Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You are now in the mansion of the prince of the Ming Dynasty, how old are they?"

These words calmed Chen Xingwang a little.

So Zhu Gaoxu stood up from the mahogany chair, walked to the desk, and said, "Get up and talk."

Chen Xingwang stood up and stood there bent over, his hands were still shaking, as if he was very frightened.

Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "There are chairs next to you, sit down and relax. Come and serve tea."

Chen Xingwang looked flattered.Zhu Gaoxu didn't take it seriously. A prince didn't need to put on airs in front of the common people. He persuaded him kindly: "You have to tell me the ins and outs, so that I can help you, right? If you come from the truth, this king protects you as a commoner, so why not?" Isn't it easy?"

Chen Xingwang kept nodding like a chicken pecking rice. After a while, when he spoke, his articulation was still a little unclear, "The little prince, Chen Zhengyuan, is the posthumous son of the former king of Annan Kingdom, born to the queen..."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu took another look at the boy who was standing in the study looking around.At first glance, the child seemed a little timid and curious, but he was very well-behaved and quiet. After entering the room, he didn't say a word or cry.

"Chen Zhengyuan?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out.

Chen Xingwang nodded and said: "The prince was born in the second year of Jianwen, and he was born a few months after the assassination of the former king of Annan Kingdom. The queen gave him the name."

At this time, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the second year of Jianwen (1400) will be renamed "the 33rd year of Hongwu".Chen Xingwang is still using the Jianwen reign name, and he doesn't know how to avoid taboos. It seems that he has just returned to Daming territory not long ago.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu remembered what Shen Xu said, Queen Annan was very beautiful, and Hu, the prime minister, murdered the monarch to usurp power because he wanted to occupy her.So Zhu Gaoxu became more and more curious, and couldn't help asking: "How did you kidnap Chen Zhengyuan?"

Chen Xingwang shook his head hastily and said, "How dare the grassroots kidnap Prince Annan, and there is no benefit... At that time, only because of the entrustment of the queen, the grassroots risked their lives to do this thing!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu's mind came up with some conjectures... such things as the empress dowager, Chen Xingwang, who was fascinated by the sex, was willing to die for it, etc.

Of course he didn't say anything, he took two steps on the wooden floor, he stretched out his hand to stroke his broad forehead, and said, "Tell me slowly from the beginning, what's going on?"

"Where do the grassroots start..." Chen Xingwang pondered.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, seeing Chen Xingwang's uneasy appearance, he said whatever he wanted so as not to disturb his thoughts.

After a while, Chen Xingwang finally opened his mouth and said: "The grassroots committed a crime in Yunnan Mansion, and the reward list was posted everywhere, so they dare not stay in Yunnan Mansion again.

The grass people fled all the way south, and met several other fellow Han people on the ground in Laos, and followed them in the blood-licking business.There are also several Annanites and Lao natives in the group.

Later, Cao Min and others got acquainted with Chen An, an Annan native, through the recommendation of a fellow Annan native.Chen An owns a manor in Annan State. We followed him and lived in a villa in the north of Annan State for several years.Everyone's life has become more stable and comfortable, so they serve it wholeheartedly.In the second year of Jianwen, a woman who was pregnant with Liujia came to the manor..."

"Is this person Queen Annan?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help asking.

Chen Xingwang nodded and said, "Exactly! Cao Min didn't know her identity until a long time later."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help being curious, and asked casually, "What does it look like?"

Chen Xingwang fell into silence, with a dazed look, unable to speak a word for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu observed his expression, and he probably guessed that Queen Annan should be very beautiful.Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Don't think about her, just finish your business."

Chen Xingwang just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly bent down and said: "Yes. From the first time Cao Min saw her, in his heart...although he didn't dare to blaspheme, he always wanted to see her again, and he only needed to look at her every day. Well...the queen must have noticed Cao Min, but she has never spoken to Cao Min."

Zhu Gaoxu looked like he was listening attentively, nodding from time to time to show that he was listening.Hearing this, he thought to himself: This man and woman with disparate identities will have a follow-up, they must have talked, otherwise how could the little prince Annan be with Chen Xingwang?

When Chen Xingwang said this, he paused for a long time. He looked like he was recalling the past, as if he had recalled countless beautiful pictures, and he was quite involved.

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2 Chapter Ninety

Chen Xingwang's narration is only a small part of the matter, because he can't see the whole picture.While listening, Zhu Gaoxu guessed other things in his mind.

In the narration, Chen Xingwang mentioned the same time twice: the second year of Jianwen.He said that the little prince Annan was born in the second year of Jianwen, and he also mentioned that the time when Queen Annan came to the border villa was the second year of Jianwen.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help thinking about the events of that year.In the second year of Jianwen, the "Battle of Jingnan" was a tragic period when the two sides fought desperately; and another thing happened in Annan... the coup d'etat was also that year.

