Chapter Thirty-Six: Attendant Illness

Among the many princes under Chunjia's knees, King Jin was the one who was deeply feared by the middle palace even before he landed.

After all, Yun Fenghuang has been in the palace for many years, and he is still a prince with only his own flesh and blood.

I also know that if the ambitious Concubine Min Gui didn't necessarily have the ambition to be in charge of the Qingci Palace before King Jin landed, after having such a son, it is impossible for her not to want to be the Queen Mother.

If possible, Gu Zhen hoped from the bottom of his heart that King Jin would be so stupid that Chunjia would not see him.

But the fact is that King Jin, as Yun Fenghuang's biological son, has been treated differently by Chunjia since he landed. Even though he didn't surpass Qin Wang Zhaoqing's favored heirs all at once, he was still one of the children that the emperor cared about.

Moreover, even though the fifteenth prince has not yet shown the intelligence and agility that can overwhelm other princes, he can be considered to have outstanding aptitude and quick mind.

It can be said that King Jin is even more of a confidant of the Central Palace than King Qin.

After all, with Yunfenghuang's popularity, if Chunjia was hesitating between several princes, King Jin would be able to win by relying on her own flesh and blood.

As for the emperor's vow to establish a heir...

Five years ago, Gu Zhen and the Gu family still had such hopes.

Now five years later, if they still believe in it, their wealth all these years will be for nothing.

"The king of Jin was disrespectful in front of the imperial court today, and his majesty reprimanded him three times in a row to go out because his reply was too careless." The servant calmed down and said in a low voice, "He was even punished to kneel for four hours. His Majesty agreed to let King Qin take the place..."

"That's just to let the king of Qin show a friendly side to his younger brother, so that he can explain to the government and the public." The queen shook her head slightly, and said, "Although my palace's temperament towards your majesty is not as transparent as that of Xuanqing Palace. His Majesty would not be angry at such a trivial matter. Not to mention that the King of Jin has always been favored by him, as usual, His Majesty only has the reason to be more tolerant. But when it comes to thinking about it, it can only be said that it is for the King of Qin... also Not only for the sake of King Qin, but also for King Jin. King Jin's temperament is out of character. His Majesty probably hopes that he will be more prudent. If he just intends to make King Jin an ordinary prince, he will be a prince... a little nonsense in the future, His Majesty can't help it Can't bear it?"

Therefore, with the emperor's restraint, it can only be said that he has greater hopes for this son.

This made the queen's master and servant feel heavy.

A noble concubine Min has suppressed the harem for more than ten years.

Now that her son has obtained the emperor's expectation, this... how will he live in the future?

"Your Majesty, no matter how much the King Jin is favored, he is still young." After a moment of silence, an elderly palace official slowly spoke to comfort the Queen, "Back then, all the ministers invited me to establish a crown prince, but His Majesty appointed him as the heir of the emperor. I was young, I don’t know Xianyu refused. But now, the eldest son of the emperor is thirteen, even if we don’t do anything, there will always be some officials who can’t hold back and want to mention this matter. Didn’t someone give advice to His Majesty recently, please Your majesty canonized the sons? This is actually to test the holy will and speculate on the future of the princes. The ten princes are the first-born princes recorded on the jade plate, and they have grown up in front of your majesty for the past two years. It’s probably not too far off.”

"In addition, he is older than King Jin. As long as the tenth prince performs well, if His Majesty wants to discard the elder and replace the younger, he has to weigh the opinions of the ministers."

"What's more, considering the age of the imperial concubine, she is now in her mid-twenties. Even if she has a good face, she is not comparable to a young girl in her twenties."

"There have been no newcomers in the palace for many years, so you might as well invite your loving mother, the Empress Dowager, to add one or two sensible palace people to Your Majesty."

She remembered, "Didn't Your Majesty tell you to prepare some rewards for King Yi and Marquis Yongchun a few days ago? Since that's the case, why not just arrange some for Your Majesty? Anyway, it's a matter of convenience."

Gu Zhen said slowly: "That's the only way I can think."

