Chapter 226 This throne originally belonged to King Pingxi
Liang Jiang also stumbled and said: "Is there some misunderstanding in this?"
The Queen Mother smiled bitterly: "Actually, when you held the Aijia hostage that day, the Aijia also suspected that the commander-in-chief was Tong Shouliang. But he was not a fake. It was indeed the emperor's order."
Liang Jiang was stunned again.
"So thanks to your reminder that day, before the Aijia entered the mountain, for the sake of caution, I wanted to test it. But the commander's attitude seemed to have said everything.
If he had evil intentions towards Longmai, he would naturally be eager to leave the Ai family behind and take Princess Heya into the mountains. But in the end, he chose to go alone, clearly having no plans for this dragon vein.
This also shows that all of this was ordered by the emperor.
Concubine Xie Jin Chan escaped from her shell and left for Beijing. She must have followed King Pingxi back to Weixi. The emperor was worried that King Pingxi would seize the dragon vein, so he asked me to come in person. "
Mrs. Liang couldn't figure it out for a while: "Don't we just need to move the imperial mausoleum here? Why do you have to be buried?"
"Don't you understand yet? The emperor is wary of King Pingxi. If the imperial mausoleum is moved here, Fuyin can also protect King Pingxi. But the Ai family is buried here, which is different. It can protect his country forever. "
"Perhaps this is just your suspicion."
The Queen Mother shook her head: "My own son, I understand that for ambition and power, you can do whatever it takes. If King Pingxi wants to compete with him for the dragon vein, the Ai family will be his first victim."
The Queen Mother explained the reason, but Mrs. Liang and Liang Jiang were still dumbfounded.
They really couldn't believe that there would be people in this world who would bury their biological mothers alive just for their own ambitions!
The emperor was so cruel and ignorant.
Liang Jiang looked shocked and stuttered: "King Pingxi has never had any ambitions, and he has never thought about coveting the throne. The emperor is so suspicious and has repeatedly attacked King Pingxi. How can it not be chilling?"
The Queen Mother said dejectedly: "King Pingxi was smart since he was a child, and he made many military exploits when he grew up. He has always been the strongest competitor in the emperor's heart.
not to mention……"
She hesitated for a moment, then spoke resolutely: "When the emperor died that year, he originally wanted to pass the throne to King Pingxi."
Mrs. Liang was stunned again. When Liang Guogong was still alive, he had said that King Pingxi might inherit the throne. However, when the emperor died, he did not leave any will, so the emperor as the prince naturally inherited the throne.
The Queen Mother said solemnly: "Before the death of the late emperor, he had drafted an imperial decree in advance. He wanted to pass the throne to King Pingxi, and the imperial decree was hidden in his bedroom.
When he was dying, he ordered Taoist Li and the Minister of Rites to take out the imperial edict and summon King Pingxi to the palace.
The Ai family were so obsessed at the time that they listened to the emperor's request, intercepted the imperial edict from Li Daozhang and Jian Shangshu, and hid it. Therefore, the emperor could naturally inherit the throne after the death of the previous emperor. "
When Mrs. Liang and her daughter heard the palace secret, they were so shocked that they were speechless.
No wonder the Queen Mother said that it was her own fault that she would not survive. She single-handedly pushed her son to the throne, but now she was buried alive by her son in this barren mountain.
The Queen Mother continued: "Because of this matter, the emperor has always had a grudge against King Pingxi and wishes he could get rid of it quickly.
Later, after he was firmly established and his wings were full, he tried every means to reduce the power of King Pingxi. As for Duke Liang, the emperor was actually well aware of it and knew that Duke Liang had been wronged.
Because Tong Shouliang has always been his. It was he who secretly fostered Tong Shouliang's ambition to get rid of Duke Liang. He was completely happy to see Tong Shouliang's crimes come to fruition. "
For a moment, Mrs. Liang's head felt like it was going to explode.
She never imagined that her husband would go to such lengths to save this foolish king's empire, but this foolish king would stab him in the back.
It is simply a joke that I am grateful for his innocence and his wife and children.
She gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "Such a cowardly king has failed the late emperor and his subjects. He is not worthy of being a king at all."
The Queen Mother said regretfully: "You are right. He is cruel, suspicious, unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust. He is not worthy of being a king. He will only destroy the inheritance of our ancestors and the great country. He made thousands of mistakes, and they are all the fault of the Ai family. I Death is not a pity. But I don’t want to cause disaster to all the people and bring harm to the world for thousands of years because of my fault. I just want to make up for it as much as possible.”
She looked at Liang Jiang and said word by word: "If you can contact King Pingxi, then please tell him to rebel against this foolish king and preserve the inheritance of our ancestors."
Liang Jiang hesitated and remained silent.
With trembling hands, the Queen Mother laboriously tore at the corners of her clothes, took out a satin yellow silk ribbon, and handed it to Liang Jiang solemnly.
"I know that the emperor has been secretly looking for the late emperor's decree and was wary of me. So before the Western Tour, I took this decree with me.
Today, even if I risk my life, I will help you escape from this place, and I must hand over this imperial edict to King Pingxi. "
Liangjiang took it in her hand, opened it and took a look. It was indeed as the Queen Mother said, it was the imperial decree passed down by the late Emperor to Gu Xizhi.
Everything the Queen Mother said was true, and she sincerely regretted it.
Then she slowly raised her lips and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have my own way to contact King Pingxi."
The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly glowed: "Really?"
Liang Jiang nodded: "When the escort army left the capital, Princess Wan'er was playful. With the help of Prince Xie, she infiltrated the escort army and followed it all the way to Weixi. Now she is in the escort army."
The Queen Mother was stunned and understood instantly: "No wonder, that day when King Pingxi broke into the inn at night, you found the Ai family's dormitory so smoothly."
"Yes, it was Princess Wan'er who secretly helped me that day." Liang Jiang said truthfully: "Wan'er should be able to take on this important task, escape from here, and find ways to contact King Ping Xi."
The Queen Mother was immediately overjoyed: "Heaven will not destroy Chang'an."
The three of them gathered together secretly for a moment. Mrs. Liang stepped out of the carriage through the curtain and said to the confidant Tong Shouliang had left behind: "The Queen Mother's illness is very serious. Although I have used acupuncture, the effect has been minimal. I still need to take some decoction orally."
"Then let's make a prescription."
Mrs. Liang said: "The medicinal materials we brought with us during the march are limited. I'm afraid it won't be possible to prepare the medicine according to the prescription. I need to prescribe the medicine according to the prescription, or in other words, we prepare the medicine ourselves."
Her words made sense, and her confidant waved her hand and ordered: "Take Mrs. Liang to get some medicine."
Immediately a guard came forward and took Liang Jiang to the carriage containing the medicine.
Because Liangjiang needed to boil medicine for the Queen Mother, she had a short period of freedom, and also gave Xie Wan'er, who was hiding in the escort, a chance to get close to her.
Xie Wan'er came to Weixi with the army this time, originally because of fun.
She wanted to see if the tiger Liangjiang raised was as majestic as she said.
When I heard that the escort army was going to escort the Queen Mother to Weixi, I became interested.
Xie Fubai did not dissuade her. Instead, he helped her cover up and asked the brothers in the escort army to take care of her. Therefore, Xie Wan'er's identity was not exposed along the way.
Xie Fubai did this not to condone her willfulness, but because the Marquis understood that going to Beijing was now a place of right and wrong, and the Marquis Mansion might also be implicated in it. It would be better to let Xie Wan'er leave the capital, in case something happened. Xie Wan'er still has one life left.
Xie Wan'er enjoyed it and did not realize the danger until that day when she witnessed Tong Shouliang setting an ambush and Gu Xi knew that he had fallen into the trap.
Being smart, she immediately sneaked to find the Queen Mother to set fire to, and met Liang Jiang by chance.
Only then did she realize how serious the situation was.
In order to be able to cooperate internally and externally in the future, she did not reveal her identity and remained hidden in the escort.
(End of chapter)