After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Thousands of years ago, etiquette stipulated that people with the same surname could not marry. Although today, surnames are confused and people with the same surname can marry, the prerequisite for intermarriage is that they have the same surname but different clans. To give a very simple example, the Princess Xiping of the Northern Han Dynasty had the surname Jiang, and Da Shangchen also had the surname Zhuang. As long as they were willing, there would be no problem in getting married, because Da Shangchen's surname Jiang was a given surname, and he had absolutely no blood relationship with Jiang Lina.

Jiang Yan and that virtuous lady are definitely brother and sister who are not within the fifth degree of mourning. How can they get married? How can they get married?

"Xianshu's biological mother was Yao's maid. After Yao remarried Jiang Xiongying, she was actually also Jiang Xiongying's maid. But later, for some unknown reason, Jiang Xiongying gave her to his younger brother Jiang Wen. Not long after she gave birth to Xianshu, she died. Her death was very strange. She died without a sacrifice."

"What does it mean to die without sacrifice?" asked the Lord of Shenyuan Palace.

Yingshu also wanted to ask, she really didn't know what it meant to die by abolishing the sacrifice.

"The Qiang tribe holds annual prayer ceremonies. Don't the national shaman predict an auspicious day for the ceremonies? On a day predicted by the national shaman, it is impossible for a member of the royal family to die suddenly. But my virtuous mother choked on water and died on an auspicious day. This is called abolishing the sacrifice. The annual prayer ceremony was cancelled because of her."

Ying Shu became more and more curious: "The Qiang people attach great importance to the annual prayer ceremony. On auspicious days, not to mention the nobles, even the common people will kneel and pray at home. They don't have to go out, so the chance of encountering a sudden death is of course greatly reduced. Did Madam Xianshu's biological mother really choke to death while drinking water?"

"Who knows? Anyway, it's public knowledge. It's a particularly unlucky thing to die because of abolition of sacrifice. Xianshu was implicated because of this. Although she is a daughter of the royal family, she has been punished to be imprisoned in Kunhua Temple to pray for redemption. Gradually, Jiang Wenqu may have forgotten that he has such a daughter. But, Xianshu suddenly became pregnant in the temple."

Yingshu:......

The Palace Master exclaimed, "I've heard from my wife before that, except for the witch officials, no outsiders are allowed to enter the Kunlun Temple..."

"No outsiders are allowed to enter or leave, but that doesn't mean no one is allowed to enter or leave. If a woman gets pregnant in the Kunlun Temple, no one will care who the father of the fetus is. The Qiang people will think that a woman who gets pregnant in the temple is favored by the gods, so the fetus is like a divine fetus.

Xianshu was free and could choose her own husband. The man she chose was Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was already married, so Xianshu could only be his concubine. Jiang Yan actually never favored her. However, Yao believed that Xianshu was extremely valuable and gave Jiang Yan a lot of advice. Jiang Yan then made it his priority to favor Xianshu all the time.

The palace master was stunned as he stared at a stone sculpture.

Ying Shu was not surprised: "If Queen Mother Yao lived a thousand years ago, her schemes would be nothing short of amazing."

Dianjun's neck was nearly broken, not to mention Dianjun, even Liang Hui felt puzzled.

"Legend has it that Jiang Yuan, the daughter of the Tai clan, became pregnant after stepping on a giant's footprint and gave birth to Hou Ji, who became the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty. It was said that he was the reincarnation of the son of God. Queen Mother Yao probably didn't want to use this legend at first. She would never pin her hopes on a maidservant. However, such a maidservant appeared around her and won the favor of Jiang Wen. At that time, it should have been Jiang Wen who went to ask Jiang Xiongying for help. Jiang Xiongying didn't take the maidservant seriously at all and simply gave her to his younger brother.

Seeing the concubine being favored, Yao designed the so-called abolition of sacrifice and death, with the purpose of allowing Xianshu to enter the Kunlun Temple. Now, doesn't this Wu Chen obey Jiang Tai's orders? I think the reason why Wu Chen is so devoted to Jiang Tai..."

Mrs. Wei was enlightened: "The virtuous adulterer is Wu Chen!"

"No one in the Northern Han Dynasty cared who the biological father of the child was. The followers of Kunlun God believed that Madam Xianshu gave birth to a divine fetus. Yao Shi created such a person, so of course she wanted her son to benefit from it. At that time, Jiang Tai was exiled, and it was still unclear whether he could save his life. Yao Shi naturally would not pin all her hopes on Jiang Tai, but she also felt that Jiang Cang was a rebellious son." Ying Shu said here, and sighed: "Jiang Cang is quite pitiful."

Madam Wei couldn't help laughing, "If Jiang Cang really regarded Jiang Mo as a brother, why would he help Jiang Tai seize the throne? He was deliberately trying to gain Jiang Mo's trust so as to contribute to Jiang Tai's great cause. Who knew that this would actually cause dissatisfaction among Yao's biological mothers, who created a divine fetus and abandoned him, insisting on giving him the name of Jiang Yan."

