Fortunate Young Gentleman

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Queen Xiao is Xiao Jue's sister, and the former prince mentioned by Li Qi should be Xiao Jue's nephew, the son of Queen Xiao and Emperor Chen. He was supposed to be the prince, but died before Emperor Chen ascended the throne.

The Tang family has ceased to exist in name only, and has no chance of making a comeback. Tangning has long since drawn a clear line with them, and is not interested in the Tang family's past troubles. However, this matter also involves Xiao Jue and the Xiao family, so he can no longer pretend that he doesn't know about it. .

He looked at Li Qi and asked, "What secret?"

Li Qidao: "My lord, please spare this official first!"

"I never wanted you to die." Tangning waved her hand and said, "But if you tell a lie, I don't guarantee that I will change my mind."

Li Qi stretched out his palm and said solemnly: "If you tell a lie, I will have Xiaguan Tian struck by lightning and you will die a good death!"

Tangning glanced at him and said, "Go ahead."

"The former prince was killed by the Tang family, and Queen Xiao was also killed by the Tang family!" Li Qi's words were so shocking that even Tang Ning couldn't help but tremble.

Empress Xiao's child died young, and within a few years, Empress Xiao also died of illness and left the palace. Without the backbone of the harem, the Xiao family gradually declined. Concubine Tang Hui gradually became favored in the palace, and the Tang family remained huge. Tang Ning only thought that these were accidents. , but Li Qi obviously knew some facts that he didn't know.

Tang Ning suppressed the shock in her heart, looked at Li Qi again, and said in a deep voice: "The Crown Prince and Queen are so noble, and they are heavily guarded. How could the Tang family succeed so many times? How dare you fool me!"

Seeing Tangning's anger, Li Qi looked nervous and blurted out, "Because His Majesty has tacitly approved of these things!"

Tangning was silent for a while, then looked at Li Qi and asked slowly, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

The secret that had been buried in his heart for many years was finally revealed. Li Qi simply put it aside and said: "Your Majesty's background is not good, and he is not as good as several princes at that time. Without the help of the Tang family, he would not be able to get the throne at all, and with the help of the Tang family Your Majesty’s condition for seizing the heir is to exchange the life of the then princess, Queen Xiao’s son!”

"What the Tang family wants is Prince Duan, the next emperor of Emperor Chen, so they married Concubine Tang Hui to His Majesty, hoping that she would give birth to a prince. Only if Empress Xiao's son dies will Concubine Tang Hui have a chance!"

Li Qi spoke faster and faster, his voice trembling slightly: "Later, with the help of the Tang family, His Majesty finally took the throne. However, when he took the throne, there were many remaining forces in the court who did not obey him. He also used help from It was only with the power of the Tang family that those people were eliminated one by one. Concubine Tang Hui wanted to be the master of the harem, so she found a way to kill Empress Xiao. The reason why the Tang family and Concubine Tang Hui succeeded was because His Majesty agreed to do so, because His Majesty wanted to Use their power!"

After Li Qi finished speaking in one breath, he felt as if his spine had been ripped out, and he collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily.

He had buried this secret he accidentally learned in his heart for many years. Over the years, he had watched the people involved in the matter disappear one by one. He had dreamed about it many times in the middle of the night, and his bedclothes was wet with cold sweat.

After telling this secret today, the boulder in his heart finally fell, and he felt relaxed.

Li Qi felt relaxed, but Tangning's mood suddenly became heavy.

He knew that the Tang family must have used many methods to help His Majesty win the heir, but he did not expect that these methods were so cruel and bloody.

Even though Tiger Poison did not eat his own children, he was willing to sacrifice his son and wife for the sake of the throne. Tangning did not want to believe that this was done by Emperor Chen, Zhao Man's father, and in a sense his father-in-law.

But precisely because she knew Chen Huang very well, Tang Ning knew even more clearly that what Li Qi said was most likely not a lie.

For the sake of Chen Guo, he was able to sacrifice Zhao Man again and again. It was not unusual for him to ruthlessly do these things in order to become the emperor.

Perhaps in his eyes, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed in order to achieve his goal.

Tang Ning knew without even guessing that besides Empress Xiao, Concubine Yang's death was probably inseparable from the Tang family and Emperor Chen.

Back then, the Tang family relied on their power and Emperor Chen's reliance on them to push Concubine Tang Hui to the top of the harem. Their goal should be to make Concubine Tang Hui a legitimate queen, but they did not expect that Emperor Chen was a queen. Tiger, negotiating terms with him is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger.

Concubine Tang Hui did not become the queen in the end, and the Tang family was suppressed after Emperor Chen completely consolidated the throne, until it fell to its current situation.

Even in the past few years, Tang Ning was able to be so unstoppable and smooth in her struggle with the Tang family, and it was indispensable for Chen Huang's support behind her.

He was taking advantage of Chen Huang's influence, so why wasn't Chen Huang using him?

Emperors are ruthless, and there are many emperors in history who killed brothers, fathers, and sons. But to Tang Ning, that only existed in history books and read like cold words.

Now that those icy-cold words in the history books were happening around him, he just felt cold and empty.

From his standpoint, he was not willing to believe that Chen Huang was such a cruel and ruthless person.

Tangning finally looked at Li Qi and asked, "This matter should be the Tang family's biggest secret. How did you learn about it?"

"Xiaoguan also overheard what the Tang brothers said." Li Qi said: "They didn't know that Xiaguan knew their secret, otherwise Xiaguan wouldn't be alive today..."

He glanced at Tang Ning and whispered, "I only ask for this secret in exchange for the lives of my family..."

Tang Ning didn't remain silent for long, then nodded and said, "You stay there when you go to the grassland this time. When you get there, I will send people to send your family to the grassland so that you can reunite."

Li Qi knelt down again and said loudly, "Thank you, Prime Minister Tang, thank you, Prime Minister Tang..."

Although Li Qi was a man of Prince Duan, he didn't do anything extremely evil. Letting his family stay in the grassland was also a reward for him telling Tang Ning this secret.

At that time, the only news received by the State of Chen was that Li Qi, the Minister of the Left, was unfortunately seriously ill on his way to the State of Chu and died. From then on, he would never appear in the State of Chen again.

Tang Ning went home before the court was dismissed today. He was a little confused. When he walked to the door of his house, he saw Xiao Jue holding the child in the yard, talking and laughing with Lu Ya.

Xiao Jue saw Tang Ning, waved to him, and said: "Our Yu'er is about to turn 100 days old. You were not in Beijing when he was born, so you are lucky. If you don't prepare a generous gift this time, don't expect me to give you anything good next time your son is born..."

Having just learned that there was a hidden reason for Empress Xiao's death, Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue with a complicated expression.

Seeing that Tang Ning looked unwell, Xiao Jue said unhappily: "You are not so stingy..."

"Come in with me, I have something to tell you." Tang Ning glanced at him and walked straight into the study.

Seeing that he looked so serious, Xiao Jue's expression became serious, too. He handed the child to Lu Ya and followed Tang Ning into the study.

He walked into the study and looked at Tang Ning, saying solemnly, "What happened? Is His Majesty going to pass the throne to Prince Duan?"

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Xiao Jue breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, saying, "What is that? You are taking it so seriously, I was shocked..."

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "I learned some secrets about Empress Xiao's death today..."

Xiao Jue's smile froze, and he looked at Tang Ning and said seriously, "What did you say...?"