"I heard that Prime Minister Tang was assassinated in Mianchi." Bai Ze said, "According to etiquette, the mourning period is three years. Senior Sister Tang's place..."
The implication was that within three years, Tang Zhizhi would marry the prince, which was not in accordance with the etiquette. The marriage that Su Wen had mentioned before should be shelved.
But in Yancheng, the news Bai Ze heard was strange.
Jiang Wei's face darkened, and he looked at Bai Ze and said, "It stands to reason. After the death of the Prime Minister of Tang Dynasty, all the officials of the Prime Minister's Kingdom looked closely at him, but his father seemed to be interested in the ministers and was unwilling to appoint a new Prime Minister. Now the Prime Minister's position is , it is temporarily led by the Imperial Master, and the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion participates in politics."
Bai Ze listened.
"Besides..." Jiang Wei poured the wine and said, "My father claimed that he was ashamed of the Tang Prime Minister and would not change the engagement. After the Tang Prime Minister was buried, he ordered the nine kings to organize the prince's marriage in the spring of next year."
Bai Ze took a breath and counted the time. Tang Shiqi died before the end of last year. Even if it is one year, the beginning of spring tomorrow will be the third year.
Logically speaking, the marriage between Tang Zhizhi and Jiang Yin must be postponed to at least the year after next.
What King Zhou is doing now is really weird.
Bai Ze thought about many possibilities in a short period of time.
The phase was unresolved, and Tang Zhizhi was anxious to get married to Jiang Yin. Could it be to appease the ministers in the court? Tang Shiqi had been in charge of the prime minister for many years and had many disciples and old officials. Although there is a saying that many officials in the temple fell down and the hozenes scattered, but the Tang prime minister was upright and honest, and there were many righteous men under his command.
But when Bai Ze thought about it, he thought it was impossible.
If the King of Zhou was afraid of Tang Shiqi, he would not have killed him so blatantly with Yang's strategy.
Could it be...
Bai Ze looked at Jiang Wei, and another thought came to his mind that sent shivers down his spine.
Pressing forward step by step like this, it really looks like he is trying to manipulate Jiang Wei!
The king of Zhou had eyes and ears all over the Zhou Dynasty, so it was not difficult to know Jiang Wei's feelings for Tang Zhizhi. From this point of view, King Zhou's order for Prince Jiang Yin and Tang Shiqi's direct granddaughter Tang Zhizhi to get married next spring is more like a reminder on Jiang Wei's forehead, forcing him to either lose completely or...
It is said that tigers are poisonous and will not eat their children. Although the king of Zhou is the emperor of Zhou, he will not secretly make a plan to let his two sons kill each other, right?
Bai Ze's eyes were dark.
"After the death of Prime Minister Tang, only Miss Tang's uncle was left to support the situation in the Tang family." Jiang Wei said, "With his small belly, he naturally couldn't sustain the situation, and the Tang family has declined. Now the court claims that Miss Tang and Jiang Yin's engagement is still intact. He is naturally attentive to the number, for fear that his father will regret it, and he would like to marry Miss Tang into the prince's palace right away."
"Is there no movement at Jiang Yin's mother's house?" Bai Ze asked.
"How could they be willing?" Jiang Wei sneered and said, "If Tang Xiangru was here, they would naturally be willing to do this marriage. Now that Tang Xianggang has passed away, marrying Miss Tang as the princess will have no effect on Jiang Yin. How can the queen be willing to do so? ? Now, there has been an undercurrent in the imperial court, and there is a plan to dethrone Miss Tang from her position as the principal concubine and establish her as a side concubine."
"In this way, the prince can also marry a concubine who can consolidate his power through marriage." Bai Ze said, "It's a good plan, but King Zhou won't just let go, right?"
Since they are going to kill each other, they must be evenly matched no matter what.
Otherwise, if one side is crushed, what hope is there?
"My father has not expressed his position yet." Jiang Wei said, with a strange look on his face, "It was the Nine Kings who were the first to object. They scolded the Minister of Rites in front of all the civil and military officials. I heard that I almost took action against the old guy."
Bai Ze heard this and asked: "These nine kings, could they be your uncle Wang?"
"That's right." Jiang Wei said, "The Nine Kings are my father's ninth brothers. When my father was able to successfully ascend the throne, the support of the Nine Kings was an important part. Therefore, my father trusted Uncle Wang very much. This time Jiang Yin's wedding planning was also left to him."
Bai Ze had some doubts in his heart, but thought that this might involve the secrets of the Zhou royal family, so he did not ask.
This move of the Nine Kings was obviously in favor of Jiang Wei.
It stands to reason that Jiang Yin has been canonized as the crown prince. If nothing else happens, King Bintian of Zhou and Jiang Yin will be the new ruler of Zhou Dynasty. At this time, the nine kings were determined to have a hard time with Jiang Yin, and did not choose to follow the tide and fulfill the queen's wishes. The details of this made people think deeply.
