Prince Yi glanced at the Queen Mother, saw that the Queen Mother was not angry, and continued: "This is the noble son of the belt, and there are many people who do this, in order to spread the branches. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, Prince Yi is right, now the emperor has no heir, no prince. The people of the DPRK and China were panicked. King Zhuang Jun echoed.

Prince Rong frowned and said, "Seventh Uncle, Eighth Uncle, nephew can't agree with your statement. The emperor is in the prime of life, and the harem concubines are also at the age of childbirth, and the prince will have them. ”

"Sixth, you just married your daughter-in-law not long ago, and you don't understand these things about having children. It has been eight years since the emperor got married, and so far nothing has come out, and not even a princess has been born. Can we not be in a hurry? ”

"Sixth, we are talking about the eldest son of the emperor now, not the prince, why are you in a hurry?" The king of Dong'an provoked with ill intentions.

"Third brother, it's not right for you to say this. Of course I know that today is the eldest son of the emperor, not the crown prince, such a big matter, the emperor is not there, I'm afraid we can't call the shots, right? ”

The king of Dong'an County was asked, and instantly retorted: "In this case, the queen mother will urge the emperor, or we can move to the Zichen Palace." What do you think, Queen Mother? ”

The Queen Mother said indifferently: "Let's discuss it." ”

When the king of Dong'an County heard this, he approached the queen mother and said: "The queen mother, the eldest son of your son, your grandson is already ten years old this year, not only familiar with the four books and five classics, but also superb in drawing a bow and archery, and is the most suitable for the emperor to be an adopted son." ”

When the king of Beiping heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly got between the queen mother and the king of Dong'an County, and said earnestly: "The queen of heaven, the emperor's eldest grandson is now eighteen years old, and he participated in the palace examination with the tribute students last year, and he ordered Tanhua in one fell swoop. ”

The king of Dong'an pulled the king of Beiping back, and said with bare eyebrows and white eyes: "Big brother, what do you mean by squeezing me and Qiang, and blocking me from talking to the queen mother?" You can stand everywhere in the warm pavilion, and you just squeeze in front of me. ”

The king of Beiping was unwilling to stand behind, and also stretched out his hand to pull the king of Dong'an County, and said: "Don't get in front of the queen mother, the queen mother is not unable to hear." Stand in the back! ”

Listening to the tone of the King of Beiping, with the meaning of the eldest brother ordering the younger brother, the king of Dong'an County was very unhappy in his heart, and said with a sneer: "Big brother, can you show off your little knowledge to the queen mother?" ”

"Third child, what do you mean by that? How can you say that you can't? ”

"Last year, the little sons got together to play, and I heard Hongyue from the second brother's family say that Hongyi couldn't even memorize the four books."

"I can't get through the back, how can I order the flowers, it's ridiculous!"

"Big brother, don't be angry, brother is just hearsay, nothing else."

"In front of the Queen Mother, can you talk nonsense? It really doesn't make sense. ”

The Queen Mother picked up the tea at hand, took a sip slowly, and said slowly: "Go and call the second child back, and say that the mourning family invites him back." ”

Gonggong Wei got the order, quickly grabbed Xiao Linzi, and asked him to chase the king of Xining.

"Queen Mother, you don't really want to confront Hongyue, do you?" The king of Dong'an said ill-intentionedly.

"Queen Mother...... King Beiping is also a little weak-hearted.

The Queen Mother didn't know if it was okay or not, but said: "Your thoughts, the mourning family knows, you are all worried that the emperor has no heirs, which will make the society turbulent." ”

"Yes, the queen mother, the country can't be without an heir for a day, back then, Song Zhezong had no heirs, and the ministers of the court were divided into several factions in order to establish an heir, suppressing each other and harming each other, causing the Great Song Dynasty to turn from strong to weak, which is a bloody lesson from the past." Prince Yi said with tears in his eyes.

"Eighth child, don't cry, things will come to the point where you said. Zhezong is old and has no queen, and the emperor is young and strong, where it has reached the point of no queen. ”

Prince Yi was a little speechless, and quickly knelt down again and said: "Queen Mother, I'm not saying that the emperor has no queen, I mean, if the emperor has the emperor's eldest son, he can also gag the mouths of the ministers." ”

The Queen Mother put down the teacup, frowned and said, "Prince Yi, you are also old, don't always kneel around easily, and the mourning family doesn't blame you." Get up, sit down and talk. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Prince Yi staggered to his feet and secretly glanced at the King of Dong'an.

