Zhang Wenshan comforted his wife, and the two of them stayed in this small mourning hall all day.
I hate that he is a dignified minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was a first-rank official in the court. His daughter was poisoned. He couldn't even hold a funeral. He could only quietly bury his coffin into the ground, and then set up a mourning hall privately to worship the memorial tablet.
Zhang Wenshan was completely terrified of the third prince whom he originally supported. For the sake of a woman, the third prince could poison his daughter's life. If something else happened to him in the future, would the entire Shangshu Mansion be abandoned
Poisoning his daughter is one of them. Zhang Wenshan is more worried about hidden dangers in the future. The third prince treats his supporters like this. Zhang Wenshan dare not expect more.
The third prince is so heartless and ungrateful, so what if they become heroes in the future? Besides, Zhang Wenshan has another hidden worry.
After all, the third prince poisoned his daughter, if he became suspicious in the future, he would be guilty of harming others, because of this matter, he would be suspicious of him, thinking that he had a heart of disobedience, and Zhang Wenshan would be even more difficult to get rid of.
At this moment, Zhang Wenshan only had one thought, he couldn't stay on the ship of the third prince.
Now that someone knew about the third prince's misrepresentation, it meant that the people behind it had prepared a lot, and it was not certain who would be the final winner in this overall situation.
The Third Prince's Mansion was lively all day long, but compared to the Empress Dowager's Palace, it was too quiet.
"Should it be worship now?" The queen mother looked out of the window and sighed.
Momo behind him put on a cloak for the Queen Mother, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the auspicious time has just passed, and it should be the time to pay homage."
The Queen Mother turned around and walked into the inner hall, "That's all, the imperial decree should arrive."
Momo stepped aside.
At the moment, in the bustling Third Prince's Mansion, the two newcomers in wedding gowns sang and bowed face to face.
Whether it's the third prince whose whole body can be seen to be happy from top to bottom, or Song Jing who is nervous and expectant under the red hijab.
Both of them yearn for today, and they are even more excited to achieve their goal at this moment.
In a joyous atmosphere, a sharp voice interrupted the fourth process.
"The imperial decree has arrived." Following the high-pitched voice, the newlyweds who were saluting and the distinguished guests in the hall all looked towards the door.
Zhao Hong didn't think about it, thinking it was a gift from his father for his wedding, so he stepped forward to accept the order.
It was the eunuch next to the emperor who came to proclaim the decree, "Following the heavens, the emperor said, in view of the emperor's third son Zhao Hong, Nanfeng Sixuan, handsome, diligent and talented.
Today, Zhao Hong, the third son of the emperor, canonized as King Rong, and given the fiefdom of Nanyang, plus one hundred thousand taels of gold and fifty bolts of silk. Qinzai! "
As soon as the imperial decree came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.
There were many ministers from the court who came to attend the third prince's wedding banquet. Some were friends with the third prince, they were from the third prince's camp, and some had to show their faces out of face.
But after they heard the imperial decree, they looked at each other in blank dismay.
Is the emperor going to cut off the third prince's struggle for the throne, directly make him King Rong, and rush to Nanyang
Then why did such an imperial decree be given on the day of the third prince's wedding.
Everyone was puzzled. As the party involved, the third prince's heart beat violently twice, and he accepted the imperial edict with hesitation due to the urging of the eunuch delivering the edict.
"My son accepts the decree, long live my emperor." The third prince concealed the worries in his heart, took the imperial decree with both hands, and then stood up.
Without his order, the steward of the Prince's Mansion stepped forward and handed over a purse.
The eunuch smiled and did not refuse, "The old slave congratulates the third prince on his wedding."
The third prince put on the old prince Ruyu's smile again, and asked tentatively, "Grandpa Lao came this trip, but I don't know if the father-in-law knows what the emperor's imperial decree means?"
The eunuch quickly waved his hand, "The emperor's holy will is something that I wait for slaves to guess at will, third prince, please spare this old slave."
The third prince's face was gloomy for a moment, and then recovered.
