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On the day when he went to the Ganlu Palace to ask Emperor Wei about the life experience of King Yi Zhao Hongyin, after Zhao Hongrun returned to the Prince's Mansion, his disciples submitted an invitation from Prince Yong's Mansion.
This is a "white matter" post, the content of which is nothing more than inviting Zhao Hongrun to attend the funeral at Prince Yong's Mansion the next day.
Recalling the incident of King Yong Zhao Yu setting himself on fire in Jinxiu Palace, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little sad.
From the perspective of interests, King Yong Zhao Yu did nothing wrong. How many kings and princes in the past dynasties were not trying to seize power? But from the standpoint of "the entire Wei State", because King Yong Zhao Yu's move would trigger a civil war, so
Zhao Hongrun insisted on opposing it-for example, this time
Although the specific number of military casualties and economic losses have not yet been calculated, it can be expected that the losses caused by this civil war, which affected at least 300,000 troops, are probably no less than those of the Wei State in the past one or two years.
Losses in the war with the Beibo Army of Song County.
This is pointless internal friction.
After studying the invitation in his hand for a while, Zhao Hongrun arrived at Mi Jiang's bedroom in Beiyuan.
At this time, Mi Jiang had just put her fully breastfed son Zhao Wei to sleep when she saw her husband walking into the house. Through some incredible telepathy, she noticed that her husband was in a heavy mood.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun told Mi Jiang about the invitation, and then said: "I will come to pick you up after the morning meeting tomorrow. At that time, you, Que'er, and Wei'er will come with me to Yong.
Watch the ceremony at the palace."
Mi Jiang nodded and said: "It should be."
Although she was also very dissatisfied with some of the actions of King Yong Zhao Yu during his lifetime, now that King Yong Zhao Yu has passed away, these grievances have naturally been wiped out. Furthermore, Princess Cui of King Yong was also very close to her and Zhao Que in the past, although it was for
They are trying to win over each other, but there is also a hint of friendship in them.
Mi Jiang couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart when she thought that Princess Cui, Princess Yong, had lost her husband and had to raise several underage sons of Prince Yong Zhao Yu alone.
The next day, Zhao Hongrun went to the palace to preside over the morning court. Later, after having breakfast in Wende Hall, he also went to Chui Gong Hall to sit for a while.
Around Chen time, Zhao Hongrun estimated that it was almost done, so he greeted the ministers in the inner court, left the palace, and returned to the Prince's Mansion.
At this time, the Crown Princess Mi Jiang and the concubine Zhao Que got up early because they were told about this by Zhao Hongrun last night. They also prepared funeral gifts and were waiting in the palace.
Picking up Mi Jiang, Zhao Que, and their youngest son Zhao Wei, Zhao Hongrun and their entourage went to Prince Yong's Mansion in the city.
Less than half an hour later, the carriage slowly arrived in front of the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion.
After getting off the carriage, Zhao Hongrun looked around and saw that the door of Prince Yong's Mansion was completely deserted, and couldn't help but secretly shake his head.
I remember that when King Yong Zhao Yu was in power, I don’t know how many people came to visit this palace every day. Especially when King Yong Zhao Yu held a banquet in the palace, the not-so-small open space in front of the palace gate was filled with carriages. It was called
This is a place where people have no place to stand.
But now, it is so deserted outside this palace.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but shook his head and murmured: "The world is so cold..."
After hearing this, Zongwei Lu Mu and Zhou Pu looked at each other.
In their view, the reason why the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion is so deserted is that "the world is so cold" is only one aspect. The more important reason is that many people are waiting for the "signal" - that is, Prince Zhao Run's view of Prince Yong, Zhao Yu, the old prince
attitude.
After all, many people know that Prince Zhao Run, the "former Highness of Prince Su", was placed under house arrest in Prince Su's Mansion by hundreds of guards sent by King Yong Zhao Yu a while ago. Who dares to bet that His Highness the Crown Prince will be loyal to King Yong
Is there no hatred?
If you attend the funeral of King Yong, but end up offending the now powerful Crown Prince Zhao Run, wouldn't it be worthless? - So, this is human nature.
When Zhao Hongrun helped Mi Jiang, who was holding his youngest son Zhao Wei, to step out of the carriage, at the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion, two servants wearing white clothes and tied with white silk ribbons on their heads had already noticed the sudden arrival of the car outside the mansion.
