Chunjia was busy until late at night, but when he looked under the lamp, he didn't feel tired at all. His eyes were shining brightly, even with an unprecedented pressure.
Marquis Yongchun was trembling with fear as soon as he stepped through the door. After all, King Yi had been in and out of the palace since he was a child, but he was still calm at the moment and bowed as usual.
"Sit down and talk." Chunjia didn't get angry immediately. He pointed to the seat not far away and said casually, "When did you know?"
Marquis Yongchun was secretly relieved by his attitude, and was shocked when he heard these words!
Before he could react, he heard that King Yi also spoke calmly: "Your Majesty had some doubts before he took office... Later, my father went away, and I felt much calmer. When I thought about the past, I made many different discoveries, pieced together, But I made a rough guess."
The emperor sighed and said: "I have been an only son since I was a child. I originally thought that I would at least have a brother like you."
"The emperor is always a loner." King Yi smiled and said, "Since your majesty is already rich all over the world, why do you need to pursue everything as you wish?"
Chunjia did not continue this topic. In his early years, he may have needed King Yi as a brother because the main branch of the Gongxiang clan was in decline. At that time, his descendants were still young. King Yi's existence supported him in many situations. .
But now that the eldest son of the emperor has resigned from the vassal, he no longer needs King Yi that much either emotionally or rationally. At this moment, he casually said something and got back to business: "Why do you doubt the regent?"
King Yi said softly: "When I was young, my parents had a very good relationship. Later, my mother and concubine passed away unexpectedly. Over the years, many outsiders suspected that she was murdered specifically to make way for the Lu family."
At this point, he glanced at Marquis Yongchun, and then continued, "As a son of a man, I am naturally more suspicious of this matter. This is also the beginning of the breakdown of the relationship between me and my father. But as I grow up, I feel that this Something is not right... Because if my father abandoned his married wife just to plot something big, why would he just marry a Lu family and then give up?"
For example, after Chunjia took office, she admitted girls from the Yin family, Meng family, Luo family, and Ouyang family into the palace and gave them high positions. This is what a serious marriage looks like.
How could there be any reason to just change his wife and let it go
"Besides, my father's behavior doesn't seem to be infatuated with the Lu family."
"To say that I value the former Qingping Marquis..." King Yi smiled sarcastically, "The former Qingping Marquis is not a short-sighted master like the Lu family. With his background as a eunuch, he was awarded the title of marquis, which in itself proves his talent and courage. . In this case, in order to let his adopted daughter be the only favorite, he would prevent his father from marrying many high-ranking families? You must know that as the father-in-law behind his father, he and his father are both prosperous and disadvantaged. The father cannot get high-ranking families. What good will it do him if he only fails to succeed with his support and assistance?"
"Looking at the death of the late emperor and the death of his mother and concubine, my father seemed to be very ambitious and determined to win the throne, but he really did not do anything in line with his ambitions."
"And even if my father is a man of great ambition and talent, he has been setting up Cuiyuan for many years, but he doesn't have a single sensible person?"
"Taking a step back, let's not mention the various guests who have come to the door one after another. Let's talk about the former Qingping Marquis. If he really tried his best to assist his father, his father would always respect him... but still Letting my father live a busy life, achieving nothing and accomplishing nothing, then it would be a great disservice to the title specially conferred by the late emperor."
King Yi didn't look at Marquis Yongchun at this moment, but he still mentioned this younger brother, "...and his father's treatment of his ministers has been getting worse and worse over the years, but he did not give him the dignity and cultivation that he and the Lu family's youngest son should have, and instead hid him In the back house, not to mention outsiders, even the palace could not see me. I was still young at that time, so I was inevitably full of anger, and I was obsessed with jealousy and anger, and never thought of the truth. "
He was silent for a moment and said softly, "Your Majesty, the former Qingping Marquis... that Lu Chuncao is actually not a person left by Xiaozong at all, but a person of the late Emperor Shenzong, right?"
Marquis Yongchun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head!
But seeing that both the emperor and King Yi had calm faces, Chunjia looked at King Yi with a serious look and said slowly: "I don't know."
He paused and continued, "Although I am the late emperor's heir, after all, I came to the Imperial Capital from Fuyang County only after I tied my hair. I have never been clear about these past events."
"Then His Majesty was never suspicious of my father's behavior in the first place?" King Yi narrowed his eyes, "Or do you think that your father should be so stupid?"
The emperor thought for a while and said: "I am busy with many things, and I actually don't have much time to speculate on whether the regent's thoughts and actions are reasonable."
He only thought about how to kill this cheap uncle, so he could show off his talents.
Moreover, as the emperor himself said, he only came from Fuyang County to ascend the throne when he was fifteen years old, and he did not know the past of the members of the main branch of the Gongxiang clan.
Even out of place.
