"Where's your princess?"
The second prince strode into the West Palace, he was so happy that even the maid could see it.
As soon as he entered the palace, he couldn't wait to find Princess Danyang, as if he had some happy event to tell her.
The maid Tian'er said: "Go back to the second prince, the princess is in the room, please drink a cup of tea here and wait a while, the maidservant will go and report."
"Go, tell Danyang, I have good news for her!"
The second prince was so excited that he clenched his fists and put his hands on the tea table, which wet the light yellow fringed table mat underneath.
Only then did he realize that he was so nervous that his palms were sweating.
Tian'er held up the teacup, saw a wet mark under his palm, opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and then backed away calmly.
What kind of happy event is it
She has been by Princess Danyang's side for so many years, and she knows the habits of the second prince well, and she has never seen him lose his composure like this.
"Second brother, what good news makes you so excited?"
As soon as the bead curtain rang, Princess Danyang came out lazily, with her hair in a loose bun, as if she had just woken up from a spring sleep.
"Father gave Yin Shuo the position of prime minister. Second brother has never had any friendship with him. This is not a good thing. Could second brother have some way to make friends with this young new prime minister?"
The second prince sneered, "Who cares who the prime minister is? Even if Yin Shuo belongs to Ning Yizhao, this prince doesn't care."
Princess Danyang looked at him seriously, and suddenly had a wonderful premonition.
She pushed the second prince's hand and found that his palm was wet.
"What is the good news? Second brother, tell me quickly!"
The second prince glanced left and right, Tian'er waved his hand knowingly, leading all the maids and eunuchs in the palace to retreat.
The palace door was closed, and Princess Danyang looked at him expectantly.
He smiled and said: "You and I have long cherished a wish for many years, and it finally came true. It didn't take much effort. I didn't realize until today that it is meaningless to compete with Ning Yizhao for the support of the ministers of the court. The real key lies in the father." !"
Princess Danyang was both surprised and delighted, "Father wants to make you the heir apparent?!"
"Not yet, but soon."
The second prince proudly picked up the teacup and gently blew on the tea foam in the cup, "Father called me into the palace today and asked me to walk around the palace with him. After walking, he went to the old palace of the empress, Guess what my father told me?"
"say what?"
"He said, I haven't established a successor for so many years, you should understand."
Princess Danyang frowned at him, not knowing what this sentence meant.
The second prince said: "Danyang, don't you understand? Concubine Wang Xian has been in charge of the harem instead of the queen mother for so many years, pretending to be virtuous and magnanimous. If the father wanted to make Ning Yizhao the heir, he would have already made her the queen. It’s really justified. But my father didn’t, Wang Xianfei is a virtuous concubine after all, if she can’t become a queen, she won’t be able to become a queen mother in the future either!”
Princess Danyang woke up like a dream, and was so happy that she grabbed his arm.
"Since father revealed this meaning to you, did he say when he issued an edict to establish the East Palace?"
The second prince smiled: "No hurry. The court has just changed a new prime minister, and the situation in the court is not stable. It will take some time for the emperor to enshrine the East Palace. When the court gradually stabilizes, will the enshrinement of the East Palace be far behind?" ?”
Princess Danyang leaned on his arm and said joyfully: "I knew it! The second elder brother is the son of the queen mother, and the position of crown prince must be yours. You can tell just by the name, the emperor personally named you. Governance, admiring the grace of God, governing the country and the country, who else would it be if it wasn't you!"
The second prince patted her on the head. He had a rare tenderness towards this younger sister who had only one mother.
"The queen mother is not here. You and my brother and sister have lived together for many years, and now we are finally making it through. However, this matter cannot be publicized for the time being, lest Ning Yizhao's party find out and cause trouble."
"Understood! Second brother, I have to go out of the palace, Tian'er, hurry up and change clothes for the princess!"
Princess Danyang was about to run into the inner room immediately, but was stopped by the second prince, "What are you doing out of the palace at this time?"
"I'm going to find brother Shubai!"
The second prince frowned, "I just told you that you can't spread it to the outside world. Did you take my words to heart? I know your elder brother Shubai all day long."
Have you forgotten that your brother Shubai almost got engaged to another woman
After thinking about it, he still didn't say the most hurtful last sentence.
Princess Danyang beamed with joy, "Second brother, why did you become so restrained? Don't you forget that the royal father must have discussed with Gu Hou before making such a big decision to establish a crown prince. Brother Shubai probably already knew about it! "
After saying that, he flew towards the inner room, the second prince could only hear the voice of her instructing the maid to find clothes and hairpins for her.
What she said is also true, Emperor Ning will discuss with Gu Huaijiang about succeeding as prime minister, let alone the position of crown prince
The Guhou Mansion has always maintained neutrality and does not support either he or the First Prince, so he has nothing to worry about.
With a flick of his sleeves, he turned and left the West Palace.
Behind the tall vermilion lacquered wooden pillar, a person dressed as a court lady could hear the conversation of the second prince and the others clearly.
She looked around and saw that there was no one else around, so she quietly turned out of the West Palace and walked towards the Harem...