Chapter 408: People don't destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake
The scene that happened in the garden of the Zhang family's mansion soon reached the ears of the Zhang family's elders. Listening to the complaints and anger of the juniors in the family, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He knew that for Zhang Bailong, it seemed that the survival of the Zhang family was of little importance. The only problem is that if the Zhang family perishes, he, as a member of the Zhang family, will also have some trouble. To be precise, when Zhang Bailong died when his biological mother died when he was ten years old, it seemed that nothing could always enter his heart.
And they made a serious mistake at the beginning, when Zhang Bailong was just picked up at the age of thirteen or fourteen, no one really cared about him, and in his marriage, at the beginning, some people were worried that his intelligence would cause trouble in the establishment of the heir, or they would not marry him, or they would introduce some crooked melons and cracked dates.
The consequence is love, friendship and affection, Zhang Bailong has almost nothing, but he has no concern for the Zhang family. When he quickly and truly matured, these so-called feelings had no restraining or influence on him. ”
"At a critical time, you can't expect him to work hard." The Great Elder sent away the Zhang family who came to complain, and sighed softly in his heart, he had long lost that kind of control over that child, and now he could only hope that Zhang Bailong's pride would not allow him to abandon the city and flee.
But what Zhang Bailong will really do, the Great Elder doesn't have a little bottom in his heart, and even if Zhang Bailong tries his best, he may not really be able to turn things around, it seems that he still has to be prepared with both hands.
Regarding the small cracks that occurred within the Zhang family, Yin Susu did not know what to do. But this did not prevent her from being in a good mood after completing the task, because even if the Zhang family was internally ironclad, Zhang Bailong tried his best. I guess he won't be able to turn things around, unless he can turn back the clock. And now, as long as they are a little bit eye-catching and a little well-informed, they will not know that the two rebels of the Zhang family and the Chen family are already in danger.
Then, some people started to get moving.
There have never been many such things as fighting for merit since ancient times, not to mention that this time it also involves the struggle of the princes. And when he inserted it with the momentum of a dark horse, the fourth prince immediately became a person who competed for merit in the eyes of the third prince, the second prince and others, which was very hateful.
Among them, the three princes especially looked at it unpleasantly. Without the participation of the Four Princes, he would have been the biggest winner in this counterinsurgency war. After all, his mother family is the Lu family, a military family, and his cousin Lu Pingzhi is also a general. It also performed extremely well in this war.
When he received the latest battle report, the sound of porcelain shattering to the floor rang out from his study, and then his roar almost deafened the ears of the little man waiting outside.
"It's just a cheap breed born of a cheap maid in the palace, and he dares to compete with me! Cheap breed! Cheap breed! Look how this king cleans you up! ”
Everyone knows the identity of the four princes. The emperor has never liked him, and everyone knows the truth. The third prince was naturally no exception, and after he got angry and began to think about it, he was extremely puzzled by it. According to common sense, the fourth prince is the least competitive for the throne, and with the emperor's dislike for him and his biological mother, it should be that even if the throne is passed on to the seventh prince Yu Wenyi, who has a history of infatuation, he will not pass it on to him.
But this time, the emperor allowed the fourth prince to personally lead the troops to quell the rebellion, could it be said that his father had temporarily put down the mustard? The third prince couldn't figure it out, so he decided to go to the palace and meet his mother. When that happened. His mother, Concubine Lu Li, has entered the palace, and she should know a lot of inside information about the incident.
The son is already that old. Concubine Lu Lifei is also in her forties this year, but she is still very well maintained, there are almost no wrinkles on her fair and delicate skin, only a little bit of fish foot lines at the corners of her eyes, her eyes are still bright, and her hair is also black, so she naturally makes great efforts to maintain it. Overall, she is still very beautiful, with charming eyes, gorgeous face, still a good figure, and a unique charm of mature women around her.
still has such a beauty in her forties, and Concubine Lu Li should be worthy of the title of Li. It can be seen from Lu Pingzhi's appearance that not to mention the character of the Lu family, all of them are very good. It's a pity that when Queen Liu entered the palace, her beauty, which could almost cover the glory of the sun and the moon, naturally also covered the charm of this one, and ten years ago, Queen Liu's eighteen or nineteenth was the first blooming flower, and Concubine Lu Li was thirty-four or five years old when she had begun to decline.
So not only was she secretly laughed at Concubine Li, who was unworthy of her name, but even the emperor's favor for her was taken away a lot, but Concubine Lu didn't care so much in her heart. Because Empress Liu has no biological son, and the crown prince is now stepping into the coffin with one foot, among the remaining princes, which prince can compete with her son? Which indecisive waste son of Lu Guifei?
