I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 163 Queen Mother~ Listen to my advice~
"You personally send someone to summon the third child to Chang'an!"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Empress Dowager Dou said angrily, but Princess Liu Piao, the head of Guantao, who was sitting beside her, suddenly became a little suspicious.

"Since I miss the third child, why didn't the queen mother send someone to call the third child into the court?"

But when Empress Dowager Dou heard the words, her face became even more angry, and there was a sudden anger welling up between her brows.

"—The third child went to the school by himself, but was refuted by the emperor!"

"In recent days, I always feel that the emperor has placed eyeliner around me..."

Empress Dowager Dou said angrily, but Liu Xing's complexion suddenly changed!
Full of astonishment, he turned his head and glanced at the maids and eunuchs in the palace for a week;
After everyone lowered their heads anxiously, Liu Xun moved his body in surprise and moved closer to Queen Dowager Dou's side, and subconsciously took his mother's arm.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't do that, right?"

"After all, no matter what..."

Unexpectedly, before Liu Xing finished speaking, he was interrupted by Empress Dowager Dou's irritated wave.

"Tell you to go, you go!"

"If you really don't want to go, just say so!"

"—It's not like I have no one else to count on!"

The irritable sound made the people in the palace shudder even more, wishing they could immediately cover their ears to show that they 'didn't hear anything'.

Seeing his mother so furious, Liu Xun was also startled, and hurriedly held Empress Dowager Dou's arm tighter.

"Mother, calm down, don't get angry;"

"My daughter just send someone..."

The aggrieved response finally made Empress Dowager Dou a little angry, she turned her side and looked at Liu Xing with a gloomy expression.

"Boss, Lao Qi, and Xiao Jiu were all appointed by the emperor as envoys to attend the prime minister's funeral."

"—Lao Qi and Xiao Jiu are students of the prime minister, so it is understandable to do so;"

"But the emperor only made Lao Qi and Xiao Jiu the 'deputy envoys', but made the boss a 'principal envoy'."

"You can't fail to understand the emperor's intentions, can you?"

Hearing this, Liu Xun thought for a while, then raised his head suspiciously: "What does the queen mean..."

"Your Majesty, do you still want to establish the eldest son of the emperor?"

"That's why you took advantage of the prime minister's death to build momentum for the eldest son of the emperor?"

Seeing that Queen Dowager Dou heard the words, she did not nod, but took a deep breath, her face became even more serious.

"Early before the rebellion, I already guessed that the emperor's phrase 'Emperor's younger brother' was to deceive the third child."

"Now, the rebellion is about to be quelled. The emperor doesn't need the third child to fight in Suiyang again, so he will definitely not keep his previous promise."

"—Right now, while preventing the third son from entering the court, the emperor also wants to build momentum for the eldest son of the emperor. He clearly wants to force me to issue an imperial edict to make the eldest son the emperor's heir;"

"Such a critical moment, can I sit idly by?"

"As a sister, can you help me think of a way to recall the third child back to Chang'an???"

Hearing the urgency in his mother's tone, Liu Xun only nodded hurriedly, expressing that he would obey the Queen Mother Dou's order and summon Liang Wang Liu Wu to Chang'an.

But soon, some doubts appeared on Liu Xing's face.

"But if Your Majesty really makes up his mind to appoint the eldest son of the emperor as the heir, even if the queen mother summons the third son to Chang'an, what can be changed?"

"—Could it be that the queen mother is really going to be angry with His Majesty, and no matter what, she will be the third child???"

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dou sighed lightly, as if she was as white as the daughter next to her.

"The emperor wants to establish the eldest son of the emperor, so he wants to build momentum for the eldest son of the emperor;"

"But if I want to be the third child, why do I need to create momentum?"

"——This rebellion alone, the third brother resisted the rebels in Suiyang, and contributed to the community, which is enough to win the general trend of being registered as a reserve for the third child!"

"But the premise is: the third child himself must be in Chang'an~"

"The third child is not in Chang'an, I am in this deep palace, no matter how hard I try, it will not help at all~~~"

The painstaking explanation finally made Liu's prostitution bewildered;

Nodding his head thoughtfully, and thinking about it for a moment, he finally raised his head with a light smile.

"A daughter listens to her mother;"

"After returning to the mansion, my daughter sent someone out of the customs to summon King Liang to Chang'an."

Seeing that Liu Xun followed her orders, Empress Dowager Dou finally nodded slowly, with an angry look on her face, which also showed a slight warming trend.

