Now that the rumors in the capital have been spread, there is nothing he can do, anyway, he already has arrangements for dealing with the worst-case scenario, and now he can only do his best to obey the fate of heaven.

"I heard you say that there is another thing about Hongday?" Qian saw that I didn't want to say anything more about it, so he turned the topic to another matter.

Speaking of Hongday, not only did his brows furrow tighter, but he roughly repeated the words of Xu Fuduo to the Qian family with helplessness in his tone.

The matter still originated from the family banquet, and somehow, Hongday's witty performance at the family banquet and Yinzhen's attitude towards this son reached the ears of the ministers of the court.

There is no impermeable wall in this world, not to mention that the wind and grass in the palace are likely to be related to the interests of all parties, so the more you want to cover up the rights and wrongs in the palace, the more people will inquire, and it will become a secret that is not a secret.

Speaking of which, the cause of this incident was just the competition for favor among the harem concubines, even if Yinzhen's attitude towards Hongyang was intimate, it would not lead to any unnecessary speculation. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yinzhen held the "New Year's Day Opening" in the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace, and specially called Hongtian over, not only took time to test Hongday's homework, and was very satisfied with his response, but also let him pick some courtiers to show Hongday, allowing him to put forward his own views, and praised his stated views, and also asked him to accompany the thirteenth master Yinxiang to learn to deal with the affairs of the household.

In fact, in my opinion, this is just the most ordinary family interaction between father and son. Especially accompanying the Thirteenth Master to study in the household department, it shows even more that Yinzhen did not regard him as a candidate for the prince, otherwise he should let him learn the way of governing the country and governing the country like Hongli.

But such a simple thing is used by those who have a heart as the basis for speculating on the holy will. So the harem of the central court began to spread that Yinzhen liked Hongday, and there was a meaning of helping him to be the prince.

It stands to reason that Yinzhen has just ascended the throne, and this is not the time to pay attention to these. But after all, Yinzhen is not a young son of heaven sitting in the world, he was forty-six years old when he succeeded to the throne, and this age can be regarded as entering the twilight of life in this era.

The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, the ministers who have the intention to leave a way back for themselves to seek a future will naturally begin to consider the candidates for the prince, so Yinzhen's only four sons have become the focus of attention of the ministers of the court, but any little wind and grass can make people ponder a lot of deep meaning.

It stands to reason that Hongshi, who is already an adult and the oldest of the existing princes, should be considered a candidate for the prince, but Yinzhen's coldness and strictness towards Hongshi, and Hongshi's daily closeness to the eighth master Yinxi, made the officialdom veterans in the court who were more shrewd than foxes sniff out this brother's disgrace. So many people set their eyes on the three children of Hongli, Hongday and Nian's blessings.

Originally, most people in the court thought that the blessings of the Nian clan had the best chance. After all, the power of the Nian family is there, coupled with Yinzhen's almost exclusive attitude towards Nian's face over the years, as well as the importance he has for Nian Qianyao in front of people, no matter how you look at it, it is a sign that Fuhui will be established when he grows up.

But some people are more optimistic about Hongli, after all, his biological mother Qian became Concubine Xi as Gege, and Emperor Kangxi loved Hongli very much in his later years, and there were many speculations from the government and the opposition, which would make people speculate a little deep, so those who were optimistic about Hongli also began to play their own small abacus early.

Speaking of which, these people's attitudes towards the candidates for the storage position are exactly what I want. The throne has never seemed to me to be something to be fought for, a curse rather than a blessing. Therefore, from the very beginning, I made up my mind to support Hongli to ascend to the throne, firstly, to conform to the original historical trend, and secondly, to let my children be a rich prince for a safe life. Therefore, when everyone's eyes are focused on the two children, Hongli and Fuhui, I am happy to see it, not to mention that I already know Yinzhen's choice.

But sometimes it is the tree that wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and Hongday, who is in the limelight only because of a small episode at the family banquet, has successfully attracted the attention of those people. They seem to suddenly find out that this prince is also a competitive role. Anyway, the heavenly family is ruthless, and who becomes the prince does not depend on the emperor's intentions. If the emperor is not satisfied, even if the prince who was raised by himself like Kangxi will be abolished, not to mention Hongli, who is not too high-born, and Fuhui, who is still young.

"What a big deal I think it is, it turns out that my sister is worried about this matter. Qian listened to me talk about the cause and effect, covered his lips, and quipped disappreciatively: "Don't say that this matter is just groundless, even if the emperor really has this thought, there is nothing to care about, as long as it is not from the Li family." ”

I knew that the Qian family didn't care about this, and sighed quietly: "What I'm worried about is not the emperor's mind and the courtiers' calculations, but I feel that this matter is far from being as simple as we see." Just imagine, only the people in the palace know about the family banquet, and it was not a big event, and they would not talk nonsense at will, but someone spread it. It would be fine if it was used as a royal secret to enrich the market conversation, but the emperor summoned Hongday, what topics he talked about, what things he saw, if it wasn't from the people around the emperor, how could he be known, and what he said was so nose and eyes. ”

"Maybe it's the broken mouth of the servant serving in the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Although Qian is weak, he is not stupid, I just mentioned it, and she immediately tasted something unusual.

"What kind of place is the Palace of Nourishing Hearts? The place where the emperor sleeps and works is the closest group of people around the emperor. If you can't even stand this little bit of talk, how can you serve the emperor for a long time. Therefore, there must be someone who deliberately takes this matter out to make a fuss, wants to deliberately muddy the waters, and even wants to use this matter to provoke the relationship between you and me and the two children. ”

Qian's brows furrowed as I spoke, and he asked, "But those who are familiar with us or have had a holiday should know that the relationship between you and me and the two children has always been close and deep, how could it be that such a small trick can be provoked casually by them." Besides, these rumors can't stand up to scrutiny, so why bother. ”

Seeing that Qian was still simple-minded, I had no choice but to explain the problems I was worried about.

Don't think I'm worrying about it, I'm worried that the person behind the scenes did it. My concern is not that someone is taking the opportunity to sow discord in our relationship. In addition, I am afraid that someone will want to deliberately kill Hongli, and at the same time bury a thorn in Hongli's heart. ”

Qian finally understood what I was worried about, and she pondered what I had said without speaking again, and fell into deep thought with me.