Several princes and princes are fighting for power with each other. In the court, various parties such as the Princeling Party, the Qi King Party, the Zhao King Party, the Chen King Party, and the Shu King Party are fighting against each other, and it is about to become a mess.
The most critical reason for the factional politics among the princes is that the current crown prince Yang Wu is not the queen's direct descendant at all, but the son of Concubine Xiang, who recognized the queen as his legitimate mother.
At this time, the legitimacy and rationality of his position as prince were questioned.
Especially if other princes also recognize the queen as their legitimate mother, are they also considered the queen's legitimate sons?
Is it possible to compete for the throne?
Or, if the Queen severs her relationship with the prince and no longer recognizes him as his legitimate son, should the prince's position also be removed?
In this case, the Queen did not come forward to express her position, which was a bit uncharacteristic in itself.
Before the death of the late emperor, it was not uncommon for the prince to be replaced on his deathbed.
The prince's side was really a little panicked.
After reading through the history books, less than 30% of the princes of the past dynasties succeeded in succession.
This shows how low the possibility of the prince becoming the emperor is.
Such things often irritated His Highness the Prince's nerves, almost causing him to collapse.
But he must endure it and cheer up, otherwise all his previous efforts will be in vain.
While Emperor Jinglong stood on the sidelines, quietly watching his sons use their own methods to fight for power and profit. Some people said that he was trying to raise Gu.
After all, he is too young, only forty years old this year.
Among the princes and princesses born to his current official wives and concubines, the eldest princess is in her teens, and the eldest prince is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year.
There are, on the other hand, impeccable palace maids, court ladies, and princes born to beauties in the talent show. The oldest one is already twenty-four or five this year.
But unless all the princes born to the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard died, it would not be their turn for princes whose mothers were of humble origins to ascend the throne!
"Among the nine princes: Crown Prince, King Qi, King Zhao, King Chen, King Shu, King Jin, King Qin, King Chu, and King Yan, the oldest, King Qi, is eighteen years old this year, the youngest King Shu is only nine years old, and the prince is only sixteen years old."
"This seems like nine kings fighting for the heir, but in fact it's the matrilineal forces behind these princes fighting with each other!"
"The waters of the Daye Dynasty are getting more and more muddy."
Jiang Yuan lay on the Grand Master's chair in the cold palace and shook his head.
The princes criticized each other, and their mothers and concubines also fought with each other. For a time, the cold palace was overcrowded, and from time to time, a concubine was given three feet of white silk or a glass of poisonous wine.
Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace need to stand in line.
Because these princes were the only ones to establish government offices, including the Crown Prince, King Qi and King Zhao.
The other princes did not even open mansions, and now they all live in the imperial court.
So they all need to recruit helpers, especially the maids and eunuchs in the imperial court, and even some brave ones have begun to recruit the imperial guards with swords and dragon guards.
In the process of princes competing for the crown prince, large-scale wars rarely break out. In the final analysis, these are all fights among the Yang family, and the military generally does not take sides, especially when these princes are very young.
So at this time, the power of the dragon guards responsible for guarding the imperial capital, the sword-carrying guards responsible for protecting the emperor, including the eunuchs and maids in the imperial court are particularly important!
The summer of the twelfth year of Jinglong.
Lee Li, Li Qingchun, has turned fifty and has applied to retire and return to his hometown. The Supervisor of Ceremonies has approved it, and his colleagues in the Leng Palace have prepared a farewell banquet for him.
"Today's imperial court is different from the past. Everyone knows the specific things, so I won't say more."
"It's best not to get involved too much in royal affairs, otherwise someone who is not careful will be killed."
"The cold palace used to be a rare and clean place for the imperial court, but it is different now. The cold palace is overcrowded, and the nobles of the imperial court want someone to monitor them closely." Watch every move of those who have been suppressed and sent to the cold palace in order to respond in advance. "
"I know that most of you have been approached during this period, even more than once. Some of you have no choice but to take sides."
"I know there is no way around this, but as a person who has experienced it, I would like to warn everyone that you can take sides, but don't get involved too deeply."
“Twelve years ago, on the eve of His Majesty’s accession to the throne, there was a tense scene inside and outside the imperial court. Countless people fell to the ground overnight, including the confidants of many princes who competed with him for the throne, as well as his own confidants.”
"The emperor is always upright, but the prince and prince have done a lot of shady things, so they need to completely wash away the dirty side of themselves before ascending the throne."
Master Li Li Qing drank a few glasses of wine and became more excited, so he inevitably said a few more words from the bottom of his heart. Everyone listened to them and kept nodding.
"From now on, all the eunuchs and ministers of the imperial court must strictly abide by the palace rules. Anyone who slanders the royal family and disturbs the back court will be severely punished. I hereby express this!"
Early on the next morning, eunuch Wang Bao, the superintendent of rituals, came with four young eunuchs to announce the decree, and behind them were four guards with swords.
"Who is Li Qing, come with us!"
Four guards with swords lined up in a row and said in a deep voice.
"Talking nonsense while drunk?"
"Haha, I think you are telling the truth while drunk!"
Wang Bao waved his hand, and the four sword-wielding guards pressed Li Qing directly and left Leng Palace.
"Master Li will retire and return to his hometown today. He only said these words to those of us, the informer, are you worthy of him by doing this?"
Zhang Ye Zhang Yu looked at the remaining people after Wang Bao and others left, and said with red eyes.
"Yes, all the money Mr. Li has saved his whole life has been confiscated. When we eunuchs leave the palace, how can we live without money?"
"Yes, I heard that Master Li's cousin wanted to adopt a son to him. Now that he has no money and his tongue has been cut out, his cousin may regret it." br/>
"This whistleblower really deserves to die!"
"Xiao Guizi, be careful!"
"..."
Jiang Yuan stood aside, looking at the indignant crowd and observing their every move. He noticed that the faces of Xiao Liangzi, Xiao Dengzi and Xiao Hanzi were flashing.
Maybe the whistleblower was one of the three of them, or maybe all three of them actually turned the whistle, but it is not clear whose family's upper limit was reported to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so that Emperor Jinglong issued an order to investigate.
"The human heart is so unpredictable!"
"Perhaps it's time for me to leave the cold palace, a place where this is wrong."
During this period, many people came to win over him. They were all the confidants of the princes, but they were all beaten and prevaricated by Jiang Yuan.
To be honest, he didn’t want to follow any of these nine princes, because following them would inevitably lead to hardships, and even lead to liquidation afterwards.
His current goals are three, either to serve the Queen Mother in Kangning Palace or to serve the Queen in Kunhe Palace.
No matter how these princes fight for power, they will never dare to touch the eunuchs and maids in the palace of their aunt and grandmother before they ascend the throne!
The last goal is to seek refuge with a certain princess!