Chapter 188 What happened?
Seeing how serious he was, Yun Zheng's expression became serious.
He put down the paperwork in his hand, stood up, walked to the boy, frowned and said, "Are you causing trouble again?"
The boy was not seen at dinner time. When I asked my wife, I found out that the boy had taken Yun Wanyao to the princess's mansion.
It was so late, but he hurried back to apologize. I don’t know what trouble he had caused.
The boy nodded angrily.
Seeing this, Yun Zheng's anger level rose sharply, but fortunately he was still rational.
He gritted his teeth, tried to suppress his temper, and said unhappily, "Tell me, what happened?"
Let's take a look at the situation first, and then decide whether to beat this guy up.
"Uh, Dad, I accidentally found a woman for the emperor."
Hearing this, Yun Zheng was slightly startled and cursed, "You are so idle all day, worrying about the emperor."
"How can you be careless when it comes to finding a woman? I think you did it on purpose."
"The emperor hates it most when other people force women on him. Your actions have undoubtedly violated his taboo. So, you have angered the emperor?"
Yun Zheng subconsciously thought that the reason why Yun Wanye came to apologize was because he had angered the emperor, and the emperor punished this boy by sending him home to accept the punishment himself.
But soon he realized other problems.
"No, didn't you go to the princess's mansion? Why are you looking for a woman for the emperor again?"
Yun Wanye automatically ignored his last sentence, shrank his neck, and spoke weakly.
"No, Dad, you guessed wrong. I didn't anger the Emperor. It's true that my actions made the Emperor very happy."
Yun Zheng: “???”
What's going on? Things seem to be a little different from what he expected.
"What do you mean? Did the Emperor accept the woman you were looking for?"
"The emperor has carried her to the bed in Fenghua Palace. Dad, do you think the emperor has any other intentions for doing this? All the civil and military officials know that the emperor is not interested in women. When has he ever hugged a woman?"
Thinking of the scene he had seen before, Yun Wanye’s heart became uneasy again.
Although he had noticed that the emperor was interested in Yun Wanyao before drinking, he never expected that the emperor would be so impatient for Yun Wanyao.
He just made an excuse to leave for a while, and the emperor immediately took the opportunity to take action.
Alas, Yun Wanyao is too stupid and is no match for the emperor. The emperor must have known by now that she was his seducer.
This is good. The emperor likes her, and her active seduction may make the emperor ecstatic.
As long as people are in a good mood, they won't care about so many things. Perhaps the emperor won't care about the little schemes that the brother and sister have against him.
"real?"
Yun Zheng looked at him with some disbelief.
The emperor has been rejecting the idea of taking concubines for a long time. This is obvious to all the civil and military officials in the court. How could he suddenly become interested in women? Has he finally come to his senses?
"Of course it's true. How could I dare to lie to Dad about such a big thing? The most important thing is that there is nothing good in lying to Dad."
Yun Wanye muttered something.
You see, the fact that the emperor suddenly became interested in women not only surprised him, but even his father found it hard to believe.
"Ha ha……"
Yun Zheng suddenly burst into laughter and said in a very good mood, "This is a great thing. Why are you asking for forgiveness?"
"If the emperor really accepts the woman you found, then you will be the greatest contributor to our Dawu Kingdom. Why are you still kneeling? Get up quickly."
If you want the country to be stable, a crown prince is indispensable.
The emperor is already old, but he is reluctant to take a queen or concubine. He doesn't even have a woman by his side. The court officials are almost worried.
To this end, court officials tried every means to force women into the emperor's arms, but all the women sent were rejected by the emperor.
If they really couldn't refuse, they would have someone send it to the old prince who was living in retirement outside Beijing.
The old prince was the late emperor's uncle and the emperor's grandfather, and he is now over seventy years old.
Seeing that the daughter they had carefully trained was handed over to an old man who was just sitting around waiting to die, the ministers were furious at the emperor's outrageous move.
After that, no minister was willing to send his daughter into the palace.
As for the matter of the emperor taking a concubine, the ministers turned a blind eye, and the emperor was completely free from worry.
However, the issue of the crown prince was never resolved, and this issue was like a thorn in the hearts of court officials.
