I was a princess in ancient times

After waiting for Ji Xinxue's words for a long time, the darkness in the depths of Yu Heng's eyes gradually froze, and even his breathing became short of breath.

He held Ji Xinxue's shoulder, unprecedented joy appeared on his brows, his lips were so excited that he opened and closed several times, but he couldn't make any sound.

His Majesty is actually willing to allow him and Ashe to stay together only with each other's looks?

This is something he can't even dream of.

Infected by Yu Heng's emotions, Ji Xinxue also smiled brightly.He put his arms around Yu Heng's neck, and met his trembling lips.

Although in the process of talking with Emperor Changping in the study of Fengxiang Palace, Ji Xinxue suffered unprecedented setbacks.

But in the carriage to An Guo Princess's Mansion, when he only considered the purpose and obstacles, he felt suddenly enlightened like seeing the sun through the dark clouds.

As early as when she had delusions about Yu Heng, Ji Xinxue was mentally prepared that if she wanted to get her wish, she would have to walk across the cliffs covered with thorns.

Compared with the dark embarrassment, parting, and predicament he had imagined... just fulfilling one of Emperor Changping's requests will get what he wants.

Because of this, he will not be unfamiliar with Aye and his brothers and sisters, and it can be said that there is no sequelae.

It's like being ready to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top of the towering mountain to prove your sincerity, but when you reach the foot of the mountain, you unexpectedly find that in addition to the expected thorny path, there is also a 'crane' that can go straight to the top of the mountain.

As long as the plump koi are caught in the cold pool and fed to the cranes, the difficulty and time of climbing the mountain can be saved.

After a long time, the emotions of the two gradually calmed down amidst the increasingly strong smell of rust.

Ji Xinxue leaned against Yu Heng's side relaxedly, and carefully told Yu Heng about the conversation with Emperor Changping.

"Because of me and elder sister, elder brother has almost completely lost the chance to become the prince." Ji Xinxue smiled wryly, and her tone was full of sighs, "Even if elder brother gave up the idea of ​​marrying Xiao Ning and promised Aye, he would marry another A noble daughter from a famous family will give birth to her eldest grandson as soon as possible. As long as his old habit of being soft-hearted does not change, Aye will not reconsider the possibility of him becoming the prince."

But now, Ji Xinxue no longer thinks that Ji Jingyu's soft ears are the fault of Queen Wang.

After all, Ji Jingyu has left the backyard where the Queen can intervene since he was eight years old, and was taught by Emperor Changping. He served as the unnamed prince of the palace for five years, became the prospective prince for six years, and patrolled the fief for two years. During this period, he frequently came and went. Northern Xinjiang military camp, personally participated in several victories.

In 13 years, countless times of experience failed to change Ji Jingyu's weakness.

It can be seen that gentleness, generosity, kindness, and indecision are all Ji Jingyu's natural characters, and it cannot be changed by acquired experience.

Ji Xinxue let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, he and Ji Minyan thought that their support would be Ji Jingyu's biggest help... Unexpectedly, it was the direct reason why Ji Jingyu and the crown prince missed each other.

Yu Heng raised his hand and patted Ji Xinxue's back, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty's concerns are correct, brother is really not suitable."

If Ji Jingyu succeeds to the throne, there will still be no change. Ji Minyan and Ji Xinxue will decide all important matters in the court. There is really no way to guarantee whether Ji Jingyu's son will feel like "other people are sleeping soundly beside the couch".

He didn't know what A Xue and Ji Minyan would think, he only knew that he would never tolerate any threat to A Xue from the candidate for the new crown prince.

He will strike first.

Ji Xinxue felt the violating aura again, and immediately raised her head to look at Yu Heng, and finally succeeded in capturing the hostility in Yu Heng's eyes that had not had time to fully restrain herself.

"What are you thinking?"

Yu Heng said as if nothing had happened, "I'm thinking about His Majesty's worries."

Without waiting for Ji Xinxue to ask, he told Ji Xinxue the thoughts in his heart in another way, "If elder brother succeeds, we don't have to think about the future, but elder sister and Ah Buhan Bing have to think for the heirs. Elder sister Protective personality, parents and nephews..."

Ji Minyan will definitely choose parent-child.

So it's a dead end.

Ji Jingyu's son is a qualified prince. He can't understand the powerful aunt and uncle controlling the government and try their best to gather power. The aunt and uncle are aware of his nephew's ambitions and suppress him for the future, heirs, tests and other factors. The nephew and the two sides gradually formed a deadly feud, and the court was affected.

