There is no phoenix

After sending Zhang Youshi away, Shui Ruoyang sat in front of the dragon case and just stared blankly.

How is it possible that there is Tang Bohu's "Begonia Sleeping in Spring" in the house of the granddaughter-in-law of Ningguo Mansion?This painting was obviously given by the first emperor to Brother Dahuang, who was named Prince Yizhong, and this painting was hung in Brother Dahuang's room.How could it become the dowry of the granddaughter-in-law of the Ningguo Mansion now?Could it be that the granddaughter-in-law of Ningguo Mansion is the little princess who everyone thought was missing or dead?

Shui Ruoyang thought for a while, called Dai Quan to him, and asked: "Dai Quan, you heard it just now, you said that the granddaughter-in-law of Ningguo Mansion is the surviving daughter of my eldest brother?"

Dai Quan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the things are from Prince Yizhong's mansion, and the age is also suitable, but whether it is true or not, we have to check to find out. I dare not guess in vain."

Shui Ruoyang said: "Dai Quan, you go and help me with this matter. You must find out whether that person is my elder brother's daughter or not? Remember, don't alarm anyone, let alone hurt anyone."

Dai Quan nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant will arrange someone to investigate."

After Dai Quan went out, Shui Ruoyang was still thinking about the past ten years ago, vividly:

"Your Majesty, these are the memorials sent today." Dai Quan pointed to the stack of memorials on the left side of the dragon case.

Shui Ruoyang sat down, picked it up and took a look, "In mid-March, Prince Yizhong took his cronies to Mobei—"

"On the fourth day of April, Prince Yizhong brought his cronies to meet the Jiedu envoy of Datong—"

"Prince Yizhong goes out of Beijing every day, and often gets together with some strangers in Swell, and his behavior is surreptitious——"

"On April [-]th, Prince Yizhong went to the Beijing West Military Camp—"

"On the first day of May, Prince Yizhong hosted a banquet at the palace for the commanders of the Imperial Guard—"

"On the third day of May, a lot of weapons and armor for Prince Yizhong will be transported from the direction of Ping'an Prefecture—"

"There are signs of the mobilization of the Oala army in Mobei—"

"Dai Quan, go to Prince Yizhong's mansion as soon as possible, let Prince Yizhong enter the palace immediately, and tell him that you really need to find him!"

two hours later

"Your Majesty, Prince Yizhong is not at the residence—"

"Dai Quan, send these memorials to Prince Yizhong's mansion immediately, and leave a message for his mansion, which means that he didn't come to the palace to see me at the time of day, so he won't use it."

Sishi the next day

"Dai Quan, hurry up with Old General Feng, King Zhongshun, and take two thousand imperial guards to search Prince Yizhong's mansion! All the people in the mansion will be sent to the jail of the Ministry of Criminal Justice first!"

a few hours later

"Your Majesty, Prince Yizhong and Princess Princess have hanged themselves in the early hours of this morning. The Prince's son committed suicide with a sword when the Imperial Forest Army arrived. Only the young prince is now in prison at the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Four days later

"Your Majesty, Prince Yizhong's young son was crying day and night in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, not eating anything. He died today at Yinshi."

one year later

"Dai Quan, let someone repair the tomb of Brother Zhen's family. Make it look good, but don't be too ostentatious. Build a tombstone with the name 'Prince Yizhong' written on the inscription."

Ching Ming Festival five years later

"Brother, why didn't you explain it before you ended it yourself? Tell me, have you ever thought about rebelling? Tell me? Have you ever thought about it? If you have the courage to want to rebel, why don't you have the courage to admit it alive? If you were wronged, why didn't you leave a piece of paper to defend yourself?"