But if the emperor took a woman, wouldn't it be only a matter of time before he became the crown prince? If that was the case, Yun Wanye would be a meritorious official of the entire Dawu Kingdom.
“…”
Seeing his father so excited, Yun Wanye swallowed silently. If his father knew who the woman he sent was, would he still be so happy?
He brushed Yun Zheng's hand away and said nervously, "Dad, I won't get up. You should beat me first."
"Um?"
Seeing him like this, Yun Zheng frowned and had a bad feeling in his heart.
This guy went out with Yun Wanyao, why did he come back alone?
Thinking of this boy's abnormal behavior, Yun Zheng pursed his lips, narrowed his eyes and said solemnly, "Who is the woman you found for the emperor?"
Yun Wanye couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling, and said weakly, "Uh, it's Yun Wanyao."
"I'm so fucking..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whip in his hand was taken away. Yun Zheng swung the whip and was about to hit the young man, but when his arm was raised, he pulled it back abruptly.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Yun Zheng's face was gloomy and very scary.
"Yun Wanye, I think you are really bold enough to have such evil thoughts towards Yao'er. She is your sister, how can you be so cruel as to give her to the emperor?"
"Dad, I know I was wrong. I am guilty. You can punish me in any way you want. I will never object."
Facing Yun Zheng's scolding, Yun Wanye did not talk back at all. Instead, he lowered his head and admitted his mistake in a good manner.
Anyway, his goal has been achieved. It's no big deal to admit his mistake, even if he gets whipped a few times.
"Pah!"
Yun Zheng slammed the whip in his hand hard on the table. The huge force instantly broke the teacup on the table into pieces, making a crackling sound.
He clenched his fists and looked at the boy on the ground with great anger.
"Do you think I don't want to punish you? If you weren't my son, I would have beaten you to death tonight."
"But I don't have time to deal with you now. You just kneel here. I will deal with you slowly after I bring Yao'er back."
After he finished speaking, Yun Zheng gripped the whip, turned around and walked towards the door with a murderous look on his face.
He wanted to bring Yun Wanyao back from the palace.
His daughter must never enter the palace.
However, he had just taken two steps when his thigh was hugged tightly. Yun Zheng turned around angrily and saw Yun Wanye hugging his leg and looking up at him with an innocent face.
"Dad, calm down first. Don't be so impulsive."
Yun Wanye used his arms to hold her very tightly.
He had put so much thought into getting things to this point, and he absolutely couldn't let his father sabotage things at this time.
"I can't calm down, let me go, or I'll beat you to death if you don't let me go."
Yun Zheng was very irritable, and it was obvious that he was very, very angry.
Yun Wanye was worried for himself in his heart, and then said fearlessly, "Dad, then you'd better beat me. Don't go to the palace. You can't go."
This is his biological father. Yun Wanye doesn’t believe that his biological father would really beat him to death.
At most, he would get severely beaten in exchange for the chance to marry the princess. Well, it was a sure win no matter how you looked at it.
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"you……"
Yun Zheng was so angry that he felt dizzy and kicked the young man.
Although he was very angry, he didn't use much strength when he stepped on the ground. The pain was nothing to Yun Wanye.
"Dad, don't feel sorry for me. You can hit me as much as you want, but don't hit my face. I rely on my face to make a living."
Yun Wanye still hugged his legs and rubbed them against his legs like a naughty boy.
Tsk, the princess likes his face more than he likes her as a person. This face cannot be damaged. Once this face is damaged, he will be worthless.
Yun Zheng: “…”
All his anger was gone because of the boy's rogue behavior and words. He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and slapped the boy hard on the head.
"You are such a rude boy. How could you do such a thing to Yao'er? Your mother will be heartbroken if she finds out."
"Yes, yes, what Dad is saying is that I did behave badly. I am a bastard. It's all my fault. I will never do it again."
Yun Wanye continued to maintain an impeccable attitude of admitting his mistakes.
Judging from the situation, he probably wouldn't even have to be whipped. In that case, he would just be scolded by his father verbally, so of course he had to listen carefully and absolutely could not talk back.
Not only can he not talk back, he also has to take the initiative to scold himself so that his father has nothing to say.
