"What on earth is going on? Why are you talking about Yu'er's marriage so stupidly? Didn't we promise Yu'er before that he would choose his future wife?" the old princess asked puzzledly.
, Qin Haoyu's reputation in the capital was not very good in the past few years, but with the support of Dingbei Palace and later becoming the crown prince, he was still very popular in the aristocratic circle of the capital. Especially in the past two years, Qin Haoyu joined the army and fought many times.
After winning the battle, he seems to be making progress. Although he is still burdened with the reputation of being disobedient, unfilial, cruel and arrogant, those old people, who are not human beings, don't care much about it, as long as they make a career. Therefore, Qin Haoyu is over eighteen years old.
It can be counted as twenty) has not married yet. The reason is not at all like Princess Zeng thought that it was because of his bad reputation and the noble girls in the capital did not dare to marry. It was because he did not want to marry and specifically made love with the old prince, his wife and the prince.
In exchange, they made many unequal treaties, which allowed them to not marry wives for the time being.
"Hmph, it's not like the restless gang of Cheng'en Duke's Mansion actually dare to pay attention to my Yu'er. His granddaughter can't get married or something, and they dare to stuff all kinds of rags into my house! It seems that I really
I just don’t go out, and those people have probably forgotten me.” The old prince puffed his beard and glared, saying with dissatisfaction that back then, he had the title of “Ghost Seeing Worry” in the capital. Even the late Emperor
When you see him getting angry, you have to be polite. Not to mention the nobles and ministers in the court, who wouldn't be like a tortoise when seeing him. Especially since the Dingbei Palace has opened the Shangfang Sword given by Emperor Gaozu. Back then,
The Yellow River burst its banks, causing flooding and causing countless deaths and injuries. What was even more abominable was that the disaster relief officials sent by the imperial court did not do anything. They deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors, and embezzled a lot of disaster relief money. When the old prince heard about it, he secretly investigated and found out what was true. He was furious.
He once chopped off the heads of several corrupt officials with Shang Fang's sword, which for a time made the history of the government and the public a lot clearer. In those years, there were few corrupt officials running rampant. But now, the old prince is old, and few people know his former reputation.
.They were all bullied to the point of being bullied.
If the Queen Mother or the Emperor really granted the marriage, no matter how powerful the Dingbei Palace was, they would not be able to openly resist the decree. Fortunately, the Emperor was thinking of the life-saving grace of the eldest brother Qin Haoyu, the newly appointed crown prince of the Dingbei Palace, but he really did not want to have any relationship with the Dingbei Palace.
The mother's family is involved, which makes the mother's family even more powerful. By secretly letting the prince know, the prince can take action before the Queen Mother. Speaking of which, the prince's original intention is also for Qin Haoyu Hao, in case he really marries her.
Princess Baozhu, Qin Haoyu is really in a dilemma.
The current Holy Emperor is considered to be the cousin of the prince, and is now in his forties. He has many children, the prince alone has thirteen children. Now that the princes are getting older, the clues of the struggle for the throne are gradually emerging.
Out, the most fiercely contested ones were the second prince, the legitimate son born to the queen, the eldest prince, born to Concubine Li, and the fifth prince, born to Concubine Min. The rest of the princes, the third prince died young, and the biological mother of the fourth prince was not revealed. It turned out that he was just the emperor.
The maid serving tea beside him was given the title of concubine after giving birth to a son. The emperor has always treated the mother and son indifferently. The fourth prince is also a person of idle clouds and wild cranes. He is devoted to being elegant, obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and has withdrawn from the circle of fighting early. The sixth prince was born with a disability, so naturally he will not be able to win the throne.
, The seventh prince is the half-brother of the eldest prince, so he naturally supports the eldest prince. After the eighth prince’s mother and concubine became the guilty minister, he was a little transparent in the palace and was unable to compete for the throne. The other princes are all adults and have not yet qualified to compete for the throne.
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In fact, it stands to reason that the second prince is the legitimate son and should be established as the crown prince. However, the Zhao family (the queen's maiden family name is Zhao) has produced two queens in a row. Although the princess married by the second prince is not a direct descendant of the Zhao family, her mother's family has It is also a lineage of forces that relies on the Zhao family, and the second prince's favorite concubine comes from the Cheng'en Palace. The influence of the concubine is growing. The current emperor will inevitably worry about whether the second prince will be named Qin or Zeng after he ascends the throne in the future. Therefore, Officials who have been suppressing the Zhao family line have been reluctant to make the second prince the crown prince no matter how much the pro-legacy faction in the court persuades them. But the second prince is a legitimate descendant of the main palace after all, and he himself is gentle, polite, and virtuous. He also has a queen mother and a queen. The escort has won over a group of officials and has considerable influence in the DPRK.
