Chapter 139 What Happened That Year
Cining Palace.
After a group of imperial doctors arrived and took the empress dowager's pulse, they said that she had fainted due to anger.
Yan Shixu asked He Wang, "President He, when will the Empress Dowager wake up?"
Judge He was a little frightened and shook his head.
"I can't be sure. It may take one or two days, half a month, or a month. It is also possible that..." he will never wake up.
Yan Shixu felt a little heavy-hearted and waved his hand to let the imperial physician leave.
King Wu stood aside, blaming himself.
He shouldn't have said this.
No mother in this world can accept that her child has tried to kill her.
Yan Shixu consoled him, "Uncle Wu, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't need to blame yourself."
King Wu knew it, but he still felt uncomfortable.
We have kept it a secret for thirty years, so it is not impossible to continue hiding it.
Yan Shixu looked at him and said, "Uncle Wu, how about you tell me about what happened back then?"
King Wu nodded and didn't hide it anymore.
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Thirty years ago.
King Wu and King Yu had not yet been crowned kings.
They were born on the same day of the same month of the same year, and they had a good relationship when they were young.
But when they were eight years old, their father was forced to worry about the issue of appointing a crown prince by civil and military officials.
According to the rules passed down by our ancestors, the crown prince must be the eldest son of the legitimate wife.
But the emperor, who was still the eldest prince at that time, was mediocre and not outstanding in any aspect.
The late emperor was a little hesitant. Among his four sons, Prince Yu had the best qualifications.
If he really wanted to appoint one, he actually intended to appoint Prince Yu.
But the Queen Mother stepped in to stop it.
She has two sons and one daughter.
She naturally loves every child.
But when it comes to appointing a crown prince, there should be order of seniority.
Since the founding of Dayan, there has been no precedent of bypassing the eldest son and making the second son the crown prince.
Besides, both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh. If the second son is made the heir, how will the eldest son cope with it?
Therefore, she advised the late emperor that it would be most appropriate to enthronize the eldest son.
The late emperor respected her as his first wife, and her considerations were not unreasonable.
In the end, the eldest son was appointed as the heir.
After this incident, the Queen Mother felt somewhat guilty towards Prince Yu and racked her brains to compensate him. She was extremely caring and gave him everything he asked for.
She thought that this would bring some comfort to Prince Neng Yu.
But she didn't know that Prince Yu was filled with hatred because of this incident.
He got a packet of poison from somewhere, sent the palace servants away from the dining hall, and poisoned the soup.
He wanted to kill his mother and brother.
Only after his mother and elder brother died could he become the crown prince.
That day, King Wu went to the Queen Mother's palace as usual to eat.
His mother was always cold to him. He didn't dare to eat too much at every meal, and he couldn't digest the food after eating.
Therefore, relying on his thick skin, he often came to the Empress Dowager's palace to eat for free.
King Wu ran into the dining room and saw King Yu standing on a chair, adding something to the soup with shaking hands.
He didn't know what Prince Yu had added to the soup at the time, so he ran over to ask, but Prince Yu was so scared that he fell off his chair.
King Wu was not stupid. Seeing his appearance, he immediately snatched the remaining half packet of medicine powder from King Yu's hand and wanted to force King Yu to drink it.
Prince Yu was so frightened that he screamed and begged for mercy.
King Wu guessed that it must be something bad.
He hesitated for a moment, overturned the entire table and ran to the Imperial Hospital, and gave the half packet of medicine powder in his hand to a doctor he was familiar with.
After examining it, the imperial physician was shocked and asked him where the powder came from, as it was highly poisonous.
King Wu was also frightened.
Highly poisonous?
He said he had picked it up casually, and hurried to his mother's palace to tell her about it.
He then pulled her along and wanted to tell the Queen Mother about this.
But his mother beat him severely and taught him not to seek death.
Prince Yu is the Queen Mother's biological son, while he is just a concubine's son.
Between her biological son and her illegitimate son, how could the Queen Mother possibly trust him?
Besides, he had no other evidence. Half a bag of powder that he got from somewhere didn't prove anything.
King Wu obediently asked his mother to confiscate the half packet of medicine powder, and did not dare to tell the Queen Mother about it privately.
But because he overturned the dining table in the Empress Dowager's palace, he was still called over to ask the reason.
Before he left, his mother gave him another warning, ordering him not to tell anyone about the matter.
When he arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, Prince Yu was so frightened that his whole body was shaking.
Although King Wu wanted to tell the truth, he did not dare to disobey his mother's wishes.
Finally, he said that he had a fight with Prince Yu and accidentally overturned the dining table.
After a scolding, the matter was over.
But since then, King Wu no longer liked to play with that bastard King Yu.
Almost every time I see him, I beat him.
He also threatened him that if he dared to poison again, he would tell his father and mother about it.
Prince Yu was still young after all, and they were worried that he would really go and inform on others, so they didn't dare to poison him again.
But the two of them had a grudge against each other and would fight at any time.
Of course, it was King Wu's one-sided beating.
But he also knew what he was doing and didn't dare to really beat the man to death.
But every time he hit Prince Yu, his mother would beat him severely!
The Queen Mother saw that he had already been punished, and it was not right to continue punishing him, nor was it right not to punish him. Most of the time, she got a headache just seeing him.
Later, the Queen Mother saw that my mother punished him too harshly and scolded my mother several times.
But he refused to change his ways despite repeated warnings and continued to beat Prince Yu for many years.
Prince Yu would often fight back and secretly retaliate against him.
It wasn't until the two of them were crowned kings that things finally calmed down.
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After hearing what happened that year, Yan Shixu was speechless for a long time.
He is a ruthless person who could harm both his biological mother and brother.
The empress dowager did not wake up for half a month.
The imperial doctors took turns to treat the disease, but none of them were effective.
Yan Shixu had no choice but to bring the purple-clothed girl who had previously detoxified King Wu back to the palace.
However, this time even the girl in purple had no way out.
She left a prescription and left, saying that the empress dowager was depressed and didn't want to wake up.
And this half month.
The sky of the capital seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.
Before one wave subsides, another wave arises.
The emperor's body is still lying in state in the funeral palace. King Wu is dead...
Prince Wu suddenly came back to life, and Princess Yu died. I heard she was frightened to death...
After Princess Yu died, the Queen Mother fainted...
After the Queen Mother fainted, Prince Yu asked to go to the Huguo Temple to pray for the Queen Mother and mourn for his deceased wife. He has no intention of returning...
There were also more than a hundred guards accompanying Prince Yu up the mountain.
After the guards sent the people up the mountain, they did not come down...
All signs indicate that King Wu's resurrection was not simple.
The death of Princess Yu and the Queen Mother's fainting are not simple either.
And the fact that Prince Yu went to Huguo Temple to mourn... was even more complicated.
It can also be understood as a disguised form of imprisonment...
All civil and military officials were silent as a cicada, hiding in their shells, fearing that this war without gunpowder would affect them.
The Grand Tutor, along with several important officials in the court, began to persuade the prince to ascend the throne.
A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. For the sake of the country and the people, the throne must be inherited as soon as possible.
After several rounds of discussion, the prince finally nodded.
Daodeng ascended the throne after the emperor entered the mausoleum.
The ministers each performed their duties, preparing for the emperor's burial in the mausoleum while also preparing for the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
In short, I am very busy!
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