Poor Family

"Girl, Prince Gong's concubine sent you a message, and the eldest lady asked me to send it to you."

The nurse in charge next to Mrs. Shi smiled and handed the post from Xiahou Huanyan to Mother Leng.

Shi Fuxin rewarded some money, and took the post from Nanny Leng after the person left, and said in surprise while reading: "Recently, there are a lot of banquets in various families in the imperial city."

"The emperor has many heirs, and now there are ten adult princes."

The eldest prince to the seventh prince have all married and started a family. Now the eighth prince, ninth prince, and tenth prince are all adults and can marry.

During this period of time, most of the banquets held in the imperial city were those who had good friends with the Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, and Tenth Prince.

The purpose, of course, is to help the three princes choose a suitable girl to be their concubine.

"Princess Beiyan came to Dachu to get married. The emperor is not willing to enter the harem, so the princes can only marry her. Now it seems that the princes are not willing either."

Mother Leng saw that there was no one else in the room, so she didn't hide it, and said her thoughts in a low voice: "The emperor is in good health, and it's no problem to live another ten or twenty years. In this case, the position of the prince Can't sit still."

"If the crown prince's status is unstable, other princes will have the chance to win the heir."

"Since there is a possibility of a dispute, under such circumstances, the princes probably will not give up."

"Da Chu's orthodox bloodline absolutely does not allow people from Beiyan to get involved. Therefore, if anyone marries Princess Beiyan, it is equivalent to cutting off the possibility of aspiring to the throne."

Shi Fuxin: "Just take Princess Beiyan to the backyard and ignore it."

Mother Leng shook her head: "Even if the princes don't give Princess Beiyan a chance to conceive, if the princes really accept her, it means they have something to do with Beiyan."

"In order to avoid collusion with Beiyan, no matter how powerful that prince is, the emperor will not reuse it, and will be watched by other princes and courtiers all the time."

Shi Fuxin nodded suddenly.

Now that she knew that the banquet in the imperial city was held for the three unmarried princes, Shi Fuxin didn't want to get involved, and wrote a letter to decline Xiahou Huanyan's invitation.

Shi Fuxin suddenly asked: "Nurse, it is said that the daughter of the Wei family in the harem dominates the family. Under such circumstances, how could so many princes survive?"

Mother Leng: "The emperor's first wife, who is also the birth mother of the eldest prince, is very virtuous and virtuous. Under her care, the backyard of the former fourth prince's mansion was very peaceful. As long as the concubines are in good health, all concubines are for the fourth prince. The prince gave birth to an heir."

"The eldest prince to the eleventh prince were all born in the fourth prince's mansion."

"After the fourth prince ascended the throne, the eleventh prince, the youngest, also remembered everything. Concubine Wei was made queen, so she didn't dare to blatantly reach out to the prince."

"Furthermore, there are hidden guards around the emperor, which are the Liangyi Hall left by the Taizu. The purpose of these dark guards is to protect the emperor and the royal blood."

"So, even though the Empress Dowager Wei and Empress Wei are powerful in the palace, they dare not attack the prince."

"However, it's not like they didn't do nothing. It's just that the emperor has been on the throne for ten years, but there are not even a handful of princes and princesses born in the palace. It can be seen that compared with Queen Yuan, Queen Wei's wife It really can't."

Shi Fuxin was a little puzzled: "Empress Wei is also the first daughter of the Wei family, why did she treat the emperor as a child?"

Mother Leng was silent for a while: "I don't know the specific reason, but I guess it should be similar to Dongfang Yunrong's marriage to the sixth prince."

Shi Fuxin showed surprise: "Ma'am, what do you mean is that the emperor used a trick to make Empress Wei have to be a child for him?"

Nurse Leng didn't answer directly, but said: "Queen Wei has been divorced before. Although her reputation is not very good, she doesn't worry about marrying. Being a minor will not only humiliate herself, but also embarrass the Wei family. , unless there is an unavoidable reason, neither she nor the Wei family will be willing."

"When the emperor was the fourth prince, he was not loved and valued by the late emperor. But after Empress Wei entered the residence of the fourth prince, the fourth prince had contacts with Empress Wei's aunt, the first emperor's empress, and the current Empress Dowager Wei."

"In the end, the fourth prince ascended the throne and became the emperor."

Shi Fuxin didn't ask any more questions, it was obvious that the current emperor was able to ascend the throne, thanks to the great efforts of the Wei family.

However, the Wei family must have their own considerations.

The first one is that Empress Dowager Wei did not give birth to a son for the first emperor, but only Princess Zhaoyang. She needs to win over a prince to continue the glory of the Wei family.

Fast forward to April.

April 11th was the Empress Dowager's birthday, although it was not a big deal, but because Shi Fuyin married An Guogong, Shi Dinghao honored Princess Yong'an, so Shi's family was also invited into the palace to attend the birthday banquet.

At the palace banquet, the fourth prince made no secret of his dislike for Shi's family, especially when he looked at Shi Fuxin, his eyes were particularly unfriendly.

Because Shi Fuxin sued the father and the emperor knew that the mother and the concubine had broken the treasure key, which caused the mother and the concubine to be grounded, and my uncle lost the position of commander of the special investigation department, and he was also deprived of part of his power.

Thinking of the eldest prince who had already gone to court, the fourth prince's mood became even worse, and he took a breath of resentment to suppress the irritability in his heart.

The prince saw the appearance of the fourth prince in his eyes. If it was in the past, he would have to make fun of him, but this time he didn't have the time to talk to him, but looked at Chu Yao.

He didn't want to see Chu Yao take over the supervisory department.

Because he has a good relationship with Chu Xuan, when Chu Yao was young, he often made things difficult for him.

Chu Yao has a strong desire for revenge and holds a lot of power, so don't even think about it, this guy will definitely be against him in the future.

Sitting in the position of the prince, he is already tired of dealing with all parties. There can be no more such a strong enemy as Chu Yao, and he has to find a way to seize the power in his hands.

The prince suddenly saw the Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, and Tenth Prince who all had miserable faces, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

The envoy of Beiyan only said that Princess Beiyan will be married to the Dachu royal family. The Dachu royal family is not only the emperor and the princes. Chu Yao, as the son of the county king, is also a child of the royal family. up.

Chu Yao had already noticed that the prince was looking at him, and when he saw the prince looking at him inexplicably, he couldn't help but frowned, and became vigilant in his heart.

The prince thought of a way to deal with Chu Yao, and his mood improved a lot, and he was free to pay attention to other people. With this attention, he saw Shi Fuxin sitting beside Mrs. An Guogong.

Looking at the sixth girl of the Shi family who was smiling and charming, the prince's eyes showed interest, and he remembered the scene where she sued Concubine Liu Gui.

Concubine Liu Gui's smashing of the jade carving should have been accidental, this girl could tell from the reactions of Concubine Liu Gui and Madam Liu Hou that something was wrong, and boldly told her father that this kind of courage and vision are rare among ladies.

At this moment, the prince really has the idea of ​​wanting Na Shifuxin to enter the backyard of the East Palace.