"PS: Just to make up for yesterday's first update. Yesterday I was lazy. After returning to Shanghai, I slept for a while and woke up at 12:30. I was so sleepy that I didn't get up. I'm sorry to all the book friends who waited until early in the morning.
.Let’s wait until the author pays off the update debt. From now on, we will update twice a day and no longer do extra updates. It’s thankless and the author himself is tired and can’t bear it.”
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From then on, King Zhao Yuansi of Jing, Zhao Yuan'er, King of Yu, and later Zhao Yuanli of Yi became acquainted with Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family.
At that time, King Jing Zhao Yuansi and Xiao Qing had vague speculations, because various signs indicated that he would be her husband-in-law, and she would be Princess Jing of his Prince Jing's Mansion.
However, something that was originally a matter of course took a turn for the worse.
The reason is that King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo saw the scene where Zhao Yuansi, Zhao Yuanji, Zhao Yuanli and Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, interacted by the fish pond in the imperial garden.
He believed that this was a very unfavorable signal for his side.
Therefore, he asked to see the then Prince of the East Palace, Zhao Yuanqi, and told the Prince of the East Palace exactly what he saw.
At first, Zhao Yuanzhi didn't take it seriously, because he was the eldest son of Wei King Zhao Kang, and he was raised as a prince since he was a child. He married the daughter of Zhai Xu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in the early years. At that time, the Ministry of Personnel was still the head of the six departments. Therefore,
With the support of Zhai Xu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhao Yuanqi's status was as stable as Mount Tai.
However, King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo did not think so. In his opinion, although Zhai Xu had a very high reputation in the court, Xiao Qing's grandfather Xiao Yan, the Marquis of Nanyan, was not inferior. What's more important, his father Xiao Boyuan also commanded
Tens of thousands of Southern Yan troops in northern Xinjiang.
Once King Jing Zhao Yuansi marries Xiao Qing, the power of King Jing's family will inevitably increase dramatically, and may threaten the status of the East Palace.
In view of the fact that the Crown Princess Zhai has not yet been born, King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo advised Zhao Yuanwan to marry Xiao Qing as his concubine to avoid future troubles.
In the end, Zhao Yuanqi was persuaded by King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo. After all, as far as his brothers were concerned at that time, it was as if he, Zhao Yuanqi, was on the same hilltop, and the fourth brother Zhao Yuancai was on the same hilltop. The former was supported by King Yi Zhao Yuanyan and King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo, and the latter was also with King Yu Zhao Yuan
You are close to their youngest brother Zhao Yuanli.
Therefore, Zhao Yuanqi made this request to Wei King Zhao Kang through his mother, Queen Zhang.
At that time, although King Zhao Kang of Wei was preparing to build a relationship with the Xiao family of Nanyan through marriage, he had not yet considered and decided which son to marry with the Xiao family - if Empress Zhang had not encouraged him later, then
The marriage partner is most likely the fourth son Zhao Yuansi who is not yet married. After all, the first three sons are all married.
But after hearing Queen Zhang's alarmist words, Wei King Zhao Kang changed his mind.
As Queen Zhang said, the Xiao family of Nanyan is a very powerful force. If Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, marries his fourth son Zhao Yuancai, it may cause Zhao Yuancai to have some unreasonable desires for the throne.
What's more important is that Queen Zhang said some bad things about King Jing Zhao Yuansi in the ears of King Zhao Kang of Wei.
For example, King Jing Zhao Yuansi discussed his father privately and boasted in private, "What will happen if he takes charge of the Yangwu Army?" and said, "If the father does not listen to the words of General Xiao, he will be deceived and defeated." These words made
Wei Wang Zhao Kang was very unhappy.
After all, no one in the government or the public at that time dared to discuss the "defeat of the Shangdang" and the "Yangwu Army" in private.
Therefore, Wei Wang Zhao Kang was furious and decided to listen to Queen Zhang's suggestion and let the prince of the East Palace, Zhao Yuanqi, marry Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family.
