Faced with the crying of the Prince of Qingcheng County, Huang Qiong just said coldly to the Chief Minister of Zongzheng Temple in Xijing that his uncle was too angry and that he should find a quieter place to relieve his anger. Huang Qiong's words scared the chief minister of Xijing Zongzheng Temple, who was in charge of the Longyou and Shaanxi 2nd clan clans, to death. Even if he was reluctant, he could only confine the prince in Zongzheng Temple.
In the Zongzheng Temple, there is a room where errant clan members are imprisoned. If there is a clan that has committed a crime but does not meet the standards to win a title. After the people were escorted to Liangjing, they went inside the house. No one is allowed to be around to serve, and even water and meals can only be delivered through a small doorway. If there are no charcoal fires for heating in winter and no candles for lighting at night, they can only stay dark and frozen inside.
Although generally no one is imprisoned until death, the emperor decides how long to be imprisoned. It usually takes at least one month, and it may take more. Some take one or two years, some take three or four years, and some are imprisoned here for the rest of their lives. If you offend the emperor deeply or make the emperor miss you all the time, you may be trapped in it for the rest of your life and will not be released until death.
In order to seize his sister-in-law, Emperor Gaozong found an excuse to escort his own brother, King Yu, to Xijing and imprison him in Xijing Zongzheng Temple. And he was kept in captivity until the day of his death, when he was put into a thin coffin and carried out. The two sons, including Concubine Xian's biological son, were imprisoned until Gaozong's death, and were only released by Emperor Xuanzong who succeeded him.
When these two were just learning to speak, they were imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple in Xijing together with their father. Those who were not released until they were in their twenties did not know how to read or write, and they did not even recognize an ox or a horse. After he came out, he had no title or salary, and was only given 200 pieces of support money every year. Not to mention the daughters of officials and officials, even ordinary people have no one willing to marry their daughters to them.
Many times, people flatter others and suppress others. Although the two brothers were released, they lost their clan membership and had no fixed place to live. At that time, many people, after learning about their identities as descendants of the Tian family, changed their ways to mistreat them. When those people were angry with the government, they would find excuses to beat them up to vent their anger. There are even some people who enjoy bullying them every day.
After all, those descendants of the Tian family are all superior. Surrounded by groups of servants and guards, and protected by the court and officials, he enjoyed unimaginable glory and wealth every day. I looked angry, but there was nothing I could do. These two down-and-out disciples of the Tian family just became the punching bag. Being beaten and humiliated was a common occurrence, and from time to time he had to endure constant blackmail from being placed as a Wannian County sergeant.
That is, after the two hundred guan of support money passed through the hands of certain people, the final amount that ended up in their hands was only 100 guan. With that 100 yuan, I can rent a house and find someone to help me cook. He didn't have any other sources. He had been imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple since he was a child. Naturally, no one taught them to read and write. The two brothers didn't even know a big Chinese character. My body is too weak to do physical work.
Besides, if they just want to do it, who in the huge Wannian County would dare to use them? When the time comes, the government servants will find trouble, and they might even be labeled with some kind of big label, and their skin will be peeled off even if they die. After the two brothers were released, they were so poor that they often couldn't eat for several days, so they might as well be locked up inside. At least there, regardless of whether it was rotten rice or swill, at least I could barely fill my stomach.
But after being released, not only did he not have enough to eat, but he was also bullied inside every day. In winter, there were neither winter clothes nor charcoal for a fire. The eldest son of King Yu really couldn't stand it any longer, and because he was the flesh and blood of Emperor Taizong, he was bullied by unruly people every day. He really couldn't swallow it. Then he lit a fire and lit the shack where he lived that a kind man had helped build.
He didn't come out either, and he disappeared forever along with the dilapidated shack. The eldest son of King Yu was also the half-brother of Emperor Xuanzong. But he has forgotten how his father and son ended up in this situation. Because of who, from being a descendant of a prince to being worse than a beggar? Because his mother is still there and his younger brother has become the emperor, he still holds a glimmer of hope in his heart.
I begged someone to write a letter to my mother, who had been promoted to the Queen Mother, hoping that she would give her a little more support money for the sake of myself and her own flesh and blood. Even if the support money is not increased, it would be better to give him a house where he can shelter himself. He was entrusted to a man who couldn't bear to see Emperor Gaozong's use of his brother to seize his sister-in-law and bring her into the harem. And I really couldn’t bear to see King Yu who had done nothing wrong but just married the wrong wife.
The innocent was imprisoned until death, and he felt pity that the two of them were also of the same blood as Taizong. Really unable to stand the miserable situation of the two brothers, an old prince who was Zong Zhengqing at that time brought them into the palace. As a result, the old prince personally delivered the letter to his mother. But what was waiting for him was not an increase in the support money, but was locked up and taken back to Zongzheng Temple again, and he was imprisoned again.
A year later, he got another pot of poisonous wine, together with several confidant eunuchs who came from the capital and were close to his biological mother. He didn't want to die, so several eunuchs forced him to drink the poisonous wine. Until his death, he did not know that his mother was already the empress dowager. Because of the initial criticism and the obstruction of the ministers when she was appointed queen, she had long regarded her past experiences as a stain.
