The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 45 The Prince's Fury
"Kong Taichang, congratulations."

People from Xuan Pinghou's party surrounded Kong Taichang one after another, congratulating him.

"Kong Taichang, we will be in-laws in the future, we need to see each other more." Xuan Pinghou said to Kong Taichang very politely, "Kong Taichang, if you don't mind, why don't you go to my house to drink tea now."

Kong Taichang said with a stiff face: "Thank you Xuan Pinghou for the invitation, but I have something to do today, so I will leave first." After speaking, he left in a hurry.

Prince Xuanping Hou looked at the back of Kong Taichang leaving, frowned dissatisfiedly and said: "Father, Kong Taichang seems to be very dissatisfied with such a marriage."

"So what if he is dissatisfied." Xuan Pinghou was not angry because of Kong Taichang's indifferent attitude. On the contrary, he was in a very good mood, with a smile on his face, "This is a marriage bestowed by the emperor himself. Kong Taichang has to accept it even if he doesn't want , otherwise it is resistance.”

Xuan Ping Hou Shizi couldn't understand Kong Taichang's appearance just now, he said a little angrily: "His youngest daughter is married to His Royal Highness Dai Wang as a side concubine, it is their Kong family's blessing, he is still unwilling!"

"The Kong family doesn't want to participate in the struggle between His Royal Highness Dai Wang and the crown prince, and they don't want to marry their daughter to His Royal Highness Dai Wang as a side concubine." Xuan Pinghou said, with a puzzled look on his face, "The emperor before I also don't want the Kong family to participate in the battle between the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Daiwang, so when the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Daiwang got married, they didn't marry the daughter of the Kong family to the Prince and His Royal Highness Daiwang, but why did they change their mind now? What about it?" Back then, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Dai Wang got married, the ages of the eldest and second daughters of the Kong family were similar to those of the Crown Prince and the Dai Wang.At that time, the ministers thought that Emperor Wu of Zhou would marry the eldest daughter of the Kong family to the prince and the second daughter of the Kong family to the king.However, Emperor Wu of Zhou did not do this.Instead, marry the daughter of Lord Zhen Guo to the crown prince as the princess, and marry the daughter of Xuan Pinghou to His Royal Highness Dai Wang.

Just last year, Emperor Wu of Zhou bestowed Dahong Lu's daughter in marriage to the prince as a side concubine.The Dai Wang only got married two years ago, and since then he has been out to quell the chaos, and is rarely in Beijing, so the Dai Wang has not married his side concubine for a long time.

In the past two years, many ministers have been staring at the position of the acting king's concubine, hoping that their daughters or nieces can become the acting king's concubine.

Although she is the side princess, not the main concubine, she is very popular. Many ministers are willing to marry their own daughters to the acting king to be the side princess.

In the eyes of the ministers, being the side princess of the acting king is only temporary.In the future, the acting king's concubine will become a noble concubine, and may even become a queen.

Concubine Rong is also very concerned about the candidate for the side princess of the acting king.In the past two years, she has been choosing, choosing and choosing, she has taken a fancy to Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, but she knows that Emperor Wu of Zhou will not agree.And Dai Wang himself also took a fancy to Kong Taichang's youngest daughter.To be precise, he has his eyes on the Kong family.

Although she knew that Emperor Wu of Zhou would not agree, Concubine Rong still mentioned it in front of Emperor Wu of Zhou.At that time, Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't speak, but just glanced at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong knew that Emperor Wu of Zhou did not agree, and she never mentioned this matter since then.

"To compensate His Royal Highness Dai Wang." Xuanping Hou Shizi guessed, "The emperor did not agree to add beads to His Royal Highness Dai Wang, so he married Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to His Royal Highness Dai Wang."

"It should be like this. The emperor has always loved His Royal Highness Daiwang." Xuan Pinghou said with a smile on his face, "Compared to Jiazhu, it is really beneficial to His Royal Highness Daiwang to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter as a side concubine."

Xuan Ping Hou Shizi said with a smile: "With the support of the Kong family, it is equivalent to having the support of more than half of the scholars in the world, His Royal Highness in the next era..." At this point, Xuan Ping Hou Shizi didn't say any more.

