"As we all know, the emperor has only the only prince, King Qing, and it is very likely that there will be only one prince forever. Since that is the case, why has the emperor still been slow to sign King Qing as the crown prince? It can be said that the emperor may have other princes before. However, since the young prince produced by Xiangpin died, the emperor seemed to have given up on this. But even so, the emperor still has no intention of becoming a crown prince. Why does his father think it is?"

Master Zheng Si hesitated, "The emperor is in his prime, and the early appointment of the crown prince may cause some bad officials to slander and charm the superiors, thus shaking the foundation of the country! It is not advisable to establish the crown prince too early for the stability of the country!"

Xu Shu chuckled, "Simply put, the emperor thinks he is still young and strong, and he is still at ease in handling government affairs. He is not yet at the point where he needs the assistance of the crown prince. He doesn't want to establish a prince early to distinguish the loyalty of the court officials to him! But this is not the case..."

"Then...or why?"

"It's even more because of the Deng family, because the emperor is afraid of the Deng family! Although the emperor values ​​filial piety, it is an indisputable fact that the emperor is afraid of the Deng family and the Empress Dowager!"

Master Zheng Si pondered, "The Deng family is a prominent family that has been around for a hundred years. Their interpersonal relationships are complicated. The Deng family is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager. It is normal for the emperor to be afraid of it!"

"The death of the late emperor was the Deng family who opposed the public and supported the current emperor ascending the throne. Over the years, the emperor has always loved the Deng family very much, treated the Deng family with preferential treatment and courtesy at all times. The Deng family's children all assigned important positions! However, while the emperor valued the Deng family, he was worried that the Deng family's power would threaten his rule and authority! Therefore, since the emperor ascended the throne, the empress, who had not been born in the harem for many years, could firmly hold the position of the central palace because the emperor needed someone to restrain the Empress Dowager; in the court, the emperor secretly promoted ministers who were not the Deng family in order to divide the power of the Deng family and reduce the Deng family's right to speak in the court!"

Think about it carefully, although the emperor has reused the Deng family over the years, he has also reused many officials who have nothing to do with the Deng family and are even inconsistent with the Deng family.

"In recent years, the emperor has reused the Gao family and the Xiao family, but the Gao family is in a weak position. Even though Gao Da is in an important position, it has no big impact on the overall situation. The Xiao family has always been the leader of the Deng family for many years. Even if the emperor is important to the Xiao family, it has achieved little effect! Therefore, the emperor asked the seventh cousin to be the concubine of King Qing, and entered the Prince Qing's mansion before the fourth concubine of the Huang family whom the Empress Dowager was willing to enter the Prince Qing's mansion. He did not want the Deng family to hold King Qing in his hand, and wanted to use our Zheng family to suppress the Deng family!"

Master Zheng Si was somewhat aware of the intention of the emperor to let Zheng Wanli be the concubine of Prince Qing. It was precisely because of this that when the old lady decided to repair it with the Deng family, Master Zheng Si felt that it was inappropriate. After all, the emperor's intention was to make the Zheng family and the Deng family confront each other, and many adults in the court also knew this! But now the emperor fell ill, the Zheng family immediately joined the Deng family's camp, which was really ridiculous! But Master Zheng Si couldn't think of a better way for the time being. The Deng family now had only one hand to cover the sky, and the Zheng family fought against the Deng family as an egg.

"What the emperor is worried about is that the Deng family could support him and support King Qing to replace him in the future! So even if the emperor wants to establish a crown prince, he will definitely wait until the Deng family is no longer able to control the establishment of a crown prince. The emperor wants a crown prince who is not controlled by the Deng family or by any other family!" So although the emperor postponed the marriage date of King Qing and Miss Huang Si, he did not abolish the engagement on the grounds. While the emperor needed the Zheng family to restrain the Deng family, he also needed the Deng family to check and balance the Zheng family. After experiencing the Deng family's affairs, the emperor would never allow any one to dominate!

"The difference between establishing a throne early and establishing a throne late is here!"

Master Zheng Si nodded in conscience and cast a complimentary look at Xu Shu. What Mrs. Zheng Si said was indeed correct. It makes sense for the queen to value Xu Shu. It is indeed very insightful. The emperor's fear of the Deng family is hidden and unable to speak. In order to eliminate such fear, the emperor could only slowly plan it secretly, but the emperor fell ill before the goal was achieved!

"Now the Empress Dowager issued an imperial edict to make King Qing's country a violation of the emperor's taboo! So I think that repairing with the Deng family at this time is not a good choice!"

The Zheng family is a piece used by the emperor to eliminate fear of the Deng family, so the emperor decided not to see the Deng family and the Zheng family standing in the same camp. If the emperor recovered from illness, he would inevitably be very annoyed, and there would be a family that would bear the corresponding consequences for Long Yan. Xu Shu believed that this family would not belong to the Deng family. Compared with the Zheng family, the emperor was more willing to protect the Deng family. The Zheng family surrendered to the Deng family, which was a betrayal of the emperor, and the Deng family had never betrayed the emperor!

"After that being said, if you don't do this, the Deng family really wants to eliminate dissidents. What should we do if we attack our Zheng family? Once that time comes, it will be too late to do anything else!"

It is precisely because of this worry that Master Zheng Si was unable to stick to his idea of ​​not being able to adapt to changes in everything. He was afraid of everything. What if the Deng family really made a sacrifice, what should the Zheng family do?

"See? Or not? The Zheng family always has to make a choice!" Master Zheng Si felt extremely tired and powerless about the current situation.

As the old lady said, although it is a bit embarrassing to repair the Deng family, it is a bit embarrassing, but it dreams of protecting everything that the Zheng family has in a large extent; if it doesn’t follow, it means that we must stick to the path planned by the emperor for the Zheng family, and we must continue to go on no matter the difficulties and obstacles. However, in this case, once the Deng family is in power, it will inevitably bring revenge from the Deng family!

"But what if there is a third way to go?" Xu Shu asked suddenly.

"The third way?" Master Zheng Si was stunned at first, then happy, and then stunned for a moment. Where did the third way come from? Is there any way to maintain the current situation with the Deng family and prevent the Deng family from attacking the Zheng family?

"Don't forget, my father, the three palaces are standing together. In addition to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace, there is also a Taichang Palace!"

"Fu family?" Master Zheng Si was amazed in surprise, "Mr. Fu has already taken leave, and it is obvious that he does not want to get into this muddy water!" The imperial edict issued by the Empress Dowager at the beginning made the Fu family and King Ji take charge of the government affairs together. It can be seen that even the Fu family wanted to plot against him, but the Fu family was alert and avoided the illness. After finally avoiding it, how could the Fu family easily enter the market again?
Chapter completed!