Chapter 58: Ambition

The truth that Gansong and Bai Zhi said was greatly unexpected by Qin Bai. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

He never thought that what Canaan had preached back then was false. It was precisely because he thought it was true that he would leave the capital willingly, and lived in the northwest for thirty years, never in contact with the capital family, and never met the emperor. He thought that the emperor was still angry with him for refusing to return to Beijing, which made Empress Qin regret his death, so he had been ignoring him for many years. Of course, he knew that the credit of the eldest brother Qin Song was indispensable here, but with Empress Qin's last words in advance, what could he do? The queen was bent on keeping her brother, how could he, as a younger brother, go against her sister's wishes?

If he really returned to the capital and told the truth, Qin Song would definitely be rejected by the emperor. Anyway, he lived a good life in the northwest, his wife and son were filial, and he was happy, but he was just less rich and rich. Compared to the days of exile in the past, he was already comfortable, and he didn't think much else. This time, because his eldest son "came back from the dead" and Qin Song invited him hard, he decided to go to Beijing with his family. First, I came to see my eldest son, and secondly, I wanted to know what difficulties my eldest brother Qin Song had encountered. Back then, in order to keep Qin Song, Empress Qin did not hesitate to sacrifice Qin Bai's younger brother. If Qin Song was really in trouble, he would have to contribute no matter what.

However, after arriving in the capital, Qin Bai found that the situation was not as bad as he expected, but Qin Song was still as unpleasant and incompetent as he was back then, and he had never really gained a firm foothold in the DPRK for thirty years. Empress Qin's hard work back then was in vain! Even her children and grandchildren could not get ahead. Since Qin Song is useless, for the sake of the Qin family's future, there should be another person who stands up to support the portal.

Qin Bai stayed in the Chengenhou Mansion and quickly made up his mind. Now that everyone else has returned, I'm afraid that the emperor has also gotten the news, and there is no point in hiding again. He can tell the truth of the year, and the emperor will definitely have pity for his wronged brother-in-law and compensate him. After that, the future of the children and grandchildren is guaranteed. And with him interceding, the juniors of the Chengenhou Mansion can also be safe. As for Qin Song, he has enjoyed the wealth and honor for so many years, so what if he loses his holy family? Anyway, his life is fine. With him Qin Bai here, the Qin family can still maintain it, and there is no need to worry about gradually decaying due to the loss of the Holy Family......

Qin Bai had already planned to meet Gansong and Bai Zhi, just to learn more about the inside story of the year, so as to prepare for the next face. He never imagined that Gansong and Bai Zhi would actually release such a big thunder for him!

The first thing he thought of was Qin Song. Ganan's words were only beneficial to Qin Song alone. If it weren't for Qin Song's instructions behind his back, who else would there be?

Canan is a member of the palace around Empress Qin, and has been waiting for Empress Qin since the Yongjia Marquis Mansion. Although it is said that it is a child born in the family, but because of the unharmonious relationship between Queen Qin and Qin Song, Canaan and Qin Song do not have much contact, her parents and relatives were implicated in the raid of the house, and suffered a lot, and the Qin family came back after rehabilitation, and half of them were already dead. But the remaining half were all left in the Chengenhou Mansion, because they were still cultivating their bodies and did not receive errands. However, just waiting for Canan by the side of Empress Qin in the palace, it was impossible for Qin Song to treat them badly. Canaan and Qin Song have no friendship at all, and there is no entanglement of interests, even if they don't take the initiative to say good things for him, they won't be able to suffer, so why do they have to work hard for Qin Song? Even if Qin Song is unlucky, Qin Bai will not snub them. They were already more familiar with Qin Bai.

However, the answer given by Gan Song was once again unexpected by Qin Bai: "This is because Canan herself is confused, she is dizzy! Hou Ye didn't know about this, she made her own opinion, and when she saw the third master, she took the initiative to lie." It's not that Hou Ye didn't know about it, but he only knew about it afterwards. Hou Ye was probably scared in his heart, but for the sake of his selfishness, he never said anything, and helped Canaan cover it up. If it weren't for that, how could no one have gone to the northwest to find the third master in the past thirty years?"

Qin Bai frowned: "What the hell is going on, what does Canan want to do?"

Bai Zhi sighed: "She is really confused, seeing that the emperor treats the queen with deep affection, and also attaches great importance to them, the people who are waiting around her, the queen is gone, but there are few people in the harem, and the ministers of the court and the central government mention the draft, and the emperor is also not interested." Ganan was dizzy, feeling that he had a chance to take advantage of it. She is the old person next to the queen's mother, and she has accompanied the emperor and queen through thick and thin for many years, and she has also raised the prince of the East Palace. The emperor may give her a favor and make her a concubine, even if the grade is lower, with the prince of the East Palace, no one dares to underestimate her. With such wealth and honor, wouldn't it be better than going out of the palace with us, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha?"

Qin Bai was stunned: "She has been with her sister for many years, but she doesn't seem to be so attached to a rich person." ”

Gan Song sneered: "Maybe it's because she has suffered a lot, so she is more and more reluctant to be rich, right? She also had some thoughts about the emperor in the past, if it weren't for the sudden great changes in the East Palace, the emperor and the queen mother were confined, and the queen mother was pregnant, and she originally intended to arrange for the people in the house to wait for the emperor, but before she could choose someone, something happened." Although this didn't work out at the beginning, Canaan may have already decided that he was that person. When the queen mother was there, she didn't dare to speak. The queen was stunned, and her mind floated. When Niangniang was dying, our sisters had already made a promise in front of her bed, saying that they would leave the house together and pray for the blessings of Niangniang and His Royal Highness the Prince, and would not stay in the palace, let alone change to a master to wait. Niang Niang also said that if we want, it is good to leave the palace, at least we don't have to worry about being rubbed by the newcomers in the harem. As we do now, although we eat fasting and chant Buddha all day long, rarely see outsiders, and are a little lonely, but in addition to daily homework, we can do whatever we want at other times, we don't have to wait for people, we don't have to look at anyone's face, our food and clothing are all superior, and our lives are really comfortable, a hundred times stronger than when we were in the palace! This is the queen's mother's love for us. But as soon as the queen mother left, Canaan changed the hexagram......"

