Chapter 512

“The Marquis Yan is definitely to be enlisted.” Empress Wei shook her head as she sniffed, “Even if it’s not for the sake of the cards Old Lady Duanmu holds, for the sake of the Dowager Empress, we can’t be too distant from them!”

After all, the reason why the Wei and Su families couldn’t wait to make a move against Emperor Duanhua this time around was because the Empress Dowager had given them a secret decree to change the emperor.

Empress Dowager is now the highest in the royal family, the status of the most respected elders, with her face to agree to change the emperor, even if the dynasty suspected that the fall of the emperor of the end of the hua, always not easy to mess up the people of the first grandmothers do not have an opinion, see the new king on the stage is not too crazy, even if there is the inside story, can not help but to end of the emperor of the hua! “for the honored one taboo”, so change a more sensible.

This is important both for the new king and for his supporters.

For even those who don’t care about reputation have to weigh how much appeasement this elder’s approval will save them.

And as everyone knew that the Empress Dowager loved Jian Xu Bai, Empress Wei naturally could not chill the Yan Marquis before her own son sat on the throne.

But Xinxian was worried, “If so, what if Gu Shao drags us down after he fails?”

When Old Lady Duanmu and Marquis Yan learned of Empress Wei’s calculations, how could they not be disgusted with Empress Wei?

“He won’t.” But Empress Wei said unconcernedly, “If the one who ends up on the throne is the Crown Prince, why would he need to tear down his own students? Not only would that be a bad reputation, it wouldn’t be good for Hongzhou Gu either! If the Su family wins in the end, do you think we still need to care about such a little grudge?”

Xin fiber think about it, fixed his mind, and asked, “Then at present, since we still have to enlist the good Marquis Yan, we can not fall behind the Su family, can we ask the second young lady to go to the palace, to listen to your instructions?”

The second young miss she was talking about was naturally Wei Yinlian.

“Although Yin Lian is still on good terms with sister Song, sister Song is not someone who can be bought off with small favors.” Empress Wei pondered for a while but shook her head, “In front of such a big event right now, it’s impossible for her to care about her friendship! So let Yin Lian go and show her favor to sister Song, this palace has nothing to tell her! Anyway, that’s all there is to say.”

Xin Qian felt that the Empress didn’t seem to have much hope in enlisting the Marquis Yan, and couldn’t help but be surprised, “Does Your Highness think that the Marquis Yan will turn to King Sukwang? But if we don’t submit, what we can give to Marquis Yan may not be as good as King Su’s side!”

“But who asked Princess Su to be the biological daughter of the Imperial Aunt of Jin?!” Empress Wei said with a grave expression, “When the late Emperor first arranged this, it was only to compensate King Su. But in a roundabout way, it is now going to be a great favor to King Su you think that the Empress Dowager was drifting away from His Majesty precisely for the sake of the Substitute Kingdom. Now the Empress Dowager’s own flesh and blood, only the Jin imperial aunt a living! Wouldn’t the Dowager Empress wish for His Majesty to remain as Emperor, and would she not consider for her only living biological daughter?!”

“Are you saying that the Dowager Empress Dowager also supports King Su?!” Xinqian was shocked, “Then what does the Dowager Empress still need to give us a secret decree for?!”

Empress Wei pondered for a while, said, “This palace does not dare to say that I can completely speculate the thoughts of the Empress Dowager, but this palace can conclude that Marquis Yan and his wife in the middle of the Crown Prince and Su Wang, it is difficult not to favor the latter, after all, you want to think of the Imperial Aunt of the Kingdom of Jin this dying lying there, may not be when it will not work A Xu in the end he had been the son of the Prince of Jin, and Song younger sister, in the early years have not been less favored by the Imperial Aunt of the Kingdom of Jin! In the end, he was once the son of the royal aunt of Jin, and Song’s younger siblings were also favored by the royal aunt of Jin in their early years! Those bits and pieces of things and not to mention, alone when the commoner Cui Jianren matter, if not the Jin imperial aunt, how can she be so good over?”

“From what happened to that maid of hers, Zhiqin, we can see that this person, Sister Song, small favors or small favors won’t impress her, but big favors she won’t forget!”

“The Imperial Aunt of the Kingdom of Jin knew of her scheming move in the first place, but she lovingly kept her alive, and this return of care is tantamount to a lifesaving favor!”

“Song younger sibling at first can for a little maid pit Cui see mercy, now read this section tends to Su Wang is not impossible which!”

The Empress sighed, “That’s why these days when this Palace thinks about it, it feels that if there are no surprises, the Marquis of Yan will most likely refuse to turn toward the Crown Prince!”

But Empress Wei said so, but she had no intention of admitting defeat.

After pondering for a while, she continued, “It’s good that Gu Shao ‘helped’ in time, the Su family’s attention is now largely placed on King Su’s side, so it’s not as if the Palace doesn’t have the opportunity to do something about it!”

Hearing this, Xin Qian didn’t ask her how she planned to maneuver, but said doubtfully, “The Dowager Empress changed her mind so abruptly this time! I don’t know what kind of person saved the commoner Lu Hehao, and on what basis did Lu Hehao get the Empress Dowager to promise him that he could also compete for the throne!”

“Lu Hehao may have some cards, but our biggest opponent is definitely still the Su family.” Empress Wei said calmly, “Lu Hehao’s base is too thin, unless there’s no one in the royal family, he won’t be able to sit tight even if he ascends to the throne the promise that the Empress Dowager gave him seems precious, but in fact, it’s nothing more than an empty promise!”

