Princess Lichuan said: "Isn't it because you have a daughter like me who is his favorite, and you are knowledgeable and reasonable, and help him deal with the affairs of the harem, so that your father can feel at ease in the government, and you are also very virtuous and virtuous?" ”

The concubine laughed and said, "Daughter, you are so shrewd and don't understand the trick here?" Virtuous, Shuhui, what is it to be able to take care of housekeeping? Your father is so good to me, because I only have one daughter from you now, your younger brother died early, I am already old, I can't have another child, our Chen family does not have a prince of Chen family's bloodline, it is impossible to usurp the throne like the previous dynasty, this cannot threaten him. In addition, among all the people in the prince's mansion at that time, I am now the only one left, of course it is good for me. In comparison, the queen is not good, the prince was born in the Wang family, such a prince succeeds to the throne, and it is possible to repeat the history of the Liu family seizing the Liu family's power. How could he sit back and watch such a thing happen? ”

Princess Lichuan said: "But my father is also the blood of the Li family?" Wasn't my grandmother, the Queen Mother, from the Li family? ”

The concubine said: "Although your father was born in the Li family, your father has always hated the family, and he has always been like this. But what about the Prince? Originally, your father had high hopes for him, after all, he was the eldest son, but he was too stupid, and he has always been more in the prince's family, can this reassure your father? It's only a matter of time before he is deposed, and sure enough, your father really deposed him. ”

Princess Lichuan sighed a little and said: "Alas, in this way, he just doesn't rebel, and his father will abolish him sooner or later." Maybe it was because he and Queen Wang saw what their father meant, so they thought of preemptively attacking and rebelling. By the way, I'm also very close to the Chen family, so my father won't be disappointed in me, right? ”

The concubine smiled: "Silly child, what is your father disappointed in you?" You are a girl, your children are all surnamed Xu, you are now a member of the Xu family, and your Xu family is in a relationship with the Chen family. It's normal. ”

Princess Lichuan couldn't help but say when she thought about it: "Oh, fortunately, I am a princess, and the fate of the prince is too bumpy, and the fate of the princesses is better." ”

The concubine smiled and said, "Yes." I don't know what's wrong? There are very few princesses, so the royal family attaches great importance to them, and naturally every princess is pampered, and the dowry given is more than that given by the previous dynasty. Don't you know, the emperor of the previous dynasty can have dozens of princesses, so how can you give more dowries? Don't you want to make the treasury poor? ”

Lichuan also laughed and said: "Fortunately, I am the princess of this dynasty, not from the previous dynasty, and my dowry is very rich." But the abundance should also be, and my father is now the only one who has married a princess. Although I still have two younger sisters in the harem, I don't know if I can grow up to get married. “

The concubine said: "Actually, when you got married, your father always felt ashamed of you, because the emperor spent all the treasury. Leaving a rag for your father, your father has worked hard for so many years to get a little better, and he has to use troops against the barbarians, so he has always been very nervous about money. Your dowry is far worse than that of your two aunts. Do you remember when you were a child? You're not at that level now, are you? However, you have always been very satisfied with the dowry, and you are still thrifty and thrifty after you get married. The princesses of my dynasty are all extravagant and can't handle housework. Princess Jingzhen brought the Qi family extravagantly, and now that Princess Jingzhen is gone, the Qi family is no longer good. And your eldest aunt, the eldest princess, all rely on your third aunt to manage the housework for her. Why else would you be so nice to your third aunt. You are different, not only do you take good care of your own home, but also manage your mother-in-law's house and your uncle's house well. Your father was very pleased, and naturally wanted to compensate you more, so he gave you the profits of Shanghai City. Actually, for these two little princesses in the harem, your father also loves them very much, but one is about to fall when the wind blows, and the other is holding the medicine jar all the year round, and I don't know what will happen in the future? ”

Lichuan chatted with her mother for a while, and suddenly the palace maid Yu'er came to tell her: "Guifei Niangniang, the slave maid heard that the emperor has made a decree to let His Royal Highness King Qi serve in the Ministry of Officials, and he is the deputy secretary." ”

The concubine was taken aback and asked, "Can it be exact?" ”

Yu'er said: "The eunuchs have all left the palace. ”

The concubine groaned. Lichuan was also a little worried and said: "This is not good news, at this time, the father and the emperor are so fanfare about reusing the third brother, what will the courtiers think, I originally thought that the prince was abolished, and this storage position should be the fourth brother's, how could this be." By the way, mother concubine, could it be because the fourth brother's imperial concubine is Wen Feng? ”

The concubine said: "No, because unlike the family from which he was born, King Jin is just a wife of the Chen family, a family." But there are too many women for this prince or the emperor, if your father is not satisfied with the daughter of the Chen family, you can let King Jin be the crown prince, and you can replace the crown princess with someone else, such as Concubine Ma. Then, Wen Feng became Liangdi. This is also normal. Your father's wife is Li, but the queen is not Wang? ”

Lichuan nodded, this is, and asked, "What is that dissatisfied?" Could it be that he dislikes the fourth brother's bad background? Born in the market? ”

The concubine laughed and said, "You, the mother family of the King of Jin is a market, and the mother family of the King of Qi is not a market?" ”

Lichuan thought about it too.

