Chapter 424 Confinement
The Northern Qi emperor was caught in a dilemma, as the Prince of Qi was his only legitimate son and the future emperor of Northern Qi. He had never considered going against his ancestral precepts and selecting another prince to inherit the throne.
Who would have thought that the King of Qi could not keep his patience and dared to risk the wrath of the world by killing the king and usurping the throne.
He really deserves death.
But he ordered the death of King Qi, and now only his son Zhao Yi is left in the capital.
Zhao Yi held power and it was easy for him to incite ministers to support him.
By then, the situation might get out of control.
At least the King of Qi cannot die before the wise king returns to the capital.
"Come here, imprison the King of Qi in Guangyang Palace. Without my permission, he will never be allowed out."
The Emperor of Northern Qi did not sentence the King of Qi because if the charge of treason were to be spread, it would surely cause a stir in the court.
When the King of Qi saw that his mother had escaped safely, his tense heartstrings relaxed. A strong feeling of fatigue swept over him, and he leaned weakly against the Panlong Pillar.
He was very afraid of death. When the assassination attempt failed, he knew that he could not escape death, not to mention that Lord Feng would reveal his identity.
Now, being imprisoned in Guangyang Palace for life is already a good ending.
The Prince of Qi looked at the Queen with red eyes, his eyes full of guilt: "I'm sorry, Queen Mother. I'm unfilial and have brought trouble to you and Grandfather."
He wondered if his mother would regret raising him if she knew that he was a useless fool who almost brought disaster to the Shou'an Marquisate.
Just thinking about it made him feel extremely regretful.
I hate myself for not living up to my mother's teachings.
But he realized it too late.
"I have failed you and will not be able to fulfill my filial duties by your side." The King of Qi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the Queen. "Please take good care of yourself, Queen Mother."
A wave of bitterness welled up in the queen's heart, these were the two things she regretted most in her life.
One is that Yizhen was not saved.
The second was that when the Emperor of Northern Qi ordered the King of Qi to move out of Changle Palace, she did not step forward to stop it.
If the King of Qi had stayed with her and grown up, his temperament would not have become so impulsive and he would probably have been as docile as when he was a child.
Why would you make such a big mistake and ruin your future life?
"You are my mother's good child. You have been filial and obedient since childhood. It is my mother who is useless and has not taught you well." The Queen helped the Prince of Qi to his feet and looked into his eyes. "My mother has never regretted giving birth to you."
As the King of Qi listened to the Queen's gentle yet firm words, tears burst out like a dam breaking.
How he wished that everything before his eyes was just a dream.
When he woke up from the dream, he wore the new clothes made for him by his mother and spent the Dragon Boat Festival with her.
But he knew that even if it was a dream, it was still a nightmare.
The Queen looked at the tall Prince of Qi, crying like a child, letting his tears flow freely. She couldn't help but think of the time when he was five years old, when he knocked over the inkstone of the Northern Qi Emperor and hid in a box for fear of being punished.
The palace maids and guards searched for him all over the palace, and finally a palace maid found him by putting the fumigated clothes into a box.
When she heard the news and rushed over, she saw him curled up in the cage, tears in the corners of his eyes, looking at her timidly. Seeing her serious expression, he seemed to realize that he had made a bigger mistake. He sobbed, not daring to cry out loud, and clumsily climbed out of the cage.
"Chong'er broke my father's inkstone and did something wrong. I am willing...willing to obey my mother's orders."
He lay on the ground with his butt sticking up, waiting for her to spank him.
She felt angry and couldn't help laughing when she saw him. She hugged him in her arms and touched his little head.
But he hugged her neck and cried loudly: "Mother, Chong'er is so scared... scared of hiding in a dark box alone. I will never be naughty again."
Since then, he has indeed restrained his temper and no longer made mistakes due to mischief.
Later, he moved out and was out of her control. He was at the most naughty age again. Under the instigation of others, he became impulsive and irritable, and was punished many times for this.
But those punishments were of no concern to him and he never cried again.
Now I made the mistake again and cried again, but I was no longer locked up in a small cage for an afternoon, but was locked up in an empty and quiet palace for a lifetime.
The queen's eyes were red and her vision was blurred by tears. She watched the Prince of Qi being taken away by the imperial guards.
The Emperor of Northern Qi felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the sad faces of the mother and son.
He believed that he treated the King of Qi well, but for the throne, the King of Qi had no fatherly feelings for him.
"I have high hopes for Chu Yunchong. I have personally invited great scholars to teach him, cultivating him as the crown prince and the first heir to the throne. If I intend to support Prince Guangling and Prince Xian to compete with him, why not arrange for them to have a master teach them the art of ruling?"
"I divided power between Prince Guangling and Prince Xian only to serve as the Prince of Qi's right-hand men and to assist him in the future. This rebellious son, not understanding my earnest wishes, has even committed such a heinous act as regicide."
The Northern Qi Emperor was filled with disappointment and said, "Apart from the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, I am still his father. He must be resentful of me because of my injustice to him. Yet, no matter how gentle you are to him, he doesn't care about you or the Shou'an Marquisate at all."
The Queen felt like laughing when she heard the Northern Qi Emperor's high-sounding words.
He divided power among Prince Guangling and Prince Xian, but was it not for them to assist Chong'er?
It's clearly to consolidate his own position.
At this point, not only did he not realize his mistake, he also put all the blame on Chong'er.
The Queen twitched her lips and asked, "Your Majesty, do you suspect that I and my family are in collusion?"
The Emperor of Northern Qi was slightly stunned. He initially suspected that the Queen and Marquis Shou'an were assisting the King of Qi in the rebellion.
After thinking about it carefully, my suspicions were dispelled.
Given the means of Marquis Shou'an and the Queen, if they wanted to rebel, they would definitely plan it carefully. How could they let the Prince of Qi come to the Yangxin Palace alone to assassinate him?
It was just as the King of Qi said, he was just stimulated and acted on impulse.
The Northern Qi Emperor said, "Empress, if I suspected you and the father-in-law of treason, I would have ordered your death and confiscated the Shou'an Marquis's mansion."
The Queen said no more, but knelt before the Northern Qi Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have not taught Chong'er well. I will take the blame for Chong'er's mistakes by guarding the imperial mausoleum."
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