Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 898 Elopement

Song Qiyun was completely stunned when he heard Song Yaojia's words, he couldn't believe his ears.

"Brother Yao Jia, is this a joke? Impossible?" He plucked his ear, "Say it again, what did the Jing Palace do?"

"You heard me right, and I'm not joking. It's the same if I say it a hundred times." Song Yaojia patted Song Qiyun on the shoulder, "The people from King Jing's mansion seduced the late emperor's concubine, and it's not like they did such a dirty trick. The other is the son of King Jing."

"But..." Song Qiyun frowned, "No one has ever told me about this, and I have never heard of it."

"You are young, so it's not surprising that you haven't heard of it. This happened relatively early, when the first emperor took the throne for more than two months." Song Yaojia sighed softly, "Besides, family ugliness should not be publicized, the less people know about it. The better, right?"

"I..." Song Qiyun curled his lips, "You are not much older than me, how do you know everything about it?"

"Father was entrusted by the late emperor to deal with the son of King Jing. He is the one who knows the ins and outs of this matter the most besides the emperor, that concubine and the son of King Jing." Song Yaojia looked at Song Qiyun and then at Jin Miao Miao, "If it wasn't for the relationship between the Yan family and King Jing's Mansion today, no one would be willing to mention this, especially..." He glanced at Song Jue, "It's Your Majesty."

"That makes sense." Song Qiyun poked Song Yaojia, "Hurry up, what's going on?"

"In the first month after the late emperor ascended the throne, King Jing's son brought people from Liuzhou Mansion to Beijing under the pretext of celebrating the late emperor's enthronement. The real purpose of his trip was to hope that the late emperor would allow him to inherit the throne in advance."

"Inherit the throne in advance?" Jin Miaomiao didn't quite understand, "At that time King Jing was still alive?"

"Still alive." Song Yaojia nodded, "It's just that King Jing is in poor health and has been sick all year round, but the power of the palace has not been released to the prince at all. The prince is not happy. He always feels that King Jing is wary of him and doesn't trust him. According to him I said that the father and son often quarreled over this issue, and when they quarreled fiercely, they almost fought."

"Then King Jing really doesn't believe him? Or is the prince misunderstood?"

"King Jing has only such a son in his life, how could he not believe him? How could he give the palace to outsiders?" Song Yaojia shook his head lightly, "It's just that King Jing thinks that his son is not mature enough in dealing with others. Many things he did did not satisfy him. If the palace was handed over to him at this time, there might be some troubles. Therefore, King Jing would rather his son misunderstand him than take advantage of the future of the palace. But he did not expect that, His son was so daring, he didn't even say hello, he brought his confidant directly into Beijing, asked to see the late emperor, begged the late emperor to be the master, and inherit the throne in advance."

"This Prince Jing's son is quite daring to think and do." Jin Miaomiao looked at the plum and bamboo walking over with a tray with a smile, and distributed the ginger soup on the tray to Song Yaojia and Song Qiyun, "However, he should It didn't work out, did it?"

"This is natural, the late emperor did not see him."

Song Yaojia and Song Qiyun looked at each other, the two brothers pinched their noses at the same time and poured the bowl of ginger soup into their mouths.Immediately afterwards, both of them started coughing at the same time.Not long after, the same voice came from Song Jue's side.

Several people looked at each other, then at Jin Miaomiao who looked calm, and shook their heads helplessly.

"Did he give up without seeing him?" Song Qiyun returned the bowl to Mei Zhu, "I don't think he gave up so easily."

"Of course I didn't give up. Not only didn't I give up, but I also made a big fuss about it." Song Yaojia also handed the bowl to Meizhu, thanked her, and continued, "He took people to every yamen in Xijing, including the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Justice. Dali Temple did not let it go. Every time he went to a place, he told people that his difficulties were not easy. His father was ill for a long time, he did not trust him, and he wanted to manage the palace, but his father made trouble. He stayed in Xijing In almost three months, almost everyone, including the common people, knew that he was a particularly filial son. But even so, the first emperor didn't see him, but he didn't care about him, just let him mess around .”

"Why? Didn't he ruin the reputation of King Jing's Mansion by doing this?" Song Qiyun didn't quite understand his father's actions, "Why did father indulge him?"

"It has nothing to do with your father. King Jing wrote a letter to the first emperor, please don't intervene. If the son wants to make trouble, let him make trouble, and let him stop when he is tired. If you stop it, it will become more violent." Song Yaojia Shrugged, "A knowledgeable son is nothing like a father. Sure enough, the son really stopped for a few days when he saw that no one paid attention to him. Everyone thought he had given up, but they didn't want him to think of another way."

"Yes..." Jin Miaomiao hesitated, "Is that concubine?"

"That's right." Song Yaojia nodded, "Actually, the prince and that concubine are related. Strictly speaking, the two of them are cousins. It is said that when they were young, they lived together in Prince Jing's mansion for two or three years, and their relationship was still strong. That's right, after this cousin's family entered Beijing, they gradually lost contact. The eldest son had a lot of fun in Beijing, and this cousin's family knew about it, so they made a special trip to his door to visit him once. That is, this time, Only then did he know that his cousin actually entered the palace and became a concubine in the harem."

"So, he thought of using this cousin to get close to the father?" Song Qiyun curled his lips, "This idea is stupid."

"He didn't know that this idea was stupid, but he was very happy on the contrary. He also didn't know that since his cousin entered the palace, she hadn't even seen the late emperor's face." Song Yaojia chuckled, "He was at that time I sent a message to the palace, saying that I wanted to see my cousin, and my cousin's parents were there, and the palace didn't object, so I agreed."

"What happened later? How did it develop into seducing concubines?"

"Seducing a concubine is just a way of saying, to be precise, it should be elopement."

Song Yaojia glanced at Song Jue who was walking towards this side, and waved to him, telling him to come back later, they haven't finished talking yet.Seeing Song Yaojia's gesture, Song Jue stopped Shen Haolin and Shen Cha who also wanted to go this way.

"So, it means that the old relationship between the cousins ​​is revived, and they want to escape from the golden cage of the harem!" Jin Miaomiao sneered, "I admire, admire, very courageous, this approach."

"That's right, but the late Emperor and the Empress Dowager didn't know that these two people were actually involved, otherwise they wouldn't agree to visit, right? They met three times in total, and each time was normal. Look, there was no excessive contact, and they didn't say anything strange, so they eloped suddenly, which made everyone puzzled."

"Did you get caught right?"

"Yes!" Song Yaojia nodded, "It's bad luck for them, the palace gate where the concubine sneaked away, in fact, few people usually go there, it's a very small gate." He looked at Song Qiyun, " It’s the southeast corner of the harem, the door you insisted on digging a hole to escape from when you were a child.”

"Oh, I see. Was the door closed because of this incident?"

"That's right, the late Emperor just felt depressed that day, so he dragged his father, who had entered the palace to greet him, to find a quiet place to vomit his bitterness, and happened to bump into him."

"You actually ran into it yourself?"

"It's not a big deal. What's more, when they met, the door had already been opened. The first emperor and father watched a person dressed as a palace maid running towards King Jing's son and threw it into the door. His arms."

(End of this chapter)