It is said that when Chen Guifei first entered the East Palace, he gradually won the favor of the saint from the hands of Concubine Wan with his first-hand chess skills, and there is another saying that the prince of Chu was sick at that time, and was cared for by the first emperor, and there was a period of time in the palace to recuperate.

Even now, the Holy Lord often orders the prince to play in the imperial study.

Several princes also have the opportunity to play against the saints, but unfortunately most of them only limit their eyes to the vertical and horizontal, and when the chess game is laid out in reality, few people have insight into the mystery after one move.

A puzzle has been unfolding since Concubine Deng gave birth to a daughter and was named Princess Longqing.

In the eighth year of Yuanqing, first the crown princess gave birth to a daughter, and then the four princes were happy to have a noble son, and the holy dragon heart was happy, and the four princes were named the princes of Qing, and then the princes and daughters were crowned princesses of Xianqing.

The four princes are proud, and they are not worried about the grace of Princess Xianqing, even the Qin and Chen families also think that the prince is nothing more than the light of the four princes, Princess Longqing was a concubine who has been entitled, this time the prince finally has the eldest daughter, if there is no grace, doesn't it show that the storage position has changed, and the four princes are too popular? The intention of the saint is to maintain the four princes, and the bias of the Son of Heaven has been clear.

And the queen also sighed temporarily, she thought that the eldest grandson of the emperor was not to be afraid, the saint was prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the prince was not established in time, and finally had an heir, although it was a girl, and did not occupy the long, that is, it was Zhang Xiansheng's emphasis on the prince, and although the four princes had the prince's lordship, they were also like the second prince, but they were just empty, and there was no domain, and it was not as good as the real power of the king of Chu, but because of the eldest grandson, there was this glory.

The two sides thought they had taken advantage of their interests, and they were tense and hidden in the shadows, and on the bright side they were still a group of peace.

The queen takes the initiative, and if the storage position does not move, of course, it is as stable as Mount Tai.

The Four Princes Party also knows that this is not the time to attack, the Holy Grace is undoubtedly a meeting of the prince, it is still to be balanced and stable, the first township test has been tried in February this spring, and the first batch of "lifters" were born in various places, and rushed to Kyoto to prepare for the examination held in August, and selected 300 outstanding people as tributes, and then after the subsequent palace examination, the political situation in Dalong will produce new forces, no one doubts that the selection of Jinshi in this palace examination will be entrusted with important tasks by the Son of Heaven, especially the first three members, that is, they will become the hot Son of Heaven Xinchen.

This is the top priority of the saint's heart, and at this moment, it is natural that there is no room for change.

All parties are recuperating and gearing up to take a long-term view, preparing to start a new round of power battles for connections and power.

Compared with the spring breeze of the four princes, the crown prince who finally got the heir is still living in the belly of the abolished princess Zhen, secretly buying the palace attendants of Chengde, maintaining correspondence with Zhen, and pinning all the talents he has learned in his life to a piece of paper, not realizing that the copies of these letters have been leaked to the hands of the Son of Heaven.

After the Son of Heaven watched it, he burned it, and even gave up the reprimand, and told him not to let the queen notice and cover for the prince.

As far as he knows, if the Son of Heaven is not disheartened by the prince, how can he allow the abolished princess to linger and charm the prince?

Those who have insight into the chess game are indeed a minority.

The third prince is one of them, under his prompting, Kong Xiaowu also believed that the prince was indeed precarious, and the Son of Heaven set up the riddle, it seems that he wanted to cause the four princes' ambitions to sit big, and when they couldn't bear it anymore, they drew their swords out of the sheath and confronted the prince.

As soon as this sword comes out, it is very likely that both sides will lose the situation, and when that time comes, who will reap the benefits of the fisherman?

Kong Xiaowu was overjoyed, but unexpectedly, the third prince suddenly said: "Little Wu, I have recommended you to be the minister of honor of Princess Donghua, and the saint has agreed." ”

The smile on the corner of Kong Xiaowu's lips froze, his eyes slanted slightly, and his look of disbelief was difficult to hide.

"Your Highness, now, the battle for the storage position will start next year at the latest, and you actually let me go to Xiliang!"

The Fisherman's Profit? If you don't have those two things, maybe you will sit back and enjoy it, if the fourth child can't hold back his ambition to challenge the prince, the battle for the throne officially kicked off, the prince has always occupied the heir, even if the queen's party is not afraid, the saint will still take into account the queen mother's power, the queen mother is different, but the queen mother has always insisted, this competition will inevitably lead the courtiers to fight each other, will not end in a short time.

