Early summer in April.
After the palace examination, the new Jinshi took office, and the turmoil of the imperial examination fraud case finally passed. The issue of becoming a queen has become the most important issue in the court. However, Zhu Yunxuan has always been ambiguous about this and has not made a clear statement. Without the empress dowager presiding over the overall situation, the concubines would be speechless, and it would be useless for others to worry.
The new emperor is now twenty-one, not to mention the empress and concubines, there is not even a maid in the Ganlin Palace, so it will make people feel uncomfortable, even though the former emperor didn't pay much attention to it, and didn't give him anything but a marriage. His majesty, but now he is the emperor, and there is no one beside him, which is really outrageous. The most important thing is that there is no successor, and the country is unstable!
No matter what the ministers are thinking, there are definitely not a few people who are staring at the position of the East Palace. Who doesn't want the next emperor to come out of the belly of their own daughter so as to benefit the family? After bumping against Zhu Yunxuan a few times, everyone unanimously pushed Zeng Huai out, and asked him to go and find out what the emperor said in private, so he must find out what it meant.
Zeng Huai also had this intention. He had no selfish intentions, but he cared more about Zhu Yunxuan's descendants than anyone else. If he didn't see that the prince had established a successor, he might die in peace.
"I just don't want someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble." Zhu Yunxuan shook his head as he said, becoming a queen is not a simple matter. The Yan family fell, and many people with ulterior motives were moved by the news, not because he just liked it He can stand up whoever he wants, and the last thing he wants to see is another incident.
Zeng Huai persuaded him: "Your Majesty, this is also an opportunity for you. The previous court and the harem have always been inseparable. Once you marry their daughter and give birth to a prince who is closely related to them, they will naturally turn to you." You, support you."
"I know." Zhu Yunxuan sighed. In the past, what he disdained the most was to use the women in the harem to balance the power of the court and strive for his own interests, but in the end he was still the same as his father, and came to this step.
It was only after that day that Liang Zhen never came to look for him again. In the past two months, Zhu Yunxuan lived an unprecedentedly peaceful life. Maybe Liang Zhen really figured it out and gave up. In any case, Zhu Yunxuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Collect As for the selection, let the Inner Court Secretary prepare it."
Liang Zhen is currently attending a banquet at Prince Xian's mansion. He has never come to such an event. Even if someone like King Xian invites him personally, he may not be willing to appreciate him. This is the first time he has participated in a gathering among nobles in the city. .
King Xian enthusiastically introduced him as the lord, not minding the generational gap between the two of them.
"It's rare that King Zhao came here today to show his face, and he must have a drink with this king, and he won't return if he doesn't get drunk!"
King Xian yelled loudly, and the people around him echoed him and said nice words. Liang Zhen shook his wine glass and said with a light smile: "My lord appreciates it, and my nephew will take care of me."
He raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Everyone cheered loudly, and the atmosphere became more and more heated.
The banquet was full of wine, singing and dancing. It was really lively. While drinking, Liang Zhen's eyes slowly swept across the people present, and when they fell on the boys from Anlehou's mansion, he paused for a moment, pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled contemptuously.
Before, he had heard people say that the Anlehou's mansion had acquainted with Prince Xian, and he had been walking around quite a lot recently, and it happened that he had received an invitation from King Xian, so he came to see what was going on. He is a junior, but the former Prince Xian's Mansion was not comparable to the down-and-out Anlehou Mansion.
Since Liang Zhen came in just now, those few people have been fidgeting, looking very guilty, Liang Zhen didn't pay attention to them at all, just pretended not to see them.
These incompetent bastards of the Liang family, whose family is almost too poor to let go of their troubles, jumping up and down like this, really feel tired of life.
Liang Zhen is the clearest about the current situation of the Anlehou Mansion. However, this family is a family that has been ruined for a long time, and it has been in decline for a long time. I thought that when Liang Zhen was sent to Emperor Zhaoyang, there would be another Concubine Chen and the Ninth Prince. They were able to make a fortune, but the imperial concubine He Chen died, and Liang Zhen hated them so much that they didn't get any benefits. Now the family is more and more unable to make ends meet, Zhuangzi reduces production every year, and several shops can't make money because of Liang Zhen's secret tricks If this goes on like this, they won't even be able to pay the servants' monthly money. Outsiders will think that they are in the same position by taking advantage of Liang Zhen's power, but who would know that they are actually living very hard.
Liang Zhen's original intention was to slowly torture them. Now that Anlehou's mansion is fighting for a piece of gold and half silver every day, he is watching the show from the sidelines, and his nominal mother has been arrested. He found excuses and forced his "father" to send him to Zhuangzi in the countryside, where he was shut up in a Buddhist hall and copied scriptures day and night, even if he was blind or handicapped.
He has never been a kind person, whoever bullied him, he would naturally bully him back, he even dared to persecute the emperor, how could a mere Anlehou Mansion be taken seriously.
