Chapter 35: Succession

Soon after Feng Ling returned to the door, he received news from the Zhenguo Mansion that the old grandfather was sick. She hurriedly returned to the house to visit, bringing a lot of medicinal herbs. The news that the Zhenguo Mansion invited doctors everywhere also spread throughout Chang'an City, and those who had official positions in the Zhenguo Mansion handed over errands and went home to serve the sick.

The emperor also received the talisman handed over by the Duke of Zhenguo, and he was very happy to receive the talisman, so he announced that the imperial doctor would go to the Mansion of the Duke of Zhenguo to see a doctor for the old prince. The imperial doctor came back to report to the emperor that the grandfather of the old country was suffering from lung disease caused by cold, and it would not be good for a while. The emperor was even more happy, he was still thinking about how to suppress the Zhenguo Mansion, he was worried that the Zhenguo Mansion had become a strong backing for the prince, and now it seemed that God helped him.

The emperor was in a very good mood, and his concubine Wan gave birth to a son for him last night, which was his first son he really loved, perhaps because this son was born to his favorite woman.

He called Huang Zuoxiang and told him happily that his concubine had given birth to a son for him, and he named him Wang Jingyuan. Zuo Xiang congratulated him, and then reminded: "Don't let the queen know the news for the time being, and then make it public after Concubine Huang gives birth." ”

The emperor nodded and said to Zuo Xiang: "I found out that the queen drugged Concubine Huang, and it is not clear that Concubine Huang's birth will not go smoothly." ”

Zuo Xiang pretended to be surprised: "The queen is so bold?"

The emperor glanced at Zuo Xiang: "She has always been bold. ”

Zuo Xiang said worriedly: "The minister is just worried about Concubine Wan, and the emperor can't hide Concubine Wan and the five princes like this all the time." Once Your Majesty is crowned a concubine, the queen will ......"

The emperor said fiercely: "Dare to move Concubine Wan and the five princes, and jointly destroy her nine clans." He glanced at Zuo Xiang, who lowered his head, and said, "Her nine clans do not include you, and the Lian knows that you are at odds with the Huang family." ”

The emperor thought for a while: "What excuse do you find to break away from the Huang family, just the old woman who has wanted to kill you since she was a child, it is better for you to leave her early." ”

Zuo Xiang said movingly: "Your Majesty Xie thinks about the minister, the minister does have family affairs and wants to get the emperor's permission, the Huang family has many sons, not one of me, there are no children in my grandfather's family, and I want to inherit the incense for my grandfather's family." ”

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, he wished that Zuo Xiang had nothing to do with the Huang family, so that he could use it more assured. He said a few words of goodness, and then said: "After you pass to your grandfather's family, you will serve the fifth prince when he grows up, and you will teach him carefully." ”

The left minister was secretly shocked, and the prince and Taifu taught the five princes, which shows that the emperor's heart belongs to the five princes. That's fine, at least the crown prince won't change until the fifth prince comes of age.

Zuo Xiang said respectfully: "The minister will train the five princes to be what the emperor hopes the most." ”

The emperor saw that Zuo Xiang understood his meaning very wisely, and he was very happy in his heart, it was his luck to have such a loyal courtier. So the emperor promised him: "Your son will marry my favorite princess, let the princess be friendly with the five princes, and your family will inherit the emperor's favor for generations." He laughed.

Zuo Xiang hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty is so loved, the minister will be ...... to the ground."

Two days later, the Huang family learned that Huang Zuoxiang was going to break away from the Huang family and pass on to his maternal ancestor Tang family as the heir, inheriting the Tang family's incense. The Tang family was overjoyed, and the clan generously returned the property left by the Tang family to Huang Zuoxiang, and it was a blessing that the Tang family could not think of to have such a capable person as the heir. The Tang family has never produced a grandfather for several generations, and the next two generations will not see such seedlings. The Tang clan was bustling with Huang Zuoxiang's succession banquet.

Except for Mrs. Ren, the Huang family was surprised and uneasy about Huang Zuoxiang's separation from the Huang family and the succession of the Tang family, and the patriarch of the Huang family strongly opposed Huang Zuoxiang's succession. The Huang family is a relative, and if there is no power to rely on in the court, the road of the relative will be very difficult.

