Chapter 104 The Daughter of a Guilty Minister vs. the Disabled Prince 18
Concubine Wu accompanied the emperor and poured him a glass of wine. She looked at him affectionately with her round eyes, "Your Majesty has a good tolerance for alcohol. I will toast you again. Your Majesty is a man of both civil and military skills. The people of the country are united. You are truly the Yao and Shun of our time, and a great contribution to the world!"
The emperor laughed and said, "How can I compare to what my beloved concubine said? After all, I cannot compare to the merits of the late emperor in pacifying the troubled times."
Concubine Wu said seriously: "Your Majesty is too modest. It is said that it is difficult to conquer a country. In my humble opinion, the late emperor was just a brave man. Governing a country is the real skill. Your Majesty is much better than the late emperor. The world is ignorant and cannot see your Majesty's merits.
These words touched the emperor's heart. He put his arm around Concubine Wu and sighed, "My beloved concubine understands me the best. If everyone understood my heart as well as I do, there would be no need to worry about the prosperity of my country."
The emperor drank a glass of wine from Concubine Wu's hand. He looked around the table and turned to ask Liu Xi, "Where is A Yan? Is he still refusing to come?"
Liu Xi knelt down with a plop and said loudly: "I have already invited you and tried to persuade you, but your Highness is not in good health and cannot come to the banquet."
The emperor sighed, a look of desolation appeared on his face, "I want to be a kind father, but A Yan always goes against me. It's not that he has physical problems, it's just that he doesn't want to see me!"
"Forget it, let him be. It's not that I'm unkind, but this child is too stubborn. I can't do anything about him."
Concubine Wu patted the emperor's chest and advised him gently, "Your Majesty has been very lenient to the eldest prince. Your Majesty did not vent his anger on the eldest prince about the Qi family's affairs, but the eldest prince did not know what was good for him and insisted on defending the traitor, which hurt your majesty's heart."
"I understand that your majesty has a loving fatherly heart. You send people to invite the eldest prince every day. Maybe the eldest prince will come today. I believe that one day the eldest prince will understand and comprehend your majesty's difficulties."
The emperor held Concubine Wu's hand and said, "My beloved concubine, you have worked hard. Ah Yan has a bad temper. I'm sure he has made me angry a lot, right?"
Concubine Wu looked shy and said, "It is not hard for me to share your Majesty's worries."
The fifth prince came over at the right time and said indignantly: "Big brother is disrespectful to father, it is big brother who is unfilial! Father, why should you be sad for this unfilial thing? I am also your child, I will definitely respect you well and will never make you sad."
The emperor laughed. "Okay, okay! I know you are filial. Come here and let your father take a good look at you. You have lost weight. Are the affairs of the Ministry of Justice too tiring? You should make sure to rest during the day..."
On the high platform, the three of them were having a great time, with laughter and chatter.
The other princes couldn't get a word in at all, and even when they toasted the emperor they just took a quick glance. I'm afraid the emperor didn't even get a clear look at what they looked like.
The eighth prince was even worse off. He was born with a stutter. Before he could finish his toast, the emperor impatiently threw his sleeves and angrily said, "What did Concubine An teach you? You can't even speak a sentence clearly. Leave!"
Xiao Mu's position was ranked behind many princes, almost next to the door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The emperor didn't like him, so naturally no one came to talk to him.
When he was bored, he heard a creaking sound. He turned around and saw his elder brother sitting in a wheelchair with only a delicate palace maid following him.
There was a threshold to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but the eunuchs around seemed to be blind and no one came forward to help Xiao Yan.
Xiao Mu vaguely felt that his father did not value his elder brother as much as he appeared to, otherwise why would these eunuchs dare to neglect his elder brother like this.
"Brother? Why are you here? Let me help you." Xiao Yan immediately stood up to help lift the wheelchair.
The beautiful maid glanced at him, seemed to be somewhat disgusted by his small body, and said coldly: "No, I can do it myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mu saw the palace maid actually lift up the heavy wheelchair, step over the threshold steadily, and carry the eldest prince and the wheelchair into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Xiao Mu widened his eyes in surprise and couldn't help but look at the palace maid a few more times. It was the first time he saw a palace maid with such great strength.
Such a big noise at the door immediately attracted many people's attention.
Ji Yunhuan sat in a wheelchair, bearing the identity of the deposed crown prince, and calmly accepted the onlookers' gazes. She didn't care whether it was ridicule or pity.
It was just a few steps. Xiao Yan pushed the rough wheelchair with difficulty. Veins bulged on the back of his hands. He tried his best to endure and not glare at those people with resentment!
In fact, he was not as strong as Xiaoyun imagined. The feeling of falling from heaven to hell was really hard to bear. He never showed up and hid himself in the dark East Palace, as if this could isolate him from all malice.
Three years later, when he returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he seemed to see blood all over the floor and heard his mother's angry accusations. His mother left so resolutely, and the bright red blood splashed on his face, becoming his eternal nightmare.
Ji Yunhuan knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair, Xiao Yan stopped, and the wheelchair stopped in the center of the hall.
Xiao Yan lowered his head and whispered in Xiao Yun's ear: "Your Highness, can you do it? If not, let's go back."
Ji Yunhuan was wearing a simple cotton dress, which was out of place with the luxurious atmosphere in the hall. She lowered her head, coughed lightly twice, and looked frail.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. You can leave first. I can do it myself."
Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then let go of the armrest of the wheelchair and stepped aside with his head lowered.
He had a small hidden sword in his palm, and he would ensure Xiaoyun's safety no matter what.
Ji Yunhuan steered the wheelchair with difficulty. The further she moved forward, the more people there were and the harder it became to move. No one came to help her. The whole room was silent, as if everyone was watching a comedy.
Finally, she knocked over the fifth prince's desk and came before the emperor.
There was a high staircase between the two of them, so she naturally couldn't climb up. Now, she could only look up at the emperor who was high above.
Ji Yunhuan was gasping for breath and looked extremely weak. She propped herself up and stood up, but soon fell back into the wheelchair.
She bowed to the emperor and said in a sad tone, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. Long live your Highness! I am ashamed that I cannot even pay my respects to you."
Xiao Qiping wanted so much that he wanted to laugh out loud!
Three years passed, and Xiao Yan finally bowed to him!
This is the majesty of the emperor! No matter who it is, even if it is the grandson of the previous emperor, if they dare to disobey him, they will never have a good end!
This was just the beginning. If Xiao Yan truly surrendered, he wouldn't have to kill a useless person.
Xiao Qiping was extremely excited and shouted, "Great, great, great! It's good that you're here! After three years, my son finally figured it out."
Concubine Wu was also smiling, but her smile did not reach her eyes. "Your Highness is finally here. His Majesty was just talking about you."
The Fifth Prince returned to his seat. Several eunuchs were clearing the table that had been knocked crooked. He was very angry and said angrily:
"Yes, we all came here early in the morning, fearing that we would miss our father's presence. Big brother, you are late, but are you dissatisfied with our father?"
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