The old man sighed softly and said: "Yang Juma has always been in love with Concubine Shun, and he can't accept her entering the palace, so he has to be a concubine, and he also snubs Princess Rongchang in every way. Princess Rongchang therefore held a grudge against Concubine Shun and found trouble for her everywhere. ”

"Later, before Concubine Shun was pregnant with the little princess, Yang Juma had entered the palace in the name of asking to see the emperor, and Princess Rongchang suspected that the little princess was not a dragon, but a child of Yang Juma, and she was resentful in her heart, so she instructed the palace maid to strangle the little princess to death."

"Then, this matter was used by the queen, Concubine Wang Gong and Concubine Liu Zhao, intending to frame the concubine Niangniang and prevent the prince from being made the crown prince?"

"Exactly." Lao Langzhong nodded slightly.

"That Princess Rongchang is the queen's biological daughter, does she know that the little princess was killed by Princess Rongchang?" Jiang Shu groaned for a moment and asked again.

The old man lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "I shouldn't have known at first, otherwise, she wouldn't have put Princess Rongchang in a dangerous situation in order to deal with the concubine Niangniang." ”

"So, when she found out about it later, she was worried that the palace maid would recruit Princess Rongchang out, so she hurriedly gave her to death?"

"Presumably so," the old man said, "The queen wants the eldest son of the emperor to be the crown prince, but she takes a fancy to his biological mother, Concubine Wang Gong, who is from a humble background and has no power and power, and will not shake her status as the queen, and probably will not ignore her own daughter for him." ”

"Then since the matter has been ascertained, the death of the little princess has nothing to do with the concubine Niangniang, why has the prince not been made the prince?" Jiang Shu pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, and asked with some puzzlement.

The old man sighed again and said: "Because most of the ministers in the court think that the prince should be established as the chief, and they oppose the appointment of the prince as the crown prince. Especially the second assistant of the cabinet at that time, Shen Li, the Duke of De, threatened the emperor with death that he must make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince. As a result, even a small number of adults who think that Lichu should be virtuous do not dare to say what is in their hearts in front of the ministers, for fear of being attacked by public opinion. ”

"Is it ****** to Guide Gong Shen Li?" Jiang Shu thought for a while and asked.

"No," Lao Langzhong slowly shook his head and said, "Guide Gong is an honest official, upright, and a rare virtuous minister in our Ming Dynasty." Many years ago, when Zhang Juzheng was the first assistant of the cabinet, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty vied with each other to set up an altar for him to pray, but Gui Degong did not go. ”

"Five years ago, when the demon book case happened, in addition to pointing out that the emperor wanted to abolish the prince and replace it with the prince, it also mentioned the cabinet ministers, and there were many sarcasms about Shen Yiyi, who was the first assistant at the time, and Zhu Geng, who was the second assistant with the Duke of Guide, saying that they were sleek and sophisticated, and the other was mediocre and incompetent, but they did not involve the Duke of Guide. It can be seen from this that Fang Zheng Gangsuke, who is returned to the Duke of De, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

"So, he threatened the emperor to make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince to death, just to insist that 'there is a grandson, and there is no grandson'?" Jiang Shu pursed the corners of his lips lightly and said.

What is upright, what is square, according to her, it is very pedantic.

"Yes," said the old man, "it is precisely because of this that both the prince and the emperor admire him. It is Ling Zun, the current Lord Shoufu, who was also recommended by him to join the cabinet. ”

"What? My dad was recommended by him? Jiang Shu frowned.

It is often said that things gather by like, and people are divided by groups.

In this case, wouldn't her titular father Ye Xianggao be as pedantic as this Shen carp.

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