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

Chapter 265 Empress Chen's Small Abacus

Empress Chen looked at the direction in which Concubine Lin Gui was leaving, and clenched her teeth tightly. In her eyes, Concubine Lin Guifei even looked so flamboyant from her back.

She knew that Concubine Lin Gui had seen through her thoughts, and would soon find a way to take the concubine, Shangguan, into the palace. There was not much time left for her, and she had to make a decision as soon as possible.Even if Li Chongyuan successfully gave birth to the prince, even if the child was raised under her name from the very beginning and has the status of a legitimate son, this child who is different from Xiao Jingheng still has no advantage in the right of inheritance.

The emperor is 52 years old this year, and she is 47 years old, they are not too young!Not much time to wait for a baby in swaddling to grow up.

So what the hell was she supposed to do now?As the clan wished, they made up their minds to get rid of Xiao Jingheng, and then selected a suitable collaborator from the clan to adopt him as an adopted son, who would become the empress dowager in the future, check and balance with the clan forces and continue to stabilize their Chen clan's position in the court .

Or...choose the same route as the Lin family and the Su family, quickly move closer to the heir to the throne, and maintain the current situation in the court.

There are only two options of last resort.If you choose the first way, let's not mention whether the new emperor who was born in the clan will kill the donkey, and the Chen family is somewhat sure that they can further expand the family's power in the court through mutual checks and balances with the clan.

Just talk about the consequences if you choose to kill Xiao Jingheng.

If Xiao Jingheng really died, how would the emperor who lost his only son treat the Chen family, and would the Chen family suffer from the joint suppression and revenge of the Lin family and the Su family?If such a situation really arises, does the prime minister's mansion have enough strength to last until the day when the new emperor ascends the throne?
This is a road where the benefits cannot be judged, but the risks are undoubtedly extremely high. Empress Chen did not dare to take the risk, and Prime Minister Chen actually did not dare to risk the interests and lives of the whole family.

However, if you choose the second path, quickly move closer to Xiao Jingheng and maintain the current situation, this is the safest path... But it is obvious that the most favorable position around the heir to the throne has been occupied by Lin Taiwei, and the Su family is also Xiao Jingheng's actual blood relatives, whether their Chen clan can compete with these two clans in the court in the future is also unknown.

Therefore, if they want to take this path, the Chen family must have other means to ensure that they will not lose out in the competition with the Lin family and the Su family.For example...the two generations of queens all came from the Chen family!
Or, the next heir to the throne must have the blood of the Chen family.

Empress Chen knew that Lin Guifei must have guessed her choice.Therefore, at this time, he proposed to the emperor to take Shangguan Jing into the palace as soon as possible.For Lin Taiwei's House, Wu Dinghou's youngest daughter is a very suitable candidate for the prince and concubine, and they will definitely do their best to prevent the Chen family's daughter from gaining a place beside the prince.

"Come here." After Lin Guifei's back completely disappeared, Empress Chen called for someone.Wang Fengchun, who was guarding the door, immediately walked into the main hall of Weiyang Palace, waiting for orders.

"Go to the imperial study," Empress Chen ordered, "Just say that I have something to see the emperor."

"Yes!" Wang Fengchun immediately agreed and left.After he left, Empress Chen also began to arrange her makeup, preparing to face the saint.

Although the emperor has already agreed that Lin Guifei will be fully responsible for arranging the prince and concubine to enter the palace, but she is still the prince and the prince's concubine's aunt after all. As the lord of the six palaces, she will not interfere, and it is always okay to make some suggestions. ?

The matter of Shangguan Jing's entry into the palace was already a certainty, and she could not object, but she could always prolong the process a little bit to buy as much time as possible for her niece.

Ningshuang, the maid in charge of Empress Chen's palace, opened the rouge box and reapplied some rouge on Empress Chen's face, hoping to make her complexion look better.

Empress Chen stared at herself in the mirror, and suddenly stretched out her hand to caress the bun on her head: "The days go by so fast, in a flash, I have been in the palace for nearly 30 years, I am really old, the white hair on my head is all It's almost unbearable."

"What did you say!" Ningshuang replied softly, "You are no different from when you first entered the palace, and you are still as beautiful."

Although Ningshuang's words were somewhat exaggerated and consoling, they were not actually a lie. The 47-year-old Empress Chen is still very beautiful.For women in the harem, beauty is a weapon, and Empress Chen is no exception. In order to maintain her beautiful appearance, she also works very hard like other concubines in the harem.

Because of proper maintenance, although Empress Chen is 47 years old, she looks like she is only in her early thirties. After a series of blows, she only looks a little haggard than before. She is still beautiful, but she is more beautiful than young concubines Some mature charm.

But Empress Chen knew that this was just appearance.Under the glamorous skin, her heart has long been decayed and full of holes.

"It's been 30 years..." Empress Chen looked at herself in the mirror and smiled wryly: "I have conceived six children for the emperor, but in the end, none of them survived. For the rest of my life, why on earth! Back then, the eldest son of the emperor had just passed away, and my palace was hit hard. Unfortunately, I lost the third princess in my stomach, but I still desperately tried to conceive King Cheng for the emperor. But in the end..."

"Your Majesty!" Ning Shuang quickly persuaded: "You have already survived the most difficult days. As the prime minister's wife said, this person has to keep looking forward. Seeing that everything is getting better, you At this time, don't think about it anymore, let's not talk about such frustrating words."

Empress Chen stared blankly at herself in the mirror, and said softly after a long time: "Yes... always look ahead... huh... you are right. Send someone to the prime minister's mansion today to pass the decree, just say Bengong is in a bad mood recently, let Miss Jiu come to live in the palace for a few days, to accompany me."

"Yes!" Ningshuang nodded.

"Let's go! Go to the imperial study." Empress Chen stood up from the mirror, and the expression on her face became resolute again, as if the brief fragility in front of the mirror just now had never existed.

Just as Lin Guifei knew the emperor very well, Empress Chen also knew her husband very well.She stayed in the imperial study for less than a quarter of an hour, and managed to get the emperor to nod in agreement. After Xiao Jingheng entered the court, Shangguan Jing would be brought into the palace.

When Lin Guifei got the news, Xiao Jingheng happened to be in Chengxiang Hall.

"Heh..." Concubine Lin Gui sneered: "Empress Chen has such long hands. The emperor had promised to take the prince and concubine into the palace before you entered the court."

"No matter how capable she is, she can only postpone Jing'er's entry into the palace by two months." Xiao Jingheng replied calmly: "As long as Jing'er can enter the palace smoothly, the rest is not important. There is no need for the concubine to be here." Compete with her on this matter."

　——Here is the dividing line of Empress Chen——
　　In fact, in this small calculation, the most difficult person to beat is the queen.There are two roads in front of me, neither of which is easy to walk.

　　Counting carefully, the empress may not have anything going well in her life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)