Chapter 209 The Succession Controversy

When the regent made such a statement, most of the people in the court were very surprised. Qiqi looked at Ouyang Yanran, wondering if this old minister who had been rehabilitated by Chunjia himself had switched to the regent so soon?

But seeing Ouyang Yan with a sullen face, she immediately came out to refute, saying that her granddaughter was humble in talent and appearance, and she was chosen by the emperor's side because of her perseverance. It is a blessing to be a concubine Rui, but it is absolutely impossible to be a queen!

When he said this, he changed the subject: "It is Mrs. Yaoning, the daughter of Uncle Zhaowu Gu Fangshu, who is rumored to be bright, noble and elegant. , It is also a reward for the important ministers of the country, showing His Majesty's benevolence and compassion for his ministers!"

"Although Mrs. Yaoning is good, after all, she entered the palace when His Majesty got married. She has been a concubine for many years. She has neither given birth to an emperor's heir nor made any special contributions, and her status is not considered the most honorable... Take her as a concubine. Afterwards, it was inappropriate." Someone from the regent's side came out to object, and proposed a new idea, "Actually, why do you have to choose among the concubines?"

"It's inappropriate to use a concubine as a wife. If you choose to hire a noble lady in your boudoir, she will be in the middle palace!"

Although this suggestion is clearly aimed at cutting off Gu Zhen's hope of becoming a queen, it is reasonable and has won the support of many courtiers—some people actually don't want to block Gu Zhen's way, but sincerely feel that Chunjia's current status In the harem, there is no one suitable to be a queen.

A concubine who has neither the emperor's favor nor means to choose, her background is too low; the newly promoted Concubine De, Rui, Xie, Mrs. Manya, Mrs. Yaoning, Yin Zhaoyi, and Luo Jieyu have enough status, but either No virtuous concubine can hold her back, or she has no sense of existence in the palace.

As for the others, don't mention it.

So it's better to be the same as when Ling Zi entered the palace as a queen at that age. From the family of people who are qualified to be a queen, choose a person with enough talent, appearance and ability to be the master of Yanfu Palace.

For a while, the opinions that supported Chunjia's marriage to Virgo prevailed!

The regent stood up again and suggested that the parents should be the masters of marriage. Although Emperor Xiaozong Yuan had been abandoned because of his insanity, the empress dowager, the mother of Xiaozong and Chunjia's grandmother, was still there. : "Although there are two empress dowagers in the palace, they are all wives and concubines of King Fuyang, not concubines of Emperor Xiaozong. Those who are unable to pay attention and are not qualified to pay attention to this matter. The Empress Dowager is still here, so she can watch for His Majesty."

He also said Chunjia, "Your Majesty has always been pure and filial, so I don't think he will take away the kindness of the Empress Dowager."

"I will discuss it with the emperor's grandmother, and put this matter on hold for now." Chunjia nodded slightly, and the uncle and nephew looked at each other with dark currents in their eyes.

Although this court meeting failed to decide on the successor, but it was brought up in public. Naturally, after the disbandment of the court, there must be some people talking about it. The news spread quickly, and those who were qualified to be the queen had ambitions, and unconsciously decided to support the regent this time. Wang—and Uncle Zhaowu's mansion is about to turn upside down!

"You bastard! You bastard!!!" The old man's beard and hair were full, furious, stomping on his crutches, pointing at the middle-aged man not far away and yelling, "What did the old man tell you again and again? Ah?! What did you say? Now Shangcheng Mansion is deep, and has abandoned the Prince Regent and the Luo family one after another, how do you know that they will not plot against us?! So don’t worry about what their mother and son said about flowers and rice, in short we will do nothing!"

"Everything will be discussed after Zhen'er sits on the queen's throne and raises princes who are not of Ji's blood under her knees!"

"What about you?!"

"You actually collected the incriminating evidence of those four families and sent them to His Majesty, now it's all right, even if those four families know that all this is His Majesty's plot, they are the first to hate my four families - why are you so stupid?! My Gu family is not as good as those four families. You and your nephews are worthless, and you can't even take over the Dingbei army. You dare to meddle in such things. You are trying to kill my Gu family! This bastard!!!"

