"Girl, Princess Gong has sent you a message, and the eldest lady asked me to deliver it to you."
The steward next to Mrs. Shi smiled and handed the post sent by Xiahou Huanyan to Aunt Leng.
Shi Fuxin rewarded her with some money and waited for the others to leave before taking the post from Aunt Leng. She looked at it and said in surprise: "There have been quite a lot of banquets at various houses in the Imperial City recently."
"The emperor has so many heirs. There are now ten adult princes."
From the eldest prince to the seventh prince, all have married and established families. Now the eighth prince, the ninth prince, and the tenth prince are all old enough to get married.
During this period of time, most of the people holding banquets in the Imperial City were families who were close friends with the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Princes.
The purpose, of course, is to help the three princes choose a suitable girl to be their concubine.
"Princess Beiyan came to Dachu to get married. The emperor didn't want to be admitted to the harem, so the prince had to come to marry her. Now it seems that the princes are not willing."
Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Nanny Leng did not hide her. She whispered her thoughts: "The emperor is in good health and will have no problem living for another ten or twenty years. In this case, the position of the prince
You may not be able to sit firmly."
"If the prince's status is not stable, other princes will have the opportunity to seize the throne."
"Since there is a possibility of fighting, in this case, the princes probably will not give up."
"The orthodox bloodline of Da Chu is absolutely not allowed to be touched by the people of Beiyan. Therefore, whoever marries the princess of Beiyan will end the possibility of aspiring to the throne."
Shi Fuxin: "Just take Princess Beiyan to the backyard and ignore her."
Nanny Leng shook her head: "Even if the princes don't give Princess Beiyan a chance to get pregnant, if the princes really take her in, it will be equivalent to being involved with Beiyan."
"In order to avoid collusion with Beiyan, no matter how powerful the prince is, the emperor will not reuse him, and he will be constantly watched by other princes and courtiers."
Shi Fuxin nodded suddenly.
Now that she knew that the banquet in the imperial city was held for three princes who were not yet married, Shi Fuxin did not want to get involved and wrote a letter rejecting Xiahou Huanyan's invitation.
Shi Fuxin suddenly asked: "Mommy, they say that the daughter of the Wei family is the only one in the harem. How could there be so many princes alive under such circumstances?"
Aunt Leng: "The emperor's first wife, who is also the eldest prince's biological mother, is very virtuous and virtuous. Under her care, the backyard of the fourth prince's house was very peaceful. As long as the concubines were in good health, they were all for the fourth prince.
The prince gave birth to an heir."
"The eldest prince to the eleventh prince were all born in the Fourth Prince's Mansion."
"After the fourth prince ascended the throne, the youngest eleventh prince also remembered the incident. Concubine Wei was named queen and did not dare to blatantly reach out to the prince."
"The next thing is that there are secret guards around the emperor. They are the Liangyi Palace left by Taizu. The purpose of these secret guards is to protect the emperor and the royal bloodline."
"So, even if Queen Mother Wei and Queen Wei are powerful in the palace, they would not dare to attack the prince."
"However, it is not that they have done nothing. It has been ten years since the emperor ascended the throne, but the princes and princesses born in the palace have not even been able to count. It can be seen that compared with Queen Yuan, Queen Wei is a wife who has done nothing.
It’s really impossible to get it.”
Shi Fuxin was a little puzzled: "Queen Wei is also the legitimate daughter of the Wei family. Why was she made a baby for the emperor in the first place?"
Aunt Leng was silent for a moment: "I don't know the specific reason, but I guess it is similar to the situation when Dongfang Yunrong married the sixth prince."
Shi Fuxin looked surprised: "Mammy, you mean that the emperor used a trick to make Queen Wei have to give him a baby?"
Aunt Leng did not answer directly, but just said: "Empress Wei was once disowned. Although her reputation is not very good, she has no worries about marrying. Being a child for others will not only humiliate herself, but also make the Wei family lose face.
, Unless there is a last resort, neither she nor the Wei family will be willing."
"When the emperor was the fourth prince, he did not receive the late emperor's love and attention. But after Empress Wei entered the fourth prince's house, the fourth prince had contacts with empress Wei's aunt, the late emperor's queen, and the current empress dowager Wei."<
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"Finally, the fourth prince ascended the throne and became the emperor."
Shi Fuxin didn't ask any more questions. It was obvious that the Wei family had contributed a lot to the current emperor's accession to the throne.
However, the Wei family must have their own considerations.
The first is that Queen Mother Wei did not give birth to a legitimate son for the late emperor, but only gave birth to Princess Zhaoyang. She needed to win over a prince to continue the glory of the Wei family.
Time flies to April.
April 11th is the birthday of the Empress Dowager. Although it was not a big event, because Shi Fuyin married Duke An Guo and Shi Dinghao married Princess Yong'an, the Shi family was also invited to the palace to participate in the birthday banquet.<
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At the palace banquet, the fourth prince made no secret of his displeasure with the Shi family, especially when he looked at Shi Fuxin, his eyes were particularly unkind.
Because of Shi Fuxin's complaint, his father knew that his mother-in-law had broken the key to the treasure, which resulted in her being grounded, and her uncle lost his position as commander of the Special Investigation Department, and some of his power was also taken away from him.
Thinking of the eldest prince who had already gone to court, the fourth prince felt even worse. He took an angry breath to suppress the irritability in his heart.
The prince saw the appearance of the fourth prince in his eyes. If it were in the past, he would have to make fun of him, but this time he had no time to talk to him, but looked at Chu Yao.
He did not want to see Chu Yao take over the Supervision Department.
Because he had a good relationship with Chu Xuan, he often made things difficult for Chu Yao when he was young.
Chu Yao has a strong desire for revenge and holds great power, so there is no need to think that this guy will definitely be detrimental to him in the future.
Sitting in the position of the prince, he is already tired of dealing with all parties. He can no longer have such a strong enemy as Chu Yao, so he must find a way to seize the power from his hands.
The prince suddenly glanced at the Eighth Prince, the Ninth Prince, and the Tenth Prince, who all had bitter expressions on their faces, and suddenly an idea flashed through them.
The envoy of Beiyan only said that he would marry the princess of Beiyan to the royal family of Dachu. The royal family of Dachu is not only the emperor and the princes. Chu Yao, as the legitimate son of the prince, is also a royal child. He is not yet married, so he is qualified to marry the princess of Beiyan.
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Chu Yao had long noticed that the prince was looking at him. When he saw the prince looking at him with unclear meaning, he couldn't help but frown and became wary.
The prince thought of a way to deal with Chu Yao, and his mood improved a lot. He also had time to pay attention to other people. When he paid attention, he saw Shi Fuxin sitting next to Mrs. An Guogong.
Looking at the smiling and charming sixth girl of the Shi family, interest appeared in the prince's eyes, and he remembered the scene when she sued Concubine Liu.
It must have been an accident that Concubine Liu broke the jade sculpture. This girl could tell something was wrong from the reactions of Concubine Liu and Madam Liu Hou, and boldly told her father. Such courage and vision are rare among ladies.<
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At this moment, the prince really had the idea of letting Shi Fuxin into the backyard of the East Palace.