Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 209

"Yes... father... my son understands that I just pleaded for General Huwei because I didn't think carefully for a while, and I hope my father will forgive me for my lack of thoughtfulness." With a lot of thoughts, he fixed his eyes on Xia Shengqing, with a bit of obscurity.

Ming Shengdi frowned for a long time, thinking that since Xia Qin was the prince of Dalai and also the crown prince, he had a hostile relationship with the crown prince of the previous dynasty, so there should be no entanglement.

"That's all, you back off, don't say inappropriate things in front of me next time!" Ming Shengdi waved his hand, and waved Xia Tian down impatiently.

Xia Qinnuo claimed it was, but secretly gave Xia Shengqing a look of wanting to speak. This chess piece seemed to be getting more and more out of control. If he didn't hit it again, it might kill him one day.

The atmosphere in the main hall on this side was awkward, but in a mansion on the other side, it was serious and tense.

There was a long table in the magnificent and luxurious room, and several people looked at the young man sitting on the first seat, rubbing his brows together, and hesitant to speak after several glances.

"Your Highness..." One of the old men whispered to the young man, coughed and said, "What do you think, the current situation is already very tense, and it is a good time for us to take the upper hand , if we don't take any action, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to take the lead..."

The young man rubbed the center of his brows, pursed his lips and said nothing, his slender knuckles were slowly moving on the table, he smacked, hesitating slightly.

"My grandson knows it, but now that the prince and the great emperor are fighting so fiercely, it would be a bit rash for us to intervene again. If the disaster is caused to me, wouldn't my grandson's efforts to hide his strength and bide his time these days be in vain? .”

"No, no, it's just this time of troubled waters that we can reap the benefits of the gap. The crown prince and the eldest son of the emperor are fighting fiercely, so they have no time to take care of us!"

The young man was silent for a while without rebutting, rubbing his chin thoughtfully and raising his eyebrows slightly.

This person is Xia Qixuan, the eldest grandson of the Dalai Dynasty. As the only direct descendant of the queen's son who died young, Xia Qixuan has attracted great attention since he was a child, but he has many sons of Ming Shengdi on top of him, and he is the crown prince's successor. Absolutely not his turn.

How can the proud son of heaven be willing to fall to others? He has been consolidating his power in private for many years in obscurity, and even endured not to show his face in the battle of Ming Shengdi, so that one day he can win the battle with others. At that time, he turned against the water and reaped the benefits of the fisherman.

At this time, the eldest grandson of the emperor weighed his interests in his heart, and said for a long time: "Since you want to make your mark, let's do it step by step, otherwise the two emperor's uncles will find out that my nephew, the emperor's grandson, will suddenly have trouble with each other." It will be troublesome if we team up to deal with this emperor's grandson."

He was not very afraid of Xia Bin. After all, Ming Shengdi always valued his orthodox identity, otherwise he would not have made any mention of establishing the crown prince when Xia Bin was born, but made him the crown prince when Xia Qin was born.

The reason is nothing more than that Xia Qin is the son of the prime minister's concubine De, while Xia Bin is just a concubine with a low status. Even if he later becomes the adoptive mother of Concubine Yue, his fundamental identity cannot be changed.

But Xia Qin has to be wary of this person. Firstly, he is a righteous prince. If he does not make mistakes, he will undoubtedly be the heir apparent after a hundred years from Ming Shengdi. Secondly, he is very scheming, so it is really not easy to deal with. .

"In your opinion, what should the emperor's grandson do next?"

Xia Qixuan asked in this way, he put his hands on his forehead and looked at the counselors below, these people were all strange talents he collected from all corners of the country, gathered in this hall to advise him.

I only heard the old man sitting in the first room who was the first to speak just now say: "Your Highness, according to your opinion, all you have to do now is to win over people who are beneficial to you, so that you can have enough bargaining chips to fight against you." The crown prince is fighting with the eldest prince."

Xia Qixuan nodded and said: "That's right, the prince's power in the court is indeed very popular now, and half of the ministers in the court are under his command. The uncle who seemed to be on the rise a while ago was not taken by the crown prince." If it is suppressed, it will definitely take a lot of effort to deal with the prince."

One of the counselors, a middle-aged man in a flowered robe and long gown, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, according to my subordinates, the fact that the eldest prince was suppressed by the prince despite his rising momentum a while ago was not because the prince had What a clever plan, but because he has an important person to help him."

"Is there someone else helping?" Xia Qixuan asked puzzled.

The counselor nodded, sat up straight, clasped his wrists, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, do you still remember that after the emperor was attacked on the way to the Mercy Villa, there was a period of time when Xia Shengqing was heard?" Xiao Mi, until later, he suddenly became more embarrassing in front of the emperor, and even led the prince to become very powerful."

