To question the fratricide of the emperor's sons, you need to have solid evidence. Although the old King Jian felt that there was something fishy about this matter, he had no evidence in his hand.
King Jian still remembered that his father sat in the study without closing his eyes all night, staring blankly at the "Birthday Celebration Picture" hanging on the wall, which was given to him by King An Xiaojing.
King Jian opened the door and heard his father mumbling to himself.
King Jian said: "My father said that when you are born into the royal family, you have to be cautious, but you have to struggle every day. Living too long and seeing too much is not a good thing. I want to stay away from the court, but every time I hear some news
, and can’t help but check the results, and live in fear and self-blame all day long.”
King Jian said as he placed a string of Buddhist beads on the table.
"When my father was ill, King An carved a bracelet with his own hands and sent it to his home. There were Buddhist mantras on it. It may be an insignificant thing, not as good as those rare treasures, but it is more sincere than anything else.
When Prince An went to Songpan Guard, my father quietly went to Prince An's Mansion and told Prince An to be cautious. When he found that the situation in the northwest was unstable, he sent a secret message to the court for help, and Prince An agreed."
King Jian sighed: "But my father has been depressed since he came back. I thought he was just unfounded, but I didn't expect that the bad news about King An reached the capital. Uncharacteristically, my father went to the palace to plead with Emperor Gaozong to find out the truth, and even went to Zongzheng Temple.
Please ask your clan members to help you go to the northwest to find King An.
King An Renxiao was very prestigious in the clan. At first, some clan members agreed with my father. But later, seeing that there was no chance that King An would survive, everyone backed down and comforted my father. Death is like a lamp going out. Now it is
To stabilize the northwest, rash questioning now will only cause political instability. It is better to get through the current difficulties first and then slowly find out later."
Prince Shunyang fell silent. He had also heard about these things. What Prince Jian said was not a lie. Thinking of this, he looked at Miss Xu and nodded to Miss Xu.
King Jian continued: "My father said that it was like watching a living child die in front of his eyes, surrounded by uncles and uncles but no one would lend a helping hand, and the child usually respected them as elders.
During those days, my father often dreamed of the miserable situation of Prince An and Princess An, and dreamed of the children in Prince An's palace screaming in agony. In the land of Zhou Dynasty, a future prince was tortured like this and died so silently.
Either he didn't ask for help, or his cry for help fell on deaf ears.
King An was beheaded, stripped naked, and his body was hung on the back of a horse and dragged until his bones and flesh were broken. Princess An and her children were hung on the tower.
When King An and Princess An were killed, the royal family in Beijing were all sleeping. After they learned the news, no one dared to come forward to restore the truth and dignity to King An's family. This is the royal family.
The Qi family no longer has the prestige it once had. Today, the descendants of the Qi family only compete for the ancestral property, secretly use their authority to do business, and spend their days living in a state of dissipation. Although they recite the ancestral precepts every day, who would take the ancestral precepts to heart?
Why did Taizu raise an army back then? It was because his clan members were killed innocently, and Taizu was aggrieved and wanted to seek justice for his clan members."
Xu Qinghuan heard about this incident. Not only were the Qi clan members unjustly accused of stealing and wounding, but they were also tied to the city wall and whipped every day. His parents were unjust and were beaten to death by the county magistrate. Taizu couldn't bear the humiliation of his clan members and went to the Yamen.
Theory, but did not expect that the county magistrate had been prepared and wanted to frame Taizu for using military power to deliberately intimidate him. When Taizu resisted, he accidentally killed the county magistrate.
After the incident, Taizu was afraid of implicating the Qi family, so he prepared to confess to the court. However, he did not expect that the entire Qi clan was willing to join Taizu in rebelling against the court. In addition, Taizu was a military general with the support and followers of the soldiers, and he quickly won two
A city, loyal generals and tribesmen became Taizu's support in troubled times.
King Jian calmed down and continued: "You all know what happened next. The late emperor took back Songpanwei and became the prince. At this point, no one will investigate the case of King An anymore. Prince Jian's palace has questioned the late emperor.
, I can only be more careful in the remaining days and stay away from the political situation.
However, my father still couldn't let go of this matter. He would often lament King An and our Qi family. When my father left, he looked at me with wide eyes. I knew what he wanted to say, but there was nothing I could do about it. My father eventually died.
Couldn't close my eyes.
Even if you look at it for a hundred years, you can't change it. Maybe every dynasty will eventually be like this,"
Prince Shunyang also thought of many things in the past following King Jian's words.
King Jian's eyes were slightly distracted: "My character is not as good as my father's. I can't accomplish big things. I can only do trivial things secretly and help those poor people secretly. That's all.
This time, we wanted to find out what happened to King An, so we asked Wei E to come forward."
The Prince of Shunyang was silent. Sometimes, it is better to be fake than to be confused. The Prince of Shunyang has also been doing this in recent years in order to gain a moment of peace.
What King Jian said does not seem to be false.
"Prince Jian, are you disappointed with the Qi family?"
A voice suddenly sounded.
King Jian looked at the girl who raised her head and couldn't help but sneered: "What have I done over the years? Most of the time I'm better off raising birds and flowers. How can I question others? It's a pity that I am in such a position.
But I don’t know what to do to be more beneficial to Da Zhou.”
Prince Shunyang wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't.
The steward came in and announced: "Your Majesty, the people from Shuntian Mansion have arrived."
King Jian nodded calmly: "Let the people in Zhuangzi cooperate with the government office for inspection."
Princess Jian's eyes were red, with a hint of guilt and sadness in her eyes.
King Jian looked at the princess: "It's my fault that I didn't tell you these things. As husband and wife, we should have let you know everything."
Princess Jian shook her head and was about to speak.
Immediately, someone came from outside and said, "Your Majesty, the adults from the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment have arrived."
So fast.
It seems that the emperor also wants to find out who is behind Su Wan. I am afraid that if Xu Qinghuan and the others take action here, the emperor will have already received the news.
King Jian and Princess Jian walked out, leaving Prince Shunyang and Xu Qinghuan in the room.
"Miss Xu," Prince Shunyang said, "Maybe we made a mistake and wrongly blamed Prince Jian. I don't know whether this court investigation will be a blessing or a curse for Prince Jian's house."
The worry on Prince Shunyang's face deepened. It was obvious that King Jian's words just now touched him, but he felt very lucky. Thanks to his awakening in Changzhou, he now dared to do something he could do, even though it was very trivial.
Even if he cannot play a big role in the political situation in the future, being able to help loyal ministers and good generals like Song Chengxuan can be regarded as doing his part.
Xu Qingan walked in: "Sister, what should we do?"
Xu Qinghuan said: "Since the imperial court has taken over, let's go!" They have already seen the evidence on the surface. Next, the imperial court will carefully investigate Prince Jian's mansion. If Prince Jian did nothing else, the court will not be able to find anything.
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"These must be checked."
In the yard, Uncle Lei watched the yamen dig out the earthen jars again, and was about to leave with the Xu family servants, but he didn't want the yamen to dig too deep with the shovel and break one of the earthen jars.
Wu Zuo and Mrs. Chang rushed forward to check, and Uncle Lei also went to help. After digging out all the soil, Uncle Lei found a porcelain bottle among the broken bones.
Uncle Lei's eyes suddenly shrank, and his heart seemed to jump out of his throat. He almost couldn't hold himself back and went to get the porcelain bottle, and his eyes immediately turned red.
He has been searching for so many years and is he here?