A Thousand Hills

Chapter 320

Five thunderstorms hit the top.

After the court was over, when the courtiers walked out of Zhaode Hall, they felt this feeling in their completely bewildered heads.

To the general courtiers, to the eldest prince, it was more serious than five thunderbolts, and it was not far from the collapse of heaven and earth.The First Prince didn't even know how he got out of Zhaode Hall, walked out of Suzaku Gate all the way, and returned home.

After the eldest prince returned home, he locked himself in the study for a whole day, and no one dared to persuade him with a single word.After the eldest prince came back, the eldest princess knew that Emperor Mu Yuan wanted to make Concubine Su his queen, she was also dumbfounded at the moment, and she didn't know what it was like.

How could it be Concubine Su, shouldn't it be Concubine Zhao Guifei, her mother-in-law?
The eldest prince really couldn't figure it out when he thought like this, and even ignored the defense of men and women, he summoned the chief historian to ask.The Chief Historian is not the person involved, so the recovery ability is good.However, in the face of this problem, it is also difficult for the chief historian to explain. If he can explain clearly, he will not be confused with the chief historian.After a long while, Fang babbled and chirped, "Madam, last year His Majesty only asked the court to discuss the establishment of a successor, and did not say that he would establish a noble concubine." Although these words are a bit hurtful, they are also true.

The eldest concubine murmured, "The whole world thinks that..."

The whole world thought that Concubine Zhao would be established!
Before he finished speaking, the eldest prince waved his hand, indicating that the chief historian could step down.

The Chief Historian left the main hall respectfully, raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead after going out.Really... It's so embarrassing... As the chief historian, he felt a sharp pain on his face, one can imagine how the masters felt.

The eldest prince sat there until night before Zhao Lin went in and persuaded him to come out.

Zhao Lin had persuaded the Eldest Prince to be cautious at the beginning, even in the matter of recommending Concubine Zhao, Zhao Lin, a former imperial scholar, did not participate.The eldest prince was a little indifferent to Zhao Lin because of this matter, and felt that Zhao Lin was not mean enough.Today when Zhao Lin came, the Eldest Prince didn't say a word when he saw him, but just let his eyelids drop again.

Zhao Lin knew people's hearts well, and said, "I don't know how the East Palace is now?" He cured most of the eldest prince.

When a person is extremely disappointed, he cannot be persuaded with a few nice words. He has to bring out someone who is more unlucky than him. With empathy, it is easy to regain confidence in life.

Sure enough, the First Prince stopped being silent, and sighed, "Shi Yu, I don't listen to you, I lost my lord."

Zhao Shiyu didn't have the kind of heart that "the matter is over, so there is no need to mention it again", he said, "Where, I will not be angry when I see that your Highness has suffered a lot of misfortune."

The eldest prince glared at him angrily, Zhao Shiyu said, "Yesterday, Li Xiang's singing and writing in front of the imperial court were excellent, look at his face, your Highness, this is not a big deal at all, it's worth puffing up and not eating." .If you want Li Xiang to be as cheeky as His Highness, and go back to his hometown long ago, how can he get along in the court?"

The eldest prince said, "I'm not the only one who can't eat today, I'm afraid the prince can't eat too."

Zhao Shiyu said, "Brother in trouble."

The eldest prince was dissatisfied, "I haven't seen you for a few days, Shiyu, you are much meaner."

Zhao Shiyu said, "At the beginning, His Highness ignored the minister, how hurtful, and I was not allowed to be mean."

"Be mean, be mean, hurry up and add insult to injury."

The eldest prince can laugh at himself, which shows that his mood has improved a lot. Zhao Shiyu ordered someone to pass the meal in to accompany the eldest prince, and said to him, "You are already old, and you only care about your own face. Advise the empress, the empress still doesn't know what to do."

As soon as Zhao Shiyu said this, the eldest prince's meal was a bit unbearable, so Zhao Shiyu served him a bowl of light winter melon and sea rice soup, "If you don't eat any more, it's possible that tomorrow you won't get sick from hunger and ask the imperial concubine to come and see you ?”

The eldest prince sighed, "I've been in a daze all day. You know that when those people recommended my mother and concubine, I always thought it was my mother's concubine. So did my father. If I don't give a letter in advance, I will Don't lose this grown-up."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that he has not made up his mind." Zhao Shiyu is worthy of being a close minister of Emperor Mu Yuan. It is not easy to say this. The eldest prince sipped his soup and couldn't help asking, "How do you say this?"

