Miao Ruolan said: "I can't make people find out that we only pushed it on Concubine Wen and Princess Jing'an, who let them be the east today." ”

Lin Lao said: "Then I promise you to cooperate." ”

At this time, Zhou Zheng and Narcissus were bored to enjoy the flowers, the weather was relatively hot and dry, and Zhou Zheng wanted to go back.

The fourth prince was invited by Concubine Wen to come to his side.

"The Fourth Highness doesn't know, the emperor is worried about your marriage, so the Tuoben Palace invited all the ladies to ask the Fourth Highness who can belong." Concubine Wen said while drinking tea.

When the fourth prince heard this, he looked at Concubine Wen flatteredly, "Is this really what my father meant?" ”

Concubine Wen nodded, "What do the four princes think?" ”

The four princes are already the eldest princes among the princes, and a small number of people in the court say that they should make the four princes the crown princes in accordance with the rules that the older is the crown prince.

The talent and courage of the four princes are not outstanding, Emperor Qingfeng doesn't look down on him at all, and the four princes themselves don't dare.

But the fifth prince and the sixth prince all support the four princes, the four princes are simple-minded, where can they stand such coaxing from others, coupled with Concubine Wen's encouragement, the four princes gradually have the heart to compete for the throne.

"My father treats this king so well." The fourth prince sighed and looked at Zhou Zhengzheng, "This king naturally knows which lady in the capital has the best show, and this king also likes it, but this king doesn't know if she is willing or not." ”

Concubine Wen smiled kindly, "Your Royal Highness, but it's okay to say it. Perhaps, this is also what the emperor meant! ”

The courage of the four princes was stimulated by this sentence, and said: "This king has liked Zhou Zhengzheng, the daughter of Wu Guogong, for a long time, but in the past, he only listened to his name and never saw him. ”

Concubine Wen smiled: "This is a bit difficult to do, I heard that King Qi also likes Miss Zhou." ”

The fourth prince was stunned, "He! He's just a lowly palace girl! How can he fight with my king! ”

Concubine Wen said: "In the imperial court, those who want to marry the King of Qi step through the threshold of the Qi Palace, but the King of Qi has never considered it, in fact, the King of Qi has long been a candidate for the Princess of Qi." ”

The fourth prince said: "In this case, Lin Feng likes to flatter in front of his father, and he should have suggested to his father that he give him a marriage, why didn't he make a move?" ”

Concubine Wen said: "Three years ago, King Qi had already made a move, but King Qi was too confident and offended Zhou Jinxuan, the Duke of Wu, and the emperor learned that Zhou Jinxuan didn't like Lin Feng, so it was not good to give marriage." ”

The fourth prince was happy: "The father is right, and Wu Guogong is also discerning." ”

Concubine Wen said: "How can His Royal Highness really like Miss Zhou, but hurry up, now that there are so many princes and grandsons, almost all of them have not yet been married, and when the time comes, what should I do if the four princes don't make a move, and they are preempted by others?" ”

The fourth prince still looked sad, "My father doesn't like me, what if my father doesn't want to?" ”

After all, it was Lin Feng who competed with the four princes for Zhou Zheng, and the emperor liked Lin Feng. The fourth prince is still a little unconfident.

Concubine Wen said: "The Fourth Highness has passed the year of the crown, and if he doesn't marry early, it seems that the emperor doesn't care enough about the Fourth Highness." Why don't Your Highnesses give it a try? Moreover, the emperor respects Wu Guogong's opinion the most, and if he can get Wu Guogong to agree........."

The fourth prince was even more disappointed, "This king and Wu Guogong are not familiar with each other, how can Wu Guogong fall in love with this king?" ”

Concubine Wen said, "No. Wu Guogong and the former prince are brothers and sisters, and the mother of the fourth highness, but the sister of the former queen's mother. Speaking of which, it also has a lot of relationship with the former prince, how could Wu Guogong not love the house and Wu? Moreover, the emperor may not be willing to give this family affair to His Royal Highness, not the King of Qi. ”

The mother concubine of the fourth prince is the concubine of the former queen, because the two sisters are not born from the same mother's womb, and the relationship between the former queen and the mother concubine of the fourth prince is not good, so the prince did not have much intersection with the four princes before his death.

"Are you saying that my father is willing to marry Miss Zhou to this king?" The fourth prince said in disbelief.

Concubine Wen nodded, "If the emperor didn't mean this, he wouldn't have specifically told the palace that Miss Zhou must be invited." ”

Now, as the eldest daughter of Wu Guogong, who is in the limelight, Zhou Zhengzheng has reached the age of eleven, and everyone knows that whoever can marry this beautiful woman like a flower will be able to get the support of Wu Guogong and who will be able to get half of the country of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Suddenly, the matchmaker stepped through the threshold of Wu Guogong's Mansion, but Zhou Jinxuan did not move according to the card, and Zhou Zheng became the focus of everyone's attention for a while!

Of course, more people don't dare to climb high, they only watch the excitement, and at the same time, they are also regretting in their hearts, hating why they are not favored by this great beauty.

That's a talented woman and a great beauty! To be able to marry such a good wife is an honor in itself!

The four princes didn't believe that the emperor meant this.

Concubine Wen smiled faintly, "It's not a secret, Fourth Highness, compared with King Qi, the emperor wants you to marry Miss Zhou more." ”

Of course, Concubine Wen understood that Emperor Qingfeng had not thought of marrying Lin Feng and Zhou Zheng, and Lin Feng had also expressed his love for Zhou Zheng in front of Emperor Qingfeng many times. But Emperor Qingfeng didn't see it.

First, Emperor Qingfeng hinted at Zhou Jinxuan and learned that Zhou Jinxuan didn't like Lin Feng, and secondly, Lin Feng's later performance made Emperor Qingfeng very dissatisfied, and Emperor Qingfeng, who originally planned to hand over the position of the crown prince to Lin Feng, had already begun to hesitate, and Emperor Qingfeng decided to observe the princes and grandchildren before deciding.

It's just that no matter who this throne is passed to, the four princes have no chance.

Because Emperor Qingfeng believed that the four princes did not have the ability to inherit the throne.

Without talent, it is impossible to do so.

As for the crooked reasoning that the elderly are the crown princes, Emperor Qingfeng does not believe it.

Emperor Qingfeng himself is not the oldest, and he can still become an emperor, relying on his talent rather than age.

It is precisely because the four princes will not become emperors that Emperor Qingfeng hopes that the four princes will marry Zhou Zhengzheng.

In this way, the Duke of Wu does not have to support any prince to seize the throne, even if it does, it will not do its best.

And with a mediocre prince as a son-in-law, the status of the Duke of Wu will be lower and lower, thus indirectly achieving the goal of weakening the power of the Duke of Wu.

This is exactly what Emperor Qingfeng told Concubine Wen.

Concubine Wen is very popular, there is no prince under her knees to compete for the throne, she has been waiting for Emperor Qingfeng for so many years, and she will share worries for Emperor Qingfeng from time to time, so Concubine Wen is getting more and more sacred hearts.

Now, Emperor Qingfeng will even ask Concubine Wen's opinion on state affairs.

At that moment, the fourth prince listened to Concubine Wen's words and decided to go back and propose to marry Zhou Zheng in the early court, and also asked Emperor Qingfeng for marriage.