"Opportunities?" Gong Xiangxiao smiled mockingly and said, "What opportunities are there now? There are already four princes on the east side of the emperor's knees. There are no outsiders there, and he is afraid of saying some taboo words: Even if the emperor has three advantages and two disadvantages, He who naturally takes the throne, or one of those four infant princes, has nothing to do with him!"
"Even if the young master makes a mistake and the throne falls into the lap of his father, I think he is wrong about his attitude now. Even the crown prince may not be willing to let him do anything, let alone the throne?"
Qi Jiulu said gently: "Everything depends on man-made things. Don't forget it, Prince. When the Emperor of Heaven succeeds to the throne, Ji family will be so prominent. Who will think of Mingyue?"
Gong Xiangxiao shook his head: "He is different from the emperor. Although he doesn't like the emperor, but ask yourself, the emperor's Ziren City Mansion is much better than him. If he were the emperor, could he tolerate it for eight years as if nothing happened. I last year I just came to the Imperial Capital and haven’t spent much time with the emperor, so I don’t know much about it.”
"He was sent to the palace as a companion after the emperor ascended the throne. He is also the emperor's cousin. I know best how he endured it during those years."
"Did I know? When he first came to the throne, not only did he look down on him, but even the waiters in Taichu Palace were very respectful in person, but behind the scenes, no one talked about him, saying that he was from a remote clan and was not promoted by the Ji family. , he may not even be qualified to come to the imperial capital to pay tribute, let alone ascend the throne? He was annoyed when he heard the contemptuous words and attitude - no matter how unbearable Chunjia is, he is not the descendant of his Gongxiang family, how can a few slaves be qualified to discuss it? "
"The emperor actually heard it at the time, but he could pretend to know nothing, and even turned around and mistook those slaves for being as generous as ever."
"I even promoted one of them to serve in front of the emperor."
"It wasn't until he took charge that at the end of last year, he found a reason to kill all those people... He could endure these slaves until everything was safe before moving on!"
"What about him?"
"During the two years he was in the palace, he said that his confinement was difficult, but after all, he was married to his first wife, and many people in the palace were not attracted to him in their hearts. But I think, now, everyone knows that he and his step-concubine are known to each other inside and outside. They dislike each other, are estranged from their half-brothers, and are even more incompatible with their father... Sometimes he feels annoyed when he thinks about it. If he had not imitated the emperor earlier, maybe the situation would not have reached the level of Ru Ming."
He exhaled, spread his legs and said, "But it's easier said than done. Many people understand the principle of keeping a low profile and biding time, but how many can do it?"
He couldn't do it anyway.
Sometimes he secretly wondered whether Keke had ever enjoyed the unreserved love of his parents when he was a child, so he regretted falling out of favor and didn't bother to use disguises to win the regent's favor.
And Chunjia lost his father when he was young, and the aunt who raised him was not his biological mother. I'm afraid that he has learned to read people's faces since he was sensible, and has never been able to be willful, which is why he is so tolerable.
...But what kind of pasts did each of the Bulong cousins have? In the end, Chunjia had all the hardships, but he was heading towards despair step by step.
"Your Majesty, many people and things in this world are actually double-edged swords." Qi Jiulu was unmoved and said An Ran, "The emperor is wise and powerful, and it has been recognized as late as the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Bufu is not the regent, not anything else. People will never underestimate him. And although the Crown Prince is obviously weak, it is precisely because of this that many things are more convenient."
He said slowly, "Now, it depends on the prince's decision."
Gong Xiangxiao was a little confused: "How to choose?"
"If the battle is between the emperor and the regent, who does the prince want to choose?" "Qi Jiulu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "The prince and the emperor are not cousins, and the regent is not the direct father and son. If the Ji family in the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, there will be no buffer between the emperor and the regent, and it will be a matter of time before the emperor and the regent start fighting. "
"All the princes in the temple, and even the concubines, have already started to take sides."
"If the prince doesn't want to just wait for death and follow the crowd, of course he has a choice."
"Should I choose the emperor, or should I choose the regent?"
"He..." Gong Xiangxiao opened his mouth. If not before, although his heart was full of grievances and resentments, whether his biological father was his biological father or not, he could not be compared to Chun Jia.
But since the emperor took charge, his disappointment with the regent has increased day by day.
When Chunjia was hiding his power and biding his time, Gong Xiangxiao could not comfort himself. Maybe the regent needed a reliable and trustworthy helper to keep an eye on the emperor. And for such an absolutely trustworthy person, besides his eldest son, who is his wife
Last year, Chunjia began to rule personally. Except for Ji Minggan, who was born in the Ji family, and Yuan Ke, who had no talent, Yun Qike, Deng Chengzhai and Zheng Fengfen were entrusted with missions one after another. Only Gong Xiangxiao was willing to show Chunjia's brotherly love. Shen sent him something to do, but was stopped by the regent!
