Chapter 294 A single cry of "Mother Empress" brings bitterness to the Crown Prince's heart!
Xiao Ce had heard these words countless times. He looked at Xiao Yushan with some helplessness and then said, "If Father really cares about me, then please stop interfering! His Majesty's schemes are beyond our comprehension. If in the end this throne has nothing to do with me, then it is fate, and we cannot change it!"
This thing originally belonged to Xiao Xingyuan. If he gives it to someone else, it becomes theirs; if he doesn't, it becomes theirs. Why can't these people understand such a simple principle?
Xiao Xingyuan is in the prime of his life and living a good life, so what are they so anxious about?
Even if he is the crown prince, he still has to wait until the emperor dies before he can ascend the throne, right?
Xiao Ce kept these words to himself and dared not say them out loud.
"What do you know? You don't know anything at all!"
"What bullshit destiny! It's all a lie, all evidence of his ruthless methods!"
Xiao Yushan gritted his teeth and stared intently at Xiao Ce.
"Do you know that if Xiao Xingyuan hadn't become emperor through his cunning, you would have been born the crown prince and wouldn't have needed to be adopted by him?"
Every time Xiao Yushan thought about this, he would be furious. Back then, he was the rightful crown prince, but before the late emperor passed away, he directly passed the throne to Xiao Xingyuan in front of everyone, making him, the former crown prince, a laughing stock in the entire capital and the whole world!
Even now, he remains an unshakeable prince, but Xiao Yushan gets so angry that he can't sleep whenever he thinks about those things.
Seeing Xiao Yushan's annoyed expression, Xiao Ce didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only helplessly say, "Father, now, he is the emperor."
No matter how dissatisfied you are, this matter is definitely unchangeable.
"How could you be my son? How could you say such a pathetic thing!"
"I'd rather have no son at all than have one with a son like you!"
After saying this, Xiao Yushan strode outside.
Watching Xiao Yushan's retreating figure, Ming Chu looked at Xiao Ce with some concern: "Your Highness, are you alright? Would you like some water?"
"No matter what he said today, you can't tell anyone, understand?"
"If outsiders find out about these things, our whole family will be wiped out."
Xiao Ce rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.
Seeing his distressed expression, Mingchu felt a pang of heartache and then said, "I will not tell anyone, but Your Highness, what... what should we do in the future?"
Once you have the first child, you'll have the second. This one is a daughter, who's next?
If she really had her own biological son, then what about an adopted son?
Ming Chu wasn't greedy for wealth and glory; she was simply afraid that she and her child wouldn't even have a place to stand in the future.
Seeing Mingchu's worried expression, Xiao Ce frowned with some displeasure: "These things are not your concern. You should just stay at home and take good care of yourself during your pregnancy."
After saying this, Xiao Ce snorted, turned around and walked outside, heading straight into the palace to find Xiao Xingyuan.
Mingchu never expected that her concern would be met with this. She subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, and tears fell down her face: "Baby, I don't know if I can protect you."
The Imperial Study.
Now that Meng Yanzhi is the Empress, she simply piled all her account books in the Imperial Study. During the day, Xiao Xingyuan would read the memorials while Meng Yanzhi would read the account books. After the evening, the two of them would go back to sleep hand in hand, just like a married couple!
Xiao Ce hurriedly entered the room, and was somewhat surprised to see Meng Yanzhi. He quickly knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Father Emperor, Mother...Mother Empress!"
He was Xiao Xingyuan's adopted son and the crown prince, so according to seniority and rules, he should call Meng Yanzhi "Empress Dowager". However, the two of them were quite familiar with each other, and he had even had some inappropriate thoughts. Now he had to lower his head and call her "Empress Dowager". This feeling of shame was really unbearable.
Meng Yanzhi didn't care about that. She waved her hand and said with a smile, "Why did the Crown Prince rush in? What's wrong?"
"Father, there are many rumors circulating outside because of the Prince of Yan's affair, and I am worried that there may be turmoil in the court!"
Xiao Ce sighed helplessly, but he didn't avoid mentioning Meng Yanzhi when he said these words.
So that's why...
Meng Yanzhi smiled at Xiao Ce's helpless expression and said, "He became the Prince of Yan so that he could have a prestigious status for marriage alliances. Does he expect you to sacrifice yourself for him?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ce was stunned. It wasn't that he hadn't considered this possibility, but rather that he hadn't expected Meng Yanzhi to bring it up so directly, without any attempt to conceal it.
For some reason, Xiao Ce blushed with embarrassment.
Seeing Xiao Ce's expression, Xiao Xingyuan coughed and tapped the table: "It doesn't matter what outsiders think, what matters is that we, as a family, must be of one mind. If you've heard those people outside stirring things up, you should know better."
Xiao Ce had never doubted Xiao Xingyuan, and now that Meng Yanzhi had become Empress, Xiao Ce trusted the two of them even more. Upon hearing this, he immediately understood Xiao Xingyuan's meaning, quickly knelt on the ground, and said, "Father, rest assured, I understand!"
That's more like it.
Xiao Xingyuan nodded in satisfaction: "Get up. Since you're here, stay for lunch!"
"Yes!" Xiao Ce stood up, smiled at Xiao Xingyuan, and then stepped forward to carefully examine the memorial sent from the south.
The memorial mainly reported on the progress of potato and cabbage planting. Since Xiao Ce was in charge of this matter, no one was more anxious about it than him.
Meng Yanzhi remained silent, simply looking down at the clan genealogies in her hands, feeling a sudden throbbing pain in her head.
She had long known that being an empress was a very difficult thing, but she never expected that she would have to do such a difficult thing herself in the end.
These aristocratic families are all extremely pretentious, believing that face is more important than anything else. Therefore, the most important thing in arranging them together is to save face and give them as much face as possible.
If it weren't for the visit from the Canglan Kingdom, she wouldn't have cared about the lives of these living fathers at all. Just thinking about this made Meng Yanzhi mutter curses in her heart at those ill-intentioned guys from the Canglan Kingdom!
Seeing Meng Yanzhi's sullen expression, Xiao Xingyuan asked curiously, "Yanzhi, what's wrong?"
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