Chapter 62

"Although King Jing came out of the same mother with his majesty, he was more similar to King Yan when he was young and has been closer all the time."

Emperor Qingming's biological mother was born in a humble family and passed away after giving birth to King Jing. King Jing was mostly raised by the biological mother of King Yan, who is also the Empress Dowager today. When children were young, they were ignorant and always regarded the Empress Dowager as their biological mother. Because of the care of the second brother, King Yan, they were naturally very close to him.

"Or there are still contacts between King Jing and King Yan. Maybe some subtle action fell into the emperor's eyes and provoked his suspicion..." the Duke of town frowned: "maybe there's no real mistake."

It is normal for brothers to have contacts, and King Yan has deliberately avoided taboos with courtiers and clans over the years.

But in the eyes of the emperor, I'm afraid it's not enough.

King Jing doesn't have much military power, but Liangzhou is located in the key. The emperor's defense is that King Jing and King Yan will stand in the same place in the future, which will make him vulnerable.

Xu Mingyi was silent for a moment, but asked, "Grandpa, what kind of person is king Yan? It seems that few people will mention the king in Beijing."

When she was young, she knew almost nothing about the Yan king, so when she heard about the other party's army in Yangzhou, she couldn't help but be surprised - who is this?

At that time, there were different opinions about the "rebellious" prince in Yangzhou, and she couldn't tell the true from the false.

However, she could clearly feel that the Wu family trusted the son-in-law.

If not, when Wu ran, the only legitimate descendant, was handed over to her, she would not tell her to find an opportunity to hand him over to King Yan in the future.

Speaking of King Yan, the tone of the Duke of Zhenguo was a little complicated.

"When I first met the first emperor, the king was only three or four years old... However, when he just turned ten, he began to learn marching behind me. When the first emperor ascended the throne, the king had been fighting with the army for ten years, but he could be alone at the age of 16 or 17. He was very good at using soldiers and valued friendship, so he had a high prestige in the army."

In contrast, his majesty, who was not even the prince at that time, was almost nothing to challenge in his eyes.

Xu Mingyi couldn't help knowing.

No wonder emperor Qingming was so taboo.

She also understood why few people mentioned King Yan in Beijing.

Just——

"According to this, Grandpa was quite close to the prince in the old days."

The Duke of the town sighed noncommittally.

At first, when he first met the former Emperor, he was forced by the tyranny of the imperial court to find a way to live. At that time, the world was in chaos and everyone was rebelling. He was born with good strength. He had no place to use it. He just wanted to find something to do - where did he think he could do so much in the end?

Therefore, at that time, he just regarded the king of Yan as an ordinary child. The child knelt down, kowtowed and shouted "master". He also beat each other's ass with a military stick with a black face.

"After the death of the first emperor, the LORD went to the north. He hasn't said a word to me over the years."

Moreover, there are constant wars in the north, large and small, and they are often invaded and harassed by foreign vagrants around. King Yan has not been to Beijing for many years. He can't remember the year when they last met.

Xu Mingyi frowned slightly.

What if I haven't had contact for many years? In the eyes of the emperor, I'm afraid I've always doubted the position of the town government.

Perhaps, my grandfather had an old friend with King Yan, which was also one of the reasons why the government of Zhenguo was destroyed in the last life.

The Duke of Zhenguo seems to be aware of his granddaughter's concern.

Instead of whitewashing peace with words, he said, "if the crown prince's distress is really the emperor's intention... The king and the emperor's mother have been guarded so far, let alone our town government."

Now the Xie family is not very stable. It is normal for the emperor to be afraid of all the vassal kings, especially the king of Yan.

If you can't move the Yan king, you can only attack the relatively weak King first. One is intended to deter, but also to centralize power.

Many lessons can be seen from the past. It is too bad to cut the vassal rashly, and the emperor doesn't want to bear the bad name of being narrow-minded. Therefore, he arranged such a big play to respect the prince and murder the prince——

But this is to the king——

There are similarities between the town government and King Jing's house, but there are also differences.

The town government said, looked at his granddaughter and said, "fortunately, as Zhaozhao said earlier, if not, Grandpa would almost have chosen the wrong way."

The king is weak. The emperor can be so carefree when he starts.

And his military power is in hand. Even if the emperor has doubts in his heart, he needs to think twice about what he wants to do——

In the past, he thought he was sober enough to advance and retreat, but he didn't really see the weight of his Majesty's suspicion, so he didn't give people a way to live.

"As the saying goes, the tiger poison doesn't eat the son." thinking of the prince's experience, the Duke of the town frowned: "not to mention, the prince is still his only son."

My son is gone. Who will hold the river and mountain to?

This is not only not to leave a way for others to live, but also not even to leave their own way out!

"When you see that Princess Rong is pregnant, you can have a second --" Xu Mingyi paused slightly. After all, he said, "not to mention that the prince is weak. If you let go, you can only live for another three or five years at most."

I'm afraid the imperial doctors dare not hide this from emperor Qingming.

If a prince who is dying soon can still use it to settle a worry for him, I'm afraid it's very worth it in each other's heart.

No one should deprive others of their right to live.

What's more, the child has a strong desire to survive.

The Duke of town was surprised.

"Three or five years?"

The old man couldn't help asking his granddaughter, "how did Zhaozhao know about it?"

"It is the inference given by ah Kui after observing the physical condition of the crown prince."

The Duke of the town was stunned.

So, ah Kui's girl is much more useful than Mr. Yao?

"Can you still see it like this? If so, can you ask ah Kui to show it to me?"

Looking at his grandfather's serious appearance, Xu Mingyi said helplessly, "where do you want to go? That's because his Highness the prince is too weak, the old diseases are difficult to get rid of, and the foundation of the body is broken. Only then can you roughly infer one or two --"

The girl said, her nose was slightly sour, but her eyes were shining with a smile: "your body is so strong and strong, and you must have a long life."

The Duke of the town also laughed.

Yes, he must live a long life. After all, he doesn't trust his two unreliable sons to guard his baby granddaughter.

He has to live longer and look after the children at home.

"Now that the world is in such a situation and there is no proper name, he will not have the courage to forcibly seize my military power. Although he should be careful, Zhaozhao doesn't have to worry too much."

The Duke of the town looked kind and serious: "if you have anything, just explain it to your grandfather. Although grandpa is old and his brain is not as good as your young people, he will inevitably be stubborn, but he still listens to Zhaozhao's words."