Zhao Shiyu spread another small cucumber with chopsticks in early spring for him, and said, "It's not common to be a queen, especially since there is already an Eastern Palace, and one more queen, especially a queen with a son, means that there will be one more queen in the court." The first prince. It has not been a day since Empress Hu passed away, and the phoenix position in the harem has been vacant. Concubine Su Shu has always loved Ping Ping, and His Majesty did not appoint her because of her love for Concubine Su Shu. You must know that Your Majesty is not a person without decisions. Thinking of concubine Su as the queen, in fact, it will not be delayed from last winter until now."

The eldest prince picked up the cucumber and ate it, and asked Zhao Shiyu with bright eyes, "You mean, father has been hesitating between my concubine mother and concubine Su."

Zhao Shiyu put down the chopsticks that served the First Prince, thinking that he should starve this guy for three days and three nights so that his head would be clearer.Zhao Shiyu didn't speak, and the eldest prince kept asking, Zhao Shiyu had no choice but to say, "I told His Highness earlier, the only person His Majesty wishes is Concubine Su."

"Then why are you still hesitating?"

"I'm hesitating, whether it's better to be an imperial concubine, or to be a queen."

The chopsticks in the eldest prince's hand almost fell, "What else is there?"

"I guessed it." Zhao Shiyu said.

"Let's talk about it in detail." Anyway, the matter has been settled, and the First Prince was sad for a day, Zhao Shiyu was willing to persuade him, and he recovered.The eldest prince who calmed down felt that at least he should know where he lost.

"It's still the same old saying, Your Majesty is hesitating between the imperial concubine and the empress." Hasn't it already been said, what else is there to say?

"But didn't the father say at the beginning that he wanted to establish a queen?"

"Your Majesty's promotion of Concubine Su Shu's rank this time is mainly to reward the five princes for their military exploits in the south of the Yangtze River. It is no small matter to establish a queen. Even if your majesty speaks out what the empress will say, you can also establish an imperial concubine first, and then a queen."

"Then Weiha didn't the emperor first make Concubine Su the imperial concubine, and then the empress?"

Zhao Shiyu pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's because of the case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that I don't seem too satisfied with His Majesty."

The eldest prince has always disliked the prince, so he said, "Who is a fool? If you are satisfied, you will be a ghost. No, they will be killed as soon as you get them back. You haven't seen what Mr. Zhong's memorial said." Even if your Majesty wants to bestow death, please give the Jingjiang descendants a decent death." Lord Zhong, the grandfather of the grandson of Jingjiang, was left by Emperor Mu Yuan as a minister of Sanzhi.Originally, they had just surrendered, and Jingjiang's descendants had always kept a low profile, but because Prime Minister Li had been punished too much, Mr. Zhong couldn't bear it, and he asked Emperor Mu Yuan to give Jingjiang's descendants some due dignity.

Emperor Mu Yuan kindly comforted Lord Zhong, Lord Zhong had no power and power in the dynasty, there was nothing he could do except talk about it, not to mention that Prince Li Xiangwei did not take this person seriously, nor did the First Prince take Lord Zhong seriously , Let me talk about it today, just to say that I am used to the East Palace, and just mention it casually.Unexpectedly, Zhao Shiyu said, "Your Highness is right. If it wasn't for dissatisfaction with the Eastern Palace, according to His Majesty's preference for the Eastern Palace, how could he directly appoint Concubine Su Shu as the queen and make the Eastern Palace lose face."

Thinking that his unlucky luck was only because of his face, but the East Palace was unlucky because of his lining, the eldest prince finally showed his face, and said with a smile, "This prince is the one who lost face, and the one who lost the emperor's heart is probably Donggong. Su Niangniang suppressed me and the prince, and those who didn’t know thought that the father was going to abolish the prince and replace him with the fifth younger brother.”

Zhao Shiyu's eyes darkened slightly, but he still said, "Your Highness is too straightforward." With the eldest prince's mouth, it is estimated that Emperor Mu Yuan would not consider him.

"I'm only saying that to your face."

Zhao Shiyu had no choice but to ignore him.

