Qin Xiaodao: "I heard that the people in Prince Qing's Mansion were not taken to the execution ground for execution, but a massacre took place in Prince Qing's Mansion."
"That's true." Gu Baiyi said: "After the Holy Queen ascended the throne, she immediately launched a bloodbath against the Li family. Prince Jing's Mansion bore the brunt, but when it comes to the purpose of the Xiahou family's bloodbath against the royal family, it was actually to eliminate Prince Qing."
"Because as long as Prince Qing lives, he will be the biggest threat to the throne."
Gu Baiyi nodded and said: "Exactly. After the death of the late emperor, She Yue was just a princess, and she was young. If Xiahou hadn't taken the throne, I'm afraid Prince Qing would have been the most suitable candidate to take the throne. At least half of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were like this at that time.
Of course, some of them were betting on Prince Qing's palace, hoping that Prince Qing would ascend to heaven after he ascended the throne. But many of them were mature and prudent ministers in the court, and they felt that it would be most beneficial to the Tang Dynasty if Prince Qing ascended the throne at that time."
Qin Xiaodao: "Actually, this is not wrong. Although She Yue is of the blood of the late emperor, she is a woman after all, and she was young at the time. It was really impossible to convince the public when a little princess was enthroned. Moreover, the little princess was not qualified to govern the empire at that time.
If you want to secure the throne with your talents, you will inevitably rely on the power of the Holy Queen, which will naturally allow your relatives to become powerful, and eventually even become a puppet in the hands of Xiahou
, it is not beneficial to the country." After a pause, he continued: "In comparison, Prince Qing was in his prime at the time and had outstanding talents. He also had royal blood and was supported by many people. If he ascended the throne, he would probably
It will conform to the will of the people of the world."
"But it was the Holy Queen Xiahou who finally ascended the throne." Gu Baiyi said: "After the Holy Queen gained power, the first thing she did was to eradicate Prince Qing, who was the greatest threat to the throne. But Prince Qing was also a really great person. Back then, Prince Qing was the greatest threat to the throne.
Although there was a dispute with the late emperor about the crown prince, but later seeing no hope, he took the initiative to show his kindness to the late emperor. Not only did he not have any contact with the officials in the court, but he also returned all the power in his hands to the court. The late emperor was a generous man, Prince Qing
Since he is so sensible, he will not be in trouble with Prince Qing anymore."
"Prince Qing is indeed a smart man who knows how to advance and retreat." Seeing that the tea in Gu Baiyi's cup had cooled down, Qin Xiao stood up and poured hot tea for Gu Baiyi again, saying: "Such a person, after the Queen ascends the throne,
It is not easy to eradicate him."
Gu Baiyi nodded and said: "Prince Qing's Mansion is different from Prince Jing's Mansion. After Prince Jing's death, Prince Jing's Mansion has no independent figure!" At this point, he shook his head and sighed: "Actually, even if Prince Jing was alive at the time, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to recover. I want to
It is too easy to find evidence and evidence against Prince Jing’s residence. But for a person like Prince Qing, it is not easy to find evidence against Prince Qing’s residence and then take action.”
"So the Xiahou family carefully designed a conspiracy." Qin Xiaodao: "I heard that the evidence of the crime in Prince Qing's Mansion was only found out after Prince Qing assassinated him."
Gu Baiyi said: "Prince Qing was stabbed to death in the study one night. After the stabbing, that night, the Criminal Department received the report and immediately rushed to Prince Qing's Mansion to investigate." He smiled calmly and said: "There is actually a flaw in this.
When Prince Qing was assassinated, it is said that Prince Qing’s Mansion did not publicize it to the outside world, and sealed off the Prince’s Palace to search for the whereabouts of the assassin. Logically speaking, Prince Qing’s Palace blocked the news at that time, so it was impossible for the Ministry of Punishment to know about it. But the Ministry of Punishment could quickly
A large number of people were sent to arrive, so who was going to report the crime?"
"Perhaps no one reported the crime, but the Ministry of Punishment had made preparations that night," Qin Xiaodao said.
