Chapter 91 Tendency

"Big sister, let's go and say hello to Concubine Mother when we go back later." Princess Zhaoqing was about to continue making trouble, but King Jin suddenly came over and tugged at her sleeve, and said coquettishly, "Concubine Mother may not return at this moment." I am angry, if there is no elder sister, we will not be able to coax mother and concubine."

Hearing this, she hesitated a little, and was dragged away by King Jin.

When the children left in a file, Chunjia pinched the center of her brows, and suddenly asked Yan Yin, who had been silent by her side just now: "How is it?"

"...Your Highnesses are pure filial piety and friendship." Yan Yin said cautiously.

He has never liked Yunfenghuang very much, but as the emperor's close servant, he knows very well in his heart that it doesn't matter whether he likes it or not, the most important thing is the emperor's heart.

Now that the emperor's heirs are getting older and the crown prince has not yet been decided, the servants in front of the imperial court have to be more careful in their words and actions.

Say as many things as you can that won't find a problem and are useless.

For example this sentence.

The emperor shook his head when he heard this, and said, "There is no one else here at the moment, so you still want to fool me?"

Yan Yin hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and then said: "His Royal Highness Ninth Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Jin seem to be more intelligent and sensible."

"Xiao Qi is actually not bad, but compared to Xiao Jiu and Fifteen, he is indeed a bit too honest." The emperor nodded and said slowly, "Xiao Jiu and Fifteen are indeed the heirs of the imperial concubine, but they are much smarter. .But Zhaoqing is a bit spoiled after all."

Yan Yin said softly: "It's just that His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince is a bit narrow."

"If he is really narrow-minded, he should privately encourage the boss to uncook rice and cook mature rice." Chunjia smiled slightly, but had a different view on what the Ninth Prince said just now, "It is true that such a boss may get his wish, but I also hated the queen. Here, I have to feel that as the eldest son of the emperor, he acts so despicably, which is out of royal dignity. Without the eldest son of the emperor, Xiaoqi is watched by the Yin family. My son, I have to support him and Fifteen in the future, but Fifteen is young... Xiao Jiu just said that, but he was actually helping the boss."

"This child is probably turning a corner to remind me that the girl the boss wants is certainly embarrassing for the imperial concubine and me, but fortunately, this child didn't kill her first and then make her own claims, but honestly begged his mother and concubine according to the rules. Come and beg me, after all, she is a sensible and well-behaved person."

And for parents, isn't the child's sensible and well-behaved thing the most worthy of affirmation and pity?

He also said that when the King of Jin tripped the Ninth Prince, "Fifteen is young, but he has a quick mind. The whole room watched Xiao Jiu escape, and I chased after him, but no one else stood up to stop this farce. In other words, even Zhaoqing helped Xiaojiu to avoid intentionally or unintentionally... How will it end if this goes on? Fifteen tripped Xiaojiu, and said a few words in an unreasonable way. It's over."

"The two children seem tired and unreliable, but they actually have ideas in their hearts."

"Just now Zhaoqing was not reconciled, and fifteen made excuses to pull him away."

Chunjia murmured, "The boss is a good boy. As the eldest son of the emperor, he has always been favored. Since Zhaoqing's accident, he has only let Zhaoqing alone. To the younger brothers and sisters, he has always been regarded as the eldest brother." Self-proclaimed, take care of this and teach that.”

King Qin was always strict with his younger brothers and sisters in the school, no, to be precise, it was actually bullying.

Especially the princes under Zhonggong's knees, almost all of them are victims except for the stupid King Chu who doesn't have to go to school.

These emperors actually knew it well.

But he originally hoped that the princes would compete, and he did prefer King Qin, so he pretended to be confused.

Therefore, King Qin's impression in the emperor's mind has always been similar to that of Zhaoqing.

