Chapter 167
After learning the news, King Jin smiled and said to Gu Mo beside him: "This is a bit smarter and a rare loyal and good general. The future is promising. It's not wasteful that I took a lot of trouble to recruit him under my command."
Gu Mo said quietly: "Even if Zhang Fang is a talented horse of a thousand miles, someone must appreciate it. If it weren't for your highness, he would be just a concubine's son in the Minister of War's Office. You have the wisdom of a man, so that he can do something."
This time, King Jin not only successfully completed his errand, but also used his body as bait to successfully pull out King Zhao's fox tail. Now King Zhao is suspected by the emperor, Duke Yue is trapped in the imperial tomb, and King Ming is a man with a thief heart but not a courageous one. Although Prince Ke has some military achievements, he is a disabled person and has no power. Among the princes, there are not many who can compete with him now. Although King Jin has the greatest profit this time, he still does not show his confidence, pride and indulge in appearance, but instead becomes low-key.
Because he was afraid that if he became high-profile, his fate would be the same as the prince.
Thinking about how energetic and proud and complacent His Highness was at the beginning, of course he did have this capital. His Highness, who was both civil and military, had a very high reputation among the people. In the end, he was poisoned to death! Before he took the position, everything was empty.
A few days later, a wedding banquet was held for the married princess in the harem. Although this banquet was held for Princess Jingrou, whom she married today, all the royal princes and princes who came to attend the banquet praised His Highness Jin. Fortunately, King Jin has always been calm, otherwise they would have been praised by them and would have been a little fluttering.
King Jin was very alert and refused all the wine. He was afraid that if he didn't know what happened, he would be poisoned to death like the prince, but there was always a misunderstanding in the Hundred Secrets.
After drinking the wine on King Jin's table, a little eunuch came over with a pot of new wine. King Jin saw that the person coming was not the eunuch who had arranged in advance to deliver the wine, he immediately became alert and took it and placed it on the table without moving.
The royal family who came to toast poured him a glass, and King Jin declined and said, "I drank too hard just now and felt a little uncomfortable. I'll give you this pot of wine, so you can drink a few glasses by yourself." After that, King Jin handed the pot of wine to the clan's children.
The clan's family happily took the wine and returned to the seat to drink it. As a result, his face turned pale and foamed, he fell to the ground.
Seeing this, King Jin's eyes sternly.
Even the emperor was stunned for a moment. It was not until Wen Tingzhou, who was responsible for today's defense duties, shouted "protective" and led several generals to guard him that he came back to his senses. Soon, the guards on duty outside rushed in and were ordered to surround the hall, allowing them to enter and not leave.
The imperial doctor was almost carried by the guards, but after several imperial doctors took the pulse of the clan, they shook their heads and sighed, and knelt straight on the ground. Among them, the Imperial Hospital doctor, Dr. Chen, took the lead in answering: "If you say to your Majesty, the one in Prince Kangping is produced in the Southern Barbarians. This poison is extremely powerful. You can only poison hundreds of people with a little bit in your fingernail. After taking this poison, you will definitely die unless you can take the antidote within four or five breaths. I am powerless, please give your guilt." The other imperial doctors and Imperial doctors also confessed their guilt.
At this time, King Jin knelt down and admitted his mistake: "Father, this is the fault of the son minister. Prince Kangping's wine was originally from the son minister, but the son minister drank a lot before the banquet, so he gave the pot of wine to Prince Kangping. The son minister did not expect this to happen, but since it was related to the son minister, the son minister was willing to accept the punishment." King Jin was sincere, as if he was taking Prince Kangping's death on himself. But if he savored it carefully...
After hearing what King Jin said, the emperor felt that this matter was not simple, but a poisoning incident occurred on his nose, which made his anger reach its peak. He lifted the imperial table in front of him and stopped looking at these imperial doctors. He walked to Prince Kangping, looked at the other party's black face, and suddenly thought of the prince's death. He felt ache in his heart and gritted his teeth and said, "Let me investigate thoroughly!" Moreover, he did not use any of the ministers in this palace to let his secret guards investigate the matter.
