After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 390 Conjecture
Haitang and Haijiao looked at each other and each had their own guesses.

Hai Jiao believes that this may be Mrs. Gui's whim, which may not have any basis, and is just a sweet dream.

Haitang felt that Mrs. Gui might not have any basis. The royal family of this dynasty attaches great importance to legitimate sons. When establishing a crown prince, there are always direct descendants and no direct descendants. There were emperors like Emperor Deguang who favored the sons of their favorite concubines, but this was the only one who was so partial that he did not care about the life of his wife's legitimate son.

However, now that Concubine Sun's son has died, the prince supported by the Sun family has already succeeded him. If Empress Wu really left a young prince, who was the legitimate son of the middle palace, the old man of the Wu family would have returned to the center of power, and the emperor would be reluctant to give up. Willing to allow Prince Ji's son to return to the clan... With this kind of past sentiment, any courtier who is not on the side of Mr. Sun Ge should support the succession of Queen Wu's son.

Although the eighth prince is good, he is too young and his biological mother is of a lower background. There is no reason why courtiers would support him if they had a better option.

The legitimate prince left behind by Empress Wu does have a good chance of winning.

But in fact, is it really that simple?

The emperor has not disclosed the existence of this prince to this day. According to Hai Jiao's memory in his previous life, until the eighth prince succeeded to the throne and grew up to the age of pro-government, no one in the world knew that Emperor Deguang had a legitimate prince alive. The battle for the throne has always been between the Eighth Prince and Prince Ji, with no one else involved at all.

And a prince, whether he is a direct descendant or a concubine, may have many people behind him to support him. As long as the world does not know his existence and the royal family does not recognize his identity, then everything is in vain. He has been hidden from the world since his birth. Now it suddenly comes out that he is the legitimate prince born to Empress Wu. Without the emperor's recognition, who will believe it? Even if the Queen Mother comes forward, the Sun family and the clan will still get into trouble.

Haitang sighed: "I don't think Queen Mother Zhou took the risk to raise the little prince without any plan. Even if she was concerned that Concubine Sun might harm him, she would still think carefully about the future of the little prince. Otherwise, what will the young prince do if he hides the person in Cining Palace until the Queen Mother dies of old age?"

The Empress Dowager Zhou initially sent someone to bring Mrs. Gui and her daughter into the palace, probably because she wanted to use Wu Qiong to provide cover for the young prince - as long as there was a baby in Cining Palace, no one would be surprised by the baby's cry.

Whether it was the young prince or the Wu family, Empress Dowager Zhou only asked the most trusted old doctor to diagnose their pulses. After the old doctor passed away, she asked the Xu palace people to learn medical skills by themselves and use the plants that existed in the Cining Palace as medicine as much as possible to ensure that the young prince and the Wu family could be treated when they were sick without having to come into contact with too many outsiders.

Hai Jiao thoughtfully said: "Yes, the Queen Mother Zhou is very careful in these matters. I don't know who taught the young prince to study, but my cousin tested Wu Ke's knowledge and said that he missed too much homework, but the foundation was still good. Yes, it can be seen that the teacher who taught him and the little prince is indeed talented. The Queen Mother Zhou has arranged the life and study of the little prince so carefully, and she obviously has expectations for him. "

Haitang blinked: "The person who enlightened Wu Ke and the young prince might be a long-standing female officer in the palace. There are also very knowledgeable people among the female officers, but they are not known to the world."

Hai Jiao didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the female officials in the palace: "Emperor Deguang ignored the deaths of Queen Wu and the third prince, and he wanted to make the sixth prince born to Concubine Sun the crown prince. At that time, the Queen Mother Zhou probably didn't trust him either. , she dared not tell him the news that the little prince was alive. Although she had people teach the little prince to study, she did not necessarily really expect him to inherit the throne. Otherwise, she would find a way to send the little prince out of the palace and let Marquis Chengen Isn't it better to ask a great scholar to educate the young prince than to hire a female official to raise him? No matter how knowledgeable a female official is, she can't compare to a famous scholar..."

Haitang looked at her brother speechlessly and said, "If there is really no way to defeat Concubine Sun, when the little prince grows up, Queen Mother Zhou should find a way to send him out of the palace. With the Marquis of Cheng'en taking care of him outside the palace, Even if the little prince's identity cannot be disclosed, he can still live a stable and prosperous life. It is a good thing that he has remained anonymous for many years. The Sun family does not know his existence, so they will not harm him."

