Chapter 124: The Prince
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It was rumored that Emperor Xia Hui intended to make the eldest prince the crown prince, but the harem was shocked, and even the queen mother couldn't sit still.
"Nonsense, the prince is the foundation of the country, how to easily set it up." The Queen Mother was angry, and Emperor Xia Hui wanted to establish a prince, but she didn't discuss it with her at all.
"Queen Mother, Rui'er is the concubine of the Middle Palace, and the position of the prince is Rui'er's." Emperor Xia Hui said, refuting the Queen Mother for the first time.
"The eldest prince is the eldest grandson of the mourning family, how can the mourning family not love him, it's just that the eldest prince is not in good health, and you have also been the prince, how can you not know the hardships of the prince's position, you now make the eldest prince the prince, it will only harm him, and his body can't bear it at all." The Queen Mother said, looking like she was thinking about the eldest prince.
"Then who does the queen mother think should be the prince?" Emperor Xia Hui looked at the Queen Mother, she couldn't see her thoughts in her eyes, but it made the Queen Mother's heart sink, the position of the crown prince, she thought, but now it is not possible.
"The three princes are humble and courteous, and they are brilliant, and Wen Taowu is the best candidate for the crown prince." The Empress Dowager looked at Emperor Xia Hui and said, "The most important thing is that the third prince is in good health. ”
This is indeed a point, if the crown prince is not in good health, how to stabilize the country and stabilize people's hearts.
The Empress Dowager's words made Emperor Xia Hui pause, "Liang'er is really good, but he doesn't have the position of the crown prince, the Great Xia Kingdom has always been established, and the position of the prince Rui'er is the most suitable." ”
In Cining Palace, Emperor Xia Hui and the Empress Dowager's mother and son broke up unhappily because of the prince's affairs, the Empress Dowager was angry to death, and Emperor Xia Hui's wings became harder and harder, and he didn't listen to her.
Although the queen mother and the emperor only talked alone, there were no secrets in the palace, and Concubine Duan, who got the grapevine, was still calm on her face, but the three princes had huge waves in their hearts, how could it be. He thought that his biggest obstacle was the queen mother, but he didn't want his father to want him to be the crown prince at all, but to his sick royal brother.
"Mother Concubine......" The third prince looked at Concubine Jiang Duan, his eyes were incredulous.
"Your father is thinking about you and believes in your father." Concubine Jiang Duan also saw that the third prince was lost, but she was not as disappointed as the third prince, so she also comforted.
For his sake, for his sake, why not give him the best. The third prince knew that Emperor Xia Hui was very good to him, and it could be said that he was in this palace. His favor has surpassed that of any prince, and he thought that the crown prince was in his pocket, but he didn't want his father to consider him at all.
The third prince also knows that the eldest prince is the concubine of the middle palace, but what qualifications does the eldest prince's sick body have to inherit the crown prince, and the eldest emperor's brother has no virtuous name and no ability, so he should let the virtuous be talented.
"Mother, you always let me endure it, but now the crown prince is about to be lost. How I endure. Anger appeared on the face of the third prince, "Why is the position of the crown prince the eldest brother, I am not as good as the eldest brother." ”
Concubine Jiang Duan listened to her son's words and was shocked. Hurriedly asked his henchmen to see if anyone was eavesdropping, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Emperor, listen to the words of the concubine, now your father is in the prime of life." Becoming a prince is not a good thing for you. That's a rake, and now isn't the best time. You can't afford to lose a big deal with a small one. ”
"Without the position of the crown prince, how can I go up, my father's favorite is actually the eldest brother and the eldest sister, for so many years, the love between me and my sister is the rake." Although the third prince was uneven, his voice was much quieter.
Concubine Jiang Duan looked at the anger on her son's face, glared, and said dissatisfiedly: "How does the mother usually warn you, hold back your anger, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, if you can't hold your breath now because of a little thing, then don't think about the position of the prince or higher, the mother concubine is afraid that you will not save your life." If you are still like this, even if you become the crown prince, you may not be able to keep it. ”
Concubine Jiang Duan's words made the third prince even more angry, and her mother looked down on her so much, "It turns out that in the heart of the mother concubine, if you look down on your son, then why give your son hope." ”
The third prince is now a little hit, and his father, who has always loved him, is not the crown prince, and even his mother, who loves him, looks down on his ability so much. The three princes clenched their hands into fists, suppressed their anger, and gritted their teeth like an enraged beast.
Concubine Jiang Duan looked at her son like this, sighed in her heart, softened her heart, patted the green tendons on her son's hand, and said: "No matter what happens now, you just need to know that the mother concubine only has one child, and you are a piece of meat that fell from the mother concubine. But you have to listen to your mother, for the sake of future honor, you must not come out now. ”
She doesn't want to think about the back position, why don't she want her son to be the prince, but now the back position is a hot potato, and the position of the prince is the same, whoever does it is unlucky.
Although their Jiang family has successfully squeezed into the family, their foundation is still too shallow, and now that they are queens, they will only be cannon fodder for those families. In addition, the position of the queen has the Cui family to look at it again, Concubine Jiang Duan doesn't want to get along with the Cui family now, and the queen mother is not a weak woman in the deep palace. can make Emperor Xia Hui's crown prince ascend to the throne smoothly, the queen mother is not a simple woman, plus the Cui family behind the queen mother.
All she has to do now is forbearance, and the crown prince is not in a hurry, she cares more about the throne.
