Chapter 888 The Princess Who Escaped from the Palace
Meng Yinqin looked at the group of princes standing in the imperial study room and said slowly: "The reason why Marquis Ding'an is willing to come is not to help me keep Princess Chu Ning!"
"He is helping Prince Xiao!"
"The Marquis of Ding'an is worried that Prince Xiao will be deceived by the Queen Mother's few words and come to ruin Princess Chu Ning's marriage!"
"Therefore, the situation on the other side of the sea is already unknown to you and me. Has the Supreme Emperor sent people over to investigate the situation in the court over the past few years?"
Zang Haichuan was stunned for a moment: "Of course there is. The scorching land on the other side of the sea is suitable for farming and animal husbandry..."
"Aside from trading?" Meng Yinqin interrupted him and said, "How does the court over there manage state affairs? What are the identities of Prince Xiao and Marquis of Ding'an in managing state affairs?"
Zang Haichuan frowned slightly: "I also sent envoys to contact several princes..."
Meng Yinqin raised his eyebrows: "It's all under the court, right?"
"Besides, does the Supreme Emperor know whether there is any in-laws between Marquis Ding'an and Prince Xiao?"
Zang Haichuan looked at him in shock: "What does the emperor know?"
Meng Yinqin shook his head: "I don't know anything, but I saw that after settling the matter of Princess Chu Ning's engagement, Prince Xiao went back first and left without even saying hello."
"Should Marquis Ding'an stay and explain to me that he is in an emergency and take a step ahead - so what does the Emperor think?"
Zang Haichuan gritted his teeth secretly.
This was indeed a situation he never expected.#@$&
It seems that the emperor's thinking does make some sense.
If we don’t want to completely abandon the other side, someone must connect the other side closely with this side.
Otherwise, sooner or later, that country will be able to break away from Yanchu and establish itself as a country - you can predict that just by looking at the roaring words of the fourth prince today.
However, Zang Haichuan was not too mediocre to be selected by Yuehen. He soon thought of what Meng Yinqin was thinking, and his face changed slightly: "This... I am adding fuel to the fire!"
If he hadn't come up with the ridiculous idea of choosing the fourth prince as the crown prince, how could he have made Zang Xi feel resentful and finally yelled such rebellious words?%&(&
But after saying this, it is impossible to recycle it.
All the princes present heard his doubts about Yuehen and the inheritance of the royal family.
Such doubts will take root in people's hearts, and sooner or later the next prince, or the next prince who leaves here for the other side, or their heirs will gradually develop a heart of separation.
In that case, the other half of Yanchu's territory will be completely divided.
And there is no need to use Moon Mark as a necessary factor for inheritance. In this case, there may be people who have different intentions and desperately want to develop towards the sea.
In the end, the Yanchu Kingdom will be destroyed.
Thinking of this, Zang Haichuan looked at Meng Yinqin: "Your Majesty, how do you think the affairs across the sea should be handled?"
Meng Yinqin then looked at the remaining six princes and said word by word: "Therefore, I need to set up a regent, so choose among them!"
Suddenly, the eyes of several princes lit up.
Who doesn’t want to climb to the highest place and see what the world is like?
But I heard Meng Yinqin continue: "According to the rules of the Great Zhao Kingdom, the regent and I are equally powerful. There is still only one dragon chair difference, but I need the regent to be loyal to the people of Yanchu and put the people first in everything."
First of all, no matter what situation we encounter in the future, we can always take people's livelihood as our responsibility!"
"If anyone sacrifices innocent people for power, he will be disqualified from this election!"
Zang Haichuan nodded: "That's great!"
Being able to clarify such an identity can help all the princes to cheer up again.
Especially the expressions on the faces of the third prince and the fifth prince were filled with joy.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely study hard and diligently in the future and treat this matter as a good competition between our brothers!"
"Cousin of the Emperor, we will definitely put the people above the country!"
Oh, with the promise of power, I finally knew how to call my cousin.
Zang Haichuan raised his eyebrows: "Then it's settled, the candidate for regent will be selected by the emperor himself!"
He turned around and walked out of the imperial study, saying as he walked: "Let's announce this to the court tomorrow morning!"
With the support of the Supreme Emperor, this matter will definitely gain the support of all ministers.
However, this was not Meng Yinqin’s original intention.
It's just that he suppressed the fourth prince today. If he didn't give some sweetness to the other princes, he was worried that the Supreme Emperor would lose face, and he was filled with anger.
However, the regent is a high position that Yanchu has never had before. The regent initially selected will not be affected by too much power. On the contrary, he will be conscientious in running the government because of the high position, which is not a bad thing.
What's more, the country on the other side of Yanchu really needs to be closely connected to it.
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East Palace.
After learning that the fourth prince failed and was imprisoned, the fourth prince's concubine Tang Jingxian fell down on a chair, covering her lips with a handkerchief and saying nothing.
Now that there is no identity of the prince, I am afraid that even the prince will be demoted to a commoner after being imprisoned. I am afraid that the East Palace will not be able to stay any longer soon.
Tang Jingxian hurriedly turned around and ran towards her bedroom, wanting to pack some things and return to her parents' home.
After all, she is also the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Industry. If she wants to reconcile with the fourth prince, the emperor cannot stop her.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard footsteps coming from behind.
"The fourth prince's concubine..."
Tang Jingxian ran faster.
While running, she asked the palace maid to help stop the intruder, and asked her nanny to accompany her to pack her clothes.
"Fourth Princess, please stay!"
Tang Jingxian slammed the door of the dormitory and covered her ears with her hands.
"Thank you, mama, please hurry up. The box under the bedside contains all of my belongings!"
"Take the back door. I want to leave the palace through the west door and go to the Imperial City Shangshu Mansion!"
Although the fourth prince was imprisoned, the status of the fourth prince's concubine was not revoked by the emperor. Therefore, the father-in-laws who were blocked outside did not dare to forcefully break in. They could only stamp their feet and said: "Fourth prince, please stay, the servant is here to pass the news."
It’s an imperial edict!”
When Tang Jingxian heard the word "imperial edict", she almost went crazy with hatred.
She didn't want to be demoted to a commoner along with the fourth prince.
In fact, if Zang Xi hadn't been saying that he had a way to make the new emperor step down these days, she wouldn't have stayed in the East Palace for a few more days!
She went home earlier to write the letter of divorce, and today she has definitely resumed her status as the legitimate daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. Why is there any need to worry here?
The more Tang Jingxian thought about it, the more she regretted it. She didn't even care about the palace maid, and ran out of the palace quickly through the back door with only one nanny.
She also had the waistband that the fourth prince had given her before he almost ascended the throne. No one dared to stop her from leaving the palace at this moment.
By the time a few young eunuchs came to their senses and moved to the back door of the East Palace to look for the person, Tang Jingxian had already gone out safely.
"Hey, what should I do?"
"If you don't accept the imperial edict, do we still have to chase the imperial edict out of the palace?"
"Why don't you go back to the imperial study and ask the emperor first?"
