The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Although the life of Yizhong County Wang was unknown, his death was earth-shattering.

The Taishang Emperor saw that Yizhong County King had only one breath left, and had no time to make arrangements, so he directly ordered people to publicize the fact that the emperor ordered his concubine of a different race to murder the son of the former prince. I heard about it.

This time, Xinhuang can be considered to have tasted the taste of piercing a hornet's nest.

Originally, almost every royal family had done this kind of shady trick. The Supreme Emperor himself was much more ruthless than this when he was fighting for the position with his brothers.However, the reason why secrets are secrets is because they are hidden in the dark, and no one has ever brought these dirty things to the surface and said them publicly.After all, a majestic emperor can even poison his own nephew, who knows what else he will do to others?Who is willing to cling to such a cruel villain?

Although, in fact, everyone knows the virtues of the royal family, but the benevolence and righteousness of the others are well covered. Only the new emperor has lost his vest. If he does not focus on him, who else will he focus on?

King Bei Jing was so angry that he threw pots and bowls and scolded bad luck, and finally contacted a group of people, intending to go along with the Supreme Emperor, support Yizhong County King, create a new era, and reach the pinnacle of life. Just kill yourself, how can they play?

Suddenly being exposed, the new emperor is certainly furious, but also mixed with a bit of pleasure - what's the use of you jumping around?Yizhong is dead, no one can compete with him anymore, even if he is scolded by those pedantic literati, so what?It is really stunning to sit firmly on the dragon chair.

However, what the new emperor's short-sighted eyes couldn't see was that his sons seemed to be inspired overnight, contacted their mother and concubine one after another, and planned to follow the example of the father--he can kill others, and be beaten by others die.When the new emperor dies, it will naturally be the world of the princes who are the sons of the new emperor.

As a result, the matter of setting up the prince was brought up again.

The new emperor also felt that this was a good opportunity to divert everyone's attention, so he did not refuse. Instead, he made several proposals at the court, which successfully covered up the scandal caused by the Supreme Emperor. , it is better to choose a new master who is in line with their own interests-this is the ghost of the hearts of almost all civil and military officials.

Except for Ning Shan, of course.

Jia Amnesty asked curiously: "Shan'er, are you serious? Once the crown prince is established, he will be the new emperor...that...what's wrong with that?"

Ning Shan said softly: "What he can do, others can do. There are no fathers and sons in the royal family. As long as they can rise to the throne, it will not be difficult for those princes to strangle the new emperor to death with their own hands." What about rebellion?Isn't it just the idea of ​​killing Lao Tzu's own position?

Jia Lian was speechless: "This imperial family...is really..." Second Master Lian, who didn't have much ink in his stomach, couldn't find a word that was elegant enough to describe his mood.

Ning Shan chuckled lightly: "Isn't it the same in all dynasties?" If there was no Xuanwu Gate change, where would the great Tang Dynasty come from?Even the world of the Sui Dynasty was taken by Yang Jian from the old lord, not to mention the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. It is very common to be loyal today and turn against tomorrow. This also directly caused Ning Shan to have little respect and respect for the royal family. The reason for awe--there are too many dynasties, and the children of the aristocratic family have long been calm--anyway, the emperor takes turns to do it, who knows when it will be his turn?

Jia Amnesty inherited the usual stupidity and boldness of the Jia family, and even dared to participate in the comments: "Shan'er, tell me, who among these princes can succeed?" Jia Amnesty wondered whether to find a safe thigh to hug, so Maybe I can also be a prince with an iron hat.

Ning Shan had already seen what he was thinking, and blocked Jia Shen's dream with one mouthful: "Don't think about it, it doesn't matter to you if anyone succeeds." Besides, it is estimated that no one will succeed.Ning Shan thought to herself: Although the Supreme Emperor is old, he is still shrewd, at least much better than the new emperor and his group of stupid sons, how can he not see their schemes?It is estimated that only the prince who has the support of the Supreme Emperor can take the throne. However, since the new emperor poisoned his family first, everyone will be afraid of their family. Ruthless grandson.

The Sixth Prince and Seventh Prince also had the same beautiful fantasy, and ran towards the Daming Palace more diligently, and at the same time strengthened the protection of their own safety - no one wanted to die before leaving the army.Only by being alive can you kill the fourth child and board the dragon chair.Therefore, the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince had a lot of conspiracy against each other. They both believed that only by killing each other could they be cultivated wholeheartedly by their father.The cruelty and ruthlessness of the royal people is fully reflected by this generation, and they are all stupid enough to put it on the table.

