It is difficult to say whether Empress Cao had foreseen this scene when she planned her death.

Even if the emperor wants to abolish the crown prince, even if many people know that the emperor wants to abolish the crown prince, but a prince who has been officially canonized for many years is really not so easy to abolish it. If it is abolished first, there is still some hope for the prince to lose the natural identity of "the eldest son from the main palace". But now that the empress is still in the name, it is impossible for the emperor to easily depose him.

What is the use of Empress Cao asking the emperor to depose the prince before her death? The major event of the abolition of the prince of a country, can the women of the deep palace control it? If she can mention it, the court officials can also ignore it!

Earlier, when Empress Cao was still alive, the Cao family was also powerful, and the second prince and the Lin family were fighting with them, all kinds of discussions in the court about changing the crown prince did not stop, and many orthodox officials at that time had no intention of getting involved. But when the Lin family and the second prince stopped cooking, Empress Cao and the Cao family also retreated, and the emperor seemed to be able to really abolish the crown prince, they jumped out.

Since the prince is not at fault, he can't be deposed without fault! He has many shortcomings, but the princes and princes have the responsibility to teach the prince well, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace have the responsibility to assist the prince not to make mistakes. The prince made a small mistake, that is, the prince and the subordinate officials of the East Palace did not do a good job, and they couldn't casually say that the prince was not worthy of being the prince! The main palace is the eldest son, and the prince is the prince of the country, how can he be abolished casually?! The emperor can't do whatever he wants in this kind of thing. If the emperor is allowed to decide the ownership of the prince according to his own preferences, what kind of ancestral family law do you want?!

The fourth prince is very smart and has no obvious shortcomings, but after all, he is the youngest son of a favorite concubine, and he has no special credit. Whether he is born, old or senior, he is lackluster, and it is entirely because of the emperor's favor that he stands out among his brothers. Even if the emperor has recently deliberately let his biological mother Qiao Meiren get sick, hide in front of others, and accept a new favorite, so as to dilute the origin of the son of the fourth prince's favorite concubine, but the courtiers are not all easy to fool, still remember his roots!

Unless one day the crown prince commits an unforgivable sin, he is no longer suitable to be the prince, no matter how smart and favored the four princes are, the courtiers still respect the etiquette and law, and oppose the emperor's abolition of the elder and the younger!

Not only did the emperor begin to receive all kinds of advice in the court, but even the queen mother in the harem, who was enjoying her old age, heard the persuasion of the edicts who entered the palace to ask for peace, and even the old ladies and princesses in the clan came to her side to test the royal intentions. Etiquette or something, in fact, is also a kind of guarantee for the concubine of the main room. If the royal family decides to abolish the eldest son born in the main palace and replace it with a little prince born of a beauty, does it mean that the concubines of the various royal palaces and the sons they have are treated differently than before?

The Queen Mother was so annoyed that the headaches that she hadn't done for many years recurred.

Originally, this kind of thing only needed to let Qiao Meiren, the biological mother of the fourth prince, take the throne, and after being canonized, the problem would be solved. With the second queen's son, the impact of the abolished prince is not so great. But neither the emperor nor the queen mother can accept Qiao Meiren as the queen - where is her background, temperament, and wisdom worthy of it?!

There was chaos inside and outside the palace, and there was no stop in the clan. The emperor could fight with the courtiers and slowly persuade them to accept his views, but the queen mother had no intention of continuing to entangle with the clan's wives and foreign ministers. She didn't want to listen to the princes' cries every day, and she didn't even want to see the situation when the second prince was kicked out of the palace. Therefore, when she heard that the eldest princess of Yongning entered the palace and mentioned her trip to the north in April this year, she immediately proposed to go to the north.

The Queen Mother wants to go out for a walk, and she can also say in a beautiful name, she wants to go to the famous temples and ancient temples to worship the Buddha, pray for the emperor, the late queen and the princes, and pray for the Ming Dynasty! As soon as this reason came out, could the courtiers still oppose her? Although this matter has not yet been decided, it has been basically decided.

Before the will of the palace reached Beiping, the eldest princess of Yongning wrote a letter ordering people to hurry up and deliver the letter, implying that the Yan Wang couple had made preparations in advance.

Of course, it is impossible for the Yan Wang couple to refuse the arrival of the Queen Mother, but how to arrange the Queen Mother at that time is another problem.

There is an imperial city in the city of Beiping. At the beginning, Emperor Taizong designed and built the Forbidden City to allow the royal people to live in. However, the Forbidden City has been vacant for many years, and except for the occasional emperor or two who passed through Beiping during his northern tour, and may have temporarily settled here, there were no permanent residents at all. Moreover, this imperial city also occupies a large area, but there are only a few servants in it who are responsible for daily cleaning and maintenance, and when it really needs to be cleaned or repaired, it is necessary to temporarily find people from outside. Therefore, the interior of the Forbidden City is very empty and quiet.

There is a palace in the city that was originally planned for the noble lady of the queen mother's identity, also called Cining Palace, the place is quite large, and there is a small garden, which is quite comfortable, and the location is relatively close to the west gate of the imperial city, relatively close to the Yanwang Mansion, and it is convenient to enter and exit. According to the rules, if the Queen Mother comes to Beiping, she must be arranged to live in this Cining Palace.

But the problem is that the Forbidden City is so empty, even if the Queen Mother brings hundreds of palace attendants to live in, it is still very empty. At night, it was dark all around, both deserted and scary - the Queen Mother didn't want to suffer this crime!

The eldest princess of Yongning means that the queen mother came to Beiping to avoid those troubles, relax and recuperate, so it is best to arrange a comfortable and comfortable place, with good scenery, comfortable living, quiet and few people, but not too far from the city, because the queen mother is used to being lively, and occasionally wants to have some fun.

After King Yan and Princess Yan received the letter, they were troubled for a day. There are two or three courtyards and gardens on the shore of Shicha in Yanwangfu, the scenery is good, and it is very comfortable to live in summer, but they are not sure how many entourages the Queen Mother will bring, in order to protect the safety of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that the accompanying guards will not be less, where can those gardens accommodate so many people?

So Princess Yan remembered Zizhu Courtyard again. This place is quite big, the scenery is also good, few outsiders come, it is close to the city, take the boat and take the waterway, it can be from Shichahai, Jishuitan directly, the traffic is more convenient. Moreover, although this garden was built by the hands of the then King Yan, the original plan was renovated and many houses that could live were added, but because it was originally used as a royal residence, there were planned residences for the guards around it. In addition, this area is along the waterway, there are not many residents, but there is a military camp ten miles away, which is far away from the hustle and bustle and is not easy to disturb the people. If the Queen Mother is willing to live here, there is also a temple in the garden for her to pray for the Buddha, which can be said to be quite convenient.

Princess Yan hadn't been here for two years, and once she remembered this, she took her daughter over temporarily. The news of the Queen Mother's northern tour has not yet spread, and she can't let outsiders know about it, so she can only use the excuse of You Chun, and invite the Xie family to accompany her by the way, as a shield.

After Xiao Rui said all this, Xie Mulin showed a look of sudden realization. But before she could say anything, Xiao Rui let her out again: "If the Queen Mother really decides to come to Beiping to relax, I have discussed it with my father and the princess, and I will try to ask the emperor to invite the four highnesses to accompany her." ”

Xie Mulin was stunned: "What?!" ”