The only problem is that the prince Zhao Yuanqi of the East Palace marries Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, as a concubine. This is not a gift to the Xiao family of Nanyan. Therefore, Empress Zhang made a suggestion: the current crown prince, Zhai, and
Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, gave birth to the imperial grandson first and became the crown princess.
It was this suggestion that caused Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, to be regarded as a thorn in the side of the current Crown Princess Zhai and targeted in every possible way.
When the Holy Will of Chui Gong Hall was issued, the three brothers Zhao Yuansi, Zhao Yuanji, and Zhao Yuanli, as well as the Xiao family's daughter Xiao Qing, were all shocked.
They never expected that Xiao Qing, the confirmed future Princess Jing, would actually become a candidate for the Crown Princess.
"how so?!"
Zhao Yuanxi was shocked when he learned about this. Regardless of the dissuasion of King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai, he became angry and rushed to Chui Gong Hall with Zhai Zheng, the chief of the imperial guards, to argue with his father, King Zhao Kang of Wei, about the matter.
On the same day, news came out from the palace that King Jing Zhao Yuansi contradicted King Zhao Kang of Wei in the Chui Gong Hall, violating the principles of father and son, monarch and minister, and was taken to the Zongfu to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes.
A few months later, with the help of King Jing Zhao Yuancai's mother-in-law, he escaped from the clan. However, at this time, the court had announced that the Prince of the East Palace was marrying Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family. This marriage could not be changed.
On the day when Prince Zhao Yuanqi married Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Xiao family, King Jing Zhao Yuanxi attended the wedding with an expressionless face, accompanied by King Yu Zhao Yuanqi and Zhao Yuanli.
Afterwards, Zhao Yuanxi did not go to the East Palace to attend the wedding banquet. Instead, he went to the latter's Tingfeng Pavilion with Yu Wang Zhao Yuandai and Zhao Yuanli to drink to relieve his depression.
At that time, Zhao Yuanxi told Zhao Yuanji and Zhao Yuanli what happened that day in Chui Gong Hall. He told the two brothers that their father was speechless by him at that time, but because he was a father, he was a king.
, and he was a minister and a son. Therefore, their father, King Zhao Kang of Wei, became angry and imprisoned him in the clan mansion.
When he was half drunk, Zhao Yuansi smashed the wine jar in his hand and said to the two brothers expressionlessly: "I want to be the king!"
At that time, Zhao Yuanli was shocked and stunned, but King Yu Zhao Yuandai was not surprised. He was also very dissatisfied with the marriage.
He also felt that their father, Zhao Kang, was too partial to the crown prince Zhao Yuanqi. Just as Zhao Yuansi said after he was drunk, if he could not treat everyone equally, why would he have so many sons?
From that time on, the two brothers Zhao Yuancai and Zhao Yuandi began to plan to form their own power.
One day in the tenth year of Zhaowu, Zhao Yuanli heard that the Princess Zhai of the East Palace had targeted the Xiao family several times. He felt heartbroken, but he didn't know what to do. So when Zhao Yuansi and Zhao Yuanji came to visit him, he told his two brothers about it.
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Zhao Yuanxi was also angry about this, but he had no choice. After all, he had no reason or qualification to intervene in the internal affairs of the East Palace.
Just when he was troubled, Zhao Yuanli's clan guard chief Wang Yan came to report that a female official from the palace had come to ask for an audience, saying that she wanted to see King Jing Zhao Yuansi.
Go to Tingfeng Pavilion to ask for an audience with King Zhao Yuansi? Tingfeng Pavilion is Zhao Yuanli’s prince pavilion.
The three brothers were puzzled, so they summoned the female official into the cabinet.
At that time, the female official told Zhao Yuanxi about the tragedy of Xiao Qing being deliberately targeted and tortured by the current Crown Princess Zhai after she married into the East Palace. She also told Zhao Yuanxi that Xiao Qing cried in her bedroom every night, missing Zhao Yuanxi.
These words only made Zhao Yuansi furious.
