Queen Mother Gu thought for a while and then said: "Weizhou, you will be in charge of this year's summer vacation!"
King Zhou was stunned: "This?" Although the royal summer vacation is an annual practice, everyone is familiar with it. According to common sense, it is easy to follow the old routine and it is not difficult.
However, I also know that when it comes to actual operation, how can the queen let him just follow the example and get through? This matter does not count as preparation. The journey to Dizi Mountain alone will take several days, and it cannot be done overnight. The manpower, departments, and equipment involved are so extensive, so don’t start too early!
Seeing the hesitation on his face, Queen Mother Gu shouted angrily: "What are you afraid of! When the queen heard that you were going to host the summer vacation, would she not let the seventh child find a way to show his face? Do you think you are the only one who will be brought down? "
The female official smoothed things over and said, "Don't worry, His Royal Highness, King Zhou. Although you are said to be in charge, how can the Queen Mother not send someone who is familiar with this matter to assist you?"
Hearing this, King Zhou felt relieved: "My grandson, I obey!"
The Queen Mother reminded him a few more words, then waved her hand to let him go in a wan manner: "Go and discuss with your staff. The day of summer vacation is coming, and the palace has already prepared it. You can take over now. Although you can choose It’s ready, but if the ministers have nothing to say, they have to do something.”
After King Zhou retreated, Queen Mother Gu sighed with some disappointment: "The third child is far behind the second child. He is a few years older than the seventh child, but he suffers at the hands of the seventh child again and again! Alas! This Although the ministers have not made a clear statement in the past few months, they know that Xue Chang and others must be biased towards Lao Qi! "
The female official said softly: "But His Royal Highness King Zhou is obedient to your words and very filial. The seventh prince..."
"That's true." Queen Mother Gu pondered for a while and said with a sneer, "Lao Qi's mother's family is not obvious. There are so many princes and princesses under the emperor's knees, but he has the reputation of being the smartest prince. Even though he is studious, he is indeed outstanding in academics. Well, the master who taught them is not a fool! How can he let it slip? He is not easy to deal with based on his scheming. Jiang will support him now. Maybe she will be killed before the Ai family can deal with Jiang. Seven pits!”
Which prince or princess did not grow up in the palace? Even if you haven't paid attention to your temperament before, if you want to pay attention to it, you will know a lot about it by asking the palace officials.
Chu Weisang may not be the smartest among the princes, but he must be the most courageous!
When everyone in the government and the public knew that neither the Queen Mother nor the Empress would allow talented people to appear among the emperor's heirs, he actually dared to persuade his master to make a name for him, and even succeeded - if he hadn't been selected by the Empress , God knows what will happen to him
For such a bold person, even if it works now, it may backfire in the future!
Therefore, Queen Mother Gu absolutely does not want to use this grandson. Among her juniors, she has had enough with Queen Jiang as her master!
Although Chu Weisang has no military allegiance now, and it is said that no matter how scheming he is, he can be easily controlled, but there is no telling what will happen in the future - after all, the surname in this world is Chu, right
The Queen Mother thought for a moment, then raised her head and said to the female official: "Do you think the third princess is the third princess?"
Last autumn, the emperor's eldest son, Prince Qi, married Jiang Qijun as his concubine. At the end of the year, the emperor's second son, Prince Yan, also married Tang Xinyao, the daughter of Princess Changping and the granddaughter of Vice Prime Minister Tang Zimo, as his concubine.
Now it is the turn of the third son of the emperor, King Zhou, to marry the royal children. Originally, after King Yan chose Tang Xinyao, Princess Zhou had been secretly appointed to Princess Shou'an. However, Gu Wanna was jealous of King Yan for not choosing her, and instigated Qiu Nie and others to use the earthquake to spread rumors, forcing both the Queen Mother and the Queen to give up their original candidates for the crown prince. This made the Queen Mother have a bad impression of her.
So the marriage was postponed tacitly.
Now the Queen Mother asked this again, but the female officer knew that the Queen Mother had changed her mind. Otherwise, the engagement has not been announced, so what if I change the princess? The Gu family is different from the Jiang family. The Gu family became prominent solely because of the Queen Mother, but Queen Jiang relied on her natal family to dare to compete with the Queen Mother for power.
