"As we all know, the emperor today has only the only prince of King Qing, and it is very likely that there will always be only this one prince, in this case, why does the emperor still delay canonizing King Qing as the crown prince? It could have been said that the emperor might have other princes, but since the death of the little prince from Xiang Concubine, the emperor seems to have died of this, but even so, the emperor still has no plans to establish a prince, what does my father think? ”

Master Zheng Si hesitated, "The emperor is in the prime of life, and the premature establishment of the prince may make some unrighteous slanderous rumors flatter, thus shaking the foundation of the country!" For the stability of the community, it is not advisable to set up a reserve too early! ”

Xu Shu chuckled, "To put it simply, the emperor thinks that he is still in the prime of life, and he is still comfortable in handling government affairs, and he has not yet reached the point where he needs the assistance of the prince, and he doesn't want to set up a prince early to share the courtiers' loyalty to him!" But that's not always the case......"

"That'...... Or why? ”

"It's even more because of the Deng family, because the emperor is jealous of the Deng family! Although the emperor attaches great importance to filial piety, it is an indisputable fact that the emperor is jealous of the Deng family and the empress dowager! ”

Master Zheng Si muttered, "The Deng family is a prestigious family that has lasted for a hundred years, and its in-laws and interpersonal relationships are complicated, and the Deng family is the mother of the Empress Dowager, so it is normal for the emperor to be jealous!" ”

"When the first emperor died, it was the Deng family who supported the current emperor's accession to the throne despite public opinion, and because of this merit over the years, the emperor has always loved the Deng family very much, and treated the Deng family with preferential treatment everywhere, always courteous, and the children of the Deng family were sent to important positions! However, the emperor reused the Deng family, but at the same time, he was worried that the power of the Deng family was too large and would threaten his rule and authority! Therefore, since the emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother who has not come out of the harem for many years has been able to hold the position of the middle palace, because the emperor needs someone to contain the queen mother; Under the court, the emperor secretly promoted the courtiers who were not part of the Deng family, in order to divide the power of the Deng family, in order to reduce the Deng family's right to speak in court politics! ”

Thinking about it, although the emperor has reused the Deng family over the years, he has also reused many officials who have nothing to do with the Deng family or even have discord with the Deng family.

"Over the years, the emperor has reused the Gao family and the Xiao family, but the Gao family is weak, even though the tall people are in important positions, they do not have much impact on the overall situation, and the Xiao family has been only the Deng family for many years, even if the emperor is important to the Xiao family, the relationship between the two families has little effect! Therefore, the emperor asked the seventh cousin to be the side concubine of King Qing, and the concubine of the fourth lady of the Huang family, who was preferred by the Empress Dowager, entered the Qing Palace, but he also didn't want the Deng family to hold King Qing in his hands, and wanted to use our Zheng family to suppress the Deng family! ”

As for the emperor's intention to let Zheng Wanli be the concubine of King Qing, Master Zheng Si was somewhat clear, and it was precisely because of this that when the old lady decided to reconcile with the Deng family, Master Zheng Si felt that it was inappropriate, after all, the emperor's intention was to make the Zheng family and the Deng family opposed, and many adults in the court also knew this! But now that the emperor has just fallen ill, the Zheng family immediately threw himself into the camp of the Deng family, which is really a bit shameful! But Master Zheng Si can't think of a better way for the time being, the current Deng family covers the sky with one hand, and the Zheng family and the Deng family's struggle is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

"The emperor is worried that the Deng family can support him at the beginning, and in the future, they can also support King Qing to replace him! Therefore, even if the emperor wants to establish a prince, he will definitely wait until the Deng family is no longer able to influence the matter of establishing a prince, and the one that the emperor wants is not subject to the Deng family, nor is it subject to the prince of any other family! "So although the emperor postponed the marriage of King Qing and Miss Huang Si, he did not use the excuse to abolish the marriage contract, the emperor needs the Zheng family to restrain the Deng family, and at the same time, he also needs the Deng family to check and balance the Zheng family, after experiencing the affairs of the Deng family, the emperor will never allow any family to dominate!

"The difference between early and late is here!"

Master Zheng Si nodded convincingly, and cast an approving look at Xu Shu, what Mrs. Zheng Si said was really right, the queen valued Xu Shu really reasoned, and indeed had a lot of opinions, the emperor hid the fear of the Deng family in his heart, and he couldn't declare it, in order to eliminate such a jealousy, the emperor could only secretly and slowly try to it, but the emperor fell ill before the goal was achieved!

"Now the Empress Dowager has issued an edict to let King Qing supervise the country, and she has committed the emperor's taboo! So I thought it would not be a good choice to reconcile with the Deng family at such a time! ”

The Zheng family is a chess piece used by the emperor to eliminate the fear of the Deng family, so the emperor never wants to see the Deng family and the Zheng family in the same camp, if the emperor recovers from illness and sees that the Zheng family and the Deng family are happy, he will inevitably be greatly annoyed, and there will be a family that will bear the corresponding consequences for Long Yan's anger, Xu Shu believes that this family will not be the Deng family, compared to the Zheng family, the emperor is still more willing to protect the Deng family, the Zheng family surrenders to the Deng family, which is a betrayal of the emperor, and the Deng family has never betrayed the emperor!

"Having said that, if you don't do this, what if the Deng family really wants to exclude dissidents, what should we do to attack our Zheng family? Once that time comes, it's too late to do anything! ”

It is precisely because of this worry that Master Zheng Si can't insist on his idea of responding to all changes with the same thing, and he is afraid of everything, in case the Deng family really goes out, what should the Zheng family do?

"From? Or not from? The Zheng family always has to make a choice! "Master Zheng Si felt extremely tired and powerless about the current situation.

from, as the old lady said, although it is a little embarrassing to reconcile with the Deng family, but he dreams of preserving everything that the Zheng family has to a large extent; If you don't obey, it means that you must stick to the path planned by the emperor for the Zheng family, no matter how difficult and dangerous it is, you have to go on, but in this case, once the Deng family is in power, it will attract the revenge of the Deng family!

"But what if there's a third way?" Xu Shu asked suddenly.

"The third way?" Master Zheng Si was stunned at first, then happy, and then stunned after a while, where did the third way come from? Is there any way to maintain the current situation with the Deng family, and not let the Deng family attack the Zheng family?

"Father, don't forget, the three palaces stand side by side, in addition to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace, there is also a Taichang Palace!"

"The Fu family?" Master Zheng Si smacked his tongue in surprise, "Master Fu has already taken a leave of absence, and it is clear that he doesn't want to wade into this troubled water!" "The Empress Dowager made an edict at the beginning, but let the Fu family and King Ji act as the government together, it can be seen that the Deng family even wanted to plot against the Fu family, but the Fu family was alert and avoided illness by saying that they were ill. finally escaped, how could the Fu family easily enter the game again?

"If the Deng family makes a move against the Zheng family, after removing the Zheng family, who will be the next purpose of the Deng family? The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the Fu family will not understand this truth! ”