Keyboard Immortal Chapter 196: The truth about usurping the throne

Zu'an's heart trembled, he never expected to have something to do with the former court.

Zhang Zitong on the side also stared wide-eyed. She didn't know the reason for the murder of her parents and the extermination of the Zhang family before, and this was the first time she heard about it.

"Since you are a gold medal embroidered garment, you should have heard of serving Zhong Dongfang Bai?" Zhang Xie asked.

Zu An nodded, there were 4 court servants, among them Dongfang Bai was the head, his son Dongfang Han was the servant of Huangmen, and he had dealt with in the palace before.

It's just that there is no sense of existence. On the contrary, the more famous and powerful servant is Linhai Gong Pei Zheng, who is Da Manman's grandfather, but Da Manman is not the daughter of the first wife, and her father is only Pei Zheng's. The fifth son, so his status in the family is not high.

Zhang Jie seems to have seen what he was thinking: "Haven't you ever wondered why Dongfang Bai is the head of the Four Great Attendants, but his presence is so low?"

"????????????????? Why?" Zaan didn't care about this before, after all, the two sides had no intersection, but now it seems to involve the death of Zhang Zitong's parents, as well as the past. North Korea, he couldn't help but not be interested.

"Dongfang Bai's wife is the princess of Qi State from the previous dynasty, and Princess Qi State is the daughter of Emperor Zhao of the previous dynasty." Zhang answered.

Zuan knew about Emperor Meng Zhao, he could be regarded as the last emperor with real power in the Meng Dynasty. The subsequent emperors were all young, and the government was controlled by powerful ministers. Finally, the Meng Dynasty was also replaced by the Zhou Dynasty.

"It's just that Dongfang Bai is not Princess Qi's first husband." Zhang explained with a sympathetic expression.

"Oh, who was her first husband?" When it comes to the matter of the previous dynasty, Za'an is not clear about these details, but it is not too surprising that she remarried. You can't be a widow forever.

"At that time, he was the son of Qian Xuan, the secretary of the Meng Dynasty. At that time, Qian Xuan opposed Taizong of the dynasty and wanted to unite with his relatives to join the mutiny, but he was killed after leaking the secret. Naturally, she was not among those who were condemned by the clan, and she was arranged to marry Dongfang Bai afterwards." Zhang Jie talked about this past with a lot of embarrassment.

Zu An knew that the Taizong he was talking about should still be a courtier of the Meng Dynasty. In fact, whether it was Taizu or Taizong, although he was actually the person in charge of the country, it was Zhao Hao who officially established the Zhou Dynasty. .

The titles of Taizu and Taizong were both conferred by Zhao Hao afterwards.

"Just because he married the princess of the former dynasty, Dongfang Bai is not valued by this dynasty?" Zu'an was a little curious, and didn't understand what he said had anything to do with this matter.

"Of course it's not just because of this, you know that this dynasty is Zhen Xueyi, right?" Zhang Xie continued. Zu'an nodded, Zongzheng was in charge of various affairs of the imperial clan, and speaking of it, he had dealt with him before.

At that time, because of some rumors about himself and the princess, in order to verify his innocence, people like Zongzheng and Jijiu came forward to interrogate him.

It's just that he doesn't have a deep impression of Zhen Xueyi, he only remembers that he is an old fox who is very good at throwing blame.

"In fact, his surname is not Zhen, but a member of Empress Huang's clan of Emperor Meng Zhao. Because the Zhen family had no descendants, he was adopted to the Zhen family, but he is the blood of the Huang family and cannot be changed. The relationship is not as distant as Dongfang Bai, but he is quite popular, what do you think is the reason?" Zhang Jie looked at him with a sneer.

Zuan shook his head, many matters related to the previous dynasty were banned, and he couldn't find out even if he wanted to.

Fortunately, some old people from the previous dynasty are still alive today, and some things can be passed on by word of mouth.

"Why do you think the great foundation of the Meng Dynasty was acquired by the Zhao family of this dynasty?" Zhang Xie did not answer, but threw out another question. one question.

