Chapter 181 Friendship

It is well known that the king of Chu is stupid, so even though he is a nobleman, it is not convenient for him to marry a noble girl.

In fact, Ding Xingwang, a famous family member, is not without unfavorable concubine daughters who don't care about their lives, but these families need to maintain their style, so they can only regretfully give up this opportunity to have multiple princesses in the family.

Ordinary officials and eunuchs don't pay so much attention. Since the former emperor personally indicated that he should choose a concubine for the king of Chu, a group of candidates have been reported one after another.

What Yun Fenghuang showed to the King of Chu was the procurator's prostitute. The portrait looks good, and she is quite talented. She can write poems and draw. She is also very good at needlework. She has a particularly good temperament, gentle and virtuous. , understanding... It is not difficult for such a master to marry a well-matched family, and the official position of the governor is not low, so why is he willing to send him here to run for the princess of Chu?

Chunjia only had a little understanding of the situation before raising questions.

"Speaking of which, it's all the fault of his parents." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "Her mother was originally from a good family background, but her family has been in decline for the past two years, and her father has been a bit negligent and even took a beautiful concubine. It's a bit like pampering concubines and destroying wives. His mother, in desperation, saw the court's selection of a concubine for the king of Chu, and thought that if her daughter became the princess of Chu, the governor would not dare to take her for the sake of the princess in the future. How about it."

The emperor frowned: "The heart of the king of Chu is like a child's. If the princess is unwilling to let him be wronged in private, we may not all know."

"How can I not guard against this?" Yun Fenghuang said, "But although the girl's parents don't care about the child very much, the girl herself is filial, but she voluntarily served Chu in order to stabilize her mother's status. king."

Picking up another stack of portraits, "I've seen them one by one. In terms of background, talent, appearance, and temperament, this girl is the best. Of course, if His Majesty thinks it's inappropriate, you can choose other ones."

Chunjia took it over and looked it over, indeed, the procurator's prostitute was outstanding among them.

"Let's go with this." The emperor finally said, "Tell Princess Chu that as long as she takes good care of King Chu and continues the succession of his children, her biological mother and her brothers and sisters don't need to worry."

Helping a governor's wife stabilize her position is nothing more than an order to the empress.

Now that the emperor has opened his mouth in person, even if the governor's wife tried her best to be a demon, her husband's family would not be able to stand it.

As for what it meant to the governor and his concubine... the emperor didn't bother to care about it.

The King of Chu is also at this age, and after the selection of the princess, Qin Tianjian will soon set the wedding date, which will be at the beginning of spring next year.

At this time, it was also the end of the year, and Yun Fenghuang, in the name of teaching his daughter-in-law, ordered the crown princess to take charge of the overall situation, with the assistance of Qin Wangfei and Song Wangfei, and presided over the New Year's Eve banquet.

Wei Xiyan was haggard at the moment, and when she heard the news, she almost didn't even have the energy to get angry, and she just sighed lazily: "The queen mother is not willing to force the daughter-in-law to death!"

"Your Majesty, be careful." The left and right quickly persuaded, "The empress said that if a serious family's daughter-in-law enters the door, she will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility immediately. It's just that it's not a coincidence that you left the cabinet. It just so happened that the empress gave birth to confinement. It was delayed. Now that the Chinese New Year is just around the corner, I want you to make an appearance, and let all the ministers know that the wife of Tianjiazuo is capable."

The words are sweet, but after these days, Wei Xiyan doesn't know that if the New Year's Eve banquet is handed over to her, it is impossible for nothing to happen?

At that time, instead of asking the ministers to look at Tianjiazhong's ability, but to look at her embarrassing place.

"Has His Highness come back? When His Highness comes back, ask him to come over." She thought for a while, then sighed, "I have something to say to Your Highness."

In fact, the prince received the news before he came back. These days, Zhonggong has repeatedly found fault, but he has been patient, respectful as usual, and let the princess be patient.

But now the empress knows that the crown princess has been run over so much that even the power of the mistress of the East Palace has been delegated to Xie Qingniao, but she still appoints her to host the New Year's Eve banquet. How is this different from letting the crown princess die?

Although he didn't care about Wei Xiyan's life or death, the emperor personally picked this princess...

So after pondering for a while, I finally went to Chunjia, talked briefly about the matter, and said softly: "I have no other intentions, but the princess is sick these days, I thought, the princess is young, if she is ill, she will preside over the There is nothing wrong with errands. After all, it is the mother's good intentions and she is willing to mention some daughter-in-law. But other things are fine. Everyone is being teased? Isn’t that right, let’s forget about it this year, and let the princess watch the mother and preside over it, and then start next year?”

In all fairness, what he said was reasonable, and he didn't show the slightest bit of resentment towards Zhonggong, and even made it clear that it was the queen's kindness.

According to the crown prince's understanding of Chunjia, even if the emperor didn't want to scold the queen, he would agree to stop the matter so as not to embarrass the East Palace.

But the emperor was silent for a while, and when the prince's heart gradually sank, he said softly: "Although the princess is sick these days, it is not easy for your mother... She is also a little old, and she gave birth to King Zhen." After the brothers and sisters, they have also been lying on the couch intermittently for a few days. Now that I have asked the Crown Princess to preside over the palace banquet, I am afraid I can't bear it. You also said that the Crown Princess is young after all, and she can hold on better than your mother. Let the Crown Prince Concubine grit her teeth."

Prince: "..."

He reacted very quickly, he was only a little dazed, and then he smiled and said yes.

He also said, "This is my son's fault. I only want to go back to the East Palace in the past few days. People in front of the Crown Princess say that the Crown Princess is ill, but they forget that although the Queen Mother said that she is recovering, she has just recovered from a long illness. Tired. Fortunately, the emperor reminded me, otherwise, my minister would have unintentionally committed unfilial acts."

