Chapter 597 - Concession Chapter 598 - Failure

Concubine Li and Concubine Rou glanced at each other when they heard the emperor's words, they had expected that the emperor would seize the power in their hands sooner or later, they thought that it would be after the enthronement ceremony, but they didn't expect it to be now: there was no sign in advance, they were completely unprepared.

Of course, it would be a lie to say that there was no preparation at all, on the day of the first emperor's great trip, they knew that the power in their hands was not guaranteed, and of course they would make some arrangements for more than two months; It's just that they didn't expect the emperor to put it up so lightly, and it wasn't mainly aimed at them, they were just a match: the person the emperor wanted to deal with now was the empress dowager, but this made them a little unacceptable.

It turned out that they were not put in the eyes of the emperor at all; Sometimes it hurts to be underestimated and ignored, especially when they take themselves seriously; Just like the two current concubines, who have been in charge of the palace for many years, they may have forgotten some things, or neglected them; In fact, it is not difficult for the emperor to want them to hand over the palace power, to say that it is just a holy decree, and to say that it is only a sentence to say that they have a reason, can they have a reason to refuse?

They are just concubines, not queens, they are only concubines now, not queen mothers, and the affairs in the palace have long been unable for them to decide; It's just that because Concubine Li thinks too much, she has always regarded herself as the lord of the palace, so she is even more sad than Concubine Rou.

Concubine Rou looked at the Empress Dowager, and then smiled at the emperor: "What the emperor said is that since the first emperor's great trip, the palace has been in a trance, and he has long wanted to hand over the things in his hands to the princess - the princess is the future master of the middle palace, and this is how it should be; It's just that the things in the palace are complicated, and the crown princess is already busy preparing for the canonization, and the palace thinks that she has to do it hard at this time. ”

She said here with a long sigh: "The emperor's words are really sympathetic to the palace, and the palace can now breathe a sigh of relief and rest; The matter I have here should be easy for the crown princess to get started now, and the two months of this palace will be a lot of trouble for her. "It turns out that she has already taken the crown princess with her, and the crown princess is already very familiar with the affairs in her hands.

The crown princess bowed to Concubine Rou: "Concubine Rou really taught me a lot of things, Your Majesty." "She has great respect for Concubine Rou, and there is no need to mention Concubine Li.

The emperor didn't expect Concubine Rou to do this, but no one could accuse Concubine Rou of having other plans or unwilling to hand over the palace power: even if many people didn't believe that Concubine Rou was willing to give the power in her hands with both hands, and from now on she would live by the snort of the emperor and the empress, but what she did could not make people say anything to question.

Moreover, at this time, Concubine Li was put on the fire: Concubine Rou not only agreed with the emperor's words, but also handed over the matter to the crown princess early - then do you Concubine Li hand over the power now or not?

Things came more suddenly than the other, which caught Concubine Li off guard, and she looked at Concubine Rou unable to speak; She didn't take the emperor's words too seriously, although she was unprepared, although she was a little uncomfortable, but the empress dowager didn't need her to worry about it at all; She believed that the Empress Dowager would not hand over the power in her hands so easily.

When Concubine Rou exchanged glances with her, she thought that Concubine Rou had the same idea as her, but she didn't expect that Concubine Rou was determined to help the emperor: she later treated Concubine Rou not thinly, and she really didn't understand why Concubine Rou recognized the emperor: it can't be denied that the emperor who grew up under her eyelids is someone she can't see through; But to stabilize the dragon chair, it is not impossible for people to see through it, nor is it that the emperor is very capable, because it is not the emperor's interests alone.

The struggle for the throne is actually a struggle between the forces of the DPRK and China, once the son of heaven and a courtier, between the old and the new, which minister will not plan for himself and the future of his children and grandchildren? Therefore, the throne involves the forces in the court, as long as the emperor does not have the ability to reach the heavens and cannot ask the gods to help, he is not afraid of any ability alone.

