Chapter 221: The Road to Power

"Concubine Ying is a member of the regent, and she is not one with us. As long as the regent can save face and punish me a little, and if there is a reason for it, it is not a big deal." Seeing Chunjia frowning, Queen Mother Yuan thought He was still not convinced, and could not help subconsciously softening his soft tone even more, and said earnestly, "But the real concubine is not, Xiaoyun's family background is humble, and her family is exactly the poor family that my son needs to vigorously promote!"

"Plus, the daytime banquet is just around the corner. After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and the Double Ninth Festival banquet, everyone knows that the Ji family has lost power this time and will not get up for the time being. So the righteousness lies with Huanger, and you are young and strong again, Huanger." , What reason do they have to continue to follow the Ji family all the way to Hei?"

"If there is some bad news about Concubine Zhen at this time, those who know say that she is young and ignorant, and spoiled by pampering; those who don't know, will think of Ji's head, thinking that Ji has been in power for many years, even if she is frustrated for a while, But still have to recover..."

She lowered her voice, "Especially Mrs. Ye's filial piety is about to be full. At this moment, the concubine who has been suppressing the queen has gone wrong. Who would have thought that the Ji family won this round?"

So, to be honest, what Yun Fenghuang did this time can be big or small, even if he really caused a catastrophe, the Empress Dowager Yuan and Chun Jia have to take care of her.

In order not to let Ji seize the opportunity to make a big fuss and ruin the power that the mother and son have accumulated with great difficulty in the past six months.

Looking at the Empress Dowager Yuan who was full of earnestness and allurement, Chunjia was speechless for a moment, then nodded and said: "What the empress mother said is true!"

What else can he say?

"Don't go to other people's places today, just go to Xuanqing Palace." But the Queen Mother Yuan was worried, and told him, "Although the Ai family has issued a password-locked order, you also know that the Ji family is in the palace. Even Concubine Ying is not so credible... So the Ai family stopped you just now, and added a sentence to wait until after the first month. After all, it is not easy for Concubine Zhen to spread any negative news before the banquet. Aijia knows that you are tired of her unreasonable troubles, but at the critical moment, you should be aggrieved. When the matter is over, Aijia will vent your anger on you, huh?"

Chunjia was about to vomit blood, and hurriedly said: "Mother, in fact, there is nothing important today. You said that it will be delayed until after the first month. It is meaningless to bring it up at that time. The most important thing is that after the first month, there are also many big ceremonies. , Palace banquets, etc., need to be handled by the real concubine, and there is no one in the palace who can replace her, and it will be more troublesome to settle accounts at that time. But a girl, a dignified son, do you still care about her?"

As soon as she came out like this today, the stingy concubine is probably already holding a grudge.

If there is another time to settle accounts after the fall, maybe Yun Fenghuang will do something like a demon?

Empress Dowager Yuan said with a smile: "Emperor, don't worry! The reason why the real concubine is so pampered is that she has decided to eat both of us, and we can't find a suitable person to replace her for the time being? It's just that as the emperor, the world is full of people. How many people can't be changed? In your palace, a group of people entered during the big wedding; at the beginning of the year, in order to avoid the outside world's discussion about the emperor's heir, another group of people entered. Both groups are Ji's They are the masters, so they have no good intentions!"

She raised her chin and said in high spirits, "The emperor can make the decision now, so in the spring of next year, how can the queen mother not personally find some truly virtuous and virtuous ladies for you to enrich the palace? You can't ask the emperor to be in the palace." The front is busy, but when I come back to the harem, there will be no peace!"

Chunjia: "..."

He tried to stop Empress Dowager Yuan, "Mother, the child has a long way to go now, but he has not yet reached the point of enriching the palace. Besides, it has already been selected this year, and it would be inappropriate to disturb the people."

"Those girls from the Han family are just playthings, that's all." The Queen Mother Yuan said kindly, "How can I serve you properly? Aijia, I plan to make some rumors at the daily banquet, and when the time comes, I will come from the high school. Choose some helpers from the big families, and choose a few outstanding ones from the inferior but well-behaved families... so how will it disturb the people?"

Seeing that Chunjia frowned tightly, thinking that he was devoted to government affairs, he didn't like to be troublesome, and lowered his voice, "Now our situation is not the same as before. If the emperor doesn't like the women who are selected like this, he can go to the office once in a while. It doesn't matter if you go, just think of raising some idlers. As long as the position is given, and if you promise them that they have no children, you can adopt the heirs of the palace concubines in the future, and the family behind them will naturally stand by your side! Over the years, the influence has been deeply entrenched, if we only rely on supporting the humble scholars, how can we solve them in a short time?"

In front of Chunjia, the Queen Mother was euphemistic.

In fact, what she wanted to say was that her mother and son didn't have a particularly strong support except for their righteous status. Duke Yi's status is high, but he can't support him alone.

In this case, disunity with the high-ranking families who are slightly inferior to the Ji family, Zheng family, Regent, and Cui family, relying solely on poor families... that will definitely not last long.

After all, not to mention Xinke Jinshi, even if Chunjia can spare no effort in cultivating and promoting, it will not be a matter of time if he wants to achieve success, but how can the Ji family give them the opportunity to grow slowly? In other words, due to the loss of power of the Ji family, although the harem has not yet given birth to a standing heir, it is also moving towards the direction of having both children.

And once Chunjia has a son and is in a hurry, it is not impossible to directly kill the king and support the young master...

