Speaking of competing for the crown, the second lady was a little frightened, and said: "No one can touch the emperor's mind accurately, don't forget, she ...... after the abolition"

"I failed to burn her last time, and let her take the opportunity to leave the cold palace, I miscalculated. I didn't have a time in the capital, and there weren't any moths there after the abolition, right? ”

"That's not it, the queen was allowed by the emperor to live in the Xianju Palace with Princess Chonghua, and she hasn't come out since she stayed in, as if the Xianju Palace is a cold palace."

"On the surface, the wind is calm, but behind the scenes, it is not necessarily honest, otherwise how did that princess Chonghua come about? I'm afraid that she will quietly make another prince! ”

The second lady laughed and said, "How can the prince be so easy to conceive?" ”

"You can't afford to leave things to chance!" Chen Ji is a cautious person, if he was the queen, he would have cleaned up the harem a long time ago, speaking of which, his eldest sister is still not very smart, not even as good as his wife. "After all, we still have to find a way to solve her, otherwise it will always be a cancer for our Chen family."

"I thought that she would be the same as other concubines who were beaten into the cold palace in the cold palace, either crazy or dead, no matter how bad she was, she would become an ugly old woman, who knew that she was so powerful, not only did she live well, but she also hooked the emperor to give birth to a princess......"

Although the second lady has not seen the current Liu Zhaoyi, there are many rumors in the palace, saying that Liu Zhaoyi is beautiful, no less than back then, less youthful, but full of charm, although she was not as beautiful as Queen Chen when she was young, but now there seems to be a temperament that supports her whole person, compared to Queen Chen, there is a different beauty.

Chen Ji frowned, "If you say that, will someone secretly help her?" Otherwise, how could it be? ”

"The Liu family is dead, who will help her?"

"Last time, that Qingru Xu rescued Princess Chonghua, there is nothing greasy in this, right?"

The second lady disagreed, and said, "She? How old is she, she was sick in the house in the past, and she hasn't even been out of the door a few times, where have you seen the abolished queen? It's even more impossible to have any cattiness, it's just a coincidence to save Princess Chonghua. It's just that she thought of Queen Chen's danger in the palace, and said: "But that Qing Ruxu doesn't know what's going on, the queen's mother has been frustrated again and again these times, and it has something to do with her, will the Qing family secretly support which prince?" ”

Chen Ji shook his head: "Now the palace includes the son of Concubine Hui, there are only four princes in total, Concubine Rong has no support, and the fourth prince is a sick man, it is unlikely." The three princes don't learn and don't know how to do anything, they only know how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, and Concubine Zhen is from such a humble background, what reason does Qing Hong have to help them, and what is the benefit to the Qing family? I always feel unlikely, is there something else going on here? ”

The second lady thought for a while, "The queen mother was sad for her because of the order approval before, is it because of this matter that she holds a grudge against the queen mother everywhere?" ”

"It shouldn't be, what kind of person is Qing Hong, he looks like a timid mouse and doesn't dare to come out, but in fact he is very sleek, and he has won the trust of the emperor and even the queen mother, how could he let his eldest daughter Hu come!"

"What's the reason for that?"

Chen Ji couldn't think of it for a while, so he didn't speak, and the second lady turned to think of something, and said: "A few days ago, the emperor rescued the princess many times because of Qingru, canonized her as the lord of Chong'an County, and she then / entered the palace to thank her, the queen mother found Dingzhen Shitai, and suddenly said that she is a person with a double life, either rich and noble for a lifetime without worry, then there are many disasters at any time to worry about life, every eight small calamities, three major calamities, she is about to pass the eighteenth birthday, it is said that this year to eat fasting and chant Buddha, do not ask about the world to avoid the catastrophe. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Chen Ji was surprised: "That Dingzhen Master, I have also heard of it, the Queen Mother also urged her three times and invited her to enter the palace once, how did the eldest sister invite her?" Invited her to the palace just to give Qingru a fate? What's the point? ”

The second lady shook her head, "The queen didn't deliver the news to the house, so the family didn't know about it." However, Qing Ru promised to marry Jiang Rin next month, and if she dissolves that double life according to the method of Dingzhen Shitai, I am afraid that the auspicious day of marriage will be delayed. ”

Chen Ji was a very smart person, and he immediately sensed Empress Chen's intentions, and said, "Is the eldest sister trying to break up this family business?" He got up and paced a few steps in the room, and said, "Before, our Chen family was weak, and the eldest sister was not valued by the emperor, so naturally we couldn't make these preparations. But now our Chen family should take advantage of the current momentum to send the six princes to the crown prince in one go, which must be indispensable for the help of others. I heard that Qing Hong attaches great importance to Qing Ruxu's eldest daughter, if she can marry our Chen family, it will be easy to win over Qing Hong. ”

The second lady was shocked when she heard this, and felt that it was too risky for Empress Chen to pay attention to this, "This ...... The family affairs that have been set are only one step away from getting married, how can it be so easy to break up! If it is really as you say, the queen mother means this, then she must calculate that Qing Ruxu and Jiang Rin will not be able to marry again...... If this doesn't work out, I'm afraid I'm going to have a feud with the Qing family. With Qinghong's status in front of the emperor, he will oppose us when the time comes, but he will be a fierce rival! And Jiang Rin, I always feel that he is a bit evil and incomprehensible......"

