Mrs. Dou felt sorry for her daughter and wanted to keep her at home for a few days, but the other party was the prince, so she was worried that it would make the matter worse and would not be able to end it.
I remember that when King Zhan wanted to divorce his wife, Chu Yunfei just went home and filed a complaint and asked her father to go to the palace to impeach King Zhan, but did not stay at home overnight.
Mrs. Dou hesitated in the room for a long time, but decided to let her daughter go back first: "You go back to the palace tonight, and when your father comes back, I will tell him about this matter, but we must not let others catch us. "
A married daughter throws water and runs to her parents' house whenever she feels wronged, which will cause great dissatisfaction to her husband, not to mention that she is marrying into the royal family.
The Sacred Heart is unpredictable.
No one dared to challenge the imperial power easily.
Although the emperor had shown enough sagacity in the matter of Prince Zhan and his wife, she had not forgotten how the arrogant and favored Duke's house was confiscated and exiled.
Dou Huiran nodded, but tears fell down: "Mother, I——"
"Don't worry, I'll discuss it with your father tonight to see what should be done about this matter." After Mrs. Dou finished speaking, she changed her instructions again, "But don't cause trouble with that male favorite for the time being, in case there is a misunderstanding. What about one? Impulsiveness will only exacerbate conflicts and misunderstandings, understand?"
Dou Huiran nodded: "Yes."
After her daughter left, Mrs. Dou spent a long time alone at home thinking about it, but she couldn't figure out what good it would do for Prince An to do such a thing at this juncture.
After a wife discovers that she keeps a male favorite privately, shouldn't most people be eager to appease their wives? On his good side, he actually spoke coldly to Hui Ran.
What on earth does he want to do?
Is it because the prince has entered the East Palace, so he has nothing to fear? Do you want to treat the Dou family as abandoned children?
When Dou Shangshu came back that night, Mrs. Dou couldn't wait to tell him everything.
Dou Shangshu's expression changed: "What did you say? Prince An has a male favorite?"
"Yes." Mrs. Dou looked ugly. "Not only did she keep a male doting, she even neglected Huiran from beginning to end. She treated her like a decoration and never paid attention to her. Until now... until now, the relationship between husband and wife is in name only. What has he done to me?" What do you think your daughter is?"
Dou Shangshu was silent for a long time, with a slightly uneasy expression on his face: "Prince An has been trying to seize my power recently."
"Master?" Mrs. Dou was startled, with a look of uneasiness appearing on her face unconsciously, "Master, what... is going on? He is your son-in-law, why does he want to take away your power? Aren't you the Minister of Civil Affairs? ?”
Dou Shangshu frowned and paced around the room uneasily: "It's true that I am the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, but there are so many people in the Ministry of Personnel with ulterior motives. Who is not for profit? Prince An can give them enough benefits. If you bribe them, I, the minister, will become a puppet sooner or later."
Prince An has one of his biggest advantages.
He is the emperor's son. A prince can be ignored or disliked, but his status as a prince naturally has unshakable advantages.
Unless he committed the crime of treason, otherwise there would be a conflict of interests between him and the ministers, and the emperor would inevitably favor his son in his heart.
What's more, Prince An is now working for the prince. In the eyes of the ministers, his loyalty to the prince is definitely more reliable than Dou Shangshu, the former "Chen Wang Party". When the prince ascends the throne in the future, if he wants to liquidate the Chen King and Yu Wang Party As an old minister, Dou Shangshu's situation is obviously more dangerous than that of Prince An.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for other officials of the Ministry of Personnel to lean towards Prince Xiang'an.
Dou Shangshu had already noticed that something was wrong with Prince An, but he always thought it was his illusion. After all, Prince An was his son-in-law, and he had no reason to be his enemy.
Only tonight did he find out that Rong Li was really secretly buying his own power and trying to sideline him.
Dou Shangshu had an uneasy premonition in his heart.
What happens after you take him out of the equation? What else is he going to do?
"What should I do, Master?" Mrs. Dou's heart gradually sank. "Prince Anjun married our daughter, shouldn't he be on the same side as us? Master, help him gain a foothold in the court. When he has If you can be transferred to other departments based on political performance, why do you have to take away the master’s power?”
Dou Shangshu kept pacing, his footsteps a little anxious: "Hui Ran said they have never been married?"
"yes."
"So from the first day of the wedding, King An ignored Hui Ran." Dou Shangshu frowned deeply, "Obviously it's not because Hui Ran was not virtuous after marriage, but because King An had no intention of treating Hui Ran with her since the beginning of the marriage. Hye Ran as his wife.”
"He is using Huiran and using us." Mrs. Dou couldn't help but grit her teeth and was extremely angry. "If I had known this, I would have been better off marrying the King of War as a concubine. Now she is also a concubine of the East Palace. When the prince ascends the throne, the four The concubine cannot run away."
It's a good thing now, they are married to the duplicitous King An and are now widowed. What on earth have they done?
If there was just a little quarrel between the husband and wife, or if Prince An was more fond of his concubine and neglected his wife, Shangshu Dou would have endured it for the sake of his daughter's marriage.
But the development of things is obviously not that simple.
Early the next morning, Dou Shangshu killed his relatives in the court hall and angrily impeached Prince An: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Prince An!"
As soon as he said this, all civil and military officials in the court turned to look at him in unison.
Isn't Prince An his son-in-law?
"Impeach Prince An?" Emperor Mu sat on the dragon chair and frowned at Prince An, "Why does Dou Aiqing want to impeach him?"
Dou Shangshu knelt on the ground and said in an excited and chilling tone: "Prince An kept a male favorite privately and neglected his legitimate wife. He and his daughter have not yet been married. Instead, he doted on a male favorite who used to serve people. I am heartbroken and heartbroken! Prime Minister Jiang died of illness because of his servant boy. I am worried that Prince An also fell into the trap of the servant boy and ended up paying the price with his life. I beg the emperor to make a clear decision!"
After the words fell, the palace fell into silence for a moment, and then everyone said in surprise: "What?"
"Prince Anjun has a male favorite?"
"impossible?"
"This...this is simply ridiculous!"
"How could Prince An do such a ridiculous thing?"
Emperor Mu's face was as dark as water, and he looked at Rong Li coldly: "Old Qi, how do you explain this matter?"
Rong Li walked out, flipping up his robe and kneeling on the ground: "Reporting to my father, I have never had a male favorite. It was just that I had no power in the palace before and was looked down upon. Since my father made me a county king "My son, I am focused on official duties and just hope to make political achievements as soon as possible to impress my father and the prince. I have no intention of being a man and a woman, but I hope my father will understand clearly."
"Oh?" Emperor Mu turned to look at Dou Shangshu, "Where did Dou Aiqing get the news?"
Dou Shangshu replied: "My little girl came home yesterday and looked haggard. When she was seriously ill and bedridden, Prince An never even took a look at her. He kept his male favorite by his side twelve hours a day. If the emperor doesn't believe it, It is better to bring all the servants and boys around Prince An to the palace for questioning, and we will surely find out the truth."
Prince An turned his head and looked at him coldly: "Master Dou has no basis and no evidence. Just because of his daughter's few words, he decided that the king had a male favorite, and also brought the servant boy next to the king into the palace to question him? I don't know if this is the basis. Which law?"
"I--"
"If I impeach Mr. Dou for corruption, accepting bribes, and forming cliques for personal gain, wouldn't he need no evidence and just bring in those so-called party members and torture them to extract confessions?"
Dou Shangshu's face turned ugly: "Old minister, I have never formed a clique for personal gain!"