Jiang Yin's biological mother is the Queen of Zhou Dynasty, but Jiang Wei is different. Although the queen is also called mother, Jiang Wei's biological mother is Yiji.
According to etiquette, the eldest son inherits the throne.
Of Queen Zhou's two sons, the eldest prince died in his early years, and now there is only one son, Jiang Yin, who is naturally the eldest son.
Therefore, if Jiang Wei wants to ascend to power, Jiang Yin must die.
Otherwise, the name is not justified.
At first, the queen and the prince hated Jiang Wei, which was also the reason why the king of Zhou favored Jiang Wei. At the birthday banquet, the King of Zhou even pointed out that Tang Zhizhi, the direct granddaughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was Jiang Wei's true concubine in front of hundreds of officials. This move was truly shocking.
It is a pity that at that time, Jiang Wei was far from realizing how much disaster King Zhou's actions would bring to him. He was demoted from Haojing by the prince's plan, and his reputation was lost for a while, which is sad.
The Nine Kings favored Jiang Wei. When Bai Ze thought about it, there were only three possibilities.
First, the Nine Kings were convinced that Jiang Wei was more suitable to inherit the throne of Zhou Dynasty than Jiang Yin.
Secondly, Jiang Wei's mother-in-law Yi Ji was very likely to have some kind of relationship with the Nine Kings in her early years.
Third, the nine kings are playing a big game of chess, and the purpose is to sit back and watch the internal fighting between Jiang Wei and Jiang Yin, so as to clean up the mess.
No matter what the reason is, Jiu Wang must be taken seriously.
Bai Ze had a hunch in his heart that whether Jiang Wei could defeat the prince, the Nine Kings would be one of the key figures!
"Bai Ze, is there any news about Su Wen at Xianmen?" Jiang Wei asked as he poured wine.
"That kid is very careful. I don't think he will die in the Kunlun Secret Realm." Bai Ze said.
When the Kunlun Secret Realm was mentioned, Jiang Wei's eyes flashed slightly, but after all, he did not ask anything about the secret realm.
Some things are like this. If you miss them, you will miss them forever, and there is no possibility of making up for them.
"Bai Ze, to be honest, why did you come to Haojing?" Jiang Wei finally asked what was on his mind.
Bai Ze looked at the young man in front of him who had a beard growing out of his mouth, and said softly: "I said I came to help you break the situation. Do you believe it?"
"Of course it's a letter." Jiang Wei laughed, "You and I have made an agreement for a long time, a lifelong alliance, and I still remember it in my heart."
"Liu Qing is in Haojing?" Bai Ze asked.
"You want to kill him to break the situation?" Jiang Wei understood immediately, "In this case, there is a good opportunity."
"We'll talk about this later," Bai Ze said. "What was the court's reaction to the death of the old eunuch Zhu Lu?"
"I heard that fellow practitioner Zhu Lu Zhenmo..." Jiang Wei said with gloomy eyes, "Just like Cao Zhi of the Qingming Sword Sect. The imperial court has secretly ordered the national master to investigate the matter thoroughly, but this matter has not been made public. Knowing that Zhu Lu Zhen is There are only a very small number of people who are fellow demon practitioners.”
"It's understandable that the imperial court is afraid that the matter will be exposed and let the world know that the secret stake of the Demon Sect has been driven into the royal court." Bai Ze said, "But I heard that Zhu Lu is an eunuch of the Prince's Palace, and the King of Zhou didn't say anything about this?"
"I have no way of knowing this." Jiang Wei said, "I was expelled from Haojing and have been away from the court for many years, so I have lost a lot of my ears and eyes."
"Then tell me, what will King Zhou think if another demon sect is behind the scenes among the prince's ministers?" Bai Ze grinned, with murderous intent in his crimson eyes, as sinister as the red lotus fire.
"!!!"
Jiang Wei was horrified, stood up, glared at Bai Ze, and said, "You said Liu Qing... is a secret stake of the Demon Sect?!"
"Fellow True Demon." Bai Ze said with a smile, "Jiang Wei, be careful of a sect called Demon Temple. Now I can basically confirm that the method of fellow cultivator True Demon comes from the Demon Temple."
Moreover, the hidden stakes of the Demonic Temple have appeared all over the temple.
Even dogs wouldn't believe it if they said there was no conspiracy.
Bai Ze speculated that the driving force behind the disputes that had occurred in recent years, whether in the temple or in the world, was most likely the Demon Temple.
It's just that the situation in Handan is unclear now, and it's unclear what kind of force controls Yandu.
If Ruxueyinglou's speculation is true, Handan, the capital of Yan, has been controlled by the alien race. It is very likely that the Demon Sect and the alien race are planning some major event together.
And once this major event happens, it may completely shake up the structure of the northern border.
When Chun Yangzi, the headmaster of Yunhai Xianmen, disappeared, he appeared in the South China Sea and went straight to Jixia Academy. No one knew what he and the Academy Master were talking about.
But now it seems that the strange situation in the north has probably been understood by the two giants in the north. As for how much we know, it’s hard to say.
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