Chapter 402 Ling Jingxuan Extra 6
I heard from the secret guard that Qin Le Yin, who was the same age as Sheng Er, was a martial arts genius. Although he was young, he had excellent kung fu skills. Whenever someone in the academy bullied Sheng Er and the other three, Qin Le Yin would stand up for them. There was no rival for him in the entire martial arts academy.
I am really happy that Sheng'er has such people around him. If the brothers Qin Leyin and Qin Wuyou can be used by Sheng'er, they will surely be important officials in the court in the future.
Three years later, it was another year of imperial examinations. Qin Wuyou, who had already become a juren, became famous. Many people thought that he would be the top scorer in this exam. I was also looking forward to it and wanted to see what kind of genius this distant relative of the Qin family was during the palace examination.
But half a month before the imperial examination, Sheng'er suddenly returned to the palace.
When I went to see him, Sheng'er, who was already 19 years old, had red eyes from crying.
I was really surprised at that time. Since Sheng'er became sensible, he rarely shed tears. The last time he cried was when the queen passed away.
It was only then that I realized that Qin Leyin and Qin Wuyou not only did not have the surname Qin, but they were not brothers, but siblings.
They are the children of Dugu Yu and Qin Qingyao.
It was only at this time that I understood the hidden rules of Yuelu Mountain. After spending time with her day and night, Sheng'er had long known that Dugu Leyin was a girl, but he was afraid that the girl would be driven away, so he kept it a secret.
Originally, Dugu Wuyou was indeed going to take part in the imperial examination this time.
But just two days ago, the Qi family went to Yuelu Mountain to visit Sheng'er, and accidentally let the siblings know that this person was not Qi Sheng, but the current crown prince Ling Sheng.
Sheng'er apologized to them and confessed his love to Dugu Leyin. He said that he would come back to ask me for marriage and he wanted to marry Dugu Leyin as the Crown Princess.
This is the first time Sheng'er has fallen in love with a girl since he was a child. He even thought of asking me to help him get married. How rare.
But Dugu Leyin disagreed.
I think she also has feelings for Sheng'er, but she likes Qi Sheng instead of the prince.
She said that she would never enter the palace, nor would she allow her husband to have three harems and six courtyards. She said that she liked to travel all over the country and did not want to be trapped in the deep palace for the rest of her life like being in prison.
Although I have never seen her, I can almost imagine her expression from the tone of her voice. It is exactly the same as her mother's.
The Dugu siblings just ran away, as if they were afraid that they would be kidnapped by Sheng'er and brought back to the palace. Dugu Wuyou didn't even take the imperial examination. In fact, I also know that even if he really won the top spot, he probably wouldn't become an official in the court.
I am happy to see you leave to make room for others. If you leave after passing the imperial examination, I will definitely be angry. I am the emperor and no one can play tricks on me.
But Dugu Leyin rejected Sheng'er, and I had nothing to say.
Sheng'er cried her heart out that night. I felt like I should be angry, but I couldn't.
At the beginning, I didn't shed a single tear for Dugu Leyin's mother. All my tears were shed for my queen. Thinking of this, I actually felt very proud.
A hundred years later, when I meet the Queen in the underworld, I will definitely tell her about it and let her feel sorry for me.
"Father, I don't want to be the crown prince anymore. I want to go with Le Yin. Is that okay?"
I was scared by Sheng'er and I didn't know how to answer this question.
I had planned his entire life before he was born. I would let him succeed to the throne, and he would be the next king of Zhaoling Kingdom.
I considered all the possible risks and did everything I could to address them.
But I never imagined that one day in the future Sheng'er would tell me in person that he didn't want to be a prince or an emperor.
So what should I do?
I have ruined all my sons except him. There is no replacement for the crown prince. Is it too late to raise a new one now?
I finally realized why the court officials were worried that I was doting on the prince too much and that he was about to run away with someone else. But instead of getting angry and punishing him, I was thinking about finding a substitute.
That night, my father and I slept together. This was against the rules, but no one dared to disobey me.
Sheng'er talked a lot, talking about his life in the past three years. His eyes were shining brightly, and he was crying but happy at the same time, because Dugu Leyin was mentioned in everything he said.
I couldn't comment on my son's love that came to an abrupt end, I could only listen quietly.
The next morning, after I left the morning court, Sheng'er came to the imperial study and knelt down to apologize.
He said he knew he was wrong, that he was Prince Zhaoling, the crown prince whom I had painstakingly trained. He said he would never act so willfully or speak nonsense again, but he did not say he would never think of Dugu Leyin again.
I am satisfied that he did not leave me and the palace to pursue his own love. I am very grateful to him.
Ask yourself, if Qin Qingyao had told me to give up everything and go with her, and said she wanted to travel around the world with me, who knows who would be sitting on the throne now.
Sheng'er is more sensible than me, and will definitely be more successful than me in the future. He is my son, and I am extremely proud of him.
