Chapter 367 Stupid and Vicious
The Imperial Noble Consort's surname was Zhu, and her maiden name was Chanjuan. When she was still a boudoir dweller, her beauty was renowned throughout the capital. Her father was just a figurehead at the time, and he kept his daughter unmarried.
But at the beginning, when Emperor Mingpei was a prince, he was not a very popular candidate for the crown prince. Moreover, Emperor Mingpei and Empress Xiao were a couple who had been through thick and thin together and had a deep love and friendship. Therefore, he was not one of the princes who was close to the Bo Mansion at that time.
It was not until later, when the situation gradually became clear and Zhu Chanjuan was already eighteen years old and could no longer wait, that Earl Ruiqing began to show goodwill to him.
Emperor Mingpei discovered that his two elder brothers were interested in Zhu Chanjuan, and so were his younger brothers. So he accepted the advances and set up a series of schemes to bring down his two elder brothers.
From this point of view, Zhu Chanjuan also made contributions? Ruiqing Bo also helped a lot and made contributions to the dragon, which everyone saw.
So after Emperor Mingpei ascended the throne, he made her a consort. After she gave birth to the second prince, she was promoted to noble consort. Later, because of his meritorious service, Earl Ruiqing was given the title of Duke of Qing, and her position was further promoted to Imperial Noble Consort.
The Imperial Concubine is extremely beautiful.
But no matter how beautiful a person is, jumping around among the princes, being picky, and attracting everyone's heart... there is no way she did nothing.
Even when Emperor Mingpei and his men were in Jiangyou Province, it was the Second Prince who helped them return to the capital. A nobleman, a popular candidate for the crown prince, went to such lengths for a woman and ultimately lost the throne. This cannot be called deep affection, this is called lust that blinds one's mind.
Perhaps for this reason, the position of empress remained vacant after the death of Empress Xiao. The imperial concubine tried hard for ten years but failed to take the position.
Now... I dare not think about it!!
In the past few days, Emperor Mingpei received letters one after another.
Yan Shenjue is thorough in his work. People like Xinbao and Baigusheng only write about "medical" aspects, for example, for a shadow guard who has already practiced martial arts, how can he make his ears more sensitive, how can he adapt, how can he distinguish... and specifically how to diagnose, how to change the route... How to practice the skill of listening carefully, and how to have all kinds of things.
But he did not forget to write about how to "deal with" it, how to identify it, how to limit it, and even how to eliminate it... and so on.
Then there is the letter at the end.
Emperor Mingpei was really amused. He said directly: "Take a drop of blood from the Third Prince. Take it clearly, with greater movements. Ask the imperial physician to examine his ears and eyes while he is treating him."
The so-called open taking means using overt means, so soon, a eunuch fell while serving the dish and cut the Third Prince's wrist. The soup splashed out and splashed half of the Third Prince's shoulder.
We took the snake from the Jade Appraisal Bureau and tested it, and it turned out that they were indeed father and son.
The imperial physicians also went to diagnose the case. Although they did not know martial arts, they were good at taking the pulse and were good at the subtle details. People who had trained their ears and eyes could clearly tell the difference between the anterior auricular artery and the frontal artery.
So, the Third Prince does know that kind of martial arts! ! So, regardless of whether the Imperial Concubine knows it or not, they were just acting for him! Emperor Mingpei looked gloomy.
It is easy to deal with the Imperial Concubine, but it is difficult to deal with Duke Qing.
Duke Qing is actually a very capable person.
His ancestors were all civil servants, but he became a military general. Although he was a military general, he was quite talented and good at poetry, and he had a good reputation among literati. So even if he kept his daughter waiting for a price to be offered... his reputation was not damaged. Everyone thought that he loved his daughter so much that he didn't want to let her get married.
Moreover, he was shrewd and experienced, acted decisively, was good at training troops, and had great prestige in the army. Even Emperor Mingpei thought he was a useful talent.
He is now the commander-in-chief of the Three Thousand Battalion.
Although the three thousand battalion has three thousand in name, it actually has more than thirty thousand people, and they are all cavalry!! This is the most powerful elite force in Dayan!!
Not only that, in addition to training the imperial troops, the Three Thousand Battalion was also in charge of military affairs.
Dayan did not have a secondary capital, but according to the old practice, officers and soldiers were dispatched from various capitals and border checkpoints to take turns to train in the capital in order to maintain combat effectiveness. This was called a banjun.
In name he was still Xiao Tai's subordinate, but this contained the emperor's checks and balances.
Xiao Tai was Empress Xiao's younger brother and the Crown Prince's uncle.
Duke Qing is the father of the Imperial Noble Consort and the grandfather of the Third Prince.
Empress Xiao died young, Xiao Tai had no descendants, and the crown prince was a good-for-nothing. Gradually, Duke Qing gained the upper hand over Xiao Tai.
Therefore, the second prince's father became a cabinet minister... This was to suppress him above the civil officials.
However, both the civil and military officials need to be suppressed, which in itself proves the ability of Duke Qing.
Originally, Emperor Mingpei did favor the third prince, so the current "hidden" situation was very suitable. Even if the second prince left the palace and Gao Ge Lao was demoted, it was still within his plan.
Unexpectedly...
Emperor Mingpei remembered the situation that Xinbao had predicted.
Although he never showed it, in fact, this was what he was most worried about.
He kept wondering, under what circumstances would Xiao Tai die in the chaos? What happened at the border?
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Now that he thought about it, if Duke Qing was behind this, then... could it be that he didn't die at the border, but was instead killed by the barbarians who captured the capital? ? Emperor Mingpei broke out in a sweat at the time.
If it was really Dayan that fell in his hands, then he was really Dayan's sinner! ! After he ascended the throne, he worked diligently for thirty years, governing Dayan to be rich and strong, with peace and tranquility. If the rivers and lakes fell just because of the wolfish ambitions of a minister, he would be so frustrated that he would die! Thinking back to the time when the ancestors of the Yan family changed the rule that relatives could not be the main generals because of the Xiao family, now, it has harmed the descendants of the Xiao family! He thought he could make good use of the selfishness of relatives and pave the way for future generations... but he didn't expect that these people would destroy the country in order to grab this position!
What are the common people in their eyes? !
If you invite a wolf into your house, do you really think it won't bite your master?
What good is it even if you ascend to the throne if the country is in ruins?
How stupid and vicious! No bottom line! !
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Soon, Yan Shenjue received a reply.
Emperor Mingpei only asked him to pay attention to whether Hao Huashi could be used. If he could be used, he asked him to find out the person who taught the Imperial Concubine kung fu at that time.
Yan Shenjue was also a little confused about what the emperor meant.
He thought that Emperor Mingpei would want to find someone with long eyes and flying ears to go to the palace and use animal-eared flutes to lure people.
When Xinbao woke up, he held Xinbao and went to see Hao Huashi.
Hao Huashi was only wearing a thin shirt and sitting cross-legged with needles inserted all over his body. This had to continue for a whole day and night, and the needles had to be vibrated every hour. When vibrating the needles, one only had to flick one needle, and as the blood circulated, all the needles would vibrate in turn, and then vibrate together, making a buzzing sound.
It looks magical.
As the two were watching, the shadow guard reported again: "The emperor sent someone to summon the prince back to the capital. The prince said he would not go, so the person went back."
Yan Shen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
It would take several days to get here if they were summoned normally, so it was like Emperor Mingpei sent people out right after they left the capital? At that time, they were told not to pay attention to them and not to go back, so would there be another 400-li or 800-li express? What did the emperor mean?
(End of this chapter)