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Zhou Shuqing and Zhou Ying were actually very smart. They knew that they had little chance to meet those powerful children, so they began to create Zhou Shuqing's character as a gentleman and let those people take the initiative to meet him.

He worked really hard. Two years ago, he was admitted as a scholar at the age of only 13. In addition, Zhou Yongli often mentioned this son who satisfied him in front of his colleagues, and Zhou Shuqing's reputation became more and more prosperous.

Over the past year, Zhou Shuqing has actively participated in various book fairs and literary examinations, and the name Zhou Xiaojun has spread throughout the capital.

And he deliberately stopped taking the provincial examination for two years, just because he wanted to make a splash in the provincial examination and get a high ranking.

People who got to know him were also sure that he would pass the provincial examination next year, so they respected him even more.

He will be sixteen next year. A 16-year-old Juren is rare in the entire history of the Hong Dynasty. It has to be said that he does have some talent.

As he became famous, the people above wanted to see the true face of this little gentleman Zhou. When they saw him, they saw that he had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and unrestrained. He was even two points better than Zhou Yongli, the man who was looking for a beauty. They felt more and more happy in their hearts. I am sure this person will become a great person.

After several friendships, Zhou Shuqing finally met the person he wanted to see, the current fifth prince, His Highness Prince Huai.

If he hadn't known the outcome, Song Xia would have lamented that Zhou Shuqing was a talented person, and that the fifth prince was indeed a strong contender for the throne, and he was also the one who competed to the end.

Nowadays, His Majesty has many children, and His Majesty is getting older and stronger. Therefore, when the princes emerge one by one and grow up one by one, a situation of many sons competing for hegemony has been formed.

The older he gets, the more suspicious his majesty becomes. He always suspects that one son wants to murder him or that son wants to usurp his throne, so he has not established a prince to this day.

However, although every prince has a chance, some people have a greater chance if they rely on their maternal family.

The fifth prince is not the most powerful one in his family, but the most powerful one was put under house arrest by His Majesty on excuses last year.

After careful calculation, there are not many princes who are still competitive. The eldest prince died at the border many years ago, leaving only a posthumous son. The second prince's maternal family was embezzled and exploited by the people. After the liquidation, the second prince's situation in this imperial city As a stranger, the third prince has been stable in recent years. Unfortunately, he is not in good health and has not had a legitimate son so far. The fourth prince is the most low-key among the older princes, but because of his bad birth, he is not liked by His Majesty.

The fifth prince is left. His mother-in-law is the current Empress Dowager De. Concubine De is the queen's cousin. She has always been respectful and observant. Because of His Majesty's great love for the queen, Concubine De is also very kind to Concubine De.

In the eyes of outsiders, behind the fifth prince stood the queen and concubine De, and behind the two empresses stood the Marquis of Chengen's Mansion.

The Marquis of Chengen has a high position in the palace and has a strong say in the court. In addition, the eldest prince born to the queen died young, so some literati felt that the fifth prince was in line with the orthodoxy, and the fifth prince was extremely polite to the literati, so There were strong calls for the fifth prince to be crown prince.

In the past two years, there were rumors of establishing the Eighth Prince as Crown Prince, but after His Majesty heard about it, he immediately found an excuse to demote the Eighth Prince's mother and concubine to the lowest level of talent. The Eighth Prince's momentum was instantly extinguished, but the Fifth Prince The limelight has always been so high, but it shows how special His Majesty is to him.

The remaining [-]th, [-]th and [-]th princes, although His Majesty loves them very much and their maternal family background is also good, they were born a little later and are not as powerful as the previous brothers.

So it seems that the fifth prince has the best chance.

But no one expected that just when the fifth prince was sure of victory, the throne would fall to the posthumous son of the eldest prince who died young.His Majesty was critically ill and did not write an edict to establish the crown prince, so the officials knelt down and asked the queen to establish the crown prince on his behalf to stabilize the court.

The Queen is the fifth prince's biological aunt, and almost all of the people who ask the queen to declare the prince are the fifth prince's people.

Everyone thought that the queen would establish the fifth prince, but who knew that after going to court, she actually established the eldest prince's posthumous son as the legitimate grandson in the name of orthodoxy.

She is the empress, the eldest prince is the only legitimate son, and the eldest prince's posthumous son is the only legitimate grandson. What she did was absolutely correct, and no one could fault her.

Then something even more shocking happened. After she established her legitimate grandson, the queen quickly threw her into the cold palace on the pretext that Concubine De was harboring disloyal intentions. The Marquis of Cheng'en also collected evidence to kill her second brother, Concubine De. His biological father was sent to Yin Prison in Jingzao Prefecture.

After the great-grandson led his troops back to the capital, the scholars who had previously supported the fifth prince also changed their views one by one, and respected the great-grandson as the orthodox one.

The situation changed so quickly that there was not even any turmoil in the capital. After that, His Majesty was buried, his grandson succeeded to the throne, the fifth prince was demoted to a commoner, and Prince Huai's Mansion was imprisoned. In the end, only those families who insisted on supporting the fifth prince were left. After being liquidated, His Majesty also gave grace to those princes who had previously failed to seize the throne.

Until the end, no one expected this result!
It can only be said that the queen was scheming, and the grandson was decisive. They used the fifth prince to eliminate the threat, and finally took the throne themselves.

Although the fifth prince came from the same family as them, from the perspective of the queen and grandson, how could a nephew be a grandson?How can it be better to be an idle king than to be an emperor?
For so many years, the Queen has always been the elder sister and Concubine De is the younger sister. If the fifth prince ascends the throne, won't the Queen still have to live by her sister's face?How can I bear this?It would be better to be the only empress dowager in the world.

Until the moment before the queen announced her decree, most people felt that the fifth prince's throne was stable, so now Zhou Shuqing wants to try his best to get the fifth prince, which shows that he still has some vision.

The fifth prince valued reputation the most and loved to interact with intellectuals. After Zhou Shuqing spread his reputation as a gentleman, the fifth prince wanted to meet him.

"You're just a scholar, why does Your Highness care so much?"

"You don't understand." The fifth prince smiled meaningfully, "His talent and reputation alone are not worthy of His Highness's personal visit. His Highness is here for the power behind him."

"Isn't he a concubine? The Minister of Rites, Zhou Shilang, has no real power in his hands."

"But his aunt is the head of Rongcheng County, and the head of Rongcheng County is the legitimate daughter of Prince Cheng. His father is suspicious. Over the years, the only one he trusts the most is Prince Cheng."

The servant was puzzled: "But will the legitimate mother help the concubine? I seem to remember that Rongcheng County Lord had a legitimate son who worshiped Ye Xiangwen as his teacher."

"You also know that her legitimate son went to paint with Ye Xiangwen, which means that he will definitely stay away from the court in the future. The legitimate son has no ambitions. Who else can she cultivate if she doesn't cultivate her bastard?"

The servant suddenly realized: "His Royal Highness is still thoughtful. If Secretary Zhou and Your Majesty are of the same mind this time, then from now on, if the prince Chengjun speaks a few words in front of Your Majesty, the position of the prince..."

The fifth prince picked up the tea cup. If this line is successful, he will make a lot of money. Even if it is not successful, he will not lose anything. He will just go to see Zhou Shuqing.