Concubine Zhao's mother's Zhao family is a well-known family in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the past, Concubine Zhao's father was the Right Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He died of illness two years ago. At that time, all the courtiers thought that Concubine Zhao's elder brother, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Changrong would definitely take over as the right minister. So Duan Chenghong, the prospective father-in-law of the Eastern Palace Crown Prince, immediately took over as the right minister, and the Zhao family gritted their teeth. But dare not complain. It's only natural for Long Live Lord to promote the prince, who would dare to criticize him
And the Xu family behind the queen mother and the prince is not easy to mess with. The Great Zhou has been established for a hundred years. Naturally, the emperors were all surnamed Zhong, but all the empresses and concubines in the past were all surnamed Xu. This stems from the illustrious military exploits made by the Xu family when they assisted the Taizu in the war. The Emperor Taizu thanked the Xu family. It was only then that the ancestral system that all queens of the Great Zhou Dynasty came from the Xu family was established.
Not only is the queen's concubine surnamed Xu, but the Xu family has also had three emperor teachers and two ministers. It is the leading wealthy nobleman in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It's just this generation. The descendants of the Xu family are not as prominent as before, but there are also many generals. Those who don't look like mountains and dews can be compared with the courtiers of the capital who have no access to military and political power. This is the real force, and naturally the Zhao family would not dare to provoke it easily.
Therefore, even though Zhao's family was brooding over the matter of the Right Prime Minister, they could only let it go in the end. But now that the abolished prince has fallen and Duan Chenghong has been demoted, Zhao Changrong has naturally become a popular candidate for the right chancellor. For a while, the Zhao family is full of people. Sure enough, in early May, Long Live God promoted Zhao Changrong to the right chancellor, but then, again. According to an imperial decree, the Lord Long Live promoted Concubine Shu's father, Cui You'an, and the left deputy governor of the third-rank Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, replacing Zhao Changrong's original position.
"Nowadays, people's family background is not too low. No matter how you say it, they are from the first grade, not to mention that they are still officials," Concubine Zhao said coldly, while taking off the heavy and cumbersome hairpins from her hair one by one and throwing them on the small table , said coldly, "Long Live Lord promoted Cui Youan in the previous court, and he did not forget to promote the second prince in the harem. If this continues, the Yanxi Palace may change hands tomorrow!"
"Mother and concubine, you can't go on like this! Just now in Baohua Temple, you also saw that the father and the second child are really kind and filial." Zhong Mingzheng was so anxious that he clenched his fists, his eyes seemed to spit fire He said, "I don't care if Cui Youan is promoted or not, but if the father keeps thinking about the second child so much, maybe one day the father will make an imperial decree, and the second child will move into the East Palace!"
Seeing that Empress Zhenxian’s memorial day is approaching, Lord Long Live personally went to Baohua Temple to inspect the preparations for the sacrificial ceremony. Concubine Zhao’s mother and concubine Shu’s mother and son accompanied them. The song "Song of Encouraging Filial Piety" was full of praise from Lord Long Live. At that time, he casually said that it is time to crown you two brothers as kings. For a while, the two mothers and sons present really had different tastes.
"Your father's promotion to Cui You'an's official position is to make the concubine Shu's mother and son look good." Concubine Zhao took a sip of tea and said in a deep voice, "I see that it is probably the fault of our Zhao family who stretched his hands too long. gone."
Zhong Mingzheng was stunned, and then whispered: "The concubine mother is referring to Ningguta? But didn't we withdraw people back early in the morning? Besides, we are not the only ones at Ningguta."
"So what? If Long Live is suspicious of you, he will always see that you are not right anywhere. Did you only know about your father's temperament today?" Concubine Zhao said coldly, while sighing, He said to Zhong Mingzheng, "Look at how much the second prince likes your father, he knows what to say, but what about you? Just like a wooden stake, does it mean that your father likes wooden stakes? "
Zhong Mingzheng sniffed: "I... I just don't like the way the second child wags his head and tail. Whenever he sees the father, he flatters like a dog."