coobybook Chapter 356: Leaving a backup plan and forming a clique for personal gain
Chapter 356: Leaving a backup plan and forming a clique for personal gain
"However, the Sixth Prince is still alive and well, and I don't know if the Queen will keep her promise."
Upon hearing this, Cao Qinmo couldn't help but put down the bellyband in her hand and sighed with some worry.
"The Queen will not break her promise."
Yinxiu looked at Cao Qinmo's worried face and couldn't help but speak to comfort her.
"That's true. After all, I have a lot of evidence in my hands. I don't think the Queen would want this to be exposed."
Cao Qinmo chuckled and spoke.
The queen was a cruel and ruthless person, so naturally she had to hold back when interacting with her.
Hall of Qinzheng
"Ridiculous! They are simply pushing the envelope!"
The emperor angrily threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.
There has been unrest in the palace these days, and Prince Dun outside the palace is also causing trouble for him.
Seeing this and looking at the emperor's ugly face, Su Peisheng decided to go find the imperial concubine to comfort him.
After what happened last time, he didn't dare to take the initiative to go find Concubine Wan. He decided to go find the Imperial Concubine to avoid being punished by the Emperor.
When Su Peisheng was about to go out, he was stopped by the emperor.
"Go and call Wanpin over."
The emperor naturally understood that Su Peisheng wanted to ask for help, but Fu Zhen had been in trouble during this period, and Xier was exhausted from taking care of Fu Zhen. He naturally couldn't bear to let her worry about these trivial matters in the court again.
It would be better to let Zhen Huan come over. He found that Zhen Huan’s ideas were somewhat different, and maybe she could bring some different ideas.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is furious in the Qinzheng Palace. Please go and take a look!"
Xiao Xia Zi spoke to Zhen Huan who was reading a book.
"What happened? The emperor is not a hot-tempered person. Why did he suddenly get so angry?"
Zhen Huan asked in confusion.
"It will take a while to explain this matter. Please go ahead, Your Majesty. I will explain it to you slowly on the way."
Xiao Xia Zi sighed and spoke to Zhen Huan.
Zhen Huan nodded and got on the sedan chair to go to the Qinzheng Palace.
Along the way, Xiao Xia Zi told Zhen Huan the news she heard from her master.
Zhen Huan didn't expect that Prince Dun would come to cause trouble again. Wasn't it rare that Lady Fu Jin didn't persuade Prince Dun to stop?
When I arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, I saw Su Peisheng waiting at the door.
When Su Peisheng saw Jinxi following behind Wanpin, he couldn't help but have a twinkle in his eyes.
But soon he welcomed Zhen Huan down with an enthusiastic attitude.
"Eunuch Su, does the emperor know that I am coming to the Qinzheng Palace?"
When Zhen Huan saw Su Peisheng, she remembered the embarrassing incident last time and couldn't help but stop and ask.
"If the emperor is too angry, it would be better to ask the imperial concubine to come over. Maybe she can help the emperor calm down faster."
"My lady, the emperor ordered me to call you over."
Su Peisheng gave a bitter smile and quickly began to explain.
Ever since the last incident, he no longer dared to call Concubine Wan over on his own initiative.
"That's good."
Zhen Huan nodded.
"By the way, Xiao Xiazi just said that the emperor was angry about Prince Dun's memorial. Do you know what was written in the memorial?"
"It seems to be a memorial requesting a title."
Seeing that Zhen Huan was no longer bothered by the previous incident, Su Peisheng quickly followed her wishes and changed the subject.
"This Prince Dun is really greedy. He has already conferred titles on his two children, but he actually submitted another memorial."
Zhen Huan couldn't help but frown in disgust.
When she reached the door, Zhen Huan heard the sound of the emperor smashing a cup inside, and she became more worried.
It seems that the emperor is very angry this time.
Zhen Huan walked in quickly, bowed to the emperor, and personally brought a cup of tea to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, have some tea to calm down."
"Do you know what happened today?"
The emperor took a deep breath and asked Zhen Huan.
"I don't know."
Zhen Huan shook her head.
The emperor didn't waste any time and directly handed the memorial submitted by Prince Dun to Zhen Huan.
But Zhen Huan didn't even try to refuse politely and just took it directly.
"He actually wants the emperor to posthumously confer the title of Noble Consort on his biological mother, Consort Wenxi?"
Zhen Huan read it out loud with some disbelief.
"We also want to move to the tomb of the previous emperor's concubine?"
"If it's just a posthumous title, then it's fine, but burying her in the concubine's mausoleum goes against the will of the late emperor. I will never agree to it."
The emperor spoke in a bad tone.
Zhen Huan naturally understood what consequences Prince Dun's actions would bring to the Emperor, so she couldn't help but scold him angrily.
"Isn't this move by Prince Dun going to put the Emperor in an unfilial position?"
"What's even more abominable is that just as Prince Dun submitted this memorial, Nian Gengyao's memorial also came."
"He wants me to appease the harem and posthumously confer the title of Concubine Dowager on her, and rebuild the Concubine's mausoleum."
The emperor couldn't help but snort coldly. These two were so arrogant now that they didn't even have the slightest intention of covering up.
This was clearly a clique of its own, so how could he possibly do as they wish?
"Bastard!"
The emperor was so angry that he slammed the table.
"Your Majesty, even if you are angry, you must not hurt yourself."
Upon seeing this, Zhen Huan quickly stepped forward, took the emperor's hand, and comforted him softly.
"In this palace, even the Thirteenth Master's mother has not been posthumously named the Noble Consort. How can the title of Noble Consort be bestowed upon someone who was despised by the late Emperor?"
What Zhen Huan said really touched the heart of the Emperor. How could the Tenth Prince be comparable to his Thirteenth Brother? Even if he wanted to posthumously confer the title of Noble Consort, he should first confer the title of Concubine Min.
"But if you can't bear it, all the comforts you have given me before will be in vain."
Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but sigh.
Zhen Huan couldn't help but ask if it would be okay if she stopped tolerating Nian Gengyao at this time.
The emperor did not lie in front of Zhen Huan. He only had a 50% chance of winning against Nian Gengyao. The risk was too high. He could not allow the court, which had finally stabilized, to be turbulent again.
After all, Old Eight, Old Nine and the others might have some tricks up their sleeves waiting for him, so he must be on guard against them.
After hearing this, Zhen Huan thought about it carefully and proposed to confer titles on all the concubines in the harem and give the empress dowager an honorific title.
In this way, the title conferred on Prince Dun would become meaningless.
After all, if everyone gets promoted one level, it’s the same as not getting promoted at all.
"Hanhuan, you are worthy of being my sweetheart. I feel at ease with you around."
The emperor took the initiative to reach out and hold Zhen Huan's hand, looking at Zhen Huan with gentle eyes and said.
"I don't understand state affairs, so I can only consider these minor matters for the emperor."
Zhen Huan's eyes revealed her admiration for the Emperor, and she was very happy to be able to share the Emperor's worries on these matters.
Afterwards, she suppressed her heartache and took the initiative to ask the emperor to restore Concubine Nian to Concubine Hua.