There is another possibility.

Ji Jingyu's son perfectly inherited Ji Jingyu's character, he is a person who is tolerant and willing to give in.

Ji Xinxue and Ji Minyan were worried about Ji Jingyu's son as much as they were worried about Ji Jingyu, and tried every means to find the assistant minister, and influenced Ji Jingyu's son just like they influenced Ji Jingyu.

When Ji Jingyu's son wants to establish a crown prince, how will he solve it?

In short, Ji Jingyu's becoming the prince can only solve the immediate problems, but in the long run, it will leave countless crises.

Ji Xinxue followed Yu Heng's words and thought about it, and once again resolutely gave up Ji Jingyu's idea.

The risk is too great, it can't be picked up at all, it should sink.

Thinking of Ji Jingyu, as the candidate for the future prince for a long time, being chosen by everyone along with the crowd, and then quietly abandoned by everyone, both Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng felt indistinguishable complexity in their hearts.

"Brother, will you be depressed because of this?" Ji Xinxue asked as if talking to herself.

Yu Heng knew what kind of answer would make Ji Xinxue feel better, but he didn't deceive Ji Xinxue because of it.

"Yes." He nodded firmly, "Brother will not be sad because he lost the crown prince, but will be sad because he did not meet the expectations of His Majesty and Eldest Sister."

Just like Ah Xue, although she has never wavered in her desire to stay with him forever, she still feels guilty for failing to live up to the expectations of His Majesty and Princess Huai'an.

Ji Xinxue nodded with a complicated face, and suddenly understood the sour poems about the sad autumn.

Ji Jingyu's efforts and giving up almost completely coincide with ideals and reality.

Yu Heng didn't want to see Ji Xinxue being sullen, and persuaded, "This is a good thing for brother."

In the days to come, Ji Jingyu no longer needs to demand himself by the prince's standards, and can live a much easier life.

"Yeah..." Ji Xinxue grabbed Yu Heng's finger to play with, and then told him that he could make Ji Jingrou the princess, but was directly rejected by the disappointed Emperor Changping.

Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue interlocked their fingers, walked around the dressing table in the increasingly dim sunlight, and sat on the Babu bed.

"Your Majesty is in his prime, so there is no need to decide on a candidate for the crown prince immediately. In a few years, the seventh princess, the eighth princess, the ninth prince and the tenth princess will be enlightened one after another, and there may be more heirs in the palace."

When the young emperor's heir had not yet grown up, if Emperor Changping needed his children to help manage the government, Axue, his eldest sister, and his elder brother could all serve.

As for whether the little emperor's heir can win power from his brothers and sisters who are very different in age, it is completely out of Yu Heng's consideration.

If things can develop according to his wishes, he is willing to do everything he can to achieve the power of Ah Xue's "Regent", and he is even happy to see Ah Xue support his favorite junior to inherit the throne.

Only in this way can A Xue be compensated for what she lost in staying with him forever.

Although they are close together, Ji Xinxue is ignorant of Yu Heng's increasingly dangerous thoughts.

He smiled wryly, "Eldest sister promised me that she would intercede for me in front of Aye, and help me teach fourth sister to lie to Aye and hide the fact that we knew that Aye already wanted me to be the crown prince, but we still proposed to fulfill it at the Dachaohui." The marriage contract. The condition is that I help her fulfill her wish and keep the crown prince among the brothers and sisters who were born in Qiandi."

Before Ji Minyan said it clearly, Ji Xinxue had already sensed her thoughts from Ji Minyan's words and deeds.

That's why he came up with the bad idea of ​​making Ji Jingrou the princess.

Yu Heng tilted his head and kissed Ji Xinxue's ear, his eyes were full of unresolved love and tenderness, "Is this also your idea?"

Ji Xinxue suddenly felt hot on the side of his face, and he could only keep his mind by being full of business.

He shook his head honestly, then nodded again, and said helplessly, "I think children are like clean white paper. As long as they are raised carefully, the problems that sister is worried about will not appear, but..."

Because of the stabbing of Emperor Changping and Ji Minyan in the back at the Dachao Conference, he was full of guilt towards them, and couldn't help wanting to satisfy them.

Aye wanted an heir who would make the people and courtiers feel at ease.

The eldest sister hoped that this heir would be a younger brother and sister who would make her feel at ease.

Happily... alas.

Ji Xinxue was even worried that Aye was in a hurry to get an heir, and Ji Jingyu, Ji Jingrou, him, Ji Mingtong, and Ji Baoshan couldn't do it for various reasons.Will the eldest sister suddenly become black, eunuch Abu Hanbing for the throne, and stand on top by herself?

