Once the Crown Prince Joins In

In Zhaoyang Palace, Concubine Qi Xian invited Concubine Ruan Ming in. After the two sat down, she smiled and said, "I'm afraid my sister is here for the wedding of King Wu, right?"

Concubine Ruan Ming sighed with a sad look on her face, "My sister guessed it right, I came here just for this matter. I really don't know what to do now, so I want to come to my sister to discuss an idea. In this harem, I just go with my sister." I need to get closer, I really don’t know who to look for.”

Concubine Qi Xian was a little touched when she heard this, and then sighed, "It's useless for you to come to me. You know that we are both in similar situations. The situation in the palace is a bit confusing now, so it's better to be careful when doing things. .”

"What sister means..." Concubine Ruan Ming did not dare to say it, and only looked in the direction of Zhaoyu Palace with her eyes.

Concubine Qi Xian sent everyone around her away, then looked at Concubine Ruan Ming and said softly: "Sister Concubine Ming, since you call me sister, I will tell you a few true words."

Concubine Ruan Ming immediately assumed a pious and obedient posture.

Although the King of Wu born to Concubine Ruan Ming is older than the King of King Jing born to Concubine Qi Xian, Concubine Xian actually entered the palace earlier than Concubine Ming. The situation after they entered the palace was exactly the same. They both relied on having children to advance to the throne. His Majesty treated them very well. They don't like them much, but it's because their children don't treat them poorly, but they are just less kind.

They knew that they could not compete with Concubine Li for favor, nor could they compete with the Empress for status, so both of them had a temperament that was aware of current affairs, and they became closer and closer in the harem. However, although they were close, they were not particularly close. .

Now hearing the meaning of Concubine Qi Xian's words, Concubine Ruan Ming's heart moved, she noticed something, and her expression became more solemn, "Sister Concubine Xian, please tell me."

Concubine Qi Xian smiled and said, "Sister Concubine Ming, we sisters have been together for so many years, and our relationship is naturally closer than others. What do you think of the Queen and Concubine Li in the palace now?"

Concubine Ruan Ming's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She looked up at Concubine Qi Xian and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Seeing Concubine Ruan Ming's silence, Concubine Qi Xian didn't take it seriously, and slowly said: "For so many years, you and I have been careful in the palace. No matter whether it is the Queen or the Concubine, we don't dare to offend anyone. We always smile with you. You bend down when you see people, right?”

Concubine Ruan Ming was silent, she was right.

The Queen is the Lord of the Sixth Palace and they dare not be disrespectful. Concubine Li is His Majesty's favorite concubine and they dare not offend her. However, once the Queen and Concubine Li have a fight, it will be very difficult for them to be caught in the middle.

It's like a rat in a bellows, suffering from both ends.

The two of them felt close to each other, and when they looked at each other, they felt a little closer.

"Recently, Concubine Ming, haven't you noticed that something is different in the palace?"

Of course Concubine Ruan Ming found out, and after thinking about Concubine Xian's words, she had to express her position, so she nodded, "Yes, it is different. Because of this, I feel even more unsure. I don't know." How will we go in the future?"

No matter it is Concubine Li or the Queen, especially after King Wu and King Jing marry one after another, they cannot continue to wander around on both sides. Both the Queen and Concubine Li will be disgusted by such a wallflower.

But how to express their stance, they now don't have much confidence and perseverance.

Hearing this, Concubine Qi Xian looked at Concubine Ruan Ming, "King Wu followed Prince Rong to the caravan. What do you think of this trip when you come back?"

Concubine Ruan Ming frowned slightly. She didn't expect Concubine Qi Xian to ask about this matter. How long had it been? The sudden mention was definitely not a whim.

She thought about it and spoke slowly, "Sister Xianfei, you know my temper, and I don't dare to ask too much about my children. But I heard from King Wu that the scene in the caravan was very good, and no one made trouble for him when he was on duty. ,very smooth."

Concubine Qi Xian thought it was not going well. Later, King Rong went to Zhangping Mansion, but kicked King Wu back to the capital. It sounds nice to say that asking King Wu to return to Beijing to report the specific matters is actually kicking people out in disguise.

After all, King Wu was not King Rong or someone on the prince's ship. There must be many secrets to go to Zhangping Mansion, so it was naturally difficult for him to continue following.

Otherwise, the Crown Princess's eldest brother was also in the caravan, why wasn't he kicked out? Although Su Yi did not go to Zhangping Mansion, he led his people to continue to check the granary. When His Majesty cleans up the empty granary, how much credit can Su Yi receive?

