Your Majesty has always been concerned about the eldest prince.

According to Zhu Beichen's investigation, the Zhou family had been gone for ten years.

At that time, after the Rebellion of the Five Kings, the government was in chaos. He was fully focused on government affairs and knew nothing about this matter.

Zhu Beichen reported: "Those who fanned the flames and promoted the eldest prince are all more or less related to the eldest princess. The registrar beside the eldest prince is the eldest princess's man."

"Also, the eldest prince's marriage was also arranged by the eldest princess. The eldest prince has no maternal family to protect him, so he and the eldest princess are very close in private."

Liu Renxiu frowned. When his mother told him about her eldest son's marriage, he did not object.

The eldest son will be a leisurely prince in the future, and there is nothing wrong with him marrying the girl from the Cui family whom he likes.

I didn't expect that the eldest princess was involved in so many things. She must be too good to my eldest son.

The problem is, the aunt is so good to her nephew, and she has spent everything to win over so many people. What does she want?

Or is it because the eldest brother looks like King Wei that she is particularly partial to him?

Or was it that she was always thinking about King Wei?

During the Five Kings Rebellion, the eldest princess was not innocent, but since so many people died at that time, she personally poisoned her own mother to show her loyalty. Therefore, her mother forgave her.

……

He said, "My sister treated him very well when he was a child, so there's nothing wrong with their closeness. But she actually interfered in the matter of appointing the crown prince, which was presumptuous."

He had never believed in anyone who could be so cruel as to kill his mother.

On this day, in the court, when someone again proposed to make the eldest prince the crown prince, His Majesty said nothing, but suddenly became furious when the court was dismissed, and angrily accused the eldest princess of buying and selling official positions.

He was punished by being forced to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and his fiefdom was reduced by half.

Several of the most active officials in recent days have been dismissed and investigated for various reasons. Those with serious circumstances will be executed without mercy.

For a moment, the court became tense again. Those who wanted to side with the eldest prince were all in a state of panic, and everyone was afraid to show up at this time.

It goes without saying how furious the eldest princess was, but although the emperor was furious, he did not punish the eldest prince, and the father and son continued to get along happily in the court as usual.

The eldest son's resemblance to the King of Wei doesn't mean much, after all, the King of Wei looks more like the late emperor. So the eldest prince more or less has some of the late emperor's shadow.

It is understandable that a grandson looks like his grandfather.

But if it is about appointing a crown prince, the eldest prince cannot do it.

Not to mention his background, just the support of the eldest son from the Grand Princess's Mansion, the Prince Consort's Mansion, and some old clans, these people did not support him just because of his outstanding abilities.

Most of them did so because of the Grand Princess's manipulation, while others simply felt that the eldest son had a gentle personality and was easier to control.

Moreover, through a series of reforms by the little girl, Cangwu finally saw the hope of rising.

An emperor must not only control power well, but also know how to appoint people to the right positions, pay attention to people's livelihood, and put the people first.

If the eldest son succeeded to the throne, it would be difficult for him to achieve these aspects. He is not smart and does not have enough courage. The group of people behind him who support him will not tolerate the land tax system reformed by the little girl.

Therefore, Liu Renxiu did not consider the calls to establish a crown prince.

At this time, next to Princess Song Jinxiu's mansion, Tian Xinghua looked at her stepmother and several troublesome brothers with a dark face.

They followed Zhang Zihan's convoy back to Beijing and came along secretly, so although they had to sleep in the open air along the way, it was relatively smooth.

Back then, on the road to Lunshan County, I saw the son-in-law who was the top scholar in the imperial examination, and I also heard that Tian Xinghua was not dead. I didn't know whether it was true or not.

The clever Tian Erniu suggested going to Beijing to see if his eldest sister was still alive, and if so, he would ask his brother-in-law, the top scholar, for a job.

If the eldest sister is really dead, then they will run away and stay away. Otherwise, if their niece remembers them one day and avenges her mother, will they still have a chance to survive?

So the four of them discussed it and followed.

When they arrived in the capital, they didn't dare to go directly to the princess's mansion to inquire. What if this was a trap set by their niece, asking them to go to the capital to apologize themselves? Wouldn't they be walking into a trap by asking?

The mothers and their friends waited at the gate of the Grand Princess's Mansion every day, and finally saw Tian Xinghua going out.

Tian Xinghua was granted the imperial decree of the first rank and traveled, riding in a carriage with a fine horse, dressed in gorgeous clothes adorned with gold and silver, surrounded by maids and servants, and followed by black-riding guards.

The four people were stunned.

It was not until Tian Xinghua's carriage had gone far away that Liu and the others finally reacted.

"Oh my goodness, your eldest sister is not dead after all. Not only is she not dead, she has become so rich. Big Cow, Second Cow, Third Cow, we have finally made it. From now on, we will follow your eldest sister. She will eat meat and mother will drink soup. We must beg her to take us in."

Tian Daniu smiled innocently, "Mom, my elder sister has meat to eat, can I let you drink the soup? At least we can both gnaw on the meat bones."

Tian Erniu's eyes sparkled. "Mother, can those maids around my eldest sister be my wives? I've heard that maids in wealthy families have to do whatever their masters tell them to do."

Liu thought she knew more because of her age. She said, "Tsk, you are useless. With your eldest sister's style, those maids are all concubines. If you want to marry a wife, you have to marry a daughter of an official."

Tian Erniu's eyes widened like copper bells. "Really? Then I want three concubines. I have my eyes on all three girls beside my eldest sister."

After saying this, he felt embarrassed again and quickly said to his eldest and third brothers, "Eldest brother, third brother, don't argue with me. Think about it, there must be more than just these maids in Eldest Sister's family. You can choose when the time comes."

Tian Daniu blushed when he heard him say that. "I don't want a concubine. I just want a wife."

Tian Erniu said disdainfully, "Brother, you're such a fool. Who would complain about having too many women? Didn't Dad marry two?"

Tian Sanniu asked hesitantly, "Mom, will my eldest sister recognize us? She didn't want to be with her parents before. She didn't go home for several years. When she did go back, she was divorced and forced to marry by my mother. What if she hates us and beats us up?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, feeling uneasy.

After a while, Liu slapped her thigh and said, "Why does she hate me? She can't thank me enough!"

The three sons looked at her together. Liu's eyes rolled and she said loudly, "If I hadn't forced her to marry, would she have married the number one scholar?"

Tian Sanniu scratched his ears and asked, "But this brother-in-law is not as good-looking as the eldest brother-in-law."

"Bah, can good looks be eaten? No matter what, the champion is promising. Come on, let's sit at the door of the princess's mansion and wait for your eldest sister to come back."

The doorman had long been unfazed by the fact that the princess's mansion occasionally received relatives from Lunshan County.

Naturally, they would not let them sit and block the way at the gate of the Princess's Mansion. They politely let them into the gatehouse and served them tea. Someone had already reported the news to Aunt Chang.

Aunt Chang then informed Zhang's mother.

When Zhang's mother heard that it was her daughter-in-law's stepmother's brother, she did not dare to neglect him and quickly invited him to go next door.

Ever since Song Jinxiu went to southern Xinjiang, she moved to live next door because her son said he had news about his father-in-law and they might go to Beijing soon, so they couldn't live in the princess's mansion and cause trouble for Jinxiu.

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