The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 622

In the prince's mansion, the prince hurried back, just in time to see the princess concubine admonishing a maid he usually likes, and he was even more angry.

"You did a good job!"

The prince walked into the room angrily, knocked the teacup brought by the princess to the ground, and glared at her.

The princess was almost burned, and was also angry, cursing: "Why are you crazy, what did I do?"

"You still ask me? You guys did a good job! I think I should stop being the prince, and apologize to the third brother as soon as possible, so that our family will not end up decapitated in the future!"

"Our grandpa? What's wrong with my grandpa?"

The concubine was a little stunned. The two of them in the prince's mouth naturally referred to her and her grandfather.

The prince was dissatisfied with her attack, obviously because of the incident in Weiyang Palace in the afternoon.But what does this have to do with her grandfather?She was kicked out of the palace by the empress early in the morning, and she was ordered not to leave the palace for a month, and to think about her mistakes at home, so she didn't know about the Chonghua Palace.

"You don't know? Your grandfather was at the Supreme Emperor's birthday banquet today, in front of the princes and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and asked the Supreme Emperor to revoke the policy of clearing the land.

Who in the court doesn't know that this policy of clearing up the land is a state policy strongly promoted by the father.Fortunately, he couldn't persuade his father, so he moved his grandfather out to embarrass his father in public!
Now it's all right, he's happy, but my father took his anger out on me!

Originally, in the past few months, I helped the emperor prepare the birthday banquet while helping the emperor coordinate the clan with the second emperor sister. This has already changed my father's opinion of me. Not long ago, he even let me enter the South Study Room to assist in the government affairs!

It's a good thing now, because of your grandfather's relationship, the emperor not only scolded me, but also avoided the matter of assisting the government! "

The more the prince talked, the more angry he became.You must know that since Emperor Ningkang was still the prince, the open and secret struggle between him and the third prince had already begun.

For so many years, the reason why he was able to overwhelm the third prince was entirely because he was the eldest among all the princes of Emperor Ningkang.In terms of birth, after the only heir of the empress, his second younger brother, died young, among the princes, the third prince was born the most honorable.

The concubine Wu Guifei, the mother concubine of the third prince, was the concubine of the crown prince at first, and after Emperor Ningkang ascended the throne, she became the only concubine who favored the harem alone and overwhelmed the empress.

Even Concubine Jia, who was newly promoted in the past two years, can't compare with Concubine Wu in terms of status in front of Emperor Ningkang.

The prince is very smart. He knows his own advantages. With his status as the eldest son, he unites the clan and relatives and successfully takes the status of the eldest son and prince.

And his third brother was not far behind. The third prince who had performed well since he was a child was not only loved by the scholars in the upper study, but also praised by the Minister of Chinese and Military Affairs.What's more, some of the ministers actually wanted Emperor Ningkang to appoint the third prince as his heir on the grounds that he should not establish an elder, and that he should not establish an inferior!

Hmph, as long as it is not from the empress, they are all "concubine". How can there be such a saying as "di and zun"?Naturally, such a stupid proposal was not adopted.

Now that his father has been on the throne for seven years, not only his father's dragon chair has gradually stabilized, but his position as the crown prince has also become smoother.

This can be seen from the fact that even though Emperor Ningkang was dissatisfied with him, he still let him enter the Daming Palace to assist the government.No one knew how happy and excited he was when he heard from Emperor Ningkang that he was asked to assist in the government affairs!
Because this means that his status as the crown prince has been fully implemented.

Who would have thought that after being happy for less than a month, this honor and favor would be lost, and it would still be the result of being implicated and lost. Who can understand the sadness, pain, and loss in it?
The Crown Princess definitely wouldn't understand, but after she heard the words, she questioned, "You mean, at the birthday banquet, my grandfather asked the Supreme Emperor to revoke the matter of clearing the land, and the Supreme Emperor agreed, and then Father Huang I took my anger out on you and didn't let you enter the palace to assist the government?"

"Hmph, what do you think?"

The princess said: "I won't go. Don't you think my grandfather is right? It's obviously wrong to clear up the land. If you don't do it well, it will cause turmoil in the whole country. You didn't and didn't Do you agree?

Well now, since the Supreme Emperor agrees to my grandfather's advice, it means that he also thinks that this is a disorderly government, and that the father and the people in the court insisted on going their own way.

