Chapter 256 The Third Crown Prince

In three years, most people habitually forgot about Empress Xie, and also forgot the imperial favors of Empress Xie's descendants.

That's all for King Wei. After this child sent away the empress dowager who lived a long life in the royal family two years ago, the Yin family soon made the decision and married a lady from the Yin family. Still the same filial piety, but under the urging of her family, she made it clear that she has no intention of being the crown prince.

King Yan and King Jin experienced initial surprise, astonishment, and confusion, and later, when facing King Song, they were unexpectedly supported by the emperor and courtiers, but they could not get help from the queen, and finally fell silent for a while.

King Yan is older, and he is now a feudal clan. After being a feudal clan, he questioned the emperor and empress more diligently than King Wei. Xie Fenghuang observed secretly. He also used the banner of the adopted son of the middle palace, and he was very popular in the imperial capital. Some people are always spying for news, obviously they have not completely given up.

But it wasn't too drastic.

Xie Fenghuang actually understands the mood of King Yan. This child has been very good at winking since he was a child. It may not be because he does not desire that seat, but considering that he is only a child adopted by his adoptive mother, and there is King Jin who is a child of his adoptive mother. The adoptive mother is still very powerful, and he couldn't help worrying that if he blocked the way of King Jin, Xie Fenghuang would be disgusted and attacked.

In that case, it's fine if it succeeds, but if it fails, I'm afraid I won't even have the chance to live as a vassal king.

Simply put, he is afraid of losing.

When Xie Fenghuang told Chunjia about this child in private, he just sighed: "The child is actually very smart, but he dare not let go of his hands and feet... It's a pity. It's also my fault. Usually he looks too powerful, and he somewhat suppresses them."

The emperor didn't take it seriously: "No matter how much you suppress them, it's much better than the Ji family treated me back then. I have been suppressed for eight full years, and my spirit is still there. He is under your hands, and you still pamper me a lot. But he can't let go, who can blame this? It can only be said that this child looks smart, but he is indecisive in his bones. Such a person is not suitable to be a master, but a counselor. He is not decisive enough, nor cruel enough. , let alone put all his eggs in one basket...he is not suitable."

The queen couldn't help but said: "It's all about putting everything in one basket... Isn't it good that the emperor is so reckless?"

"It depends on what it is." As for how to be a wise and capable ruler, Chunjia naturally has the most say, and he explained carefully to the queen at the moment, "Every move of the emperor is of great importance, so naturally we can't bet lightly, let alone Is it desperate? But if it is a critical moment, if you don’t place a bet, you will sit and wait for your own death. If you don’t bet at this time, is it possible to wait for death honestly? When I launched the pro-government, how could I have full confidence? It’s just that I don’t want to be so patient anymore Go on, otherwise the heart energy will perish, I'm afraid that this life will really be controlled by the Ji family."

That's true.

Xie Fenghuang was a little anxious. King Qin, who had mediocre qualifications, was eliminated early in the game; King Wei didn't think so;

Now there is only one King Jin left.

As for King Zhen, he is too young.

There are several other princes among him and King Jin, what if there are some outstanding ones?

What if King Zhen is worse than King Jin?

Let Xie Fenghuang be very angry, why are these children so unbelievable?

What a failure of her ingenuity!

She has regained the irritability of teaching homework to the children when they were young.

It's not easy to remind the children without saying it, but in my heart I can't wait to hang them up and smoke seventeen or eight times a day.

These days, the empress and empress focus on observing King Jin.

To be honest, this prince may have been beaten a lot by Xie Fenghuang when he was a child, and his natural painting style is different from other princes...

Specifically, in the past few years, he has been tightly attached to the prince.

That's right, it's sticking to the new crown prince, the former King of Song.

Just... not only the empress and Wei Wangyan were confused, but even the crown prince and mother felt speechless.

From the first day when King Song came back to the imperial capital as the crown prince, King Jin greeted him warmly and called "Brother Prince", and he was always attached to this elder brother.

It doesn't matter whether others like it or not, you just follow it anyway.

The emperor arranged for the new East Palace to be assisted by teachers and courtiers, and he followed suit.

Those who didn't know thought that these people had to assist him.

Because he is the prince's brother after all, and the queen's aunt is still there, and it is not easy for the prince to chase people away, so he can only bite the bullet and let him come and go like this.

So King Jin is very familiar with the East Palace now, it's like going home when he arrives at the East Palace, he may not be so familiar with Qiongjiu Palace.

If it weren't for the presence of the concubine and other female relatives, he would have wished to live in the East Palace to be with the prince!

