Distressed wife

Chapter 272 Royal Secret (2)
"Why did King Liang do this? If he coveted the throne, why did he give up the throne to the emperor?" Zhang Zong continued to ask.

"This is a piece of the past." Mu Ziyan also heard something from Leng Hanfeng in her previous life. Since her rebirth, she has been secretly sending people to investigate this matter secretly, and finally let her find out the clues. Then there is today's guess, but it is also close to ten.

Mu Ziyan didn't give in everywhere, but the time hadn't come yet, after all, what she was facing was not only those from the Muhou Mansion, but other aristocratic families, even the royal family and the Beiqing Kingdom.

She can't take a wrong step, let alone follow in the footsteps of her previous life. In addition, she is not capable enough now, and there are very few people in her hands, so she has to plan slowly.

As for the secrets of the royal family, Mu Ziyan only got today's speculation based on the memory of the previous life and some evidence that he secretly pursued after rebirth.

"This matter is also related to the Queen Mother." Mu Ziyan looked at them and said, "Back then, the Queen Mother gave birth to two princes, one was the Emperor, and the other was the King of Liang."

"King Liang is the empress dowager's son?" Zhang Zong felt even more strange now.

"That's right." Mu Ziyan continued, "There was a change in the palace that year. Not long after the Empress Dowager gave birth to King Liang, she was weak and took the then emperor out of the palace, leaving the infant King Liang behind. In the palace, the Empress Dowager’s younger sister, Concubine Mei, was kept by her side. The Empress Dowager stayed outside the palace for three years before coming back, and Concubine Mei was favored by the late Emperor. Because of taking care of Prince Liang, she had a slippery tire, so the Emperor simply sent Liang to the palace. The king was fostered by Concubine Mei. Although the queen mother was unwilling, she had no choice but to do so. King Liang was talented and intelligent, and he was very similar to the first emperor when he was young. Prince Liang was appointed as the next emperor. On the surface, the emperor respected brothers and sisters, but in fact he had secretly accumulated power, just waiting to seize the throne in one fell swoop. The Queen Mother knew about this, so she called King Liang and the emperor together , told the two brothers that they are brothers from the same mother, the King of Liang was hit hard, and he willingly gave up the throne and became the King of Liang wholeheartedly."

"So that's how it is." Zhang Zong looked at Mu Ziyan, "How did you know?"

"This... can't be said." Mu Ziyan looked at them, "Of course outsiders don't know about this, but there is one person who knows."

"Prince?" Zhang Zong said hastily.

"That's right." Mu Ziyan nodded, "Speaking of the prince, it's another piece of the past."

"I know this." Zhang Zong said immediately.

"Brother Zhang, come and listen to me." Mu Ziyan said with a smile.

"The prince's mother and concubine is the deceased Empress Xian. The emperor has never had a queen since Empress Xian passed away. I heard that King Liang and Empress Xian were childhood sweethearts back then. They loved each other very deeply. Unfortunately, later , King Liang suddenly faded away, and Empress Xian married the emperor." Zhang Zong continued.

"Give up the throne, give up the woman, King Liang is really generous." Zhang Ni mocked.

"If it were you, don't you have any resentment at all?" Qi Xuan asked with a smile.

"It's more than just resentment. If I were me, I would definitely treat the emperor as an enemy." Zhang Zong said bluntly.

"Just because the crown prince is the son of empress virtuous, is the king of Liang being very close to the crown prince?" Qi Xuan looked at Mu Ziyan and said, "Isn't the king of Liang using the crown prince?"

"Now the dispute between the third prince and the crown prince is gradually surfacing. The emperor knows it well, but he let him find out. If he didn't know what King Liang did, he wouldn't have exiled the Yin family back then." Mu Ziyan continued, "Thinking about it, he feels guilty towards King Liang. As long as King Liang doesn't do too much, he will turn a blind eye."

"It is said that the royal family is ruthless, but the emperor values ​​love and righteousness." Zhang Zong sighed.

"With the queen mother here, what can the emperor do?" Mu Lingxuan sneered from the side, "Sister, if you don't tell me, I don't know that there is such a relationship between the emperor and King Liang."

Mu Ziyan went on to say, "Come back to business, the third son-in-law has been on good terms with the third prince, and as a son-in-law, he can naturally get some secrets about the palace. Regarding the matter of King Liang and the emperor, apart from the current empress dowager, the emperor, and King Liang , No one knows, and those who knew about it back then are all dead, and the third son-in-law must have found something, in fact, Master Zhang, you have overlooked an important clue."

"What?" Zhang Zong looked at her and asked.

"It's the belt worn by the third son-in-law." Mu Ziyan continued, "I remember when the third son-in-law and Princess Yuxia got married, the queen mother gave the third son-in-law a purple jade belt, and it was engraved with the four characters "Hundred Years", three The son-in-law regards this purple jade belt as a treasure, so how could he bring it out so easily? And he wears it on his waist now, think about it, under what circumstances would he usually wear it?"

Zhang Zong thought carefully, "That belt..."

"My lord Zhang, this is what you overlooked. Although the third son-in-law is an idler who usually bullies men and women and works for tigers, he is not completely brainless. Otherwise, Princess Yuxia would not let him be like this. You can Did you notice that the third son-in-law scratched a bloodstain on the ground before he died?" Mu Ziyan looked at Zhang Zong and said.

"That bloodstain..." Zhang Zong thought carefully, "I also felt strange at the time, what exactly does that represent?"

"If you were killed, and you were lying on the ground with your head up, what would you see?" Mu Ziyan asked in a low voice.

Zhang Zong raised his head and said in a low voice, "Liangshang..."

"That's right." Mu Ziyan continued, think about it carefully, although his bloodstains are crooked, but there are exactly three, how did he put his hand at that time?
Zhang Zong closed his eyes, remembering the posture of seeing the three sons-in-law died at the scene, raised his hand to dip the tea, and then drew three water marks on the table, and then he put his hand on it, his middle finger was... …

Zhang Zong suddenly realized, "King?"

"Liangshang... Wang...?" Zhang Zong looked at Mu Ziyan, "Liang Wang."

"That's right, do you still remember when you were standing in the teahouse opposite, when I asked my two cousins ​​to dance swords, what did you see?" Mu Ziyan asked in a low voice.

"I can clearly see the movement inside." Zhang Zong said in a low voice, "but it's not very clear."

(End of this chapter)