The Emperor’s Beloved Ugly Girl

At that time, the Turks took advantage of the infighting in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the emptiness of their national power. They led a large army to invade the northwest. There is an urgent need for a prince to lead the emperor to the expedition to boost the morale of the army and deter foreign enemies.

But at that time, when the court was in the midst of a fierce battle for succession, it could be said that there was no thought of admonishment, no thought of war, and no prince was willing to take command. The first emperor was so angry that he vomited blood. The Seventh Prince Zhong Zhiling, who has not entered the court to govern, enters the palace to face the saint and volunteers.

The first emperor's dragon heart was overjoyed, and Feng Zhongzhiling set off for the northwest immediately after Zhong Zhiling left. According to the good news, the late emperor finally appointed Zhong Zhiling's elder brother, Zhong Zhiheng, as the crown prince before his death.

In the third year of Zhong Zhiheng's accession to the throne, the flames of war in the Northwest were finally extinguished. The 20-year-old Zhong Zhiling asked to stay in the Northwest and garrison the Northwest border for the Great Zhou Dynasty all his life.

In a blink of an eye, King Pingxi had been stationed in the northwest for thirty years, so the Seventh Prince, who was angry with flowers and horses back then, was already forty-eight years old.

Counting it all together, King Pingxi hasn't returned to Beijing for thirty-two years. Dai Jingfeng said with emotion.

Yes, a full thirty-two years. Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, stroking the teacup in his hand, he turned his head sideways to look at the portrait of a woman on the wall, then turned his head back suddenly, and threw the teacup on the table.

Dai Jingfeng felt that Zhong Zhiheng was in a bad mood, but in fact, every time King Pingxi was mentioned, Zhong Zhiheng would not be in a good mood. Dai Jingfeng carefully observed Zhong Zhiheng's expression, didn't dare to say anything, just kept drinking tea with his head down.

You know about the court affairs, right? Zhong Zhiheng spoke again after a while, Let's talk about it.

Long live Lord, you mean that the call for a crown prince is getting louder and louder recently? Dai Jingfeng put down the tea bowl in his hand in a hurry, and said to Zhong Zhiheng, I want to report to Long live Lord, my subordinates are paying attention. The second prince's call is the loudest. Not many people mention the third prince from Shengshui, and the subordinates think it is very strange.

What's wrong? Zhong Zhiheng looked at Dai Jingfeng, sipped his tea, and said slowly, Cui You'an is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the promotion and promotion of all officials, so someone is rushing to touch Concubine Shu and the second prince. it is good.

Long live Lord's analysis is very correct, but the subordinates feel that there may be something strange. After all, Cui You'an's position as Minister of the Ministry of Officials is probably not warm enough, so how can the Ministry of Officials follow him with the surname Cui? Dai Jingfeng said. , On the contrary, Zhao Changrong, the right minister, has been the Minister of the Ministry of Officials for more than 20 years. He can be said to be in charge of the Ministry of Officials. Although he is no longer in the Ministry of Officials, I am afraid that his influence on the Ministry of Officials is still far-reaching.

You mean I chose a puppet to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Zhong Zhiheng asked with a smile.

Subordinates don't dare! Dai Jingfeng said in a hurry, while saying, Long Live Lord has his reasons, and Cui You'an is also a powerful master.

Yes, I do have arrangements, Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, tapping the red sandalwood table lightly with his fingertips, and said slowly, The officials cannot always be named Zhao, and naturally they shouldn't be named Cui.

With just one sentence, Dai Jingfeng understood thoroughly that Zhong Zhiheng has always been dissatisfied with the influence of the aristocratic family on the government, so the Xu family, which bears the brunt, has gradually faded out of the court in the past few decades, but after all, the Xu family now holds military affairs. Zhong Zhiheng is still worried about power, and naturally Zhong Mingwei, who has the blood of Xu's family, has become a thorn in Zhong Zhiheng's eyes, and now that Zhong Mingwei has been deposed as a commoner, the decline of Xu's family is conceivable, and it is no longer enough. Fear, so now Zhong Zhiheng's target is Zhao's family, or Cui's family.

The Zhao family has been running the official department for more than 20 years, but now the Cui family wants to squeeze in to get a piece of the pie, how can the Zhao family accommodate it? Therefore, in the harem, Concubine Zhao Gui and Concubine Shu fought to the death, and in the previous dynasty, Zhao Changrong and Cui Youan were also living in peace.

However, my subordinates also heard that An Zishang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had privately discussed the matter of setting up a heir. An Shangshu said that according to the ancestral system, one should establish a heir as a heir, and if there is no heir, he should be the heir. Dai Jingfeng said with a smile, An Shangshu is really great It’s fine if you don’t add bricks and tiles to your son-in-law, but you actually pave the way for the second prince, which shows that you are a gentleman.”