465 The Four Kings (2)(1/2)
Liu Mingyi is worthy of being valued by the emperor. Since he took over the Dali Temple, he has never had an unjust case. The quick investigation of the case is admirable.
Since the matter has been found out, these people no longer need to stay in the palace. Except for King Rui who was locked in an abandoned palace, everyone else, including the three kings, left the palace. As for Emperor Wen of Wei, his life and death, he did not reveal any of them. Until the next day, Emperor Wen of Wei did not attend court. Sun Ying went to the palace to inform the court officials that Emperor Wen of Wei had just been relieved, but the person had not yet woken up.
In the next month, the Wei Dynasty still lived without an emperor's court. All the comments were discussed by the court officials. If there were really no decision, they would ask Prince An, and they would bother Prince An, and finally threw everything to Queen Mother Jin and Queen Feng.
Prince An refused to take on the court, but all the ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor's life and death are not clear. At this time, the most feared that someone would monopolize the power and take the opportunity to take the throne. Prince An is the emperor's younger brother and was born to Empress Dowager Jin, and was the legitimate son of the late emperor. If he wanted to take the opportunity to seize power, Empress Dowager Jin might really put him on the throne.
Therefore, Prince An's move undoubtedly made the court officials secretly relieved.
No matter what, no matter how bad King Duan, King Kang, and King Ning are the emperor's parents and children. If one really needs someone to inherit the throne, one of them must be selected from the three princes.
Not only did the court officials think so, but the same was true for King Duan, King Kang and King Ning.
Compared with King Duan actively trying to win over military generals in the court, King Kang won over Chinese ministers in the court, and slowly cultivated his own people, what King Ning thought was to take advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Wen of Wei's coma and force the palace to take up the throne as soon as possible.
King Ning acted quickly and with the help of Princess Daiyuan, he quickly won over Xu Jiufu, the commander of Dongdaying.
If Xu Jiufu is good at everything, only one thing is his weakness. He is extremely lustful.
Needless to say, Dai Yuan looks beautiful and cannot be seen. Xu Jiufu once saw her at a banquet in the palace. From then on, he has been dreaming about it. Although he knew that she was the concubine of Prince Ning, he had many wicked things in secret.
Therefore, when King Ning came to him to drink and Dai Yuan was with him, Xu Jiufu fell in love all of a sudden.
On the first day of November, the capital ushered in the first heavy snow. King Duan, King Kang and King Ning entered the palace as usual to ask for an order to serve Emperor Wen of Wei.
Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng still did not agree. After coming out of Cining Palace, the three of them walked towards the bedroom where Emperor Wen of Wei lived.
When they arrived outside the hall, they knelt down as usual. King Duan and King Kang were about to kneel for an hour before leaving, while King Ning stood up after kneeling less than a quarter of an hour and prepared to go to the side hall to change their clothes.
King Duan and King Kang frowned and looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong with King Ning today, but the two of them didn't think deeply and knelt on their own.
Half an hour later, there was a sound of fighting at the palace gate. King Duan and King Kang looked shaking, and they couldn't help but think of King Ning.
It would be useless to think about it. The Imperial Army has been on duty in the palace for many years and basically patrols. Although the soldiers in Dongdaying have never been on the battlefield, they have not trained less frequently. The two soldiers briefly intersected and the winners were decided.
The entire palace was controlled by King Ning, or the bedroom where Cining Palace and Emperor Wen of Wei were controlled.
King Duan, King Kang, Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng were taken to Emperor Wen of Wei. Looking at King Ning standing beside the dragon bed, everyone frowned.
"Fourth brother, you actually force the palace! I really didn't expect that you would use this method. If you compete with you for the throne, we would look up to you, but you thought that using this method, wouldn't you be afraid that your father would kill you when he wakes up?"
