Chapter 189 Entering the Capital without an Imperial Edict
"I see. Since she is my niece, I should give her a gift when we meet." Prince Yan touched his waist and wanted to take off the white jade pendant.
Xiao Yan stopped him, "Don't give away the prince's things to others casually. It will only cause trouble in the future."
Prince Yan: "...Jian, do you still think I shouldn't come to the capital?"
"Your Highness, do you think you should come?" Xiao Yan asked back.
Prince Yan sighed, "I know that vassal princes are not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial decree. But my father hasn't attended court for a long time, and I'm really worried about his health. I only brought two people to the capital, so isn't that enough to prove myself?"
If he had bad intentions, why would he bring two people with him and then "walk into a trap"?
He was just a son who was worried about his father.
He wrote several memorials requesting to return to Beijing to visit, but all fell on deaf ears.
So he came by himself.
"Ji'an, you know me. I have always respected my father and have absolutely no other intentions. My father should also know..."
Daya stood by and listened quietly without interrupting.
It turns out that my father has a personal relationship with the King of Yan.
So today, Dad met Prince Yan on his way to Beijing at the dock, and then brought him here?
If it were me, I would probably do the same.
It is impossible to bring him home, because if Prince Yan is found to have done such a foolish thing, the Emperor will punish him. If my father takes him in, he will also be implicated.
Even if we hide from the public eye like this now, we may not be able to get rid of it.
Dad knew the interests involved, but still intervened, which shows that the two of them must have had a close relationship.
Daya silently analyzed the situation in her mind, and then she heard Xiao Yan say, "What you think is not important. What matters is what the Emperor thinks. The Emperor is determined to pass the throne to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He could easily misunderstand any slight movement from you princes. What's more, you're committing a serious taboo by doing this."
This is handing evidence to the emperor!
The emperor has been pretending to be weak these days, even though he is obviously in good health, making it difficult for people to figure out the truth. Isn't this just for "fishing"?
As a result, there really was a stupid fish like the King of Yan who took the bait.
"I don't know how the emperor's health is. I just want to go see him and then go back. I don't think the emperor will blame me. Xiao Yan, you are making a big deal out of nothing."
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and resisted the urge to slap him.
There's no way, I've been beating Yun Ting too well recently.
The King of Yan is the same as he used to be.
They all think that their parents love them.
But people’s hearts are biased.
In the emperor's mind, he probably only has one son, the crown prince, and the others are like concubines brought from their own families.
And the Prince of Yan is simply the son of the emperor's enemy.
Prince Yan spent the first six years of his life in the cold palace.
At that time, his mother, Concubine Wang, climbed onto the dragon bed when the former queen had a miscarriage and was heartbroken.
When the queen found out, she became even more sad and even lost the will to live for a while.
The emperor was disgusted with Concubine Wang's tricks against him, so he banished her to the cold palace.
Even after hearing that she was pregnant, they never released her.
Prince Yan was born and raised in the cold palace.
Concubine Wang stayed in the cold palace for four years and died of depression when Prince Yan was three years old.
The three-year-old Prince of Yan lost his mother's care and was bullied by the eunuchs and palace maids in the cold palace, who treated him like a dog.
Until one day, the emperor accidentally passed by and heard sounds of beating and scolding coming from inside. Then he remembered that he had a fourth son here.
If I don’t see it, I won’t think about it.
Now that he had seen the culprit, he was no longer there. The emperor looked at his skinny son and felt pity for him, so he picked up the Prince of Yan.
In Prince Yan’s memory, that was the most beautiful first meeting between father and son, and the emperor was his salvation.
This feeling is understandable.
After all, among the education the prince received, the emperor accounted for two of the three: heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teachers.
Women, even mothers, are not that important.
Besides, didn’t my mother do something wrong back then?
After the emperor brought the Prince of Yan out, probably to make amends to him, he raised him together with the prince by his side and educated him personally.
However, during this process, the emperor always asked Prince Yan to remember his duties and assist the prince in the future.
The King of Yan's surname was Liu, and his given name was Yi, which means assistant.
When Prince Yan was fourteen years old, the emperor sent him to the northwest to fight in the war.
The crown prince, who was only eight years old and six years younger than him, had already begun learning the art of ruling from the imperial tutor.
Prince Yan accepted the emperor's arrangement and thought there was no problem with it.
So when he heard that the emperor was critically ill, he couldn't wait to go to Beijing to visit him, with the sincere heart of a son towards his father.
But in Xiao Yan's opinion, it was a rash act.
Xiao Yan and Prince Yan had fought side by side before, so they always had a comradeship. Moreover, Prince Yan was humble and treated Xiao Yan like a brother. When faced with war, they worked together and never used his status as a prince to bully others.
The Prince of Yan was an open-minded man, but he was a little too carefree.
And he never had a correct understanding of the relationship between the emperor and his father.
There is a feeling of "He originally wanted to turn his heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon only shines on the ditch."
"Your Majesty is fine." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice, "You can go back."
"real?"
"Well." Xiao Yan didn't even want to say anything more to him. "If you don't want anything to happen and your wife and children to be imprisoned, then go back quickly. Zhao Zhao, tell the prince if the emperor is okay?"
It turned out that she was asked to come to help persuade King Yan.
Daya thought for a moment and said, "The Emperor is fine, but I'm afraid that it's easy for the Prince to come here, but it will be difficult for him to return safely."
Xiao Yan nodded, "Yes. The prince has been away from Jinling for so many days, there must be rumors. After returning, we can find a way to silence them. The most urgent thing is to rush back as soon as possible, the sooner the better."
"Did Dad recognize the prince at the dock? Are you sure that no one else has seen the prince?" Daya asked.
“It’s risky, but is there a better way?”
"Your Highness, if you don't see the Emperor, I'm afraid you won't be able to rest easy after you return..."
Prince Yan nodded repeatedly: "My niece is right! I just want to see my father. Even if he misunderstands, I will kneel before him and plead my case. And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also speak up for me."
Daya continued, "Besides, I'm also afraid that someone with ulterior motives might see the prince. Once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back. Since the prince is already here, we must find a way to see the emperor. And most importantly, we must make sure the emperor doesn't blame the prince."
"Zhao Zhao, do you have any ideas?" Xiao Yan asked in a deep voice.
"I have an idea, which may not be appropriate—"
"It's okay, tell me what you're talking about."
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