The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

When Sheng Ran heard that someone from the royal family was coming, she knew that the other party had ill intentions. When they met, her guess was confirmed.

"Your Majesty, the position of Crown Prince is hanging in the balance, and the safety of His Majesty is uncertain. If we neglect the situation, I'm afraid the Chu Empire will be shaken!"

"Empress, now is the time when the Jiang family of Great Chu is united and working together. I hope you will put the overall situation first and protect the younger generation of the Jiang family. It will not be too late to make plans when the situation stabilizes!"

"Yes, Madam, you have been the mother of the country for nearly ten years. You have always been aware of the overall situation, and Princess Hong'an has always been kind to the younger generation. If you can eliminate the differences between you, you will be able to stabilize the situation and wait for the emperor to recover!"

The clan leader, along with the two clan leaders on his left and right, made repeated suggestions. Their words sounded like persuasion, but upon closer inspection, one could see that there were threats hidden deep within the words.

Unfortunately, although Sheng Ran looks kind and amiable, her temper is extremely stubborn and tough. She is least afraid of threats. The worst that can happen is that she will overturn the table, and no one will have an easy time.

She let these people talk to themselves and her eyes were fixed on Princess Hong'an who remained silent.

Then, he was slightly surprised.

It was also at this time that she looked at the other person's gray hair and the many wrinkles on his face, and remembered that he was now in his eighties.

However, this princess of two dynasties with a legendary life story was very good at taking care of herself and was especially proficient in dressing herself up. In addition, her demeanor and grace were still there, her expression and tone did not show any signs of aging, and her behavior was always consistent, which often made people overlook her actual age.

"The Imperial Aunt has become haggard. She originally looked like she was not even sixty years old, but now she looks pretty good."

Her blunt words choked Princess Hong'an.

Without waiting for the other party to respond, Sheng Ran put on a very humble attitude and asked: "Since the actual age of the Royal Aunt is so old, I do have something I want to ask you, but I wonder if the Royal Aunt can help me solve this puzzle?"

She asked as if she was begging for help, but her tone sounded as if she was chatting. Everyone present thought of "unkind words" when they heard her words.

"The emperor..."

"The Great Chu Palace was inherited from the Former Chen Dynasty. The Imperial Aunt is a descendant of the Former Chen royal family. She must know the secrets of this palace. I really want to know what the foreshadowings and back-up plans of the Former Chen royal family are? How many loyal servants of the Former Chen Zhen family are hiding in this palace!" Sheng Ran interrupted the words of the clan leader and looked fixedly at the Grand Princess Hong'an who was standing with several old relatives.

"!!!... Queen, are you trying to call a horse a zebra?!"

Princess Hong'an's expression suddenly changed when she heard this. Her first reaction was that her guess was correct. Perhaps that silly boy Yongping had done something he shouldn't have done. Then, she was no longer silent. She could only take the initiative to prevent the other party from carrying out the crime he had prepared.

In fact, her cry of grief and indignation was not false. When her father handed over the country to her uncle, he did not leave her any way out.

  She was just a girl, and she was raised by her uncle when she was a baby. Although her uncle valued her very much, the emperor's daughter was different from the emperor's niece. The fact that people left and were forgotten was even more vividly demonstrated in the power arena of the imperial palace. Even if her father really had a backup plan, after decades of screening, how many would be left? !

Moreover, if there really was a backup plan, how could it have been so difficult to plan when she was still the Crown Princess? !

"Yes, Empress, you can't ask Princess Hong'an like that! Everyone in this world knows that Emperor Chen Mo entrusted his vast territory and his only daughter to the late Emperor Chengyuan. That was a sign of trust in his uncle! Although Emperor Chen Mo was constrained by his outside family and could not seize the imperial power, he was a kind and honest person. His character can be seen in the "History of Chen" and "Records of Former Chen Emperors" compiled by the Great Chu, as well as the "Memories of Past Events", "Remembering Old Friends", "Brief Records of Relatives", and "Remembering Brothers" written by the late Emperor Chengyuan." "The clan leader has a really good memory. It's a pity that the only person in the Jiang family of the Great Chu who experienced it was the late Emperor Chengyuan... The position of clan leader inherited from generation to generation in your family was first held by your great-grandfather, Jiang Wenchenggong. Wenchenggong was the only uncle of the late Emperor Chengyuan and became the clan leader because of his kinship." Sheng Ran looked at the clan leader with a flushed face, chuckled twice, and turned his gaze to the two clan leaders.

"The two uncles are even more distant from the lineage of the late Emperor Chengyuan. It is only because the population of the main clan is small that they have the glory of today. If it were in the Yan and Chen dynasties, I am afraid that the royal family's distant relatives like the two uncles would either be local wealthy families or just poor families."

The clan members present were all blushing because of Sheng Ran's soft words.

To them, Sheng Ran's words were tantamount to pointing at their noses and questioning them, asking how these royal family members who had gotten a bargain for nothing had the nerve to act like elders here.

This kind of shameful act made several members of the royal family so angry that their beards stood up.

It was this kind of anger that was like a basin of ice water poured on their heads, calming their swollen emotions.

At this moment, they looked up at the queen in front of them with a smile on her face, and finally realized that she was not like the three emperors of the Jiang family, and she was not as easy to talk to as they were.

Calmness and clear cognition are good things. With them, a person will know fear and awe.

Just like now, the clan leader, clan director, and old relatives felt the sweat on their backs. They no longer had the arrogance they had before. They all kept their mouths shut, fearing that they would say something they shouldn't.

But they retreated, but Sheng Ran did not intend to let them go. She looked directly into the eyes of Princess Hong'an and said something chilling, like thunder over their heads: "Yongping broke into the Si Palace today, and worked with his accomplices to attack the emperor!

If you guys could use your brains, you would know that this matter is unusual. Si Palace is a place to commemorate the former emperor of Great Chu, and Yongping has been favored by two generations of emperors, but now he intends to burn down the palace because of his wild ambitions!

Is this unfilial, unrighteous, disloyal, and unkind person worthy of the royal family's efforts? Could it be that Princess Hong'an supports her and the royal family members approve of what she does? ! "

  "I dare not!" The clan leader's face turned pale when he heard the last part. He immediately knelt down with several clan members. They could not accept this sin! They could not afford it!

"Impossible!" Only Princess Hong'an exclaimed in shock.

"It's impossible or not. There will be an explanation soon. Just wait and see, auntie." Sheng Ran chuckled twice. "The Internal Guard and the Military Affairs Battalion are all investigating. The answer you want will be here soon."

"!!!" Grand Princess Hong'an had not lost her composure yet, but several clan leaders were pale.

  Judging from the Queen's intention, she might want to detain them in the palace and not allow them to leave!

……

Sheng Ran asked someone to take the clan members to Si Palace for a rest. She didn't care whether the other party was happy or not, she herself was somewhat satisfied.

But her relief did not last long, as Dong Yi, the eunuch in charge of Yongxiang Palace, came to report: "Madam, Master He said that several cabinet elders do not agree to allow civilian doctors from outside the palace to replace the imperial physician!" (End of this chapter)