Song Qiyun was completely stunned after hearing Song Yaojia's words. He couldn't believe his ears.
"Brother Yaojia, is this a joke? It's impossible, right?" He picked out his ears, "Tell me again, what did Prince Jing's Mansion do?"
"You heard it right, and I'm not kidding. It's the same thing if I say it a hundred times." Song Yaojia patted Song Qiyun on the shoulder, "The people from Prince Jing's Mansion seduced the late emperor's concubine. It's not the one who did such a despicable act." The other person is Prince Jing."
"But..." Song Qiyun's brows knitted together, "No one has ever told me about this, and I have never heard of it."
"You are young, so it's not surprising that you haven't heard of it. This happened relatively early, when the late emperor just ascended the throne for more than two months." Song Yaojia sighed softly, "Besides, family scandals should not be made public, the less people know about it. The better, right?”
"I..." Song Qiyun curled his lips, "You are not much older than me, how do you know everything about it?"
"My father was entrusted by the late emperor to deal with the Crown Prince Jing's son. Apart from the late emperor, the concubine and the Crown Prince Jing's son, he is the one who knows the ins and outs of this matter best." Song Yaojia looked at Song Qiyun and then at Jin Miao Miao, "If it weren't for the relationship between the Yan family and Prince Jing's Mansion today, I'm afraid no one would be willing to mention this again, especially..." He glanced at Song Jue, "It's Your Majesty."
"That makes sense." Song Qiyun poked Song Yaojia, "Tell me quickly, what is going on?"
"In the first month after the late emperor ascended the throne, Crown Prince Jing took people from Liuzhou Mansion to Beijing on the pretext of celebrating the late emperor's accession to the throne. The real purpose of his trip was actually to hope that the late emperor would allow him to inherit the throne in advance."
"Inheriting the throne in advance?" Jin Miaomiao didn't quite understand. "At that time, King Jing was still alive?"
"Still alive." Song Yaojia nodded, "It's just that King Jing is in poor health and has been in bed all year round, but the power of the palace has not been given to the Crown Prince at all. The Crown Prince is not happy and always feels that King Jing is wary of him and does not trust him. According to him, I said that the father and son often had quarrels over this issue, and when the quarrels became fierce, they almost got into a fight."
"Then King Jing really doesn't believe him? Or has the prince misunderstood?"
"King Jing has only had such a son all his life. How could he not trust him? How could he hand over the palace to an outsider?" Song Yaojia shook her head gently, "It's just that King Jing thinks that his son is not mature enough in dealing with people. Before, Many things he did were not particularly satisfactory to him. If the palace was handed over to him at this time, some troubles might occur. Therefore, King Jing would rather the prince misunderstood him than risk the future of the palace. But he did not expect that, His son was so bold that he took his confidants directly to the capital without even saying hello, asking to see the late emperor and asking him to make the decision and inherit the throne in advance."
"This Prince Jing is also very daring to think and do." Jin Miaomiao looked at Mei Zhu who came over with a tray, and distributed the ginger soup on the tray to Song Yaojia and Song Qiyun, "However, he should You didn’t succeed, did you?”
"This is natural. The late emperor did not see him."
Song Yaojia and Song Qiyun looked at each other. The two brothers pinched their noses at the same time and poured the bowl of ginger soup into their mouths. Then, both people started coughing at the same time. After a while, the same voice came from Song Jue's side.
Several people looked at each other, then at Jin Miaomiao who looked calm, and shook their heads helplessly.
"Did the late emperor give up without seeing him?" Song Qiyun returned the bowl to Mei Zhu, "I don't think he gives up so easily."
"Of course I didn't give up. Not only didn't I give up, I even promoted it." Song Yaojia also handed the bowl to Mei Zhu, thanked her, and continued, "He took people to every yamen in Xijing, including the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice. Dali Temple did not let go. Everywhere he went, he told people about his difficulties. His father had been ill for a long time and did not trust him. He wanted to manage the palace, but was disrupted by his father. He stopped in Xijing. In almost three months, almost everyone, including the common people, knew that he was a very filial son. But even so, the late emperor didn't see him, but he didn't care about him, and just let him mess around. .”
"Why? Didn't he ruin Prince Jing's reputation by doing this?" Song Qiyun didn't quite understand his father's actions, "Why did my father indulge him?"
"It has nothing to do with your father. It was King Jing who wrote a letter to the late emperor specifically, asking the late emperor not to interfere. If the prince wants to make trouble, let him make trouble. When he is tired, stop making trouble. If you stop him, the trouble will become more fierce." Song Yaojia Shrugging, "There is no better son than a father. Sure enough, when the prince saw that no one was paying attention to him, he really stopped for a few days. Everyone thought he gave up, but they didn't expect him to think of another way."
"Yes..." Jin Miaomiao hesitated, "Is it that concubine?"
"Yes." Song Yaojia nodded, "Actually, the prince and the concubine are somewhat related. Strictly speaking, they are cousins. It is said that when they were young, they lived together in Prince Jing's Mansion for two or three years, and their relationship was still there. Yes, the cousin's family later moved to Beijing and gradually lost contact. The crown prince was having a lot of fun in Beijing, and the cousin's family also knew about it, and even made a special trip to visit him. This time, Only then did he find out that his cousin actually entered the palace and became a concubine in the harem."
"So, he thought of using this cousin to get close to his father?" Song Qiyun curled his lips, "This idea is stupid."
"He didn't know that this idea was stupid, but he felt very happy about it. Moreover, he didn't know that his cousin had never even seen the late emperor since he entered the palace." Song Yaojia chuckled, "He was I sent a message to the palace, saying that I wanted to see my cousin, and my cousin’s parents were present, so the palace didn’t object, so I agreed.”
"What happened next? How did it develop into seducing a concubine?"
"Seducing a concubine is just a way of saying it. To be precise, it should be an elopement."
Song Yaojia glanced at Song Jue, who was walking over, and waved to him, asking him to come back later. They hadn't finished talking yet. Song Jue saw Song Yaojia's gesture and stopped Shen Haolin and Shen Cha who also wanted to go this way.
"So, the old relationship between the cousins has rekindled and they want to escape from the golden cage of the harem!" Jin Miaomiao sneered, "I admire you, I admire you, you are very courageous for this approach."
"That's right, but the late emperor and the empress dowager didn't know that the two people were actually involved, otherwise they wouldn't have agreed to visit, right? They met three times in total, and each time was normal. There were palace ladies From the looks of it, there was no excessive contact and no strange words were said, so they suddenly eloped, which everyone couldn’t figure out.”
"Did you get caught red-handed?"
"Yes!" Song Yaojia nodded, "They are unlucky. The palace gate that the concubine sneaked away from is actually a very small gate that few people usually go to." He looked at Song Qiyun, " It’s the southeast corner of the harem, the door through which you had to dig a hole and escape when you were a child.”
"Oh, I see. Is that door closed because of this incident?"
"Yes, the late emperor happened to feel depressed that day and took his father, who came to the palace to pay his respects, to find a quiet place to vent his bitterness, and he happened to bump into him."
"You actually bumped into it yourself?"
"That's nothing. What's even more coincidental is that when they met, the door had already been opened. The late emperor and his father watched helplessly as a person dressed as a palace maid ran towards Prince Jing and threw himself in His arms."
