activa-t Chapter 225: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 22
Chapter 225: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 22
The current emperor has many children, with 15 or 16 surviving princes and princesses. This is not the end. Although the emperor's fertility rate has declined in recent years, there are still sporadic births. Last year, the emperor had a daughter who was 11 years younger than the eldest grandson born to the crown prince.
The eldest prince, Li Mingjin, was born to Concubine Hui and was the eldest son, not the legitimate son.
The second prince, Li Chengzong, was born to the empress. His status as a legitimate son made him be canonized as the crown prince when he was three years old. It can be seen that the current emperor is an emperor who pays attention to the legitimate and illegitimate children.
The third prince is Li Hanyu, the fourth princess is Li Qingwan, the fifth princess is Li Qingjie, and the sixth prince is a sickly child-----
The seventh prince, Lee Hyun-ji, was born to Yang Guifei. If he had not died in battle on the frontier a few years later, he would have been an orthodox royalist like Xie Rong, and one of the prince's followers.
It is worth mentioning that among the many princes, those who left the palace and established their own residences were all conferred the title of prince, but the third prince was an exception.
He has not received the emperor's favor and has not yet been conferred the title of prince. He still lives in the East Gate House where the little princes of the imperial palace live.
Lee Hyun-ji should be the prince most favored by the emperor besides the crown prince and the eldest prince. After all, his mother is Yang Guifei, who is second only to the empress.
The empress can share the joys and sorrows with the emperor and treat him with respect, but since ancient times, the title of noble concubine was only given to the most favored concubines of the emperor.
Li Xuanzhi told her that the person her cheap father could not afford to offend had a higher status than Xie Rong and was on par with Li Xuanzhi. Gu Li couldn't guess who it was at first.
Even though Lee Hyun-ji is a prince, in addition to the emperor's son who was conferred the title of prince, two of the emperor's brothers were also conferred the title of prince.
Considering her stepfather's status, it seems unlikely that he would offend someone of this level, even though he has already been given a beautiful concubine.
Shouldn't her wealthy businessman father be sending the beauty to the people above him?
Gu Li opened her mouth and wanted to ask, "Seventh Prince, can you tell me who the person I cannot offend is?"
Li Xuanzhi touched the porcelain glaze cup with his fingers. He couldn't bear to see her look at him cautiously. He said lightly: "You can't offend her, but it will be troublesome if you get your hands on her!"
Apart from his father, there is no one in this world that Lee Hyun-ji cannot offend.
The Seventh Prince said so, it seems that the man's status is indeed extraordinary. Suddenly, Gu Li seemed to think of something, and her hands trembled slightly.
Her damn cheap father would not take sides in the fight for the throne, and he took the wrong side! This led to the final demise of the Shen family.
Gu Li quickly retracted her hand under the small table, pinched her right hand tightly with her left hand, and tried her best to control her trembling.
Gu Li quickly calculated the power of the various princes in the court now.
The prince has been brought up by the emperor since he was young, and now he helps the emperor deal with some state affairs. But the emperor's favorite prince should be the eldest prince Li Mingjin. Apart from government affairs, his food, clothing and other expenses are almost on par with the prince.
Such emperor's favor made the eldest prince Li Mingjin determined to fight for it. His own conditions were no worse than those of the crown prince, especially the power of his maternal family, which even surpassed that of the queen's mother's family.
Compared with the Taiwei who is in charge of military deployment, the Taifu Mansion, which is the Queen's mother's family, is indeed lacking in strength.
However, Gu Li, who had witnessed the emperor's balancing act before, was able to see the essence through the phenomenon.
I'm afraid that the emperor never considered the eldest prince as the crown prince from the beginning to the end. Otherwise, with the support of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, the daughter of the Grand Marshal who gave birth to the eldest prince would not only be a concubine, but also the queen, or the noble concubine.
The emperor is wary of the power of the Grand Marshal's Mansion.
The emperor was nurturing the ambition of the eldest prince and honing the prince's way of dealing with things. However, the emperor did not expect that he would die of illness so suddenly a few years later, and died suddenly without even having time to write his will.
This gave the eldest prince's faction an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the crown prince was caught off guard.
However, with the emperor's careful cultivation and paving the way for him over the years, even with many twists and turns, the prince finally ascended the throne smoothly.
The developments in the previous life just verified Gu Li's guess. The Shen family fell into decline before the prince even succeeded to the throne. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter!
Father Shen has definitely taken sides.
Shen Guli once again thought about the princes who participated in the fight for the throne in the late period of the previous life. The eldest prince must have participated in it; there was also the third prince who had always been ignored; and the ninth prince who rose up later and tried to get a piece of the pie behind his brothers-----
There is also the prince of Lee Hyun-ji's uncle generation-----
Shen Guli began to have a headache.
Li Xuanzhi should have found out which side his father stood on a long time ago, but Shen Guli can only pretend not to know now.
Talking about the issue of taking sides with a prince who also had the right of inheritance, Shen Guli knew that she and Li Xuanzhi were not familiar enough to discuss such a topic that would get her tongue pulled out and her head chopped off.
But she wanted to show her attitude. When Shen Guli raised her eyes again, there was more determination and courage in her eyes. "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Since I am now under the protection of Your Majesty and General Xie, I will not cause you any unnecessary trouble. My family affairs should be settled soon."
She wanted her mother to divorce her father as soon as possible, and try to get more family property while the Shen family was still in decline.
And she also needs to marry herself off as soon as possible. A married woman will no longer be implicated by her parents' family! Only then can she do her own things better.
Li Xuanzhi nodded, put down the cup, and changed the subject: "Just now you said that there is no workshop of yours in Beijing, so do you plan to build one in Beijing? After all, Boss Shen has taught me a good lesson. The most important transportation cost in business has too many uncertain factors!"
He originally wanted to give Boss Shen a little hint, but this girl was so sharp that she seemed to have guessed the truth right away.
As long as she doesn't bring him any trouble, the information he just revealed will be worth it.
It's also a good thing to be separated from the Shen family, so as to avoid being implicated later.
"Yes, but I have just arrived in the capital not long ago and am not very familiar with the situation in the capital. I wonder if the Seventh Prince can have someone to help me find a place to set up a workshop?" Since she had already decided to curry favor with someone powerful, Shen Guli simply put forward her request.
The more involved you are with the other party, the closer the connection between the two parties will be.
"It's not difficult to find a suitable workshop in the capital, but I suggest you put it in the suburbs. It's a large place with less traffic and easier to operate!"
Shen Guli nodded. She wanted to, too, but the farms outside the capital were almost all occupied by the aristocratic families who had been entrenched in the capital for generations. It was not easy for her to buy a suitable one!
"If Miss Shen doesn't mind, I have two unused suburban farms. You can choose one!"
Shen Guli's eyes lit up. What was extremely difficult for her seemed easy to others.
In this world, money is not everything.
Who made the status of businessmen so lowly?