"This matter started twenty years ago." Fu Jin said slowly, "Emperor Taizu conquered the world, and Yunjing proclaimed himself emperor. He made the eldest son the prince, the second son the king of Qin, and the third son the king of Jin. In a flash.
More than twenty years have passed, and the three people who were brothers and respectful brothers in their early years finally started to have a dispute over imperial power."
"When Emperor Taizu was fighting for the world, the three princes were only in their early ten years, but they followed them all the way to the north and the south. Emperor Taizu knew that it was easy to conquer the world, but difficult to dominate the world, so he invited great scholars early to teach the three princes. The three princes
They are all very smart, so they understand both government affairs and military matters."
"I thought that with such outstanding descendants, it would be a matter of time for Da Qi to dominate the world. Who would have thought that the three princes were so outstanding that they were unwilling to succumb to others and instead started internal strife. In the twenty-seventh year of Yuankang, someone falsely accused
The prince claimed that he spoke the truth while drunk, claiming that he had been the prince for more than 20 years and did not know when it would end."
"Emperor Taizu was furious and issued an edict to depose the prince, demote him to a commoner, and move to Yizhou. The prince went to Yizhou to defend himself, and then he took the princess, the emperor's grandson and his family to Yizhou. Emperor Taizu was originally impulsive.
After reading the prince's self-defense and being reminded by his close ministers, he realized that the prince was unjustly accused, so he ordered someone to take his family back to the capital."
Having said this, Fu Jin sighed: "How did you know that on the way back to the capital, the prince encountered robbers, and his entire family died. When the commander of the imperial army arrived, no one was left alive."
Noticing that Yang Shu's expression was a little strange, Mingwei quietly reached out her hand and covered his right hand that was tightly clenched into a fist under the table.
Feeling her body temperature, Yang Shu's dazed eyes met hers, and the worry in her eyes finally calmed him down.
"Then what?" he asked hoarsely.
"That year, I happened to be going to Santai Academy to study, and I happened to take that route. When the group of bandits appeared, I was behind. However, with my little skills as a three-legged cat, I could fight a few thieves.
Comparable to the real masters around the prince." Fu Jin laughed self-deprecatingly, "In short, those masters failed to save the prince's family. When I arrived, there were only four living people at the scene."
Fu Jin looked at the people around the round table: "The prince who is only alive, the second son of the eldest princess who came to the rescue after receiving the news, that is, the second master of the Yang family, and..." His eyes fell on Yang Shu,
"The mother and son of the eldest grandson concubine who gave birth to her infant son due to fetal movement."
Fu Jin temporarily stopped speaking, and there was silence in the small room.
After a long time, Xuan Fei spoke softly: "No wonder he has such a fate. Judging from his fate, he should have been dead long ago."
Fu Jin continued calmly: "The prince saw that he was not going to survive, and he didn't know if there was any help behind him. He asked us to leave quickly. For the sake of our past friendship, saving the lives of Concubine Changsun, mother and son would also be considered as leaving some blood for him. Then
By that time, the second master of the Yang family had been seriously injured. We took the eldest grandson, mother and son, and barely escaped from the scene. Fortunately, we met someone sent by the eldest princess to help us on the way, and we successfully brought them back to the capital."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this. Obviously the people in the story were sitting here properly, but they were still infected by the tense atmosphere while listening to the story.
"When the news reached the capital, Emperor Taizu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Before the murderer was found, we did not dare to expose Concubine Changsun and her son to others, so we hid them for a while. At the same time, a bloody storm broke out in the capital. First, King Qin was
For his crime, Emperor Taizu personally ordered him to be exiled. Not long after King Qin left the capital, he died on the way to exile. Then King Jin was imprisoned and finally committed suicide. The three princes who had placed high hopes on them were separated in just a few months.
Clean and tidy."
For these people present, this past event can only be described as a story. They were too young, and when they learned about it, it had already become a description in a book, and it was difficult for them to understand the thrilling nature of it.
Listening to Fu Jin speak slowly now, I realized what kind of history this was for Daqi.
Emperor Taizu had been in power for more than 20 years, and he was vigorously preparing his troops. The three princes all knew military skills. If such a thing had not happened, Da Qi might have unified the world.
"Afterwards, Emperor Taizu issued an edict to confer King Zhao as the crown prince. Seeing that the matter had been settled, I planned to go to Santai Academy. As for the eldest grandson, mother and son, they were handed over to the eldest princess. According to my opinion, King Qin Jin
The king is gone, and their mother and son are safe. Since ancient times, there has been an emperor's grandson, but there is no such thing as an emperor's great-grandson. There is no need for King Zhao to harm their mother and son."
When Jiang Wenfeng heard this, he nodded in agreement.
No matter how legitimate the original crown prince was, since Emperor Taizu has issued an edict to confer the new crown prince, he is legitimate. There are those who love their grandsons and confer them the title of grandson, but there are no people who love them enough to confer the title of great-grandson. In fact, it is passed from father to son.
Serious bloodline inheritance, even from ancestors to grandchildren, is not so legitimate.
"However, I soon heard that the second master of the Yang family died due to injuries caused by falling from a horse. Not long after, the second wife gave birth to a posthumous son and died of postpartum hemorrhage. As for the eldest grandson, mother and son, there has been no news. The New Year passed in the blink of an eye.
Emperor Taizu mourned the loss of his three sons and lingered on his bedside. He passed away not long after. In the midst of the nation's mourning, King Zhao ascended the throne as emperor for the present."
The story is almost finished here, but there are still several key doubts that have not been answered.
Jiang Wenfeng asked: "Sir, where did the eldest grandson, mother and son go?"
"I was also very confused about this question back then. I sent a message to ask the eldest princess, but the eldest princess told me that there was no more mother and son in the world, and she asked me to forget their existence. However, I am not an idiot. I heard that the new emperor granted the title of
Pei's daughter is a concubine, what else don't you understand?"
There are only two daughters in the Pei family's direct branch. One daughter is married to the emperor's eldest grandson, and the other is the eldest princess's second daughter-in-law. If one of them dies, then there is only one left.
As for that child, what status is more secure than that of the eldest princess's direct grandson?
At this point, Yang Shu spoke for the first time: "Sir, are you so sure that the child my mother gave birth to is no longer here?"
The mother he mentioned here refers to the second wife of the Yang family.
Fu Jin said with a smile: "I haven't set foot in the capital for twenty years, so I don't know the inside story. It is indeed possible. However, when I met you, I knew that both the mother and son of the second lady should have died."
He looked at Yang Shu: "Your appearance completely combines the characteristics of your father and mother. However, as time goes by, not many people remember the appearance of the emperor's eldest grandson."
Yang Shu thought of the wizard. Did he recognize the emperor's eldest grandson, so he opened his mouth to reveal his identity? That's why Concubine Pei was so frightened.
So, who also knows?
He had mixed feelings in his heart.
So, for the past three years, he has always known who he was, but watched him mistakenly think that he was his illegitimate son?
This is such a ridiculous truth, how can he deal with it?