In Prince Duan’s mind, women in the world, whether old or young, beautiful or ugly, blood relatives or not, two-legged or three-eyed, can be divided into two categories, virtuous and unvirtuous— —This set of standards for knowing people helped His Royal Highness save many troubles and mistakes.
Although he despised a certain little woman, his mother, Mrs. Xiao, was a woman he seldom considered virtuous.
Just as different periods require officials with different talents, the prince believes that families in different situations also need housewives with different ways of being virtuous. At that time, the Cheng family was barely able to get enough food and clothing. Mrs. Xiao carefully planned and arranged it properly. Finally, she and her husband brought the Cheng family from a small rural household to help the decent family of officials and nobles.
The prince had been to the battle in person, and he knew that the rain of arrows and arrows was not a joke. It must be awe-inspiring to think that Mrs. Xiao had supported her husband to go to water and fire in person with a big belly.
But for a family like the royal family, who has never been in danger for a long time, a woman only needs to be docile and submissive.
However, his family is the place with the most shrew, resentful women and poisonous women——
The deceased Lady Xuan was not very virtuous.
His biological mother, Yue Niangniang, was extremely unvirtuous.
Except for the second princess, the sisters and aunts and other princesses have nothing to do with the word virtuous.
At that time, his uncle, the Marquis of Dayue, sent his daughter off his knees to serve him. In his conscience, this cousin, the prince, liked him. Not only was he beautiful and lively, but he also had a good relationship with each other. He didn't think about it. Make her a concubine. But then he thought about it carefully, is his cousin Xianhui? Not virtuous.
She loves to be coquettish and has a narrow vision. She always hopes that the prince will treat her with all her heart. She always feels that she is different from other women, just like the second Queen of Yue. However, he is not the father of the emperor, so the cousin can't be the second queen of Yue - never sharing weal and woe, never sharing life and death, how can such unswerving love come from.
Besides, he can no longer let the Yue clan continue to grow up. One family, three lords and one queen, there are many disciples and disciples who are officials, which is enough. The Wang family of the former emperor was only a broken house in the capital at first. With the daughter of the Wang family, a family of ten princes, and after three generations of emperors, their power was too great to lose.
More importantly, the cousin is not as serious as the Queen of Yue, who really doesn't care about things other than 'sincere'.
Although the crown prince often sees his father being bullied by Queen Yue and unable to support the wall, he also admits that if Queen Yue is allowed to choose between her parents' family and the emperor, as long as the whole family is not slaughtered, Queen Yue will definitely choose the emperor.
There were times when the children of the Yue clan did evil outside, and the Empress Yue was even more angry than the emperor. Not only would she stamp her feet at the gate of the palace and yell, 'Where's the little bastard who dared to ruin your majesty's reputation and see me skin you', she even sent someone in person. Go to Yuejia to denounce and order the Duke of Yue, who is the patriarch, to deal with him severely.
But what about my cousin? The prince shook his head silently.
Not to mention that she strictly restrains her family like Queen Yue, but within the Yue clan, she still wants to give priority to supporting her own brothers.
As he was established as the heir, the prince more and more frequently thought about what kind of concubine he would appoint in the future.
First of all, it must be of good character, and must not be as despicable and narrow-minded as the former prince concubine Sun; secondly, it must be virtuous, benevolent, and able to accommodate other concubines and their children; thirdly, the family must not be too powerful, otherwise it will be the second royal family of the previous dynasty. ; But you can't really go out to a small family, otherwise how can you suppress the noble daughter of the palace.
Before the prince could come to a conclusion, he was ordered to go out of the palace to inspect the implementation of the Tiantian Order, and then...then...then he was fed a bowl of soothing soup, and was carried away from the chaos overnight like a dead pig. When he opened his eyes, he was already in the mansion of Mu Liang Wuji in Yuzhou.
The two sides of the bed were very lively. On the left was the uncle Dayue Hou, who was as black as the bottom of a pot. He said that he would tell the Empress Yue that the prince was determined to take risks. Yu Hou, who wiped away tears, kept saying that he was going to submit his resignation to the emperor (the subtext is that I want to complain to your father).
