298. Chapter 298 The Prince Visits the Duke's Mansion 02
The ministers secretly discussed the issue of sides, and they all felt that the crown prince, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince behind him were likely to compete.
They naturally excluded the second prince Huangfu Jin.
The reason, speaking of it, is still a matter of family background.
The current emperor was originally the husband of the former empress. However, due to various reasons, the empress later abdicated the throne to him. In fact, everyone knows that after becoming the first person, how many people will be willing to abdicate? It’s just that
He's just not as powerful as a human being.
After the emperor became emperor, he did not carry out any purge of the court. Instead, when he was the emperor's regent, he was well-known all over the world and the courtiers listened to him. After he ascended the throne, his reign was named "Shou Zheng".
After Emperor Shouzheng ascended the throne, he made Empress Yuan his queen, but the prince before them died suddenly.
The queen was so sad that she lived in the palace for a long time without seeing anyone. Later, she gave birth to a son, who unexpectedly died in infancy.
The queen finally couldn't bear the blow and died in the dying winter moon.
The emperor was so grieved that he did not establish another queen. He only named the young lady of the Song family as the imperial concubine. Later, he also appointed the third highness of the Song emperor's concubine as the prince.
Now the emperor's favorite prince is the fifth prince, Huangfu Jue. Huangfu Jue is calm and capable at a young age, and is known as a wise king. He seems to be on the same level as the prince Huangfu Xuan, and he is deeply jealous and guarded by the prince.
The second prince is Huangfu Jin, the son of Concubine Shu.
Although he has excellent martial arts skills and is like a god in using troops, he is the emperor's most effective helper.
However, he was withdrawn, aloof and arrogant, not good at socializing with others, and because of the heavy killings, he became very violent at a young age, making people afraid to approach him.
In addition, because Concubine Shu was the queen's maid, Huangfu Jin was from a lowly background, and for some unspeakable reasons, although the emperor valued him, he was wary of or even despised him.
Therefore, no one would include him as a candidate for the throne, and everyone would regard him as a general king.
He goes out to fight in wartime and is an idle prince in peacetime.
Even so, no one dared to truly despise him. After all, the emperor personally gave him a hairpin. He was the pillar of the Great Zhou Kingdom. As long as he was around, the Great Zhou Dynasty would be unbreakable.
Although he did not participate in seizing the throne, this made other parties not to underestimate him, but to try every means to win over him.
