"Oh, I didn't even know the portraits of the late emperor in the Fengxian Hall and the Taimiao were fake?"
Emperor Shengwu said, "Why don't you bring it to me, Tenth Brother?"
All the ministers were stunned. Wasn't it the prince's full moon banquet? Why were they talking about the late emperor?
"King of Fu"
The Queen Mother spoke out to stop her, as her memory of the late emperor's appearance was a little fuzzy.
She remembered that the emperor looked like the late emperor when he was young, but Prince Fu looked like the late emperor when he was middle-aged and old, both of them were fat.
It’s just that Prince Fu is fatter now.
Prince Fu ignored the Queen Mother's dissuasion. He was so excited that he took this opportunity to let everyone know that he, Prince Fu, was the one who looked most like the late emperor.
Emperor Shengwu did not care about this. Although he did not like the late emperor, it was a fact that he was the late emperor's son.
I just feel uncomfortable listening to the Queen Mother's party saying every day that Prince Fu looks like the late emperor.
Nor did it stop Prince Fu.
The Grand Princess sneered disdainfully, "I also have a few portraits of my brother, why not bring them over to look at together with Prince Fu's.
The eldest princess was a talented painter. When she was young, she was defeated by her husband, who was also an excellent painter. She forced him to marry her despite the fact that he already had a fiancée.
So if we were to ask who has a portrait of the late emperor, the eldest princess is one of them.
Emperor Shengwu did not.
When the Grand Princess and Prince Fu's men went to get the portrait, Emperor Shengwu winked at Xing Yi.
Xing Yi took out the bright yellow imperial edict, opened it, and read it out in public:
"…Appoint the eldest prince, Huangfu Yao, as the Crown Prince to stabilize the nation and bring peace to the world! I decree this!"
Wow!
No one expected that Emperor Shengwu would suddenly appoint a crown prince, which left them unprepared.
Although I knew that Emperor Shengwu had an heir and would appoint a crown prince sooner or later, I didn't expect that he would be so impatient to appoint a crown prince just one month after the birth.
The royalists were particularly happy, but the Empress Dowager's party and the Grand Princess's party were in a very delicate situation.
Some fence-sitters wanted to change their stance, but the prince was so young now that they were unsure.
The Queen Mother's expression stiffened slightly, and the eldest princess's eyes dimmed, but they both managed to keep their composure.
Prince Fu had a lot of flesh on his face and small eyes, so his expression was hard to tell. His face was a little red, and his fat hands were clenched white.
Concubine Lu bit her lips tightly, her eyes were red, and she stared at the teacup in front of her. Her nails on her clenched hands hurt her palms but she was unaware of it.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness live a thousand years, a thousand years, and a thousand thousand years!"
It is unknown whether a baby can accept this great blessing of being made the crown prince.
Some people have malicious thoughts.
But no matter what, Emperor Shengwu had a queen, a son, and a crown prince. In less than a year, everything changed.
Recalling October of last year, court officials forced Emperor Shengwu to establish Prince Fu as the crown prince and adopt an heir from the royal family, prompting Emperor Shengwu to go on a killing spree for seven consecutive days.
Looking at the present, the Queen Mother and the Grand Princess' party sighed in their hearts, do they still have a chance?
Even if there are, it feels like their chances are getting slimmer and slimmer.
At this time, it seemed that there was not much significance for Prince Fu and the Grand Princess to bring the portrait.
In particular, the portrait of the late emperor painted by Prince Fu is very different from the portraits painted by the eldest princess and her husband.
They are clearly two different people.
The portrait of the late emperor painted by Prince Fu was indeed a reflection of himself.
The late emperor had just gained weight, but he wasn't as fat as Prince Fu, where his facial features couldn't be seen clearly.
But Prince Fu painted the late emperor in his own image, and it was clear that Prince Fu was wearing a dragon robe.
"Bold Prince Fu! You have such a wicked ambition!"
The royalist ministers shouted loudly, this is not the late emperor, this is clearly Prince Fu.