However, Empress Wei also admitted that this must not be ignored, “Keep an eye on the Su family while also paying attention to tracking him down!”

The Queen does not want to Wei Su two families pinch to death after the defeat, has been hidden Lu Hehao jumped out to pick cheap!

The Duanhua Emperor was unaware of the calculations of the Wei Su two families.

His entire mind was focused on King Su’s whereabouts on the day of King Xiang’s assassination, King Su had already packed up his things and taken Consort Su on a journey.

After the assassination of King Xiang in the middle of the country, the result of the court’s deliberations was for him to return to the imperial capital immediately and defend himself in the court!

In this situation, originally King Su should have first left behind Princess Su and traveled fast alone in order to arrive at the imperial capital as soon as possible.

However, the Dowager Empress and Empress Su ordered their inner ministers to send word from the harem in the middle of the court, saying that since it was not yet certain, the assassin of King Xiang was sent by King Su.

Then in case King Suk was also within the real culprit’s target, and took advantage of the fact that he broke away from the army to speed up his journey to catch up to the road to poison him, who would bear the consequences of this?

In full view of everyone, Emperor Duanhua had to agree not to rush King Su to catch up, letting him fight the ceremonial battle and bring the royal consort back to the imperial capital in great numbers in this way, the speed could be imagined!

Fast horses can reach the distance in a few days, now without half a month or so is not to expect.

Having traveled to this day, we are still a little more than halfway to the Imperial Capital!

However, although Emperor Duanhua resented the Dowager Empress and the Empress Dowager for interfering with the situation, King Suk is in the end getting closer to the Imperial Capital day by daythinking this way, his already anxious mood calmed down.

But on this day, Zhu Qin reminded him of one more thing, “It will soon be the Sacred Life Festival, and now that the late Emperor’s filial piety has been fulfilled, Your Majesty, as you see it, is this year not a good time for the Dowager Empress?”

Duanhua Emperor is now most annoyed with the Dowager Empress especially now he is in a hurry to finish off King Suk, this eye on the bones of the distraction to the Dowager Empress birthday, really think about it to feel unhappy!

So sniffing his face became gloomy, scared Zhu Qin shivering and standing at the bottom, not daring to come out of the atmosphere.

Good in the end of the chemical emperor although I can’t wait for the first grandmother to die quickly, in the end not all by the resentment overwhelmed the mind, after a period of silence, listless command, “This is the reasoning! But I’m not good spirit these two days, this you account for the people underneath to do it! Anyway, the former emperor in the time, every year will give her a big celebration, than to do with the previous example is.”

Zhu Qin sniffed which was a relief.

However, the emperor said to say let the people underneath do, but before the time of Emperor Xianjia, the Holy Life Festival is either Emperor Xianjia personally watch, or Empress Su personally presided over never said to call out an inner court chief to order a command to not ask questions.

That is still the Empress Dowager’s son in law, the Duanhua Emperor is a generation away, in reason should be more attentive.

But these words Zhu Qin did not dare to say to Emperor Duanhua, after receiving orders, while Gu Shao came into the palace in the afternoon to report things to the emperor, quietly pulled him for help.

After Gu Shao heard what happened, he sighed for a while and finally said, “I’ll go talk to His Majesty! It’s just that it’s hard to say whether or not His Majesty will listen!”

Afterwards he spent half a day’s effort, persuasion, almost old tears, finally let the Duanhua Emperor agreed to personally host the birthday banquet just to show respect and attention to the Empress Dowager, the Duanhua Emperor in copying the previous dynasty’s example, inevitably have to go to the Palace of Qingxi and the Empress Dowager to ask for instructions on a number of places.

Every time he went, no matter whether it was Gu Shao or Zhu Qin, they were not scared.

Fortunately, the Dowager Empress is probably too disgusted with Emperor Duanhua, the emperor went twice, she did not show up, only let Yu Guo come out to convey, “The Dowager Empress said that around is just a birthday, year after year, there is nothing unusual, so let your majesty look at the arrangement is.”

Although Yu Guo because of the Duan Hua Emperor last time to force the Dowager Empress to send back to the Mingren Palace thing, on the Duan Hua Emperor up not a small amount of bad feelings, but in the end she is only a female officer, in front of the emperor, naturally do not dare to set any face, after conveying the Dowager Empress’s original words, no less than to speak a few words of softness and appeasement of the emperor’s unhappiness.

So the Duanhua Emperor’s trip to Mingren Palace was quite peaceful he made two trips without seeing the dowager empress, and feeling that he had done enough gestures, he stopped going.

After all, it was supposed to be just for show, and it wasn’t like he really wanted to honor the Dowager Empress.

Originally, Gu Shao first proposed to call the two kings of Su Xiang to return to the imperial capital, one of the excuses is that the Sacred Life Festival is approaching, so that the two kings can also come back to celebrate the birthday of his grandmother.

But because of the middle of the court for the commoner Lu He Hao thing dispute for a long time, recall Su Xiang two king thing dragged a delay before passing, now the assassination of the king of Xiang can not catch the road, Su Wang “in order to prevent the assassination” is also slow, counting the days of the holy birthday festival, the two kings are a can not catch up!

But these two kings can not catch up to catch up, the eighth of November in the blink of an eye, the Holy Birthday Festival in the end or as scheduled to celebrate.

And under such a situation, it seems reasonable for an accident to happen above the birthday banquet …