Not long after returning to Changle Palace, Hu Shunhai came to report to Zhu Sijia, saying that Yan Xiu was staying at Taiji Palace tonight, so he would not come to disturb her and asked her to rest early.
When the lights in the entire imperial city went out, Zhu Sijia got up from the bed, quietly lit a small lamp, moved the low table to the window, and then used the boundless moonlight to gently flip through the booklet Zhu Siying handed her.
I wonder if both of them are talented in accounting. The information Zhu Siying compiled for her was also listed very neatly and clearly, which even surprised her.
It was so clear at a glance that Zhu Sijia naturally flipped through the pages about the Queen Mother.
I saw Zhu Siying's beautiful handwriting written on it:
[Empress Dowager Zhang Fu, from the Zhang family in Yongzhou, is now thirty and nine years old. Her father died early due to work, and her mother died of illness in the 11th year of Chengde. She has a younger sister who was raised at the knees of her uncle Zhang Xiang since childhood. 】
[In the first year of Emperor He's reign, Zhang Fu entered the palace and was favored because of her appearance. 】
[In the second year of Emperor He's reign, Zhang Fu was made Queen of the Qin Dynasty and took charge of the middle palace. 】
[In the fourth year of Emperor He's reign, Zhang Fu gave birth to the emperor's third son, Prince Xiu; in the same year, Chen entered the palace, and his favor fell away. 】
[In the eleventh year of Emperor He's reign, Empress Dowager Xiaowen of the Great Qin Dynasty died in Changle Palace. Zhang Fu was delayed and lost her etiquette in front of the spirit, which angered Emperor He and was nearly punished. In the same month of the same year, Prince Xiuwei mourned in front of Empress Dowager Xiaowen's spirit and disappeared. After escaping from the palace for more than a month, Emperor He was furious and Prince Xiu was almost deposed. 】
Deposed?
Zhu Sijia was greatly shocked and suspected that she had been deceived. Even after Yan Xiu's death in her previous life, she read biographies and history books about his life, but she had never seen a word about this matter.
She always thought that Yan Xiu's life would be smooth sailing and that he would be blessed by fate, but she didn't expect that he still had such a past.
It seems that he took some tough measures at that time and forced all historians to erase this experience.
Zhu Sijia quickly found the records related to Yan Xiu, rubbed her eyes, and checked carefully.
She roughly understood what happened to Yan Xiu in the eleventh year of the First Yuan Dynasty.
Yan Xiu actually disappeared without a trace for a whole month after the death of Empress Dowager Xiaowen. He even did not go to the funeral when Xiaowen was buried in the imperial mausoleum. This in itself was a strange thing.
The prince is the foundation of the country, and deposing and establishing a prince is not an understatement. He Di repeatedly had the intention of establishing Yan Xing as the crown prince.
It's not surprising that Emperor He had such an idea. What Yan Xiu committed was a taboo. Even if it were done to ordinary people, half of his legs would be broken by this act.
Therefore, Yan Xiu's situation must have been extremely difficult at that time.
The osmanthus trees outside the window seemed to be sensitive. After the cold wind passed by, the shadows of the trees were dancing, even a little scary, and Zhu Sijia shuddered.
Zhu Sijia couldn't help but think of what Yan Xiu told her, all of which showed his respect for Xiaowen, the imperial grandmother, but why was he unwilling to see the imperial grandmother off even for the last time?
It seems that Yan Xiu himself has many secrets.
But the immediate concern was not with him. Zhu Sijia turned back to the information about the Queen Mother and continued to check.
[At the end of the 13th year of the First Yuan Dynasty, Emperor He died in the Eastern Capital. In the same year, Prince Xiu returned to Xijing and ascended the throne, offering amnesty to the world. The following year, the reign was changed to the first year of Zhengning, and Zhang Fu was granted the title of Queen Mother. In view of her young age, Zhang Fu was given the title of Empress Dowager. Curtains help the government. 】
[In the third year of Zhengning, Zhang Fu converted to Buddhism and started a prayer trip to Shangzhou. 】
The Queen Mother actually only started worshiping Buddhism in the third year of Zhengning. Zhu Sijia was confused again. Didn't she believe in Buddhism from the beginning?