Chunjia sighed, and didn't have the heart to talk to him, so she just waved her hand: "Go."

The prince withdrew respectfully, returned to his place, and then frowned slightly: "What happened to the central palace recently? Why did the father always stop the queen mother from time to time, lest the relationship with the orphan become stagnant? Now It turned out to be pampering and maintenance without a bottom line?"

"Could it be that the middle palace is dying?" The confidant guessed, "That one heard that when she was a girl in the Northland, her foundation was very good. But after entering the palace, in order to win favor, she did not spoil herself. Beloved, but has no children for many years, so far I have only conceived twice, and I did it myself. In addition, when I was pregnant with Zhen Wang brothers and sisters, I almost died and survived... There is something wrong with this situation None, how is it possible?"

"Gu saw it last time when I went to pay my respects. It is possible to say that I am sick." The prince shook his head and said, "If you say that time is running out, it is nonsense."

The confidant was just worried: "Could it be that the demon queen has seduced the Lord and made His Majesty shake his mind?"

If this is the case, it can be said to be a fatal blow to Donggong, who has not yet fully fledged!

"Probably not." The prince closed his eyes, thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Father even sent an errand to Gu to handle it, and the people in front of Gu are also needed...these are not meant to be discarded." solitary approach."

His eyes turned cold, and he said in a low voice, "Furthermore, if you really plan to abandon Gu, how could you be noticed by Gu? He even protects and helps Gu, so that Gu is unguarded. It’s time to strike suddenly.”

It's like when Chunjia was under Ji's hands, why didn't Chunjia appear incompetent and furious for several years before asking Ji to relax his vigilance and giving him a chance?

The confidant heaved a sigh of relief: "In this case, then His Highness persuaded the Crown Princess to continue to endure..."

"A few days ago, it was okay to bear it, but now the queen mother really doesn't care about letting the princess die!" The prince shook his head and said slowly, "I am lonely and young, but my mother has favored me for many years. It has been a long time. In this situation, it is doomed that even if Gu Gu is unexpectedly appointed as the crown prince, there are some people who believe that the queen mother has the strength to fight! Otherwise, now the father is so unselfish in cultivating Gu, and there are not many ministers to do Did they take the initiative to seek refuge? Isn’t it because they feel that the father is still young, the mother is favored by the queen and the city is deep, and the position of the East Palace may not be the same in the future?”

So, he can't give up anymore.

In other words, he couldn't let the crown princess call the new queen and come out smoothly.

Otherwise, the majestic East Palace would not be able to protect even Lianfa's wife, how would others think of him? !

How can this make those who originally chose him and wanted to rely on him feel at ease? !

After all, no matter how good the power of the dragon is, it can only be obtained if a person is alive.

Otherwise, if he dies, even if the crown prince pursues Ai Rong after he ascends the throne, the grace of his wife's family... that's the same thing, how can it compare to the support he has given to his wife and children's family while he is alive?

"Your Highness." The confidant was a little worried, "However, the empress persecuted him so far, and His Majesty still favors the Central Palace. If you retaliate rashly, I'm afraid... I'm afraid you will fall into the scheme of the Central Palace! You are the crown prince recognized by your Majesty and important ministers." , even though the queen is in great favor, there is nothing else she can do except to use her status as queen mother to torment you and the crown princess. At present, it is mainly the crown princess. You have been patient and filial, how can your majesty not look at it? In your eyes? If things go on like this, no matter how much the queen is favored, she will inevitably follow in the footsteps of Concubine An."

"If Concubine An could hold back a bit back then, the seat of this favorite concubine might not have been the turn of the current empress..."

"If it's really impossible." The confidant thought for a while, showing a decisive look, and said in a deep voice, "Why does a man have to worry about not having a wife? What's more, the prince! The princess is weak... This is not caused by His Highness!"

The implication is to persuade the prince to just sit back and watch the princess die, and even add fuel to the flames so that the princess dies.

Then use the death of the crown princess as an excuse to fight back against the queen!

This is much better than targeting the queen for no reason.

The crown prince sighed, and said: "You mentioned Concubine An... Then I ask you, how is Concubine An doing now?"

The confidant was startled: "Miss Concubine An... has been honored to be raised in the palace?"

"I was not favored by my father when I was an orphan, and I don't know much about my father's mood changes over the years." The prince said calmly, "But my mother has been favored for many years, so I have to observe how she treats my father. It annoys the father. You don’t know what kind of nature the queen mother is? Many concubines died in her hands for no reason, but Concubine An didn’t say anything about it, except that she didn’t love her. Over the years, concubines should have the proper treatment , When was she shorter than her? I don't know if the father is a nostalgic person. But judging from the behavior of the mother, in front of the father, it is not wrong to show intelligence and ability, and also show a little affection. "

He said lightly, "Whether the crown princess is good or not, the emperor will always choose her personally. If Gu doesn't care about her life, and uses her life to target the queen mother, what do you think the emperor will think of Gu after he finds out?" ?He worked so hard to change Gu's origin on the jade plate, and tried every means to reconcile Gu and his mother, hoping that after a hundred years of him, Gu could treat his mother, mother, and children kindly. But Gu is a knot with no vengeance For someone who doesn't care about the life of Fa's wife, can Father trust Gu?"

His confidant was shocked when he heard this, dripping with cold sweat, and couldn't help but knelt down on the ground: "This servant is stupid, and almost missed His Highness's important event!"

"Get up." The prince said slowly, "I repeat again, the princess must be protected, and the husband and wife will be gracious for a hundred days. Only when I have affection and righteousness for her will I be able to be moved by the love of the father and the emperor in the future... …Understand?"