Zhao Hong knew that it was impossible to get words out of these slippery mouths, so he stopped pestering him and asked someone to send him out of the house.
The wedding banquet was still going on, but the atmosphere was not as lively as before, because the edict seemed weird.
Soon the news that the emperor made the third prince the honorable prince spread throughout the capital when the third prince got married, and the people in the capital speculated about the meaning of this imperial decree.
When Tang Lihua got the news, she was teaching Gong Liangyuan's homework, and she only smiled when she heard the news.
Not only she knew that in order to legally marry Song Jing as his concubine, Zhao Hong poisoned the second daughter of Shangshu's first wife, and made Li Daitao stiff to achieve his goal.
I have to say that Zhao Hong is courageous enough, don't you know that what he did is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor
Tang Lihua knew early on that the Empress Dowager was monitoring the Third Prince, and now every move must be under the Empress Dowager's nose.
Contrary to other people's speculations, Tang Lihua was basically sure that the emperor's decree was to beat the third prince, reminding him that I already knew everything about what he did.
And I'm very upset, I won't play with you anymore, don't think about the throne, because of a woman, I offended the Ningyuan Houfu and the Shangshufu, these are all ministers of the court, they are really confused, just like you, Let me how to hand over the throne to you.
I am your father after all, and I don’t want to worry about who you have harmed, but I don’t feel worried about leaving you in the capital. If one day you feel that I am blocking your way and drink a glass of poisoned wine, then I can’t afford it, you Or go to the fief to play by yourself.
The above is Tang Lihua's guess about the emperor's mental journey, and the facts are not far behind.
The emperor was already annoyed by the fact that the court asked him to establish a reserve, but at the same time, the emperor knew that the establishment of a reserve was also to stabilize the country.
Under the persuasion of the queen mother, he began to consider the candidate for the prince.
The emperor first set his sights on the two most popular princes today, with the intention of taking the school exam.
It's just that the third prince looked gentle and restrained, but he did these things in private. The emperor read the letters handed over by the spies again and again, and became more and more disappointed with him.
Not only Tang Lihua sent spies, but also the queen mother. When receiving the letter in the brocade box from the queen mother for the first time, the emperor also sent his own secret guards.
So without the third prince's knowledge, the plan he thought was seamless had already been noticed by the three waves of people, and he reported it to his master.
As the emperor of a country, it is trivial for the third prince to poison the courtier's daughter, but his vain attempt to deceive the emperor is something the emperor cannot tolerate.
Today's disaster can only be said to be that the third prince is overconfident, thinking that everything is under his control, which is also a bit stupid.
I don't know if this is the legend that the male protagonist will automatically lower his intelligence when he meets the female protagonist.
At least in Tang Lihua's opinion, the third prince is really stupid, just like the Sun family in her family.
Song Jing was kidnapped, and everyone in the yard was slaughtered.
However, after Song Jing was returned, Zhao Hong immediately thought about how to get her to marry him, and justifiably became the third concubine.
But he didn't want to think about who took Song Jing abducted, and if he couldn't find it, he should temporarily hide Song Jing, instead of making Li Daitao stiff with many mistakes.
I don't want to think that someone is staring at me from behind. This is obviously giving someone a handle and allowing them to slaughter me.
So he was stupid, he dared to do this deceitful thing without finding out who was behind the kidnapping of Song Jing, Tang Lihua didn't believe that the first prince didn't send someone to watch over the third prince.
Because of Song Jing's wrong step, Zhao Hong made mistakes again and again. Even if there is no emperor, the eldest prince will attack him when he finds enough evidence.
When the people in the capital were guessing, Zhao Hong couldn't think of anything else because of his wedding night and being able to be warm and soft in his arms.
After a night of love, it will be the second day after waking up again, and then I will get out of bed to wash up, and after all the dressing up, I will go to the palace to greet the queen mother.
This is the traditional rule. Song Jing was extremely nervous in the carriage. Her identity was fake, so she felt guilty. If the queen mother asked her about the past boudoir, Song Jing didn't know how to answer.
