Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 18 Yuanchun’s Marriage

Prince Yuan Sishao was not the first son of Emperor Jing'an.

Before Yuan Sishao, Emperor Jing'an had four sons, but all four sons died young, and they all died at the age of one or two.

Yuan Sishao, the fifth son of Emperor Jing'an, actually became the emperor's eldest son.

Yuan Sishao's biological mother was the first queen of Emperor Jing'an.

The queen had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to Yuan Sishao. She died after giving birth to Yuan Sishao on the same day. Yuan Sishao's birthday was the anniversary of her death.

Emperor Jing'an had a deep love for his first queen.

The Zhou emperors before Emperor Jing'an did not establish crown princes, but Emperor Jing'an made an exception and made Yuan Sishao the crown prince when Yuan Sishao just turned one year old out of nostalgia for the first queen.

Yuan Sishao therefore became the first prince of the Zhou Dynasty.

From this point of view, Yuan Sishao seemed destined to be the emperor.

However, he had been the prince for decades. When he was already in his forties and approaching his fifties, his old father was still alive and became the "old immortal" in his heart.

He was tired of waiting.

Moreover, Emperor Jing'an has become increasingly dissatisfied with his crown prince in recent years, and there are even talks of deposing the crown prince.

There were also five princes, two princes and other princes who aggressively seized the throne.

This puts a lot of pressure on him.

Finally, he couldn't help but plan to kill his father and usurp the throne during the Autumn Festival this year.

He thought he had a high chance of success.

However, it failed.

In fact, Emperor Jing'an had long thought of deposing the prince.

He did this out of his friendship with the first queen, his decades-long father-son relationship with Yuan Sishao, his love for the emperor's eldest grandson Yuan Qingliang, and also out of the concerns of the clan and the court.

So he never put his idea of ​​deposing the prince into practice.

He believed that the prince was incompetent and often did stupid things.

But he didn't expect that this time the prince would be so bold as to collude with his concubines and relatives to kill his father and usurp the throne.

Even though he valued family ties and was tolerant of his sons, he would never tolerate such treason.

Not only did he decisively decide to depose the prince, he also contemplated death.

However, he soon learned that the second prince, Yan, had suppressed the prince.

This made him think that the reason why the prince wanted to kill his father and usurp the throne was mainly because he was suppressed by the nightmare and was an intruder.

He couldn't bear to let his son die.

However, dethronement is certain!

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Emperor Jing'an originally planned to stay at the Chengde Mountain Resort for a longer period of time, but due to the unexpected turmoil, he no longer had the intention to stay at the Mountain Resort.

Not long after the prince's bad deeds, Emperor Jing'an returned to the sacred city and issued an edict to depose the prince.

The reason for deposing written in the edict was that the prince was extravagant in nature and violent and unruly, which was similar to the disease caused by violent changes...

Not mentioning that the prince colluded with his concubines and relatives to kill his father and usurp the throne.

If this matter were to be publicized through an imperial edict, it would be too detrimental to Emperor Jing'an's dignity and would become a laughing stock in the history books.

He didn't even mention that the prince formed a clique for personal gain.

But he mentioned "the disease of sudden change".

Emperor Jing'an believed that the prince had been kidnapped by Nightmare, but it was inconvenient to say so in the edict, so he changed it to "a disease similar to Kuang Yi".

It means, the prince, he is not mentally healthy, he is mentally ill!
With the deposing of the prince, the princeling party collapsed.

Princelings are either killed or demoted...

Those killed included Gu Qitai, the minister of Nanshufang, and Zhang Wei, the military governor of Chang'an camp.

These two people were directly involved in planning the prince's murder of his father and usurpation of the throne, especially Gu Qitai.

Those who were demoted included Jia Daihua, Jia Jing, and Jia She.

None of the three were directly involved. However, Jia Jing and Jia She were both princelings.

In the prince's plan to kill his father and usurp the throne, Jia Jing, Jia She and Jia Daihua were also used.