It's just that these people are more able to exploit than he imagined. He didn't pay attention to them for such a period of time, but he let them go with King Xian. In the eyes of outsiders, he is all from the Marquis Mansion, and he shares weal and woe with it. If he hadn't been watching him all the time before, they don't know how many dirty things this family would do in his name.
After drinking for three rounds, the drunken people at the banquet became more unrestrained, and each of them hugged Mr. Meiji Qiaolang to drink and have fun, very happy.
Liang Zhen was drinking, when a young man timidly came over, lowered his eyes and whispered: "I serve the prince to drink."
As he spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally stuck to Liang Zhen's body. Liang Zhen, who had drunk too much, was even more irritable. He raised his hand and was about to wave the person away. When he saw the other person's face clearly, he was stunned for a moment, and grabbed his chin forcefully. , forcing people to raise their heads.
The little man's complexion was fair, his red eyes were ready to cry, like a frightened rabbit, Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him for a while, and the strength in his hands increased a little bit, the little man He cried out in pain, but Liang Zhen's expression showed no pity, and he asked coldly, "Who arranged for you to come?"
Just looking at this person's appearance, he is seven points similar to Zhu Yunxuan. Just now he was too drunk and his mind was not clear enough to look at him. Now that he has a closer look, he knows that there is really a sky and an earth. It is far more than a hundred thousand miles.
It's just that no matter how different it is, someone must have specially arranged for this person to appear in front of him with this appearance. Seeing that the other party was trembling and unable to speak, Liang Zhen's expression turned colder, and he raised his eyes to look at the other party. King Xian in the distance.
King Xian hugged the beauty in the light gauze and thin gown and was drinking happily. He seemed to have noticed Liang Zhen's gaze, and he also looked towards him, and his playful eyes turned around him and the young man. , posted it over with a smile, and asked him in a low voice: "This young gentleman, is King Zhao still satisfied? This king specially prepared this for you."
Liang Zhen looked back at him calmly, and said coldly: "The King Xian has a heart."
"It's fine if you like it, it's fine if you like it, take him back, I'll see you off." King Xian patted him on the shoulder with a smile, very proud.
Before the banquet was over, Liang Zhen took his leave.
Out of the gate of Prince Xian's Mansion, the young man followed him, standing beside the car at a loss, looking at Liang Zhen expectantly with red eyes, Liang Zhen ignored him, called his cronies and ordered: "Find out where he came from, and send him where to go."
Hearing the words, the young gentleman immediately panicked: "My lord, please do me a favor, you will have no way of life if I leave you!"
Liang Zhen coldly ordered his servants to set off, and the chariot slowly left Prince Xian's mansion. He closed his eyes, and made a strong note of this old man in his heart.
King Xian sent such a person to him with the intention of coercion and profiteering. He wanted to tell him that he knew the secrets between him and the emperor, and used it as an excuse to threaten him, and wanted to use him for his own use. Liang Zhen couldn't help sneering, this old man has been living peacefully for decades, but now that Zhu Yunxuan is sitting on the throne, he's thinking about it, he doesn't even look at how much he weighs, he dares to covet Zhu Yunxuan s things
What's more, with his low-handed and stupid means, it's really stupid that mud can't support the wall.
Within two days, Liang Zhen's subordinates found out everything. The young man was originally an apprentice in the Chengbei opera troupe. When he performed on stage more than a month ago, he was bought by the fourth-bedroom master of the Liang family who went to listen to the opera. After leaving, he appeared in King Xian's mansion.
Liang family!
Liang Zhen resented secretly, it seemed that he was still too soft-hearted, he made the family live so comfortably, and even asked them to have spare money to go to theaters and buy people to make things difficult for him.
The Liang family knew about his affair with Zhu Yunxuan. It is only possible that there was an inner ghost in his mansion. On that day, more than a dozen people were dealt with quietly in Zhao Wang's mansion, and they were beaten up and down. Liang Zhen felt depressed. The fire that started, but never dies.
"This subordinate has already sent him to the Zhuangzi outside as a handyman according to your instructions, and he has not given special care. What's more, he said that when the Hou Mansion sent him to King Xian, he was asked to eat offspring medicine."
"Birth medicine?" Hearing this, Liang Zhen frowned fiercely, and his eyes darkened even more. What did the Liang family think? How could he think that with an actor who looked somewhat similar to Zhu Yunxuan, he would be able to catch him? Or maybe it was purely to disgust him
"Yes, it's birth control medicine."
Liang Zhen was slightly stunned, turned his gaze out of the window, looked at the slowly sinking sunset, was silent for a long time, and murmured in a low voice: "If you were, would you do what the person you hate the most has done, the thing you hate the most?"
The subordinate didn't know why, so he thought about it for a while, and answered him: "If it can achieve the goal, then do it."
Liang Zhen finally smiled, his eyes were stained with a strange light by the afterglow of the setting sun: "You're right, as long as you can achieve your goal, that's fine."
Anyway, he has never been a good person, and he will never be a good person in the future.