Yun Zheng: “…”
This brat took away all the words he wanted to curse. What else could he curse? Yun Zheng frowned and said helplessly, "Why would you give Yao'er to the emperor? And what is the emperor's attitude towards Yao'er? Tell me everything quickly."
"Yes, don't worry, Dad. I will definitely tell you the whole story, without leaving out a single word."
Yun Wanye responded with a grin, but Yun Zheng glared at him with disgust.
"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point."
"Yes, Dad, this is what happened..."
In order to be with the princess, Yun Wanye wanted to use some tricks to break up the engagement between Mo Yuanhao and Yun Wanyao, but he suddenly thought of bringing Yun Wanyao up with the emperor...
She also told him everything about how she conspired with Yun Wanyao to seduce the emperor and the emperor's strange attitude towards Yun Wanyao after she entered the palace.
"This is what happened. Father, it is well known that the emperor is not interested in women. I didn't expect this plan to work, but I just wanted to give it a try."
"But who would have known that the Emperor clearly has deep feelings for Yao'er."
"Dad, the emperor grew up under your care, and he has a good character and good looks. If he really has deep feelings for Yao'er and has insisted on not marrying her for so many years, then why not let us marry Yao'er to him?"
"Anyway, there will be no good outcome for Prince Qi and Yao'er."
"If Yao'er can be with the emperor, then my son can be with the princess openly. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone, the best of both worlds?"
Yun Wanye talked incessantly, trying to persuade Yun Zheng.
"What do you know?"
After hearing this, Yun Zheng felt very complicated.
He also always thought that the emperor was born weak and did not take a queen or concubine because he had some unspeakable physical problems or he just didn't like women psychologically.
But who would have thought that he actually liked Yao'er...
It is still uncertain whether the emperor has not married yet because of Yao'er, so we cannot draw conclusions too early about some things.
"Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. For women, the palace is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. How can it be a good place?"
"Some families send their daughters to the palace, hoping to gain the emperor's favor and rise to prominence through their daughters, but your father doesn't need that."
"I, your father, would rather die on the battlefield than sacrifice Yao'er and Ningning's happiness in exchange for the family's wealth and glory."
"What's more, our family is too powerful to be a foreign relative. A strong-willed family may not necessarily be a good thing for a woman in the palace."
"Let's really send Yao'er to the palace. When Yao'er gives birth to a prince in the future, if you were the emperor, would you worry that your father wants to control the government and intend to murder you and support the little prince to take the throne?"
"The human heart cannot stand the test, and Yao'er is not suitable to be the emperor's woman."
Power is the most tempting poison in the world. It can deceive people's eyes and also deceive people's hearts.
There is not much trust between the monarch and his subjects. How long can that trust last before there is enough benefit and power? Yun Wanye: "..."
"Dad, didn't you originally plan to hand over your military power, withdraw from government affairs, and become an idle duke?"
"As for me, after I marry the princess, I will not be involved in the court. My eldest brother has no ambition to be in the court either. Our family will not be prominent for long. Why are you still worrying about this issue?"
"Oh……"
Yun Zheng sneered and said, "Your father and I planned to withdraw from the center of power and become an idle duke, but that was in the past."
"If Yao'er entered the palace, would I, your father, still think so?"
"For women in the palace, it is not a good thing for their mother's family to be too prominent, but if their mother's family is incompetent, they will not know how they will die in the palace in the future."
"If Yao'er enters the palace, then your father will naturally want to protect her. How can I give up my power?"
This has been an unsolvable problem since ancient times.
He has no power and cannot protect the people he wants to protect. He has too much power, which attracts attention and makes him the target of criticism from all walks of life. His colleagues want to replace him, and the person in charge wants to get rid of him as soon as possible.
Yun Wanye: “…”
He sighed and said, "After listening to what Dad said, I realized that I was indeed not thoughtful enough. But Dad, it's too late now."
"Looking at the emperor's attitude, I'm afraid it has to be Yao'er."
"Moreover, if Yao'er doesn't enter the palace and breaks off her engagement with the King of Qi, who among the princes of Gaojing would dare to marry her?"
"Dad, do you intend to let Yaoer remain single for life?"