After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 78 The Emperor’s Sons
Hai Jiao curled his lips and said: "This is all caused by Concubine Sun. That kind of snake-hearted woman, in order to clear the way for her son, brought disaster to the emperor's son, but the emperor can still continue to pamper him. She..." He lowered his voice very low, "She is no different from Hun Jun!"

Haitang was very curious and pestered her brother to ask questions. Haijiao introduced her sister to the situation of the disciples under Emperor Deguang.

Emperor Deguang had eight sons and two daughters.Not to mention the princess, the eldest prince died at a very young age, and the second prince, the son of Concubine Sun, also died before he was even a month old.The third prince is the mourning prince born by Empress Wu.Next are the fourth prince by Lu Zhaorong, the fifth prince by Concubine Liu Shu, and the sixth prince by Concubine Sun.

The condition of the Seventh Prince is unknown.For many years, no one outside the palace knew that there was a seventh prince. It was not until the virtuous concubine Xu gave birth to a little prince, the eighth in the order, that the outside world knew that there had been a seventh prince in the palace. It was speculated that he might have been born to a palace servant and had died in infancy. .Concubine Sun has been favored in the harem for many years, and it is not surprising that she is not willing to let the world know about the existence of the seventh prince.

The third prince was the eldest son. In the 20th year of Deguang, he was burned to death in Kunning Palace together with Queen Wu.After that, someone petitioned the emperor to appoint the sixth prince as his heir apparent. However, because the sixth prince was neither his direct descendant nor his eldest son, many officials wrote against it and the matter was ignored.

Then the emperor began to rebuild Kunning Palace.There were rumors inside and outside the palace that Concubine Sun was about to be crowned queen.Once she ascends to the throne and becomes the main queen, the sixth prince will be the legitimate prince, and no one can stop him from establishing the heir apparent.

But before Kunning Palace was repaired, the fifth prince died inexplicably. Concubine Liu Shu went crazy and cursed Concubine Sun for harming her son, and was subsequently demoted to the cold palace by the emperor.Concubine Sun also asked the emperor to punish the Liu family.

Although the Liu family is not a prominent one, it is a family of scholarly officials with a good reputation in Beijing.The Empress Dowager Zhou, the kings of the clan, the six ministers, and royal relatives such as Tao Yue all opposed the emperor's punishment of the innocent Liu family. Even in the cabinet, not everyone agreed with Mr. Sun Ge, so the matter failed.Concubine Liu Shu even kept her position as concubine, her madness also improved, and she was able to cry out clearly and beg the emperor to find out the cause of the death of the fifth prince.

The emperor agreed to her.

However, Concubine Liu Shu died not long after, and her death was so sudden that rumors began to spread inside and outside the palace that Concubine Sun had murdered her and silenced her.Therefore, the royal family members opposed the emperor's appointment of Concubine Sun as his queen, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

The reconstruction project of Kunning Palace is still going on, but the speed has been slowed down and the work is no longer rushed.

In the 25th year of Deguang, Kunning Palace was repaired, but because Empress Dowager Zhou and her relatives refused to let go, Concubine Sun was still unable to move to the palace.However, she was in charge of Phoenix Seal at this time and was only one rank away from the queen, so she was not in a hurry.It is said that she once led the sixth prince to visit the newly built Kunning Palace, and she was very confident in her words that she would soon become its new owner.

Even Elder Sun Ge began to hint that the Ministry of Rites could prepare for the ceremony of establishing the crown prince.

If Concubine Sun cannot be granted the title of queen, the Sixth Prince will not be able to establish himself as the heir apparent.The only person standing in front of him was the fourth prince.

Lu Zhaorong was afraid that his son would follow in the footsteps of the fifth prince and that he would end up like Concubine Liu Shu, so he and the fourth prince wrote a letter asking the emperor to let the latter succeed the clan, and the emperor agreed.After the fourth prince came out, the sixth prince born to Concubine Sun became the only prince.

It happened that at this time, the sixth prince suddenly fell ill and died young.There was no prince under the emperor who could inherit the throne.

The emperor was sad and fell ill. The four princes had all been officially named Prince Ji, and they were clamoring to return to the clan. He was not stupid. Once the return to clan was successful, he would be the emperor's only son and could become the next one at any time. Emperor, how can you let such a good thing go? !At this time, he only regretted that he had succeeded too early. If he had known that the sixth prince would die soon, he would never have taken the initiative to write a letter requesting to succeed!
Concubine Sun Guifei and Queen Meng Duan also started making trouble because their son died, which made the emperor's condition worse.The Queen Mother dismissed Sun Guifei, moved the emperor into the care of Cining Palace, and refused Sun Guifei's visit. It took several months to take care of her son.

