The king of Dong'an looked at the king of Zhuang Jun viciously, and scolded in his heart: "Old fox, your muzzle turned so fast, so quickly reported to the second brother's thigh." ”

After King Zhuang said this, of course, he didn't forget to glance at the king of Dong'an, and gave the king of Dong'an a spicy look: "Nephew, you fight with your uncle, and you are still a little tender." If I can hold you, I can beat you! ”

Prince Yi did not speak, and the reason for smallpox was indeed sufficient enough. The Hongxuan of the king of Dong'an County did not have smallpox, which is a shortcoming that he did not expect.

Several old princes in the clan also began to loosen up a little, and the confidential ministers outside the warm pavilion also began to whisper.

"Queen Mother, the second child is in the line of Prince Gong, which is somewhat inappropriate, right?" Prince Yi saw that the situation was a little reversed, and tried to talk about the bloodline again.

Unexpectedly, the king of Beiping and the king of Zhuangjun said in unison: "If there is anything inappropriate, it is all the blood of Taizu's relatives." ”

The King of Xining glanced at the King of Beiping gratefully, and then quickly inspected the King of Dong'an and Prince Yi.

"The second child has been too aggrieved over the years, when Prince Gong, my third brother died young, the first emperor cared about the second child who was lonely and helpless, and he had no children in the palace for many years, so he was raised in the palace, at that time, the first emperor did not say that he was going to take Prince Gong's hereditary iron hat, and now the second child is also in his thirties, can the court no longer let him hold the title of county king?"

The king of Dong'an said dissatisfiedly: "It's the eldest son of the emperor who is talking about today, and it's not the king of the iron hat, don't keep talking about it." ”

King Zhuang Jun said disapprehantly: "It is precisely because someone questioned the bloodline of the second child that I said these words. The hereditary iron hat king, the younger brother of the first emperor, and the son of Taizu, why can't he compare to a concubine? I don't understand, what is respect and what is humility? ”

The king of Dong'an County retorted: "Since ancient times, these three rules have been passed down from the ancestors. ”

Prince Zhuang's withered hand stroked his goatee, and said disdainfully: "You said that it was the crown prince, but now he is the eldest son of the emperor." You don't need that big rules."

This sentence punctured the heart of the king of Dong'an, and he was so angry that the king of Dong'an rolled his eyes.

The king of Beiping also said: "Since I am the eldest son of the emperor and not the crown prince, I choose Hongyue, and I was reminded by the seventh uncle just now, should the court also change the hat of Prince Gong to the second brother, after all, before the death of my father, I didn't say that I would remove Prince Gong from the throne." ”

"The boss is right, the Iron Hat King, hereditary replacement, if the court does not seal the second child, then the remaining few Iron Hat Kings with foreign surnames are also uneasy." Zhuang Junwang said.

"Exactly, the seventh uncle is really Shengming, the court doesn't even pinch his brother's iron hat king, how can the other iron hats share weal and woe with the court?"

"This is true, the court can't wait any longer, if you don't hurry up and add the second child, I'm afraid that a few iron hat kings outside will already dare to be angry and dare not speak."

The king of Beiping, the uncle and nephew of the king of Zhuangjun, sang and harmonized, completely ignoring the bleakness on the faces of the two uncles and nephews of the king of Dong'an and Prince Yi.

A confidential minister outside said tremblingly: "Compared with the eldest son of the emperor, the king of Xining should indeed be crowned." ”

The Queen Mother went to the prestige, and it was the chief confidential minister of the Zichen Palace, Zhang Xiuting, the secretary of the ministry.

"Master Zhang doesn't have to stand outside, come in and sit!" The Queen Mother spoke.

Zhang Xiuting lowered his head and entered the warm pavilion, and a little eunuch had already moved a chair and squeezed into the upper seat.

The Queen Mother signaled that Zhang Xiuting didn't need to be polite, so she hurriedly sat down, waited to sit down, and asked, "Master Zhang, let's talk about it too." ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, Weichen was outside the warm pavilion just now, and heard the dispute of several princes, for the matter of the emperor's eldest son, Weichen was bold, and secretly thought that it had not reached the point where he had to establish the emperor's eldest son."

