Chapter 149 The Reversal of People's Hearts
"Suicide? Then what are you going to do?" The queen turned and looked at the prince.
"I, I haven't made up my mind yet, but if I admit it, why would my father let me go? Queen Mother, I think I have to insist that I don't know about this matter, and make a gesture of being framed, and my father will naturally think of me It was murdered by other princes..." Under the empress's calm gaze, the prince's voice gradually became softer.
"Do you think you can hide it from your father? Do you think your father doesn't care about government affairs, and doesn't care about the struggle between your brothers, so he really doesn't know anything? Prince, you really let me down... ..."
"Mother..." The prince was still about to speak, but the queen waved her hand and sighed, "It's me who protected you too much. You haven't touched the shadow of the deep palace at all. You went smoothly and became a prince." , I always want to protect you in everything, but in the end, I still hurt you."
"Mother, how can you say that? Is my proposal wrong? You don't know how much your father hates those who covet his throne , you still want me to admit it?" The prince was a little excited as he spoke, and he stood up abruptly: "The only way now is to plant this matter on the heads of other princes, so that the father thinks that they are behind the scenes. Damn it, so I can escape!"
"Innocent!!!" The queen snorted softly: "Although your father has not been very concerned about the government these years, every move in the court is under his control. Your little tricks can escape your father's eyes? At that time, you will not only make the dragon robe privately, but even frame your brother. Even if your father still has some father-son love for you, you have to polish him! If this You really don’t know about the matter, so that’s fine, but you made such a foolish trick yourself, who do you want to hide? Prince, let me ask you, you should know why your father agreed to investigate you again Is it wrong?"
The prince paused, "I know, it's because of Zhou Yi's words."
"That's right, Zhou Yi's words are the key to your overcoming this difficult time. Your royal father seems to have nothing to worry about, and few people can be cared about by him, but his reaction after hearing Zhou Yi's words It shows that he still cares about the relationship between father and son. If this is the case, then you should not appear in front of your father as a prince, but as a son, a son who has made a mistake and sincerely begs his father to forgive! Prince, this is your only one. Opportunity, do you understand?" The queen stood up and said in a calm voice.
The prince is just a little naive, not really stupid. After what the queen said, he finally understood: "Mother, my son understands!"
The queen nodded: "Now that you understand, let's do it, remember , you are not playing tricks, but you really feel that you are wrong, and you are just confessing to the emperor, understand?"
The prince frowned and thought about it, then nodded.
"Go, if you can get through this test, I won't protect you in every way in the future. If you can't get through this test, we, mother and son, will resign ourselves to fate together!" The queen approached the prince and took her place. He adjusted his clothes.
"Mother..."
"Go."
The queen watched the prince leave the Summer Palace, the only love in her eyes disappeared immediately, and said coldly: "Call me the princess." "
Your Majesty, the prince is already kneeling outside the palace." It's been a long time..." The eunuch stepped forward and whispered in the ear of Emperor Chongzheng, who was teasing and drinking with his concubine.
Emperor Chongzheng's face turned cold, and he threw the wine glass heavily on the table: "Let him kneel, disobedient and unfilial things..."
The eunuch took a careful look at Emperor Chongzheng's face, bent his body almost to his knees, and softly replied yes , then tiptoed out of the hall like a cat.
Because Zhou Yi collected so much tax from the national treasury, Emperor Chongzheng was in a good mood, and the sound of silk and bamboo inside did not stop until nightfall.
Emperor Chongzheng was old and couldn't bear so many tricks anymore, he waved his hand to let everyone go down, glanced at the personal eunuch standing aside like a wooden stake, and asked lightly: "The prince is still outside?"
"Going back to the emperor, the prince has been kneeling now." The eunuch lowered his head.
"Huh, at this time, he ran to me to play a trick, call him in, I want to see what else he has to say." In fact, he already knew clearly why the prince hid the dragon robe privately. Chu, otherwise, Emperor Chongzheng would not be so angry. Of course, Emperor Chongzheng also knew what was causing the muddy water. Father and son killed each other, and brothers turned against each other... When Emperor Chongzheng won the throne himself, it was a bloodbath
. In the past, he always blamed his father for neglecting him, and felt that his father was impersonal. But when he himself sat in this position, he realized what it was like, especially after watching his sons all staring at the position under his buttocks, he truly understood what it meant to be a lonely family!
Emperor Chongzheng did not object to the princes vying for the throne. On the contrary, he believed that only through a struggle to win the throne could a qualified heir be selected. Moreover, although he was furious about the prince's behavior, it was not that he did not understand it. The temptation is too great, just like him when he was the prince, so Zhou Yi's words can have an effect.
