and return to the village in the suburbs, afraid that she would find out that she had just had a beautiful dream, a dream with the young emperor. Why the emperor? Because of such a situation, only the emperor can save her.