The emperor was originally very happy, but seeing the prince like that, he felt that he would not live to die of old age, and his forehead was twitching slightly.
"Prince, there is a reward!"
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Then, the court was dismissed.
When others are unhappy, the prince is happy.
The emperor left. He was the eldest. He answered the questions from the court officials gently and politely, and told everyone again and again about the crops he was experimenting with and many other good things. He was in a very good mood.
His good brothers could only watch from the outside and couldn't get close to him.
Those who have mothers will go to the harem to find them, and those who don’t have mothers will leave the palace and return home to find their staff.
The eighth prince was the legitimate son of the queen. What happened in the previous dynasty had long reached the queen's ears. When the eighth prince arrived, he was first fed. Then the mother and son sent their attendants away and started to talk about business.
"My son, don't worry. It's the one who should be anxious right now."
The Eighth Prince naturally knew who his mother was talking about. It was his father.
The child born to his concubine is already eighteen years old, and the prince is even less young.
The emperor was getting older day by day, with power and fear piling up, and they could only sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
"Brother Crown Prince has truly opened my eyes today."
"Oh, it's really eye-opening, but our good prince, I wonder if it's because he's no longer under his mother's guidance, he's become even more reckless. He was just reprimanded by the emperor a while ago. I wonder if he's been studying scriptures in the East Palace and trying to win over the capable women in his backyard.
"But now, even if Your Majesty showed mercy and allowed him to return to court, he actually made all those hidden cards public, letting the people of the world remember him as the Crown Prince's merits. Isn't that a slap in Your Majesty's face? Your Majesty still calls the shots in this world."
"Mother, do you think the Crown Prince has someone to rely on? Otherwise, his staff should also give him some advice. At worst, there is still the Ming family." The Crown Prince's position is stable. Firstly, it is legitimate, and secondly, there are still many forces behind him that support him.
"I actually think the Crown Prince is a fool. I heard that he even brought the improved weapons to the court for discussion?"
"Yes, just as mother said." It was much more advanced than what was used in the army. The generals who came to the court praised it again and again, and they all wanted to become sworn brothers with the prince. At that time, he glanced at his father, and his father's face almost turned green.
"That's good, that's good. I'm afraid your brother, the crown prince, can't keep his position." If it's just about people's livelihood, the emperor might be able to tolerate it, but if he extends his hand to military power, I'm afraid it won't be okay.
"If my son had such talented people who were proficient in weapons, he would definitely keep the good stuff in his hands. If we need to take that step one day, these would be the trump cards that can help us win." The queen thought the prince was too stupid. If his soldiers were equipped with such weapons during the rebellion, wouldn't the chances of winning be much greater?
Her son was the eighth son, not the most dazzling or lovable among the emperor's sons. He was not the eldest son, and if the crown prince was abolished, there were still six sons ahead of him. It would be difficult for him to ascend to the throne according to the normal process!
After hearing what his mother said, the eighth prince also thought that the crown prince was stupid. However, it was precisely because the crown prince was unworthy of his position that these younger ones under him had the opportunity.
"Mother, Yan Ruo's pregnancy can't wait any longer. Should we take this opportunity to ask father for permission to grant us a marriage?" The eighth prince mentioned another matter by the way.
Speaking of this, the Queen was also very angry. "Prime Minister Yan is not on the same page with us. If you marry Yan Ruo, I am worried that Prime Minister Yan will still stand on your brother's side. It's also my fault that my mother is short-sighted. I didn't even see that Prime Minister Yan is actually a man who favors his concubine and neglects his wife. He is wholeheartedly supporting the Fourth Prince, who is closely related to his favoritism of concubines."
"Mother, the concubine that Fourth Prince favors is not the niece of Prime Minister Yan's favorite concubine, but the child born out of illicit relations between Prime Minister Yan and his favorite concubine. She is several years older than the eldest daughter.
At that time, Prime Minister Yan wanted to rely on the power of his wife's family to climb up the ladder, so naturally he did not dare to take a concubine into his backyard, but he could secretly keep her outside.
In recent years, Yan Xiang's position has become more and more stable, and his first wife's grandfather has passed away, so he took back the concubine he had doted on for many years.
But their eldest daughter is too old to wait until she can return to her ancestral home and marry. I don't know how she hooked up with the Fourth Prince at the age of 28 and became his concubine. I accidentally found out about this recently."
"Your fourth brother is lucky to have such a good helper." The queen was unhappy. If this helper was given to the fourth brother, then her eighth brother would have lost the position of the legal wife in vain.
"Why don't you, mother, arrange for someone to abort the child?" The queen also wanted to have a grandson, but some fates were too shallow and could never be kept.
The Eighth Prince was silent for a long time. Yan Ruo was the woman who had been with him for a lifetime and was pregnant with his child. He felt a little reluctant to let her go, but for the sake of the great cause, he said, "I dare not trouble my mother to worry about this matter. I will take care of it myself. When I get the position in the future, I will compensate her well."
Seeing her son act decisively and without hesitation, the Queen could not help but nod, "Very good, my son, if you can do this, there is no need to worry about not achieving your great cause! Your mother will be waiting for your good news. We will make it up to her in the future."
Yan Ruo was coaxed by her beloved man into drinking a bowl of "pregnancy-preserving medicine", but ended up miscarrying the child. Because they were in a remote temple, they couldn't even find a doctor.
Of course, in such a scandal, since both parties were people of high status, they did not dare to seek medical help.
But there is not even a barefoot doctor.
The eighth prince felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the falling mass of flesh and blood, but the heavy stone in his heart had fallen. He could continue to ask his mother to arrange a girl for him in the general's mansion.
After comforting Yan Ruo with a few words through the curtain, he hurried away to avoid being seen and gossiped about. He could not marry Yan Ruo as his wife now, and Prime Minister Yan would not look down on the position of concubine, and his father would also be wary of him.
Yan Ruo fainted and finally woke up. When she learned that her lover had left, she was so excited that she started bleeding from her lower body and was even showing signs of hemorrhage. In the end, it was the old master in the temple who saved her life.
But it is destined to be difficult to have children in the future.
Yan Ruo's heart was dead and dead, and she hated again and again.
In her early years, she was very favored at home and loved by her parents.
But when she grew up and was about to get married, her father, who was considered ambitious and capable in the eyes of outsiders, turned out to be a complete hypocrite.
Ever since he brought his concubine into the mansion, and successively brought in several concubines and maids, life in the mansion has become more and more lively.
The mother cried bitterly. She, the daughter, never received the love of her father again. Only her brother, the legitimate son, could get a few questions about schoolwork. But her brother was not a motivated person. He always made a big fuss. It would be better for him not to have the extra fatherly love from his son.
At least their main courtyard can be relatively safe.
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