Chapter 357 Palace Turmoil 5
Empress Cheng held a gold lock in her hand, her lips curving into a wide smile. She seemed to have noticed the problem as well. Why was Shang'er so indifferent when Jiang Fenghua was being bullied by Old Madam Su?
Moreover, the Emperor had just secretly pulled her hand and squeezed it hard, which stopped her from saying anything more.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Crown Prince bowed and slowly carried the child up the steps.
"Let me hold my little grandson first." The emperor stood up and stretched out his hand, as if waiting for the other party to kill him. His body was already at its last gasp anyway. He had been ingratiating himself with the Su family all his life, and doing this one thing for the Great Zhou Dynasty in the end would be a way of not letting down the crown prince's fervent passion.
The Crown Prince said: "Father, our Xie family owes the Su family nothing. The Great Zhou Dynasty was not conquered by the Su family. Our grandfather only allowed them to guard the border, but he also gave the Su family unparalleled glory and power. We have not wronged them."
The lives and deaths of the people of Great Zhou are not up to the Su family. You have stacks of evidence in your hands; they are bullying the people of Great Zhou! Do you know how many people in Great Zhou can be fed by the Su family's wine and meat pools?
Only after becoming the Crown Prince did I realize how difficult it was for you, Father. It's just a border defense line. With the Su family army, I can still build a Peng family army, a Jiang family army, and a Li family army. With millions of people supporting our royal family, there will be millions of soldiers to guard that defense line.
You can be blind and deaf for your whole life, but I can't do that!
My heart is filled with passion, as if it has been ignited. Who has awakened me? It is Grand Tutor Jiang’s tireless teachings. It seems that I am only now learning the way of being a ruler.
The way of a ruler is to serve the country and its people. The supreme power held by the royal family is bestowed upon us by the people, and the royal family must also protect the people of the world.
If I may speak such a rebellious word, it is as if I have already become the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Looking at Father Emperor now, it is as if I can see my own future.
However, Xie Shang was unaware that his path to becoming emperor in his previous life was also a replica of his father's. He was just different in this life because some preordained destinies made him different.
The emperor thought of the crown prince's words and his eyes were full of relief. It turned out that the heir of the Xie family had already learned how to be an emperor, and he didn't need to worry about him at all.
He grew rapidly in just one year. In fact, Xie Shang had spent a lifetime growing up, but he had simply forgotten it.
Time seemed to stand still. Just then, Jiang Fenghua suddenly called out, "Your Highness... Crown Prince."
Su Xuan must be hiding a short sword in his sleeve. He might even be wearing invulnerable soft armor. Su Xuan could stab the emperor in the chest at any moment, and then all the endings of the previous life would be changed. The emperor would die prematurely, the Su family would rebel, Xie Shang would ascend the throne ahead of time, and she could even become empress ahead of time.
The emperor changed Xie Shang's plans to die, and must have guessed that something had happened to the Su family. He believed that his son would not put himself in danger and would definitely come back to save the emperor and eliminate the rebels.
The Xie family was going to purge the Su clan, and everything was happening perfectly as she had expected. However, she felt that it wasn't quite perfect. She couldn't risk the Emperor's life for revenge, because Xie Shang certainly wouldn't want to see his father die for his sake.
Xie Shang will definitely come back. She just needs to buy him a little more time. As for why he hasn't come back yet, she can't guess. He is the emperor. Her rebirth will not change Xie Shang's fate. He has a long lifespan, at least longer than hers.
Immediately afterwards, she quickly went up the steps, smiling at him, "Young Master is crying and making a fuss, is he feeling unwell again?" If Su Xuan dared to lay a hand on her, she wasn't there to passively take a beating; she also had a short sword hidden on her person, and at most she would reveal her martial arts skills.
She spent an entire afternoon meticulously preparing for this New Year's Eve banquet.
The "Crown Prince" looked at the baby in his arms. He hesitated for a moment, staring at Jiang Fenghua's stunningly beautiful face. A smile appeared on his lips. She was indeed a beauty.
The next moment, Jiang Fenghua quickly took the child from his hands and stepped back two steps. "The young master keeps crying. Don't disturb His Majesty. Let me comfort him first. Imperial Physician, please summon the imperial physician to examine the young master!"
"My health has always been poor. I have put in a lot of effort to ensure that the Crown Prince will have more heirs. When Consort Ye gave birth to him, the imperial physician said that she should take good care of herself." Her eyes were full of anxiety.
"I shouldn't have disturbed Father and Mother. I was overthinking things." He took a step closer to her. Jiang Fenghua was so beautiful that he was reluctant to kill her.
He was really wondering if Jiang Fenghua knew who he was, so he probed further, "Ruan Ruan."
Holding the child in her arms, Jiang Fenghua suppressed her nausea and said gently, "Your Highness, please sit at the table. You don't know how to soothe a child, so I'll take care of it. Why is he crying so much! Why hasn't the imperial physician arrived yet..."
"Perhaps she wants to see her mother! Consort Ye, come and take the child away." Jiang Fenghua's every smile and gesture was truly irresistible.
Hearing him call her name, Ye Susu's feet, which seemed to have frozen in place, slowly moved forward. She walked up to Jiang Fenghua and stammered, "Your Highness... please give the young master to me!"
At this moment, Imperial Physician Wang rushed over with his medicine chest on his back, and said urgently, "Your Highness, please place the young master on a flat surface. The young master is inherently weak. I have instructed that you must not hold him like this for a long time. His breathing is weak and he may be in danger at any time."
The Emperor and Empress quickly gave up their dragon thrones, saying, "Please place the imperial heir on the throne for him to treat. You must cure my little grandson."
Once the child was placed on the dragon throne, Physician Wang said, "Everyone, please disperse and stop crowding around the young master!"
Su Xuan knew that the child was born with poor health and was crying so much that he was annoyed. His eyes were always on Jiang Fenghua.
Over here, we see Physician Wang opening his medicine box and beginning to do his best to treat the child.
Upon hearing Physician Wang's words, Jiang Fenghua quickly concealed her shock and seized the opportunity to say, "Your daughter-in-law would like to ask the Emperor and Empress to bestow honors upon Consort Ye. Oh, and by the way, we would also like to ask the Emperor to name the young master. Consort Ye and your daughter-in-law are both waiting for the New Year's Eve greetings to ask the Emperor to name the child."
The Emperor clenched his fist, glanced at Jiang Fenghua, and said in a deep voice, "Cao De, bring me pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. I want to personally write a name for my grandson."
Just then, a group of people dressed in Imperial Guard uniforms suddenly filed in from outside the main hall, holding gleaming broadswords and pointing them at the people inside.
The next moment, the Imperial Guard Commander Gao Hong was seen being bound hand and foot and pushed to the center of the hall. The other man held a knife to his neck and said coldly, "General, how long are you going to waste your breath on them? You invited me to your country as a guest, but you made me hide. It's really pointless."
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