Chapter 210 Prince Duan is making trouble again
The Gu family's influence is even greater than before, but they never form cliques for personal gain, so if someone wants to visit Mr. Changbai through the Gu family, there is nothing they can do.
After the Zhou and Ye families knew about Gu Ruanci's abilities, they felt even more upset that they had hurt her to such an extent.
Now, not only can these resources not be used by them, they will also be used against them. It makes me feel depressed just thinking about it.
Behind these helpless people, there are some people who are ready to make a move and think they are special.
For example, Concubine Rong and Prince Duan.
Concubine Rong wanted to bring the third prince Lu Enrui to Mr. Changbai to preserve his last hope of becoming the crown prince.
However, she mentioned it to the emperor several times, but received no approval.
"When I requested Mr. Changbai before, I had a hard time getting this position. Do you want the Empress to withdraw her son and replace him with yours?"
Concubine Rong didn't dare to respond to the emperor's words.
She also wanted to achieve her own goals through the Gu family's connections.
The only possible relationship is Gu Ruanci.
But at this critical juncture, she didn't dare to suggest that Lu Enrui marry Gu Runci. After all, Concubine Wen had just been reprimanded for this some time ago.
Like the emperor, she thought that if Gu Yuxuan took the imperial examination, it would take at least four years for him to pass the exam. This period of time was enough for her to come up with a solution.
She stopped her activities, but Prince Duan did not.
This time he learned his lesson and went directly to the palace to ask the emperor for help, using his childhood experiences as topics of conversation.
"Royal brother, I have never mentioned to you in all these years that if it weren't for the Queen Mother using my life as bait to eliminate dissidents when I was a child, you wouldn't have been able to sit firmly on the throne. Now I just want to buy my son a chance to study with Mr. Changbai and help him improve himself. Can't you agree to this, Royal brother?"
The Emperor was silent for a long time after hearing this. He naturally knew that what Prince Duan said was true. When he was a child, before he was old enough to fight for the throne, the struggles in the palace were already very dangerous. The Empress Dowager had indeed done something that was unfair to Prince Duan.
However, she had no choice at that time. If she had not used this method, the three of them, mother and son, might have died long ago.
Over the years, the Empress Dowager and he had turned a blind eye to Prince Duan's absurdity because of this incident.
Now, he doesn't want to spoil him anymore.
Lu Enyan and Mo Qianxiang's lives were almost lost because of their indulgence of Prince Duan. The Empress Dowager once told him that Lu Enyan said that their debt should not be filled by others.
"My brother, do you know why I don't allow others to pay a visit to Mr. Changbai?" The emperor spoke slowly with a deep look in his eyes.
Prince Duan's heart tightened, not knowing what the emperor meant, and he could only reply respectfully, "I don't know."
"Mr. Changbai has a strange personality. He doesn't like being bound by others, and he doesn't like being involved in the royal struggles. I asked him to teach the eldest prince for the future of Dayao. It would be in vain for other people to go. The person you are fighting for today must not be Enyan, but Enrui. This kind of behavior of favoring concubines over wives and praising concubines and stepping on legitimate wives is what Mr. Changbai hates the most." The emperor's tone was calm, but the majesty in it was unquestionable.
After hearing this, Prince Duan felt a little uncomfortable.
He originally thought that as long as he mentioned his childhood, the emperor would agree to his request, but he didn't expect the emperor to say this.
If you don't want to agree, just say so directly. Why are you talking about such a long lecture?
It’s just one more student. Can it be like Mr. Changbai?
He's just a country intellectual, with no official position, no family background, so what's there to show off about?
"But my royal brother, my son also wants to make progress. Enyan is already the crown prince after all, and he can inherit my throne in the future, but Enrui doesn't have one. Can't he have a chance?" Prince Duan still didn't give up and continued to plead.
The Emperor glanced at Prince Duan and spoke slowly, "I've already given you many opportunities, especially Enrui. If you ask for Enru's help today, I'll look upon you with respect. My brother, we're both sons. Over the years, you've been indifferent to your eldest son, neglecting your youngest son, and praising your second son. Be careful not to regret it in the future..."
After hearing this, Prince Duan turned pale, and his tone finally lost its previous submissiveness: "If you don't want to help, just say so directly. Why say such unpleasant things..."
The emperor instantly turned serious: "If my brother feels that I am not being reasonable, why not go directly to the Queen Mother?"
"This is exactly what I was thinking. No need for your Royal Brother to remind me."
After Prince Duan finished speaking, he left angrily without even bowing.
As a result, when he arrived at the Empress Dowager's bedroom, he didn't even enter the door. He heard the Empress Dowager shout "Get out" outside the door, and then he stood in a stalemate in front of the door.
"Mother, what do you mean by this? Don't you care about your son or your grandson? My brother's son is your grandson, but your son is not? You can't favor one over the other."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she wanted to open the door and hit him with her cane.
"Mother, if you don't come out today, I won't leave."
Prince Duan wanted to cheat, but the Queen Mother really ignored him.
A quarter of an hour passed, and Prince Duan's patience was almost exhausted, but when he thought of Lu Enrui's face full of thirst for knowledge, he still wanted to give it a try.
Of course, if he hadn't seen his father-in-law, Master Mo, walking towards him with a knife in hand...
"Father-in-law, my Lord Father-in-law, let's talk it over nicely. This is the Imperial Palace. Bringing weapons into the palace is a serious crime..."
Grand Tutor Mo came up to him and said angrily, "I heard that the prince is planning to divorce my daughter and make Concubine Wen his official concubine?"
Prince Duan immediately denied it: "Father-in-law, who said that? I never had such an idea. Someone must have been interfering."
But Grand Tutor Mo said, "Your Highness has been busy all day long for the concubine's son, without a care for my daughter and grandson. Are you so anxious to favor your concubine over your wife? Since I failed to protect my daughter, I shall perish with you today!"
After saying that, he really rushed over with the knife in his hand in a clumsy manner.
Prince Duan was so frightened that he ran away, saying as he ran, "Father-in-law, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time... It was a misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding..."
The court is about to make the appointment for this batch of Jinshi. Prime Minister Wu has already given Wu Yizhu the lowdown. He has applied to the emperor to send Wu Yizhu to poor counties to give him some experience.
Therefore, even though the appointment had not yet been made, Wu Yizhui was already preparing.
But before he left, he did have some things to do.
"Father, before the imperial examination, I once told you about getting married... If I could pass, I would dare to express my feelings..."
It just so happened that Wu Yixuan was there today, listening to his brother very attentively.
"Which girl do you like?" asked Prime Minister Wu.
Wu Yizhu glanced at Wu Yixuan and said, "Lian family, Lian Yuyan."
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