Only a moment later, a figure suddenly appeared outside the palace gate, but the Empress Dowager Dou's face, which had just recovered from warmth, once again showed a gloomy look that seemed to be absent...
"Doctor Yuan?"

"Is it Doctor Yuan?"

Hearing the extremely familiar sound of greeting, Queen Mother Dou raised her head subconsciously;

Looking at the blurry figure outside the palace gate, Empress Dowager Dou narrowed her eyes again, and leaned her upper body forward a little.

"It's Doctor Yuan..."

Liu Xun gently reminded, but it made Queen Dowager Dou even more confused.

"Dr. Yuan, wasn't the emperor sent him to Kanto?"

"It's my eyes..."

"—still deaf?"

Hearing this, Yuan Ang walked into the hall with a chuckle, and paid respects to Dowager Dou.

"Chen, I did go to Kanto under the order of His Majesty."

"I just returned to Chang'an today, I didn't even go home, I came to the palace specially to pay a visit to the Queen Mother..."

They were full of indifferent words, but Empress Dou's complexion changed slightly, and she tremblingly got up from the couch.

"Oh········"

"Since you just came back, why are you so eager to enter the palace?"

"Take a rest at home for a few days, and then come to see my blind old lady, isn't it too late?"

It was obvious that Empress Dowager Dou's tone was a little uncomfortable, but Yuan Ang smiled lightly and shook his head.

Going forward, gently supporting Empress Dowager Dou's arm, sat down on the seat at the side of the hall.

After paying respects to Queen Mother Dou, Yuan An sat down in front of Queen Mother Dou.

After pondering for a moment, he changed his face again.

"When I went to Kanto this time, I heard a lot of stories that happened in Kanto during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"So as soon as I returned to Chang'an, I couldn't wait to come to see the queen mother, because I wanted to tell this story to the queen mother..."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dou let out a long sigh of melancholy, then nodded slowly.

It's just that although she made a posture of "tell me then", Empress Dowager Dou's slack eyes were faintly cold.

But seeing Yuan Ang lowered his head with a chuckle, pondered his words, and then told the Queen Mother Dou the story he had 'heard' in a curious and gossip tone.

"It is said that in the 18th year of Song Wugong, Song Wugong passed away; the will let the son Li succeed to the throne."

"The son Li who inherited the throne is the later Song Xuangong."

"In the 19th year of Song Xuangong, Song Xuangong was seriously ill, but he did not follow the past practice and let his son inherit the throne in his will;"

"—Instead, he abandoned the crown prince and Yi, and let his younger brother: Gongzi He inherit the throne."

"Song Xuangong said: After the death of the father, the son succeeds to the throne, and after the death of the elder brother, the younger brother succeeds to the throne. This is the common meaning of the world..."

After a few words, the cold look on Dou Tai's back suddenly disappeared!

Instead, there was a look of enthusiasm, and even a little eager urging!
Seeing Empress Dowager Dou's reaction like this, Yuan An only secretly smiled;
Sighing slightly, he continued: "Young Master He repeatedly pushed back, but Song Xuangong insisted on it again and again. In the end, it was Song Xuangong's younger brother, Gong Zihe, who inherited the throne of the Song Kingdom."

"And the son He who inherited the throne of the Song Dynasty is also the later Song Mugong..."

It was just a few words again, Empress Dou looked even more happy!

On the face that was still lacking in interest just now, it was full of excitement.

"Mu Gong!"

"If he can be posthumously named 'Mu', then the young master He who succeeded his elder brother should also be regarded as a Mingjun?"

"Doesn't this mean that it is not a bad thing for the younger brother to inherit the elder brother's position?"

Seeing Empress Dowager Dou talking more and more excited, Yuan Ang still had a smile on her face;

Just like everything, it is always under Yuan An's control.

"As a younger brother, Song Mugong took over the ancestral temple left by his elder brother Song Xuangong, and became Song Jun for nine years."

"Nine years later, Song Mugong became seriously ill, so he recruited Sima Kong Fujia, and entrusted Song Xuangong's crown prince, his nephew and Yi to Kong Fujia;"

"Song Mugong said to Kong Fujia: The former king Song Xuangong abandoned his sons and Yi and made me the king. I dare not forget.

After I die, please serve Song Xuangong's prince and Yi to preside over state affairs. Although I die, I don't regret anything. "

"Kong Fujia replied: But all the officials are willing to serve your son, Gongzi Feng."

