QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 55
by VolareShen Shi, third quarter (around 3:45 PM).
A massive sky screen appeared in the air.
Everyone within the borders of Liang Kingdom, as long as they looked up, could see the sky screen, as bright as daylight.
From the emperor and generals to the common people.
After their initial surprise and shock, they curiously observed the blank screen, which was temporarily devoid of any text or images.
Before long, the face of a short-haired man abruptly appeared on the sky screen.
The people living within the Liang Kingdom stared blankly at the man with the cropped hair on the screen, tentatively touching the hair on their own heads.
“The Classic of Filial Piety says, ‘Our body, hair, and skin are all received from our parents; we dare not injure or wound them. This is the beginning of filial piety.’ Why has this man cut off all his hair?”
“Indeed, did his parents agree to it?”
The emperors and generals, who were originally discussing the sky screen in the palace, all walked out of the main hall to observe the sky screen and see where it came from.
Emperor Liang Li had a solemn expression, unreadable.
The first, second, third, and fourth princes, who were already present at court, also maintained the dignified composure expected of imperial offspring, while the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth princes were more expressive.
The nine of them, father and sons, looked up at the light screen in the sky.
The man on the sky screen brought himself closer to the camera, as if adjusting thelive broadcast angle. Once he adjusted it to a suitable position, he began today’s live broadcast.
[Hello everyone~]
[I’m the history streamer Chestnut History, and today we’re going to talk about the Prosperous Era of Jingming.]
[First of all, I want to solemnly introduce to the friends in the live broadcast room Emperor Liang Jing, who created the Prosperous Era of Jingming and extended the life of the Liang Kingdom by eight hundred years. I believe everyone is familiar with this Emperor Jing.]
[The virtue of Jingming is admired by all nations.]
[His achievements are unmatched, making him the most dazzling figure in the feudal dynasty.]
The streamer’s words were translated by the sky screen into language suitable for the current Liang Kingdom and transmitted into everyone’s ears.
[Speaking of Emperor Liang Jing, it’s unavoidable to talk about his origins. A life that should have been a winning hand was completely ruined by a love triangle, thus creating the unhappiness of Emperor Liang Jing’s childhood.]
The subjects of the Liang Kingdom in the summer of Kangjing’s twentieth year began to ponder the meaning of the streamer’s words. That is to say, their Liang Kingdom would have a wise ruler in the future, with the posthumous title of Jing, who would create the Prosperous Era of Jingming, and this recognized wise ruler was also very unlucky.
They began to wonder which emperor it would be.
The current Emperor was the seventh emperor of the Liang Kingdom, so this emperor should be a monarch of the Liang Kingdom after him, but who could it be?
Emperor Liang Li was also curious as to which of his son’s descendants would create an unprecedented prosperous era and extend the life of the Liang Kingdom by eight hundred years.
He even began to look at his eight sons.
The eight princes, scanned by their biological father’s gaze, were slightly stunned, each wondering whether the Emperor Liang Jing, described by the sky screen’s owner, would be their descendant.
The people beneath the sky screen had mixed feelings.
As for the origin of the sky screen, they couldn’t figure it out for the time being, but listening to the person in the sky screen, it seemed like someone from later generations. They didn’t know which dynasty of the Liang Kingdom it was from, and what special ability they had to communicate with the previous dynasty.
No hurry, let’s continue watching!
[Emperor Liang Jing, the eighth emperor of the Liang Kingdom, ascended to the throne in the fourth month of Kangjing’s twenty-first year and abdicated to his nephew Liang You in the fifth month of Jingming’s thirtieth year.]
[He reigned for thirty years, but reversed the decline of the Liang Kingdom, created an unprecedented prosperous era, and made the Liang Kingdom an unprecedented unified empire.]
A certain modern history streamer, presenting himself in the Liang Kingdom through the sky screen, was diligently doing his live broadcast, unaware that his broadcast had reached the real people.
[Speaking of the identity of Emperor Liang Jing, we have to talk about the Rebellion of the Eight Princes in Emperor Liang Li’s later years.]
[Anyone who has studied history knows that life-and-death struggle for the throne. First, the eldest and second sons of Emperor Liang Li fought against each other, then the third and fourth sons, and finally the remaining four sons.]
[The ending for all eight of them was a miserable defeat. However, their opponent was not Emperor Liang Jing, but Emperor Liang Li. An aging and muddle-headed emperor and young, vigorous sons would naturally produce countless conflicts.]
