Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 178 The prince’s teacher, Yuanchun leaves the palace!
imperial study room

"Hurry, Otomo!"

"Give Marquis Jing'an and the Imperial Master a seat!"

As soon as he entered the door, Emperor Shunde simply skipped the greeting process.

Ask Xia Shouzhong to bring two chairs.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Cong thanked her slightly and then sat down with Baochai.

"My dear, you have given me a big surprise today."

Emperor Shunde opened the topic and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty has been on the throne for five years. It is indeed time to appoint a successor."

"That's true, but you also know the situation regarding my throne."

"In the final analysis, it was because of my elder brother's incident that I got an advantage."

"I have worked diligently for the past five years and have not dared to slack off in the slightest..."

"My father has revealed some of this to me before."

"But I can't feel at ease until this matter is settled."

Emperor Shunde smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Then he frowned and thought again.

"Another thing is, regarding the matter of appointing a crown prince... I cannot be too impatient."

"Otherwise, my father might have another opinion of me."

After hearing this, Jia Cong also understood Emperor Shunde's concerns.

There is already a plan for this.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter..."

"This is essentially a fight between me and Prince Yi Zhong. It has nothing to do with Your Majesty."

The royal family appoints a crown prince, this is the general trend.

It's just a matter of who spoke first.

Now that Jia Cong has taken the lead, even if Emperor Shunde does not express his opinion, there will be people who are good at scheming and will follow suit to add fuel to the fire.

After all, once the crown prince is appointed, the Zhanshi Palace will be established immediately.

This is the team for the next generation of emperor.

Just like Lord Hua in the court today, for the sake of future generations, he also stood up to support this matter.

"Yeah!"

"You are the one who sees things clearly. It was me who was blinded for a moment."

After being enlightened by this, Emperor Shunde also understood the connection between the two.

He suddenly became relaxed, and then asked the question that concerned him most.

"My dear, who do you think is the right candidate for the crown prince?"

Emperor Shunde had three sons.

The eldest son was born to Queen Zhou, and was both the legitimate and the eldest.

Logically, he should have been made the crown prince, but he was born in the palace and was initially trained as an idle prince.

He is loyal and honest but not good at scheming.

The second prince was born to Imperial Noble Consort Li.

He is gifted and has been studying since childhood. He now enjoys considerable prestige among the scholars in the capital.

He was descended from the Longxi Li family, and his ancestors once occupied the world and established the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, this branch of the tribe retreated to Longxi and lived in seclusion, without talking about restoring their country.

In addition, there was a genius in Confucianism and Taoism in the family, who became a great scholar and studied classics and history.

He was respected as "Ming Jing Gong" by scholars all over the world.

Seeing that he really had no intention of restoring his country, various forces did not take any action against him.

It has been passed down to this day and even produced a prime minister during the Song Dynasty.

Today, it has become one of the largest families in Longxi.

After Emperor Shunde ascended the throne, in order to gain Li's help, he named her Imperial Noble Consort.

Her status was only second to that of Empress Zhou, and she enjoyed the same golden book and golden seal as the empress.

As for the third prince, he was born to Concubine Xian.

The virtuous concubine came from a military family of the Kaiyuan period, and her family status was only that of an earl.

The only title that remains to him today is that of a fourth-rank general, and he is the weakest among the three princes.

But he has the advantage of being born with supernatural power. At the age of only sixteen, he has already reached the seventh level of body forging.

He is the person with the greatest martial arts talent in this generation of the royal family.

……

"Your Majesty, the matter of establishing a crown prince is related to the fate of the country, and it is not something that an outsider can talk about casually."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the five-year agreement with me?" Faced with Emperor Shunde's question, Jia Cong refused without even thinking.

To put it bluntly, the strength displayed on the surface is that of four fourth-level fighters.

In addition, Jia Cong deliberately created the mysterious Luotian Sect.

This power is enough to conquer the world on your own.

No matter who becomes the crown prince, can he be ignored?

"This... My dear, it's true."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shunde shook his head helplessly.

"Well, I heard that you have established a school in your mansion?"

"It's just a little fight."

"The Confucian and Taoist formation is unprecedented."

"My dear, your academy is no small matter. I have heard about it in the palace."

"The civil and military officials of the court rushed to visit you, and almost broke down the door of your house."

"I didn't want to bring this up with you, my dear, but it just happened today."

"I want the three princes to study in the academy in your residence in their free time."

"My dear, please help me test it."

"Please don't refuse this, my dear."

Obviously, Emperor Shunde has not given up his plan.

"Your Majesty has said so much, I cannot refuse, but the three princes cannot delay the normal operation of the academy."

"Don't worry, my dear. I will let the three of them treat you as their teachers."

Emperor Shunde felt relieved when he heard Jia Cong agreed.

Testing the prince is not something that can be said casually.

This is enough to prove that in the heart of Emperor Shunde, Jia Cong's opinion accounts for the majority of the matter of establishing a crown prince.

This is a right that all civil and military officials in the court, and even the cabinet ministers, dream of.

But at this moment in the imperial study, Emperor Shunde still had to use all his brains and find roundabout ways to get Jia Cong to agree.

If this gets out, who knows how many people will go crazy with jealousy.

"Your Majesty, I would also like to ask for a favor from Your Majesty."

"Oh? My dear, just say it. You and I are nominally king and subject, but in reality we are friends regardless of age. Why do you need to ask for a name?"

"I have a sister who works as a female historian in the palace."

The person Jia Cong was referring to was Jia Yuanchun, the daughter of Jia Zheng.

She is ranked only below Dizhu and Baochai in the list of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, and in all likelihood she also has top-level Xuanmen qualifications.

The fourth realm can be expected in the future.

During the years when the Jia family was in decline, Grandmother Jia sent Yuanchun to the palace in order to continue the wealth and prosperity of the family.

To put it bluntly, when dealing with the royal family, Jia Cong always adhered to the attitude of personal connections.

Today, in order to appoint a crown prince, Emperor Shunde has been asked to do him a favor.

This was a good opportunity to let Yuanchun leave the palace.

Make Emperor Shunde feel that he is doing Jia Cong a favor, so that the relationship can be better maintained in the future.

"Hahaha, my dear, you are talking about Jia Yuanchun, right?"

"Now I am in the Queen's Palace, but I am the Queen's right-hand man."

"I know what you want to say, my dear. I will ask my dear friend to announce the decree and order Yuanchun to leave the palace and return home."

In fact, how could Emperor Shunde not know that Yuanchun was in the palace?

Since Jia Cong went to the south of the Yangtze River, Yuanchun's status in the palace has changed drastically.

Although she was called Nüshi, she not only had her own palace to live in, but also had the best food, clothing and other necessities in the palace.

What they are waiting for is the day when Jia Cong can be rewarded.

Without waiting for Jia Cong to finish his words, Emperor Shunde asked Xia Shouzhong to draft the edict.

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a report from the young eunuch outside.

"Your Majesty, Chief Steward Dai from the Imperial Palace requests an audience!"

"Dai Quan is here? Xuan!"

Emperor Shunde seemed to have thought of something and showed joy on his face.

"This old servant pays respect to His Majesty. I greet the Marquis and the Princess!"

A moment later, Dai Quan walked into the imperial study.

First, he greeted the three people separately.

"Dai Quan, has the emperor issued an order?"

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