So Zhu Gaoxu boldly speculated that first a coup took place in An Nanguo and the king was murdered; then the pregnant queen was escorted by Chen Xingwang and others' "behind the scenes" and fled to a mountain villa in the border forest to hide.Net first

...At this time Chen Xingwang said: "The queen never talked to the grass people in the villa. It was not until last year when we escorted the queen westward to a temple on the ground of the chieftain of Laos that the queen finally talked to the grass people."

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually: "Do you still remember what she said to you?"

Chen Xingwang immediately nodded vigorously: "The grassroots will remember it until they die! It was a late night..." He turned his head and glanced at the light outside the door, "It is brighter than the current sky. The queen said: I am a little bored. I used to listen to You played the erhu, is your erhu still there?"

When he said this, his expression became more agitated, his emotions seemed to be in a kind of excitement, and his speech was not as sequential as before. He said excitedly: "One time the queen asked Caomin to play the erhu, she Singing, it's really... that's not what the world should sing..."

Originally, Chen Xingwang was telling a story about a man and a woman mixed with conspiracy, so far it has been considered wonderful.But when Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he felt a little inexplicably sad.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, caught the feeling that flashed in his heart, and then calmly interjected: "Li Louxian's voice is also quite good, otherwise she wouldn't be so famous."

However, Chen Xingwang's excitement did not subside, and he ignored Zhu Gaoxu's words.

Chen Xingwang said incoherently: "Like a queen who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, there are so many sad things, it's really pitiful... She was first forced to marry the old king, then became a widow, what's more, Betrayed by a trusted relative, Chen Tianping, who threatened the lives of their mother and child..."

"Wait!" Zhu Gaoxu stopped Chen Xingwang's words decisively, and immediately asked, "What's going on with Chen Tianping?"

Zhu Gaoxu had heard of this person. Last year, the chieftain of Laos sent the Chen clan to the capital. He was the one!

Chen Xingwang was stunned and said: "Chen Tianping is the clan of An Nanguo. The queen was able to escape to the villa because of Chen Tianping's support. Later, Chen Tianping also wanted to be king and wanted to harm the queen! The queen told the grassroots. "

Zhu Gaoxu was pacing up and down on the floor, and he faintly felt that Chen Tianping, who was panicked like a stray dog ​​and escaped to Daming after being protected by the Lao chieftain, seemed not so miserable in the first place.

At this time Zhu Gaoxu suddenly asked: "What the queen told you, Chen Tianping wanted to be king, but he wanted to harm the queen, but why did he save the queen in the first place?"

Chen Xingwang thought for a while, but he hesitated and couldn't answer.

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and pondered for a while, then reminded Chen Xingwang: "Is the queen's family powerful?"

Chen Xingwang nodded and said: "It seems to be the royal family, the clan of Annan Kingdom. King Annan only married his own family members. We Daming people think such things are contemptible, but they are like that!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, and said in his heart: For the time being, we can only make such a guess. Chen Tianping initially took over the queen because he needed the support of the queen's natal family.If the queen gives birth to a daughter, then everyone will be happy, and the two parties can form a union through marriage... Unfortunately, the queen will give birth to a son, and Chen Tianping will be the king, so his status is almost lost.

Chen Tianping only got rid of the little prince at this time, which was a choice, but first he had to appease the power of the queen's natal family.Because the queen was pregnant and escaped, someone in Annan must have known about it; Chen Tianping did too much, which may easily cause internal strife in the royal family...

Chen Tianping can also ease things up a bit, for example, wait until the Ming Dynasty recognizes him as the king before letting the queen mother and son show it to others; then falsely promise to the domestic ministers that the throne will be passed on to the little prince in the future, and he can even marry the queen.In the future, I will slowly find a way to get|dead the prince.

Of course, in this way, the queen herself would not be willing; so what the queen said about threatening her life may not be true...

Zhu Gaoxu still thought about it in his heart, but it was his own idea, which was hard to verify.At this time, he asked again: "Did the queen tell you that the reason for the power minister Hu's plan to usurp the throne is because he covets her beauty?"

Chen Xingwang shook his head and said: "The queen didn't say anything about it. But the grassroots heard about it a little bit, and the cause and effect were reversed. Hu's intention to marry the queen was because he wanted to be king.

Caomin heard from Chen An that the former king of An Nanguo was named Li, and the Chen family was only a powerful minister.The Chen family's method of replacing it was to marry the princess of the Li family first; then support the Li family princess as the queen, and make the Chen family the "male queen".After the marriage, the queen is forced to give up the throne to the male queen.So later the family of King Annan took the surname Chen.

At first, the Hu family also wanted to repeat the old tricks, marry the queen of the Chen family, first become the "male queen", and then usurp the throne step by step.It's just that something happened later. "

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, it is very unusual for a male queen to only marry the same surname.Even in later generations, he has never heard of... There is such an operation?What happened to An Nanguo was really weird.

However, Zhu Gaoxu finally understood one thing: the beauty of the queen was rumored to overwhelm the country, but neither the Hu family nor Chen Tianping were overwhelmed by her beauty, but were calculating power and position.