Opportunity? Gong Xiangxiao smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "What chance is there now?" There are already four princes under the knee of the Son of Heaven, and there are no outsiders here, and I am not afraid to say some taboo words: even if the Son of Heaven has three long and two short, it is natural that he will inherit the throne, and it is one of the four princes who are still in infancy, and it has nothing to do with me! ”

"Even if the young lord has a mistake and the throne falls into the hands of my father, you see his current attitude towards me, even the son may not be willing to let me do it, let alone the throne?"

Qi Jiulu said gently: "It's man-made, don't forget the prince, when the son inherits the throne today, how prominent the Ji family is, who would have thought of today?" ”

Gong Xiangxiao shook his head: "I am different from the Son of Heaven, although I don't like the Son of Heaven, but ask myself, the Son of Heaven's qualifications are better than me: if I were the Son of Heaven, it would be impossible for me to endure for eight years without incident." You only came to the imperial capital last year, and you haven't gotten along with the Son of Heaven much, so you may not know very well. ”

"I was sent to the palace as a companion after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and I am a cousin of the Son of Heaven, so I know best how he endured it in those years."

"You know what? When he just ascended the throne, not only did he look down on him, but even the attendants of the Taichu Palace were quite respectful in person, and no one talked about him behind his back, saying that he was just a remote clan, and if he was not promoted by the Ji family, he might not even have the qualifications to come to the imperial capital to pay tribute, let alone ascend the throne? The rhetoric and attitude are so contemptuous, I feel annoyed when I hear it - no matter how unbearable Chunjia is, he is also a descendant of my Gongxiang clan, how can a few slaves and maids be qualified to talk about it? ”

"The Son of Heaven actually heard it at the time, but he was able to pretend that he didn't know anything, and even turned around and was as generous as ever to those slaves."

"I even promoted one of them to serve in front of the Emperor."

"It wasn't until after he came to power, at the end of last year, that he found a reason to send all these people away...... Just like these slaves, he can endure it until it is foolproof, and then he will do it! ”

"What about me?"

"I have been in the palace for the past two years, and I said that my life was not good, but after all, I was married to the concubine, and some of the people in the palace actually still wanted me in their hearts. But you see, now inside and out, everyone knows that I hate my step-concubine, have an estranged relationship with my half-brother, and are even more incompatible with my father...... Sometimes I feel annoyed when I think about it, if I had learned from the Son of Heaven earlier, maybe the situation would not have reached the point where it is now. ”

He exhaled and spread his hands, "But it's easier said than done, many people understand the truth of Taoguang and raising obscurity, how many can do it?" ”

He couldn't do it anyway.

He sometimes secretly thinks that maybe because he enjoyed the unreserved love of his parents when he was a child, he is obsessed with falling out of favor and disdains to use disguise to gain the regent's favor.

And Chunjia lost his father when he was young, and his mother-in-law who raised him was not his own mother, I am afraid that he has learned to read his face since he was sensible, and he has never been qualified to be willful, so he can bear it so much.

…… But no matter what kind of past the cousins have, Chunjia is finally willing to come to the end, but he is going to a desperate situation step by step.

"Shizi, many people and things in this world are actually double-edged swords." Qi Jiulu was unmoved,

An Ran said, "The Son of Heaven is wise and martial, and now it is recognized. So whether it's the regent or anyone else, he will definitely not be taken lightly. And although the prince is weak now, it is precisely because of this that many things are more convenient. ”

He said slowly, "Now, it's up to the prince to decide how to choose." ”

Gong Xiangxiao was a little dazed: "How to choose?" ”

"Naturally, between the Son of Heaven and the Regent, who does the Prince want to choose?" Qi Jiulu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "The Son of Heaven and the Son of Heaven are cousins, and the Prince Regent is father and son, but now that the Ji family has fallen, there is no buffer between the Son of Heaven and the Regent, and it is only a matter of time before the fight starts." ”

"The princes of the temple, and even the concubines, have begun to stand in line."

"If the prince doesn't want to sit back and go with the flow, of course he has to choose."

