Chapter 121 The mystery of Zhu Youtang’s life experience!
At this point, the murder case of the late emperor, which had shrouded the capital for nearly two months, finally came to light.
In this way, all logic is closed.
A single cabinet consists of officials from outside the DPRK, and Zhu Jianshen has not been in the DPRK for many years since the case of the demon Li Zilong.
The civil servants in the cabinet had no clue of Zhu Jianshen's whereabouts.
But with the empress dowager and empress in the harem, the situation is different.
They are the people closest to Zhu Jianshen, and they know Zhu Jianshen’s whereabouts very well.
The more important point is that seven months before Zhu Jianshen's death, Concubine Wan Guishen, who had been inseparable from Zhu Jianshen, passed away.
Without Concubine Wan Gui suppressing the concubines in the harem, Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Wang became even more unscrupulous.
Both the cabinet and the harem knew that to get rid of Zhu Jianshen, they had to get rid of Wan Guifei first.
Zhu Jianshen, who lost the protection of Concubine Wan Guifei, died seven months later, and everything seemed to fall into place.
The history books can still find a vague and beautiful excuse for the murder of the late emperor by poisoning.
The late emperor missed his imperial concubine, and his longing made him sick, so he left with her.
This reason is much better than the fact that the late emperor was poisoned by the cabinet and the harem.
After reading the secret book, Zhu Youtang still had doubts in his heart.
So what kind of person is this Concubine Wan Gui?
Why are the records in the history books so different from the Concubine Wan Gui in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Concubine Wan Gui in the Dongchang secret fold?
According to the history books and the words of Empress Dowager Zhou, Concubine Wan Gui was arbitrary, domineering, cruel and jealous, and she viciously attacked Zhu Youtang's concubine and prince.
But in the secret struggle of Dongchang, Concubine Wan Guifei always stood behind Zhu Jianshen and tried her best to protect him?
Then what kind of Concubine Wan Gui is real?
Zhu Youtang closed the secret fold, threw it into the stove nearby, and burned it clean.
Then he shouted: "Call Wang Zhi, come!"
Fu Dahai, who was waiting outside the door, listened to the order and immediately ordered the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to go to the West Factory to summon Wang Zhi.
Since Huai'en, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was imprisoned by Zhu Youtang, Fu Dahai, who was serving in front of the emperor, took over part of the work of the ceremony.
Fu Dahai is now in charge of summoning people like this.
Soon, Wang Zhi, covered in frost and snow, strode into Hongde Hall.
"Welcoming minister Wang Zhi, please see Your Majesty."
"No need to be more polite."
Wang Zhi was about to kneel down, but was exempted from the common courtesy by Zhu Youtang.
Zhu Youtang went straight to the point and asked directly: "How is the investigation of the West Factory going on what happened back then?"
Wang Zhi lowered his head and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, I have already found some clues."
"What did you find? Tell me!"
Wang Zhi frowned and took a deep breath. Finally, he spoke slowly.
“Since the last time we received the order, Xichang has followed His Majesty’s will and first started investigating from the eleventh year of Chenghua.”
“During the survey in the eleventh year of Chenghua, Xichang discovered a strange phenomenon. ”
"Although the late emperor had many heirs, all of his princes were born or discovered after the eleventh year of Chenghua."
"Eleven years before Chenghua, two of the three princes of the late emperor died suddenly. One is missing..."
Zhu Youtang knew that the only "missing" prince was himself.
As Wang Zhi said, the number of adult princes Zhu Jianshen had was actually second only to Zhu Yuanzhang in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Jianshen had a total of eleven princes who lived to adulthood, which was extremely rare in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Before Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Di had three princes who lived to adulthood, and Zhu Gaochi had nine.
Zhu Zhanji only had two princes, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, and Zhu Qizhen had eight more princes who lived to adulthood.
After Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youtang only had one prince, Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao had no prince at all.
Zhu Houcong and Zhu Zaijing were the only two princes who lived to adulthood.
Zhu Yijun had five princes who lived to adulthood, while Zhu Changluo only had two princes who lived to adulthood.
When they arrived at Zhu Youxiao, all three princes and two princesses died, and their heirs were extinct. The throne had to be passed on to the emperor's younger brother Zhu Youjian.
From this point of view, after the emperor of the Ming Dynasty passed away from Zhu Jianshen, it was like his ancestral graves were buried in the wrong place. The princes were born one after another, and after the death, even the throne had two lineage transfers.
The emperor of a country was unable to give birth to children. Even if he gave birth to children, they would all die young one by one.
How amazing! Weird!
The emperors after Zhu Jianshen had extremely few heirs.
However, the emperors before Zhu Jianshen had relatively rich heirs.
The two are in sharp contrast.
Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Zhi quietly with no expression on his face and motioned for him to continue speaking.
Wang Zhi saw that Zhu Youtang made no other moves, so he continued.
“According to His Majesty, after His Majesty was born, he was secretly raised in Anletang by Wu Feihou and Zhang Minhuaien, two eunuchs.”
"But there is obviously a serious problem. In this harem, there is a large population and close flow of people."