The carriage, and the word "Prince's Mansion" that was brightly written on the outside of the carriage.
"His Royal Highness Prince Su? No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
The two servants were startled, and one of them rushed into the house.
Not a moment later, when it was decided that Zhao Hongrun, leading Mi Jiang, Zhao Que and all the clan guards, had just stepped up the steps in front of the gate of King Yong's Mansion, Zhou Yue, the chief of the clan guards of King Yong Zhao Yu, hurried out of the mansion with a few servants.
He came out and saluted Zhao Hongrun with clasped fists: "Zhou Yue, I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Because his mood was not high, Zhao Hongrun just nodded, said hello to Zhou Yue, and then walked into the house.
During this period, one of the servants brought by Zhou Yue sang loudly and shouted: "His Royal Highness, please bring the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince into the mansion to observe the ceremony."
"His Royal Highness, please bring the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince into the mansion to observe the ceremony."
"His Royal Highness, please bring the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince into the mansion to observe the ceremony."
With the announcements one after another, the news quickly spread to the inner courtyard.
At this time, in the hall of the inner courtyard, the coffin of King Yong Zhao Yu was parked in the center of the hall.
It is said to be a coffin, but there are no bones of King Yong Zhao Yu in the wooden coffin. It only contains the clothes that the latter wore most often. After all, King Yong Zhao Yu lit a fire and burned himself in the Jinxiu Palace, waiting for the Jinxiu Palace to collapse.
Afterwards, the bones of His Highness the Prince were nowhere to be found. Not to mention the bones, not even the ashes were found.
"Prince?"
Princess Cui, who was kneeling in front of the coffin of King Yong Zhao Yu, couldn't help but raise her head.
Compared with the magnificence of this girl when she became the crown princess, Cui's eyes are red at this moment, her face is a little dull, and she has aged a lot in just a few days.
"..."
At this time, there was an old man holding a cane standing in the house. Hearing this, he subconsciously glanced outside the house.
This old man was the father of Empress Wang, the head of the country, the real grandfather of King Yong Zhao Yu, and the head of the Wang family in Huanshi County, Wang Yu.
I have to say that this old man is a bit interesting. When his grandson Zhao Yu, King of Yong, came to power, instead of recognizing him, he led the Wang family to defect to King Huan Zhao Xuan - now he has to call him Huan Hou Zhao Xuan. But now, after learning that his relatives
His grandson King Yong Hongyu passed away. When many officials in the court were concerned about Prince Zhao Run's attitude and delayed coming to watch the ceremony, this old man was the first to arrive at King Yong's Mansion.
At that time, even Prince Yong's concubine Cui Shi, his brother-in-law Cui Yong, Zong Wei Chief Zhou Yue and others were also quite surprised.
"Sister, I'll go meet the prince."
Cui Yong, the younger brother of Princess Yong's Cui family, informed her sister and hurriedly left the mourning hall.
After Cui Yong walked out of the mourning hall, he didn't go far when he saw Prince Zhao Hongrun leading the Crown Princess Mi Jiang and his concubine Zhao Que, accompanied by a group of Zongwei.
Cui Yong walked a few steps, raised his hands and saluted: "Cui Yong, pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhao Hongrun had a very good relationship with Cui Yong. He greeted Cui Yong by his nickname and said, "Brother Cui, there is no need to be polite. Today, Brother Er Wang is the biggest."
Cui Yong nodded, raised his hand and said, "Prince please, Crown Princess please."
Under the leadership of Cui Yong, Zhao Hongrun and his party came to the mourning hall.
Since Zhao Hongrun's identity was no longer what it used to be, even Princess Yong's concubine Cui personally came to greet her, causing Zhao Hongrun to wave his hands repeatedly and say: "Sister-in-law Wang, please don't be formal."
While chatting with Mr. Cui, Zhao Hongrun looked around the mourning hall and looked at the people in the mourning hall.
To be honest, there were only two or three kittens in the mourning hall at this time. In addition to the guards of King Yong Zhao Yu, there were only a few people from the Cui family, such as Zheng Tu, the Minister of Personnel, Tao Ji, the Minister of War, and the Minister of Hubu.
Yang Yi and other court officials promoted by King Yong Zhao Yu were actually not present.
Although Zhao Hongrun could also guess that these officials must be on duty in his own office at the moment, but to be honest, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.
However, it was Wang Yu, an old man, who surprised Zhao Hongrun.