As long as his son is alive, someone will keep reminding his mother that she, the empress dowager, stepped on her husband's bones after Hongxing came out of the wall. Emperor Xuanzong took pity on his half-brother and released him after inheriting the throne. But his mother always regarded him as a threat to her position as Queen Mother.
Think about how his mother was brought into the palace by Emperor Gaozong despite so much criticism. She almost took the position of queen, but now she is the queen mother of the dynasty. When he was still in Prince Yu's palace, his son, who was born from an affair with Emperor Gaozong, was appointed as the crown prince by Emperor Gaozong against all objections. During the more than ten years of Emperor Gaozong's reign, he dominated the harem.
If you only relied on your beauty, without any ruthlessness or skill, how could you get to that point? And once women change their minds, they tend to be more ruthless than men. He also didn't think about it. When he was imprisoned together with his father and brother, his mother never cared about the relationship between mother and son because he was also her biological son. Even if I begged for a word of love for him in front of Gaozong.
While he was in captivity, only in the spring did he have any leftover clothes that no one could wear, so he could wrap himself up in old clothes. As for this suit of clothes, he has to wear it until it is too tattered and cannot be worn anymore, and it has to be worn throughout the four seasons before he can get another piece of clothing in the second year. His mother never gave him any clothes. It was freezing in the winter, and he was not given a winter coat.
I am afraid that I have long wished that both father and son would die within the high wall. In order to kill people and silence them, in addition to eradicating the roots, they can completely cover up their own stains. Now that she has become the Queen Mother, she never forgets to completely bury that unbearable past. If no one mentions and misses the mother, how can one miss the mother-child relationship? He was released because of Xuanzong's private instructions.
A letter to his biological mother not only failed to bring about improvement in living conditions, but actually cost him his own life. However, except for this unlucky pair of Prince Yu and his son who were harmed by their own wife and mother. Although the Zongzheng Temple in Xijing has never killed any clan members, it has also driven many clan members crazy. Those clans have been enjoying the glory and wealth since the grass fell.
All of a sudden, he was locked in a small dark room, and he was not allowed to warm himself by the fire for several cold days. At night, apart from the stars, there was not even a candle. They eat, drink, poop and sleep in a small dark room. The family members served snacks during the meal, so I could manage to eat better. Those whose family members don't care, or whose homes have been ransacked, will receive rough food, even worse than the guards.
The food in summer is basically sour, but in winter it is impossible to be hot. Even when encountering guards who intend to abuse people, it is common for them to be without food or water for several days. It can almost be said to be a huge change. How many people can bear it? Most people can't stand it for even ten days. Over time, the already fragile nerves will break down and many will go crazy.
Especially in Xijing Zongzheng Temple, the dark rooms used to imprison the clan were originally the rooms where Prince Yu and his son were imprisoned. Since Prince Yu and his son died in those rooms, there have been rumors that they are haunted. Legend has it that although King Yu suffered great humiliation and had his title taken away, he was imprisoned in a high wall for no reason. But because he couldn't swallow this breath, he struggled to stay alive.
The official in charge of Zongzheng Temple in Xijing at that time was the son of King Ding, the third son of Taizu. According to seniority, he is King Yu's direct cousin. It's pitiful that King Yu was of the bloodline of Emperor Taizong, but he married the wrong wife. He was innocently persecuted by his half-brother. Although he can't do anything about major matters, he can still take good care of his father and son on weekdays.
At least there was no shortage of food, and in the winter they secretly arranged for people to provide them with some charcoal, which saved the father and son from freezing to death. But the good days did not last long, and the young minister of Zongzheng Temple in Xijing came to Beijing to report on his work. Concubine Xian asked seemingly casually and learned that although her ex-husband and his son were imprisoned and suffered a lot of crimes, they were still struggling to survive.
Next, the old prince who had taken good care of him was dismissed from his errand and rushed back to his fiefdom. A newly replaced county official took charge of Zongzheng Temple in Xijing. King Yu's diet, which was originally barely enough to sustain him, suddenly became extremely poor, and he often stopped eating. In the end, he was not even given any water, and died of cold and starvation in that small dark room. When he died, the situation was extremely miserable.
It is said that when King Yu died, although he was as skinny as a stick, his eyes were wide open. No matter how restrained people are, they can't get along with each other no matter how hard they try. There is a legend throughout Xijing that he and Emperor Gaozong first had a grudge against him for taking his wife, and then he was deliberately killed to silence him. He died so unjustly to King Yu that he never closed his eyes until his death. And his son, who still begged his mother for some love between mother and son, was in exactly the same situation after his death.
Not only can't I close my eyes. After loading the coffin and preparing to close the coffin, the coffin's arms were folded into a ball during the struggle. No matter how hard the undertakers tried, they could not return to their original positions. Finally, the joints of both arms were removed and they were reluctantly put into the coffin for burial. At the time of the burial, the weather, which had been clear and clear, suddenly turned into heavy rain. It rained heavily all day and all night.
The water level of the rivers around Xijing surged, and half of Xijing was once submerged. The father who starved to death and cooperated with the eunuchs from the capital killed him. After taking over, he served as the Zongzhengqing of Xijing for more than ten years. Not long after King Yu's death, he was granted the title of Duke of the County King by the Jin Dynasty. On the sedan ride back home that day, I was struck by a sudden lightning and not even ashes were left.