The patriarch of the Huang clan was Huang Zuoxiang's cousin, he was in his sixties, and this shrewd patriarch realized that Huang Zuoxiang's current succession was not a good sign. He personally approached Huang Zuo to persuade him, trying to keep this descendant of the Huang family, who leaned towards the government and the opposition. He began to persuade Huang Zuoxiang with kind words, and talked bitterly about the importance of the family, until he almost scolded him in the end.

Zuo Xiang smiled and said, "Uncle Cousin, it is Your Majesty's intention for my nephew to succeed, do you think I can stay in the Huang family?"

Patriarch Huang asked, "Why is Your Majesty in charge of the Huang family's family affairs?"

Zuo Xiang shook his head: "Everything in the world is Your Majesty's business, why do you come to the Huang family's family affairs?"

"Your Majesty asked you to pass on the Huang family because you want to clean up the Huang family?"

Zuo Xiang smiled: "Uncle Cousin is too careful, Your Majesty just doesn't want your relatives to be too powerful." He intended to ...... the second prince"

Hearing this, Patriarch Huang finally let go of a lot in his heart. Seeing that persuasion was hopeless, he persuaded him with good words: "You are the bloodline of the Huang family, and you need to take care of the Huang clan more in the future." ”

Zuo Xiang nodded: "That's a natural thing." Although my nephew was disliked by his stepmother since he was a child, and he was killed by her, no one in the Huang clan took care of me, and although my nephew studied and tested his fame since he was a child, he never received the support of the Huang clan. But the nephew still remembers that he is a descendant of the Huang family, and the nephew will take care of the Huang clan. ”

Patriarch Huang's face was red and blue, and his hands trembled with anger, the thing he always regretted the most was that he didn't help Zuo Xiang when he was the most difficult.

When Empress Huang learned of this news, she hurriedly asked someone to bring a letter to Mrs. Ren, asking her to prevent Huang Zuoxiang from leaving the clan and passing on to the Tang family no matter what. Empress Huang knows that if she wants her queen to sit firmly on the throne, and if she wants her son to sit on the throne last, Zuo Xiang must not make less efforts.

Since Mrs. Ren knew that Huang Zuoxiang was out of the family, she laughed happily, she had been in the mood for too long this day. Her own children are all promising, and she is not uncommon for a left-handed son.

She ignored the queen's words and the persuasion of her sons, she happily stamped her seal on the certificate of renunciation and pressed her handprint, and the patriarch had no way to object when he saw this.

When the Tang family put on a flowing water banquet for a few days to celebrate Zuo Xiang's entry into the clan, the queen was so angry that she vomited out a mouthful of old blood. Huang Zhongbo was trying to change his name to Tang Zhongbo, and the emperor sent a generous gift.

Originally, there was a saying that the official wanted to write to the left minister and was unfilial, but when he saw that the emperor sent a congratulatory gift, he quietly accepted the excerpt. Everyone understands that I am afraid that this matter is the intention of His Majesty, and he does not want his relatives to be too powerful.

The queen is powerless to change her brother's succession, and the current situation in the harem also makes her anxious. Since Concubine Huang was not pregnant and quietly recuperated, the emperor favored the harem concubines with rain and dew, and there were gradually six or seven concubines in the harem who were pregnant with dragon fetus. The emperor was overjoyed, rewarded the harem generously, and promised to give the concubines a throne after the dragon fetus.

The queen pretended to be smiling in front of her, and she vomited blood with hatred in private. It is not difficult to harm a pregnant concubine, but it is difficult to harm a group of pregnant concubines. The queen asked her official daughter Chen Yu if she had a good way, and Chen Yu whispered: "Don't worry, Niangniang, who knows if a man or a woman is born......?"

The queen thought about it, this is indeed a way, if she gives birth to a prince, it will not be too late for her to start. Her focus now is still on removing her favorite concubine Huangfei, if she gives birth to a boy and half a girl, she will be her biggest threat. Other concubines are not favored, even if they give birth to princes and princesses, they can't surpass themselves.

Since then, while waiting for the day when Concubine Huang gave birth to a child, she has been preparing for the marriage of the second prince with all her heart.