Because the relationship between them was very tense, Zhao Hongrun did not take the initiative to talk to Wang Yu. The stubborn old man also stood there with a cane. The two just looked at each other and nodded, as if they had already said hello.
Leading the Crown Princess Mi Jiang and his concubine Zhao Que, Zhao Hongrun personally came forward to offer a stick of incense to King Yong Zhao Yu, and then stood quietly aside.
During this period, the servants in the mansion brought a chair for Zhao Hongrun, but Zhao Hongrun considered it outrageous and refused to accept it.
However, Crown Princess Mi Jiang did not reject Cui's kindness. Under the leadership of several maids, she went to the side hall next door to rest - after all, in a place like the mourning hall, it was best for the youngest son Zhao Wei, who was only a few months old, to leave.
It's better to be further away.
Perhaps because there were very few guests coming to pay their respects at this time, Princess Yong's Princess Cui and her son Zhao Yan came to Zhao Hongrun and said softly: "Your Highness, please take a moment to speak."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, followed Cui and his son to the corner, and heard Cui whisper: "Your Highness, after the funeral of my deceased husband, I want to take Yan'er back to Suanzao, and I sincerely ask for your permission..."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, feeling a little confused.
Because in his opinion, after the death of King Yong Zhao Yu, Queen Yong's Princess Cui wanted to take her son back to Suanzao to raise her, without consulting him at all - could he still stop her?
After thinking for a while, he frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law Wang, is there something hidden in this?"
Mrs. Cui bit her lip and whispered: "It's the Queen... Queen Wang sent someone here two days ago to take Yan'er to Fengyi Palace to raise her, my concubine..."
"Queen Wang?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and at this moment he was not sure what Queen Wang meant.
Could it be that she felt that her son (Yong Wang Zhao Yu) had not been taught well by Concubine Shi, so she decided to raise it herself and teach her grandson Zhao Yan?
After thinking for a while, Zhao Hongrun asked: "What does Mrs. Wang think?"
Ms. Cui secretly glanced at Zhao Hongrun and couldn't help feeling a little confused.
Although she was reluctant to let go of her son, compared to her bringing her son Zhao Yan to Suanzao to raise him, Zhao Yan stayed in Daliang, stayed in the palace, and stayed with the Queen and the Queen, regardless of the education he received or the living conditions.
, it is not comparable to that of a rural county like Ziziphus.
The question is, does the new prince in front of me allow it?
When she thought that her husband had sent the Royal Guards to put the Highness in front of her under house arrest, Mrs. Cui felt very guilty.
After hesitating for a long time, Ms. Cui finally plucked up the courage to say: "If...if His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't mind, I hope...I hope Yan'er can stay in the palace, rather than follow me...back to Suanzao."
suffer……"
Seeing that Princess Yong in front of her spoke hesitantly and secretly looked at her expression from time to time, Zhao Hongrun understood immediately, smiled slightly, and asked, "Sister-in-law Wang, have you ever thought about remarrying?"
Hearing this, everyone in the mourning hall looked sideways - at the mourning hall of King Yong Zhao Yu, they asked Princess Cui of Yong Wang whether she had ever thought about remarrying?
Looking at the eyes of those Zongwei who were King Yong and Zhao Yu, there was a hint of anger. I believe that if they were not worried that Zhao Hongrun was the current crown prince, these people would have turned against him immediately.
As for Princess Cui of Yong Dynasty, her face turned pale at Zhao Hongrun's words, and she denied it repeatedly: "I never meant this."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "In that case, why doesn't Sister-in-law Wang stay in Daliang? I will arrange the future expenses of Prince Yong's Mansion... Of course, I am not making decisions for Sister-in-law Wang, I just think that
, if this palace is vacant, it would be... too deserted."
As he spoke, he touched the head of his nephew Zhao Yan, blinked and asked, "When you grow up, will you be willing to succeed your father as the king and contribute to our great Wei Dynasty?"
Although Zhao Yan was once praised for his intelligence by Mi Jiang, in the final analysis he was just a boy in his teens. Although Zhao Hongrun, the uncle, had a pleasant smile, he still did not dare to speak casually at this moment.
On the other hand, those clan guards who had just mistakenly thought that Zhao Hongrun had "malicious intentions" and Zhao Yu, the King of Yong, suddenly realized it and were secretly ashamed that they judged a gentleman with a villain's heart and misunderstood the great kindness of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your mercy." Ms. Cui was moved and excited.
