Chapter 1402: Different Ideas (October Monthly Ticket Plus 7)
The emperor said, "When I was in the palace, not only was the former crown prince suspicious of me, but Your Majesty and the ministers at court also put a lot of pressure on me. The noble families wanted to send assassins to kill me for the third son, but didn't I survive it?"
How did you get through it?
The words circled around the queen's tongue but were never spoken.
How did the emperor survive? He returned thousands of miles away and killed the third prince who had been fighting with him, forcing the late emperor to appoint him as the crown prince.
By saying this, was she implying that the prince also had this intention?
And what a coincidence, the one who was fighting with the crown prince at this time was also the third prince, her son.
The queen felt that she was being wronged and she covered her chest with her hands, unable to speak.
The emperor quickly patted her chest and said, "Don't be angry. I will send Old Man Wang away and prevent him from causing trouble for Dalang in the capital."
The Queen sighed, "It's useless. Even without Lord Wang, there are still Lord Zhang and Lord Liu. There are plenty of people who have objections."
If Dalang was not the crown prince, but just an ordinary prince, who among the ministers would care whether he could have children?
It would be good if she could give birth, but it would be fine if she couldn't, so she could adopt one from the royal family. The ministers didn't care.
But he is the crown prince, and the ministers cannot ignore him. He is the foundation of the country. If a crown prince does not have his own children, the country will definitely be in turmoil in the future. Instead of leaving the trouble for the future, it is better to solve it now.
The Queen knew their thoughts too well.
In fact, she sees more clearly than anyone else.
Ultimately, the prince's mind is not stable enough.
The queen wiped away her tears. If he had the emperor's patience and courage, and remained as humble and polite as before, and did not lose his composure, even if he had no children, people would at most criticize him, and important officials like Wei Zhi would still stand on his side to uphold orthodoxy.
Even now, he was in a bad temper because of all these blows. He quarreled with others and fought with his brother. Even important officials like Wei Zhi and Tang Hui hinted to the emperor to appoint another prince, but the emperor and empress still did not give up on him.
The emperor gritted his teeth and refused to depose or enthrone the crown prince.
Both husband and wife knew that there was no safe deposed prince in the world, and deposing him would be equivalent to killing him.
The queen resented the emperor for doting on the third prince too much, causing the third prince and other people to have inappropriate thoughts.
In the first two years, although the prince was criticized for not having any offspring, he was still in a good situation and was basically stable.
But ever since the third brother joined the fight for the throne, more and more people in the court have been criticizing the crown prince, and he has gradually lost his composure.
The emperor felt that the prince would become emperor in the future. If he couldn't even handle such a small matter, how could he shoulder the burden of the entire country in the future?
The north is in turmoil and the aristocratic families are rebellious. Do they think that all he needs to do when he succeeds to the throne is to sit on the dragon throne and act as a mascot?
Moreover, he gave him the whole world. The third brother was born to the same mother as him and was equally smart and clever, but he only got a small fiefdom. What's wrong with him loving him more?
However, the third brother did go too far. He knew that the prince could not drink alcohol, but still replaced his wine.
When the emperor thought about this, he was so angry that his beard started to flutter.
The Queen also remembered this incident and frowned as she asked, "How is the investigation going into the replacement of the Prince's wine at the state banquet?"
The emperor looked around and said, "The person who exchanged the wine is dead. It will be difficult to investigate next. I have asked Gu Zhong to investigate."
"Why did you ask Gu Zhong to investigate?" The Queen knew something was fishy when she heard it, and couldn't help but hit him lightly. "Tell me the truth, did you find anything?"
The emperor grunted and refused to speak.
The Queen looked helpless, "You didn't find out about the third brother, did you?"
The emperor remained silent.
The Queen said, "That wasn't done by the Third Brother."
The emperor was in high spirits and immediately asked, "Zi Tong knows who it is?"
"I don't know, but I know it wasn't the Third Brother," the Queen said. "Before you let the Third Brother leave the capital, he came to me crying. He said he didn't do it, and he didn't know. He felt wronged."
The emperor couldn't help but mutter, "He said it wasn't him, and you believed him?"
"I believe it," the Queen glanced at him and said, "If he did it, he wouldn't dare come to see me. After the incident with Liu from the Eastern Palace, I summoned him to see me, but he hid and didn't dare come. If he really did do it, how dare he come to the palace and cry to me this time?"
The Queen was quite disappointed with him. "Your Majesty, you have already wronged the Crown Prince. You must not wrongly accuse another child. The relationship between these two brothers is so bad, you..."
The queen suppressed her bad words and turned her head away angrily.
The emperor heard her unfinished words and couldn't help but get angry. "So, this matter is still my fault?"
The queen lowered her head and said nothing.
The emperor was so angry that he stood up, turned around twice on the spot, and couldn't help kicking the pillar next to him. He didn't use the right strength and his toes hurt. The emperor couldn't help but hiss.
The Queen was both angry and aggrieved. She stepped forward to support him and said, "It's yours, why are you angry with me? Go to the court and ask why those people are instigating Sanlang and Dalang to quarrel. It's all for the merit of following the emperor. What merit is there in following the emperor? Look at the veterans who fought on the battlefield with you, how many of them are now seeking this kind of wealth and glory?"
"I've advised you before, and Wei Zhi and the others have also advised you many times, but have you listened? You responded well to my face, but then you forgot about it the moment you turned around."
The emperor said, "Sanlang is also your son."
"Don't I love him?" The Queen couldn't hold back her tears. "Parents who love their children plan for their future. Are you doing him good by blindly pampering him?"
"You dote on them and love them, but look at how you've spoiled them, how they've become." The Queen's tears fell drop by drop as she choked back her tears, "How close were they before? If you hadn't spoiled them so much, they wouldn't be able to help each other, and they wouldn't be enemies like they are now."
Both of them are her sons, and now they are looking at each other like cock-eyed, and they wish to kill each other instead. Isn’t she, as a mother, the saddest person?
When the emperor saw the queen crying, he became flustered and did not care that his toes were still hurting. He quickly wiped her tears, admitted his mistake, and promised not to spoil Sanlang anymore.
The Queen cried for a while, wiped away her tears, and brought the topic back to the topic, "You should investigate the matter of the wine exchange carefully. If it is not easy to hand it over to the Ministry of Justice, then let Yin Li investigate it."
If it is handed over to the Ministry of Justice, it will be analyzed in the court. If the emperor has any concerns, he can hand it over to the Jingzhao Yin.
Yin Li was the emperor's confidant, and Jingzhao Prefecture was under his control. He was investigating secretly, and there were many ways he could avoid letting others know.
The Queen had her suspicions about who she was, but she was reluctant to say it out loud and mislead the Emperor. She only said, "No matter whether it turns out to be Sanlang's doing, justice must be done to Dalang."
Since the queen was crying, the emperor naturally agreed to whatever she said.
He nodded repeatedly, wiping her tears while saying, "I'll do as you say. Stop crying! Your crying is killing me."
(End of this chapter)
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