"Queen Mother, the eighth uncle is right, first establish the eldest son of the emperor, and slowly spread the branches." The king of Beiping still wanted to recommend his son as the eldest son of the emperor.

"Big brother, if I say something that shouldn't be said, Hongyi is already eighteen years old, and the emperor will not agree to let such an eldest son be in the palace."

"How do you know that the emperor doesn't agree, and you're not a roundworm in the emperor's stomach!"

The king of Dong'an County glanced at the king of Beiping, and said disdainfully: "The emperor is twenty-four this year, the emperor's eldest son is eighteen, and the emperor's own son will have such an older brother in the future, do you think it is good?" ”

"What's wrong with this, Hongyi has grown up, and by the way, he can share some fatigue for the emperor."

The king of Dong'an looked at the king of Beiping with an incredulous expression, and said in a strange manner: "Share what? Big brother, Hongyi wants to go over and over before he becomes an heir? ”

"Third child, don't talk nonsense, I don't mean that."

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise, wait for the second child to come back, let's talk about it, sit down first. Now that you are older, it is not as harmonious as when you were a child, and there are still more than a dozen ministers standing outside, so you two are arguing! The Queen Mother said with a sad face.

"Queen Mother, my son was confused by the third child." The King of Beiping glared at the King of Dong'an. Said.

"Sit down and wait for the second child to come back." The Queen Mother suppressed the anger in her heart and said in the gentlest tone.

It's not that the Queen Mother doesn't want to reprimand the brothers, the wooden house is the elder, but these two brothers, after all, are no longer the children of the year. They are now the kings of the imperial court, holding great power, and there are also officials behind them who secretly support them. The Queen Mother can't be unscrupulous.

The king of Dong'an County glanced at the king of Beiping strangely, and said viciously in his heart: "In the past few years, I have been used to your evil nature. I want to compete with me for the position of the eldest son of the emperor, dreaming. ”

The king of Beiping sat on the chair, just met the gaze of the king of Dong'an, glanced back coldly, and said evilly: "Those ghost tricks you play behind your back, you can hide it from the queen mother, go dream." Even if my son can't sit as the eldest son of the emperor, I won't let your son be in this position. ”

Back and forth, the voices of the two princes were listened to by the Queen Mother, who sat on the felt of the warm kang, put her arms on the kang table, and looked at the door from time to time. Prince Rong knew that the Queen Mother was waiting for the King of Xining to come back.

After a long while, the king of Xining came back angrily, and as soon as he entered the hall, he said to the queen mother: "Queen mother, my son doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the eldest brother and the third brother. I am an adopted son, and the first emperor has so many sons, why do you have to come back to me. ”

The Queen Mother stood up, walked to the side of King Xining, and said kindly: "Yujie, sit down, sit down." ”

The King of Xining stopped roaring, and looked at the Queen Mother apologetically, and the Queen Mother returned to her seat and muttered, "Close the door." ”

The eunuchs outside the hall hurriedly closed the door of the main hall of Cining Palace.

The king of Dong'an suddenly bounced up from his chair and shouted loudly: "Queen Mother, what do you mean by this?" You don't want to detain a few of our princes and ministers, do you? ”

The Queen Mother looked at this thunderous King of Dong'an County, and she couldn't say what she felt in her heart, the first emperor's heavenly court was full, and the earth pavilion was round, how could there be such a sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked son? However, he is now the king of Dong'an County, and his mother is making waves behind him, and he can't do anything with him, but in any case, the son of the king of Dong'an County cannot be elected to the palace as the eldest son of the emperor, and the noble and pure blood of the royal family cannot be cut off in the hands of this mother and son.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother said unhurriedly: "You are not ashamed, the mourning family is ashamed, close the door, one less person hears, and the mourning family can feel better." Let's get this out of the way today! ”

Several confidential ministers outside the warm pavilion, a few of them shed a lot of tears after listening to the Queen Mother's words. Everyone knows that the king of Dong'an County wants to force the queen mother to ordain his own son as the eldest son of the emperor today, which is to roast the emperor and the queen mother on the fire.

