On the surface, Xi Country seems peaceful, except for the secrets in the backyard.
Of course there were people in the third prince's house who didn't know that Bai, the side concubine, was becoming more and more favored. Among them, the most uncomfortable one was the princess.
She went home many times to ask her parents for advice on how to get rid of Xiaobai, and she used many conspiracies and tricks, but Xiaobai easily resolved them, which made the real princess feel very sick.
Her methods were directly exposed by the third prince several times. In front of everyone, he reprimanded her without any mercy and gave her a cold treatment for a long time.
The only thing that makes the princess happy now is that Xiaobai does not have a child of her own yet. Maybe there is a physical problem and she cannot conceive a child.
The concubine in the harem did not give birth to a prince. No matter how many achievements she made, it was just to make a wedding dress for her child. There will naturally be opportunities to deal with her in the future.
But what the princess didn’t know was that this was also part of Xiaobai’s plan. When the prince grows up and the king is still young and powerful, the prince becomes a threat, just like today's eldest prince and third prince, who are a thorn in the king's side.
Two tigers are fighting each other. The younger and weaker tiger will definitely not be able to compete with the big tiger. But it would be much easier to deal with an old tiger.
The Taoist Master said that the ascetic is in good health and there is no problem in giving birth at an advanced age. Moreover, the higher her Taoism is, the more spiritual energy she will give birth to. Maybe she has a better spiritual root than her and can be on the road to asceticism. Go further.
Although the Da Sikong Mansion has been urging Xiaobai to have a child, she is not in a hurry. She only says that she is young, which makes Da Sikong dissatisfied with her.
She didn't say much to Da Sikong, but only explained it to the third prince. The third prince agreed with his approach very much. You should know that one of the important reasons why he married Xiaobai in the first place was to have a descendant who could cultivate immortality.
On weekdays, besides doing her own thing, Xiaobai is listening to Tang Yue explain the Taoist scriptures. She understands that life is short and every moment has meaning. She must spend it well in order to live up to her future life. Over time, I developed a good mentality.
However, she has a calm mind and is neither impatient nor impatient, while others are impatient.
The first is the third prince. An unemployed prince must be eager to inherit the throne, but his father is not physically weak at all. No matter how anxious he is, he has to pretend to be indifferent to the world to avoid being beaten by himself. Kill his father.
His eldest brother pretended not to be very good. He had been warned several times and had his authority taken back, which was much uglier than him voluntarily handing it over.
Besides him, the most anxious person is the imperial concubine. The monarch is in good health and there is no sign of the king changing at all.
And he visited the harem frequently. He had many children, the older ones were like the eldest prince, who was almost thirty years old, and the younger ones were the two sons and one daughter who were just born in the palace this year.
On the surface, the king treated these children equally and gave them the same treatment. Even the princesses studied with the princes in the palace school.
Actually, because there are many children, he doesn’t pay special attention to any of them. He can just let the palace staff take care of them. In the future, like raising Gu, let his children fight and choose the strongest one.
What makes the concubine even more uneasy is that in recent years, the monarch has become increasingly fond of Concubine Rui, who was born in the general's palace. She has a fifteen-year-old prince and a seven-year-old prince.
The monarch loved his youngest son so much that he held him in his arms to watch the court officials discuss the matter. Many people rumored that the monarch intended the seven-year-old prince to inherit the throne, and even said that he wanted to make Concubine Rui his queen.
The noble concubine feels that she is in danger now, with a wolf in front of her and a tiger behind her. Moreover, at her age, it is not easy to have children. She also loves the third prince very much and will definitely let her sit on the throne.
As a result, her love for the king became even less, and she thought day and night about how to make her child ascend the throne as soon as possible, so that she could become the most noble woman in the country.
At this time, news came from the court that the monarch wanted to lead troops to conquer a small country next to him. The imperial concubine thought over and over again and decided to start from this point.
Ruifei's father was originally a militant. As long as she secretly helped him and promoted this matter in his name, then whatever happened next would have nothing to do with her. In recent days, the general felt that there were more and more people supporting him in the court. He thought that these people who were greedy for life and afraid of death had finally awakened and understood that having more land could bring greater honor to the country.
Most of the opposition parties in the court were secretly settled by the imperial concubine's father and the third prince. The two of them made a promise not to cause too much loss to the wealthy family.
To achieve this, in fact, as long as the ministers do some tricks, mainly asking those who are leading the battle to send food, grass, and troops, it can be solved.
In the past, they were hesitant to use this trick because the civil servants were afraid of the power of the general. No one dared to take the lead and united with other civil servants to bully the superiors and deceive the subordinates.
Now that Ruifei's father and the third prince have taken the lead, they feel much more at ease, and they are vaguely aware that a storm is coming and it is time for a change of power.
Tang Yue couldn't figure out such a hidden method. It was the work of the imperial concubine's biological father, Da Situ. He is also a savvy politician who keeps a low profile and knows the country's political affairs well.
On weekdays, you are careful not to offend anyone, but at a critical moment, you can hit it with one strike.
With the push of all parties, the country's leader decided to conquer the small country next door in early spring on the third day of March. The reason was that the country had not paid tribute to Xi Country for decades, which was disrespectful.
The monarch of the small country who received the letter of conquest was shocked when he got the letter. Starting from his father's generation, their small country had not paid tribute to the country. How could a country come to demand tribute? They clearly wanted to annex their small country.
The small country has been able to survive among the big countries for many years, thanks to the elite soldiers trained by the monarch's grandfather and father. Because of the existence of this army, the big countries dare not attack the small country, fearing that the gain will not be worth the loss.
It was the same this time. When the leader of the Xi Kingdom went on an expedition, he encountered desperate resistance from elite soldiers. The battle was very difficult and many people lost their lives.
In order to fulfill the promise made by the imperial concubine to the aristocratic family, she and her father secretly exchanged all the noble disciples in the army for death row, and told them that if they returned alive and made meritorious service, they would be pardoned and even promoted.
So these suspects who were destined to die showed hope of survival in their eyes, and they fought desperately to kill the enemy on the battlefield. In short, they had no way out.
But the elite soldiers of the small country were much stronger than this bunch of rabble. The Xi country did not take advantage of its large number of people, but became tired and entangled with the elite soldiers of the small country.
Tang Yueyin watched from the sidelines and could see that the king of Xi Kingdom was actually not good at fighting. He probably regretted why he did this at this time.
Just when the battle was heating up, a sharp arrow hit the king's right shoulder. He hurriedly covered it up and pretended that he had not been hit.
If his injury was exposed in front of the three armies, and the morale of the army would be greatly disturbed, these people might abandon him and run away, or even lose the fight.
Thinking of the consequences, he could only grit his teeth and hold on until the eldest prince arrived to support him. In the end, he won miserably and took over the small country.
The gold and silver treasures obtained were not much, and they were enough to cover the military expenses. And the elite soldiers of the small country he coveted were all killed in the battle. This war meant that he got nothing.
Not only that, because he delayed treatment, his injuries worsened, and he fell into a coma in the military with a high fever, hovering between life and death.
At this time, the eldest prince who held military power felt that this was an excellent opportunity to seize power. He killed his father, forged a will, and led his troops back to the capital. The world was his.
The prince's officials all supported his decision and believed that this was an opportunity not to be missed.