Cui Mixue was feeling upset after losing. When she heard someone asking about Su Mengyan's identity, she said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Crown Princess, my sister-in-law."
A single stone caused a thousand ripples, and those who were unaware of the situation were all surprised. They had never expected that the Crown Princess would hide her identity and come here.
Now that their identities were revealed, everyone could no longer pretend to be stupid and hurriedly bowed to Su Mengyan.
At this moment, Cui Mixue said with a look of sudden enlightenment: "No wonder I lost. It turned out to be the Emperor's sister-in-law. Losing to the Emperor's sister-in-law is not a loss for me. After all, I am the Emperor's Consort."
These words seemed to have some incomprehensible meaning.
Su Mengyan narrowed her eyes, and after everyone stood up, she looked at Cui Mixue with a smile and said, "The Seventh Imperial Concubine always jokes. I am the Imperial Concubine, but are you not?"
Interestingly, the ladies could see at this point that these two people seemed to be having some issues with each other.
Everyone found Su Mengyan's actions very interesting and wanted to make friends with her.
The Northwest Amnesty Order was a very simple matter. Not long after Situ Yao arrived, he completed the matter perfectly.
Now that the task has been completed, we must set off and return to Beijing immediately.
Everyone knew him when he left, and everyone admired him when he came back.
Seeing so many people kneeling on the ground to welcome Situ Yao's return, one can understand the popularity of this matter.
People always like those who do practical things for them.
On the morning court session the day after Situ Yao returned, the emperor looked at Situ Yao with a smile and said, "The Crown Prince has indeed lived up to everyone's expectations and handled this matter perfectly."
Situ Yao stepped forward and clasped his fists: "Your Majesty has entrusted this matter to me, and I dare not disappoint you."
The ministers remembered what they had said to Situ Yao before he left, and they lowered their heads, fearing that Situ Yao would remember and settle the score with them again.
However, Situ Yao had no plans.
The Emperor praised Situ Yao and suddenly said, "Seventh Prince Situ Zhao has already gotten married. I think it's time to give him a throne."
This statement shocked Situ Zhao and his followers. To be crowned a king? Does this mean that he is not going to pass the throne to Situ Zhao?
How can this be?
Someone was about to speak when the Emperor spoke first: "In the northwest, the bandit rebellion has been quelled, and we need someone to stabilize the people's hearts. How about we make the seventh prince Situ Zhao the King of the Northwest and give him the land of the Northwest?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the court was in an uproar.
You must know that the bandit rebellion in the northwest was suppressed by Crown Prince Situ Yao. At this time, the people of the northwest were on the side of Situ Yao. Letting Situ Zhao go to the northwest to be king was not a good thing for Situ Zhao.
"Your Majesty, I think the Seventh Prince has not accomplished anything and it is not yet time for him to be crowned king." Someone stood up and said.
If we cannot stop the emperor's determination to confer the title of king at this time, then once Situ Zhao goes far away to the northwest, what use will Situ Zhao and his party be in the court?
"I second the proposal, Your Majesty. I think the Seventh Prince should be allowed to do something before he can be made a king." Situ Zhao's party is now united as one, and they only hope that Situ Zhao will not go to the northwest.
However, the emperor's words are his bond, and now that he has spoken, how can he take them back just because of the words of a few ministers?
"I have already made the decision on this matter. My dear ministers, there is no need to persuade me anymore," said the emperor.
He knew that these people wanted to fight for something for Situ Zhao, but he also knew that he had favored Situ Zhao too much, and now he should give Situ Yao some future.
Everything has been decided in the court.
Everyone was extremely unwilling, but they didn't dare to say anything at this moment, for fear that if they said too much, they would annoy the emperor and make Situ Zhao's situation even more irreversible.
Situ Zhao was very shrewd at this time. On the surface, those people said that they did not want him to become king, but he knew that those people were speaking for him.
I remembered those people clearly in my heart and felt that they were truly caring about me.
Just because the emperor doesn't allow us to talk about this matter doesn't mean he will be satisfied with it.
After leaving court, Situ Zhao did not discuss anything with the ministers who supported him.
He knew that in some matters these ministers were not as good as the woman in his palace.
So he immediately returned to the harem and found Cui Mixue.
Seeing his anxious look, Cui Mixue's heart skipped a beat and she knew something must have happened.
"Are you really so anxious? What happened?" Cui Mixue asked.
Seeing Cui Mixue, Situ Zhao's anxious expression did not change: "Oh no, my father wants to make me king."
When the palace maid next to him heard this, she was very confused. Being crowned a king should be a good thing, but why did the seventh prince shout that it was not good?
Looking at the people around her, Cui Mixue knew that this was not the place to talk about such things, so she hurriedly said, "Stop talking nonsense. If you have anything to say, go back to your room first."
This time Situ Zhao also reacted and hurriedly followed Cui Mixue back to the room.
"What happened?" As soon as she returned to the room, Cui Mixue hurriedly asked what happened.
Situ Zhao recounted the entire incident from beginning to end, and concluded by saying, "I don't know why my father suddenly went crazy, wanting me to go to the northwest and become the King of the Northwest."
This matter is definitely not that simple, Cui Mixue thought, conferring a title of king is not a trivial matter, but the emperor did not even discuss it with anyone and just conferred the title on Situ Zhao. From this, it can be seen that the emperor must have thought about this matter for a long time.
It seems that the emperor has made up his mind to pass the throne to Situ Yao.
Cui Mixue told Situ Zhao her analysis, which was almost the same as Situ Zhao's. But Cui Mixue's words made Situ Zhao even more convinced that the emperor would never give him the throne.
"No, I can't leave like this. The throne is mine." Situ Zhao muttered to himself.
Seeing him like this, Cui Mixue asked him what he wanted to do. Situ Zhao looked at her and said, "Even if he doesn't want to give me this position, I don't need to show him any mercy."
However, Situ Zhao suddenly became dispirited. How could he force the emperor to abdicate? He didn't have any troops.
"Xue'er, please help me! Help me force the emperor to abdicate." Situ Zhao looked at Cui Mixue for help. In his heart, Cui Mixue was the only one who could help him now.
The two of them are grasshoppers on the same rope. If Situ Zhao cannot become emperor, Cui Mixue will not have any good results either.
She felt that Situ Zhao was being unreasonable. Where could she find support? Although there were generals among those who supported Situ Zhao, forcing him to abdicate was tantamount to rebellion. No one would be willing to follow him.
They were willing to support a prince to ascend the throne, but they would not be willing to support a patricide to become emperor.
"Okay, why are you panicking? There is still a long time before we leave Beijing. If the emperor's decree comes down, you just have to accept it." Cui Mixue scolded a few words.
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