At this moment, being assisted by the Ninth Prince and the King of Jin, Chunjia actually changed his opinion of the eldest son: "I originally thought that since this child is in love with Gu's daughter, but was rejected by the noble concubine, it must achieve his goal no matter what. , What Xiao Jiu said, even if he didn't think of it himself, there are no two vicious people around him to remind him? But this child is just begging his parents, which shows that he is still an honest child in his bones."

Yan Yin: "..."

He really wanted to say that a truly honest child is not like this, otherwise, Your Majesty, would you look at the sixth prince?

But thinking of Concubine Min's methods, and the fact that the emperor seemed to be discussing with him, but actually he was analyzing it himself, the chief eunuch did not dare to say anything.

"But it's just honesty." The Emperor Suo Xing sighed, and continued, "If you want to sit in my seat in the future, you can't rely on honesty alone!"

Yan Yin said cautiously: "Your Majesty is too early to think, Your Majesty is in the prime of spring and autumn, and the future will be long."

"Sejong's lesson should be remembered." Chunjia shook his head, he is indeed still in his prime, and his power and status are in full swing, and he really doesn't feel that his time is running out and he needs to cultivate an heir quickly.

But learn from the lessons of the previous emperors, such as Sejong.

In fact, there are some similarities between Sejong and him now.

He is the successor of the Yuan Dynasty and has nothing to do. As for Sejong, the heirs of the Yuan Dynasty died young. The second and third successors either did not have children, or they gave birth to the emperor's daughter. The last successor, Queen Qu, gave birth to a prince. But at this time, Sejong's grandsons were all older than this little uncle.

He and Sejong have many heirs.

In Sejong's dynasty, the reason why the final winner was Shenzong was mainly because the crown prince had not been determined for a long time.

Here are two words about Sejong: Although the emperor does not seem to be a qualified father in the impression of later generations.

But this point of view is more from the perspective of Shenzong, who is a son.

In the eyes of Sejong's other heirs, especially the direct heirs and the canonized empress, he is actually very qualified and fair.

Sejong and Duke Yi's attitudes towards the harem are very similar: those who have heirs are the most important, and those who have no heirs are the most important.

Of course, I will take pity on my young children when I have time.

Shenzong, who is neither a direct wife nor an eldest son, is not a young son when he was cute. His mother and concubine died early if he was not strong enough. It's strange that Li stood out and was favored by Sejong...

At the beginning of the Sejong Dynasty, it was very easy to establish a crown prince. The princes born after the Yuan Dynasty were enshrined in the East Palace at a young age.

It's a pity that the prince was so blessed that he died within two years after entering the East Palace.

After that, the courtiers persuaded Sejong to stand up.

However, Sejong came out again, and the eldest son of the emperor at that time was indeed not very satisfactory, so he re-established the queen.

The second one came from a famous family like Yuanhou, but he failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter until his death.

It is impossible for Sejong not to be disappointed during this process, but he at least ensured that the successor has the dignity and power that a queen should have.

And the second, out of various considerations, also proposed to make the concubine the crown prince.

This set off the first wave of the royal family's national struggle.

After all, at the beginning, when the concubine's concubine was there, Sejong and his ministers had a unified attitude, no matter how ambitious the concubines were, they dared not reveal the slightest bit.

Later, Shizong established a queen again, obviously waiting for his step-wife's son... As a result, the step-wife couldn't bear any children, so he planned to adopt his concubine as his heir. How could the concubines, their biological mothers and adoptive mothers not use their own means?

As a result, the second successor disappeared at this time, and the third successor quickly took over, became pregnant quickly, and gave birth to a daughter quickly, but then became pregnant again...

In short, it was because Sejong hesitated to decide on the East Palace. By the time the second son landed, all the sons and grandchildren had grown up, which left a chance for Shenzong, and also buried the ground for the decline of the Gongxiang clan. scourge.

After all, in the situation at that time, even the prince and grandson felt that they had a chance, so who would be willing to settle down?

After Shenzong ascended the throne, it was found that there were not many princesses who were safe, let alone princes.

When Yan Yin heard the emperor mentioned Sejong's lesson, he was immediately awed.