"Do you choose the Son of Heaven or the Regent?"

"I ......" Gong Xiangxiao opened his mouth, if it was before, although his heart was full of grievances and resentment, but whether his father was his father or not, it was not comparable to Chunjia.

But since the Son of Heaven came to power, his disappointment with the regent has grown day by day.

When Chunjia was still in Taoguang, Gong Xiangxiao could still comfort himself, maybe the regent just needed an absolutely credible person to help keep an eye on the emperor. And such an absolutely trustworthy person, who else can he be besides him, the eldest son of the Yuan Match?

Last year, Chunjia started to govern in person, except for Ji Mingji, who was born in the Ji family, and Yuan Shu, who had no talent, Yunqike, Deng Chengzhai and Zheng Fengqi were successively entrusted with envoys, but Gong Xiangxiao, Chunjia was willing to show brotherhood and send him something to do, but was stopped by the regent!

Gong Xiangxiao was already very unhappy at that time, and then now?

He didn't even arrange family affairs for him, and he didn't allow his uncle's family to help him say a fair word?!

To put it mildly, where is this my father's style, my stepfather is not so harsh on his face - Gong Xiangxiao was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly, "Of course I ...... Choose...... Father! ”

When the last two words came out, Gong Xiangxiao sighed self-deprecatingly, "I have thought many times before, if one day, it is not my father who is the regent's mansion, but me, I must be doubly indifferent to him, so that he knows that kind of feeling...... But that's my father, after all. ”

This kind of thing of betraying his father is really not done by everyone.

Even under intense pressure.

After all, in such an era, the dynasty pays attention to the rule of filial piety.

Even if it is the emperor's grandson, he has been taught to be filial and respectful to his elders since he was a child, and he has been pervasive in all aspects for more than ten or twenty years.

He could yell at the regent and curse and resent in private, but he really couldn't make up his mind to actually betray the regent and the regent's palace.

Maybe he will regret it and be cold in the future, but in the current situation, he can't do it.

"The son of the world is really pure filial piety." Gong Xiangxiao turned his face away with some shame, not wanting to see the disappointment on Qi Jiulu's face.

Because in his opinion, since Qi Jiulu added the option of betraying the regent, he obviously wanted him to do so. Although this is not a very high background, and today's grade is nothing in the imperial capital where there are many high-ranking officials like dogs, but the courage is extraordinary - ordinary people's Qingmei has entered the palace, even if they can't stop thinking about it, at most they miss it in private, and they chase thousands of miles into the palace for a private meeting, and they want to take advantage of the opportunity of the palace to escape the summer to take away the popular favorite concubine, there are really few people.

Such a rebellious thing has been done, and what is it to make someone's own son betray his own father and be the master of the house?

However, Qi Jiulu didn't mean to joke, he praised Gong Xiangxiao's filial piety very calmly, saying that you are really a real filial and virtuous person, and the regent can't see your good, it's his loss.

followed the conversation, "Since the prince still feels sorry for the regent, it is better to do this, pretend to take refuge in the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven is famous, even if he doesn't trust you, he will definitely not treat you badly." In this way, the prince can get support from the Son of Heaven, and will not rely on the regent for everything; can also use the Son of Heaven to fight against the stepconcubine's mother and son. ”

"Wouldn't it be nice if we could find out some secret news in the future and tell the regent in private?"

Gong Xiangxiao frowned and said, "In that case, my father will definitely not allow it." Although the Son of Heaven is willing to let me show his kindness, he will not conflict with my father for me. The most important thing is that Chunjia is meticulous, I have been reading to him for so many years, and I often get along day and night, I haven't found his true face, you say such a son of heaven, how can I take the initiative to get close to hear important news? ”

What's the use of hearing the news that doesn't matter?

When he said this, he had a vague strangeness in his heart, and felt that Qi Jiulu seemed to have ulterior motives for suggesting this?