The prince walked in and knelt down on the ground with a puff, but because he had been kneeling outside for too long, he couldn't bear it below his knees, so his body suddenly fell to the ground, and the prince quickly knelt down with his arms supported.
Emperor Chongzheng always watched with cold eyes.
"Father, I know that I am wrong. Everything is my own fault. It is because I was confused that I made the dragon robe privately. No matter what punishment my father imposes on my son, I will accept it willingly." , I have no complaints, I just beg your father not to be sad..." The prince said with a sobbing sound, and then grabbed the ground with his head, making a dull sound.
There was a slight change in Emperor Chongzheng's icy eyes: "Didn't you complain repeatedly before that you were framed, why are you now admitting that you did it?"
The prince's heart tightened, his eyes turned red in the Yihe Palace before he left, and he said according to the empress' prior instructions: "My son deserves to die for his crimes, and my son is fascinated by ghosts for a while. Because the crown princess celebrates her birthday, my son will Thinking of having fun with her, the son admitted that he was too greedy in his heart, but ignored the father. After the incident, the son was too scared, father, because you are busy with government affairs, you have no time to take care of the son, son I was both longing and fearful of my father, I thought that you would not listen to me, my father, so I tried my best to deny it, but what I didn't expect was that after my son did such a rebellious thing, my father would still I am willing to give this son a chance, this son is really..." After speaking, the prince's tears fell down big and big: "I misunderstood my father, thinking that you have never taken my son seriously, but after this incident Only then did I understand your good intentions, and I no longer have the face to tell, if you make a mistake, you have to deal with it, and I have come to apologize to the emperor." After finishing speaking, the prince kowtowed on the ground.
Emperor Chongzheng's gaze changed from being cold at the beginning to complicated, and then he sighed softly. He couldn't help but think of himself after hearing the prince's words. When he was a prince, he also respected and feared his father like this. At that time, it was a great honor to have a meal with his father, but his eyes were always on a few people. On the elder brother...
Hey, his father is really not up to standard. Throughout the year, he doesn't even meet the princes a few times...
But Emperor Chongzheng is not so easy to soften his heart. When the blood was bleeding, he ordered lightly: "Get up."
"Thank you father..." The prince stood in front of Emperor Chongzheng with red eyes.
Emperor Chongzheng looked at the prince and sneered: "I was thinking that if you continue to quibble and waste the opportunity I gave you, I will let you never stand up..." The prince heard this, his heart beat like a
drum, and he was almost out of breath. Yes; what the queen mother said is indeed true, the father really knows everything!
"But fortunately, you are not that stupid. Knowing the confession, I will not pursue this as your own idea, and someone has given you some advice, but after all, you are not stupid again and again this time. In fact, you made it up privately. Dragon Robe Zhen doesn't really care too much..." If Zhou Yi was here, he would definitely sneer when he heard this: Come on, you obviously care so much!
The prince looked up at Emperor Chongzheng in surprise.
"Why, are you surprised and don't believe it?" Emperor Chongzheng asked in return when he saw the look in the prince's eyes.
The prince quickly shook his head.
"It's true that you deserve to die for making a dragon robe privately, but what's even more damning is that you are so brainless and have done such a stupid thing, but you don't have the ability to cover up the stupid thing. Tell me, how can I rest assured that you are like you? I will leave the great country to you, and when the time comes, don't let the whole country be coaxed away!"
The prince's legs softened, and he said again and again: "Damn my son, damn my son..." "
Get up, I haven't knelt enough yet!" No, since you are a first-time offender, and you still know my good intentions, take the initiative to admit your mistakes, let’s not mention the matter of abolishing the crown prince, and you can ban yourself for half a year, but remember, if there is another time, what I want will be It's not your position as the crown prince, but your fate, understand!" Emperor Chongzheng's eyes suddenly burst into cold light, and he stared at the crown prince closely.
The prince suddenly felt as if a mountain was pressing down on the top, and his heart almost jumped into his throat: "I know my mistake, thank you father, thank you father."
All this happened within half a day, and the second prince outside the palace was still thinking about what to do. The matter of the prince was smashed, but Zhou Yi didn't care about it. When he returned home, Zhou's mansion was full of joy.
It turned out that the emperor had just opened the golden mouth in the early court, and when the court came, eunuchs came to the Zhou mansion to deliver the decree. Wang Yan almost fainted when she found out that she had been sealed.
He kept holding Zhou Lao Er's hand and asked, "Father, am I dreaming? I've really been ordered?" Wang Yan only knew the word "Order" after she came to the capital and had a lot of contact with the officials' wives. Yes, it is mostly because of their husbands and sons that these women can be ordered.
Wang Yan is naturally envious, but she never thought that she would have this day, oh my god, this is a dream, she is just a country woman, and now she is sealed by the emperor himself?
