King Ningxuan and Emperor Renshou were cousins in name but monarch and subject in reality.
If sorted by age, the late emperor is the oldest, Rong Mingyu is the second, and Emperor Renshou Sheng Xuyan is the youngest among them.
No matter how much affection there is in childhood, there is always a layer of separation between ruler and subject, not to mention that after adulthood, there is really a big difference between ruler and subject.
Rong Tang looked into Su Huaijing's eyes and for a moment thought he was hallucinating, but he quickly dismissed the idea and realized that Su Huaijing was not lying to him.
It is now May, the height of summer. Qian is almost nine months pregnant and is due to give birth in June this year.
Rong Mingyu was so sure that it was a boy because no matter whether Qian gave birth to a boy or a girl, it would eventually become a boy and become the young master of Ningxuan Palace.
In this case, it would be safest to assume that Qian has no child in her belly.
The only puzzling thing is why Rong Mingyu wants to raise a child for someone else
Rong Tang frowned slightly, and a picture flashed through his mind. His face froze, and he asked incredulously: "Empress Yi?"
Su Huaijing smiled and finally brought Tangtang out of her confused state where she was trying to think about where she came from and where she was going.
He held Rong Tang's hand, led him forward along the flow of people, and whispered, "Sheng Chengming is the target. The emperor is only in his early forties this year and is in good health. It will take at least twenty years for him to abdicate. By that time, the second prince, who will be almost forty years old, and the young eighth prince will naturally have more advantages."
No matter how fiercely people fight now, it is only to prepare wedding dresses for those who come after them. As long as Emperor Renshou is still alive, the more popular the prince is now, the harder he will fall in the future.
People are suspicious of each other, this is true between rulers and their subjects, and even more so between fathers and sons.
The happiness of family is the best protection, and no emperor who is conceited by nature would feel jealous of his own flesh and blood in his cradle.
Because of his arrogance and pride, he didn't care about this almost negligible threat.
But some people are betting on his arrogance. Rong Mingyu has known him for forty years and had been educated with him and rebelled together with him. Naturally, he knows the character of his distinguished cousin.
Some things are not suitable to be said in public. Su Huaijing took his men to say goodbye to Mu Jingxu and the others, and then slowly walked towards the carriage at the corner of the street.
Rong Tang had figured out a lot by now.
The most obvious example is the palace banquet that day. When Rong Mingyu was busy dealing with Ke Hongxue's attack, it was Concubine Yi who broke the silence in the room by speaking with her bulging belly.
Thinking more deeply, Concubine Yi gave birth in the summer, and Marquis Wu Kang rebelled in the autumn, implicated the entire family of the Second Prince's party. Although it was Su Huaijing who fanned the flames, did Rong Mingyu play any role in it
At least the fact that the Eighth Prince became the Queen's legitimate son did not bring any benefit to Su Huaijing himself.
The crown prince is appointed first according to the legitimate son and then the eldest son. The second prince was demoted, and the whole court was silent for a while. Unless the third prince was seeking death, he would instigate the ministers to mention the crown prince. Otherwise, as time goes by, when the eighth prince grows up, if Emperor Renshou wants to consider the position of crown prince, he will definitely consider the legitimate son of the empress first.
As for why Qian was forced to have a baby, and why she and Concubine Yi gave birth at a similar time...
Rong Tang's face turned slightly cold, and countless possibilities flashed through his mind for a moment.
It could be replacing the prince with a cat, raising a villain to borrow fortune, or just registering a name in the family tree and replacing the eighth prince in the future...
Rong Mingyu has his own plans, and Rong Tang just needs to make guesses. There is no need for him to be on the same page with him.
Just when he thought of this, a graceful, dignified and majestic face flashed through his mind.
And when they were together in private, that face could never hide the faint sadness between its brows.
Rong Tang's heart ached uncontrollably, and he frowned and asked, "When did he collude with Concubine Yi?"
Su Huaijing: "Many years ago, when Concubine Yi was still married."
Both are talented men and beautiful women in the capital. To be honest, Rong Mingyu has more freedom than the princes in the palace, so it is perfectly legitimate to make friends with him first.
Rong Tang said coldly: "Since you have a mutual crush on each other, why would you marry my mother?"
Su Huaijing: "Admiration and family background, high position and the throne, our Prince Ning Xuan has always been clear about the calculations."
Rong Tang paused for a moment and looked at Su Huaijing: "He is actually after the throne?"
Su Huaijing shook his head: "Not sure, the evidence is not complete, but at least there is an idea to push the baby in Concubine Yi's belly to the throne."
Su Huaijing never makes random guesses, and his remarks are always based on facts.
Rong Tang thought about it and felt that what he said was very possible and even consistent with Rong Mingyu's attitude.
He was indifferent to his eldest son, and allowed his second and youngest sons to each choose a prince to befriend;
In private, he colluded with Concubine Yi and planned to send his niece to the palace to share a husband with his wife's sister.
He wants both, and I don’t know how many nets he has cast.
Su Huaijing said, "But after all, Concubine Yi's mother's family is powerful, and she herself has ambitions. If he plots with her, he might end up being swallowed up, unless..." He paused and looked at Rong Tang, "unless he weakens the power of Zhang Gelao and Sheng Chengming in advance."
The carriage was moving steadily, and the candlelight in the carriage flickered slightly. Su Huaijing caught a glimpse of the complexity in Rong Tang's eyes, was slightly startled, and then smiled: "It seems that he did so."
He poured a cup of tea for Rong Tang. The fragrance of tea leaves spread throughout the carriage. Su Huaijing said calmly: "Let me guess what he will do."
