Linzhi

Nowadays, it is common for young children to die young, especially in ordinary families. There are many examples of being unable to support them after birth. Even if the royal family has superb medical skills and court ladies who take good care of them, they may not be much better than ordinary people.

Emperor Jiayou was extremely blessed. He has eight princes and three princesses under his knees. Up to now, there are still six grown up safely. It is not easy, but this is just a special case.There were more than a dozen princes of the first emperor, and in the end, including the current emperor Jiayou, only five or six survived.

Newborn babies always have problems of one kind or another. The first prince is not congenitally deficient, but he can't be called strong either. Because of his noble status, everyone takes care of him carefully, for fear that something will go wrong.

The incident happened after the death of Concubine Yuan De. Empress Pei and Concubine Yuan had a deep relationship, and it was inevitable that they would be sad. They had to help take care of Concubine Yuan's funeral and also take charge of palace affairs. fall sick.

With this illness, the palace affairs could not be managed for the time being. Empress Pei handed it over to Emperor Jiayou who accompanied Emperor Jiayou when he was in Qiandi, and later appointed two concubines, Zhaorong and Zhaoyuan respectively.

The two concubines are honest and dare not make any fools, but they can't talk about ability. They have to come to ask the queen for instructions on everything, which makes Queen Pei more tiring than herself, and has to ask the useful female official Sushuang to help .

In order not to be overwhelmed by her own illness, Empress Pei ordered the little prince to be moved to the next palace, separated from each other, but close enough to take care of her.

If you look at one, you will lose the other, and it will only happen sooner or later.

The little prince had a high fever in the middle of the night, but the maid on duty was not around to serve him for some reason, and when the shift change came early in the morning, they found that the little prince was out of breath.

The child had a fever, so it was impossible not to cry, but the people on duty said that they didn't hear the little prince crying at that time. Later, the imperial doctor judged that it might be that the palace maid accidentally pulled the swaddle too high, covering the little prince's mouth, and the little prince The prince was so burned that he didn't have the energy to cry, so he was not noticed for a while.

The maid quickly committed suicide in fear of her crime, and the entire palace where the little prince lived was turned upside down, and no suspicious evidence was found, but there are actually many mysteries, such as why the maid was not with the little prince that night, no one can say Clearly, I searched all the way through the other party's past history, and in the end I only found out that he had stayed in the East Palace before his death, but that was before He Mu canonized the crown prince. Logically speaking, the other party and the crown prince had no intersection.

Emperor Jiayou was furious, ordered a thorough investigation, and ordered everyone who served the little prince to be arrested and executed, but was stopped by Empress Pei, who said that death cannot be resurrected, even if it is to accumulate virtue for the little prince, so that he can She wanted to join a good family, and she didn't want to kill any more. After punishing all these people, they confiscated their property and drove them out of the palace.

The death of the first prince is really strange, especially when the situation in the capital is treacherous, it is unavoidable that people can't help thinking about it. Inside and outside the palace, there are rumors against the prince soon, and many people have made suggestions. Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly. in the end.

"Li Xiang, Zhang Xiang, what do you think?"

Inside the Zichen Palace, Emperor Jiayou rubbed the center of his brows, as if trying to dispel the anxiety, but failed.

Zhang Song cupped his hands and said: "There are rumors outside, and His Royal Highness has already been involved. Although empty words are unfounded, but people's words are formidable. I think it's better to thoroughly investigate this matter, and to return His Highness the crown prince's innocence."

Emperor Jiayou pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Kuan.

"Li Xiang?"

Li Kuan sighed: "Your Majesty, Concubine Ji is the eldest daughter of the minister. If the minister agrees with a thorough investigation, she will inevitably be suspected of making things worse. If she disagrees, she will be suspected of smearing His Royal Highness. Both public and private, I should avoid suspicion. Forgive me Unable to answer."