"A deposed queen plus two eunuchs cannot hide a prince in the harem. For six years. "
Zhu Youtang's breathing became rapid, as if there was something that he had deliberately ignored and was about to come out.
"Then, who can do it?"
Wang Zhi looked at Zhu Youtang and said in a low voice: "The empress dowager and the empress can do it together." Zhu Youtang stared. My eyes widened, I took a deep breath, and felt a cold current from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.
"You mean... I was hidden by the Zhou family and the Wang family?"
"They both knew about my existence from the beginning?"
Wang Zhi meets Zhu Youtang God He was so excited that he knelt down quickly and saluted with his hands raised: "Wei Chen just made a guess, there is no sufficient evidence to prove..."
Zhu Youtang slapped the table and said sharply: "Get up, no need to kneel down!"< br>
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wang Zhi quickly stood up again, but bent down even lower.
"What about my Holy Mother Queen Mother Ji? If they can hide me, they must have hidden the Queen Mother Ji..."
Wang Zhi quickly glanced at Zhu Youtang's tone was complicated, and he quickly lowered his head, his voice becoming extremely soft.
“Actually, the Queen Mother’s surname is not Ji, but Fu. She is the daughter of Fu Bin, the governor of the Chinese Army’s Mansion.”
"Xichang originally investigated based on Ji's name, but found that there was no trace at all."
"After multiple investigations, we found out that the identity of the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother had been tampered with."
< br>"The Queen Mother Our Lady was not a traitor who was sent to the palace. She is the daughter of the chieftain, but the official concubine of His Majesty."
Zhu Youtang's expression condensed, and then he became furious: "What did you say? The identity of the Queen Mother has been tampered with?"
“How is this possible?!”
"Whether it's in the records of the Jingsi Room, my golden birth book, or the enthronement edict, it's Ji's name."
"How could it be Fu's?!"
< br>The identity of the emperor's biological mother has been tampered with, which is a matter that endangers the country.
With a little carelessness, Zhu Youtang will lose the rationality and legality of inheriting the great treasure, and will end up with a reputation as an unfair position.
This matter is no small matter, it is of great importance!
It is much more serious than the Yichu incident that occurred in the 21st year of Chenghua!
And to change an official concubine into an ordinary palace maid, how much ability do you have to be able to do this?
Change the status of an emperor's biological mother from a concubine to a palace maid.
This is not only an injury to the concubine, but also an insult to the emperor!
"What the hell is going on?" Zhu Youtang patted Long An angrily.
"Did the person in charge of recording make a mistake when Fu entered the palace?"
Wang Zhi shook his head: "This is absolutely impossible, the late emperor's concubine is also the daughter of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion."
"It is impossible for her name to be If you remember it wrong, it can only be tampered with."
"Have you checked at Fu Bin's house?"
"His Majesty, Wei Chen has looked for it, but Fu Bin didn't. The whole family has been silenced long ago..."
Zhu Youtang put his hands on the dragon case and forced himself to accept this history.
Zhu Youtang took several deep breaths before asking in a hoarse voice: "Who? Who tampered with it?"
"Is it Concubine Wan Gui, or the Zhou and Wang families?"< br>
Wang Zhi did not answer directly, but mentioned another matter.
“Based on my impression and the results of the investigation, Concubine Wan Gui’s power in the harem is not as great as His Majesty described.”
"If Concubine Wan Gui was really arbitrary and domineering in the harem, why couldn't she even protect her own child?"
"In the first month of the second year of Chenghua, Concubine Wan Gui gave birth to the emperor's eldest son. After that, he was named the Crown Prince. ”
"As a result, in November, the crown prince passed away."
Zhu Youtang frowned: "Concubine Wan Gui had a son? Who? How come I have never heard of it?"
< br>“Your Majesty, Concubine Wan Guifei’s son has no name.”
"He is the eldest son and the crown prince, how could he not have a name?"
"He originally had a name, but the word was destroyed."
"The golden birth book and In the family tree of the clan mansion, there is only one The name of the emperor's eldest son was deliberately destroyed. "And since then, the royal concubine has never been able to conceive a dragon heir."
After hearing this, Zhu Youtang felt his scalp numb.
This so-called powerful and domineering Concubine Wan Gui turned out to be a pitiful woman who couldn't even protect her own son.
Not only was the son's life not saved, but even the son's name was not saved.
Concubine Wan Gui was favored by the late emperor, so she must have received the most rain and dew in the harem.
Even so, Concubine Wan Gui could not conceive a dragon heir again...
Zhu Youtang could no longer think about it.
He felt that since he was born, he had been living in a cocoon carefully woven with lies.
He could no longer tell what was true and what was false.
My whole life seems to have been planned in advance.
If he had not received help from the system, he would have been reduced to a puppet in the hands of others for the rest of his life.
Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Zhi, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "What about other things? Keep telling me!"
Wang Zhi bowed and raised his hand: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Wei Chen only found so much."
Zhu Youtang was stunned for a moment, then murmured to himself: "Hua En... Hua En, he must know this. Thing!"
"I want to interrogate Hua En in person!"