Therefore, the current situation of the Son of Heaven is not that he is eager to become the master of the house, but that if he does not do so, he will definitely end badly!

Otherwise, Empress Dowager Yuan has always trusted Chunjia's ability, and would not be so eager to give him advice.

"..." Chunjia was silent for a moment, then sighed, "It's all because of the incompetence of the child, which has caused the mother to be unable to concentrate on taking care of the child, but still has to worry about the child all day long."

He really wanted to say that Yunfenghuang was a jealous vat, and after a few days of hanging out like this, he was about to make trouble—if there were newcomers next year, especially among the newcomers, there would be specially arranged masters who could act as queens like her. Afraid not to lift the table?

only……

Queen Mother Yuan is right.

He endured the trouble once for eight years, and it seemed that his success was boundless, but in fact he bought himself a buffer time of more than a year.

If he can't form his own power as quickly as possible, what awaits him must be a swift counterattack by the Ji family and others.

The ally King Regent is unreliable, Duke Yi is not enough to rely on, and the rest of his support, such as Xingning Bofu, is not enough... Chunjia has considered how to go after the pro-government since planning the summer banquet, thank you Ke wins over poor scholars as his team, and Princess Xiang promotes the outstanding ones justifiably.

But in doing so, it is difficult to make meritorious deeds in a short period of time.

That Wei Liushou is an example.

This is the rare Lianjie Liuyuan, a domestic celebrity, a great scholar, not to mention his own talent and hard work, how much effort and price did his family spend to push him to such a famous position in history?

Not to mention his own character and morality, but from the perspective of interests, would Wei Changkong not want to have a good story with Xiaozong, a monarch and his ministers get along well, turn the tide and help the orthodox?

impossible.

With such a reputation and such an imperial examination result, he actually joined the Ji family after winning the ranking. Would the Ji family welcome him?

However, rumors of being vigorously cultivated by Xiaozong and abandoning Xiaozong at a critical moment have left behind. The originally destined splendor has become anticlimactic.

It can be seen that this person still wanted to make a career with Xiaozong at first. The reason why he retreated and let Xiaozong die in depression, after all, was that he was born too late. , but has not yet grown up, was suppressed, and left the stage sadly?

Looking at the later Cui Wan, who was stole the limelight by Wei Changkong in the scholarly circle, he was obviously also the second in the list, but no one remembers it at all. But it was precisely because Xiaozong's political opponents were all focused on suppressing Wei Changkong at that time, they didn't notice him, gave him a chance to develop, not to mention, they also took advantage of the fact that when Xiaozong died, Wei Changkong had already resigned from office, Ding You, The chance for the Prince Regent to intrigue with the Ji family has become one of the main ministers!

Therefore, the win-over and cultivation of poor scholars is only a long-term consideration.

Those who can form influence in the shortest time must be those who are now rich and powerful—and these families have no shortage of money and power, or not much lack. In this way, even if the emperor extended an olive branch, they may not be willing to accept it.

Even if he took over, his attitude and cooperation were very worrying.

So the fastest and most effective way is of course marriage.

It just so happens that there are many high-ranking vacancies in the palace, and this is a ready-made bargaining chip that can be used to win them over.

Before, Chunjia didn't think there was any problem with doing this. It was a common method used by the superiors in the past. Although it was old-fashioned, it was effective enough, otherwise it would not have been passed down to this day.

Anyway, as the Son of Heaven, the Sangong Sixth Court would always have him.

What's wrong with being able to help?

But Concubine Zhen...

Yunfenghuang...

Chunjia smiled wryly in his heart, he knew that he could not refuse Queen Mother Yuan's proposal.

It's not just because he has a heart for Yun Fenghuang now, which makes him obviously favor the real concubine in the Sixth Court of the Sangong, but he hasn't arrived yet. the point.

What's more, he knows very well that his ascension to the throne is a puppet. No, it should be said that it is because Ji and his like need a puppet emperor that it will be his turn to ascend the throne. He has already made a move and exposed his ambition, that is, success or success.

Not only himself, but also those around him.

From the Empress Dowager Yuan to the servants, Yun Fenghuang, who has been recognized by him as favored by him and has repeatedly provoked the Ji family in the past few months, is no exception!

Moreover, Chunjia is very clear that for Yun Fenghuang's temperament, if she wants to get her long-term company, one must either be like Qi Jiulu, a childhood sweetheart who has been in love for a long time, even if he is weaker, he will eventually have a sincere bond; , She was crushed from the perspective of status and power, so she had to flatter her.

Otherwise, she would turn over and become the master while waiting for the opportunity, and then... Then, whether she should continue to be honest and relative would depend on her mood.

Therefore, even though Chunjia knew that the reason why Yunfenghuang refused, should be said that he did not dare to put his heart into him, was because of the unequal status between the two of them, but she did not want to give her a sense of security in this regard.

One is that there is no such condition at present; the other is that if he does not suppress this real concubine, who knows if she will think something that she shouldn't think?

Although Qi Jiulu went far away to the Dingbei Army, after all, he is still alive, isn't he?

"...Everything is up to the Queen Mother." Chunjia finally said this, seeing the satisfied smile of Queen Mother Yuan, he sighed in his heart, thinking, and went to Xuanqing Palace later, um... Speaking of Concubine Zhen at the moment what are you doing?

In Xuanqing Palace, on Huanhua Palace, Yun Fenghuang is smashing things.