Zhuo Qihua

In Huayang Palace, the noble lady is extremely anxious.Emperor Yong'an had no particular likes or dislikes for all the princes and princesses.Qin Wang and Qi Wang were studying with Zhuo Ji, so Emperor Yong'an became closer to these two sons, but when the two sons reached the age of 14, they were sent to the border by an imperial decree.With Zhuo Ji here, the noble concubine felt sorry for her, but she also acquiesced in the way His Majesty raised her son.But today's incident, if not handled well, will arouse His Majesty's suspicion towards his son, and even towards him and the Shao family.

Guo De'an blatantly elected King Qin as the crown prince in the court. Others would not suspect that King Qin instructed Guo De'an, but would only suspect that King Qin used this trick to frame King Qi.If His Majesty thinks so too... But thinking of Zhuo Ji telling him to be calm, the empress also tried to calm down, and now he will ask his son in detail if he knows what's going on when his son comes over.

Huaiqing ran in from the outside, panting and said: "Master! Your Highness has gone down to the Fengtian Hall in a short time! Just now, His Majesty ordered fifty gunmen from the Firearms Battalion to go out of Beijing to collect them all. His Royal Highness returns to Beijing!"

Huang Gui stood up vigorously.

Ziyuan was pleasantly surprised when she heard the words: "Master!"

Huang Guixie sat down slowly, let out a long breath, and said one word: "Okay."

Yunyue Palace, De Guixie, who was also concerned about this matter, also received the news, and he also let out a long sigh.Fuquan, who also ran all the way back, wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Master, should it be all right?"

Huangguixie was worried that this matter would arouse His Majesty's suspicion of the King of Qin, and Deguixie was worried that it would arouse His Majesty's dislike for his son.He sat down slowly and said, "It should be fine."

As soon as Fuquan heard it, he smiled brightly and said: "Soon, please tell Master to calm down. Sure enough, Master is right not to do anything."

But De Guixie said: "This is only to save King Qin and King Qi temporarily."

Fuquan was stunned: "Temporarily?"

De Guixie: "When Guo De'an comes out, everyone will guess who is behind it. He is a small Yuanwailang, if no one instructs him behind his back, how could he dare to do such a disgraceful thing. Who instructed him? It could be the imperial concubine, it could be the palace, or it could be the prince's mother and father in the palace, anyone could be suspected. Danyang Palace has always been amicable, but now everyone is suspicious, how can they be amicable? "

Fuquan had a bitter face: "Then, what should I do?"

Deguixie shook his head, but thought in his heart, Shunxi should have a way.And then Fuquan asked: "Is there nothing you can do about it?"

De Guixie: "Whether he can do anything depends on the follow-up development."

Liu Haoyue and Jin Dashi stood in front of their master, they naturally knew what happened in the court today.Zhuo Ji said: "Hao Yue, pay attention to the people who appear around the princes who are studying in Daxing Palace, from the companions to the palace people, you have to pay attention to everyone's speech and behavior, and see if there are any suspicious people."

"Yes!"

"Dashi, go and check Guo De'an's life. From his birth, to the people who have influenced him, every one of them has to be checked. His Majesty will definitely send Qingpingwei to investigate, but The training Qingpingwei received is different from yours. They may have missed something. You both investigate, and finally collect all the information, and maybe you can vent some clues. Such a small person who usually does not show his mountains and waters dares to deal with the problem of Lichu There must be an ulterior purpose behind it. Prevent him from being silenced."

"Yes!"

"Go."

Liu Haoyue and Jin Dashi left.

After graduating from kindergarten, the princes still study in a special place in Daxing Palace, which is collectively called the Royal Academy, and only accepts the children of the royal family and royal family members.The companions of the princes also study here. After the age of 16, the princes can choose whether to enter the Royal Military Academy, the Royal University and other more professional schools according to their hobbies, or they can choose to choose teachers to teach alone.

