12, party struggle

Among the now adult princes, the martial arts of the eldest prince, King Wu, is the best, but because he has been fighting all year round, he has a lot of prestige in the army, but he has no achievements in the court. In terms of the power in the court, the prince and the king of Qi are on par. The prince mainly relies on the foreign relatives of the Empress Xiang family, and the virtuous concubine, the mother of the king of Qi, is the direct daughter of the old master who has returned to her hometown. The imperial master has served in the official department for 30 years, of which he has been the secretary of the official department for more than 20 years. Most of the civil servants in the court are his students. With this relationship, the king of Qi has a great prestige in the temple. .

Because of the prince's misconduct, some courtiers had long reported to the emperor, asking the emperor to depose the prince and make the king of Qi his heir, but the emperor did not agree because he considered the people of the queen's family. However, the emperor's disappointment with the prince can be seen by all the wise. It just lacks a legitimate reason not to abolish the prince for the time being.

In fact, the king of Qi has no ambition. He belongs to the kind of person who is very free and easy. He is also afraid that the prince is too powerful and will threaten the safety of his mother and younger brother. Moreover, in his heart, the best candidate for the prince is his younger brother Wei Yihao. This younger brother has been particularly strong and talented since he was a child. What's more rare is that he is calm and wise, and he is the emperor who can govern the country. It is also good that he can help his brother prepare in the court first. Although the seventh prince is not the son of the virtuous concubine, because he has been raised by the virtuous concubine since childhood, there is a secret praise from the king of Qi, and there is also a unanimous praise from the Taifu who is responsible for the education of the princes. The ministers all feel good about this young seventh prince and think he is a person worth looking forward to.

According to the ancestral system, in addition to the prince, the prince can only serve in the court after obtaining the title. Now there are only three princes who have been awarded the title - the eldest prince, the king of Wu, Wei Yixia, the second prince, the king of Qi, and the fourth prince, Wei Yiyan, the fourth prince. Among them, the mother of the king is a concubine, under the ninth concubine. Although she is also innocent, but But he has no power or power, so Xi Wang has no power in the court. If he is not old, he would have sent him to his fiefdom to enjoy happiness.

The news of hunting came, and Qian Wangfu began to be busy, because this time Wei Qitong and Wei Qike were invited to hunt together, and even Wei Min'er was invited. The most puzzling thing is that the emperor actually gave an oracle to ask Cheng Yuanjia to go. Normally, even if Cheng Yuanjia has the title of a prince, she is not surnamed Wei after all. The emperor made an exception and asked her to go with her, which made many people puzzled.

Two days before the departure, the Empress Dowager suddenly sent someone to tell the emperor that she was also going. The reason was that she hadn't gone out for a long time, and this time she walked with the children. Therefore, the emperor hurriedly arranged another trip for the empress dowager. The plan to ride a man and a woman to ride a car added a comfortable and spacious chariot.

Of course, the Empress Dowager went with her. Of course, she was very worried after hearing the news of the emperor's invitation to Cheng Yuanjia. With himself, and put Yuan Jia under his own protection, the emperor would not have a chance. Otherwise, the emperor would not have any crooked idea if he wanted to take this opportunity. With the growth of Yuanjia, the emperor's eyes looking at Yuanjia became more and more obsessive, which had to make the empress dowager very careful.

On the day of departure, the Empress Dowager sent someone to take Cheng Yuanjia to herself and arranged for her to sit in her car. During the period of hunting, she was by her side and did not go anywhere.

This decision made the emperor, the prince and the king of Qi suffer together. The emperor's purpose of letting Yuanjia accompany him was obviously to take the opportunity to get close to the little beauty, convince her with the emperor's majesty, and let her obediently agree to be his concubine. After the prince learned that Cheng Yuanjia was also on the list to go with him, he was extremely excited. In the past two years, in addition to seeing her from afar at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, he had no chance to see her at all. The modest palace guarded him like a thief and did not give him a chance at all. This time, he would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to get her closest to him, even if Use the overlord to bow hard, but you have to get her. As for the King of Qi, he hopes to create some opportunities for his younger brother to get along with Cheng Yuanjia alone. Although they have had a good relationship with each other in the past two years, it is not bad for them to get along more.

