Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 47 The third prince has the greatest chance of succeeding to the throne

After Lingxue took You and Qin Keqing to rest, she immediately returned to the study and prepared to serve Yuan Qingbai out of the palace. Yuan Qingbai suddenly asked with a smile: "Lingxue, why have you been so distracted so many times in the past three days?"

ah? Lingxue became embarrassed: "Third Master, I was wrong. I won't do it again."

Because in the past three days, she couldn't help but think about the two people in Mr. Bai's room many times. She had already lost consciousness three or four times in front of Yuan Qingbai. Today, she was stunned by the beauty of the two people in the room, and she was in a trance again. .

Yuan Qingbai smiled slightly: "After all, you and Miss You are the same age. You are also eighteen this year, and you have been following me for many years."

He suddenly stretched out his hand and patted Lingxue's face gently: "When I get married to the girl from the Jia family next year, I will find an opportunity to show my face to you."

Lingxue felt happy, her face turned red, and she lowered her head and said "hmm".

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The situation in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty is now different from that of three years ago.

Three years ago, the prince broke something big and was deposed and imprisoned. The second prince and the ninth prince were also imprisoned at the same time. Everyone in the court did not know who the next prince would be.

According to the discussion at that time, the third, fifth, and twelfth princes had the greatest chance of being established as the new prince.

But now, three years have passed, and Emperor Jing'an has not established a new crown prince.

However, there is one theory that has been recognized by many people in the court.

That is, the third prince has the greatest chance of succeeding, surpassing the fifth prince and the twelfth prince!

Even Qin Ye, the engineer of the Ministry of Industry, thinks so.

Even You's father, a sixth-grade official, thinks so.

In the past three years, Emperor Jing'an has given a lot of power to the third prince and has been strongly supporting the third prince in checking the deficit.

Although during the three years, due to insufficient inventory, many homes were raided and many people died.

Despite the troubles caused by the princes, many princes and ministers complained against the third prince during the three years.

Emperor Jing'an has always strongly supported the third prince.

Although the third prince offended many people because of his inventory deficit, many people also hated him.

But his inventory of deficits was very beneficial to Zhou Dynasty. He eliminated corruption and added about 21 million taels of silver to the treasury.

There are still many people who think that he is a very capable candidate for the crown prince.

One time last year, a minister actually suggested to Emperor Jing'an that a new prince should be elected by the court.

Ha, if that's the case, the elected new prince must be the fifth prince.

Emperor Jing'an was furious because of this. Although he was not sure whether the princes were causing trouble, he already had the idea of ​​​​rectifying the princes.

This incident became the trigger that ignited his thoughts.

Since then, many ministers who were close to the imperial party were transferred, demoted, dismissed, or begged for leave...

The princes would often entertain Emperor Jing'an.

In the past three years, Emperor Jing'an went to the third prince's banquets as many as eleven times. Although the fifth prince invited him many times during the three years, Emperor Jing'an refused them all.

In addition, the fact that the emperor's grandson Qingbai was loved by Emperor Jing'an has spread throughout the court.

Naturally, many people in the court believed that the third prince now had the greatest chance of succeeding, surpassing the fifth and twelfth princes.

The twelfth prince has been staying in the west for the past few years. He fought a great victory in the west and put down a rebellion. Therefore, he became so famous that Emperor Jing'an even ordered a monument to be erected to commemorate him.

Even so, the chances of the twelfth prince succeeding to the throne are still not as good as those of the third prince.

His teeth are too small, ranked twelfth, and he is also the younger brother of the third prince. Before the Western Expedition, he was considered a follower of the fifth prince, and his holy family was much inferior to that of the third prince.

What's more, since ancient times, it has not always been the prince who knows how to fight who can become the emperor.

The fifth prince even regretted it. If he had known this, he should have taken over the task of checking the deficit first. It was not because he wanted to do this job well, but because he did not give the third prince a chance to do it.

The twelfth prince, who was in the west but had been paying attention to the situation in the capital, was impatient and was already on his way back to the capital...

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Of course the third prince also knew that now he had the greatest chance of succeeding.

But he will not be complacent about this, nor will he be complacent. This is not his style.

He still adheres to his strategy of fighting for the throne as always, is loyal and respectful to his old father, and works hard without complaint.

Although he had already added about 21 million taels of silver to the Zhou treasury, he continued to check the deficit and continued to show filial piety.

He is indeed loyal and filial to his father.

He also knew that fighting for the throne would be uncertain until the last moment, no matter how high his odds were. Besides, the fifth prince, the twelfth prince and other princes were still strong competitors.

During the three years, he hosted many banquets for his old father, not only to compete for the throne, but also to show his filial piety.

Inviting the old father to a banquet is also a technical job.

First of all, the old father must appreciate him as the third prince, and then he must find ways to find a good time and a good reason.

In just these two days, the third prince found a good time and a good reason to invite his old father.

He knew that his old father loved Qingbai, so in the name of thanking his old father for arranging two people in Qingbai's house, he invited his old father to a banquet in Yuanzhao Garden to enjoy the snow.

He also said that in this way, Qingbai could take the two people in the house to visit his father and the queen in Dangchun Garden, and visit his parents in Yuanzhao Garden nearby.

Emperor Jing'an happily agreed to attend the banquet.

According to the rules of the Zhou Dynasty royal family, when Yuan Qingbo meets the people in his room, he needs to bring them to meet his parents. After that, his father will not easily see his people in his room, but his people in his room need to pay attention to their mother in the morning and evening.

Xiahou is Yuan Qingbai's nominal mother.

Fortunately, Yuan Qingbai was raised by Emperor Jing'an, so You and Qin Keqing didn't have to worry about the Xiahou family...

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After Youshi and Qin Keqing rested for a while, Yuan Qingbai took them out of the palace and went to Dangchun Garden in the western suburbs of Shenjing.

Since the palace is a bit far away from Dangchun Garden, Youshi and Qin Keqing took a carriage out of the palace to go there.

Along the way, Youshi and Qin Keqing couldn't help but lift the corner of the car curtain several times and look out at the scenery outside the car.

Although they are not girls from powerful and wealthy families, their fathers are both imperial officials. Both of them are well-educated boudoir girls who rarely go out on weekdays.

Today, they were first taken to the palace, and then went to Dangchun Garden in the western suburbs with Emperor Sun Qingbai. In addition, the heavy snowfall in the previous two days made the scenery inside and outside Shenjing full of snow, making them all feel as excited as traveling.

Compared with the excitement of traveling, they were more excited to become the roommate of Emperor Sun Qingbai, to become members of the royal family, and to be able to meet the current Holy Emperor and the third prince's father-in-law today...

In excitement, Youshi and Qin Keqing followed Yuan Qingbai to Dangchun Garden.

Both of them were amazed by Dang Chunyuan.

Oh my gosh, this garden is so nice. The current Saint Qidao has often lived here for many years!
(End of this chapter)