The concubine sneered and said, "These are not the reasons, the reason is that your father has become obsessed with Concubine Wande again." This is the table of grace Wande Concubine. You can't be careless about this, once King Qi becomes the crown prince, then Concubine Wande will definitely become the queen, and our good days will be gone. Go back quickly and discuss with King Jin. Anyway, doesn't he go to you every day to discuss the construction of the hospital? ”

Princess Lichuan hurriedly said: "Yes, we come and go every day, this matter is without further ado, we have to hurry up and think of countermeasures." Mother, I'll leave the palace. ”

The concubine nodded and said, "Don't forget to give your third brother a congratulatory gift." ”

Princess Lichuan nodded.

Back in the house, Princess Lichuan hurriedly asked people to invite King Jin over, saying that she wanted to talk to him about the hospital.

In the mansion of King Jin, in the study of King Liu Yan of Jin, Liu Yan and Liu Jingyuan were discussing.

Liu Jingyuan said: "At this time, the eunuch who announced the decree should have gone to the palace of the King of Qi to announce the decree. ”

Liu Yan nodded.

Liu Jingyuan said: "King Jin, you come back to the capital, although the emperor has given you a commendation, but he has not arranged an errand for you. But the king of Qi, who has not made an inch, has entered the ministry? ”

Liu Yan was depressed in his heart.

At this time, the entourage came to report, saying that Chen Yuanheng was here.

Liu Yan hurriedly said, please.

After a while, Chen Yuanheng came in, and as soon as he entered the door, he said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, have you heard?" The emperor let King Qi enter the ministry. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Yes, I heard about it too." ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Entering the Ministry of Officials at this time, on the one hand, it will make those courtiers think that the emperor prefers King Qi, and on the other hand, if King Qi lasts in the Ministry of Officials, he will be able to control the officials in the world." What kind of place is this office? The promotion and demotion, evaluation and the like of officials in the world are all under the management of officials? Up to the Shangshu, the cabinet ministers, and down to the county order, they are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials, who doesn't make friends with the Ministry of Officials? In this way, in the next few years, the king of Qi really controls the officials of the world, and at that time, even if we get the crown prince, we will still be suppressed by the king of Qi. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "What the third uncle said is very true. We just thought that if our father did this, the world would think that the third brother was the most beloved by the emperor, but we never thought that this position was so dangerous and could control the officials of the world. ”

Liu Jingyuan said: "Then what should we do? ”

Chen Yuanheng frowned and said: "We also have to think about entering the sixth department, no matter what, we can't sit still, we must fight for it." ”

Liu Jingyuan asked: "How to fight for it?" This is something that the emperor can decide? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "The three princes are because the emperor now favors Concubine Wande, and Concubine Wande asked the emperor to ask the three princes to enter the ministry, and the emperor agreed, so the three princes went." This Concubine Wande is also a smart person, if she directly asks for the position of the crown prince, no matter how much the emperor loves her, it is impossible to agree at once. Now she retreated and asked King Qi to go to the ministry to train. This is because there is a precedent for King Jin to go to Jiangnan to practice, and the emperor is not easy to refuse her, so he naturally agreed to her request. ”

Liu Jingyuan thought about it, and sure enough: "Alas, in this harem, it is really a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden." This Wande Concubine, others say that she was born in the market, but she is more beautiful and has no brains. But you see, she provoked the emperor several times, and was even beaten into the cold palace, isn't she still a concubine and still lives in Jiuhua Palace? Didn't this King of Qi enter the Ministry of Officials in the same way? ”

Chen Yuanheng laughed and said: "Jingyuan, you are stupid, you can be a concubine, can you be a concubine, and you can be relegated to the cold palace and come back to be a concubine, can you be a mindless character?" These concubines in the harem are all in the bloody rain, and the struggle in the harem is even more cruel than the struggle of our previous dynasty, which His Royal Highness the King of Jin should feel deeply. ”

Liu Yan nodded.

Chen Yuanheng said: "I think, it's better to be like this, let's discuss it, and then ask my eldest sister to help, tell the emperor, let the King of Jin also enter the six departments, all of them are princes, where can we favor one over the other?" Moreover, since the emperor already wants to elect the prince, he should let the adult princes participate in the election, and only those who are capable, virtuous, and meritorious can be the prince, so that it is good for the people of the world and good for Dachu. ”

Liu Jingyuan said: "The righteous father's words are right, it should be like this, we will ask the concubine and the emperor to give advice." ”

As he was talking here, he suddenly came in and said: "Lord Qi, Princess Lichuan's Mansion has sent a steward over and invited the prince and Lord Liu to the princess's mansion, saying that it is about the hospital and wants to discuss it with the prince." ”

After saying that, he handed over the post.

Chen Yuanheng laughed and said, "The princess is really glass-hearted, so smart, let's go together?" ”

Liu Yan nodded, then ordered the car to be prepared, and went to Princess Lichuan's mansion together.

When they arrived at Princess Lichuan's mansion, they went directly into the study, and as soon as they entered the door, Princess Lichuan saw that her third uncle was also here, and she was very curious, Chen Yuanheng They found that in addition to Princess Lichuan, there was also a person sitting in the room, wearing a light green spring dress, beautiful and elegant, this person was Wen Hui.

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