Liu Guojiu immediately said, "The portrait depicts the late emperor, painted by Prince Fu. The late emperor once said that Prince Fu resembles me. Prince Fu's filial piety is witnessed by heaven and earth, and can be expressed by the sun and the moon."
"Uncle Liu is wrong. Both the Fengxian Hall and the Taimiao have portraits of the late emperor. Prince Fu looked like the late emperor when he was young, but he doesn't look like the late emperor now."
"My royal brother is so handsome and majestic, and he carries himself with such dignity. Prince Fu must have been so ungrateful to paint my royal brother as such a fat, drunkard."
The eldest princess was extremely angry. The late emperor was her biological brother and the one she admired the most. The two siblings had a close relationship since childhood.
The eldest princess knew best what the late emperor looked like and what he became from childhood to old age.
However, Prince Fu painted the late emperor as himself wearing a dragon robe. In the eyes of the Grand Princess, Prince Fu seriously slandered the late emperor's appearance.
He has evil intentions and deserves death!
Prince Fu's face turned red, almost purple, and he stared at the eldest princess as if he was about to faint from anger.
The Queen Mother wiped away her tears and said, "My poor Fu'er, the late Emperor, how could you leave so early, leaving us orphans and widows..."
"Sister-in-law, please don't worry about anything else. Check your conscience. Is this what my brother is like? He knew Prince Fu was slandering the late emperor, but you didn't stop him, allowing him to make mistakes again and again. If it weren't for this time, Prince Fu would have taken out the portrait and circulated it. Others would have thought it was my brother, and that he looked so fat and stupid. How could my brother rest in peace in his grave?"
The eldest princess directly attacked the queen mother, feeling extremely angry.
The ministers looked at the portrait of the late emperor sent from the Grand Princess's Mansion, and saw the changes from his youth to his old age.
Look at Prince Fu again. Every picture shows Prince Fu wearing a dragon robe.
Compared to this, even the Empress Dowager and Prince Fu’s party cannot be cleansed.
Emperor Shengwu did not expect such an unexpected surprise, and immediately winked at Xing Yi.
Xing Yi whispered something in the ear of the young eunuch beside him, and the young eunuch left quietly.
Then a royalist stepped forward and pointed at the dragon robe worn by Prince Fu in the portrait, saying doubtfully, "This is not the dragon robe worn by the late emperor. The pattern on it is a new one."
boom!
The ministers were silent again.
The dragon robe in the portrait of Prince Fu and the dragon robe in the portrait of the Grand Princess were compared with the dragon robe patterns recorded by the previous emperor.
So the question is, was the dragon robe pattern drawn by Prince Fu an idea, or did he make such a dragon robe himself?
"I guarantee with my life that Prince Fu privately made the dragon robe... I request that the Emperor conduct a thorough investigation!"
Boom!
All the ministers were shocked as if they were struck by thunder.
The ministers of the royalist party and the Grand Princess's party all spoke out in unison, expressing their desire to thoroughly investigate Prince Fu.
The Empress Dowager and Prince Fu's party were all very unhappy, but they did not think Prince Fu would be so foolish as to make a dragon robe privately and give others a handle.
Therefore, when Emperor Shengwu ordered a thorough investigation of Prince Fu's mansion and before the letter of proof of Prince Fu's innocence was completed, he did not try his best to stop it.
Only Bei Lingyao knew that Prince Fu not only made a dragon robe privately, but also built an underground palace.
The Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were mobilized in full force to surround Prince Fu's mansion.
At the palace banquet, everyone was unable to eat as they waited for news from Prince Fu's mansion.
Only Prince Fu's face was pale, but he had too much flesh on his face so his facial features could not be seen clearly, so that the Queen Mother and Prince Fu's party did not know Prince Fu's true expression.
However, at this time, Prince Fu still held on to a lucky mentality. He built the underground palace and privately made the dragon robe without telling the Queen Mother and his followers.
They used their own people to operate secretly.
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