Chapter 564: Suppressing the anger
"You have to stay calm. This is not necessarily an advantage for them. Your father trusts you now, but what about in the future? As the prince grows up and starts to think seriously about the throne, everything will be different. Your father is still young." Concubine Li said meaningfully.
"Besides, your father is such a strong man. When he was a son, he liked the Sixth Prince to be so strong. But when he became the Crown Prince, it's not certain. Concubine Jing is also strong. It is still unknown whether this mother and son can have the last laugh."
What's more, there are so many people in the harem, and two of them are pregnant now.
Who knows who will win?
"You just need to remember that no matter what, you must not offend anyone on the surface and leave yourself a way out. If you can't win in one blow, you must think about the future."
The fourth prince nodded and really took it to heart.
In Ruiqing Palace, the fifth prince received a gift.
He was sent by the Song family. He is the younger brother of Concubine Shun, and now he is also working in the imperial city.
The gift was that when he saw something suitable, he asked someone to make a bow and arrow, knowing that the princes were all learning it.
It is a top-quality ox horn bow.
The fifth prince liked it very much.
His study partners Qian Qian and Fan Shangzheng also played with it and praised it as a good thing.
"The next time there is a competition in the parade ground, Your Highness the Fifth Prince will get a good ranking." Qian Qian said with a smile.
Fan Shangzheng also laughed: "Come to think of it... The Song family is really good to the Fifth Prince, and the Song family uncle is also very promising. You see, the Fourth Prince is also anxious now. He is testing the Sixth Prince. You are stuck in the middle, you have to fight for it."
"What can I fight for? The Lu family has a good reputation now, but they have no real power." After Master Lu passed away, the Lu family was no longer able to do well.
"Although the Lu family has no real power, it has a reputation. Besides, there is the Song family. Concubine Shun has only you as her son." Fan Shangzheng smiled and said, "We are all princes, so who are you inferior to? The benefits of winning are self-evident, and losing is no different from now. Can you be content without trying?"
There are not many companions of the prince who can be truly pure-hearted and free from desires.
Even if they are like this, the family always has its own ideas.
This is true for both the Qian family and the Fan family.
It would be a great honor if the prince you assist could have a chance to come to the fore.
Even if I can't be the crown prince, it would be good to be a prince with real power.
The Fifth Prince was not without a chance of winning. Although Concubine Shun was not favored, there were many honest people in the palace, such as Rong Xiuyuan. Why couldn't she be promoted to a high position?
But it’s still because of family.
Concubine Shun Song’s family is still better than theirs.
So, this is also an advantage.
What is there to be afraid of for Concubine Shun being out of favor? This way she can focus on the Fifth Prince. The Fifth Prince relies on the Song family, and the Lu family is still his maternal ancestors.
Admit it or not, when that day really comes, the Lu family will not stand aside.
The fifth prince just shook his head, but did not refute anything.
That saying is right, we are all princes, who would feel that he is inferior to others?
As the weather gets colder, things in the southwest become one-sided.
Nothing happened again to make the court angry, and only then did Feng Zijing submit a memorial, saying that the matter would have a result by the end of the year.
Now we can see the results.
Knowing this, Qi Yixiu issued an edict to summon Jinchang Hou and his son back to the capital.
In fact, everyone submitted a memorial to impeach Li Pei, asking the emperor to convict him, but they also knew it was not that simple.
After all, he has been in the southwest for many years. If he is forced into a corner, I don’t know what to do. Now that he has returned to Beijing, I think it is time to settle accounts.
Li Pei himself knew the situation clearly, so he did not go back immediately. Instead, he continued to write letters to the emperor, asking him to give him a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious contributions.
Qi Yixiu did not reply, but just waited for the father and son to return to Beijing.
If he doesn't reply, then we should just take him down.
Of course, the Li father and son did not have the courage.
After Feng Zijing arrived, he disbanded the military power in their hands, and now they can no longer control their own troops.
Besides, in this prosperous era, who would rebel against you for no reason? So no matter how much they delayed, in early October, Li Pei and his son had no choice but to go north back to the imperial city.
It was still unknown whether he would be able to come back after this trip, so he had to ask his youngest son to take care of the family. In case he could not come back, the whole family would have to move to the imperial city.
It was already the end of October when Li Pei and his son returned to the imperial city.
It can be seen that he was taking his time along the way and was not in a hurry.
The imperial city has grown cold.
Shen Chuliu caught a cold these days and has a cough. She has had many minor ailments in the past two years.
I haven't paid my respects to my parents for a few days, but I still have to go today, the first day of the new year.
What's more, the Queen Mother also has to pay her respects.
She changed into a pearl pink skirt, put on a cloak, and wore her hair in a double bun, decorated with pearl flowers made of velvet flowers and pearls, and also wore a hairpin.
I am not energetic and I don't like to dress up too carefully.
But she is good-looking, and she still looks good even when she is casual sometimes.
From Fengzao Palace to Ci'an Palace, Shen Chuliu couldn't help but cough for a while.
When she arrived at Ci'an Palace, her face looked flushed.
Empress Dowager Li originally wanted to ask if she was feeling better, but now she didn't ask.
Today, Concubine Lin and Xu Baolin also came.
Both of them have big bellies now.
The two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding. Every month, they would greet each other on the first and fifteenth day of the month, and rest on other days.
This made the queen very satisfied.
Originally, Xu Baolin was not qualified to come to the Queen Mother to pay respects, but it was the Queen Mother who asked him to meet her. So she was summoned.
Both of them looked in good spirits, and Concubine Lin was not seriously injured from the fall she had suffered previously.
"What does the imperial physician say? It seems to me that the two of you have similarly sized stomachs," the Queen Mother said with a smile.
"What a coincidence, the imperial physician also said so. He said that their due dates are almost the same, both at the end of November and the beginning of December. From mid-November to mid-December, it's normal." said the Queen.
"Oh, that's good." The Queen Mother smiled and said, "They are all good children, and they will expand our royal family. I am old, and I like to have many children."
Everyone was saying good things. Shen Chuliu felt tired at this moment. The medicine she drank made her a little sleepy. She really regretted coming here.
When she finally managed to hold on until the end, it was still Lady Yao who helped her up to catch up. She really wished she could fall asleep as soon as she caught up.
After I went back and took a nap, I had the energy to talk.
"Master, Marquis Jinchang and his son have returned to Beijing, and they said that the emperor did not see them." Chi Su said.
"Well, the emperor is very angry." Shen Chuliu nodded.
Shen Chuliu drank the pear soup and sighed comfortably: "Maybe I can keep this title."
"Then...if you keep the title, you will lose your official position, right?" Chi Su said.
"He can no longer be saved as a military general. Where can he put his ability to good use?" Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "If Ying Xiurong were still alive, he might have some face, but now it's no longer possible."
(End of this chapter)
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