Empress and concubine

The winter of 18 was the most festive and busiest time in the Great Xia Harem. After all, it was the first New Year's Eve after the new emperor ascended the throne, so it was necessary to prepare early.

In the 16th year, the emperor who was still the king of Wei retired from the barbarians and made great achievements, but the first emperor only issued an ambiguous decree, not to mention rewards, but a bit of blame. It seems that the reputation of the virtuous and difficult to control, the merits are high Shocking the "lord" made His Royal Highness, the crown prince, feel uneasy. The first emperor cared about the son he raised with one hand, so he didn't care about the one who was not around to serve all the year round and was not very close to him.King Wei burst into tears immediately after receiving the imperial decree, and everyone who heard it burst into tears, and then wrote a statement to defend himself. The matter of grain and grass being embezzled was vaguely mentioned.That angel was originally a disciple of the eldest son of King Wei's brother, not from the prince's lineage, seeing King Wei's behavior, he knew the elegant meaning by listening to the string song, and reported the matter much more seriously.The emperor asked someone to investigate, but found that the prince was responsible, so he had to take a disciple of the prince as a warning, and the prince's lineage was not hurt.

When King Wei heard about this, he only hated his father for being ruthless, so he ordered his elite to hide in various places in the outskirts of Beijing in batches, and sent envoys back to Beijing.Emperor Qi felt guilty, so he agreed immediately. King Wei took the concubine with him, and because the son was young, he left the concubine to take care of him.On the way back to Beijing, the crown prince got the news, seeing that the emperor allowed King Wei to return to Beijing, he simply suggested that the emperor summon all the kings to return to Beijing to spend the festive season together to enjoy the family relationship, and the emperor agreed.Afterwards, when the kings returned to Beijing, there were many banquets, and the crown prince died suddenly from drinking too much alcohol at the first prince's banquet. Except Wei Wang Xia Yunjing and a few young princes went out on errands a few days ago, because they were delayed on the way, they never returned to Beijing. The rest of the participants were all angered by the emperor, seized the title and banned them.When the crown prince went to the funeral, the emperor actually asked the eldest prince to wear hemp and mourning, really disregarding human relations and etiquette.Father, son, monarch and ministers are not as good as a prince.

The emperor couldn't control his grief. He stopped court for seven days because of the crown prince, and then became seriously ill. There was almost no cure for it. King Xia Yunjing of Wei was the only adult prince with a title. He served decoctions in front of the emperor's bed every day.Another group of ministers requested that when the emperor's spirit deteriorated, he would make King Wei the crown prince.It's the summer of 17.

After Xia Yunjing became the crown prince, he still often served in front of the emperor's bed. On the grounds that "the emperor is sick and does not care about personal affairs", he did not send anyone to Weidi to pick up the side concubine Chu and the little prince to Beijing, but asked someone to send them to the capital. Go for rewards and messages.This move won the praise of Daxia's ministers, who all called the new prince "the most filial and pure kindness".

Xia Yunjing was originally from the lineage of military generals, and his concubine Zhao Yi was also from a family of military generals. Now he is taking this opportunity to gain a good name among civil servants and leave a good impression.It made the civil servants feel that he Wei Wang Xia Yunjing was not only the only choice in desperation, but also a very correct choice.After seeing this, the emperor cheered up and often gave Xia Yunjing some advice on state affairs.Xia Yunjing was smart in the first place, and learned by analogy in these matters, he learned very quickly, which changed the emperor's dull impression of him in the past.At the right time, Xia Yunjing revealed a little bit of the old imperial concubine's mother's preference for the eldest prince and her suppression of herself, and won the emperor's sympathy. This time, it seemed like a father and son love each other.

But it's just a 'like'. In the autumn of 17, the empress brought a group of people to look for the emperor while Xia Yunjing was discussing politics in the imperial study. I'm afraid few people know what the two said, but the emperor Later, he always looked at Xia Yunjing suspiciously.Xia Yunjing didn't care, and his attitude was the same as usual.Seeing Xia Yunjing acting like this, the emperor was also puzzled.

