On that day, Yong Wang Hongyu brought Zhou Yue, the Zongwei Chief, to Fengyi Hall.
However, when approaching Fengyi Hall, I happened to see an old man with white hair and beard walking out of the hall on crutches. The anger on his wrinkled old face had not disappeared, and he was still muttering angrily.
"That's..."
Yong Wang Hongyu's eyes flickered a few times because he recognized the person.
From the side, Zongwei Chief Zhou Yue also whispered the identity of the old man: "The head of the state..."
It turned out that this old man was Queen Wang's father, the old head of the Wang family in Zhengcheng, Wang Yu.
At this time, Wang Yu also saw the oncoming Yong Wang Hongyu, and a look of struggle flashed across his face.
Wang Yu never expected that the grandson he always loved, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, was not born to her daughter. The real grandson turned out to be the oncoming King Yong, whom he had never met before.
A few breaths later, Wang Yu and Yong Wang Hongyu passed by each other. The two people, who were supposed to be ancestors (grandsons), just glanced at each other and pretended that neither had seen the other, exchanging pleasantries and greetings.
None.
At this time, Feng Lu, the eunuch who sent Wang Yu outside the palace, had also seen Yong Wang Hongyu, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, are you here to see the Queen?"
Hearing Feng Lu's words of "Your Highness" which seemed to be to close the relationship, Yong Wang Hongyu frowned calmly, and then said calmly: "Yes, please let Eunuch Feng inform you that I have something important to ask for... Queen Wang
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"Queen Wang...?"
The smile on Feng Lu's face froze slightly, and he glanced at Yong Wang Hongyu without leaving any trace, and thought to himself: His Highness's self-esteem is stronger than expected.
"Your Highness, please rest for a moment and allow me to go and report."
Lowering his head, Feng Lu turned around and walked into the inner room.
At this time, in the inner hall of Fengyi Hall, Queen Wang was rubbing her forehead with a tired look on her face.
Because just now, her old father Wang Yu had reprimanded her severely, almost leading to the father and daughter severing their relationship.
It's no wonder, after all, in this matter, Queen Wang has played a trick on everyone, including her own natal family. Don't forget, the Wang family of Zhengcheng, because of their strong support for the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, the Wang family of Zhengcheng fell into the position of selling off Zheng Cheng.
The ancestral property of the city was moved to the Xun family in Shangdang County in embarrassment, and the situation in the Changping area.
Although in the long run, it would be more beneficial to move the family business to Shangdang County for development, it still cannot be tolerated in terms of face.
After all, Zhengcheng is the capital of the ancient Zheng State, and it is a large city in the Wei State that is no less than Daliang. And what are the Xuans and Changping? To put it bluntly, it is a remote place, although the land there is fertile and the resources are rich.
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Just when Queen Wang sighed secretly, the great eunuch Feng Lu came in and whispered: "Queen Qi, Your Highness King Yong asks to see you."
After hearing this, Queen Wang's expression perked up, and then her eyes showed a somewhat complicated look.
After thinking for a moment, she nodded and said, "Bring him here... In addition, tell the rest of the people in the palace to leave."
"Yes." Feng Lu bowed and retreated.
After a while, Feng Lu led Yong Wang Hongyu and Zongwei Chief Zhou Yue to the palace. After the ceremony, Feng Lu and Zhou Yue withdrew from the palace, leaving the empty palace to Queen Wang and Yong Wang Hongyu.
To the biological mother and child.
After Feng Lu and Zhou Yue left, Queen Wang looked at Yong Wang Hongyu who was standing a few feet away with a complicated expression, looking at her biological son.
When she saw Yong Wang Hongyu's dull expression, she felt a little disappointed in her heart.
"Hongyu, why did you come to see me today?" Queen Wang also asked calmly.
At this time, Yongwang Hongyu also looked at Queen Wang with a complex expression, and his heart was filled with emotions.
Once upon a time, he had envied the eldest prince Zhao Hongli's mother as Queen Wang, but this was definitely not because he disliked his mother, Concubine Shi. It was just that he felt that the only thing the eldest prince Zhao Hongli had better than him was that his mother was better than him.
His mother has more status in the harem, that's all.
But now, the woman with the most noble status in the harem was revealed to be his biological mother, which made him feel at a loss.
After a long time, Yong Wang Hongyu asked solemnly: "Queen, am I... really your biological son?"
"...Yes." After a slight hesitation, Queen Wang nodded and said, "You were born a moment earlier than Hongli. If it hadn't been for that matter...in fact, you are the eldest son."
After hearing this, Yong Wang Hongyu slowly closed his eyes.
At this time, he felt extremely disappointed.
How he wished Queen Wang would tell him: "That" was just a joke, and your biological mother was indeed Shi.
"Why?" After a moment of silence, Yong Wang Hongyu looked at Queen Wang and said coldly: "Why did you exchange me with Zhao Hongli back then?"
Queen Wang was silent after hearing this, and then she said after a long time: "Are you interested in hearing about the past events between me and the Shi family?"
"Listen to the Queen's instructions." Yong Wang Hongyu said calmly.
"Sit." After signaling King Yong Hongyu to sit in the banquet, Queen Wang exhaled melancholy and said quietly: "You must also know something. Back then, I was far from the status I am today. I was just a maid in the palace..."
