Chapter 597 Princess Chengyang is a goddess

Xue Mei traveled to Chu State and heard many stories, one of which was related to the current royal family of Chu State.

Of course, the people are taboos for the venerables, and some things are not spread very evilly. When it comes to royal families, they are mostly positive.

They talked about the deceased Empress Dowager, the mother of Emperor Jianhong.

Emperor Jianhong did not ascend the throne in just one month, but was on the 28th day.

A 28-day-old baby, his mother is also a queen who is only eighteen years old.

When the late emperor passed away, he was just twenty years old and had a sudden illness. No one knew what he died of illness.

At that time, in addition to the queen, there were four concubines in the harem.

The eighteen-year-old queen, after her son ascended the throne, was the queen mother and a natural politician.

The four concubines are all girls of prominent families. She knows their tempers very well and wins over and uses them one by one.

Inside, she relies on the four concubines; outside, she relies on the emperor's younger brother, Zhun Wang, who was only sixteen years old at the time, and taught him how to unite several major clans for use by the royal family.

She will sell miserably when she should be, and will be strong when she should be strong. When the emperor was three years old, the major forces in the court divided their labor and cooperated in an orderly manner.

When the emperor reached ten years old, the empress dowager began to divide the entire court. She first attacked the fourth concubine and used their respective thoughts to make them fight.

With the assistance of King Zhun, the ten years of grudges between the clans accumulated to a certain extent, and the State of Chu almost destroyed itself.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was both skilled and lucky. The young emperor was obedient and capable, and was as smart as the Empress Dowager. Therefore, the mother and son finally controlled the entire court.

When Emperor Jianhong was seventeen years old, the empress dowager used the excuse that she was not very good at her eyes and no longer ruled the country from behind the curtain. Before leaving, she arranged for King Zhun to go to another place to manage the water, telling him not to return to Beijing for five years.

When King Zhun came back five years later, the imperial power in the court was already in the hands of the emperor.

Of course, there are still constraints, and no emperor can do whatever he wants. There are always various tugs of war between emperors, court officials and prominent families.

Emperor Jianhong cannot be regarded as a wise ruler, but at least he is not a soft persimmon that can be controlled by others.

His father died suddenly, which made him very worried that he would go one day and no one would succeed him, just as dangerous as he was back then, so he gave birth to many sons.

Later, he didn't know these sons very well, such as the ninth prince Jiang Jin, who almost forgot that he had such a child.

Xue Mei felt that the eldest brother was a little pitiful.

Does the eldest prince Jiang Feng have feelings for him? There is no doubt that there is certain brotherhood. But how many are there, it is hard to say, the royal feelings are often very deformed.

While Xue Mei was chatting with Jinping, the eldest brother was also chatting with the eldest prince Jiang Feng.

When the eldest prince was demoted to Shaoguan, his mother's family was almost uprooted by the emperor. At that time, he did not have a title, but was just a deposed prince.

Now that he is back, the emperor is not in a hurry to give him a title.

The court officials were all waiting, thinking that the emperor would revive the deposed prince.

The eldest prince's mother clan, Yuan, was once the leader of the prestigious family of overseas Chinese surnames.

Two hundred years ago, the State of Chu moved from the Central Plains. At that time, the Huns in the north had a very big fuss and could not suppress them, so they had to move away.

Many of the people who followed the royal family to Jiangcheng were the most prominent families. From then on, they were rich and powerful, with reputation all over the world.

Later, they were called "the prestigious clan of the overseas Chinese surname", which means they were more noble northern prominent clans; there were also many prestigious clans in the area, but because they were locals, they were called barbarians by wealthy families and were always inferior to others.

The Yuan family, the eldest prince's mother clan, was the head of the prestigious family of overseas Chinese. The Yuan family had four prime ministers, and there were as many as 124 officials in the family history. They also held 200,000 military powers from the Chu State.

Just imagine, under the influence of his mother, the emperor was guarding against the nobles all his life, and could he watch the Yuan family grow so big?

Therefore, the killing of the queen, deposed the prince, severely damaged the Yuan family, forced the Prime Minister Yuan to retire, forced the Yuan family to give up the power of military service, and even committed suicide. The entire Yuan family retreated to Mianzhou, and the matter ended.

It is easy to overturn the case of the deposed crown prince and Empress Yuan, because many of the charges imposed on them at that time were just what the emperor wanted to impose on them.

"...The Yuan family in Mianzhou is now my uncle in charge of the family." The eldest prince said to Xue Chi, "I have been sending people to contact them, but I have not received any response."

"Ten years ago, the Yuan family was bleeding, and the eldest brother should understand them. They were afraid. They finally saved a little bit of fire," said Xue Chi.

The eldest prince sneered: "They were not seriously injured. At that time, they just introduced my third and fourth uncles, and became scapegoats, as well as our mother and son."

Xue Chi stopped talking.

"They are just dormant and their power is still there. I contacted them, but they ignored them, but I finally wrote back to me a few days ago." said the eldest prince.

Xue Chi: "What do you say?"

"They have sent people to the capital and will secretly contact the tribes and pave the way for me." The eldest prince said, "I will restore the prince, and it is just around the corner."

Xue Chi: "Congratulations to brother."

The eldest prince waved his hand: "It's still not enough. We have missed too many opportunities in ten years. Now the fifth and sixth brothers have all risen, and they all have strong backers."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing again, "But, I have the chance of winning with you, I have enough chance of winning. You are indeed very powerful and have attracted Princess Chengyang. This is a goddess. With her, we must be sure to win."

Xue Chi was always very calm. When he heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at the eldest prince quietly: "Brother, she is not here to help you. She is just here to join me."

"I know. She helps you, just helps me." The eldest prince said immediately, "You and I are one brother. Without you, I am nothing."

"Brother, don't belittle yourself." Xue Chi said.

"I'm telling the truth." The eldest prince smiled and said, "In this world, you will not betray me. By the way, I want to pick up the people from Yuan's family. I will invite you and Princess Chengyang a few days later... Oh, Miss Xiao, please invite you two to visit my mansion."

Xue Chi said good.

The eldest prince hurried away.

However, when he went there, he did not receive anyone sent by the Yuan family, but only received a few entourages.

The entourage handed him the letter: "Your Highness, the master sent out this time Mr. Bai, aide, with our token in his hand.

Mr. Bai said that you should not meet your highness for the time being, so as not to be too concerned and unfavorable to your highness.

What Your Highness wants will be done to His Highness. His Highness is in the light and in the dark, he will cooperate with each other, so that he can achieve twice the result with half the effort.”

"Young Master Bai?" The eldest prince was confused, "Assistant? What aide?"

The follower looked admiring: "Young Master Bai is the smartest and wise man in the world, and your Highness can trust him."

"What does he look like? Even if he acts in secret, I have to know who he is." said the eldest prince.

Follower: "Young Master Bai has his own rules of conduct, so your highness does not need to worry."

The eldest prince: "…"
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