[The result was that the first four princes happily received a one-stop service of demotion, imprisonment, and removal from the imperial family, while the latter four princes were ruthlessly crushed by Emperor Liang Jing.]
[Emperor Liang Jing was Emperor Liang Li’s ninth son!]
Upon hearing this explosive news, the officials and generals in the court froze in place, like petrified sculptures, as if they would shatter into pieces with a single touch.
What? How could it be the Ninth Prince?
They had bet wrong three times in a row!
The eight princes, as the parties involved, had blank expressions, their three souls and seven spirits seemingly having left their bodies.
So they fought and snatched, only to benefit the Ninth Brother!
“!!!” Emperor Liang Li’s expression was icy, staring intently at the content presented in the sky screen.
The Emperor Liang Jing who created the Prosperous Era was thatill-fated child!
The scourge who killed his mother at birth was not worthy of being his son, and he did not need such a son.
The sky screen did not stop because of their will. The streamer continued to explain history.
[Born ominous, the emperor greatly loathed him, raised in the cold palace. This passage records the first half of Emperor Liang Jing’s life, but hidden beneath the historical text is an unknown royal secret.]
[Emperor Liang Jing’s biological mother was Consort Chen Jiang Zhuyan, Emperor Liang Li’s lifelong love, but beauty is short-lived. She died in difficult labor due to the tragic death of Prince Rui, causing Emperor Liang Jing, who should have had a happy life, to have a difficult life.]
[Consort Chen and Prince Rui were originally a pair of lovers with mutual affection and deep love, but were forced to divorce due to Emperor Liang Li, a man who coveted his brother’s wife. He even killed Prince Rui, which ultimately led to Consort Chen’s grief and hatred for the child in her womb.]
[Consort Chen, with a desire to die, intended to take her unborn son to death with her, enduring the pain in her abdomen while waiting for death, but was unsuccessful because Emperor Liang Li arrived.]
[At that time, only one could be saved between Consort Chen and the little prince. Emperor Liang Li chose Consort Chen without hesitation, abandoning his long-awaited little prince.]
[My poor Emperor Jing was abandoned by both of his parents before he was even born.]
The male streamer with the ID name Chestnut History sighed rather emotionally and continued, [Perhaps heaven destined Emperor Jing’s safe birth. He was born, but Consort Chen died from postpartum hemorrhage.]
[Emperor Liang Li, who deeply loved Consort Chen, went mad upon learning of Consort Chen’s death. He not only killed all the people around Consort Chen, but also hated Emperor Jing and abandoned him in the cold palace, ignoring him.]
[Emperor Liang Li named that child Liang Jue, which means both despair and dead end. He wanted Emperor Jing to live in despair and die in a dead end.]
[Facts proved that Emperor Liang Li’s curse was successful. Emperor Jing, who grew up stumbling in the cold palace, was tired of the world and himself. He was eventually demoted to a commoner and expelled from the palace in the ninth month of Kangjing’s twentieth year due to palace intrigues.]
[Emperor Jing stepped out of the palace, left the capital, found a barren mountain with beautiful scenery, dug a hole, buried himself, and quietly waited for death to arrive.]
The civil and military officials who heard these things knelt on the ground, trembling with fear, and did not dare to raise their heads to look at Emperor Liang Li, who was trembling with anger at the sky screen.
It’s over! They heard something they shouldn’t have!
How could they, as ministers, hear about His Majesty’s outrageous act of seizing his brother’s wife?!
Emperor Liang Li was already angry enough, but the sky screen was adding fuel to the fire.
[The love triangle between Consort Chen, Prince Rui, and Emperor Liang Li is the source of Emperor Liang Jing’s tragic life.]
Emperor Liang Li’s face was ashen as firewood, and he roared, “Shut up! Consort Chen is my beloved! That scourge caused me to lose my beloved, so he deserved to die!”
His mood was extremely unsettled at this time.
That scourge killed Consort Chen, so why should he be good to that bastard?!
He hadn’t directly killed Liang Jue, it was all because he was giving Consort Chen’s blood a way out. As for excessive fatherly love, don’t even think about it!
He just hated Liang Jue, just wanted Liang Jue to suffer!
As for the concubines of Emperor Liang Li’s harem, they recalled the old events of nineteen years ago with bitter expressions, and the scene of His Majesty’s furious killing spree appeared in their minds.
His Majesty was really mad at that time!!!
The Ninth Prince was indeed burdened by his parents, and had lived unlike a prince for many years, so it was no wonder he would embark on that path of suicide.