novelraw Chapter 310 Everyone's Small Abacus
Chapter 310 Everyone's Small Abacus
Although this rebellion incident, Emperor Xuande survived safely!But Emperor Xuande had quite a few children, ten sons and four daughters survived, and seven of the princes who had grown up and opened their mansions alone, now the three princes were wiped out in one go, and there was no hope in this life. All the princes naturally have their own thoughts more or less psychologically.
Because of the previous blows, Emperor Xuande's health became worse and worse, and he became more suspicious of the older princes, but he was more concerned about the young princes and felt more relieved. The most favored one now is the one born by Concubine Mei Gui. There are eleven princes born by Zhen Shurong and ten princes born by Zhen Shurong.
Zhen Shurong was born in the Zhen family in Jinling, and her mother is still the current nanny. Therefore, she has always been favored by Emperor Xuande, and it is only in recent years that she has fallen out of favor.But the tenth prince could see his father often, and people are used to being coquettish and obedient, so these years, the holy favor has been catching up with the prince back then, which also made Zhen Shurong think, what is a noble concubine, even a queen is nothing, The queen mother is the ultimate goal of these women in the harem!
It's just that holy favor is not everything. No matter how favored the tenth prince is, he is still under age, so he can't start a mansion naturally. To say something disrespectful, Emperor Xuande is not young anymore, and he is still sick. No, how could it be possible to pass the throne to the youngest son, when the time comes, the master will doubt the country, that is not a good thing.
Moreover, as the emperor, personal likes and dislikes are often not important, otherwise, there would be no such thing as establishing a son, establishing a son, and establishing a virtuous person. Some emperors want to establish love, but the consequences are probably not so beautiful.
Don't look at Emperor Xuande's suspicion of the grown-up prince, but reason tells him that the new emperor is better than the grown-up prince!And now the fifth prince is the only son left!
Although the fifth prince made some small moves in the chaotic period before, most of them were self-protection, so Emperor Xuande didn't care about him.If the fifth prince Xuande Emperor is quite satisfied.He was hesitant before the fifth prince and the eighth prince before, but now that the eighth prince is finished, it stands to reason that the heir of the new emperor is the fifth prince of course!
Moreover, although the five princes have always been silent.I just know how to keep my head down and do things, but now this seriousness is an advantage. The other fifth prince's biological mother, Empress Liu, is Emperor Xuande's favorite woman, and Empress Liu can be said to have died just right.From then on, it was the cinnabar mole in Emperor Xuande's heart, and the white moonlight in front of the bed. In Emperor Xuande's heart, no one could compare to Empress Liu.Even the former Empress Xiao was a little bit worse.Naturally, the only son left by Empress Liu also won the favor of Emperor Xuande.
It stands to reason that there is both love and love.The fifth prince's throne should be secure!
But Emperor Xuande didn't think much of it.The main reason is that he thought of the fact that the prince was playing around more than the sixth prince, although the Xiao family also contributed a lot to it.
But it also made Emperor Xuande realize that sometimes the son is not a good candidate, so Emperor Xuande decided to take advantage of the few years he had to live to investigate the fifth prince carefully, so he decided not to mention the matter of establishing the prince !
If the fifth prince knew that it was the sixth prince who harmed him.I have been worried for several years, and I can't wait for the sixth prince to disappear from the world immediately. Unfortunately, the fifth prince didn't know, so the sixth prince saved his own life.
But even if the fifth prince doesn't know the inner activities of Emperor Xuande, he can also know that at present, only himself has the best chance of winning, after all, he is the only son of the legitimate son!
Since ancient times, it has been established.
Although the fifth prince's heart fluttered, he was the one who would have the biggest business in the future, so he still maintained the low-key approach he had become accustomed to over the past few years.
Although Emperor Xuande did not intend to establish a crown prince and abdicate now, this does not hinder other people's guesses!
Speaking of which, if it wasn't for Emperor Xuande's sudden liking for the little prince, the fifth prince's throne would be inseparable!
As I said before, the third prince is a sick child, the birth mother of the fourth prince is a court lady, the sixth prince and the eighth prince are under house arrest, and the rest, except for the two little princes whom Emperor Xuande likes now, only the seventh prince is left. up!
The Seventh Prince is a strange thing among the royal family, and he can't threaten the Fifth Prince at all.
why?
Because the Seventh Prince is a famous Lord Longyang, it is said that Prince Zhongshun deliberately led the Seventh Prince to harm him in order to avenge Emperor Xuande.However, although the Seventh Prince is Lord Longyang, he still has a concubine, and he already has a son.
According to reliable gossip, when the Seventh Prince and the Princess are in XXOO, they will first put the Seventh Prince down with aphrodisiacs and then be in XXOO.
