Xie Xianzhi read the letter and inhaled, as if he was a little incredulous.

He and the crown prince used to be cousins who met from time to time, and their relationship was okay in the past. Although he felt that the prince was a little confused in the matter of Wang Meiru, he had never been alone with the prince since the accident at home, and the impression of the prince in his mind was still in the first month of this year, when the prince was still a gentle, benevolent and polite young man.

Xie Xianzhi never expected that the prince not only made Wang Meiru faint, but in order to help the Wang family, the Cao family poisoned the innocent Xie family, and now he has completely thrown away his reason, not to mention offending the Zhao family for no reason, and he doesn't even want his own image. Didn't he know that the second prince was eyeing his position as the prince, and as long as he showed any flaws, he would be attacked by the officials of the Lin family and the second prince's faction? Even if he really doesn't like the Zhao family as a concubine and is dissatisfied with Empress Cao's manipulation of his marriage, he can discuss with the emperor in private, there is no need to offend the Zhao family like this and ruin his image among scholars, right?

As for the actions of the second prince and the Lin family, Xie Xianzhi didn't care so much. He listened to Lin Zhaoyi, the second prince and the Lin family from the Cao family, and felt that it was normal for them to do any bad things, and he was full of worries and sadness about the prince's self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Xie Jinzhi comforted him: "Big brother, the prince himself is confused, the queen mother and the Cao family who should have admonished him, as well as the subordinate officials of the East Palace, none of them can successfully pull him back to the right path, what is the use of you being in a hurry here?" I'm afraid that the prince has forgotten you a long time ago, right? When the Wang family case occurred, did you ever see him consider that you are the eldest son of the Xie family and a cousin who has known him since childhood? After the accident of the Wang family, it was clear that everyone in the capital knew that Wang Angui deserved it, and the mother and daughter of the Wang family were not innocent, but the prince still wanted to be angry with the queen mother and the Cao family for Wang Meiru's death.

"Do you think he's really still an understanding person? No matter how good the impression he made in the past, it was just an illusion. Now this willful and reckless prince is only afraid that he is his true face. You feel sorry for him, don't you know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that this is the only way to be satisfied? ”

Xie Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "Second brother doesn't need to persuade me, I naturally understand what is going on in my heart." It's just that people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless? After all, he has been a cousin for more than ten years, and he has never felt sorry for me in person, so it is naturally difficult for me to let go of the old friendship in my heart. ”

He looked at the letter in his hand and sighed and sighed: "Since I was a child, I can always see how the queen and the Cao family have worked hard to cultivate the crown prince and make him the best prince in the eyes of all subjects. Hearing the prince praise the prince, I still feel honored in my heart. But now, in just a few months, all of this has come to naught...... It's really emotional. ”

He really couldn't understand how the prince became what he is now? What is the queen doing? What is the subordinate officer of the East Palace doing? When Xie Yinghui wrote last time, he already felt that the prince's approach was very absurd. But at that time, it was only the juniors of the Zhao family who were embarrassed by the prince. Now even the elders of the Zhao family have been targeted by the prince, which is really too much! Didn't anyone persuade him? If this continues, the prince will offend too many people!

Xie Mulin said: "The prince is not young, he is older than the eldest brother and the second brother, right?" He has been studying since he was a child, taught by famous Confucians, and taught by the emperor and empress, so he will naturally not be a stupid person. In this case, any decision he makes now is his own will, and he will accept whatever consequences it will cause. Why is the eldest brother in a hurry for him? I think he should be very confident. He is officially canonized as the crown prince of the East Palace, as long as he does not make a big mistake, no one dares to say anything about it, and there will definitely be countless officials to intercede for him. Now the crown prince wants to marry a wife, and he wants to choose a suitable wife, and he doesn't want to be at the mercy of the queen, which is also his freedom. The Zhao family is very important, but not to the point where it is more important than the crown prince. ”

Xie Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "If there is no Lin Zhaoyi and the second prince, it will be so." But now the Lin family is fanning the flames behind their backs......"