The First Prince also had Zhao Shiyu who enlightened him that in the East Palace, Li Xiangning received no less blows than the Crown Prince. Moreover, the East Palace is not a place where he can come in and out casually or even stay for a long time. The rules of the Eastern Palace are not meant to be kept for long.The princess couldn't persuade the prince, so she stayed up all night worried, and the prince sat in the study all night.

The third prince and the sixth prince were also shocked. At first everyone thought that Concubine Su was the queen, but later, the grand prince made too much of a gimmick, especially the grand prince who did his best to help supervise Fengyi Palace With the progress of the repairs, everyone thought that the eldest prince, Concubine Zhao Gui, was sure of everything!As a result, as a result, why is it Concubine Su?Completely dumbfounded!

The third prince and the sixth prince went to visit their respective mothers in the palace. The strange thing was that even Concubine Xie had the same reaction as her son, the third prince, when she learned from her son that she had made Concubine Su the empress.After a long time, Concubine Xie Guifei let out a breath slowly, and sighed softly, "Good method."

The third prince didn't quite understand, "Mother Concubine, what method?"

Concubine Xie Guifei said, "I don't know what the method is. The method that can be seen by others is just an ordinary method. This kind of method that makes people invisible is the first-class method. Your father will never do it for no reason. Register Su Concubine." Saying that, she didn't care about her son for the time being, and repeatedly called the personal palace servant, and said, "Find out the congratulatory gifts prepared earlier, check everything carefully, pack it up, and follow me in a while Then send Cui'er to Concubine Zhao to ask if you want to congratulate the Empress together." Although she knew that Concubine Zhao would be embarrassing, Concubine Xie couldn't leave Concubine Zhao to go first. There is still a heart.Even the other concubines in the palace, who know a little bit about the rules, wouldn't be able to get ahead of the two noble concubines.

The palace servant was also in a daze with Concubine Xie for a long time, and Fang Fu went down to prepare.Hey, everyone thought it was Zhao Guifei.

After all, Concubine Xie was in the inner palace, so she was not well informed about the news from the previous dynasty. She only knew that something happened to the Ministry of Punishment, and Concubine Xie only had a general idea of ​​what it was like.Therefore, it is impossible to infer.But Concubine Xie is not lacking in eyesight, especially the fifth prince's ability to push Concubine Su to the top without making a fuss, Concubine Xie can't help being startled when she thinks about it.Concubine Xie told her son, "Ask the Fifth Prince if you have any questions in the future." Concubine Xie would never believe that the imperial court had any glamorous affairs, especially in the struggle for succession. Donggong hoped that it would be best not to take the heir apparent, and as a result, neither of them could compete for the Fifth Prince.The key point is that I haven't seen how the five princes colluded with the court and how the ministers recommended it.

This is not easy.

The fifth prince has such means, so the son has to show his favor to the fifth prince gradually.

The third prince is a smooth guy, and from the beginning to the end, he has the idea of ​​not offending the two, but if the fifth prince has that possibility, the third prince is not an idiot, just to make life easier for future generations, he must befriend the fifth prince.

The third prince thought about it, and said softly, "It's the fourth brother, who is close to the water."

Concubine Xie Guifei said, "The fourth prince, like the fifth prince, has no mother's family, and he is counting on his wife's family. The Marquis of Nan'an and the East Palace have always been indifferent, and then something happened in the south of the Yangtze River. It is only when the Fourth Prince and the East Palace get close Strange thing. Don't worry, we didn't offend the fifth prince before, and the fifth prince is kind and kind."

The third prince talked to his mother for a while, and Concubine Xie sent him away.

After the third prince left the palace, Concubine Xie changed into festive formal attire, and was looking carefully at the treasures in the gift box when Concubine Zhao arrived. In terms of combat effectiveness, Concubine Zhao was indeed a hundred times stronger than her son, the eldest prince. At this age, if you have a son and a position, even if you lose an adult, the people in the palace only dare to smile behind your back, whoever dares to laugh in front of her.Even the new empress, Concubine Su's temper, Concubine Zhao is well aware of it.Therefore, when Concubine Zhao heard that Concubine Su was made queen, Concubine Zhao didn't even care about being sad, and immediately ordered the palace servants to take out several rare treasures in their hands, check the packages, and send them to Empress Su.

