Chapter 335: Time Changes
On the eighth day of the first month of the twenty-third year of Yongping, Su Bingli, the eldest daughter of Su Guogong Su Yi, married into the mansion of Chu Yuan, the thirteenth prince, according to outside rumors, it was not as favored as expected, and the reason for the spread on the streets and alleys was because the thirteen princes had already had a woman who liked him, and her background was not high, and she was continuously sealed and raised her status.
Because Su Guogong holds the military power, the most favored daughter is naturally the object of competition among the princes, but the emperor married her to the thirteen princes who have always been unfavored as concubines, which is obviously an action to promote Chu Yuan, and the other princes immediately regarded Chu Yuan as a thorn in their eyes, and from this point on, the youngest thirteen princes, who have never liked power schemes, were completely pulled into the court. Although Su Bingli's situation is embarrassing, it can hinder Su Yi's face and stabilize his position.
The gossip and scandal in the backyard can always arouse the interest of the deep lady, and after tea and dinner, there is more talk in the wine shop, but for men, especially men who are particularly sensitive to any wind direction in the court, they are concerned about other things.
In the same year, Chu Ya, the ninth prince of the emperor, was involved in the case of abducting and selling girls, and was reprimanded by the emperor, and stripped the title of prince, changed the title of county king, and ordered to be grounded in the prince's mansion, and was not allowed to enter the palace without a summons. The Nine Emperor Princes Chu Ya faded out of the court for only half a year, and the Nine Emperor Princesses were found out for repeatedly murdering pregnant concubines in the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion.
The military department Shangshu has dredged up the crime many times to no avail, suddenly lost his favored daughter, and angered the Nine Emperors for ignoring the concubine on weekdays, which led to today's evil consequences. Then he was furious and broke off with the Nine Emperor Princes, and the six Shangshu were only connected by the military department Shangshu and the Nine Emperor Princes. Now that they have parted ways, the military department has turned to others. It is a big loss for the Nine Emperor Princes, the only support is not there, and it is becoming more and more silent.
In the following year, on the fifteenth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Yongping, the palace drank and feasted, and the birth mother of the Nine Emperor Sons, the virtuous concubine, lost her honor in front of the emperor. angered Long Yan, was stripped of his title, and was relegated to the cold palace. The son is more precious than the mother. Together with the Nine Emperor Princes who had not appeared on the table for a long time, they also fell and were belittled.
The only thing to support the military department is to turn against the water, and the only one who can rely on is the mother of the concubine, one of the four concubines, who also tends to decline because of the concubine's fall from grace, and the concubine is suffering from illness in the cold palace. But he died in January. The Nine Emperors collapsed, and in September of the same year, they died of depression. Emperor Shengde finally felt in his heart, and ordered the restoration of the previous title, buried in the name of the virtuous concubine and the prince, as soon as the ninth prince Chu Ya died, the courtiers and capable people under his command immediately looked for the next object of allegiance, and the rest of the capable princes in the court began a new round of reshuffle.
The third prince, Chu Ze, was silent for a long time. But it was only an appearance, which deceived the emperor's holy hearing. only made the emperor think that he was really closed and silent, but in fact, he secretly gradually recovered with the help of the concubine's mother's family. The Seventh Prince Chu Yuan successfully suppressed the Ninth Emperor Prince Chu Ya, thinking that he would be outstanding from then on and become more and more prominent in the court, but the emperor promoted the thirteenth prince Chu Yuan, and he was angry with Su Yi, which should not be underestimated.
The six departments suddenly became a place of contention for the princes, and the faction represented by Qi Ziyu, the rising star in the court, was more and more relied on by the emperor, but he had not yet expressed his position. In this way, the emperor's love is even more, and the rewards are continuous.
It's just that the serious lady of the Qi Mansion went south to cultivate, and the rumors that were once very popular in Beijing were the little marquis of Qi was dedicated, and they were also eliminated as Song Junyao, the second lady, gradually became active in the aristocratic circle in Beijing, and those women who were spoiled and envious of Qi Ziyu were also disappointed. How can there be any deep love, now just look at Song Junyao to know that with the prime minister's father as the backing, any infatuated man will also empathize with him.
However, more people sighed for a while and then left it behind, after all, things that have no vital interests with them are just talking, who will really be unhappy for the lady who has been favored for a while, and still have to risk offending the second lady of Qihou and Prime Minister Song Cheng, who are now favored.
Two years, enough to make the world change, some things have been forgotten, those who are dead, those who are alive, have been forgotten, but there are always some that cannot be forgotten, such as power, as long as these people live for one day, there is no way to give up the fight for the supreme position, all the wind and grass will be paid attention to, even a little wrong may cause immeasurable consequences, like climbing a building with bare hands, a little careless, is broken bones, but as long as you persist to the end, it is the one who stands at the highest place and looks down on all beings.
The White Mansion has become an indelible name for both the rivers and lakes and the imperial court, and no one knows when it began to rise suddenly, nor does anyone know who is behind it and what it wants to do. It's just a rumor in the rivers and lakes that Bailou has a vast influence, and as if it had been premeditated, countless hands have been stretched into various sects, which has the meaning of reshuffling the forces of the rivers and lakes.
The court and the central government are even more jealous, secretly wary, whether this mysterious Jianghu sect will intervene in the party struggle as expected, several forces secretly compete, and finally the emperor had to pay attention to it, and ordered to exterminate it, but in vain, several attacks made the power of Bailou not increase but decrease, and there was no fear of the court.
Ye Musheng was very satisfied with this result, his master single-handedly created the White Mansion when he was alive, but there was no such force, and no one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do.
When Chu Ze and Chu Yun noticed that something was wrong, it was already a little late, and they were too rash to attack Bai Lou, which made Bai Lou favor the other side, they regretted it, and sent out their advisors to show goodwill, and even used the power of the rivers and lakes to show favor to the mysterious master of Bai Lou, but unfortunately it didn't have much effect.
However, the people who returned brought the same news to them, saying that the owner of the White Mansion was determined and would be merciless to those who had offended him, but there was only one exception, but that person was heavily protected by the White Mansion, and no one knew her identity, only that it was a character who suddenly appeared, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.
Chu Ze secretly ordered a strict investigation, in his concept, the only thing that cannot be returned is the safest thing to destroy, and it is necessary to send someone to enter the inside of the White Building to find out and then cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.
And Chu Yun was unwilling to confront it head-on, but forbeared, secretly cultivating the forces of the rivers and lakes on the one hand, wanting to fight against it, but on the other hand, he became more and more low-key in the court. (To be continued......)