"What His Royal Highness Dai Wang lacks most is the support of scholars all over the world. Now the emperor has solved this problem for His Highness." A few days ago, His Royal Highness Dai Wang wrote to him, saying that he was going to Yangzhou to quell the chaos. The main reason was to go to Yangzhou to get acquainted The literati and students in the south of the Yangtze River.Now that the emperor has married Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to His Royal Highness Dai Wang as a side concubine, there is no need for His Royal Highness to go to Yangzhou to meet literati and students. "His Royal Highness, there is no need to go to Yangzhou."

Xuan Ping Hou Shizi said: "Father, His Royal Highness Daiwang still has to go to Yangzhou, otherwise, how can we slap the Xie family in the face."

Xuan Pinghou forgot about this matter: "You are right."

"Father, even if Kong Taichang doesn't want to, we have to establish a good relationship with the Kong family."

"It's natural." Xuan Pinghou nodded and said, "After returning to the mansion, let your mother write an invitation to invite Mrs. Kong and Miss Kong to come to the mansion as guests."

Here, Xuan Pinghou and his son are happily discussing how to build a good relationship with Kong Taichang.Over there, the crown prince and Zhen Guogong lost their temper in the East Palace.

As soon as the prince returned to the East Palace, he could no longer control his anger and broke a lot of things.

This time, Lord Zhen didn't stop the prince from throwing things angrily. He sat aside, frowning tightly, with a gloomy face.

The eunuchs and maids serving in the East Palace saw that the Prince and Zhen Guogong's faces were not good-looking, and they were all frightened and kept silent.

After the prince dropped something for a while, the anger in his heart decreased a little, but his face was still ugly.

"Uncle, what does Emperor Father mean? Can he finally not wait for the king to replace me?"

Duke Zhen didn't speak.The emperor suddenly married Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to the acting king as a side concubine, which he did not expect.Now he is completely unable to figure out what Emperor Wu of Zhou's intention of bestowing marriage is.

"Uncle, that's the Kong family." The more the prince thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, his handsome face became distorted. "Dai Wang has always been unsupported by civil servants, but now my father has married Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to him as a side concubine, isn't it just to let civil servants and scholars all over the world support Dai Wang to replace me?"

The prince raised the corner of his mouth and sneered: "In order for the acting king to replace me as the crown prince in a legitimate way, my father really took great pains. I'd better be sensible and propose to my father that I don't want to be the prince, and let the acting king be the prince."

Zhen Guo raised his eyes openly, the light in his eyes became sharp, and he sneered, "It's not that simple for the emperor to want the king to replace you."

Hearing what Duke Zhen said, the prince's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "Uncle, have you thought of a way?"

"It's very simple, just destroy this marriage." Duke Zhen said with a cold face, "The emperor wants Dai Wang to marry Kong Taichang's youngest daughter as a side concubine, so we will make it impossible for Kong Taichang's youngest daughter to marry Dai Wang. "

The prince instantly understood what Duke Zhen meant, "Uncle, what do you mean..."

Duke Zhen said with a deep expression: "I think Kong Taichang doesn't want his youngest daughter to marry the Dai Wang as a side concubine. We can cooperate with him."

"Uncle, Kong Taichang should understand the purpose of the father to give his youngest daughter to the acting king, do you think he will be unwilling?" The prince didn't think that Kong Taichang was willing to cooperate with them and refused this marriage.

"Kong Taichang doesn't want to participate in the contention between Nihao and Daiwang." Duke Zhen said firmly, "He can't accept this marriage just like us."

"If the Kong family succeeds in helping the Daiwang replace me and take the crown prince, his youngest daughter and the Kong family will become honorable in the future, do you think he will refuse?" If it was him, he would not refused.

"If it was someone else, they would definitely not be willing to refuse this marriage, but Kong Taichang will definitely find a way to refuse."

Seeing what Duke Zhen said was so decisive, the prince was surprised and said: "Uncle, why are you so sure?"

"Because Kong Taichang is very concerned about the reputation of their Kong family." Duke Zhen smiled lightly, "If he supports Dai Wang to replace you as the crown prince, then he will violate the ancestral precepts of their Kong family and ruin their rare Kong family. Restoring your reputation."

Hearing what Duke Zhen said, the prince thought it made sense.

"The most important thing is that in the previous dynasty, their Kong family did a very absurd thing, which shamed their Kong family. Many people still remember this incident." Zhen Guogong continued, "Kong The reputation of the family has gradually improved because of supporting the late emperor, and now it has finally regained the respect of scholars all over the world, how could Kong Taichang dare to support the acting king who was born out of a concubine?"

　I just realized the importance of the monthly pass today, so I have the cheek to ask the veterans for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)