If it weren't for the fact that the Tenth Prince still had some hope, she would have been unable to hold on long ago.

Even so, the empress still felt a heavy heart, "It's just that Jing'er has gone, Jue'er is the only one in front of the palace now, she and Xiao Shi have never been close... Now the reputation of Gu's daughter... Sigh!"

"Your Majesty, don't be sad. Who knows what the style of the Gu family is like? Everyone knows that it was the concubine's fault, so how could it be the daughter of the Gu family who is unbearable?" The servant said softly, "As long as the tenth prince sits in that seat, all of this will be done." It will be solved naturally."

Gu Zhen also knows this, the key is whether the tenth prince can become the crown prince?

If it is possible, Gu's predicament will definitely be resolved in an instant.

I'm afraid that all the hard work will be in vain in the end, this...

"King Jin..." The Queen thought for a moment, then said slowly, "How can you arrange for this child?"

The servants discussed it and found it difficult.

After all, this master is favored, talented, and not stupid, and his mother is not a fuel-efficient lamp. How can it be so easy to deal with him?

But after brainstorming, they still found a loophole.

The matter of the princes pleading guilty quickly subsided, and they kept vigilance in front of the harem for a period of time. Seeing that the middle palace and the noble concubine stopped as if nothing had happened, they even ran into each other when they were asking for peace, and even laughed at Yan Yan, as if they had never had any conflicts Similarly, although I know that these are all pretended, but I think that I will not tear my face again in a short time like this, but I am secretly relieved.

It's time to escape the summer heat.

The court is very familiar with this now, Qin Tianjian calculated the date, packed up his things and set off.

After arriving at the Qishan Palace smoothly all the way, the maids were busy packing their luggage and settled down quickly.

It was only after a short pause that I heard that the Empress Dowager had a cough.

The empress dowager hadn't had much sense of presence in the past two years, but after all, her status and seniority were there, because she was no longer a threat, and the emperor could not be considered respectful to her, but he was still polite.

Hearing this news, I can't help but make a gesture to go over to serve the sick in person.

Of course the Empress Dowager disagreed. After all, it was nothing for her to be ill. If Chunjia was rumored to be ill, it would be a big deal.

In short, after Zu Ci and Sun Xiao's performance, the Empress Dowager said: "The other children are not familiar with Ai's family, so don't bother me, but Xiao Qi, you can often come and walk around Ai's family."

In the past two years, everyone has also known that the Seventh Prince not only looks exactly like Chunjia when he was young, but even looks and behaves like the young Shenzong in many cases.

Because the great-grandfather and grandson were estranged by blood, the degree of resemblance may not be very great, but Shenzong passed away many years ago, even if it is only a fraction of a resemblance, it is enough for the empress dowager to never forget.

So much so that the Empress Dowager liked this unrelated great-grandson very much.

Hearing the words, the emperor agreed, then turned his head and said to Yun Fenghuang in private: "I asked the imperial physician, but it was just a common cold, and it was the emperor's grandmother who was getting old, and she coughed due to the exhaustion of the journey... After taking two medicines, it was almost the same. Come on, let Xiaoqi go over, he is in the prime of his youth, so he may not be sick."

"Your Majesty said this. After all, it is the Empress Dowager who is sick as an elder. If you want the younger generation to accompany you, what is there to say?" Yun Fenghuang said, "You can't ask Your Majesty to put aside government affairs and serve the sick. .”

The implication is that your son has done his filial piety for you, you have to remember this!

When Chunjia heard it, she couldn't help laughing, and said, "I know that Xiaoqi has worked hard this time, how about this, when the emperor's grandmother recovers, I will allow him to make a request."

Anyway, the children taught by the imperial concubine are very measured in matters of right and wrong, so it is impossible to embarrass him with this promise.

Those are not too embarrassing... The emperor originally had a good impression of the seventh prince, so he didn't intend to be stingy.

So that day the Seventh Prince packed up his things and went to the Empress Dowager to attend to the illness. After hearing the news, the Empress couldn't sit still.

