Chapter 256 speculation on the defeat of the West Coast
When King Zhongshun came out of the palace, he went directly to Wang Tingxuan's home without returning to his palace.
"My lord, are you saying that the emperor plans to let me marry the princess of Nan'an Palace and take the opportunity to take over the military power of Nan'an Palace?"
The princess of Nan'an Prince's Palace should be the princess who wanted to get married in the book. Later, Princess Nan'an replaced her with Jia Tanchun.
"What's wrong? Although Princess Huo has a bad temper, she is indeed quite beautiful. As long as you agree, the imperial brother will issue an order, and you can just wait for the beauty to come home."
Wang Tingxuan shook his head. If he hadn't mentioned this matter, Wang Tingxuan would have almost forgotten about the fiasco at Xihaizi.
Seeing Wang Tingxuan shaking his head, King Zhongshun said: "Forget it if you don't want to, the emperor won't force you to marry her. Besides, their target is the princess, and they don't care about your position as Mrs. Wang.
Not on."
Wang Tingxuan said: "I shake my head not for anything else, but for the war on the West Coast."
King Zhongshun laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, King Nan'an is also a veteran on the battlefield. The Qianxiang Kingdom has not dared to invade the border for so many years, and it is all the credit of King Nan'an. Although I can't stand the behavior of the four kings and eight princes, I still feel sorry for him.
I still admire Prince Nan’an’s ability very much.”
Wang Tingxuan also admitted this.
Since the founding of the Chu State, there have been very few wars along the west coast and the scale is not large, with the Nan'an Palace taking the greatest credit.
But those were all the efforts of the older generation of Nan'an County Princes. Now, they are no longer so good.
Wang Tingxuan didn't know much about the Prince of Nan'an County, so he asked: "Your Majesty, please tell me about the Nan'an Prince's Palace."
King Zhongshun also saw something was wrong and said, "Why, do you see anything?"
"Not yet, I'm just curious about Nan'an Prince's Palace."
King Zhongshun said with a smile: "You ask someone to prepare wine and food, and we will talk while eating."
While Wang Tingxuan listened to King Zhongshun's story, he thought about why Nan'an Palace was defeated by Xihaizizi.
This defeat not only ruined the future of the Nan'an Palace, but also ruined the safety of the people in the southern provinces.
Ordinarily, the Prince of Nan'an is not too old to be completely defeated or even captured. Being close to the coast, the Nan'an Prince's Mansion is not short of money. Although there are not many soldiers under his command, they are not idlers.
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After hearing what King Zhongshun said, Wang Tingxuan had a guess in his mind, but he was not sure.
When King Zhongshun saw Wang Tingxuan's serious expression, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly asked: "Did you find anything? I always feel that there is something weird in it, but I really can't figure it out."
Although Wang Tingxuan was not sure, he still decided to speak out. He couldn't just watch the fiasco at Xihaizi happen.
"Your Majesty, you don't want me to say more about the origin of Guard Liu next to you."
King Zhongshun said: "Everyone in the capital knows that Liu Shiwei was originally the bodyguard of Prince Nan'an. Liu Shiwei's wife and children were bullied by Prince Nan'an, and he took revenge on Prince Nan'an. Because I had a grudge against Prince Nan'an, I deliberately took Liu in.
Guard, this matter has been settled, why are you bringing it up?"
Wang Tingxuan said: "Prince Nan'an even attacked his trusted guards. Do you think he can win the hearts of the soldiers in Nanhai?"
Without thinking, King Zhongshun could immediately answer no.
It can be said that King Zhongshun deliberately gave himself a bad reputation in order to protect himself. Prince Nan'an just didn't know how to act, so he had a bad reputation.
In comparison, the reputation of Crown Prince Nan'an is not much better than that of the former King Zhongshun. It is only because of the large number of Four Kings and Eight Dukes and the praise from everyone that Crown Prince Nan'an's reputation is only slightly better than that of King Zhongshun.
In fact, it's nothing. Prince Nan'an doesn't have Cao Cao's abilities, but he has Cao Cao's fault - a good wife. He will even attack the family members of his close associates.
