Avoiding Yu Zizhen's edge when he was strong did not mean that the monks were willing to have their interests harmed.
They just know the current situation, but after knowing the current situation, they will not give up planning and striving for their own transcendent status.
Look, when the eldest princess's mother, Concubine Zhang, wanted to make trouble, the monks in Huangjue Temple indulged her in some way.
They wanted to use Concubine Zhang as a exploratory stone to see how Yu Zizhen would respond to her disturbance.
This is related to what measures they will take to approach the founding emperor of China and how much benefit they can get from this emperor.
So, with the disregard and connivance of those monks and the active help of those palace servants, Concubine Zhang avoided the surveillance and control of the eldest princess and successfully slipped out of Huangjue Temple.
When Yu Zizhen took people to inspect the growth of spring seedlings outside the city, she suddenly rushed out and stopped Yu Zizhen and his men.
Of course, she couldn't rush directly to Yu Zizhen's horse, after all, Yu Zizhen was protected by many people.
The only thing she could do was to shout loudly without caring about her image while she was still several meters away from Yu Zizhen.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Concubine Zhang shouted, bent her knees, and knelt beside the dusty official road.
She raised her face to try to let Yu Zizhen see her face clearly, "Your Majesty, I am the eldest princess's biological mother, Concubine Zhang!"
According to the palace rules of Da Qi, concubines of lower ranks below the rank of concubine are not qualified to call themselves "mothers" of the princes and princesses. To put it bluntly, they are just like the maids in ordinary families' rooms in Da Qi Palace, and their status is actually closer to that of servants.
Concubine Zhang didn't know what the current rules in China were, but out of caution, she didn't dare to call herself "Mother of the Grand Princess" in public.
"Do you still remember the eldest princess?" Seeing Yu Zizhen's gaze, Concubine Zhang hurriedly spoke again. "The eldest princess is living a very hard life now. I beg you to consider her brother and the friendship you had with her and lend her a hand!"
Yu Zizhen was amused. "You came out to tell me all this, but the princess actually has no idea about it, right?"
It is true that she is very busy, but the eldest princess Xiao Yuanjiu has more than just her to rely on. Apart from Xiao Yuanjin, who is as busy as she is, Xiao Yuanjiu also has a lively biological father.
Although the other party was unwilling to accept the title bestowed by Yu Zizhen as a member of the previous royal family, Xiao Yuanjin had already placed him in the Prince Zhao's Mansion that Yu Zizhen had allocated to Xiao Yuanjin.
Xiao Yuanjin lived in the palace for a long time, and his Prince Zhao's Mansion was directly handed over to his father to manage.
The former second prince who was frightened by the palace coup, Xiao Shaoke who went through a lot of trouble but unfortunately gained nothing, and the last emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, Xiao Yuanjin's third brother who was still a baby, all three of them are currently living in Xiao Yuanjin's Prince Zhao's Mansion.
Both his uncle and younger brother were here. With Xiao Yuanjin's considerate nature, he certainly wouldn't forget that he had a younger sister who was temporarily living in Huangjue Temple.
Not only did he take the initiative to ask his father to bring the eldest princess to Prince Zhao's Mansion, he even suggested building another house to accommodate his father's women who were also stranded in Huangjue Temple.
However, his father had no nerve to use his son's money to support women. Besides, those women were not the ones he wanted in the first place.
Xiao Shaoyuan, the former emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, who now only wants to live a peaceful life as a rich man, doesn't even want to bring those women to his side. He even wants to kick his younger brother Xiao Shaoke out of the house.
Unlike Xiao Shaoyuan himself, the eldest princess Xiao Yuanjiu, the second prince Xiao Yuanmin, and the little baby Emperor Mo who knew nothing, Xiao Shaoke, who had made great achievements in the original book, is not someone who is willing to be obedient and live a low-key life.
He was very dissatisfied with Xiao Yuanjin's clear stance on Yu Zizhen's side, and even more dissatisfied with his unremitting efforts to help her recruit those talented old officials of Da Qi who had bottom lines and integrity. Privately, he had complained to Xiao Shaoyuan about Xiao Yuanjin's selfishness more than once.
Xiao Shaoke believed that Xiao Yuanjin was using the legacy left by his ancestors to secure a better future for himself, and was harming the interests of other members of the Xiao family, including Xiao Shaoke.
As for those talented old ministers of the Great Qi Dynasty who had integrity and self-respect, Xiao Shaoke chose to ignore the fact that they were disappointed with the Great Qi Dynasty court and were eventually forced to leave the officialdom out of despair, or were simply marginalized and framed to the point of almost losing their lives.
He firmly believed that since these people had once been servants of the Xiao family, they would be servants of the Xiao family for the rest of their lives, and that they, the descendants of the Xiao family, deserved to enjoy the benefits left by their ancestors.
Of course, he didn't dare to say such words that would destroy other people's worldview in front of other people with different surnames, but in front of people with the same surname as him, Xiao, he had nothing to be afraid of saying.
Xiao Shaoyuan and Xiao Yuanmin, who had gained nothing just like him, and even the little baby Emperor Mo, who knew nothing, as well as Xiao Shaoyuan's half-brother, Xiao Shaozhang, the King of Pingliang who had once been a vassal in the northwest, and Xiao Shaoyuan's cousin, the old King Wu, who had once been the Chief Clan of the Great Qi Dynasty, Xiao Shaoke often ran up to them to express his dissatisfaction with Xiao Yuanjin.
Xiao Shaoyuan was the one who gave up the title that Yu Zizhen wanted to give him, Xiao Yuanmin was the one who didn't want to get involved in the intrigues of the powerful circle anymore, and the little baby Emperor Mo, who knew nothing, couldn't be more satisfied with his current life. For the three of them, no matter how hard Xiao Shaoke tried, it would be in vain.
However, Xiao Shaozhang, the King of Pingliang, who had lost his fiefdom, and Old Wu, the former King of the Imperial Clan of the Great Qi Dynasty, were not willing to remain silent.
Of course, they didn't dare to say anything about Yu Zizhen. In fact, they knew very well in their hearts that Yu Zizhen had actually shown leniency to them, the royal family members of the previous dynasty, for the sake of Xiao Yuanjin and others. Otherwise, with the things they and their families had done, they would not have been able to continue to live a life of luxury until now.
But people's hearts are always difficult to satisfy. After the initial relief of not being purged faded away, these former royal family members could not help but begin to yearn for a better future.
But they knew very well that they would have no chance with Yu Zizhen, so they all set their sights on Xiao Yuanjin.
Xiao Shaozhang, the former King of Pingliang, was originally granted the title of King of Wei. He was demoted to a prince because, in order to save his life in the battle for the throne, he deliberately acted immorally and ruined his reputation. That was why he was driven out of the capital by the previous emperor and sent to the northwest to eat sand for so many years.
As for the old King Wu, who used to be the Chief Clan Officer of the Great Qi Clan, he never straightened his spine when facing the Queen Mother Lu and the Lu family. Naturally, he would not do anything for Xiao Shaoyuan and Xiao Yuanjin.
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