As soon as Princess Cheng said this, the entire living room suddenly couldn't even hear the sound of breathing. Yuzhu couldn't help but open his mouth behind him, but he couldn't make a sound at all - what is this talking about, do you want to pass Brother Jixu? This is the eldest son of the prince and the princess, and so far he is still the only son!

Even Taohua suspected that her ears had misheard: "What did the princess say?" ”

"Give Brother Xu to us and become the prince's mansion!" Prince Cheng didn't feel that she had said anything wrong, and said excitedly, "Brother and sister, the fourth brother is just the king of the county, and Brother Xu will be the prince of the county at most in the future." But our palace is a prince, if he succeeds him, he will inherit the prince in the future! ”

Taohua's face sank: "I think the princess is in a hurry." Brother Xu is the only son of me and the prince. "At least for now, it's the only one.

Prince Cheng said eagerly: "Brother and sister, you are still young, if you can give birth to one, you can give birth to a second, Brother Xu will pass on to me, you can regenerate!" ”

After the death of the eldest brother, Prince Cheng's Mansion was like being sucked out of the backbone, and he was not angry at all.

To be honest, even if Prince Cheng died, the palace was not so dead like a tomb. Because there was still an eldest brother at that time, Prince Cheng died, he was the new Prince Cheng, and the prince continued, and the honor of the prince's palace could naturally continue, and everyone could be kept rich and secure.

However, now the eldest brother is also dead, and after his death, he will become a prince and have no heirs, and the prince's mansion will be extinct! In this case, who else will inherit this title? When the title is gone, what is Prince Cheng's mansion, and what are the people in the palace?

For the first time, Princess Cheng felt a little regretful - if she had left the child in Concubine Hu's womb at that time, at least there would be a glimmer of hope now, as long as she gave birth to a son, she held it in her hand, which was equivalent to holding the entire palace. But now......

Now if you want to keep Prince Cheng's mansion, you can only succeed. Prince and Princess Cheng once thought about succeeding her nephew, but then dispelled this idea: if it is a family without foundation, it may also be indiscriminately passed on, as long as the incense on the grave continues. But this is royal! How can the royal bloodline be confused? The emperor would never agree to her nephew.

But if she is the nephew of the prince, who will she succeed? There is only one brother Hui in the emperor, not to mention that the prince will not succeed in general, even if he can succeed, the emperor will have such an only son when he is over thirty years old, and he will be on the throne in the future, who will succeed to a prince's family? After all the calculations, only Brother Xu of the Anjun Royal Mansion is the right person.

Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng knew that Brother Xu was now also the treasure of the Anjun Palace, but after all, Shen Shu and Taohua were still young, and they would have a chance to have a son in the future. Besides, the chips she took out now were the Prince! The prince's grade is still higher than that of the county king, even if Taohua thinks about his son's future, he should agree to succeed, right?

It must be known that there is only one title, even if it is the county king's mansion, the eldest son can inherit the king's title, and the second son can only get a town general, and then he will be demoted on behalf of the lord, until he can not descend and become an ordinary clan. But if Brother Xu comes out, at least Taohua's second son will be able to inherit the prince of the county. This is something that is beneficial to the two sons, why doesn't Taohua do it?

Taohua heard Princess Cheng's words endlessly, and only felt that it was angry and ridiculous. Princess Cheng's business is right, but unfortunately, she is only calculating interests. Such a person, how could Taohua hand over Brother Xu to her, what would that teach?

"Princess, please come back. Not to mention that now I and the prince only have one brother, even if we have children in the future, we will never succeed. Taohua said, just stood up and left, and didn't want to say a word to Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng again.

"Brother and sister!" Princess Cheng stretched out her hand to stop her, but was blocked by Mint with a horizontal eyebrow: "Princess, please go back, our princess just came back from the pox today, and she is going to rest." ”

"Brother and sister, think again!" Prince Cheng also knew that it was a matter of asking for someone now, so she didn't dare to break in, so she had to shout loudly at Taohua's back, and then left stupidly.