Even the emperor couldn't help asking Xie Fenghuang in private: "What exactly do you want to do on the fifteenth day? Could it be that you feel that there is no hope left and right, so why don't you just build a good relationship with the prince?"

"...I don't think so." The queen pondered for a long time, and said, "Next time he comes to pay his respects, let me ask him."

So the next time the King of Jin went to greet her, and she really asked, the King of Jin didn't take it seriously and said: "If the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, and the son-in-law is on good terms with the prince right now, there must be nothing bad; if the prince is not good in the future, I have gained a lot of knowledge by following the prince everywhere, and I can also learn from his failures by accompanying the prince all day long, so why not do it? The ministers on the left and right now have nothing else to do."

Xie Fenghuang: "..."

The next day, she conveyed these thoughts to Chunjia in a wordless manner. Chunjia was also quite speechless, but she did not ridicule, but commented: "This kid is a bit interesting."

Xie Fenghuang breathed a sigh of relief at these words, but also hoped that his son would be more angry, that when he was a child he would be so angry that he had nothing to say, so why should he be more clever when he grows up?

It is always necessary to make the emperor feel more and more interesting, and more and more suitable for the position of prince.

When the emperors and empresses were discussing when King Jin would return to hide his strength and bide his time, King Jin suddenly made a murderous move!

This year it was the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet again, and a scandal broke out at the banquet: the prince was too drunk on the way, and when he went back to take a nap, he was found lying with Lin Xiuyuan!

This Lin Xiuyuan is an old man in the palace, and it is considered that Xie Fenghuang's group entered the palace.

In terms of age, she can definitely be the prince's mother.

She is not very favored, but she was very attentive in serving a certain high position before, so Xie Fenghuang was involved in sealing the Sixth Palace a few times, and finally promoted to Xiuyuan, and she has not moved since then, and she has not been much. He is favored by the emperor. But luck was good, she was unable to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet held in the palace three years ago due to illness, so she escaped a catastrophe.

All in all, he is the kind of person who lives an honest life in the palace, no matter what his nature is, he never even thinks about daring to make trouble.

Although because of the share of the nine concubines, she was pampered and well-mannered, but at this age, everyone knew, how could the prince have an affair with her? !

But if everyone saw it in full view, then anyway, it would be very difficult for the crown prince to clear up the crime of insulting his concubine.

The banquet dispersed in a hurry, and Chun Jia was so angry that he kicked over the table in the imperial study: "You bastard! You bastard! They are all bastards!"

Xie Fenghuang and Cui Lianye stood kneeling next to each other, carefully persuading him to calm down.

The emperor sneered and said: "It's a good Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. It's rare that all the children of Fan Fan have come back to reunite. When is it not good to make things happen, but this time?! You still have the face to help excuse me!"

Since the emperor intends to sharpen the heirs, he doesn't care about them doing things to tell the truth.

Not to mention that it is a long-forgotten concubine who is implicated now, as long as it is not Xie Fenghuang, he will not be really angry with other concubines.

After all, for him, concubines other than the queen are easily available, and it is a good deal to be able to develop a satisfactory heir.

But when is it not easy to do things, but the Mid-Autumn Festival feast?

Over the years, haven't there been enough accidents at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet?

Is this because he is afraid that he will not be worried enough when it comes to the Mid-Autumn Festival? ? ?

"It's all the children's fault. It's just that this matter is quite strange. Please be aware of the details and give the children a chance." Xie Fenghuang persuaded, "Otherwise, if there is a misunderstanding, wouldn't it harm two people for nothing?"

Concubine Cui Gui saw that the queen was speaking for the prince, instead of being happy, she was worried. She always felt that the queen was uneasy and kind, and she was afraid that she had malicious intentions in doing so, but she didn't dare to express such doubts. Rao the prince once.

The truth of this matter, in fact, everyone knows it in their hearts.

Chunjia also knew very well that he still ordered someone to conduct a thorough investigation, mainly to find out King Jin's methods and to observe King Song's reaction.

However, the prince and Lin Xiuyuan lying together was just a prelude. King Jin had been in front of the prince for three years, and he found out the details of the East Palace. The next day, the emperor was still calm. Shi joined hands with the news of the impeachment of the prince, holding many criminal evidences against the prince, the concubine, the Cui family, and the family members of the prince's officials.

All of a sudden, the momentum of impeachment was overwhelming, and the East Palace suddenly saw a situation where the walls fell and everyone pushed them down.

Chunjia's comment on this is: "This kid is cruel. He has been with the prince for three years. Seeing that the prince's elder brother is tall and the prince's elder brother is short, he turns his face so straightforwardly. I don't even know what he looks like." who?"