Chen Ji pondered for a moment, and also felt that Empress Chen's idea was a little inappropriate, Qinghong looked honest, but if he was really honest, he could eat so well in front of the emperor? "Jiang Rin, this kid, he fell for Tanhualang at a young age, and if he doesn't go to the Hanlin Academy, he has to go to the Imperial City Division, he is indeed not a simple character......" Something suddenly flashed in his mind, but he didn't have time to catch it and disappeared.

The second lady guessed, "You don't often say that there must be a demon when things go wrong." This Jiang Rin is Qinghong's student and his quasi-son-in-law, will Jiang Rin's going to the Imperial City Division be Qinghong's idea? Qinghong is deeply trusted by the emperor, could it be that there is any conspiracy here? ”

"It's not, if the emperor wants to reactivate the Imperial City Division, he really needs a suitable person, this Jiang Rin does have two times, and he doesn't follow common sense and behaves treacherously, which is very similar to the style of the Imperial City Division in the past. Moreover, the Imperial City Division is directly under the emperor's drive, and he must find a reliable person who has nothing to do with the various factions in Beijing. Therefore, it is not surprising that the emperor appointed Jiang Rin to take charge of the Imperial City Division. ”

Speaking of this, both husband and wife couldn't help but be silent.

A few years ago, the Chen Mansion was just a little-known small family among the many families in the capital, and Chen Ji's father was just a mere four-grade ritual waiter, and he had no real power in charge of sacrificial utensils on weekdays, so Chen's father took the opportunity of the draft to send the eldest daughter who looked like a fairy into the palace, which is now Queen Chen.

At that time, where did the Chen family think that her daughter could actually become the queen in the position of the middle palace? It's already a great honor to be a concubine. Later, after Queen Chunrong died and Liu Zhaoyi entered the palace, Chen Ji saw that there was a loophole to drill, and seized the opportunity to help the emperor eradicate the Liu family in one fell swoop.

In the final analysis, the Chen family's calculations inside and outside now all rely on Chen Ji, Chen's father is not as good as before, these things are fully handed over to Chen Ji, according to Chen Ji's plan, Queen Chen eliminated a few strong rivals, and the prince only has a few that are useless, in short, everything is for the sixth prince born to Queen Chen, Li Qi.

Chen Ji's eyes narrowed slightly, "Since the eldest sister has already moved her mind, I always have to help her succeed, if I can really pull Qinghong over, it will be very beneficial to our Chen family." I have another idea, though. ”

The second lady asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Chen Ji whispered a few words in the second lady's ear, and the second lady was stunned at first, and then showed a surprised voice: "This attention is good, it is reasonable." If you calculate Qing Ruxu, I am afraid that Qing Hong's temperament will directly hate us, so that this concern will be avoided. ”

Chen Ji smiled: "Just wait for tomorrow to enter the palace to reward me, and I will take the opportunity to ask the emperor for permission." ”

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On the second day, Emperor Zhaoren rewarded Chen Ji, the general of Zhenbei, and the soldiers of the three armies in the Xuanzheng Palace. The defeat of North Vietnam Chen Ji was indispensable, and the town was sealed in Beihou. His wife is a lady of the first grade. In addition, other soldiers also talked about meritorious deeds.

Almost all of the lieutenant generals were promoted to the third level, and they were overjoyed, and they all looked at the newly sealed Zhenbei Hou Chen Ji, their eyes full of convincing. Chen Ji knelt down in the hall in the eyes of everyone and said, "Your Majesty, there is another thing that the minister wants to ask the emperor to fulfill." ”

"Oh? What does Zhenbei need to be fulfilled? "In today's situation, no matter what harmless requests Chen Ji has, Emperor Zhaoren is willing to be an adult.

Zhenbei waited for a moment and glanced in the direction of Qing Hong, Qing Hong sighed in his heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good.

Chen Ji said in a deep voice: "There is a younger sister in the courtiers, who is twenty years old and has not yet married......"

Emperor Zhaoren raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you want to ask for a marriage for her?" But why is your sister so old and unmarried? "The emperor also has to ask clearly, if this person has any hidden illness or unbearable things, wouldn't it hurt others to be a matchmaker at that time.

Chen Ji wanted to speak and stopped, as if it was a little difficult to speak, but in the end he gritted his teeth and told the truth, and said: "Just because my sister is infatuated, I have already made it clear to my family that if I can't marry this person, I will never marry." The minister couldn't bear to see his sister grow old to death, so he wanted to ask the emperor for a favor......"

The emperor became more and more surprised: "Since Sister Ling is intentional, and she is so resolute, and it is also affectionate, why don't you call no one to come to the door to talk to the matchmaker?" Wouldn't the person she belonged to? ”

"It's not that I don't want to...... It's just ......" Chen Ji sighed slightly, "It's just that this person already had a family before, and the family naturally couldn't agree to let her be a concubine, so it was delayed because of the relationship of the courtier's sister, but now this person has recently lost his wife, so he ......"