Author: Loeva

Marquis Yunyang is deeply trusted by the current emperor. He serves as the general of the city guard and is also very famous in the army. When it comes to the powerful officials of this dynasty, he is definitely among the top five. Moreover, he has a large number of sons and nephews, a strong family, and many direct branches and branches.

He is very powerful, and there is no need to worry about having no successors. In addition, he is cautious and has never done any evil. His reputation among the government and the public is also very good, and Qingliu also thinks highly of him. If nothing unexpected happens, the Cai family will be with him.

Under the leadership of his son, it will continue to be prosperous. If his grandson also strives for success, the glory of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion may continue for hundreds of years.

However, the Yunyanghou Mansion also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, the connection between their family and the Prince of the East Palace is not close. Not to mention that the prince did not officially take over the power of the government until his condition improved a few years ago. The Yunyanghou family alone has

With military power, there is a taboo of alienating the heir to the throne. Their family does not have a close relationship with the prince, which is the duty of a courtier. The emperor is very satisfied with this, and the prince has never expressed any dissatisfaction. Under normal circumstances, it must be

After the crown prince succeeds to the throne, the position of City Guard General will still be held by someone from the Yunyang Marquis Mansion.

Originally, this was not a big deal, but when the Deputy Commander Chu came to power, and he had the Tang family as his backer, and he was also a big family, the situation became a little more subtle. Since Vice Commander Chu was the cousin of the Crown Princess,

He is almost like the brother-in-law of His Highness the Crown Prince. Although the Crown Princess has no children, she has given birth to Princess Minshun, the Crown Prince’s only relative, and she is highly respected by the Crown Prince. The Tang family is also highly respected in the court and has many disciples. What do you think,

The prince has no reason not to reuse this brother-in-law. If Chu Zhengfang were not serving in the city guard and had reached the position of deputy commander, further promotion would directly threaten the status of Yunyang Marquis. Maybe the Cai family would not care.

Is this the case?

As the saying goes, one emperor has one courtier. The emperor was imprisoned when he was young and his body was damaged. His wife, Empress Qin, died of illness as a result, and his son, the prince, has been in bed for many years. He is the real master, the one with the most important status. What about those brothers?

Maybe he could be spared? He was able to survive because of his good foundation, and he was carefully nursed back to health after he ascended the throne. But his body was damaged, so he never had a second healthy child born for many years. Even if he was

When concubines in the harem were pregnant, most of the children would suffer miscarriages or die early after birth. It can be seen that the emperor's physical condition was not optimistic. But he had been holding on for the sake of the prince. Now that the prince's health has improved, he can rest assured, and started

Transfer the power to the prince.

Not to mention whether the emperor will abdicate the throne to the prince in the future and become the Supreme Emperor himself, or he will retreat to the palace to recuperate and order the prince to supervise the country. Anyway, the transfer of power is a fact, and the important ministers in the court are all aware of it. The older generation has already

With the intention of retreat, the older generation began to show their goodwill to the East Palace, and the younger generation directly pledged their allegiance to the East Palace... Anyway, everyone began to consider the way out. Under such circumstances, how could the Cai family of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion be immune?

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Of course, the Yunyang Hou Mansion has its own character. If the emperor is still in power, they will first invest in the future new master. They first became in-laws with the Qin family through their marriage to the granddaughter of the Qin family, Lu Yueniang, and then slowly

To bring the two families closer together - among them, the Yongjia Hou Mansion is more valued by them. If the prince's highly respected uncle Yongjia Hou Qin Bai is willing to speak for them, then the prince's cousin brother-in-law will not be so important. The Cai family also

He had no intention of suppressing Chu Zhengfang or anything, but he just hoped that the prince could transfer Chu Zhengfang to work elsewhere because of the close relationship between the Cai family and the Qin family and his hard work and achievements.

With this idea in mind, the Yunyang Marquis Mansion has increased its contacts with the Yongjia Marquis Mansion in the past few months, and it is only natural that Mrs. Yunyang Marquis has become more down-to-earth and friendly with the Niu family.

In fact, from Qin Hanzhen's point of view, this is not a bad thing. The Qin and Cai families have a good relationship, and the situation of cousin Lu Yueniang in her husband's family will be much better. What's more, the Cai family has good character, and Cai Yuanzhen is also her good friend, Yun

There are powerful people in the Yanghou Mansion, and the Yongjiahou Mansion can make friends with his family, so they won't suffer at all, and maybe they can take advantage. As for the purpose of the Cai family, it is not difficult for Qin Bai. Chu Zhengfang is capable and young.

, there is no need to keep the deputy position of guarding the city, whether it is the imperial guard or the capital guard, there are so many commanders and envoys all over the world, how can one of them not be placed? Although the city guard is good, but guarding the capital has to do a lot.

The main thing is to maintain public security in the city. Unless there is a rebellion, there will be a chance to show one's face. Then it is really better to go to the local area to take charge of an army and monopolize power.

Qin Hanzhen whispered his thoughts to Zhao Mo, and Zhao Mo nodded with a smile: "I feel the same way. In fact, this is really not a big deal. No matter how much Vice Commander Chu is respected by the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will not ignore Yun."

Marquis Yang has worked so hard and accomplished so much that he was asked to make way for Deputy Commander Chu. What the Yunyang Hou Mansion has to worry about is just the thoughts of His Highness the Crown Prince." After all... the Cai family hopes that Deputy Commander Chu will be transferred, but as for the Chu family and the Tang family,

They may also hope that Marquis Yunyang will be "promoted" elsewhere and give up the position of City Guard General. From the perspective of the Crown Princess, she may feel that the power of City Guard is in the hands of her own family, which is more beneficial to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's smooth succession.

