Ministers made me a male queen

Jiao Yun's guess was right, because of the incident in the palace on the night of the fifteenth day, the whole Beijing was full of excitement for half a month and didn't go down. Although he didn't dare to mention it publicly, the whole day was full of excitement. After eating or in their free time, they would go to the teahouse to spend some time, exchanging more secret palace secrets with each other.

Not only that, the three parties involved frequently passed by outside the prince's residence, wanting to spy on one or two.

It is rare to hear these secrets about being in a high position, and the news that came out this time is so explosive. Not only that, even though the second prince was wronged, he was tricked by the third prince to bully the first prince's side concubine , but the truth was that he was bullied. The second prince fainted from fright when he woke up. He said he was sick in the mansion for the next few days and never went out again.

Only Patriarch Ning's own uncle went to the second prince's mansion, and then the second prince stayed in the mansion and didn't show up anymore, trying to expose this matter.

The third prince was imprisoned in the clan's mansion for half a month, and everything was found out. Before the dead boy died, he went to a place of three religions to buy aphrodisiacs in private. There was contact with the palace people, and the servant was dead, so there was no proof of death. Although the third prince was not directly involved, he brought him here, and he was also his close entourage.

The third prince couldn't argue with his mouth, but in the end Empress Qi came forward to bribe the family of the entourage, insisting that the entourage had made the decision in private, and the third prince didn't know about it.

It was because the entourage remembered the kindness of the third prince and wanted to repay the favor, and saw that the second prince frequently opposed the third prince, so he used this method to vent his anger on the third prince.

Although everyone knows that this matter does not make sense logically, it is the third prince after all. It is true that the third prince designed to frame the two princes and also involved an innocent concubine Xin. The royal family will lose all face up.

In the end, for the sake of protecting the Qi family and empress Qi begging the old emperor, the old emperor suppressed the matter, but he was completely disgusted with the prince in his heart, so he ordered the third prince to reflect in the clan mansion three months.

With this kind of rhetoric and this punishment, everyone was clear about it, but the old emperor had issued an order that no further discussion was allowed at this time, otherwise they would be severely punished.

The third prince was stuck in his chest and couldn't get out, but he was careless this time, and was calculated by the second child, so he could only bear it in the end.

The second prince was afraid of bad luck when he entered the palace, so he also said that he ignored the government because of his illness, and cultivated himself in the mansion.

Just like this for a month, when everyone reacted, they found out that the old emperor often let the eldest prince into the palace. At first, all the officials only thought that the emperor was pity for the eldest prince and wanted to make up for it by the two younger brothers. As the first prince started to take over the business that the second prince and the third prince were doing, all the officials were stunned for a long time, and suddenly they thought about it.

When the news reached Jiao Yun's ears, he ate a piece of tender fish and shook his head, "The eldest prince was ridiculed by thousands of people this time, but he won the heart of the old emperor and gained real power. Once he ascends the throne in the future, who will be the emperor?" Do you still dare to laugh at what happened back then?"

This move can be said to be a win in a dangerous situation. It is enough forbearance and ruthlessness, and the city is deep enough.

He can be so cruel to himself, let alone others.

Nie Bochang hummed, "The eldest prince has been able to hold his breath for so many years. After he emerges this time, I'm afraid he will start to woo people to support him in private."

"So fast?" In the book, the eldest prince didn't start to act until at least a year after he accomplished this.

Nie Baichang paused holding the wooden chopsticks: "He, I'm afraid he can't wait."

Recently, Jiao Yun was either staying in Zhenbao Pavilion or staying with Nie Baichang. He didn't enter the palace and didn't pay much attention to the situation in the palace. But since Nie Baichang said so, it means that something different from the book happened. "What happened in the palace?"

Nie Bochang said: "Since the old emperor woke up after vomited a mouthful of blood on the fifteenth day, although the physical examination is fine, his body is getting worse day by day, especially the mental state is not right these few days." Although the news did not spread , but Nie Bochang has not done nothing since he returned to the palace for more than a year. There are people he has placed in the palace, and naturally he has received more news than others.

In addition to him, Eunuch Liu and the eldest prince who frequently appeared beside the old emperor were more intuitively aware that the old emperor's health was not as good as before.

The first prince did all this to fight for a way out. He had already offended the second prince and the third prince. Unless he could succeed in the future, once these two were appointed, his existence would be a stain.

Jiao Yun rubbed his chin, "He's in a hurry. He's afraid that if the old emperor really dies at this time, his foundation will be unstable when he first came into contact with him. This is different from what he expected."

However, the old emperor died at least a few years later in the book, and of course he started vomiting blood, but now it is several years earlier.

But when Nie Xiaobai suddenly told him this, he was taken aback for a moment, thinking of a possibility, "Isn't the First Prince... thinking about me?"

Hearing this, Nie Bochang had a smile in his eyes, he didn't say anything, and served him a bowl of soup, but the meaning was obvious.

Jiao Yun took it silently, took a big sip, and then smiled helplessly, "Why do you think he can't think about it so much? But at present, I am the most secure one to win over. Although I am the eldest son, I have no real power. I have a grudge against the second prince and I don’t know the third prince very well, so I am the only one who can be sure that he is not these two princes.” But other people’s eldest princes are not sure, With the five adults who were recruited by the five concubines secretly married by the second prince as the premise, the eldest prince did not dare to act rashly.

Nie Baichang took his words, "Well, now he is not sure that others are only sure about you. Of course, there is another main reason, he is short of money."

Whether it is to win over other courtiers or to manage in the future, he will need money.