As she spoke, she began to slowly tell the past events of that year.
More than thirty years ago, the Wang family in Zhengcheng was far less powerful than it would later be. In Zhengcheng, the capital of the ancient Zheng Kingdom, they were only middle-lower nobles.
At that time, the common surname in Zhengcheng was "Zheng" because it was the descendant of the Zheng royal family after the Wei State destroyed the Zheng State. The Wei royal family, namely the Ji surnamed Zhao family, after the Zheng State was overthrown, in order to win over the Zheng State
The nobles and subjects of the Wei Dynasty did not deprive the Zheng family of their social status. Instead, they adopted various means such as marriage to help the Zheng family gain a foothold in the Wei State and become a great nobleman in Zheng City.
Therefore, despite losing the country and the throne, the Zheng family gradually accepted the new identity of "minister" because they could still have a superior life and a high social status.
As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Under Ji Zhao's tolerant treatment, Zheng was still able to retain a lot of financial resources and social status, and became a prominent family in Zhengcheng at that time. Zheng Tu, who is now the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs,
, who was born in the Zheng family in Zhengcheng.
Regardless of the past two decades, when people in Wei mentioned Zhengcheng, they would think of the "Wang family of Zhengcheng". However, at that time, the Wang family was completely unworthy in front of the Zheng family. However, there will be such earth-shaking changes later.
Because the Wang family gave birth to a queen, a queen who assisted Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi in successfully seizing the throne.
At the beginning of the Wang family, when Wang Yu was able to succeed as the head of the Wang family, there were only about twenty members (males) in the entire family. In terms of financial resources and influence, they were not considered top-notch in Zheng City.
But at that time, Wang Yu, like many other middle- and lower-class aristocratic families, dreamed of one day prospering his family and making his family a great aristocrat in Wei.
To achieve this, the conventional method is to educate the nephews and nephews within the family well. Once a great hero appears among them, he will be a high-ranking official in the future and shine on the family lintel, which will bring the whole family forward.
In addition, there is a shortcut, which is to send your daughter to the palace. Once your daughter is favored by King Wei, this will be a great benefit to the entire family.
It's an unpleasant thing to say, but it's something that happens all the time.
But unfortunately, the social status of the Wang family at that time was not enough for this qualification. Not to mention serving the then King of Wei Zhao Kang, even serving the then princes, namely Zhao Yuansi, Zhao Yuanji, Zhao Yuanli, etc.
Not qualified enough.
I think back when Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi and Concubine Shen Shu were preparing to arrange the marriage of their son Zhao Hongrun, which of those women did not come from a century-old famous family? They were either descendants of the old Liang or old Zheng royal families, or they were the descendants of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, etc.
The daughter or niece of a prince, what was the Wang family of Zhengcheng at that time?
Therefore, Wang Yu did the next best thing and spent a lot of money to open up some joints and send his daughter Wang Quan to the palace as a palace maid. If luck is favored by Wei Wang Zhao Kang, of course it would be the best. Otherwise, his daughter
Being able to serve as a female official in the palace is also a good thing.
Because of this, Wang Yu later spent a lot of money to move his daughter Wang Quan to the East Palace at that time to serve the former crown prince Zhao Yuanqi and the crown princess Cui.
Of course, the "service" mentioned here is really just service in the literal sense. To put it bluntly, it means cleaning the East Palace and washing clothes. After all, with Wang Quan's background, there is no way to get close to the former prince Zhao Yuanli.
She even rarely saw the Crown Princess Cui's face a few times. At best, she only saw the Crown Princess Cui's confidant Ding Zhi, who was talking to them.
At that time, Wang Ao was only a teenager. One day, he saw a palace maid being severely beaten by Ding Zhi for accidentally breaking a small object in the East Palace. So out of resentment, she interceded on her behalf, but was beaten by Ding Zhi.
of anger.
At that time, Wang Quan met Shi Hui, later known as Concubine Shi.
Like Wang Ao, Concubine Shi Hui was sent to the palace by his father for the same purpose. However, compared to Wang Ao's confusion, Shi Hui was more optimistic at the time because when she was a child, his father found a famous fortune teller for her.
The fortune telling said that she (Shi Hui) would be "indescribably valuable in this life, and her son could be the prince of the East Palace".
Unfortunately, because the then Crown Princess Cui was a very jealous woman, neither Wang Quan nor Shi Hui had the chance to get close to the former Crown Prince Zhao Yuanli.
It was not until a few years later that a major event occurred in the Wei State: Wei King Zhao Kang ignored the hard advice of the veteran Nanyan Marquis Xiao Yan and decided to use troops against South Korea. During this period, because of the urging of Wei King Zhao Kang, "(First Generation
) Wei Wujun had no choice but to
They reluctantly started a battle with the Korean cavalry in Shangdang County, resulting in the annihilation of the "Wei Wu Army". Later, when Xiao Yan, the Marquis of Nanyan, learned of the bad news, he was so angry that he cursed "the plan is not enough" and vomited blood on the spot and fainted a few days later.
Then he died of depression.
In order to make up for the rift caused by "making Nanyan Marquis Xiao Yan angry to death", the Ji Zhao family and the Nanyan Xiao family adopted a marriage alliance.
So not long after, a woman came to the palace in Daliang.