Taohua returned to her courtyard with a stomach full of anger, and hated so much that she changed her clothes again before going to see Brother Xu: "Take this set and wash it!" Don't get dirty! ”

Yuzhu agreed, hugged the clothes and ran away, Taohua felt a little calmer, and when she walked outside the door of the wing room, she heard Brother Xu's giggles, and the rest of the anger dissipated - Prince Cheng is an idiot who says that she is dreaming, just let her daydream, she will wake up sooner or later.

Taohua didn't mention this matter to Shen Shu, one was afraid that he would be angry, and the other was that he didn't care about it, the dog-eat-dog melee in the court was not over yet, and the emperor first proposed to reopen the spring festival.

Although the deputy chief examiner is still locked up in prison and has not been convicted, and there is no conclusion on whether the bribery and fraud are involved in the elder of the cabinet, the emperor's proposal to reopen the spring festival and let the examinees take another exam is equivalent to showing his attitude - he thinks that the deputy chief examiner has cheating, and it is not just a matter of entrapping a few candidates, so he must retake the exam.

Retaking the exam is not a trivial matter, especially since it has been more than a month since the Spring Festival was released, and some candidates who have failed the list have left Beijing in disgrace, and now they have to rush back, but they can toss it.

However, the imperial court set the time for the resumption of spring in July, so that the lifters who had already returned to their hometowns had enough time to turn back. And the imperial court also has to re-elect the main exam, and it will take time to draft the exam questions.

It's just that this time the main exam was re-elected, and the number of people in the Yu party suddenly decreased, and the queen mother suddenly fell ill in the palace, so she had to pass on the old lady Yu Ge to visit the palace.

There is a strong smell of medicine in the Shouxian Palace, since the beginning of this year, the Queen Mother's medicine has not been broken, I don't know if it has been smoked by the smell of medicine for too long, the entire Shouxian Palace seems to be penetrated by this bitter smell, and even the brick cracks are full of the smell of medicine.

Although it is the height of summer, there are two large icebergs in the Shouxian Palace that exude cool air, completely keeping the heat out of the doors and windows. No matter who you are, if you walk in from the outside, you will feel cool and comfortable.

But the people sitting in the Shouxian Palace didn't feel this comfort at all, but they all felt anxious in their hearts, as if they were on fire.

"Your Majesty, you don't trust the elder anymore." Mrs. Yu Ge came over in a carriage in the summer, and she was also sweating, and while talking, she couldn't help but wipe her forehead with a handkerchief, "What does Old Ge mean, I really have to guard against it." The fact that the mother is not pregnant, the elder has found out, and eighty percent is true......"

"Sure enough......" The Queen Mother's eyes narrowed slightly, "It's been more than ten years, and he has been guarding us for a long time." ”

Old Madam Yu Ge said in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's about the eldest princess of the emperor back then, and the emperor knows about it......"

"If he knew, he wouldn't have pampered the Yuan family like this." The Queen Mother shook her head, "The bowl of medicine was given to the Xia family by the Yuan family." In my opinion, he didn't know the truth, but just guessed that we did it. Well, it's no different. What are the plans of the elder of the pavilion? ”

"The elder said that the mother must have a prince in her hands, and it must be the blood of the Yu family."

The Queen Mother frowned: "If you send someone in at this time, the emperor won't want it." The queen is even more unthinkable. "Now that the emperor goes to the queen on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is really a cover and a pure sleep, and he will no longer touch the queen at all.

Old Madam Yu Ge lowered her voice: "Old Ge said that as long as outsiders say that it is the bloodline of the Yu family, it will be fine." ”

"Borrowing the womb to have a child?" When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyebrows didn't move, obviously she had already had this plan in her heart, "It's not easy, the emperor is not easy to fool." ”

If the emperor and the empress are still having sex, then of course this matter is easy to do. If the emperor is a fool, he can use some kind of wine and fragrant urging him, and then change someone, he can also fool the past. Helplessly, the emperor is shrewd, and the queen doesn't teach people to rest assured at all when she does things, to put it mildly, she can't even tease the emperor, and this matter is even more difficult to do if she puts it here.

Mrs. Yu Ge was silent for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "Old Ge said that it is the same to give birth to a child in the womb......

The posthumous child refers to the child who was still in the womb of his wife when the husband died, and when Yu Ge Lao said this, it was tantamount to saying that the emperor was going to die. Even though Mrs. Yu Ge had repeatedly prepared all the way, she was still terrified when she said this.