"If Queen Mother Yao still had the right to choose, she would definitely abandon Jiang Tai and Jiang Cang and support Jiang Yan with all her heart, because Jiang Yan was the most 'filial' son, who obeyed her in everything. But she never had the right to choose, and the means she used were ridiculous. Now the nobles of the Northern Han Dynasty don't even trust the gods. The Spirit Tower has been burned to ashes. How many of them really care? Only the ignorant Qiang people believe in the so-called gods, but is the support of these people really enough to overthrow Jiang Xiongying?" Ying Shu's words were very sharp.

The prince lowered his eyelashes again.

As a descendant of the God Yuan, she is actually just a flag that can be cut off at any time after being used by others.

No one noticed that the prince was sad at this moment.

Madam Wei echoed, "Even Wu Chen must not have thought of letting his virtuous son ascend the throne, otherwise he would not listen to Jiang Tai's words now. Wu Clan has never been after the throne, but only divine authority. After all, for the Qiang tribe, divine authority has always been used to rule the people. The royal family has a different surname, and this has happened three times in a hundred years. But no matter what surname leads the Qiang tribe, if they want to continue to implement the policy of keeping the people ignorant, they cannot do without Wu Clan!"

"If Jiang Tai hadn't made this surprise move, Wu Chen might have had some ambitions. Wu Chen of the Northern Han Dynasty was quite 'wise'. He actually saw through that Jiang Yan was not up to the task. Since Jiang Yan was not up to the task, what about the child born to the virtuous lady? I wonder if this virtuous lady is willing to be abandoned."

Ying Shu originally had no need to pay attention to Jiang Cang and Jiang Yan's wives and concubines, but now when Jiang Tai conquered Tongguan, the guards of Chang'an would be handed over to Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan had no opinion of his own and was used to obeying Queen Mother Yao. What about Queen Mother Yao? Although her proposal to kill the envoy of Henan in exchange for peace was rejected by Jiang Tai, she would certainly not give up, not to mention that once Jiang Tai left Beijing, Jiang Lina's house arrest would naturally be lifted. Queen Mother Yao would have Jiang Lina and Gao Shi to fan the flames, and she would definitely act on her own again.

Yingshu also needs to pay attention to this virtuous lady.

"Jiang Yan's wife, Qiu, was born in an ordinary family. She was arranged to marry Jiang Xiongying. Yao had never liked her. However, the Left Deputy Envoy had seen Qiu and found her to be quite pretty. Therefore, when they were newly married, she was doted on by Jiang Yan. However, the good times did not last long. Xianshu chose Jiang Yan as her husband, and Jiang Yan indulged Xianshu to the utmost because of Yao's advice. Xianshu even flogged Qiu."

"He sounds like a domineering person."

"Hyun-su followed Yao's orders back then simply because Yao was interested in supporting Jiang Yan, but the situation is very different now. Jiang Tai has seized the throne and has a legitimate son. The future crown prince will never go to the illegitimate son born to Hyun-su."

Ying Shu nodded.

Jiang Tai regards Jiang Xiongying as his mortal enemy, but these two "father and son" have a "heart-to-heart" attitude towards one thing, which is to completely abolish the old system of succession from brother to younger brother, and the throne must be passed on to one's own biological son. Jiang Xiongying even went so far as to plan the fate of Concubine Wen to be buried alive with him - in case after his death, Jiang Mo becomes emperor and Wen does not want to be a widow. In view of the old custom of the Qiang tribe that a widowed sister-in-law should remarry her husband's brother, it is natural for Jiang Mo to allow his widowed mother to remarry.

Even if Jiang Tai trusted and cared for Jiang Yan, his brother, there was no way he could choose Jiang Yan as the crown prince. And Lady Xianshu's intention was obviously not to be satisfied with just being a royal family woman.

"But we are afraid that we can't make use of Madam Xianshu now. However, we can judge clearly that she will no longer obey the Queen Mother's orders, which is a benefit to us." Yingshu said.

"Jiang Tai asked Jiang Yan to guard Chang'an because he was worried about handing over such an important task to his brother who had accomplished nothing and had no opinion of his own. On the other hand, although Jiang Yan was a coward, he still obeyed Jiang Tai's orders. Jiang Tai now only needed Jiang Yan to follow his orders.

In addition, Jiang Tai will definitely hand over the Weiyang Palace guards to Wu Ziwei. Wu Ziwei is the Queen's brother and is loyal to Jiang Tai. He will not listen to Yao's instructions. Jiang Tai will temporarily hand over the important task of superintendent to Jiang Baiji. Jiang Baiji will never listen to Gao's lobbying and will still be loyal to Northern Zhao at this time. "

After listening to Madam Wei's analysis, Yingshu became more certain that not a single chess piece in Sikong Yuehu's plan had fallen into error.

She couldn't help but look towards the covered bridge. In the twilight, the man who had undergone the disguise and looked completely different from his original appearance was unknown what he was thinking about. He held the teacup in his hand for a long time, and she didn't know whether there was still tea in the cup.

Queen Mother Yao is ill.

It's a heart disease of course.

