"...Ever since being blessed by your father, Shi Hui has completely given up the idea of clinging to the East Palace. At that time, none of the women in Prince Jing's residence had given birth. Those women were just married by your father to cover up others' eyes. I believe that
How much are those women themselves?
He was also a little aware of it, so he harbored hatred towards Shi Hui. Moreover, at that time, some servants in the palace were talking privately, discussing that Shi Hui, who was pregnant, might replace the unfavored women in the palace.
, will become Princess Jing..."
Queen Wang spoke quietly, while King Yong Hongjing listened quietly.
According to Queen Wang's description, Shi Hui was in Prince Jing's Mansion at that time because he was too eye-catching, so he was targeted by the women in Prince Jing's Mansion. After all, Shi Hui was as beautiful as a flower, and secondly, due to some special reasons,
At that time, King Jing Zhao Yuansi was particularly doting on her - at least in the eyes of Shi Hui and outsiders.
As the saying goes, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Zhao Yuansi, who was favored by King Jing at that time, was destined to become a thorn in the side of the women in Prince Jing's palace.
On the other hand, Shi Hui, who was so pampered, gradually felt that only she could become Princess Jing.
Under such circumstances, the fetus in her belly was suddenly in danger of being lost, and Wang Quan, a good sister in daily life, secretly concealed the fact of pregnancy, so it was hard to guarantee that Shi Hui would not do what she wanted.
"Just because of this, the Queen and the Shi family are strangers to each other?" Yong Wang Hongyu asked suspiciously.
He knew his mother Shi very well, who had been with him for thirty years. Although the latter was indeed a little petty, she was only towards outsiders and treated her own people. Shi was never a cowardly woman - just look at the maids in Jinxiu Palace.
You know, even though Shi's reputation in the palace was not good and she was hated by many concubines, when she died, how many of the maids in Jinxiu Palace didn't burst into tears?
Queen Wang was silent for a moment and said calmly: "...There was a rumor in the house that the main family had no children, and the son born first was the legitimate son."
"Sure enough! This is the reason why mother doubts Queen Wang..."
Yong Wang Hongyu felt relieved. After taking a look at Queen Wang, he asked: "Then...why did the Queen hide her pregnancy?"
Queen Wang calmly explained: "At that time, your father still had to stabilize the East Palace, and the East Palace already knew that Shi Hui was pregnant with King Jing's flesh and blood, and she could no longer gain the trust of the East Palace, even though I was also implicated at the time.
, after many twists and turns, it was not exposed... You should understand that what your father planned back then was very important. How dare I reveal even half of it? "
"What about the exchange of sons?" Yongwang Hongyu asked again.
Queen Wang sighed faintly and said: "Hongyu, you have been with Mr. Shi for thirty years, so you should understand Mr. Shi's attitude towards outsiders... At that time, I and Mr. Shi were already strangers, so naturally she would not talk to her again.
I am polite. If I were not cautious, I am afraid you would have died before you were born..."
At this point, there was a hint of reminiscence in her eyes, and she continued: "... When I gave birth to you, I was worried that Shi Hui would secretly harm you, so I asked someone to bribe the two maids around Shi Hui. Those two maids were
The two women came out of the East Palace with me and Shi Hui. Under the pressure of both soft and hard tactics, the two women
After Huisheng was born, I secretly switched you and Hongli... At that time, I thought that even though Shi Hui was already a stranger to me, as long as she no longer thought about harming my child, I would let her
His flesh and blood will become the crown prince, or even the crown prince of the East Palace, and will support him to become the king of our great Wei in the future; on the contrary..."
"On the contrary, what she harmed was only her own flesh and blood, but Queen Yu Wang was not harmed... Is that so?" Yong Wang Hongyu sneered twice and said coldly.
"..." Queen Wang said nothing, presumably acquiescing.
After taking a few deep breaths, Yong Wang Hongyu calmed down and asked seriously: "Does the emperor know about this matter?"
Queen Wang shook her head and said calmly: "Your father and Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai jointly trained the Yu navy army, and were often away from the house..." At this point, she sighed and said: "Because of this, those in Prince Jing's house
Only a woman dares to act so boldly."
Yong Wang Hongyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he did not see his father very often.
Many times, even the king and empress in front of her could not be seen.
Indeed, it was precisely because the two parents of King Jing, Zhao Yuancai and Wang Da, were rarely in the house that Zhao Hongli was later deliberately targeted by Shi Hui, so that in the memory of Zhao Hongli when he was young, Shi Hui, a fierce woman, was left behind.
The vicious side.
Thinking of this, Yong Wang Hongyu felt a sense of depression in his chest.
He vaguely remembered that Shi was indeed resentful that he failed to become his legitimate son, so he deliberately made things difficult for Zhao Hongli, but he did not know that he was her biological child.
Thinking of this, Yong Wang Hongyu clenched his fists unconsciously.
After a while, he slowly loosened his fist and asked the Queen indifferently: "If this matter can be concealed until now, even my father is kept in the dark. I think the arrangements made by the Queen must be perfect. Why is it being revealed?"
Did the third child find out?"
"I also have doubts about this."
Perhaps noticing that King Yong Hongyu was looking at her suspiciously, Queen Wang frowned slightly and asked, "Do you think it was my order?"