The king of Dong'an County didn't wait for Zhang Xiuting to finish speaking, and said, "Lord Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Are you saying that all of us are well fed and have nothing to do? Do you still want to show yourself different in front of the ministers, everyone says that you want to establish the eldest son of the emperor, is everyone wrong? ”

Zhang Xiuting said unhurriedly: "Several old princes and several masters have the country in their hearts for all generations, and Weichen knows it in his heart. The eldest son of the emperor is not unsuccessful, but it is not yet time. ”

"What do you mean by these nonsense words? It's not the time yet, Hongyi is eighteen, and Hongyue Hongxuan will get married in a few years, does it have to be until then? ”

"The third master is angry, you listen to Weichen speak slowly."

"You say, I listen!"

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, Weichen is bold, I will say something wrong today, and please don't be sad and angry."

The Queen Mother said gently: "Lord Zhang, you are the chief minister of the Zichen Palace, and you naturally have the emperor and the court in your heart, and the mourning family will not blame you." ”

"Thank you for the Queen Mother's compassion, Weichen said it directly."

The king of Dong'an County knew that Zhang Xiuting couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth, so he picked up the teacup angrily, saw that there was no water in the cup, and shouted loudly: "Add water, add water, this king's teacup is dry." ”

Zhang Xiuting still looked unhurried, and said leisurely: "The emperor is in his prime, and the former Xue Guifei, that is, the former Tong Guifei Tong Zhaoyi, was once pregnant, which shows that the emperor can give birth." In the past few years, it may have been a heavy state affair, and the dragon body is a little tired, as long as it takes time to recuperate, the harem will definitely be able to prosper. ”

"Zhang Xiang, how can you talk about the emperor's palace today, you are not ashamed!" The king of Dong'an County provoked suspiciously.

Zhang Xiuting straightened her face without shame, and said with a righteous face: "The emperor's family affairs are state affairs, and I am the prime minister, why can't I say it?" What I'm saying is the truth, who here doesn't understand it in their hearts? Why should I be ashamed of these righteous words? ”

Three rhetorical questions in a row made the king of Dong'an County speechless, and the king of Dong'an County was about to attack Zhang Xiuting with vulgar language, but was unexpectedly blocked by Zhang Xiuting: "Third master, I haven't finished my words yet!" Don't open your mouth yet. I only ask you, why did you make a big fuss about a few old princes to come over, and then call us over? ”

"Zhang Xiuting, you fart! Who am I pouting? ”

"Third master, if you have something to say, you are the emperor and noble, not a hooligan in the market, such crude words are really difficult to get into the hall of elegance."

"Zhang Xiuting, you wolf ambition, you bring disaster to the country and the people!" The king of Dong'an was confused, and he was a little speechless for a while.

"Third master, my wolf ambition is to bring disaster to the country and the people, I have the emperor and queen mother, and the emperor and queen mother sanction it, let's talk about the eldest son of the emperor today, not about me. You just said that everyone wants to establish the eldest son of the emperor, so let me ask you, who called everyone here today? Who wants to be the eldest son of the emperor? ”

"You ......" Dong'an Jun Wang said.

Zhang Xiuting took out the spirit of a prime minister, and said humbly: "Third master, I was also called by you, but I don't want to be the eldest son of the emperor." ”

"Since you don't want to be the eldest son of the emperor, why do you want to join in the fun!" The king of Dong'an shouted with a displeased face.

"I'm here today to meet the Queen Mother, and I have something to say to the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother glanced at Zhang Xiuting and said, "Lord Zhang, if you have anything to say, say it!" ”

"Queen Mother, Wei Chen secretly thought that he couldn't be in a hurry to canonize the eldest son of the emperor now, but he first became the king of Xining, and stabilizing the hearts of several princes with foreign surnames is the top priority."

