Chapter 659: Analysis
Xie Mulin was amazed as he read the letter.
The situation in Beijing has changed so much, and when she left Huyin County, she really didn't expect it.
The momentum of the Cao family has not been good in the past two years, and she has been hit hard by the second prince and the Lin family, she knows it. Xie Yinghui can often receive letters from girlfriends in the capital, and Xiao Rui's industry "Rui Ji" also has guys who will inform Xie Huizhi of the news in the capital, not to mention that Xie Huizhi has contacted his old friend Cao Rong again, and there is an exchange of letters in almost a few months, and he has some understanding of the current situation of the Cao family.
However, the second prince and the Lin family began to be rejected by the emperor, and they were about to get cold, and she had only heard a little rumor about this matter recently, but she didn't know what was going on. Originally, she thought that the crown prince had suffered a blow, and the second prince was going to be cold again, so it should be a good time for the ambitious third prince to take the throne, but she didn't expect that now that the third prince has not yet come out, he was first calculated by the queen mother, the queen, the prince and others, and was about to suffer a big loss in marriage. Is there still hope for the three princes?
Xie Mulin remembered Xie Yingrong's vaguely revealed tone, the third prince seemed to be the victor in the battle for succession, right?
She wasn't very worried that Xiao Rui would be calculated by the third prince in the marriage and framed by a Lan family. Although Xiao Rui is now a rising star with a reputation in the army, he is still the concubine of the General Mansion of the Zhuguo State, and he is just a thousand households of five grades. Compared with the three princes, it is far behind! How could the Lan family also be the daughter of Shouchangbo's Mansion, and he was valued by the emperor to marry his son, how could he marry Xiao Rui? That's not slapping Shouchangbofu's face, but stepping on the emperor's eyes!
Most of the three princes were mad and crazy to say such nonsensical threats.
The Lan family rarely even had the opportunity to meet Xiao Rui, how could the two concoct a scandal of a "private relationship"? It's not that the emperor doesn't know that the third prince is not happy about this family business. Since he had already had a history of creating rumors in order to get rid of the Lan family, once there were rumors that the Lan family had an affair with others, who knew that the emperor would not guess his son's head? Even if the emperor is hindered by rumors and no longer insists that his son marry the Lan family, the third prince will definitely not be able to please his own father!
On the platform, some are online, this is the intention of the three princes to disobey the holy order!
Whether it was disobedience to the divine decree or disobedience to his father's command, both of these statements were enough for him to drink a pot. Even if the emperor doesn't punish him heavily, he won't value this son much in the future. Lao Tzu, especially Lao Tzu, who is still the emperor, how can he bear to have a disobedient son?
Xie Mulin has never dared to underestimate the reigning Emperor Jingle. Don't look at the emperor is relying on the power of his wife and mother's family and the military exploits of his siblings, and just in time for the battle for succession, all the brothers who have the strength to compete for the throne have almost killed each other, so that he can choose the cheapest, he has been able to resist the strength of the Cao family over the years, and suppress the power of the Cao family within a controllable range, without causing too many consequences for the country and the people, it is definitely not easy to do.
Now the emperor's faction can be said to be full-fledged, and there is no need to give the Cao family too much face, and even most of the military power has been deprived. The second prince and the Lin family fought against the Cao family, and most of them were supported by the emperor. And when the second prince and the Lin family developed too fast, it might affect the emperor's authority, and they lost power again because of taboos, and it is difficult to say whether there are also emperor's means behind this.
Anyway, now that the Cao family has just been filial piety, it is still unknown whether they can regain power, and it is very likely that the second prince and the first line will not be able to. Originally, the three princes could have risen by taking advantage of the trend, but at this juncture, they became in-laws of the Lan family, and first cut off the possibility of relying on the future Yue family to seek military or political advantages. Without this road, what is left of the Three Princes? My uncle is a diehard loyalist of the emperor, and he will not listen to his assignment, and he himself has few reliable allies, so I am afraid that he is not as good as the prince and the second prince who have lost power.
The timing was so coincidental, and the emperor's reason for insisting on letting the third son marry the Lan family as the concubine was a little weaker, not as if he attached great importance to this son's appearance, which was somewhat contradictory to the rumors in the past that he loved the third prince very much. Xie Mulin couldn't help but wonder if the emperor had discovered the ambition of the third prince and was disliked, so he deliberately used the marriage to beat this son?
Otherwise, the three princes and the Lan family just "happened" to collide together in a public place, and there were some easily misleading postures or something, how could they be convincing enough to make the emperor decide on his son's marriage without even confirming whether his son and the Lan family had a private intersection? Even if General Xiao Mingde confessed that the third prince had framed the Lan family, it would not be enough for the emperor to sacrifice his son's lifelong happiness to compensate the daughter of an earl without power.
The persuasion of the queen mother may have some effect, but the queen and the crown prince were rejected by the emperor, they said that this family business was good, how could the emperor listen to it? Naturally, the emperor himself had the intention to promote this marriage, so no matter how Xiao Guifei and the third prince objected, they insisted on setting this marriage. According to Xiao Ruixin, Xiao Guifei and the third prince are still struggling with whether their actions have exposed their ambitions in front of the emperor, I am afraid that they have not reacted yet, the emperor has already guessed their plans, right?
Xie Mulin couldn't help but secretly order a piece of wax for Concubine Xiao and the third prince. However, General Xiao Mingde now adheres to his royalist position, and has not wavered in his loyalty to the emperor because of the existence of his sister and nephew, and the General Mansion of Zhuguo should not be implicated by the three princes. It's just that...... It's okay when the emperor is in power now, but what will happen when the new emperor takes the throne?
Whether it is the crown prince or the second prince on the throne, it is possible that the Zhuguo General's Mansion will be implicated because of their hostility towards the third prince, even if they know that General Xiao is only loyal to the emperor. But if the third prince ascends the throne, I am afraid that he will also resent his uncle for refusing to lend a helping hand today, and even fall into the ground, right?
With the temper, character and character that these three princes have always shown, they can do such a thing.
Could it be that only the four princes succeeding to the throne is the best result for the General Mansion of the Pillar State?
Xie Mulin's heart moved slightly. She noticed that among the four princes under the emperor's knees, the first three were the older ones, and they were all hit one after another, and it was very likely that they would no longer be able to threaten the imperial power in the future, and it did not look like they would be valued by the emperor. There is only one fourth prince left who is the youngest and has the lowest background in his mother's family, and he is still innocent and favored. The emperor always has to have an heir, is it his youngest son that he likes? Because this son is the youngest and the weakest, won't he threaten him?
She had been away from the capital for too long, and she was not well-informed enough to make an accurate judgment. But this kind of thing must be guarded against. The Xie family is an official in the territory of King Yan, and may not be affected by the change of throne in the court, but Xiao Rui was born in the General's Mansion of the Zhuguo Kingdom, and his relationship with the three princes is too close, so he must be prepared.
Xie Mulin began to write to Xiao Rui, reminding him to pay attention to the news of the Four Princes.