Xie Fenghuang immediately said vigilantly: "I was innocent when I was a child, but it's not like this."

Then he looked at Chunjia out of the corner of his eye, hinting frequently.

The emperor laughed dumbly, and said: "Well, he doesn't look like anyone else, this kid is just spoiled by you, lawless."

King Jin turned his face abruptly, and his attack was so ruthless, and the East Palace was not formed just now, so naturally there was a counterattack.

However, the prince is silent. He is different from the silence of the previous prince, Gong Xiangbing. Gong Xiangbing is actually very alert, and the silence is just a protective look when he is dormant.

But under Cui's upbringing, the second prince was really taciturn.

Therefore, despite the painstaking preparations made by the staff, the debate above the court clearly fell under King Jin.

What caused the East Palace officials the most pain and headache was the attitude of the second prince's adoptive mother Cui Guifei.

From the very beginning, Concubine Cui did not feel that Chunjia was sincere in setting up her son. After she came back, although she was promoted to Concubine and received a lot of support from inside and outside, she never dared to be disrespectful to Zhonggong, even if it wasn't for Xie Fenghuang Claiming to be ill and refusing, she also wanted to go to the Zhonggong every day to ask for safety and serve her.

After suffering under such circumstances for three years, Concubine Cui Gui didn't want to delay time at all. She even annoyed those officials who instructed the prince how to keep the crown prince even more than King Jin!

In short, Concubine Cui closed the door and had a long talk with her son, and then directly presented to the court as a adoptive mother, requesting that the second prince be abolished as the crown prince, and still be crowned King of Song, and immediately become a vassal!

Her reason is that the second prince was raised by her, and she knows best what kind of virtues, this child is not a pillar in the first place, after being registered as the crown prince, will he just drift away? Even the concubine dared to touch her! If we don't drive him out of the imperial capital right now, what's the point of making an even bigger mistake in the future? All the ministers are now trying to find ways to excuse him and keep him here? Are you trying to force her son to death?

All the ministers of the Eastern Palace are full of old blood!

They tried every means to exonerate the prince, but the adoptive mother of the prince readily admitted that the prince insulted the concubine!

How can we fight? ? ?

There is no way to do this!

Even Chunjia was quite speechless, and wanted to call Concubine Cui over to tell her not to mind her own business, but thinking about it, Concubine Cui would only believe that the emperor treated their mother and child as abandoned children... Well, although this is fact.

King Jin's victory in this match was smooth sailing!

So much so that the emperor, under Cui Lianye's urgent urging, abolished the crown prince as the king of Song, and after sending their mother and son away, facing the vacant East Palace again, he was a little at a loss, not knowing who should be established?

Ordinarily, King Jin is almost ready to take over at this age, especially the way he deals with his elder brother this time, I really think about it with the staff I recruited.

But not to mention Chunjia, even Xie Fenghuang felt that this son was a bit invincible.

After all, the fight had just started, and Concubine Cui stood up and ordered his son to surrender, which was totally useless.

But if other princes are appointed, the older princes left now are King Qin, King Wei, King Yan, King Chongxin and the Twelve Princes.

The latter two were vulnerable after Gu Zhen was abolished and could not be fought at all.

The previous one was Xie Fenghuang's infighting between the emperor's heirs. Xie Fenghuang couldn't bear it, so he advised the emperor: "Why don't you become the king of Jin first? He was only a prince before, so the king of Song didn't have any defenses. If he is the prince, As long as the other princes have thoughts, how can they not join forces to deal with him? This is also a test. If he can sit firmly in this position in the future, that is of course the best; if he is not stable, then wait until King Zhen grows up .”

Chunjia sighed helplessly: "What if King Zhen can't do it?"

Xie Fenghuang struggled for a while, and said: "The princes below are probably young, and the status of a biological mother and adoptive mother is the same thing. If Jin Wangzhen is raised under the concubine's knees, even such a brother can't be suppressed when he grows up. , the concubine will recognize it."

That is of course impossible. She promised Queen Mother Yuan that she would not do too much of anything in the future, but it is still possible to suppress concubines and murder the emperor's heir.

She will kill anyone who dares to cross her son.

Snip out any signs of it, and come a few more times, not afraid that other people will not know what they are interested in.

Anyway, it is impossible to sit still and wait for death, even in this life.

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally adopted the queen's suggestion.

So in the early spring of the twenty-sixth year of Chunjia, the third prince of the Guo Dynasty took office, and he was the King of Jin.