Chapter Thirty-Fifth: Views From the Middle Palace

When Yun Fenghuang was beating his own son, in Yanfu Palace, the empress was also carefully analyzing the pros and cons of the princes: "...It seems that His Majesty is still observing Xiao Ten, but Twelve is... alas!"

Gu Zhen's expression was complicated. To be honest, although the outside world, including the Gu family, believed that the Twelve Prince's ascension to the throne was the best result for her and the Gu family.

But the queen herself hesitated.

The main reason is that Gu Liman, the biological mother of the twelfth prince, died in a rather inexplicable way.

For quite a period of time, it was rumored in the palace that it was the queen who killed the mother and took the son.

Of course Gu Zhen understands that she did not do this by herself. The problem is that the perpetrators are too covert and she has not found out anything. If she hadn't really ordered this matter, she would have suspected that she did it.

So from then on, she didn't say anything, but she was somewhat jealous of the twelve princes in her heart.

In case the child grows up, hears this, and believes it, or retains a grudge, then...

After all, Gu Liman is also from the Gu family, so the twelve princes should not do anything to the entire Gu family.

But I don't know what attitude I will have towards the queen.

And at that time, will Mrs. Gu speak for the queen?

Gu Zhen thinks it is unlikely.

After all, she is no longer the innocent Mrs. Yaoning in Chunjia's early years.

After being a queen for so many years, even if she is not qualified, at least after having this status, she is forced to think about many things that she did not think much about before; It's not like the king of Chu is so stupid, he has been deceived a lot, and he can't figure it out?

Although the tenth prince was not very close to her, and even openly got close to his biological mother, but also because his biological mother was alive, when she faced the tenth prince, she had a clear conscience, and even everyone outside knew that she was very worthy of the tenth prince .

As for going on like this, in the future when the tenth prince ascends the throne, Ping Xianyi will win and sit on an equal footing with her, repeating what happened to Queen Mother Yuan and Queen Mother Qu.

After careful consideration, Gu Zhen felt that it was not unacceptable.

After all, no matter whether she is good or ordinary, she is actually not the kind of self-respecting personality.

Originally, when Gu Zhen first entered the palace, let alone the queen, even the fourth concubine hadn't thought about it.

Later, she just hoped to have a child under Cheng Huan's knee, and just guarded the third prince for the rest of her life.

He was pushed to the back position by mistake, so if he can be the queen mother in the future, what if there is another Ping Xian who should be the queen mother of the Virgin Mary? She wouldn't try to target Queen Mother Qu like Queen Mother Yuan did, and the Tenth Prince had no reason to target her, right?

In short, this time when I heard that the Twelfth Prince was suspected of being out of the game, the Queen expressed emotion in front of the left and right. In fact, she was relatively calm, but she felt sorry for the Third Prince: "It has been many years, Binger seems to be I just heard His Majesty praise him so much... I don’t know how His Majesty can be so ruthless? Given how much wrong the child’s biological mother has committed, Bing’er is his flesh and blood after all.”

But she dared to say this in front of her confidants, it was definitely impossible to argue with Chunjia for the sake of the third prince.

After talking about the child under her knees, the queen's face turned a little more serious, "King Qin is so easy to fall into a trap, so His Majesty must not be very satisfied with the eldest son of the emperor. It's just that he is His Majesty's first child after all, and his biological mother came from a humble background. His Majesty is not taboo; the adoptive mother is very fond of him, so it is inevitable that he will be loved and hated... In this way, even if His Majesty feels that he is not suitable to be a prince, he will not take back his favor for a while."

The attendant said softly: "After all, this Highness is also thirteen years old, and he will be a feudal clan in two years. Your Majesty doesn't feel bad now, but it will be difficult to see him in the future. Calling him back to the Imperial Capital for a reunion, but with the aptitude of His Highness, how can he manage the feudal kingdom well by running around in two places? He is not a resourceful and decisive master. When he came back to the Imperial Capital, he only wanted to coax His Majesty to be happy. What else can I do for Xuanqing Palace? At that time, the foundation of Yu Fan Kingdom will be unstable, and Yu Chaotang will be helpless, it will be just a decoration."

Although these words were deliberately belittling the King of Qin, the Queen and the others nodded slightly when they heard it.

Indeed, King Qin usually has no means to possess such aptitude. He was born into the eldest son of the emperor purely by good luck, and drove his adoptive mother to be good, so he grew up carefree to the current master. It is not necessarily a good thing for herself or for Xuanqing Palace.

"It's just that the noble concubine is cunning, and she says she doesn't want to part with the King of Qin, but she may not actually do so." The queen said slowly, "I'm afraid she will force His Majesty to confer wealth on him, and then let the King of Qin concentrate on managing it, thinking that the King of Jin is preparing for it." Qian Bo, good at winning people's hearts, full of wings..."

This kind of thing is quite expensive.

Xie's background is not deep, after the family was ruined and killed, apart from the inconvenient objects such as the fields and houses, the ancestral house was even ransacked.

It is impossible for Xie Wuzheng, Xie Xiaoyu and others not to distribute the remaining property to Yun Fenghuang, but...

It is a huge sum of money to live a normal life, but it is just a drop in the bucket to seek the position of the crown prince.

As for Yun Fenghuang himself, over the years, he has sent his subordinates to run some businesses, and he has collected a lot of money for cosmetics, which must be left to the King of Jin as his family property. But compared to a wealthy family like Gu's, I'm afraid there is still a considerable gap.

After all, the Gu family has accumulated through generations.

The noble concubine can only rely on herself.

