novelones Chapter 211
Chapter 211
What was recorded in the file was the murder that occurred in the eldest princess's mansion that year.
It was just that the entire capital was in chaos at that time. The late emperor died suddenly and seven kings took over the throne. The entire capital was in a state of turmoil. The current emperor was just a humble prince with no power at that time. Compared with his other brothers, , no chance of winning.
He didn't even have any soldiers of his own, so he had no choice but to hide in the eldest princess's sister's princess mansion and seek shelter.
But not long after that, six of the seven kings failed due to various reasons, and the only one left was the fourth prince Lin Yu.
But just when Lin Yu was about to ascend the throne, someone suddenly dug out a secret edict. The secret edict was written by the late emperor during his lifetime. It clearly stated that the tenth prince, Lin Jing, would inherit the throne.
Lin Jing is the current emperor.
As a result, the situation suddenly changed, and the veterans in the court and the border ministers could all turn to Lin Jing and push him to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
That is to say, on the night when Lin Jing ascended the throne, there was a fire in the eldest princess's mansion, and the eldest princess died in the fire. The prince-in-law went out for some business and was not burned to death in the fire, but he lost his most beloved woman. From then on, his heart was like this. After death, he became a monk.
Pei Qingyan escaped with the nanny in his arms. He had never seen that nanny. To be precise, he should have seen her when he was a child, but he didn't remember it.
When he woke up, he was already in the palace.
He was lying on the emperor's bright yellow bed, and the emperor's uncle was teasing him with a smile. It was said that his mother had died, and his uncle sent people to find him with great difficulty, brought him back to the palace, and raised him personally.
Later, the emperor's uncle also told him that the fire was most likely related to the fallen fourth prince Lin Yu.
Because he could not win the throne, and he had hatred for the eldest princess who had always favored her younger brother, when the army was defeated, he simply set fire to the eldest princess's palace.
But he didn't believe it.
Because there are too many doubts.
But if he pressed further, the emperor's uncle would be unhappy.
Moreover, the emperor was conducting the enthronement ceremony in the palace at that time and had no time to care about matters outside the palace.
This matter has become an unsolved case that no one has been able to solve for many years.
Pei Qingyan closed his eyes.
He could memorize the file thoroughly, but he still didn't know the things he didn't know.
The fire that year not only burned to death the eldest princess, but also burned to death all the servants in the eldest princess's mansion.
The only person who was still alive at that time is now only willing to accompany the ancient Buddha Qingdeng, ignoring the mortal world, not caring about the world, and refusing to tell him the cause and effect and truth of what happened back then.
Pei Qingyan laughed sarcastically.
He closed the file, leaned back in his chair and cleared his mind, not knowing what he was thinking about.
After a long time, I heard a knock on the door, and the old housekeeper's voice sounded outside.
"Sir, my uncle's house sent someone here and brought a stick of ointment, saying it is for treating trauma. Do you want it?"
Pei Qingyan was stunned and frowned.
He thought of Princess Danyang whom he met on the street. She must have sent someone to get it.
He said solemnly: "I sent someone to reject them and said that my injury is no longer in the way and there is no need for any more medicine."
"Yes."
The old housekeeper slowly left.
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Song Anning stayed in the capital for a few more days.
Mainly I want to observe the current situation so that I know what preparations I have to make in the future.
After observing along the way, she felt very bad.
Although the real war would not begin until three years later, the court in the capital was already very unstable at this time.
Facing the invasion of the northern enemy, the court was divided into the main war faction and the peace faction.
The main militant faction hopes to fight and use their tough fists to scare the enemies of the North.
But fighting involves corvee labor and money.
At present, the treasury is empty and the emperor simply cannot afford that much money.
But the strange thing is that the emperor has no money, but all his ministers are extremely rich.
During the few days Song Anning was in the capital, she discovered that the city's inns, restaurants, fireworks and willow alleys cost dozens of taels of silver a night, not to mention the gold, jade and porcelain. I heard that even those provided to the houses of dignitaries From the vegetable leaves, we only take a few pieces of the cabbage heart and discard the rest. When eating meat, we only eat the tenderest piece of meat from a sheep and discard the rest.
Song Anning is in business herself. Although her family has no power, the money is not bad.
Ever since I was a child, I have always had good food and clothing, but I have never been so extravagant.
She slowly discovered the reason for the corruption of this dynasty.
It's just that there are many clans and families, and the rights and land are distributed to these people. They use the power in their hands to continuously expand their territory. Gradually, there is less space left for the emperor and less land for the people. .
Therefore, while the emperor was tight on food and clothing, he secretly complained, but the people still did not have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear.
Song Anning couldn't help but sneer.
This may be the reason why the emperor established the Department of Embroidery.
It's a pity that it was set too late.
It has been 200 years since the founding of the Dayuan Dynasty. The first four emperors were all incompetent. How is it possible for Pei Qingyan to save the building from collapse by himself?
After Song Anning came to the conclusion, she began to purchase grain, cotton and other things more vigorously.
At the same time, Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Duanming received a secret report.
The secret report described in detail Pei Qingyan's schedule today.
He sneered.
Sure enough, he still kept the woman in the house.
But then, he saw Pei Qingyan meeting Princess Danyang on the street.
Emperor Duanming thought about it for a while, then remembered who this Danyang princess was, and couldn't help but ask Fuquan beside him, "This Danyang seems to be the same age as Yan'er?"
"Yes." Eunuch Fuquan said with a smile: "When they were children, they always played together. The Queen also loved this niece very much. In the past few years, she always called her to the palace. In the past two years, she has slowly entered the palace. ”
The emperor nodded.
"My uncle's daughter is very good. I still remember when she saved the prince from the tiger's mouth, so I named her Princess Danyang. She is a woman who is capable of literature and martial arts. Only such a woman can be regarded as the wife of the royal family. "
As he spoke, he became more and more satisfied with Princess Danyang.
Eunuch Fuquan guessed what he meant and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, how about..."
The emperor said with a smile: "Go and inform the queen, saying that I think Princess Danyang is very suitable for Yan'er, and I want to give them a marriage decree. After all, Danyang is a member of the queen's natal family. It is up to the queen to negotiate with the country. My uncle’s family would be more appropriate.”
Eunuch Fuquan said with a smile: "Yes, the old slave will go now."
The emperor waved his hand, "Wait a minute, bring me the royal pen and carry my imperial edict with me. I don't think the Wang family dares to resist the edict, huh."
Eunuch Fuquan lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something, but said nothing. He just smiled and took a pen to draft the imperial edict for the emperor, stamped it, and then left with the imperial edict.