Chapter 1580 Crying
Gu Zhong watched him leave, then turned and walked into the main hall, bowing slightly and saying, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Gong and Master Zhou have left."
The emperor nodded and handed him the prescriptions and dietary recipes Zhou Man had written down. "Tell someone to take them to the Imperial Hospital and have Dean Xiao take a look at them."
"Yes." Gu Zhong bowed and took it. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Your Majesty, are you really going to let Little Master Zhou treat His Highness? From what I've seen, His Highness doesn't seem to trust Little Master Zhou very much. Besides, Little Master Zhou and His Highness the Crown Prince are a bit close. I heard that His Highness waited for Little Master Zhou in the garden just now. The two of them stood together and talked for a while. He didn't look well from the looks of it."
The emperor frowned and asked, "Who followed them just now?"
Gu Zhong then reported a few names.
The emperor said, "Go and ask what they said. Forget it, we have nothing to do now. Call them over and I will ask them."
Prince Gong didn't really want to hide what he said to Zhou Man. What's more, he was still in confinement and was surrounded by the emperor and empress's people. He couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
He didn't want to stay in the Daming Palace anymore, so he wanted to rely on Zhou Man's help to return to Luozhou. But after crying, Prince Gong felt a little regretful in his heart. If his father knew what he asked Zhou Man in the garden, he would be very sad and disappointed, right?
Prince Gong walked back while wondering what Zhou Man meant. He was lecturing him in the garden, but when he was in front of his father, he acted like a compassionate doctor, as if he was considering everything for his own benefit.
Prince Gong didn't know that as soon as he left, Gu Ji and the two palace maids who had been with him came to the emperor's palace and tremblingly told him everything about how Prince Gong had stopped Zhou Man.
Of course, this also includes what Zhou Man and Prince Gong said.
The emperor was really sad. When he heard Prince Gong asked about the prince's health and why Zhou Man chose the prince in the first place, his face turned as dark as ink.
When he heard Zhou Man say that Prince Gong and the Crown Prince were his beloved ones, he became even sadder, his face became solemn and expressionless.
The queen was also touched, her eyes instantly turned red and filled with tears, which she couldn't help but fall from the corners of her eyes.
However, she quickly calmed down and gave Gu Zhong a wink. Gu Zhong understood and immediately took everyone in the hall out.
Gu Zhong carefully closed the door, and suddenly only the couple were left in the hall.
When only the couple were left, the emperor finally lowered his straight shoulders and sat down on the couch dejectedly, his eyes becoming even redder.
The Queen reached out and held his hand. The Emperor's emotions collapsed in an instant. He was sad and disappointed. He hugged the Queen's hand and cried, "Even Zhou Man, who is so young, knows this truth. How come he doesn't know it?"
The queen hugged him without saying a word.
Before the Hou Ji incident, the emperor had never believed that Prince Gong was competing with the crown prince for the throne. Prince Gong had never explicitly stated that he was interested in the position, and he rarely criticized the crown prince in front of the emperor and empress.
It was more some officials in the court or his followers who attacked the prince.
The Crown Prince's behavior was even more intense than Prince Gong's. Even at family gatherings, he could not hide his dislike for Prince Gong, and Prince Gong mostly avoided the Crown Prince.
Therefore, the emperor always felt that the prince had more problems than the brothers.
The Queen was different. She noticed when Prince Gong gave birth to his eldest son and started to become active. But Prince Gong was also her son, and she could not push her other son into eternal damnation for the sake of the Crown Prince.
So he could only persuade the emperor not to favor Prince Gong too much, while standing behind the prince with a clear attitude and secretly warning Prince Gong.
In the past few years, she has been exhausted from trying to balance her two sons.
When the emperor started crying, she couldn't hold back the grievance and disappointment in her heart, and her tears quietly rolled down. Yes, even Zhou Man knew this, so why didn't Sanlang know it?
The emperor lay in the queen's arms and cried. He felt the back of his hand was slightly wet. He looked up in surprise and found that the queen was crying too.
The Queen seldom cried, at least not as much as he did.
The emperor quickly hugged her to comfort her, "Zi Tong..."
The Queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief and choked up, "I'm just sad too, Your Majesty. It's my fault for not teaching my child well..."
The emperor hugged her and said, "How can this be blamed on you? It's all my fault. No, it's all the fault of those around Sanlang. If they hadn't instigated him, how could Sanlang have thought of doing such a thing?"
He said, "Sanlang and Dalang used to have a good relationship. It was only when Dalang started to behave ridiculously and someone instigated Sanlang that he did what he did."
The Queen was silent for a moment, then shook her head slightly and said softly, "Your Majesty, Sanlang is no longer a child. You cannot excuse him like this."
She said, "No matter how bad Dalang is, he shouldn't even think about this. At least the method he used was wrong. He's forcing the prince like this, not only forcing the prince, but also forcing us."
"Zhou Man knows that both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh, it's just a matter of how much flesh there is. No matter which part we give up, we will be heartbroken. How could he not know that if he seizes the East Palace, his eldest brother will not be able to survive."
Emperor: "How could that be? I am not that kind of person..."
"Your Majesty," the Queen suddenly interrupted him, looking up at him seriously. "Throughout the dynasties, no deposed Crown Prince has ever lived. At our age, we've experienced everything. Things in this world are never something we can just do as we please, even if you're the Emperor."
The emperor fell silent.
"You are a wise ruler, and you must be more thoughtful than me. Putting aside your love for Sanlang, do you think he is fit to be emperor?"
The emperor was dejected and silent for a moment before shaking his head, "Sanlang, it's not appropriate."
The queen looked at him with tears in her eyes and asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"
Because he is narrow-minded and too indecisive, if he becomes emperor, not only the eldest son but also his other sons will probably be in trouble.
Tears welled up in the emperor's eyes and he held the queen's hand tightly.
The Queen wiped her tears and said, "Your Majesty knows it in your heart, and I know it in my heart too. However, no matter how bad my son is, he is still my son. I still can't help but love him and worry about him. But I can't abandon the whole world for him alone."
"The chaotic times have only just ended a few years ago, and the people have only been able to live and work in peace since Zhou Man's generation. How dare I allow Your Majesty and the Li royal family to bear eternal infamy because of these two?"
The emperor was filled with shame and held her hand, saying, "It's my fault. I, I, I really don't know when this child started to have such thoughts."
The emperor said dejectedly, "Forget it. Let him return to Luozhou. He will not be allowed to return to the capital without an imperial decree. This will put an end to his thoughts."
The Queen shook her head. "He can't be allowed to go back. Why did he stop Zhou Man in the garden and say all these things? It was to get you to let him go back to Luozhou. But I'm terrified. I don't know if he will really give up, or if he will do the same as the King of Yizhou. Your Majesty, just consider it my selfish desire. I understand the pain the Queen Mother feels, and I don't want to suffer the same way."
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(End of this chapter)
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