It is difficult to obey the order of the common people

Chapter 126 126. The Trip to Jiayang ([-])

For Princess Shengping, her son-in-law and children are people she can never let go of.

If it wasn't for her, then they wouldn't have died either.

Even though political struggles are inevitable, Princess Shengping still cannot let go of this hurdle.

Ji Shaoyuan felt that maybe Princess Shengping had been brooding over her for so many years, and she also thought that only in this way could she live with her conscience.

She said: "Grandmother, the son-in-law and your son will not blame you."

If you really blame Princess Shengping, why bother to fall in love and meet?
Ji Shaoyuan's words did not comfort Princess Shengping, she smiled wryly, "People's hearts are fleshy, and when the son-in-law died, I couldn't even collect the body, because I am a royal princess, representing the face of the Tian family, and a mere Guo family is not enough. Make golden branches and jade leaves bow their knees."

The Guo family was indeed a special existence in the Gaozong Dynasty.The Guo family was so powerful in the Taizong Dynasty, because the Guo family had a queen who favored the harem, and the Guo queen was promoted to become the queen mother of Guo, and the Guo family went one step further.

After Gaozong ascended the throne, he treated the Guo family with courtesy. He first made the Duke of the State, and then made the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Guo an official, and gave the false title of the third Duke.

Because Gaozong was still young when he came to the throne, and Taizong changed the candidate for the crown prince in his later years, a wave of political purges took place. Before leaving, Taizong pointed out four assistant ministers to assist Gaozong. Taizong's sentence "the empress dowager cuts it down" has great power.

Therefore, the emperor Gaozong has been caught between the Queen Mother Guo and the Guo family, with limited power.

The Guo family was full of arrogance, and there were many factions in the court. Gaozong, the young emperor, did not have much right to speak.In this way, Princess Shengping was designated by Gaozong as a pawn in his plan to seize power.

Princess Shengping was born to Gaozong's favorite concubine Chen Guifei.Concubine Chen Guifei was born in a poor family. Her father was a scholar and died young. Her mother remarried and ignored her siblings. She and her younger brother were the only ones left to depend on each other. At the age of six, he had to worry about making a living and being the master of the house.

Concubine Chen's favor was all a coincidence, because she went to the East Palace to sing hard, she was accepted into the mansion by Emperor Gaozong, and she was favored by the inner veil, so Concubine Chen gave birth to three daughters and four sons one after another.

Princess Shengping is the eldest daughter and the first child of Emperor Gaozong. Taizong was still there and liked this child very much, so he was named Princess Shengping, and then Princess Gaozong became Princess Shengping.

Princess Shengping was favored, and her mother Chen Guifei was also the favorite concubine under one person. In order to win over Chen Guifei, the Empress Dowager Guo treated Chen Guifei's mother kindly and kindly.

Princess Shengping's childhood can be regarded as a place where thousands of people doted on her.

However, a chance encounter at the age of 12 made Princess Shengping fall in love with the famous son of the Guo family——Guo Chaoqin.

Guo Chaoqin does not have the superciliousness inherent in the Guo family. On the contrary, he is polite and talented. He was a well-known child prodigy in the capital since he was very young.

The Guo family has an elder brother of the queen mother who is the prime minister and the Duke of the country. He is very arrogant. The children of the Guo family are notoriously arrogant and rude.

The appearance of Guo Chaoqin greatly broke all this.Princess Shengping's love affair has just begun, and she has a good impression of this well-mannered young man.

Empress Dowager Guo saw it in her eyes and kept it in her heart. Princess Shengping was the beloved daughter of Emperor Gaozong. Compared with Empress Song, who had no children and was unknown and had a false name, Chen Guifei, who was in charge of the six palaces and favored the harem, was naturally more worthy of attention and win over.

Concubine Chen's younger brother entered the Hanlin Academy, and was ordered and promoted by Emperor Gaozong. At a young age, he was the censor of Zuodu from the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the third rank. The title of the lord is completely different from that of the Empress Song's family.

In this way, the princess Shengping who is loved by thousands of people is of course worth trying to find a way to marry her.

Princess Shengping is innocent and innocent, completely unaware of Queen Mother Guo's calculations, and after getting along with Guo Chaoqin more and more, her heart sinks along with it.

Finally, after the matter was reported to Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Gaozong was overjoyed and ordered to marry the eldest princess and Guo Chaoqin.

As a result, Guo Chaoqin was awarded the title of General Hushi, rich and prosperous, with a bright future.The wedding was grand and lively, and many people came to join in the fun.

The Empress Dowager Guo has listened to the government behind the curtain for several years, and has her own contacts in the court, and the Guo family is no different.

Queen Mother Guo is willing to take care of her life, but the Guo family is not.

Prime Minister Guo was very happy when Princess Shengping married the Guo family, because she had a daughter-in-law of the princess, who was good-looking, and also meant that he was inseparable from the emperor, and absolutely no one could replace him.

In this way, Princess Shengping and Guo Chaoqin lived a happy and sweet wedding life under the noses of several people with different thoughts.

Princess Shengping loved Guo Chaoqin very much, and Guo Chaoqin also loved this gentle and talented wife. They fell in love with each other, cherished each other, and soon had their own children.