It's different after all.

"It's not one of our own after all." Concubine Qi Xian smiled helplessly, "King Wu can still get in touch with that side, but you see my King Jing can't even get close to him."

Concubine Ruan Ming was moved when she heard this. She looked up at Concubine Qi Xian and asked tentatively: "Sister Concubine Xian, do you also think that the Queen will handle the wedding matter impartially?"

Concubine Qi Xian naturally understood the meaning of Concubine Ruan Ming's words. This time she nodded happily, "The Queen has always been fair in doing things, so she will naturally deal with it impartially."

Both of them were silent for a while.

The Empress and Concubine Li have been fighting for so many years. Although they were said to be equally matched in the past few years, Concubine Li is actually slightly better. After all, His Majesty really loves Concubine Li.

But in the past two years, especially after the Crown Princess married into the royal family, His Majesty's attitude began to change. When something happened to the Queen's natal family, everyone thought that Your Majesty would be angry with the Queen, or even feel disgusted, but Unexpectedly, His Majesty just dealt with the Shu family, but was more tolerant of the Queen than before, and even spent more days staying in Yuanhui Palace.

Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian couldn't see clearly why His Majesty did this, but they could vaguely sense that His Majesty seemed a little dissatisfied with the Li family and Concubine Li.

It was only later that they heard some rumors. It seemed that the Li family had taken action in what happened to the Shu family.

This has to make people think about it. Although His Majesty doesn't like the Queen very much, he doesn't want anyone to shake the Queen's status and make the Queen famous.

Your Majesty likes King Rong as his son, so he is naturally willing to protect the Queen.

From then on, Concubine Li's situation with His Majesty began to decline.

Later, the You Xiangzhe incident happened, and Concubine Li Guifei and her son were now in a slightly worse situation than before.

But no one dares to conclude that Concubine Li will not be able to turn around in the future. After all, Concubine Li has been favored by His Majesty for so many years, and not everyone can learn the method.

It just so happens that several princes are getting married. After getting married, the princes will become serious adults. The weight of these princes in the hearts of the courtiers is naturally different from before.

Moreover, His Majesty's thoughts are different from those of the late Emperor. The late Emperor was not only wary of his own siblings, but also of his own children. However, His Majesty would let his sons run some errands before they got married. After they got married, he would only I'm afraid it won't let them relax.

Because of this, Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian were anxious, fearing that their children would end up miserable if they were not careful.

After some testing with words before, both of them had the intention of seeking refuge with the Queen. Now, although the Queen and Prince Rong cannot be said to have definitely boarded the ship in the East Palace, it seems that it will not be easy to get off.

If the two of them can work together and stand on the side of the East Palace at the same time, Concubine Li and her son will be unable to support themselves, and they will not be afraid of their revenge.

Concubine Qi Xian and Concubine Ruan Ming were also afraid that the other party had different ideas. If one of them got on the queen's ship and the other got on the noble concubine's ship, it would be a bit bad.

Now that they know each other's choice, both of them have a somewhat sincere smile on their faces, which is really a good thing.

Since we are all on the same journey in the general direction, the rest is easy to say.

The smile on Concubine Ruan Ming's face was full of relaxation. She looked at Concubine Qi Xian and said with a smile: "Sister Concubine Xian, I was thinking about going to Yuanhui Palace. After all, what happened to the Six Shang Bureau, King Wu's I'm afraid there will be some trouble in the marriage, do you think I should go there now?"

Concubine Qi Xian thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see for a day or two. The Queen has a Crown Princess beside her, and that one is not easy to get along with. I see that the Queen is now becoming more assertive..."

Concubine Qi Xian couldn't say the rest, but Concubine Ruan Ming must have understood.

"What Sister Xian Fei said makes sense. Our Crown Princess is indeed different." Concubine Ruan Ming remembered that when she went to Yuanhui Palace to pay her respects, Concubine Li would sometimes speak with a gun and a stick, but the Crown Princess would be teased every time. return.

This person is not angry at all, and he is the kind of person who will avenge his grudges on the spot.

His Majesty chose such a princess for the Crown Prince. Before, they thought that His Majesty might have made a mistake this time. Now that they think about it again, they feel that this marriage is great.

The first queen died young, and the relationship between the current queen and the prince has never been very close. Moreover, King Rong had always been at odds with the prince before, but since the princess appeared in the capital, everything has changed.

Now because of the relationship between King Rong and the Crown Princess, he has boarded the ship of the East Palace. The Queen is taking care of the East Palace because of her son...