Jia Daihua was dismissed from the post of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, and was suddenly demoted from a super-rank marquis to a third-rank first-class general.

Jia She was dismissed from the position of commander of the forward battalion, and was demoted from a superior marquis to a third-grade first-class general.

Jia Jing, who was born as a Jinshi, also had an official position and was dismissed.

In addition, the Rongguo Mansion was no longer headed by Jia She, but by Jia Daishan and Jia's mother's second son, Jia Zheng. This made Jia Zheng's first wife, Mrs. Wang, secretly happy.

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Emperor Jing'an had a deep relationship with Jia Daishan, the second generation Rongguo Gong.

Emperor Jing'an, who ascended the throne at a young age, was able to secure the throne because of Jia Daishan's considerable military exploits.

When the eldest son Jia She chose the character, Jia Daishan specifically asked Emperor Jing'an to give him the word "Enhou", and Emperor Jing'an gave him the word "Enhou".

Jia Daishan died a long time ago, and when he died, Emperor Jing'an not only made his eldest son Jia She the Marquis, but also gave his second son Jia Zheng the post of head of the Ministry of Works.

In addition, Jia She's ability to serve as the commander of the vanguard camp was mainly due to Emperor Jing'an's friendship with Jia Daishan.

The forward battalion has two thousand troops, almost all elite soldiers, equivalent to special forces. Its main task is to protect the emperor and is responsible for the outpost guard when the emperor patrols.

The commander of the forward battalion is a military attache of the second grade, the same rank as the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp.

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The main building on the middle road of Ningguo Mansion is Ningxiang Hall, which is the residence of Jia Daihua.

At this time, there were only two people sitting in the main room of Ningxiang Hall.

One is Jia Daihua.

He had just been released from the Temple of Hell, which was a prison in the city of Shenjing.

He was already in his twilight years, and he had recently been imprisoned in the Hell Temple. He had also been dismissed from his official position and demoted his title, which made him seem much older and more haggard all of a sudden.

The other is an old woman, she is Jia Mu, the first-ranking lady of the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia's mother was lamenting to Jia Daihua: "Our Jia family has suffered a disaster this time. Your second-rank official is gone, Shijue has been reduced greatly, and She'er is the same as you."

"Although His Majesty has shown mercy and allowed us to keep the lintels of the Duke's Palace in both our East and West mansions, you and She'er are still first-class generals, and our family assets are also there."

"But now our Jia Mansion is no longer what it used to be."

Jia Daihua kept silent after hearing the words.

Jia Mu bent forward and said softly: "Now I can only take care of Yuanchun girl and make her virtuous, filial and talented. When there is a new emperor, I will send her to the palace with a shameless face. "

"If she can be made a concubine in the palace, our Jia family will be very dignified, and we will be rich in the long run."

Jia's mother has been rich and powerful for most of her life. She was born in the Shihou family and later married Jia Daishan of Rongguo Mansion, making her very rich and decent.

She has always loved dignity, prosperity and honor.

She had long planned to send Yuan Chun to the palace as a concubine when Emperor Jing'an died and the crown prince succeeded him.

Now that the Jia family is undergoing great changes, she wants to do this even more for the sake of the dignity and wealth of the Jia family and for her own dignity and wealth, but the new emperor will not be the old prince.

Jia Daihua remained silent and became stunned.

He thought of Yuan Qingbai.

Originally, he planned to wait and see if Yuan Qingbai managed to be raised and taught by Emperor Jing'an, and if he felt it was feasible, he would persuade Jia's mother to allocate Yuanchun to Yuan Qingbai.

As a result, Yuan Qingbai won it, Jia Daihua also heard about it, and Yuan Qingbai also made a great contribution to the rescue.

But the prince was deposed and imprisoned, and the Jia family was implicated in the prince's rebellion...

"The world is unpredictable, so let's let this marriage go!"

Jia Daihua sighed secretly.

What he didn't expect was that Yuan Qingbai and Jia Yuanchun became a couple and were about to get engaged...

(End of this chapter)