If things really develop in this direction, he will never be able to shake off his guilt towards Ji Minyan in his life.

Hearing Ji Xinxue's worries about Ji Minyan, Yu Heng's eyes quickly flashed irritability.

He doesn't allow that.

Ji Minyan will always be caught between him and A Xue.

"Jun Wang, Your Highness, do you want to pass on the dinner?"

Lin Zhao's voice sounded from outside the door.

Ji Xinxue only had the word 'Prince' in her mind, and she didn't want to eat at all, but Yu Heng was still recovering from his injuries, so he had to eat to take medicine on time.

He patted Yu Heng's hand and said loudly, "We're serving dinner in the side hall, we'll come right away."

After dinner, under the watchful eyes of Ji Xinxue, Yu Heng honestly drank up the strange-tasting decoction, frowning and went to the cubicle to wash up.

Before Xu time, the two were ready to fall asleep.

However, until the bell rang at midnight, there was still no sleepiness in the two pairs of black and white eyes.

How to break the situation?

Before they thought of a solution, they couldn't even utter the words to persuade each other to take a rest earlier.

"I told Aye my original thoughts during the day." Thinking of the feeling of facing Emperor Changping in Fengxiang Palace's study, Ji Xinxue still felt her cheeks warm.

He forcibly suppressed all kinds of embarrassing thoughts, and continued without finishing his sentence, "Do you have any ideas?" As the saying goes: Three cobblers are the best Zhuge Liang.

I can't sleep anyway, so instead of thinking wildly in the middle of the night, it's better to speak freely and combine the wisdom of two people to find the door to break the situation.

It's a pity that he was so ruthless by Emperor Changping during the day, his thoughts became more and more chaotic, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come up with fresh ideas in a short time.

Yu Heng habitually lowered his head to look for Ji Xinxue's forehead, his eyes were all serious, "I still don't think it's necessary for Your Majesty to establish a crown prince so early."

As long as Emperor Changping is not in a hurry to establish a crown prince, Ji Minyan will not kick Abu Hanbing because of a sense of crisis, and take the crown herself.

When Ji Minyan and Abuhanbing got married, they had sons and daughters, and their relationship became deeper. Even if Emperor Changping had the idea of ​​having a young son, Ji Minyan would change her mind because of the increasingly important Abuhanbing and her children, and would not be married again. As paranoid as it is now.

"The doctor who taught the national policy told us that if the emperor didn't install a prince when he first came to the throne, he would suddenly install a prince for three reasons."

When Ji Xinxue heard the words, he immediately thought of the old doctor who was not tactful and dared to say anything, so he left his post ahead of schedule for Aiko's career.

The first reason is that the emperor suddenly discovered true love, how could he see how pleasing the son of true love was, and couldn't wait to promise the best things to the son of true love.

The second reason is that the emperor's energy is deteriorating and he is unable to handle the affairs of state. Considering the stability of the country, he must determine the successor as soon as possible.

The third reason has two situations.

The dynasty suddenly encountered natural disasters and wars, and needed the canonization of the prince to stabilize the people's hearts.

Not only did the dynasty not suffer any disaster, but its situation improved compared to the previous years or even decades.The emperor wanted to take advantage of the east wind to achieve higher achievements, appease the hearts of the people and courtiers by setting up a prince, and lure the courtiers and people to redouble their efforts for a better tomorrow.

All of the above have nothing to do with Emperor Changping.

When Emperor Changping wanted to make Ji Xinxue the crown prince, he only planned to abolish the king and empress and had no idea of ​​making Concubine Zhong Shu the new queen. It can be seen that his dislike for Concubine Zhong Shu remained the same as before.

Emperor Changping, who has just reached the age of [-], and Ji Xinxue, who has not yet reached the crown, stand at the same place, as if they are brothers who are only a few years apart.However, Emperor Changping was still able to walk through Yang with a hundred steps and hunt tigers with his own hands, but Ji Xinxue could only stand in the protective circle of the Jinwu Guard and cheer.

Since Emperor Changping came to the throne, the Yu Dynasty has been in good weather, and there have been no large-scale natural disasters for many years.But all battles with alien races end in victory and great results are obtained.

Only the last point is left, and it can still be attached to Emperor Changping, but only a little bit.