The Supreme Emperor was laughed at by the new emperor's stupidity, and he decided to sit and watch how this guy would die, so instead of stopping civil and military officials from discussing the candidate for the crown prince, he even intervened by himself, making waves and having a good time.

Ning Shan's ability, status, and power all determine that under such circumstances, he can't just stay out of the matter leisurely. People from the Supreme Emperor, the new emperor, and the princes all came to him to form cliques There were so many of them, even Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian and even Jia Zhen were frequently invited to various receptions and banquets, and they were dragged to discuss the candidate for the crown prince.

Fortunately, Princess Yinghua was pregnant at this time, which gave Ning Shan enough excuses to refuse private receptions, and went home every day after court, she could be called a good consort through the ages.Except for the Supreme Emperor who did not express his opinion for the time being, the other factions were very dissatisfied with Ning Shan's actions. However, it was of no use. No matter how dissatisfied they were, Ning Shan had nothing to do.

Since Ning Shan doesn't get in, the target of wooing him has also been extended to the people around him.Jia Amnesty received five invitations to go to dinner and theater in one day off. On weekdays, when he was on duty in the Yamen, some colleagues would chat with him, talking about wanting his son to marry his daughter and so on.Among them, there are quite a few families with good conditions, the sons of second and third grade officials, fortunately Ning Shan said earlier that Jia Amnesty is not allowed to interfere in the marriage of the little girl in the family, otherwise he would have been picky by now.

Jia Lian's situation was even more difficult than Jia Amnesty's. In addition to those who wanted to set up relations with him, there were quite a few petty officials who wanted to give him concubines, nieces, and nephews as side houses.Moreover, it is not a secret that Jia Lian is both internally fearful and lustful in the aristocratic circle. At least anyone who wants to know can know that Jia Lian was so tempted by the temptation that he had to restrain his impulse on the one hand, after all, beauties are not so easy to get. , especially at this time, therefore, Jia Lian felt as uncomfortable going to court every day as if he was going to the execution ground.

The temptation of Jia Zhen, father and son will be much less, after all, they don't have much influence over Ning Shan, and most people don't bother to try to win them over.Therefore, on their side, only some old-fashioned forces with four kings and eight males tried the water, wanting to see if they could turn this group of traitors back, but the effect was not very obvious.Moreover, the Jia family's overly sloppy behavior also made many big bosses dissatisfied. They would rather have their subordinates be stupid, but loyal.

In this chaos, the second wife of the Jia family desperately wanted to fish in troubled waters and earn a place for herself.However, it is very regrettable that even Jia Qiang was wooed, but no one was willing to pay attention to the second master Zheng.Their family is too useless, even if there is a Jia concubine in the palace, they don't even lay an egg, and a small official from the fifth rank in the court is not very popular.Now even Xijue's long house has been broken up with them, and the contacts left by the ancestors are almost cut off, and there is no final value in talking to them.

Jia Zheng sighed and complained all day long that he was born at the wrong time, but he gradually became discouraged and didn't plan to make any more troubles.It's a pity that his old mother and wife refused to accept their fate and continued to toss tirelessly.The two of them contacted Jia Yuanchun in the palace, planning to have Qin's death happen again, and asked Jia Yuanchun to choose a queen with a prince as a backer, and find a way to help her get rid of other princes, so that she could also win a meritorious service.

Of course, what they wanted to see more was that Jia Yuanchun could give birth to a prince and be added with a phoenix robe.But whether there is a prince or not is not something that they can decide by praying to God and worshiping Buddha, not to mention that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not very devout, they are just trying to gain a good reputation for charity in the name of believing in Buddhism.

Jia Yuanchun in the palace was unwilling for a long time, but in the end he had to accept his fate and gave up his fantasy of being the empress dowager, and began to pick people reluctantly.The second prince who was born to the empress was the first to be excluded. The reason is very simple. Jia Yuanchun was originally a female historian in the empress's palace, and she became a concubine by climbing the bed behind her back. She absolutely didn't want the empress to become an empress. The queen mother will live under the shadow of her old master forever.

