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Zhengde 15 years

This day is really a happy event for Li Huan, the emperor of Dongshan Kingdom. His own son, the second prince Duan Wang Li Mingtang finally had two princesses, and the prince and concubine had another son, which means that Li Huan can be officially registered As the prince, Li Mingtang bestowed the Crown Prince Crown and Green Luan Chai that only the prince and concubine could enjoy, and named his grandson Li Yaoxuan, and immediately issued a golden book to prove his identity.

Li Huan had eight sons, and the six surviving sons are the eldest prince Shu Jun Wang Li Mingzhe, his mother and concubine is the court lady Yun Fei who accompanied Li Huan to grow up, the second prince, the third prince Li Minghuang, the third prince Li Minghuang, and the eighth prince Li Mingyue, the king of Jiejun. In addition, there are four princes, Prince Hui Li Mingtuo, from Concubine Rong, and the sixth prince, King Baojun, Li Mingyang, from Concubine Jin.

Among these princes, Li Huan likes the second prince and the eighth prince the most. First of all, it is because they are both descendants of the empress. The second prince has all the qualifications to be a prince. He is both civil and military. The eighth prince, who is seven years old, is the youngest. As for the third prince, because he has been stationed in the southwest with Ding Guogong Xue Cong all the year round, he does not spend much time in the court. This time, it is also because of the stability of the war. , In addition to the coronation ceremony of his second brother's crown prince, he returned to Kyoto.

Although the eldest prince is in the court, he is an idle prince. He spends his whole day listening to operas and drinking, surrounded by beauties, and doesn't care about the affairs of the court. The fourth prince is quick-witted and eloquent. He has the best relationship with the second prince. The servant, dedicated to running the emperor's mission, the relationship with the ministers below is also very good, he is a well-rounded person, the sixth prince is relatively weak, a little out of gregarious, just young and weak, and has not long entered the court.

The mother families of the fourth prince and the sixth prince are all important officials in the court, Pan Xun, the minister in charge of money, and Xie Kun, the Marquis of Anping in the army. At that time, Li Huan accepted these two concubines to balance the power of the court. It is said that Marquis Anping had just given birth to his third son named Xie Fei.

However, one night not long after the crown prince was registered, everything was silent, and the gate of the majestic prince's mansion was closed. In the courtyard, except for the night guards and watchmen, the lights in the porch were swaying with the breeze. Suddenly a The black shadow sneaked up to a corner door in the backyard of the mansion, quietly opened the corner door, and then a group of men in black with knives rushed in quietly. The other men in black seemed to be a little hesitant, only one man in black The man in black walked ahead with firm eyes, and heard the man in black ask the shadow:

"How is it? Is it going well?"

"Don't worry, I lighted the ecstasy incense in the guard's room. Except for the night watch guard and the watchman, everyone is asleep. My work has been done. Please give me the money now, my master. You can't stay here, or I will be the first suspect when the time comes."

"Don't worry, the master won't treat you badly." After the man in black finished speaking, he stabbed the black shadow to the ground with a knife in his hand.I heard another man in black ask:

"Is this appropriate? At the beginning, it was said that we were to escort the things, not go to the Prince's Mansion to kill people. Does our master know? Why didn't our master tell us about this?"

"Don't worry, it's all said above, no problem."

After a while, a burst of shouts pierced the night sky in the Prince's Mansion:

"There are assassins, kill them!"

The prince personally led the guards to come forward to stop these men in black, but the martial arts of these men in black were obviously very high. Coupled with the large number of people, the guards gradually became overwhelmed, and the prince was also seriously injured. The bodyguard Wang Ying drove back to the house, and saw the princess Yudie and the nanny holding the child were hiding in the house in panic, the prince said weakly:

"Wang Ying, I'm running out of time. You are my personal bodyguard, and you married in with the Crown Princess. You are someone whom both the Crown Princess and I trust. Now I have something to tell you." Hearing this, the Crown Prince The concubine cried and supported the prince, and then he heard the prince continue: "This matter is very strange today, let's not talk about why the guards in the prince's mansion didn't rush over? Even if there is such a big commotion in the prince's mansion, there is not a single soldier in the Imperial City Guards As soon as the pawn came, it was obviously premeditated. I don’t know who it was, but it was obviously aimed at me as the crown prince. Some people didn’t want me to succeed in the future. Now it seems that their plan has succeeded. I can't do it anymore, my death is bloody and turbulent after all, now I want to ask you one thing, please take my children away first, if they stay here now, they will definitely die, Hiding, let's see how the emperor ruled this matter. If the murderer is found and severely punished, then the children will be handed over to my mother. If not, find a way to take them out of the capital and raise them to grow up safely. Yudie, hurry up, go and give Wang Ying the children's golden book, your crown prince's crown and Qingluan hairpin, this is the evidence of the children, Yudie, you also change your clothes and go with Wang Ying, I can rest assured that you are safe.”