The Queen Mother nodded, and said seductively: "Master Zhang, tell me about your charter." ”

"There are a total of four iron hat kings in the imperial court, except for Prince Gong's breeding birds, the remaining three are all guarded in southern Xinjiang, and now the Fujian rebels have been dispersed and flowed to various parts of the south. If such a thing happens, it will be too late for the Queen Mother to regret it. ”

The Queen Mother had long thought about this matter, and before the army marched south, many secret posts had been set up on the border of the two rivers in Fujian, and once it was found that a rebel army had escaped from Fujian, she would secretly track it down to the end.

"Queen Mother, you must first settle inside the outside, now the three iron hat kings are still the iron horses of the imperial court, the imperial court can't give up these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to Wei Guang!"

Seeing that the queen mother's face seemed to agree, Zhang Xiuting continued: "For the sake of today's plan, hurry up and crown the king of Xining, announce it to the world, and let the three princes in the south know that the court is one and the same heart for the four iron-hat princes, like brothers and sisters, and has no second intentions." It can also break the wait-and-see attitude of the three princes. ”

"Lord Zhang said very politely, and the emperor also mentioned it to the mourning family a few times, and the mourning family was also old and confused, and he actually left such a big thing behind his head, so that the second child suffered grievances for several years."

King Xining knelt down in front of the Queen Mother in fear, and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, my son has not been able to serve the Queen Mother well in the past few years, and he is ashamed of your parenting grace." ”

The Queen Mother got up, personally helped the King of Xining, lovingly rubbed the face of the King of Xining, turned to the ministers of the Manchu clan and said: "Although the King of Xining succeeded as the son of the first emperor, the first emperor only saw that he was young and helpless, and he had no children in the palace for many years, so he was raised in the palace, and the first emperor never said that he would ban Prince Gong, so the king of Xining was the successor of the first emperor, and he also had Prince Gong, and his status was precious. ”

King Xining, who already didn't expect to get his father's iron hat back, who would have thought that he would have such a blessing. Compared with the illusory title of the eldest son of the emperor, and the position of the crown prince who may not be available in the future, it is still more affordable for this iron hat king.

Thinking of this, Fu knelt in front of the Queen Mother's lap again, crying silently. "The Queen Mother has pulled me up since I was a child, and I am regarded as my own, my son is confused, just to be angry, and I didn't do my filial piety as a son under the Queen Mother's knees, my son is confused, and my son has no conscience!"

The words of the king of Xining were all heartfelt, and the queen mother's eyes were red, and she hugged the king of Xining, and said emotionally: "There is no need to ask the emperor, the old woman of the mourning family is in charge today, and you will be crowned Prince Gong, hereditary replacement, and the Ministry of Officials and Household Rites will handle the affairs of the king, and then it will be announced to the world." ”

A room full of relatives and confidential ministers all knelt on the ground and shouted a tsunami: "The Queen Mother is wise, Prince Gong is a thousand years old!" ”

Prince Gong hugged the legs of the Queen Mother, snot and tears, and cried and shouted regardless of his relatives and foreign ministers: "Queen Mother, my son is confused, you have been suffering like this in the past few years, your son is blind, and he has not helped you, and his son is the most unfilial son in the world." ”

The Queen Mother drew a few tear stains in her eyes, patted Prince Gong's back lovingly, and said: "My son, I don't complain about you, I complain about my mother's confusion, and I have wronged you for so many years." ”

"Queen Mother, don't say that, my son is embarrassed. There is no wrong father and mother in the world, but the son was blinded by rhetoric, and refused to get close to the Queen Mother for so many years! ”

The mother and son cried into tears, and the king of Dong'an County rolled his eyes, looking at the scene in front of him, and felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly: "After spending so much effort, the silver that was scattered was cheaper than an outsider." It's disgusting. ”

The matter of the eldest son of the emperor, with the addition of Prince Gong, it is over, Prince Gong has not been filial piety to the Queen Mother for more than ten years, and he is naturally a hundred times more diligent, and he must bow down to himself, watching a cadre of ministers withdraw from Cining Palace, holding the Queen Mother's arm and sitting in front of the palace, serving tea and pouring water, beating his legs and pinching his back. Even Prince Rong's own son was pushed aside.

Since this day, Prince Gong has entered the palace every day to ask for peace, as if he wants to compensate for all the filial piety owed to the Queen Mother for more than ten years.