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Gu Baiyi said: "There are various signs at that time that this should be the case. King Qing was assassinated and died in the study. The Ministry of Punishment justifiably investigated on the spot. The study was searched again and again by the Ministry of Punishment, almost digging three feet into the ground. Finally,
A large number of letters were found in the study. These letters became evidence of the rebellion in Prince Qing's Mansion."
When Qin Xiao was on Penglai Island about the crisis at Prince Qing's Mansion, he listened to Aunt Ying's careful explanation and roughly understood the situation.
"Those letters that conspired with the officials of the DPRK to rebel were naturally prepared by the Ministry of Punishment in advance. With King Qing's shrewdness, if those letters were true, how could he have kept them? Even if they were kept, they should not be stored in the study."
Qin Xiao sighed: "The Ministry of Punishment is very clever. It can not only use these letters to destroy Prince Qing's palace, but also implicate those courtiers who are dissatisfied with Xia Hou, killing two birds with one stone."
Gu Baiyi said: "Although King Qing has not interacted with the courtiers for many years, there are still some retainers in the palace. Prince Qing was assassinated, and the palace of Qing was in great danger. Those retainers were loyal and did not scatter the trees. Instead, they fought tooth and nail to protect the palace. That's right.
Because everyone in Prince Qing's mansion felt that Prince Qing was being slandered, they did not give in. The retainers and guards in the mansion resisted to the end. At that time, not only did the Ministry of Punishment dispatch people, but also other
Soldiers and horses surrounded Prince Qing's Mansion, and there were even people from the Ziyi Prison among them. However, the Ziyi Prison was still under preparation at that time, and they were all Xiahou's confidant eunuchs."
"Brother, were all Prince Qing's heirs killed?"
When Qin Xiao was on Penglai Island, he already knew from Zhuque that King Qing had two sons and two daughters. Except for the young daughter Luo Yue who was rescued by Zhuque, the other three heirs were all killed that night.
The fact that Luo Yue was the princess of Prince Qing's Mansion was so unusual that Qin Xiao never mentioned it to anyone else.
Although Gu Baiyi is someone he trusts greatly, Qin Xiao has never taken the initiative to reveal Luo Yue's true identity before.
By asking this question at this time, he actually wanted to know if the academy knew the hidden secret.
The Master has always been based in Kyoto, and his intelligence has always been very well-informed.
Back then, Dao Zun was hiding in Kyoto to recover from his injuries, and sent Suzaku to secretly monitor what was going on in Prince Qing's Mansion. On the night when Prince Qing's Mansion suffered a disaster, Suzaku rescued Luo Yue. So Dongji Tianzhai was involved at that time, did the academy know about it?
Gu Baiyi is the top disciple of the academy. If the academy knows that Luo Yue was rescued by Dongji Tianzhai, does this top disciple of the academy also know?
Gu Baiyi said calmly: "Those letters involving rebellion were presented to the palace by the Ministry of Punishment, and Prince Qing's palace was immediately surrounded. Not even a dog could leave the palace. It only took two days for the palace to issue a decree
The edict convicted Prince Qing of treason. The Ministry of Punishment sent people to arrest Prince Qing's family members. They were originally going to imprison them first, and then take them to the execution ground for execution according to the method of Prince Jing's Palace. However, the palace did not expect that Prince Qing's Palace would fight to the end.
That night, Prince Qing's Mansion was massacred. Corpses were scattered all over the palace, and blood flowed into rivers. Before the massacre in Prince Qing's Mansion, the Ministry of Punishment must have received instructions from the palace. After the massacre, all the corpses in the palace were piled together and burned.
Yes." After a pause, he said: "Prince Qing's heirs should all be among them."
"Why is Brother so sure that everyone is among them?" Qin Xiao listened to Gu Baiyi's words and thought that Gu Baiyi didn't know that Luo Yue was rescued by Suzaku.