"Father, don't listen to the fact that the wind is the rain's anger. When the big brother finds out, he will beat me again. I am doing it for the good of the Gu family!" The man knelt down to apologize, and said with a playful smile, "It is because no one in our family has been able to do this since the big brother You really are a talented and beautiful jade who has made meritorious service to the imperial court, you said that if you don’t do anything at the moment, you will only take airs with His Majesty, will you have a good end in the future?”

He pouted in the direction of the Prince Regent's mansion, "Speaking of which, elder brother has always been on the side of the prince regent, and what happened? When the regent prince Yuanfei passed away, he married that Lu family quietly——elder brother is good, and it's okay Hastily asked him if he wanted to accept Zhen'er as his side concubine? As a result, he was not happy, so did Zhen'er enter the palace?"

"If you want me to say, our family shouldn't have continued to support him at that time!"

"Then what is Lu Chuncao? He's just a eunuch. He is the majestic regent, the biological son of His Majesty Shenzong, and he has the nerve to call him father-in-law! It's a shame to Gongxiang..."

After a long talk, he was kicked down by his father, pointed at him and said bitterly: "The reason why the regent refused to accept Zhen'er has already been explained to your elder brother in private, although I don't know why , but since your eldest brother doesn’t mind, he’s obviously convinced! After all, they’re also a friendship formed by fighting together in the ranks, isn’t it more reliable than the two-faced three-handed knife today?!”

His second son shouted: "Then you still agree to let Zhen'er be the queen?!"

"Aren't you afraid of following in the footsteps of the Ji family?!" Old Master Gu said angrily, "The Duke of Ye is the one who strongly advocates the successor of Emperor Xiaozong. Without him, there would be no emperor today! Let alone his daughter and granddaughter and Today has the status of mother, son, and husband and wife——as a result, such a big family, he said he would slaughter it, and after the slaughter, he would frame the regent. With such a heart, he came to ask in person, and we can't delay it. The family left the Imperial Capital with their mouths, your elder brother is beyond reach in the frontier, once you refuse, do you think he will let us go?!"

"Can our family compare with the Ji family? Emperor Shenzong is wise and powerful, and he has given the Ji family a decent reputation, but he has never given them military power." His second son said of course, "Emperor Xiaozong is not to mention, he strongly supports it." The regent's experience in the Dingbei Army is to take care of the Ji family with the help of military power, but the late emperor did not live forever, so he went there first before he did it... Your Majesty wants to destroy my Gu family, so he is not afraid of the Dingbei Army's soldiers coming Imperial capital?!"

Old Master Gu said hesitantly: "Do you think he dares? You know that when he came to the throne, he was just a young man with short hair, an orphan and a widow, and his every move depends on Ji's face. After taking the throne, why do you still want to join forces with him, and even hand over part of the Imperial City Department, in exchange for uncle and nephew conspiring to deal with the Ji family?"

"And after the Ji family was destroyed, why didn't the regent let your eldest brother go south immediately to support himself as the throne?!"

"Today is the heir of Emperor Xiaozong who was adopted under the watchful eyes of everyone, and he is the son of heaven with a rightful name!"

"As the saying goes, the king's important ministers have to die. Even though your elder brother has been in charge of the Dingbei Army for many years, if you want to bring them to the imperial capital to meddle in the battle for the throne, how many people are willing to put aside their seriousness? Life is not enough, do such things that you seek in wealth and insurance?"

"Not to mention the state capital along the way, do you think they will stop you?"

"He Chunjia has no evil deeds but has a good reputation. The Gongxiang clan has not done much to abuse the people so far. The hearts of the people in the world are still towards them in the final analysis-and, when there is a real trouble, do you think the regent is here? Can he gain the upper hand in terms of fame? Everyone knows that he is only Shenzong's concubine son, and as Shenzong's son Xiaozong has a deep kindness for him!"

"In the end, he wanted to seize the throne of Xiaozong's heir. Isn't this kind and revenge?!"