If the crown prince is assassinated at this time, who else is the biggest suspect?

If you always implement Taoguang and cultivate obscurity, you will undoubtedly be the biggest profiteer.

But he had already changed his tactics, even though he knew the mystery well.

But the third prince obviously didn't want to be honest with Kong Xiaowu, and slapped him on the shoulder: "I have worked hard to ensure that the Xiliang royal family is in power, in order to win this help in the future, the prince has the support of Yan, Kong, Wei, and Zhuo, and the fourth child also has Chen and Qin as the prime ministers, and my mother family is Xiliang." This is also prepared, you have to remember that carefully assisting Donghua to help the Xiliang royal family is the greatest support for me. ”

The implication is that Kong Xiaowu stayed in Beijing but was just a concubine of Confucius, and he was neglected, and he did not help the great cause of the three princes in the slightest.

Kong Xiaowu held his breath in his chest, and his eyebrows became more and more cold, and he spoke again after a long while, and he was slightly sentimental: "Your Highness wants me to be thousands of miles away and die in a foreign land?" ”

The third prince chuckled: "What do you think, if you want to return then, why is it difficult?" But if things happen, what's the good of returning? ”

"Life and death together, this is my sincerity to His Highness, if there is a case, how can I be alone."

"Xiao Wu, I won't lose, and I won't allow you to lose, don't worry, you and I won't be too far away to see each other again, this is my promise."

Kong Xiaowu looked directly at the eyes of the three princes who did not hide or avoid, and finally made a fist: "Xi Lin swears that he will never live up to His Highness's trust, and I believe that His Highness will live up to today's words." ”

But in the end, he still couldn't rest assured, and asked: "Your Highness's original plan, but you want to implement it as usual?" In my opinion, Huang Tao seems to be unbelievable, he is a key part of this plan, in case he really surrenders to the four princes......"

"Don't worry, although Huang Tao is vicious, he is not without weaknesses, he is willing to endure and eliminate the clan for the sake of the Jiang family, he must attach importance to his wife and children, I will leave a threat when the time comes, so that he does not dare to have two minds." The three princes were convincing and comforting.

His chess game has already been laid out, and he just needs to wait for the time to be ripe and not allow change.

And he believes that this mystery is truly unsolved.

When Kong Xilin said goodbye, the three princes sat on the chessboard alone, and the white and black sons in their hands fell unevenly, completely returning to the game when they played against Yu Feng, and suddenly picked up more than ten pieces, and finally fell steadily.

"Between victory and defeat, it's only one step, and this time I won't be careless."

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In the past year, for Yijing, several changes have also happened around him.

First of all, after the old children's examination, her fourth uncle Li Jihe won the head of the case in Ninghai Mansion, and was successfully selected as a prisoner, so he went to Kyoto with his adoptive mother Luo, and the eldest princess set up a family banquet to entertain Luo, and expressed her sincere gratitude to her for raising and teaching her concubine in public.

Roche's impression of Yijing is neither humble nor arrogant, just as Princess Kang described her open-mindedness.

Subsequently, Luo discussed with the eldest princess and persuaded Li Ji to recognize his ancestors and change his surname to Su, and the eldest princess let her eldest son Wei Guo open the ancestral hall, officially registered Li Ji and changed his name to Su Ming to register the family tree, and personally came forward to change the household registration.

This matter naturally sparked discussions in the Jinyang aristocratic circle, but no one was ignorant of the root cause, the eldest princess also explained carefully to the saint and the queen mother, such as this kind of thing, although it is not common, but it is not a strange thing in the Gaomen family, even if some people feel that the good story of "one life and one couple" has been seen, it can be seen that the eldest princess is so upright, and they all praise a sentence of "open-mindedness".

The eldest princess couldn't bear to see the Li family's incense continue because of her compassion for the Luo family's years of hard work, and promised that Su Mingyan's eldest son would succeed the Li family in the future.

But Su Ming has been away for many years, and the marriage has not yet been resolved, so this year, the eldest princess and the Luo family discussed the marriage of the fourth uncle, and finally chose a woman from a scholarly family, the Lin family, has changed the Geng post and agreed on a small date.

Another happy event is Enron.

