Chapter 161 Becoming a prince is just around the corner!

In late September, Lu Zhanxing received a letter from his brother. The letter mentioned two things. The first was that Yizhou was also under control, and the second was that the strategist Xiao Lanjue and his "new cousin" got married in Xuzhou.

Xiao Lanjue has completely become "one of our own."

Lu Zhanxing was very happy to get this news. Daqian was divided into nine states, and now his brother had controlled two states within a year, which also meant that his brother was qualified to compete for the supreme position.

Moreover, the nearby Yuzhou is also under the control of my eldest brother-in-law, and he has his own plans in the capital, so it doesn't matter even if my brother starts to rebel now.

However, if the other three princes are all defeated, the brother's chances of success will be higher.

She has already started to look forward to it, and she will soon become the Salted Fish Prince.

Emperor Qian has been recuperating from illness, and the murderer has been caught. It is the nanny who once served the empress dowager.

The reason for poisoning Emperor Qian is unknown, and the nanny has committed suicide, so the matter naturally came to nothing.

But Emperor Qian had no place to vent his anger, and he was so depressed that he vomited blood again. Even if he recovered this time, his body was already ruined.

Although Emperor Qian knew that he only had a few years left to live, he was reluctant to give up power and just let the other two princes fight for it.

The power of the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince is growing, but the Fourth Prince's father-in-law has not made any move. Perhaps Su Chongwen knows that the Fourth Prince has lost the qualifications to compete for the throne, so he is unwilling to work hard and just wants to be a royalist!

Therefore, Emperor Qian felt guilty and sympathetic towards the Fourth Prince, and instead gave him more power.

The Ministry of Personnel is now ruled by the Fourth Prince. Emperor Qian even summoned several ministers to discuss conferring the title of Imperial Concubine on Concubine Ru.

Perhaps several ministers knew that this was Emperor Qian's way of compensating the Fourth Prince, wanting him not to fall further behind the other two princes. Now that the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince were competing fiercely for the throne, they no longer wanted to devote their energy to a prince who had lost the throne.

So he did not stop it. When Lu Zhanxing got the news, he said coldly: "I knew that the Fourth Prince was restless, and this Emperor Qian is really speechless."

If he was directly appointed as the crown prince, she would have looked up to him. But now, not only does she not care about the fierce competition between the other two princes, but she starts to make up for the Fourth Prince?

She immediately took out her trump card and passed the news to the palace.

The virtuous concubine had her birthday in early October, but she took the initiative to tell the Emperor Qian that his majesty was not fully recovered yet and she had no interest in holding a birthday banquet. She just asked people to invite some concubines to have a drink in her palace.

Emperor Qian felt that Concubine Xian was very considerate and genuinely cared about him. Of course, Concubine Ru, Concubine Rou and Concubine Shu also cared about him and kept sending good things to Longyin Palace. Unfortunately, the three of them all had their own purposes, and he didn't want to see them anymore.

When Concubine Xian went to attend to the sick, Emperor Qian was surprised to see an exquisite narcissus white jade hairpin on Concubine Xian's head and said, "My beloved concubine, was this hairpin given to you by Concubine Ru?"

Xian Fei was startled, then pulled out the narcissus white jade hairpin and shook her head: "No, this is a birthday gift from Wu Guiren to me. She said that this narcissus white jade hairpin was given to me by an elder in the past. She felt that I treated him as well as her elder, so she gave it to me. This narcissus white jade hairpin is very delicate, I like it very much, and it just matches my plain clothes today."

Emperor Qian frowned, leaning back on the couch, playing with the narcissus white jade hairpin in his hand, unsure if it was the one he had given as it was too long ago...

He asked someone to invite Concubine Wu over and asked about the origin of the white jade hairpin.

Wu Guiren said with a look of reminiscence, "This was given to me by Aunt Shuixian. She said it was carved for her by the most important person in her life. Aunt waited for him for a long time, but that person never came to see her.

My aunt treated me very well and gave me this white jade hairpin. I felt that Sister Xianfei was as considerate and sincere as Aunt Shuixian, and she was very kind, so I gave this white jade hairpin to Sister Xianfei..."

Hearing this name, Emperor Qian became even more confused. Wasn’t it Concubine Ru who saved him back then?

Didn’t Concubine Ru say that she was traveling in Qingzhou at that time and saved him, and then she left that place? When he heard Concubine Ru say this, he thought that Concubine Ru was the woman he loved.

That's why I feel so guilty towards the Fourth Prince, and I want to make up for his father's love, but now...