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In fact, Zhao Mo noticed that some of the thoughts and behaviors of the Crown Princess seemed to have deviated from His Highness. He said to Qin Han in private: "Maybe it was Chen Liangdi's betrayal back then, and what Chen Liangdi did now that he had become more and more careless.

Because of this, the Crown Princess became wary and felt that any woman who would become the concubine of the East Palace was unreliable and would hurt her and Princess Minshun. In fact, the Crown Princess wanted to adopt the clan's son as a concubine.

It just so happened that His Highness the Crown Prince had the same idea, and the two nobles were now more and more... connected. Chen Liangdi gradually fell out of favor, and her status in the East Palace was not as good as before. Even if she had merit in the past, she behaved like that, the Crown Prince

His Highness cannot tolerate it either."

Qin Hanzhen didn't know how to complain about the Crown Princess's thoughts: "The Crown Princess only has one daughter, and Princess Minshun has a good temper. No matter whether the Emperor's grandson is a direct descendant, who will marry him will not threaten his inheritance rights."

Mother and daughter can't get along? If you respect and protect them, you can still win the reputation of a filial son. But it's hard to say about the adopted heir. Cousin, your character is of course extremely reliable, but you are unwilling to adopt him. In the end,

But I don’t know what kind of temper the chosen heir has. What if he favors his biological parents, and after he gets the throne, he ignores his adopted mother and sister, and prefers his own family? Even biological sons, there are many examples of disobedience and unfilial piety.

, let alone one who is not his biological son? Neither a concubine nor an heir can be guaranteed to be reliable. The Crown Princess takes it too much for granted."

Zhao Mo nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but what can I say about this kind of thing? I didn't even dare to say it outright for fear of violating a taboo, so I could only vaguely advise the Queen Mother and the Emperor. His Highness the Crown Prince's body is worse than before.

Things have improved a lot. Back then, he was still able to give birth to Princess Minshun and the little imperial grandson. How could he know that he could not have a second imperial grandson now? The Crown Princess and Chen Liangdi were both in poor health. They should have selected a new talent to enter the East Palace as the Crown Prince.

His Highness is the one who can spread the talent. If the Crown Princess hadn't been selfish and with her temperament, she should have offered to draft for His Highness a long time ago, and she wouldn't have delayed it until today, still pretending to be stupid."

When Qin Hanzhen heard this, he couldn't help but glance at him and said disapprovingly: "What's wrong with the Crown Princess pretending to be stupid? Does it mean that a wife has to personally select a beautiful concubine for her husband and arrange it properly?

Is it virtuous to take the initiative to send beauties to your husband? It is obvious that the Queen Mother and the Emperor can make the decision and issue the order directly. There is no need for the Crown Princess to intervene. Anyway, you said it, with her temperament, she will definitely do it.

She behaves very virtuously and won't make things difficult for the newcomers, so why ask her to take charge of this matter? Where in the world is there a wife who would be willing to share her husband with another woman? This is not to insert a knife into the heart of the Crown Princess.

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Zhao Qi touched his nose and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He responded very smartly and decisively: "My cousin is right. I was wrong."

Qin Hanzhen reluctantly accepted his answer: "I don't care if you really think you are wrong, anyway... I will not be that kind of good wife, so there is no need to make myself uncomfortable!"

Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "I won't make my cousin feel uncomfortable. I know that my cousin has me in her heart, so I can't bear to share it with others."

Qin Hanzhen's face turned slightly red and he coughed softly: "Then what... I'll tell my grandmother when I get back and ask her to leave a message for Princess Xiuning. I and the guests of honor at the ceremony will just invite Princess Xiuning."

The rest of them are easy to deal with if they have comrades or likers, and their cousins ​​and several best friends can all be recognized. Qin Hanzhen probably only needs to worry about which sisters and best friends to invite, right?

Zhao Mo sat with Qin Hanzhen in the elegant room of the teahouse for a while, eating some Yuanxiao and snacks for a midnight snack. Seeing that it was getting late, he got up and took her home.

When they returned to the gate of Yongjia Marquis Mansion, Qin Ping and Wu Shaoying had been waiting there for a long time. Judging from their posture, it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time. Wu Shaoying's face was not very good-looking. Qin Ping's expression was quite kind.

, but there was a hint of complaint in the intimacy of the words: "Why did you come back from playing until now? It's almost the second night. It's outrageous. Wait until next year's Lantern Festival, what do you like to do?

Any time is fine, why do you have to mess around this year?"

Qin Hanzhen blushed and whispered, looked at Zhao Mo secretly, and then obediently led a few girls into the second door. Zhao Mo touched his nose, showing a guilty expression on his face, and said to Qin honestly

Ping He and Wu Shaoying apologized.

Wu Shaoying was still keeping a straight face, but Qin Ping had already calmed down: "Well, you are still children. It is possible to forget the time when you are having fun for a while. If you have something to do tomorrow, you should go back and rest early. Leave in the evening.

If you have a long way to go, remember to soak your feet in hot water before going to bed."

Zhao Mo's eyes were slightly hot when he heard this, and he quickly agreed. He bowed respectfully, excused himself, and then took the main road back to the main entrance of the courtyard instead of taking the shortcut through the back door.

But despite his honest appearance in front of Qin Ping, after leaving the Yongjia Marquis Mansion, his steps became more and more brisk, and he was about to jump with joy. What Qin Ping said about his and Qin Hanzhen's arrangements for next year's Lantern Festival

, the more he thought about it, the happier he became. He really wished that time would fly by and tomorrow would already be a year later.

Returning to the other courtyard, Ah Xing brought him another surprise: "Your Majesty, the person responsible for surveillance at Aunt Lan's cemetery reported that a suspicious person was found nearby!"
Chapter completed!