When Li Guifei saw the queen's suddenly brighten eyes, she knew that her words were in the queen's heart, and she couldn't help but smile slightly. Now, the emperor will definitely get his wish!

The emperor was right, as long as she put a little bait in front of the queen, and with her feeling of losing the prince and wanting to keep everything as it was when the prince was alive, she would definitely take the bait, and she would definitely agree with this idea.

Moreover, she will definitely not think more and deeper, she will only think that sealing the palace is an excellent idea, and the most important thing she will not think about is that after the crown prince has been established, how the situation will go is not something that she, the queen, can control.

To put it bluntly, Shangguan Changzhi is just using the East Palace as a bait to lure the queen to his side, and not moving to the East Palace is just an empty promise he made. In fact, Shangguan Changzhi plans to move into the East Palace as soon as he is made the crown prince, as for the queen, it is not a problem!

In the final analysis, what he planned was the grief of the queen's loss of her son. This sad heart blinded the queen's vision, so that she only saw and thought only of the beneficial and feasible aspects, so that the queen would help him to succeed!

This process is simple to say, but it implies Shangguan Changzhi's ability to calculate people's hearts. The queen has been in a high position for a long time, and she is used to looking up to her, how can she imagine the meaning behind this method? Shangguan Changzhi just treats her as a pawn in his hands.

"The heart of your mother and son, this palace has it. His Royal Highness the Fifth has also grown up in this palace since he was a child, and he is a clever person. At this point, the Second Highness and the Third Highness may have shortcomings. The queen said, and gradually had an idea in her heart.

Just a short time. She had already filtered through several princes and the forces behind them. Concubine Xian and Concubine De are also from noble families, if they are on the throne, she, the Queen Mother, is not the same thing, maybe she will have to stand aside.

The same is to be the Queen Mother. Why not choose an obedient and weak emperor? There is no one in the fifth prince's mother's family, and Li Guifei's rank is low, if he ascends to the throne, with his own queen mother and his brother's soldiers and horses, isn't this harem firmly in his own hands?

Even, this world. It can also be regarded as firmly in your own hands!

This idea appeared in a flash of lightning, but the queen thought it was very good, and even her eyes had a hint of fanaticism. However, she didn't dare to be hasty, and planned to repair a letter to her mother's brother, Jiang Bowen, the general of Longyouwei, first, and listen to his opinion.

However, at that moment, she still said to Li Guifei with a smile: "The treasures sent by the Shaofu Supervisor recently are not needed in this palace. The emperor has been worried recently, and he must go to Chunxi Palace from time to time. From this point of view, Chunxi Palace has to add some things. The main palace will instruct Da Changqiu to complete this matter. ”

A few days later, when Emperor Changtai came to Kunning Palace again, when the emperor and queen talked about the placement of the East Palace, the queen spoke: "The concubine thinks that the best way now is to seal the palace." Leave a few cleaning chamberlains and maids in the East Palace. The masters of the harem are not allowed to set foot in the East Palace for half a step. When the next crown prince is decided, the East Palace will be reopened. First, it is to save the desolation of the East Palace, and secondly, it is also to respect the status of the prince. In this way, it also shows the righteous rules of the prince of the East Palace set by Taizu. ”

The queen did not say anything about the unstable factors of reopening the East Palace, but only highlighted the respected status of the East Palace. She knows it well. Only from the perspective of righteousness and respect will Emperor Changtai think that this idea is feasible.

"Sealing the palace? Rong Zhen thought again. "Emperor Changtai began to consider the feasibility of the queen's idea, and the matter of sealing the palace was not unheard of in the Dayong Dynasty, but most of them were aimed at the virtuous queen or favorite concubine. Sealing the palace means a unique reverence and pampering.

Can it be changed to the East Palace now? It seems feasible to show the respect of the crown prince without violating the ancestral system.

After leaving Kunning Palace, Emperor Changtai summoned Taichangqing Ji Zibai, Wei Jindu and Zong Zhengqing Shangguan Tang to discuss the matter of sealing the palace, asking whether this matter is in line with etiquette, whether it is in line with the ancestral system, etc., and more importantly, whether this matter is feasible and whether it will cause remarks from the court and the people.

Originally, the matter of relocating the East Palace was not a big deal, but in the case that Dayong now has no prince and no heir, this matter seems to have become a big deal, and it is even necessary for the three departments of Taichang, the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng to discuss this matter.

In fact, Ji Zibai and Wei Jindu think that this is a completely inconsequential matter, what is the difference between sealing the palace or not? The prince is the prince, the East Palace is where the prince lives, if the emperor is a big deal, the prince doesn't even need to live in the East Palace, where is there anything involved in respecting or not respecting?

The courtiers and the people are worried about their heirs, but they are not worried about whether the palace will be sealed or not! However, they thought about it and sealed the East Palace, so as not to let the emperor and queen see things and think about people, and it may be a good thing to set the crown prince as soon as possible.