Take our Prince's Mansion as an example, how many acres of farm land have been donated to you by the servants at the end of the year, if you really want to implement this, even our own family will suffer a lot. "

The prince looked at the princess in front of him, feeling a little frustrated.This woman, if you say she doesn't understand government affairs, she knows a little bit, if you say she understands, it's all superficial!
It was only proposed at the beginning, so he, the prince, can naturally object.

But Emperor Ningkang obviously had to do this later, so his son and crown prince, didn't he choose to follow the trend and go against Emperor Ningkang?

He would not feel a pity at all if the abolition of the land and the clearing of the acres were led by others.But it happened to be his Lord Taiyue, and Emperor Ningkang didn't listen to his explanation at all, which made him caught in a dilemma.

"You know what a fart! Let's forget about this matter. I heard that you actually pushed Miss Zhen to the Furong Pond in the Queen Mother's Weiyang Palace? Are you crazy?"

The prince pointed at the princess' nose and cursed.

"Oh, your heart hurts? Miss Zhen, Miss Zhen called out so affectionately!

May as well tell you, don't say I didn't do it on purpose today, so what if I did it on purpose?

This palace is the crown princess, even if the little girl passes through the door, she is only a side concubine.What's more, she hasn't been married yet, she is just the daughter of a small fourth-rank official, I just pushed her, so what should I do? "

The crown prince's rhetorical question stopped the prince, and he said in a daze: "Do you know that today is the birthday of the emperor's grandfather? And do you know that the Zhen family was summoned to the capital by the queen's order? You But I also know that although the Zhen family is only a fourth-rank official, when the emperor was in power, he was ordered to be the president of the Jiangnan Three Weaving Bureau, and he was an imperial envoy, and his status is not inferior to that of a local governor!"

The crown prince didn't say anything, the Zhen family has been in charge of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau for decades, and it may not be an exaggeration to say that he is rich as an enemy. He is the future arm that the queen has carefully selected for him.

Thinking of the possible adverse effects of what the Crown Princess did today, the Crown Prince wished he could strangle this stupid woman in front of him to death.

"It doesn't matter if you don't lose to the local governor, you're not just a local official."

The princess was not easy to answer the prince's first two points, so she avoided the important ones.Indeed, as the crown princess, she has the right to despise all the officials who cannot interfere with the crown prince's succession to the throne!That is to say, she doesn't pay attention to all those who can't speak in the center of the government.

"you!!"

Seeing that this woman clearly made a big mistake and still looked like she didn't know how to repent, the prince raised his palm in hatred.

After all, under the balance in his heart, he put down his arms resentfully, and said coldly: "Since the queen has ordered you to ground your feet and reflect on yourself, you should stay in the mansion during this period and don't go anywhere, otherwise don't blame Gu for being unreasonable." noodle."

After speaking, the prince walked away.

……

Just when the prince hurried out of the prince's mansion, thinking about how to remedy what happened today, Emperor Ningkang also came to Changchun Palace to visit Li Taifei.

When I got off Luanyu, I saw that there were more eunuchs and maids on duty at the gate of Changchun Palace than before, and they were all new faces.

Emperor Ningkang only glanced twice, without asking any further questions, and waved his attendants back to go in alone.

Then he discovered that although there were many people in Changchun Palace, it gave people a sense of loneliness.Almost every courtier I saw in my eyes was timid and kept silent like a cicada, and an invisible feeling of depression was born from this.

"Where is Toffee?"

"Go back to the emperor, the concubine is paying respects to the Buddha in the clean hall."

Concubine Li believed in Buddhism, and set up a Buddhist hall in the Changchun Palace. She liked to sit up and down, and even meet her children and grandchildren.

Therefore, Emperor Ningkang was not surprised. He got up and came to the Jingtang, where he saw Concubine Li.It's just that Concubine Li's mental state is obviously not good at this time, and there is a stern look on her haggard face.

"Prince, you are here."

"I heard that my mother's concubine is not in good health, so I came to visit her."

Li Taifei, who had seen Emperor Ningkang's expression slightly soft, suddenly straightened her body bent on the kang after hearing Emperor Ningkang's words, and her complexion became very gloomy and terrifying.

"I'm fine! It's all about that woman in Weiyang Palace, that bitch wanted to kill me, she wanted to kill me! And your father, he was bewitched by that little bitch, no, maybe he wanted me too Death, they all gang up to bully me, they want to force me to death..."

Feeling the pain in his hand being grabbed by Concubine Li, Emperor Ningkang's heart tightened suddenly.

Although Concubine Li used to be disrespectful to the Queen Mother in front of him, she still had some concerns. She had never been as crazy as she is today.