At this time, King Fu, who had been silent for a long time, spoke, and he glanced at Concubine Li fixedly: "Your Majesty, the mother concubine has already taught Zixuan Liangdi some things, and I also hope that she can help the queen in the future, but unfortunately she really doesn't have that ability; Although the mother concubine wanted to invite the princess to come, but the matter of the princess Rou had already made the princess unable to separate, so she thought about going back to the queen mother and the emperor, whether she could let Yuanhua Liangdi come over to help the mother concubine first, and the mother concubine was already exhausted because of the emperor's great behavior. ”

Speaking of this, he gave King Kang a look, and at the same time comforted Concubine Li: "Please also ask the Empress Dowager and the emperor to make it clear that it would be best if the crown princess could be busy, otherwise she would only be able to trouble Yuanhua Liangdi." ”

His words were to agree with Concubine Li to hand over the palace power in her hands, because it was impossible to avoid it, otherwise it would only attract the criticism of the courtiers, and Concubine Li, him, and his grandfather Hu family would not have the slightest benefit; It's better to think of more benefits at this time, to install your own people, and to please those who need to please.

Hongluan immediately understood what King Fu meant, but when she looked up, she was meeting King Fu's gaze, and in King Fu's eyes, she saw guilt and the silent word "I'm sorry"; At this time, she believed that King Fu was really a little different from her, because what King Fu was doing now was normal - he was the prince, and he was destined to prioritize interests rather than children's personal feelings at such a time.

At the same time, it was nice to let her breathe; If King Fu really cares about her, he will trap her to death, not to mention Concubine Li, the Empress Dowager and others, even some people outside the palace can't allow her to live, such as the Hu family; At the same time, how could she and the emperor be a little uncomfortable because of King Fu, at least she couldn't be indifferent.

Just as the emperor's actions moved her heart, she was very puzzled: tonight's incident was not anyone's intentional arrangement, at least her attack on King Fu was something she herself did not expect, causing such a big thing, the emperor and the empress dowager made it clear that the emperor was really prepared? Or is it that the emperor has been ready for a long time, so whether or not something will happen tonight, he is the one who has the chance to win.

She looked at the emperor, but she had to admit that in fact, she really didn't understand the emperor, let alone see through the emperor, where could she guess what the emperor was thinking; However, seeing that the emperor was pressing so closely, she didn't stop because the Empress Dowager let her go, she really had eight points to believe that the emperor had already prepared everything.

Concubine Li has never been as smart as her son, and when she saw him say this, she naturally echoed his words; It's just that she doesn't feel at ease with Zixuan at all, let alone that Yuanhua; It's just better than all the palace power falling into the hands of the crown princess.

Chapter 598: Failed

Hongluan looked at the emperor and guessed how he would respond, she could guess what King Fu would say: Presumably it is the right point that the emperor will never hand over all the palace power to the hands of the crown princess, if that is the case, the emperor might as well be killed directly, with the princess's temperament, God knows that she is shaking hands in power to do things; To check and balance, this should be what the emperor thinks, so King Fu wants to profit from himself.

She looked into the Emperor's eyes again, and there was really nothing in them except calmness. Suddenly, her heart moved, cold sweat broke out almost instantly, and her head immediately lowered and she didn't dare to look at anyone anymore, for fear that someone would see the look in her eyes and hurt the emperor.

Her eyes were slightly moist, she was really moved by the emperor, and for the first time she felt that being one of his many women was not too uncomfortable.

The Empress Dowager's gaze finally changed when she heard the emperor's words, although she was angry, but she was more careful: if the emperor was just bluffing, how could he dare to force her to hand over power with the two concubines at this time? This move is not only to blame the party, but according to the emperor's temperament, of course, it has been arranged, just waiting for someone to jump out so that he can kill him.

This kind of thinking is rare, and I have to say that the emperor is very capable, and he can avoid so many eyes and ears that she and the Shangguan family don't see through it a little; also because the emperor is so powerful that she regrets it, she shouldn't have listened to her son in the first place, or would it be better to change her strategy against the emperor now? Her drooping eyelids obscured all her thoughts, and no one knew that she was thinking about how the Shangguan family was going to get along with the emperor now.

As for the palace power, she is the supreme existence in the palace as the empress dowager, no matter whose hands the palace power is, she can't and dare not touch her: the word filial piety can detain the emperor and others to death; She didn't really care about this, and she certainly wasn't angry.

Whether the emperor pressed one step further, or the two concubines handed over the power in their hands in front of her, it made her extremely angry: not because of power, but because these people didn't take her seriously—this was a fact that she couldn't accept.