So one day, supported by Xia Yunjing, the emperor led a group of palace servants to admire chrysanthemums in the imperial garden.The emperor was very interested, and Xia Yunjing also appeared very happy. Suddenly, in front of all the servants in the palace, the emperor smiled and said to Xia Yunjing, "The day before yesterday, someone came to sue Yunjing for murdering the former prince. Is there an excuse?"

Xia Yunjing was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Father is a wise man, my son has always respected my elder brother, how can I harm him, please ask my father to investigate the truth about my elder brother again, so as not to cause trouble by villains."

The emperor nodded when he heard the words, and comforted Xia Yunjing, "It's just that I told you about this matter, so why be so cautious. You have always been pure and kind, and you respect and love your brothers and sisters. Of course, I trust you. You are still appointed by me when you go out on business. , I was delayed for a day on the road, and it was still because of my younger brother's illness. Alas," the emperor sighed, "your elder brother's sorrow is that following a servant is the first crime, and you don't know how to dissuade him. And your other brothers, Disrespecting the ruler is a second-class crime."

When the emperor said these words, the servants in the palace immediately knelt down on the ground, Xia Yunjing showed some hesitation on his face, "Brothers..."

The emperor waved his hand, stopped Xia Yunjing's unfinished words, and then led the people back to the palace.Xia Yunjing watched from behind the emperor, feeling that the emperor was already old, no longer as majestic as in previous years, full of vigor.The death of the prince, who he had raised for half his life, also changed the emperor overnight from a king to a father who sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and then he was very old.

Xia Yunjing couldn't help tightening his hands in his sleeves, he didn't know whether he should be happy that the prince died, the emperor treated him differently, or he should be sad, in the emperor's heart, only the prince would always be his child.Junfu Junfu is only the father of the former prince.

After this incident, the emperor aged faster, but after all, he survived until 18 years later.As soon as the first month came out, the death knell rang in the palace, and the whole country mourned in unison.There is also a queen who has a deep love for the emperor, and commits suicide by swallowing gold in front of the emperor's coffin.The eldest son of the emperor cried bitterly when he heard the news in the palace. Ziyun killed his biological father, which is not allowed by nature, so he committed suicide in the palace.When the noble concubine heard the news, she passed away immediately, and she didn't wake up for seven days in a row, and she just missed the big day of the eldest prince.

The eldest prince had been demoted to common people long ago, and the new emperor had not ascended the throne yet, so he only stopped for three days. After the noble concubine woke up, she just beat her chest and stomped her feet, scolded Xia Yunjing for not thinking of brotherhood, and for a while accused Xia Yunjing of returning the throne To elder brother.Because of the acquiescence of Xia Yunjing and Zhao Yi, the imperial concubine's move was known to the whole world, which is also a later story.At this time, they had to guard the spirit of the empress and asked about the condition of the noble concubine. Xia Yunjing and the concubine Zhao Yi only hated that one of them could not be used as two people. Someone went to Weidi to pick him up.

Because of Chu Yao's future, Zhao Yi had some expectations despite his busy schedule.

A few years later, Zhao Yi and Chu Yao mentioned this matter in a chat, and Chu Yao asked Zhao Yi, "Then the prince really drank too much and died?"

"That's right," Zhao Yi replied, "that day all the princes and princes drank a jar of wine together, but later everyone was jealous of the prince being favored, and planned to get the prince drunk together. After persuading the prince, he himself was drunk too much. When the first emperor sent someone to find the prince and came back, he didn't know where the prince was, but someone found the prince crying for pain under the table. Seeing that the situation was not good, Someone was busy to pass the news to the imperial physician. But because it has been delayed for too long, when the imperial physician arrives, the prince has already vomited blood, even the imperial physician is powerless to recover."