Emperor Ningkang then glanced back at a pair of eunuchs and maids standing in the corner, and saw that they all lowered their heads and pretended not to hear, so he skipped it and looked back at his mother and concubine.

He was a little worried about her state, so he asked, "What happened?"

Xu Shi also noticed her gaffe, Concubine Li's gloomy brows were condensed for a while, she finally shook her head, and asked, "How did you know that Ben Gong was ill?"

"My mother and concubine did not come to my father's birthday banquet today, and my father said that you are not in good health..."

When Emperor Ningkang mentioned the birthday banquet, his expression was a little gloomy.

Concubine Li kept looking at him, seeing this, she continued to ask: "What's on your mind?"

"It's nothing..." Concubine Li was obviously ill, and Emperor Ningkang didn't want her to worry about other things.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Li has a strong personality, seeing him hesitate, she immediately changed her face, and said sharply: "Your father is far away from me, and he doesn't want to talk to me, even you don't bother to talk to me, do you?"

Emperor Ningkang frowned, after all, he did not argue with Concubine Li, but followed her wishes and told the story of the birthday banquet.

After all, it was his own biological mother, Emperor Ningkang inevitably revealed some doubts in his heart while talking.For example, why did the clan kings back their mouths at the birthday banquet, and why did courtiers like Xiao Jing dare to act like that when they knew they would offend him.

Also, why did the ministers of North Korea, Chinese and military, including those who were originally neutral, obey Xiao Jing's order and stand up against him at a critical moment.Does it mean that in their hearts, he, the emperor, has not been regarded as the real monarch, and the emperor in their hearts will always be the Supreme Emperor?Questions like these have been circling in Emperor Ningkang's mind since today.

It is no wonder that the ancients often said that the emperor was suspicious, because the emperor had too many things to consider, and he had to be suspicious.In other words, the unsuspecting emperor eventually became a stepping stone for the enemy, a ghost under the sword.

After all, the loss of a man is nothing but the loss of a life.And a negligence of the emperor may lose the country and the country!

Concubine Li saw Emperor Ningkang's hesitation, she sneered and said, "Don't you understand? Hmph, I'm here to tell you that this matter is basically your father's idea! Thanks to you being the prince under him for so many years , I can’t tell that this is his usual method!”

"What does the concubine mean?"

Although Emperor Ningkang was doubtful, his expression was not. Instead, he gave the palace servants in the room a look and made them retreat.

Concubine Li said: "I'm asking you, have you reported to your father about your plan to clean up the land?"

"Father, since two years ago, I have not allowed me to report the affairs of the court to him, so I only mentioned it once in front of him, seeing that he didn't care much, I didn't say much.

However, this incident has had a great impact on the ruling and opposition parties as well as the clan, and the emperor must have known about it a long time ago. "

"That's it. Don't even think about it. If your father really doesn't care about state affairs, you have been on the throne for seven years. How did you get here in the previous five years?"

Emperor Ningkang was silent, thinking back to the first few years when he first came to the throne, after the early court, the courtiers spontaneously came to Chonghua Palace for the "noon court", just like yesterday.

Some things are just so helpless, even though you don’t want to think about those aspects, but he is there, naked, and you can’t do anything about it.

Concubine Li continued: "So, it's not that he doesn't care about this matter, but that he knows that as long as he says a word, no matter what you do, you can only act according to his will in the end.

If you are incapable and unable to suppress the officials and the clan, and the matter is left alone, he will naturally be happy to have the name of not interfering with you.Who knows, you actually want to do it, he naturally won't allow it, this Xiao Jing is just his pawn. "

Concubine Li's words did not exceed Emperor Ningkang's imagination.In fact, Emperor Ningkang also thought this way, but he was more inclined. It was the princes of the clan who were unwilling to lose their interests and obeyed him on the surface, but secretly united to persuade the Supreme Emperor who had long been indifferent to political affairs.

Just like the King of Cheshire crying and making noise, the Supreme Emperor's ears are soft, so...

This is the best situation, and on the surface, it is also the most suitable for the situation at the time.

If Ning Kangdi is just an ordinary person, he is naturally willing to trust his father, the biological father who took the initiative to hand over the family business to him.

But he is the emperor, so he can't help him to think of all possible situations.

So he asked Concubine Li: "If it's as mother and concubine said, why should the father be like this? If he disagrees, he only needs one sentence from the beginning. Does the son dare to disobey him? Why wait until today, when the son will put everything together?" When everything is ready, do this again?"

Emperor Ningkang's words were not only asked to Concubine Li, but also to himself.

