Chapter 279 Twenty years ago, the Song family, who had just entered the palace, had just given birth to the late emperor's youngest prince.
The late emperor was overjoyed and made Song family a noble concubine.
At that time, the third prince Chu Jing, who had been crowned king for more than a year, had already shown his talent and high spirits.
The third prince at that time was so dazzling.
Whether he is standing in the court or riding a horse on the battlefield, he is like a sword that has just been unsheathed, and the sword's edge is invincible.
The third prince, Chu Jing, was an expert in martial arts when he was young, and his literary talent even put the then-teacher to shame: "What you learn by yourself is not as good as that of a weak person."
In this way, the late emperor really had high hopes for the third prince Chu Jing.
In addition, the third prince Chu Jing was the son of the late queen.
Seeing that the third prince was so outstanding, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also had high expectations for him.
At that time, including the current Emperor Zhengcang, among the princes were the eldest prince Chu Ling, the third prince Chu Jing, the seventh prince Chu Fu, and the eighth prince Chu Yu who had just been born to Concubine Song.
However, the third prince was so outstanding that not only was he loved by the late emperor, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty recognized him as the future prince.
From the moment the third prince entered the court, no one, whether it was the late emperor or the civil and military officials of the court, mentioned the establishment of a crown prince to the late emperor.
It seemed that the third prince Chu Jing had been regarded as the next successor.
The perfect choice for the emperor.
Emperor Zhengcang, who was still the second prince at the time, was not valued by the late emperor due to his low background, and was even ignored by other princes and ministers.
He only had a good relationship with the third prince Chu Jing and had a very deep relationship with him.
However, the other two princes were different.
The eldest prince and the seventh prince were not much different in age from the third prince Chu Jing at that time, but they were not willing to let the third prince steal all the limelight, and they were even more unwilling because of the third prince's presence.
And in this life, he will never have a chance to meet the supreme throne.
Gradually, jealousy and resentment will turn into the heart of rebellion.
And this was the cause of the Three Kings' Rebellion.
Concubine Song could see what the eldest prince and the seventh prince were thinking, and she was equally jealous of the third prince's ability, and wanted to compete for the ninth-five position for her own son. but.
Faced with the civil and military support of the entire dynasty and the late emperor's personal belonging, they were at a loss for what to do.
And this time.
I don’t know who inspired Concubine Song to instigate the eldest prince and the seventh prince to rebel.
At that time, the eldest prince had about 20,000 imperial guards, and the seventh prince also recruited a group of sergeants because he had just come of age and became king, although the number was not large. but.
The seventh prince's mother-in-law was the only daughter of a former city-defending general who commanded 80,000 northern border guards at the time.
As long as she was secretive, she could completely deceive the world.
Therefore, the combination of the two relies only on the fact that the army of the third prince Chu Jing is far to the southwest and is controlled by Zuo Yuanfeng, until the armies of the eldest prince and the seventh prince are assembled.
It will inevitably be under-deployed.
But, at this moment.
Something unexpected happened Faced with the heavy siege of the city, the third prince Chu Jing and His Highness the King of Yue, who were full of people's hopes, were not in the capital.
The eldest prince and the seventh prince received the secret letter from Concubine Song in the capital and learned that the Yue King Chu Jing was not in the capital.
They were overjoyed and followed what Concubine Song said in the letter, saying that the two of them rebelled against the wishes of the third prince, the King of Yue.
On the city wall, the late emperor was heartbroken and unbelievable when he heard the news.
However, she saw that the people around her whom Concubine Song had arranged in advance were accusing King Chu Jing of Yue of not being in the capital now.
She also said that the King of Yue had an army of 200,000 people.
Although he was in a remote place in the southwest, as long as the two princes in front of him surrounded the city with heavy troops, They are like turtles in a urn, with no way to escape.
Even though the late emperor had doubts, he was already confused when faced with this situation, and he also became suspicious of Chu Jing, the king of Yue.
It was Concubine Song again who actually came in person, knelt in front of the late emperor, and denounced Chu Jing, the king of Yue, for all his disgraceful behavior, saying that he had long been rebellious because of his self-reliance on his merits.
He also said that Zuo Yuanfeng, who was in charge of the southwest army, was an upright man and loyal to the late emperor.
If troops were sent as soon as possible, Zuo Yuanfeng would definitely come to rescue him and defend the capital.
After hearing this, the late emperor had no doubt that he was there, and immediately sent people to the southwest to inform Zuo Yuanfeng to come to rescue him.
Little did he know that Zuo Yuanfeng, who was far away in the southwest, was already on his way back to the capital.
It turned out that long after the eldest prince and the seventh prince planned to rebel, Concubine Song had already stolen the emperor's jade seal and forged documents to order Zuo Yuanfeng to return to Beijing to rescue him.
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When Zuo Yuanfeng saw the emperor's seal, he gathered his troops and rushed back to the capital to rescue him without saying a word.
However, Zuo Yuanfeng's departure time to return to the capital was actually three days earlier than the day when the eldest prince and the seventh prince were besieging the city with heavy troops.
"I think you all know what happened next.
General Zuo led his troops back to the capital on the third day to rescue him.
The two princes' sergeants were no match for the Southwest Iron Cavalry led by General Zuo.
They were defeated almost instantly.
After falling, many of their generals, who were already unstable in military morale, turned their backs and surrendered the moment they saw General Zuo, and then fled in all directions. " Song Hao slowly recounted everything he saw in the note, but the whole room was so quiet that it seemed that he could even hear the heartbeats of Zuo Chi and Mo Lidao.
Seeing this, Song Hao couldn't help but sigh.
When he knew all this, he was also shocked.
A generation of talented and wise kings was actually burdened with infamy for all generations.
"At that time, the late emperor used heavy troops to arrest the three princes in charge.
His original intention was not to put him to death.
At least, as far as I know, the third prince Chu Jing must be alive.
But because Concubine Song interfered with it, the former The person who went after him actually The assassins were sent out without explanation.
Soon they found the eldest prince who was running south and the seventh prince who was running north.
They killed them all, but when they came back, they only said that it was due to their mistakes while resisting."
Song Hao said again.
After saying that, Song Hao raised his eyes and looked at Zuo Chi and Mo Lidao.
Zuo Chi looked heavy, but still normal, while Mo Lidao was different.
At this moment, Li Dao could almost say that his whole body was trembling.
Zuo Chi was young and didn't have much memory of Chu Jing, the king of Yue.
When he heard this, he was more regretful than angry.
Unlike Mo Lidao, who was a close friend of Chu Jing, he never believed Chu Jing's rebellion.
Now that he heard the truth, he couldn't help but tremble all over, but he couldn't say a word. say what No one knows where Chu Jing was at that time, why he was not in the capital, and why he disappeared without even a word of excuse.
The late emperor did not want to kill Chu Jing, but Chu Jing did not go back to explain and actually took the blame.
"Zuo Chi, why didn't he stand up and die inexplicably like that?
What on earth was he going to do?"
Mo Lidao couldn't help it any longer.
He raised his hands to cover his eyes, but saw two lines of clear tears slowly flowing down.
Zuo Chi sighed and said: "Mr.
Mo, I think there is only one person in the world who knows the reason why the King of Yue did not go back to clarify."
"Who?"
Mo Lidao was startled when he heard this.
He immediately took his palm away and looked at Zuo Chi and said in a deep voice.
Zuo Chi stood up and walked towards the window.
Under the bright sky, there were harmonious and comfortable people in the capital.
He further strengthened his belief in his heart and said slowly: "Shadow Gate Master":