"No, Your Highness, I don't want to leave you, I won't leave, I want to stay with you, Wang Ying, take good care of the children, you were sent by my father to protect me, now I solemnly ask you to take good care of my children Thank you!" After finishing speaking, the princess knelt down, but Wang Ying didn't dare to help her, so she threw herself on the ground and said:

"Your Highness, empress, you're going to kill me, won't you come to this point? Could it be that the emperor can't trust you? I really don't know what to do, but you let me protect the little master, please rest assured, I will swear to protect you to the death." Keep them safe."

"I don't know who is going to kill my whole family, maybe it's not the royal father, but if I die, the royal father will have to compromise for the sake of the entire court situation, then my children will be in danger, especially Yao Xuan, Becoming a thorn in the side of others, if someone wants to kill him at that time, even my father and queen mother will not be able to protect him well, don't you see that I am an example now? If my father can give me justice, it will be better, If not, hey, there is no way, I just hope that he can grow up in an environment without disputes, and be able to protect himself when he grows up, so that he can come back and recognize his ancestors."

The concubine immediately took the young son from the nurse's arms, and handed it to Wang Ying, and asked the nurse to bring the two princesses quickly, and wrapped the golden book and the prince's crown, Qingluanchai, and handed it to Wang Ying , but the shadows of the nanny and princesses were not seen for a long time, and the sound of swords and swords outside was getting closer and closer. At this time, the prince stood up with tears in his eyes. The princess hurriedly supported him, and he heard the prince say:

"Don't wait, let's go, let's go."

The concubine looked at the child with tears in her eyes and urged her, but Wang Ying had no choice but to jump out of the window with Xiao Shizi in her arms and disappear into the night.

The news of the killings of the prince's mansion shocked the court and the public. The emperor and empress were so sad that they both passed out immediately. The princes also cried bitterly.

The family of the princess’s mother’s grandfather, Minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Mingbo’s house, was also full of grief. The grandmother of the princess passed away on the spot due to excessive grief, and the mother of the princess was also sick in bed. Sun Mingbo and the father of the princess, Sun Huanzhi, barely supported The body came to the court and waited for the emperor to deal with it. Soon there was news from the inner palace: the prime minister Chen Bingzhang presided over the matter, and Duan Heping, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, led the three divisions to thoroughly investigate the matter. He Fushan, the commander of the imperial army, was first detained for review.

However, after investigating the clues found at the scene and interrogating He Fushan, it was found that all the blame was directed at the third prince who was about to leave Beijing. Although the third prince denied it, He Fushan insisted that it was because of the benefit of the third prince that he did not dispatch the imperial army. The third prince committed suicide with a sword in order to show his innocence, the third prince and concubine drowned to death along with the third prince, and the commander of the imperial army was also inexplicably killed in prison after the third prince committed suicide, and the rest of the evidence cannot be completely sure that it is the third prince. What the prince did, there seemed to be no clue to the case for a while.

After more than half a year, the emperor Li Huan, who had lost two sons in a row, was seriously ill. When he was dying, he issued a will: let the fourth prince and the seventh prince leave the capital and go to their respective fiefs. The reason turned out to be for the new prince and the eighth prince Li Mingyue For the affairs of the fiefdom, let the eighth prince, who is only seven years old, succeed to the throne. The elder brother of the queen, Xue Cong, the Duke of Ding, who guards the southwest, and Chen Bingzhang, the prime minister, will assist the government. Xie Kun, Marquis of Anping, went to garrison the northwest; he gave poisoned wine to Concubine Rong and Concubine Jin to be buried with them.

This year is the 16th year of Zhengde. Surprisingly, the royal family and all the ministers seem to have ignored the eldest son Li Yaoxuan who was just born in the prince's mansion for one year.