Hearing this, General Feng knew that His Highness Qin must have found something, and he was also sure that he knew something.
well……
General Feng sighed. He didn't even bother to take a look at the usually attractive snacks and drinks. "Your Highness, are you coming to me for Feng Yao's business or for the First Prince's business?" Ming Ming said.
How to help Feng Yao, why did it end up being blamed on the former prince?
"Didn't you mention it, Old General?" His Highness Qin poured two glasses of wine and handed one of them to General Feng: "Old General, you don't say secret words in front of people. What kind of people live in Mo Village? Huang
Only grandpa would deliberately destroy Moocun."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... You, you know you are the Emperor, Your Majesty?" Old General Feng was almost frightened. He had always thought that Qin Jiyan didn't know anything, so he came to ask him.
"Yes. Feng Yao found out some things, and I will understand after some inference." Qin Jiyan shamelessly dragged Feng Yao into the water, and now General Feng couldn't agree even if he wanted to.
"Alas..." General Feng sighed again and said with a sad expression: "Since His Highness knows that the Emperor is also involved in this matter, there is nothing to hide."
The old emperor was deeply resentful about the murder of the former prince. He felt regretful and guilty, and also felt uneasy about certain people. Because of the old emperor's attitude, no one in the whole court dared to mention it. The death of the former prince also became a taboo in the Qin Dynasty.
"This matter is also related to the seizure of the throne. In order to increase the bargaining chip to seize the throne, the emperor took General Yue's daughter as his wife. After ascending the throne, he made her his queen, and then used General Yue's power to secure the throne.
However, for the Tian family, foreign relatives are a big taboo. General Yue holds half of Qin's troops and horses. He is so powerful that even the emperor must be afraid of him.
At first, the two parties got along fairly well. Although there was a gap, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was still unclear. They could still maintain a harmonious relationship by giving in to each other. But when the prince got married and gave birth to a child, the conflicts between the emperor and the prince, and the Yue family became more and more serious.
When I got older, I don’t know what happened specifically. I only know that at that time, the prince’s reputation was getting bigger and bigger. He disagreed with the emperor’s political opinions on many things, and even vaguely surpassed the emperor. The Yue family also changed their previous low-key and tolerant attitude.
He was very flamboyant in the court, leaving the emperor unable to resist.
Later, when the Northern Qi Dynasty borrowed food, the emperor took the opportunity to attack and asked the prince to lead the Yue family's army on an expedition. In everyone's eyes, the prince would surely win a complete victory and gain authority in the army if he led the troops of his maternal family on the expedition.
It would be helpful to consolidate the crown prince's status, and even allow... the emperor to abdicate early.
Unfortunately, all of us guessed wrong. The prince did not return in triumph. The prince died outside. The villagers rioted due to the destruction of the village, and the prince was killed. His bones were bitten into pieces by wild beasts.
Anyone who knew the prince would never believe that the prince would destroy the village. However, the emperor was so arbitrary, and all the legitimate sons and grandsons of the Yue family died on the battlefield, the prince's family fell instantly, and no one dared to disobey the emperor.
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The emperor used the death of the prince to directly wipe out the entire Yue family, as well as nine other related families, disintegrating the prince's power in one fell swoop, so that no one in the court dared to speak for the prince. This is all the veteran knows. What happens next?
It’s just like what you saw, Your Highness, old man”
General Feng told what happened that year, and then shut up, obviously not wanting to talk anymore.
Qin Jiyan held the wine glass, looked at General Feng, and asked again: "Who is Mo Cun?"
"Moocun..." General Feng turned his head and looked through the window at the dark night outside...
"What happened in Suocun is a matter of the previous generation." General Feng's voice was gloomy and low, revealing the vicissitudes of life: "If the news I heard is true, then the people who live in Suocun should be members of the royal family.
The direct descendant is also the most orthodox heir of the Qin Dynasty. The village chief who died tragically in Mocun back then should be the emperor’s cousin, and he is the one who has the real jade seal passed down to the country.”
"The real jade seal passed down from the country?" Qin Jiyan's hand holding the wine glass tightened slightly, and a look of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
It seems that he knows a big secret.
"Well, starting from the late emperor, our Great Qin's imperial seals have been imitations. It was not until sixteen years ago that the real imperial seal was found. If you don't believe me, your highness can take a look at the imperial edicts from sixteen years ago and now. Although they look the same,
But if you look carefully, you can still find differences." General Feng said that for this reason, he had no intention of hiding it anymore.
"Your Highness, you should know that the former emperor is not a direct descendant of the royal family, but an adoptive descendant." The former emperor was Qin Jiyan's great-grandfather and the father of the current old emperor.
Qin Jiyan was naturally aware of this period of history. "Historical records state that Prince Zhaoren, a direct descendant of the Qin family, died in a palace fire. Now it seems that it is all false."
"It's indeed a lie. It wasn't an adoption back then, it was just a..." General Feng didn't dare to say the word "rebellion."
The incident was well hidden at that time, and all the insiders in the palace were silenced. Everyone believed that Prince Zhaoren died in the palace fire and then adopted the late emperor. However, the truth was far from that peaceful.
"In short, everyone thinks that Prince Zhaoren turned into ashes with the fire. Prince Zhaoren's father, Emperor Dezheng, adopted your highness, your great-grandfather, and passed the throne to you when he had no heirs.
"Great-grandfather." If it hadn't been for the adoption, the old emperor's side would not have had anything to do with the throne, and it would not have been their turn to make the final decision in the Qin Dynasty.
The old emperor and his father could become emperors by stepping on the corpse of Prince Zhaoren.
"So people thought that Prince Zhaoren was dead. In fact, Prince Zhaoren was rescued, and the people who rescued him were descendants of the Moh family, who built the palace.
According to what the villagers said at the end of the year, Prince Zhaoren was burned beyond recognition. Except for the jade seal that was taken away, there was nothing to prove his identity. And even if he could prove his identity, it would be useless. Prince Zhaoren fell into a coma.
I woke up half a year later. By that time, the late emperor had already succeeded to the throne, and it would be useless for Prince Zhaoren to come back.
The power of Prince Zhaoren back then was dismantled one by one by the late emperor. Prince Zhaoren had no choice but to remain anonymous with the Mo family. The Mo family married the daughter of the Mo family to Prince Zhaoren. The couple would be discovered, so they changed the name of the Mo family to Mo.
For the end of the end.”
When General Feng said this, he almost had the thought of death. You must know that these are all royal secrets, and they are still shameful things for the current Holy Emperor.
"Did Grandpa Huang not know about what happened in Moocun at that time?" Qin Jiyan finally understood why the old emperor kept such a tight lid on what happened back then.
It turned out that it was not only the death of his father, but also the inside story of their rise to power.
"The emperor only found out about this matter after Mo Village was destroyed. The people who found out about this matter were probably the Wu family, and they were the ones who brought the jade seal." General Feng smiled bitterly and told everything he knew.
"Besides the Wu family, I am probably the only one who knows about these things. I was...in the house at the time. After hearing about this, I didn't dare to come out. I just wanted to take this secret into the coffin."
The reason why I say it today is because...
A note to readers:
Typing using a Bluetooth keypad connected to an IPAD is really slow... I'm almost to death. Thinking about having to use a keypad today and tomorrow makes me want to cry...