In particular, the two concubines are almost falling into the well, the difference is that the stones of the concubines are relatively large, and the concubines and the kings of Fu are deliberately trying to step on the two boats: the matter of Yuanhua that King Fu said still wins her heart, at least let her know that King Fu and Concubine Li are not like the concubines of Rou, they only have the emperor in their eyes.

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor: "The mourning family really wants to have a good rest, and the trivial matters in the palace really don't have the energy to ask; This kind of thing is not a matter of whether to fight for pro-government or not, the emperor himself looks at it, and the mourning family has nothing to say. She put on a high posture, also because she decided that the emperor would not take the crown princess as a queen seriously.

It doesn't matter if the crown princess is given the title of queen, but giving her the power of the queen is tantamount to making trouble for the emperor himself, and she will never be a virtuous helper; Therefore, she was happy to show her desirelessness, just to let the subjects of the world know that she just wanted her children and grandchildren to keep the ancestral inheritance, and had no other ideas.

Of course, it is good to do things without fail, and she will put forward the word pro-government to threaten the emperor: the emperor is not very old, since the first emperor did not designate a minister to take care of his life, but her empress dowager can be appointed on behalf of the first emperor - very reasonable; Of course, she didn't plan to mention the minister of Gu Ming, she thought that it was the dynasty system.

The Shangguan family is her backing, so she can't let it fall, and she also has selfish intentions to let the Shangguan family keep its glory and wealth, and the royal family is always the closest family: the queen of each generation cannot be a member of the Shangguan family, but she can also be an ally of the Shangguan family, so she can naturally let the Shangguan family keep the first place in the world.

But at the same time, she didn't want the Shangguan family to be too powerful, because she was the daughter-in-law of the royal family, because the emperor was her son and grandson: this seems to be a contradiction, but it is not. Therefore, she did not want to make her brothers or nephews ministers of care, but wanted to rule the world together with the emperor; She wants to ensure that the throne will always be her son's descendant.

After the emperor pierced the layer of window paper, the empress dowager had fewer scruples to speak, at least she didn't have to always pretend to be kind; What she wants is still to pave the way for Yuanhua, as long as Yuanhua has the palace power in her hands, it will be easy to suppress the queen with Yuanhua's cleverness.

At that time, it will depend on her mood or her needs, queen, it is not so easy to do; Those who don't have the ability to sit up, and that back seat is the closest road to Yinji.

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor and waited for him to nod, because she really couldn't think of a reason for the emperor to shake his head: the crown princess couldn't be in power alone, and Zixuan and Xian Xian thought that the emperor didn't want to make the harem full of smoke, let alone leave the opportunity for Li and Rou to take advantage of them to take charge of the palace again.

Coupled with her threat, the last trace of the emperor's doubts will disappear, because even if Yuan Hua intends to be in the back position, she is the one who defends the emperor, and without the emperor Yuan Hua is not it, so the emperor's wisest thing to do at this time is of course to nod.

The emperor met the empress dowager's gaze and shook his head gently and firmly

The whole hall was silent again, and everyone looked at the emperor and didn't know what he was thinking; If he didn't agree with Yuan Hua taking power, could it be that he wanted to take back the power in name, but in fact it was still returned to the two concubines Li and Rou? The palace power is in the hands of Zixuan and Xianxian, and there is not much difference between it and the hands of the two concubines Li and Rou.

Hongluan didn't understand, she didn't understand it very much, and the emperor wanted to shake his head at this time; But her heart was raised high, because she was the one who knew the truth best, and she sweated hard for the emperor; And she thinks that the emperor has done something stupid, in order to go against the empress dowager, no matter how she thinks about it, it shouldn't be something that the emperor will do, but it happened in front of her eyes.

She took a sharp breath before quietly looking at the emperor, but saw a slight smile in the emperor's gaze sweeping over her, but for a moment, she didn't know whether she saw it clearly, but she inexplicably let go of half of her heart.

The emperor looked around at the people in the palace and stayed on the face of the imperial concubine for a while before he spoke softly: "The rules of the ancestors, the decision in the palace must come from the middle palace; If Yuerong is really too busy, of course, it is up to her to decide who will help her. After his words came out, everyone except the crown princess looked at him with disbelief.

However, it is true that the plans of King Fu and the Empress Dowager and others all failed.

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