She really couldn't understand why Jiang Tai was so determined to turn against Northern Zhao, but was unwilling to get rid of Xuan family, who was causing more harm than good. Queen Mother Yao wouldn't have fallen ill just because she couldn't understand Jiang Tai's thoughts. The key reason that made her indignant was that her son Jiang Tai turned a deaf ear to her good advice.

That day, Gao came to visit the patient again.

"Your Majesty has already gone to war." Gao said gloomily, "Your Majesty is determined to do what he wants. I am powerless to stop you now. Please take care of yourself, Queen Mother."

Seeing Gao's attitude of blaming and complaining, Queen Mother Yao felt even worse: "Prince Sanchuan led his troops to attack Tongguan, which shows that the emperor of Northern Zhao not only listened to the instigation of Gong Xianglu, a Han traitor, but also knew that the Gao clan had long known that the Northern Zhao royal family had the ambition to swallow up our Han territory. How can Your Majesty bear this anger!"

Gao sneered in her heart, but her face was immediately filled with grievances: "The Emperor of Zhao is determined to use military action to warn the Han Dynasty, which is suspected of violating the Six Tribes' Covenant. If the King of Sanchuan does not fight for the position of the chief general, should he watch the Gong Party further expand its power and suppress the Xiongnu nobles of Zhao? This involves the military secrets of a country. My father and brothers dare not disobey the order and disclose the secrets. How did I know about such a sudden change?

Queen Mother, think about it. Although I was born in the Xiongnu tribe, I married into the Han Dynasty and gave birth to children for Duke Jincheng. Now I am even a grandmother. For me, even if I don’t care about my relationship with Duke Jincheng, can I not care about the safety and happiness of my own children and grandchildren? "

Empress Dowager Yao had just calmed down a little and said a few perfunctory words of comfort. However, Gao was not in a hurry to instigate Empress Dowager Yao. She was waiting for a helper.

The helper didn't keep her waiting long.

Jiang Lina was locked up at home and didn't know that her brother who had issued a house arrest order against her had left the capital. It was not until Gao sent someone to inform her that she knew she had regained her freedom. Like a trapped bird out of a cage, she immediately flew into the Weiyang Palace. She didn't ask about the current war situation. When she heard Gao say that the empress dowager's good advice was turned a deaf ear to Jiang Tai, Jiang Lina stamped her feet repeatedly.

"I think my brother has been bewitched by the two witches Xuan and Wang. Fortunately, it is not too late to make amends now. Mother, now that my brother is not in the palace, Xuan and Wang no longer have anyone to support them..."

"Before His Majesty left for the battle, he also told Madam Wei to be on guard and not allow anyone to break into the Baoguang Palace."

"Can Wei also stop my mother's personal soldiers?!" Jiang Lina laughed shrilly.

The humiliation she suffered, God has given her a chance to redeem herself so quickly! Today she must capture those two lowly Han women, especially Wang Yingshu! Once they fall into her hands, she will first knock out all of Wang Yingshu's teeth! She will also smash her kneecaps and use her horse whip to whip her until her skin is torn and her body is bruised. She will make them suffer so much humiliation that they crawl on the ground and beg for mercy. Finally, she will tear them apart and use the two heads on their necks to present to Northern Zhao.

Jiang Lina, who was eager for revenge, forgot that there were ten personal guards in Baoguang Palace. Even those maidservants, the only so-called personal soldiers that the Queen Mother could mobilize, might not be her match!

Gao knew very well that Jiang Lina would bring humiliation upon herself this time, but she did not try to stop her. If she did not completely enrage Queen Mother Yao, she could not persuade Wu Ziwei to mobilize the palace guards to massacre Baoguang Palace. It would be better for Wei to indulge her or even incite the envoys of Dongyu to rise up in resistance and kill Jiang Lina on the spot.

Gao knew very well that even if she offered the head of the Lord of Shenyuan Palace, the Great Zhao would never cancel this military action. Since King Sanchuan led his army to the battle, he would never return empty-handed. However, Tongguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Zhao army did not attack Chang'an so quickly. If Jiang Tai became angry and failed to punish Queen Mother Yao, he would most likely use her life to give an explanation to Dongyu. Gao was not willing to sacrifice her own head to eliminate the Lord of Shenyuan Palace.

She wanted to help Da Zhao put the Lord of Shenyuan Palace to death, but she couldn't leave any evidence for Jiang Tai to execute her.

In fact, Empress Dowager Yao's team of personal soldiers consisted of as many as fifty people. These people were all "tributes" from the Yao clan. In fact, none of them had ever been on the battlefield and had no practical experience at all. However, the Qiang people were good at riding and shooting, and the archery skills of this team were still accurate. However, since they were incorporated into the palace guards, they were usually only allowed to carry swords. Bows and crossbows were only issued by the Palace Guard Office when needed.

It's not that Jiang Lina was arrogant. She had been "captured" and held hostage by the enemy twice. It was true that the followers she brought with her did not have an overwhelming numerical advantage. But this time, she led fifty people to "go out in full force", and she thought she was already sufficiently cautious. As long as she didn't take the lead, she would never be held hostage again.

What Jiang Lina didn't expect was that she was stopped before she could reach the Baoguang Palace.