November 16th, Longevity Day. This is Emperor Yuanchang's thirty-fifth birthday. Because of the heavy snowfall last month, Emperor Yuanchang originally wanted to cancel this birthday banquet, but because the Ministry of Rites had already prepared it half a year ago, birthday gifts in various places were also snowing heavily. It has been transported to the capital one after another before, so this birthday banquet cannot be stopped just by saying.
Wen Qing tidied up early in the morning and went to meet Zhao Wan. The emperor's uncle likes to pick her up to live in the palace from time to time, and this time it has been less than half a month, so the queen ordered her to stay until after the Longevity Festival.
Empress Wang also likes Wen Qing very much, because it is said that Wen Qing looks somewhat similar to her daughter who died at half a year old, and there is probably some empathy in it. Emperor Chang did not give up.
It has to be said that Wei Wenqing's life is very good. There are two big giants doting on him above, and his parents, grandfathers, uncles, aunts and several cousins love him below.
The birthday banquet started at noon, and the men's and women's seats were separated, but they were not deliberately separated, so Wen Qing could see Zhao Yan, the eldest son of the Prince of Huainan, who was opposite at a glance. A person who can be the hero, needless to say about his appearance, but his pretty face is tense at the moment, his expression is indifferent, as if he should not be approached by strangers.
As if sensing that someone was looking at him, he raised his eyes, and the sharp eyes shot out like swords, but how could Wen Qing let him find out? As early as the moment he noticed, she looked away and started talking to her mother.
Zhao Yan glanced around, but couldn't find anyone who was watching him, and finally her eyes fell on Huainan Princess Cui. A dark light flashed in his eyes, and the hands hidden in the wide sleeves couldn't help clenching into fists. hateful! This woman killed her mother, and now she is going to attack him again! The father didn't care about this, he never had his own son in his heart, and the bastard born to that woman was his treasure!
This time Cui actually sent someone to assassinate him while he was going to his uncle's house! If he hadn't been rescued by someone, he would really be going to see his mother!
Thinking of this, he recalled those beautiful eyes again, he couldn't see her face clearly in the dark, only those eyes shining like stars remained in his heart. He thought, he must find the girl who saved him.
Wen Qing sneered, she didn't need to think about what Zhao Yan was thinking at the moment, but he probably had no chance.
The nasty things about the Huainan royal family basically happen to every big family, and it's not uncommon. However, the affairs of Huainan Wang's family are still a bit special, and these have to be talked about from the time of the first emperor.
The first emperor, like Emperor Yuanchang, had few heirs, so there was only Emperor Yuanchang soaked in a medicine jar. Therefore, there were private voices at that time suggesting that the first emperor should adopt a healthy man from the clan to be the crown prince. After all, an emperor who will die at any time is not conducive to the stability of the country.
The first emperor didn't agree at that time, he had a son himself, so he definitely didn't want to pass on the throne to others! However, he did make two-handed plans. While establishing Emperor Yuanchang as the prince, he focused on cultivating several clan sons, including the current King Huainan.
King Huainan is the cousin of Emperor Yuanchang, and he is a descendant of the Zhao family. It was originally the last move prepared by the first emperor, but I don't want his actions to make some people have unreasonable ambitions.
The queen at that time, the mother of Emperor Yuanchang, naturally did not want anyone to rob her son of the throne, so she bestowed a marriage on Huainan King. , even if her family background is not obvious, but because she is full of honors, she can barely be a princess.
When King Huainan married her, it meant that he would not have the support of a strong wife and family, so he was naturally unwilling to do so. But he hadn't accomplished his great career, and he didn't dare to reveal anything to make his superiors notice, so he had to marry this wife who didn't have any help.
But it's just a marriage. If you marry and go home, you don't care about it. Under the cold and violent, the original spouse died in a few years. But at least one child was left behind, and this child is the hero Zhao Yan.
But at this time, the first emperor passed away, and the empress had a deep relationship with his husband and wife, unable to bear the blow, she followed. So Emperor Yuanchang succeeded to the throne.
Emperor Yuanchang was not as shrewd as the previous emperor, and he himself was weak, so he also had an amiable appearance in the court, and he was very tolerant to the people below. Huainan Wang naturally had no scruples. Less than a year after his original wife passed away, he quickly married a wife with a prominent family background, and pulled the other family into his camp.
Yes, King Huainan has not given up his ambition, he did not rebel, the price would be too high, and his reputation would not be good. Instead, he secretly injected sterilization medicine to Emperor Yuanchang. With the physique of the pot of medicine, Emperor Yuanchang probably would not live long. When he died, there would be no offspring to succeed him. The Huainan King who was closest to him must be the emperor. No two candidates.
King Huainan had a good plan, and he almost succeeded in the end, but was destroyed by his son!
King Huainan was busy with his big business, so naturally he didn't care so much about his family. The second concubine is well-known and well-known, and he doesn't need to worry about keeping the house in order. For such a good helper, and the other family supported him wholeheartedly, King Huainan naturally respected her very much, and turned a blind eye to what she did.
