Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Beijing, two years later.

After Gu Yunji returned to the central government and joined the Ministry of Household Affairs as a minister, the battle for the heir apparent between the crown prince Li Jinze and the second prince Li Jinche had officially begun.

The two parties started singing and we came on stage. Their forces were ebbing and flowing, and they were constantly fighting against each other.Two years have passed, and except for the fact that Emperor Jingfeng's body is getting weaker day by day, and the growing up Li Jinze, under the expectations of the ministers, has become more and more stable as the crown prince, the situation does not seem to have any major changes.

At the end of summer in June, Emperor Jingfeng suffered from a cold wind when he went to the school grounds for a review.Moreover, the illness was particularly severe this time. Emperor Jingfeng suffered from splitting headaches every day and could not eat or sleep well. He simply issued an edict to the prince to supervise the country and temporarily left all political affairs to Li Jinche.

When the news reached Prince Wu's Mansion, Li Jinche was so angry that he dropped his cup.

"Supervise the country! Father asked Li Jinze to supervise the country!"

Li Jinche clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said: "What is the difference between what my father did and his explicit support for the princelings? Why! Li Jinze is a lowly son of a palace girl, but he is only one year older than me. Why should he have such a problem?" It’s all over me! I won’t accept it!”

Fang Zigui was also in a bad mood, but he still tried his best to speak in a good-natured manner: "Your Highness, please be patient. Now you must calm down and think carefully about countermeasures."

"Why are you telling me to calm down!" Li Jinche was so mad that he couldn't listen at all. "My father's health has been getting worse and worse in the past two years, and he would get sick at every turn. In the past, when he needed to rest in peace and recuperate, he would always focus on political affairs. It was left to the cabinet to handle, but now the prince is directly in charge of supervising the country!"

"Now that we can supervise the country, should the next step be to let the prince perform sacrifices on his behalf? In the next step, my father may have to write a clear edict and designate Li Jinze as the heir. If we don't rush, will we still have a chance!"

Fang Zigui said in a deep voice: "The ministers in the cabinet are now old and are about to retire. It is not good to leave all the general affairs to them like before. It is reasonable for your majesty to let the prince supervise the country while he is recuperating. After all, he is the legitimate crown prince."

Li Jinche sneered when he heard this: "Justified? We have put so much effort into our relationship, but we can't compare to his justifiable one, right?"

"At the beginning of the year, my father was finally persuaded by my mother and concubine to grant me the title of king. Seeing that the palace was almost built, Gu Yunji came up with a suggestion and said that the title of 'King of Wei' was inappropriate and that the title of the previous dynasty was inappropriate. It is unlucky for the king of Wei to die early, so I coaxed my father into carving him into a king of Wu!"

When Emperor Jingfeng didn't have many sons, the princes were usually given the title of prince, but the meanings of different titles among princes were also different.

Generally speaking, the most noble kings are those of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period - Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Qin, because their national power was strong and their influence on later generations was also considerable.

Due to historical reasons, the "King of Qin" is often said to be the tiger and wolf of Qin. He is ambitious and powerful.Except for some princes who have made outstanding contributions and made great achievements in conquering the country, basically no one will fight for the title of "Qin" for themselves, so as not to arouse suspicion.

In addition to Qin, the Wei State occupied the Central Plains during the Warring States Period. It had a vast land and a large population, which had very good symbolic significance. Li Jinche was very fond of this title.Unexpectedly, Gu Yunji persuaded Emperor Jingfeng to change his royal title to "Wu" and directly excluded him from the Qixiong.

What's even more disgusting is that there are some princelings who pretend to be honest and say that they can't favor one over the other and want to call the third prince "King of Han".He is nothing more than a prince. The third prince is younger than him and has a lower background. How can he overpower him in the title of king? !Although Emperor Jingfeng did not agree in the end, Li Jinche was still very angry.

It seems that it is just a king's title and has no actual benefit impact, but subtly, it will inevitably make the officials feel biased - he is just the king of Wu, and it sounds like he should be granted the title of Jiangdong. How can he stay in the capital for a long time? Prince quarrel?

Li Jinche looked gloomy: "I am not a prince, and I do not have the qualifications that a prince is born with to participate in politics. I have to be crowned a prince in order to legitimately participate in political affairs. But after I actually became a prince, the words of those people changed again, and they thought insinuately. You want me to go to Lijing and join the feudal clan."

"There were even some arrogant ones who directly introduced me to women from Zhejiang as wives. They said that since I had granted the title of King of Wu, I would probably use Jiangdong as my fief. It would be better to make marriage plans early to avoid dragging down my wife and children thousands of miles away in the future. It’s abominable to run around!”

The more Li Jinche talked, the angrier he became. He couldn't help but punched the table so hard that the tea in the cup trembled.

Fang Zigui had a sullen face and drank tea without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing that Fang Zigui was silent, Li Jinche suddenly felt agitated in his heart: "At the beginning, you told me that the matter of seizing the heir should not be rushed, but had to be planned slowly. As a result, the plan came and went, and the prince's party became more and more prosperous, and became more and more secure. Storage spaces."

"Based on the current situation, if my father has any shortcomings, Li Jinze will definitely be promoted to the throne by the ministers. What does it have to do with me? I can only run to Jiangdong in despair to become my vassal!"

Fang Zigui took a deep breath, put down the cup in his hand, and said: "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. No matter how bad your Majesty's health is, under normal circumstances, it will be absolutely fine for you to last three to five years. You and I still have many opportunities, and it is not impossible." No strength to fight.”

"Then tell me? How to fight, how to fight?"

Li Jinze said angrily: "Father, nothing will happen for a while, but we can't afford to wait. Your father, the first assistant, is already very old, and he is about to reach the age of becoming an official. The first assistant was promoted to the first rank two months ago. Zhezi, who was begging for bones, was only saved by my father."

"No matter how important your father's position is, it's okay to retain him once or twice. Can he be retained after too many times? You never know when he will become an official. The princelings are already overwhelming us. If your father leaves again, we will not be able to retain him." The DPRK and China have no more reliance.”

As the backbone of their respective parties, Gu Yunji and Fang Zigui had support behind them. Fang Shu was ten years older than Gu Yuanhui. Fang Shu had retired from office, but Gu Yuanhui could still work for several more years.As one goes and the other goes, I'm afraid that Li Jinche won't be able to compete with the prince by then.

When Fang Shu was mentioned, Fang Zigui felt an inexplicable anger in his heart, and said coldly: "What does it have to do with my father? The succession is between us. It will be the same with or without him. Even if he becomes an official, I will do the same." I can help you win the throne."

Li Jinche and Fang Zigui were getting closer, and they could vaguely sense something was wrong with their father-son relationship. Seeing that his expression turned cold for a moment, he couldn't say anything, so he sulked silently with a sullen face.

Soon, Fang Zigui's expression returned to normal.He didn't know what he thought of, an unknown light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly smiled at Li Jinche: "Anyway, your highness does not need to worry. It is not that simple for the prince to take control of the government. Our opportunity will come soon."