Chapter 372 Mission 035

As time went by, Emperor Cheng'an became more and more important to the third princess. Later, he opened a princess palace for the third princess outside the palace under the prince's regulations, and allowed the third princess to recruit retainers and staff to intervene in court affairs.

At this time, many discerning people had already seen that Emperor Cheng'an was intending to cultivate the third princess, and there were suddenly a large number of people surrounding her. The entrance to the princess's mansion was bustling with traffic, even more lively than the other princes' mansions.

After Xiao Yu obtained Emperor Cheng'an's permission to open a palace, the princes who had never taken him seriously regarded him as a formidable enemy and began to join forces to suppress him.

However, these young men in their teens and 20s couldn't even hide their calculations from Emperor Cheng'an, let alone an existence like Xiao Yu who had been alive for who knows how long. He easily and without leaving a trace resolved the difficulties the princes made for him, and in order to take into account Emperor Cheng'an's views, he did not retaliate against these princes.

According to his guess, Emperor Cheng'an was willing to give up those princes to train him, the 'princess', as the heir. First, because he was truly talented, far superior to his brothers. Emperor Cheng'an was worried that they would not be able to hold on to the throne if he passed it on to his son in the future. If you don't live, it may turn your close relatives against each other; secondly, the princes fight with extremely cruel methods, without any regard for brotherhood or the peace of the people.

The eldest prince had no ability in political affairs. He only knew how to win over those courtiers and families to cheer for him by marrying women with good family backgrounds. In fact, his backyard had been on fire for a long time, and the fighting was so chaotic that several of the emperor's grandchildren died because of the secrets in the backyard. If he can't even manage his own backyard, how can he be expected to manage a country?

The second prince is a little transparent. When someone asks him about matters in the court, he will just say "you are right and reasonable." If such a cowardly prince became the emperor, he would probably become the puppet of his ministers.

The third prince was selfish and vicious. In order to defeat the eldest prince, when Emperor Cheng'an sent the eldest prince to provide disaster relief, he sent people to rob the disaster relief funds regardless of the lives of countless people, and then put on a show to retrieve the disaster relief funds to gain his reputation. But due to his delay, more than 100,000 people died in the disaster. How could Emperor Cheng'an, who always loved his people like his own son, tolerate his attitude of treating human life like a piece of grass?

The fourth prince does things smoothly, neither outstanding nor particularly incompetent. He is a mediocre person, but compared to the other princes, his ability is very good. However, the fourth prince and Concubine Shu learned a lot of secret schemes in the back house, and often started to instigate fights among several brothers in the backyard. He was also petty and vindictive, and he would retaliate. Emperor Cheng'an also looked down upon him and felt that if the fourth prince ascended the throne and became emperor, none of his brothers would end well.

There were too few sons, and after picking and choosing, none came to my liking. The more Emperor Cheng'an thought about it, the more he regretted that the three women were not men. The more he saw the outstanding three women, the more he felt that his sons were useless.

But he was an enlightened and rational emperor after all. Emperor Cheng'an still raised his third daughter as his heir and began to pave the way for her.

Xiao Yu had been with Emperor Cheng'an for so many years and could guess his thoughts thoroughly, so it was impossible for him to be cruel to several princes just because they joined forces to suppress him.

Moreover, there was no need for him to be so cautious about the four useless snacks that he could just throw them away casually.

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After Emperor Cheng'an of the Xuanyi Palace learned about Xiao Yu's response to the joint suppression by his brothers, a rare happy smile appeared on his face, and he sent people to reward countless treasures to the third princess's mansion.

At the same time, the fourth prince came into the palace to pay his respects to Concubine Shu, and complained bitterly to Xiao Yu: "Third sister, what do you mean? She is a girl and she still wants to fight with me, my brother? What if she is willing to help me?" , I have long been favored by my father, and I have been established as the crown prince! Concubine, please advise the third sister to be her princess. When your son ascends the throne, you will be the queen mother, and she will become famous. Princess!"

Concubine Shu felt bitter in her heart. The fourth prince didn't know the inside story. How could she not know? The third princess must be the fifth prince! Her younger son is becoming more and more sharp. Even if he does not reveal his identity as a prince, even if he is in an unfavorable status as a princess, he can still win the favor of the Holy Emperor, and he will probably be crowned the crown prince.

Thinking of her younger son's alienation from her in the past two years, Concubine Shu looked at her eldest son who only complained, and she felt very regretful. If I had known that my younger son was so much better than my elder son, why didn't I let my elder son dress up as a princess? To avoid falling into this dilemma.

However, in this world, sons are valued over daughters, and the idea that sons are the heirs is deeply ingrained in Concubine Shu's mind. She is worried that Emperor Cheng'an is just using his youngest son as a cover, and does not really want to pass the throne to a 'princess', so Concubine Shu feels that it is better to let him It is more appropriate for the eldest son to fight for the throne. At the request of the fourth prince, he agreed to persuade Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu, who was attracted by Concubine Shu, was currently meeting Tu Zhen from the Qi State Company in his princess mansion.