King Ning was unmoved. He slowly turned around and looked at King Duan, and said with disdain: "My father hasn't woken up for more than a month. I'm afraid he can never wake up again. Instead of fighting for the throne with you, it's better to get it directly, so that you can decide the outcome faster, because I don't want to waste time with you two idiots. It's better to hold the throne ceremony if you have that time."
"you!"
King Duan and King Kang were so angry, but now they couldn't do anything to King Ning because they had no military power and no one helped them, even if they were willing to resist, they could not deal with ten thousand soldiers from the Dongda Camp. They were not as good as Gu Yan's move.
Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng sat down on the bed of Emperor Wen of Wei without panic. She looked like she was afraid that King Ning would take action against Emperor Wen of Wei, who had no power to resist, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law tacitly blocked Emperor Wen of Wei.
Queen Mother Jin held a handkerchief and drenched tears from the corners of her eyes, "Rong Yu, you have come to this point. You really disappointed the Ai family."
When Ning Wang heard this, he frowned and felt something was wrong. He couldn't understand what Empress Dowager Jin said.
"What does the emperor's grandmother mean?"
Queen Mother Jin snorted coldly, "It's not interesting. The Ai family will give you the last chance. You can now withdraw your troops. Ai family can think that nothing has happened. Otherwise, the Ai family will not be able to protect you."
Ning Wang frowned even deeper, and he began to feel that things were not going well.
In order to avoid any mistakes, King Ning made a quick decision, "The Emperor's Grandmother doesn't need to persuade me. I am fully prepared to get to this point today. I also ask the Emperor's Grandmother to fulfill my wish."
Queen Mother Jin sighed, closed her eyes and didn't want to look at him again.
Queen Feng also sighed and looked at King Ning with disappointment, "What do you want to do?"
After all, she grew up since childhood. Whether it is him or King Rui, or King Duan and King Kang in front of her, she actually couldn't bear it. However, they grew more and more crooked, and she was also powerless.
Ning Wang narrowed his eyes, walked to the chair next to him with his hands behind his back, and waved his hands behind him.
A father-in-law beside King Ning walked to Empress Dowager Jin with the already written imperial edict, and half-beared his waist and raised the imperial edict high above his head.
King Ning pointed to the imperial edict and said, "I know that my father's imperial seal is with the emperor's grandmother. I'm sorry that my grandmother will take out the imperial seal and put a seal on it."
Queen Mother Jin glanced casually and sneered: "Abdicate? Do you think it's possible? Rong Yu, the Ai family asked you, do you really want to do this?"
King Ning shook his head, "It's over, and I have no other way."
Queen Mother Jin glanced at King Ning in disappointment, closed her eyes and said nothing.
Seeing that Empress Dowager Jin was not only motionless, but also closed her eyes, King Ning felt that something was wrong today, so he immediately sent someone out to investigate.
King Ning did not have the imperial seal in his hand, and the abdication edict could not be issued, so he could not be the emperor. No matter how anxious he was, it was useless. He could only send someone to search the palace and find out the whereabouts of the imperial seal.
Time passed little by little, and several groups of people who went to investigate came and went, saying that it was okay outside, but he was just uneasy and felt unsure.
Lunch was useless, and dinner was even less. Everyone was hungry, but none of them asked to eat. Until the end of the Youth hour, the sound of fighting and fighting came from outside the palace.
King Ning immediately stood up and walked out of the hall gate. When he saw Gu An, who was supposed to have fallen into the water and disappeared without a trace, he knew that the situation was over and he was finished.
King Ning quickly surrendered. He was not that stupid. Even if he threatened Gu An with his father and grandmother in the palace to withdraw his troops, Gu An would not necessarily listen, because he was not stupid, and Gu An was not stupid. Once he withdrew from the army, the lives of Emperor Wen of Wei and others would be even more unsafe.
Even if he did not ask Gu An to retreat, he asked Gu An to find him the imperial seal. The palace was so big that he had been looking for it for a month but couldn't figure out where the imperial seal was taken out from. Gu An could find it so in such an inch? It was impossible!
