Princess Xuanji in "Langya Bang" only appears in the play for a moment.
After being captured, she worked as a slave maid in the hidden court, dressed in coarse linen clothes, without saying a word, and her eyes were full of hatred and scheming.
Although she doesn't have a single line in the whole play, Princess Xuanji is everywhere.
Even many years after her death, she still set off a palace turmoil, which is terrifying!
I have to sigh that Princess Xuanji is the most understanding of people's hearts, but she is also the most ruthless woman.
She is very intelligent and scheming.
Some people say that Princess Xuanji's careful layout many years ago and Mei Changsu's return are actually the same way, both for revenge.
One is to avenge the destruction of the country, and the other is to avenge the annihilation of the Red Flame Army.
But I think the biggest difference between Mei Changsu and Princess Xuanji is that although Mei Changsu has a deep hatred of blood, he has never forgotten the word love and righteousness, and always focuses on the overall situation.
And Princess Xuanji, in order to take revenge, reduced everyone to pawns in her hands, and tried her best, but she never had any true feelings.
She is also pathetic in this way, reducing herself to a tool of revenge.
01. Create red sleeves
At that time, the Slippery Clan was in danger of extinction.
At this time, Princess Linglong, the leader of the Slippery Clan, met Xiao Xuan, the prince of the Great Liang Kingdom, and Princess Linglong fell in love with Xiao Xuan at first sight.
Princess Linglong not only promised him with her body, but also helped him to walk on the throne of the King of God.
Perhaps, Princess Linglong's love for Xiao Xuan is not so true, she was just fooled by the pie painted by Emperor Liang.
She felt that as long as Xiao Xuan became the emperor, then the slippery clan would be saved.
I have to say that she overestimated her position in Xiao Xuan's mind and underestimated human nature.
After Xiao Xuan became Emperor Liang, sitting on the throne, he felt more uncomfortable from a high place, and was deeply jealous and uneasy.
At this time, Princess Linglong handed over the slippery clan to Princess Xuanji, and she became an inconspicuous concubine in the harem.
But she didn't care, what she thought about was that Xiao Xuan could fulfill the promise she made back then and help her revitalize the Hua clan.
She didn't know that this matter was a big problem for Xiao Xuan.
Back then, Xiao Xuan used the army of the Slipper clan to seize the throne. This was a disgraceful stain on him, so he arranged Princess Linglong in the palace.
Emperor Liang wanted the Slip clan to submit to the Great Liang, but Princess Linglong refused, so Emperor Liang said that she was "paranoid".
Princess Xuanji must have learned about Emperor Liang's attitude from Princess Linglong, so she began to plot on her own, united with Da Yu, and prepared to fight against Da Liang together.
When Emperor Liang found out, he ordered Lin Xie to lead the Red Flame Army to attack the Slippery Clan.
The slippery tribe destroyed the country, Princess Linglong was killed in battle, and Princess Xuanji and others were arrested and put into the court.
Although she was reduced to a prisoner, Princess Xuanji never gave up.
She secretly established an organization called Red Sleeves, trained many slippery beauties, and installed them in the homes of various royal families and high-ranking officials and nobles in Daliang.
or as a wife, or as a concubine, or as a slave.
They lie dormant in it, one is to collect intelligence, and the other is to collect the words and deeds of these people, and then use them as evidence to blackmail and control, or as evidence to point against them.
The evidence that King Qi was accused of at the beginning must also be the credit of the red sleeves.
Xia Jiang's wife, Mrs. Han, saw that she was pitiful and rescued her from the hidden court.
This process is not elaborated in the novel and drama, and it must be quite difficult.
It is estimated that Princess Xuanji intended to get close to Mrs. Han and did what she liked, and the two established a deep relationship.
However, Princess Xuanji not only did not gratitude, but took revenge.
On the other hand, from the very beginning, Princess Xuanji was using Mrs. Han without the slightest emotion.
In fact, in the eyes of Princess Xuanji, all people are her tools for revenge, and there is no word for affection.
02, and Xia Jiang's alliance of interests
As Xia Jiang's wife, he can rescue Princess Xuanji from the Hidden Court, so as the head of the Hanging Mirror Division, his ability and influence will inevitably be greater.
Therefore, Princess Xuanji quickly hooked up with Xia Jiang.
Princess Xuanji used her beauty, means, and charms to quickly make Xia Jiang surrender, and he did not hesitate to abandon his wife and children for this reason.
Of course, she knew that in order for Xia Jiang and herself to become allies, these alone were far from enough.
Xia Jiang is not sentimental at all, he values the pleasure of power more.
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of Xie Yu.
Both of them have an extreme fanaticism for power, but Xie Yu is more human than Xia Jiang, at least he once truly loved the eldest princess.
But Xia Jiang never really loved anyone, and he was only temporarily infatuated with Princess Xuanji.
And he never participated in partisan disputes, he and the Hanging Mirror Division were only loyal to the emperor alone.
He understands that the emperor is the pinnacle of power, and as long as he is loyal to the emperor, then it is the best guarantee of his power.
