Chapter 506: Preparing for the Wind (1)
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Chapter 506: Preparing for the Wind (1)
Fu Rongyue expected that she had a good idea, and after Emperor Shou's three edicts came down, the government and the opposition immediately caused a second wave of shock.
Originally, Wei Mingyu fell down, and there were only three people who were the biggest favorites to win the throne. These three edicts of Emperor Shou clearly do not promote anyone and do not degrade anyone, but the rank of respect and inferiority in them is vaguely visible. Since then, Wei Mingxi is his son-in-law, and his status is one point higher than others. Empress Liu has only one son under her knees, Wei Mingchun was exiled in Qianzhou, and now he has died, and Wei Mingxi's battle for the throne has been vaguely seen. Although Emperor Shou has improved the rank of the Qi nobles, who is close to him and who is sparse, Emperor Shou is more inclined to who inherits the throne, and there is a little direction.
In the Puyong Palace, Wei Mingyuan lost his temper.
"Mother concubine, this slap from my father is too loud! Although my mother has restored her concubine position, she is still a first-class concubine, and my father is reluctant to even give a concubine. But Concubine Hui, hum, she was only a second-class concubine when she was alive, but now with an edict, she has become a queen, and she has risen steadily, and even Wei Mingxi has risen step by step. With his broken body, is he also worthy of being my Great Wei's son-in-law?" Wei Mingyuan roared angrily.
Qi Guiren, the current Concubine De sighed: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would make up your mind so quickly, I guess even Empress Liu didn't expect him to choose to give Concubine Hui the queen at this time." β
"The queen mother is not the slightest bit unhappy?" Wei Mingyuan said angrily.
Concubine De frowned and thought for a moment: "The queen's mind has always been unpredictable, she has been by His Majesty's side for many years, and her understanding of His Majesty is extraordinary. For the Empress, who His Majesty likes and who his mind is not the most important thing. β
"None of this is important, so what is the most important thing?" Wei Mingyuan couldn't understand.
Concubine De smiled softly when she heard this, her son was already a young man in his twenties, but now his impatient appearance was the same as before, he was still a naΓ―ve child under her knees, she raised her hand and touched his hair, her eyes were almost full of love, and she said softly: "You don't understand, Yuan'er, you don't understand." For us concubines, His Majesty's love is like the moon in a well in the water, which is out of reach. Only one person in this world can get it, so it's useless for others to fight and grab again, it's better to let go and choose a more suitable one. I chose you, the queen mother chose their Liu family, Concubine Mei chose Princess Fude, and Xu Guiren, all her reliance was on Wei Mingfu. β
Wei Mingyuan looked at her puzzled, he still couldn't understand, he got these, but he didn't get the favor of his father, how could the mother and concubine survive?
Concubine De put her arms on his shoulders in a serious voice: "Child, Concubine Hui's posthumous title as the queen is just a title, what if Wei Mingxi is a concubine, after all, there is no support from relatives." You're different. Although the mother concubine is a first-class concubine, our Qi family is still there, and the Liu family is still there, as long as we work together, it is not a dream to pull Wei Mingxi off the throne. β
"Yes, my son was taught. Wei Mingyuan was shocked.
Compared to his mother, his eyes are still too short.
Concubine De saw him realize, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, she was relieved of this son, but there were still a lot of things she wanted to instruct: "Yuan'er, you have to remember that you are the only support of the mother, you are outside the palace, and the mother concubine has a lot of things that cannot be taken care of, you have to be careful yourself." Our top priority is not to care about how His Majesty's edict is written, we have more important things. Although Wei Mingyu is already a concubine, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so he can't be turned over. β
"My son knows. Wei Mingyuan was full of anger and couldn't find a place to spread it, Wei Mingyu was a suitable candidate: "Mother concubine, don't worry, my son has prepared everything, just wait for everything to be turned over." As long as these things come out, I want him Wei Mingyu to not even be a flat-headed commoner, and he doesn't know how to die!"
"Good, that's the first thing. Concubine De nodded: "Mother Concubine has a second thing to explain to you here." β
"Mother, please speak. Wei Mingyuan looked serious, turned over and knelt on the ground to be taught.
Concubine De said: "King Chen is your brother from the same line, although your brothers did not grow up together and have no feelings, but the battle for the heir is not trivial, and it is not impossible to read some brotherhood at this time." King Chen is especially affectionate, you are surrounded outside the palace, and the concubine is always comforted in the palace, and he must be taken for his own use. As he spoke, his voice changed, and his face was grim: "If he refuses to be used by you, then, whether he wants to fight for the supreme position by himself, or help Wei Mingxi, you must not be soft, you must kill him quickly!"
"Yes!" Wei Mingyuan was affected by her, and there was no trace of emotion in his eyes.
Concubine De's favorite thing is his obedience, and she nodded with a smile and relief: "There is a third thing, you also need to remember." Wei Mingyu has fallen, and the courtiers in his hands have also become ownerless, you have to try your best to win people's hearts. Wei Mingyu's biggest backer is the Shen family, if you want to bring down the Shen family, now there is a way, you have to act as soon as possible. Once it is late, Wei Mingxi will have the first opportunity, and the consequences will be unimaginable. β
The eyes of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all staring at them, if Wei Mingxi got rid of the Shen family first, it would mean announcing to the world that he was powerful!