Furthermore, even if he did everything, Gu An would not let him take power, and even more so, Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng would not. Even if they held the imperial edict, it would be useless. They could not admit it or destroy the imperial edict, and he would still have nothing at that time.
To put it bluntly, if you don’t have any soldiers in your hands, nothing will be in vain.
The matter of King Ning was defeated, and the Ning Palace was sealed up like the Rui Palace. King Ning also found a separate palace and locked up, waiting for Emperor Wen of Wei to deal with it.
Gu An's return shocked the civil and military officials of the court, and they all wanted to know what was going on, but Gu An stayed in the name of guarding, and he did not even see the Gu family except Prince An.
The court officials had no choice but to accept his fate and continue to help Emperor Wen of Wei watch the court. On the third day after King Ning's defeat, Princess Daiyuan in southern Xinjiang committed suicide. A month later, Nanjiang received news of Princess Daiyuan's death and wanted to attack the Great Wei to avenge Princess Daiyuan.
When Gu An was not born, no one in the court had the ability to lead troops to resist the southern border. They were afraid of the southern border. Gu Zhehan and Luo Rongxuan were ordered to lead the three camps of the east and south camps and the prefectures along the way to draw a total of 50,000 troops to the southern border.
It was another New Year, and Emperor Wen of Wei was still unconscious and did not attend court. In addition to caring about the war in southern Xinjiang, there was also an argument against who was arguing about the crown prince.
In March of the 40th year of Yongchang, King Kang was pushed into the lake by his concubine Yu Qian and Tong Fang Qingyan in the palace. The cold winter had not passed yet, and the lake water was biting cold. When King Kang was rescued, he was already unconscious.
King Kang was in a coma for three days. When he woke up on the fourth night, everyone realized that King Kang was already stupid.
After diagnosis by the imperial physician, when King Kang fell into the lake, his head hit the stone at the bottom of the lake, and the blood clots became blood clots and pressed on the nerves in the brain, which made King Kang stupid.
King Kang was stupid. Now there was no need to argue in the court anymore. It was basically decided that King Duan would be the crown prince. Even if there was no order to make it clear, all the court officials regarded King Duan as respected and regarded him as the crown prince. They would contact King Duan to deal with all major and minor affairs in the court.
In May of the 40th year of Yongchang, after half a year of battle, the Great Wei finally won the victory, with nearly 70,000 casualties in southern Xinjiang. Luo Rongxuan and Gu Zhehan returned triumphantly.
On the day the two of them were triumphant, Emperor Wen of Wei, who had been in a coma for eight months, woke up and he was completely cured as soon as he woke up. In addition to his weak body, his body functions were intact.
After meeting the court officials, Emperor Wen of Wei stayed Gu An.
Seeing that there was no outsider, Gu An walked to Emperor Wen of Wei and smiled, "Emperor, is it fun outside?"
Emperor Wen of Wei rolled over from the dragon bed, and he was still weak at all.
That's right, Emperor Wen of Wei, who was lying in bed and unconscious for eight months and could not see him, has never been in the palace these days.
Since he was poisoned that day, he entered the back hall. Emperor Wen of Wei swallowed the detox pills that Gu Yan had given him earlier. Emperor Wen of Wei, who was prepared, saved his life. After resting for a few days, nothing happened.
Later, Emperor Wen of Wei continued to pretend to be unconscious according to the situation he set up, but as he pretended, he became bored and the government could not handle it. Why did he lie in bed every day? He was raised as a pig when he was fat?
So Emperor Wen of Wei only recuperated in the palace for ten days, and then he found a Dragon Guard to quietly lie on the dragon bed like him, but he left the palace under the protection of several Dragon Guards.
