However, if the imperial concubine and Prince Jing deserved to die, Su Ningxin would not think so.
She didn't know much about the entanglement between Emperor Gaozu, the queen, and the imperial concubine. If Emperor Gaozu truly loved the imperial concubine, and loved him so much that he disregarded etiquette and the officials, then it seems that the imperial concubine didn't do anything.
There was nothing wrong with Prince Jing. In fact, Su Ningxin felt that he was a good person, because although he had wanted to rebel for so many years, he had never thought of colluding with foreigners. He was still very clear about right and wrong.
And he was also quite miserable. The throne passed down to him by his father was clearly snatched away by his brother through his illustrious maternal clan. His mother and concubine who stayed in the palace were even sentenced to death. No one would let it go. Bar.
"What do you think?" Gu Mingxi, who was lying next to her, fell silent after finishing speaking. After a while, she asked Su Ning.
Su Ningxin thought about it seriously and replied, "I don't know."
Gu Mingxi chuckled lightly, "Just tell me, I won't tell others."
"I think it seems that Prince Jing's taking back the throne is more in line with the happy ending where the bad guys are punished." Su Ningxin stuck out her tongue and then asked,
"When did you learn about this and what were your thoughts at the time?"
"Actually, at that time, I also felt that Prince Jing was just." Gu Mingxi said directly without hiding anything.
"what about now?"
"Now I no longer think about who is right and who is wrong. Things in this world are not black and white, and a person cannot simply distinguish between good and bad people. As long as I have a clear conscience in whatever I do now ." Gu Mingxi said with emotion.
Su Ningxin frowned, "If you don't distinguish between right and wrong, then how do you know what you did is not a bad thing."
"Think about it, you have to jump out of things in history to know whether they are right or wrong. For example, a thousand years later, whether it is right to unify the same language with the emperor will be evaluated. A hundred years later, the canal that wasted people and money is also a merit. Being in it is like Is it the dust of the times, is it knowing which direction is right to fly to?”
Gu Mingxi said very calmly, "Are you right? Who can say clearly who is the best to sit on the throne, Prince Jing or the Emperor?"
Su Ningxin nodded, feeling that what Gu Mingxi said made sense. The late emperor was a good emperor, at least during the twenty years he reigned.
If it had been Prince Jing who ascended the throne, without the full support of the Queen Mother's maternal family, the Cao family, and without the status of the emperor's eldest son and legitimate son to legitimately suppress the ministers, it is hard to say what the situation would be like now.
Prince Jing, a prince whose mother was born as a commoner, was not recognized by the aristocratic family at all. Without the support of the aristocratic family, it was still unknown whether he could win the decisive battle against Dayong's invasion ten years ago.
If Dayong really goes south, directly defeats Da Qi and incorporates the south into his own territory, who can say that Prince Jing is not a failed emperor.
Compared with destroying the country, it seems that destroying the imperial edict and seizing the throne is not so unacceptable.
"Wake up, go to sleep." Gu Mingxi said to Su Ning.
However, Su Ningxin didn't want to sleep. She wanted to know how the Queen Mother supported the late Emperor's ascension to the throne. She knew that the Queen Mother was a man of iron-blooded skills, but there were not many people who could directly burn the imperial edict and force the palace.
"Tell me about it." Su Ning said coquettishly and shamelessly.
Gu Mingxi was not sleepy now, so she told Su Ningxin about what happened at that time. In fact, Gu Mingxi was about the same age as Su Ningxin. She must not have experienced those things, but she had more channels for information. , so I know better than others.
"...The Queen Mother told me a few words and then passed away. She was poisoned by Prince Jing."
Listening to Gu Mingxi's story, Su Ningxin also fell silent. In the end, the Queen Mother died in the hands of Prince Jing.
"Then you disguised yourself as the Queen Mother? Why?" Su Ningxin asked.
After the death of the Queen Mother, there was no mourning, but the body was secretly transported out of the palace, and Gu Mingxi disguised herself as the Queen Mother and continued to live in the palace.
Gu Mingxi explained, "Although Prince Jing and the Queen Mother are incompatible, the Queen Mother is Prince Jing's aunt after all. If the Queen Mother dies, Prince Jing can return to Beijing to mourn her. You have also seen the outcome of her previous life."
Su Ningxin suddenly realized that the vassal king was not allowed to enter the capital without an edict, but the emperor had no reason to stop them from attending the funeral for his aunt. In her previous life, she died in the siege of the war. At that time, the Queen Mother passed away. Then Prince Jing led his troops back to the capital and surrounded them. Lived in Beijing.
At this time, Su Ningxin suddenly understood the meaning of Gu Mingxi's words. It is impossible to see history clearly when living in history. Just like her, Prince Jing is certainly pitiful, but isn't he pitiful as he died innocently in his previous life? People will not look at things from a detached position, but will only differentiate between right and wrong from their own perspective.
"What was the outcome of the previous life?" Su Ningxin asked. This was the first time she had ever discussed this issue with Gu Mingxi.
Although Su Ningxin didn't speak clearly and seemed to have no idea, Gu Mingxi still understood what she meant.
"Prince Jing succeeded. He entered the palace and forced the emperor to death." Gu Mingxi said lightly and answered calmly.
"Oh." Su Ning replied in her heart. She died too early and didn't know what happened next.
Regardless of how lightly Gu Mingxi said it, her experience was definitely not as light as she said.
If Su Ningxin's experience is that of time travel and rebirth, then Gu Mingxi's experience is of rebirth, rebirth, rebirth... an infinite loop.
When Prince Jing led the troops to surround her, she was the Princess of Xingyang who had been sick since childhood. She didn't know martial arts or strategy, so she couldn't protect herself.
The consequences of such a person in a war can be imagined. She committed suicide by taking poison.
She thought it would be over, but it didn't. When she opened her eyes, she came to life again, and the time returned to the morning when the rebels entered the city.
She experienced what happened yesterday again, but this time the way of death was to cut her throat with a sword.
The result was evident as she woke up again and it was morning again.
Later, she passed the same day countless times, sometimes she was killed, sometimes she escaped the pursuers and survived, but whether she was alive or dead, she would always go back to that morning.
Time flows forward like a river, but Gu Mingxi's time seems to flow into a Mobius strip, spinning in the same place but unable to get out.
After going through this cycle countless times, Gu Mingxi finally got out of the time loop, opened her eyes and returned to the time when she was just born.
She also learned a lot during the countless times she experienced the same day, so she can now display erudition and ability that belie her age.
According to Gu Mingxi, the two of them met that day because Su Ningxin knew a lot of new things and they had talked many times. Gu Mingxi also taught her many things, including pinyin, Morse code, etc.
Although Su Ningxin did not remember those things after her rebirth, she believed that what Gu Mingxi said was true.
(End of chapter)