Xiao Tingchu continued, "After the two kings of Xiang and Jing were not able to take the position of prince, the first emperor chose a successor among the two kings of Han and Wu, and the two had the same qualifications, but the king of Wu was more favored, so at the beginning, the king of Han did not have an advantage. Of course, the first emperor would not make a hasty decision, so he introduced the two into the court and looked down on their political achievements. At this time, it is the time for Concubine Wu Xian to exert her ability, through the Wu family's operation in Changxing, King Han can always get inside information faster than King Wu, so the deployment of actions can always be one step faster than King Wu. King Han had the help of the Lu family outside and the Wu family inside, and soon reversed the situation. The final turning point was that King Wu was ordered to provide disaster relief, and Wu wanted to consolidate his position in the Han Palace, so he came up with a poisonous plan to send King Wu to the suburbs of the city by privately asking him to drink, and set up a bureau to coax him to drink, and put aphrodisiacs in the wine, so that he was drunk and disorderly, and he was debauched with several maids, and he did not go out for three days. The first emperor knew that he had missed state affairs because of wine, and was very disappointed, and at that time, King Wu couldn't let go of his old feelings for Wu, and he didn't argue in front of the first emperor because he was worried about her reputation, so the matter was closed. To sum up, the King of Han finally won the battle for the prince, and the Wu family should be the first to take credit. ”

It is no wonder that Emperor Hongyuan tolerated Concubine Wu Xian everywhere, the so-called "most difficult to accept the grace of beauties", the Wu family helped each other, and the Wu family did not hesitate to design it in King Wu, so it seems that as long as the Wu family does not step on the bottom line of the cornerstone of the Jiangshan Society like the Lu family, they can enjoy the palace in this life.

Xue Chunyue's eyes tightened, and he muttered, "The two children who are missing from Concubine Ya are probably also harmed by Lu and Wu, right?" ”

Speaking of Concubine Xiao Ya's sore spots, Xiao Tingchu couldn't help but be very sad, lowered his eyes and said, "The first child was indeed harmed by those two people, my aunt entered the palace not long ago, and she was still a girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and they were already ruthless, and when they were in the Han Palace, they practiced the ability to fight for favor and harm people, how is my aunt their opponent?" The most pitiful thing is that little prince, who has grown to six or seven months, just flowing down so alive......" Xiao Tingchu said at the end, his voice was already faint with a little trembling, Xue Peiqi felt a sense of reluctance in his heart, and held her hand tightly.

Xiao Tingchu stabilized his emotions before continuing, "That time, my aunt suffered a great sin, and nearly twenty years have passed since this incident, and no one in the Xiao family dares to mention it, especially in front of my aunt, she is even more silent. That time, the aunt had a fundamental injury, and when she was pregnant with her second child, she had not fully recovered, so the second little princess was born with congenital deficiencies and died before she was a year old...... At that time, my aunt was discouraged, and invited her to Huguo Temple to practice, and Her Majesty was worried that if she did not obey her, she was afraid that she would die of heartache, so she had no choice but to order her to go to Huguo Temple to practice for three years...... So you should know why my father finally resigned and went into hiding, and the Xiao family had to keep a low profile, because the Lu family and the Wu family gave birth to princes, and they would never let their aunt's children threaten their children's future, let alone let their aunt have a strong backing, so if the Xiao family did not show weakness for a day, my aunt and King Xin would not have a good time. Surrounded by strong enemies, my aunt herself doesn't know how long she can live, let alone protect the young King Xin? ”

Only then did everyone understand the Xiao family's choice, Xue Chunyue stared and muttered, "Judging from the records of the servants copied by Yi'an from the palace bureau, His Majesty has been to Concubine Wu Xian's palace a lot of times, which shows that he has not abandoned Concubine Wu Xian, and the merits of the Wu family and Concubine Wu Xian's favor are enough to deceive the saints." ”

Ye Qinyu exclaimed, "What's so good about Concubine Wu Xian?" Let His Majesty be so attached to her?! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xue Chunyue and Xue Peiqi both lowered their heads to drink, avoiding her gaze, Xiao Tingchu couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two of them like this, "Mrs. Xue, why did you avoid it?" Why don't you take out all your men's preferences for women, so that Mrs. Xue can understand why His Majesty loves Concubine Wu Xian. ”

When Ye Qinyu heard this, he turned his head to look at Xue Chunyue, and said a little angrily, "Tell me quickly!" ”

Xue Chunyue had no choice but to put down the wine cup in his hand and coughed dryly, "Cough, generally speaking, I mean that for ordinary men, they have no resistance to two kinds of women, one is gentle and considerate, empathetic, and the other is coquettish and cute, and loves to be petty. ”

Ye Qinyu sneered, "Then you are an ordinary person?" ”

Xue Chunyue immediately said, "I'm naturally not an ordinary person!" I only like you like this. ”

Xue Peiqi snorted coldly, "Second brother's reaction is fast, dare to love Your Majesty is an ordinary person?" ”

Xiao Tingchu sighed, "Whether Your Majesty is an ordinary person or not is not something that we can evaluate ourselves, but Concubine Wu Xian is indeed the latter type of woman, and Your Majesty is also more kind to her." Probably in His Majesty's heart, he can't associate the charming and lovely Concubine Wu Xian with the vicious woman. Compared with Concubine Wu Xian, the Lu family is not so lucky after the abolition, the Lu family is long in the family, arrogant and domineering, His Majesty has never liked it, if it were not for the face of the Lu family and King Xu, the Lu family's phoenix chair would not have been able to sit for so long. ”

