Just as Murong Jie expected, after the discussion on the position of crown prince, people in the court really began to look at the candidate.
The temporary situation was divided into three factions. One of them was King Liang. However, the supported King Liang had no intention of becoming the emperor. He pretended to be stupid when all the ministers urged him to get close to him. However, this made him gain more support because he was unfathomable.
Anyone who achieves great things is always unfathomable. If all his thoughts are revealed, it is not worth following him because he is a scheming person.
Moreover, the person who chose Prince of Liang also had his own considerations, because almost everyone in the court knew about the affair between Prince of Liang and Princess Yi'er of Liang. Prince of Liang would be the son-in-law of Liang in the future, and they would be related by marriage. If anything happened to this son-in-law, could the father-in-law just sit back and watch
The second faction is the seventh prince, the son of Concubine Yi.
There is almost no doubt why the Seventh Prince was chosen, because the person who supports him is Prince Nan Huai. Prince Nan Huai himself has power, and he wants to participate in the fight for the throne. He has been managing and planning for many years, and his chances of winning are very high. Moreover, there is the Noble Concubine behind him. Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, the Noble Concubine has the highest status, and as long as she is willing, she can enter the palace to preside over the affairs of the harem.
Choosing the seventh prince means choosing Prince Nan Huai.
The worst off is the third prince. For one thing, Mei Fei's family is indeed not helpful. And although Mei Fei has been working hard for her son's future over the years, even Xia Huaijun didn't help her at all. If he didn't even look at her, who would look favorably upon her
Besides, even the teacher said that the third prince was naughty and had no chance of becoming a successful person.
However, there are also some people with ulterior motives who believe that Murong Jie's support for him is just a decoy, in fact, he wants to continue to control the government. There is no guarantee that Murong Jie himself will become the emperor in the future, so the third prince also has followers.
Selecting a crown prince is equivalent to selecting a queen. Concubine Yi and Concubine Mei now work together to manage the affairs of the harem. There are no noble concubines in the palace. The highest rank among the emperor's women is concubine. Once a crown prince is selected, the candidate for queen will probably have been chosen as well.
In order to understand the changes in the situation, many ministers' families went to Zi'an to find out what the emperor was thinking. After all, Zi'an was now the emperor's doctor.
Therefore, when Zi'an rarely left the palace and returned home, she received gifts from many people. The gifts piled up like a mountain in the main hall, which annoyed her to death.
Receiving gifts is naturally not annoying, but there is a ulterior motive behind these gifts, and she is not willing to deal with it at all.
Just after returning this day, I received a gift and a visiting card from Minister Li’s wife, saying that she would visit me the next day.
Xiaosun opened the boxes one by one and saw the exquisite jewelry. She said, "Princess, this is a very generous gift from Madam Li. Look at these big gold bracelets... Hey, aren't these exactly the same bracelets that Shopkeeper Hu gave you during the Chinese New Year? It looks like you bought them at Dingfenghao."
Zi'an took a look and found that it was indeed the bracelet that Huanxi had given her during the Chinese New Year. She said, "Put it away. I didn't bring any of the ones Huanxi gave me. I'll give it back to her when she comes tomorrow."
She walked out, only to see Sun Fanger standing at the door staring blankly inside. When she saw Zi'an coming out, she did not walk away like she usually did, but asked, "During the Chinese New Year, did Hu Huanxi give you a gold bracelet?"
"Yes, didn't I give you one as well? I heard that you had one too." Zi'an said lightly.
"Hmm!" Sun Fang'er walked in, picked up the bracelet and took a look at it, "I don't like gold jewelry."
"That was also Huanxi's intention. Her family runs a gold shop, and all the gifts they give are gold." Zi'an thought that she disliked the gift from Hu Huanxi, so he controlled his temper and explained for Huanxi. After all, she thought that Huanxi didn't have any special thoughts when he gave her the gift.
Sun Fang'er didn't seem to understand what she meant. She raised her head and asked, "You mean, she gave bracelets to other people?"
"I don't know if it's a bracelet, but it's definitely gold. I've received some gifts from her, and they were all gold," said Zi'an.
Sun Fanger subconsciously reached out and touched her neck, "Hmm!" Her eyebrows seemed to be a little raised, not as lifeless as before.
She nodded and went out without saying anything else. Zi'an looked at her from behind and said in confusion, "What a weird thing! What is she doing? If she didn't want it, she could have just given it back to Huanxi."
Xiaosun thought for a moment, "No, Princess. I remember that the box I asked Xiaohong to bring to her was smaller than yours. Hers should not be a bracelet, but perhaps a bracelet or a ring. She may feel that what she gave is not as valuable as the one she gave you, so she is angry, right?"
Zi'an said unhappily, "This gift also brings hatred. I'd better go and talk to Huanxi and tell her not to do such things again."
Zi'an took a chance to take a break from his busy life and went to Dingfenghao.
After all, Sun Fang'er had to be handled with caution in all matters, because she understood the art of witchcraft, and once she became resentful, there was no telling what she would do.
"Busy?" Zi'an saw Hu Huanxi buried in a pile of bills as he entered the room.
"Of course not." Hu Huanxi raised his head and rubbed his brows. "I'm so tired. Shouldn't you be more tired than me? How did you find time to come here?"
"I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I came to see you." Zi'an sat down and happily ordered someone to pour tea. After the servant left, she smiled bitterly and said, "I have stayed up all night for two consecutive nights and have not sorted out these accounts. At this time, I miss coffee very much."
"I miss it, too. I miss everything in the modern world, including toilets and menstrual paper." Zi'an stood up, took off his outer garment, and slumped down on the armchair. "I'm tired, too. I've been so busy lately."
"Well, take a good rest. We time travelers are used to the hard work in modern times, but here we are very weak and get sick easily. Just a few days ago, I caught a cold. I used to be very afraid of getting an IV drip, but now I feel so happy just thinking that I can get an IV drip and quickly get rid of the symptoms and get back to work."
"Are you sick?" Zi'an's expression tensed up, and he quickly straightened up. "Where do you feel uncomfortable? What are the symptoms?"
"Look how nervous you are. Is it an occupational disease?" Hu Huanxi said with a smile.
"I'm not kidding you. What's wrong with you?" Zi'an said seriously.
Hu Huanxi also became serious, "I just have a cold, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm afraid someone has cast a spell on you. Let me ask you, when you went to my house to give me gifts during the Chinese New Year, you also gave Sun Fang'er one, right?"
"Yeah, don't you know? Are you jealous?" Hu Huanxi said with a smile.
"Why are you jealous? You give out so many gifts every day, and I have to be jealous? Seriously, let me ask you, what did you give to Sun Fanger?"
"It's the same as yours, a piece of silk and a gold bracelet. Don't worry, there are different styles. I have given away more than a hundred bracelets this year, with thirty or forty styles. When you noble ladies and princesses wear my bracelets, it is like promoting my Dingfenghao. The wives of wealthy businessmen in the folk all like to follow the trend. They buy whatever the palace and the nobles like." Hu Huanxi said with a smile.
"Oh my god, they even saved on publicity. You, the domineering president, traveled through time and space to become the concubine's daughter of a wealthy family. That's great. Find someone to write a biography for you. You've become so successful now." Zi'an said jokingly.
(End of this chapter)