As for Concubine Ping, who has the eldest prince, it could have been a very good choice, but her natal family has always been at odds with the Jia family. Willing to take refuge.

The birth mother of the third prince is a noble concubine with a high status and a holy favor. Jia Yuanchun worries that even if he joins the past, he may not be taken seriously. Moreover, the third prince also has a younger sister. If he wants to win connections, he only needs to marry the younger sister. It doesn’t have to be Relying on a concubine in the harem, not to mention being born in the unpopular Jia family.

Both the fourth prince and the fifth prince belonged to court ladies, and their mothers and concubines are only concubines at present. Jia Yuanchun looked down on those two from the bottom of his heart, but he had no choice but to choose one of the two. The rest are still underage, it's too long to wait.

Among the two, Jia Yuanchun was more optimistic about the fourth prince. After all, he was older and occupied the same ranking as the emperor, so he was more or less favored.

But Mrs. Wang suggested to choose the fifth prince, the reason is that the younger one is easier to control, and the natal family has no power and power, so it will not affect their vested interests.

This point was pointed out displeased by Shi Taijun, who believed that Wang's choice of the fifth prince was entirely from the Wang family's point of view, because the prince Teng who was transferred out of Beijing by Ming Sheng and secretly demoted had worked with the father of the fifth prince's biological mother earlier. Yes, and the relationship is not bad.

Mrs. Wang insisted that she chose based on the advantages of the fifth prince. Although Shi Taijun was dissatisfied, her husband's family had nothing to do with the fourth prince. Unless Jia Yuanchun started to get close with the fourth prince from the palace, she would have no chance of getting close to the fourth prince. No.

The front and rear palaces were busy with the matter of choosing a new lord, but Yizhong County King, who was lying silently waiting to die in the cold palace, couldn't take his last breath. He was unwilling, really unwilling.Even if he wanted to die, he would never die like this. He would make those who betrayed him pay the price.

Holding his last breath, King Yizhong got up from the bed relying on his strong will, and rushed all the way to the gate of Daming Palace, begging to see the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor, who had already forgotten about this unfortunate grandson, was stunned for a moment before announcing him into the palace.The king of Yizhong County took out a blood book, and said that he was childless and would perish, and the bloodline of Prince Yizhong was cut off as the subject of his distress, and begged the Supreme Emperor to posthumously crown his father, the former Prince Yizhong, as emperor.

The Taishanghuang was happy to see the success of this, he originally wanted to chase after the second son and let him dominate the fourth son.It would be great if the bitter Zhongjun King, who was dying to death by the fourth brother, came forward to ask in person, and he would save himself the reputation of being an old man.

The Supreme Emperor was very happy to personally lead Yizhong County King to the second day's court meeting, and exposed in court all the circumstances of the emperor's assassination of Yizhong County King through a noble concubine from Qianxiang Kingdom. Angrily reprimanded the new emperor for being cruel and ruthless, and in the name of torturing and killing the royal blood, he ordered the noble concubine to die.

As the sufferer, Yizhong County King held his last breath and begged the Supreme Emperor to chase after his father, and then tearfully condemned the new emperor for his injustice, ruthlessness, and shamelessness. Immediately, wearing a heavy county king's crown, he smashed his head to death on the ground. On the Emperor's Hall.

The blood of a generation of royal family splashed in the court, this amount is different from that of a censor who died admonishing, even if the emperor is really innocent, it is hard to tell at this time, let alone he is not innocent yet.

Without the support and protection of the emperor, the noble concubine in the harem was force-fed with Crane Crown Red by the court servants sent by the Supreme Emperor, which made her experience the feeling of being poisoned to death by the Central Plains drug at the end of her life.

However, the emperor of the previous dynasty had to issue an edict of guilt for the blood of loyalty and loyalty. Although he put the responsibility on the dead noble concubine, he still had to let go and posthumously named the second brother of the dead ghost as the mourning emperor. , Even Yizhong County King was buried in the imperial mausoleum as a prince.

When everything was finally about to subside, the last diehard loyalist of the Yizhong lineage held out the last letter of the Yizhong County King—he said that the father who was posthumously named emperor could not be sacrificed behind him, so he asked the Supreme Emperor to marry him The son of Princess Yinghua, who was originally a compatriot of Prince Yizhong's mother, was adopted under the name of Yizhong's lineage.

Ning Shan's face was so dark in the hall that no one dared to look at it.