Concubine Li did not seem to have any doubts at all. She said almost without thinking: "Of course he did it on purpose! Since ancient times, there have been no two days in a family, and no two masters in a country. He is probably afraid that he will be comfortable in Chonghua Palace." For too long, the courtiers have forgotten him!

Now it is just time to take this opportunity to let everyone see once again that he is the real master of the world. "

Concubine Li really has nothing to worry about. In today's world, every word she says is almost taboo.

Fortunately, the one opposite her was his son, the new Supreme Under Heaven.Take a look, after that old guy dies, people in the world will know who is the most honorable woman in the world!When the time comes, she will definitely let that little bitch die.

Impressively thinking of Concubine Li here, she felt inexplicably better, and she even said to Emperor Ningkang earnestly, "It's not because your father imprisoned me in Changchun Palace, that's why I said that.

He will not be willing to hand over the whole world to you. The five years after you ascended the throne are proof of this.The reason why he abdicated was that he was bored with the daily affairs of the government.

But you, since you came to the throne, you have great ambitions and made great efforts to govern.Externally, the army repeatedly raised troops to conquer dissenting ministers, and internally introduced new policies repeatedly.

With such martial arts and martial arts, if things go on like this, even his father, who has ruled the world for decades, may not be able to suppress you anymore.

That's why he deliberately gave you a blow when you were full of ambition.It is not only a warning to you, but also an announcement to the world that he is the real master of this world! "

The bell in Emperor Ningkang's heart rang for a long time, and an unspeakable emotion came to his heart.

To be honest, the concept Taifei Li mentioned has appeared in his mind more than once, but no one has ever pointed it out to him face to face like Taifei Li.

For a moment, he felt that what Concubine Li said might be the truth.

Because he is also the emperor.

He can understand the emperor's mind, but he can't agree with it.If he can't agree with his efforts and achievements, he will become a threat in the eyes of his father.What's more, he couldn't agree that the image of his father, who was as stalwart as a mountain in his mind since he was a child, would collapse again and again in his mind, and even in his old age, he would look down on him to such an extent!
Yes, Emperor Ningkang looked down on this kind of behavior.He thought that when he was old in the future, he would definitely not treat his emperor with such a fighting attitude.

Either don't let it go, or let it go completely.This is the demeanor of a man and the love of a father.

Some problems, once you think about them clearly, are actually not uncomfortable.

Emperor Ningkang no longer wanted to talk to Concubine Li about being the Supreme Emperor, he thought about it, and said hesitantly: "Actually, concubine mother doesn't have to compete with the queen mother everywhere. How can the concubine mother and concubine father's relationship between husband and wife be comparable to the queen mother.

As long as the concubine mother relaxes and stops fussing about little things, the emperor will not intentionally not want to see the concubine mother.

Please don't worry, mother and concubine, the ministers have already planned to find a suitable opportunity, and let the ministers make a memorial to establish mother and concubine as the empress dowager of the West Palace, so as to establish the rule of law. "

Maybe it's the outsiders who are sober.Emperor Ningkang had long known the conflict between Concubine Li and the Queen Mother, and he even understood that in many cases, it was his mother and concubine who were making trouble, while the Queen Mother was choosing to endure.

In fact, he really couldn't understand, with her mother and concubine's friendship with the Supreme Emperor for more than fifty years, why fight with the Empress Dowager?
How long has the queen mother been in the palace?

Even if one of the titles of the main palace is missing, let me ask the people in the world, who would dare to underestimate her?Which of the princes and grandsons of today is not from her Concubine Li's blood, and which one would dare to skip Concubine Li when entering the palace to pay respects to the Queen, Queen Mother and others?

Therefore, although Concubine Li is called a concubine, she is actually no different from the queen mother.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously not wise to fight a vain empress dowager who has no heirs.But it only increased the disgust of the Supreme Emperor.

Therefore, Emperor Ningkang told her that he wanted to enshrine her as the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, in order to solve her knot and make her feel at ease.

"This matter, when you complete it, come to ask for credit from this palace."

Obviously, Concubine Li did not accept Emperor Ningkang's kindness.Almost when she heard Emperor Ningkang mention the queen mother, she instinctively felt disgusted, and she showed a bit of ruthlessness.

Emperor Ningkang only knew about the 50-year-old husband and wife relationship between Concubine Li and the Supreme Emperor, but he didn't know that it took more than 50 years for Concubine Li to kill all her rivals in love one by one. The maddening pain and hatred of being ridden on top of her head by a young girl cannot be eliminated by reason.

(End of this chapter)