There was a slight movement in the Cheng family in the dark night.
There was only one dim night lamp lit in the room, which illuminated the figure in the tent and swayed more and more.
Mrs. Huang sat in the tent, hugging the sleeping child tightly in her arms, and listened nervously outside. Soon the thin sounds disappeared.
Mrs. Huang almost stopped breathing and held the child in her arms tighter. The door was suddenly pushed open, and Ms. Huang almost screamed in fright.
"It's me." Fan Jianglin said.
Huang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Da Lang, who is he?" she asked in a trembling voice.
Fan Jianglin put the crossbow machine next to his pillow again.
"Looking for my sister." He said, paused, "One of my own."
The maid opened the door with her hair pulled back, and looked at Prince Jin'an in the shadow of the lamp in the corridor.
"Your Highness, instead of climbing over the wall, you just jumped over the wall?" she couldn't help but say.
Prince Jin'an smiled and said nothing, looking at Cheng Jiaoniang coming out of the inner room.
"Sorry to bother you," he said.
Cheng Jiaoniang returned the gift.
The maid had to step aside and watch Prince Jin'an enter.
"Sister, why don't you accompany me in the middle of the night?" Banqin couldn't help but whisper.
"What's the good thing?" said the maid, "They are an unmarried couple, so it doesn't matter if they meet each other."
Unmarried couple!
Banqin suddenly realized, yes, she had almost forgotten about this.
"But it's not like I haven't made up my mind yet." She murmured.
"The emperor's golden words are like making up his mind." The maid said, urging Banqin to make tea.
But the emperor is already unconscious, does the golden words still count?
Banqin went away muttering in his heart.
"It's rude to meet guests in a hurry." Cheng Jiaoniang saluted.
The prince of Jin'an County smiled and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang in plain clothes under the lamp. Her untied hair had no time to pull up and was scattered behind her.
"It's only me who salutes you," he said.
There was a moment of silence in the room.
"The Queen mentioned the adoption of the clan, do you know?" Prince Jin'an asked directly.
Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head.
Prince Jin'an's face suddenly looked a little ugly.
What a queen...
"Sure enough, I still got you involved." He said.
Cheng Jiaoniang smiled.
"That's not what I mean." She said, "I mean, it wasn't the Queen who mentioned it, it was me who mentioned it."
The prince of Jin'an County looked stunned.
The maid sitting by the door also raised her head in astonishment. It turned out that this was a lady...
Banqin, who was walking over with tea, was frightened by the maid's expression and couldn't help but stop.
The Prince of Jin'an County looked at Cheng Jiaoniang, seemed to think for a moment, and then smiled.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I don't want to die." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
It turns out that when King Qing ascends the throne, there is a great chance that the Queen Mother and the Gao family will take power. Fortunately for the Queen Mother, the Gao family will definitely get rid of her. Not only her, she has already been on the list made by the Gao family.
.
"Actually, it's not certain what will happen in the future." Prince Jin'an said, "Chen Xianggong and others have already restrained the Gao family. If the Gao family wants to take action against you, at least they won't do it now, and they won't do it for a long time after King Qing ascends the throne.
, so if we have time to avoid it, we can even kill him first."
Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head.
"I don't have time," she said.
Although she doesn’t know if it can really change what happened three hundred years later, at least it has changed now. A new emperor has appeared, and a new historical trajectory will emerge. Regardless of whether this trajectory can continue three hundred years later, she will
Can't let it go.
Her father spent so much effort to educate her, and her family was waiting for her. She could not die, nor could she place her hopes on others, let alone the future.
With her, there is only the present and no future. If you live in front of you, you will live in the future. If you die in front of you, you will die in the future.
"But adoption is not that easy." Prince Jin'an looked at Cheng Jiaoniang and said seriously, "In this case, the Queen Mother of the Gao family will definitely not give in."
"That's not necessarily true," Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Prince Jin'an was stunned again.
"Why?"
"Because the current government is clear and clear." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Is the government clear and bright?
Prince Jin'an frowned slightly.
"Isn't it a secret?" He smiled again and asked half-seriously.
Secrets are sometimes unspeakable.
She doesn't tell lies, but she doesn't have to say anything.
The corners of Cheng Jiaoniang's mouth curved into a slight smile.
A secret door in the corner of Prince Qing's Mansion opened quietly and closed quietly.
"Your Highness."
Qing Ke, who had been waiting in the house for a long time without seeing Prince Jin'an come in, came over and saw Prince Jin'an standing in the backyard just as the attendant said.
When he saw Prince Jin'an looking up at the starry sky, Qingke couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
"Is it really Mrs. Cheng..."
Prince Jin'an smiled.
"The Queen is not someone who can be persuaded by just a few words." He said, "I can only say that everyone is trying to protect themselves."
Yes, Prince Ping is dead and the imperial concubine is crazy. From the perspective of the Queen Mother and Gao Lingbo, the Queen and Lady Cheng are enemies.
"So, the two of them came up with this out of fear to protect themselves?" Qingke said, with a bit of temptation, "Maybe Mrs. Cheng has something..."
Prince Jin'an smiled and looked back at Qingke.
"No, she just said that the government is now clear and clear," he said.
It wasn't destiny, so Qingke was a little disappointed.
The prince of Jin'an County walked towards the house, and Qing Ke followed quickly.
"Your Highness," he said after thinking for a moment, "She is right. Now that the government is clear and clear, it is really possible for the adoption to happen."
Prince Jin'an didn't speak and didn't seem to hear.
Qingke gritted his teeth and stood in front of him.
"Your Highness, what if the adoption is really possible?" he asked in a low voice.
Prince Jin'an stopped.
