Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

The reason why I say this is because when he doted on the Zhou Emperor's concubine and the third prince, the emperor also thought about making the third prince the crown prince. However, with the fall of Wang Shoufu, he saw that among the princes, the third prince was the most popular. , was the most powerful, which made him unhappy, so he gradually moved further and further away from him. At the same time, he did not intend to make him the prince.

Unexpectedly, time changed and he finally made Si Yan the crown prince.

When the emperor saw Si Yan coming to thank him, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have a pretty good character. Remember to maintain it. When you get to power in the future, don't make things difficult for your other brothers."

Si Yan knew that no matter how many opinions he had about other brothers, he couldn't talk nonsense at this moment, so he agreed.

Then I heard the emperor continue: "Especially your tenth emperor brother, who is still so young. After I leave, you must be kind to him, otherwise, I will not let you go even if I die."

The emperor's favorite was the tenth prince, and he was very worried about him. He was afraid that after Si Yan succeeded to the throne, Concubine Zhou would instigate Si Yan to deal with Concubine Zhou's mother and son because of the conflict with Concubine Zhou, so he gave this special warning at this time.

After hearing this, Si Yan felt a chill in his heart and thought to himself, in fact, his father's favorite is Lao Shi. If Lao Shi hadn't grown up, he might not be able to get the throne.

Although he felt uncomfortable because the emperor said this, Si Yan still agreed on the surface and said: "I will."

Can you still control him after death? Just agree first and then talk.

Lao Shi is still a child now. Even if he has any conflicts with Lao Shi, it is his mother's fault, so he will not take his anger out on a child.

But that's all. As long as Lao Shi is honest enough and won't cause trouble for him, he won't cause trouble for Lao Shi. But it's impossible for him to be nice to Lao Shi. After all, Lao Shi is not him. Son, why should he be nice to Lao Shi? He is only nice to his wife and son.

The emperor saw that he agreed without hesitation, and it was obviously perfunctory, so he couldn't help but sigh. He knew that this kind of verbal agreement would be useless after his death. Even if he left a will for him, asking him to treat Lao Shi well. It's all useless. After all, people's emotions cannot be restrained by edicts. He can only hope that Lao San has a conscience.

Si Yan was made the crown prince. Not only Si Yan was confused, but the whole court and every family were also confused.

The first person who was confused was the Imperial Concubine Zhou.

She originally thought that she and her son were no longer favored by the emperor, and it was impossible to be established as a prince. Unexpectedly, in a twist of events, she was still established as a prince. Could this make Concubine Zhou not confused?

After being confused, it was a huge surprise.

Such a huge surprise almost stunned her.

When she thinks about becoming the Queen Mother in the future, can the Imperial Concubine Zhou not be surprised and stunned?

Then she thought of Concubine Zhou and other concubines who had caused trouble for her in the past, and thought to herself, when she becomes the queen mother, let's see how she deals with them!

Not to mention that the Zhou Emperor and his concubine were very satisfied with their ambitions, but to talk about the various families in the capital.

When everyone in Beijing heard the news, they were naturally confused.

Everyone was thinking, no, Si Yan has been staying at home with Jiaozi and his beautiful concubine, and he has not been seen to win over any powerful family. Even his maternal family has drifted away from him because he is interested in Concubine Zhou's son. Why? Suddenly, he was recommended, the emperor agreed, and he was made the prince?

When they came to their senses, many people began to flock to the Third Prince's Mansion, wanting to flatter the new emperor.

Now that the emperor is getting sicker and sicker, there should be no changes if the third prince is established as prince. In other words, there is no need to worry about standing in the wrong team.

But Si Yan was very cold to them.

It was the teenage Si Yan who didn't understand the warmth and warmth of human nature, and he might have been foolishly happy, but the thirty-year-old Si Yan had not forgotten at all how these people had treated him over the years. Therefore, it is impossible for him to be touched by these people who come to flatter him. Either he has not yet succeeded to the throne and has made bad enemies, or else he will not give them a good look.

Si Yan may not be smart enough, but his experience makes up for it a little, making him at least less naive.

Fortunately, the emperor passed the throne to him now. If the emperor died when he was a teenager, he might be easily deceived, because when he was a teenager, his parents were loving and he grew up in a honeypot, innocent and simple. , not familiar with worldly affairs, easily deceived.

But now, he has experienced so much. He has been framed, neglected, forced into marriage by his mother, and even flattered his maternal family. In recent years, he has followed Concubine Zhou and her son to flatter him. These experiences have made him He has gradually matured, and now it is difficult to coax him.

Fortunately, those people also knew that they did not think favorably of Si Yan and had never flattered him before, so it was normal for Si Yan to have a lukewarm attitude towards them.

But it doesn't matter, as time goes by, they will definitely be able to coax him. After all, the third prince (formerly) is a simple person and is not difficult to coax, so everyone saw that Si Yan didn't pay much attention to them, so they were not disappointed and still went forward.

The people here naturally include people from the Zhou family.

The people of the Zhou family did not expect that the emperor's body would collapse so quickly. It had only been a year or two since Concubine Zhou gave birth to the tenth prince, and the emperor would die. If they had known that the emperor would die so soon, they should not have ignored the three princes in the first place. Prince.

But who knows, they originally thought that the third prince and Zhou Huang's concubine would no longer be favored, and they could no longer rely on Si Yan to ascend to the throne, so they could only rely on Zhou Concubine and her son.

In the end, Concubine Zhou was indeed very successful, but the emperor was not. Then the third prince, whom they had no hope for, became the crown prince. This was something they had never thought of.

Although they are still from the Zhou family and become the prince, they were alienated from the third prince before, and now he is the prince, which is embarrassing.

Although I was embarrassed, I had no choice but to bite the bullet.

And Si Yan treated them worse than those ministers. The reason was very simple. The Zhou family relied on nepotism to develop. Just like the Cheng'en Palace, there were no officials with real power in the court. In this case, Si Yan Naturally, Yan didn't have to wrong himself and give them a good look. He couldn't offend those powerful officials now, so he was just cold and didn't give them a good look. Without the powerful officials, Si Yan didn't have any scruples, so naturally he didn't have to think so much.

Seeing that Si Yan was colder to them than to other officials and not seeing them at all, the Zhou family couldn't help but be frightened. They begged the Zhou Emperor's parents and brothers and sisters to help them say a few words - although Si Yan ignored the Zhou family Others, however, still paid attention to Concubine Zhou's parents and others. After all, Concubine Zhou's parents and others did not ignore Si Yan.

But the parents of Concubine Zhou and others naturally would not say anything nice for them. After all, they still remembered clearly when these people betrayed them and came to support Concubine Zhou and her son.