"Senior, did King Liang plan to make the fifth prince the prince from the beginning and pass on his throne to him?" Seeing Tantai Pingchuan nodding lightly, Song Qiyun frowned slightly, "Why? Everyone said this The prince is not favored by King Liang and has always been in a state of self-destruction. No one thought that this unpopular prince would become the new king."
"This should be a way of protection for King Liang. The more he neglects the fifth prince, the more important ministers and nobles who want to follow the dragon's merits will stay away from him. No one is willing to follow such an unpopular person who, in their eyes, A prince with no future. In the same way, Prince Liang can also use this opportunity to see the shortcomings in the court and see who these ministers who keep saying they are loyal to the emperor are loyal to."
"That's right, seizing the rightful son is just a method used by King Liang to select assistant ministers for the new king. Those princes who are favored in the battle to seize the rightful son are the bait to attract ministers with impure thoughts. Whoever is attracted After that, everyone will become the target of King Liang's purge." Tantai Pingchuan shook his head helplessly, "It's a pity that the authorities are obsessed and the bystanders are clear, and few people will stay awake when they are tempted by huge benefits."
"Isn't Senior one of them?" Shen Cha smiled faintly, "The Tantai family's excessive power has already aroused the suspicion of King Liang. Senior understands this better than anyone else in the clan, so he You will forgive everything your tribe has done to you."
As Shen Cha spoke, he ordered Mei Zhu to light the lamp, and then sent someone to tell the dining room to prepare dinner. Since there were elders around, the meal was a little lighter.
"I didn't expect you to pay so much attention to health at such a young age."
"After a long illness, you naturally care about your own body more than others." Seeing Song Qiyun's hungry look, Shen Cha moved the snacks in front of him, "Back then, King Liang wanted you to follow Contact with the fifth prince? The younger generation sees that the fifth prince's style of doing things after he succeeds to the throne is very similar to that of the senior. We once speculated that the senior was once the teacher of the fifth prince and taught him, but it is just a guess and there is no evidence. "
"It's a very reliable guess." Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand towards Song Qiyun who handed over the snacks, "Back then, the other princes had famous teachers to teach them and many important ministers to help them, but the fifth prince was relatively unknown. , even if he moved out of the palace and established a new palace after he became an adult, the front door would still be deserted, and no one would want to interact with him. When he was in the palace, he could be taught by King Liang himself, but after leaving the palace, he had to find a special master. He especially wants me, Xuanyuan, and the other two adults to teach the fifth prince, but our status is quite special, and if we approach him blatantly, it will easily attract others' attention, which will deviate from Prince Liang's original intention."
"The disappearance and return of the senior gave King Liang hope. You can secretly teach the fifth prince, because for those who so-called know the inside story, you are already deceased and do not pose any threat to them, and they will not think of it. , the fifth prince’s teacher will be you.”
"That's pretty much what I mean!" Tantai Pingchuan nodded, "For nearly five or six years, I spent every night in the Fifth Prince's Mansion. This Fifth Prince is worthy of being the heir recognized by King Liang. The king is very similar, he also believes in the creed that those who obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish, and he also hates the Tantai family and Heijiaying to the core."
"Why?" Song Qiyun frowned, "What you can't get will be destroyed?"
"Yes!" Tantai Pingchuan nodded, "He said that he thought that the Tantai family and Heijiaying would really be loyal only to King Liang, at least he thought so when he was very young, but after seeing the Tantai family and Heijiaying He was particularly disappointed in joining the battle for the inheritance at all costs, and even had the idea of sending someone to assassinate me. But before his idea became a reality, I was hunted down by my own family. Regarding this, he expressed very much I was shocked. I remember what he said at that time, it turns out that my husband is just like me, and is not welcomed by his relatives. Although this sentence was slightly ridiculing, but..."
"I still long for family affection." Shen Cha sighed heavily, "Although he understands Prince Liang's protection for him, he hopes to receive heartfelt care from his relatives instead of scheming against each other like now. , hurting each other. But after he succeeded to the throne, he showed no mercy to those who had helped him and those who supported his succession. Why is this?"
"There is no reason, it's just that I don't like it." Tantai Pingchuan smiled bitterly, "If we hadn't made an agreement with Prince Liang and him at the beginning, Xuanyuan and I would have succeeded as long as the fifth prince became king. If we retreat and never step into the court, we will not survive today."
"The price is to help him eradicate the Tantai family and the Black Armor Camp?"
"This is our common goal. As I said just now, instead of handing them over to the Fifth Prince, I might as well do it myself. But I didn't expect that the Black Armor Battalion was not completely wiped out. A small group of elites fought to the death to kill my brother and his family. After being rescued, Xuanyuan, the Fifth Prince, and I sent people to search for them in various ways, but failed to find any trace of them, so we temporarily gave up the pursuit. But Xuanyuan and I both knew that they must still exist somewhere in this world, recuperating and recuperating. Wait until the opportunity comes again."
"The Heijiaying who attacked the Xuanyuan family and His Highness Prince Ning are their descendants?" Seeing Tantai Pingchuan nod, Shen Cha frowned slightly, "But what about the Mu family? Aren't the Mu family yours? Don't they? Not affiliated with the Black Armor Battalion?”
"I also have my own confidants, and I can't rely on Heijia Battalion for everything, especially when I know that Heijia Battalion has betrayed me." Tantai Pingchuan smiled, "You should have guessed that they targeted the Xuanyuan family. Because it is suspected that the Xuanyuan family betrayed them and betrayed them during the original battle to seize the heir, the so-called accidents suffered by the Xuanyuan family over the years are basically their work."
"We have already guessed this. But what we don't quite understand is whether what happened to His Highness Prince Ning is related to Tantai Ce, the first generation head of the Tantai family?" After exchanging a look with Shen Haolin, Shen Cha threw out The biggest question in his mind was, "Or is the experience of those people related to His Highness Prince Ning also related to this so-called feud?"
"That's not the case." Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand gently, "How many years have passed, and all the hatred has dissipated. How can there be anyone who has held a grudge for so many years? The reason why they have trouble with Prince Ning is entirely because of him biological mother."
"His biological mother is not from that tribe?"
"Yes, but no one knows that the people of that tribe have long been loyal to the Tantai family... No, it should be said that they are only loyal to every patriarch of the Tantai family."
"So..." Shen Cha paused, "They are also your people?"
"That's right, but they don't know it themselves, and I don't want them to know. After all, the Liang Kingdom is gone, and they can live the life they want." Tantai Pingchuan sighed softly, " But I didn’t expect that they wouldn’t be let go.”
"Aunt Xue is really implicated."
"Is Xiaocha talking about Madam Xuehou?" Seeing Shen Cha nod slightly, Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand, "You are wrong, she is not innocent."
"Senior, what do you mean?"
"The biological mother of the eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom who she has become friends with is not only the daughter of a great noble of the Jin Kingdom, but also a spy of the Black Armor Battalion."
