Chapter 777 Declaring the Decree
Xiao Ren has almost recovered. Before Zhou Tong returned to Baoding, he had received the order from the King of Qin to go to Qingyuan first, meet with the troops, and wait for the order at any time.
Jiang Shuangliu's army marched towards Baoding, and the King of Qin accompanied him.
After Xu An and Luyou returned, Xiao Ren took Zhou Tong to Qingyuan with him.
At this time, Xiao Yi, together with two royal families of the clan mansion and the cabinet Mr. Zhang, also arrived in Baoding Mansion, where they respected the King of Qin.
The King of Qin had already received the news about what happened in the palace, and he couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that the battle would end in this way.
He actually didn't know about the will. Although he had guessed it, he did not focus on it in the end.
When Emperor Taizu was alive, the King of Qin never thought about the throne at night.
He did not, nor did King Yan, nor did King Gui and King Yu.
Emperor Taizu was not a mud-legged person, nor was he atrocities. The Zhou clan was originally a famous family in the previous dynasty and a real aristocratic family. Taizu valued ethics the most, and the Empress Dowager was extremely prestigious. Although the prince was weak and sick, as long as he lived for one day, that position would be left to him.
After the prince's death, the position was of course the crown prince's grandson.
Everyone thinks this way, not only the Yang family thinks this way, but all the Xiao family and the twenty-four generals of Xiaoyun will think this way. No matter how great the King of Qin and Yan make a great contribution, they neither take possession of the legitimate nor the eldest, and from the day they were born, they were destined to be out of reach with that person.
The King of Qin sighed and said to Li Sinan: "If the prince and the second son were still alive, I would not have come to this point."
If both sons were still there, maybe he would live in Xi'an.
If the King of Yan and the Prince of Yan were still alive, perhaps the Prince of Yanbei would be raised in wealth like most princes and grandsons, and grew up under the reputation of his father and brother. He would never know that he had another sister, nor would he occupy the mountain and become a bandit for the king, and naturally he would not have made achievements now.
However, regardless of whether there is this will or not, the Empress Dowager will attack the four princes. After all, the four of them are the ones who really threaten the Prince.
Therefore, regardless of whether there is this will or not, the two sons of the King of Qin, the father and son of the King of Yan, the whole family of King Gui and King Yu will still die, and the King of Qin will eventually rebel.
Perhaps, when Emperor Taizu left his will, he had already calculated that this result would be possible. This will be just a decent destiny for his descendants, and could make the Qin King ascend the throne with decent decency.
But in the same way, if Emperor Chongwen did not commit suicide, even with this will, the Xiao family and other families holding heavy power would support the King of Qin without reservation as they are now?
Li Sinandao: "The prince is a talented man and his martial arts, and he is originally an emperor's talent."
The King of Qin shook his head: "In the twenty years of the morning, if the father passed the throne to me, all the civil and military officials in the court, especially those veterans who followed his father through life and death and fought on the battlefield, eight out of ten would not support me."
The King of Qin smiled bitterly: "I was subject to a lot of resistance when my father enthroned my mother."
Speaking of which, it was because of the mother's honor, Rongpin was pregnant with a dragon seed. In addition, Taizu didn't have many children at that time, so Rongpin was promoted to a concubine.
The identity of the princess of the previous dynasty was the main reason why all the civil and military officials of the dynasty were secretly ill of the Qin King.
The King of Qin knew since he was a child that although his father loved him, even without a crown prince, he would still have the second brother, King Yu, the third brother, King Yan, and the crown prince, and even if he was in the right position, it would not be his turn.
So when he could get into the vassal state, he happily left the capital. He wanted to show off his fists in the northwest, make great achievements, and be recognized by his father and brother.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Western Qin army wearing mourning clothes arrived outside Baoding City. King Ma Yi Sujia, accompanied by Jiang Shuangliu and several officials from the Qin Palace, met Zhou Zheng, Xiao Yi and others who were leaving the city to greet him.
Xiao Yi read out the will of Taizu in public, and the King of Qin knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and received the will of the will.
The next day, the King of Qin ordered Xiao Ren to lead 5,000 elite troops to enter the capital first.
"Prince, let Tongtong and me go to Beijing together." Xiao Ren said.
The King of Qin glared at him and said, "Go to Beijing with you? Put on armor and mix into a group of soldiers to enter Beijing? It's different now, she is the princess!"
Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Xiaoqi, my sister has not officially married you yet. If you don't follow your uncle and brother to Beijing, what's going on with you to Beijing?"
Xiao Ren felt aggrieved and had to complain to Zhou Tong.
"Tongtong, what do you mean by this?"
Zhou Tong stood on tiptoe and touched his head, and smiled and advised: "They may be right, at least I didn't think of anything to refute. By the way, after you enter Beijing, you can immediately send someone to Daxiangguo Temple to check it."
Since she returned to Baoding, it was the Chinese New Year and Qingyuan, and later she had to welcome the King of Qin. It was not until now that she remembered what Dingpin said.
"He is a fake monk, who is at Daxiangguo Temple, and Yang Lanshu once said that the reason why she escaped from heaven was that a monk from Daxiangguo Temple saved her, so she was able to hide in the Sutra Library for more than half a year. Later, the fake identity of her nun was also done by that monk. For some reason, I always feel that these things are related to the old princess in Ci'en Temple." Zhou Tong said.
"Old Princess? Are you talking about Old Princess An, the mother of King Zhongshun?" Xiao Ren asked. When he assassinated the Empress Dowager, he was also in the palace. The two fake palace maids were brought out of the palace. The two fake palace maids' brothers and families were controlled by him, so they were willing to submit. Later, after they arrived in Baoding, they found their families and had no news since then.
If Zhou Tong had not heard about the fake monk from Dingpin, Xiao Ren had almost forgotten about the two fake palace maids.
Now that I think about it, I think of many things.
He said, "This matter is not simple. The prince once asked about the old princess An and thought she died too suddenly. Who would have thought that she was actually hiding in the capital of Daqi and was protected by the Empress Dowager. She lived in Ci'en Temple where only the royal family members could live in the monks. I have recorded this matter. In the past two days, I will find a way to sneak into the Daxiangguo Temple so that they will not run away."
Zhou Tong sighed and said, "Fortunately, the Emperor of Daxing has funeral the Queen of Heaven. All the gates of the capital are closed. It is not easy to leave the city with their identity, but it is unlikely to escape. However, if the capital is so big, if they hide their names invisible, it will be difficult for us to find them. I really don't know what's going on here, but as long as they are not spies."
"It is not impossible for spies. Princess An came to the capital alone. Didn't she say she had two princes with her? Think about it, can this be a trivial matter with two princes hiding in the capital of Daqi? I don't know what the Empress Dowager thought." Xiao Ren said.
Chapter completed!