The retired emperor looked at Master Bei, who was crying bitterly and repenting, and felt secretly disgusted with him.
Is this his emphasis? The emphasis is on passing on benevolence and virtue from generation to generation.
If he had not been so old and wanted to leave some useful people to assist his son, if he were ten years younger, he would have demoted Master Bei far away.
"Cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. Your family affairs are a mess, and you are so cruel and heartless to your own flesh and blood. They are the flesh and blood left by your original wife. Even if you don't love them, there is no need to treat them so harshly.
A husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace. When you first met in the temple, you were the one who pursued Lan first. The Lan family had no prejudice against family background, so they married Lan to you.
Do you know that I originally intended to let the legitimate daughter of the Lan family enter the palace as a concubine? When I found out that you two were in love, I was not the kind of person who would force a marriage or break up a couple, so I made it possible for you to be together.
Otherwise, you haven't even gotten engaged yet, so how can you marry Lan with just one decree from me?
Although I dealt with the Lan family and those criminals, did you see that I also dealt with the married women?
You people, although the families of your married daughters were convicted, they married you, gave birth to your children, and some of them even became grandmothers. They either died of illness or were sent to the family temple, or were divorced.
At that time, Lan asked to leave the family, your mother fell ill, the family was in chaos, and the wife of Duke Li came to the house. You asked to marry Li on your mother's orders, and I didn't say anything to you.
Lan died during childbirth, leaving behind a daughter. Later, I heard that your Bei family took care of Lan's funeral and brought her daughter back home to raise her. I secretly praised you for your kindness and loyalty.
But I didn't expect that this is how you raised your own daughter. You locked a newborn baby girl in a small Buddhist temple and she hasn't left the temple for more than ten years.
In the past, she had a wet nurse to accompany her, but she died when she was a few years old. Then you locked up the queen like this, sending her two meals a day, and let her fend for herself. I couldn't believe it when I heard it.
Bei Hongbo, how could you do this? I misjudged you.
You remind me of Emperor Taizong. I now suspect that Lan's death was intentional on the part of your Bei family."
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. I have Lan in my heart, but Lan is a stubborn person. She threatened death and asked to leave the palace. She insisted on leaving the palace and living elsewhere.
My mother fell ill and threatened to die, forcing me to marry Li. I was young and hot-headed at the time, and I wanted to anger Lan, but I didn't expect Li to marry me. Lan was diagnosed with pregnancy and was unwilling to return to the Bei family.
I was also sad when Lan passed away. I felt that my daughter had killed her. Whenever I saw my daughter, I would think of Lan, so I didn't want to see her.
I always thought that my daughter was well taken care of in her mother's yard, but I didn't expect... wuwu..."
In Kunning Palace, Bei Lingyao, who was having dinner with Emperor Kangde, almost didn't applaud.
Dayong owes Master Bei a Best Actor award.
If the Lan family knew about this, they wouldn’t be able to cover their bodies even with the coffin lid.
Especially the original owner, who had lived in the small Buddhist temple for more than ten years and had never come out. Master Bei didn't care about it, so this could also be washed away.
At this moment, Master Bei was really frightened, especially when the retired emperor compared him with Emperor Taizong. Master Bei suddenly felt a sense of crisis and felt that he was facing a catastrophe.
"More than ten years, more than five thousand days and nights. How can I trust you? Go back. I don't want to see you now. If it weren't for the Queen, I would have banished you to Lingnan."
Plop, Master Bei was frightened again.
"I beg the Emperor to give me a chance to make amends."
"What opportunity? Today, when I returned home, your Bei family treated the Emperor and Empress harshly and disrespectfully. The Empress is kind, and the Emperor is kind-hearted, so he didn't blame you, but I can't help but blame you."
"Your Majesty, I will ask for forgiveness from the Emperor and Empress..."
"You dare to disturb the Emperor and Empress? I will remove your official hat and banish you to the Far North."
The "Grand Emperor" Bei Taifu burst into tears.
When he came here, he was still hoping for a lucky break, thinking it was just a formality.
But now the retired emperor sees him as someone like Emperor Taizong, and Master Bei is filled with fear.
All of Taizong's descendants were wiped out by the retired emperor.
He even hated his identity as Taizong's son, so he adopted himself to Prince Zhaowen and honored him as Emperor Zhengyuan.
If he doesn't clear up the grudge in the retired emperor's heart, his life will be over.
Although the emperor is old, as long as he is alive, he can outlive the emperor.
But now the emperor is dissatisfied with him.
Moreover, the emperor is so filial that he knows that the emperor emeritus hates him and will not use him.
He also wants to become a famous and wise prime minister, leave his name in history, and be admired by present and future generations as an eternal imperial teacher.
At this time, for Master Bei, anyone who tried to stop him from becoming a famous official and imperial tutor in history would be his lifelong enemy.
Seeing that it was almost done, the Emperor said, "I have indeed been dissatisfied with you recently. In addition to the matter of returning home today, there is also the Queen's background. I thought that if I bestowed the title of Queen, your Bei family would give the Queen the status of a legitimate daughter, but it did not happen.
Yesterday, I wanted to issue an edict granting the Empress the status of a legitimate daughter of the Bei family, but the Empress refused. She doesn't care about her legitimate or illegitimate origins. But the Empress cares about her birth mother and the Lan family. She said that her birth mother didn't want to return to the Bei family and only wanted to be a daughter of the Lan family. If you want me to forgive you, then investigate the Lan family's past and redress their wrongdoings.
Master Bei was stunned and his heart tightened.
He didn't know about what happened to the Lan family at first, but he had vague guesses about it over the years.
But if he were to redress the Lan family, he would definitely...
This put Master Bei in a dilemma.
"Why, you don't want to?"
"No, I am willing to do so. However, it happened more than ten years ago, so I am afraid it will be difficult to investigate."
"Then you must show me your ability, otherwise how can the emperor and I use you in the future?"
The emperor didn't care about that. The smart tutor Bei knew what to do.
"I accept your command and thank you."
"Yuan Meng, escort Master Bei out of the palace."
"yes"
The retired emperor watched Master Bei leave, a look of deep thought flashing across his eyes.
Master Bei, who was leaving the palace in a sedan chair, was full of confusion.
But when he thought of the resentment and accusations of his three legitimate sons, he calmed down.
After returning home, Master Bei took a big action and asked someone to find out how long the Queen had been in the Bei family.
The first one to be dealt with was the old woman in charge of the small Buddhist hall and the servants in the small Buddhist hall, and two people in the kitchen were also dealt with.
But almost all of them are Mrs. Bei's people.
After this big move, not only the Li family but even Mrs. Bei was shocked.
She was lying on the bed with a towel on her head. "Quickly call the Master."
Master Bei was also looking for Old Madam Bei, so he came over.
"You're going to piss off your mother to death."
Mrs. Bei became furious when she thought about how her son had dealt with so many of her people.
"Mother, there is no need to keep these slaves who are bullying their master."
"You think I don't know you're doing this for that sin..."
"Mother, please be careful with your words," Master Bei said hurriedly.
"To vent the Queen's anger."
"Bullying the Queen, isn't that right? Son, no matter what your mother thought in the past, you must change from now on. In our Bei family, the Queen comes first."
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