Emperor Chongyu reigned for twenty-nine years.
No merits, no faults.
He had many children in his lifetime, but most of them died young. Only five of them grew up to adulthood: three sons and two daughters.
The three princes are the third prince Qi Yiyi, the fifth prince Qi Yixiu, and the sixth prince Qi Yichen.
From the name, we can tell that the Sixth Prince is the emperor's favorite.
When Emperor Chongyu was young, he was also a handsome man, and his mother, Ye, was a beauty.
Naturally, his harem was mostly filled with beauties.
The offspring born are always good.
The third prince lives up to his name and indeed has extraordinary manners.
The fifth prince was gentle yet handsome, with a pair of phoenix eyes and a charming smile.
The Sixth Prince was handsome, romantic, and unrestrained, and he was also very proud. He had a father who doted on him and a mother who loved him. In the imperial city at that time, was there anyone better than him
My father has stated, both explicitly and implicitly, that the throne of the Dayi Dynasty will definitely be passed on to him in the future.
Although the crown prince has not yet been appointed, he is not in a hurry. Isn't it just a matter of time
The third son had a poor family background. When his mother was alive, he was not even one of the nine concubines.
The fifth son and his mother are not favored, so why should Concubine Li have to avoid his mother
The concubines below had not seen their father for many years, so naturally they could not give birth to children.
Such a Sixth Prince naturally lives a free and easy life.
However, Yang was born in a humble family and had limited knowledge. Although she was fortunate enough to receive the emperor's favor, she did not know how to educate her children.
She believed that she was invincible in the harem and that the queen had to give her face.
I also think that it was the same in the previous dynasty, and her son is naturally invincible. In the future, her son will be the emperor, who will not respect him
She ignored the princes' pride and underestimated the struggle for the throne.
After all, although she was an imperial concubine, her knowledge was limited. She was raised by Emperor Chongyu to be very arrogant.
Such a mother and son are destined not to have a good ending.
But Qi Yixiu was never in a hurry.
When he was very young, he was very sure that he must sit in his father's position.
Moreover, he would not allow a woman like Yang to appear in the harem in the future.
As for his younger brother who only knew how to show off his favor all day long, he didn't even take him seriously.
He was really not in a hurry. He took steady steps one by one. Many officials in the court praised the favor shown to Concubine Yang and her son, but none of them really looked down on them.
The virtue of the Sixth Prince and the virtue of Concubine Yang, if these two people became empress dowager and emperor in the future, it would be a disaster for the Dayi Dynasty.
It is a disaster for all civil and military officials.
Therefore, the ministers naturally had to show respect on the surface, but their eyes had already moved away.
Emperor Chongyu has more than just this one prince.
Aren’t there still the third prince and the fifth prince
The Third Prince was a reckless person, but he was also kind and easy to talk to. So if he became the emperor, it would be easier for his subjects to do their work.
The Fifth Prince was a smiling tiger, and his methods were extremely powerful, but he also clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments. The ministers who wanted to make achievements still liked him.
The Dayi Dynasty had only been pacified for a few decades, and Emperor Chongyu had not seen much fighting, but some of his old ministers were left over from the previous Dayi Dynasty emperors, and they had experienced war.
The fifth prince has the same temperament as the emperor, and is even more stylish.
So compared to the Sixth Prince, what does the Sixth Prince have other than a favored mother who was born a singing and dancing girl and has no manners of a noble family
To put it bluntly, even Emperor Chongyu looked down on those old generals who had seen blood, let alone a noisy Sixth Prince
The civil servants were also arrogant and proud, and with the Feng family standing in the way, how could things be so smooth
This is why, even though the prince could be selected as the crown prince at the age of ten, the sixth prince, whom the emperor was determined to establish, was still a prince at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
More and more people supported the fifth prince Qi Yixiu, and they had already gathered most of the power of the Great Yi Dynasty. When Qi Yixiu finally took action against his foolish brother, he did not feel guilty at all.
Because over the years, they mother and son have escaped from the hands of Yang Fei and her son several times. What kind of brotherly love is there left
In fact, it wasn't that Qi Yixiu couldn't send Concubine Yang off at that time, he just didn't want to.
He wanted Concubine Yang to suffer.
The Sixth Prince rode his horse in the street, the Sixth Prince lingered in brothels, the Sixth Prince killed someone, the Sixth Prince was drunk and did not return home...
The Sixth Prince has too many problems.
So, when he once again rode his horse in the street and the horse lost control and threw him to death, almost no one suspected it.
The horse stepped on a nail, went mad with pain, and threw the man off.
Coincidentally, there was a hard protruding stone in the corner of the wall.
The arrogant Sixth Prince died an ugly and ignominious death.
Qi Yixiu even saved the horse.
The horse that has made great contributions must be alive.
The sixth prince died on the spot.
There was no possibility of rescue. Upon hearing the news, Emperor Chongyu fainted.
Concubine Yang cried her heart out, but on this day, all the women in the harem, except Concubine Yang, laughed.
This is truly the law of nature, and the retribution will come naturally.
Concubine Yang cried and made a scene. She wanted the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation, to execute the person who placed the stone, the person who scattered the nails, and the person who blocked the Sixth Prince’s path. She wanted the emperor to execute the entire clan of the people who served the Sixth Prince.
She asked for a lot, but unfortunately the Sixth Prince died.
Even the Fifth Prince could no longer bear it. He knelt outside the imperial palace and pleaded for mercy for those innocent people.
The stones at the corner of the common people's house were just left over from building the house. No one thought that someone would rush up there, so this innocent citizen could not die.
The person who scattered the nails could not be found, but if the horse was not so fast, how could anything happen to the Sixth Prince
Those who set up stalls make a living from this, and they have suffered from unprovoked disasters and have wasted so many things that this may lead to their bankruptcy. So they are not only innocent, but even pitiful.
The fifth prince kept pleading for the innocent people with tears and blood.
All the officials in the court agreed.
The people in the imperial city all praised it.
The Dayi Dynasty was finally open, and at night, countless people spontaneously knelt outside the palace, begging the emperor to show mercy and release those poor people.
They begged the emperor to open his eyes and look at a good prince like the Fifth Prince.
They also asked the emperor to look at the mistakes that the Sixth Prince had made over the years.
In the past, Emperor Chongyu always thought that although the Sixth Prince was a little absurd, he was still young and could always be taught.
But suddenly, this person who could teach died.
there is none left.
Although Emperor Chongyu was incompetent, he was not a tyrant after all, and he was afraid of letting down his ancestors.
He also could not withstand the pressure from his ministers.
Therefore, all those who should be released must be released. Except for those who served the Sixth Prince, no one else could be touched.
The nine clans of those people cannot be touched either.
Emperor Chongyu compromised.
Emperor Chongyu had no choice but to compromise.
(End of this chapter)