"But Song Mugong said: You can't do this;
The late ruler thought I was virtuous, so he let me preside over state affairs.

If one loses morality and does not abdicate, this is to abandon the promotion of the former monarch. How can there be any virtue?
Please don't give up the achievements of the first king! "

As Yuan Ang's narration became more and more in-depth, Empress Dowager Dou was also fascinated by listening to it for a while;

However, Yuan Ang looked at Empress Dowager Dou with a more solemn look.

"Therefore, Duke Mu of Song expelled his two sons, son Feng and Zuo Shibo, from the State of Song and let them live in the State of Zheng;"

"And said to them: Although you are my sons, don't come to see me while I'm alive, and don't come to cry for me when I'm dead."

"When the crown prince and Yi heard about this, they said to Duke Mu of the Song Dynasty: The reason why your predecessor did not entrust the country to me, but to you, is because he thought you could be the master of the ancestral temple of the country.

Now you are expelling your two sons, and you are going to return the family to me and Yi. This is not the original intention of the first king.

What's more, if the son can be expelled, then the first king may also expel me. "

"But Song Mugong said: It is understandable why the former king did not expel you. In the position of the king, I am only a regent, and I will eventually return the country to you and the barbarians."

"On the fifth day of the eighth month of the same year, Song Mugong passed away, and Song Xuangong's crown prince and Yi succeeded to the throne for Song Shanggong..."

After Yuan Ang's voice fell, Empress Dowager Dou lowered her head in a sense of loss, her mind was still silent in this story, unable to extricate herself for a long time.

Recalling this story, Song Xuangong who made his younger brother the king, and Song Mugong who returned the throne to his nephew;

And the crown prince and Yi who finally became the king, that is, Song Shanggong...

"Eh?"

"— Duke Shang?"

"Song Xuangong's crown prince and Yi, how could they be posthumously named Duke 'Shang'?"

Seeing Empress Dowager Dou asking about this as expected, a big stone fell to Yuan An's heart;
It's just that Yuan Ang's face suddenly showed a sternness that made people speechless!

"Because of what happened later, the Song Kingdom under the rule of Song Xuangong and Song Mugong was completely ruined..."

"——During the reign of Duke Shang of the Song Dynasty, Kong Fujia was the Sima, and Hua Du was the Taizai;"

"In the ninth year of Duke Shang of the Song Dynasty, Sima Kong Fujia's wife was beautiful. Dazai Huadu liked her beauty and wanted to take it for himself;"

"So they sent people to the capital to say: Song Shanggong has only been on the throne for ten years, but there have been eleven wars, and the people have suffered unspeakably. It is the result of Kong Fujia. I will kill Kong Fujia to let the people Get peace."

"In the tenth year of Duke Shang of the Song Dynasty, Huadu attacked and killed Kong Fujia and robbed his wife."

"When Song Shanggong learned of this, he was furious. Huadu was afraid of being killed by Song Shanggong, so he killed Song Shanggong, and then welcomed Song Mugong's son from Zheng Guo: Gongzi Feng, and supported him. Young Master Feng Weijun;"

"The son Feng who was supported by Hua Du is the later Song Zhuanggong..."

Hearing this, Empress Dou's complexion suddenly changed, and the previous look of excitement has long since disappeared!

Instead, there is a touch of worry that seems to be nothing...
With a gloomy face, he pondered for a long time;

Just as he was about to say something, Yuan An spoke first, and continued: "Young Master Feng, that is, after Song Zhuanggong succeeded to the throne, he appointed Hua Du as the country's prime minister;"

"For many years to come, the power of Song State was in the hands of Prime Minister Hua Du."

"The Governor of Hua, as Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, gave the great tripod of Gao to Duke Huan of Lu, and Qi, Chen, and Zheng also presented financial gifts, and got the support of all countries;"

"——In the Song Dynasty at that time, people only knew that there was the Prime Minister Huadu, but they didn't know that there was a gentleman Feng."

"Later, Huadu also forced Song Zhuanggong to intervene in Zheng Guo's government, forced Zheng Zhaogong to flee to Weiguo, and changed Zheng Ligong to be the king of Zheng Guo."

"From then on, all the countries in the world hated Song State very much, and secretly reviled Song Zhuang Gong and Guo Xiang Hua Du;"

"Gongyang Gao also said in "Gongyang Biography": Song Zhuanggong Feng's murder of Yuyi seems to be the reason for the decline of Song State; but in fact, the disaster of Song State was caused by Song Xuangong who passed the throne to his younger brother. ..."