If the adoption can really happen, then Prince Qing will no longer be able to sit on the throne.
"This is Brother Six's empire." He said slowly.
"Your Highness." Qingke raised his head and looked at him, "If Prince Qing really can't take the throne, what are you going to do? Do you want to watch others take the seat, or..."
Or sit by yourself?
On a summer night, the wind seems to be blowing across the plains.
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"Brother Yuan Chao, come this way."
Hearing the shouting, Han Yuanchao raised his head. The midday sun was a bit dazzling, making it difficult for him to see clearly his colleagues who were looking out to greet him from the window on the second floor.
"Sir, please come this way." Zhike greeted.
Han Yuanchao withdrew his gaze and looked at the restaurant in front of him, his eyes lingering on the word "Taipingju" on the door plaque.
"Officials may also like this calligraphy. Although it is not as exquisite as the calligraphy of Maoyuan Mountain Tomb, it still has a different charm." Zhike said with a smile.
Han Yuanchao smiled and nodded without saying anything and stepped forward.
"Brother Yuan Chao, how about a treat here? Can it be worth the penalty for losing the poem last time?"
Two colleagues in the box laughed.
"Don't look at the remoteness of this place. This Taipingju store is no worse than the regular stores in the city."
"Besides, the price is not cheap either."
One of them added:
Han Yuanchao just smiled and said nothing. He sat down and looked around, and suddenly heard a burst of laughter from the next door.
"...Sure enough, someone secretly got him drunk and wanted to coax him into taking pictures of the dragon throne in the court?"
"...It's a good thing he didn't go. If he had gone, there would be no emperor pretending to be stupid and saying he drank too much. I'm afraid he would be scolded by the Queen Mother..."
"...Swearing? I'm just afraid of getting beaten, right?"
"….The kind where you pull your hair and hit her?"
Along with this sentence, there was another burst of laughter.
Han Yuanchao and his colleagues looked at each other with awkward and surprised expressions.
"There seems to be a group of scholars next door." A colleague said in a low voice.
"It's really crazy." Another one shook his head and said.
He actually made fun of the Queen Mother, a state affairs official in the imperial court!
"That also leaves something for others to talk about." Han Yuanchao said.
As soon as these words came out, the two colleagues here hurriedly waved their hands.
"Brother Yuan Chao, we are not crazy now." They said, "Be careful what you say."
"Be careful in your actions before you are careful in your words." Han Yuanchao said, "If there are careless actions in the court, you and I will naturally have careless words."
The two colleagues looked at each other.
"So, Brother Yuan Chao, are you from Mr. Jiangzhou's faction?" they asked in a low voice.
"I'm just a virtuous person," Han Yuanchao said.
Colleagues laughed.
"Your Majesty, you are not one to talk about morality." They laughed, "Especially when you are the only one..."
As soon as they finished speaking, the voice from next door came louder and louder.
"...Why can't we have an heir? Why does it have to be King Qing? They are all descendants of Taizu, so why can't other clans do it?"
"...If we really talk about blood, then the lineage of King Xiu is the direct descendant of Taizu..."
Upon hearing this, the two colleagues here turned pale with fright and stood up immediately.
Scholars like to give advice on government affairs and comment on the officials of the government. It is not uncommon, nor is it impossible. After all, it is just words, and it is not really implemented to the point of disordering the government. If these are all taken care of, wouldn't it be a success?
to follow the path of tyranny.
No emperor or minister is willing to bear this infamy, especially since the current emperor is a very face-saving person.
But listening to these crazy people talking more and more outrageously, even talking about the emperor's bloodline, I really can't listen to it anymore.
"Let's go," they said, "We can't stay here any longer."
Han Yuan smiled and stood up.
After walking out of Taiping Residence, the two of them were a little disappointed.
"If I had known, I would have been enjoying myself under the trees in the wild with the ingredients." One said, pointing to the roadside.
The other had no intention of eating or drinking.
"The discussion has actually reached this point." The colleague said sadly, "It seems that the matter of establishing an heir cannot be decided in a short time."
A colleague who originally didn't want to talk couldn't help it anymore.
"I heard that Mr. Chen is also a little undecided." He lowered his voice and shared the secret information he had obtained.
"What?"
"Didn't Mr. Chen support Prince Qing?" Han Yuanchao couldn't help but asked in surprise.
The colleague felt a little proud.
"Originally," he said, "but Mr. Jiangzhou said something."
"What words?" Han Yuanchao asked.
"The king of Qing is compared to the two emperors of Sima. I don't know what you are comparing your majesty to, what you are thinking about, and what you are talking about today." The colleague said with an incomprehensible smile.
King Qing foolishly wanted to become the crown prince and ascend the throne. There are examples in history of people with incomplete intelligence becoming emperors. However, those two emperors with incomplete intelligence were able to ascend the throne because of the decline of imperial power and the manipulation of power by ministers.
After these two emperors ascended the throne, the government was in turmoil, rebellions continued, and the country's power was exhausted.
"Didn't Mr. Jiangzhou say that whoever supports the establishment of King Qing will regard His Majesty as Emperor Xiaowu of Jin..."
The emperor who was killed by his concubine because of his drunken joking...
Which emperor would want to be compared to this emperor who has been laughed at for ages!
"Whoever supports the establishment of King Qing is an official who intends to wield power; whoever supports the establishment of King Qing is an official who is cursing the fate of the Zhou Dynasty."
"Who the hell dares to do this! Mr. Jiangzhou really scolds people harshly!"
Compared to his colleague's blank expression, Han Yuanchao laughed and clapped his hands.
"So how could something like this happen if our government is clean and clear?" he said. "How can the court officials and scholars have the face to face the saints and the common people!" (To be continued)