The Queen Mother's eyebrows finally jumped: "That's it?" ”

"The elder said that the emperor has sent someone to investigate the invasion of the Japanese in Fuzhou......"

The incident of the Japanese raid on Fuzhou City, in fact, was also a mud in the end, General Lu only fined him but did not demote him, and hastily disposed of a guard commander in the name of negligence, even if he vaguely passed the matter. But now I have re-checked, and that is to get to the bottom of it.

"That incident......" The Queen Mother stared at Old Madam Yu Ge, "Rui'er is also among them?" ”

Old Madam Yu Ge said vaguely: "This, the courtiers really don't know ......"

The Queen Mother leaned back in despair: "What's the matter with Rui'er...... Shandong's thing was almost - how dare he do this! "In the Shandong incident, she still felt that Yu Ge was too bold, but now she knows that Yu Rui is even bolder......

Old Madam Yu Ge was silent. Since she married into the Yu family as a stepmother, she has always listened more and said less to her family, and there are some things that the Queen Mother can say, but she can't say. Especially Yu Rui is a person that Yu Ge Lao values, so she rarely evaluates.

The Queen Mother was distracted for a moment before she said: "This matter, can't you hide it?" ”

Mrs. Yu Ge bowed and said, "Old Ge must have to find a way, but ...... The emperor has ...... for his family In the future, I'm afraid I will always have to start. "Once the emperor is suspicious of you, even if you have not made the slightest mistake, you will not be able to escape the doom, not to mention that the Yu family is not invulnerable.

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly: "In the end, we still have to come to this point......" I didn't expect that when she reached this age, she would experience another vicious battle, and this one was even more dangerous than the time she followed the first emperor when she was young. If it was the emperor's hands and feet that the queen had been pregnant at first glance last year, and the anger of betrayal supported her and her fighting spirit, then the successive illnesses have consumed most of this ambition, and she is a little unmotivated at this moment.

Old Madam Yu Ge didn't know what to say. She is a woman, and now her honor is enough, and she just wants her children and grandchildren to be stable all the way. But Yu Ge Lao moved this idea, she could only follow, husband and wife are one, what else can she do?

The two women looked at each other for a while, and the Queen Mother cheered up and said, "If you do this, you must plan carefully, and you must not be in a hurry." ”

Mrs. Yu Ge said: "The old lady said that the northwest side is going well, and the Dingbei Hou Mansion is not a monolith, and the emperor also wants to pull the Dingbei Hou down, which can be borrowed from the emperor's hand...... "The emperor wants to use the Yu family to bring down the Dingbei Hou Mansion, so the Yu family can also use the emperor."

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "The Marquis of Dingbei will definitely not let go of the military power easily. "This is the foundation of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and it is even the capital to keep Shen Shu.

Old Madam Yu Ge thought for a while and said, "Old Ge said that this time the Zhao Party made trouble, and there was the handiwork of King Anjun and the Marquis of Dingbei. The elder guessed that the emperor and King Anjun might have shook hands and made peace. Yu Ge Lao was just guessing about this matter, and he once told her that if the Queen Mother didn't ask, she didn't have to say it, so as not to worry too much.

The Queen Mother's face changed suddenly: "Is this true?" She knew that the Jiang family had diagnosed and treated Zhao Chongyi, but the Jiang family was a doctor, and she didn't ask whether she was a party or not, so she really didn't know that the Zhao family and the Anjun Mansion had joined forces.

"He, he actually made peace with Lao Siyan?" The Queen Mother still can't believe it, this is related to the original competition for the throne!

"I'm afraid it's because of Princess Anjun." Old Madam Yu Ge said in a low voice, "If you dispose of the King of Anjun, how will the princess of the county deal with herself?" Besides, King Anjun has no chance to compete for the throne now...... "The emperor has already sat on the dragon chair, and even has a son, so why should King Anjun fight?" It is better to turn around and curry favor with the emperor, and bring down the party's founding merits, so that it can maintain stability in the future.

"For a woman...... Queen Mother couldn't believe it, "He, he's in love...... Just because the Jiang family was born to be a little similar to the Xia family......"