Until Zhou Yi returned home, Wang Yan was still like a dream in the clouds.
After being confirmed by Zhou Laoer, she was still not at ease, and pulled Zhou Yi to ask: "Liu Lang, has mother really been ordered by the emperor? Mother is also an official now?" Zhou Yi comforted, "Mother, this is naturally true
. The emperor’s golden words were spoken in front of so many adults in the early court, and the imperial decree has already been delivered at home, can this be false?”
Wang Yan said in a repeated voice: “Yes, yes, this cannot be false, no It may be fake, what kind of fate am I! I have such a great blessing!"
Zhou Er Er said cheerfully at the side: "What fate, the fate of enjoying blessings, this is because there is such a good son as Liu Lang, in the future, You just wait and enjoy the blessing..."
Wang Yan laughed from ear to ear when she heard this: "Yes, yes, yes, my son is promising, so I let my mother follow him.
" I raised you up, now it's time for my son to be filial to you!" Zhou Yi helped Wang Yan to sit down and said with a smile.
When they were talking, Li Yingru sat quietly on the side all the time, and then she smiled and echoed: "That's right, mother, as the saying goes, mothers are more expensive than children, and husbands are capable, so mothers will naturally enjoy the blessings, let alone Damn, it's dad, if you do more meritorious service in the future, I'm sure you can ask the emperor to give you a title!"
Zhou Er Er immediately waved his hands after hearing this: "How can this be done, can't be done, I'm alone Mud legs, I don't understand anything, how can I want a title, father doesn't want anything else, now I just hope that Liulang will go smoothly in the court, and our family will be safe." Zhou Yi smiled after hearing this: "Father, what is this?
" You don’t have to worry about it, don’t you know about your son? Although he doesn’t have any great skills, it’s enough to protect himself.” His words made the whole
family laugh, especially Zhou Lao Er, who laughed loudly: “ Liulang, you have been like this since you were a child, your mouth is extremely sharp, your mother and I are both clumsy people, I really don't know how you are so smart! There is no more clever child than you in the whole world!"
"Father, I admit that you say I'm smart, but if you say that I'm still a child, I don't admit it. I'm already married, and my wife is so smart, beautiful and generous, and she's going to have a child soon. Why? It's not really a child!" Zhou Yi wrinkled his face bitterly.
"Sister!" Li Yingru was praised by Zhou Yi in front of Wang Yan and Zhou's second son, and she quietly pinched Zhou Yi's back behind his back.
This scene happened to fall into Wang Yan's eyes, her eyes flickered, and the smile on her face faded a little.
Zhou Yi grabbed Li Yingru's mischievous hand with his backhand, and pulled her to sit under Wang Yan and Zhou Laoer, "Father, mother, we can go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors in a few days. If you have anything you want to bring Yes, pack up quickly."
"Has the date been fixed?" Zhou Er Er asked.
"Well, just three days later, Jiajia happened to be leaving with us, and we had time to go back to take the exam." Zhou Yi specially obtained the consent of Emperor Chongzheng, and arranged the time for these few days, so that Zhou Jia would not go back to the hometown to take the exam.
"That's good, that's good, when Hachiro takes the exam, we can still be exam companions." Zhou Er Er nodded.
It was not until Zhou Jia came back from the academy and the family had dinner together that Zhou Yi dragged Li Yingru back to the room. After returning to the room, he did nothing but put his head on Li Yingru's stomach, "Baby, listen Did you see Daddy talking? Would Daddy sing to you? No, how about reading poetry, or how about telling stories, what kind of stories do you like to hear..." It was
May at this time, and the weather was gradually getting worse. It was hot, and Li Yingru's mood was ups and downs when she was pregnant. At the beginning, when Zhou Yi said it, Li Yingru endured it, but now seeing Zhou Yi blah blah, Li Yingru couldn't help pushing Zhou Yi's head away, and sat on the side On the mat, he said speechlessly: "My husband, the child is still young, what can he understand if you tell him like this all day long?"
Zhou Yi shook his head stubbornly: "You don't understand, the child's prenatal education is very important. The mother's belly can also feel it, I want to give him a lot of fatherly love, let him kiss me when he is born!"
After hearing this, Li Yingru propped her chin up and said happily, "My husband, then you will be disappointed, I am the mother of the child, and the child will definitely kiss me by then!" After finishing speaking, she winked at Zhou Yi triumphantly.
After Li Yingru became pregnant, her body became plump and her complexion seemed to be fairer. The blink of an eye, coupled with the hazy effect under the lamp, immediately made Zhou Yi's mouth dry.
But now Li Yingru is not pregnant for more than three months, so it is not suitable to have sex at all.