Emperor Wen of Wei first went to Prince An's mansion and pulled Gu Yan, who had been freed to several stone slabs on the ground every day, out of Prince An's mansion. Under Luo Rongxuan's extreme resentment, he took Luo Zhantian away. In just a quarter of an hour, Luo Rongxuan lost his wife and son. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth. If Emperor Wen of Wei was his uncle, he would have to beat him up no matter what he said.
Thinking that he not only had his wife and son abducted, but also had to fight against southern Xinjiang for him. Luo Rongxuan was determined to die. He really wanted to give up the prostitute. What about southern Xinjiang and the throne? He was not interested in becoming an emperor, so he wanted to hold his wife and coax his son.
Emperor Wen of Wei kidnapped Gu Yan and Luo Zhantian, and even Xiaoyin took them with him. When he finally left, he had not forgotten to go to Ci'an Temple. He called Master Mingyuan, who was thrown behind Gu Yan again, and went to the south to play together.
There was an old monk in the middle of the group, the old and young people. It was conceivable how many people they attracted. Even so, it did not disturb Emperor Wen of Wei's interest. He played hard for eight months before returning, almost losing the entire Wei Dynasty.
Emperor Wen of Wei glanced at Gu An and taught a lesson seriously: "Stop talking nonsense, just allow you to go out and play, don't you allow me to understand the people's sentiments?"
Emperor Wen of Wei found a good reason for himself. Gu An twitched his lips and shook his head helplessly.
No matter when, it was not good for him to stumble with the emperor. Who made him less polite than the emperor?
Emperor Wen of Wei glared at him, then looked at Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng who were glaring at him.
Emperor Wen of Wei was not afraid of anyone. At least he was short of breath in front of me and his wife, especially after doing something wrong, he seemed even more guilty.
"Ahem, Mother, my son went to several prefectures and saw how the people lived. He felt a lot and was determined to do more practical things for the people of the Great Wei Dynasty. So Mother, don't worry, my son will not leave the palace any more in the future."
Empress Dowager Jin and Empress Feng sneered at the same time, "If you believe you, you will have a ghost."
Empress Dowager Jin pointed at Emperor Wen of Wei and said, "If you are used to being wild outside, can you stay in the palace again? The Ai family doesn't believe it! Emperor, the Ai family tells you that you can go out and you have no objection to go out in the Ai family while fighting a ceremonial war, but if you want to visit privately, you'd better forget it. You are alone and the Ai family is not at ease."
Speaking of this, Emperor Wen of Wei immediately became excited.
"I'm not alone. Girl Yan has been protecting me. You don't know how cruel that girl is, she..."
Next, Emperor Wen of Wei smiled and praised Gu Yan very much, praising him, saying that there was something in the sky and nothing on the earth. Gu An was so surprised that he could cover his face.
Your Majesty, have you not seen the Empress Dowager and Empress look wrong? They are not letting you go out, they want you to take them with you next time!
Emperor Wen of Wei, who had no eyesight, soon became a tragedy because he discovered that he had become a lonely man. The empress dowager's mother and the empress's wife ignored him. They packed up their things and moved to the imperial village in the western suburbs to live, and threw him alone in the palace.
The miserable Emperor Wen of Wei first spent more than ten days to submit memorials for nearly a year, and brought in the ministers who were in a state of sensation and coma during his "illness and coma" to scold him. Then he issued an order to kill the two princes and their families on the charge of poisoning King Rui to commit rebellion and plotting against him, including their sons.
Logically speaking, these children are all the grandsons of Emperor Wen of Wei, and he should not be so cruel, but for the sake of the Great Wei Dynasty, he had to do so. Since he had decided to hand over the country to Luo Rongxuan, he would not leave him a trace of hidden dangers, and would not let his descendants cause trouble to Luo Rongxuan in his name.
Therefore, Emperor Wen of Wei is really cruel. He is not only cruel to his son, but also to himself. Even if his lineage is broken, no one will allow anyone to harm the country of Wei.
To be continued...