Don't look at Gu Wanna's title of Princess Shou'an, the Queen Mother wants to solve her problem with just one sentence!
"Her Royal Highness Princess Shou'an is smart and astute, while Miss Tang is gentle and obedient." The female officer thought for a while and said cautiously.
"The children of the Tang family are all obedient, but they are too obedient and not clever enough." The Queen Mother said thoughtfully, "Shou'an... I thought she was not peaceful enough before! But now, looking at Weizhou's appearance, no one can take it. The person with the idea is by his side..."
Apparently King Zhou had been repeatedly attacked by the Seventh Prince in the past few months, which annoyed Queen Mother Gu.
Fighting with the staff and the queen, and fighting with the navy, the queen mother believed that what she gave to the king of Zhou was no worse than what the queen gave to the seventh prince.
But in the direct competition between King Zhou and the Seventh Prince, they always lost more than they won... Once or twice they could use the navy to get past them, three times or four times... The onlookers outside the palace who didn't know the truth could still be fooled, but the ministers who could speak in the selection of the crown prince could still be fooled. Is it that easy to hide
However, the Queen Mother did not want to change the candidate. After all, it would mean that all the previous efforts for King Zhou were in vain, and it would be equivalent to admitting that King Zhou was not as good as the Seventh Prince - didn't this mean that she had poor eyesight? This is absolutely not allowed.
So in this case, having a rich princess may be a remedy.
And if you think about it carefully, Gu Wenna is different from Queen Jiang. She belongs to the Gu family, and the Gu family only became famous because of the Queen Mother. Gu Wanna's biggest supporter is the Queen Mother Gu herself. She can slay King Yan and Tang Xinyao, but if she dares to reach out to the Queen Mother... Queen Mother Gu feels that it is impossible for Gu Wanna to become the second Queen Jiang. After all, King Guangyang does not control troops.
In terms of political affairs, King Guangyang's influence is not as good as that of Xue Chang!
"Just Shou'an." The Queen Mother finally made up her mind, "As for Changping... let Xinqiong be a concubine for Weizhou, and before Xinqiong gives birth to her eldest son, Shou'an... just..."
This not only appeased the biological daughter Princess Changping, but also discouraged the restless niece and granddaughter Princess Shou'an, and also caused the bastard to be born before the legitimate son - another way to manipulate Gu Graceful in the future.
The female officer said sincerely: "Yes!"
... After hearing that Queen Mother Gu was going to marry King Zhou, Queen Jiang also began to consider candidates for the seventh prince's main wife.
"The nieces are all married. Among the younger generations, only Zhi'er from the eldest family is of the same age. But even if the Tian family doesn't care about seniority, it won't sound good after all." Empress Jiang said when discussing this candidate with Duke Qin, "Especially fifteen is Princess Qi... So, let's choose from the in-laws, right?"
Qin Guogong knew that his daughter said this because she did not want to make the eldest son too proud.
However, he had no intention of telling the truth. After all, no matter how partial he was to Jiang Tianao, he could not completely ignore the feelings of his other children.
So I asked: "Almost all girls come to the palace to greet you. Who do you think is suitable?"
"What do you think of the fifth sister's daughter?" Empress Jiang said the candidate readily, "Zhuang Mo's little daughter is also good, but my daughter asked the palace people and said that the Zhuang girl looked a bit like the fourth sister-in-law back then..."
"Then it's not suitable for the palace!" When Duke Qin heard that Zhuang Man's personality resembled Mrs. Zhuang's, he immediately objected, "A woman with this kind of personality will only cause trouble for you if she enters the palace!" Duke Qin's displeasure with his second daughter-in-law is not entirely due to Jiang. The key to Yadan's matter is Mrs. Zhuang's domineering and arrogant attitude... Well, to be honest, it is natural for such a daughter-in-law not to be liked by her parents-in-law.
