354: The Crown Princess Who Came to Your Door

In Zhaoyang Palace, Concubine Qi Xian invited Concubine Ruan Ming in. After the two sat down, she smiled and said, "I'm afraid my sister is here for the wedding of King Wu, right?"

Concubine Ruan Ming sighed with a sad look on her face, "My sister guessed it right, I came here just for this matter. I really don't know what to do now, so I want to come to my sister to discuss an idea. In this harem, I just go with my sister." I need to get closer, I really don’t know who to look for.”

Concubine Qi Xian was a little touched when she heard this, and then sighed, "It's useless for you to come to me. You know that we are both in similar situations. The situation in the palace is a bit confusing now, so it's better to be careful when doing things. ”

"Sister, what you mean is..." Concubine Ruan Ming did not dare to say it, but looked in the direction of Zhaoyu Palace with her eyes.

Concubine Qi Xian sent everyone around her away, then looked at Concubine Ruan Ming and said softly: "Sister Concubine Ming, since you call me sister, I will tell you a few true words."

Concubine Ruan Ming immediately assumed a pious and obedient posture.

Although the King of Wu born to Concubine Ruan Ming is older than the King of King Jing born to Concubine Qi Xian, Concubine Xian actually entered the palace earlier than Concubine Ming. The situation after they entered the palace was exactly the same. They both relied on having children to advance to the throne. His Majesty treated them very well. They don't like them much, but it's because their children don't treat them poorly, but they are less kind.

They knew that they could not compete with Concubine Li for favor, nor could they compete with the Empress for status, so both of them had a temperament that was aware of current affairs, and they became closer and closer in the harem. However, although they were close, they were not particularly close. .

Now hearing the meaning of Concubine Qi Xian's words, Concubine Ruan Ming's heart moved, she noticed something, and her expression became more solemn, "Sister Concubine Xian, please tell me."

Concubine Qi Xian smiled and said, "Sister Concubine Ming, we sisters have been together for so many years, and our relationship is naturally closer than others. What do you think of the Queen and Concubine Li in the palace now?"

Concubine Ruan Ming's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She looked up at Concubine Qi Xian and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Seeing Concubine Ruan Ming's silence, Concubine Qi Xian didn't take it seriously, and slowly said: "For so many years, you and I have been careful in the palace. No matter whether it is the Queen or the Concubine, we don't dare to offend anyone. We always smile with you. You bend down when you see someone, right?”

Concubine Ruan Ming was silent, she was right.

The Queen is the Lord of the Sixth Palace and they dare not be disrespectful. Concubine Li is His Majesty's favorite concubine and they dare not offend her. However, once the Queen and Concubine Li fight, it will be very difficult for them to be caught in the middle.

It's like a rat in a bellows, suffering from both ends.

The two of them felt close to each other, and when they looked at each other, they felt a little closer.

"Recently, Concubine Ming, haven't you noticed that something is different in the palace?"

Of course Concubine Ruan Ming found out, and after thinking about Concubine Xian's words, she had to express her position, so she nodded, "Yes, it is different. Because of this, I feel even more unsure. I don't know." What’s the way forward?”

No matter it is Concubine Li or the Queen, especially after King Wu and King Jing marry one after another, they cannot continue to wander around on both sides. Both the Queen and Concubine Li will be disgusted by such a wallflower.

But how to express their stance, they now don't have much confidence and perseverance.

Concubine Qi Xian looked at Concubine Ruan Ming after hearing this, "King Wu followed Prince Rong to the caravan. What do you think of this trip when you come back?"

Concubine Ruan Ming frowned slightly. She didn't expect Concubine Qi Xian to ask about this matter. How long had it been? The sudden mention was definitely not a whim.

She thought about it and spoke slowly, "Sister Xianfei, you know my temper, and I don't dare to ask too much about my children. But I heard from King Wu that the scene in the caravan was very good, and no one made trouble for him when he was on duty. ,very smooth."

Concubine Qi Xian thought it was not going well. Later, King Rong went to Zhangping Mansion, but kicked King Wu back to the capital. It sounds nice to say that asking King Wu to return to Beijing to report the specific matters is actually kicking people out in disguise.

After all, King Wu was not King Rong or someone on the prince's ship. There must be many secrets to go to Zhangping Mansion, so it was naturally difficult for him to continue following.

Otherwise, the Crown Princess's eldest brother was also in the caravan, why wasn't he kicked out? Although Su Yi did not go to Zhangping Mansion, he led his people to continue to check the granary. When His Majesty cleans up the empty granary, how much credit can Su Yi receive?

