"Thank you, Bachelor, you have to think of a way!"
"That's right! We can't go on like this. What's wrong with this? Bachelor Xie, you have to think of a way."
Academician Xie sighed: "You asked me to give advice to the emperor. I have said nothing. The emperor just wants to protect the Queen of Heaven and His Royal Highness. I really have no choice."
"In two months' time, the emperor will lead his courtiers to the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum to worship their ancestors."
Someone suddenly said: "Isn't the fifth prince in the imperial mausoleum?"
"What do you mean?"
"The fifth prince is the legitimate son of the late queen. According to logic, the fifth prince should be established as the crown prince when he is established."
As long as the fifth prince becomes the crown prince, the Queen of Heaven will not be able to display her ambitions so unscrupulously.
The emperor was also worried about the face of His Royal Highness the Prince's biological mother, so he couldn't make a decision for a long time.
Late night——
Several important officials of the imperial court came out of Xie University Scholar's Mansion, while the eyes and ears hidden in the dark quietly returned to the palace.
"Thank you?"
"Xie Chenghui's father?"
Shuangjiang nodded: "The ministers who are instigating the courtiers to oppose the empress are all from families whose daughters are concubines in the palace. Academician Xie has a high reputation in the Hanlin Academy, and he has the best chance to join the cabinet, but... …”
Jiang Xinyue took over what she just said: "But because my father was promoted to the cabinet by Taifu Jing, did my father occupy his quota?"
"You can't say that."
Shuangjiang frowned: "It's not easy to get into the cabinet. If Mr. Jiang didn't have that strength, Taifu Jing wouldn't let him enter the cabinet. It must be that the empress's father has that strength, plus the identity of His Highness the Crown Prince's maternal grandfather, all things considered He was selected into the cabinet only after he was demoted."
In this case, there is no such thing as her father occupying the bachelor's seat of Xie University.
"It seems it's time to meet this great bachelor Xie."
The sky is as cold as water at night, and the red candles inside the window are swaying in the cold wind. The drizzle outside the window is slanting, and the accumulated water is like broken pearls, quietly dripping along the eaves, and creating a circle of ripples on the ground.
Xie Huai was sitting in front of the window, staring at the rain outside the window. Suddenly a black figure flashed out from the side, startling him: "Yeah..."
After seeing the person clearly, the hair on his body fell down, and he patted his chest twice: "You bastard, you scared me to death."
Xie Chenghui had a cold face: "I have never done anything wrong in my life, and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. My father has done too many wrong things to be scared by me."
"Tsk!"
Xie Huai glared at him: "Why are you talking to your father?"
Xie Chenghui snorted again: "My father has secretly associated with so many ministers during the day. He is suspected of forming a clique for personal gain. He also dares to make irresponsible remarks about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen of Heaven. This is adding insult to injury. My father is not afraid of being exposed. Your Majesty." Have you been fired?"
"You traitor!"
The fat on the body of the fat and fat Bachelor Xie trembled. He pointed at his son outside the window and cursed: "Who else would expose me except you, a little bastard? Don't think that I don't know what's going on in your heart. Idea? Why are you still refusing to get married, for whom? Now you want to betray me to please that woman, right? I think you are possessed."
"Father, please be careful what you say."
Xie Chenghui still had a cold look on his face: "If my son doesn't get married, he doesn't have the right person. If my father insists on making random guesses, then let's go to the emperor and make it clear. My son doesn't want to implicate anyone."
"You...you are really...you make me so angry, you..."
"Don't you like..."
The name came out of Grand Scholar Xie's mouth with difficulty, and his voice was so soft that Xie Chenghui almost didn't hear it clearly: "Then why are you hiding her portrait in your study?"
"I've told you many times, that portrait was painted by me before when I helped the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven. I thought her appearance would be among the most beautiful portraits. Can you please stop insulting my personality?"
He liked the Queen of Heaven, but he had no evil thoughts when he painted. He painted the Twelve Beauties in a fair and honest manner, naming each portrait after a flower, and the Queen of Heaven was the first of the twelve flowers, the peony.
He is still searching for the remaining beauties with his master.
When his father saw the portrait of the Queen of Heaven in his study, he decided that his delay in getting married was because of the person in the painting.
"If father doesn't believe it, you can ask my teacher if we are currently planning the Twelve Beauties?"
His love for the Queen of Heaven is the most obscure and secret thing in his life, and the last thing he will ever reveal to the public.
If he painted because of his personal relationship, it would be an insult to the Queen of Heaven and an insult to his personality.
He said that he would never secretly collect portraits of the Queen of Heaven in his life.
He would never do anything that would bring trouble to everyone.
Xie Huai's originally firm eyes became unconfident, and he half doubted and half believed: "Is everything you said true?"
He moved his beard, smacked his mouth uncomfortably twice, and his angry eyes turned into relief: "I'm just telling you! My son is the most talented son of the younger generation in the Great Yan Dynasty, how could he have Such dirty thoughts? This is my Xie family's good boy! Why are you standing outside? It's raining so hard, don't get wet."
It was as if he had just discovered him standing on the porch.
Xie Chenghui pushed away his father's big hand: "Is it possible that you are targeting the Queen of Heaven because of the paintings in my study?"
"How can it be?"
Xie Huai still wanted to argue a few words, but when he saw his son's eyes as sharp as a sharp knife, he still said weakly: "Yes and no, I originally wanted to advise the emperor not to let his relatives have exclusive power and encourage the Empress Dowager's ambitions in the future. It’s not good for His Royal Highness.”
But at that time, he didn't plan to impeach Jiang Xinyue, he just wanted to reason with the emperor. If it made sense, that would be the best. If it didn't make sense, there was nothing he could do.
After all, in this world, the emperor's surname is Shen. What does the emperor want, how can his ministers be so stubborn?
It was the portraits in his son's study that made him think a lot, and he had a preconceived and bad guess about the Queen of Heaven.
That's why he clung to Jiang Xinyue, staying up late and reading at night, looking for clues in the memorials she reviewed, hoping to read her in front of the emperor.
Let the emperor discover how terrifying she is, how deep her scheming is, let the emperor realize the horror of ambition, and take back the power in her hands.
As a result, after he finished speaking, he found that the emperor was not only not shocked nor unhappy, but he was wary of the Queen of Heaven. Why did he actually admire her?
The courtiers deliberately quarreled at the door of the study, trying to test the emperor's attitude, but they were all dealt with with iron-blooded tactics.
How dare he tell his son that he didn't even have a chance to fight against the Queen of Heaven before he was beaten back by the emperor.