The prince had a splitting headache, and he just wanted to rush out and shred the little girl who tricked him into drinking soup. Once upon a time, Cheng Shaoshang was the woman who was the farthest from the prince's positive evaluation, but now, it is even further.
In the eyes of His Royal Highness, even a woman like the Fifth Princess who is encircling her face and raising her head is stronger than Cheng Shaoshang.
Because women like the Fifth Princess and the Sun family can do evil, they are essentially men who do nothing. The former is the father who is soft-hearted and reluctant to discipline them, and the latter is the former crown prince who is endlessly cowardly and held by a pretentious slut.
Whether it is the fifth princess or the Sun family, as long as he encounters Huo Budo or himself, he will be more docile than a gecko, and there will be no trouble. But if it was Cheng Shaoshang, she would not be greedy for power, greedy for money, or oppress the innocent, and she would be like tossing people.
No matter how wise you are, she will always seek you up and down the long road of tossing you.
Unfortunately, the person Cheng Shaoshang tossed the most was called Huo Budo, and he was the one who felt that His Royal Highness was more intimate than his own brother.
In the eyes of the prince, Huo Budo is a rare understanding person in the world, calm and wise like ice water, and brave and fearless like a beast. The prince was able to break off the eaves of the Taimiao Temple and dipped it in the glutinous rice wine to eat it. Later...
After Huo Cheng and the two got engaged, it was really three days of arguing for three days.
The Crown Prince's head hurts every time he sees Huo Budo's frosty face. Who would have thought that Marquis Yu would have to add that the emperor and the Empress Yue were also in such a tonality at the beginning, and he could not say that they were more powerful. Excessive - the implication is how 'unfathomable' the Queen of Yue tossed the emperor.
The prince's skull hurt even more.
Before Huo Buxuan was exiled, His Royal Highness felt that Cheng Shaoshang was absolutely unworthy; after Huo Buxuan was exiled, seeing Cheng Shaoshang taking care of the Empress Dowager Xuan carefully and taking care of the Empress Dowager, the emperor and Empress Yue were relieved of how much guilt, the prince felt, Well, that's kind of virtuous.
Now that this bowl of soothing soup is gone, the prince feels that Cheng Shaoshang can no longer judge whether he is virtuous or not, and needs to judge whether he should be cramped or not.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he was gnashing his teeth, when a small eunuch from outside came to ask Yuan Shen to see him.
His Royal Highness was stunned, and then it was very rare to feel a guilty conscience.
The conscience of heaven and earth, he was absolutely sincerely happy that Cheng Shaoshang and Yuan Shen were engaged, and he had already thought about what gift to give. Who knew that Huo Axie's brother's goods would have to be hanged on Cheng Shaoshang's crooked tree. neck tree. What way does he have to be a brother? He is also very helpless - of course, he can only help his brother to dig Yuan Shen's corner, he feels that he is really unjust!
Yuan Shen entered, and the prince saw that he was pale and emaciated after being imprisoned for many days, and he became more guilty. , Although your father made the mistake of covering up his guilt, but he killed Gongsun's dark whistleblowers everywhere, and his merits and demerits were worth it. My father also often said that a good view is a great talent, and after a few years of experience, it will become a great weapon, so why bother with good views Take the risk yourself."
Yuan Shenqian said respectfully: "Your Majesty and His Highness are generous and benevolent, but ministers cannot help but reflect on their faults. When my father learned that the 50% had been used by others to make a big mistake, he should personally escort the 50% to surrender, even if he later turned himself in. It is better to plead with Your Majesty with one's own life than to cover up the crime by oneself."
The prince nodded secretly. In fact, he thought so too. If it were him, Father Yuan would not be able to pass the test so easily.
"This time I ask to see what His Highness is doing." Yuan Shen took out a roll of silk from his arms and handed it respectfully, "This minister is stupid and has no clue about the secret agents of the Gongsun family, so I had to grope around. I made a mistake by mistake. Under the collision, I also knew a little about the implementation of the field orders in these states and counties. What kind of people resisted, what kind of people were incited, and what kind of people were coerced, the ministers recorded them one by one. I will transcribe it, please read it, Your Highness.”
