Chapter 281: Entering the Palace and Accepting the Seal
Xuanyuan Aotian walked slowly to the rest room dedicated to the princes next to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
As soon as I stepped into the lounge, an interesting picture flashed across my eyes.
The current emperor Xuanyuan Xinglie has five princes and ten princesses under his knees - such achievements are not outstanding in the history of the Xuanyuan royal family, but it cannot be said that he has too few children.
The emperor's harem had three thousand beauties, but there were only four concubines who gave birth to the emperor's best sons.
The eldest prince Xuanyuan Aoyi was born to Concubine Su Guifei, the sister of Su Guogong. He was twenty-two years old. After he came of age and married the prince's concubine, he moved out of the palace and lived in the west of the imperial city with Xuanyuan Aotian. This prince was seven years older than Xuanyuan Aotian.
Years old, they have been married for seven years, and have given birth to five sons by the concubine. After waiting for seven years, they finally received a baby boy from the main concubine at the beginning of this year.
The second prince was originally the son of a nobleman. The current queen, Nangong Shuiyao, married into the royal family and has not been pregnant for many years. Four years ago, she finally got pregnant with a boy, but she gave birth to a stillborn baby. She was unable to get pregnant anymore——
Therefore, he adopted the second prince. Since the second prince's biological mother died early, he has been raised under Nangong Shuiyao's knees, and the two of them still have some mother-son affection. At the age of eighteen, they also live in the west of the imperial city, and have numerous concubines and concubines.
, the main concubine has not yet been established.
The third prince, Xuanyuan Aoshu, is the son of a small nobleman. His mother is still there, but she is not favored, and his family is not powerful. He will be fifteen early next year, so he is still living in the prince's residence in the palace. Xi Shi
A typical frail scholar who cannot lift a book with his hands or carry it on his shoulders.
The fourth son of the emperor is naturally Xuanyuan Aotian, and his mother-in-law, Shi Guifei, is of noble birth and has been locked up in the Buddhist hall in the palace for more than ten years. In addition to Xuanyuan Aotian, Shi Guifei has another son, Xuanyuan Aozhe, who is twelve years old.
.Early on, he and Xuanyuan Aotian, who was pretending to be a prince, moved out of the palace and lived together in the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
Nowadays, Emperor Xuanyuan Xinglie is aging day by day, the princes have grown up, and some eldest princes can even play soy sauce for their sons - the competition for the throne has become apparent.
Among the five princes, except Xuanyuan Aozhe, who is underage, the first four have already gone to court to study political affairs.
The eldest prince is the one with the highest voice among the ministers. His mother-in-law and concubine are from a well-known Su family. They have money and power, soldiers and food. He himself is also somewhat capable, both in literature and in military affairs.
The second prince is slightly less popular than the eldest prince, and his civil and military skills are somewhat better than that of the eldest prince. Even though he was adopted by Nangong Shuiyao, he is the son of a nobleman after all, and his bloodline is not very noble.
The third prince was a scholar, and his mother and concubine had no background. He wanted money but no money, power but no authority, and soldiers but no soldiers. He was eliminated as a contender for the throne early on.
The fourth emperor, Xuanyuan Aotian, was very good at writing and was often praised by the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. However, he had a medicine jar body and was good at being alive. He was destined to miss the throne. There was no one on either side to guard against him.
The fifth prince Xuanyuan Aozhe, Xuanyuan Aotian's younger brother, Twelve, is not old enough to go to court - to say that he can threaten the eldest prince and the second prince, it is a little bit, but to say that he is a great threat, then
It's impossible.
And now the contenders for the position of 'prince' in the court and harem are basically between the eldest prince and the second prince.
The third prince has no power, and even harming him would be a waste of energy, so the eldest prince and the second prince all let him live a good life and write some sour poems.
Xuanyuan Aotian's sickly body was originally insensitive, but he had a younger brother, and his younger brother was still somewhat competitive with the eldest prince and the second prince.