"I'm afraid it's not just for the eldest princess." Although Old Madam Yu Ge is not very common, those things have long been familiar, "Princess Anjun is indeed different. "Even though the emperor has 3,000 beauties in the palace, but none of them can compare with Princess Anjun, how can such a maverick woman not attract the emperor's attention?

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment and muttered: "If I knew this was the case, it would have been better to obey the emperor's wishes and let her enter the palace...... The red face is really good! ”

Of course, Mrs. Yu Ge is not good at commenting on this matter, whether she enters the palace or not, it was all done by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother herself regretted it, but it was not her turn to say: "The old man said that now the emperor does not know that our family has already known about this matter, and he can take advantage of this opportunity." ”

Since the king of Anjun is willing to submit to the emperor, the military power in the hands of the Marquis of Dingbei must be put down, and the emperor wants to get this military power, and the Yu family can take the opportunity to start, steal the beams and change the pillars, and Li Dai will be stiff. The only trouble was that the Northwest Army was too far away, and how to mobilize them into Beijing was a difficult problem.

"This, this is too risky......" As soon as the Queen Mother heard that the emperor and Shen Shuyan had joined forces, she faintly felt that something was wrong.

"But if not, once the emperor and the king of Anjun have no suspicions, they will work together to deal with our family...... "Then it will be even more hopeless, one has the right and the other has soldiers, what else does the Yu family have."

The Queen Mother leaned back in her chair. Yes, in the past, the emperor needed the Yu family, because he wanted to compete with his brothers for the throne, and the emperor needed the Yu family, and also because Shen Shu was eyeing him in the back. If there is no tiger now, then what else does the emperor want to do with the wolves at home?

"Can't let them join forces......" the Queen Mother muttered.

"If that's the case, of course it's best to ......," Old Madam Yu Ge smiled bitterly, "But now—what's the way?" ”

A cold light flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes: "Since it's because of the Jiang family, what if the Jiang family is dead?" ”

"Dead?" Old Madam Yu Ge thought about it, but still shook her head, "The Queen Mother is cautious." If the princess of the county died, if the emperor was angry...... "Doesn't that hate the family even more?"

The Queen Mother rubbed her temples with a headache, only to feel as if there were two drums beating desperately: "Let me think again." Why hasn't the envoy come yet? Although she summoned the old lady of Yu Ge to come in to spread the word on the occasion of illness, she also summoned the envoy of the Zheng Yuan in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and it is said that although the envoy of the Zheng Yuan is not on duty today, it should be sent to the palace to diagnose her pulse at this time.

"The Queen Mother first asked the doctor on duty to check the pulse?" Old lady Yu Ge saw that the queen mother's face was really not very good, and she was also worried, in case she came in to spread a word, the queen mother would really fall ill, and it was her fault again, "It's not good to delay this matter." ”

The Queen Mother reluctantly shook her head: "A few days ago, I used the medicine of Zheng Yuan, and it was much better, but now I only believe ......in him" A while ago, Zheng Yuan's envoy changed the prescription, and she really felt much better, even if there was this reopening of the spring festival, it was nothing, but now I heard that the emperor and Shen Shu joined forces, which really made her a little unbearable. The imperial doctor on duty is a member of the party, but his medical skills are ......

As he was talking, people from the outer palace came in and said, "The imperial doctor has arrived." "It was not the envoy of the Zheng Yuan who came in, but the imperial doctor on duty.

The Queen Mother frowned when she saw it: "Why are you?" "Does the envoy of the Zheng Yuan dare not come?

"The envoy of the Zheng Yuan fell from a horse outside the palace gate and injured his leg...... "The imperial doctor knew that the queen mother could not trust, but since the envoy of the Zheng court could not come, he had to come over to diagnose the pulse of the queen mother as the one on duty, otherwise if the queen mother had anything wrong, he would not be able to run away first."

"Why did you fall off your horse?" The Queen Mother's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Said that the family carriage went to repair, I heard that the queen mother summoned, so I rode a horse to come, who knows how old I am...... "It is said that the age should also be old, and still occupy the position of the envoy of the hospital and do not move, and now that he has fallen, he should not be able to hold on anymore, right?"

