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    Kings seize the heir¡¿Chapter 26 Step by step

    In the palace, I looked at Xiaoai who was sleeping soundly. Although I wanted to touch her slightly frowning brow in her sleep, I was afraid of waking her up. Ci? came to ask her those things, which seemed to make her sad.

    I am still very confused about how to deal with the current situation. It is obvious that this was done by someone close to me, most likely Cijiong or Ciye. As the saying goes, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. I feel so sorry for these two sons.  I can't do anything cruel!

    "Your Majesty, Lord Wang Duo is here." Tian Rong whispered. Wang Duo has been ill for more than a month. He entered the palace late at night, obviously knowing the rumors.

    When I walked past Tian Rong, I paused and said, "Tian Rong, Wang Duo's health is not good. Please ask the imperial doctor to come over at any time!" I am deeply worried about the health of this right-hand man, Wang Duo.  He is also too old, and accidents may happen at any time!

    Wang Duo is indeed old, with snow-white hair and beard, and wrinkles on his face. Recently, due to his deteriorating health, all the responsibilities of Prime Minister and Minister have been assigned to the Military Aircraft Department, which handles government affairs in conjunction with the Six Ministries.  Wang Duo was recuperating at home, and his family did not dare to let him know about the rumors outside. Emperor Hongguang also ordered not to tell Wang Duo, but there is no airtight wall in the world. Wang Duo still knew about it, and he could guess the mood of Emperor Hongguang.  Third, that¡¯s why I entered the palace late at night.

    I saw Wang Duo, who was old in life. Looking at him, I suddenly felt that I was heading toward death day by day. People must follow the laws of nature after all. There is no immortality. I poured a glass of water for Wang Duo.  "Ai Qing, do you know everything?"

    Wang Duo nodded, "I heard about it. I guess it may be true. Of course, I have known about Concubine Kang's life experience for a long time. What surprised me was the life experience of the other two empresses. I didn't expect that Li Xiangjun was really alive. Your Majesty  He is also a passionate person!¡±

    I smiled bitterly, "When I was young, my thoughts were different from what I am now. I was a little impulsive, but I really don't regret it. These people have been with me for most of my life. I will always know my feelings!"

    Wang Duo smiled and said, "Does your Majesty know that there is a saying among ordinary people? It is better to marry a wife than to marry a wife. The old minister also knew a thing or two about the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, Liu Rushi's righteousness, Bian Yujing's infatuation, and Li Xiangjun's  Strong and strong, Yuan Baoer's talent. There are not many men who can do what they do, even in the past and present! Since ancient times, beauties have had a bad life, and it is most gratifying to have a good ending."

    After listening to Wang Duo¡¯s words, a warm current flowed through my heart.  "Aiqing, these words have spoken to my heart. Who in the world can understand my thoughts? Aiqing, since Aiqing is here, does Aiqing have any good ideas?"

    Wang Duo sighed, "I have thought about it, the emperor has two ways to go. One is to admit these things to the world. The advantage is that you don't have to have any burden in your heart. The disadvantage is that the emperor will have a famous name for the rest of his life."  The second is to severely punish those who spread rumors. Suppress them. There will be no traces left in the history books, and some will just be the after-dinner talk passed down by the people. I think the latter is feasible, but I don¡¯t know what the emperor thinks. "

    History is always written by those in power. These rumors may spread for decades or decades, but when it really becomes history, it is often based on official records.  After listening to Wang Duo's words, I pondered for a while, "If I go by what Ai Qing said, I will kill some people!"

    Wang Duo nodded, "Your Majesty, in fact, Your Majesty can also guess that the person who spread the rumors is one of those few people, and the Emperor is reluctant to punish that person now, so he must sound the alarm and teach him a lesson." Wang Duo  Although he didn't care too much, he had a rough idea of ??the internal battles. Choosing to shake things up at this time was for the sake of becoming the prince.

    "Your Majesty, regarding the establishment of a crown prince, it is difficult to deal with it now. I think it is better to wait! At least we can let the rumors subside a little before we can appoint the King of Chu as the crown prince. Otherwise, it will put a lot of pressure on the King of Chu." Wang Duo  Knowing that Emperor Hongguang had long planned to establish the King of Chu, in the past few years, the King of Chu had also been very ambitious and had not trained well in all aspects.

    I know that Ci? got angry and got sick because of this. Fortunately, the illness was not serious, and it was mostly a mental illness. "What Aiqing said is true. I also think that after a while, we will talk more slowly. For now, it is more important to deal with those people who are echoing."