Bai Zhi continued: "She always said at that time, we went out of the palace, of course, it is clean, what should His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace do? Poor His Royal Highness is not yet three years old, and his health is not good, although there is the emperor to take care of him, and the people waiting around him are also attentive, but who knows what will happen in the future? The queen mother has gone, and sooner or later there will be a new master in the harem, in the first few years, the emperor thinks of the queen mother, and can he care more about His Royal Highness, once he has a new favorite, the new favorite has an heir, does the emperor still remember His Royal Highness? The people in the palace are accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and once the emperor is a little cold to His Royal Highness, he will practice His Royal Highness. Although there are queen dowagers and concubines in the palace, none of them are His Royal Highness's own grandmothers, and apart from our own people, who can really think about His Highness? Ganan said that she could not let go of Her Highness and that she must stay in the East Palace, and we felt that her words were reasonable, so we did not stop her. Where did she think that at that time, what she was thinking about was not the safety of His Highness at all, but planning to use His Highness to fulfill her delusion of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix?!"

It's no wonder that a few of them didn't suspect Ganan back then, because what he said sounded very reasonable. Maybe some people can't believe the emperor, but no one knows if the emperor will have a new love, so he forgot about Empress Qin! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really only had his father to rely on back then, although he had an uncle's family, but where did Qin Song, the Marquis of Chengen, seem to be a person who could be relied on?

As for the queen mother and concubines, they are separated by several layers. The Empress Dowager's surname is Tu, not the emperor's biological mother. The emperor was originally born by the first emperor Yuan and then the Guan family, but Queen Guan died early, and her son died within a few years of the establishment of the East Palace. After her death, the first emperor set up another Empress He. This Empress He also has a prince, so she naturally looks at the concubine left behind by the former Yuan and the queen unpleasantly. In addition to Empress He, the concubines favored by the first emperor at that time were also older princes. These concubines and princes regarded the emperor who was still the crown prince of the East Palace as a thorn in their side, and worked together to set a trap to trap his husband and wife, and almost took their lives.

Although the emperor was not dead at that time, everyone thought that it was only a matter of time, and he was no longer their confidant, and who would be the crown prince next was the key point. Empress He decided that her son was a unique candidate, and the other concubines also felt that their son was very promising, so they fought dog-eat-dog. Queen He's mother and son were no match for many opponents, and they were defeated, Queen He was deposed, and her son was also imprisoned, and suddenly one night she drank poison and committed suicide.

Queen He was deposed, her son died again, and the remaining concubines became queens in order to ascend the throne, and their sons continued to fight in the dark in order to become the crown prince. Perhaps because they fought too fiercely, the old and faint emperor finally came to his senses, and in order to calm down the incident, in the face of the courtiers who asked for a new queen, he selected a Tu Zhaoyi and was promoted to the third queen.

This Tu Zhaoyi, originally the daughter of a big family in the capital, is still young, but not favored, there is only one daughter under her knees, she has a peaceful and comfortable temperament, and she rarely participates in harem battles on weekdays. The first emperor chose her, probably because he thought she was trouble-free.

It's a pity that the other concubines and princes are dissatisfied with this. They felt that if Queen Tu was silent, she would ruin their good deeds and take the back seat. If Empress Tu is not killed, how can a few favored concubines compete for the position of queen? How can their sons, as sisters-in-law, overpower all their brothers to become crown princes?

Queen Tu is not easy to mess with. In order to protect herself, she quickly accepted the olive branch handed by the emperor, who was still the crown prince of the East Palace at the time, and helped to say good things in front of the first emperor. At that time, the emperor's situation had greatly improved, and he was no longer confined to solitary confinement, but his body was still relatively weak. Under the persuasion of Empress Tu, the first emperor sent a physician to his son and daughter-in-law, and gave his grandson a name. Donggong finally survived the most difficult days.

At the same time, the struggle of several princes entered a white-hot stage, and the fight resulted in human deaths, one prince died, and another prince was seriously injured and disabled, but no one admitted that it was his own hand. The first emperor vomited blood in a fit of rage. Although he found out the culprit and dealt with the guilty, his body was already broken. At this time, another of the king's attendants, the one whom he trusted very much, discovered the strange state of a prince and promptly exposed his plan to launch a palace rebellion, so that a disaster could be eliminated in time. The first emperor was seriously ill and dying, left a testament, ordered the East Palace to succeed to the throne, and at the same time gave death to several guilty princes, or imprisoned, or exiled, and finally ended the tragic struggle for succession in his later years before his death.

Empress Dowager Tu and Wang Shizhong have both made contributions to the smooth accession to the throne today. However, Empress Dowager Tu and Jinshang are just an exchange of interests, and they may not really think about Jinshang. Which prince ascends the throne has no effect on her. The prince of the East Palace left by Empress Qin is a very important little master for Bai Zhi and other palace people. But for Empress Dowager Tu and the concubines, what is it?

Canaan's request to stay in the East Palace seems to be completely loyal! Who would have thought that she had other plans? )