Chapter 1901: All Biased
Seeing the emperor's suspicion, Mingda said, "Although your attitude is still bad, you're clearly doing something good for the other person, yet you insist on saying unpleasant things..."
The Queen beside her said, "You are somewhat like your father in this respect."
emperor:……
The Queen said to the Emperor, "You and your son have very similar temperaments, especially when you were young."
The emperor didn't believe it, "I don't have the same bad temper as him."
The queen smiled but said nothing.
The emperor felt hurt, so he pulled Mingda aside to continue discussing how to reconcile his two sons.
Mingda then recounted in detail what Bai Shan and Zhou Man had discussed with them, "Father, look, didn't Third Brother Cai not file a complaint against the Crown Prince? This is a sign of improvement."
The emperor said, "Your third brother never reported the Crown Prince before."
Mingda was speechless, and after a moment's hesitation, he couldn't hold it in. "Then why does Father always get angry with the Crown Prince after seeing my third brother? Is he sure that the Crown Prince is bullying my third brother?"
The emperor wanted to say, "Isn't this a well-known fact?"
But when he met the gazes of his wife and daughter, he was speechless for a long time.
The emperor was silent for a long time before he said, "Just now Dalang was saying bad things about Sanlang."
Mingda said, "Brother Crown Prince has a sharp tongue but a kind heart."
The Queen also said, "He should change his temper. While good deeds don't need to be publicized to everyone, he shouldn't speak ill of others. Harsh words also hurt."
After saying this, she looked at Mingda and Changyu, who was standing there in a daze, and said in a deep voice, "From now on, whether you disagree with others or get angry or quarrel, you must not say bad words, understand?"
Mingda and Changyu nodded in agreement.
The emperor looked at his two daughters and then thought about his two sons. He felt a little regretful. He should not have taken care of the Crown Prince and Prince Gong himself. He should have given the two boys to the Queen to raise.
The Queen had already said, "Let Zhou Man and the other three stand up. This matter has nothing to do with them. Sanlang was a little too impatient. Dalang teased Sanlang for fun, so he is punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall for half a day."
The emperor, who only intended to punish the prince by making him kneel outside the palace for an hour in front of his ministers, could not help but murmur, "Isn't this too harsh..."
The queen was furious. "When the two children quarreled, you favored Sanlang. When another child got into trouble, you were reluctant to punish him. You can't distinguish right from wrong, and you don't know how to reward or punish..."
The emperor saw her face flush with anger and quickly comforted her, "Zi Tong, I'm just afraid that the punishment will be too severe and Da Lang will blame San Lang and me."
The queen flicked her sleeves and left, turning to go to the back hall to see Prince Gong.
The emperor hurried over to comfort her.
Mingda got up from the ground. Changyu came forward to help her up and asked in confusion, "What should we do?"
"It's okay, let father go and comfort mother." Mingda pulled Changyu to the front hall door to look at the four people kneeling.
She said to the prince, "Brother, the Queen Mother asked you to kneel in the ancestral hall."
The prince's face froze and he looked up at Mingda.
Mingda nodded slightly and said to him, "The Queen Mother said you shouldn't tease Third Brother."
After that, he turned to the kneeling Zhou Man and the other two and said, "Get up. This matter has nothing to do with you anymore."
Manbao and the other two looked at each other and realized that Mingda had persuaded the emperor and empress, so they kowtowed and thanked the emperor and empress from afar before standing up.
The prince also stood up slowly, not wanting to kneel in the ancestral hall.
He is already a father, how can it be inappropriate for him to kneel in the ancestral hall?
But this was the Queen's order, and he obviously could not disobey, so he walked out with his head hung. Mingda saw that the four of them had left, and then he pulled Changyu to the back hall to see Prince Gong.
Bai Erlang followed them out in confusion and couldn't help asking, "Is this the end?"
Bai Shan asked, "What else do you want?"
When they reached the fork in the hall, the three men stood aside with their heads bowed, watching the prince turn and kneel in the ancestral hall.
After he walked away, the three of them saw that there was not even a eunuch to lead the way for them, so they did not rush to leave, but walked out slowly.
Because they survived the disaster, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Jilang's face was full of sympathy. "The prince is so pitiful. Your Majesty is too partial."
Bai Shan and Man Bao both nodded, but then shook their heads and said to him, "Your Majesty is really partial, but the prince is not that pitiful."
Bai Shan said, "Your Majesty favors Prince Gong over Prince Gong, and favors the Prince over the court officials. Both of them were at fault, and logically, both should be punished."
Not only the Crown Prince and Manbao will be punished, but Prince Gong will also be punished.
Why did he kick the table?
Is he dissatisfied with the prince or the emperor?
Seriously speaking, even though Prince Gong had a broken leg, according to the court officials' standards, Prince Gong's fault was greater than that of the Crown Prince.
It was just that the emperor felt sorry for Prince Gong, so he scolded the prince first and let the prince take the blame. But he was afraid that the prince would really be accused of being unfriendly to his brothers by the court officials, so he limited the matter to a family affair for the time being. He did not issue an edict to reprimand the prince, but directly made him kneel outside the palace.
Even Manbao got a little bit of the benefit and was punished to kneel down. Otherwise, he would have been taken away for questioning. I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to get out unless he was asked everything that happened in the room.
Bai Shan calculated that the emperor was partial, so he instigated Mingda to intercede, so as to make the matter smaller before it got out of hand.
Otherwise, if Manbao was really locked up, he might be interrogated by the Dali Temple or Jingzhao Prefecture, and that would require the Mingtang to be examined.
Bai Shan knew exactly how officials made mistakes.
Man Bao, who was already an official, nodded repeatedly. "Alas, it's Prince Gong's fault that he didn't cause a medical accident, but rather caused more harm. Otherwise, we should have questioned the Imperial Medical Bureau first."
Bai Erlang pondered for a moment and said, "What a hassle! I should have known not to allow Princess Mingda to go and see Prince Gong."
Manbao disagrees. "Money can't buy foresight. If there were only foresight in this world, there would be so many things that could change."
Bai Shan nodded, "So now that it has happened, let's deal with it."
The three of them walked slowly through the Taiji Hall, turned into the corridor and walked out, intending to leave the palace.
As soon as they reached the palace gate, two young eunuchs came running to them, panting, and called out, "Doctor Zhou, Doctor Zhou..."
The three men froze and turned to look at the young eunuch running towards them from the other end of the corridor.
Bai Shan said, "Can we just turn around and pretend we didn't hear it?"
Manbao: "Are you dreaming?"
Bai Erlang complained, "I told you to complain about knee pain, now it's better, leave earlier, and you won't be stopped if you walk out of the palace."
Manbao and Baishan couldn't help but say, "You cried out in pain a lot just now."
After saying this, the two of them became worried again, "Could the emperor want to call us back to kneel again?"
Bai Erlang turned around and said to Bai Shan: "It's just called Manbao, why don't we go."
Bai Shan began to think seriously.
Manbao hadn't originally intended to drag them into the punishment, but when he saw Bai Shan really thinking about it, he immediately became furious and shouted, "You dare! If you dare to leave me alone, I, I, I will..."
Bai Shan smiled and asked, "What about you?"
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(End of this chapter)
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