The Crown Princess is quite evil.

Which lady dares to hit the prince? The princess dared to hit him before she became the princess. The queen had to have someone come to thank him for beating him. Later, the princess saved Prince Rong's life twice more...

Gradually, the step-son and the step-son were originally in tit-for-tat conflict. Because of the relationship between the princess and the princess, now it is the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are in harmony with each other. The mother is kind and the son is filial, and the brothers are harmonious.

It's weird, but that's exactly what it is.

Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian looked at each other, and they both saw that they were close to each other.

The Crown Princess is poisonous.

After returning from Concubine Qi Xian, Concubine Ruan Ming put aside her worries. She just waited for two days to go to Yuanhui Palace for a formality and show her loyalty in front of the queen.

Su Xinyi and the prince naturally didn't know what kind of agreement Concubine Qi Xian and Concubine Ruan Ming had reached in private. The affairs of the Six Shang Bureau happened suddenly. Seeing King Wu's wedding, they naturally wanted to deal with the matter quickly.

However, the Six Shang Bureau was deeply involved and it was impossible to completely eliminate it. The prince then advised His Majesty that in order not to delay the wedding of King Wu, a yamen could be temporarily established to handle this matter.

The wedding of a prince cannot be damaged due to the mistakes of the Six Shang Bureau.

Temporary government office?

Specializing in weddings?

This opened up a new way of thinking. Su Xinyi also felt that this was feasible. His Royal Highness was really powerful and could come up with such an idea.

Then the question comes again, who will be in charge of the temporary yamen, who will preside over the wedding of King Wu, whether to transfer an adult from the Ministry of Rites to make a temporary transition, or to promote a new one, what are the regulations for the establishment of the temporary yamen, and how many officials will be matched... …

There were many things going on, and the wedding date of King Wu could not be postponed, so the temporary yamen was set up in a hurry. Su Xinyi was surprised that the prince recommended Huang Zhongsheng, and his majesty actually nodded.

Huang Zhongsheng is a subordinate of the East Palace. Although he always smiles like Maitreya Buddha and is very easy to get along with, in fact most of the strategies of the East Palace come from this person.

The prince recommended Huang Zhongsheng. Sure enough, some people in the court agreed that the virtuous should not avoid relatives, but there were also some who objected, naturally people from Concubine Li's line.

The Liu Shang Bureau is in such a big mess this time, and the prince is taking advantage of the chaos to set up some kind of temporary yamen. But if the Liu Shang Bureau really can't protect itself this time, this temporary yamen might be able to stand up and defeat the Liu Shang Bureau. , directly took over the affairs of the inner court.

This is a small matter.

There was constant bickering and litigation between the two parties in the court. After the prince made the suggestion, he did not express his position again, as if he wanted to leave it to his majesty's disposal.

Finally, the Minister of Rites reminded me that if it is not settled, the wedding of King Wu will really be delayed.

So His Majesty decided the matter at a glance and built a temporary yamen to take charge of the wedding of King Wu. He couldn't call it a temporary yamen, so he gave it another name. The Six Shang Bureaus were divided into six bureaus to control each other. As a result, the six bureaus worked together, and the emperor Probably before the anger subsided, the temporary government office was decided to be called the Inner Palace.

Inner Palace...

This name shocked the Li people again.

Huang Zhongsheng took office. He always treated others with a smile and rarely had grudges with others. His popularity in the court was actually very good. He did not do anything drastic after taking office. He just kept running around for King Wu's marriage, and he seemed to be doing his best. , working hard and cautiously.

As a result, the other courtiers felt that Li Xi had gone too far to deceive others. See how frightened a good old man like Huang Zhongsheng was. People were not willing to serve as servants. His Highness the Crown Prince could not bear to have his younger brother's marriage arranged in an indecent and excessive manner. In a hurry, he threw out all the people around him who were needed to arrange for his brother's marriage first. Some people just thought too much and had too dark hearts.

After Su Xinyi found out, he said to the prince: "Master Huang, you are awesome."

Being able to manage one's official reputation and personal reputation so well, without showing any secrets inside and outside, is something most people can't do, and Su Xinyi couldn't do it anyway.

Yan Jun was happy when he heard this, "The Six Shang Bureau has been stained for a long time. It is not easy to move them. This time it is the right time. Huang Zhongsheng has been prepared for it."

Su Xinyi:......

She glanced at His Highness faintly.

Yan Junchu covered her eyes with his hands and whispered in her ear, "Gu Ke didn't include you, you jumped in on your own."

She still delivered it to your door!

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