And hearing that the Queen Mother was mentioning the Three Emperors, Concubine Jiang Duan was not happy, she only felt frightened, she didn't think that the Queen Mother had a good relationship with them, and even loved the Three Princes a lot.
Pushing out the three princes is just using the three princes as a rake, how can she want her son to stand on the cusp of the storm. Concubine Jiang Duan also knows that wealth is in danger, but she knows even more that she has a few catties and taels, and she has been able to win steadily for so many years, but it is because she does not fight. If she had the slightest intention of fighting or begging, she would not have been here a long time ago, and she would not have given birth to two children.
The emperor wanted to appoint a crown prince, and he took the initiative to propose it, which surprised everyone. For so many years, the ministers did not fail to mention it to the emperor, but the emperor refused on the grounds that the eldest prince was not in good health.
Coupled with Emperor Xia Hui's love for the three princes, as well as the intelligence of the three princes, everyone thought that Emperor Xia Hui wanted the three princes to be the crown prince, but he didn't want to be the eldest prince.
Thinking that Empress Shen was seriously ill now, the ministers couldn't help but look in the direction of the Shen family, but the Shen family didn't say anything.
King Duan entered the palace and persuaded the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother's opposition was finally less fierce, but she was still dissatisfied.
In fact, the eldest prince is the concubine of the middle palace, and he is the best candidate for the position of the crown prince, plus now the eldest prince can also come out to study, and he has been praised by Gu Taifu in the upper study, Emperor Xia Hui has this meaning, and it is useless to stop it.
Empress Shen was seriously ill, and Emperor Xia Hui lifted Tang Zhaoyi's grounding and let Tang Zhaoyi go to Fengyi Palace to serve her illness.
Now the situation in the palace is very weird, Empress Shen may be really bad, otherwise Emperor Xia Hui would not be like this. Baili Yanqing didn't know what Emperor Xia Hui was thinking, whether he was acting, or whether he had a little affection for Empress Shen, or guilt.
The position of the crown prince was still decided, and the eldest prince became the prince in an instant, and on the day of the prince's canonization ceremony, Baili Yanqing was also fortunate to participate.
And it was the first time I saw Queen Shen, Queen Shen was not that kind of beautiful woman, just a general delicate appearance, but under the backdrop of the phoenix robe, there was a little more grace. And Empress Shen is sick, although her face is rouge, it still adds a little pale.
The ceremony of sealing the crown prince was very grand, and the third prince was smiling all the time, but Baili Yanqing still felt his nervous emotions. The concubines were also smiling, no matter what they thought in their hearts, but they sincerely congratulated the queen and the crown prince on their faces.
After the eldest prince became the crown prince, Empress Shen's illness gradually improved, and she even began to meet with her wife.
Baili Yanqing also met the old lady and the eldest lady who entered the palace, the second lady, Cui Yingying and the Shen family. The Shen family is the sister of Empress Shen, and Empress Shen also gave the Shen family grace, which made the Shen family a little more glorious on their faces.
Because of this, Baili Yanqing was also summoned by Queen Shen into Fengyi Palace, which was the first time Baili Yanqing went to Fengyi Palace. After entering, Baili Yanqing also saw the old lady and them, and first saluted respectfully towards Queen Shen.
"This is the eldest daughter of Baili Mansion, and sure enough, Zhong Lingyuxiu is beautiful." Empress Shen's voice was full of ears, and she ended with a sentence, "Tang Qing gave birth to a good daughter." ”
As soon as the words fell, the eldest lady was fine, but the smile on Cui Yingying's face was slightly stiff, but the old lady opened her mouth first and said: "The queen praised it falsely, and her granddaughter's qualifications are mediocre, so she should not be boasted." It is the eldest princess who is really called Zhong Lingyuxiu, quiet and elegant, the granddaughter has three points of the eldest princess, and the courtiers have to laugh. ”
Baili Yanqing didn't speak, but Queen Shen showed that she liked her very much, and even got very close to her, which made Baili Yanqing inexplicable. She didn't think that Empress Shen liked her much, after all, she had been in the palace for so long, so she didn't believe that Empress Shen hadn't heard of her, but Empress Shen didn't see her.
Even Tang Zhaoyi went to Fengyi Palace to serve the sick, but she didn't see Queen Shen mention anything about her, and now like this, Baili Yanqing's careful liver can't stand it.
Empress Shen asked Shen's daughter-in-law again, and asked Shen to take her daughter-in-law into the palace to play next time, Shen's heart was happy, and Cui Yingying's heart was more and more dissatisfied.
Baili Mansion has a Baili Yanqing entering the palace to enroll, and it is impossible to have a second one, but now Queen Shen obviously wants to lift Baili Yanjiao, which makes Cui Yingying very dissatisfied.
But in Queen Shen's palace, Cui Yingying was very restrained, and she was not stupid enough to get along with Queen Shen.
The Cui family naturally knew about Emperor Xia Hui's establishment of the crown prince, but the Cui family did not have a prince, and the six princes raised by the queen mother were too low to compete for the crown prince.
Unless the eldest prince and the third prince are gone, it's pretty much the same.
If it weren't for the Shen family, the position of the queen would be her sister's, looking at the Shen family now proud, Cui Yingying was naturally very unhappy in her heart.
In addition, now that the crown prince has been established, Queen Shen must be going to choose the crown princess, Baili Yanqing is impossible, but Baili Yanjiao is hopeful, where is Cui Yingying happy. (To be continued......)