The king of Dong'an County breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the chair with relief, stared at the queen mother a little timidly and said: "What is the matter, I blame the eldest brother, I have to establish Hongyi, say something unpleasant, Hongyi will go in, that will be a disaster." ”

The king of Dong'an County obviously made the king of Beiping defenseless, only to see the king of Beiping 'Teng' stand up, pointed to the nose of the king of Dong'an and said: "Hongyi drank your blood, or ate your meat, you say so, you are still his own uncle, I think from now on, Hongyi will no longer have to call you uncle, only the most appropriate to call Wang bastard." ”

There were a few confidential ministers who were watching the fire from the other side, standing outside, and when they heard the words 'bastard', their faces were solemn and happy in their hearts.

The king of Dong'an said unashamedly: "Big brother, you are really not ashamed, you really can't understand my words?" ”

"A dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth! You just want to abuse us, and I'm still in a hurry to ask you? ”

The princes of several clans understood the words of the king of Dong'an County a little, and had already vetoed the son of the king of Beiping in their hearts.

"Hongyi is a little older, and it is really not suitable for entering the step-palace." Prince Yi said solemnly.

The King of Beiping had long understood that Prince Yi and the King of Dong'an County were embarrassed in the same boat, so he said directly and mercilessly: "Eighth Master, have you been confused in the past few years?" ”

When the king of Dong'an County saw that the king of Beiping insulted Prince Yi, it was a good opportunity for him to win over Prince Yi, so he stood up and went to the middle aisle, and said vigorously: "Eighth uncle is an elder, eldest brother, you are too presumptuous." ”

"We brothers, if you don't laugh at fifty steps and take a hundred steps, no one is much better than the other."

"Since the eldest brother said so, the third brother is offended."

"If you have something to say, you can say it, and if you have a fart, let it go. You are holding your belly, you are not uncomfortable, I am uncomfortable for you! ”

"Okay, since the eldest brother said so, the third brother will be offended, among these generations, it is impossible for anyone to establish Hongyi!"

"Why? Hongyi is the eldest grandson of the first emperor, why can't he be established? ”

King Dong Anjun smiled evilly, and said slyly, "Just because Hongyi is too old to be the eldest son of the emperor." Hongyi is already married, and he moved into the palace with his family, is it appropriate? ”

The king of Beiping was speechless all of a sudden, but he didn't expect the king of Dong'an to use such a bad trick, and he couldn't think of the corresponding words for a while.

The king of Dong'an County pursued the victory, continued to stab the sword tongue into the heart of the king of Beiping, and said: "The beauties of the emperor's harem are all young cardamom age, and suddenly the palace lives in so much that he thinks that the eldest son of the emperor, if he does something out of the ordinary, the eldest brother will be famous, and it will be all over!" ”

The King of Beiping looked at the King of Dong'an County viciously, and he couldn't wait to pull out the sword in his heart and insert it into his mouth.

"Big brother, younger brother, this is all for your sake, everyone wanted to establish Hongyi a few years ago, but it hasn't worked in the past few years, Hongyi has grown up, and he can no longer be a son to the emperor, so don't embarrass the queen mother anymore."

The king of Beiping knew that he was hopeless, and his fierce eyes bit the face of the king of Dong'an, and suddenly stretched out a finger, gritted his teeth and said, "You are simply ......", and the king of Beiping finally swallowed the words 'is a beast' into his throat. Turned around and knelt in front of the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, since Hongyi is too old, my son will not force the Queen Mother." ”

The king of Dong'an looked at the king of Beiping with a proud face, and finally kicked away the stumbling block in front of him, and he didn't know how comfortable he was.

The king of Beiping changed his words and directly recommended to the queen mother: "Hongyue of the second brother's family is well-behaved and sensible, he is only eight years old this year, younger than Hongxuan, and is more suitable for being the emperor's eldest son for the emperor." ”

When the king of Xining heard this, he looked at the king of Beiping gratefully. I didn't expect this brother to be able to plan for himself.

The king of Dong'an County immediately raised an objection and said: "No, Hongyue can't." The second brother is an adoptive. ”

The king of Beiping held down the king of Xining, stood up and said, "What's not to do!" The second brother is the only son of the third uncle. If it weren't for the succession to his father, he would now be Prince Gong in an iron hat. More honorable than you and me. ”