The Queen Mother sighed deeply: "Let someone visit him and reward him." ”

The news that Zheng Yuan's envoy had broken his leg soon spread to the Anjun Palace, and Taohua shook his head when he heard it: "I still used this method." Zheng Yuan's envoy also fought hard, and seeing that the queen mother had no intention of letting him go after offering medicine, he had to hurt himself.

When people are old, they can't compare to young people, and it is difficult to heal completely. Zheng Yuan came so suddenly, it would not be too convenient to move for the rest of his life, but he would rather do so than to get old, which shows the body of the Queen Mother......

For the queen mother's body, of course, it must be Yu Ge Lao. At this time, he was indispensable for the Queen Mother to sit in the harem, so as soon as the old lady Yu returned home, he immediately asked: "How is the Queen Mother's phoenix body?" ”

Old Madam Yu Ge said cautiously: "The concubine looks at her spirit and is okay, but after hearing the news, her face is really bad. However, the envoy of Zheng Yuan injured his leg again, although the imperial doctor on duty who came was reliable, but his medical skills were ......, "After a diagnosis, it was nothing more than to say some words of recuperation, and the queen mother finally used the prescription that Zheng Yuan envoy entered a few days ago."

"It's okay." Elder Yu Ge sighed, "What did the Queen Mother say?" ”

"Niangniang said that she couldn't let the emperor join forces with King Anjun, and she originally wanted to get rid of the Jiang family. However, the concubine felt that if the Jiang family died, it might attract the emperor's hatred, so she ......"

"You've got that in mind." Yu Ge Lao rarely praised this step-room who was more than ten years younger than himself, and said, "This method can't be done." But the Queen Mother is right, it should start from Jiang's body, and the bell must be tied to the bell. It's just that there has to be a safe way......"

Old Madam Yu Ge hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "When the concubine left the palace, she met the palace people of Fengyi Palace...... "In fact, she is the queen's confidant palace person."

"Is it the queen, what's the word?" Elder Yu Ge frowned. He is really disappointed in this daughter now, and the things he has done are simply speechless, why did he choose her to enter the palace in the first place? It was simply the most failed decision of his life.

The queen's confidant palace people secretly came to see Mrs. Yu Ge without the queen, in order to tell her that the queen wanted to deal with Princess Anjun.

"The queen wants to ...... Let the emperor and Princess Anjun ...... The raw rice was cooked and the rice was cooked, and the princess of Anjun was allowed to enter the palace. This idea is simply crazy, the confidants and palace people were frightened, and they couldn't persuade them, I heard that the old lady Yu Ge had entered the palace, and they hurriedly came to find her.

Originally, I should have told the Queen Mother about this, but the Queen Mother's health is really not good now, that is, the Queen can't see it, and she is still messing around. The confidants of the palace did not dare to disturb the queen mother at all, thinking about it, maybe only Yu Ge Lao could still think of a way to control the queen, although there is a distinction between monarchs and ministers, in the end it is still father and daughter.

"This way...... Not bad......" Yu Ge Lao listened, but his eyes suddenly lit up, "Although the queen is confused, this method is well thought of!" "If the emperor takes the Jiang family, then Shen Shu will no longer be able to join forces with the emperor no matter what, so if the Dingbei Hou Mansion joins forces with the Yu family......

"Huh?" Old Madam Yu Ge originally thought that this was a crazy idea, and when she came back to relay it, she also wanted to let Yu Ge Lao dispel the queen's thoughts, who knew that Yu Ge Lao actually agreed?

How can this be done? This king robbed his courtier's wife...... ...... who will be infamous in the future"

Yu Ge Lao said indifferently: "There are many such things, as long as you change your name, who dares to ask more?" "The only question is, if the Yu family joins forces with the Dingbei Hou Mansion, will they have to Gong Shen Shu in the future? It didn't work. The Marquis of Dingbei has soldiers, and if Shen Shu ascends the throne, the situation of the Yu family will be even more difficult. Only by letting the emperor fight with Shen Shu can the Yu family profit from it.

Old Madam Yu Ge didn't dare to speak. Yu Ge Lao didn't intend to say anything to her at this time, so he waved his hand and said, "You go out and rest, let me think about this matter again, and then reply to the queen." ”