Gu Baiyi said: "The reason is very simple. The Xiahou clan's bloodbath of the royal family must be eradicated. It is absolutely impossible to let anyone in the royal family who has legal inheritance survive. In terms of legal tradition, anyone who has tainted the Tang Dynasty
The people in the royal family who are likely to take the throne are the heirs of Emperor Xuanzong. Emperor Xuanzong had four princes and three princesses in his life. In the bloodbath that year, the three princesses and the consort families who married into them were all naturally killed.
Among the four princes, there were only two princesses under the late emperor's knees. They were both descended from the Holy Empress Xiahou, so they were able to survive. The second prince died young, so this lineage naturally did not exist. The lineage of the third emperor's son, King Jing, was in full view of everyone.
Xia Ji was executed, and naturally they were cut off. The last one to be killed was the line of King Qing, the fourth son of the emperor, and this was the most important thing. Since the Xiahou family had taken action against the line of King Qing, it was natural that no chickens or dogs would be left behind.
Maybe one person can be left alive."
"Brother's words make sense." Qin Xiao said: "So before the Ministry of Punishment burned those corpses, they must have confirmed that all the descendants of King Qing's lineage were among them."
Gu Baiyi said: "Back then, Lu Junzhong relied on the bloodbath of the Li family to rise to prominence. This man was extremely cruel, but also cunning. To kill Prince Qing's Mansion, he knew better than anyone else how important the stakes were. As long as there was a fish that slipped through the net, he would definitely
It was impossible to let it go. If it was not confirmed that all Prince Qing’s heirs were killed that night, the Ministry of Punishment would not give up, and the palace would certainly not give up either. But after that night, no matter in the palace????????
Neither the Ministry of Punishment, nor the newly established Ziyi Prison, have made any further attempts to trace Prince Qing’s lineage, which shows that they are sure that Prince Qing’s lineage has been cut off.”
Qin Xiaowei nodded, thinking that Zhuque had said that the palace was filled with blood and chaos that night. Suzaku rescued Luo Yue, but put Luo Yue's clothes on a murdered maid.
Luo Yue was a member of the palace, and she must not have known many people. It seems that the Ministry of Punishment later confirmed her identity because the little maid was wearing the clothes of the little princess, so she mistakenly thought that the little maid was Luo Yue, and therefore thought that Prince Qing was
One lineage was completely severed.
If this information is followed, then apart from She Yue and Chang Ning, the only direct bloodline of Emperor Xuanzong is Luo Yue.
Two princesses and a princess are the only remaining members of the Li family.
But Qin Xiao knew that these two princesses and a princess definitely could not be Mr. Da.
Now both Qin Xiao and Gu Baiyi are convinced that Mr. Da is of the Xuanzong bloodline, but the only three remaining members cannot be Mr. Da, so this judgment is contradictory.
"Brother, the academy has good information. How long has it been since the pawn shop appeared?"
Gu Baiyi said: "It's almost twenty years ago. As far as I know, it was four years after Xiahou ascended the throne that the pawnshop began to emerge in the world. Calculating this, it has been sixteen or seventeen years since the pawnshop appeared."
"If Mr. Da is a member of the royal family, then he began to appear in the world four years after the royal family was bloodbathed." Qin Xiao said slowly: "In the past four years, Mr. Da kept his name anonymous to protect himself while making secret preparations. At that time
Princess Sheyue is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she has always been in the palace. Princess Changning is even younger. Even though they are extremely intelligent, they have no chance to act in the world, and they are even less likely to form a power in the court, so it is impossible for them to be in the palace.
Private people create pawnshops.”
Gu Baiyi nodded and said: "Actually, the possibility that these two princesses are Mr. Da can be completely ruled out."
Qin Xiao thought that not only could these two people be ruled out, Luo Yue was younger than She Yue at the time, and she had been staying on Penglai Island incognito, so it was even more impossible for him to be Mr. Da.
"Emperor Xuanzong has four princes and three princesses." Qin Xiao was thoughtful, frowning, and said slowly: "Among these seven people, is Prince Qing the last one to suffer?"