Concubine Zhao was fine when she arrived in Concubine Xie's palace, she smiled and said, "I was about to send someone over to my sister, but my sister's people arrived at my place first, so let's go now. It's a great joy, what will happen in the future , we also have someone to call the shots."

Concubine Xie's face was full of joy, "Isn't it? With the empress, the palace affairs will save the two of us from always dealing with messy and unsatisfactory things."

The two of them went to Shuren Palace like sisters. Concubine Su was never as well informed as the two of them. Seeing that they came over happily, she didn't know what was going on.After the beginning of spring, Concubine Su's body gradually settled down, but she was not very strong after all. I heard that the noble concubines of the two palaces had arrived. Concubine Su helped the palace servants come out to welcome them. Congratulations to your concubine, how dare you trouble your lady to welcome you personally."

Everyone in the first palace of Shuren Palace was stunned.

Concubine Su has a calm personality and has always been a calm person. Moreover, Concubine Su is always a little bit more careful than others about this matter, so she came back to her senses with only a little surprise, and said in a gentle voice, "You two ladies, don't want to be so generous." , I have not received a decree here."

Both of them are witty people. Seeing that the new empress was polite, they helped the new empress into the house from left to right. Concubine Zhao said, "Although it is March, the morning wind is still cold. Your empress must not disturb me from now on." Wait."

Concubine Xie Guifei said, "Although there is no imperial decree yet, His Majesty said this at court, and the imperial decree will come soon. We heard the letter, so we came here to congratulate the empress first."

Empress Su was very polite, "I'm sorry."

Zhao and Xie came over, congratulated Empress Su, and returned the Phoenix Seal.At first, the two of them were in charge of the harem, and the phoenix seal had always been in their hands. Now that there is a queen, there is no reason for a noble concubine to hold the phoenix seal.Concubine Su refused to accept it, and said, "You also know that I have a lot of trivial matters in the harem, don't say that there is no imperial decree, even if it is true as the two of you said, I can't take care of the palace affairs, I'm afraid I will have to Please."

Both of them were overjoyed. Naturally, they didn't want to seize Empress Su's power, and they were both old people, and their sons were all grown up. As long as the fifth prince is promising, who would dare to be disrespectful to Empress Su.It's just that the weight of being in charge of a noble concubine is different.The two tried hard to persuade, but Empress Su just declined, so they pretended to be embarrassed, and said respectfully, "You must listen to your mother's orders."

Empress Su waved her hands, sipped herbal tea to moisten her throat, and sighed softly, "We have been in the harem together for many years, everyone knows who, so there is no need to talk heresy."

The two sat in the Shuren Palace and flattered Empress Su to speak, and waited for the servant to report back, saying that the fifth prince had arrived, Zhao Xie and Zhao Xie stood up and said goodbye.

The fifth prince was left behind by Emperor Mu Yuan to speak after the early court. The feeling of the fifth prince was no better than that of his elder brother. He was also shocked beyond belief.It wasn't until the fifth prince went to the side hall of Zhaode Hall with his father to talk, that he realized that it was true.

Emperor Mu Yuan looked at his fifth son in a daze, a little dissatisfied, and said, "What do you look like, are you stupid?"

The servants waited on Emperor Mu Yuan to change into the regular clothes, and they went down knowingly. The fifth prince stretched out a hand and said, "Father, please pinch me."

Emperor Mu Yuan: ... Empress Li made her son stupid...

Emperor Mu Yuan slapped his fifth son's hand away, and reprimanded him, "Look at this."

"The main reason is that I didn't expect it." The fifth prince is a real person, and he speaks sincerely. He simply doesn't know how to express his gratitude and joy in his heart. Holding tea for his imperial father, after a while he began to praise his imperial father's clothes without words. Suddenly, the fifth prince thought of something and said, "Father, I have to go and tell mother and concubine quickly, she has news I'm not well-informed, I'm afraid I don't know about this great event."

"Even if your mother doesn't know, someone will go to He Xi and tell her." Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Why are you getting more and more unstable." This is untenable.

The fifth prince said, "I'm happy for my mother, really, I can't even think of it."

The fifth son was so happy that he couldn't find Bei, and it didn't seem like he was pretending. Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Since you came back from the south of the Yangtze River, I have the intention of promoting your mother's position. It's just because there are many things in the previous year. Fengyi Palace has been unoccupied for a long time, so it has to be renovated again. It has been delayed until today."

