"Ahem, I don't have such a son who has such a perverse temperament, does not want to make progress, and abandons the fief and flees. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Xiao Wenxuan put down the jade wine glass and coughed heavily.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Empress Zhao was worried for a while, and raised her hand to pat Xiao Wenxuan's back.

is over fifty years old, Xiao Wenxuan's health is getting worse day by day, there are countless imperial medicines, Xiao Wenxuan's body has not improved at all, and it is precisely because of this that all the princes in Chang'an City have their own thoughts in their hearts.

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

Her real intention was for the prince to have another boost outside, after all, the prince is now gradually falling behind in the battle for the throne.

Now among the nine princes of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the three princes and the five princes are from the same mother, naturally supporting each other, the second prince, the sixth prince, and the ninth prince are hugging together, and the fourth prince is an extremely smart person.

However, because of the remoteness of Xiao Ming's fiefdom, the fourth prince was very close to Xiao Ming, and she saw this clearly, and wanted to use this opportunity to find a foreign vassal king for the prince to support.

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

When he first ascended the throne, Xiao Wenxuan personally put on armor and drove the expedition in person, and it took five years to defeat King Ming, the strongest of the vassal kings at that time.

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

"A few princes didn't let me worry, I have to give them anger sooner or later, how can I take care? Let's just say that the prince, a man in his thirties, has a lustful voice all day long, does not learn and has no skills, and has no appearance of a prince, this morning, I asked him what to do if the people have no food to eat? Guess what he said? “

"Your Majesty, although Yi'er is talentless, she is benevolent after all." Empress Zhao defended the crown prince, after all, he was her own son, and in her eyes, no prince could compare to him.

"Benevolence! Hmph, it is indeed benevolent, he said that the people have no food to eat, they can go to eat mutton and beef, it's a bastard, such an incompetent prince, how dare you let me hand over the world to him, now every day the minister has to play to let me abolish the prince and set up another prince! Xiao Wenxuan scolded.

Empress Zhao's face turned white for a while, and she said sharply: "Your Majesty, the prince is the eldest son after all, even if he is incompetent, he can't say that he will be abolished, once the prince is abolished, the prince will compete for the prince, at that time, wouldn't it be the prince killing each other, after all, all the princes are all clan of gate lords, and if they can't control it, it will be cannibalism in the world." ”

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

"Assassination!" Empress Zhao exclaimed, "Why didn't Sister Concubine Zhen reveal a word to me?" ”

"King Qi probably didn't tell Concubine Zhen about it, even if he is sensible, he will take care of Concubine Zhen's feelings." Xiao Wenxuan said, "Although Pang Yukun has only a few words about this matter, the object of speculation is directly aimed at the third prince and the fifth prince. “

Empress Zhao's eyes rolled, this matter can be used as a pretext, she said: "Your Majesty, this prince has not been abolished, and the other princes can't help but kill each other, if the prince is really abolished, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Xiao Wenxuan experienced fratricidal cannibalism before ascending to the throne, and the last thing he wanted 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 alone among the princes, if he wants to sit in this position, he can't do it without a support." “

This was just about Empress Zhao's heart, and she said, "Your Majesty, isn't King Qi the most suitable candidate?" Now among the princes, he has not clearly chosen who to support, and there is no support from the scholars behind King Qi and Concubine Zhen, and the threat to the prince is very small. ”

"I was also thinking about this during this time, Pang Yukun's letter said that the King of Qi has changed a lot now, and it seems that he has begun to govern the fiefdom with his heart, Pang Yukun will not lie to me, if this is the case, he can support the King of Qi to restrain other princes." Xiao Wenxuan said.

Empress Zhao was overjoyed, Xiao Wenxuan's thoughts coincided with her, the prince didn't know how to win over other princes, and she could only help the prince, "In that case, why doesn't the emperor treat other vassal kings like other vassal kings, and also allocate silver taels to King Qi?" ”

Xiao Wenxuan had always been hesitant before coming here, if Xiao Ming was incompetent, no matter how much silver taels were allocated to him, it would only be a squander, he was suspicious by nature, and he didn't believe Pang Yukun's words.

Until today, the henchmen he sent to Qingzhou came back to report, but it confirmed what Pang Yukun said.

But even so, he didn't think about supporting Xiao Ming, those powerful princes were enough for him to worry about, and Empress Zhao's reminder made him completely understand.

Now that the battle between the princes has taken shape, he can only balance each other among the princes, and now the crown prince is the weakest, although he is not sure that the king of Qi can turn back, but he can only try.

He said: "I also understand the temperament of the king of Qi, I can't say that it is for show, I will allocate a part of this silver to him for the time being, if he uses the silver on the right path, I will seriously consider supporting him, if he is still the same as before, you don't expect the king of Qi to help the prince anything, because he himself can't support the wall." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Empress Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, for the sake of the prince, she said that she had to help Xiao Ming.

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

"The emperor likes it, and the king of Qi will definitely be very happy." Empress Zhao filled Xiao Wenxuan with another glass.

Because of the wine, Xiao Wenxuan stayed in Fengming Hall for a night, and the next day, Empress Zhao personally went to Bishui Pavilion and told Concubine Zhen about the emperor's transfer of silver taels to King Qi.

However, she didn't tell Concubine Zhen about the plan in her heart, but she believed that with Concubine Zhen's cleverness, she naturally wouldn't fail to see why she was so devoted to helping Xiao Ming.

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

Li San waited for this good news and purchased some things, so he joined Qin Mu and couldn't wait to go to Qingzhou.