Gong Xiangxiao was already very unhappy at that time, but what about now
They didn't even arrange a marriage for him, and they didn't allow his uncle's family to help him say something fair? !
To put it bluntly, his stepfather is not as harsh as his biological father. Gong Xiangxiao was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly, "Of course he... chose... the father!"
After saying the first two words, Gong Xiangxiao sighed self-deprecatingly, "I have thought about it many times before. If one day, the Prince Regent's house is not to deny his father, but to him, he will definitely be doubly indifferent to him. Let him know that feeling... But after all, it is not his father."
Not everyone can do something like betraying his biological father.
This is true even under tremendous pressure.
After all, in that era, the country focused on governing the country with filial piety.
Even if you are not a grandson of an emperor, you have been taught to be filial and respectful to your elders since childhood. They have been influenced in all aspects for more than ten or twenty years. It is true that it is easy to change the country and hard to change. Gong Xiangxiao, the regent, has hatred and resentment. In his imagination, he would seek revenge on the Prince Regent whenever he had the chance - but when the real situation came before him, he found that he could not do it.
He could yell back at the regent, curse and resent him, but if he were to actually betray the regent and the regent's palace, he really couldn't overcome his determination.
Maybe he will regret it later and be heartbroken, but in the current situation, he can't do it.
"Is the prince really pure and filial?" Gong Xiangxiao looked away in embarrassment, not wanting to see the disappointment on Qi Jiulu's face.
Because in his opinion, since Qi Jiulu added the option of betraying the regent, he obviously didn't want him to do that. Although that person was not very high-born, with a Ming Dynasty and nobles everywhere, and there were as many high-ranking officials as dogs in the imperial capital, he was not that big of a deal, but his courage was extraordinary—ordinary people’s childhood sweethearts entered the palace, even if they could not be cut off just like that. Thinking about it, there are really not many people who only miss her secretly, travel thousands of miles to pursue a secret meeting in the palace, and want to take advantage of the palace to escape the summer heat and take away the popular concubine.
If you can do such a treacherous and unethical thing, what does it matter if you persuade someone's own son to betray his own father and become the master of the family
Bu Nao Qi Jiulu didn't mean to be a joke. He praised Gong Xiangxiao's filial piety very calmly and said that your son, you are not a truly filial and virtuous person. It would be his loss if the regent could not see your kindness.
Then the conversation changed, "Since the prince does not feel sorry for the regent, it is better to pretend to surrender to the emperor. For the sake of reputation, the emperor will never mistreat you even if he does not trust you. In this way, the prince can learn from the emperor. If you get support on the side, you won't have to rely on the regent's palace for everything; you can also rely on the emperor to fight against your step-concubine, mother and son."
"If I can find out some secret information in the future, wouldn't it be good to tell the Prince Regent privately?"
Gong Xiangxiao frowned and said: "In that case, my father will definitely not allow it. Although the emperor is willing to let him show his kindness, he will not conflict with his father because of him. The most important thing is that Chunjia acted carefully, and he gave He has been a companion for so many years, and even though we have been together day and night, he has not discovered his true face. I said that for such an emperor, wouldn't it be possible for him to take the initiative to get close to him and find out the news? "
Even if you hear the news if you don't care about it, what's the use
He felt vaguely weird when he said that. He felt that Qi Jiulu had an ulterior motive for his suggestion
But Qi Jiulu then said: "Your Majesty, the truth is not the same, but the Prince has always been pure and kind, and he has wronged the regent's filial piety, so why should he share the regent's worries? Is it excusable if he thinks of that method and practices it personally? Isn't that right? Anyway, the prince doesn't know anything about the secrets of the regent. Even if the undercover agent fails in front of the emperor, what will be lost to the prince's palace? "
Seeing that Gong Xiangxiao was slightly startled, he sighed and said, "The prince has never treated him as an outsider, so he said it bluntly: When the prince is in the palace, he will suffer the consequences because of his step-concubine. The prince's government affairs are complicated, even if the prince is gone If you are your eldest son, you should keep him with you all the time. Likewise if you are your own flesh and blood, you don’t have the help of your mother and concubine to shut up in front of the prince. If your step-concubine mentions you in front of the prince, it would be good if she doesn’t instigate you... As the saying goes, a drop of water can penetrate a stone. , the rope is sawed and the wood is cut, and it lasts forever. Even if it is a father and a son, how can he not give birth to a biological child? "
"Since Your Majesty cares about the Regent so much, you should let the Regent know your thoughts!"