The prince took the silk and said with a smile, "Okay, very good. Shanjian is really meticulous and diligent. Guhui will report this to the royal father, and I will remember you for your credit. What else is there?"
Yuan Shen lowered his pale face: "I want to say goodbye to Your Highness first."
"Why is this? Shan Jian has been imprisoned for a long time, and he should rest here, how can he rush on the road?"
Yuan Shen said in a low voice, "Master Huo has sent a message to the capital...it's a marriage between him and the young master, and Mrs. Cheng. I think that His Majesty's marriage will arrive soon, so it's better for me to leave earlier."
"Oh? So fast? Cough..." The prince coughed a few times with a solemn look on his face, "Zisheng is too prudent, and the chaos has not been clarified yet, how can he only care about his own children's private affairs."
Yuan Shen smiled bitterly: "His Majesty must be very happy to learn about Lord Huo's marriage. The Huo family is loyal and fierce, and Lord Huo has been in the army for many years. Now that his wish has finally come true, it is the joy of heaven and earth."
The crown prince thought that your guess was accurate. The father and emperor must be happy to go to the Gongde Temple overnight to connect three incense sticks, and tell him, his adopted brother, General Huo Chong, that you will finally have grandchildren.
Having said all that, the Crown Prince was no longer fussing, and let Yuan Shen leave very readily.
His Royal Highness is such a resolute and determined person. When he dug into Yuan Shen's corner, he was serious. He wished Yuan Shen was caught on the bed of the oiran in the capital that night, but he apologized to Yuan Shen at this time. .
The crown prince made up his mind that he would not care about the guilt of Yuan's father and son in the future.
After sitting down for a long time, the prince thought of a certain little girl again, thinking of the bowl of soothing soup, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and his teeth were gritted again, so he rushed outside: "Come on, give Cheng Gongling to Gu Xuan, if you have something to say Say!"
Thinking that Huo Budo had reconciled with the little girl, and quickly informed the emperor of the good things, he would not be able to scold him when the imperial decree was delivered.
Since he was going to scold people, he couldn't let Huo Budo stop him, so the prince stopped the little eunuch and sent a message to Yuhou and Dayuehou to go to Huo Budo to inquire about the ins and outs of the chaos, and then go to Xuancheng Shaoshang to come over. .
His Royal Highness is also a thoughtful person.
After a while, Cheng Shaoshang crept over. I saw that she was dressed neatly and docilely, and her demeanor was timid. The corner of the prince's mouth twitched - looking at her sly eyebrows and her miserable pretence, it seemed that the little girl had guessed that she was going to scold someone.
Before waiting for the prince to start, Shao Shang had already recognized his mistake very obediently: "Your Highness, the concubine is wrong."
The prince said coldly, "What's wrong?"
Shaoshang thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "Your Highness, the concubine has done countless things wrong in her life. When did Your Highness think the concubine should start?"
The prince slapped the case a few times, and said angrily: "It started with the fact that you let Gu use the siege pestle to hit the palace gate of the Queen Mother Xuan!" I don't know if the historian has recorded this broken incident, and I have to wait until I ascend the throne in the future to see if there is any. Opportunity to check it out.
"Didn't it start with the marriage between the concubine and Lord Huo?" Shao Shang was surprised and delighted.
The prince choked--actually, after so many years, he felt that Huo Cheng could not say who was more at fault, although Cheng Shaoshang was the first in the world to be undocile, virtuous and considerate, but Huo Budo also had Suspected of suffering.
The prince sneered again and again: "Over the years, I am afraid that you have scolded Gu a thousand times in your heart. Gu is not afraid that you will hold grudges. This time you and Zi Sheng have encountered such a difficult and dangerous thing, shouldn't Gu should scold you? Also, how dare you trick Gu to drink soothing soup? Have you hated the loneliness for a long time, so you took the opportunity to harm the loneliness!"