In an inexplicably low and incomparably solemn tone, Yuan An raised his head slightly as he wrote a sentence for this real past event.

Looking at Empress Dowager Dou, there was nothing but openness and sincere pleas.

After an unknown period of time, Empress Dowager Dou recovered from her thoughts under Yuan An's complicated gaze.

Full of sorrow, he lamented, and then said to Yuan Ang with a struggling face: "I think..."

"Uh, I think, the decline of Song Kingdom..."

"It should be because of that, the treacherous official named Hua Du?"

"—If it wasn't for Na Hua Du who killed Duke Shang of Song and Duke Feng of Song Zhuang, he wouldn't have become the king of Song State;"

"Without Duke Zhuang of Song and Governor Hua, wouldn't the state of Song be in decline?"

Seeing Yuan Ang heard the words, he just shook his head with a wry smile.

Take a deep breath and let out a long sigh...

"The Queen Mother, I didn't realize the crux of the story."

"——In the beginning, Xuan Gong passed the throne to his younger brother Mu Gong;"

"Later, Duke Mu returned the throne to his elder brother's son, Duke Shang."

"After the succession of these three people, Song Guo doesn't seem to have any problems."

"But what the Empress Dowager didn't notice is: Duke Mu returned the throne to his elder brother's son, so what would Duke Mu's own son think?"

"—As the saying goes: with a sharp weapon in your chest, you will kill yourself;"

"If Duke Xuan didn't pass the throne to his younger brother, but directly passed it on to his son Duke Shang, then Duke Mu's son would never have any wrong thoughts."

"But after Mu Gong became the king, how could Mu Gong's son be reconciled?"

"Even if there is no traitor like Huadu, Duke Feng of Song Zhuang who is dissatisfied because he failed to get his father's position, how could he let it go?"

"Even if he didn't rebel immediately, he was just waiting for an opportunity to kill Song Shanggong so that he could seize the throne..."

Speaking of this, Yuan An finally stopped beating around the bush, and only bluntly explained his reason for coming.

"I have known the queen mother for many years, and I know the queen mother's wish clearly;"

"I also believe that after His Majesty passes the throne to King Liang, even if there is no Queen Mother, King Liang will definitely return the throne to His Majesty's heirs."

"But has the Queen Mother ever thought: What will happen after that?"

"—King Liang is willing to return the throne to His Majesty's heirs, so what will the heirs of Liang King think?"

"My father is the emperor, but I can't be the emperor myself. How can the son of King Liang be reconciled?"

"I have the guts to say something disrespectful: When your majesty's son grows old, the queen mother may not be in this world long ago."

"At that time, if King Liang's son rebels violently and wants to kill His Majesty's son to usurp the throne, what will the Queen Mother do?"

"Under the Nine Springs, how does the Empress Dowager face Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, how does she face Empress Dowager Bo, and Your Majesty?"

As he spoke earnestly, Yuan An did not forget to shake his head full of regret.

There was even a faint sob in the tone of voice.

"The Queen Mother needs to know: Song Kingdom is just a vassal state..."

"Now, what the Empress Dowager has to do is to pass on the whole world to King Liang."

"——The Song Dynasty has a treacherous and sycophantic governor, who just messed up the country's society;"

"But the Empress Dowager wants Your Majesty to pass on the throne to King Liang. If there is another traitor like Hua Du, then the whole world will be in chaos..."

"Empress Dowager, are you willing to be a faint empress who will be stinking for thousands of years, causing chaos in the Xia Dynasty, corrupting Liu Han's country, embarrassing Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and being scolded by future generations?"

"Does the Queen Mother want Your Majesty to become a foolish ruler like Song Xuangong, who planted the root of chaos in the world?"

"Queen..."

"Queen..."

At the end, Yuan Ang lowered his head and sobbed uncontrollably, as if he was extremely worried about the future of Empress Dowager Dou;
After a long time, Yuan Ang raised his head again and bowed to Empress Dowager Dou with tears in his eyes.

"This is the reason why I couldn't wait to enter the palace immediately after returning to Chang'an to meet the Queen Mother."

"I will never dare to forget the empress dowager's kindness to me."

"—But the queen mother should also understand: what the queen mother is about to do is to destroy the virtues of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen;"

"It is to destroy the peace of the world, and to leave a huge hidden danger for my Liu Han Sheji..."

(End of this chapter)