Ji and Wei unified their opinions, and Shangguan Tang had no problem. He was originally an idle clan, and although he had the title of Zong Zhengqing, he ignored big things and small things.

Originally, Zongzheng Temple didn't have anything to do all year round. The matter of this palace was called to him to discuss, and he himself felt strange.

"The ministers think that it is feasible to seal the palace." So all three of them replied in unison, agreeing with the matter. In this way, the closure of the palace was decided.

The closure of the East Palace did not cause much turmoil in the court. First of all, because the Taichang Temple, Zongzheng Temple, and the Ministry of Rites, who are in charge of this matter, all agree with this, and it is difficult for the officials below to say anything.

After Shen Huashan heard the will of this palace, he always felt that there were a lot of strange places, but he couldn't say why this weirdness came from.

After the East Palace was sealed, the attention of the emperor and the hundred officials was diverted from Prince Gong, and the sad atmosphere gradually dissipated.

Needless to say, Emperor Changtai has to deal with so many government affairs every day, and the queen has also fulfilled her wish because of the closure of the palace, and her complexion has improved a lot in recent days. As for the officials, the directors of the council, and the promotion of the directors seem to be no different from when Prince Gong was alive, and the entire court is as calm as a mirror lake.

It's just that under this calm undercurrent, many officials know it: the prince is born, and the heir is worried. Choosing a prince to establish a crown prince is the most important thing at the moment!

At this time, the succession has been put on the table, the country cannot last forever without a prince, and the appointment of a new prince is as if it were in front of you. So, which prince will be the next prince? This is a question that all officials in Daeyoung think about from time to time.

All of these princes are not grandchildren, and Emperor Changtai does not have excessive preference or dislike for anyone, which prince will be made the crown prince, this is really hard to say - many officials are already thinking about the problem of standing in line, the risk of taking advantage of the dragon's work is huge, but if it succeeds, the reward is also huge.

Only a very small number of noble families, such as the Zhenguo Mansion and the Yongjing Marquis Mansion, do not participate in the matter of seizing the heir, because they have always been loyal to the emperor and loyal to the royal family, and there are many sons in the clan, and the emperors of the past dynasties will not treat them badly, so no matter which prince ascends the throne, it will not have much impact on them.

For the sake of ethereal benefits, but take such a big risk, in case it is on the wrong side, it will be disliked by the new emperor, and at worst, it will be wiped out and the family will be raided, why bother? Therefore, these noble houses are very peaceful.

Regardless of the thoughts of the court officials, several princes of Emperor Changtai, especially the adult princes with the greatest hope of winning the heir, are also ready to move.

In the Five Princes' Mansion, Shangguan Changzhi and his staff were discussing the situation in Jingzhao, and this time in the Five Princes' Mansion, in addition to Li Ke'an, Xu Wusi and others, there was also a mysterious person.

This person is the most trusted and valued person by Shangguan Changzhi, and he is also the person who is a close confidant of the highest official position held by the Five Princes' Mansion so far. Many of the schemes and actions of the Five Princes' Mansion were involved in them, such as serving as an official in Honglu Temple and the East Palace, which came from his guidance.

These staff members obviously knew this mysterious person, and when Li Ke'an and the others saw him, they nodded and saluted, and said respectfully: "I have seen Master Li." Shangguan Changzhi also stood up, and beckoned the man to sit down beside him in a very enthusiastic tone: "Uncle, please take a seat." ”

After the man sat down, Shangguan Changzhi motioned to Li Ke'an and the others to continue the topic just now. "After the self-sealing palace, the queen mother is obviously a lot closer to the noble concubine Niangniang. According to the informant, the queen also sent a letter to Long Youwei earlier, so it seems that things are as we planned. Li Ke'an first talked about the closure of the palace.

In fact, how to place the East Palace is just a trivial matter, and it is not even important, but the Five Princes' Mansion still found the queen's mind and favorable opportunities from it, and catered to the queen's wishes by offering the method of sealing the palace, and more importantly, made the queen and the Longyouwei forces behind her biased to the side of the five princes. Judging from the current development of events, this ploy has been very successful.

"The queen is a woman's family, so there is nothing to worry about. Jiang Bowen, this old fox, will definitely take the bait. The great merit of supporting the emperor made the Jiang family prosperous for more than 50 years, and he must want to have another 50 years. The second prince and the fifth prince have the Zhang family and the Zhou family behind them, if they support these two families, he will only have to stand aside, so he will definitely choose you. The man said, his voice gentle and gentle.

In fact, the queen is just a tie, he has only one purpose, that is, the Longyou guard behind the queen, the 120,000 military forces, plus the queen as an additive, the five princes ascend to the throne, not to mention that it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult. It's just that it's indispensable to show a little sincerity and pay a little price.

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