one step closer to the end

A young eunuch suddenly ran into the back hall, and the princesses and concubines of the East Palace quickly walked out. A dozen or so eminent concubines with identities were very tacit, followed the little eunuch into the side hall, and asked people to guard the door .

Zhao Guanren rolled around in the harem all day long, and slept in the queen's bedroom four out of seven days a week. The widowed concubines were almost turning into princesses, and the harem and the east palace were almost completely separated.

"The Yuan family is afraid that they are going to rule the river. The Yuan family's army is mobilizing in large numbers..."

The little eunuch panted and said: "The second and third masters of the Yuan family did not even finish their filial piety, so they led the Qilin army to the north of the river, and have already begun to forge a defense line on the riverside. The Hu Lie army has also been transferred to the south bank of the river. It is said that Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended!"

"..."

The dozen or so widowed concubines glanced at each other, while Wang Huangfei frowned and said, "No wonder the little sluts in the Eastern Palace run so fast, they must have known about it first, what does the prince say?"

"It's not up to the prince to worry about this matter, he's nothing in Beijing..."

The little eunuch picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said: "The crown prince only has more than 6 people in Gyeonggi, and the heavy troops are pressing down on the border gates and grasslands. He can't quench his thirst from afar. It is said that Hongluan has no objection this time, but the strange thing is Your majesty... No! The prince didn't say anything this time!"

"Concubine Hong!"

An empress said angrily: "You are really working hard on this pillow, your family is rising every step of the way, the prince flipped your brand again last night, and our sisters can't compete with you, but you have to tell us the truth, right?"

"Keep down! The dead old ghost is standing in front of you, don't be afraid that he will turn into a ghost and come to you..."

Concubine Hong sat down triumphantly, the little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to beat her leg, she said contemptuously: "The crown prince is acting like a monster, crying to the Yuan family all day long that the prince bullied him, and he regards the late emperor's harem as his own home, and wants to unite with the Yuan family Let's deal with our prince together!"

"This……"

One person hesitated and said: "If the two families join forces, can the prince be the opponent?"

"Ha~ The Yuan family is also fighting among themselves, and crossing the river is just their own family grabbing territory..."

Concubine Hong sneered: "For the ownership of a jade dragon, the Yuan family's three households are almost quarreling. Everyone knows that the prince has to go back to the Heavenly Palace to return to his life. It is impossible to stay and be the emperor. The Yuan family is out of their minds to offend him, otherwise it will be red." Why didn't Luan stop it?"

"Let me just say, only the prince is not enlightened, he is a two hundred and five like his mother..."

Wang Huangfei curled her lips and said: "With the poisonous powder in hand, you can develop with peace of mind. If you don't win the prince well, you go to join forces with the Yuan family. When the prince pats his ass and leaves, the Yuan family can kill him as soon as he gets hot, you bastard." They are still talking bad about us everywhere!"

"People don't kill heaven and earth for themselves, these are his father's original words..."

Concubine Jingde sneered and said: "Look at the elders of the Manchu Dynasty, who is not a tree falling and a monkey scattered? It is said that after the crown prince ascends the throne, he plans to amnesty the world and wants to send us back out of the palace. Anyway, I can't wait for it. Staying in the harem is a real shame. Life is better than death!"

"Girls! Something big happened..."

A court lady suddenly pushed the door in, quickly closed the door and gasped: "The news just came from the Dragon Guards that Yuan Laoer found a corpse poison powder and said that after the crown prince ascended the throne, he would give him the whole of Jiangbei." When it is a fief, it is said that their family deserves the country!"

"This is bad..."

The ladies stood up in shock, Hong Guifei's expression changed even more: "Yuan Lao Er is an arrogant person, he can do anything, the poisonous powder fell into his hands, the prince has nothing to do with him, it seems It's not their family's internal strife, they really want to rule the river!"

……

"Prince! This is going to be a lot of fun..."

Sitting in the royal study, Zhao Guanren spread his hands, and said to the princes: "I am just experiencing the life of the emperor in the harem. I really want to be the emperor. I have been in Shun country. If you are not convinced, go to the Yuan family to complain. Now Yuan Lao Er wants half of your country, will you give it or not?"

"Don't listen to people's nonsense, how can I annoy you to stay in the harem at night..."

