Shengshichun

Chapter 368 Uncle (asking for monthly votes)

King Yan's face gradually became serious. He looked at the Queen through the light. His pale face made him look like a stone sculpture without temperature.

The queen's voice became slower and slower: "Among the three princes, you are in the best age, but you are the only one who is the weakest. Do you know why?"

After hearing this, King Yan raised his eyes slightly, feeling a breath of life. He pursed his lips and looked deeply, but did not speak.

The queen continued: "Do you know the origins of the concubines in the harem?"

King Yan lowered his eyes again and nodded slightly: "I know. After the founding of the country, in addition to the mother queen, my father also included six more women.

"They are all the orphan daughters of generals who died in battle during my father's journey to pacify the world, and the daughters of righteous men who worked hard to support the Zhou army's march north."

"Then do you know why none of them gave birth to a prince or daughter?"

King Yan looked at the ground, and after a long time he slowly shook his head.

"Because they were not perfect before entering the palace."

King Yan was stunned, his lips were slightly parted, and it seemed that even his breathing had stopped.

Throughout the ages, concubines in most dynasties must be virgins before entering the palace. This is a common royal rule. Even if the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was enlightened, there was no reason to break this precedent.

"Why is this?" he murmured.

After he asked the question, his shoulders stood up unconsciously.

"I will answer you, but let me ask you again. As I said just now, you received top-notch training when you were born, but do you know why you are still far behind from being the second child after so many years? Even now You are asked to take over the position of crown prince immediately. Compared with his talents, you still have to catch up to him. Do you know why? "

King Yan's hands clenched into fists on his knees, "Of course it's because he has been appointed as the prince since he was a child. The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy naturally treat the second brother differently. And I have been weak since I was a child. The imperial doctor said that I can't work too hard. ——Isn’t this the reason that my mother has told me since childhood?”

"Both the Emperor and I will never accept a loser, especially since there are very few princes in the palace, and it is even more impossible for a ready-made prince to be left idle here.

"Even if you are not the prince or the regent, you can still be the right-hand man of the second son like Prince Rong. Therefore, the gap between you and the second son will not be that big originally.

"At the very least, I will plan for you to open a new residence and live in another place early, so that you can have your own subordinates and followers and grow up as soon as possible."

King Yan's face turned even paler when he heard this, and his hands had already grasped the robe covering his legs.

"What do you want to say, Queen Mother? Do you want to tell me that you have never really loved and cared for me? My unreserved trust in you over the years is just wishful thinking on my part, or is it my own sentimentality?"

"Of course I really love you." The queen rested her elbows on the Kang table, with a sharp light in her eyes, "I watched you be born, raised you with my own hands, and I didn't have any chance of your growth. Miss you, I have spent more thought and time on you than on the eldest and second eldest child. So far, my biggest expectation for you is still that I hope you can get married and have children as soon as possible, flourish and spend this time in peace and stability. Life. How could I not really love you?"

"What do you mean by 'watching me be born'?" King Yan's voice was rising and falling, and there were waves of light surging in his eyes. "This doesn't sound like what a biological mother said."

"You are right." The queen said, "The explanation for all this is just because you are not my child."

"This is impossible!" King Yan stood up. The too violent movements made his thin body shake a few times, and the rapid breathing also made him cough. He was holding the Kang table with his right hand, his eyes were filled with tears and his eyes were scarlet: "I am not your child, so whose child can I be? You have said more than once that there are no concubines or concubines in the harem. I am the direct descendant of the Yuan Dynasty. I am The orthodox prince of Zhou!"

"Haven't you already heard about the fact that I am not your biological mother?" The Queen's eyes were blazing, like the dazzling golden light of the sun. "If you hadn't known that you were not born to me, and if you hadn't been worried about your future, How could you have found Yi'er seven years ago?
"How could it be possible that in the past seven years, he has spared no effort to set me up in front of him, causing him to misunderstand me, and thus firmly deny me as his mother and never come to see me?!"

The blood drained from King Yan's face, and he took two steps back as if he had been punched by someone.

