After crossing, I was dragged by the bamboo horse and became a queen

Chapter 231 Father and Son
The Shangguan family was originally a second-rate family, but Wu Dinghou, who was like a gambler, relied on his sword to open up the situation in the army. Coupled with a series of conspiracies related to Huaiyang King, Wu Dinghou finally succeeded in becoming a powerful minister.

However, Wu Dinghou succeeded in rejuvenating the Shangguan family by relying on the general line, but none of the descendants of the Shangguan family joined the army.Xiao Jingheng discussed this matter with Shangguanjing through letters. The two of them believed that Shangguanyi's joining the army was just an expedient measure back then. The Shangguan family, which was a civil servant, further expanded its power.

Therefore, for the Shangguan family, the best choice is to deeply bind with the future imperial power, so as to expand the clan's power in the court.It is precisely because of this that Marquis Wu Ding deliberately created the current situation. One of the qualified heirs to the throne is in the belly of his eldest daughter, and the other is his young son-in-law.

If Xiao Jingheng chooses Shangguan Mu Yun as his companion, Marquis Wu Ding should be happy to see it succeed.Although Shangguan Mu Yun, who is honest and upright, also hopes that the Shangguan family will prosper day by day, but he will never try to control the imperial power by controlling the heir to the throne like Wu Dinghou.He will only become a loyal supporter of the new emperor's power in the future, and expand his power in the court through the timing of the change of imperial power.

Choosing Shangguan Mu Yun as an accompanying reader is actually very suitable for Xiao Jingheng now, but after the Huaiyang King case, some people in the court have already taken the opportunity to impeach Wu Dinghou. Although there is no evidence, the emperor is a very suspicious person. At that time, he had some reservations about Wu Dinghou's attitude towards Wu Dinghou, who "served as an escort".

It can be seen from his delay in allowing Shangguan Jing to enter the palace.

Therefore, the emperor would never allow people from Marquis Wuding's mansion to be his accompanying readers, Xiao Jingheng knew this very well.

So for him, the next best choice is He Lingjun.

Of course, He Lingjun is also a good person who acts upright. He Lingyao and his brother and sister were well educated by the Eldest Princess.He Lingjun is actually a very capable person, and he also has political ideals and ambitions.It's a pity that his background is determined, and there is a high probability that he will only be a salted fish eating free salary in this life.

He is the son of the eldest princess, a high-ranking clan noble. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty imposed many restrictions on the clan's children, making it difficult for him to show his ambitions in the court like a child of an ordinary family.

Unless, He Lingjun also chooses to be deeply bound with the future imperial power, relying on accompanying Xiao Jingheng as a companion, and will transition to the way of being an official of the Prince's Office in the future and enter the court.

There are quite a few people in the clan who are thinking of taking this path. Xiao Jingheng heard that many princes have sought out the emperor for their sons.But for Xiao Jingheng, He Lingjun is much more reassuring than those clan children who came here for profit.

Among other things, when he was a "fool" studying in Yushuyuan, he was often bullied by those high-ranking clan children, but He Lingjun had never done such a thing.

Xiao Jingheng lowered his head and thought for a moment before answering: "If my cousin is willing, of course I am also very willing. Moreover, the Yang family and the Marquis of Weiyuan should fully support it. What's Jing'er's opinion?"

"This is what Mr. Feng and your precious lady first proposed." He Lingyao replied: "My brother is also eager! It's just that my mother thinks that the emperor will not agree easily."

"I don't think so." Xiao Jingheng smiled: "We'll see if you don't believe me."

He Lingyao didn't believe Xiao Jingheng's iron judgment at first.

Two days later, Xiao Mingrui asked for an order to enter the palace, and proposed to let his son He Lingjun be Xiao Jingheng's accompanying student.The emperor didn't express his position on the spot, he just said that he would think about it, and he sent Xiao Mingrui back casually, and didn't allow her to enter the harem.

After He Lingyao heard the news, she still laughed at Xiao Jingheng's miscalculation, but unexpectedly, the next day, just as Xiao Jingheng came to the Empress Dowager's Palace to pay her respects, Qi Zhengrong hurriedly chased after her.

Qi Zhengrong brought the emperor's oral order, asking Xiao Jingheng to go to the imperial study, the emperor wanted to see him.

After the emperor brought Xiao Jingheng into the palace, he kept ignoring him in Pingkang Palace. It had been more than three months, and this was the first time he asked to see his son who came from a bad background.

After getting the news, Xiao Jingheng looked indifferent, but the Empress Dowager was very happy, she dragged Xiao Jingheng to the front and gave him several instructions before letting him leave with Qi Zhengrong.

This was the first time Xiao Jingheng approached the imperial study in his life, but his expression was no different from that of going to the Sizheng Palace to study, with a peaceful expression and no tension at all, with a gentle smile on his face as always.

But Qi Zhengrong, who had been fighting with Xiao Jingheng for more than three months, had long since dared not underestimate this mild-mannered young man.I heard from several adults who taught in the Ideological and Political Hall that Xiao Jingheng was frighteningly smart, and it was not easy for others to draw inferences from one instance to another, but this one has the ability to draw inferences from facts.

The Privy Envoy even secretly lamented to others in private that Xiao Jingheng's qualifications are much better than those of the previous princes. It is the great Zhou's good fortune that the emperor can have such a thoughtful and resourceful heir.

Of course, the adults only dare to talk about this kind of thing in private, because the emperor has not yet publicly recognized Xiao Jingheng's status as heir!

However, Qi Zhengrong's attitude towards Xiao Jingheng was not only because he was so smart.It was because the man killed a court lady with a staff stick while staring at the inner eunuchs with a smile just the day before yesterday.

Although the palace lady deserved to eat inside and out, but staring at it with her own eyes, and still smiling, as if enjoying the palace lady's screams and begging for mercy, what kind of heart is this?Qi Zhengrong broke into a cold sweat just thinking about it.

"My lord, please." Qi Zhengrong stopped at the door of the imperial study: "Your Majesty, your lord has arrived."

Xiao Jingheng stood at the door and waited for a while before he heard a familiar voice from inside: "Well! Come in."

Seeing Qi Zhengrong standing still at the door, Xiao Jingheng knew that the emperor wanted to see him alone.Xiao Jingheng nodded to Qi Zhengrong to thank him, and his attitude was very polite.Qi Zhengrong hurriedly bent down to return the salute, not daring to push himself in front of Xiao Jingheng.

After Xiao Jingheng stepped into the gate of the imperial study, Qi Zhengrong immediately closed the gate behind him. There was no one else in the imperial study except the emperor, only this pair of father and son who were not familiar.

"Grassman Xiao Jingheng, pay respects to the emperor." Xiao Jingheng didn't look up to see the emperor's expression, he just knelt down and bowed to the emperor in a formal manner.

Grassroots?Such a self-proclaimed name is intentional at first glance.The emperor stared at Xiao Jingheng who was kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but get angry.

　---Here is the dividing line of the emperor's father--
　　This is the first time that the emperor appeared in front of Xiao Hengheng as a father, and then he was deliberately slapped by his son.

　　Grassmen... poof!on purpose!

　　
　
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