It's different after all.

"It's not one of ours after all." Concubine Qi Xian smiled helplessly, "King Wu can still get in touch with that side, but you see my King Jing can't even get close to him."

When Concubine Ruan Ming heard this, her heart moved. She looked up at Concubine Qi Xian and asked tentatively: "Sister Concubine Xian, do you also think that the Queen will handle the wedding matter impartially?"

Concubine Qi Xian naturally understood the meaning of Concubine Ruan Ming's words. This time she nodded happily, "The Queen has always been fair in doing things, so she will naturally deal with it impartially."

Both of them were silent for a while.

The Empress and Concubine Li have been fighting for so many years. Although they were said to be equally matched in the past few years, Concubine Li is actually slightly better. After all, His Majesty really loves Concubine Li.

But in the past two years, especially after the Crown Princess married into the royal family, His Majesty's attitude began to change. When something happened to the Queen's natal family, everyone thought that His Majesty would be angry with the Queen, or even feel disgusted, but Unexpectedly, His Majesty just dealt with the Shu family, but was more tolerant of the Queen than before, and even spent more days staying in Yuanhui Palace.

Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian couldn't see clearly why His Majesty did this, but they could vaguely sense that His Majesty seemed a little dissatisfied with the Li family and Concubine Li.

It was later that they heard some rumors that the Li family seemed to have had a hand in the Shu family incident.

This made people think that although His Majesty did not like the Queen very much, he did not want anyone to shake the Queen's position and let the Queen's reputation suffer.

His Majesty liked the son of Prince Rong, so he was naturally willing to protect the Queen.

From then on, Concubine Li's situation in His Majesty's side began to decline.

Later, the You Xiangru incident happened, and Concubine Li and her son were now in a worse situation than before.

But no one dared to conclude that Concubine Li would not be able to turn things around in the future. After all, Concubine Li had been favored by His Majesty for so many years, and that method was not something that everyone could learn.

It happened that several princes were about to get married, and the princes after marriage were serious adults. The weight of these princes in the hearts of the court officials was naturally different from before.

Moreover, His Majesty's mindset is different from that of the previous emperor. The previous emperor was not only on guard against his own siblings, but also on guard against his own children. However, His Majesty would let his sons do some errands before they got married, and he would not let them have free time after they got married.

Because of this, Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian were anxious, fearing that their children would end up in a miserable situation if they were not careful.

Before, they had tried to speak, and both of them had the intention of joining the Queen. Now, although the Queen and Prince Rong cannot be said to have definitely boarded the ship of the Eastern Palace, it seems that it is not easy to get off.

If the two of them can also work together and stand on the side of the Eastern Palace at the same time, Concubine Li and her son will be alone, and they will not be afraid of their revenge.

Concubine Qi Xian and Concubine Ruan Ming are also afraid that the other party has different ideas. If one of them gets on the Queen's ship and the other gets on the Concubine's ship, it will still be a bit bad.

Now that they know each other's choice, they both have a few sincere smiles on their faces. This is really a good thing.

Since everyone is on the same path in the general direction, the rest of the words will be easy to say.

Concubine Ruan Ming's smile was full of ease. She looked at Concubine Qi and said with a smile, "Sister Xianfei, I was thinking about going to Yuanhui Palace. After all, the incident at the Liushang Bureau may cause trouble for the marriage of King Wu. Do you think I should go there now?"

Concubine Qi thought for a while and said, "Let's wait and see for a day or two. There is also a Crown Princess next to the Queen. She is not easy to deal with. I think the Queen is getting stronger now..."

Concubine Qi didn't say the rest, but Concubine Ruan Ming must have understood.

"Sister Xianfei also makes sense. Our Crown Princess is indeed different." Concubine Ruan Ming remembered that when she went to Yuanhui Palace to pay her respects, Concubine Li sometimes spoke with a sarcastic tone, but the Crown Princess always fought back.

This one doesn't take any anger, not even a little bit, and will take revenge on the spot.

His Majesty picked such a princess consort for the prince. Before, they thought that His Majesty might have made a mistake this time. Now, after thinking about it again, they feel that this marriage seems to be great.

The previous queen died early, and the current queen and the prince have never been close. In addition, Prince Rong had always been against the prince, but since the princess consort appeared in the capital, everything has changed.

Now Prince Rong has boarded the ship of the Eastern Palace because of his relationship with the princess consort. The queen now takes care of the Eastern Palace because of her son...