"Sheng'er, you're about to come of age, and the voices of the court officials urging you to marry the Crown Princess will become louder and louder."
"In the future, you will encounter countless weak women who have been bullied, women who have fallen into lakes, women who have fallen off horses, and other situations."
Sheng'er was very calm, "Marriage is a big matter, but it's up to the emperor, the father, to make the decision."
"No, I can make the decision on everything except this one. I hope you will choose your own Crown Princess."
Sheng'er looked at me in shock. He obviously didn't expect me to say that. I was so strict with him and wanted him to become a perfect prince.
He probably thought that his marriage would be firmly under my control.
My father didn't take my marriage seriously at the beginning, and there was no mother or relatives to take care of it, so it was delayed. That's why I was so lucky to meet Qin Qingyao and marry Qi Luoyuan.
I know what sacrifices are required to become an emperor, so I hope that my Sheng'er can also have a real home, someone to rely on, and a bed where he can sleep well all night.
Otherwise, it would be too painful to sit on this dragon throne.
"Father knows that you love Dugu Leyin, but it is impossible for you to be together. I don't want you to despair of love because of this."
"My father also had someone he loved but couldn't marry. Later, I met your mother, the queen. I love her very much and am very glad that I married her. I have never regretted it."
Sheng'er looked at me with red eyes. I think at this moment he probably felt the love and tolerance from a father, rather than the majesty of a monarch and his subjects.
"But what if I can't forget the music?"
"Then don't forget. When you loved her, it was beautiful. Why would you forget?"
"But you have to know that there will always be someone in this world who truly belongs to you, and there will definitely be such a person, so you must choose for yourself."
"Yes, Sheng'er knows."
I looked at Sheng'er's smile and felt very satisfied. His strength made me feel ashamed of myself. After all, I was not as open-minded as him at the beginning.
"Then you need to hurry up. Those old men in the court are more anxious than I am. I can still help you for now, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future."
Sheng'er likes to leave the palace, and I never stop him. As long as he attends court on time and does not stop working, he can go wherever he wants at other times.
A year later, Sheng'er finally had another girl by his side, the second daughter of Qin Yuelin, the third son of the Qin family.
I feel really melancholy. Why do my father and I have to have such a special affection for the girl from the Qin family?
I couldn't figure it out, and I even disliked Qin Yuefeng very much.
The girl's name was Qin Caiyun, and the name was given by Qin Yuelin, a rough man. It was not poetic at all.
It is said that she was born in the evening when the sky was filled with beautiful colorful clouds, so she was named after that. This is too casual. How could the future father-in-law of the emperor be so unreliable?
As a general, Qin Yuelin is absolutely reliable, but my son has fallen in love with his daughter, and I don't like his whole family.
Normally, there would be a grand banquet in the palace during the Lantern Festival.
But I found an excuse to cancel this year's palace banquet so that Sheng'er could have time to leave the palace and watch the lantern festival with the girl from the Qin family.
Although Qin Caiyun is a girl, she likes to go to the military camp. She has good kung fu skills and is said to be proficient in riding and archery. She goes hunting with her father and is not inferior to the elite soldiers under her father.
Sheng'er seems to like girls who jump around with swords and guns. They look so energetic and really make people feel good.
Today I also left the palace, in disguise, and followed Sheng'er and Qin Caiyun secretly like a thief.
I looked at Sheng'er beside Qin Caiyun, always smiling, pampering her and protecting her, working hard like a guard, and I felt more and more unhappy.
I don’t know if Sheng’er has forgotten Dugu Leyin, but I know that he really likes Qin Caiyun now.
Between these two girls, I certainly hope that Sheng'er can marry Qin Caiyun into the palace.
But the Crown Princess, the future Queen, I don’t care whose family she is from, I don’t care whether her father is loyal or treacherous, I just want to know whether she cares about my son.
People come and go on the busy streets.
I asked a team of palace guards to put on night clothes and assassinate Sheng'er. Of course, this was all my idea and I didn't dare let anyone know.
Qin Caiyun's martial arts skills are indeed good, and she has been protecting Sheng'er. In addition, Sheng'er brought four secret guards with him when he left the palace, so the situation did not seem so critical.
So I added twenty more assassins, used real swords and knives, and blood was seen on the streets.
Seeing that she couldn't protect Sheng'er, Qin Caiyun pushed him into the hands of a secret guard and ordered the guard to take him back to the palace in a very imposing manner.
But Sheng'er was worried about her and insisted on taking her with him.
Qin Caiyun raised her hand and slapped Sheng'er so hard and loud that I could hear the sound of the slap even from such a distance.
I have punished Sheng'er many times since he was a child, but no one has ever dared to touch his face, not even me.
So he was stunned by Qin Caiyun and then taken away by the secret guards.
Now that the prince has left, the assassins will naturally disperse.
But Qin Caiyun kept pestering a man, obviously wanting to capture him alive. What should I do? If Sheng'er knew that I sent someone to assassinate him, there would be chaos in the world.
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