At this moment, the little eunuch who was responsible for drinking King Jin actually vomited blood and fell to the ground and died. Everyone was shocked again. Only Doctor Chen had the courage to come forward to diagnose his pulse, and then replied to the emperor: "Report to Your Majesty, the poison in this father-in-law is the same as the prince, but this person should have taken the corresponding antidote in advance to relieve some of the effects of the medicine, so he has to hold on until now."
No matter how complicated the matter is, the death of the little eunuch finally showed an open way for the secret guards. They followed this line and found it. In just one hour, the poison was found. The little eunuch who was responsible for drinking for King Jin was in the wine while the person was unprepared. Because King Jin did not drink new wine, he was not poisoned. The reason why this eunuch did this was because his only relative, his sister was the concubine of King Jin, who was the concubine of King Zheng. He was dissatisfied with his sister's life and lost her life for King Jin and kept a grudge. However, Concubine Zheng was dead, and the eunuch aimed at King Jin's fire of revenge, and he was also interested in soliciting and inciting, and found an opportunity to sneak into the palace, so he did what he did today.
The emperor said in a deep voice: "How did he get into the palace? Why didn't he get into the palace because he poisoned it, but into the palace? And how could he, a person without power, have such a strange poison in the southern border? Someone must have instructed him, but the person behind him was found out?" The secret guard presented something to the emperor. After seeing it, the emperor sneered: "It's them!"
But it was said that the Yong'an Marquis Mansion was filled with guests, and the guests were crowded with drums and drums. Today is the day when Princess Jingrou got married, so the scene was naturally extremely grand. Mu Yun also came with Xu today. She had a good relationship with the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. Now she was arrested and followed Guan and the others to help greet the guests.
The ceremony went smoothly. Shortly after the bride and groom entered the bridal chamber, a female official next to Princess Jingrou hurriedly came in from outside and said a few words in Princess Jingrou's ear. Princess Jingrou's expression changed drastically, and even the jade Ruyi in her hand almost fell to the ground.
Later, Princess Jingrou found the Marquis of Yong'an and other Xu's family and said something to them. Guan came out to find a reason and apologized to send all the guests away.
Although everyone was confused, seeing that Guan and Xu's family looked serious, they knew that this time the matter was not small, and they all said goodbye and returned home. Mu Yun was still thinking about staying to see if he could help, but Xu asked her to go home quickly: "There is something wrong in the palace. Go back first, someone will die in the palace."
Mu Yun was shocked, not knowing who died. But Xu didn't say that he would ring the death knell, so he should not be the masters in the palace. Then she looked in the direction of the bridal chamber. The eldest son of the fourth family of the Xu family seemed to have a bad life.
The real murderer had already emerged, and the royal family and others who had been trapped in the hall were dismissed by the emperor's orders, and only a few princes were left behind. Everyone was not sure what happened later. Only at dusk, the emperor issued an order saying that the biological mother of Zhao, Chang, poisoned King Jin, but did not succeed, but also killed Prince Kang Ping. Now he was deprived of his position of title and given a pot of poisoned wine. Seeing that the matter was exposed, Concubine Chang had taken all his sins and was willing to leave a glimmer of life for his descendants.
The next morning, Prince Kangping's mourning letter had been conveyed to all parts of the capital. While Muyun asked his servants to change all the brightly colored things in the mansion, he told them not to wear too bright clothes recently, but to put on plain clothes and go to Gongping's mansion to pay tribute.
Prince Kangping died in the palace, and the emperor had to appease him. Even King Jin had to appease him. His Majesty personally issued an order to bury Prince Kangping into the royal cemetery. Prince Kangping's legitimate son became the heir to Kangping's mansion, and the legitimate daughter was also granted the position of county lord.
Compared to the grand burial of Prince Kangping, Concubine Chang Hui, who was once one of the four concubines, died silently, and it was all right to carry a thin coffin out of the palace. If it weren't for the sake of giving birth to King Zhao, the emperor wouldn't even want to leave the coffin for her. At this time, King Zhao was in an awkward situation, and the funeral of Concubine Hui was handled by Prince Zhao. The emperor did not allow her to be buried in the imperial tomb after her death. Prince Zhao did not send her a message, so she had to find a place with good feng shui to bury Concubine Hui.