Anyway, he didn't like that son. The step-by-step princess gave him three sons and a daughter, all of them were smart and filial, unlike the elder son who always looked at him with an enemy's eyes.
As for Zhao Yan, he wholeheartedly believed that Huainan King forced his mother to death together with his stepmother for the sake of power. Otherwise, how could he let this woman in without even passing his mother's filial piety? That woman had three sons, so she naturally didn't want him to occupy the position of the eldest son alive, so she repeatedly attacked herself, but his good father didn't care at all, and even acquiesced in her doing so...
So Zhao Yan turned black, secretly developed her own power, added obstacles to King Huainan, then wiped out the whole family, gathered the previous strength of King Huainan, and finally became an invisible emperor, and lived a harmonious and happy life with the heroine.
The hostess should be ignorant of his actions, because Zhao Yan doesn't want "my bloody self to pollute this piece of warm sunshine". But it doesn't matter if the heroine knows or not, anyway, the client's wish is to let the hero die, so Wen Qing doesn't care about anything else.
Letting the hero die is not difficult to say, with Wen Qing's current cultivation level, he can be strangled to death with one finger. But Wen Qing didn't want to get his hands dirty, so let him bite the dog with King Huainan!
She gave King Huainan a great gift!
Wen Qing sneered, then turned to look at another person, a young man who was sitting closest to the royal case—the only prince in the world, Zhao Jie.
Emperor Yuanchang was drugged by King Huainan after he succeeded to the throne. Before that, he had a daughter with the queen, but she died at half a year old. In addition, there was another accident where a palace man was lucky enough to give birth to a son, namely Zhao Jie.
But Zhao Jie's mother was just a house sweeper, timid as a mouse, and paranoid about being persecuted. After she found out that she was pregnant, she was afraid of being harmed by others, so she stayed in her palace carefully, not daring to go anywhere. After giving birth to her son ten months later, she was even more trembling. She gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, the only prince in the harem, and the eldest son of the emperor who didn't even have a queen! Let the people in the harem know and eat her? Therefore, she became even more frightened, and carefully raised her son alone, not daring to let others know.
It was an accident that Emperor Yuanchang was fortunate enough to make her a beauty, and she was forgotten afterward. She was not outstanding in appearance, even Emperor Yuanchang forgot, and the women in the harem were naturally not interested in her either. Therefore, Zhao Jie was not discovered until the beauty died and Zhao Jie was six years old.
The harem was shocked! Qian Dynasty was shocked! Everyone was shocked!
Originally thought that Emperor Yuanchang had no heirs after succeeding to the throne for so long, so he had given up hope, but he didn't expect that there was still a son hidden in the palace!
Originally, as the only son of the emperor, Zhao Jie should enjoy all the favors and be carefully cultivated as an heir. However, being raised by his mother for six years, he also contracted the same problem as that woman, persecution paranoia! Worse than his mother!
He always felt that everyone had bad intentions for him. The queen approached her because she wanted to kill him. Emperor Chang broke up countless times and couldn't get back, so he was so angry that he didn't care about him!
Then, Zhao Jie felt that his father also had bad intentions towards him, because he was afraid that he would steal his seat!
The emperor, who was so suspicious, naturally wanted to take all the power in his own hands after taking office, so the Zhen Guo Gongfu, which held a heavy army, became his first target.
Therefore, the second wish of the client is to protect the Duke's Mansion, which can only make Zhao Jie unable to sit on the throne!
Just thinking about it, the banquet reached its climax, the birthday gift.
Given Emperor Yuanchang's love for Wen Qing, even if she gave him a leaf, he would happily praise her for her filial piety! But Wen Qing was not really so perfunctory, she gave a leaf with aura. Well, it nourishes the body.
Emperor Yuanchang felt the difference in this leaf as soon as he touched it, and there was a very comfortable breath that made him feel tired. He knew that this niece was not an ordinary person, so he said happily, "An Guo's gift is the most heart-warming. I have a lot of rewards! What do you want, An Guo? Just ask!"
A bunch of ministers complained, what the hell? Don't think they didn't see it, it was just an ordinary leaf! Didn't he just want to find an excuse to send something to Princess Anguo, oh no, the princess? The whole looks like the real thing!
"Then An Guo wants uncle to make a promise."
"What promise?" Emperor Yuanchang became interested. This was the first time his niece asked him for something! To satisfy her of course!
"An Guo hopes that uncle promises that he will be in a good mood every day, go to bed early and get up early, eat on time, and take care of his body." Wen Qing said solemnly.
"Haha!" Emperor Yuanchang laughed loudly. At the same time, he was very moved. Only Qingqing would care about his body so sincerely. "I agree!"
The ministers congratulated collectively, but they agreed very unanimously in their hearts. When it comes to flattering, Princess Anguo is better!
After the laughing and fussing, the offerings continued, but they were all curiosities, nothing special, until—
"Shen Tongan, the prefect of Jiangzhou, pays his respects to His Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and safe! Your Majesty was entrusted by a strange woman in Jiangning County, to present to His Majesty a food with a yield of one thousand catties per mu—potatoes!"