I am a cat in the palace

Rourou asked slightly puzzled: "Is there anything wrong with these two?"

"In terms of status, the two of them are more than enough to serve as envoys of the country. It is enough to show respect to my Great Xia. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with it." Tian Yanbo stroked his beard and said, but the three words on the surface are very meaningful .

"Xin is young, and these years he has been detained in the Changyun Temple. The information is blocked, and he knows little about the facts of the various countries. I hope that Lord Tian will not make trouble for Xin. I also ask Lord Tian to clarify, what you said What does it mean that there is nothing wrong on the surface?"

Rourou sat face to face with Tian Yanbo. It was the first time for Tian Yanbo to have such close contact with Rourou. Seeing Rourou's modest attitude, he sincerely asked him for advice, with a faint expression of appreciation and appreciation on his face.

"It is reasonable to say that for such things as presenting national gifts, whether it is the King of the East Field or the Marquis of the Warring States Period, one of the two can be regarded as showing enough respect to our country, but they came to our country at the same time as the chief and deputy envoys at the same time. That’s a big mistake.”

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of diplomatic exchanges with other countries. Tian Yanbo has served as Minister of Rites for more than ten years, and he is familiar with the rules and procedures of exchanges between countries. In the conflict between the vassal states, the Lord of Liang once praised that he alone could be worth [-] soldiers.

However, the old emperor would seriously consider anything that he felt was inappropriate, even if it was just a little intuition.

"I don't know if Your Highness knows that this fall, Prince Situ Hong of the Kingdom of Yu went hunting in Hengyan Mountain. He accidentally fell off his horse, broke his spine, and became a cripple." Tian Yanbo asked.

"Well, I have heard a little bit about it, and I heard that the emperor of Yu State was furious about this."

"The eldest son of the royal family, the common people love the youngest son. The inheritance of the throne has always been based on the eldest son..."

Speaking of this sentence, Tian Yanbo suddenly paused, and when he saw that there was no strange expression on his fleshy face, he coughed lightly to cover up and continued: "Prince Yu is the eldest son of the Situ family. As soon as he landed, he was named the crown prince. For more than 20 years, the emperor of Yu State has brought his only heir to the throne with him to personally educate him. I accidentally fell down and became a useless person, and I heard that Emperor Yu vomited blood on the spot when he heard about it."

"Even an emperor loves his son with fists, just like his father." Rourou couldn't help feeling a little bit sad when he heard that the emperor of Yu Kingdom was heartbroken and vomited blood because of the prince's injury.

"Your Highness is right. Your Majesty loves your princes and princesses the most." Tian Yanbo nodded in agreement, and turned the topic back to business.

"It's just that the emperor of the Yu Kingdom vomited blood not only because of his heartache for his son, but also for his country. For more than [-] years, in order to stop other princes from coveting the crown prince, he has always suppressed other princes. , the vast majority of the princes are just doing idle work, giving a salary to be supported by the state, they have neither fiefs nor real positions, not to mention their experience in governing the country."

"The prince who had been carefully cultivated for many years suddenly fell, and he had to re-select one of the princes as heir as soon as possible, but at this time he was about to face a very serious problem, that is, he still had more than 20 sons, the biggest The prince is the same age, and the youngest is still breastfeeding, and these more than 20 sons all want to grab the vacant position, how should he choose."

"Xin remembers that Situ Sheng, the seventh prince of the Yu Kingdom, and the prince are siblings from the same mother, and they are also descended from the empress."

"Your Highness has a really good memory. Yes, the Seventh Prince seems to be the most suitable candidate for succession. However, there are a large number of officials in Yu Kingdom who disagree."

Hearing that this meaty man and I were curious at the same time, I really haven't heard of this matter.

"Speaking of which, your Highness has something to do with this matter." Tian Yanbo chuckled.

"Is it related to me?" Rourou was puzzled.

"That's right. Back then, when His Highness was six years old, he cleverly defeated the Seventh Prince at the state banquet. This matter was widely circulated. After it was reported back to Yu State, it was regarded as a great shame by Yu State. Now it involves the succession of the throne. Immediately, some officials objected, pointing out that the Seventh Prince was once defeated by my Prince Daxia, if he were allowed to ascend the throne, it would be an indelible disgrace to the Yu Kingdom."

Rourou and I couldn't help being dumbfounded when we heard this, but then Rourou snorted softly: "If you want to commit a crime, there is no reason to worry, the Seventh Prince was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy back then, so if you lose, you will lose." As for what kind of national humiliation it has become, I think it is just an excuse made by his opponents to make those courtiers find it. I just don’t know, who is the Seventh Prince’s opponent?"

"Your Highness is really smart," Tian Yanbo said with more admiration in his eyes, and a more obvious smile on his face. "The opponent of the seventh prince is Situ Mao, the third prince of the Yu Kingdom, and the concubine of King Dongye is his own aunt."

Hearing this, Zhen and Rourou finally came to understand why he was talking about the envoy of the Yu Kingdom, but the Minister of Rites sat here and chatted with us for a long time about the injury of the Crown Prince of the Yu Kingdom and the fight for the throne among the princes.But it turns out that all the relationships are waiting here.

"The king of Dongye and the Marquis of the Warring States are both powerful factions in the military of the State of Yu. They have always insisted on advancing eastward. General Yanwei has stood by every step of the way for more than ten years, I am afraid that they have already taken advantage of it."

Speaking of this, Tian Yanbo's already wrinkled face showed a passionate look.