So with the heaviness of the prince's illness, her mood is getting better day by day, and she maintains a happy mood every day. She has worked hard for most of her life, fought countless people, and harmed countless people, isn't she just waiting for this day?
She had only one goal from the day she entered the palace, to become the queen and the mother of the world. But when she found out that even after the obstructive and weak Empress Yuan died, she still had no way to become the queen, and let an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl from the Liu family become the queen and stand on top of her head, she changed her target.
So her goal now is to become the queen mother, how can her husband have a son who is reliable, and the queen is still in danger of being deposed, since ancient times, I have never heard of the queen mother who was abandoned by her own son. In short, the queen mother's throne is much more attractive to her than the queen, and fortunately everything is moving forward as she dreamed of.
The crown prince was assassinated and seriously injured, Queen Liu only gave birth to a daughter, and now she is also seriously injured, and the fate of the sons and daughters of the Great Zhou is always so bad. She didn't even do it, and in such a smooth situation, she even felt that God was favoring her, favoring her son, and her own son was destined to be the child of destiny.
But lately, her mood has been a little tense, and she is not as happy and relaxed as before, but she will not tell this kind of thing to anyone, not even anyone. It's not that the palace maids who serve closely beside her are not unaware of her strange tendency, the kind of appearance that obviously cares and pretends not to care, but considering the character of this master, no one dares to show it.
"You say, the fourth child has been very eye-catching on the battlefield recently?"
"Mother, you are gentle, but you are just a cheap breed born to a palace maid!" As soon as the fourth prince appeared on the big stage, his excessively outstanding performance gave the third prince a lot of pressure and made him very irritable.
"Don't say that, he's your own brother after all." Concubine Lu smiled and comforted her son, he knew that the problems in his son's personality, irritability and unstable emotions could be said to be his biggest shortcoming. "Besides, even if your father doesn't like him anymore, he won't want one of his sons to call the other a lowly seed."
Looking at his mother's stable look, the third prince strangely calmed down, "What you said is also true, as long as the father is still disgusted with him, he will definitely not be able to turn over." And because of his biological mother's matter, it is absolutely impossible for him to turn over, but in vain. ”
"yes, but in vain." A gentle smile appeared on Concubine Lu Lifei's well-maintained face, but her hand hidden in her navy blue trimmed purple rainbow brocade sleeve was clenched into a fist. "My son, as long as you continue to maintain it now and don't make any mistakes, this crown prince position is destined to be yours."
"Don't worry, mother." The third prince laughed proudly, "Even if he wants to grab the credit, it depends on whether he can grab it or not, my father still loves me more." ”
"Don't care about him, he won't really affect you." Concubine Lu Li's hand in her sleeve loosened and clenched, and then released again, but the smile on her face remained unchanged, still loving and gentle, "Don't waste time on unnecessary things, go and get busy with you." ”
"Yes, I'll see you another day."
"Don't forget to stop by to see your poor sister, although Queen Liu didn't let go, it's always good for you to add some impression points." Concubine Lu Lifei curled her red lips.
The third prince and his sister Ning Chuan were not interested in the thirteenth princess, which was a little reluctant, but he still agreed, ready to go and see his half-sister.
Sending him out, the look on Concubine Lu Li's face was a little gloomy for a moment, but she quickly recovered, smiled and asked the maid ring beside her, "Where should Your Majesty be now?" ”
"At this point, it's about a batch of excerpts? It seems that you just came back from the East Palace, do you want to see the emperor? ”
Lu Lifei thought for a while and said, "Ask the small kitchen to make a bowl of good soup." ”
This is really ready to meet the emperor, the personal palace maid knows in her heart, although Queen Liu is calm in front of the three princes, but she is still affected a lot.
The palace maid guessed correctly, because this incident did have a great impact on Concubine Lu Li, because this was the only fatal thing about Concubine Lu Li. And the blow is fatal, if that incident is revealed, neither she nor the third prince will have a place to turn over at once.
However, she has been in the palace smoothly for nearly thirty years, and Concubine Lu Li took a deep breath and relaxed again. After all, more than 20 years have passed, and the parties involved back then were basically all dead ghosts, the damned ones were all dead, and the unworthy ones were all killed by her, unless the dead were resurrected, no one should be able to really find evidence to prove that she did it.
As for the loss? Are you kidding? In the palace mixed women who have clean hands! People don't kill for themselves, Concubine Lu Li has never regretted what she did back then, she has such a good opportunity, and she is not a saint, how can she hold back and not do it?
After her face was as usual, she calmly re-planned, and at this time in Lanyuan, Yin Susu listened to her brother's words, and seemed to be smiling.
"You said that the fourth prince asked me to investigate the truth about the death of the Yuan Empress that year?" (To be continued......)
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