Seeing that the matter was revealed and his mother was sentenced to death, King Zhao felt that the situation was gone and King Jin had nothing to do. He felt that if something happened to King Jin, he at least had some hope of making a comeback.
It was just that this hope was completely poured when he learned that the emperor wanted him to become a monk at the royal ancestral temple. Zhao Wangping left the servant beside him and stayed in the study all night. The next morning, when the servants came in, he saw that he had committed suicide.
However, in just a few days, the emperor seemed to have grown a lot a little older, and his black hair had turned a little gray at this time. The children's fight made him very sad. Although Chang took all the blame himself, he knew in his heart that this matter was unrelated to King Zhao. Before he could figure out how to deal with King Zhao, he learned about the news of King Wu's suicide. The emperor sighed and waved his hand in frustration: "Diet people are like a lamp extinguished, forgot, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs bury him according to the rules of the prince."
In just a few days, first the funeral of Prince Kangping and then the prince. Mu Yun was still a little dazed when he stood in the Zhao Palace.
In the past, she had only seen the cruel battle for the throne in history books and TV series. This was when she personally attended the funeral of King Zhao who failed to fight for the throne, and she felt cold all over.
If King Jin hadn't been vigilant, then he would have been the funeral that Mu Yun attended now. After Prince Kangping, another King Zhao died. It seemed that King Jin had won the battle again, but Mu Yun had a premonition that the situation in the court would probably become more and more complicated and changeable.
When King Zhao was at that time, the princes of the princes were only acting secretly and did not dare to go too far. Now that King Zhao showed his minions, he was beaten to hell by King Jin. Moreover, King Zhao was also the eldest son, and the remaining princes were all neither legitimate nor eldest. I am afraid no one can convince anyone at this moment!
Thinking of Shan Jingyan, with Wen Tingzhou's position and identity, their family will sooner or later be involved in this bloody struggle for the throne. During the break of the burial, Mu Yun raised his head and looked at the clear sky. Such a quiet and quiet life might be getting farther and farther away from her.
After the first seventh day of King Zhao, the emperor fell ill. Although the cause was just an ordinary cold, he still had a high fever and could not get sick. The emperor was angry that he was fighting for power and profits between King Zhao and the princes and even tragic, but he lost two sons, the prince and the king of Zhao, to send the black man. The emperor felt uncomfortable, and he was exhausted recently and older, so this disease was in full swing.
Not to mention how the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital devoted themselves to taking medicine, the concubines in the harem also took turns to the Ganqing Hall to serve the sick. The princes and princesses naturally would not miss this great opportunity to show filial piety and expressed their wish to enter the palace to serve the sick. The Empress naturally would not stop the princes and arrange a shift for them at this time. As for the concubines in the harem, the Empress thought that the young concubines were unstable, and the princes and grandchildren were inevitably walking back and forth these days, so the Empress only ordered a few older concubines to serve the sick. She herself stayed here from morning to night every day, without any impatience.
This time, the King of Ming was the most diligent, and he often came to see the emperor when he was on duty and greeted the queen. Originally, he had never had any idea about the throne, but now the prince had long died, the King of Zhao had also died, and King of Yue was demoted to Duke, and now he was still guarding the imperial tomb. Prince Ke was disabled and had no threat. Now he was the only opponent like King Jin. Among these healthy princes in the imperial capital, he was the oldest. With such a good opportunity, the King of Ming would inevitably want to fight.
Not only did he come here by himself, he often said to the Princess Ming: "My mother and queen have always had a good relationship with you among all the daughters-in-law. Now that my father is seriously ill, my mother and queen are working hard to serve him. You should also go to the palace to comfort her mother and queen at times." For this reason, he also sent a lot of things to the Princess Ming's courtyard.
After receiving these things, Princess Ming sneered in her heart...
Chapter completed!