After talking about the children, Consort Cheng also brought up the incident of the Crown Prince causing a scene at the Prince's daughter's one-month celebration banquet.
"You've probably heard about what happened between the Crown Prince and the First Prince! It's never a moment of peace, and I'm even afraid of getting involved with them."
"Don't worry, His Majesty is watching! Just wait, His Majesty will take action."
Wu Lingzhu is very satisfied with the current situation.
The struggle for the throne among the nine princes had long since slipped out of Kangxi's control. It wasn't that he couldn't control it, but rather that the scope and scale were too vast.
In her first life, around the 50th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, there was a situation where it was either you die or I die. Of course, Emperor Kangxi could have stopped it, but the price of stopping it would have been too high.
But if we don't stop, this country will become difficult to govern.
Although Emperor Kangxi wanted to maintain balance in the court, he understood that he could only maintain balance if the court existed. If they continued to cause trouble, the Qing Dynasty would suffer great damage even if it didn't end.
This was unacceptable to Kangxi, who aspired to be a great emperor for all time.
After Consort Cheng left, Yinyu became interested and asked, "Mother, do you think Father is going to take action?"
Wu Lingzhu didn't answer, but instead asked, "Are you very interested?"
"It's not out of curiosity, I just want to live a few days in peace."
Yinyu was the son of a favored concubine. Wulingzhu had enjoyed her favor for many years and was a long-standing figure in the harem. As her son, he received a lot of courtship.
No one considered him a rival at the moment, after all, he was only a child of about ten years old.
Wu Lingzhu is favored, but she doesn't have much power on the surface.
Although the Hesheli clan had some resources, those resources were still in the hands of the Crown Prince and not in the hands of Yinyu. In addition, Wulingzhu was not very enthusiastic about her maternal family.
He was favored, but posed little threat to the previous dynasty. The crown prince courted him, and the eldest prince also joined in the fun.
Emperor Kangxi favored Yinzhi, so they performed a show of brotherly affection and respect.
It's really annoying that we have to cooperate with them.
Wu Lingzhu: "If Your Majesty doesn't take action soon, there will be problems with the court."
Yinyu was good at grasping the key points: "Court politics? Mother also knows about court politics!"
Wu Lingzhu raised an eyebrow, looking at his slightly shocked expression with a half-smile: "What, do you think your mother shouldn't know?"
Yinyu immediately shook his head: "No, absolutely not, I just didn't expect it."
Wu Lingzhu said meaningfully, "There are many things you haven't thought of yet."
Yinyu wasn't stupid. The more he listened to these words, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked up at Wulingzhu, then looked down, then looked again. He did this several times, which made Wulingzhu extremely happy.
"Speak your mind to your mother, don't try to play tricks on her."
Yinyu chuckled: "Mother, do you also want me to be as ambitious as my second brother, the Crown Prince, and my eldest brother?"
The meaning of this ambition is self-evident and needs no further explanation.
Wu Lingzhu shook her head: "What do you think?"
Yinyu thought about it carefully and shook his head: "I don't think Mother asked me for anything."
“You don’t have any ambition yet, and your mother doesn’t know what you will think in the future. But no matter what you think or what you choose, your mother will not force you to do things you don’t like.”
Yinyu thought his mother was wonderful, but something felt off: "Mother, what do you think of Wu Zetian?"
His voice was very soft.
Wu Lingzhu looked at him: "What, are you afraid that your mother will harm you?"
"No, my son would never have thought that."
"There has only been one person like Wu Zetian throughout history. Your mother dares not compare herself to her. Your mother does not have such great abilities."
Not having that much ability doesn't mean not having that much ambition; that's a rather interesting statement.
Wu Lingzhu continued, "You actually want to ask what Mother thinks of your father's position, right?"
Yinyu's silence was tantamount to acquiescence.
Wu Lingzhu: "I won't hide it from you, I'm definitely going to fight for it."
Yinyu was no longer shocked. Wulingzhu didn't pretend much in front of him. Kangxi might think that Wulingzhu loved him terribly, but Yinyu didn't think that Wulingzhu loved Kangxi that much.
Moreover, Wu Lingzhu's interests differed from those of the other concubines in the harem, and she was exceptionally well-informed, which made him suspicious long ago.
"Mother, your son..."
Wu Lingzhu interrupted him: "If you are willing, once your mother succeeds, that position will be yours. If you are not willing, then do what you want to do, and your mother will take over everything."
No matter what, she was determined to fight for it; she would fight to the death.
"Mother! May I ask you why?"
Wu Lingzhu stood up, refusing to look at him, and said, "Do you know when your mother entered the palace?"
Yinyu shook his head; no one had ever told him this.
"I entered the palace in the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, when my mother was only ten years old."
Yinyu was somewhat shocked.
"Too young, right? I fell seriously ill after entering the palace. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's pity for me, I might not have made it through. At that time, neither the Emperor nor the Crown Prince asked me a single question."
Yinyu was unaware of all this; what he saw more was Kangxi's favor towards Wulingzhu and the respect shown to Wulingzhu by the women in the harem.
"Did you never expect that your mother would have such a miserable time? Actually, being sick is a minor matter. It was from that time that I realized that the Emperor did not value me, and my family did not care much about me either."
"Later, when I got older, I finally started to serve the emperor and then gained his favor. But I couldn't have children because the servants around the crown prince wouldn't allow it, and the emperor knew about it and tacitly approved of it."
Yinyu couldn't help but exclaim, "What right does the Crown Prince have! How could Father Emperor allow this?!"
Wu Lingzhu scoffed, "How could that not be? The Crown Prince's servants arranged for someone to enter Chuxiu Palace and administer birth control pills to me for several years. Until the Empress Dowager passed away, the Emperor fell seriously ill, and the Crown Prince's performance was unsatisfactory, I didn't get involved. A year later, after the Empress Dowager's mourning period ended, my mother conceived you."
Yinyu never imagined that his birth had such a complicated story.
“Your mother has fought her way up. She wouldn’t have died if she hadn’t fought. But what do all the grievances your mother suffered before matter? The Crown Prince is still the Crown Prince, but how can your mother be willing to bow down and submit to him when he becomes the Emperor one day?”
Wu Lingzhu didn't mention her resentment towards Kangxi, but Yinyu still had fatherly affection for Kangxi.
After hearing all this, Yinyu had no right to offer any advice.
After a long silence, Yinyu looked up and asked, "Mother, what do you need your son to do?"
He simply lacked ambition, but his mother was ambitious, and for a reason. He couldn't bring himself to object, and of course, he knew that objecting would be useless.
Should we argue?
Yes, that's necessary.
Wu Lingzhu paused for a moment before saying, "Just be the same as before. Be a dutiful son, a good older brother, and a good younger brother. Your mother will take care of the rest. As for the future, if you don't like being tied down, your mother will help you, or help you find a wife who can help you."
She didn't want to put too much pressure on Yinyu.
The throne was her means of revenge, or rather, her result. In fact, she did not have an extreme desire for power.
Yinyu didn't presume to say what he wanted to do, and nodded: "I understand, son. As for the matter of the Fujin, I still need to consider it."
"It's something worth considering."
Born into the royal family, Yinyu was also very precocious. He never longed for love or romance; his consideration was about the future.
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