But Qi Jiulu followed up and said: "Shizi, the truth is this truth, but Shizi has always been pure and kind, and he has a filial piety to the regent, in order to share the worries of the regent, he thought of this method, and practiced it, it is also a forgivable thing, isn't it?" Anyway, the secret of the regent's side, the prince doesn't know anything, even if he fails to go undercover in front of the Son of Heaven, what is the loss for the palace? ”

Seeing that Gong Xiangxiao was slightly stunned, he sighed and said, "The prince has never treated me as an outsider, so I said it bluntly: The prince is in the mansion, and if he suffers, he will suffer on the step-concubine." The prince is busy with government affairs, even if the prince is the eldest son, it is impossible to take it with him all the time. is also your own flesh and blood, you don't have your mother to help you talk in front of the prince, so the step-concubine will tell you before the prince, it's not bad if you don't instigate...... As the so-called dripping water pierces stones, ropes and saws are broken, for a long time, even if they are biological fathers and sons, how can they not be born? ”

"Since the prince remembers the regent like this, you should let the regent know your heart!"

"Otherwise, the prince has been in power for many years, majestic and grand, where can I put down my body and talk slowly and well like when you were a child? You're not the kind of daughter who will be spoiled and stupid, and you have a step-concubine

In this way, even if you think about each other, it will inevitably become more and more estranged! ”

Gong Xiangxiao wanted to say that he didn't think that his father would think about himself now.

However, Qi Jiulu didn't give him a chance to interject, but gave another example, "My Qi family's heirs have been thin in the past two years, but it's okay if all the descendants are highly valued." But several families in the north have always had prosperous children, even if they want to be loved by their parents and elders, they need to do their best. I've grown up in the Northlands, and I've seen a lot of this kind of thing. ”

"After all, the prince is the pillar of the palace, and he is so busy, it is impossible and he does not have the energy to take the initiative to sympathize with the prince."

"I can only think of the prince and let the prince see you."

"Shizi, do you say that's the truth?"

Gong Xiangxiao was a little distracted, and subconsciously blurted out: "The person you are talking about, isn't it a virtuous concubine?" ”

When these words came out of his mouth, he just regretted it, but it was too late.

Fortunately, Qi Jiulu's expression remained unchanged, just like what he said was just an ordinary acquaintance, but he nodded calmly: "Concubine Xian is the best among them, she has more than a dozen daughters of the same generation, she is not the most attentive and considerate, but her grandfather and grandmother are the favorite." ”

Yun Fenghuang's competition for favor with Xie Fengwei when he was a child was kept very tightly hidden by the Xie family, and outsiders didn't know about it.

But Qi Jiulu was her fiancé at that time after all, and he was once pulled by Yun Fenghuan to come up with an idea against Xie Fenglu, of course he knew.

He was not in the mood to talk to Gong Xiangxiao about this, so he only said: "Actually, the prince doesn't have to think too indifferent and ruthless about the prince, you want to go to the Spring Festival Villa, if there is no acquiescence from the prince, whether it is the Imperial City Division, or those people in the Regent Palace, how can they do their best to help us sweep away the traces and hide them so far?" ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the prince wants to abolish the elder and young, at most he is partial to the little prince, and it is impossible to say that he doesn't care at all about you, the eldest son."

"Shizi, in fact, to be honest, the status of a prince like the prince can give very limited attention to his children."

"The little prince is young, and his body is not very good, and he has to be a father to be very attentive, not to mention that there is a step-concubine to help talk; What about you, the prince, you are already an adult, and you are strong and safe, there is nothing for the prince to worry about, is the prince negligent? ”

"You have to let the prince know now that you also need his care and love."

"In this way, we can rekindle the prince's love for his son!"

…… After Gong Xiangxiao left in a trance on this day, Qi Jiulu still sat in the court for a while, he held the tea bowl and quietly looked at the osmanthus trees blooming not far away, and the fine golden petals fell in the tea in front of him with the west wind, with a faint fragrance.

The next moment, the tea bowl was snatched away by a pair of plain hands, Chao Jingyou sat down in front of him without any expression, splashed the already cold tea on the ground, and asked in a low voice: "What did you just tell the Prince Regent...... What do you want to do?! ”

(End of chapter)