The journey of 200 miles is not long or short. It starts to walk as soon as the sun comes out, and when the sun sets again, it will walk. If it hadn't been for too many carriages and the Empress Dowager's carriages in the team that could not walk too fast, it wouldn't have taken two days to ride horses, and those who rode horses would have arrived in a day.

There are too many people coming this time. The Shanglin Bieyuan in the Shanglin paddock is not enough. They have to set up a lot of tents on the periphery of the Bieyuan. The emperor and the women live in the Bieyuan, and all the men live in the tents. Of course, Cheng Yuanjia still lives with the Empress Dowager, which is not compromised at all.

At the insistence of the king of Qi, the seventh prince lived in the same tent with him, occupying the largest and most luxurious one in all the tents. For this reason, the king of Qi also had a little dispute with the prince, but it was quickly summaritled by the king of Qi.

The seventh prince was curious about how the king of Qi persuaded the prince to give up the tent. The king of Qi smiled and said, "I told the straw bag that if an assassin came to assassinate him, he would definitely think that he lived in the largest tent. At that time, with his martial arts skills that were not as good as three-legged cats, he would definitely die ugly. We lived there. It's to help him prevent the disaster. So he left."

The seventh prince laughed dumbly. The prince was so easy to deceive. Not to mention the assassin in the Shanglin paddock guarded by the imperial army, it was difficult for even a fly to come in.

The next day, when the sun rose, people who had rested all night got up early. The men put on armed clothes and weapons, bows and arrows, and the women gathered together and chattered against them unscrupulously.

Among the princes and princes, the seventh prince is undoubtedly the most outstanding one. His appearance makes most of his peers ashamed. In addition, he often has a gentle smile on his face and always has a sense of intimacy with people, so he is most evaluated by those warblers and swallows. Of course, almost all the comments are good. Comment.

Unexpectedly, the worst review is the fifth prince. Of course, because of the special status of the prince, no one dares to comment too much to avoid causing trouble. Wei Qike, who likes to pretend to be stupid and obedient, is the most talked about by those Yingying Yanyan in addition to the above two princes. The main reason is his exaggerated expression and unbearable behavior.

In fact, some of the princes and grandchildren who accompanied him this time are still outstanding. Among them, Zhong Zicheng, the eldest son of the great general Dingbian Hou Zhong Qiang, is the most eye-catching, and it can be said that he is the only person comparable to the seventh prince.

Zhong Zicheng is 17 years old this year. He grew up freely in the barracks with his father. Last year, he returned to the capital because his father was transferred to the president of the imperial army. His martial arts skills are not high, but he is very good at marching and fighting, and his riding and shooting skills are even better. Even the emperor has personally praised him as a born brave general. In the past year since he returned to Beijing, he has been in the limelight.

However, Zhong Zicheng is capable of martial arts, but he can't write. When he was a child, he was enlightened by military books. In addition to the basic military works, he basically didn't read the collection of classics and history, so he was basically an official in the imperial court, but in the eyes of these rich girls, he was just a reckless man with developed limbs, far from Wen. Run Junya's seventh prince is cute.

Because this hunting allowed to bring a family, many married princes brought their beautiful wives, so that before leaving, each wife was busy announcing and admonishing them. The scene was very spectacular.

Cheng Yuanjia also accompanied the empress dowager to come out. After making a brief explanation to the empress dowager, a special belt went to the princes and grandchildren. In the past two years, the name of Cheng Yuanjia's beauty has been exaggerated by many good people, so that she has the title of the first beauty in the capital, and even she is called the first beauty in the world. Therefore, when she came this way, those Wang Sun Gongzi looked straight, and the people who brought his wife even screamed. Gain was severely by his wife beside him. I twisted it.