The wife of the power minister's family

At this time, Xu Jing's hair was already combed.

Xu Jing simply leaned back, leaned on the man's chest, and said, "The Wei royal family didn't really steal anything from them, right?"

"No, it doesn't count. Things they haven't gotten are not theirs."

Xiao Yi paused and said: "Did you know that starting from Emperor Taizu, the Wei royal family has been passed down for four generations, with four emperors and correspondingly four queens.

Before the current emperor succeeded to the throne, the queens of all generations were selected from the four major families. However, the current emperor did not want to be coerced by the power of the four major families, so he chose a woman from an ordinary military general family as his queen against all opinions. "

Xu Jing was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but think of Chen Xi whom she had met in the case where Mrs. Yu defended her daughter. She claimed to be the cousin of the current emperor, but she was still very afraid in front of Zhao Shaohua and did not dare to offend her openly.

It seems that even if a woman from her own family becomes the queen, their family will not be able to compare with the Zhao family.

It's no wonder that the current Holy Emperor is unwilling to continue to appoint the daughters of the four major families as his queen.

Xiao Yi continued: "Before that, the Zhao family, the Xiao family and the Wang family all had a queen, but the Jiang family did not have a queen."

Xu Jing said: "Is it because of the secret history left by Emperor Taizu?"

If the emperor who succeeds later knows that the Jiang family has secretly cultivated his own power, even if he does not suppress the Jiang family, he will definitely not dare to let their family have anything to do with the legitimacy of the throne.

"Yes, and there is something that many people may have forgotten."

Xiao Yi said: "Emperor Taizu was already married when he revolted. However, Emperor Taizu's first wife was injured because she followed Emperor Taizu to fight all over the world. After giving birth to a daughter, she had nothing to do. At that time, Emperor Taizu The emperor had conquered half of the country, and seeing that his great cause was about to be accomplished, many families who followed Emperor Taizu began to think of ways to give their girls to Emperor Taizu, even if they were willing to be concubines.

Emperor Taizu's first wife had always felt guilty that she had not given birth to a son for Emperor Taizu, so she took the initiative to take in several concubines for Emperor Taizu. Among the four major families, except the Xiao family, there was no unmarried woman of the right age to marry at that time. , the other three families have women married there.

Later, it was the Jiang family's daughter who gave birth to Emperor Taizu's eldest son. "

Xu Jing's eyes darkened instantly.

Xiao Yi knew that she had guessed what was going to happen next, so he rolled a bunch of her hair with his fingers and rubbed it gently, saying: "Because the Jiang family and the Zhao family were the first two families to follow Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu loved Wujiwu, He also dotes on the girls of their two families very much.

Three years after the daughter of the Jiang family gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, the daughter of the Zhao family also gave birth to a son. However, the son born from the daughter of the Jiang family was the eldest son of Emperor Taizu. Emperor Taizu was trying hard to think of a bowl. Shui Duanping also revealed in many details that he preferred the emperor's eldest son.

Later, before Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, Emperor Taizu's first wife died of illness due to poor health.

Just when everyone thought that after Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, the ones standing next to him would be the daughter of the Jiang family and the eldest son she gave birth to, the secret cultivation of power by the Jiang family came to light. "

Xu Jing pursed her lips slightly and said, "I remember that the first queen's surname was Zhao, and Emperor Taizu did not make a daughter of the Jiang family his queen, but a daughter of the Zhao family!"

On the contrary, the prince who finally became the prince and inherited the throne was also the prince born to the daughter of the Zhao family!

Xu Jing completely understood why Jiang Yu rarely showed his emotions when talking about the Wei royal family, with such disdain and contempt.

In their opinion, the daughter of their Jiang family should have become the empress of Emperor Taizu, and the eldest son of the Jiang family's daughter should inherit the throne! Unexpectedly, it was the Zhao family who came to power in the end, and they must have resentment in their hearts.

However, who can blame this? If the Jiang family hadn't had evil intentions, they wouldn't have affected their daughter and grandson.