The princess consort is a very evil person.

Which lady dares to hit the prince? The princess consort dared to hit him before she became the princess consort. After hitting someone, the queen had to ask people to come to thank her. Later, the princess consort saved Prince Rong's life twice...

Gradually, the queen consort and stepson, who were originally tit-for-tat, now get along with each other, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law get along, the mother is kind and the son is filial, and the brothers are harmonious because of the princess consort.

It's very strange, but it's just like this.

Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian looked at each other and saw that they were sympathetic to each other.

The Crown Princess is poisonous.

After returning from Concubine Qi Xian, Concubine Ruan Ming put down her worries. She just waited for two days to go to Yuanhui Palace to go through the motions and show her loyalty in front of the Queen.

Su Xinyi and the Crown Prince naturally didn't know what agreement Concubine Qi Xian and Concubine Ruan Ming had reached in private. The matter of the Six Shang Bureau happened suddenly. Seeing that the King of Wu was getting married, it was natural to deal with the matter neatly.

However, the Six Shang Bureau was implicated so widely that it was impossible to completely eliminate it. The Crown Prince advised His Majesty that in order not to delay the King of Wu's wedding, a temporary government office could be set up to handle this matter.

We can't let the wedding of a prince be damaged because of the mistakes of the Six Shang Bureau.

Temporary government office?

Specialized in handling weddings?

This opened up a new idea. Su Xinyi also thought this was feasible. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really amazing. He could come up with such an idea.

Then the question arises again, who will be in charge of the temporary yamen, who will preside over the affairs of the King of Wu's wedding, should an adult be transferred from the Ministry of Rites to temporarily transition, or should a new one be promoted, what regulations should be followed for the establishment of the temporary yamen, how many officials should be matched...

There are so many things to do, and the date of the King of Wu's wedding cannot be postponed, so the temporary yamen is established very urgently. Su Xinyi was surprised that the prince recommended Huang Zhongsheng, and His Majesty actually nodded.

Huang Zhongsheng is a minister of the Eastern Palace. Although he always smiles like Maitreya Buddha and makes people feel that he is easy to get along with, in fact, most of the Eastern Palace's strategies come from this person.

The prince recommended Huang Zhongsheng, and as expected, some people in the court agreed to recommend talents regardless of relatives, but there were also people who opposed it, naturally, people from Li Guifei's faction.

Since the Six Shang Bureau had such a big mess this time, the prince wanted to set up a temporary yamen to take advantage of the chaos. However, if the Six Shang Bureau really cannot protect itself this time, this temporary yamen may be able to turn the tables, kick the Six Shang Bureau, and directly take over the affairs of the inner court.

This is a small matter.

The two parties in the court kept arguing with each other. After the prince proposed it, he did not express his position again, as if he would let His Majesty deal with it.

In the end, it was the Minister of Rites who reminded him that if it was not decided, the wedding of King Wu would really be delayed.

So His Majesty decided at a glance to set up a temporary yamen to take charge of the wedding of King Wu. It couldn't be called a temporary yamen, so he gave it a name. The Six Shang Bureau was divided into six bureaus to control each other. As a result, the six bureaus were in collusion. The emperor probably hadn't suppressed this anger yet, so he directly decided to call the temporary yamen the Inner Court.

Inner Court...

This name shocked the Li faction again.

Huang Zhongsheng took office. He always smiled and rarely made enemies. He was very popular in the court. After taking office, he did not do anything drastic. He just ran around for the marriage of King Wu in a proper manner, with a look of devotion, dedication and caution.

As a result, other court officials felt that the Li family was really bullying. Look how Huang Zhongsheng, such a good man, was scared. He was not willing to serve. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not bear to see his brother's marriage being done in an undecent and too hasty manner, so he threw out all the people around him to help his brother get married first. Some people just think too much and have too dark hearts.

After Su Xinyi knew about it, he said to the Crown Prince: "Sir Huang, you are amazing."

Being able to manage his official reputation and personal reputation so well, and not revealing the inside and outside skins at all, ordinary people can't do it, anyway, Su Xinyi can't do it herself.

Yan Junchu was happy when he heard that, "The Six Shang Bureau has been corrupt for a long time, and it is not easy to move them. This time, Huang Zhongsheng has been prepared."

Su Xinyi:...

She glanced at His Highness faintly.

Yan Junchu covered her eyes with his hands and whispered in her ear, "I didn't count you in. You jumped in by yourself."

She still came to my door!

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