Tianhuang nobleman

The next day, in the palace of the Lingnan Prince in the north of the city, Bai Ren looked pale at the secret report in his hand, and a counselor next to him saw his heart move, and couldn't help asking in a low voice: "But the princess..."

"No." Bai Ren tried his best to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and whispered, "It's sister, they... want to give Roujia to the prince as a concubine..."

The counselor frowned even more when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness will live in Beijing in the future, so there is nothing wrong with marrying the Princess. Your Highness has a special status, and someone will watch every move you make. Someone can stand outside for His Highness." It's the best thing to do, but... marrying the prince is really not a good move."

"It's not a matter of marrying someone, how can Roujia be someone's concubine?!" Bai Ren frowned, and read the secret report from beginning to end, his face became more and more gloomy, "It's too deceitful..."

The counselor smiled wryly: "Your Highness, don't blame your ministers for being presumptuous. Not to mention now, even when we were strong in the past, our princess could not be the wife of their prince."

"They have a poisonous mind. It is okay to use marriage to strengthen the relationship, but how could they let us Lingnan girls be the prince's regular wife?" My son, how could they tolerate the bloodline of Lingnan in the crown prince?"

Bai Ren naturally understands these things, but others are fine, he and Rou Jia are compatriots, how can they be willing to let their sister jump into the fire pit?

Bai Ren raised his head and looked at the counselor firmly, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Dong...you watched my sister and I grow up, you can't bear my sister's life to this point, can you? I can discuss with you, this matter...is there still room for change?"

Dong Boru looked at Bairen in embarrassment. In fact, he hoped that Roujia could come. Just like what he said just now, Bairen was too passive in the imperial city. For their sake, although the emperor treated Bai Ren well, he gave him the mansion and things, but he kept a very strict watch over them. If it weren't for Bai Ren and some old ministries that were not under the emperor's control, they might all become blind Deaf man, let alone outside news, even if there is a fight in southern Xinjiang in the future, they will not know.

But if Roujia can come and leave the princess alone, this deadlock can be broken. Bai Ren has relatives in the imperial city, and with this as a medium, he can get acquainted with the people in the imperial city quickly. Whatever happened, with Roujia at her husband's house to help take care of it, Bairen wouldn't suffer too much.

Dong Boru is Bairen's counselor left by Bairen's grandfather who passed away early. He only puts Bairen first in everything. It is true that Roujia has been underestimated by him since he was a child. It's not that important, and... just don't be a concubine, Dong Boru doesn't think Lingnan King will give Roujia a better marriage, the only thing that makes Dong Boru dissatisfied is the person Roujia is going to marry, Prince Daxiang, Dong Boru doesn't So optimistic.

Seeing that Dong Boru hadn't spoken for half a day, Bairen felt even more anxious, and asked anxiously, "What do you think sir?"

"Your Highness... Your Majesty thinks that this matter may not be easy to handle. According to your wishes..." Dong Boru looked at Bai Ren's face and half-confided, "Since you want to marry, it is better to let the princess marry the second son of the emperor. , although this person is not the crown prince, he is the emperor's son, and he is more likely to succeed to the throne than the present Prince Qi Xiao."

Bai Ren frowned: "What does it mean to be the emperor's own son? Could it be that he is not the current prince?"

"Your subject only found out recently, it's really not true." Dong Boru unconsciously lowered his voice, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "This is the secret of the Daxiang royal family. The prince is actually the emperor's nephew."

Bai Ren was speechless, Dong Boru took a step forward and said slowly: "Your Highness should know about the fact that we joined forces with the Imperial City to fight against Beidi, right?"

Bai Ren nodded, and Dong Boru continued: "Back then, the king of Beidi was violent and violated the borders of neighboring countries several times. Emperor Wu and the prince attacked Beidi together. After two years, they finally beat the people of Beidi across the Ku'er River. The king of Beidi asked for peace, and we took When it was beneficial, he withdrew his troops, but Emperor Wu ignored Beidi's letter of surrender and fought all the way. This battle lasted for three years..."

"I know this. It is rumored that Emperor Wudi was brave and good at fighting, and that he would take revenge for his grievances. He was determined to get rid of Beidi's troubles. In the past five years, he drove the Beidi clan thousands of miles away. Later, I heard that the Beidi clan were all dead." Bai Ren He lowered his lips, frowned and said, "It's a pity that there is no holiday. In the last battle, Emperor Wu was shot by an arrow. After the victory, he died before returning to Daxiang... After that, Emperor Wu's younger brother succeeded...Qi Xiao is another Where did it come from?"

Dong Boru nodded: "Emperor Wu passed away just after reaching the crown, and the historian covered it up, so we only thought that Emperor Wu had no offspring. In fact, Emperor Wu and the empress had a prince, not just a prince... this prince was canonized at birth. The crown prince is the current crown prince, Qi Xiao."