However, King Qi proposed to the emperor to abolish the Hanging Mirror Division, and Xia Jiang felt an unprecedented panic.
Although this suggestion was vetoed by Emperor Liang.
But Xia Jiang knew that as long as King Qi ascended to the throne in the future, the first thing he would do was to abolish the Hanging Mirror Division.
So what he wants to do is to get rid of King Qi.
It was not easy to get rid of King Qi, he not only had the support of many courtiers, but also the support of Lin Xie and the Red Flame Army behind him.
Princess Xuanji hated Lin Xie and his Red Flame Army the most, and I believe that she also knew King Qi's thoughts through the red sleeve moves.
So the two hit it off.
Although the two have different purposes, one for revenge and the other for self-preservation, they both have common opponents and their interests are completely identical.
There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
At the behest of Princess Xuanji, General Xia wooed Xie Yu again, and the two took advantage of Emperor Liang's suspicion to create an unjust case of rebellion between King Qi and the Red Flame Army.
Of course, Princess Xuanji's purpose is not only this, she just wants to disrupt Da Liang's internal affairs and make Da Liang self-defeating.
Princess Xuanji did not have absolute trust in Xia Jiang and Qin Wen.
Therefore, before she died, she divided the staff of the Red Sleeves Recruit into two and handed them over to the two of them to manage separately.
In this way, they can contain each other and supervise each other.
It seems that Princess Xuanji is not only scheming, but also has insight into human nature.
03, she gave the cool Emperor Liang a pair of gut-breaking poison
At the beginning, Princess Linglong misbelieved Xiao Xuan, so she caused the destruction of the country.
This is a painful lesson for Princess Xuanji.
Therefore, she hated Emperor Liang, but at the same time, she also saw through Emperor Liang's heart.
She planned that shocking case and eliminated the Red Flame Army.
This plan has many loopholes, but it still succeeds, because it has captured Emperor Liang's sore spot: his suspicion of King Qi and the Red Flame Army.
In this way, the girder is also greatly damaged.
But what she hated more in her heart was Emperor Liang, so she didn't stop there.
After that, Emperor Liang set up the son of Concubine Yue as the crown prince, and at the same time rewarded King Yu continuously to balance the prince.
Before Princess Xuanji died, she sent her apprentice Qin to King Yu's side as a strategist, and at the same time gave her a trick, saying that she could only use it at the last moment.
In fact, Princess Xuanji had long expected that King Yu would never be able to become the prince because of his life experience.
Therefore, these layouts of Princess Xuanji are not to help King Yu ascend to the throne, she is just to cause turmoil among the princes of Daliang to compete for the crown prince, so as to avenge the destruction of the country.
In the bag is the suicide note left by Princess Linglong to her biological son King Yu:
"The most regrettable thing in my mother's life is that I mistrusted King Liang, he turned his face ruthlessly after ascending the throne and called the emperor, not only did he not keep his promise, but he even charged our slippery clan with colluding with Dayu to rebel, and sent the Red Flame Army to kill on a large scale, the slippery clan destroyed the country irreparably, and my mother became a sinner through the ages."
Actually, I personally think that this letter is likely to be forged by Princess Xuanji.
Even if Princess Linglong hates Emperor Liang again, she still hopes that her son can live well and live happily in her heart.
If he knew his background, even if he saved his life, he would have lived in pain and entanglement for the rest of his life.
Let's take a look at Emperor Liang again, although he has failed Princess Linglong, he still has love and guilt for King Yu, not only to use him to balance the prince.
The only people who know King Yu's background are Emperor Liang and the Gao Gonggong around him, and he conceals King Yu's background from everyone, which is also a kind of protection.
And putting him by the queen's side to raise him is a kind of compensation and expectation for him.
After the defeat of the battle for the heir, King Yu was already disheartened and decided to give up everything and be a pampered prince.
In fact, as long as he keeps to himself, there is no dissent, and he relies on the heart of King Jing. In the future, King Yu can live a worry-free life like King Ji and enjoy a lifetime of peace.
And this suicide note once again inspired King Yu's hatred and fighting spirit, so that he did something irreparable.
Of course, the biggest blow in this matter was Emperor Liang.
When he learned that King Yu had rebelled, he kept saying: "He is more hateful than the Red Flame Army back then!" ”
Because he knows that one is unwarranted, and the other is a real rebellion and usurpation.
I think this trick is a pair of gut-breaking poison left by Princess Xuanji to Emperor Liang.
Let him feel what it is like to be betrayed by his own relatives.
Epilogue:
In the end, all of Princess Xuanji's plans were cracked by Mei Changsu one by one, and her power was uprooted.
In terms of strategy and scheming, the two are comparable.
The biggest difference between the two is the word "affection".
This is also the reason why Mei Changsu was able to succeed in the end, the King Jing he chose to support has no selfish interests, and is dedicated to the common people in the world, such people will not forget their original intentions after getting power.
It is precisely because of this that he will not scruple about losing the position of the crown prince, and insists on asking for a re-investigation of the old case of the Red Flame Army.
I think the reason why Mei Changsu was able to defeat Princess Xuanji was because in addition to revenge, there was also justice and justice in his heart.