For King Zhuang, this matter was even worse.
Not to mention that King Zhuang has been very active recently and has been extremely unsuccessful. If you trace back to many things, King Zhuang’s shadow can be seen. Once something happens, King Zhuang will not get any benefits.
Even if King Zhuang was not held accountable, Song Heng's ascension to the throne was the greatest misfortune for King Zhuang.
What he has been dreaming of is the position of crown prince. He has worked so hard to get to this point and now he has hope. How can he live with it if someone else takes his advantage
Prince Fenyang's face was as bad as his mood. He was gloomy and his right eyelid twitched. He held it with his hand in annoyance and let out a long breath. However, he felt that the panic in his heart did not ease at all. He had to shift his attention to Zhang Qingfeng and Zhan Changshi: "Don't think I'm exaggerating. I have been with His Majesty for many years, so I can still understand some of his thoughts."
Prince Fenyang was so anxious and irritable that Zhan Changshi also became serious. After listening to Prince Fenyang's words about Emperor Yuanfeng repeatedly mentioning the former Crown Prince Xiao Pei, he also became worried, and then said: "If that's the case, then I'll go back and ask His Highness what he thinks, and maybe we should bring forward the plan."
Zhang Qingfeng thought so too. He looked at the whisk in his hand, paused, and said in a vague voice: "It would be better for His Highness to make a decision sooner. After all, if this tiger becomes a nuisance after being kept for a long time, it will be too late."
Zhan Changshi went home and then rushed to the palace.
Prince Zhuang was just coming out of Princess Zhuang's room. Princess Zhuang was getting older and older. Many of her symptoms had eased, but for some reason her mood had become very bad and she was always irritable.
Today I even got so excited that I vomited and couldn't eat anything the whole day.
After all, Princess Zhuang is now pregnant with his first child, and both Concubine Li and Emperor Yuanfeng attach great importance to her pregnancy, so he also takes it seriously and comforted Princess Zhuang for a long time today.
He rubbed his brows when he met Zhan Changshi. When he heard that Prince Fenyang came to the palace to apologize and was told by Emperor Yuanfeng that he should indeed restrain Princess Chun'an, his eyes changed.
He knew very well how much weight Prince Fenyang held in the eyes of his father, but just because Princess Chun'an humiliated Su Yao at the Lotus Banquet, Emperor Yuanfeng not only stripped Chun'an of his title, but also reprimanded Prince Fenyang.
His already bad mood suddenly became even worse. He rubbed his brows with a heavy look and snorted coldly in annoyance.
Zhan Changshi also understood that he must be in a bad mood, so he sighed and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, if the emperor continues to be so lenient towards the Su family, I am afraid that when Song Heng's background is really exposed, it will be ineffective to target the Song family. It is better to make a decision soon!"
King Zhuang clenched his fists, suppressed his annoyance and disgust, and asked impatiently, "Then what do you say?"
"I still need the help of Concubine Li." When Zhan Changshi saw Prince Zhuang looking at him, he said hurriedly, "I just need the help of Concubine Li..."
King Zhuang rejected it outright.
He was indeed determined to get that position, but he would never let his mother take the risk.
To Emperor Yuanfeng, Concubine Li was just an ordinary concubine. If she had not given birth to him, she would have been forgotten by Emperor Yuanfeng long ago.
There was really no need to drag her in.
He stopped Zhan Changshi's persuasion and shook his head calmly: "It's not necessary. My mother is not the type to accomplish great things. Don't involve her. Think of other ways."
Zhan Changshi wanted to say something but hesitated. However, seeing that King Zhuang was determined, he knew that he could not force him, so he had to agree.
Prince Zhuang's fingers unconsciously swiped on the table. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Father has become more and more devoted to the Three Pure Ones in recent years. Chu Kuo in the palace can be used just right. Tell Zhang Qingfeng not to be reluctant and to show his best skills. He is not a Heavenly Master yet. If he does not get rid of Zhang Qingyuan, he will always be just a substitute Heavenly Master."
It sounds so ugly to have an extra word "代".
Zhan Changshi understood and nodded quickly: "Yes, I will pass the message when I return. As for the Song family..."
King Zhuang narrowed his eyes and decided not to procrastinate any longer: "Just do it, just be smart, it has nothing to do with us, do you understand?"
He was in a bad mood, and Princess Zhuang was also in a bad mood.
As her belly grew bigger, her condition became worse and worse. The palace sent several female officials to take care of her in various ways, but her condition did not improve. She became even thinner.
Everyone secretly said that this child might be a nuisance, but Princess Zhuang didn't care. She wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, pushed away the bird's nest handed to her by the maid, and looked at Mrs. Qin with empty eyes: "How is the thing I asked you to do going?"
Mrs. Qin was so anxious that her mouth was covered with blisters. After the first three months of pregnancy, other people's conditions generally got better and better, but for Princess Zhuang, it was the opposite. The situation became worse and worse.
She felt sorry for her daughter and couldn't help but sigh and shake her head: "You are pregnant. Why can't you wait until you give birth to the baby before worrying about it? Look at you recently? I don't know what you are doing. The Su family and the He family are indeed prosperous now, but so what? After the incident with the Xu family, they are not fools. They are only afraid of Your Highness. Even if Your Highness really has that intention, the Su family will not agree. Why do you have to keep staring at them?"
He has made himself look like a ghost, not a human.
Mrs. Qin felt that her daughter was really hysterical.
Princess Zhuang rarely showed any displeasure. She looked at her mother wearily and said, "I asked you to sow discord between them, not for the Su family. I also know that no matter how good Su Yao is, she will never be able to enter the palace. I want to make Tian Rui and Su Yao tremble first. No matter who gets into trouble, it won't affect me, and it's all good for me."
Mrs. Qin's brows were still furrowed tightly. "Even so, you have to take care of yourself first. There's no need to provoke the girl from the Tian family. She already hates Su Yao so much that you don't need to bother to provoke her. Besides, look at what happened to Princess Chun'an now. Unless she's mentally ill, who would offend Su Yao at this time? You might as well put your thoughts aside... and wait until Tian Rui really enters the mansion at the beginning of the new year."
Everything Mrs. Qin said was on point, but Princess Zhuang couldn't calm down.
The third prince is dead, and the remaining forces have either dissipated or been controlled by Prince Zhuang. She has no one to rely on now, and even her mother's family is of no use to her.
Why should she compete with Tian Rui when she can't even raise a baby by herself