"It's also because of Qi Xiao's bad luck. When he landed, Emperor Wu was already injured, but he was still holding on. After receiving the good news, Emperor Wu immediately drew up a decree, canonizing Qi Xiao as the crown prince, and the decree was brought back to the imperial capital by Emperor Wu's personal guards. , read it in the court hall, it was a certainty, but I don't know why... Emperor Wu died half a month later, it seemed that the royal family was dissatisfied, saying that the country was dependent on the emperor, the prince was not yet full moon, it was really unbearable, and the empress had already died for Emperor Wu at that time Now, the crown prince is still in his infancy, without the care of his biological mother, and it is even more unclear what his aptitude will be when he grows up, so everyone elected the current emperor, Emperor Wu's concubine brother Qi Jing, as the emperor."

"Although Qi Jing was born as a concubine, he was raised by the empress dowager himself. He is much more noble than other princes. It is reasonable to recommend him. It is rumored that Qi Jing could not refuse at that time, so he became emperor according to everyone's wishes. In order to comfort Emperor Wu's spirit in the sky and appease the prince's lineage, Qi Jing, who is now the emperor, adopted Qi Xiao under his knees and was still canonized as prince, but this was against Emperor Wu's will, and the royal family tried their best to cover it up. In the past ten years...the people who knew about it back then either died or kept their mouths shut...it's already an unspoken anecdote."

Bai Ren frowned: "Where did you hear this? There are loopholes everywhere!"

Dong Boru nodded: "It happened 15 years ago, maybe something went wrong, but no matter what happened before, Prince Qi Xiao is indeed not the son of Emperor Daxiang."

Bai Ren's heart skipped a beat: "But based on what I've heard and heard in this month...the emperor has loved this crown prince a lot."

"There are countless things that can be done." Dong Boru shook his head, "The emperor is very kind to the crown prince, and the ratios are doubled. On weekdays, he always rewards him generously. He never says a word of harshness, let alone allow the princes to be harsh. , but to put it bluntly, the emperor just let it go and rewarded some gold and silver. The emperor rarely rewarded his own sons, but every time the rewards were extremely capable people, and those who sent them were sent by the court. It's urgent, Your Highness still can't see who the emperor really values..."

Bai Ren pursed his lower lips: "It's even more impossible to let Rou Jia marry him. The other princes are not too young. Who knows when the emperor sent the prince to see Emperor Wu on a whim. He died... Rou What about Jia?"

"It's not necessarily true. I just heard about these things and thought that the crown prince was raised by the emperor in such a way that he might have spoiled him a long time ago. But now...it's not the case, but if he wants to succeed to the throne, it may not be easy..." Dong Boru After weighing the pros and cons, he couldn't tell which side had a better chance of winning, so he simply shook his head, "It's hard to say, but at least nothing will happen in the past few years. It's serious to help His Highness through the current difficulties when the princess comes."

Bai Ren narrowed his eyes slightly, and read the secret report again. Dong Boru knew that Bai Ren was reluctant to part with Rou Jia, and persuaded him: "Your Highness, the situation is stronger than others. If the princess knows His Highness's current situation, I am afraid that she is willing to marry her." Come here to relieve His Highness' worries."

Bai Ren was not moved by it at all, shook his head and said: "I don't need her to relieve my worries... Call Chaoge for me, let him pass a few words to me..."

"Your Highness!" Dong Boru was a little impatient when he saw that the white blade oil and salt would not enter, and he said solemnly, "Your Highness still can't see the current situation?! Since that day, His Royal Highness has tried to speak to His Highness, and now look at the Prince's Palace. The marriage with us is imperative, His Highness insists on obstructing, will the Prince's Palace be so rare and forced to marry? Needless to say, the Xia family will be in a hurry after hearing the news and will persuade the prince to send Princess Kangtai here! At that time, there will be no support, but there will be such a jackal around! Your Highness will only be in a more difficult situation!"

The Xia clan is the concubine of Bairen, the favorite concubine of the King of Lingnan, she has three sons and one daughter, and the princess is not favored. These years, the direct line has not suffered from them. This time, Bairen was sent as a proton. Don't move, if her daughter comes... Bai Ren closed his eyes and said the same sentence: "Call me Chao Ge."

Dong Boru didn't expect that Bairen was still stubborn after talking about it for a long time, and was about to kneel down to persuade him, but Bairen stopped him, and smiled calmly: "Sir... Bairen's luck is not good, his destiny is not good, and he is abandoned by the clan and becomes a proton." That's all, if the first sister is sent to be a concubine again... a son and a daughter are all abandoned, how will the master let my mother and concubine live and work in the mansion?"

Dong Boru couldn't bear it suddenly, his eyes turned red, Bai Ren tried his best to suppress the bitterness in his heart, and said in a hoarse voice: "I am willing to leave my homeland and travel thousands of miles to be a prisoner, not just to protect my concubine and elder sister from their troubles, Can you live better...Sir, help me...help my sister escape this catastrophe."

Dong Boru clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and bowed his head: "I obey."