Chapter 518 Want to Travel in Dayan
"You mean..."
The emperor has been "spoiled" by Jiang Xinyue for thirteen years and has lived a comfortable life without having to use his brain too much, but this does not mean that he will not think independently.
Yue'er might mean that the eldest branch of the Jing family deliberately released the news that the prince had fallen out of favor and the Queen Mother was going to be deposed. On the surface, it seemed that someone was deliberately going against Jiang Xinyue and wanted to shake the position of the prince. They
also deliberately mentioned the third prince and the fifth prince, making the emperor suspect that they were the ones who spread the rumors in order to seize the position of the prince.
As soon as the emperor heard that Jiang Xinyue and the prince were being randomly suspected, he would be furious and punish the two princes. He might even drive them out of the imperial city in a rage.
In this way, in fact, the ones who benefited in the end were Jiang Xinyue and her son.
Therefore, this rumor was not directed at the crown prince, nor at Jiang Xinyue, but at the third and fifth princes.
At the gate of Kunning Palace, the fifth prince glared at the third prince: "Why are you here?"
The third prince stepped over the gate with his long legs: "Why are you here? I am here just like you are here."
"I am..."
The fifth prince swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and followed him silently. When the palace maid came out to summon them, they went to the inner room side by side again.
"Your son pays homage to the emperor, father, and mother."
"Your son pays homage to the emperor, father, and mother."
The emperor and Jiang Xinyue looked at each other. Didn't this mean that Cao Cao would appear just by mentioning him?
After all, this matter involved Jiang Xinyue. The emperor thought it was inappropriate for her to speak first, so he asked first: "Why are the third and fifth princes here?"
The third prince didn't believe that the emperor didn't know why they came, but as an emperor, he habitually took the initiative and wanted them to explain their purpose first.
"I came here to say goodbye to my father and mother."
The third prince lifted his robe and knelt on his knees: "My wish in this life is to travel all over Dayan in my lifetime. I want to set off immediately after the prince's brother gets married. I hope my father and mother will agree."
He knew that no matter how much he said, the Jing family would not believe that he had no ambition for the throne.
Only if he leaves the capital far away and lives a life of leisure and tranquility can he preserve the beauty of the past. When his younger brother, the prince, ascends the throne in the future, he will also remember his kindness.
If he stays in the capital, he will sooner or later be provoked into discord by people with ulterior motives.
Jiang Xinyue sighed and walked forward from behind the table: "Xuan'er, I know that you came here today because of the rumors about you and Qingqing. I am not someone who will be led by the nose by others, and I will not believe those unfounded rumors. I watched you and Xiaowu grow up, and I understand your personalities. If one of you really likes Qingqing, I will not have any objection."
What she meant was that if Shen Mingxuan really wanted to travel the beautiful mountains and rivers of Dayan, she was happy that he had found what he really wanted to do.
But if he wanted to go far away to avoid trouble just because he was afraid that Jiang Xinyue would misunderstand him because of the rumors, then there was no need to do so. If he
really liked Yan Qingqing, she would not care about the military power of the General's Mansion and would not agree to this marriage.
The only thing to consider is whether Qingqing also likes him and is willing to marry him?
The fifth prince stood behind the third prince. After listening to Jiang Xinyue's words, he hung his hands at his sides and clenched his fists tightly.
But his uncle said that he could marry anyone, but he must not marry Yan Qingqing.
Originally, the Zhu family had been charged with treason. It was because the Jiang family ran around for the Zhu family that his uncle Zhu Qianyi had the opportunity to turn over and bring the Zhu family out of the narrow alley.
The Zhu family had been out for a long time, and some of them had forgotten why they came out.
Especially after the fifth prince returned to the capital from the imperial mausoleum, they probably felt that they could still fight for this overwhelming wealth, so they kept making small moves in private.
The uncle can restrain those Zhu family members who listen, but he can't discipline those who don't.
Although he has repeatedly stated in front of the Zhu family that the last wish of the late queen was for him to stay away from the palace and be a leisurely prince who is not controlled by palace rules, they still want to push him to that position.
Why don't you give up?
The more the father dotes on the Queen Mother, the more he depends on her for court affairs. He can't lose her now.
Why would he want to abolish the Queen Mother? How could they possibly want to depose the crown prince?
Even a three-year-old child would not believe such words. Only those who still covet the throne would be deceived by such words.
Perhaps the Jing family just wanted him and the third brother to take action, and then be destroyed by the Queen Mother.
Who is Jiang Xinyue?
She is an extremely protective person, especially when it comes to protecting her own children, it is not just lip service.
It would be fine if they were quiet and kind people, and she would protect them and treat every prince equally.
But if someone covets the crown prince's position as the successor to the throne and does something to harm the crown prince, just wait and see... Jiang Xinyue will immediately crush him to ashes, and he will never be able to harm others again in this life.
She kills decisively and does not hold grudges.
The fifth prince understood and even envied his brother, the crown prince, for having such a mother.
He had one too, but later...
The third prince was helped up from the ground by Jiang Xinyue, his eyes showing boredom and indifference to the world: "First, I really want to travel around Dayan. Second, I don't want to marry in my life. Finally... I know that as long as I am still in the capital, these rumors are just the beginning. There will be countless alienations and frame-ups in the future. Even if the crown prince doesn't believe it, what about his conspirators? What about the ministers close to him? When everyone says that I want to rebel, even if he doesn't believe it, doesn't he have to give an explanation to the ministers who support him?"
When Shen Mingye becomes the emperor, many things are not a question of whether he wants to do it or not, but public opinion will push him out and force him to make decisions he doesn't want to make.
As long as he doesn't want to be a tyrant. Even
if the Third Prince didn't say these words, the Emperor could understand them.
Jiang Xinyue was no longer the precious young woman who had just traveled through time.
She was able to change the status of women, not only because she had the Emperor's support, but also because of the support of millions of women in the world who wanted to break free from the shackles of feudalism.
But she thought she didn't have the ability to change the future of a dynasty or an emperor.
It took her fourteen years to go from the harem to the front court, and it was only when the emperor loved her wholeheartedly and believed in her that he was willing to pretend to be sick to cooperate with her that the ministers reluctantly accepted her.
When the prince got married, she, a woman of her generation, would have to retreat behind the scenes again.
The emperor's helplessness was a deeply rooted tradition of the entire dynasty.
She couldn't change it.
She knew that most of her ideas had been assimilated by this era, but this was the fact and she couldn't change it no matter how hard she tried.