When that time comes, there is no need for Wei Mingxi to envelop him, there are people who are willing to work for him. That's bad!
"Erchen has one more thing here, I want to discuss it with my mother. Wei Mingyuan responded and said in a low voice: "The biggest signboard in Wei Mingxi's hand is nothing more than the Ji Cheng Army and the Northwest Army. Wei Mingzheng won the Yan family's army, and in the military, I was already behind the two of them. Erchen wanted to find an opportunity to get the Northwest Army into his hands. β
"But Wei Mingxi is dominant in the northwest, which is difficult. Concubine De thought for a moment, and there was a little name in her mind: "Unless...... The commander of the Northwest Army changed hands. β
But now that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are up and down, it is easy to find a civil servant, but it is too difficult to find a person who can lead the army. If there is no trump card that can be replaced, it is equivalent to breaking the barrier of Great Wei, and if you don't get it right, you will have to bear the infamy of eternal life.
"Don't worry about the concubine, there is a suitable candidate in the hands of the son. Wei Mingyuan seemed to know what Concubine De was worried about, and smiled proudly.
Concubine De was overjoyed: "Who?"
"Nangong Yue's brother, Nangong Ze. Wei Mingyuan spit out a name loudly.
Who's this?
Concubine De looked puzzled, she had never heard of this name.
Wei Mingyuan said with a smile: "The mother concubine shouldn't recognize him." He is the nominal second son of the Nangong family and the concubine of the former prince of Pingning. The Marquis of Pingning doesn't have much rest, and most of them are from the wife of the main house, such as Nangong Yue and Nangong Xin are all the sisters-in-law of the lady. Because there is only such a concubine, his identity will be lowly, and he has never appeared in front of the royal family since he was a child. It is said that this Nangong Ze is very smart, and he was thrown into the army by the Marquis of Pingning since he was a child, and he returned to the Hou Mansion when he became an adult. When Erchen was still friendly with Wei Mingyu, he accompanied Wei Mingyu to the Pingning Marquis Mansion as a guest, so he knew him. He used to be Wei Mingyu's man. β
"Wei Mingyu's people are afraid that they won't be attached to you, right?" Concubine De hesitated.
Wei Mingyuan said with a smile: "Mother concubine, this is wrong. Now that there is no Wei Mingyu, he Nangong Ze has no choice but me. Nangong Yue is the person of King Ling, as long as King Ling ascends the throne, he will never have a chance to come out. Unlike me, I was able to help him get everything he wanted. Nan Miyazawa will agree. β
Concubine De pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll take care of it." β
After being busy for the past few days, she was also very tired, Wei Mingyuan said something to her again, and prepared to leave the palace.
Concubine De leaned on the chaise longue, suddenly thought of something, and still asked with some unease: "Yuan'er, you have to take Wei Mingyu's affairs as a warning." Female...... In the future, when you ascend the throne as emperor, you must not destroy yourself for the sake of a momentary speed, let alone gamble on the future of your life for the sake of those who do not deserve. β
"Don't worry, the concubine understands. Wei Mingyuan's heart trembled, as if she had seen through something, and hurriedly lowered his head.
On the way out of the palace, Wei Mingyuan wondered if Princess Qi had said something all the way, and when he arrived at the mansion, he asked a few words on the side. Princess Qi naturally didn't know anything, and Wei Mingyuan didn't ask anything, so the matter was put on hold.
Wei Mingyuan really moved quickly.
The next day, the eighth day of the third month.
According to the Yellow Calendar, today is a good date, and the triennial spring examination of Great Wei began three days before Wei Mingxi and Fu Rongyue's wedding.
This year is different from last year, the Mei family has Mei Qinggu and the Cheng family has Fu Rongmin to participate in the spring exam. This made the two families pay special attention, and from the seventh day of junior high school, Fu Rongyue specially moved to Cheng's house to accompany Fu Rongmin, for fear that she would have any pre-exam emotions.
The heavens seemed to have given birth to a good life, and in the evening of this day, the convoy from the northwest also entered the city in a mighty way.
Nangong Yue carried Fu Qing and brought tributes and congratulatory gifts from the northwest, but it was three months later than Fu Rongyue and them to come back from the frontier. At this time, more than a month has passed since the edict issued by Emperor Shou. When the Northwest Commander returned to Beijing, this movement was naturally extraordinary, and before the convoy arrived, it had already alarmed the people in the imperial city.
Wei Mingxi and Fu Rongyue got the letter, and as the masters of Jiling City, of course, they were the first to go to greet them. Wei Mingyuan and the others also got the news and rushed to the city gate one after another. Even Emperor Shou in the palace was reported, and asked Xie Anyang to come to greet him instead of him as soon as possible.
When Nangong Yue entered the city, the sun was setting, the golden glow was all over the city, this handsome man stepped into the imperial city accompanied by Fu Qing and Ning Ping'an, two lieutenants, and the people of the two provinces knelt down to welcome, and the grand occasion was unique for a while.
After three months, everyone reunited in the capital, and there were endless words of separation.
"How are you in the northwest, how are everyone?" After Wei Mingxi and Nangong Yue hugged excitedly, Wei Mingxi immediately asked about the Jiling City he was worried about.