Hai Jiao was puzzled: "What kind of preparation?"
"Of course we are preparing for him to be Concubine Xu Xian's nephew for the rest of his life." Haitang said, "Brother, don't you think it's easier to do this? I feel the same way. If he is just Concubine Xu Xian's nephew, even if mother and son have to meet in public in the future, If Concubine Xu Xian pays more attention to him, no one will gossip about her. Concubine Xu Xian will not be questioned about her second marriage, which will affect the eighth prince's appointment as heir apparent."
Haijiao understands. But how do you prepare for something like this?
Concubine Sun knew the truth that Concubine Xu Xian had a son from her ex-husband, and now she sent a killer to kill the Jin family as a kind of revenge or shock. But the person's death does not mean that the Sun family will not reveal this secret in the future, attack Concubine Xu Xian, and shake the foundation of the Eighth Prince's succession. The emperor knew the truth of the matter. The Sun family could not make the emperor angry and deal with Concubine Xu Xian, so they had to ask the court officials to come forward. Doing this may anger Emperor Deguang, but for the Sun family, as long as they can achieve their goals, it is not the first time they have done something that goes against the holy will.
The reason why the Sun family has not revealed the truth about Concubine Xu Xian's second marriage is probably because the two parties have not yet broken up with each other, and they still need the emperor's decree to recognize Prince Ji's son back, so they have to worry about the emperor's face.
The emperor insisted on taking a married woman as his concubine, and even bought the woman's ex-husband with gold. It would not be nice to tell anyone about it. Moreover, Concubine Xu Xian only became a concubine and gave birth to children after she had been in the palace for many years. Even if it was announced that she was getting married for the second time, the bloodline of the eighth prince could not be questioned. Under the premise that there is no second prince in the royal family, whether the eighth prince's biological mother remarries for the second time will not affect his qualifications to succeed at all. Risking the emperor's wrath by doing something with little reward was thankless. If they weren't really desperate, the Sun family wouldn't do that.
But Concubine Sun may not think so much. She had been favored for decades, and she was sure that the emperor would not be angry with her because of this. Even if he was angry, he would forgive her sooner or later. She is more unscrupulous than the rest of the Sun family.
She would support Prince Ji's return to the family for the sake of her family's future, and she would also spread her secrets out of jealousy for Concubine Xu Xian, making the latter uncomfortable, just like she did in her previous life.
If Concubine Sun really reveals the truth, the Sun family cannot confront her and can only deal with the aftermath for her. Of course, the emperor would not neglect Concubine Xu Xian and prevent the eighth prince from establishing the heir because of such a thing. After all, he himself was the leader in this matter. But if the courtiers all felt it was wrong and opposed it, he would definitely not be able to successfully issue the decree and establish the throne.
In his previous life, he waited until his deathbed, ordered Sun Ge Lao to be kicked out of the cabinet, and then appointed his cousin Tao Yue to the cabinet, and finally succeeded in establishing the eighth prince as the crown prince. It can be seen how much resistance his emperor's bad reputation for seizing his ministers' wives and the criticism and opposition from his courtiers will cause.
At present, there are many officials in the court who are opposed to Mr. Sun Ge, and the Sun family can no longer keep the same word. So how can he prove that Concubine Sun's accusation is true and convince the courtiers to oppose the eighth prince's appointment as heir apparent? Naturally, we have to produce human and material evidence to prove that Concubine Xu Xian is married for the second time!
Haitang explained to Haijiao that the so-called preparation work was to resolve these personal and material evidences in advance so that Sun Guifei's accusations would fail. Even if the Sun family tried their best to prove what she said, the courtiers would only think that it was a lie she made up out of jealousy.
Hai Jiao couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this: "This is not an easy thing to do! Although Jin Juren is dead, Jin Jiashu will not be stupid enough to betray his biological mother, but... the second wife of the Jin family is still there , there are people in their hometown who know Concubine Xu Xian!"
Haitang muttered: "Concubine Xu Xian will not go to her hometown to advertise that she is the emperor's concubine. Even if irrelevant people are brought to the court to testify, it will not be very convincing. It can also be said that she was bribed by the Sun family. . The biggest problem is only the people in the second room of the Jin family. But isn’t it difficult to deal with the second room in the Jin family now? Didn’t the Zhou family already send people to look for them? "
Hai Jiao reacted immediately: "Are we going to silence them? Then we'd better find out from Jin Jiashu first how much the second roommate of the Jin family knows about the whole thing. Are they familiar with Concubine Xu Xian?"