Xu, the palace servant in charge of attending to the illness at that time, was granted the title of concubine afterwards, and the eighth prince was born the following year.Until the death of Emperor Deguang, there was no new heir in the palace.Therefore, everything Sun Guifei did to clear the way for her biological son to become a prince ultimately benefited the eighth prince.The eighth prince can now be said to be the only candidate for the crown prince, and no one can shake his status at all-if it were not for Emperor Deguang's frail health.

The emperor is sick and the officials are worried that if something happens to him, the young eighth prince succeeds to the throne, the young ruler of the country is doubtful, and the country is uneasy.

Prince Ji was clamoring to return to the clan, but because he was older, many officials supported him.

Prince Ji took the initiative to show his goodwill to Mr. Sun Ge. Mr. Sun Ge persuaded the noisy Concubine Sun and allowed Prince Ji to marry his own granddaughter. From then on, he became the most powerful supporter of the other party.

As long as he stopped him, the emperor was still unable to establish his youngest son as heir apparent.In his previous life, it was not until the emperor was seriously ill that he was about to die, and he made up his mind to kick Mr. Sun Ge out of the cabinet, and then transferred his cousin Tao Yue into the cabinet, and finally succeeded in canonizing the eighth prince as the crown prince.

However, after the new king succeeded to the throne, Prince Ji refused to give up. He colluded with Sunge Laohang and kept causing trouble for the new king.In the end, the Sun family suffered a defeat, and Prince Ji also did not end well.King Ji's throne eventually returned to his biological son.

Speaking of which, King Ji is really a smart man.The emperor offered him an heir, and he accepted it obediently.The heir refused to recognize him as a cheap father and kept making noises all day long about returning to the palace to become the prince. He turned a blind eye and allowed the prince to do whatever he wanted.He did not interfere and prohibited his sons from helping the heir. In order to inherit their father's title, Prince Ji's sons actually hoped that the prince could successfully return to the clan.When the new king came to power and dealt with the prince, he took the initiative to bundle his "son" to the clan mansion.The new king reciprocated the favor and named his favorite new crown prince, and everyone in Prince Ji's palace could continue to enjoy wealth and ease.

Hai Jiao said with emotion: "In my previous life, I was often sent to monitor the young princes in Prince Ji's Mansion. I admire Prince Ji's ability to educate his sons. There are many examples of unworthy descendants in the royal family, but Prince Ji's Mansion does not mention it. The other young princes who adopted the heir apparent from the palace were very well-behaved and never caused trouble. If Prince Ji hadn't taught his son well, the Empress Dowager Zhou and the emperor's dislike of him would have seized on his family and brought him to justice. If he avenges his sin, how can he enjoy his wealth and wealth for decades, and how can he still live well even after I die?"

During that time, it can be said that it was a rare leisure time in Haijiao's life as a spy. There was no danger, and he just watched Prince Ji's sons enjoy life every day.When he changed tasks, he never encountered such a good day again.

Haitang glanced at her brother speechlessly and made no comment on his feelings.She only paid attention to the information he had just revealed and selected a few key pieces of information.

After Sun Guifei failed to become the queen, in order to clear the way for her own son to become the heir, she probably killed the fifth prince who was ranked first, and frightened the fourth prince to invite himself out of Prince Ji's palace, leaving only the emperor's son. Sixth prince and one heir.

The sixth prince died in infancy, and the emperor had no heirs to succeed him. The fourth prince who succeeded him wanted to return to the throne, but he never succeeded.The Empress Dowager Zhou introduced a virtuous concubine and gave birth to an eighth prince to the emperor. There was a successor to the throne.

Concubine Sun had no son, and her and Elder Sun's future was in doubt. She was probably worried that they would not end well after the eighth prince supported by the Empress Dowager Zhou came to power, so she instead supported the fourth prince to return to the clan, focusing on a "Guoyi Changjun". Oppose the young master's succession.

Judging from the fact that the emperor never relented and allowed Prince Ji's son to return to the throne, he still preferred his younger son to succeed to the throne.Did he hate the fourth son who asked for his father too much, or did he have a problem with the Sun family's father and daughter?

(End of this chapter)