Pingjunwang is the twelfth son of Renzong. After receiving the title, he opened a mansion in Pingfu. Now the title of Junwang has been passed down to three generations.
Cui Weizhen said: "Prince Pingjun has just passed his thirtieth year. He is only a few years younger than His Majesty, but he has an uncle-nephew relationship with His Majesty. The previous Prince Pingjun was arrogant and extravagant and did not follow the law. His father and son kept hundreds of concubines. The Holy Majesty was furious and ordered him to be killed.
The direct descendants of Prince Ping were demoted to common people, and now Prince Ping is the successor."
I see.
Ye Zhenzhen added something in her notebook and asked curiously: "What is the relationship between the concubine Zhao and the Zhao family? Why haven't I heard of her reputation in the past six months?"
It has been almost half a year since she came to Mingzhou Mansion. Although Ye Zhenzhen has not attended many social banquets, it is not too few. With the gossip energy of the wives, she should have informed her of relevant information long ago, but she has not heard yet.
The slightest sound of wind is really strange.
"It's probably true that you haven't heard of her. The identity of Prince Pingjun's concubine is somewhat taboo. Because of the Zhao family, every family in Mingzhou Prefecture is very secretive about her identity, and rarely mentions it on weekdays."
Cui Weizhen simply knows everything. Even if he is new here, he still knows the secrets of the Zhao family at his fingertips: "The previous head of the Zhao family, Zhao Deyuan, married twice. His first wife was Li, and they gave birth to two sons and two daughters. Li was in poor health and had been in bed for many years.
Later, he died of illness. Later, he married Mr. Lu, whose identity is not simple..."
I don't know whether it was because he was trying to show off or for some other reason, but Cui Weizhen suddenly stopped talking. This made Ye Zhenzhen's heart skip a beat. She had been involved in the gossip field for many years, and now she could smell the secret.
, so he became more and more impatient.
"Speak quickly, tell me quickly, what is the difference between this Lu family's identity?"
Cui Weizhen was pestered for a while and had to continue: "This Lu family's identity is simple, she is just the daughter of a small family. It is not simple, she was Zhao Deyuan's son before she became Zhao Deyuan's successor.
The widow of my brother Zhao Deming. And the concubine Zhao is the orphan left by the Lu family and Zhao Deming."
"So, Zhao Deyuan married his sister-in-law as a second marriage?"
This is really shocking! Even in later generations with open ideas, such a relationship would be criticized, let alone in ancient times where etiquette, music and human relations were emphasized.
Of course, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty also did this kind of thing, but at that time, the royal family brought some old customs of the Hu people with them when they first entered the Central Plains, and everyone selectively ignored them. Now the ritual and music system of the Great Zhou Dynasty has become more and more perfect, and the court
If you govern a country with propriety, you will naturally not do those things that Confucians criticize.
Therefore, this difficult secret of the Li family can be regarded as a scandal. No wonder everyone keeps secret about the concubine Zhao.
As if her shock was not enough, Cui Weizhen continued: "More than that, there are rumors that the concubine Zhao is not Zhao Deming's biological child, but the child of Lu and Zhao Deyuan's affair."
Ye Zhenzhen already looked dull. Were the ancients so good at playing?
This kind of thing is very disgraceful even for outsiders to talk about it, let alone Cui Weizhen, who has always been ignorant of people's merits.
It was a little hard for him to say it, but he had to say it now, lest Zhen'er would not know the details and make mistakes in future interactions.
He coughed slightly and continued: "There must be a reason for this groundless rumor. Lu Yunying had an affair with Zhao Deyuan when she was not married, but she could not become a clan wife due to her birth, so she committed herself to Zhao Deming. This is how she got married
future development.”
Of course, there is no need to tell Zhen'er's ears by saying that Zhao Deming is not humane.