Except for King Qin and King Qi, the other princes are still young and are all studying in the Royal Academy.Among these princes, Jin Wang Nanrong Chenli has the highest status.However, taught by his mother and concubine, Nan Rong Chenli has a modest temper, and he has never been arrogant and domineering just because he is the only prince of Daxing Palace.Nan Rong Chenli likes to draw, and Concubine Xi immediately specially cultivated her son after discovering this hobby.Nan Rong Chenli and Zhuo Ji studied oil painting for half a year, and then Chinese painting. He is also very talented in painting.

During the break between classes, Nan Rong Chenli was drinking water when his personal eunuch Bai Hua walked in and bent over to whisper something to him.Nan Rong Chenli was slightly startled, then nodded to show that he understood, and the other party backed away.Sitting behind Nan Rong Chen Li, the fourth prince Nan Rong Chen Yang poked him on the back, Nan Rong Chen Li turned his head, Nan Rong Chen Yang asked: "Chen Li, what's wrong?"

Nan Rong Chenli: "My concubine mother is a little uncomfortable, so I want to go back and see her after school."

Nan Rong Chenyang: "Ah, then do you want to ask for leave?"

Nan Rong Chenli: "No, my concubine doesn't like me asking for leave. It shouldn't be serious."

Sitting next to Nan Rong Chenli, his accompanying reader Cui Jia said: "The imperial concubine has just been ill at the beginning of the year, has she not recovered yet?"

Nan Rong Chenli: "The concubine's body is weak, I will go back to the palace to see her after school."

In the Royal Academy, there is a class for princesses, a class for princes, and a class for children of the royal clan.The clan's children are divided into three classes according to their age, teaching different levels of knowledge.

As soon as the imperial concubine was feeling unwell, the third prince, fifth prince, sixth prince and other brothers of Prince Jin all came over to express their concern.Chen Li is the youngest prince among the eleven princes of Emperor Yong'an. He is more than one year older than the third and fourth princes. They should have been taught in different classes, but in order to ensure the harmony among the princes, they have been together since childhood. Go to kindergarten and study at the Royal Academy together.Only when going out to see the palace, the third to seventh princes who were born a year earlier would move out of the palace in advance.However, if Emperor Yong'an does not make other arrangements for them before the age of 16, they still have to continue their studies in the Royal Academy, and then after the age of 16 they choose "university" according to their respective interests.

After the last class, Nan Rong Chenli talked to the dean of the academy, took Bai Hua, and was escorted by the prince's guard of honor to Danyang Palace to visit his mother and concubine.The other princes are still in Daxing Palace.After school, the princes can choose to go back to do their homework, or they can choose to go out to play or play football or something.

The clan's children are also out of school, and they are leaving the palace to go home.One by one, the children boarded the four-wheeled carriage that was picked up by Daxing Palace. One of the children looked in the direction of the guard of honor that King Jin was leaving, and then got into the carriage with his head down.

After finishing the memorials that had to be dealt with today, Emperor Yong'an drove to Xiangfu Palace.It was a hot day, so Zhuo Ji cooked cold noodles with shredded chicken.After Emperor Yong'an arrived, he wiped his hands and face with a cold towel, then drank a glass of mung bean water, and went to the restaurant with his love waiter in his arms.The design of Tianyu Palace is a combination of classical and future, which is more than a hundred times more comfortable than Tianshou Palace.The places where the noble masters live, bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, bathrooms, dressing rooms, study rooms, etc. are fully functional.

After eating a bowl of cold noodles with shredded chicken, Emperor Yong'an took two sips of hot tea from the teacup, feeling comfortable all over his body.Emperor Yong'an raised his hand, and all the waiters in the restaurant retreated immediately.Putting down the teacup, Emperor Yong'an continued to pick up the chopsticks to eat the side dishes on the table, and said in his mouth, "Do you have any doubts?"

That casual tone and demeanor didn't sound like he was asking about a serious matter.Zhuo Ji picked up the serving chopsticks and served Yong'an Emperor with vegetables, and said, "I can't think of who it might be. The Shao family and the Guan family will never make such a low-level mistake." The Shao family and the Guan family would never make such a mistake. No, Huang Guixie and Deguixie would not come up with such a bad idea.

