Nian Qianyao waved his hand impatiently and said: "What to consider, among the four elder brothers, the second elder brother is mediocre and useless, the fourth elder brother's biological mother's family is ordinary, and the fifth elder brother is young, only the third elder brother is worthy of the big responsibility, so naturally the third elder brother is the crown prince." ”

As soon as such arrogant and bold words came out, even Zhang Tingyu, who had always been moody, couldn't help but change color, as for Yinzhen, he had already squeezed the armrest under his palm hard, and his face showed an abnormal flush due to the pain from the relief embedded in his palm.

The emperor's family affairs are the most taboo for his subordinates to mention, let alone ask, but Nian Qianyao has committed this taboo, and he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

"Fuguo Gong's words are a little biased, Concubine Xi's father and brother are all serving in the court, and her brother even won military merit in the Battle of Junggar and became a general, how can it be said that the family is ordinary. There is also the second elder brother, Fu Guogong said that his qualifications are mediocre and useless, but as far as I know, in terms of intelligence, the fourth elder brother is the most, so shouldn't the fourth elder brother be appointed as the prince? "It's Ortai who speaks, he, like Zhang Tingyu, is the Zaifu of the court, and he is extremely unaccustomed to Nian Qianyao's arrogance, "Also, the third elder brother is the nephew of the Duke of Fuguo, and the Duke of Fuguo persuaded the emperor to make him the prince, I'm afraid it was selfish." ”

Nian Qianyao's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "You don't want to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, my father's loyalty to the emperor can be expressed in the world, why is the word selfish, but you insist on saying that the fourth elder brother is smart, are you a person from Concubine Xi?" ”

The most taboo in the harem is to make friends with foreign ministers, once it is verified, whether it is a concubine or a courtier, they will be severely punished. Nian Qianyao put a big hat on Ortai with a word.

Ortai was trembling with anger, pointed at Nian Qianyao and said, "You! There is no nonsense in the court, when did I become Concubine Xi's person. ”

"Hmph, don't you know it in your own heart, you don't need to say more about it." Nian Qianyao's disrespectful words made Zhang Tingyu and the others frown.

They have all heard about the rumors that Nian Qianyao was dissatisfied with his title and spoke wildly, saying that he should be crowned a king with a different surname. used to be a king with a different surname, and now he is plotting for the crown prince for the third elder brother, and next time like this, will he have to force the emperor to abdicate in a few days, and the third elder brother will inherit the throne?

Yun Xiang stepped forward and said: "The Auxiliary Guogong and the Lord of Hubei are both pillars of the country, loyal, no matter what they do or say they are for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, there is really no need to quarrel, so as not to hurt the harmony." ”

Yunxiang is the prince, and he has just been crowned the king of the iron hat, even Nian Qianyao has to give him some face, snorted lightly and did not speak, as for Ortai, he stiffened his neck and said to Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the matter of canonizing the prince is very important, and you must not be careless, so you should be cautious; What's more, the emperor has only been on the throne for three years, and it is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is really unnecessary to be canonized too early. ”

"The old minister thinks so too." With Zhang Tingyu's statement, hundreds of civil and military officials have stated their positions, most of them will not become princes, and the rest are either military generals or have an inextricable relationship with the Nian family.

Yin Zhen nodded slightly and said: "What Zhang Xiang and Ortai said is extremely true, the matter of canonizing the crown prince is urgent, and I will talk about it after careful consideration." ”

Nian Qianyao was immediately anxious when he heard this, he had already written several folds, Yinzhen ignored them, if he didn't settle down today, he didn't know how long it would be delayed, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the slave ......"

Yin Zhen intercepted his words and said: "The Auxiliary Duke is a heart for the country, I know very well, but my four sons have their own strengths, and it is really difficult to make a decision for a while, so you need to think about it carefully, and the Auxiliary Duke does not need to be anxious." ”

Seeing that Yinzhen had said it to this point, Nian Qianyao was unwilling to agree, after retiring from the dynasty, Yunxiang was left behind, and after there was no one else in the hall, Yinzhen said calmly: "Nian Qianyao is becoming more and more out of control." ”

Yun Xiang deeply agreed, today's Nian Qianyao is really worrying, "Has the emperor asked Yue Zhongqi about the situation on the Northwest Army?" If we move Nian Qianyao here, will there be any changes over there? ”

Either don't do it, or do it absolutely; These eight words Yunxiang knows better than anyone else, if he really wants to ask Nian Qianyao, he must not be given any chance to fight back, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Yin Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "The 20,000 cavalry brought by Nian Qianyao this time is the most elite and the most relied on by him. The 20,000 people, under his years of operation, did not obey the king's orders, did not recognize the tiger talisman, and only obeyed the orders of Nian Qianyao. But it is limited to 20,000 people, and the remaining nearly 100,000 troops are still under the orders of the imperial court, as long as no one deliberately provokes, there should be no trouble. And when Nian Qianyao was in the northwest, he didn't treat them equally, and those sergeants at the bottom had a lot of complaints. Yunxiang, I ask you, do you have a way to control the 20,000 horses outside the city? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured." Yun Xiang's eyes lit up and said: "20,000 cavalry, no matter how elite they are, the younger brothers can control it, so that they can't have anything." ”

"Good!" Yin Zhen slapped the handrail hard, got up and said solemnly: "You immediately mobilize troops and horses, secretly control the people outside the city, I immediately issued a secret decree, Yue Zhongqi took over the post of general Fuyuan, and set off for the northwest on the next day, be sure to control the people and horses over there." ”

"Brother obeys." Yun Xiang agreed and said, "The emperor is ready to ask Nian Qianyao now?" ”

Yin Zhen smiled and said, "Don't hurry, take your time, I want him to feel despair bit by bit." ”

No one has ever been able to make him to this point, not even Yun Xi, Nian Qianyao is the first, so naturally he can't let him go easily.

On this day, the matter of the court, without exception, spread to the harem, Guerjia came to see Ling Ruo, at that time, Ling Ruo was lying on the embroidery frame carefully embroidering a map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, Su Jin is as long as three zhang, embroidery thread is used as many as 100 kinds, the mountains and peaks are stacked, the vast Han is boundless, just an embroidery scroll, but it makes people feel small.

After chatting a few words, the Guerjia clan turned the topic to the matter of the crown prince, and curled his lips and said: "Nian Qianyao can't wait to let the emperor appoint the third elder brother as the prince, which is already known to passers-by, but what else he said there is for the country and the people, it is really ridiculous." ”

Ling Ruo raised his head, took the silver scissors and cut off the excess embroidery thread after tying the knot, and said casually: "The emperor will never register the third elder brother as the crown prince, and Nian Qianyao can only be a bamboo basket for water." ”

"I also know this truth, I just can't understand it, Nian Qianyao, who is known as a generation of Confucian generals, is so stupid, the emperor is already dissatisfied with him to this point, and he is not aware of it, do you have to wait for nothing to react?" Guarga shook his head as he spoke.

"My sister is wrong, Nian Qianyao is not stupid, but he is too confident, and he always thinks that the emperor can't leave him. However, the fact is that no matter who leaves this world, the sun rises and sets. Ling Ruo threaded a smoky gray embroidery thread through the eye of a tiny needle, and then through the tight plain brocade again, embroidering it to the corner of the mountain.