"Brother, do you want to use the death of your family to make me, a brother, forever restless? You walked so easily, you are laughing at me now, brother, I have a vast country, but I can't feel at ease because of your death. Brother, I remember that you loved our brothers the most when I was young. Your father named you Prince Yizhong, and you will give your father the most beloved tea set 'Hujiao', one for each of our brothers, and let your father praise you , This will be a good story about the closeness of our Shui Dynasty brothers. But why do you want to rebel? If you don’t want to, why are there so many memorials to expose you—”

"Brother, tell me, you are 40 years old, why do you want to rebel? You still want to choose when the third brother is not in the capital? You clearly know that the war in the northwest border is tight, but you want to rebel, go to Mobei, to the military camp in the west of Beijing , go to see the local Jiedu envoy, invite the commander of the Imperial Guard to a banquet, tell me, if you don’t want to rebel, what exactly do you want to do? Why don’t you explain?”

"Your Majesty, we have not been out for a short time, let's go back."

The past is like a dream, and it has been ten years in a blink of an eye.In the past ten years, no one dared to speak about Prince Yizhong again. All the families of officials in the capital, civil and military officials in the court, all knew about Prince Yizhong, and it was an unforgettable pain in the heart of today.Since the death of Prince Yizhong, no one dared to talk about treason.Whether it is true or false, it seems that everything has disappeared. No one complains about injustice, and no one plays to vindicate it.

In the past ten years, Shui Ruoyang has successively transferred or dismissed those officials, large and small, who had submitted memorials and impeached Prince Yizhong for plotting wrongdoing.

In the past ten years, Shui Ruoyang left the palace in subdued clothes three times, quietly came to the tomb of Prince Yizhong's family, and stood there for a long time.

In the past ten years, Shui Ruoyang often played with the 'hujiao' that had broken off one ear in Chengde Hall, turning it around a thousand times.This teacup has ears on the side, and on the cup is engraved with the three official characters "瓟瓟斝", followed by a line of small real characters, which is "Jin Wang Kai Zhenwan", and there is a line of "Su Shi in Meishan in April of the fifth year of Song Yuanfeng" small print.Because of seeing so many memorials of accusing Prince Yizhong of treason, Shui Ruoyang once picked up this 'hujiao' and threw it on the ground angrily, so that the cup's ears were broken.

That year, the eldest prince Shui Ruoping turned 20 years old, and all the princes of Kunning Palace gathered together.Shui Ruoping likes to collect antiques, especially the tea ceremony.The first emperor was delighted, and specially rewarded the eldest prince with a set of four 'Huhu' tea sets as a crowning gift.

"Big Brother, I also like this kind of cup." The 12-year-old second son Shui Ruoyang said.

"Big Brother, I like it too!" said the eight-year-old third son Shui Ruoning.

"Father, I also want this cup. Brother Huang has it, so I want to have it too." Seven-year-old fourth son Shui Ruo'an said.

"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, you all come here, our four brothers, one for each of us, okay?" The eldest prince called the three brothers to Qiandao.

"Okay, one for each!" Several brothers said almost at the same time.

"Okay, come on, second brother, this is for you, this is for third brother, this is for fourth brother, I'll take one myself." Shui Ruoping said.

"Ruoping, this is your birthday gift from your father, it is your coronation gift, you are really willing to do so." The queen laughed.

"Mother, the son is the eldest brother, the younger brothers like it, and if there are sons, naturally they should share it with the younger brothers." Shui Ruoping said.

"Ruoping, good job, you have the demeanor of being a big brother. Come on, my father knows that you like antiques, so my father will give you this picture of Tang Bohu's "Begonia Sleeping in Spring" and this couplet by Qin Guan." Imperial way.

"I thank you, Father, I will hang this painting in my room when I go back."

"Brother Emperor likes beauties, hahahaha!"

Kunning Palace burst into laughter.

The first emperor sighed and said to the empress: "Empress, everyone laments that 'the most ruthless emperor's family', now, our Shui family can be different from other families. Look at how close and harmonious our emperors are!"

The queen also sighed: "Your Majesty, although the eldest prince is not the concubine's own son, the concubine thinks that the eldest prince is really good, both civil and military. Our Shui family has such an eldest prince. The brothers are so lucky."

"Come on, some imperial brothers, I will toast you a glass of wine. In the future, the second brother will be the prince and the emperor, and the three of us will all be generals to protect our Shui family. Do you agree?"

"Okay, let's all be generals!"

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