At the end of summer in the twenty-fourth year of Tiantong, Emperor Li Yu named Xiangnan the crown prince, crowned him, granted the prince's seal, and entered the East Palace.

Let Li Shiqing be the Prince's young teacher, Zhao Jingyu be the Prince's Shaobao, Fang Shiqing be the Prince's Shaofu; the captain of Prince Yi's Mansion be the Prince's Zhanshi's mansion, and be in charge of the Prince's mansion; Pei Zhao be the Prince's leader, and be in charge of the Prince's mansion's guards; He also appointed Prince Sizhi, Prince Zuochunfang Sizhi several people, Prince Si Yilang several people in charge of affairs, and Prince Neifang several people in charge of affairs.

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   Qingning Palace.

  Xiang Nan supported Gao Ming, and entered the palace with Zhang Meiniang.

   "In the past, in order to prevent His Majesty from becoming suspicious, it was not easy to invite uncle into the palace," Zhang Meiniang laughed.

  She is quite proud at this time.

  Xiang Nan has ascended to the position of prince, which means that her throne of queen and queen mother will not be shaken in any way. The mother's favor in the world, the honor and favor of the holy family, no woman in the whole world can compare to her.

  So it is inevitable to be a little arrogant.

   "Your Highness canonized as the crown prince, much calmer than before, isn't it?" Gao Ming also laughed, but there was something to be said.

Xiang Nan heard the meaning of his beating, and after Zhang Meiniang and Gao Ming were seated, he straightened his sleeves and bowed respectfully, "Mother, uncle, Cheng Yin granted the seal of the Eastern Palace and became the crown prince. This journey has been quite difficult, all relying on the support and help of the queen mother and uncle, Cheng Yin will never forget it, and he will surely repay it with his heart and soul!"

   "Stupid child, we are all in the same family, why bother talking about this." Zhang Meiniang immediately smiled when she heard that.

   Gao Ming also nodded with a smile.

   But he never believed what he said. All the hype is false. Only real action is real.

   "Mother, uncle, what should I do in the future?" Xiang Nan asked again.

   "In a few days, it will be your big wedding day. You should have a good relationship with Princess Jiu and have a son early." Zhang Meiniang reminded with a smile.

  She supported her son to stay with Qu Xiaofeng. In this way, his power in the western region would be consolidated, which would be very helpful for him to inherit the throne in the future.

  However, Gao Ming didn't want Xiang Nan and Qu Xiaofeng to get too close. Because the Gao family also has influence in the western region, if Xiang Nan controls the western region through Qu Xiaofeng, it will be a threat to the Gao family's influence.

   However, in front of Zhang Meiniang, he couldn't say it bluntly, "By the way, the prince promised before that he would take the Zhao family's daughter as his side concubine. In my opinion, you can't break your word."

   "Uncle, Yin'er can't accept any kind of good girl, so why must she accept the Zhao family's daughter?" Zhang Meiniang curled her lips when she heard this.

  She looked down on Zhao Sesur quite a bit. Although Zhao Jingyu is the Marquis of Zhenbei, he is only a Marquis after all. What's more, it's still as far away as Danchi, so you can't count on anything.

   Besides, after Xiang Nan marries Qu Xiaofeng, he will naturally befriend the king of Xizhou, and then he will be able to control the western region remotely. Therefore, Zhao Jingyu, who sits in charge of Danchi, becomes dispensable.

  Therefore, Zhang Meiniang very much hoped that Xiang Nan would recruit some ladies from the prince's family in the capital.

   Like herself, she is more optimistic about Wei Guogong's granddaughter. Not only is she beautiful, but she also comes from a famous family. She can assist Xiang Nan very well and help him consolidate his power in the court.

   "At the beginning, it was to win over Zhao Jingyu, so the marriage was approved. Although we have achieved something now, it's not easy to talk about it." Gao Ming explained.

  In fact, he is willing to marry Xiang Nan to Zhao Sesel, so that he can consume the position of a side concubine. The Zhao family has no decent influence in the capital, and marrying Zhao Sesel does not have much effect on Xiang Nan.

   On the contrary, if he married the daughters of other princes, Xiang Nan could rely on their influence to build his own team. At that time, the importance of their Gao family will be greatly weakened.

  Seeing what he said, Zhang Meiniang had no choice but to let it go.

   After all, their mother and son still have to rely on Gao Ming for support.

   "The granddaughter of the Duke of Wei, I am also very optimistic about it, look at it, uncle..." Zhang Meiniang said again.

  Although she and Gao Ming are an alliance, they both want to seek benefits through Xiang Nan, but in fact they have different ideas.

  For Zhang Meiniang, as long as Xiang Nan is on the throne, she will benefit. After all, she is his mother who has raised him for twenty years, and this emotion is hard to let go.

  So she still has some sincerity towards Xiang Nan, wishing that he would get better and better.

  But for Gao Ming, the family relationship between him and Xiang Nan is actually quite weak.

  Xiang Nan is Zhang Meiniang's adopted son, and he is separated from her by one floor. And he is just Xiang Nan's uncle, so the relationship is separated by another layer.

   Therefore, he must strengthen his control over Xiang Nan in order to ensure that Xiang Nan obeys his orders. And the weaker and more confused Xiang Nan is, the better for him.

   "Don't think about it for the time being. The prince just got married, and he accepted three people at one go, and spread the word, and the perception is not good." Gao Ming persuaded.

  Seeing what he said, Zhang Meiniang could only nod her head.

  …

   While Xiang Nan, Zhang Meiniang, and Gao Ming were discussing about accepting the side concubine, something happened to Qu Xiaofeng, the crown princess.

  It turned out that she knew the news that King Tiedar had passed away, and her mood suddenly fell into a trough.

   King Tiedar was her Aunt and her most trustworthy person, but now he died in the prison of the Rich Dynasty, which made her very sad, and she even didn't want to marry Xiang Nan.

   After all, Xiang Nan captured him alive.

  …

  As soon as Xiang Nan returned to the East Palace, Qu Xiaofeng came over to Xingshi to ask the crime.

   "I, Aunt, is dead. Is it true?" She asked aggressively with tears in her eyes.

   "Who told you?" Xiang Nan was taken aback and asked hastily.

  This news, he ordered to keep it secret.

   "You don't need to worry about who told me, I just ask you, is this true?" Qu Xiaofeng asked.

  Xiang Nan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"You murderer, you were the one who caught him, you were the one who sent him to the rich court, and you were the one who caused him to die miserably!" Seeing that he actually admitted it, Qu Xiaofeng rushed forward excitedly and said, "Why did you do this? Do, what enmity does he have with you?!"

"There's something wrong with you!" Xiang Nan pushed her away, "Danchi has repeatedly violated our borders in the rich dynasty for decades, kidnapped our rich dynasty people, robbed our rich dynasty caravans, and slaughtered our rich dynasty people... It can be said that there are many crimes, too many to write.

  I led troops to attack Danchi in order to maintain border security and protect our rich people. This is what every dedicated courtier should do.

  You think I'm like you, eating, drinking, and playing around all day long. Let me ask you, if Dan Chi attacked Xizhou, wouldn't your father and elder brother lead the army to resist, but let them slaughter? "

   "I, Aunt, won't attack Xizhou!" Qu Xiaofeng was taken away by his aura, and his arrogance was reduced by half for a moment, then he muttered softly.

"You Xizhou is married to Danchi, and you are the granddaughter of King Tiedar, so they won't attack you." Xiang Nan said angrily, "Then we, the people of the Rich Dynasty, deserve to die and be slaughtered, robbed, and raped by the Danchi people." , slavery?! Shouldn’t we resist?”