At that time, the court struggle intensified, and Prime Minister Guo refused to disarm and return to the field. The various behaviors of the Guo family were too numerous to record.Gaozong decided to take advantage of the opportunity of Princess Shengping giving birth to take down the Guo family in one fell swoop.

The military power in the hands of the Guo family has been taken away by Gaozong in various ways over the years, leaving only a group of loyal guards, Princess Shengping gave birth, and the entire Guo family is waiting.

Guo Chaoqin is also nervously looking forward to the safety of his wife and children.However, in the end, only the exhausted Princess Shengping survived, and everyone in the Guo family was captured.

In order to show favor at the beginning, Gaozong didn't even order Princess Shengping to live in the Princess Mansion, but lived with his husband.

Since the Guo family was taken down, Princess Shengping also knew the ins and outs of the matter.

Princess Shengping recalled Guo Chaoqin and her son with a trembling voice, "An'er and Qilang, how alike they are. Qilang was so clean when he was alive, but I, I..."

As she spoke, she burst into tears and choked speechlessly.

After many years, Emperor Gaozong passed away and Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne. Although her various grievances and regrets became more and more intense in the day after day of respect, she did not want to stay in this sad place anymore.

The death of Guo Chaoqin was not an accident, nor was the death of Princess Shengping's son.Gaozong could not allow the child with Guo's blood to survive, and instructed the imperial physician to put some herbs that caused the baby to suffocate in the anti-fetal medicine of Princess Shengping.

When she learned the truth, Princess Shengping shed her face with tears, wishing she could rush into the palace to find Emperor Gaozong to settle accounts. Her son died at the hands of his grandfather, which is pitiful and deplorable!
What's the use of Gaozong giving her more compensation?An'er can't die and come back to life, and Guo Chaoqin can't come back either.

After the Guo family was annihilated, the Empress Dowager Guo was so angry that her old illness relapsed, and she has been bedridden since then. Before she died, she refused to see Emperor Gaozong to express her protest.

Gaozong probably thought that Princess Shengping had been treated badly, so he abolished Empress Song and made Concubine Chen Gui the queen, and then gave Princess Shengping more food and households.

All of this was not what Princess Shengping wanted.

What else can Ji Shaoyuan say?He could only silently hold Princess Shengping's hand and accompany her.

After Princess Shengping's mood improved, Fang said again, "You're going to Jiayang, where Qilang and An'er happen to be buried, so you can burn incense sticks for me."

Guo Chaoqin's mother was from Jiayang. At the beginning, the Guo family was punished for the crime of treason. The sinner could not be buried in the ground for peace. One piece is buried, and the tomb stands in Jiayang.

As for why it is not in the suburbs of Beijing, in that case, the tomb standing in the suburbs of Beijing will only attract attention.

Ji Shaoyuan nodded, "Okay, I remember what my aunt said."

My aunt's life was too hard, her only beloved husband and child didn't survive, leaving her alone to miss and regret.

"Your Majesty has established a crown prince. It stands to reason that he will take over after a hundred years. However, the crown prince's mother is Empress Nalan. The mother and son have a deep relationship and cannot be separated. If he is allowed to ascend to the ninth five, Yuan Yuan's situation will be more difficult." Awkward."

Princess Shengping regained her former rationality and composure, analyzing the princes of Emperor Longtai.

The nine princes, Ji Changdeng, are the youngest, unknown, and not worth mentioning; To obstruct, kindness is more than enough to be decisive.

Counting carefully, the princes of Emperor Longtai are not suitable to be enthroned and proclaimed emperor.

Princess Shengping's words attracted Ji Shaoyuan's agreement, "It is precisely because of this that Yuan Yuan must plan ahead."

Neither Ji Changhe nor Ji Changzheng could become emperors, for his own sake, he had to kick them out no matter what.

Now Ji Changzheng is becoming less and less able to compete with the prince, and there is only one Ninth Prince left.

The Ninth Prince seemed to be a smart person last time, but Emperor Longtai didn't like him and ignored him.

Princess Shengping had a half-smile, "There are only a few candidates, and Lao Jiu is not bad, why don't you think about it."

"My aunt, like me, thinks that the Ninth Prince is the most suitable."

Ji Shaoyuan smiled heartily.

The Ninth Prince Ji Changdeng does not have the help of his mother's family, so she does not mind supporting the Ninth Prince to become Ninth Five.

From the power of the dragon, how tempting it is.

The aunt and nephew talked for a long time, about the world, astronomy and geography, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they chatted passionately.

After coming out of Princess Shengping's mansion, Ji Shaoyuan went back to the palace first, and had a talk with Emperor Longtai in person.

It is unknown what the father and daughter said, but the next day, when Ji Shaoyuan set off for Jiayang, the unknown Ninth Prince Ji Changdeng appeared in front of the public, and the emperor was very affectionate to him.

This scene fell into everyone's eyes, and the reactions were mixed.

Ji Shaoyuan smiled slightly, bid farewell to Emperor Longtai and Empress Nalan, got into the carriage, and was driven by the Imperial Forest Army to Jiayang.

(End of this chapter)