After a long silence, Ji Qingyuan spoke: "I don't know what the girl plans for tonight. ”

Shen Qiao groaned in a deep voice: "Don't worry, they are in the Shen Mansion, and there is no one available, so naturally they won't be able to turn up any storms in the future." ”

Ji Qingyuan nodded,

"Now that the matter of the inner ghost has been resolved, what about the external cause?"

Shen Qiao pondered for a moment and asked, "What do today's rumors say?" ”

saw the other party sigh and slowly spoke.

It turned out that the three princes at the palace banquet lost their manners in front of the emperor and angered Long Yan, and this morning, it was in the middle of the Beijing in an uproar.

The words of the three princes in the Qingliang Palace, I don't know who spread it, and it caused a storm in the city.

It stands to reason that the prince is disrespectful to His Majesty, which is really unfilial.

Even if His Majesty has no feelings for the Third Prince, he will do his best to prevent the spread of this rumor because he has to consider the reputation of the royal family.

But for some reason, from last night to tonight, for a whole day, there was no reaction in the palace, but it was even more permissive.

This attitude is seen in the eyes of those who have a heart, and they quickly understand it.

As a result, under the intentional or unintentional promotion of some people, the fall of favor of the three princes quickly spread to all corners of Beijing.

The news that the queen and Li Xiang were reprimanded by the emperor in full view of everyone also quickly spread to the ears of everyone in the former dynasty and the harem.

At the same time that the third prince fell out of favor, His Majesty immediately issued an order to appoint Xiao Duo, the eldest son who died early, as the crown prince.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there must be some connection between these two things.

Empress Li has always been deprived of the Sacred Heart, which is well known to everyone.

But the position of the queen is not something that can be held firmly by relying on the favor alone.

Even ordinary large families know that "marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, taking a concubine and accepting a concubine." ”

What's more, it is a queen under one person and above ten thousand.

……

Both the Shen family and the Li family have had queens.

However, the Shen family is a military general, and the heads of the family have guarded the border all the year round and have never participated in trivial matters between the DPRK and China.

Internally, the family rules are strict, and the upbringing of their own children has always been very important.

This generation, except for Shen Qiaoshen, a daughter who is sick and weak by nature, is the heart of the whole family.

The other three young masters all grew up in Shen's strict high-pressure policy since they were children.

The eldest young master, Shen Cong'an, has been in the army since he was a child, and has been taken to the battlefield by Shen Yan since he was a child, and has been fighting for many years, and he has already trained his iron bones.

The second young master, Shen Qiaoqi, injured his foundation and could only abandon martial arts, but his talent was brilliant and amazing, and he became the youngest champion of the Dajin Dynasty at the age of fifteen.

Even Shen Qiaoran, the third young master who seems to be the most unlearned and unskilled, has been carefully taught by the Shen family since he was a child.

General Shen's request to his sons is: You can crawl and fight on the battlefield, or you can laugh and scold in the capital.

But if you dare to be domineering outside, bullying men and women, Lao Tzu will personally serve the rules.

Therefore, the Shen family's big house has always had a good reputation in Beijing, one of which is that General Shen and his wife are away all the year round, and they have no interests with everyone in the capital.

The second reason for this is that the people in the General's Mansion have never done anything to bully others.

Therefore, although the Shen family has a close relationship with the royal family and holds military power, it is especially important.

But he rarely has bad relations with others, at least on the surface, he is a kind and angry appearance.

……

But the Li family is different.

The Li family is the mother family of today's Empress Li, although there is no title, but the head of the family, Li Chun, is the left minister of the dynasty, although the power is not as good as the right minister.

But he is also one of the best figures in the civil service.

With such a prominent family, it stands to reason that they should be more strict with themselves.

But instead of setting an example for themselves, the Li family frequently caused lawsuits in which the children of the clan oppressed the people and did all kinds of evil.

When ordinary people knew their identities, they did not dare to make enemies of them at all.

There are also those who make trouble with the government, but most of the people in charge are also afraid of the power of the left minister, so they are just perfunctory.

What's more, the Li family, who are officials outside, is even more single-handedly covering the sky in the local area, and they are fish and meat villagers.

……

Civilian, military and military generals are self-inflicted.

But the Shen family and the Li family will inevitably be compared by everyone at this time.

The results are also clear at a glance.

Most of the people are simple-minded and do not have too many extravagant expectations.

No matter how high the official position is, these are meaningless to them.

All they care about is who can feed them and who can protect them in times of crisis.

……

For a while, rumors spread in Beijing, and even in the restaurant and teahouse, you could hear the people talking about it.

Originally, the third prince was powerful, and he was the only concubine at the moment.

Those people who had been persecuted by the Li family could only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs.

But now Emperor Chongming would rather set up the eldest son of the emperor who died early as his heir, rather than give the third prince a little hope.

Doesn't this mean that among the Shen family and the Li family, His Majesty still trusts the former more.

The Empress Yuan and the two successors, and the Empress Shen were also more valued by Emperor Chongming.

The old people in the court also remembered how deep and righteous they were with Princess Yan Shen when Emperor Chongming was still the King of Yan.

If the Shen family is still there, what should it be like now?

Some people have also quietly thought that if the Empress Yuan and the eldest son of the emperor are still alive, then the crown prince of the Great Jin Dynasty will fall on him early.

After all, the Shen family was born noble, and his majesty valued him.

And Emperor Chongming has always trusted his cousin Shen Yanyan and is very close.

Whether it is to establish a successor, or to be public or private.

The eldest son of the emperor was appointed as the crown prince, which was justified.

It's a pity......

……

However, there are also people who are active, and suddenly remembered that Empress Shen is gone, but now in Emperor Chongming's harem, there is another daughter of the Shen family.

For so many years, he has fought against Empress Li in the harem, but he has won the imperial concubine Shen who is favored by Emperor Chongming.

is the sister of the Empress Yuan, and she is also from the Shen family.

Most importantly, she is alive.

and has two sons and a daughter under his knees, and now, he is growing up day by day.

For a while, the eyes of everyone in Beijing turned to the Shen family of the Jianwei General's Mansion.

……

Ji Qingyuan told Shen Qiao in detail about these things that were being discussed outside now.

Shen Qiaoshen was very surprised,

"They discuss these ...... Is there no one in charge of the imperial court? ”

Ji Qingyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"No, no. At first, I also thought it was strange, so I asked Baizhu to invite you over, thinking that you were also at the palace banquet yesterday, and it would be more detailed than we knew. ”

Shen Qiaoshen recalled, "At the palace banquet last night, what happened was basically not different from what is rumored outside. ”

Ji Qingyuan bowed slightly, "Since this is the case, then it can basically be concluded that tonight's incident should be inseparable from the Li family." ”

"That's right, as Mr. Fang just said, they should have heard the rumors outside."

Ji Qingyuan nodded,

"Naturally, I want to be tempted, but I chose to choose today, maybe I have other thoughts."

Shen Qiao pondered for a moment, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"First strikes."