The prince said angrily: "The left and right are just a group of widowed concubines. Don't say that the prince doesn't care, neither did the late emperor, but Yuan Lao Er is a lunatic. If he can find one copy of the corpse poison, he may find the remaining two copies. We have to find a way to stop him!"

"You guys take your time, anyway, I'm going to go home..."

Zhao Guanren stood up and said, "I have already sent people to inform Shun Country that they will soon build the Great Wall at the border, and every city is prepared for epidemic prevention. I will return to Shun Country after my wedding next month. All the military power is entrusted to you, you go fight to the death!"

"..."

The four princes looked at him in shock, and the prince was even more surprised: "You, do you really want to give me the military power? Are you kidding me?"

"You are all going to be poisoned, I want military power to die..."

Zhao Guanren said: "The third corpse poison is likely to be in Shunguo. My Xiaoke family is there. I have to take someone back to find it myself. At the same time, I sincerely hope that you can wait a little longer until we finish building the Great Wall." , we are not afraid of your whole country being turned into corpses!"

"do not worry!"

The prince said very excitedly: "As soon as the 27-day mourning period is over, I will immediately ascend the throne and preside over your wedding on June [-]th. I will try my best to delay Yuan Er Er. These days, don't be afraid of rumors. You are still in the harem." The service is comfortable, you should live in the harem before marriage!"

"This is the Tiger Talisman of the Flying Tiger Army and the Thunderbolt Army, don't let me down..."

Zhao Guanren put down two and a half pieces of Tiger Talisman, patted the prince on the shoulder, turned his head and left, the four princes looked at each other in disbelief, the third prince quickly picked up the Tiger Talisman to check, and even pinched himself hard to make sure it was not a hallucination. extremely.

"Big brother!"

The third prince was surprised and said: "It doesn't make sense! He doesn't need to hand over his military power even if he is afraid of the corpse poison. It is enough to send someone here to take care of it. How can this be sung?"

"You are stupid, the tiger talisman does not represent military power..."

The second prince said disdainfully: "You go out and try with the dragon talisman. The forbidden army will definitely treat you as fools. He surrendered two armies from Jiangbei in name, just wanting Yuan Laoer to do us. Then the two families will fight together with great vigor. Injury, he can take advantage of it!"

"You are all wrong. The two Jiangbei armies have been isolated, and it is useless for him to ask for it..."

The prince lowered his voice and said: "Actually, Changdiji already guessed yesterday that he will hand over two armies and let us restrain Yuan Laoer. These two armies of Jiangbei are useless in his hands, but once they are in our hands Come on, you'll be alive right away!"

"Isn't Chang Di Ji dead? Why is there another Chang Di Ji..."

The sixth prince who had been kidnapped was at a loss, but the prince said: "Don't worry too much, anyway, Chang Di Ji is not dead, she is secretly helping us with things, Jin Yiwei is in charge now, and those few things She is doing it for her!"

"Brother! I think you are too eager to get things done..."

The sixth prince shook his head and said: "Zhao Yunxuan is definitely not easy to mess with. We should instigate him to fight with the Yuan family, instead of uniting with the Yuan family to fight him. In short, it is absolutely right to hide your strength and bide your time for a few years. If you rush him out, it will definitely lead to great things! "

"You've been his meat ticket for half a month, you've lost all your courage..."

The third prince said angrily: "People laugh at us as a bunch of spineless wretches, Zhao Yunxuan sleeps with our little mother in the harem every day, we should call him father, you can tolerate the concubine being played by him, but we can't, we can't be more in a day Tolerate!"

"Third Brother!"

The sixth prince said angrily: "Don't listen to the wind and the rain. When did my concubine let him play? He caught my two maidservants. They have never touched them before. They just like to talk about it!"

"Okay! A man can bend and stretch, what is this little thing..."

The prince waved his hand and said: "We can't fight against others for the time being, so we have to bear with it, as long as we can gradually increase our strength, let Zhao Yunxuan live and die in the harem, not to mention a group of widows left by my father, my concubine can make him Play, let the little girl come in!"

"Big brother!"

Empress Renfu quickly walked in and said, "The Yuan family has made a decision. Let the daughter of the second wife be the equal wife, and the eldest daughter of the third wife will take over Yu Jiaolong. Our plan to split the Yuan family has succeeded, but...Zhao Yunxuan won't marry me anymore!"

"what?"