Ji Xinxue rubbed her fingers to clear up all kinds of messy thoughts in her mind, "From the sixth year of Changping, the scope of the new tax has been expanded three times in total, and there will be at least two more, that is, one year, before it will be included in the territory of the Yu Dynasty. New taxes everywhere."

"According to the survey, the new tax made Aye's reputation among the common people rise rapidly. Before the implementation of the new tax, Aye's reputation among the people in Gyeonggi was the highest. However, it was not until June of the seventh year of Changping that Gyeonggi adopted the new tax for the second time. After the tax was collected, the people of Gyeonggi began to worship the emperor spontaneously."

The so-called spontaneous pilgrimage to the emperor refers to the people leaving the house every day without the government's request, and first kowtow to the emperor in the direction of the palace in the courtyard.

Since the establishment of the Yu Dynasty, five generations of emperors have passed through, and only the founding emperor and Changping Emperor have received such treatment.

"In June of the eighth year of Changping, the people of Shannan East Road, Shannan West Road and Guannei Road also began to worship Aye spontaneously."

"I specially sent someone to the local area to investigate whether the people really worshiped spontaneously, and there must be nothing wrong." Ji Xinxue's eyes were full of undisguised pride, "That is to say, in only one year, Aye will be in the The prestige outside Gyeonggi-do will catch up with the prestige in Gyeonggi-do."

Because of the geographical location, except for the founding emperor, the prestige of the emperors of the Yu Dynasty in Gyeonggi-do is far better than that outside Gyeonggi-do.

This is the inevitable result of travel inconvenience and news stagnation.

What's even more rare is that wherever the new tax is implemented, the people there will automatically worship Emperor Changping.

It can be seen how big the impact of the new tax is.

According to the calculation of the cycle of implementing the new tax, the ninth year of Changping and the tenth year of Changping are still the stages of rapid rise in the reputation of Emperor Changping.

What's more, the news of a big victory just came from northern Xinjiang, which will also make Emperor Changping's reputation soar.

In the second year of Changping, only the successful ambush of the Turks outside the North Great Wall allowed Deng Hongying's army to enter Huainan Road, Henan Road and other places smoothly, and smoothly cleared the officialdom.

This time not only defeated the Turks, but also took back the land of Mohe, which will only increase the prestige of Emperor Changping.

Ji Xinxue estimated that if nothing major happened, it would take at least the 13th year of Changping before the people would get used to the sudden change in their lives and stop worshiping Emperor Changping madly.

In other words, at least 14 years before Changping, the establishment of a prince by the emperor in Changping was like adding boiling water to boiling water, which was meaningless to the common people.

The people are wholeheartedly worshiping the wise monarch who is in his prime, praying day and night for Emperor Changping to live a long life.

They don't secretly compare the wise monarch and the prince in their hearts, so it's not bad to be picky about the prince.

How could it be because the prince who was obviously not as good as Emperor Changping gave birth to 'life will be better in the future, so I have to work harder. ' Thoughts?

absurd!

Without Yu Heng's reminder, Ji Xinxue can also think of the obvious violation here.It's just because he was hit by Emperor Changping one after another during the day and suddenly felt a little unconfident, so he couldn't be sure.

He suddenly felt hot, pushed away the person who was all attached to him, and changed from lying down to sitting, thinking along with this thought.

Whatever he and Yu Heng could think of, Aye must also be able to think of it.

So, why did Aye suddenly have the idea of ​​establishing a prince at this moment?

Yu Heng quietly moved to Ji Xinxue's side like a cartilaginous animal, and he had to stick half of his body to Ji Xinxue to be satisfied.

He took the hand that wanted to push him away, and reminded, "Did Your Majesty reveal anything during the day?"

"Reveal..." Ji Xinxue lost some strength in her hands, and fell into deep thought again, "Yes, when Aye was most sad, he once said, 'I thought I was different from the late emperor.'"

where is it different?

The first emperor ascended the throne by extraordinary means, fearing retribution, he defended his son like an assassin.Even when his body was close to collapse, he refused to decree to establish a prince.

Aye... also used extraordinary means to ascend to the throne, because he had to be different from the first emperor, so he had to establish the crown prince at the peak of his power?

Although the logic is very clear, it really doesn't seem like the thought that his wise and mighty Aye would have.

However, following these thoughts and recalling all kinds of things in the past, the understanding in Ji Xinxue's eyes became clearer and clearer.

Ever since Emperor Changping ascended the throne, all his actions have been diametrically opposed to those of the previous emperor...

Ji Xinxue suddenly felt very distressed. It turned out that the towering Emperor Changping would have a shadow that he would not be able to get out of for many years.