Zu'an thought for a while and replied: "It should be that the emperors of the Meng Dynasty did not live long, and the competition for the position in the past made the Meng Dynasty extremely guarded against suppressing the children of the royal family. Taizu Taizong can take advantage of the opportunity."

Hearing his answer, Zhang Xie was a little surprised: "You actually spoke so bluntly, instead of whitewashing the dynasty like other embroidered clothes envoys, and I don't know how you passed the relevant political review."

Zuan was taken aback for a moment. As a time traveler, he could naturally look at all this from a detached perspective, but he didn't expect to be a little different in the eyes of others.

"Okay, okay, you're rebellious, it seems that I'm not wrong to tell you this." Zhang Xie suddenly became happy.

Zuan frowned when he heard this: "You rambled so much and didn't say anything of great value. Are you deliberately delaying time? My patience is limited."

Zhang Xie laughed: "Don't be impatient, the reasons you just mentioned are indeed very important, but there is another more important thing. Emperor Meng Zhao's sons all died young, which resulted in him having no adult sons to take over. Jiangshan had no choice but to find some young sons of the clan to succeed Datong."

"It's not uncommon for a prince to die early, not to mention that Emperor Meng Zhao himself didn't live too long, which proves that he has some genetic problems." Zu'an replied.

"Gene?" Zhang Xie was taken aback, apparently he had never heard the word before, "It's true that premature death is not uncommon, but what if it's not an accident, but man-made?"

"Human effort?" Zaun was startled, "Who dares to do such a thing?"

"According to what you said just now, whoever benefits is the most suspected." Zhang Jie sneered. "You mean the Taizu and Emperor Taizong of this dynasty?" Zhang Zitong, who had been listening all the time, couldn't help it. After all, it was related to the case of the extermination of the Zhang family.

"That's right." Zhang Xie was straightforward, "Strictly speaking, he was the Emperor Taizu, and he was the only one who had the ability at that time."

"No, although the information is limited, Emperor Meng Zhao has a good reputation and is considered a wise emperor. How dare the Taizu do such a thing at that time?" Zu'an was a little puzzled. Zu was still a loyal minister, and it wasn't until the next few little emperors came to power that his power completely lost control.

"Taizu alone couldn't do it at that time, but what if Emperor Zhao's Huang Huanghou cooperated?" Zhang Jie sneered.

"Empress Huang?" Zu'an was a little confused, she was already a queen, how could she cheat on her husband with foreign ministers?

However, when he thought of the relationship between the queen in the palace and himself, his expression suddenly became weird.

"Empress Huang has no children and is jealous. She doesn't want other concubines to have children. She and Taizu also had a good relationship at the time, so they hit it off." Zhang Jie said slowly, "In a few years, several of Emperor Zhao All the princes died early one after another, he thought it was because of his poor fortune, but he didn't suspect anything else."

"However, when dealing with the fourth prince, the imperial physicians and eunuchs who were in charge at that time were worried that the matter would be exposed, coupled with uneasy conscience, so they quietly sent the fourth prince out of the palace, and announced to the outside world that the prince died early, the imperial physician contacted A friend outside the palace, that is, Zitong's father, Zhang Zhiquan, who has always been a good character, so he generously helped and helped the fourth prince to take him outside the palace. Although the fourth prince lived among the people, he managed to survive."

"At that time, everyone thought that one day the truth would be revealed, and the four princes could be sent back to the palace to become emperors. Not only were they no good, but they made great contributions. Things will naturally end without a problem."

"I don't know if the fourth prince died young because of this reason, but he has left a bloodline among the people, that is, the emperor's grandson I mentioned just now."

Speaking of this past incident, Zhang Xie sighed: "It's just that the fire could not be covered with paper, and the Zhao family finally found out about this matter. Because it was so important, it was not convenient for a public trial, so the gold medal seventh leader Kill the relevant people, and at the same time press for the whereabouts of the emperor's grandson."

Ah, Zhang Zitong let out tears like rain. After so many years, he finally knew the truth about the death of his parents.

Zu'an was also a little emotional. Before that, he suspected that Gold Medal Embroidered Clothes would not execute a royal censor in this way, but if it involves a battle for the throne, it makes sense.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What about the whereabouts of the emperor's grandson?"