In fact, this is partly to blame for the fact that the current emperor is too indecisive. Before he ascended the throne, he was not well-known in the palace, and his mother's family was not prominent. He has always been a transparent person in the harem. It was only through the hard maintenance of the queen mother that he was finally able to grow up safely. Later, I was able to inherit the throne thanks to the advice of the Queen Mother and my mother-in-law. Therefore, after I ascended the throne, I often gave preferential treatment to my mother's family. For decades, the Cheng'en Palace continued to be honored and favored, and it became the noble family of the Daqian Dynasty. Now Cheng'en My uncle, today's uncle even worshiped the left prime minister and was even more arrogant than the right prime minister. When he first came to the throne, he was naturally very grateful to have a mother. His uncle made suggestions and won the throne that he had never dared to think about in the past. After a long time, and from time to time, some people said lies that the whole government and the public only knew about Duke Chengen but did not know about the emperor. Conscience, I have never thought of replacing my nephew, let alone being disrespectful to the emperor's nephew). The emperor is very suspicious and ill, and it is inevitable that he will think about things. For a while, he will think about losing the country to his second son, and he will not Change your surname to Zhao? After a while, I felt that I was wrong. This old mother has always loved and cared about me. My uncle used to work hard for his throne. This queen is also very virtuous. The second prince is polite and virtuous to me. He was filial and respectful, but he did not intend to make him the prince, causing him to be wronged and laughed at by his brothers. Then, the emperor began to reward the second prince's lineage for his debts, and then, the concubines took advantage of him, and the ministers They continued to hint, and the emperor began to think about whether the emperor's surname was Zhao or Qin! As a result, Cheng'en Palace has been in a state of turmoil. However, most people still envy Cheng'en Palace's good luck. , many people talked privately, saying that although Cheng'en Gongfu was just a lowly official before, he could not support the deceased old Cheng'en Gongfu to raise children. This son was born like a literary star and was able to read since he was a child. He was not as good as the weak ones. She passed the imperial examination at the age of 10, and her daughter was even more remarkable. She was as beautiful as a flower. She entered the palace and gave birth to a prince, and later became the queen mother.
Concubine Li, the biological mother of the eldest prince, is deeply favored by the emperor and has been favored continuously for decades. Concubine Li is also from a distinguished background. Her father is a prime minister, and her family has been a scholarly family for generations. Concubine Li's father's disciples are all over the government and the public, and her family also has many prospects. His nephew was an official in the court, and the emperor's implicit preference also attracted the support of some forces.
As for the fifth prince, although his mother, Concubine Min, is not as favored as Concubine Li, she still plays a big role in the emperor's heart after getting along with him for decades. In addition, Concubine Min herself comes from the prestigious Zhen'an Marquis Mansion, and her title is Hereditary succession, the male members of the family have been military generals for generations, guarding the border. Her brother has now directly taken over the Gyeonggi camp. The military commanders in the court are vaguely headed by Zhen'an Houfu. Therefore, the power controlled by the fifth prince is not small. .
The forces behind the three princes became a tripartite force, and the government and the opposition could barely maintain a balance. This is also the reason why the Queen Mother wanted to marry her precious grandniece into the Dingbei Palace. The Dingbei Palace had a prominent position in the Daqian Dynasty. The reason is that Dingbei Palace has always controlled the military power in the northwest of the imperial court, and it is said that Emperor Gaozu gave the first iron hat prince of Dingbei Palace a rare soldier before his death, and made him promise to protect the Daqian Dynasty for generations. Therefore, every time when the country was in trouble, the head of the Dingbei Palace would come forward to quell the wars and disputes, but they would step down when they succeeded and still be the emperor. Successive emperors loved and hated the Dingbei Palace, but they I don’t dare to do anything to the palace. After all, the palace is dedicated to the great dynasty, and people have never been disobedient. If they suppress it rashly, not only the Dingbei palace will rebound, but even those heroes and veterans will be chilled. Therefore, The emperors of all dynasties have mainly tried to appease the Dingbei Palace and maintained a good relationship with the Dingbei Palace. However, the Dingbei Palace is not a fool. In the court, they never form cliques for selfish purposes. Everything is based on the emperor's will, let alone The disciples are old, and the masters of the Dingbei Palace in the past dynasties rarely make friends with ministers who are close to each other in the court. They only focus on holding the military power in the northwest and firmly guarding the border. They are isolated ministers. In this way, the emperor is relieved , after all, the Prince of Dingbei is dedicated to protecting the great rivers and mountains for himself, and they are all surnamed Qin. It seems that they still have the same bloodline and worship the same ancestor.
The Dingbei Palace has always been a staunch royalist and has never participated in the struggle for the throne. All the in-laws have taken care not to be involved in the struggle for the throne. If Qin Haoyu marries Princess Baozhu this time, no matter how much the Dingbei Palace declares to the outside world, I am a royalist, not a party of the second prince. In the eyes of everyone, the Dingbei Palace is also of the second prince’s lineage. Nowadays, apart from the loyalists who are firm and neutral, the civil and military officials are roughly divided into two groups. One group supports the eldest prince, and the other group supports Regarding the second prince, as for the military attachés, except for some who have a wait-and-see attitude, most of them support the fifth prince. If Dingbei Palace becomes the second prince's line now, then those military attachés who are still waiting and watching will definitely lean towards the second prince. Then the second prince has supporters among the civil servants and military attachés in the court, and the temporary balance in the court will be broken. In fact, the reason why Duke Chengen and the Queen Mother made this move was not because the Dingbei Palace showed their support. I am not stupid, so I naturally know that it is impossible for the Dingbei Palace to fall to my lineage. After all, the Dingbei Palace is already an iron hat king. It can be said that no matter how great the achievements are, it is unblockable. What the prince wants to think about is not how to climb up, but how to keep Dingbei Palace standing. What Chengen Gong and the Queen Mother want is just an attitude, or to say that Dingbei Palace is on their side. Inducing other military attaches to support them. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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