Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 691 Not Innocent

"Senior, did that King Liang intend to appoint the fifth prince as the crown prince from the very beginning and pass on his throne to him?" Seeing Tantai Pingchuan nodding slightly, Song Qiyun frowned slightly, "Why? Everyone said that this The prince is not favored by the King of Liang, and has always been in a state of fending for himself, and no one thought that this unfavored prince would become the new king."

"This should be a way for King Liang to protect him. The more he neglects the fifth prince, the important ministers and nobles who want to take advantage of the dragon will stay away from him. No one is willing to follow such an unpopular person. In the same way, King Liang can also use this to see the shortcomings in the court, and see who these courtiers who keep saying they are loyal to the emperor are actually loyal to."

"That's right, seizing the heir is just a method used by King Liang to select the assistant ministers for the new king. Those princes who are favored in the war of seizing the heir are the bait to attract those ministers with impure thoughts. Who will be attracted? After the past, whoever becomes the target of King Liang's purge." Tantai Pingchuan shook his head helplessly, "It's a pity that the authorities are obsessed and bystanders are clear. Being tempted by huge benefits, few people will remain sober."

"Isn't senior one of them?" Shen Cha smiled lightly, "The Tantai family has too much power, which has already aroused King Liang's suspicion. Senior understands this point better than anyone in the clan, so I just I will let go of everything the tribe has done to you."

While speaking, Shen Cha ordered Mei Zhu to light the lamps, and then sent someone to tell the dining room to prepare dinner, because there were elders around, so it was a little lighter.

"I didn't expect you to pay so much attention to health preservation at such a young age."

"Being a doctor after a long illness naturally cares more about your own body than others." Seeing Song Qiyun's famished look, Shen Cha moved the snack in front of him, "Back then, King Liang wanted you to go with him Contact with the fifth prince? The younger generation saw that the fifth prince's style of doing things after he succeeded to the throne is very senior. We once guessed that the senior was the teacher of the fifth prince and taught him, but it is just a guess and there is no evidence."

"The guess is very reliable." Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand towards Song Qiyun who brought over the snacks, "Back then, the other princes were taught by famous teachers and supported by many important ministers, but the fifth prince was relatively unknown. Even if he moved out of the palace and set up another palace after he became an adult, the front door would still be deserted, and no one would want to associate with him. When he was in the palace, he could be taught by King Liang himself, but when he was out of the palace, he had to find a special master. He especially hopes that I, Xuanyuan, and the other two adults will teach the fifth prince, but we have special identities, if we approach him blatantly, it will easily attract the attention of others and deviate from the original intention of King Liang."

"The disappearance and return of the senior gave Liang Wang hope. You can teach the fifth prince secretly, because for those who know the inside story, you have passed away and do not pose any threat to them. They will not think of it. , the fifth prince's teacher will be you."

"That's almost what it means!" Tantai Pingchuan nodded, "For nearly five or six years, I spent every night in the fifth prince's mansion. This fifth prince is indeed the heir recognized by King Liang. The king is very similar, he also believes in the creed that those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish, and they also hate the Tantai family and the Heijia camp."

"Why?" Song Qiyun frowned, "If you can't get it, you will destroy it?"

"Yes!" Tantai Pingchuan nodded, "He said he thought that the Tantai family and Heijiaying would only be loyal to King Liang, at least he thought so when he was very young, but when he saw Tantai's family and Heijiaying Desperately joining the battle to seize the heir apparent, he was particularly disappointed, and even had the idea of ​​sending someone to assassinate me. But before his idea became a reality, I was hunted down by his own family. Regarding this, he expressed his great gratitude. I was shocked. I remember what he said at the time, it turned out that my husband was not treated by his relatives just like me. Although this sentence was slightly ridiculed, but..."

"I still long for the affection of my family." Shen Cha sighed heavily, "Although he understands King Liang's protection for him, he hopes to get the care from his relatives from the bottom of his heart, instead of calculating each other as he is doing now. , Hurt each other. But after he succeeded to the throne, he showed no mercy to those who had helped him and those who supported his succession, why is that?"

"There's no reason, it's just that I don't like it." Tantai Pingchuan smiled wryly, "If it wasn't for the agreement with King Liang and him at the very beginning, as long as the fifth prince becomes king, Xuanyuan and I will be successful." Retire, never step into the court, and we will not live today."

"The price is to help him eradicate the Tantai family and the Heijia camp?"

"This is our common goal. It's still the same sentence just now. Instead of handing them over to the fifth prince, it's better for me to do it myself. Unexpectedly, the Heijia camp was not completely wiped out. A small group of elites desperately killed my brother's family. After being rescued, I, Xuanyuan, and the fifth prince sent people to search in various ways, but failed to find any traces of them, so I gave up the search for the time being. But both Xuanyuan and I know that they must still exist somewhere in this world, resting and recuperating. Wait until the opportunity comes out again."

"The Heijiaying who attacked the Xuanyuan family and His Highness King Ning are their descendants?" Seeing Tantai Pingchuan nodding, Shen Cha frowned slightly, "But what about the Mu family? Isn't the Mu family yours? Not affiliated with the Black Armor Camp?"

"I also have my own confidants, and I can't rely on the Heijiaying for everything, especially when I know that the Heijiaying has betrayed me." Tantai Pingchuan smiled, "You should have guessed it, they are targeting the Xuanyuan family. Because they suspected that the Xuanyuan family had betrayed them and betrayed them during the battle to win the heir apparent, the so-called accidents that the Xuanyuan family suffered over the years were basically their masterpieces."

"We have already guessed this point. But what we don't quite understand is whether what happened to His Royal Highness Prince Ning is related to Tantai Ce, the first generation head of the Tantai family?" After exchanging a look with Shen Haolin, Shen Cha threw He answered the biggest question in his heart, "Or is the experience of those people related to His Highness King Ning also related to this so-called feud?"

"It's not like that." Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand lightly, "How many years have passed, how much hatred has dissipated, how can there be hatred for so many years? The reason why they have trouble with King Ning is entirely because of him mother."

"Isn't his biological mother from that tribe?"

"That's right, but no one knows that the people of that tribe have long been loyal to the Tantai family... No, it should be said that they are only loyal to every patriarch of the Tantai family."

"So..." Shen Cha paused, "Are they also yours?"

"It's true to say that, but they don't know it themselves, and I don't want them to know. After all, Liang Guo is gone, and they can live the life they want." Tantai Pingchuan sighed softly, " It’s just that I didn’t expect that they would not be spared.”

"Aunt Xue is really implicated."

"Xiao Cha is talking about Mrs. Xian Xuehou?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding slightly, Tantai Pingchuan waved his hands, "You are wrong, she is not innocent."

"What do you mean, senior?"

"The great prince of the Kingdom of Jin who she is friends with has a biological mother who is a daughter of a nobleman of the Kingdom of Jin, and also a spy of the Black Armor Camp."

(End of this chapter)