Zhao Hong naturally saw it, and comforted him in a gentle voice.
After entering the palace, he went directly to the queen mother's palace.
Introduced by the palace people, Zhao Hong didn't treat his mother and the queen was also here, so he saved going to the queen's palace.
Zhao Hong and Song Jing knelt down to salute, they were not embarrassed, and were quickly called up.
"Raise your head, and let Aijia see what kind of girl she is, and the youngest is so concerned about it." The Queen Mother's voice was flat.
For some reason, Song Jing felt nervous, but the seat was the queen mother, so she had to follow suit, raising her head slowly, with her eyes always downcast, not daring to look up.
The empress dowager in the seat had deep eyes and could not see any emotion.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became quiet. Song Jing met the Empress Dowager's eyes, and cold sweat gradually broke out on her forehead.
Although the queen didn't like the concubine chosen by the emperor, she couldn't let her daughter-in-law make a fool of herself at this time.
"Mother, the concubine looks at the appearance of the third daughter-in-law and she is born well." The queen chuckled lightly, breaking the atmosphere.
The Queen Mother looked over coldly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, which meant something inexplicable, "Really, it fits your eyes."
The queen was seen fidgeting.
However, the queen mother did not make things difficult any more, but she was too plain.
In the end, Zhao Hong and Song Jing returned to the Prince's Mansion with Yu Ruyi, which was rewarded by the Queen Mother, and a bunch of rewards from the Queen.
The canonization ceremony of King Rong will be held in five days, and now it is the day of the wedding holiday, so it is not easy for Zhao Hong to go to the court to ask, and he dare not directly speculate on his father's thoughts.
We can only wait for the following, the canonization ceremony five days later is also extremely important.
On this day, Zhao Hong was summoned by his father.
Wearing a prince's uniform, he entered the imperial study, and when he came out again, Zhao Hong was sweating profusely, his face was pale, but there was a gloomy look in his eyes.
No one knew what the royal father and son said in the imperial study, but after Zhao Hong left, the emperor issued an imperial decree, ordering the third prince to go to the fief immediately without delay.
As soon as the imperial decree came out, those courtiers in the central capital who were waiting for the following had the feeling that this was indeed the case, but now that the third prince was out, wouldn't the eldest prince be the only one in the court.
First of all, regardless of these speculations, more people lamented how the third prince, the son-in-law, was abandoned. At the next day's court meeting, people from the third prince's faction even submitted papers one after another, urging the emperor to think twice.
All kinds of reasons come here, but there is only one purpose anyway, which is to keep the third prince in Beijing.
As long as he is in Beijing, he will still be able to contend for the throne.
The courtiers of the First Prince's faction naturally followed suit.
The court was full of quarrels, and the meeting hall of Prince Rong's Mansion is silent now. The third prince's aides are all Zhao Hong's confidantes, and they even look at each other. How to solve this crisis is beyond their ability to say. .
Zhao Hong's face was gloomy, the conversation in the imperial study that day made him horrified, not only the matter of Song Jing, but also his past actions on the salt tax, all were investigated by the emperor.
But just like this, the father wants to kick him out of the capital, Zhao Hong is not reconciled, he does not believe that his good brother will be clean under his hands.
"At this point, the lord needs to make preparations in advance." The one who spoke was Cheng Liang, the counselor most valued by Zhao Hong.
Zhao Hong's expression moved slightly, and he looked at Cheng Liang.
Cheng Liang's eyes were full of ambition, "The emperor has already disliked His Highness, but is His Highness really willing to give up on this great cause?"
Zhao Hong remained silent, but his fists under his sleeves were clenched tightly.
"Your Highness has been smart since he was a child, and he knows everything about martial arts and martial arts. If you only want to be a prince, will your Highness really be willing?" Cheng Liang completely disregarded how rebellious his words were, his eyes were as bright as day, and continued to agitate.
Zhao Hong took a deep look at him and didn't say anything, but everyone in the meeting room knew that he had acquiesced.