Chapter 279 Must Speak Up

The meaning is just to take a look, nothing else.

Jiang Xinyue didn't care at all, she just didn't want the emperor to think she was very generous.

Because being generous in this matter can only prove one problem, that she doesn't love the emperor enough.

If you love someone, you won't push him to others.

However, Emperor Xuanwu felt that he had no choice. The Cheng family had made great contributions, and it was not easy for Cheng Yuan to bring evidence from Guangdong and Guangxi to Chenzhou.

So Cheng Jieyu was injured, and he had to express his condolences.

As for Liu Guiren, he didn't listen carefully to why she came to him.

They were both injured, and they sent people to invite the emperor. The emperor also went to the Yueyue Pavilion, but he didn't enter Liu Guiren's yard, but went to Cheng Jieyu.

If Lady Liu could get out of bed, I'm afraid everything in the room would be in trouble.

The emperor stayed with Concubine Cheng for the next few days. Three days later, Concubine Cheng's father arrived in Chenzhou and was secretly received by the emperor in the Suyue Pavilion.

People only thought that Concubine Cheng was finally favored, and they didn't know that after night fell, she and the emperor slept separately in their own rooms, and nothing happened at all.

But Concubine Cheng would not clarify this misunderstanding, she was not stupid.

When the emperor didn't come, Jiang Xinyue was still happy and relaxed, taking the third prince, the fourth prince and the sixth prince to play everywhere all day long.

The eldest princess has been confining the concubines in her own garden to recuperate recently. The second princess felt sorry for the eldest princess, so she talked to her every day and didn't go out to play.

Today was the same. Shuangjiang and Xiao Xiangzi deliberately took the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince away, leaving the Third Prince alone with Jiang Xinyue.

The Third Prince watched the butterfly kite with the kite string cut flying away. For some reason, he always felt a sense of relief.

There seemed to be a voice in his heart saying: If only I could be like a kite, break free from the shackles, and fly freely in the blue sky.

Jiang Xinyue did not disturb his thoughts, but stood behind him. When he turned around, he did not see the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince, who were running towards Jiang Xinyue in panic.

He gestured with his hands and feet, as if asking where his two younger brothers had gone.

Jiang Xinyue squatted down: "Empress Zhen doesn't understand what you are saying, can you tell me?"

The third prince gestured anxiously.

Jiang Xinyue still shook her head: "Empress Zhen really doesn't understand, can the third prince tell me?"

The third prince blushed anxiously, made an "Ahhh" sound, pointed in the direction where the fourth prince left, and stomped his feet.

Jiang Xinyue gently stroked his back: "Empress Zhen knows that the Third Prince is not dumb as they say. The Third Prince can speak, but he just doesn't want to speak. Do you know? Your fourth brother is very worried about you. After returning to the palace from the summer vacation, he asked me to beg your father to let him go to the prince's residence to study together. It turned out that he was not old enough to go, but he was worried that you would not be able to speak and would be bullied by the palace people, so he asked Empress Zhen to beg your father."

When she said "the Third Prince can speak", the expression on the Third Prince's face became flustered, his fingers entangled together, and he did not dare to look directly into Jiang Xinyue's eyes.

This is a typical expression of wanting to escape.

"Is it because of Concubine De?"

"Ahhhhh..."

The Third Prince waved his hands desperately, tears quickly accumulated in his eyes, and he was about to run.

"If you don't want to talk, Empress Zhen won't force you."

Jiang Xinyue grabbed his hand: "But think about it, if you don't talk for a long time, when you want to talk, you really won't be able to talk. You are the brother of the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince, and you should be the best brother. They should all rely on you as a brother. But now, they all sympathize with you, take care of you, treat you as a fragile porcelain doll, and are cautious when dealing with you, not daring to touch your inner pain. Is this what you want to see?"

The Third Prince was once influenced by Concubine De and Concubine Yu, and looked down on the Fourth Prince and often bullied him.

This shows that he thinks highly of himself and thinks that his birth is more noble than that of the Fourth Prince.

Later, he reconciled with the Fourth Prince, not because he knew he was wrong, but because he listened to Jiang Xinyue and the emperor and realized that he should not have done so.

Children do not have a clear distinction between good and evil, and they can only distinguish right from wrong with a little guidance.

In his heart, he felt that the Fourth Prince was the son of a criminal slave, but he should not look down on the prince who was also the son of his father. This would make Empress Zhen and his father unhappy.

So when someone he once looked down on pitied him and sympathized with him, he could not stand the gap.

The Fourth Prince should treat him as a brother he can rely on, not a dumb prince who needs sympathy.

The same goes for the future Sixth Prince.

If he remains dumb, the servants in the palace will treat him differently in the future. How can he be a good brother?

“Zhen…Zhen…”

The third prince spoke with difficulty: “No…No…”

“Because your mother poisoned you, you dare not speak. Are you afraid that your father will know?”

The third prince was completely dumbfounded. He didn’t understand how Empress Zhen knew about this. He didn’t say anything!

“Look, even Empress Zhen knows about this. Do you think your father, who is so wise and brave, wouldn’t know about it?”

Emperor Xuanwu really didn’t know.

The main reason was that Concubine De regarded the third prince as the apple of her eye. She doted on him very much on weekdays and was reluctant to let him get hurt even a finger. Who would have thought that she would poison her own son?

The imperial physician said that even after recovery, the third prince’s body would not be as healthy as before.

In this case, how could the emperor suspect Concubine De?

"Empress Zhen... wow... wuwuwu Empress Zhen..."

The secret that had been suppressed for too long was suddenly spoken out without any warning. The third prince cried out "Does mother not want me anymore? Because... because I am too stupid, so she doesn't want me anymore wuwuwu..."

He has tried very hard to keep this secret, why did Empress Zhen still know it?

If mother knew that Empress Zhen had discovered this secret, would she suspect that he was the one who told it?

He didn't want to talk, he really didn't want to talk.

He was out of breath from crying, Jiang Xinyue held him in her arms and patted him gently: "No, your mother loves you very much, she was just confused for a moment, can you give your mother a chance to change?"

Defei will not change, and when the third prince has the opportunity to become the crown prince again, she will only poison the other princes in the harem more and more.

There is no way, to protect her children, she must use the third prince to completely step on Defei.

So the third prince must speak.

Aren't the words coming out of his own son's mouth heavy enough?

Then take out the killer mace given by the queen, and Defei will never be able to turn over.