The fifth prince didn't want to say that his father was not authentic, what he encountered here was a surprise, and what the eldest prince encountered was a shock.The fifth prince was a little embarrassed, "Son, at the beginning, I thought about it too. Later, I didn't dare to think about it anymore." The battle his elder brother created frightened everyone to death.

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "If there is anything I dare not think about, my mind will not be changed by rumors!" He taught the fifth son a few words, "Men, be assertive."

The fifth prince immediately responded with a straight face.

Emperor Mu Yuan told the fifth prince, "Fengyi Palace has been repaired. You go to Qin Tianjian and tell them to choose two days. One is the auspicious day when your mother moves into Fengyi Palace, and the other is the auspicious day when the Queen's Ceremony is officially held. And , go to the Department of Internal Affairs, and urge them to make the phoenix robe and the treasure book."

The fifth prince couldn't wait for it, so he solemnly agreed.

The matter of setting up an empress is a big deal for the fifth prince, but it is a trivial matter for Emperor Mu Yuan. Emperor Mu Yuan turned to talk about the descendants of Jingjiang with the fifth prince. I'm quite dissatisfied with this matter, what do you think?"

The fifth prince said sternly, "Arranging the living good students, there is also a grandson of Jingjiang's son, it is better for the father to give him a title at his discretion, and then teach them to be good. It is nothing more than raising a few people. As for Jingjiang's surrender, the Lin family Calm down, it's no big deal. Besides, I have an idea. Our family is not the same ancestor as King Jingjiang. King Jingjiang's biological father was originally the clan of the previous dynasty. Back then, because of the kindness of the late emperor, Jingjiang was given the imperial surname. They have also restored their old surnames early on. That being the case, why not choose one or two of the appropriate-age female family members of the descendants of King Jingjiang to marry into the royal family. It is not necessary to be the main family, and it is not allowed to be a concubine. There are other marriages, and the father will give them Seeing the arrangement, it will save the court ministers from having doubts. After a long time, this matter will pass."

Emperor Mu Yuan confessed to his fifth son, "You should come up with a general report on this matter."

The fifth prince responded quickly.

Emperor Mu Yuan left the fifth prince to eat breakfast, so he ordered the fifth prince to go to Shuren Palace.

When the fifth prince arrived at Shuren Palace, he met the two noble concubines Zhao Xie, the fifth prince hurriedly gave a salute, and both of them said, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince don't need to be extravagant, come over and congratulate the empress, let us take the lead. "

The fifth prince smiled, "I wanted to come here early in the morning, but it will be too late for my father to let me talk."

Zhao and Xie were not sure if the fifth prince was brazenly showing off his love for the emperor, they said with a smile, "Your Highness, go in quickly, the empress is very happy to hear that you are here." Hey, in the harem for a lifetime Well, it's really feng shui turning around. After all these years, how can one expect Su's to turn around in old age.

Zhao and Xie went talking and laughing, and the fifth prince went in to talk to his mother. At this time, the entire Shuren Palace was immersed in great joy.The palace servants brought fragrant tea, and Empress Su sent people down, Fang said with deep emotion, "I never thought of that."

The fifth prince said, "My son didn't expect that either." The fifth prince thought that his mother might only be named an imperial concubine, but unexpectedly she was actually a queen. It seems that his father was unusually dissatisfied with the Ministry of Punishment.

Empress Su touched her son's face and said with a smile, "Although Your Majesty intends to canonize me as empress, it is mostly due to your contribution to calm Jiangnan. I just told Concubine Zhao and Xie Guifei that I have always been weak. , the harem still has to be managed by them. I have lived in the palace for most of my life, and now I have everything I need, and no one dares to despise me. The so-called mother and child are more precious, that's how it is."

The fifth prince said, "Isn't this what it should be? When my son was fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, he thought that when he was outside, he hoped that his parents, wife and children would live a better life."

Empress Su nodded her head and smiled slightly, "My son has grown up."

The fifth prince smiled a little shyly. He was such an adult that his mother was a little embarrassed to praise him.I heard my mother say softly, "My path is already foreseeable. Your path is still long. Don't be arrogant because I am in Fengyi. People who are complacent will not go far."

(End of this chapter)