By the time someone from Taiyuan Hospital arrived after receiving the notification, King Jia had already been out of breath for a long time. But before the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had just woken up from the shock of losing two princes in a row. It was time to return to the palace at the turn of the new year, and the name of King Lu had already been decided. The Prince of Fengcheng, who was the most beloved by the emperor among the young princes, died suddenly and inexplicably in the middle of the palace among the princes.
In just one month, he lost three sons in a row. No matter how strong his will was, the emperor was hit hard and became much older. King Zhao has been ill since he left the palace, and the Imperial Hospital has reported that he is critically ill several times. The emperor was still mentally prepared for the death of King Zhao.
King Kejia and Prince Fengcheng have always been in good health. The sudden death of the two kings made it difficult for the emperor to accept it. Although he had many sons, the one who died was his own son anyway. In particular, Prince Fengcheng was extremely popular with him and he once made wise comments in person.
The three kings passed away one after another, and no one could tell what the emperor was thinking. But just because the emperor didn't say it didn't mean that no one could see it. Everyone in the palace knew that the emperor often sat in the Wende Palace all night in the past few days, but the memorials sent in could not be approved for a long time. The meals that were brought in were often returned untouched.
And this kind of thing has never happened before. Anyone with a wink can tell that the emperor is obviously not in a good mood. During these days, everyone in the palace lived in trepidation. Even Concubine De, who was usually very arrogant, was no longer as arrogant as before.
After being seriously injured, Huang Qiong was specially approved by the emperor to be exempted from visiting the province twice a month. Huang Qiong has been recuperating in the mansion and has not entered the palace. On the seventh day after the death of Prince Rencheng, he was suddenly summoned into the palace in a hurry by the emperor. Seeing that the emperor's face was obviously extremely pale due to long-term insomnia, Huang Qiong wanted to say something comforting, but didn't know how to say it.
Although Huang Qiong didn't know whether the emperor's insomnia was related to the loss of three sons in a row. But he could clearly see that the emperor was in an extremely bad mood at this time. Because when he entered the Wende Hall, the cinnabar on the top-notch wolf hair in the hands of the emperor who was reviewing the papers was almost dry. The fingers of the hand holding the pen were a little pale from being too tight, but they didn't move a single word.
Huang Qiong, who has had a lot of dealings with the emperor himself, has seen the emperor behave so gaffes for the first time. He even lost his composure and even entered the Wende Hall without even noticing it. This was almost unimaginable before.
After being reminded by his personal eunuch, the emperor realized that Huang Qiong had arrived. After seeing Huang Qiong recovering from his serious injury, he was still a little weak. Putting down the imperial pen in his hand, he waved his hand to stop Huang Qiong's attempt to salute, and said: "You have not recovered from your serious injury, so you should avoid these false gifts."
After indicating to Huang Qiong that he did not need to bow, the emperor put down the imperial pen in his hand, stood up and looked at the eunuchs and maids who were waiting carefully outside the Wende Hall. After being silent for a long time, he said to Huang Qiong in a calm tone: "Since you are here, don't be here. This is something we are holding back in the house. Come with me for a walk to relax."
After that, the emperor ignored the confused Huang Qiong beside him, raised his legs and walked directly out of Wende Hall. He didn't say where he was going, and he didn't wait for Huang Qiong's reply. It was as if he, the king of a country, urgently summoned his ninth son to the palace at this time just to accompany him around or to relax.
Now that the emperor has opened Chrysostom, how can Huang Qiong have the courage not to agree? Especially Huang Qiong could see that something was obviously wrong with the emperor's expression today, so he did not dare to say anything. The emperor didn't say where he was going, nor did he deliberately ask. He just followed the emperor without saying a word, without even asking where he was going.
The two men just walked in silence without saying a word, and the eunuch behind them didn't dare to follow too closely, but just followed from a distance. When he reached the top floor of the Huangji Gate Tower at the main entrance of the palace, the emperor stood down. Huangjimen is the main entrance to the Qi Dynasty palace in front of us. The tower is five stories high and is also the tallest building in this palace.
Standing on the top floor of this city tower, this city was built in the Sui Dynasty. Although it experienced several rises and falls during the Tang Dynasty, it is still grand in regulation. After the dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, it was repaired and expanded by successive emperors, making it appear to have extremely large regulations. It covers an area that is far larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing that Huang Qiong saw in his previous life. It can be said that all the palaces are within sight.
The emperor looked at the huge, splendid palace in front of him for a long time. He signaled to the defenders on the tower, as well as the eunuchs and guards following him, to go down to the lower level. It sounded like he was talking to himself, but also said to Huang Qiong, "I'm really heartbroken."
"I am also heartbroken by the death of my three younger brothers. But people cannot be resurrected after death, so I ask my father to express my condolences and take care of the dragon's body as the most important thing." I thought that the emperor's heartbreaking words were because of the short period of time. Later, he lost three sons in a row, so Huang Qiongcai quickly comforted him. It was only then that he discovered that he really had no talent for comforting people, and he couldn't even say a fresh word of comfort.
