After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 46 The Royal Brothers
July is the hottest month in Yudu.

The sun hangs high in the sky, shining directly on the earth, without a trace of wind, anyone exposed to the sun will be roasted into charcoal.

There were quite a few people walking outside in this weather, but Qu Chu was ready to go out.

It had been five days since he returned to Yudu, and Qu Chu was planning to go to the city defense army barracks today.

Of the generals who came to Yudu with her, only Wang Liangcong, Wu Dang, He Dabao and two others remained, and the rest of the generals returned to the border.

Wang Liangcong and two other generals took care of Ning Youbei's [-] troops staying near Yudu, while Wu Dang and He Dabao followed Qu Chu and trained the city defense army for her.

After 2000 people from the city defense army were expelled by Qu Chu, another 2000 people quit automatically.

The reason is that I can't stand the hard training.

Originally, thousands of people in the city defense army were on empty pay, but they were almost cleaned up after being rectified by Qu Chu.

……

When he left the gate of the Yu capital city, Qu Chu saw a prince's carriage parked in front of the city gate, surrounded by a dozen guards on horseback and armed with swords.

Qu Chu took a casual glance and knew that these guards had good internal skills.

There is only one prince, Ning Youbei, in the entire capital city of Yu. This one came back from the fiefdom?
Qu Chu didn't know much about the royal family, nor did he know how many princes and county kings there were in the area.She thought: If you want to stay in Yudu for a long time, it's better to know more about it.

Qu Chu was going to ask Ning Youbei when he came back from the city defense army barracks today.

……

After several months of training, the overall combat effectiveness of the city defense army has improved a lot compared to before, at least the queue looks quite energetic.

However, if compared with Qu Chu's border guards, there is still a big gap.

Qu Chu also understood that the job of the city defense army was to be responsible for the security of the capital of Yu. They usually guarded a few city gates, patrolled the city, and helped maintain law and order.

If it wasn't for the arrival of troops to Yudu, the city defense army wouldn't need to fight at all.

However, most of the children of nobles and rich families in the city defense army were not allowed to make meritorious deeds, but to let them have an errand.

Therefore, Qu Chu never thought of turning the city defense army into a frontier army.

It is estimated that the emperor did not have this idea either.

If the city defense army really became a powerful army of tigers and wolves, then the emperor in the palace would probably have trouble sleeping at night.

After inspecting the training work of the city defense army, Qu Chu returned to the General's Mansion.

……

During dinner, Ning Youbei came.

He's here for dinner.

Seeing that he was almost done eating, Qu Chu asked: "I saw a prince's carriage when I left the city today, which prince came to Yudu?"

"I was about to tell you.

This year is my father's 60th Yinsheng birthday, and the Ghost Festival will be around soon. Brother Huang is going to pay homage to his father on this year's Ghost Festival, and specially ordered the other brothers to rush back to Yudu. "

It was so!
Qu Chu hesitated for a moment: "Can you tell me something about the royal family?"

Ning Youbei smiled:
"Of course, I've been waiting for you to ask.

I thought before, if you don't ask me again, I will tell you before this Ghost Festival. "

Qu Chu shifted his gaze slightly.

Every time Ning Youbei smiled at her, she didn't want to look at his overly bright face.

After Ning Youbei's narration, Qu Chu had a general understanding of the current situation of the royal family.

The first emperor had seven sons and eight daughters. When the emperor ascended the throne, there were only four sons and six daughters left.

The remaining four sons are the emperor, Chu king Ning Youbei, Jing king Ning Youdi, and Huai king Ning Youyuan.

Ning Youdi, king of Jing, was born to the former empress.

Ning Youdi is two years older than the emperor.

The former empresses had a son and a daughter, and the eldest princess of Kangning married her cousin, the son of Duke Zhen Guo, and the second-rank general of the guard, Sui Lijing.

Ning Youyuan, Prince Huai, was two months younger than Ning Youbei, and his mother's status was not high. When the late emperor passed away, he was only a fourth-rank Jieyu. It was after Duke Huai was made a county queen that he made her a third-rank concubine.

"The prince's frame you saw today should belong to Jing Wang Ning Youdi."

Qu Chu digested the news that Ning Youbei said in his mind.

Three brothers died when the emperor came to the throne, which shows that the competition for the throne was very cruel at that time.

Ning Youyuan, King Huai, was two months younger than Ning Youbei. He was less than 16 years old when the emperor ascended the throne, so he didn't have time to participate in the competition for the throne, so he was able to save his life.

But what happened to King Jing?

King Ning Youdi of Jing was two years older than the emperor, and was born of a previous empress, and with the strong support of the Duke of Zhenguo, he was logically the strongest contender for the throne.

But he survived well and was made a prince.

Is he not participating in the competition for the throne or is he too strong?So that even if the emperor ascended the throne, he would not dare to attack him?

Qu Chu asked his own question.

Ning Youbei's expression became a little strange.

"What? Can't tell?"

"No, although these are all secret affairs of the palace, you are one of your own, Ah Chu, so there is nothing you cannot say."

Ningyou North Road:

"King Jing was the person with the highest voice for the throne at that time. He was the son of the eldest son, and he not only had the support of the Duke of Zhenguo, but also the support of the Grand Tutor, but something happened later..."

Back then, when the competition for the throne was the fiercest, the first empress was caught and raped in bed, and the adulterer was still her childhood sweetheart.

After the first queen was caught for rape, she drank poison to prove her innocence to the first emperor, saying that she was framed by others.However, under the instigation of others, the first emperor still suspected that King Jing was not his own son.

Therefore, the first emperor made King Jing a prince and drove him to the fiefdom.

Although Duke Zhen later investigated the matter clearly, the first empress was framed by a prince and his mother concubine, and the first emperor personally ordered the execution of the concubine and the prince, but the matter is irreversible.

The former queen was dead, and King Jing's life experience was always a thorn in the former emperor's heart, and he was finally cut off from the throne.

And the town government's mansion has since fallen silent.

The Duke of Zhen no longer participated in the court affairs, and Sui Lijing, the eldest son of the Duke of the Zhen, took Princess Kangning to station on the coast of the East China Sea.

Ning Youbei smiled bitterly and said:

"If it weren't for that incident back then, it would be impossible for the emperor brother to ascend the throne."

This is really...

Qu Chu didn't know what to say.

Naturally, there are means for the emperor to ascend to the throne.Did the emperor intervene in the affairs of the previous queen?Or even if they didn't intervene, it's not clear whether they contributed to the flames.

However, the historical battles for the throne are cruel, even if there is no blood flow, there are all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to frame and many dangers.Can't say who is right and who is wrong.

It depends on whether he can become a good emperor.

The emperor has been on the throne for 8 years, and his performance in these 8 years has been pretty good. Although he cannot be said to be a generation of Mingjun, he is better than most emperors in history.

……

Qu Chu thought for a while and asked, "How is this King Jing?"

This time, Ning Youbei did not answer directly.

"You can see him in a few days, you can tell for yourself."

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(End of this chapter)