Chapter 89 Degraded to Commoner
Wei Weiran quickly picked up the second prince and frowned, saying, "Second prince, why haven't you left yet?"
After saying that, he looked at Emperor Qingling in panic, "Your Majesty, just now the second prince came to you to review his homework. Little Guangzi said that you went to Guangling Palace, but unexpectedly the second prince did not leave. This..."
Emperor Qingling's eyes were deep and his body was frighteningly cold.
The entire Yu study was like falling into an ice cave.
He frowned, "Did someone mention Su Yu Zhai in front of you?"
The second prince never came to him on his own initiative before. This time he came to the Yu study on his own initiative and used the excuse of reviewing his homework. It can only be that someone said something nonsense in front of him.
As the king of a country, Emperor Qingling was quite scary when he was angry.
The second prince was so scared that he huddled in Wei Weiran's arms. He looked at Emperor Qingling cautiously and whispered, "It was... the nanny beside the Empress Dowager said... She said that the person I wanted to see the most lived in Shuyuzhai."
"So you believed it! You even sneaked into Yu's study and eavesdropped on me!" Emperor Qingling scolded.
The second prince lowered his head, tears welled up in his eyes, but they never fell. His little face was stubborn and pitiful.
Wei Weiran was about to open his mouth to plead for mercy when the Second Prince knelt down in front of Emperor Qingling with a thud, saying, "Father, you have taught me filial piety since I was young. It is said in the book of sages that filial piety is the first of all virtues. I want to know my mother's name and what she looks like. Is that not allowed?"
Emperor Qingling cast a deep gaze on him, with a cold look in his eyes, as if the person kneeling in front of him was not his son, but an unimportant person.
Before Emperor Qingling could speak, Wei Weiran walked to the side of the Second Prince and persuaded him, "Second Prince, the Emperor has been very busy with state affairs these past two days, so please don't make things more complicated. Let's go. I will take you back to Xuyang Palace first."
Emperor Qingling glanced at Wei Weiran coldly and said solemnly, "Step back!"
Wei Weiran stepped back angrily, glanced at the Second Prince with sympathy, lowered his eyes and shook his head.
The Second Prince lowered his head, and his vigor was exactly the same as that of Emperor Qingling when he was young.
But Emperor Qingling at this time had no intention of protecting her at all.
"Do you really want to see her?"
Hearing this, the Second Prince raised his head, and the tears in his eyes fell at the right time, with a sense of brokenness.
In fact, he looked very much like Emperor Qingling.
The indifference and stubbornness between his eyebrows, and the thin lips that were the same as his.
He nodded: "Yes, father."
Emperor Qingling turned his back, raised his head and took a deep breath and said: "The second prince Hongkuo moved out of Xuyang Palace and went to Shuyuzhai. His mother, Concubine Lian, was demoted to the third-class maid of the eighth rank and was responsible for the second prince's daily life. She was given the job of burning coal and guarding the night in Shuyuzhai. The maid Zhao Lian'er and her son must not leave Shuyuzhai for the rest of their lives."
Wei Weiran looked at Emperor Qingling's back in embarrassment, opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.
Concubine Lian had harmed the concubines in the harem over the years, but the emperor had turned a blind eye for the second prince.
From his point of view, the emperor has done his utmost.
But he did not expect that the second prince would be so easily instigated that he actually ran to the study to eavesdrop on the emperor's conversation. If a minister came to discuss state affairs and was eavesdropped by the second prince, it would be a capital crime punishable by beheading.
The empress dowager really wanted to cause chaos in the world, and she actually told the second prince about such a big thing.
I am afraid that the emperor must be even more sad. The
second prince kowtowed stubbornly: "Thank you, father, for your gift."
He has been ignored and bullied in the palace for these years because he has no mother.
From today on, he also has a mother.
Wei Weiran stepped forward and stood beside the second prince and said: "Second prince, let's go, I will take you to Shuyu Zhai."
The second prince knelt down and kowtowed three times, speaking as he kowtowed.
"First, I wish my father good health and good health."
"Second, I wish Daling a prosperous country and peace."
"Third, I wish you and I can meet again in this life."
After saying that, he stood up and left. He
looked back every three steps, but he didn't wait for Emperor Qingling to look back at him.
After leaving Yu's study, the second prince said in a very faint voice: "Eunuch Wei, do you think I did something wrong?"
Wei Weiran nodded and said: "Second prince, when have you ever seen the emperor make a decision that he shouldn't have made? All his decisions are for the sake of the country and the future of Daling."
The second prince looked in the direction of Yu's study and said solemnly: "Father and mother, do you really have no feelings for each other?"
Wei Weiran lowered his eyes and said nothing.
He didn't dare to say the gossip about the emperor, and he couldn't say it.
"Second Prince, let's go."
The second prince suddenly knelt down in the direction of Yu's study and kowtowed three times.
He turned his head and looked at Wei Weiran and said, "Eunuch Wei, if I can come back from Shuyuzhai, I will treat you to my favorite peach blossom honey."
Wei Weiran looked at the second prince and was suddenly stunned.
At this moment, he seemed to see the emperor more than ten years ago. At that time, he had only been in the palace for a few years, and he was assigned to take care of the emperor who was just four years old.
The emperor at that time was not loved by his father and mother. He suffered all kinds of pain in the palace.
It was precisely because he suffered too much in his youth that he had been hiding his light and receding his edge. He knew better than anyone the importance of conserving energy and killing with one blow.
This is also the reason why he was able to ascend to the throne later.
At this time, the Second Prince probably anticipated what would happen to him next, so he hinted to him that if possible, he should mention him in front of the Emperor when the Second Prince was in trouble.
When the Second Prince came out, he would get countless benefits.
This Second Prince was exactly like the Emperor.
He was so casual and aloof that he went to the mountain of tigers even though he knew there were tigers. He was truly a gentleman.
Wei Weiran nodded and said, "In that case, I will remember this. When the Second Prince comes out, I will wait for his peach blossom honey."
Guangling Palace.
Mi Chun rushed in from outside and pointed outside the palace and said, "Your Majesty, the second prince was demoted to a commoner and became the son of a palace maid. He was moved to Shuyuzhai."
Concubine Shugui was playing with Ying'an, and when she saw Mi Chun, she put down the toy in her hand and glanced at the nanny.
Nanny Xiang stepped forward and carried Ying'an out.
Ying'an's inner voice also echoed from near to far.
[The second prince was demoted! He should go to Shuyuzhai! Isn't Shuyuzhai next to the cold palace? It's so quiet in there, it doesn't look like anyone can live there, this scumbag father is really cruel.]
Shu Guifei lowered her eyes and laughed.
She is so gossipy at such a young age, who did she take after?
After Nanny Xiang walked away, she looked at Mi Chun: "Did the second prince mention the lady in Shuyuzhai in front of the emperor?"
Mi Chun opened her mouth in surprise: "My lady, you really have a good idea!"
Shu Guifei sneered, picked up the tea on the table and brought it to her lips, taking a sip.
"Madame Yu has not confessed her guilt until now, which shows that it is not her. In the harem, besides the empress, there is only that lady."
Even Hua Zhiyao now would not dare to do anything to Ying'an.