He didn't want the second prince to have the support of the Ning family, nor did the third prince have the foundation of the Qi family's century-old foundation. He wanted to be the crown prince. In addition to the trust of the old emperor, he also needed to obtain a large amount of money as a foundation as soon as possible to ensure that even if he was born Can the old emperor take the position of prince in his hands and sit firmly?

Once the old emperor died, even if he was established as the new emperor, he might not be able to sit on it, but that was a problem.

And since Jiao Yun can spend so much money to save the soldiers, he will only have more money in his hand.

Jiao Yun understood the meaning of Nie Baichang's unfinished words, shook his head with a headache and amused, "Tell me about him, he doesn't mean to use you to cooperate with me, let me support him?"

He is rich but not in love with power. His only weakness now... is that he has his eyes on the fifth prince, but he can't ask for it.

Jiao Yun suddenly couldn't help laughing, and suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the eldest prince. This master will definitely use this to seduce him. I guess it's just those few words. Let him decide, he is the emperor who wants him to marry, and he can definitely marry, or use the argument that he, the emperor's brother, can match them.

It's just... the eldest prince, the eldest prince, you never thought that although the fifth prince is "weak", he is still a prince after all.

In the future, when I think about how the eldest prince helped them match up and they took away the "throne" that he had been thinking about, I think that the eldest prince is making a wedding dress for someone else.

Although... this is what they are.

Nie Baichang was right, but for a few days, Jiao Yun was playing chess with Nie Baichang in the third-floor room of Zhenbao Pavilion, when Miao Chongjun's voice came from the door, "The eldest prince is here and wants to order a set of jewelry. Is he coming up?"

Jiao Yun stopped and exchanged glances with Nie Baichang who was opposite: Here we come.

Jiao Yun coughed lowly, "Let him come up."

When the eldest prince was brought by Miao Chongjun, Jiao Yun had already let Nie Baichang into his space, packed up the chessboard and cups, opened the door, and pretended to be surprised, "Why did you come here in person, eldest prince? Want to customize it?" It’s a set of jewelry, just ask anyone to come.”

The eldest prince has lost a lot of weight because of acting for more than a month, but his eyes are bright, and he is in good spirits. Looking at Jiao Yun, he still looks honest and honest, "This king is fine, just I just happened to take a look, and this jewelry was given to a special person, so... I want to come here in person."

As he spoke, guilt and pity flashed across his eyes.

Jiao Yun pretended to be puzzled, and asked Miao Chongjun to welcome the eldest prince in after leaving, "The eldest prince is polite, just say what you want, it's all my family members, so don't be polite."

He greeted the eldest prince and sat on the low couch, poured tea for him himself, hesitated for a while, looked at the eldest prince's frowning expression with pity, and asked cautiously: "Eldest prince, who are you?"

The eldest prince wiped his face, and opened his mouth naturally like a chat between brothers, unknowingly drawing the relationship between the two closer, "You are not an outsider, the prince was also there at that time, so I will not hide it My son, this set of jewelry...is what this king wants to give to my side concubine. She...although the wound on her forehead has healed, but that incident made her unable to get along in the mansion, and she committed suicide several times. It was the concubine who persuaded her to enlighten her, but she couldn't stay in the capital, so the king had no choice but to send her away. He is the concubine that the king cherishes the most. He thought that he would accompany the king for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect... This kind of thing will happen, this king's heart hurts so much, the prince should be able to understand this kind of feeling, right? It's like the prince is with his fifth younger brother, who is so close but begs to be able to stay together."

Jiao Yun: No, no, we are different.

But he also sighed, and said pitifully, "It's not easy to criticize this matter, but the third prince... has gone too far."

Hatred flashed in the eldest prince's eyes: "He is the king's younger brother, a blood brother, but how could he treat me like this just to fight with the second son? This king hates me so much..."

Jiao Yun: "Prince, please be careful."

The eldest prince wiped his face again, and when he put down his hands, there was water in his eyes. The infatuated and pitiful look made Jiao Yun amazed. Cry, how can he persuade him?He was afraid that he would laugh.

The eldest prince, "Third son, how could he do this? She is the only woman I am happy with in my life, the one who is on the top of my heart, but she was ruined by him just like that, I can't swallow this breath, not to mention, The king is afraid... I am afraid that if I become old three days later... I am afraid that I will not be left behind."

Jiao Yun was surprised: "This, this is impossible, you are brothers..."

The eldest prince shook his head: "But if he really treats this king as his own brother, why would he treat this king like this? This king has been holding back for so long, and he can't complain, so this king trusts you. The son is a transparent person, so you don't love power and stay out of it, but you can also see that the father knew that the third child did it, but for the sake of the overall situation, he was only locked up for three months. When he came out years ago, he still It's his third prince, but I lost my most beloved person...even in the future..."

Jiao Yun sighed: "Prince, you... I don't really understand these things either."

The eldest prince suddenly raised his head, "My son, please help me, at least, you can't let the third child be the heir, no matter who it is! Don't worry, this king will not let you help for nothing? After revenge, this king I will find a way to match you and fifth brother, you are so good-looking, fifth brother will definitely love you, in the future you will definitely be able to join hands with fifth brother, and you will definitely be able to get your sweetheart, unlike this king, you can only... I can only... My son, you think about it, this king is sincere, as long as I can avenge my beloved concubine, I will do whatever I want, if not, I will help you see the fifth younger brother more and relieve the pain of lovesickness Okay!"

Jiao Yun seemed to be frightened, covering his mouth, his eyes were hesitant, frightened but also faintly filled with uncontrollable longing, "This, this is not good?"