Lu Zhihe nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed pitiful, but you must not have imagined that Princess Heshuo's body was still cold, and that Siam actually asked Dali to marry the princess again, which made the father so angry in the imperial study room Got quite angry."
Concubine Wan Gui frowned and said: "The small country of Siam really pushed too far, and Princess Heshuo died without any explanation. They actually asked to marry Princess Dali. They are too presumptuous!"
"Who says it's not the case? My father just threw the tea bowl and tore up the memorial in the imperial study room," Lu Zhihe sighed. "Today Uncle Cheng Yuan went to the palace in the snow to see my father. An old man in his fifties was here. Standing outside the Taihe Hall for more than half an hour, it’s so pitiful.”
Concubine Wan Gui was startled: "Long live the Lord, don't you want to meet Uncle Cheng Yuan?"
Lu Zhihe nodded: "Yes, my father doesn't want to see Uncle Cheng Yuan, which also explains my father's attitude towards Princess Heshuo."
Concubine Wan Gui thought for a long time, then nodded: "Long live Lord does not want to ruin the stability of southern Xinjiang over the years because of a mere Princess Heshuo. This is understandable. To put it bluntly, she is just a fourth-rank uncle. She is just a concubine. I think back then Long Live Master was not even willing to welcome back his royal sister, Princess Duanhui and Shuo, so how much more can she be a mere concubine? "
"What the mother and concubine said is absolutely true. My father was furious when he saw it. In fact, my father had already made up his mind," Lu Zhihe continued while eating a chopstick of salted duck, "So I will obey." Following my father’s wishes, I said what my father was inconvenient to say.”
Concubine Wan Gui personally gave her son a chopstick of wonton elbows, watched him eat it, and then asked: "So your father agreed to go to Siam to marry Princess Heshuo?"
Lu Zhihe put down his chopsticks, smiled and shook his head and said: "Since King Ning was defeated in the south, my father has become more and more worried about the military power moving southward and it is difficult to control it, so he does not want to go to war with Siam anymore. , but the father is a natural born and values face most, so naturally he does not want to marry a daughter of the royal family, so the son-in-law proposed that the mother-in-law select a few decent-looking maids, make Princess Heshuo and marry them to Siam. My father immediately agreed, so I braved the snow to come to Yanxi Palace."
Concubine Wan Gui was very satisfied and said with a smile: "You kid is really smart."
"Only after this incident, I also realized the importance of military power. The reason why the prince successfully became the prince was naturally because of the support of the queen mother and empress, but it was also because his uncle who was the minister of the Ministry of War was willing to give him "I have worked hard. Although I am favored by my father, I have no real power in my hands and my status is unstable." Lu Zhihe looked at Concubine Wan Gui and said solemnly, "I heard that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the prince went to Ning County Prince to pay New Year's greetings. ”
Concubine Wan Gui's expression was deep: "I have also heard about this matter, and I don't know if it was Concubine Li's intention."
"Whether it's Concubine Li's intention or not, the fifth prince has already moved closer to Prince Ning. Concubine, we can't fall behind too much," Lu Zhihe said slowly, "Although Prince Ning has lost his father's favor now, , He has no real power in his hands, but after all, he has been commanding troops in the southern border for more than ten years, and his prestige in the army is naturally unmatched by ordinary people. If he can get his help, it will be even more powerful. "
"That's exactly the reason." Concubine Wan Gui nodded and suddenly asked, "Is the newly appointed Minister of War still easy to talk to?"