After Huang Qiong's comforting words fell, the emperor did not answer immediately. Instead, he withdrew his gaze from scanning the palaces below and turned around to look at Huang Qionglai. It wasn't until Huang Qiong's heart went crazy that she said: "Ajiu can tell lies now to fool me. You have never had any contact with these three brothers. King Zhao and the King of Fengcheng County have never even met. What's more, Why is there such a thing as heartache?"
Seeing the irony in the emperor's words, Huang Qiong hurriedly explained: "Father, although my son and I have no contact with any of our brothers, we are indeed close friends with our two younger brothers, King Zhao and Prince Fengcheng." I have never seen them. But after all, they are the same brothers of Er Chen. Their broken bones are still connected. The three younger brothers passed away at a young age, so how can Er Chen not feel sad? "
After listening to Huang Qiong's explanation, the emperor smiled lightly. It was just this faint smile, but there was an indescribable sadness on his face. Just when Huang Qiong was somewhat frightened by this faint smile. The emperor said calmly: "It doesn't matter if it's true or false, as long as your heart is right. I mean my heart aches, not just because of the loss of three sons in a row, but also the cause of their death."
The old man's words made Huang Qiong quite confused. After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the meaning of the emperor's words. King Jia died in an accident. Huang Qiong, who sent people to express condolences at King Jia's mansion, knew this. But Huang Qiong didn't know the cause of Fengcheng County Prince's death.
It was his eleventh brother, King Zhao, who fell ill not long after leaving the palace and had been on the sickbed for several years. It stands to reason that dying of illness at this time is not too unexpected by others. After all, with the medical technology of this era, some hidden diseases cannot be detected.
But the meaning of the emperor's words today was obviously telling him that the causes of these deaths were not that simple. Could it be that the cause of death of these people was the same as the cause of his own assassination? If these three kings did not die normally, then the person who controlled all of this was really too terrifying.
The events between King Jia and Prince Fengcheng only happened recently. Thinking about his own assassination, it wasn't anything too terrible. But if King Zhao, who had been ill for so many years, also died of conspiracy, then the person who did it would be really terrible. Being able to do one thing continuously within a few years made everyone think that there was something wrong with King Zhao himself.
With such scheming, such persistence, and such skill, this poisoner is really creepy. It can make a healthy person fall ill without any warning and go undetected for several years. Huang Qiong couldn't think of any other way to do this besides committing that kind of ****.
Seeing Huang Qiong looking at him in disbelief, the emperor smiled unnaturally. But there was countless bitterness in this smile: "You are right, the three of them died. Except that King Jia has not yet found out whether it was an accident, the deaths of the other two were all caused by accidents." People tampered with it.”
"If it weren't for the fact that King Zhao was enclosing me, I really couldn't bear it and asked Imperial Physician Guo to send my son off for me. I'm afraid your brother would have been nailed in the coffin, and I would have thought that he really died of illness. Yes. If there is a nail in the coffin, no one will ever know that King Zhao was poisoned to death with **** and spent several years."
"As for Prince Fengcheng, it was just an abscess on his back. Logically speaking, it would be fine if he applied a few patches of medicine and pulled it out. There would be no danger to his life at all. But someone was applying it on him. The medicine was tampered with, and one of the medicines was replaced with a medicine that was incompatible with other medicines."
"These medicines seem to be ordinary medicines for pulling out pus and removing sores, but when added together, they become highly poisonous medicines. When these medicines are mixed together, for an ordinary person, they are good for ordinary trauma. It's a good medicine. But for a person with abscesses, it's a life-threatening poison."
"After discovering that the cause of Prince Fengcheng's death was not simple, I immediately ordered the eunuchs who were close to him and the eunuchs who treated him. But I was too late, because his personal eunuchs were in Fengcheng County. After the king died, he immediately jumped into the well. What's funny is that others thought he was loyal to his master and couldn't bear to be separated from his master, so he wanted to stay with him to the death."
"There is also the imperial physician who has been treating King Zhao. When the people I sent arrived at his house, they found that he had already hanged himself in his own home. His family members also disappeared without a trace. Again Coupled with your assassination a few days ago, I think some people have lost their composure and started to clear the obstacles in their eyes."
Speaking of this, even though he had been the emperor for many years and had experienced a lot of experience in the city, the emperor couldn't help but grit his teeth, and the expression on his face became even more ferocious and scary. If the man behind the scenes were standing in front of him at this moment, he would probably ignore the so-called emperor's demeanor and pounce on him and bite off a few pieces of meat to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Since the death of King Zhao and Prince Fengcheng was not an accident. In the same way, it can be inferred that King Jia's death may not really be an accident. Three sons lost their lives in a row, and one son almost died. Only after many setbacks did he save his life. How could the emperor in front of him not hate the person behind the scenes?
As the ancients said, the hatred of killing a son is irreconcilable. This is the case for ordinary people, not to mention that he is the emperor and the king of a country. What's more, it's just one son. If Huang Qiong, who was lucky enough to escape, is included, four sons in a row have suffered misfortune. From the emperor's point of view, this was almost the same as digging up his roots.