"Where is your aunt from?"

Wu Guiren felt strange, but still answered: "I am from Qingzhou, and Aunt Shuixian is of course from Qingzhou, but when Aunt Shuixian was young, she fell ill and was sent to the manor to recuperate. Later, her enemies hunted her down, and only Aunt Shuixian escaped in the manor.

Later, the tribe arranged for me to get married because my aunt looked like a fairy. I liked my aunt since I was a child, but... my aunt didn't make it in the end..."

"She's dead?"

Emperor Qian couldn't believe it, and even felt vaguely that Concubine Wu's aunt was his savior, and Concubine Ru was not.

"Well, even though my aunt married my uncle, she still missed her lover, but she said that her lover had never seen her..."

When Emperor Qian heard this, he was struck by lightning. Yes, more than ten years ago, he went on a secret visit, and after the King of Wu’s father saved him, he also fled to a manor, but his eyes were damaged at that time and he was blind for a while.

He couldn't see anything. It was a girl named Narcissus who had been taking care of him personally, comforting him and making him less irritable. Later, his secret guard came to find him. He had been thinking of going back to find her, but the secret guard told him when he came back that the girl had left.

This also became his regret. A year ago, Concubine Ru suddenly said that she had an alias called Narcissus and had traveled in Qingzhou for a period of time, but because she had a high fever, she could not remember many things.

But he thought that Concubine Ru was the one he loved, the one he had lost and found again, so he doted on the Fourth Prince. But now someone told him that Concubine Ru was a fake, and the real one he loved had already...

Wu Guiren also showed a sad look: "I miss my aunt a little bit..."

The virtuous concubine waved to Concubine Wu, and seeing that His Majesty was already immersed in sorrow, she let Concubine Wu leave.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with this white jade hairpin?"

Emperor Qian came back to his senses and looked at Concubine Xian. He felt that Concubine Xian was indeed like that girl, with a gentle voice, caring and understanding. No wonder Concubine Wu liked her, and he also liked her.

"My beloved, this white jade hairpin really suits you. I will make you a noble concubine."

Xianfei was stunned and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why are you conferring a title for no reason? I haven't even given birth to a son or daughter for Your Majesty, I feel really guilty..."

Sure enough, when she heard that he was going to appoint her as a noble concubine, she was not happy like the other women who heard about the promotion. Instead, she looked guilty and felt even more that she had come to him to replace Narcissus.

I just want to be extra nice to her!

Therefore, the title of Imperial Concubine that was originally requested for Concubine Ru was suddenly changed to Concubine Xian. The ministers tried their best to dissuade her. After all, Concubine Xian had no power at all, so they were reluctant to agree.

But Emperor Qian insisted on doing so, and they had no choice. Then they thought that a virtuous concubine with no background would not be a problem, so they just let it go.

Concubine Xian was given the title of Concubine Xian, and Concubine Wu was given the title of Zhen and became Concubine Zhen.

The court and the concubines in the harem were shocked. What on earth happened?

Aren’t these two people upgrading too fast?

When Concubine Ru learned that the position of Imperial Concubine that she was about to obtain was snatched away by Concubine Xian, she was so angry that she knocked over a lot of porcelain and was even sarcastic to Concubine Xian.

When Emperor Qian found out about this, he angrily rebuked her and demoted her to the rank of concubine.

The court was in uproar!

Just yesterday they said they were going to promote her to Imperial Concubine, why was she suddenly demoted again?

The Qingguo Mansion was trembling with fear, feeling that the sick Emperor Qian's mood was unpredictable and difficult to predict.

Emperor Qian even began to scold the Fourth Prince for his poor performance and took back a lot of his power. This made the Fourth Prince confused and wondered what had happened to his father?

This move made the Second Prince, the Fifth Prince and others restrain themselves a lot, but undercurrents still continued in the court.

The Fourth Prince has fallen out of favor again, and Emperor Qian doesn't even want to see him.

If the Fourth Prince is really the one that Emperor Qian loves, then Emperor Qian will love him as much as he loves his family and want to give him the best of everything.

But when the Fourth Prince loses this halo, then a Fourth Prince who frequently gets into trouble will be considered too stupid, otherwise how could he be plotted against?

Lu Zhanxing was finally relieved when he learned that it would be difficult for the Fourth Prince to turn things around.

The male protagonist was completely suppressed by himself, and he also had the upper hand over the female protagonist, so the male and female protagonists were no longer a concern.

So, their villain family has already turned the situation around halfway, and the remaining half depends on their brother!