After all, if she had some room, how would she be willing to abandon her husband's family business and return to Jujube with her son?
Cui mother and son thanked each other one after another and returned to their original positions. At this time, Cui Yong came forward and said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Is this worth thanking?"
Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly, and then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he said to Cui Yong: "Brother Cui, it is the time for the government to employ people. Are you willing to curb your dissipation and serve as an official?"
He knew that Cui Yong was actually a very talented person, at least in terms of interpersonal communication, almost as good as Zhao Sheng, the Lord of Yao.
"I'm here?" Cui Yong was a little surprised, blinked his eyes and asked in surprise: "Your Highness, are you willing to use me?"
Zhao Hongrun was amused when he heard this: I even dare to use it on Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang, let alone you?
"...Please allow me to think about it." Cui Yong said hesitantly.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded and stopped urging.
At the same time, the news that "Prince Zhao Run, Crown Princess Mi Jiang, and Crown Prince Zhao Wei went to Prince Yong's Mansion to mourn" quickly spread throughout the six departments of the imperial court.
After hearing the news, Zheng Tu, the official minister, who was drinking water in the class room, spit out a sip of tea.
Immediately, he hurried out of the classroom, fetched a horse and rushed to Prince Yong's Mansion.
Similar examples include Tao Ji, the Minister of War, Yang Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs, and other officials who were personally promoted by King Yong Zhao Yu.
In fact, from a human perspective, these officials who were once promoted by King Yong Zhao Yu should be the first to go to King Yong's Mansion to mourn. However, due to selfish motives and considering whether this would anger the new crown prince Zhao Run, they did not dare to go so early.
Go - yes, I just didn't dare to leave so early.
With the shrewdness of these officials, they would certainly not be so stupid as to refuse to go to Prince Yong's Mansion to mourn in order to avoid suspicion. This would only arouse the resentment of the new prince Zhao Run, who thought there was something wrong with their moral character. Therefore, he decided to wait until noon and dusk.
Go with the rest of the courtiers.
This way you maintain your moral character and won't be too eye-catching.
However, what they never expected was that the new crown prince Zhao Run was not handling government affairs in Chui Gong Hall at this time, and actually went to Prince Yong's Mansion early to pay his respects. In contrast, these officials, who were promoted by Prince Yong Zhao Yu, did not arrive yet.
When they thought of this, they became restless and hurried to Prince Yong's Mansion.
Because in their opinion, Prince Zhao Run deliberately appeared in Prince Yong's Mansion at this time, which is already a very obvious indicator: I have already come forward, you guys, why don't you get over here early?!
They also understand that it is actually too late to go now, but then again, it is better to go than not to go.
When these people came to the mourning hall in Prince Yong's Mansion in a hurry, they saw that His Highness the Crown Prince was standing in the mourning hall.
"...If I had known this, even if I was impeached by the imperial censor for dereliction of duty, I would have come earlier."
Seeing that the prince Zhao Run was concentrating on himself with a cold expression, Zheng Tu, the official minister, did not dare to come forward to talk to him, so he sighed secretly.
But there was nothing we could do about it. Who would have thought that His Highness the Crown Prince, who was always rumored to hold a grudge, would be so generous this time?
"The world is so cold..."
Cui Yong, who was standing next to Zhao Hongrun, shook his head slightly and muttered to himself after seeing the courtiers rushing over.
He knew very well that these courtiers actually came here for the prince beside him, and not entirely to mourn.
Suddenly, he finally understood why the Crown Prince beside him deliberately came to mourn so early - that was because he didn't want the funeral of King Yong Zhao Yu to be as deserted as before.
Thinking of this, Cui Yong whispered to Zhao Hongrun: "I don't have much talent. If His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't dislike it, Cui Yong is willing to share your worries for His Highness."
Zhao Hongrun patted Cui Yong's arm and lowered his voice and said, "We will discuss it in detail later."
"yes!"
Due to the huge trend of "Prince Zhao Run and Crown Princess Mi Jiang mourning for King Yong", officials from the DPRK and the Central Government came one after another, and for a while, the entire Prince Yong's Mansion became lively and crowded.
Even some officials of the Suwang Party who had a bad relationship with King Yong Zhao Yu, such as officials from the Ministry of Industry, came to pay their respects to Prince Zhao Run with gifts such as white candles and white silk ribbons.
This made the funeral finally look decent.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun thought of a person. After looking around for a while, he frowned and asked Cui Yong beside him: "Where is Zhang Qigong?"
