In the court, Meng Weiying once again came out and said that he asked His Majesty to deal with the widow of the Qin family, "This son was born when the Qin family rebelled, and he should be guilty of the same crime as his father's family. “

Qi Zongwen pretended to hesitate and said, "The eighth prince is not yet a year old, and I don't want to deal with the concubine's family affairs during this period. ”

Without waiting for Meng Weiying to say more, Qi Zongwen said again, "I am sick, let the courtiers discuss the candidate for the prince, and now that I am all well, why hasn't this candidate come out yet?"

Xue Qingtai will be raised for half a year, and when he can go to the ground, he will come to the court, and when he heard His Majesty's inquiry, he immediately came out and said, "The chief monarch of the country, the second prince is long, has a benevolent temperament, and he is full of poetry and books, and he can be an heir." ”

"No, you can't. The Marquis of Guangping subconsciously stopped him, he hated it in his heart, in order to prevent Xue Qingtai from asking the second prince in front of His Majesty, he deliberately looked for someone to hurt him, so that he couldn't go out, but he didn't expect that when he got better, the matter of the prince did not fall to the dust, and this matter returned to the original point.

Knowing that he would be killed that day, the Marquis of Guangping thought fiercely, but he handed over to Qi Zongwen who was on the throne and said, "There are clouds of etiquette, the prince of the country, and now there is a prince in the Ditai Palace, how can he cross him and set up something else?"

"The little prince of Ditai Palace is not from the queen's mother. "Someone came out of the queue back.

"Whether it is from the queen's mother or not, now the little prince is raised in the Ditai Palace, and he will also be the queen's adopted son in the future, how can he not be regarded as a concubine. ”

Xia Bohou said.

"The prince of the country, if it is the queen's mother, it is naturally the same at this moment, but in terms of etiquette, it is not said that the queen's adopted son must be made the prince. ”

Xia Bohou smiled, "Just this upward, there are countless concubines recorded in the name of the mother-in-law, not to mention the vassal kings outside, there are not a few inherited by the adopted son, what Lord Xia means, they can't do it?"

"The little prince of Ditai Palace is still in infancy, and the second prince has passed the age when he is most likely to die. Xue Qingtai said.

"Xue Qingtai, you are so bold, you actually cursed the prince. Xia Bohou shouted.

"Enough. Qi Zongwen shouted, "Above the court, you are all important ministers of the country, so noisy like a market, what kind of system." ”

"Wait for you to discuss the results and then tell me about it. Qi Zongwen retreated back to the harem.

There was a surging mockery in the court, everyone was looking at each other, speculating on their respective positions, and supporting the crown prince, this is the merit of Conglong, who would have thought of the illegitimate son of the Qin family at this time.

After Zhou Xin went back, he said to his son, "Your Majesty will save Si Qin's life, you go and arrange for their mother and son, as long as you don't go outside to show off, you can act at will." ”

Linglong and Si Qin's mother and son were afraid of affecting the Zhou family, so they came to Beijing and stayed behind closed doors.

"Yes. Zhou Ya said that he was also in the court today, so he asked his father, "What does your father mean when you look at Your Majesty, who is the crown prince?"

"Your Majesty has his own ideas, you must remember, do not get involved in the affairs of the reserve. Zhou Xin said.

"Naturally, my son won't. Zhou Ya said that at the beginning, her aunt and uncle's family were guilty of rebellion, and the Zhou family was implicated, and they have been languishing for several years.

"It's just that the son looks, His Majesty doesn't want to set up the second prince, and he doesn't want to establish the seventh prince of the Tai Palace, only the remaining, I'm afraid that the eighth prince will have a more sacred heart. Zhou Ya whispered.

"Don't talk nonsense. Zhou Xin said, "The second prince is the elder, the seventh prince is the heir, and the crown prince has nothing to do with the eighth prince."

Related. ”

Zhou Ya saw her father scolding her, but instead of being ashamed, she understood in her heart that her father thought the same thing as him in his heart.

At the beginning, the concubine misunderstood that the Zhou family drew a knife and cut off the water at a time of crisis, and stood by and watched, for so many years, she only maintained a face-to-face affection for the Zhou family, and never met in private, and now she knows that the Zhou family left Beijing in a hurry to protect the Qin family's only remaining bloodline.

In just a little more than a month, more things have been brought from the palace than have been rewarded in all these years. Zhou Ya is naturally not greedy for these things, but whenever he reads the books of sages, he wants to establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations, he and his father have no chance, and his children and nephews may be able to make great achievements.