In the end, the female officer told Zhao Yuanxi that she had a way to let Zhao Yuanxi see Xiao, and she also had a way to have a private meeting between the two, but Zhao Yuanxi had to meet her one condition.
"What do you want?" Zhao Yuanci asked.
The female official seemed to be about the same age as Zhao Yuansi, and she said without hesitation: "I will be your royal concubine, His Royal Highness Prince Jing."
These words made the three brothers Zhao Yuansi, Zhao Yuanji and Zhao Yuanli stunned.
After a long time, Zhao Yuanxi asked: "What is your name?"
I saw the female official looking at Zhao Yuansi intently, and said seriously: "This slave is the daughter of the Wang family in Zhengcheng."
Hearing this, Zhao Yuansi and Zhao Yuanji still didn't take it seriously. After all, the Wang family in Zhengcheng at this time was still just a middle-class noble, and there was no way to compare with the Zhai family and the Xiao family.
Therefore, Zhao Yuanji laughed and said: "The little daughter of a squire from Zhengcheng wants to get involved in my brother Wang's royal family? Why do you have it?"
The female official said sternly: "This servant has gained the trust of Crown Princess Zhai." After saying that, she turned to look at Zhao Yuancai and said sternly: "You are your highness, and I am the princess. If you sit on the throne, then
I am the Queen... As long as Your Highness agrees to this matter, I will try my best to help Your Highness, whether it is Concubine Xiao or the Great One."
Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuanji looked at each other, and finally began to look at the female official. During this period, Zhao Yuanxi asked: "What is your name?"
The female officer lowered her head and said respectfully: "This servant is from the Wang family in Zhengcheng, Wang Yu's daughter, Wang Quan."
This female official was later Princess Jing, and was also Queen Wang after Zhao Yuanxi became the Emperor of Wei a few years later.
The female official Wang Na was indeed the confidant of Crown Princess Zhai. With her help, Zhao Yuanxi successfully had a private meeting with Xiao Qing.
In this incident, Zhao Yuanxi also realized Wang Nuan's skills.
Because at that time, the Crown Princess Zhai tried her best to send Xiao Qing to the cold palace. At that time, she even sent a young eunuch from the inner chamber to guard her, and the female official Wang Quan bribed this young eunuch.
And this young eunuch named "Feng Lu" also became Wang Quan's absolute confidant a few years later, becoming another eunuch who served as a ceremonial eunuch on an equal footing with the great eunuch Tong Xian.
After a tryst, Zhao Yuanci could not stop secretly sneaking into the palace through a secret passage to have private meetings with the Xiao family.
On the other hand, Zhao Yuanxi also gradually revealed his intention to compete with the East Palace Prince Zhao Yuanqi for the throne.
I have to say that it was quite difficult at first. After all, both the government and the public were optimistic about Prince Zhao Yuanqi of the East Palace, and even Wei King Zhao Kang favored the East Palace.
Therefore, Zhao Yuansi was inevitably scolded and taught a lesson by Wei King Zhao Kang.
At this moment, Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai, who had been well prepared, deliberately asked people to spread rumors in Daliang, saying that Wei Wang Zhao Kang "established the elders but not the virtuous". This rumor caused an uproar in the government and the public.
It has to be said that "establishing elders" or "establishing virtuous people" has always been a controversial matter in the court: establishing elders is an ancestral system, and establishing virtuous people is the foundation of a strong country.
But the key point is that even if King Zhao Kang of Wei prefers "establishing the leader", he cannot veto the idea of "establishing the virtuous". Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the path of virtuous ministers to defect to the throne will be blocked.
At that time, Prince Jing Zhao Yuanzuo, who relied heavily on the Prince of the Eastern Palace, Zhao Yuanzu, found Zhao Yuanke, King of Yu, and asked Zhao Yuanke why he did such a thing.
Zhao Yuanji bluntly told Zhao Yuanzuo: "You stand over there, and I stand over here."
Zhao Yuanzuo left indifferently.
From this day on, King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo and King Yu Zhao Yuanke became old enemies.