Chapter 41: Queen Zhao's Mind

Ahem, I don't have such a surly temperament, a son who doesn't want to make progress, abandoned his fief and fled. Xiao Wenxuan put down the jade glass heavily and coughed twice.

Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body! Empress Zhao worried for a while, raised her hand and patted Xiao Wenxuan's back.

At the age of fifty, Xiao Wenxuan's health is getting worse day by day. There are countless imperial medicines, but Xiao Wenxuan's body has not improved at all. It is precisely because of this that the princes in Chang'an City have their own thoughts in their hearts.

This time, Empress Zhao would so easily agree to Concubine Zhen's request, not only for perfume, but as the mother of the mother world, how could she be so superficial.

Her real intention was to give the prince more help outside. After all, the prince is now gradually losing ground in the battle for the throne.

Among the nine princes of the Great Yu Kingdom, the third prince and the fifth prince share the same mother, and naturally support each other. The second prince, the sixth prince, and the ninth prince hug together. The fourth prince is an extremely smart person. Walking very close, the one who is attracting is the seventh prince Xiao Ming.

However, because Xiao Ming's fiefdom was remote, the fourth prince was very close to Xiao Ming. She saw this clearly and wanted to use this opportunity to find a foreign prince to support the prince.

She knew that if she wanted the prince to ascend the throne, only the support of the Zhao family was not enough. When Xiao Wenxuan was able to ascend the throne, in addition to being the prince, he also received the support of most of the vassal kings. Even so, there were still some The prince was dissatisfied with raising troops to rebel.

When he first ascended the throne, Xiao Wenxuan personally put on his armor and drove himself to fight, and it took five years to defeat the strongest prince Ming at that time.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Wenxuan is extremely suspicious of his brother, which is also the reason for the unjust case of King Ning, but no one dares to mention a word in front of him in this case.

A few princes didn't give me peace of mind, and sooner or later I'll have to piss them off, how can I take care? Let me say that the prince, a man in his thirties, is a messy, ignorant and incompetent prince all day long. , this morning, I asked him what if the people had no food to eat? Guess what he said?

Your Majesty, although Yi'er is incompetent, she is benevolent after all. Empress Zhao defended the prince. After all, he was her own son. In her eyes, no prince could compare to him.

Benevolent! Hmph, indeed benevolent, he said that the people have no food to eat, so they can eat mutton and beef. It's a bastard. Such an incompetent prince, how dare you to hand over the world to him, and now every day ministers have to file a petition to let me abolish it. Prince, appoint another prince! Xiao Wenxuan cursed.

Queen Zhao's face turned pale for a while, and she said sharply, Your Majesty, the crown prince is the eldest son after all, even if he is incompetent, he can't be said to be abolished. , after all, behind the princes are all the clansmen and clansmen, if you can't control it, then the world will destroy each other.

Xiao Wenxuan suddenly sighed, It is precisely because of this that I did not abolish the prince, and I received a secret report from Pang Yukun. A few days ago, King Qi was assassinated.

Assassination! Queen Zhao exclaimed, Why didn't Sister Zhen share a word with me.

King Qi probably didn't tell Concubine Zhen about this, he is still sensible and will take care of Concubine Zhen's feelings. Xiao Wenxuan said, Although Pang Yukun said a few words about this matter, but the object of speculation directly pointed to the third prince and his wife. Fifth prince.

Empress Zhao rolled her eyes, and this matter could be exploited. She said, Your Majesty, the prince has not been abolished yet, and the other princes can't help but kill each other. If the prince is really abolished, the consequences will be disastrous.

Xiao Wenxuan took the throne after experiencing the cannibalism of his brothers. The last thing he didn't want to see was that his son would repeat his path. He said: Don't worry, I will not abolish the prince, but now the prince is the only one among the princes. Gu, if he wants to sit firmly in this position, he can't do without a support.

These words were on the heart of Queen Zhao, and she said: Your Majesty, isn't King Qi the most suitable candidate? Now, among the princes, he has no clear choice of whom to support, and there is no one behind King Qi and Concubine Zhen. With the support of the gentry, the threat to the prince is very small.

I have been thinking about this for a while now. In Pang Yukun's letter, he said that King Qi has changed a lot now, and it seems that he has begun to manage the fief with his heart. Pang Yukun will not lie to me. If this is the case, he can support King Qi to restrain other princes. Yes. Xiao Wenxuan said.

Empress Zhao was overjoyed, Xiao Wenxuan's thoughts coincided with hers, the prince did not know how to win over other princes, so she could only help the prince, In this case, why doesn't the emperor treat the other princes and transfer silver taels to King Qi as well. Woolen cloth?

Xiao Wenxuan had always been hesitant before coming here. If Xiao Ming was incompetent, he would just squander any amount of money allocated to him. He was suspicious by nature, and he didn't fully believe what Pang Yukun said.

Until today, the confidant he sent to Qingzhou came back to report, which confirmed what Pang Yukun said.

But even so, he never thought of supporting Xiao Ming, those powerful princes were enough to make him troubled, and Queen Zhao's reminder made him fully understand.

Now that the prince's battle has taken shape, he can only balance each other among the princes. Now the prince is the weakest. Although he is not sure that the king of Qi can turn his prodigal son back, he can only try it.

He said: I also understand King Qi's temperament, I can't say it's pretentious. I will allocate a part of this silver tael to him for the time being. If he spends the money in the right way, I will seriously consider supporting him. If he is still the same as before. , you shouldn't expect King Qi to help the crown prince, because he can't support the wall himself.

Yes, Your Majesty. Queen Zhao sighed lightly. For the sake of the prince, she said she could not help Xiao Ming.

Xiao Wenxuan sighed, drank the wine in the glass, and suddenly smiled: I have to say, the wine sent by King Qi is very appetizing to me, I hope he won't let me down.

The emperor likes it, and King Qi will definitely be very happy. Queen Zhao filled Xiao Wenxuan again.

Because of the delicious wine, Xiao Wenxuan stayed at the Fengming Hall for one night. The next day, Queen Zhao went to the Bishui Pavilion in person and told Concubine Zhen about the transfer of silver taels from the emperor to King Qi.

However, she did not tell Concubine Zhen the plan in her heart, but she believed that with Concubine Zhen's intelligence, she would naturally not fail to see why she was so devoted to helping Xiao Ming.

The influence of perfume and fine wine spread in the palace, Xiao Wenxuan agreed to transfer silver taels, and the two things Xiao Ming hoped were successfully achieved.

Li San waited for the good news and purchased some things, then he joined Qin Mu and couldn't wait to leave for Qingzhou.