The flower stand at the back was knocked over by him, and a pot of ink orchids fell to the ground, shattering into pieces. The clanging sound was extremely harsh in this silent night.

He turned his head and glanced at the ground, swallowed a few times, and then looked at the queen.

But now his eyes were filled with fear, and his lips began to tremble.

Under the eaves of the palace door, Fu Zhen never expected to hear such explosive news. She hurriedly looked around and saw that the palace people in the courtyard had already been cleared out, except for the queen who was previously responsible for clearing the place. The eunuch stood not far away.

He clasped his hands and stood beside the pillar with his eyes, nose and heart attentively, as if the conversation in the hall had never reached his ears.

Before that, Fu Zhen had just secretly lamented the queen's unlucky fate. One of the three princes she gave birth to was sacrificed early and left for another country. One fell into the quagmire of lust for power and became possessed, and ended up being killed by his biological father.

The remaining one I thought was just physically weaker, but turned out to be selfish and non-stop.

Unexpectedly, it turns out that the third child is not even his biological child!
Fu Zhen swallowed, stabilized his mind, clasped his hands and listened again.

King Yan's dry voice came out: "Have you seen him?... He told me that he would never come to see you. Why, why did he still break his promise? I thought, I thought he was an upright man. , I will definitely stick to my word..."

He was incoherent and didn't know which sentence was the key point.

The queen has lost all her usual gentleness, and even the calm calmness she had before is no longer there: "Although you were not born to me, before the second son committed the crime, I never planned to let you take over the throne. But I regard you as my son from the bottom of my heart. I hope you grow up healthy and happy, but I didn’t expect that I took good care of you, but in the end I raised you stupid!" Shen Sheng said! As she spoke, she stood up. The light on the table illuminated her, and the projection was stretched out several times. Her thin body invisibly grew taller, full of a sense of oppression.

"The boss cares about Yi'er's existence because he already holds the position of prince. Yes, if Yi'er returns to the palace and to us early, I will definitely do my best to cultivate him well. If the second brother If I can't carry this country, then I will definitely let Yi'er take over the throne!
"So it's not superfluous for the second son to feel this crisis, but you were never a candidate for the crown prince. We never gave you any hope from the beginning. Why did you do this to drive my son away and go to Stab in my heart?"

Following these questions, the Queen strode up to King Yan. Her sharp voice and majestic aura made King Yan curl up involuntarily.

He still held his arms, picked himself up, and then slowly squatted down, whimpering coming out.

"I didn't mean to do this, I just wanted to seek justice for my uncle... I really didn't want to hurt you, and I didn't want to hurt my eldest brother. I just wanted to think about my uncle's unclear death. No one can seek justice for them..."

"What did you say?" The queen paused, looking down at the top of his head: "Your uncle? Who is your uncle?"

"It's the Guan family and his son who died in Baiyu Alley!"

King Yan opened his eyes wide and stretched out his hands to wipe away the tears and snot on his face, "They originally came to Beijing from outside the customs to find my biological mother... Of course they didn't know that my biological mother had died long ago, but they knew me and knew that I was Their nephew! But they were pushed out by the elder brother to block the gun, and they died in Baiyu Alley without any reason!"

The queen was shocked: "How did you know?!"

Fu Zhen outside the palace gate was also shocked and even stopped breathing. When Yang Yi told him about this past, he mentioned that the Guan family and his son were Dayue people he met on the way north. Indeed, he also said that they were People came to the capital to look for someone, but they didn’t know who they were looking for. It turned out that they were looking for King Yan! …

"I knew about the Baiyuhu case before it happened," King Yan got up from the ground, his voice was hard and hoarse as if it had been burned by fire, "Do you still remember the Chinese Valentine's Day that year?"

The queen tried her best to keep her breath steady: "Are you talking about the Chinese Valentine's Day where you kept pestering me three days in advance and had to go out to go shopping in the flower street?"