Hai Jiao sighed: "Perhaps the Queen Mother has planned everything, but once the Sixth Prince dies, things will fall into chaos!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou did not reveal the existence of the legitimate prince to the emperor at first, but after the death of the sixth prince, she had to inform the emperor. She couldn't really let Prince Ji return to the clan, right? However, the person who killed the sixth prince was the maid beside the legitimate prince. What does the emperor think? If he was really ill at that time, for the sake of the overall situation, he might still announce the news of his legitimate prince and establish him as heir apparent. But as he recovered, he had more choices.

He took in a new concubine and gave birth to a young son, but he refused to disclose the existence of his legitimate prince anyway. Even though the Empress Dowager Zhou once opposed him, she could not defeat him in the end and could only accept his decision.

Hai Jiao couldn't help but sigh: "Why do I feel...Liuhua killed the sixth prince, but instead tricked the young master? The emperor refused to even disclose the existence of this legitimate prince, so he clearly gave up on him!"

Although the sixth prince will not die, the legitimate prince will not be able to succeed. Once Sun Guifei knows about his existence, she will never let him live. But as long as the emperor and the queen mother are willing to protect him, he is still expected to live for a few more years. No one knows whether the sixth prince can successfully grow up and succeed to the throne. As long as the legitimate prince lives, there will be hope for the future.

But Liuhua killed the sixth prince, and the legitimate prince became the emperor's only child. The emperor would rather have a younger son than acknowledge him, and he had no hope at all.

He was obviously a noble prince who was the direct descendant of the middle palace, but now he was in such a state that he was even inferior to the concubine princes born by the palace people. I don’t know if the royal prince’s name is on the royal jade certificate?
Haitang felt that this matter was not all Lihuahua's fault. Wasn't Mrs. Gui always irritating Lihuahua? Without her repeated instigation, how would Lihua have carried out the assassination?

Hai Jiao sighed: "It is indeed Madam Gui's responsibility... Didn't she say before that she knew she was too impulsive? But instead of regretting that she had done something wrong, she complained that the Queen Mother kept the truth from her..."

The Queen Mother Zhou obviously knew that Mrs. Gui was unreliable, so she did not tell her about the existence of the legitimate prince from the beginning. Mrs. Gui confusedly instigated Liuhua to kill the Sixth Prince. Although she dealt a heavy blow to her enemy Sun Guifei, she also exposed herself.

It is also possible that the existence of the legitimate prince will be exposed to Concubine Sun.

The death of the sixth prince made Concubine Sun focus on Cining Palace. Once she discovers the existence of the legitimate prince, the consequences will be disastrous. The Queen Mother sent the Wu family out of the palace, probably because she wanted them to draw Concubine Sun's attention away and protect the legitimate prince.

On the surface, the Queen Mother's statement was to send the Wu family away to prevent them from being harmed by Sun Guifei, but in fact, if the Wu family stayed in Cining Palace, the emperor and Sun Guifei would not be able to easily break into the palace and kill people. When they move to the Chengenhou Mansion, it will be fine if no one knows about it. Once the Sun family knows about it, no matter whether they send people to assassinate them or ask for death, the Chengenhou Mansion will not be able to protect them.

In order to save the legitimate prince, Empress Dowager Zhou chose to sacrifice the Wu family.

Mrs. Gui may not be unable to see the Queen Mother's intentions, so she complains so much. To make her obediently leave the palace and live honestly in the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, the Queen Mother must have enough chips. Presumably, it was at this time that she learned about the existence of the legitimate prince, right? Maybe the Queen Mother even drew a cake for Mrs. Gui, saying how rich and honorable the Wu family would be when the legitimate prince succeeded to the throne, and so on.

Is it because of this that Mrs. Gui firmly believes in the theory of the direct prince's succession?

But no matter what she thought, the emperor had been unwilling to disclose the existence of the legitimate prince for many years, and instead was determined to send the eighth prince to the position of heir apparent, which foreshadowed that her dream would eventually come true.

Did Mrs. Gui feel that the Eighth Prince was in the way because of this?
(End of this chapter)