This matter needs to be inquired about clearly. If the second brother-in-law of the Jin family is only generally familiar with Jin Juren’s first wife, Jin Xu, then it would be easy to handle. Even if they testify that Concubine Xu Xian looks very much like Mrs. Jin Xu, the similarity in appearance between sisters can be explained. The two parties have been separated for so many years, and Concubine Xu Xian definitely looks the same. Something has changed. As long as she hadn't exposed herself, who could have firmly confirmed that she was Jin Xu?
But if the second wife of the Jin family is very familiar with the Jin Xu family, it would be best not to let them appear in the capital.
Hai Jiao began to calculate carefully: "The second brother of the Jin family would betray the whereabouts of Jin Juren and his family to the killer, which proves that they have had contact. Someone in the Sun family knew that the second brother of the Jin family was an insider, but did not take the person away. If in the previous life, If the Empress Dowager Xu had not brought the Jin family's second wife into the capital and promoted them as royal relatives, the Sun family would not have given his family a second glance. At this time, the Jin family's second wife had never fallen into the hands of the Sun family. As long as the Zhou family would They found them and came to Chang'an. Even if the Sun family wanted to ask them to serve as witnesses, they couldn't do it. If the second wife of the Jin family was ignorant and refused to stay in Chang'an honestly, they would be sent directly to a border town thousands of miles away. There is vast desert all around, let’s see how they escape!”
Without the second wife of the Jin family, there is only one Jin Jiashu left in the family room of the Jin family. No one in the Jin family can testify that Concubine Xu Xian is the Jin Xu family. If the Sun family brings in any outsider to testify, their credibility will be greatly reduced. Even if the person he found knew the former Jin Xu family, he would be able to get over it by saying they were sisters.
Haitang said: "There is another preparation work to be done next, which is to do something in the Xu family's hometown to prove that the Xu family does have another daughter who left home early in her life."
Hai Jiao blinked: "Why? As long as no one can prove that Concubine Xu Xian is the Jin Xu family, that's fine, right? In the Xu family's hometown, if you create such a person out of thin air, I'm afraid that more people will notice that this matter is wrong. different."
Haitang sighed: "Jin Xu has lived outside the palace for so many years and has met so many people. How can she still silence others one by one? Even if the second brother of the Jin family is not silenced completely, no one can guarantee it. They will never escape back to the capital and be found by the Sun family. The Zhou family themselves don't know the truth yet, so naturally they will not order the second room of the Jin family to shut up. There are also many old friends and relatives from the Xu family's hometown. One or two people came forward to testify, and they also It can be said that she was bribed. If many people claim that Concubine Xu Xian is the Jin Xu family, can the courtiers believe that they are all lying? Therefore, I think the key is not to prevent others from proving that Concubine Xu Xian is the Jin Xu family, but to prove, The Jin Xu family does have a younger sister who entered the palace and became a palace servant."
As long as it is "true" that Jin Xu's sister worked as a palace servant in Cining Palace, then it doesn't matter even if someone claims that Jin Xu entered the palace as a wet nurse and fled into Cining Palace after the fire in Kunning Palace. No one can prove that Empress Dowager Zhou never "secretly" sent Jin Xu out of the palace. And Jin Juren also publicly buried his "wife" who died of a sudden illness. Who can say that his wife was not dead at all?
The two identities of the Jin Xu family who entered the palace as a wet nurse and the Xu palace people in the Cining Palace can be completely separated.
Since the Empress Dowager Zhou and Concubine Xu Xian fabricated this lie to the Zhou family, and the emperor acquiesced, let this lie become "truth."
Jin Xu has been "dead" for so many years. If the Sun family wants to testify against Concubine Xu Xian, they must first prove that the wife Jin Juren buried was not the real Jin Xu.
Hai Jiao finally understood what his sister meant, but he didn't have much confidence: "If we can't rely on the power of the Zhou family, how are we going to do this?"
Haitang smiled: "Of course this kind of thing must be done by the Queen Mother, the Emperor and Concubine Xu Xian. What does it have to do with us?"
(End of chapter)