Situ Zhen was sent by Emperor Cheng'an to be a small prefect in Pingxi Prefecture. In fact, he was given a secret mission in private. So Situ Zhen, who had made great achievements in afforestation in Pingxi Prefecture, was recalled to the capital by Emperor Cheng'an after the wind and sand control was effective. At the same time, Situ Zhen also took out countless fish and meat from the Pingxi County king, and the common people were extravagant and extravagant and had fornication with the barbarians. The evidence allowed Emperor Cheng'an to justifiably arrest Prince Pingxi, a prince with a different surname.

Situ Zhen, who had become a county king as soon as he took action, was very feared in the court, but later on, under the hint of Emperor Cheng'an, he joined Xiao Yu's army.

When the male protagonist Situ Zhen surrendered, Xiao Yu was still a little confused. He originally planned to suppress the male protagonist, or wait until he ascends the throne to exploit the male protagonist in the future, but he did not expect that the male protagonist would actually come to join him!

However, the referendum effect of the Qi Kingdom can indeed bring good advertising effects. Xiao Yu felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, so he accepted the offer.

In fact, if we don't look at the hero's deeds in the original work, Xiao Yu feels that Situ Zhen, who is very capable and knows how to deal with things, is a very useful subordinate.

He is just an ordinary male protagonist from the lower world, and now he has become his subordinate. Xiao Yu no longer clings to what he did to the original owner in the plot, and the original owner didn't let him help him get revenge on the male protagonist anyway.

Xiao Yu was meeting Situ Zhen and listened to his recent work report. At this time, Emperor Cheng'an's reward came and Concubine Shu also summoned him.

After seeing off the palace attendants from Xuanyi Palace and Chaohua Palace, Xiao Yu pondered for a moment.

Situ Zhen said: "Your Highness, Concubine Shu wants to see you. I'm afraid it's related to the fact that the fourth prince came to the palace today to pay his respects to Concubine Shu."

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Xiao Yu didn't know what Concubine Shu was planning, but he entered the palace anyway.

He first entered the palace and went to the Xuanyi Hall to greet Emperor Cheng'an and thank him. Then he chatted with his old father for a few words and then said goodbye: "Father, my mother and concubine specially summoned me today. I'm afraid it's something important."

Emperor Cheng'an had a deep control over the palace, so he naturally knew that Concubine Shu's summoning of Xiao Yu was related to the fourth prince, and he could guess why.

However, he believed that Xiao Yu could handle these small things well, so he nodded.

When Xiao Yu came to Chaohua Palace and saw Concubine Shu, it was just like when he had just traveled to Xiao Han and met Concubine Shu for the first time, mother and son talked alone.

Concubine Shu hesitated for a while and then asked: "Your father treats you very well now, so don't forget your brother. Speak more for your brother in front of His Majesty, and you will be able to live a happy life for him one day." Can you still regain your original identity..."

Xiao Yu interrupted her whimsical words: "Are you kidding me? My fourth brother and I look so similar. If he knew my identity, he would probably be the first to kill me."

Concubine Shu suddenly turned pale and was speechless.

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Concubine, please don't worry about me and my fourth brother. Now my father intends to train me to be the crown princess. In the future, my concubine will be the empress dowager. Why should I care that the fourth brother wins in the end?" Brother or me? And I won’t be able to tolerate my brother like the fourth brother.”

Concubine Shu hesitated for a long time and then said: "But your father doesn't know that you are a man, so how can he really be willing to pass the throne to you?"

Xiao Yu smiled confidently and said calmly: "I will. It's mine. It's mine after all!"

He no longer paid attention to the hesitations and hesitations in Concubine Shu's heart. Now Concubine Shu could not control him at all, and she did not dare to expose his identity as a fake princess.

Because she exposed his identity as the prince, there would be fewer obstacles for him to ascend to the throne, but she, the culprit, would definitely be punished with death. Even in order to prevent the twins from causing trouble with Li Daitao, Emperor Cheng'an would probably give up on the fourth prince completely.

What Xiao Yu didn't expect was that Concubine Shu was more open-minded than he imagined.

Concubine Shu, who he thought would cause him trouble, stood unswervingly on his side after Emperor Cheng'an decreed that he should enter the court like a prince, and blocked the plot created by the fourth prince for him. Lots of trouble.

Xiao Yu had less worries, so he stood in a court full of men with the dignity of a princess and displayed his talents unscrupulously, silently comparing several other princes to scum.

Even the supporters of the three princes had to feel in their hearts that the master they were loyal to was far inferior to the three princesses.

With the support of Emperor Cheng'an, and Xiao Yu himself being capable enough, he raised his reputation among the people in the world. Who in the world would care whether the person sitting on the throne is a man or a woman? They only care about whether they can eat in their stomachs. full. As for the aristocratic families and courtiers, they naturally had to work for him.

In the thirty-first year of Cheng'an, Emperor Cheng'an made the third princess Xiao Han the crown princess!