Since the Marquis of Guangping went down to court, he has been meeting officials and cronies non-stop, running around for the prince of the Tai Palace, and he has not stopped until the evening, because he talks too much, his voice is dumb and does not like to speak, he is tired for a day, and he has no appetite to eat, eat and drink some sweet soup that moistens his throat, Xia Bohou is talking about the situation of his meeting on the side,

"Xue Qingtai is now in the court, and he can speak much better than Zhao Hongan. ”

Zhao Hongan is now at home, even if he still has the name of Shoufu, not many people listen to him now.

"If necessary, we still have to let him come out, he has been in the DPRK for so many years, and he will not be without henchmen and political enemies. Guangping Hou said, "Now that he wants to get a price, he will push back like this." ”

"The second prince is the crown prince, and there is no loss to him, he will not be as anxious as we are. Xia Bohou said, "Can the second prince really be the crown prince?"

The two brothers fell silent.

Xia Bohou's face changed very excitingly, "Brother, do you say that Your Majesty really wants to make the second prince the crown prince?"

"Why do I suddenly feel that Your Majesty is sneaking us?" Xia Bohou said, "Slipping and slipping, I can't tell which one will be on top in the end?"

"Whether Your Majesty wants to establish the Eighth Prince or not, the Second Prince is also a roadblock in front of us. Guangping Hou said, "We have to solve both of them." ”

The queen has been a little strange recently, but whenever she is on the concubine, she always has to stab a few words of yin and yang, and the concubine is also strange, usually she doesn't like to go to the Tai Palace to ask for peace, and there are not many opportunities to meet the queen, but now she has to go every day, if the queen has sour words, she smiled and went back in person.

You come and go, quite a sense of competition.

"It seems that having a child is still different. The queen sneered, "The concubine is confident now, and she doesn't take the palace in her eyes anymore." ”

"I also think it's different when you have children. Qin Yunyi said, "After the queen mother had the seventh prince, she looked at me more and more unpleasantly, and I also felt wronged by talking to me every day." ”

"How can this palace squeeze you with words?" the queen said in surprise, "Let's go, the concubine has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and this palace can't say it." If you say that the palace will run, the palace will run you. ”

"Anyway, in Your Majesty's heart, this palace is always bullying you. ”

"Your Majesty is like a mirror in his heart, he won't believe me because I said that my mother bullied me, and I won't believe him because my mother said that she didn't bully me. Qin Yunyi said.

The queen and the concubine are on the move, and the concubines below are inevitably involved, they can't all sit and listen to the two of them talk about cross talk, and the virtuous concubine is also the object of the queen's opening and shooting, so she doesn't speak, Concubine Yao hates the queen very much, and often speaks out to help the concubine, and Concubine Lu occasionally responds for her.

Concubine Jia often makes a round, but after careful study, she still favors the queen more, Concubine Xian looked at her several times, when no one went to Ronghua Palace in the past, Concubine Jia went diligently, and now the concubine is going to pull the flag and fight against the queen, she ran to the queen, it is really strange.

People below the concubine are not qualified to speak, there used to be a poor concubine, relying on His Majesty's favor, but often talked, but now she has died in the cold palace, and the body does not know where to be dragged to.

Qi Zongwen actually didn't understand, "You never liked to talk to people insinuatingly, why did you fall in love now?"

"Just say that you are not in good health, don't go to say goodbye, don't argue with others, and spoil your mood. ”

"It's good to say that if you lose, you're in a bad mood, and it's good to say that you're winning. Qin Yunyi said, "I see that I go to amuse the queen like this every day, and she is very happy." ”

"It's my fault, I always avoided her before, so she couldn't find a place to play. ”

"She's narrow-minded, and the older she gets, the more biased she becomes, so you'd better stay away from her. Qi Zongwen said, "I'm afraid that she wants to burn jade with you, and I can't afford such consequences." ”

Qin Yunyi looked at him hesitantly, under what circumstances would the queen want to burn jade with her?

Unless there is nothing left and there is no power to turn the tables. Now that the queen has status, an adopted son, and two marquis brothers in her mother's family, will Your Majesty really let her go to such a desperate state?

Qi Zongwen stretched out his hand to cover her eyes, "Don't look at me like this. ”

"You know, I'm not a ruthless person. Qi Zongwen sighed and said, "It's just that there are some things, they have gone too far, and I can't tolerate them anymore." ”

Qin Yunyi pulled Qi Zongwen's hand down and put it on his chest, "I don't care about them, just Your Majesty." ”