Hearing Tian Yanbo mention his uncle, a strange look appeared on Rourou's face.

I know that Rourou has always been yearning for this famous uncle whom he has never met before, and has been thinking about when he can meet him in person, but I really don't know if his uncle will have any affection for his nephew. What kindness, after all, it has been 12 years, and that General Yanwei, who is said to be powerful in all directions, has not even sent a piece of paper to Rourou. The last congratulatory form or something.

"What the old minister is worried about is that if the third prince of the Yu Kingdom wants to seize the throne, he will have my idea against Daxia. After all, in the royal family inheritance, apart from blood, military merit is the most important. The prince has a winning son in the battle for the throne."

"That's why King Dongye and Marquis of the Warring States came to Daxia together this time." Rourou's expression changed slightly.

Tian Yanbo's complexion sank, and he nodded slowly.However, seeing the tense expression on the fleshy face, Tian Yanbo smiled and comforted him: "Actually, Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much. Yu Guo's wishful thinking is loud, but I am not a soft persimmon. Since the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, he has always adhered to the principle of inaction and governance, paid attention to agriculture and industry, and built water conservancy. For more than ten years, my summer has been smooth and rainy, and I have never suffered a catastrophe. Stability. On the border of Cangzhou, His Highness’s uncle, General Yanwei, personally sits in town. He has fought against the State of Yu for more than ten years, and he knows the situation of the State of Yu very well. He has always been fighting hard and has never relaxed his preparations for war. If the third prince of Yu Kingdom really dares to take the opportunity to make trouble and try to seize the throne with military merits, we will definitely let him come and go and taste the bitter fruit."

Hearing Tian Yanbo's comfort, Rourou also showed a relieved look on his face, but I know him best, this little guy's eyes are obviously full of deep worry.

Indeed, as Tian Yanbo analyzed, Daxia can indeed be called a strong army, a peaceful country and a peaceful people, but all of this is based on the old emperor's physical well-being. The crown prince is established, and the second prince...both Zhen and Rourou know that it is already eight or nine times out of ten that they are doomed.

But once the second prince is gone and the queen has no bargaining chips, she can either directly withdraw from the battle for imperial power, or can only adopt the motherless meat to her own name, using meat as a substitute, and continue to fight for the throne. As the queen, she really With this right, even the old emperor couldn't stop her.And based on what I know about her, she will never give up the fight for the throne, and even if she is willing, the Duke of Wei behind her will not agree.

At that time, for that seat, there must be a vicious fight.In the past few years, the emperor's health has been declining. In fact, the ministers of the court have already started to stand in line. The queen and the concubine Duan are the daughters of everyone with a rich family background. They have the support of the court and the military. , Who will win the deer and die is really unknown.

If the State of Yu invaded during this period, because of the relationship between Flesh and General Yanwei, if someone had any bad intentions to drag Yanwei's army back, it would be difficult to determine the victory of this war.

Among them, the most worrisome ones are the concubine Duan and the fourth prince who are insidious——

Concubine Duan's family, as the representative of the aristocratic family, has gathered a large number of important officials and contacts around her.Concubine Duan's father is the minister in charge of the household department, and the minister of the military department has already stood clearly among the four princes. What is most worrying is that the imperial guards in Beijing have repeatedly been involved in the harem battles over the past few years. Standing faintly behind the fourth prince, it is like the assassination of Jinghu Bingxiu. Although the origins of those assassins were cleaned up, the guards of the imperial guards had to bear the responsibility just because they were able to swagger into the palace. heavy responsibility.

It's a pity that although the emperor was furious and killed a lot of people, when it came to the real power struggle, he only removed a lieutenant general from the imperial guard battalion. The head of the Guards Battalion was almost unhurt.

If you want the Yanwei army to remain neutral and be able to concentrate on fighting the enemy, you can't be involved in the struggle for imperial power, but if you want meat not to be involved in the struggle for imperial power...

At this moment, I suddenly realized—the second prince can't die yet!At least he can't die until the possible outbreak of this war between Yu State and Great Xia is over.

Just when I thought of this, Rourou who was sitting in the carriage returning to the palace suddenly turned his head and said to me: "Second Brother, you can't die yet!"

"But we can't let him live in such a carefree way!" I said.

After Tian Yanbo finished talking about Yu State, he paused, then started another topic, and then talked about Liang State.

To be correct, the Kingdom of Liang should be called the Back Liang, because the Liang Dynasty, whose original territory almost covered the entire continent, has been destroyed, and the mountains, deserts, and grasslands in the northwest have become the Kingdom of Yu, where the Langhan tribe lived. The fertile soil of the Central Plains has been completely occupied by Daxia.

The surviving nobles of the Liang Kingdom could only migrate to the Nanling area, where they still called themselves Liang. They dreamed that they could regain the land of the Central Plains and regain the glory of the past, but the fact is——

After decades of fierce battles, Liang Guo was repeatedly defeated and had to cede land and pay compensations to offer beauty and seek peace.

"This time, Prince Liang, as the official envoy, brought the Second Princess and the Sixth Prince to our Great Xia to present a congratulatory gift. He will be there tomorrow. In terms of his status, it is quite appropriate for His Highness to entertain these delicate guests."

This is to start working on the meat pie.But...it's fine for the Crown Prince of Liang to present a congratulatory gift, so why bring his younger siblings with him?Is it to come to the hometown to feel the customs and customs, and to reminisce about the scenery and past events of the year?I couldn't help but think maliciously.