Outsiders also have golden fingers

Chapter 374 Even if you find it, it won’t be of much use

The eunuch who delivered the message, Zhu Xiaobao, seemed to have always been too naive and not very clever, and his mouth was not very smart. He always said everything he said without changing one word:

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess is crying and making a fuss and refuses to go to the imperial mausoleum! She said she didn't have the energy to go since she hasn't eaten meat for several days. She also said the bumpy carriage ride hurts her buttocks."

Emperor Chengzong threw the book out angrily, but did not blame Zhu Xiaobao for his disrespectful words.

These bastards in the palace are too shrewd. This is what he needs. What he wants to hear is the original words without any changes or modifications.

"How could she be so unfilial? No matter how young she is, she is still her elder! Where is the queen? Didn't she teach her?"

Zhu Xiaobao shrank his neck:

"The Queen said that the road to the imperial mausoleum is long and bumpy, and the weather is not very good. It seems to be raining. Isn't this a long time to suffer?

The accommodation was not good, the food was not good, hot water was not convenient, and you had to climb up hills and stone steps. How could Princess Pearl endure such hardship?

She was not allowed to sit in the sedan or be carried on her back. If she couldn't crawl and sat on the ground and started crying, wouldn't she lose the royal dignity?

Let’s talk about a short-lived ghost of unknown origin. Who knows if he is a real royal bloodline? How can he be worthy of being buried by the dignified eldest princess in person?

If the princess doesn't want to go, she won't go. Whoever wants to go can go, don't make it difficult for her! "

Emperor Chengzong was so angry that his eyebrows were beating. Fortunately, this kind of thing happened often and he had long been used to it.

No matter how bad Ning is, he is still the person destined to be the wife of chaff.

Anyone who abandons his married wife at will will be punished by God, such as his great-grandfather Tianyou Emperor and his father, both of whom were seriously ill and half-dead in their later years, suffering from all kinds of illnesses.

The Ning family, a main empress who had no son and whose natal family had little power, was really incompetent. She looked incompetent, but she could actually balance the harem and court.

Her stupidity and ignorance just don't require him to be vigilant at all times, but it is much easier to deal with than the shrewd and powerful ghosts in the harem.

So even if she was stubborn, narrow-minded, stupid, unreasonable, and had no ability or knowledge, he still had to accommodate her, and even more secretly protect her.

Because it would be very troublesome if she died, and it would be even more troublesome if someone else became the queen.

Fortunately, people have shortcomings, and it’s easy to deal with them.

"Go and tell the queen that as long as she and Mingzhu are willing to listen to my arrangements and not lose my face, her maternal nephew will be allowed to come to the palace as a companion in the future."

As long as she is given benefits to her mother-in-law, even if she is pricked with needles or whipped with whips, she will force Mingzhu to go to the funeral. They are all careless things!

If Xiaojun was still here, he wouldn't have to indulge them like this.

After so many years, is Xiaojun really still alive? Where is the old thing hiding?

Forget it, if it had disappeared long ago, it meant that he had no luck, and his love and respect were in vain.

If it was really hidden somewhere by the old thing, after so many years, the child would always forget things quickly, and he might not have any father-son affection for him anymore.

And he has not been brought up by a serious prince, so the old man will never train him properly. Either he will be raised crookedly, or he will be crippled, and he will not be able to use him when he is found.

If he is really found, let him be a rich prince and stop swimming in the muddy water. This is the greatest kindness and compensation to him.

Bao Shoufu, who had gray beard and hair, got on the sedan chair and entered the city gate, while the others dispersed.

Outside the city, there were loud rituals and music, noisy carriages and horses, and the white-faced funeral procession left in a mighty way. After thinking about it all the way, he entered the palace.

The emperor was merciful and said that King An's young age would ruin his fortune. Those over sixty years old could be sent to Shili Pavilion outside the city. He and a few veterans did not send them to the imperial mausoleum.

Because of Prince An's funeral, he stayed away from court for three days. Normally, he shouldn't have entered the palace to disturb the emperor, but thinking that the emperor actually wasn't uncomfortable, he could just make a show of it, so it didn't matter if he went.

It was quiet and no one was disturbing him after the court was over, and what he said was a private matter, so it was not convenient for people to listen. The princes are getting worried. Not to mention the older and more powerful princes of the Lu family, the Ji family, and the Huang family, even the younger ones, such as the Lu family and the Lin family, have become restless.

Now that the emperor is using all kinds of powerful means to suppress them, they only dare to act secretly. It is estimated that in a few years they will enter a bloody period of competition for the heir apparent.

This is always the case, it all depends on who can follow the right person and fly to the sky with the power of Conglong.

If you are unfortunate enough to be on the wrong team, there is nothing you can do about it. Over the years, it is not uncommon for people to end up miserable and their entire clan wiped out because of this.

Now that I am old and have mediocre children, I have no money to spend, and I just want to make the whole family stable.

Although he has always been determined not to take sides or participate in it, insisting on being loyal only to the one on the dragon throne, and strictly restraining his children and grandchildren not to get involved in the matter of seizing the reserve, but who knows whether a fire at the city gate will affect Chi Yu?

Don't let yourself go through four dynasties of emperors from the time you became an official to the present, and end up in a huge disaster when you are old.

It would be better to resign and return to your hometown when you are old, take only a few of the most outstanding young grandchildren to teach them personally, and then let them take the imperial examination and become officials when the dust settles in the future, so as to ensure that your bones will not be damaged.

The other children and grandchildren are also mediocre and hopeless. When he resigns, others will not look down on him and win over them, so there is no need to worry.

Looking at the emperor who was still immersed in correcting the memorial, he was not sad at all. He made some pleasantries and spoke:

"Your Majesty, it is rare to be over seventy years old. I am already seventy-one. I would like to pray for the remains."

Emperor Chengzong frowned, put down his ink brush and sighed: "Bao Qing, you are my humerus minister, my most trusted person, are you going to leave me too?"

Bao Shoufu was stunned. Things seemed to be different from what he imagined.

He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am old and foolish, and I am afraid that I will delay the government affairs."

There was no one waiting in the imperial study, so Emperor Chengzong left his seat to help him up, sat him down again, poured two cups of tea with his own hands, and looked ready to have a long conversation.

He spoke quietly: "Bao Qing, are you also worried that you will be innocently involved in the inheritance struggle in the future, ruining the reputation of the veteran officials of the four dynasties and the future of future generations?"

Bao Shoufu trembled: "No, it's just because I'm old."

"Bao Qing, I all know that you are the only one in the cabinet who does not really take a stand, and you are also the head of the cabinet.

Others are either secretly siding with each other or taking sides. Only with you can we stabilize the cabinet and the court, so you can't leave me.

Don't worry, I won't let you down.

Because I don't have any preference for the princes, and I won't be partial to one because of their ranking, background or mother and concubine.

They are all my sons and are qualified to inherit the throne.

I am a father, and I am also the king of a country. A country is a country. In my heart, I always have a country before I have a family.

What I have to do is to select the most capable and qualified heir from the prince!

Just like a pack of wolves choosing a wolf king, he must be the smartest, strongest and most far-sighted one. Only then can he be worthy of the ancestors of Zhou Dynasty and the people of this country!

Precisely because I have no bias, I must have a few people around me who I can truly trust and who truly do not take sides to help me achieve this goal!

Bao Qing, you can't leave. "

(End of this chapter)