The next day, the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of War entered the palace at Chenshi as usual, and reported to Emperor Changping the summary of the last tax revenue in the eighth year of Changping and the verification of the military merits reported by the Guannei Army.

Under the guidance of Fengxiang Palace, the two walked into the study of Fengxiang Palace familiarly, but the person sitting behind the imperial case was not Emperor Changping.

Princess Huai'an sat behind the mahogany new case next to the imperial case with a pretty face covered with frost, Princess Baoding sat on the left side of Princess Huai'an with a bitter face, and Princess Jin Ming sat absent-mindedly on the right side of Princess Huai'an.

Hubu Shangshu and Bingbu Shangshu looked at each other with blank eyes.

The door of the study suddenly opened from the outside, and Mo Yao and Songnian appeared at the same time.

Song Nian first saluted Ji Minyan and others, and then walked to the Minister of the Ministry of Household and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and said with a serious face, "Your Majesty's word of mouth."

Hubu Shangshu and Bingbu Shangshu immediately bowed in the direction suggested by Songnian.

"I am in poor health and have no time for government affairs. Princess Huai'an, Princess Baoding and Princess Jinming will do everything for me. There is no need to ask for instructions."

"I would like to obey His Majesty's orders"

"Your Majesty..." Minister of War looked at Songnian questioningly.

Song Nian lowered his eyes, refusing to accept the wink from Minister of the Ministry of War, "When His Majesty was taking a nap in the Nuan Pavilion last night, the little eunuch didn't close the window tightly, and the cold wind invaded and made His Majesty chill."

There was a coldness in Ji Minyan's eyes, and she said in a deep voice, "Aye has always been physically strong, and he will not be troubled by such trivial matters. Xiao Shangshu does not need to panic."

"I don't dare." The Minister of the Ministry of War hit a wall one after another, immediately gave up his original thoughts, honestly lowered his head, secretly thinking that the old foxes are not kind.

Sikong and Situ Ding had known for a long time that His Majesty was ill, so they purposely revealed to him that His Majesty summoned His Highness the Fifth Highness yesterday before he entered the palace.

Seeing that both the Minister of War and the Minister of Household had no objection to the oral order, Mo Yao left as quietly as when he came.

Song Nian stayed for a while, and carefully wrote down the performance of Ji Minyan, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong.

Songnian didn't leave the study room until he heard a whistle that ordinary people couldn't perceive.

The palace man holding the wooden whistle immediately ran to Songnian's side and said in a low voice, "Eunuch, His Highness the Fifth Prince and Xianglin County King are at the gate of the palace."

Song Nian nodded, casually took out a silver bean from his purse to watch the palace people drink tea, and turned towards the palace gate without stopping.

Seeing people standing side by side at the same place from a distance, Song Nian paused a little, secretly thinking that His Majesty will be disappointed again.

"Song Nian, how is Aye?" Ji Xinxue disliked Song Nian for walking slowly for the first time, striding towards him, and asked impatiently, "Can Feng Lang and I visit Aye or can I visit Aye alone?" .”

Seeing Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's eyes were black and black like iron-eating beasts, Song Nian dared to say no, he whispered, "Your Majesty didn't specifically say who you don't want to see."

Hesitation appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, and she turned her head to meet Yu Heng's gaze.

Seeing this, Songnian's eyelids twitched violently.

If His Majesty is really angry, it is better for His Majesty Fifth Highness and the County King not to visit His Majesty hand in hand.

Before Songnian could figure out how to speak tactfully, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng had reached a consensus through their eyes.

"Please trouble the eunuch to take Axue to visit His Majesty. I will go to Tranquility Palace to greet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager." Yu Heng took the initiative to speak, although it was a declarative sentence, there was a question in his eyes.

Emperor Changping treated Yu Heng as his own son, and the people of Fengxiang Palace would naturally treat Yu Heng kindly.

Song Nian can also be regarded as watching Yu Heng grow from a notorious boy who looked around at the pack of wolves to the county king who is now becoming more and more dignified.I really couldn't bear to choose to turn a blind eye when Yu Heng showed weakness that was the opposite of stubbornness.

He silently told himself that His Majesty did not want to break up His Highness the Fifth Highness and the County King, but just wanted them to focus on the overall situation.

"The empress dowager and the concubine will definitely be happy to see you."

The corners of Ji Xinxue's and Yu Heng's mouths raised almost invisible smiles at the same time, and their footsteps were much lighter when they parted.

Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su are not angry with them!