Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 417; Some events from that year
"It was just what they said after drinking, and not many people knew about it at the time, namely Prince Yide and his wife, and Marquis Xuanwu. I knew it because I happened to go to my sister-in-law that day, and I heard Prince Yide and Marquis Xuanwu being drunk at the door. Said there."

"I haven't heard of it since then, and I'm afraid none of them can remember saying it. Not long after, my sister-in-law died of illness, and the prince became seriously ill. As you know what happened next, Prince Yide soon died. ”

"In addition to these, although Xuanwuhou has five children, the first four are all sons. Gao Changting was born the latest. King Qin was already an adult by then, and the situation became very complicated, even if they knew each other. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to accomplish this.”

When Prince Yide died, the court was arguing about who would succeed him in the future.

At that time, the older brothers of Emperor Zhaowu's old army were gearing up, and the King of Qin was still young. Although he had the support of Prince Yide, the Turks also happened to attack not long after the Yu Dynasty was established.

It can be said that internal and external troubles came together. Although the Supreme Emperor wanted to support King Qin, who was still a child at the time, the situation in the Yu Dynasty did not allow him to do so.

Of course, he would also worry that if he did this, Emperor Zhaowu and his people would be dissatisfied, which would lead to more instability in the Yu Dynasty.

The temptation of the position of crown prince is very great. Although Emperor Zhaowu loved his eldest nephew King Qin very much at that time, who can say clearly in the face of such temptation?

After all, it is normal for a child to have any accidents, and what if the Supreme Emperor later finds out that he is related to Emperor Zhaowu?

The Yu Dynasty was in turmoil and needed a capable and calculating successor. Emperor Zhaowu was undoubtedly the best candidate, and facts proved that what Emperor Zhaowu did after he succeeded to the throne was indeed very good.

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor had no choice but to make this choice. It was even said that Emperor Zhaowu, who only took the position of crown prince for the sake of guarantee, would be worried that there would be changes in the future and extraneous problems would arise. The Supreme Emperor even abdicated and gave way to Zhao after the Turkic Covenant fell. Emperor Wu ascended the throne directly.

It can be said that all this is to save the life of King Qin.

Princess Ningyang's mood was quite complicated when she recalled the situation at that time.

"Anyway, the situation at that time was very complicated, and after so many years, the reason why King Qin's side is stable is because your grandfather did a lot of things."

Royal battles have always been cruel, and she knows this very well. It has nothing to do with who is ruthless or not. After all, this is a life-and-death fight.

To take a step back, if the Supreme Emperor had chosen King Qin at that time, then King Qin might have been dead long ago. Even if Emperor Zhaowu did not take action himself, it would definitely be the case with those followers under Emperor Zhaowu.

After all, if King Qin ascends to power, he will never let go of his second uncle, who is extremely capable and has many capable men and generals under his command.

Someone is bound to die, so the Emperor's original choice was right, and he also did a lot behind the scenes, which led to the situation of choosing peace.

"As you can imagine, although grandpa has done a lot, some people may not appreciate it very much."

"What do you mean?"

Princess Ningyang frowned and asked.

"Gao Changting suddenly came to the capital. My mother-in-law thought it was King Qin who invited me, but my daughter thinks this is unlikely."

"I remember that after the death of Prince Yide, the current emperor came to power not long after, and Marquis Xuanwu also went directly to Xihu Pass for many years. At that time, Gao Changting was not even born yet, right? ?”

"And what kind of situation King Qin has been in all these years, he himself knows very well, and he will definitely not take the initiative to contact Marquis Xuanwu openly." "Especially now that he has just returned to the capital, it is not obvious to tell others that he has some small thoughts. ?"

"Even after so many years, the emperor has secured his position, but the threat from King Qin is still not small. At least for now, his status is higher than that of King Qi and King Chu. Even Prince Wenruo may not be able to compare with him. Got it.”

"And grandpa is still here too."

By this point, Princess Ningyang had understood the meaning of her words.

"You mean, King Qin wants to take the throne back to his lineage?"

Hearing this, Huo Junyao shook his head and said, "It may not be King Qin, and even if he has this intention, he will never show it at this time. After all, he has just returned to the capital not long ago, and his foundation is not yet stable. If he shows such thoughts at this time, and Regardless of whether the emperor will deal with him, King Qi and King Chu will not let him go. "

"So, I think it is Marquis Xuanwu who has such thoughts."

"In these years, Marquis Xuanwu has been at Xihuguan, seemingly guarding the border for the Yu Dynasty, but no one can tell whether he has any intention of becoming dominant. After all, compared to staying in the capital, staying there is more difficult. At Xihu Pass, he can keep his military power, right?"

Princess Ningyang was silent.

She felt that what her daughter said was quite reasonable. Thinking about the military god of the Yu Dynasty, Li Jiujun, this general was a little more powerful than Marquis Xuanwu. He had been staying in the capital for these years, and Emperor Zhaowu had directly arranged a civil servant for him. Position?
Of those fierce generals who followed him to conquer the world, now only Marquis Xuanwu is still outside, and almost all the others in the capital have little military power.

Ning Guogong had one more thing, that was, there were only 8,000 people. The power of the 100,000 soldiers and horses in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing was always firmly in the hands of Emperor Zhaowu.

Now among the founding generals, only Marquis Xuanwu still has 200,000 troops.

If he had really stayed in the capital, he would have been like Li Jiujun and Ning Guogong. So when he chose to leave the capital and invited himself to guard Xihu Pass, it seemed that he had an ulterior motive.

And now that I think back to the original incident, it seems that it was arranged when the Supreme Emperor was in power. I am afraid that there is also the intention to take this opportunity to protect the safety of King Qin.

After all, Emperor Zhaowu has been in power for so many years, but he has never touched Xihu Pass. In the past, she just thought that Xihu Pass was guarded by Marquis Xuanwu, and it had always been peaceful. She felt that Emperor Zhaowu was worried that there might be trouble if someone changed.

But now that I think about it, there are a lot of tricks in it.

How can an emperor safely let a person who is not loyal to him have an army of 200,000 people outside all the time, but not care at all?
This in itself was abnormal. If there was no handwriting from the Supreme Emperor, she would be the first to not believe it.

"Listening to what you said, does the Supreme Emperor have an idea?"

Huo Junyao shook her head again.

"The Emperor may have had this idea before, but as the Emperor's talents have shown, he may no longer have this idea. After all, the Emperor has done well since he ascended the throne. The Yu Dynasty has improved in all aspects. Besides, this position is not given to others. , Aren’t they all his legitimate sons?”

"Even if King Qin is asked to go up now, he may not be able to do a good job. It is absolutely impossible for the Supreme Emperor to do this. And do you think King Qin will let go of the emperor's heirs after he takes the throne?"

"There are a lot of troubles here. Although the Emperor is old, he is not confused. He knows what can be done and what cannot be done."