"Xiao Anshi!" Zhong Mingzheng gritted his teeth and said, "My son didn't get the news until after the court was over. The Queen Mother really kept it a secret. Xiao Anshi must have almost reached Zhili by now!"
"Xiao An?!" Concubine Zhao was surprised, and then she was incredulous. "Why would the Queen Mother send Xiao An to Ningguta? How could your father agree to it?"
"If it wasn't for the emperor's nod, how could the queen mother dare to make the decision on her own? How could An Zishang dare to let her go?" Zhong Mingzheng was so angry that he clenched his fists and pounded his thighs hard. He gritted his teeth and said, "The elder An became pregnant, and the emperor sent the younger An to Ningguta. The emperor sincerely didn't want his son to have an easy life!"
Zhong Mingzheng was right. Da An was pregnant, so Zhong Mingzheng's status naturally rose, and he could not escape the position of a prince. But at this time, Zhong Zhiheng implicated the An family and the abandoned prince again. On the surface, it had nothing to do with Zhong Mingzheng's Third Prince's Mansion, but there was a marriage relationship. So how could it really have nothing to do with Zhong Mingzheng? As long as Da An and Xiao An were the sisters, Zhong Mingwei and Zhong Mingzheng were the brothers. They were involved in this life, and Zhong Mingzheng was naturally very angry.
"How could your father be so absurd?!" Concubine Zhao was so angry that she was speechless. After a long while, she took a few deep breaths. Then she stood up suddenly and walked outside.
"Mother! What are you doing?!" Zhong Mingzheng hurried over and grabbed Concubine Zhao, "Mother, please don't do anything stupid!"
"I'm going to ask your father! What on earth does he mean by this?!" Concubine Zhao was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She shook off Zhong Mingzheng's hand and said angrily, "Why does he treat us like this? Why?!"
"My son is afraid that mother will be angry if she hears it, so I came to inform mother first!" Zhong Mingzheng hugged Concubine Zhao tightly and dragged her into the warm room. He knelt in front of Concubine Zhao and begged, "Mother, father is obviously dissatisfied with us. Do we have to take the initiative to send him to anger him?"
"But..." Concubine Zhao was still gritting her teeth, but she didn't do anything else. She sat on the couch and said with gritted teeth, "But why did your father do this? Why is he always dissatisfied with us mother and son? Why?!"
"I'm afraid that my uncle's actions in the previous dynasty some time ago made our father dissatisfied." Zhong Mingzheng said in a deep voice.
"Your uncle?" Concubine Zhao was startled, then said incredulously, "Your uncle was afraid of angering your father, so he didn't mention the matter of you being the crown prince, but instead asked people to mention the second prince. How could your father still be angry?"
"I didn't quite understand it at first, but today I heard that father allowed Xiao An to go to Ningguta, and I vaguely understood what father meant," Zhong Mingzheng said, taking a teapot to pour tea for Concubine Zhao, and said slowly, "My uncle has been in the position of Minister of Personnel for more than 20 years, and he has a firm control over the Ministry of Personnel. Although my uncle is not in office now, as long as my uncle makes a slight move, everyone in the Ministry of Personnel will understand, so the court is almost unanimous in the caliber regarding the establishment of a crown prince. However, Cui Youan, the new Minister of Personnel, is powerless to resist. My father is very smart, so how could he not understand it? I'm afraid he is angry, and this anger is naturally vented on his son."
"How can you be blamed for this? You have been in the court for many years, working diligently and conscientiously. Is this true? You have helped the royal family to expand. Is this also false?!" Concubine Zhao gritted her teeth and said, "It is your father who is always so suspicious. The Zhao family is now more prominent, so he can't stand you. Cui Youan has been suppressed in the court, so he has a lot of sympathy and pity for the second prince. Tsk tsk tsk, is he forcing us mother and daughter to compete with Concubine Shu and her son to act pitiful?"
"Mother, Father's temper has always been like this. Wasn't it the same with the deposed crown prince and Duan Chenghong in the past? The closer someone is to the imperial power, the more wary Father becomes and even...can't tolerate them," Zhong Mingzheng sighed, "We worked so hard to bring down the deposed crown prince, but now we have become a thorn in Father's side."
"You mean, are we going to repeat the mistake of deposing the crown prince?" Concubine Zhao was no longer angry, she said with a look of panic.
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