    The first ones that were unlucky were those few tabloids. Not only were they shut down, but the people in charge were also imprisoned. Then there was a crackdown from top to bottom. Most of the officials who signed the petition were dismissed, and those who were not dismissed were demoted several levels. In short,  , this can be regarded as a literary prison that is not a literary prison, and more than 900 people were implicated.

    The ones who suffered the biggest blow during this "hard crackdown" were the King of Wu's family, including several important officials in Jiangnan. Even Zhang Huangyan, who had not submitted a letter, was reprimanded by an order because of his unfavorable management of journals. He was regarded as an administrative secretary in this era.  It's too much punishment.The King of Jin Cijiong, on the other hand, was much more restrained, and he could tell the other by looking at one thing. Although the King of Jin did not know who was behind the evil, the attitude of Emperor Hongguang had already been revealed, and that was something that was not conducive to Emperor Hongguang. Emperor Hongguang  They will eradicate it without mercy. This time there has been such a big fuss. To put it bluntly, it is for the spreaders, so it can be regarded as a warning!

    The red lady Han Xinran was canonized as Concubine Yi in the 26th year of Hongguang. She probably borrowed the honor of her son Ci? Because Zhu Ci?  It can be said that mother is more valuable than son!  At such an old age, Emperor Hongguang had long lost the mood to play with women, so he was a little indifferent to Lady Hongguang. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Hongguang often came to see Lady Hongguang, Lady Hongguang would be no different from living in the cold palace.

    At this time in Concubine Yi's bedroom, the red lady looked at Tian Rong with a very ugly face, "Don't tell me that you didn't spread the rumors some time ago. No one else would do this except you. You should also discuss it with me in advance.  What you do is really not worth the gain, now you understand! I admit that the emperor is a good person, but once the emperor's heart is touched, no matter who it is, the emperor will get rid of it. "

    Tian Rong smiled and said, "Ms. Yi Fei. I have no choice but to do this! The emperor has made it clear that he wants to make the King of Chu the crown prince. If I didn't do this, how could we be in the current situation? I don't have to worry about other places now. What I worry about is how to follow him.  King Qi made it clear that King Qi was too careless at this point. He was still working blindly with those people in the military academy. I have already made people reveal my godfather. The emperor will soon know about the empress and the imperial concubine.  relationship, so it¡¯s up to you to build this bridge!¡±

    The red lady was noncommittal. She now vaguely knew why Tian Rong spared no effort to help King Qi. They all said that the eunuch was a pervert, and now it seems that it is not bad at all.  Just because he liked Shuang'er, he got to where he is today. If the emperor found out, Tian Rong would be chopped into pieces.  Being sentenced by the person closest to him, it would be surprising if the emperor spared him.

    Tian Rong came out of the red lady's palace and returned to his residence. He took out what seemed to be a small toy from a locked small box. He had kept this thing for more than 20 years.  I bought it when I left the palace for the first time, and wanted to give it to Han Shuang. Unfortunately, when he came back, Han Shuang had already become the imperial concubine, and he did not give this gift away. As time went by.  His love for Han Shuang is getting deeper and deeper, and he almost loses himself. The reason why he silently seeks the throne for Zhu Ci without Zhu Ci's knowledge is probably because of the transfer of love!  He hopes that Han Shuang can be happy and that Han Shuang can become the queen!

    "How did you find this out?" I looked at the information presented by Yin Shixun and was quite surprised. Is Lady Hong the aunt of Shuang'er and Dandan?  Where are these things?  But looking at what's written above, it's not bad at all. Shuang'er and Dandan's father is indeed Yi Fei's biological eldest brother, which is good.  It's chaos again.

    Yin Shixun first confessed.  "These should be materials from many years ago, when we were dealing with the White Lotus Sect. There was a lot of material accumulated. Because we didn't know the life experiences of the two noble concubines at that time, we filtered them out. Heaven and Earth will clean them up some time ago.  The previous investigation data have just been dug out.¡±

    With these materials in hand, I came to Han Dan and Han Shuang's bedroom. I always thought they were orphans. I also asked them about it, and they said that their parents died when they were very young, and they grew up with their master.  Big, I only considered telling them this after careful consideration. After all, the red lady is their closest relative. I am very envious of them being able to feel like a relative, so I don¡¯t want to deprive them of their right to recognize each other.

    At the dinner table, Han Dan and Han Shuang were a little surprised when they looked at Yifei. Except for big gatherings, they rarely interacted with Yifei, and Yifei didn't seem to get along with anyone.