Li Yingru and Zhou Yi had been married for more than half a year, and Zhou Yi didn't defend her at all, so she already knew Zhou Yi's little habits very well, and Li Yingru's eyes quietly turned to Zhou Yi's body.
Zhou Yi immediately tightened his stomach.
Li Yingru was amused, so she stood up and approached Zhou Yi, "My lord, if you feel uncomfortable, would you like me to arrange someone for you?" Zhou Yi hurriedly shook his head, he keenly felt that when
Li Yingru said this, although There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a cold light in his eyes. Zhou Yi deeply suspected that if he failed to answer any one of them, Li Yingru's hand that gradually moved downward might turn into a sharp knife. Besides, he is not a pure ancient feudal man. He is in love with his wife and regards taking concubines as commonplace, which is really not in line with his values.
Why do men want so many women? They seem to be hugging left and right, so happy, but people's hearts always need to be changed. Compared with the temporary comfort of the body, he values the lifelong life between husband and wife. , This may also be related to his previous life experience.
Although it is a matter of course for a man to take a concubine in this day and age, and his wife can't stop it, and even regards it as virtuous and magnanimous to help her husband raise a concubine, but in love, everyone has a desire for monopoly. At that time, the wife was sure that she was in pain. If things go on like this, the man seems to be surrounded by a group of Yingying and Yanyan, which is very lively, but who will be sincere to you!
Seeing Zhou Yi shaking his head, the coldness in Li Yingru's eyes quickly faded away, and turned into a gentle stream of clear water again, frowning, she looked at Zhou Yi worriedly, "Sir, what should I do, you need to relieve yourself. I'm pregnant again, and it's not good for your health to hold back all the time..."
Zhou Yi hugged Li Yingru, and said with some amusement: "Okay, don't test me, I don't know how to take concubines, and I don't have others. Since we are married, we will be a couple for life." , I want to make you the happiest woman in the world!"
Li Yingru was stunned for a moment, as long as the family has the conditions, it is harder to find a man who does not take a concubine than a three-legged toad. There are a lot of rooms, or in and out of the fireworks and willow alley...
So Li Yingru couldn't believe Zhou Yi's words, but she knew that Zhou Yi was not a person who talked nonsense. Since he said it, no matter what happened in the future , at least at this moment, Zhou Yi must be thinking so.
Li Yingru's eyes gradually became foggy, and she looked at Zhou Yi fixedly: "Sir, are you serious?" Zhou Yi nodded Li Yingru's nose, wiped away
her tears carefully, and wiped his Pressing her forehead against Li Yingru's, "Of course what I said is true. Why, don't you believe your husband's words? Look at you, after pregnancy, your emotions have been a little ups and downs. You were not like this before. My Yingru is a girl who loves to laugh, if she continues to cry like this, the Dragon King Temple will be flooded!" "
I hate it!" Li Yingru patted Zhou Yi's shoulder lightly, then leaned into his arms and said, "My lord, You have to remember what you said today, if one day you break your promise, then we will be an underground couple! They all say that I am a hag, then I will be a hag, who told you to marry a hag Yasha is a wife, no matter if you say I am jealous or not virtuous, in short, I will not give you up to others!"
Zhou Yi swallowed and let out a grunt.
Li Yingru got up, squinted her eyes and looked at Zhou Yi: "Why, are you scared?"
Zhou Yi said with a bitter face: "No, ma'am, I can't bear it anymore, I have to solve it..." After finishing speaking, he hurried to The clean room at the back went.
Li Yingru was taken aback for a moment, then laughed out of breath. After laughing, she stroked her stomach and said softly: "Dabao, do you think your father is a fool? He can ask me to help!"
How the crown prince will be dealt with, the government and the public are watching, especially those who are interested, who are still busy jumping up and down, who knows that the exact news will come out the next day: the emperor has made a clear investigation and confirmed that the crown prince was framed by others, but the crown prince He also made mistakes, so he was banned by the emperor for half a year.
After hearing the news, some people were glad to have a dance and dance, while others were very angry.
But immediately after, news spread that the Crown Princess was abolished, and there was discussion among the ruling and opposition parties for a while.
In the Queen's Summer Palace, the Crown Princess, no, it should be said that the former Crown Princess broke in with disheveled hair at this time, and she cried to the Queen: "Mother, why are you so cruel, what did I do wrong, you If you want to demote me to concubine concubine, I know that you have always disliked me, but I am changing. You want me to learn how to run a house, and I am trying my best to follow suit! Why do you still treat me like this? Why! !!"
The queen was fiddling with the chessboard by herself, and the crown princess came in without raising her head: "Throw her out, can all cats, cats and dogs in the Summer Palace come in?"