Shao Shang hurriedly said: "What's the matter, Your Highness, you must have misunderstood your concubine! Over the years, whether His Highness reprimanded the concubine for being short-sighted and only caring about one acre of land, or reprimanding the concubine for being mean, selfish, rebellious and not being generous, or It is to reprimand the concubine for being impulsive and unruly, and the concubine doesn't take it to heart at all!"
The prince almost laughed angrily, and he was speechless for a moment - he didn't care at all, do you still remember so clearly? !
"Actually, Your Highness, you don't know, the concubine has admired His Highness very much since very early." Shaoshang said leisurely.
The prince didn't believe a word, and said sarcastically: "It's really unheard of to have such a thing, so I have to listen to it."
Shaoshang said enthusiastically: "This is true. I remember that not long after my concubine and Lord Huo got engaged, Lord Huo mentioned something about His Highness. It was said that there was a lady in your family who relied on His Highness's favor and pampered her parents' family. Father and brother oppressed the people and seized the people's wealth, His Highness immediately reprimanded the wife severely, and personally handed over her father and brother to the Tingwei Mansion, and ordered them to be dealt with severely."
The prince was stunned for a moment, only to remember.
"It's such a trivial matter, why bother." The prince felt a little disappointed in his heart.
This was many years ago. At that time, he was only a teenager and was young and enthusiastic. She was the first woman he loved. If it hadn't happened later, his first child would have been born a few years earlier.
"Illegal laws and disciplines, and harming good people should be punished severely." The prince looked indifferent. "After this incident spread, many people accused Gu for being too harsh and cruel."
"That's not what you said." Shaoshang said sincerely, "Your Highness, you are very strict with the officials and the people around you, but you are very kind and generous to the people. For thousands of years and beyond, the common people will always be the worst in the world. The weak can be bullied by the powerful and powerful, and the corrupt officials and cruel officials can be insulted. They are like insects on the roadside in the fields. They don't even make a sound when they are trampled to death. With a lord like you protecting them, they are the biggest people in the world. This is what my concubine said from the bottom of my heart. If you don’t believe me, Your Highness, go and ask Mr. Huo, the concubine has told him more than once!”
The prince was very moved, and his tone couldn't help softening: "I am not afraid of criticism from others, I only hope that the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, and are not harmed by natural disasters and man-made disasters, so I will be able to live up to the entrustment of the ancestors of heaven and earth."
Originally, he was going to scold the little girl, but at this moment, the prince couldn't scold, and he simply waved his hand: "Forget it, you can go back, take a good rest, and serve Zisheng carefully after you get married. Alas, Over the years, Zi Sheng has suffered a lot, you, you have to treat him better."
Shao Shang complied with sincerity, and hurriedly exited the door. When he reached the courtyard, the prince suddenly stopped her.
Shao Shang looked back dumbfounded, and saw that the prince raised his right hand, and then his shoulder hurt slightly, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a small stone.
She was speechless and looked at the prince in disbelief-he he he he he actually threw stones at herself! The dignified prince of the world actually threw stones at her!
The prince's eyebrows and eyes are firm and resolute, and the solemnity of the years has been swept away, as if ten years younger, suddenly returning to the naughty and troublesome boyhood. He laughed heartily: "Okay, let's settle the two now, you go back and happily prepare for marriage!"
Shao Shang stomped his feet angrily and turned his head away.
Seeing the little woman pouting angrily but not daring to fight back, the prince was overjoyed.
Laughing and walking into the room, he stopped abruptly after taking a few steps.
The prince thought to himself, did the little woman deliberately flatter him to avoid scolding? Then he shook his head again.
——Forget it, he liked to hear what she said just now, so he doubled the size of the wedding gift for the two of them.
When she gives birth to a daughter in the future, if she is not as virtuous as she is... Well, as long as she is a little more virtuous than her, he can consider asking him to be his son's bride. After all, this little girl is not bad and can be a human being. It's very articulate, isn't it?
His Royal Highness is also a man of foresight.