Therefore, the Gu family analyzed earlier that Yun Fenghuang had been affectionate to his adopted son and daughter all these years, and he was probably just waiting to use their marriage to win over the powerful, and then arranged for them to find ways to accumulate wealth for the younger brother, so that the king of Jin With the escort of his mother and concubine, and the full support of his brothers and sisters, he himself is also one of the emperor's favorite princes... The winning rate can be imagined!

"Your Majesty, King Qin's biological mother is still here, and now she is Jieyu." The attendant said, "The Zhao family was fortunate to have King Qin back then, and has never served His Majesty since then. All these years, she has been concentrating on serving the noble concubine. Also honest. But no matter how honest a person is, how can he let go of his own flesh and blood? There are examples of older concubines in the country who accompanied the prince when he left the feudal domain. This Zhao family must also hope to go to the feudal state with the King of Qin. Noble concubines are used to If she pretends to be a good person, she will definitely agree at that time. But she will also arrange people to restrain the Zhao family, lest the king of Qin will no longer be close to her after his biological mother and son have been together for many years, so why does the king of Qin have to teach the king of Jin everything? "

"That's why the servant girl thinks, why don't we use tricks on Zhao Jieyu to help her escape from the concubine's control, and become a close wife and son with the King of Qin."

"That King Jin is the noble concubine's own flesh and blood, not Zhao Jieyu's own flesh and blood."

"May I ask how many mothers in the world are willing to look after their own sons and serve as stepping stones for other people's sons?"

Gu Zhen murmured: "Zhao has been with the concubine for many years. It is rumored that she has always been respectful and loyal to the concubine, and even more submissive than that of the Yi family. The Yi family...whether it is my palace or other people, but I have won many times. They were all declined."

Concubine Min's subordinates generally have a relatively high degree of loyalty.

On the one hand, Yun Fenghuang was generous to his subordinates, and she was able to make promises that many other concubines, even Gu Zhen, were not easy to make; on the other hand, it was because everyone who followed her knew that this The master is really not a good stubble. If you dare to betray her, maybe the whole family will die!

Yun Fenghuang was not the kind of master who would think that his family members would be worse off than others.

If she holds grudges, she is a typical grudge.

The most important thing is that the imperial concubine has never been seriously disadvantaged since entering the palace.

Her subordinates are not fools, why would she give up such a generous and vicious master to follow her defeated subordinates?

Even though Zhao Jieyu was most likely eager to get close to King Qin, she might not dare to challenge the authority of the noble concubine rashly.

"Your Majesty, we can stand still for now." The attendant also knew this truth, so he suggested softly at this moment, "And wait until the King of Qin has gone to the feudal kingdom before making any moves. At that time, the noble concubine will be out of reach, and there will be many heirs under her knees. Can't you concentrate on staring at Zhao Jieyu? The noble concubine comes from a humble background and her family is weak, even if she has been recruiting people everywhere in the past two years, how can she compare with people like us? She definitely can't take care of it."

The queen thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "Write this matter down, and after the king of Qin takes the feudal domain, then... well, he still has two years in the feudal domain, and I don't know if there will be any changes in these two years? "

Squeezing his forehead, Gu Zhen forced himself not to think about those unsolvable troublesome things, and continued to talk about the Seventh Prince, "If this one hadn't been raised by the imperial concubine, I would actually like him quite a lot. In fact, if he wanted to However, judging from the meaning of the old man Yin Qu, he is very fond of this baby grandson, and he must be a peaceful vassal king, and he will not let him take risks."

After a pause, "But if he comes up with such thoughts, the old man Yin Qu may not be willing to support him. Although the old man is not a thing, there is one thing that I admire him. His son-daughter heart is true. Heavy."

From the standpoint of the Queen, the most ambitious one is the Seventh Prince.

There is no other reason, the main power of the noble concubine today is Yun Fenghuang himself in the harem, and Yin Qu is still the main force in the previous dynasty.

The cooperation between the two parties is the reason why the queen and Gu feel helpless and are increasingly out of money.

And the foundation of Yin Qu's cooperation with the imperial concubine is the Seventh Prince.

If the prince also wanted to seek the crown prince, how could Yin Qu support Yun Fenghuang's own son instead of his grandson?

Even if Yin Qu refused the grandson's request for the safety of the Seventh Prince, Yun Fenghuang's suspicious nature might create a gap with him.

Therefore, at present, the two parties have been cooperating happily, and the Seventh Prince has a peaceful personality, and has not shown any desire for the crown prince so far.

After discussing with the queen's master and servant, they don't need to suppress the Seventh Prince, and they even have to flatter him occasionally.

Because the Seventh Prince himself does not have ambitions, and his elders generally do not want him to have such ambitions, the best way to divorce him is to let Chunjia see how outstanding this son is.

At that time, Chunjia's attention, even if it can't change the Seventh Prince's mind, at least it will make the imperial concubine feel alert.

As for the Ninth Prince below, the Empress said: "Since the imperial concubine has her own flesh and blood, the Ninth Prince is probably a backup. Unless King Jin is at fault, everything will definitely not be up to the Ninth Prince. After all, the dispute between the two Empress Dowagers, She has seen it all the way. Her temperament is probably stronger than that of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, and she must make a mistake, otherwise, how can she rest assured that her son will be on the throne?"

"The Ninth Prince can be considered a bit clever, and now he assumes a posture of not seeking to make progress."

"The imperial concubine is angry at him, but I'm afraid she is also relieved."

"Therefore, before King Jin loses power, the Ninth Princes can ignore it for now."

"If he is too outstanding, we don't need to do anything, I'm afraid the imperial concubine will be the first to tolerate him."

After some analysis, he finally arrived at King Jin.