The first thousand two hundred and sixty first chapters
The emperor glanced at Princess Mingyue, sighed and said nothing, as if he didn't want to express the troubles in his heart.
Princess Mingyue seemed to understand something, and after thinking for a while she said, "As a princess, the royal family is my home, and the royal relatives are my relatives. Of course I have to care about the emperor's affairs.
Let me guess, although the downfall of the Liang family is beneficial to you, what you really like is to defeat them with the strength of the royal family?"
The emperor smiled and shook his head, with a somewhat bitter look on his face and said, "You think too much of me. Since the founding of the new country decades ago, the royal family has only been a symbolic existence. We royal nobles, except for some industries and three religions,
Apart from the entanglements in power, how much power can one have in national politics?
Overthrow the Liang family?
Just me?
But I don't have that ability.
Although I am ambitious and want to expand the power of the royal family, I am more self-aware and deeply understand that every step I take must be cautious and walk on thin ice. Even if there is any problem, the royal family will capsize in the gutter! So, can you personally do it?
I don't care at all about overthrowing the Liang family, and I don't dare to act rashly."
After hearing the emperor's self-deprecating words, Princess Mingyue sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty, don't belittle yourself. I can see it in my eyes. Since you became the emperor of China, the power of the royal family has been increasing day by day. What you have done for the royal family has
Everything is there for all to see.”
"I also hope that our royal family will not become history in the end.
Sometimes, you have to fight even if you don’t fight, and you have to defend even if you don’t want to defend.”
The emperor smiled bitterly and said, "But the royal family has to learn how to eat hard, eat one meal at a time, and walk one step at a time. Therefore, a stable political environment is extremely important for the development of the royal family. But now everyone in the capital family is in danger and chaos is brewing.
With just a pot of porridge, how can you secretly exert your strength now and how can you accumulate strength?"
"It turns out that this is what the emperor is worried about."
Princess Mingyue said with a smile, "Your Majesty is overly worried. Chaos in the capital is a family matter, and our royal family will not get involved. We just sit on the Diaoyutai."
"What do you know?
Do you really think that our royal family is just sitting back and enjoying the success, and the world becomes peaceful as soon as we close our eyes?
Can we really watch those political families in the capital bite dogs?"
The emperor sighed deeply and said with a gloomy face, "As long as the family in the capital is in turmoil, the royal family will not be able to escape its involvement! Even if we don't get involved in this matter, we have to get involved and stay on our own?
I'm just afraid that I will become the target of others' venting, and they will attack me in groups!"
Princess Mingyue was stunned for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty, are you saying... that our royal family will become the second being to be targeted?"
"It's not impossible. Although the capital is in chaos now, once the Liang family falls, the situation will gradually become clearer."
The emperor said seriously, "You think about it, when the Liang family was there, the capital was in a situation where two heroes were competing against each other. Most of these political families were attached to these two major political groups. Only our royal family was able to get both sides.
Outside, develop your own power secretly.
But now that the Liang family has fallen, and the two poles have become one, then our royal family will naturally be exposed. If we want to keep a low profile and make a fortune, it will definitely be out of the question. Who knows, if we really become a thorn in the opponent's side, we will really be targeted.
It’s hard to say!”
Princess Mingyue's expression also became solemn, her eyes were a little panicked and she said, "I really didn't see through this.
Your Majesty, the family you mentioned that is competing with the Liang family is not the Zhou family, right?"
"Who else besides the Zhou family?"
The emperor lowered his voice with some taboo, "Nowadays, among the founding heroes of China, who has as much prestige and contribution as Zhou Pu?
What's even more frightening is that this guy Zhou Pu controls half of the country's military. Now that the Liang family has fallen, almost all of the army has been completely infiltrated by his disciples. This means that the Zhou family has invisibly controlled more than half of the army of Huaxia! With the army
With his support, officials will naturally follow his lead. If the royal family stays out of the matter at this time, what do you think he will think?"
After Mingyue glanced at the emperor, she hesitated for a while before saying, "I'm afraid it's not just the royal family who stayed out of the matter and didn't express their support, right?
I remember that at the beginning, it seemed that you and Zhou Pu's son had a little feud, so you always held a grudge against the Zhou family, so you were often unwilling to associate with the Zhou family. On the contrary, you were closer to the Liang family, right?
So now the Zhou family has become a dominant superpower, so you are worried that the Zhou family will target our royal family, right?"
The old emperor's face turned red with embarrassment, he coughed twice and said, "Forget it, forget it.
At first, that guy Zhou Jianmin and I pursued a woman at the same time. Later, we had some unpleasantness with her, so we had some grudges against each other.
Indeed, the key question now is how we can think of a way to reach a cooperative relationship with the Zhou family without Mr. Zhou taking advantage of the royal family, and without me submissively submitting to him."
Princess Mingyue said helplessly, "This is indeed a headache.
It is indeed difficult to maintain the majesty of the royal family, but also to make the Zhou family feel the closeness and favor of the royal family, and to eliminate hostility between both parties.
But Your Majesty, if the royal families of all dynasties want to form alliances with foreign races and don’t want to grovel, there is only one best way..." "Oh?
Do you have any idea?"
The emperor was a little anxious for a moment and said, "Speak quickly."
"Look at you, Your Majesty, you are really a fan of the authorities.
Since ancient times, what is the most common alliance tactic used by the royal family, no matter what country it is?"
Princess Mingyue looked at the emperor seriously.
"You mean...marriage?"
After the emperor glanced at Princess Mingyue, he gave up with a wry smile and said, "I have thought of this trick before, but it's useless.
In the Zhou family, several descendants are now getting married, and they are all wealthy families that the media is marrying. I can't marry my own daughter to blatantly steal someone else's husband, right?
Besides, Mr. Zhou is not someone to be trifled with. If he really hates the royal family even more because of this matter, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"
"This is indeed a problem."
Princess Mingyue nodded, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and said with a smile, "But... what if we don't find the Zhou family to marry, but find someone else to marry?"
"other people?
What do you mean?"
The emperor was stunned and frowned.
"Your Majesty, you should know that the reason Zhou Pu Zhou was able to survive this time was because of the help of experts.
And I heard that that man not only saved Mr. Zhou with a magic pill, but also helped Mr. Zhou find clues through clues, so that he could find out the Liang family who was behind the scenes.
This person is a great benefactor to the Zhou family. If we can win him over through marriage, then the Zhou family will have to face up to the royal family because of his face.
Even if you are not enthusiastic...at least you won't have any evil thoughts. Wouldn't this be able to resolve the crisis virtually?"
"Do such people still exist?"
The emperor suddenly became very happy and said with a smile, "Okay, I also heard that this person is a young man and seems to be unmarried. This method can really be tried.
But how much do you know about that person?
Although the method is good, my daughter cannot be given things on demand. Which royal princess is not valuable?
If this kid is really a talented person, if he is a shady guy, then no matter how difficult it is for me, I will never engage in such a shameful marriage!"