Although Emperor Taizu seemed to believe the Jiang family's words and did not continue to pursue their faults, he still distrusted them in his heart. That's why he left the secret history and chose the daughter of the Zhao family to be the queen. !

This is the knot that the Jiang family has been unable to let go of for so many years!

Xu Jing thought of this, and suddenly remembered something. She sat up and faced Xiao Yi and said: "I remember that the first queen of Dachu was named Zhao, the second queen was named Xiao, and the third queen is now Xiao Yi. The Empress Dowager's surname is Wang. However, even if a daughter of the Jiang family has never become a queen, given the strength of their family, when successive emperors choose concubines, they will always choose one of their daughters to enter the palace, right?

I don't know much about court matters. Are there any daughters from the Jiang family in the late emperor's harem? If so, did she give birth to a son and a half daughters? "

They had previously speculated that the force behind King Xing was the Jiang family.

However, Prince Xing's mother's family is a small family with little sense of existence. If the Jiang family has a royal family that they can support, why should they support other princes?
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Xu Jing with a smile, "As expected of Ah Jing, her senses are so sharp. That's right, not only were the Jiang family's daughters in the harem of the late emperor, but also in the harems of successive emperors, They all have daughters from the Jiang family, and their status is not low, second only to the queen.

Although Emperor Taizu no longer trusted the Jiang family that much, since he said that the incident was over, he would not openly target the Jiang family and would still give them the dignity that should be given to them.

The daughter of the Jiang family in the late emperor's harem did indeed give birth to a prince, the ninth son of the late emperor, who was later named Prince Ling.

Therefore, although I had long known that the Jiang family had a criminal record, I never associated that force with the Jiang family until I heard Cui Han say that the force behind it came from the four major families. "

After all, who would have thought that the Jiang family would not support the princes from their own family, but instead support the princes from other families!

Xu Jing opened her mouth slightly, this was the first time she knew about this.

But after knowing about it, she immediately thought of the Jiang family's intention of doing this, "Prince Xing is just a shield. What they really want to support is Prince Ling. Maybe the Jiang family intended to expose Prince Xing to us so easily in the first place." Of!
However, King Xing didn't think it was strange that the Jiang family chose to support him at the beginning? "

Xiao Yi glanced at Xu Jing appreciatively and said, "That's because the Jiang family put on a whole show and successfully confused King Xing.

The daughter of the Jiang family in the late emperor's harem was ranked ninth among her peers in the Jiang family and was known as Jiang Jiuniang. Before Jiang Jiuniang entered the palace, she had a childhood sweetheart. When her family asked her to enter the palace, she was absolutely unwilling. Later, she was forced to enter the palace by her family. She was also very cold towards the late emperor and was not very willing to interact with her family. Coming and going.

Later, one time, the late emperor discovered that among the things she brought into the palace, there were love poems she had written to her childhood sweetheart that had not yet been sent. The late emperor was furious, and the Jiang family hurriedly entered the palace to plead for Jiang Jiuniang. In the end, the late emperor saw that The Ninth Prince and the Jiang family did not pursue this matter for the sake of their reputation, but they never favored Jiang Jiuniang again. Although the late emperor did not demote her to the cold palace, everyone in the palace knew that Jiang Jiuniang's situation was not much better than that of being in the cold palace. .

Not long after that, Jiang Jiuniang had a big quarrel with the Jiang family. From then on, she no longer wanted to see any of the Jiang family members, nor would she let her own son meet. After the death of the late emperor, Jiang Jiuniang followed the ninth prince, who is now King Ling. He took over the fiefdom of King Ling and has never had any contact with the Jiang family since then. "

Xu Jing frowned slightly.

No wonder King Xing believed that the Jiang family really wanted to support him.

She thought for a moment and said, "Do you think the relationship between Jiang Jiuniang and the Jiang family is really as bad as it appears on the surface?" (End of Chapter)