An Jin and his relatives decided, An Ran's marriage should be put on the agenda, and Yin Yong also successfully passed the children's test, so one day, when Yu Feng invited Yin Yong and Gu Qiuyue to Guan Sui Yuan for a drink, "just met" Yijing and An Ran were playing in the high pavilion in the front garden, and under the quiet matchmaking of the prince and his wife, Yin Yong and An Ran talked about a game, and An Ran lost unexpectedly.

Afterwards, Yi Jing asked An Ran about his "opinion" of Yin Yong, this girl was ten times more twisted than Chun Dusk, and she blushed and didn't say a word, until Yi Jing pressed her day after day, and finally after more than ten days, she came with a voice like a mosquito: "Of course, the elders are in charge of the major affairs of marriage." ”

Well, Yijing understands that An Ran is not disgusted with Yin Yong.

The next question is how to let the Yin family take the initiative to ask for marriage, the difference between the two sides is huge, and Yijing is not willing to rush to "meet" Mrs. Yin, it seems that her family is in a hurry, and she loses Enron's face.

Or can only be the son of the world, fortunately, Gu Qiuyue has a few things that are very refreshing, Yu Feng is still satisfied with him, and he doesn't care about giving him some benefits, and gradually increases his contacts, so when Yu Feng intentionally or unintentionally asked Yin Yong's private affairs a few times, the "profiteer" Gu Qiuyue suddenly enlightened.

hurriedly went to his uncle to remind him, saying that Princess Donghua of Xingsan and his relatives were imminent, and of course the Chu Wangfu had to plan for the marriage of the county lord, but this was an opportunity not to be lost and not to come again.

Lord Yin even called it ridiculous, he was just a four-grade imperial history, and he became a businessman in the last two generations, how could he have the confidence to ask his son to marry the county lord of the prince's mansion.

"When did my uncle become so afraid? The prince cherished his cousin's literary talent very much, and asked me at this moment, asking if my cousin had the same hobby as the scribes of the world, and often went to Goolan Wazi to have a drink...... If the prince really wants to inquire, what can't he ask, how can he ask me directly? must have a will, is it possible that the uncle still wants the Chu Wangfu to come clearly. ”

These words flattered Lord Yin, and after thinking about it, he mustered up the courage to let Mrs. Yin visit the palace and pierce the window paper.

Enron's marriage is scheduled for April, and it is just around the corner.

These two things are closely related to the beautiful scene, and the next few are her best friends.

The first to marry was Zhuo Yingyu, because Zhuo Fei lost the crown princess position, the Zhuo family was shrouded in clouds, and she was depressed for a while, Mrs. Zhuo didn't pay much attention to Ying Yu's marriage, and she would maintain her dignity.

Then there is Yang Liu, who also successfully got married in red in February this spring and became Wei Shiniang's cousin-in-law.

What made Yijing sigh the most was Eleven Niang, the girl who vowed to choose her own husband and finally got married quickly.

The fiancé is the head of Jinyangjing's case - the protégé of the Prime Minister who was once disliked by Eleven Niang and was too short.

Yijing was surprised when he heard it, and made a special trip to ask Eleven Niang about the story, only to know that one day after the child test was revealed, Eleven Niang came out after searching for a miscellaneous book travelogue in her father's study, and never wanted to bump into a polite son. ”

It turned out that it was the fourth brother Wei who was married to Zhen Si's cousin, because he was dissatisfied with his father Wei Xiang's frequent comparison with his protégé Gu Yuwen, and he was cautious, and gave a huge discount to Gu Yuwen's height in front of his sister - Wei Shiniang is tall, according to the beautiful scenery, it is comparable to Wei Xiang is one inch shorter, and indeed some men will be "ashamed of themselves" in front of her.

"Although Gu Lang is not a great man, his size is almost the same as that of Daddy, I only then knew that the fourth brother slandered others!" When Shi Niang mentioned this, she was full of shame: "He didn't care that I believed in people's words, and he didn't blame me for judging people by their appearance, he was finally a generous and tolerant scholar, I had respect for him, so I agreed to this family business." ”

The Gu family is also a family of the former dynasty, but they have long withdrawn from the circle of the top elites, Gu Yu asked for no hope of entering the office, saying that it was Wei Xiang's protégé, but he was actually a staff member, but fortunately, he reformed the official system and revived the imperial examination, so that he had the hope of entering the office, and he tried his skills for the first time, but he won the case, and he could also be called promising.

Eleven Niang is still waiting to be married, and the wedding date is set for July, just before the test.

When April came, on this day, Yijing was gossiping with the old princess with An Ran, and got good news again-