Yongwang Hongyu took a deep look at Queen Wang and suddenly said: "That day, I glanced at the picture album that Zhao Hongjing took out from the package, and vaguely saw the "eldest son's birthday album" that recorded the birth of Zhao Hongli and me.
…
...As far as I know, this thing was kept in the palace after my father succeeded to the throne. Even Zhao Hongjing cannot have access to it casually... There must be someone helping him behind the scenes. For example...
Shanggong Bureau."
Queen Wang was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "I will investigate this matter. Hongyu just needs to focus on the country and the country..."
"..." Yong Wang Hongyu did not comment.
Seeing this, Empress Wang said seriously: "Hongyu, you are the future king of the Wei Dynasty. You only need to focus on the country and the country, and don't be distracted by trivial matters."
Yongwang Hongyu took a deep look at Queen Wang, then nodded, stood up, patted his robe that was wrinkled because he was sitting on his knees, then looked at Queen Wang, and said lightly: "I will become the Great Wei
King, but not for you."
Queen Wang's face trembled slightly when she heard this. When she came back to her senses, she found that Yong Wang Hongyu had walked near the palace door. She subconsciously called out: "Hongyu..."
"Queen!" Yongwang Hongyu interrupted Queen Wang, turned around and looked at the latter, and said coldly: "The king of Japan came here today just to understand the inside story, not for some mother-son recognition."
At this point, he took a deep look at Queen Wang and said word by word: "My king's mother has never been you. I have never been... Farewell!"
After that, he flicked his sleeves, opened the palace door, and walked away.
Looking at the departing figure of her biological son, Queen Wang's ears seemed to still have those cold and heartless words echoing in her ears.
Kneeling in the banquet, she couldn't help but tighten her grip on a corner of her skirt. She took a few breaths before slowly relaxing.
At the same time, outside the palace, Zongwei Chief Zhou Yue saw His Highness walking out of the palace, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, lowering his voice and asking: "Your Highness, how are you?"
Yong Wang Hongyu smiled brightly and said calmly: "My mother and concubine have passed away, and there is no proof of her death. What she said is just one-sided, why should I believe it?...But it is enough."
Speaking of this, his face showed a bit of loneliness.
Just now he felt that when Queen Wang told the secrets of those years, she might have something to hide.
These may be detrimental to Queen Wang, or they may be detrimental to the Shi family. After all, Yong Wang Hongyu will never believe that Wang A and Shi Hui, who were once as close as sisters, turned against each other and became enemies.
The Queen just said it was as simple as what she said.
After all, the closer someone is, once they betray or turn against each other, the hatred in their hearts will be far more intense than if they are set up by a stranger.
But Yong Wang Hongyu was not in the mood to delve into these matters.
In the final analysis, the other party is his real biological mother.
Just like Yongwang Hongyu said just now, this is enough. After meeting today, it is enough that the mother and son will not interfere with each other in the future.
At the same time, after waiting for King Yong Hongyu to leave, the great eunuch Feng Luyi stepped into the palace: "Queen, Your Highness King Yong, he..."
The cold and heartless words of King Yong Hongyu before he left still seemed to be echoing in her ears. Queen Wang sighed quietly and said: "From the beginning, he had no intention of recognizing me..."
After hearing this, Feng Lu lowered his head and advised: "Queen, please don't be impatient. His Highness King Yong will eventually change his mind."
"I hope so." Queen Wang nodded, and then a cold look flashed in her eyes, and she said lightly: "That bitch... did you confess?"
"Not yet." Feng Lu said with his head lowered.
"If that wretched maid continues to refuse to confess, just kill her. If you kill one person, there will be one less person." After saying that, Queen Wang added coldly: "It is better to kill by mistake than to let go."
"yes."
Feng Lu lowered his head.
At the same time, in a secret cell of the Shang Palace Bureau in the palace, Qi Gui, the eunuch and eunuch who was once responsible for killing Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, was sitting on a chair in the prison cell, holding a cup of tea and slowly
Taste.
In front of him, there were two young eunuchs holding whips soaked in salt water and beating a disheveled woman on the torture rack until the woman's skin was torn, her body was covered in blood, and she was wailing in pain.
.
After a long time, the eunuch Qi Gui blew the tea stems in the cup and said calmly in a slightly high-pitched voice: "Xu Dianbo, our family advises you to confess as soon as possible and reveal what you know about Xiao Ni's remnants, so that you can suffer less...
"
It turned out that the woman who was tied to the torture rack was actually Xu Qiu, the Secretary of the Shang Palace Bureau, Si Dianbo, who had been in contact with King Xiang Zhao Hongjing.
"Eunuch Qi, slave, slave, I am really...really wronged..."
"Humph! You're stubborn." Qi Gui looked stunned when he heard this. He put down the tea cup in his hand, walked up to Xu Dianbo, grabbed the latter's back hand, and said in a conspiratorial manner: "They say ten fingers are connected to the heart, today our family
I’d rather give it a try…”
After saying that, he spread his hands to the side, and a young eunuch handed a long needle to his hand.
"No, no..."
"Hehehe..."
Seeing Xu Dianbo's horrified eyes, Qi Gui smiled sinisterly and suddenly thrust the needle into the gap between Xu Dianbo's nails.
"ah--!"
A miserable scream resounded throughout the entire secret prison.