The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

Queen Qu Zihui's maternal family is the General's Mansion, and the Qu family controls a quarter of the military forces of Dayan Kingdom.

The maternal family of Defei Sima Zihan is the leader of the Qingliu. The maternal family of Xianfei Yuan Mengqi is a famous and prominent family, and the paternal family is the famous and powerful general's mansion.

Concubine Qiu Huihui is the darling of Qiu Kuiyang, a king of a different surname who guards the northern border.

Behind Concubine Hui Huang Meiting is the support of the richest family in Dayan Kingdom.

Yuwen Huaide knew the power of emotion and the cruelty of power struggle. Facing many women in the harem, he carefully protected his heart and dared not easily reveal his true feelings.

Yuwen Huaide knew that if he got too close to the queen or any of the four concubines, it might cause jealousy and fighting among other forces, and bring out the contradictions. If he was attacked by everyone, it might even break the balance that had been formed with great difficulty, and endanger the stability of the imperial power.

More importantly, Yuwen Huaide would never take the risk of making the son of the queen or any of the four concubines De, Xian, Shu and Hui the crown prince.

Because once this happens, the prince will likely be influenced and controlled by the powerful forces of his mother's family, thus threatening the stability of the world ruled by the Yuwen family, and even making it possible for them to replace them.

It is not uncommon in history for people to seize the kingdom of their nephew.

Winner takes all, loser for Kou.

History is always written by the victors.

Once this situation is formed, it will be a nightmare for Yuwen Huaide. Therefore, Yuwen Huaide would rather remain vigilant than take this risk. Moreover, Yuwen Huaide feels that he is not old yet and has enough time to control the government.

However, as time went by, Yuwen Huaide's sons gradually grew up, each of them showing extraordinary talent and charm, and even tended to surpass him, the lord of Dayan State.

This made Yuwen Huaide feel both relieved and worried. He was relieved that his offspring were so outstanding; he was worried that their rise might shake his position and even cause a bloody storm...

For this reason, Yuwen Huaide decided not to appoint any of his sons as the crown prince. He was unwilling to give them the opportunity to legally inherit the throne, lest they take the opportunity to replace him. In this game of power, Yuwen Huaide must always be vigilant and protect his own country.

As for Concubine Yuan, she was personally brought into the palace by her mother. Ten miles of red makeup, a grand ceremony, compared to the empress's coronation ceremony, the only thing missing was the process of ancestor worship.

Since Gong Shuer was just one year old, Yuwen Huaide's mother often took his distant cousin to live in the palace for a while. It is no exaggeration to say that Gong Shuer was almost pampered and cared for according to the standards of a princess when she grew up.

The relationship between Yuwen Huaide and Gong Shuer can be described as childhood sweethearts. They played together and studied in the imperial study together, and established a deep emotional bond with each other.

However, as Yuwen Huaide grew older, his thoughts became more complicated. Unbeknownst to his mother, his father would teach him how to govern the country and how to scheme...

His father had told him more than once that once he ascended to the throne, his mother would become the Queen Mother, which meant that the power structure of the royal family would also undergo major changes. So, would the next Queen Mother continue to come from his mother's family?

Yuwen Huaide didn't know.

At first, Yuwen Huaide didn't care. He and his cousin grew up together, so they naturally had feelings for each other. Therefore, Yuwen Huaide still wanted to marry his cousin Gong Shuer.

At that time, the emperor did not object, but just smiled and said to him:

"It's human nature for young people to love each other! When you grow up, you will understand."

Yes, as he gets older, Yuwen Huaide's feelings for Gong Shuer become more and more complicated.

Yuwen Huaide has already understood what it means once Gong Shuer becomes his wife, the queen of Dayan State, or even the queen mother. At that time, can the Yuwen family still maintain its original status and influence?

Is this world still ruled by the Yuwen family?

Yuwen Huaide couldn't help but fall into deep thought...

He knew that the political struggles in the palace had always been cruel and ruthless. If he failed to plan ahead and make countermeasures in advance, he, Yuwen Huaide, would be swallowed up by other forces sooner or later.

If it's not him, it's his son, or even his grandson.

Yuwen Huaide didn't dare to gamble.

But he was unwilling to take the initiative to distance himself from Gong Shuer - he couldn't let her go after all!

It was not until he ascended the throne that Yuwen Huaide understood why his father had decreed that Qu Zihui become his crown princess. This was his father secretly leaving him a way to restrain the power of his mother's family, and it was also his father helping him make decisions.

Yuwen Huaide knew that his father had seen his struggle and reluctance.

Therefore, even though he and his cousin had been childhood sweethearts and even though she was reluctant to let him go, he eventually married Qu Zihui as the Crown Princess. Afterwards, Yuwen Huaide married Sima Zihan and Qiu Huihui as concubines.

The Queen Mother also did not show any intention of marrying Gong Shuer to Yuwen Huaide.

Although Gong Shu'er still lived in the palace, she never went to the East Palace. Except for large banquets, Yuwen Huaide could not even see Gong Shu'er.

Yuwen Huaide thought that he and his cousin Gong Shuer missed each other.

However, Yuwen Huaide's eighth brother, Yuwen Huairen, a humble prince who had killed his mother, and who had been raised as a "little pet" by his father beside his mother since childhood, actually had thoughts that he shouldn't have.

Yuwen Huairen was actually trying his best to please Gong Shuer.

Yuwen Huaide was shocked to realize that not only he and Gong Shu'er were childhood sweethearts, but Yuwen Huairen was too.

Yuwen Huairen's mother had a difficult delivery. After struggling to give birth to Yuwen Huairen, she died of hemorrhage.

Before she died, she begged the old emperor to take good care of her son. The old emperor then threw Yuwen Huairen to Ning Yinyin, who was already the queen at that time.

Ning Yinyin was injured when she gave birth to Yuwen Huaide, and she had no more children since then. Therefore, having another son, a newborn, whose mother's family was not obvious and whose mother had died, was like picking up a son for nothing.

If he is well raised, he can become Yuwen Huaide's assistant in the future, and also be a backup candidate in case Yuwen Huaide grows up to be unlucky or fails.

Ning Yinyin weighed the pros and cons and finally agreed to raise Yuwen Huairen. In addition to constantly reminding Yuwen Huairen to obey Yuwen Huaide and be Yuwen Huaide's best helper.

So, Yuwen Huairen became Yuwen Huaide's younger brother, a little follower.

As Yuwen Huaide grew up, what he thought about most was no longer the naive experience of being childhood sweethearts, nor the brotherhood of brothers, but how to gain a firm foothold in this game of power and how to protect himself and the world of the Yuwen family. This was a problem that troubled Yuwen Huaide very much.

Therefore, Yuwen Huaide, who was the heir to the emperor, considered things from a different perspective than Yuwen Huaide, who was a prince. From the moment Yuwen Huaide was named the crown prince, in his heart, no one could surpass his father.

Therefore, when his father granted the marriage, Yuwen Huaide did not resist at all. He was a good boy, and he did whatever his father said.

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