Xie Mulin waved his hand: "The Lin family is also a courtier. This kind of thing ultimately depends on the emperor's intentions. If the emperor can't tolerate the crown prince, even if he is a perfect prince, he will be just as useless; If the emperor can tolerate him, even if he is so bad that he is bleeding, no one will be able to steal his crown prince. ”

The truth is this. It's just that Xie Xianzhi used to have a good relationship with the prince, but now that he sees the old man become unrecognizable, he will inevitably be full of emotion.

Xie Huizhi saw that Xie Xianzhi was in a bad mood, so he took the letter from his hand and read it for him, so as to divert everyone's attention.

The Zhao family is deeply trapped in the whirlpool of public opinion, and it seems that they are about to be unlucky, but the Zhao family is very calm, even the son of the Zhao family who was involved in the lawsuit is not stable, and he has found many witnesses to prove his innocence. Don't look at the fact that there are a lot of people attacking the Zhao family, all kinds of gossip are flying all over the sky, but the emperor did not have a seizure, and sent a doctor to the Zhao scholar who was sick, so that he could recover from his illness as soon as possible and continue to come back to give lectures to the prince.

Immediately afterwards, the queen mother passed the three princes over and asked the three princes if they were willing to marry the daughter of the Zhao family as the concubine.

In fact, when the crown prince made it clear that he was unwilling to marry the daughter of the Zhao family, and the queen mother and the eldest princess of Yongning said that the daughter of the Zhao family could be matched with other princes, they had already taken a fancy to the third prince and felt that he was the most compatible with the daughter of the Zhao family. Although he is one year younger than Zhao Ying, there is not much difference, plus he has never had the intention of competing for the throne, and he has a good relationship with the prince, if he can marry Zhao Ying, at least he can ensure that the Zhao family will not stand on the opposite side of the East Palace.

The second prince can't, his ambition is too obvious, if he really gets the help of the Zhao family, the crown prince may be threatened. Although the Queen Mother doesn't like Empress Cao, she still values her grandson very much and doesn't want to see any grandson hurt.

However, before the Queen Mother could speak, the second prince jumped out and expressed his willingness to marry to the Zhao family, which made people very annoyed. Fortunately, the Zhao family was very measured and refused, otherwise the Queen Mother's hard work would have been in vain.

Now that the Zhao family is in trouble, as long as the marriage between the third prince and Zhao Ying is decided, and the emperor decrees the marriage, all the gossip will disappear, and the prince doesn't have to make trouble anymore, he always has to give his younger brother who has always been good friends a little face.

It's a pity that the answer of the third prince disappointed the queen mother. He thinks that the two elder brothers are almost married to Miss Zhao, and the second prince has publicly expressed his willingness to marry, if he asks to marry Miss Zhao again, it will damage the reputation of the other party and hurt the love between brothers. He also felt that he was still young, and it was not too late to consider his choice of princess when the first two brothers got married.

The third prince rejected the daughter of the Zhao family, and the reason he said was also very reasonable, and the queen mother had to dispel this idea, but she was still very disappointed. After the eldest princess Yongning came home from the palace, she was very annoyed, telling her family that she had affected the reputation of the Zhao family. Zhao Ying used to be a popular candidate for the crown princess of the East Palace, but now she doesn't even have the title of a princess, how will she marry in the future? Knowing this, she shouldn't have said good things about Zhao Ying that day, and insisted that Zhao Ying should be made the princess.

After the news of Cining Palace spread, the crown prince and the second prince successively found the third prince and praised his younger brother for his acquaintance, but the young lady of the Zhao family fell ill. Although she justifiably withdrew from the East Palace draft in the name of illness, and the court's attack on the Zhao family gradually disappeared due to the tone exposed by the Queen Mother, but after this incident, the royal family no longer had the face to ask the Zhao family for marriage.

Miss Zhao's future has also been overshadowed.