PFC Chapter 158 Except for the two of them, everyone else is an outsider
Chapter 158 Except for the two of them, everyone else is an outsider
After the eldest prince left, the court officials looked a little strange.
The emperor hadn't left the table yet, but the eldest prince had left first. This was extremely disrespectful to the emperor!
Zhan Jingxuan also frowned. He had been tolerant enough towards his two half-brothers. Even though he knew that they were secretly raising assassins and recruiting soldiers, he still showed some kindness to them.
The soldiers they recruited privately were the Third Emperor's men, and the horses they bought privately were also horses they arranged themselves.
Everything was under his control. The reason why he did not publicly convict them was because he still had cautious family affection and comforted himself that his two brothers would not rebel.
They are given excuses again and again, but they keep doing things that disappoint themselves.
"King Yan, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is less than halfway through, where are you going?"
The emperor couldn't help but ask aloud.
The Queen Mother also had a cold face. Only the youngest son was soft-hearted. If it were the eldest son, these half-brothers would probably have been dead long ago, right?
She was quite familiar with her eldest son's methods, and he was even more ruthless and resourceful than she was back then.
It is important to root out the trouble at its roots. He will never put the princes in their respective fiefdoms and let them become powerful secretly. He will definitely try every means to get rid of them.
Unfortunately, the younger son was kind-hearted and was protected so well by himself and the older son that he could not bear to see his brothers killing each other.
This is also the reason why the eldest son, who can obviously handle everything, chose to leave it to the younger son to handle it on his own. This is to force him to see the reality and take the first step. The throne is not so easy to sit on, and he must rely on himself.
He also likes the throne, otherwise his eldest son would not give it to him.
"King Yan, is this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet not good?"
There is no queen in the palace, only the empress dowager and the imperial concubine are the highest-ranking officials. Although the imperial concubine was the one who organized this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the help and advice of the empress dowager was indispensable.
If the Prince of Yan said something unpleasant at this moment, he would not only offend the Queen Mother, but also the Imperial Concubine and the Zhao family.
The Queen Mother would not like anyone who posed a threat to her son.
Prince Yan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I just feel a bit uncomfortable because of a relapse of my old leg injury. I want to go out and not affect everyone's good mood."
Zhan Jingxuan nodded, and the anger in his heart was slightly reduced. His elder brother had been suffering from leg disease for many years, so there was no need for him to lie to himself about this.
The Queen Mother snorted in her heart but put on a kind smile on the surface.
"Since your leg disease has recurred, let's call a royal doctor to take a look. After all, we are in the palace, and we can't let you suffer any injustice, right?"
The Queen Mother actually always had a guess in her mind that Prince Yan's legs were fake and there might not be anything wrong with his legs.
If there was really something wrong with his legs, why did he go to such great lengths to plot for the throne?
A prince with a disabled body cannot ascend the throne. Otherwise, even if he defeats several of his brothers, he will find it difficult to withstand the gossip of the ministers and people all over the world.
Now is a good opportunity to test his strength.
King Yan's eyes darkened for a moment, and then he smiled again.
"Thank you, mother. It's just that the Mid-Autumn Festival is not suitable for seeing a doctor. I will just go out and get some fresh air."
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and thought that it was not auspicious to ask the imperial physician to treat people during the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
So I had to give up, feeling a little regretful about wasting this rare opportunity.
Seeing Prince Yan's best efforts to stop him and his fleeting panic, the Queen Mother was almost certain of her guess.
This Prince of Yan has evil ambitions and must not be allowed to stay any longer!
Thinking of this, the empress dowager glanced at the emperor with regret. Being soft-hearted is not a good thing, especially when born in a royal family.
She had schemed and schemed all her life, and fought in the harem all her life, but she never expected to give birth to such a simple son. And yet, this simplest son easily ascended to the throne.
How strongly did the court officials oppose it at the beginning! Now they have begun to take sides. The second prince's followers can compete with the followers who support the emperor. The eldest prince has a leg disease and few support him.
But the eldest prince is not that simple.
Finally, she sighed helplessly and waved her hand: "Go, go."
"My son, thank you very much, Queen Mother."
After the King of Yan left, Zhan Jingxuan raised his hand and said, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I have decided to confer titles on the harem. Fuxi will announce the decree!"
After the emperor said this, no one said anything more.
Because some of their daughters are in the harem, and it is difficult to advance in the harem, with only one promotion in five years. So they are happy to see the grand promotion of the harem this year, which means that their daughters' ranking will become higher.
Except for the Imperial Concubine who remained in the same rank, and the position of the Four Concubines which remained vacant, all the others were promoted one level.
The imperial concubine looked extremely unhappy. It had been five years! She had not been promoted for five whole years!
As soon as she entered the palace, she was named the virtuous concubine, the leader of the four concubines. Not long after, her father helped the emperor accomplish a great thing, and she was promoted to the noble concubine.
There is no queen in the palace, and the queen mother is rarely willing to manage the harem, so he is the only one in power.
She thought it was a foregone conclusion that she would be the empress, but the emperor had shown no intention of promoting her in the past five years. She watched all the newcomers being promoted little by little, while she remained in the same position.
It would be a lie to say I'm not disappointed. From the initial anticipation, I have now become numb and anxious.
At first she thought that the position of Queen would belong to her, but now she is not sure. Without a Queen, the Emperor would at least make her a Royal Noble Consort!
The Imperial Noble Consort has the largest harem, and the Noble Consort also has the largest harem. Since I am the largest in the harem, why doesn't the Emperor want to promote me?
The more she listened, the more disappointed she became. Her name was not even on the imperial edict!
When she heard that Tang Xirou was promoted again, Concubine Zhao was stunned, and soon a gloomy look flashed in her eyes. Even the empress dowager frowned in disapproval.
The other concubines were even more envious and jealous. She had only been in the palace for less than three months and she was promoted from Changzai to Xiaoyi. Less than a month after she was promoted to Xiaoyi, she was promoted to Ji!
Who in the harem can compare to this honor and favor?
But when Fuxi read out the title, everyone was stunned. Shi?! What does this mean? Shiji? What does it mean?
From ancient times to the present, no one's title has been derived from the name of an object.
Is it just a simple stone? They would rather not have such a title!
Suddenly, everyone was not so envious and jealous anymore.
Only Tang Xiluo and Xiaoyu lowered their heads and shook their shoulders.
Tang Xiluo was trying so hard to hold back her laughter that if there hadn't been so many people around, she would have laughed out loud.
Xiaoyu was also stunned for a moment at first, then looked at Tang Xiluo. After she realized what was happening, she quickly lowered her head and smiled secretly.
Such a title must have been given by the boss.
Zhan Jingchen had a gloomy face as he watched the little girl secretly laughing, and someone behind her also secretly laughing, as if they were the only two people in the world who understood what it meant, and everyone else was an outsider!
He was very unhappy! What was there that he couldn't know? What were they saying in code? What did the stone represent? What was so funny? Or was it that the stone and the girl were funny together?