It is customary for the emperor to observe the New Year's Eve with the empress on Chinese New Year's Eve.

When Queen Wang walked out of the Baohe Palace, where did she see Zhang Lingyang's shadow? He asked a little eunuch outside the palace, "Where did the emperor go just now?" ”

The little eunuch replied: "Back to the queen's mother, long live the Lord just went to the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace!" ”

Before the little eunuch's voice fell, Queen Wang hurried towards the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Queen Wang sensed from Zhang Lingyang's attitude tonight that she must explain things clearly tonight. Otherwise, the misunderstanding will get bigger and bigger, and if there are other concubines solidified from it, I am afraid that it will be harmful to myself and the eldest prince Zhao Hao.

When she arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, she heard the little eunuch outside the hall reply that Zhang Lingyang was in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Queen Wang breathed a sigh of relief and said in her heart: "I finally found it!" ”

Signaling the people who came with her to retreat, Queen Wang gently pushed open the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and heard Zhang Lingyang's voice from the hall: "Didn't I order me to come over, without my order, no one is allowed to enter tonight?" ”

From her tone, Empress Wang sensed Zhang Lingyang's anger.

Taking a deep breath, Queen Wang walked to the bed and saw Zhang Lingyang lying on the bed, her chest rising and falling. The look is not very good-looking.

"The emperor is angry about the matter of the second prince?" By Zhang Lingyang's side, Queen Wang asked softly.

"What do you say?" Zhang Lingyang squinted at Queen Wang, turned around, and stared straight at the window. Put the back of the back to the queen king.

Queen Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Among them, I am afraid that there will be some misunderstandings, and I ask the emperor to listen to the explanation of the concubines." ”

"Explain?" Zhang Lingyang suddenly stood up, looked directly at Queen Wang, and asked with a sneer, "What does the queen have to explain?" ”

"The concubine admits what happened to the noble concubine, and the concubine does know it, but the concubine also has her own troubles!" The queen's face became even more bitter.

"Bitter?" Zhang Lingyang's eyes were obviously unbelieving, "As the master of the harem, what can the queen do?" ”

"The concubine is indeed the master of the harem, but there are thousands of pairs of eyes staring, as long as there is any mistake, the concubine is afraid that it will be doomed." Queen Wang's eyes were full of grievances, obviously complaining that Zhang Lingyang didn't understand her distress.

Zhang Lingyang really didn't understand Empress Wang's distress, stared at Empress Wang coldly and asked, "The Empress is the mother of a country, I didn't even know that there was someone who could threaten the Queen?" It's a ridiculous joke! ”

"If the concubine doesn't have a strong maiden family behind her, how can she not be careful?" Queen Wang said with tears in her eyes, "Such as Concubine Wu Xian, Concubine Cao, Concubine Li, Concubine He, Concubine Yan, Concubine Zhu Guifei, and Concubine Zheng Guifei, their fathers are either important ministers of the imperial court, or they are feudal officials, and there are countless protégés and former officials behind them.

And what about concubines? The father of the concubine was a false lord of the princess before, and he had no power and power in the court, how could the concubine not be careful?

Even so, the ministers were still unwilling to let go of the concubines, and always impeached the concubine's father, causing the concubine's father to be stripped of his title, and he could only be reduced to a commoner, so as to attack the concubine.

If the concubines usually don't turn a blind eye and do everything evenly, I'm afraid that the ministers will even frame the charges of rebellion, just wait for the concubine's father to jump inside, and then wipe out the concubine's maiden family.

Your Majesty, although the concubine is your wife and the mother of a country, the concubine is also a woman, and the concubine also has feelings and wants to protect her relatives, can the emperor understand these? ”

Zhang Lingyang was silent for a while.

Seeing this, Queen Wang continued: "As a daughter, the concubine admits that she does not want to see the children of other concubines, but the concubine dares to swear to the sky that if the concubine has deliberately done something difficult for other princes and princesses, the concubine is willing to be thundered by the sky. ”

The ancients paid attention to oaths and easily did not dare to swear, let alone the mother of a country?

Seeing the queen swearing, Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but believe a little, but he was inevitably a little angry in his heart, and said: "I am the king of a country, the queen, you are my wife, who dares to impeach in the world?" Let me depose your queenship? I'm afraid the queen is a little too careful, right? ”

"Is it because the concubines are too careful?" Queen Wang smiled bitterly, "These days, the concubines have not done anything, and there are still people who impeach the concubines' maiden families, if all the affairs of the harem are customary, then the courtiers are afraid that they will impeach the concubines' maiden family even more unscrupulously."

Although the parents of the concubine are a little greedy, what kind of people are they? Isn't it clear to you, Your Majesty? Now the concubine is a little suspicious, someone must have set it up, otherwise, the concubine's father and younger brother would not have done such a hurtful thing. ”

There are some truths and falsehoods in the queen's words, Zhang Lingyang can't tell the difference, but in his heart, he still thinks that someone is setting a trap on Wang Guowei's father and son, and teaching Queen Wang a lesson, so that Queen Wang will be jealous.

But thinking about it again, it was Li Guangtai who impeached Wang Guowei's father and son, and with Li Guangtai's temper and temperament, he would not do such a thing.

"Among them, could it be that there are other people who can't get in the way?" Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but think.

"Then who led Li Guangtai to impeach Wang Guowei and his son?" Zhang Lingyang continued to bow his head and ponder, "Although Wang Guowei's father and son are the national uncle and uncle, and they hold the title of the Guogong Mansion, they don't have much right to speak, whether in the court or in the army.

Could it be that they did this to pull the queen off the horse so that their daughter could ascend to the throne? ”

The more he thought about it, the more Zhang Lingyang felt that there was such a possibility. At the same time, a layer of cold sweat broke out behind Zhang Lingyang's back, and he felt that those ministers in the court were too treacherous.

In order to be calm and composed, it is not easy for the queen to use direct means to pull the queen off the horse, so they made the queen chaotic by impeaching the queen's maiden family, the princess of Anguo, so as to 'commit' the unforgivable crime like a concubine.

In this way, the abolition of the queen's throne is a matter of nine out of ten.

Once the queen falls, for a long time, Zhang Lingyang must have another queen.

As for who this 'queen' is?

It depends on the means of the concubines to compete for favor and the offensive of the courtiers.

Once Zhang Lingyang re-established a new queen, it was obvious that there would be one more prince or a few competitors for the crown prince.

Although no matter whether the queen is abolished or not, the identity of Zhao Hao's eldest son can never be changed, but once the queen is abolished, the prince who is the royal concubine will definitely have one or more princes, and for Zhao Hao, there are several more strong competitors for the crown prince.

Without the support of strong courtiers in the court, Zhao Hao was obviously at a significant disadvantage in the battle for the crown prince. Other princes are different, even if Zhang Lingyang no longer establishes a queen after the queen is deposed, but with the support of a strong uncle, the chances of other princes ascending to the crown prince are obviously not much stronger than Zhao Hao, the eldest son without the support of strong ministers......