Rong Tang felt a little numb. He blew on the tea to cool it down quickly, and listened to Su Huaijing's guesses: "Lü Junxian? No, all the secrets about his brother have been dug out." His wrist was scratched by that villain for this.
"Xia Jingyi? The timing is not right. The military pay for the southwest is still stuck there. It would be a waste to use Marshal Xia's hand so early."
Rong Tang listened to his analysis while hearing the system breathing heavily in his ears, feeling like a sandwich.
After all, the system is bound to the male protagonist's system. Although it doesn't like Sheng Chengli, the ungrateful bastard, now, isn't it a bit wrong to listen to the villain's nonsense here!
Rong Tang said faintly: "You can't shut him up."
"You can't even argue with him," he added.
Because Su Huaijing is really, really...super smart.
Rong Tang felt tired of himself for having spared no effort to oppose him in his previous two lives.
If he is a college student who accidentally enters a power struggle and grows up bit by bit with the help of system plug-ins, then Su Huaijing is probably the boss who is at the maximum level at the beginning of the game and repeatedly feeds him moves.
Raise him by feeding him moves until he matures, and then satisfy your own evil taste of wanting an opponent of equal strength.
It's just outrageous.
Rong Tang sighed silently and heard Su Huaijing say, "Second Prince?"
Rong Tang's eyes moved slightly, and Su Huaijing smiled: "Taking action against Sheng Chengming can not only weaken Zhang Gelao and the Second Prince's party, but also easily push Sheng Chengxing to the forefront and become the target of public criticism."
"It can't be too obvious, but it can't be intimidating at all..." Su Huaijing muttered, and some names kept appearing in his mind and then crossed out. Finally, he stopped at a piece of paper and smiled: "I was wondering why there was a note written in Da Sui characters in the book that Qin Pengxuan gave to Sheng Chengming some time ago. He wanted to use Wu Kangbo as a target..."
He said softly, looking at Rong Tang, and asked naively: "What should I do, Tangtang, the prince and I think the same thing in some aspects."
The more chaotic the court is, the greater the role of the Censorate becomes, and Su Huaijing's existence becomes particularly important.
He wished that the entire court would be in turmoil, and Wu Kangbo was the first person to be eliminated. Even if it was not him, the fact that he had a son like Qin Pengxuan was enough for Su Huaijing to stab him thousands of times.
Therefore, after figuring out Rong Mingyu's plan, he not only did not feel annoyed, he was even slightly excited and wanted to get involved.
Rong Tang looked at the eagerness in his eyes with annoyance and said, "Do whatever you want to do. I won't stop you."
To put it another way, the identity of the Prince of Ningxuan is still a protection for them now. It is better for Rong Mingyu to sleep soundly than for him to be in panic all day and make mistakes in front of Emperor Renshou.
What Rong Tang was thinking about now was something more important to him: how to persuade Wang Xiuyu to divorce him.
Scumbag!
He cheated on his wife and his aunt, and even tried to trick her into raising his child!
What a rubbish person! Is he worthy of being crowned king
Don't you want the truth to be exposed and your entire family to be implicated
The irritability and anger on his face were so obvious that his expression became more vivid. Su Huaijing watched silently for a while before speaking out, "Grandmother took my cousin to Tuolan Temple. Since she has already planned it once, she might as well plan it a second time."
Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, knowing that the "calculation" he was talking about was to teach Rong Ying to plot against the Princess and the Buddha. Doing this once was enough to shorten one's life, and he wanted to do it a second time
Su Huaijing looked indifferent and said lightly, "A new baby is about to be born in the mansion. His zodiac sign is dragon. He is noble but his fate is shallow and his foundation is unstable. If there is a noble person of tiger zodiac sign to protect the house, the dragon and tiger will fight and affect their bodies, so that the child will lose his soul and the adult will be plagued by illness. I would like to trouble you to leave for a while."
Rong Tang was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a while, Wang Xiuyu happened to be born in the year of the tiger.
There was a flash of speechlessness in Rong Tang's eyes, and even the system that had been chattering non-stop stopped talking at this moment. If Rong Tang could see it now, he would definitely be able to see six points of light balls appearing regularly in the air.
He was silent for a while, then asked, "So mother never went back?"
"Live separately first, which will not only reduce the workload, but also save you from having to take care of the trivial matters in the back house for the prince, and mother will also be relieved of a lot of worries. If you can persuade them to divorce, it's best. If you really don't want to divorce, you can also explain it."
Su Huaijing's tone sank, and he sounded like a charlatan: "Young master is very noble, but his destiny is too strong. I am afraid that his earthly body cannot suppress his destiny. It is best to invite an elderly nobleman with a conflicting zodiac sign to come home. This can both deter him and help him stabilize his essence."
Su Huaijing said: "Even if he is not his biological son, the prince will definitely not let him die. But it is a bit embarrassing to ask the legal wife to leave the house for a concubine's son. No matter how much flesh is bitten off from him, Tangtang must hold her mother and not let her feel sad."
The carriage rolled forward, the summer night was full of stars, Rong Tang was silent for a century, but he couldn't help but called out, "Huai Jing."
"I'm here." Su Huaijing replied with a chuckle.
"What's wrong with your brain?" Rong Tang asked him very seriously, extremely confused.
He seemed to know how this man became the emperor's favorite in his previous two lives.
Doesn't this way of talking about fate all the time just hit the heart of Emperor Renshou, who is a feudal and superstitious person
Flatterer!
Young Master Rong’s sharp comments!
(End of this chapter)