The four princes were all taken aback, and the prince hurriedly asked: "Who else can you marry if he doesn't marry you? Didn't he just say that?"

"The envoy of Shun Kingdom just informed me that I have a bad reputation..."

Emperor Renfu said frustratedly: "They chose King Ren's second daughter, Jingfu Zongji. King Ren is our sixth uncle, Zhao Yunxuan will be my brother-in-law from now on, and we will get married on July [-]. We have to wait for the princesses of the other two countries to be present. At that time, sixteen brides will marry him together!"

"Slow, slow..."

The prince asked incredulously: "Why do princesses from other two countries have sixteen brides? Where are there so many?"

"Alas~ The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom surrendered, and promised to pay 6000 million taels of silver to Shun Kingdom in installments, and send six princesses to Zhao Yunxuan as concubines..."

Emperor Renfu sighed and said: "Anchang Kingdom is also married to Shun Kingdom, marrying a princess as his side concubine, a princess as a nobleman, and the remaining brides are from Nanguo's mansion, Dingyuanhou's mansion, and others. There are four major families in the south of the Yangtze River who each marry a daughter, this time it is really a marriage of four countries, and the whole world celebrates it, except that there is nothing wrong with our family!"

"How did this happen? Why are these people being attracted by him..."

The crown prince stared like a dying toad, and the other two princes were also dumbfounded.

"Alas~ It seems that Zhao Yunxuan is going to completely break up with our family..."

The sixth prince sighed and said, "King Ren is not of our blood at all, he is just the adopted son of the late emperor, and Zhao Yunxuan is not lecherous at all, he only entered the harem to discuss business!"

"What are you farting, Zhao Yunxuan can't be lecherous..."

The third prince stared at him angrily, and the sixth prince smiled wryly: "You don't understand him, Zhao Yunxuan never sleeps with worthless women, they have a kind of jargon... business sleep, sleeping is just to promote the relationship between each other, such as Nan Guogong, Isn't it the natal family of the concubine Wang?"

"That's right! There is also Concubine Hong's natal family, isn't it also one of the four major families..."

The second prince suddenly came back to his senses, the prince immediately slapped himself hard, and said angrily: "This bastard actually slept his business sleep in the harem, I naively thought he was a villain, so run away!" Go to the harem and get drunk!"

"In that case, I'm already worthless, am I..."

Emperor Renfu looked at the sixth prince blankly, while the sixth prince shrugged and said: "I don't know whether to say that you are short-sighted or long-term, and you can't even see your own interests. How can the woman married by the late emperor be useless? Yuan Lao Er was able to find the poisonous powder before you, it really is... I am also dead!"

Chapter 0595

On June 23rd, nearly two months had passed since the night of Emperor Jiwu's death. The crown prince, who suddenly slowed down, finally, under the urging of all civil and military officials, announced his enthronement as emperor, and at the same time held a reward ceremony.

"The auspicious time has come! Fire the salute..."

Following the eunuch's yell, the gate of the palace square opened immediately, and the sound of cannons and drums shook the sky. Thousands of officials from all walks of life, as well as relatives of the emperor, poured into the square in two long lines. It is the most solemn court dress.

A high platform has been set up in front of the main hall, because it is still during the national mourning period, festive red is not allowed to appear, not only the high platform is covered with a solemn black carpet, even the lanterns have turned blue, and the court clothes of the officials are all solemn Mainly.

"My lord! Please..."

Zhao Guanren, who was dressed in a black dragon robe, was surrounded by a large number of officials, and came to the front on the right side of the high platform. The Yuan family headed by Hong Luan was directly opposite, and all the officials of the Yuan family party were also present.

The officials of the imperial party were also clearly distinguished. Under the leadership of the prince and the brothers of the late emperor, they all stood in front of the high platform. Stand on the far right side of the square.

"This prince is deliberately messing with us..."

Standing behind Zhao Guanren, Lu Datou said grumblingly: "You are going to get married in a few days, and he just happened to be enthroned at this time. After the award, there is a lot of etiquette. The wedding will be postponed 100%. Not good, get August again!"

"Master Zheng! In fact, the wedding itself will be postponed..."

An old man stood beside him and said: "The envoys of the Anchang Kingdom arrived in embarrassment the night before when they encountered a mountain torrent. The princess's dowry was lost a lot, and it would take some time to buy it again. Moreover, there was chaos in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Someone The army rebelled!"