"As for the imperial concubine or other people..." After a pause, Zhuo Ji said: "Unless the other party is a person who is very good at hiding and playing tricks, it is impossible for me not to discover the other party's ambitions for so many years. The resources that can match Huangguixie and Deguixie's are at most the imperial concubine and Zhuang concubine. But the imperial concubine is always very clear about your majesty's attitude towards Chen Li, Zhuang concubine... Although the Jing family has always had Your majesty is highly valued by you, if you want to talk about closeness, besides the three Highnesses King Qin, King Qi and King Jin, Zhuang Concubine also has Mingyu, Zhaoyi, and Chunyan above her. If Zhuangbi wants the ten princes to succeed, then she and the Jing family have to get rid of her. It is too difficult to get rid of all the princes except the ten princes. Even if the Jing family has such a wicked heart, they probably don't have the guts to do so.

Moreover, the crown prince of Mata country not only needs to be approved by His Majesty, but also must be approved by important ministers in the court.Your Majesty, your current court can be said to be unprecedented.The courtiers do not say that they are all of one mind, but at least the important ministers have always had a clear attitude and relatively unified opinions.To be honest, apart from King Qin and King Qi, no prince can get their affirmation to be crown prince.It must be admitted that the age difference between King Qin and King Qi and other princes is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome. "

Because it was about a serious matter, Zhuo Ji didn't call him brother or sister, expressing his neutral attitude on the matter and not adding his own personal feelings.It is about the position of the crown prince, so he can't act emotionally.

Emperor Yong'an said: "Today's incident may be the scheme of someone who hides deeply in Danyang Palace, or it may be outside the palace."

Zhuo Ji: "Outside the palace?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Before I came, I had issued a secret decree to bestow death on my two uncles who are still alive."

Zhuo Ji was slightly taken aback.

Emperor Yong'an: "There are two of them, one is in the Imperial Mausoleum and the other is in Yao County. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with them, but since someone dares to be restless, don't blame me for being cruel. It doesn't matter whether they are unrelated or not. "

Zhuo Ji: "Are they still alive?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Should be still alive, I haven't received a report that the two of them are dead."

Zhuo Ji didn't say anything more.After he and Emperor Yong'an were together, he had basically never heard about those two people. Today, Emperor Yong'an suddenly mentioned it, and he almost didn't realize who it was.

Zhuo Ji asked: "What if this has something to do with the harem?"

Emperor Yong'an's eyes showed the ruthlessness of an emperor: "Mother, grant death. Son, depose as a commoner, exile for three thousand miles, and never be free."

What Emperor Yong'an tabooed most was the dragon son seizing the heir.He had a deep memory when Zhuo Ji taught him history.He will choose and train his favorite heir, unless the heir dies, then choose another one.If he doesn't give it, and the other party comes to grab it, then don't blame him for being cruel.

Zhuo Ji: "I asked Haoyue and Dashi to pay attention to the prince of Daxing Palace and that Guo Yuanwai respectively. This incident seemed sudden, but it should have been planned for a long time. King Qi has always had his own ideas, and he was also very early about future arrangements. It's planned. Qin Wang has an idea about the position of prince, which is also based on his affirmation of his own strength, and it is also a kind of self-confidence. So today's appearance, it seems that the two of them will not do it."

Emperor Yong'an: "Who did it will always be found out. It is right for you to let Chen Yi leave Beijing at this time." Having said that, Emperor Yong'an stretched out his hand to hold Zhuo Ji's hand, "If you are willing to give birth to a prince , why do I need to worry about this." He made the prince born by Zhuo Ji the crown prince, no one would dare to object, and the ministers would only support it.Lin Xieshan, Shi Yu and the others have never played to invite the crown prince, not because of this.

Zhuo Ji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if I were born now, I would be old."

Emperor Yong'an immediately said: "That's still avoided. The imperial concubine was so dangerous when she was born with Chenli and Ling'er. If you are pregnant now, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep all day."