Xue Chunyue twisted his eyebrows and said, "Not necessarily, the Lu family and King Xu are already in a relationship of lip and tooth, one is prosperous and the other is lost, but after all, King Xu is His Majesty's own son, and he has some ability to govern the country, so His Majesty has repeatedly tolerated him, but King Xu's ambition is too great, his greed is too great, and he is even greedy for money, grain and national taxes, which is the cornerstone of the country, and His Majesty can only remove him from the court." ”

Although the flames were not brought back to Concubine Wu Xian this time, they finally quietly thwarted Concubine Wu Xian's plan to harm Concubine Xiao Yafei by taking advantage of half a day's leisure, and Xiao Tingxiu was appointed as the waiter of the Ministry of War, they were so impatient to do it, it seems that they are still very afraid of the strength of the Xiao family.

King Sheng's crown ceremony bustled all countries to come to the court, so that the whole Changxing was lively for more than ten days, and Emperor Hongyuan's purpose of promoting the national prestige was achieved, and the court finally returned to tranquility. Xiao Hongming fulfilled his promise and moved Ji Shangyun out of the Shaofu Prison through Concubine Xiao Yafei's pillow wind to Emperor Hongyuan, and served as the envoy of Guanbei Province. However, the power in the court gradually showed a three-legged trend, Zhongshu Ling Wei Yingshi and Shangshu Ling Xi Wang were on the left and right, and fought against each other, but Xue Chunyue and Ye Cizhun also established their own financial and taxation forces, relying on the trust of Emperor Hongyuan to firmly control the "money bag" of the Great Cause Kingdom, which should not be underestimated.

In addition, since Xiao Tingxiu was stationed, some changes have also taken place, and the two major problems of the shortage of military salaries and obsolete weapons that have plagued the military department have been quietly solved, and people with a discerning eye know that this is the tilt of Xue and Ye, who control the national treasury, to the military department in terms of budget, in addition, Li Jingfeng, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, who is in charge of the salt and iron division, has changed the practice of giving priority to cast iron for profit, and has given priority to the supply of cast iron to the ordnance superintendent, and has not let the ordnance superintendent of forging armaments cut off the material for a moment, and the weapons have become more and more sophisticated.

Li Jingfeng's approach was suspected of being selfish, and King Xi privately put pressure on Yu Shitai to impeach Li Jingfeng, but Yu Shitai could not make a strong statement. In the past, the cast iron was set up as a profit priority disposal principle because the treasury was not enough money, and all the materials that could make a profit were first exchanged for money to enrich the treasury, but now the Taifu Temple used the average loss to open a steady stream of money bags for the imperial court, and the household department rectified the efficiency of tax collection, and the treasury of the great cause entered a surplus state that was rare in history. Moreover, after the First World War in the southwest, Emperor Hongyuan completely understood the truth of "raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while", and it was worth spending more money on the army, so he also agreed with Xiao Tingxiu's practice of guaranteeing military salaries and weapons, and the ministers could only shut up.

Xiao Tingxiu gradually entered the eyes of Emperor Hongyuan by virtue of the achievements of the southwest and the achievements of the military department, and the image of his gentleman was suddenly reversed, and many powerful people in Beijing wanted to marry their daughters to Xiao Tingxiu, and marry the Xiao family, and the threshold of the mansion of the Duke of Chu in Changxing was about to be broken by the matchmaker, but this Xiao Shizi refused all, and he didn't know what kind of fairy beauty he wanted to marry, which became the most talked about in the market for a while.

One day, Emperor Hongyuan tasted wine and chrysanthemums with the concubines in the imperial garden, a rare family banquet, and the two princesses in the palace who were not out of the cabinet also served the emperor. Emperor Hongyuan looked at the two lively and lovely daughters very comfortably, but when he thought that the third daughter, Princess Shengning, was seventeen years old and had reached the age of going out of the cabinet, he was very reluctant, so he sighed to the biological mother of the third princess, Concubine Ying, for a while.

A rare opportunity to attract the attention of the Son of Heaven, Concubine Ying was happy, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to find a good husband for her daughter. She fell in love with her nephew Cao Yingze early on, and now that the emperor mentioned it, he simply said his thoughts. I thought that Cao Yingze was wise, and Emperor Hongyuan should agree to it, but after hearing this, Emperor Hongyuan talked about him left and right, and finally tasted tea without saying a word. Concubine Ying couldn't guess his thoughts, so she had to ask Concubine Song Hui for help, and looked at her pitifully.

Concubine Song Hui was still a concubine a few years ago, and she was familiar with Concubine Ying and others, so Concubine Ying felt that she still had some friendship with Concubine Song Hui, but now she just hopes that she will help her say a few words, it is not difficult, she should help this effort, but what surprised her was that Concubine Song knew that she was asking for help but was indifferent, so she just couldn't see it, which made Concubine Ying angry and anxious.

Several concubines who have always been attached to Concubine Song Hui suddenly mentioned the young master of the Song family, Song Zhenyuan, the young Yin of Luo'an Mansion, one said that he was young and handsome, and the other said that he was talented. Later, Emperor Hongyuan's new favorite Zhang Meiren concluded her speech and proposed to be the princess of Shengning. As soon as this remark came out, the respondents gathered, and several people made this suggestion to Emperor Hongyuan for a while.