Chapter 383 National Humiliation

"Father, something happened!"

When Liang Kai was bored, his eldest son Liang Feng came quickly.

His heart sank, thinking that something bad happened to the Liang family, and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"

"The third prince was captured by the Xiliang soldiers. This matter has just been reported to the capital. The emperor is probably furious." Liang Feng's face was not only without a trace of worry, but full of mockery. "The capture of the prince is a great humiliation to the country. The third prince will have no chance of the throne from now on."

"Is this true!" Liang Kai looked excited and grabbed Liang Feng's shoulders.

From ancient times to the present, no emperor would allow a prince who was captured by the enemy country to continue to rule.

Otherwise, the face of the royal family would be gone.

"It's true. It is said that Dou Wei fainted after hearing the news." Liang Feng laughed.

"God helps my Liang family. In the past, for the sake of sea power, my Liang family and Dou family agreed to support the third prince in his fight for the throne in exchange for support. Over the years, the fifth prince has suffered a lot of grievances." Liang Kai paced back and forth.

Over the years, the Liang family did not support the princes in their fight for the throne. It was not that the Liang family did not care about the throne, but that they had other plans.

But the Dou family broke the agreement for the sake of artillery.

They did not support the Liang family at all.

Even though the Liang family gave in at that time, he was already dissatisfied with Dou Wei.

Now that the third prince was captured by Xiliang, he no longer needed to let the fifth prince swallow his anger.

From then on, he could openly support the fifth prince in his fight for the position of crown prince.

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Dou family.

Dou Wei fainted, woke up, cried, and fainted several times again.

The whole Dou Mansion was in chaos.

Dou Kuang and his mother Xiao served Dou Wei in bed.

Dou Wei was still sleeping.

Xiao sighed at this time, "Your father has always loved the third prince, this really killed him."

"What mother said is that my father loves the third prince a thousand times more than his child." Dou Kuang smiled, but a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

After hearing this, Xiao hesitated to speak, and finally said: "You are his eldest son, so he will be stricter with you."

"Maybe." Dou Kuang just responded.

He could tell what was disgusting and what was strict.

"You said that the scouts were investigating well, but they were ambushed." Xiao sighed again.

Ma Jin surrendered to Xiliang, and the Wuguan Pass guarded by the Dou family became a border pass.

The third prince proposed to go to Wuguan to inspect the defense at the instruction of Dou Wei.

The original intention was to make military achievements at Wuguan.

Unexpectedly, such a disaster happened.

According to the Dou family general who sent the message.

Ma Jin often sent cavalry to Wuguan to insult Dou Wei.

How could the Dou family generals bear it, and often sent cavalry to fight with Ma Jin's cavalry.

Six days ago, the Dou family scouts found that a Ma family cavalry of less than 500 people was heading to Wuguan again.

The third prince, who was about to return to the capital, was eager to make another achievement, so he led 2,000 troops to meet.

I never thought that while they were fighting.

Suddenly, a large number of Xiliang soldiers rushed out from both sides of the mountain road, and the third prince was shot and captured.

"Warfare is a tricky business. The third prince has never fought a war. Maybe he just stumbled." Dou Kuang's eyes flickered.

At this moment, Dou Wei groaned and woke up slowly.

"Quick, prepare your official uniform. I want to see the emperor..." Dou Wei struggled to get up.

Xiao hurriedly advised: "Master, you should lie down for a while."

"If you are asked to go, you go! Ahem..." Dou Wei was furious.

"Father, the official uniform is ready. For such a big event, I know that you must meet the emperor." At this time, Dou Kuang suddenly said, and then he waved his hand, and a servant came in.

Dou Wei nodded, just got out of bed, put on his official uniform, and took the old servant out.

Dou Kuang sent Dou Wei to the door, watched the carriage leave, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

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Palace.

The news of the capture of the third prince also reached Zhao Heng's ears.

He was playing with an oriole and was so angry that he didn't even notice that he had choked his beloved bird to death.

He didn't come to his senses until Liang Cheng reminded him.

He was so angry that he could hardly stand.

When he was furious, Concubine Dou came over crying and knelt in front of him, "Your Majesty, please, you must save Mu'er, he is also dedicated to serving the country..."

"Enough, do you really think I don't know anything? He went to Wuguan to gain military merit and come back to compete with the prince for the position of crown prince. If you all had your minds right, how could you have this day!" Zhao Heng was furious.

The loss of Qinzhou and Yongzhou had made him depressed these days.

Now the third prince was captured again, which was a national humiliation.

He could even imagine the smug face of Murong Hao, the Chanyu of Xiliang.

The game that the King of Yan had won back for him in Jinzhou was won back by Xiliang again.

"Your Majesty, even if Mu'er is wrong, he is still your son, the prince of Dasong. Are you going to let him fall into the hands of the Xiliang people and be tortured? Your Majesty, I beg you, save Mu'er." Concubine Dou kept kowtowing, her face full of tears.

"Save! How do you want me to save him?" Zhao Heng was even more angry.

Now he was also panicking, not knowing what to do.

If the third prince came back, I don't know what conditions Xiliang would offer.

Just as one was making a fuss and the other was angry, an eunuch came to report that Dou Wei wanted to see him.

"Tell him that I will not see him alone, and ask him to summon all the ministers to the Jinluan Palace to discuss matters." Zhao Heng snorted.

Now he felt disgusted with both Concubine Dou and Dou Wei.

If it weren't for them, how could such a humiliating thing happen.

Half an hour later.

All the ministers arrived, and Zhao Heng arrived at the Jinluan Palace with the help of Liang Cheng.

The news of the capture of the third prince had spread throughout Jinling, and the ministers were talking about it after they arrived.

The officials of Dou Weiyi's faction were all dejected and looked like they had nothing to live for.

They knew very well that even if the third prince was rescued, he would only be an idle king from then on.

The second prince, the crown prince and their officials were obviously gloating.

For them, without the third prince as an opponent, the position of the crown prince was a little closer to them.

Zhao Heng saw this scene and sat on the dragon chair with anger in his heart.

"Looking at this, you all know it. What should we do?" Zhao Heng supported his head. At this moment, he was physically and mentally exhausted.

"Father, I think the third brother is the prince of Dasong. We should try our best to rescue him. Otherwise, Dasong will lose face. It is better to send an envoy to Xiliang first to find out the intention of the Xiliang Chanyu. If we can redeem him with silver, it will be the best." A young man stepped out, but it was the fifth prince Zhao She.

The crown prince and the second prince looked at Zhao She in surprise.

This fifth brother has always been very low-key and rarely speaks in the court.

"It would be best if we could redeem him with silver, but this would be too disappointing for our great Song. Father, why not order the people of Xiliang to hand over the third brother first, and threaten them with war. Xiliang will be afraid, and then the third brother will naturally come back." The second prince said.

"No! Wouldn't this put the third prince in danger? If we anger the people of Xiliang, they will do anything." Dou Wei said hurriedly, glaring at the second prince.

"What if the people of Xiliang are unwilling to exchange the third prince for silver? The only way is to fight and scare them."

"Things that can be solved with silver are not problems."

"..."

The second prince and Dou Wei took the lead, and the officials immediately quarreled, arguing red-faced.

Zhao Heng became more and more annoyed, and said angrily: "Enough, shut up!"