Empress Jiang also knew this, so she mentioned Zhuang Man just for comparison: "The daughter of the Ou family is good-looking, but she is even more aggressive than the little girl from the Zhuang family! The two girls from Dou Ji Restaurant who have not yet left the palace This daughter is known to be honest, but as a princess, if she is not powerful enough, she will not be able to control the situation - especially Princess Yan or Princess Zhou, which one is easy to mess with? Fu Bing is generous and sensible, and the stronger one should be stronger. , be soft when necessary...suitable for this position.”
Anyway, she doesn’t want someone from the big house, no matter whether it’s Jiang or Dou!
Qin Guogong understood what his daughter meant. He thought that Xin Fubing was the granddaughter of the Marquis of Jibei and had a very close relationship with the Jiang family. Moreover, he had the impression that he was indeed a good junior, so he nodded: "It's up to you to make the decision on the prince's marriage. , as long as you like it.”
The queen breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself: "My uncle has only a few offspring, so he loves his flesh and blood. Although Xin Fubing is only a granddaughter, she has always been regarded as the apple of her eye by her uncle and her great-aunt... Let her marry Weisang, and then she will follow my uncle's side." The relationship has become even closer.”
It is not that the younger generation cannot influence Qin Guogong, but compared to the brothers of the same generation, the influence of the younger generation is really not that great.
Although the Marquis of Jibei basically listens to the Duke of Qin, the Duke of Qin has to think carefully about his words at critical moments.
Empress Jiang knew very well the status of Jiang Tianao, the eldest male son of Kui County, in her father's heart. She didn't expect to make him fall out of favor all of a sudden, but she was slowly trying to loosen his status little by little. This time I chose Xin Fu Bing, which is one of them.
After the queen and Duke Qin decided, Duke Qin left the palace and went to the Marquis Mansion of Jibei in person to tell his younger brother about the matter.
The Marquis of Jibei did not agree very much with this matter: "I'll ask my wife to ask the child what she wants. Anyway, our family has many in-laws. Whoever gets married should not be married off. It's better to choose a girl you like to avoid entering the palace." Feeling unhappy afterwards is also called the guilt felt by the elders.”
"That's fine." Qin Guogong knew that he had such a granddaughter, and he was inevitably afraid of wronging her, so he said, "I will discuss this matter with the queen now, and the others don't know yet. If the child Fu Bing refuses, let's discuss it again." Just look for it, since the Seventh Prince only has his hair tied, it’s not in a hurry.”
The Marquis of Jibei nodded, and turned around and entrusted the matter to his daughter-in-law Mi - in fact, Mrs. Ou should have asked, but Mrs. Ou was always more strict than kind to the younger generation. In the Marquis of Jibei's house, everyone was afraid that the old lady was too afraid of Ji. Beihou. The Marquis of Jibei also knew this, and was worried that his old wife would frighten his granddaughter, so he thought it would be more appropriate for his wife to come forward.
... It was nothing at first, but the Marquis of Jibei didn't know anything about Mi Yinyin and Xin Fubing's feud over Jiang Yalan.
After all, he and Mrs. Ou had been in the north before. They didn't come back until autumn last year. After returning, they were caught up in the fight for the heirloom. There were so many important matters related to the prosperity and survival of the Jiang family to worry about. How could he have the time to care about the disputes between his grandchildren? Jealous
But Michael naturally knew it.
She actually didn't have any objections to Xin Fuling, her niece, and she also knew that her son had always only had unrequited love for this cousin. But Mi Yinyin has been unable to let go of this worry, and Jiang Yalan is not a fool, how could he not notice it? He was already regretful that he could not marry Xin Fubing, whom he liked more. Mi Yinyin, who had always been considered gentle and considerate, was still so petty... Jiang Yalan also felt disgusted.
Just a few months after the couple got married, Jiang Yalan took in two beauties and rarely spent the night in the main room... How could Mi, who specially married her niece to her son in the hope of further strengthening the relationship between her natal family and her husband's family, not be in a hurry?
"This is an opportunity." Mi's heart moved after receiving the mission from her father-in-law, "Let Xin Fubing get married quickly... After that, Yinyin can relax and maybe get back together with Lan'er."