The twenty-fourth concubine

Every aging emperor is afraid of his son, who is slowly becoming stronger.

Seeing their own aging, some emperors will try to make themselves strong forever by asking for immortals; Some will indulge in the memories of the past evoked by the woman's bright youth; Some will also use cruel and harsh methods to deal with those challengers who are getting stronger, even if the so-called challengers are their own sons.

And Hua Ying, who stayed by the emperor's side, found that he was using the third type.

Not long ago, the crown prince, who was highly praised inside and outside the court, was reprimanded by the emperor for "unfilial piety".

Everyone else was at a loss as to why His Majesty the Emperor, who had always favored the crown prince, would be so angry this time, and would reprimand the prince of a country in the name of unfilial piety.

Hua Ying knows the inside story.

A few days ago, Concubine Shu saw the poem "The cool moon is like an eyebrow hanging in the willow bay, and the mountains are seen in the mirror." I organized a moon viewing party from the beginning.

Most of the concubines in the palace went, and even the emperor participated in this event with great interest.

Everyone tasted the fresh fruit, admired the moonlight, and those clever and lively concubines also said a lot of witty words.

The clothes are fragrant and the sideburns are staggered, and the atmosphere is not warm.

At this time, I don't know who pointed to the pomegranate on the plate and said: "The pomegranate branches are graceful and durian, and the pomegranate film is light and bright." Rare can envy the peach tree in Yao Pond, and the peach red jia for a thousand years. ”

Originally, I wanted to use the poems of my predecessors to make a scene, to have an interesting time, and to win the emperor's attention and favor.

"This pomegranate was sent to His Majesty by the prince with great difficulty, and the prince still has filial piety."

Concubine Liu Defei said this, and someone immediately picked it up:

"Yes, yes, the slaves and maids often hear that the prince has filial piety in the palace!"

It was this sentence that angered the emperor.

Regardless of whether the speaker has the intention or not, the listener must have the intention.

The emperor is still there, and the prince's "filial piety" has already spread to the backyard of this deep palace, and the people don't know how widely it has spread? And the harem is all the emperor's women, the prince is young, but his reputation has spread to these women in the deep palace.

Hua Ying was not far from the emperor at that time, and even her face changed when she saw the emperor.

Reason said that she should have been wise to protect herself, but somehow she remembered the lonely figure on that rainy night.

So he picked up the pomegranate grains and flicked them lightly on the emperor.

The emperor, who came back to his senses, saw Hua Ying's sly smile, so he borrowed the donkey from the slope and laughed:

"What a little naughty"

Although this move brought back the emperor's thoughts on the crown prince, it made many of the concubines present grit their teeth and curse in their hearts:

"This damn vixen."

You thought that this matter had passed, but Hua Ying didn't expect that the prince was still reprimanded.

The prince of a country was reprimanded, and many people's thoughts came alive, after all, the emperor is not only the crown prince's son.

In the face of such changes, the old ministers who supported the crown prince also became nervous.

This made the entire imperial city full of mountain rain and wind full of tense atmosphere.

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Although there has always been a lack of people in this world, there has never been a shortage of people in this world who are icing on the cake.

The crown prince was reprimanded, and many people have begun to wonder in their hearts, has the emperor gradually become disgusted with the prince?

The big tree of the crown prince is almost here, so who is the most likely to become the next successor?

So the biological mother is Zhang Guifei, the son is the mother of the noble, and the third prince, who is quite favored by the emperor, has come into everyone's sight.

In an instant, Zhang Guifei's palace became crowded, and the low-key and cautious Zhang Guifei was relatively sober about this situation at first.

However, it was later discovered that after the emperor's old ministers who supported the prince wrote to the prince to participate in politics, he once again severely reprimanded the prince and dismissed a large number of the prince's supporters.

When the crown prince gradually lost the emperor's favor, the third prince was always taken by the emperor and was praised by the emperor many times.

The emperor even said: "My son Xiao's father." Such words.

For a while, the three princes were in the limelight, and no one could match it.

No matter how smart Zhang Guifei is, she is just a mortal, although she has also guessed whether the emperor's various performances are trying to "kill" her son, but in the face of the huge temptation of her own son succeeding to the throne as the emperor and becoming the queen mother, she is still tempted.

She wanted to fight for her son, and of course for herself.

Concubine Zhang Guifei's family background is modest, and she can't reach out for a while, but she is now in charge of palace affairs, and she can make a lot of effort from here to add weight to the three princes in front of the emperor.

So for this emperor's birthday banquet, Zhang Guifei was a hundredfold spirited and strived to be perfect.

On the day of the birthday banquet, the palace was full of lights and lively. The emperor was also happy when he saw this fire tree and silver flower, and the scene of wealth and extravagance was also happy, and from the bottom of his heart, he was a person who liked to enjoy.

But for the sake of fame, he still has to say: "It's too luxurious, remember not to do this in the future." ”

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Guifei knew that this move was right.

When he saw the prince and princess, the prince only gave him a picture of longevity written by himself, and the emperor frowned and said lightly: "You have a heart." ”

And what the three princes sent was a variety of rare treasures, inlaid into the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains".

Speaking of this gift, the emperor behaved happily.

This strengthened in the hearts of everyone, the emperor did not like the crown prince, and liked the impression of the third prince.

The three princes inside and outside the palace have become more popular, and the people who have done it have gathered like shadows.

However, only a close observation of Hua Ying clearly realized that the emperor did not like the crown prince, nor did he like the third prince, and he did not like anyone who challenged his authority.

The Tiger King does not like any challenger.

The low-key Zhang Guifei gradually got lost, and in order to raise more chips for her son, she made frequent moves.

Send all kinds of rich and extravagant things to the emperor.

However, everyone knows how Zhang Guifei, who is from a poor family, got these things, and they were offered by the people who took refuge in the three princes.

In the face of the growing power of the three princes, their prestige is getting higher and higher. The emperor has been hiding all the time, and everything Hua Ying can see clearly.

The poor concubine thought that she had found the right way, and presented the treasures to the emperor word by word. As everyone knows, the more this kind of thing is sent, the greater the suspicion in the emperor's heart.

The straw that could crush the camel could come down at any time, but the camel didn't know it.

More and more followers of the three princes in the court wrote to the emperor asking the emperor to abolish the crown prince and appoint the three princes as the princes.

In response to this situation, the emperor first reprimanded Zhang Guifei and handed over her palace power to Concubine Zhao Shufei. and then named Hua Ying as a virtuous concubine. In the end, the third prince was named the king of Zhao and ordered him to hurry to the fief.

The straw that broke the camel's back finally fell.