Although I don't know if it's true or not, since the Seventh Prince had a son, neither Emperor Xuande nor the concubine cared much about the Seventh Prince!He is allowed to mess around, so the reliability of this gossip is quite high.
Regardless of any reliable news, Zhen Shurong felt very uncomfortable after hearing this guess, just like all mothers, mother's love is always blind sometimes, and Zhen Shurong is also.
As a mother, she naturally thinks that her son is the best, and the best things must belong to her son, so after Zhen Shurong heard the news, she was a little anxious, and immediately sent a letter to the Zhen family, asking them to Find a way to help the ten princes inherit the throne.
But what can the Zhen family do at this time.
It's a good idea to assassinate the fifth prince. If it really succeeds, Emperor Xuande can only choose among the tenth and eleventh princes!
But is this majestic prince so easy to assassinate?Moreover, for the safety of his only son, who he had a good eye for, Emperor Xuande placed a lot of secret guards around the fifth prince. In addition to monitoring, it also meant to protect the safety of the fifth prince.
So this way is not feasible, besides, there will be eleven princes without the fifth prince, they can't assassinate one by one!
Impossible to think about.
So the Zhen family falsely agreed to Zhen Shurong's request, while stepping up efforts to consolidate Jiangnan's position.Ever since Zhen Shurong was demoted, the influence of the Zhen family in Jiangnan has been affected. Some people who were originally optimistic about the Zhen family also began to hesitate, and even a group of people began to be fools!
Although Jiangnan was not affected as much as the capital by this rebellion, officials in some positions were still sacked!Therefore, the Zhen family is staring at these positions!
Zhen Yingjia didn't feel it at first, and felt that the official position of the Zhen family was very small, but after Zhen Shurong was demoted, Zhen Yingjia suddenly understood!Even if he sat on Jiangning Weaving, which is not the emperor's confidant, so what, in the eyes of some families with deep background, he is still a small official.Therefore, Zhen Yingjia is going to take advantage of this opportunity to grab one or two high positions.
Not to mention Zhen Shurong and the Zhen family's small calculations.On the contrary, Concubine Mei Gui, after hearing this gossip, she also had her own petty concerns in her heart.
It would be a lie to say that Concubine Mei Guifei has no intention of becoming a queen mother. Basically, all the women in the harem are aiming at this goal to climb up.But Concubine Mei is very sensible, she is a very intelligent woman, she also wants her son to sit on the throne, but she is not as reckless as others.
She just usurped the Mei family and let Emperor Xuande establish a queen with the saying that 'the palace cannot be without a queen'.
If Emperor Xuande had the idea of becoming a queen, then Concubine Mei felt that she could still fight, but Emperor Xuande did not have this idea, Concubine Mei felt that she should be honest, after all, the eleventh prince will leave the palace to build a mansion in the future , can also take her out to live.
Concubine Mei is the highest-ranking concubine in the harem today, and her family background is noble enough. If Emperor Xuande agrees to become queen at this time, who else can sit on the throne except her.
Concubine Mei was somewhat disappointed by the result of the ministers' request.
Emperor Xuande didn't even have the idea of becoming a queen at this time, and he was going to die in a few years. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the fifth prince to become a queen at this time?Even if you want to hone the fifth prince, you don't hone like this!
However, Emperor Xuande also accepted what the ministers said that the consequences could not be endless, so he promoted Concubine Mei to be the imperial concubine, and ordered the imperial concubine to hold the seal of Feng Ling and be half the empress.
Half queen, empress, there is a world of difference in one word.
Although a little bit unwilling, the imperial concubine and the Mei family can only accept their fate, and only the Xiao family and the Yu family have living examples. At this time, they were still shocked by the ruthlessness of Emperor Xuande!What they think about is the splendor and wealth, but they don't want to end up being ransacked all over the house.
Therefore, although the Xiao family sighed a little in private, they were still grateful on the surface to thank Emperor Xuande.After all, it was a great joy for their aunt to be conferred the title of half queen, even though they did not achieve their expected goal.
The fifth prince also laughed when he heard the news. He didn't want to have an extra son out of nowhere to compete with him for the throne. Looking at Emperor Xuande's face is very good.Who knows if it was a smoke bomb deliberately released by Emperor Xuande!
The purpose is to force these ambitious princes to jump out one by one.
Therefore, the fifth prince does not know how long Emperor Xuande can live. If Emperor Xuande can live for more than 20 or [-] years, then the tenth and eleventh princes will have grown up by then. This is not causing trouble for himself. ?
Although the fifth prince also has confidence in himself, there are some things that cannot be resolved with confidence.
He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Prince Bu and the Eighth Prince...
Sitting on the position of the Ninth Fifth Prince is what the Fifth Prince wants.