Therefore, although Gong Xiang Ruoji's actions were often quite contradictory and difficult to explain, and even Yun Fenghuang raised many questions in private, the emperor couldn't help but feel that maybe this cheap uncle was so unworthy
After all, the regent's brother, as the legitimate grandson, was forced to die in depression by his relatives...
Frankly speaking, the emperor had always felt that the Xiaozong brothers were not very good at scheming.
"At first Qi Jiulu defected to Cuiyuan." King Yi was silent for a moment and continued, "I valued him very much, and my father treated him very politely... But not long after, he was sent to the Dingbei Army. At that time, Lili Everyone thought that he was a pawn arranged by the Regent's Palace to join the Dingbei Army. But in fact, from then on, the Palace never dealt with him seriously. Rather than placing eyes and ears in the army, it was better to say that he was It is a suitable place specifically for promising young people.”
"I always felt that something was wrong at that time."
"only… "
"This matter is too big. If King Mao hadn't revealed it, I would not dare to think about the truth even though I have doubts."
Chunjia agreed: "I didn't expect this either."
The brothers were silent for a moment, and then King Yi sighed: "But King Mao still underestimates Your Majesty."
"A mere vassal king from a distant branch has done many corrupt and perverse things over the years while the main branch has few people and no time to take care of him." Chunjia said nonchalantly, "This time a bitter master came to the imperial court. I originally thought After all, he is a clan member, and he plans to deal with it privately. Who knows that he is so ambitious, but in turn, he slanders the main branch... I will never keep such people."
He casually poured a lot of dirty water on King Mao, which was regarded as deciding the next direction for his subordinates. He stared at King Yi for a moment, and finally sighed: "It's late at night, you just go back and settle down. It's all in your own house. Brother, why are you so cautious?"
"Your Majesty!" Marquis Yongchun couldn't help but be astonished. When he just heard King Yi readily admit it, he thought it was definitely over
King Yi, on the other hand, did not look happy when he heard this. He just said a faint thank you to Your Majesty and bowed to leave.
After leaving the door, he was blown by the mountain wind, and the excited Marquis Yongchun came back to his senses: Chunjia had a gentle attitude and killed the He clan, not once or twice.
Now that King Mao has not solved the problem and the public opinion has not yet calmed down, if something went wrong immediately with the blood of the two regents, wouldn't it help King Mao prove that there is something wrong with their bloodline
Chunjia came to the throne as the heir of Xiaozong. Although his throne is now very stable, things like justice and honor, whether they are important or not, are sometimes irreplaceable.
As long as he can refuse to admit it and deny success, Chunjia will persevere to the end because of his emotions and reasons.
Therefore, the emperor still recognized them as brothers, maybe he just recognized them as brothers.
After the limelight passed, the emperor had eight hundred ways to make them die quickly or extremely painfully to vent his anger at the Gongxiang family's wealth being stolen for many years.
But in fact, Chunjia in the Xingxin Hall was not very angry, but she didn't spend much time thinking about it. Instead, she asked the attendant: "The Imperial Grandmother still refuses to see me?"
"... To reply to Your Majesty, there is a lot of kerosene placed in the residence of the Queen Mother." The attendant was quite helpless, "Just now, the Queen Mother's waiter went to ask for it in person. Although the people below do not know the reason, they did not get it from Your Majesty. The empress did not dare to refuse the order. At the moment, the Queen Mother's attendants are standing outside, saying that they are under the orders of the Queen Mother. If anyone breaks in without the permission of the Queen Mother, they will immediately light the fire oil."
The Empress Dowager was determined not to confront the Empress.
Chunjia frowned and said, "Did the Imperial Grandmother have nothing to say about the Shenzong bloodline?"
The waiter dared not say anything.
"That's all." Chunjia sighed and murmured, "I understand somewhat why Xiaozong was bullied by the Ji family in every possible way, but the imperial grandmother still stood by and watched."
Because he is not a biological son at all, he is certainly not as close as his natal family.
But Ji Sheng...
This former mother, the Empress Dowager, who was thought to be unable to bear Xiaozong's love, might actually be on Xiaozong's side.
"Why did the Ji family and the imperial grandmother still let Xiaozong give birth to three imperial daughters?" Chunjia felt that there were still many doubts about the whole matter. Xiaozong was not of Gongxiang's blood, and Shenzong passed the throne to him just to protect himself. The secret of infertility.
In order to ensure that the throne can be returned to the Gongxiang family's bloodline when his grandson's generation is around, Xiaozong must be extinct.
What's so good about the existence of the three emperor's daughters
If Xiaozong never had a child, and he was not in a hurry, the officials would urge him to find a way to have an heir.
However, the existence of the three emperor's daughters gave the ministers who did not know the truth a little fantasy, that maybe the next one would be the prince
The emperor frowned, could this be Xiaozong's plan
Thinking that before Xiaozong's death, he once tried every means to establish an emperor's younger brother, he curled his lips playfully.
After thinking for a moment, Chunjia ordered: "Inform the Queen about the situation with the Queen's grandmother."