"Exactly." King Yan looked at her, "In those days, I was learning horse riding from Master Wu. When we were horse racing on the moat bank, someone slipped a letter to me, saying that my uncle was coming to Beijing. Now! If I want to know my life experience, let me go to the Chenghuang Temple in Nancheng on the night of Chinese Valentine's Day!
"I originally thought this matter was very ridiculous, because my father is the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, and my mother is the queen of the dynasty. I don't have an uncle, and even if I did, he would have died in the battle long ago. How could there be any uncle specially Come to me?

"But in his letter, he actually mentioned a concubine in the harem who had passed away many years ago. If this person is talking nonsense, then there is no way he would know about the harem.

"I couldn't hold back my curiosity, and because my health had improved over the past few years, I begged my mother to let me out.

"It happened that it was going to rain that night, so I took advantage of the rain and let them go to the remote alley, and then went to the City God Temple to take shelter from the rain."

The queen gritted her teeth and looked at him in disbelief.

Fu Zhen, who was outside the palace gate, couldn't help but get excited. Pei Zhan was as careful as his hair. He guessed that there was something fishy about which way King Yan chose to return to the palace that night. Sure enough, he was right!

Everything that went wrong was because King Yan took the initiative to arrange it, including the closed doors and windows, because King Yan wanted to meet someone there!

There is no doubt that she wants to hear the next content even more!
She held her breath and concentrated closely, approaching the palace door.

"What happened next? Who did you see? What did you hear?!"

The queen's face was covered with an expression of disbelief.

King Yan took a deep breath, "I sent people out after I entered the temple. Not long after, someone pushed the door open and came in. I didn't know who he was. His face was covered, and he didn't have an accent from the capital. He Tell me, he told me - I was not born of the queen at all, my mother was a concubine in the harem who died young, the one he mentioned in the letter.

"And she is from Dayue, so it is impossible for me to receive fair treatment as a prince. He told me that the reason why I have not received the best training like my second brother since I was a child is not because I am not a prince. I am weak because my mother is wary of me! He said you have never and will never treat me as your own child!"

"Then do you believe it?!"

The queen interrupted him sharply, "Do you believe that your mother is a Dayue person? Do you believe that we will not treat you sincerely, and you believe the words of an unknown person?!"

"He gave too much evidence. He knew everything about the concubine, and he also knew about me. He even knew my birth date. He said that my father encountered me fleeing when he was about to enter the capital. My mother's, and then I brought her to the palace. I later went to Zongren Mansion to check my mother's file. Her age and date of entering the palace were all correct. I couldn't help but believe it!"

King Yan burst into tears and said, "He told me that my uncle is going to Beijing soon and will come to see me soon.

"He also said that my mother-in-law was killed by my mother-in-law! I don't believe it. How could you do this to me? How could you not be my mother?
“I scolded him, and then he knocked me out!

"You know what happened better than me. After the guards helped me get back to the palace, I fell ill. I can't stand this fact!
"Ever since I was little, I have been proud to have parents like you and my father. I look down on the Dayue people because they trample on our land, but I can't help but disbelieve them!
"Because, since I was a child, it is true that I was only well taken care of, but did not have the rights and power I deserve. This fully shows that you are wary of me!

"And you admitted it just now, didn't you? You did not train me as a real prince of Zhou Dynasty, you are still on guard against me!"

"I did this for another reason!" the queen shouted sternly, "Do you think the difference in treatment between you and the second child is because you were born from a Da Yue people? Do you think you have at least half of the Da Zhou blood in you?
"Wrong! You are not of the Emperor's blood at all, you are not from the Yang family, and your surname is not Yang at all!"

A few loud words were thrown out, like five thunders hitting the head.

King Yan stood there blankly, looking at her in despair: "What did you say? I'm not your father's son? I'm not even the Yang family?"

The composition of the harem in the article was a little overdone in a chapter a long time ago, but I forgot which part it was in.

There is still the last part of the plot, which is now considered the last volume. The content is roughly to clean up Lian Yang’s gang and completely end the chaos in the northwest. The main story is expected to be completed in mid-to-late July.