    I first handed the information to the red lady, "Have a look at it, my beloved concubine! I think you don't know this either."

    The red lady looked at these information. Although she had heard Tian Rong say it, it was very general. Now looking at these detailed records, including their family's genealogy, it is indeed true. Han Dan and Han Shuang are indeed the daughters of the eldest brother.  , she remembered that her sister-in-law gave birth to a pair of twin sisters, otherwise she would not believe Tian Rong's words.

    Then came Han Dan and Han Shuang. When all three of them had finished reading, they all cried, especially the Han sisters. When they knew there were relatives in the world, they were so excited that they couldn't be described in words. It happened right at the dinner table.  Recognizing one's relatives is a joyful play, a bit of sadness and joy.

    When Han Shuang called her aunt, everyone felt a little uncomfortable. The chaos was here. This uncle, Emperor Hongguang, was now their husband. Not only was it difficult to call them aunt, but there was also some confusion between Ci and Ci.

    Seeing that the Han sisters and Lady Hong were both uncomfortable, I laughed and said, "It's good that everyone knows this! You don't have to think too much about the external place. It only matters how close you are to each other. What do you call the place?"Let each call his own!  "

    It was rumored that two months had passed since the incident, and Zhu Ci had finally recovered from his earthly disease. Zhu Ci had a clear understanding of how Emperor Hongguang dealt with this matter. Although he felt that it was a bit bad for his father to do this, the matter concerned him, and he also  It¡¯s hard to say anything.

    Zhu Cixi was very happy when he saw the fifth and eighth brothers arriving that day, "Fifth brother, eighth brother, why don't you see the sixth brother?" In addition to Qin King Zhu Cixuan, Zhu Cixi and Li Xiangjun's son Ciwei, and Yuan Baoer's son Cixi.  They have a very good relationship, a friendship passed down from their mothers.

    The eldest brother, Zhu Ci, smiled and said, "Sixth brother and third brother went to the military academy. I heard that third brother told my father that he wanted to go to sea. Brother was very excited. He and third brother spent the whole day grinding against my father!"

    Zhu Cixuan echoed, "This sixth brother! He is really similar to the third brother. They both like the same thing, but I don't know if my father will let them go. I heard that Song Zhiyong, the Duke of Song Dynasty, is going to go to the West, which will make them both busy!"  Zhu Cixuan hoped that his father would promise that the third brother and the sixth brother would not come back after going to sea for a year and a half. He wanted to see what tricks the slave could do without the third brother, but he might try to stop the third brother from doing so.  Let Third Brother leave!

    Zhu Ci smiled and said, "What the fifth brother said is wrong. The third brother and the seventh brother are similar. Concubine Yi is the third brother's aunt!" When Lao Ba just learned about this, he couldn't help but talk too much.

    Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cixuan didn't know it yet, and they found it incredible when they heard it. However, they were familiar with history books and felt that it was not a big deal. The imperial court they were in was already thousands of times better than the families of those desolate emperors.

    Zhu Ci knew that something must be wrong when Lao Wu and Lao Ba came, "Okay! These are father's housework, let's not worry about it. Fifth brother, are you okay?" During the period when Zhu Ci was sick,  , some things are handled by Zhu Cixuan. It can be said that Zhu Cixuan plays a very important role in the Chu King Group, second only to the King of Chu.

    Zhu Cixuan nodded in agreement, "Yes, eldest brother, the fourth brother is ready to make a move! After all these years of hard work, we can finally grasp the sore spot of the fourth brother, but this time I have to put the ugly words up front. If the eldest brother can't do it,  Hand, it¡¯s better not to know.¡±

    Zhu Ci took a deep breath and said, "What did your fourth child do again? If he does something shameful, I will never stand by and watch."

    Zhu Cixuan has also become a member of the Chu King Group in the past two years. He also knows these confidential things. Before Zhu Cixuan could say anything, he spoke first, "Fourth brother is too courageous. Fifth brother and I are still  Brother-in-law Ying Xiong has been investigating for nearly two years. The fourth brother was not only involved in customs smuggling, but was also suspected of secretly casting counterfeit silver coins to make money. In short, the fourth brother had a lot of things, but they were just well concealed and the father didn't know. If these were revealed,  Go to Father's house, there will be enough for Fourth Brother to drink a pot."

    Zhu Cixuan felt that it was impossible for his father to be unaware of it and just turn a blind eye. The fourth brother's house had raised so many people publicly or privately, and he had made friends with so many officials outside, so the expenses could be reduced.  Well!  How could he be so prosperous if he didn't do some "business"?

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