Chapter 1252: Loyal Servant (4)
Yang Huairen got this answer, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine, recalling that day when Zhao Xu feasted his ministers, and left the table early under the excuse that he was not strong enough to drink, and then he realized that such an incident happened in the harem.
The Chinese have a customary habit of calling family ugliness not to be publicized, especially when such a thing happens in the emperor's family, let alone let the officials and the common people know about it.
Yang Huairen said that it was better not to know, and he saved a lot of worries. remembered that Zhao Ji was also uncomfortable in those days, and he understood the reason.
It's just that many mothers and servants died in the queen's delivery room, and such a big thing can be covered up by Zhao Xu, and the emperor's deterrent power seems to be very useful.
But thinking about it on the other hand, Zhao Xu got a daughter and immediately sealed the princess, which was to make a show for outsiders, if she thought about it this way, Queen Meng would not be fine, but her career as a queen is estimated to be over.
Whether Empress Meng's character is really so virgin, Yang Huairen really has no contact with this woman, and there is no way to know, but think about what Guan Qiuli said should be true, otherwise he would not risk his life to protect Empress Meng's children.
In the original history, Queen Meng was deposed twice and reinstated twice, which can be said to have experienced the joys and sorrows of life.
Later, when the Jingkang Revolution occurred, almost all of the Zhao royal family was taken captive by the Jurchens, and the ministers of the Song Dynasty remembered to find out Empress Meng from the nunnery and re-preside over the overall situation.
But it is unbelievable that Empress Meng did not hold a grudge against the old Zhao family regardless of her past suspicions, and when her life was ruined, she not only summoned an exiled court, but also found Zhao Gou in the chaos.
Not only that, she supported the whole country at that time with one woman, which did not let the Song Dynasty fall into the hands of foreign people, and later erected Zhao Gou as the emperor, which led to the Southern Song Dynasty, so that the Zhao family and the Great Song Dynasty could continue to continue.
In modern times, this kind of thing is really hard to believe, but women in this era are really like this, whether it is bound by the ideology of feudal etiquette or not, or whether she herself inherits the traditional virtues of Chinese women, as long as she thinks that her old Zhao family's daughter-in-law, no matter how cruel the Zhao family is to him, she will take on the responsibility of saving the Zhao family.
If you want to say this, Yang Huairen feels that he is still very happy to be a man in this era, not only can he have three wives and four concubines, but all his wives are loyal to him, thinking about it, this can be regarded as a great benefit through ancient times.
As for Guan Qiuli, an old man in the palace wandered outside the palace with a prince for a month, and then sent the prince to Yang Huairen according to Queen Meng's instructions, it should be that he has not been out of the palace for a long time, even if he has heard of Yang Huairen's name, he doesn't know where Yang Huairen lives.
Yang Huairen asked, "It's been almost a month since that happened, why did you come to me with your child?" ”
Guan Qiuli was a little embarrassed, "The subordinates don't dare to deceive the prince, the subordinates have been in the palace for a long time, and they are a little angry about things outside the palace, and they don't know what kind of person the prince is for a while, so they have to take the children to hide around, and at the same time find out the identity and personality of the prince."
The subordinates don't know anyone outside the palace anymore, and it takes time to readjust to life outside the palace when they open their eyes at first. It's just that in addition to the hidden martial arts and the ability to serve the master, the subordinates have long lost the ability to do other jobs.
For the sake of the child, his subordinates had to rely on some of the money they stole to maintain it to this day, which is really ashamed.
Fortunately, the reputation of the prince is really not small, so his subordinates found out that the prince opened a well-known restaurant, and then his subordinates began to wait from Suiyuan, and finally followed the prince. ”
Yang Huairen was taken aback again, "You mean, you have been secretly following me for the past month?" ”
Guan Qiuli shook his head, "It's not that long, it's only been twenty days." ”
Yang Huairen was in a cold sweat again, and said in his heart that no matter how he defended it, it was really useless, and the truth that open guns were easy to dodge and dark arrows was difficult to defend against was right, if Qiu Li was an enemy with him, I am afraid that he would have seen the old man of Hades by now.
Yang Huairen used a smile to hide the panic in his heart, "Then you have been following me for more than 20 days, do you think that I am a trustworthy person, so you dare to bring your child to me?" ”
Guan Qiuli didn't hide it at all, and nodded heavily.
"The prince is upright and upright, although his style of action is unexpected, regardless of the eyes of his subordinates, the prince is worthy of being a man who stands up to the sky.
What's more coincidental is that the subordinates saw a person in the palace in the city, that person was originally an internal guard who served Jin Jutang, and his subordinates once had a relationship with him, and with his subordinates' ability to never forget, his subordinates recognized him at a glance.
The subordinates didn't know the other mysterious identity of the prince at that time, so they secretly followed the man out of curiosity. Later, I found that the person's whereabouts and demeanor had nothing to do with the previous internal guards, but he was on duty in the palace, so he gradually let down his guard.
So his subordinates secretly contacted him in the form of internal guards, and after tricking him out, they used threats to force him to tell him about the prince.
Here the subordinates must say that the subordinates admire the prince's character. That person would rather die than tell the connection between the prince and the internal guard, and his subordinates knew that there was absolutely no problem with the prince's character.
At that time, the subordinates found out the information that the internal guard was actually still there, but it was changed to another organization, and the person who spoke was changed, so he used the excuse that the subordinate wanted to return to the internal guard to ask for reintake, and asked the person to tell the matter of the internal guard reform.
Only then did his subordinates know that the internal guard was different from before, from a dark organization specializing in espionage and murder, to a righteous teacher Fengshenwei who was for the country and the people, and monitored corrupt officials and barbarians outside the state.
The subordinates are very pleased in their hearts, if the internal guard really develops into such an organization, it can make the best use of things, make the best use of talents, and do more practical things for the country and the people.
Therefore, the subordinates felt that the prince was a trustworthy person, so they finally decided to bring the child to the prince's mansion outside the city. ”
Of course Yang Huairen wouldn't blame him, it was understandable that Guan Qiuli was cautious everywhere and made it mysterious.
It's just that Yang Huairen still hasn't figured it out, he has never had in-depth contact with Empress Meng before, and he can't talk about any friendship, if there is an intersection, at most, Yang Huairen taught Empress Meng an arrogant brother a long time ago.
But these were not enough for Empress Meng to rest assured that she would hand over her son to Yang Huairen, so Yang Huairen couldn't figure it out anyway.
Thinking about whether it was impossible for Empress Meng to ask herself, he had to ask Guan Qiuli tentatively, "Do you know why Empress Meng handed over the prince to me to raise?" ”