"What?"

Lu Datou was surprised and said: "At this juncture of rebellion, I think they don't want to surrender, and they deliberately find something to delay time?"

"This time it's not them who are causing trouble, but the rebels I asked Shun Guo to support. They really rebelled..."

Zhao Guanren said with a smile: "There is a general in Thailand named Bai Shayang, who is not only powerful but also intelligent. Later, I released a female onmyoji. She revealed the secret of the Heavenly King's corruption. As a result, the Heavenly King sent someone to chase her down. She was furious. Join forces with others to rebel!"

"Hey yo~"

Lu Datou smiled and said: "It's really unlucky that mother opened the door for unlucky - unlucky to come home! Just as the old heavenly king was about to commit suicide to thank the world, a tyrannical rebel popped up right away, have they done it now?"

"The old heavenly king has committed suicide, and his head is ready to be transported to the country of Kyrgyzstan to make amends, so Bai Shayang suddenly launched an attack while the new king was in dire straits..."

Zhao Guanren said: "More than half a month ago, Baishayang was besieging the capital. I heard that the army was defeated, so the six princesses and princesses in Thailand may suddenly become refugees. Qianye Hui cried to me the day before yesterday. Let me help their family!"

"Are the Thais trying to survive with broken arms..."

Lu Datou thought about it: "If the rebellion succeeds, the previous account will be cancelled. As long as Baishayang kidnaps the Thai royal family and sends them to the two countries for disposal, we have no reason to ask them for money, and send a concubine. It can even become a marriage!"

"Master Zheng is really insightful, we think so too..."

More than a dozen ministers nodded their heads, and a minister said: "The old king committed suicide. If we send a new king for us to kill, the two countries have no reason to trouble them. Bai Shayang can get married in a legitimate way, and the concubine will become a wife!"

"Ha~"

Zhao Guanren smiled disdainfully: "It doesn't matter who is in charge, if you don't beat them to bleed, I will take their surname Qianye!"

"Your Highness!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials also said: "Almost none of the important officials and generals from all walks of life in Jiangbei were present, and only adjutants were sent to take orders. Yuan Erye and Yuan Sanye also complained of illness in Jiangbei. It seems that they are determined to row the river and leave. Cured!"

"After watching for two months, I finally stood in line..."

The officials all straightened their backs. The battle for the throne in Jiguo is just a family battle. The common people are watching it as a lively scene, but only the people in the court know that this is a power reshuffle in Jiguo. Today is the real chapter when.

Zhao Guanren must be the most evil force in the history of the Ji Kingdom. Now most of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River support him, and the merchants are even more one-sided. They don't rely on fists or money, but every family has a mother-in-law standing behind him Almost all of them were his father-in-law and uncle.

"Master Yuezhang..."

Zhao Guanren turned around and cupped his hands and said with a smile: "We don't fight against the country, we don't stand in teams, we just consolidate the country and enjoy the country. No matter who is the emperor, he has to use us, so that our family can last forever and enjoy the glory forever!"

"Haha~ My son-in-law is right, we are all one family..."

All the officials laughed heartily. The best way to integrate into a circle is naturally to become relatives of their family, and Zhao Guanren is like a middleman, linking them all together and using his own brand to form a family business.

"Prince is here!"

The eunuch suddenly yelled, only to see that the prince was wearing a golden dragon robe and a beaded curtain crown, striding out of the palace, the left hand was the princess who was half a step behind, the couple were all dressed up, their weapons Yuxuan came to the high platform in high spirits.

"Huh? Is the princess happy..."

All the officials looked at the Crown Princess in surprise. Although the Crown Princess was wearing a wide phoenix robe, her corseted abdomen was obviously bulging, and her thin face was much rounder.

"Congratulations! It's been more than a month..."

The Crown Princess's natal family was beaming, but the three seniors looked strange, and they all subconsciously looked at Zhao Guanren.

Zhao Guanren picked his nose with a guilty conscience. He had no intention of keeping the crown prince alive at the beginning, so naturally he did not take contraceptive measures. As a result, the crown princess was really easy to give birth, and she unexpectedly became pregnant in one go.

Fortunately, the younger sister of the princess was clever, and when she found out that she didn't come for her period, she quickly used her aunt's cloth to disguise her, and then let her lure the prince to have sex once, and put the blame on the prince again.

"Incense! Worship to heaven..."