"And this southwest Yue family is Concubine De's natal family, and the third prince is the daughter of Concubine De." Wu Zechen said with unclear eyes: "Among the princes now, the most powerful ones are the crown prince, the second prince and the third prince. These three princes, their mother clans are all powerful and have military power, but in addition to the three of them, the other princes behind them should not be underestimated. Although they all seem to have no intention of the throne, in fact they all People who accumulate strength in secret are not willing to be inferior to others."
"This is really... lively." Xia Luotong did not expect that the current situation in the capital would be like this. Although the emperor was still very strong, all the princes had grown up and had families. Although the capital at this time was Looking at the calmness, this undercurrent of fighting has already begun.
"As for General Dingnan, General Xi, needless to say. He is a staunch neutralist who leads the entire southern army and navy. No matter what the fight between the princes is, or who takes the seat in the end, the Xi family is only loyal to The person sitting in that seat." Wu Zechen knew that Xia Luotong and Xi Menghan had a very close relationship, so he did not introduce any more and went on to talk about the emperor.
"After the emperor ascended the throne, he was dissatisfied with the loss of military power and wanted to take back all the military power. Therefore, he has been making constant moves over the years. Even the Queen Mother's mother family, the Si family, the emperor secretly took action to protect the Si family. Northwest Army." Wu Zechen said indifferently, "The Queen Mother cares about the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although she also considers the Si family, she also secretly restricts the Si family. Isn't this so that the emperor can smoothly take over from her a hundred years later? Go to the Si family and let the Si family be used by him?"
"But the emperor didn't understand the Queen Mother's intentions. He only wanted to get rid of the Queen Mother and command the military power of the entire five-party army, so he embarked on an extremely extreme path. The Queen Mother did not allow the Lei family daughter to enter the palace as a crown princess again. The emperor insists on letting the Lei family daughter into the palace, trying to support the Lei family to compete with the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother has not been in charge of the affairs in recent years, because the emperor's actions in recent years have really chilled her heart." Wu Zechen's eyes were filled with coldness. Are these the more chilling things the emperor has done? Really, the most ruthless emperor's heart.
Xia Luotong was silent after listening. The emperor is now only focused on taking over power and wants to control all the rights. This move may not be wrong, but his approach is obviously not worthy of praise. Such extreme behavior will only The courtiers were chilled and chose to resist in order to protect the family.
Moreover, in getting rid of the Queen Mother, the Emperor chose to hand over too much power to the Duke of Fengguo. This move must be said to be stupid...
In this way, what can the emperor do even if he gets rid of the queen mother? It's just that he created a powerful force on the other side with his own hands. Besides, is it possible that the Queen and Duke Feng are more concerned about him than the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother is his biological mother! He was the one who put him on the throne with his own hands and handed the supreme power into his hands!
Therefore, the path chosen by the Emperor has been crooked from the beginning...
Xia Luotong could already predict that there would be a bloody storm in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future. The emperor's attacks on major aristocratic families and the fights between the princes, all of which would plunge the Great Zhou Dynasty into turmoil.
But did she have the chance to see all this?
According to her original plan, after destroying the Xia family and taking revenge, she would leave the capital and travel around. She had not yet thought about what would happen next.
Just now...
She raised her eyes to look at Wu Zechen, and suddenly found that he was looking at her intently. The deep emotions in his eyes, this time she understood...
She was panicking. She hadn't figured it out yet, so she could only quickly continue the topic: "The prince tried every possible means to keep us here today, but in the end he failed. I'm afraid he won't give up just now." ?”
Seeing Xia Luotong's rare panic look, Wu Zechen felt extremely cute, but before the smile appeared, when she heard her mention the prince's matter, the expression on his face instantly turned cold: "I thought he was a little bit weird before. Something is wrong, but I haven't had a chance to confirm it. It seems today that he may be targeting you. According to his past misdeeds, he won't stop until he gets the person, so there will definitely be trouble in the future."
"This person is really perverted. He obviously only met me once in the hall, but he is targeting me like a mad dog?" Xia Luotong couldn't help but said angrily. Although she was talking about the prince, she didn't have any I don't think this man is worthy of being a prince, let alone the throne. If such a man ascends the throne, he may bring all the beautiful women in the world into his harem.
Wu Zechen looked at her uneasily and said, "You don't have a chance to meet him if you don't attend the banquet on weekdays, but there is nothing you can do about it on the New Year's Eve palace banquet. I'm afraid he will make some noise by then. You try not to leave my side. If something happens, you must take Lindong with you. Wu Qi is a secret guard and it is inconvenient to enter the palace. I may not be able to protect you that day."
He frowned, even so, he still felt uneasy. Because of her status as Princess An, she could bring a maid into the palace to serve her. The other ladies and ladies were not allowed to bring anyone into the palace. If it weren't for this one Due to the quota limit, he must select several skilled maids for her to accompany and protect her.
"I will be careful, don't worry." Seeing the worry in his eyes, Xia Luotong couldn't help but smile and reassure him.
Seeing the smiling face of the person in front of him, Wu Zechen couldn't help but think of her reaction today. Apparently she was no longer as completely unaware as before.
Unable to restrain his inner excitement, he finally couldn't help but test it out: "Tong'er, you have to detoxify me every night. It's not convenient to live in such a far place after all. In addition, it's getting colder and colder in this winter night. You My body has not recovered yet, what should I do if I get sick? Why not move to the main house?"
He originally wanted to ask her to move into the main house directly, but after thinking about it, the possibility of rejection seemed a bit high... so he finally decided to take a step back and let her be closer to him.
Xia Luotong was stunned, not expecting that he would suddenly mention this matter. When he saw his eager eyes that were completely different from before, he immediately realized what he meant.
With a thin blush on her cheeks, she said a little awkwardly: "It's not inconvenient, anyway, they are all in the same courtyard, not too far away..."
"But Tong'er, I want to get closer to you." Seeing her reaction like this, Wu Zechen's attitude was not tough or resolute. He felt happy at the moment and immediately moved closer to her, holding her eyes tightly.