When asking, he also murmured in his heart: As the most relied upon and trusted staff member of King Yong Zhao Yu during his lifetime, is this Zhang Qigong also an indifferent person?
However, to his surprise, Cui Yong said with a strange expression after hearing the inquiry: "Zhang Qigong...it is said that he was arrested by the Imperial Guard that day. It seems to be the order given by Lord Li Zheng."
"Li Zheng? What did Li Zheng do to arrest Zhang Qigong?"
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up and thought to himself with a strange expression: Could it be that his father originally planned to accuse Zhang Qigong of "instigating King Yong to rebel against his brothers"?
In Zhao Hongrun's view, this matter is not impossible, because this rebellion involves King Zhao Jiang of Yan and King Huan Zhao Xuan. Therefore, the raising of troops by King Qing Zhao Xin cannot be defined as a rebellion in any case. Therefore, it can only be regarded as a rebellion from Yong.
Wang Zhaoyu is trying to find a way - and Zhang Qigong, the chief aide of King Yong Zhaoyu, is obviously the best candidate to take the blame.
"Father is really...tight."
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhao Hongrun waved to Zongwei Mu Qing and told him: "Say hello to Li Zheng. If Zhang Qigong is really imprisoned by him, bring him here."
"Yes!" Zongwei Mu Qing responded and left.
Sure enough, when Mu Qing entered the palace and found Li Zheng, the leader of the Third Guards Army, when he asked about Zhang Qigong's whereabouts, he found that he had been detained under Li Zheng's order.
Seeing this, Mu Qing conveyed Zhao Hongrun's intention.
When Li Zheng heard that it was Prince Zhao Run's intention, he readily let him go. After all, Xiao Luan had already been blamed for the civil strife, so there was no need for Zhang Qigong.
When Zhang Qigong was released, he felt as if he was a human being again.
With his intelligence, how could he not guess the purpose of Li Zheng's order to arrest him? Unless King Yong Zhao Yu wins, otherwise, whether King Zhao Xin of Qing comes to power or the current crown prince Zhao Run comes to power, he is very likely to "abet Yong"
He was charged with "provoking civil strife" and was regarded as the scapegoat for this civil strife.
Therefore, Zhang Qigong was very surprised when Zongwei Mu Qing released him.
After returning to Prince Yong's Mansion and personally placing a stick of incense in front of the tomb of Prince Yong Zhao Yu, Zhang Qigong walked up to Zhao Hongrun and thanked him in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing me."
"Are you surprised?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a chuckle.
"It's very unexpected." Zhang Qigong nodded. After all, he also understood that his reputation was not good. King Huan Zhao Xuan and his staff Zhou Min were extremely disgusted with him.
"Ha." Zhao Hongrun smiled faintly and said softly: "That day at Xiangfu Port, you suddenly changed your mind and asked the imperial guards to protect me on the ship. I was also very surprised..."
When Zhang Qigong heard this, he immediately understood that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to repay the favor of that day.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.
You must know that it was precisely because he had no choice but to let go of Su Wang Zhao Run that day that Yong Wang Zhao Yu lost the huge advantage of "holding Su Wang to command the three armies of Yanling, Shangshui, and Youma", so that Yong Wang Zhao Yu was ultimately defeated.
But because of his mistake, he was lucky enough to save his life.
Seeing Zhang Qigong's uncertain expression, Zhao Hongrun asked casually: "What are your plans for the future?"
Zhang Qigong was stunned for a moment, glanced at Cui's mother and son not far away with some melancholy, then shook his head and said: "We have no... plans yet."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun asked: "In that case, how about serving me?"
Zhang Qigong looked surprised and asked with a strange expression: "His Royal Highness...are you willing to use me?"
"...Why do you ask this? I even Nanliang...forget it."
Shaking his head speechlessly, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "Although you are a cruel official, you can still be of great use!"
"Cool official...?"
Zhang Qigong smiled self-deprecatingly, then lowered his voice and said seriously: "Thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince's respect, I am willing to do my best."
Glancing at Zhang Qigong, Zhao Hongrun uttered one word: "Xiao Ni."
Zhang Qigong understood immediately and saw his eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of sinister look flashing across his face.
Even he was a little surprised that the oath he had made in Xiangfu Port, "It would be unworthy of a gentleman not to avenge this kind of revenge", had the chance to be fulfilled so quickly.