After a cursory look at what was said later, there didn't seem to be any useful clues.
Zhu Sijia decided to take another look at Prince Yan’s Mansion.
Most of the major events recorded in Prince Yan's Mansion are related to Prince Yan's past achievements, in addition to the birth date of each heir.
Zhu Sijia remembered the birthday of each of her siblings clearly, but when everyone's specific birthday was written down on paper, it was different.
[In the second year of Zhengning, the concubine Zhu Yuanxi was born. 】
[In the second year of Zhengning, Zhang Yin brought back a baby boy from the other village. King Yan adopted him as his adopted son and named him Yu. In the same year, Zhang Yin stopped raising Zhu Yuancun on his behalf and returned him to his biological mother's knees. 】
These two younger brothers were born in the same year, even in the same month. Zhu Sijia knew this.
She kept flipping through the book until she was about to be ugly, and finally couldn't stand the sleepiness anymore, so she secretly hid the book under the floor of her bedroom, and then went to sleep peacefully.
It is not possible to find out what is available from such a huge book of information.
When Zhu Scarlett was about to fall asleep, she went over what she had just learned in her mind, and suddenly noticed something strange.
Yuan Xi died at the hands of the Queen Mother. This was something she could immediately confirm and was certain. Combined with the fact that Yuan Xi was assassinated last winter -
At that time, the entire Qin Dynasty unanimously believed that the dead man was aiming at the dead old minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zhu Yuancun was just unlucky and happened to give him a lift.
But combined with the death of Yuan Xi last night, the assassination of Zhu Yuancun is obviously full of doubts!
Zhu Sijia broke out in a cold sweat. Not long after she obtained the right to co-manage the Sixth Palace, Yuan Cun was assassinated.
Maybe this was the Queen Mother's initial revenge on her. She couldn't be touched, her mother and sister who lived in Prince Yan's Mansion, and Zhu Yuancun who lived far away in Chongling County?
In the eyes of outsiders, King Yan has become extinct. There is only one adopted son left in Prince Yan's palace, Zhu Yu. Some people even started talking about Zhu Yu being crowned the heir apparent——
It is not that there was no precedent for adopted sons to inherit titles in Da Qin.
In the second year of Zhengning, Zhu Yuancun was five years old. Zhang Yin had not raised him yet, so she couldn't wait to send him back to the Yu Family Courtyard. From then on, she concentrated on raising Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu's identity must not be simple, otherwise it would not be worth the trouble for the Queen Mother and the two sisters to get rid of King Yan's biological blood just to support him as the heir apparent.
Maybe he is the illegitimate son of a high-ranking official in the Zhang family?
Zhu Sijia had only this idea in her mind.
Next, as long as she starts looking at Zhu Yu's life experience, she will not worry about unraveling the many mysteries of the year as soon as possible.
As for Yan Xiu, she could slowly get the words out of him.
…
The temperature in Xijing dropped sharply after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
But Zhu Sijia knows that no matter how severe the rainfall is this year, it will not be more terrible than last winter.
Having learned from the past, it can even be said that both the Zhou and Qi kingdoms died in that snow disaster. Yan Xiu did not dare to be careless and arranged for Zhu Ya to go to Miao territory in advance to buy a large amount of charcoal and asked Yan Wei to accompany her.
It doesn't matter whether she smelts it or not. The important thing is that people in Daqin can't freeze to death this winter.
Dark clouds were pressing down, the rain was low and the wind was melancholy, but Da Qin received great news in the season of wind and rain - Zhu Yuancun was like a divine soldier descending from heaven, breaking through Langya in one fell swoop and capturing all the Qi royal family.
Zhu Yuancun stayed behind to guard Langya, while Yuan Haoyu took the captured Qi nobles on their way to Xijing.
According to Yan Xiu's original plan for him, it would take until the end of the year to conquer the capital of Qi, but now he was actually two months ahead of schedule.
The people of Qin all sighed. They thought Zhu Yuancun was just a showman, but they didn't expect that he was actually the true God of War.
Yan Xiu was overjoyed with the young generals Ren Huai and Zhu Yuancun, and called them the Great Qin Twins. Although they were not in Xijing, their rewards had been sent to the mansion, and they were both promoted to marquis.