Zhuo Ji: "So Your Majesty must make an order as soon as possible to establish the crown prince and stabilize the government."

Emperor Yong'an: "After the test run of the steam locomotive is over, I will make an order."

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In Yuxian Palace, Concubine Xigui, who was not feeling well, immediately shunned the palace attendants after her son came over, took his son's hand and said: "Chen Li, something important happened in the previous court today, you must be careful in the academy."

Nan Rong Chenli observed his concubine mother: "Concubine mother, are you alright?"

Concubine Xi: "No. You listen to what your mother said first."

Concubine Xi told her son what happened today. When Chen Li heard this, his eyes widened, and he reacted quickly and whispered: "Mother Concubine! Father will not suspect that you did it!"

Concubine Xi: "Everyone in the palace is suspicious now, but you are the king of Jin, and I am the imperial concubine. Do you think we are suspicious?"

Chen Li frowned: "What does Shun's mother and father mean?"

Concubine Xi Gui: "You Shun's parents didn't send a message, and I didn't ask anyone to ask. It's right for me to keep silent at this time. He doesn't send someone to send a message, which is also protecting you. If he sends a message, others will think that We are the most suspicious. If he doesn't pass the word, it means that in his eyes, this matter has nothing to do with you and me."

Chen Li kicked off the sofa irritably: "This is really a person sitting in the academy, and the disaster comes from the sky! Brother Da Huang and Brother Er Huang, are they comparable to me? I just want to be a painter, and I don't want to participate in these messy things." things."

Concubine Xi: "My concubine told you to remind you. You are in the academy, don't teach some people around you to influence you, so be careful with your words and deeds." Concubine Xi straightened her son's collar and said, "Mother The imperial concubine gave birth to you with a hemorrhage, and the situation was critical. Your father and emperor named you the king of Jin for the sake of joy and for your obedience to your mother and father. Son, you must stay awake at all times. You and Degui are fighting against each other. Outside the palace, your family's foundation is also shallow, and it can't be compared with Shao's and Guan's at all. Let's not fight for that position, don't work hard, and have a smooth life, and a stable life is enough gone."

Chen Li patted his mother and concubine, and said: "Mother and concubine, my child knows. When I was with Shun's mother and father, I understood that I am not that material. Now I want to go to sea to see when I am an adult. Go and see for yourself. What do whales, sharks, dolphins look like."

Concubine Xi: "It's best if you think like this."

Nan Rong Chenli stayed in Yuxian Palace for one night, and got up and left before dawn the next day, so as not to be late for morning class.When Nan Rong Chenli left, Emperor Yong'an was still sleeping with Zhuo Ji in his arms.There is no court meeting today, so Emperor Yong'an can sleep a little longer.The harem was relatively calm, and the incident of the previous day did not cause much disturbance in the harem, at least on the surface.But it's different outside the palace.

King Qin went to the firearms battalion with the seal ring of Shunxiu and sent 50 gunmen out of Beijing to pick up King Qi.This is a clear signal.Shun Yu trusted the King of Qin and worried about the safety of the King of Qi.As soon as this signal came out, Guan Minghui felt relieved.Shi Yu, Lin Xieshan and others also understood the meaning of Shunxiuji better.

Lin Xieshan got up early to practice marksmanship, then took a shower, had breakfast, changed into court clothes and was ready to go to the military headquarters.Yi Lam is going to be on duty in the firearms camp. The father and son have different paths, but they can leave the house together.On the way out of the house, Lin Yi asked in a low voice: "Does father have a guess?"

Lin Xieshan: "No need to guess."

Edward Lam was surprised.

Lin Xieshan: "Whether it is the future arrangements of King Qin, King Qi, or other princes, Your Majesty and Chu Chu have already made a decision. If the people behind them fail to achieve the expected results, they will either stop their efforts or continue to play. As long as they play, they will definitely be caught." Hold him. You and I will see."

Lin Yi nodded slowly: "My son understands."