Seeing that King Zhongshun had not thought about the problem, Wang Tingxuan said: "Your Majesty, do you believe that Prince Nan'an can teach the prince well?"
"Definitely not. If Huo An can change his ways, sows can climb trees."
Prince Zhongshun believed in this point.
Wang Tingxuan continued: "The Crown Prince of Nan'an is so incompetent, how come he can secure his position as Crown Prince?"
"The Princess of Nan'an loved him so much that she even went on a hunger strike to force the Prince of Nan'an to make him the crown prince."
"Since Princess Nan'an loves the Crown Prince so much, she suddenly asked the Crown Prince to leave the capital two years ago and go to the Nan'an Navy for training."
King Zhongshun thought for a moment and said, "Why else? It must be to take charge of the Nanhai Navy in the future. As the Crown Prince of Nan'an, if he cannot take charge of the South China Sea, will he be able to secure his position as Crown Prince?"
Wang Tingxuan then asked: "Since Princess Nan'an knows this, why has she not allowed the crown prince to go to the South China Sea, and then suddenly let him go two years ago?"
Yes, why?
Several of the concubines of Nan'an Prince's Palace have been following Prince Nan'an in the army. They are actually more suitable for the position of heir apparent.
It is unrealistic to say that a few concubines are fighting for power. Concubine Nan'an and Princess Nan'an are both in the capital. As long as they do not admit it, those concubines cannot legitimately take charge of the military power in the South China Sea.
King Zhongshun was unwilling to use his brain and said, "Stop being so pretentious and tell me what you have discovered."
Wang Tingxuan said: "I have a guess, but I'm not very sure."
"Okay, hurry up and say it."
"I guess there may be something wrong with Prince Nan'an's health, otherwise there is really no need for the Crown Prince to go."
King Zhongshun dropped the wine glass in his hand and asked in disbelief: "Why do you have such a guess?"
"Other than this speculation, I can't think of any other reason. In fact, many people in the capital understand that if Huo An inherits the title of Nan'an Princess, the Nan'an Palace will definitely not be able to maintain military power. The emperor wants me to marry Princess Huo
, also for this reason.”
"But this doesn't mean that there is something wrong with Prince Nan'an's health."
"Then how do you explain Princess Nan'an's choice? You know, when you had a conflict with the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess went to the Emperor to file a complaint for him. How could the Princess love the Crown Prince so much, why would she allow him to take risks?"
King Zhongshun said: "No matter how much the concubine loves Huo An, she can't ignore the inheritance of the Nan'an Palace. Don't think that because the concubine Nan'an is old, you won't take her seriously. Her methods are very powerful."
Of course Wang Tingxuan knew. After the Prince of Nan'an was defeated and captured, Princess Nan'an could use her connections to force the emperor to agree to a marriage, and even let Jia Tanchun replace the princess of Nan'an. How could she be an ordinary woman.
But it is a fact that the Prince of Nan'an refuses to take over the job. Although there is a concubine who studies with the Prince of Nan'an, he cannot represent the Prince of Nan'an after all, and he is not allowed to represent the Prince of Nan'an.
Although Princess Nan'an is like a sister to Mother Jia, she is absolutely not as stupid as Mother Jia. Forcing Crown Prince Nan'an to take over the military power is almost equivalent to directly killing him. Princess Nan'an should not have made such a choice.
Wang Tingxuan had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, no matter whether there is something wrong with Prince Nan'an's health, the Emperor should send someone to investigate secretly. Don't get into it, it's about my going to Yangzhou."
King Zhongshun couldn't sit still anymore and stood up and said: "I have to be exhausted by you. I can also see that you are not willing to marry Princess Nan'an, so I will help you push it away. Now I want to get rid of this matter immediately."
Tell the emperor what happened. How about you come with me?"
Wang Tingxuan pointed outside and said: "Your Majesty, the curfew is coming soon. I can't stay in the palace."
King Zhongshun had no choice but to go see the emperor himself.