Emperor Jiayou also sighed: "President Li is selfless, I owe it to you. It's just that the queen has been open-minded and serious in dealing with things since she married me. She is respected by everyone inside and outside the palace. Now that Balang died suddenly, the queen endured her grief and persuaded him I made a big deal into a small one, and I really feel sorry for her!"

Li Kuan: "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. The maid who guarded the palace is dead. If we investigate again now, I am afraid that we will not be able to find any evidence. On the contrary, it will easily involve a lot of people. The Empress is afraid that it is because of this that I will ask Your Majesty not to investigate any more. down."

Emperor Jiayou remained silent.

In fact, after being persuaded by Empress Pei, he had already planned to give up on this matter. He originally wanted to talk to the prince and ask his eldest grandson to walk in front of Empress Pei more often, so as to appease the empress' pain of bereavement, but the emperor came Outside the East Palace, I heard that the Crown Prince was discussing matters with the subjects of the East Palace, so on a whim, I refused to let the servants go to report, but I stood outside, wanting to hear what the Crown Prince and his subjects were talking about on weekdays.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, a lecturer from the East Palace said to the prince: "Although the eighth prince was not harmed by His Highness, he is still the direct prince born of the empress."

He had spoken halfway, but Emperor Jiayou, no matter how dull he was, had been taught a lot by the late emperor, and had been the emperor for several years, he could still hear the other party's subtext.

The first prince died, and for the prince, a hidden threat was naturally removed.

Is this what the officials around the prince should say?

They are afraid of the prince, so they are also afraid of King Ji, so they are afraid of me?

A chill rose from Emperor Jiayou's back, he didn't even want to push the door open, he scolded the crown prince on the spot, and wanted to dismiss and expel those lecturers from the East Palace, but the crown prince actually pleaded for them.

This was the most serious disagreement between the father and son in history. Although the crown prince kept his attitude very low, he still did not forget to intercede for his staff. Because of his attitude, Emperor Jiayou was very angry and summoned Li Kuan and Zhang Song. This was the scene where they were asked whether they should continue to investigate thoroughly.

On the contrary, King Ji, who had been at odds with the prince recently, took the initiative to enter the palace to intercede for the prince, saying that the prince is definitely not someone who would be cruel to his brother, please don't listen to rumors. The prince is suspicious, if there is a quarrel between father and son, it is misfortune for the family among the people, but it is misfortune for the community when it comes to the heavenly family.

Emperor Jiayou fell into a dilemma and contradiction.

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He Rong, who was far away in Lingzhou, didn't know the ups and downs in Emperor Jiayou's heart, and the balance was tilted. At this time, he was holding a banquet in the Dudu Mansion to entertain all the famous people in Lingzhou.

Among the guests present, there are both officials and merchants. It is said that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen should despise the former. However, these merchants have a lot of influence in Lingzhou and have been operating for many years. Even Yu Feng has to be courteous. Sitting together, no one raised any objections.

After counting, it has been nearly half a year since He Rong came to Lingzhou.

King An, who drove the governor of Lingzhou out of the governor's mansion when he first arrived, once made people of all sizes in Lingzhou flustered, thinking that such a person must not allow others to sleep soundly on the couch, and soon there will be a storm. Rumors are rampant, and many people are in panic all day long , just waiting for King An to make a move.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, Wang An, who had finished the trick with Yu Feng, did not start looking for trouble, but fell silent. Later, at Yu Feng's request, he moved into the newly completed Dudu Mansion without making things difficult, as if Reached a settlement with Yu Feng.

Normally I don’t go out much. In the past six months, apart from inspecting the two military camps in the south and north of the city, I have done nothing else. Not to mention bullying men and women, being arrogant and domineering, I don’t even see outsiders very often. All of them will be turned away, not to mention taking the initiative to summon everyone.

It's obviously his fiefdom, but it's so inconceivable that people don't feel the slightest sense of existence. If it weren't for the sudden banquet today, everyone would have forgotten about His Highness Wang An.