She first went to greet the Empress Dowager in person, euphemistically expressing that the tenth prince also cared about the Empress Dowager very much, and hoped that the tenth prince would go to serve the emperor's great-grandmother together.

This is not because Gu Zhen cares so much about the imperial grandmother, but because he is worried that the empress dowager's actions will be interpreted by the outside world as the royal elder also prefers Xuanqing Palace.

Otherwise, why are there so many heirs who only want to be accompanied by the imperial concubine?

The empress dowager is indeed gone now, but her status and seniority are still there.

Many times, even Chunjia would act in her name to show orthodoxy.

Therefore, Gu Zhen had to pay attention to this opportunity to serve the sick.

It's just that the Empress Dowager didn't dislike or like the Tenth Prince, so she wasn't very happy: "Ai's family is old and likes to be clean, so it's fine if only Xiao Qi is in front of him. If there are more children, Ai The family is a bit overwhelmed."

At her age, her seniority, and her situation, there was nothing worth caring about.

But he didn't care about not giving the queen face.

Gu Zhen was also embarrassed, she thought to herself what was wrong with her tenth prince, why was she so despised by the empress dowager?

However, he had no choice but to continue persuading him respectfully: "Grandmother, don't worry, Xiao Shi was a bit naughty when he was a child, but now that he's grown up, how could he still be as ignorant as he was when he was a child? He heard that you have contracted an illness this time, but Worried, she asked repeatedly that she would come to see you. The daughter-in-law was afraid that he would come over and disturb you, so she came to ask first. Besides, although Xiaoqi is good, after all, she may not be able to serve you alone. Come to Xiaoshi Well, at least I can help him."

The queen begged for a long time, and the empress dowager finally let go, but she only asked the tenth prince to come every other day.

Instead of packing up her things and living in a wing in her yard like the Seventh Prince.

This kind of differential treatment made Gu Zhen really uncomfortable, but he still had to.

When she returned to Woxia Building, she calmed down her emotions, and then called someone to call the Tenth Prince to her, told him the general story, and finally persuaded him gently: "Although your great-great-grandmother is not as good as before, after all, she is a serious elder in the royal family. She is sick, so it’s fine if she doesn’t want anyone to serve her. Since the Seventh Prince is gone, then you have to go too. Although she prefers the Seventh Prince, but after you go, everything will be done according to the etiquette, so she probably won’t say what."

After saying this, he looked at the tenth prince worriedly, fearing that the child would not be able to bear it because he was as arrogant as he was when he was a child.

Fortunately, the tenth prince did not live in the side hall of the Taichu Palace for two years in vain.

It's not that he doesn't know how to look at facial expressions, but when he was in front of the empress, he didn't need to look at facial expressions at all, so he indulged his temperament to be domineering.

When he arrived in front of the emperor, everyone told him to be more sensible, at first he dared to be arrogant, but later he realized the reality of the situation and didn't dare to mess around anymore, but he knew how to assess the situation.

After all, his father would never protect him like his mother.

Listening to the Queen's words at this moment, not only readily agreed, but also comforted her in turn: "Mother, don't worry, after Erchen passes, I will try my best to get along with Seventh Brother. Even if Seventh Brother doesn't like Erchen, Erchen won't care .In short, the phoenix body of the great-grandmother is the most important."

The emperor might not be a filial son, and the prince in front of him would not gain points for his filial piety, at least not obviously.

But people all over the world still like pure filial piety.

He is older than King Jin and is the direct prince. If there is another brother who is filial, honest and friendly... In the future, it will be difficult for Chunjia to find a reason why he can not register him as the prince.

So the empress dowager got sick this time, so he had to go.

"There is one more thing." Gu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and then said, "The empress dowager said you are busy with homework, so you should just go there every other day. But the seventh prince simply lives with her, and if things go on like this, it will spread. I'm afraid that some people will suspect that you don't care, so I want Jue'er to send you some medicinal soup and so on when you don't go to your Empress Dowager, what do you think?"

After saying this, the queen immediately looked at the expression of the tenth prince intently.