Apparently Chunjia didn't want her heir to cause too much internal friction for the East Palace position.

No, it should be said that Chunjia will not let the national struggle drag on to the time when she is old and frail and unable to suppress her many heirs.

Otherwise, if he also has a second son of Shenzong, kills his favorite concubine and heir, and forcibly ascends the throne...Although Chunjia is very grateful for Shenzong's ability and the slaughter of his clan, which gave him the opportunity of this distant branch vassal to inherit the throne .

But he definitely doesn't want to have a son like Shenzong... In this world, who would want to have a son like Shenzong?

"Little Jiu and Fifteen are both very smart." Chunjia thought, "It's just that Fifteen is a little younger...he may not be able to overwhelm the brothers. Especially brothers like Xiao Jiu."

If these two children are the only ones to choose from, the emperor is still more inclined to the Ninth Prince.

But it's a big matter, and it's impossible for him to make a decision immediately just because of such a little favor.

Immediately, he ordered Yanyin to summon all the princes under Zhonggong's knees, and he also wanted to ask these children their opinions on this matter.

But at this moment, Yun Fenghuang asked about the future in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, nodded in satisfaction, praised the many heirs one by one, and kept them for dinner, and then sent the children to retreat under the pretext of taking a nap.

"Your Majesty, our Highness is still the smartest." The Qing people waited beside him, seeing her entering the inner room but not feeling sleepy, so he whispered, "His Royal Highness Ninth Prince is also smart, His Highness King Qin is more honest."

Yun Fenghuang made a "hmm" sound, and said: "If my palace's expectations are not bad, King Qin and Xiao Qi will probably be excluded by His Majesty. It's just that the six palaces are not the only ones with princes under my knees, you And ask someone to inquire about which children His Majesty will call to go to the school to study? Then see if they can find out the process of the school examination?"

The Qing people agreed, and finally asked: "Why doesn't Your Majesty like His Highness the Seventh Prince? Although the servant girl thinks that His Highness is the best, in all fairness, His Highness the Seventh Prince is also very good."

To put it bluntly, Xuanqing Palace valued King Jin the most, purely because King Jin was Yun Fenghuang's biological son, and he was also the only biological child.

If it wasn't for this reason, and only looking at the temperament of the prince himself, the most popular would undoubtedly be the Seventh Prince.

But for the emperor, the princes are all his own flesh and blood, so why should the seventh prince please him?

"Xiaoqi is liked by you all because he is good-natured, easy-going and calm, and never makes things difficult for you." Yun Fenghuang listened, and said slightly, "But that's not how your Majesty chooses the prince. Nothing. You don't need to look at outsiders, just tell me, Xiaoqi can hold back Zhaoqing when he starts messing around?"

"This child is very good, but he is not under the name of this palace, and he has the Yin family as his support."

The noble concubine said lightly, "After he ascended the throne, it is not a good thing for me! After all, the Yin family has never been a good person. I don't want him to turn against me one day...so it is better to teach His Majesty to give up on him in advance. .”

Although Chunjia loves Zhaoqing, she absolutely does not want to see Zhaoqing suppressing the future new king.

In the final analysis, his country is to be passed on to the blood of the Gongxiang family.

Instead of letting the relatives follow the emperor's orders, even if the relatives are Princess Zhaoqing or the princess's son-in-law.

Therefore, all the princes who can't do anything about Princess Zhaoqing, not to mention being out immediately, will definitely leave a bad impression on Chunjia. In such a situation, if other princes show that they can deal with the princess with ease, then one will ebb and flow, and one can imagine what the emperor thinks!

Simply, the Seventh Prince has no idea now, and is very obedient and docile.

In front of Chunjia, he repeatedly showed that he obeyed his elder brother and elder sister instead of insisting on his own opinion... The emperor probably felt that he was a good boy at this moment, but he was not suitable to be a prince.

Now that the seventh prince has been resolved, Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly, but fell into the same entanglement as Chunjia: "Who is more reliable, Xiao Jiu or Fifteen?"