"Otherwise, when Chunjia has nothing, why would he dare to open his mouth to the Prince Regent, Shizi, and ask for the Secretary of the Imperial City and take advantage of it in various ways?! Although this emperor is young, he is very smart. He knows that his only bargaining chip is righteousness and fame." , and used this bargaining chip very well... To be honest, the regent somehow persuaded the empress dowager, otherwise, the outcome of the uncle and nephew would be clear at a glance!"

His second son shrank his head, feeling a bit regretful: "Then...then let Zhen'er be the queen?"

"Do it, why don't you do it?" Old Master Gu snorted, "Anyway, your eldest brother still doesn't know about this matter, if I choose wrongly, I will lose my life with you in the future. Your eldest brother and the regent have a deep bond , and did not agree to seek refuge with His Majesty, the one under his knee will be fine after all!"

"...Father, my child is also your son, you can't treat one more favorably than another!" His second son was dissatisfied and shouted, "Before when my child dared not make decisions, when I asked you for instructions, it was you who said that I would never come again, There is no reason not to take the post that was sent to your door! Now you say that His Majesty may not be able to win in the end, then let Zhen'er fight for the post, which may implicate the family... You are old but the child is still in his prime , your grandsons are even younger, can they do the errands that carry their heads?!"

Old Mrs. Gu kicked him again angrily, and cursed: "I don't want to take any risks, I just want to make it to the top, you think so many good things?!"

After thinking about it, I felt it was wrong, "Don't change the topic here! You have already accepted the olive branch extended by His Majesty after you bought it, so why don't you go back to the Prince Regent? Wouldn't it offend both sides? You can’t even look down on them?! Why don’t you try your best to help His Majesty—that’s not what I’m going to tell you!”

"It's why you didn't listen to Lao Tzu's advice, and offended those four families by doing so extravagantly?!"

His second son reminded weakly: "It's not what you just said. Anyway, we have all turned to His Majesty, so why not go all out? Even if those four families have higher lintels than ours, with His Majesty here, what can they do with us? And to put it in a bad way, your Majesty can rest assured that our family is not a first-class family because of the pressure of those four families."

"After all, the graves of the Ji family are not yet dry. Do you think His Majesty can do what those idiots suggested today, and choose another powerful daughter from a top family to be the queen?"

"That may be Ji's second—slowly speaking, Your Majesty, it is the two empress dowagers in the palace, can you bear it?"

Old Master Gu said hesitantly: "You are really stupid if you say you are stupid - it depends on what matters to help His Majesty. Since this matter is a promise made by His Majesty, he can solve it without our help, otherwise why bother?" Let's talk about this condition? Your move is just icing on the cake, the key is!"

"How much do you think His Majesty will think of you after you did this? That one is indeed the son of a Mingjun, but Mingjun throughout the ages, apart from those high-sounding ones, how many of them are not thick-hearted, ruthless, ruthless, mean and ungrateful?"

"If you don't do anything and just wait for His Majesty to help Zhen'er to come to power, and now the regent is trying to stop it, we can make a fuss about the fact that the virtuous concubine favors the sixth palace, and unite with those four families to depose Xiaoyun's family." Cooked."

"It's all right now. Those four families have no hope of being descendants anyway. Even if we tell you about a flower, do you think they will listen?"

"Who doesn't understand Xiaoyun's position in His Majesty's mind now? As far as Zhen'er's status in the palace is concerned, even if she becomes a queen, do you think she will be her opponent? The daughters of the four families will not help Zhen'er." Concubine Xian is the most proud person in the harem!"

"She also raised the eldest prince under her knees, how dangerous do you think this is?!"

His second son muttered: "Isn't the eldest prince a bastard? As long as Zhen'er becomes a queen, and the prince is recorded in his name, what is the eldest prince?"

"Fool!" His father couldn't bear it anymore, kicked him down again, and cursed, "What did I just say?! Your Majesty has the appearance of a wise monarch—how many wise monarchs have you seen that your ministers can control?! There are those who have a rightful relationship with their own. Do you really think he will abide by the rules?!"

His second son didn't care to get up, and hurriedly asked: "Then what should our family do now?"