Gu Qingcheng was indirectly reminding the Gu family: Now that Min Huang has taken power, he might want to go back on his word.

Li was shocked. She looked around and followed Gu Qingcheng's example, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and whispering, "What did your Majesty do?"

Investing is risky, and when marrying a new king, one must naturally be on guard against him abandoning his power.

But, Min Huang has just taken power, and he hasn't yet completely established his foothold. How dare he turn against us?

Before the Gu family married Min Huang, they had already considered that after Min Huang sat firmly on the throne, he would turn against the Gu family.

It's not ingratitude, it's entitlement.

The emperor wanted unique imperial power, but the Gu family, being both powerful officials and foreign relatives, was destined to become a threat to the imperial power.

Either the imperial power outweighs the external relatives, and the emperor is the only one who matters;

Or, the foreign relatives succeeded in counter-suppression and turned the emperor into a puppet.

This is a power struggle that those in power are destined to go through. It has nothing to do with character or conscience.

If we were to talk about love at this time, and let Queen Gu act like a victim of infatuated love and resentment to accuse Min Huang of being a heartless man, that would be hilarious.

Before going to the gambling table, I didn’t know there were risks.

How stupid and naive can you be to talk about love with the emperor?

When investing in an emperor, never gamble on the other party's character and conscience.

The Gu family's plan was simple and crude: they would support the new king, and the new king would have children with their daughter.

And then, ahem, we can’t just kill the father and keep the son, but we can still have one more choice.

so--

The Gu family became anxious because Queen Gu had been childless for three years.

According to their plan B, they would push their grandson, who has their own bloodline, to the throne.

But now, there is not even a shadow of a grandson, so there is no plan B to talk about.

Of course, Queen Gu can also adopt a son. She doesn’t have to choose only Min Huang’s son. Any male member of the Min royal family can be chosen!

But, in this case, the problem comes back again - if the child is not a biological child, the risk of investment will double!

For specific examples, please refer to the Queen Mother next door.

Faced with Li's inquiries, Gu Qingcheng was not completely stuck.

Although Min Huang hasn't done anything yet, he has already shown some signs.

Min Huang is the male protagonist. According to the setting of the small world, he is smart, patient, strategist, and scheming.

Enduring humiliation for more than ten years, all for the day when a dragon roars into the sky.

And before taking off, he also made sufficient preparations.

But he was very careful and acted secretly, so no one in the world noticed.

Of course, it is also possible that in order to highlight Min Huang's wisdom and bravery, the intelligence of other characters was forcibly lowered.

A rookie in government affairs, even if he is a genius, would not be a match for a group of old foxes in the court according to common sense.

But, in the novel, the male protagonist can do it!

Gu Qingcheng: ...That was in the past.

Now, I am here.

"Last year, His Majesty promoted Yu Heng in name only, but secretly demoted him and transferred him back to the capital."

"Half a year ago, His Majesty conferred upon my grandfather the title of Duke of Zheng. My Gu family already has the title of Duke Cheng'en, and to confer upon him the title of Duke is truly an honor!"

Two sons in one family, how glorious.

However, under such glory, is it possible that Min Huang is "overpraising" the child?

If the Gu family is praised too highly, they will easily become complacent.

When the day of reckoning comes, Min Huang will be able to easily obtain evidence of Gu's guilt.

Even if the Gu family has strict family education and the children of the family will not (dare not?) act recklessly, the honor of the Gu family itself will make people awe-inspiring.

Sometimes, the Gu family doesn’t even have to fight for it, the other party will “give in”.

If we give in now, once the Gu family falls into trouble, it will be evidence of the Gu family's abuse of power and oppression of innocent people!

Li was shocked and confused. She was not an ordinary woman, but the daughter of the famous Gu family.

She could not match her own daughter's knowledge and intelligence, but she had basic political common sense.

"Are you saying that His Majesty is praising the Gu family to death?"

Gu Qingcheng didn't directly answer her mother's question, but said softly, "Grandfather and Grandfather should have noticed something, so they are 'looking forward' to me giving birth to a prince as soon as possible."

As long as there is a legitimate prince with Gu family blood, if Min Huang dares to cross the river and destroy the bridge, the Gu family will dare to kill the father and keep the son!

Li tightly grasped the handkerchief and tried to adjust her expression to normal.

"And the Wang family! His Majesty is secretly investigating the Wang family's illegal activities."

Gu Qingcheng continued to lower her voice and talked about Min Huang's "advance layout".

Although everyone knew that the Queen Mother and the new king were not on good terms, such matters must not be exposed in public.

It makes sense that Min Huang would want to move to Queen Mother Wang to investigate the Wang family.

But, Min Huang was still too impatient. He had just taken power, and he was going to turn around and deal with his stepmother who had done him a favor?

In addition to being decisive and murderous, he can also be described as heartless and ungrateful.

Although we cannot expect the emperor to be merciful, if he is too cruel, his allies will be wary of him.

…

"...The Emperor wants to deal with the Wang family? Haha, he's not worthy enough!"

"I didn't want to use that chess piece originally. Since the emperor is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"

In Yong'an Palace, Queen Mother Wang was also having a secret conversation with her confidant Ah Xian...