"good……"

Although it is natural for someone who serves the emperor personally to be respected by Ming Shengdi, but like Xia Shengqing, not only can he gain face in front of Ming Shengdi, but also he can not offend each other under the wooing of a group of people , which is really subtle.

"But Xia Shengqing is just an eunuch after all, and he doesn't have any real power in his hands. Father Huangzuo only listens to him read a few words on weekdays, and he will never listen to his opinions on major court affairs."

But when this certain man said this, the other counselors seemed to have suddenly figured something out, and they all followed suit.

"When Jiang Xiancai said this, the old man remembered something."

One of the older counselors said, "Do you remember the nobleman Qin who was more favored a few days ago? As a commoner girl, nobleman Qin was able to enter the imperial palace as a concubine without participating in the draft because the emperor liked her." A portrait drawn by the prince, the woman on the portrait is the later nobleman of Qin.

"Over the years, whenever the emperor sees a woman who looks similar to the master back then, he will inevitably be extremely fond of him, otherwise the concubine lotus, who has been in the Buddhist hall all the year round, would not have been so beautiful with a previous dynasty for so many years. The subtle identity of the concubine, but in the palace of Dalai, no one can shake it, is it because Concubine Lian is the sister of the master back then."

As soon as he said these words, Xia Qixuan seemed to understand something suddenly.

Ming Shengdi fell in love with the late Concubine Dong. This is a secret that everyone in the palace can't say but they also know each other.

But in fact, no one has really seen that concubine Dong, except for the queen or some concubines in the palace who have served Ming Shengdi since they were young, no one knows that the concubine Dong has a great deal in the heart of Ming Shengdi. What kind of beauty is such a heavy woman.

"You said that Grandpa Huang favored that noble Qin because she resembled Concubine Dong back then?"

Xia Qixuan was suspicious, "But how did the Crown Prince know what Concubine Dong looked like? Concubine Dong had been quietly staying in her own palace when he was born, and Concubine Dong had never stepped out of the palace until the Crown Prince left and crowned her. One step to Xiyuanyuan."

"Later, after the emperor's grandfather ordered the execution of Concubine Dong who was suffering from malaria, no one had the opportunity to see the beauty of the Jinlai Dynasty's most beautiful woman. This emperor's grandson only heard that there was such a person, but even her height I don’t know if I’m fat or thin.”

"Others may not know what that former beauty looks like, but how could Xia Shengqing not know."

The older old man said, "As the person who serves the emperor personally, it is inevitable that I have to make arrangements for the emperor. I am afraid that only Xia Shengqing in this palace knows the appearance and temperament of Concubine Dong best. If it is disclosed to the prince, I am afraid the prince will not know about it anyway."

After such a pros and cons analysis, Xia Qixuan really believed that Xia Shengqing was of great use. Although he did not take matters into account in court affairs, he was really a formidable person who could make plans and offer suggestions for the prince with such a subtle momentum. .

"Then, is this emperor's grandson going to win over this Manager Xia now?"

"The subject thinks it's acceptable." The old man twisted his beard and said.

But the middle-aged conspirator in the flowered robe and long gown rebutted at this time.

"Winning Xia Shengqing...I'm afraid it's not a good idea. Think about it, everyone. Although he is working for the crown prince, the crown prince doesn't seem to have complete control over him. Otherwise, how could the nobleman of Qin later have an affair with someone who is not well-known for no reason? How could General Huwei, who used to command tens of thousands of soldiers, be accused of colluding with the former prince, all of this is too coincidental..."

"You mean...these are all written by Xia Shengqing?" Xia Qixuan frowned, somewhat disbelieving, if an eunuch could plan strategies like this, wouldn't everyone in the palace be a think tank.

The middle-aged man in the flowered robe and long shirt laughed: "I don't know if these are Xia Shengqing's handwriting, but it is conceivable that he must have contributed to the flames to some extent in order to take revenge on the prince."

Now Xia Qixuan is even more confused. The ordinary staff are all trying to please their master in order to make a fortune. What is Xia Shengqing's plan...

Seeing Xia Qixuan's doubts, the middle-aged man continued: "Your Highness, think about it, since when did the accidents happen to the Prince's faction?"

"It was... two months ago?"

"To be precise, it was after the eldest son of the Liu family was crippled. Your Highness, what is the status of the Liu family? It is the family of Princess Mingzhu and the concubine, and now they have a very good relationship with Princess Mingzhu. Xia Shengqing is Princess Mingzhu." His fiancé, the people on the side of the prince have hurt the future of the future brother-in-law, how can Xia Shengqing ignore it?"

(End of this chapter)