Chapter 124 Telling the Emperor the Truth
What surprised everyone, yet not so surprising, but somewhat puzzling was that the emperor deposed the crown prince and confined him to the Eastern Palace for three years, not allowing him to leave the palace at all.
Apart from that, he announced the adjournment of the court without saying a single word and left with Feng Ruobao.
Leaving behind a group of ministers with complicated expressions, looking at each other in bewilderment.
The Eastern Palace is the residence of the crown prince. The emperor has deposed the crown prince and trapped him in the Eastern Palace. Does this mean that there is still hope for the crown prince?
Will he restore his identity when the opportunity arises in the future?
But under the Crown Prince, there are the Second Prince and the Third Prince who are adults. No one can predict what changes will happen in three months, let alone three years.
The emperor's mind is unpredictable. No one is sure what the emperor thinks of the prince, so they can only take it one step at a time.
However, they clearly understood the emperor's attitude towards Du Xueyi.
Du Xueyi is afraid that he will have a hard time.
If a son is not taught well, it is the fault of his father. The prince has done such a mistake, and it is the emperor who is ashamed.
Some people with clear minds, such as Yu Zhengde and his son, Wang Gangzheng, Gong Mingcheng and others, immediately understood why the emperor was unwilling to investigate the Huangshaling incident in depth before.
Perhaps the emperor already knew that the prince was involved in the Huangshaling incident. Therefore, when Liu He pointed the finger at the queen, the emperor simply passed over the matter and sentenced the queen to the crime of murdering the royal heir.
Today, the prince's affair was exposed, and the emperor must have wanted to cover it up, but Du Xueyi pressed him too hard, and in front of everyone, the emperor had no choice but to make a judgment.
But he must have been angry with Du Xueyi in his heart.
Du Xueyi put on his officer's hat again and felt less afraid.
When the general learned that Lord Xu had reported the prince, he asked Yu Liangzhi to give him a message, forcing the emperor to punish the prince.
The general dared to give such an order, which meant that he had made arrangements to protect him.
General Thaksin.
He brushed off his robe, ignored everyone's gaze, and walked out of the palace with his back straight.
At this time, Lan Shu was standing outside the imperial study with her back straight. After she sent Yu Liangzhi into the palace, she told Feng Ruobao that she wanted to see the emperor.
Feng Ruobao knew the emperor's feelings for Lan Shu, so he ordered someone to bring Lan Shu here.
Your Majesty must be in a bad mood today, but with Concubine Shu here, perhaps things will get better.
When the emperor saw Lan Shu, he was stunned for a moment, and then his cold face softened a little.
When Feng Ruobao saw this, he knew he had done the right thing.
He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, why are you waiting outside? We clearly asked them to take you to the side hall to rest first. These little brats must have been lazy. We will definitely deal with these lazy bums later."
"I asked them to bring me here. The study is a restricted area and I dare not enter casually. I just want to talk to you for a few minutes and then leave." Lan Shu looked at the emperor.
The emperor pursed his lips slightly and said, "I am tired. Come in and sit down to talk."
Lan Shu didn't move, so Feng Ruobao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty was busy until midnight last night and got up before dawn. He must be very tired."
After looking at the emperor who walked straight into the imperial study, Lan Shu finally walked in slowly.
The emperor sat down leisurely, keeping an eye on her. The depression and heaviness in his heart seemed to have dissipated a lot. He picked up the tea on the imperial desk and took a sip.
He doesn't like cold tea, but today he actually felt it was quite good.
He took another sip. Seeing this, Feng Ruobao quickly brewed another cup of warm tea and handed it to him. "Your Majesty, you have a bad stomach. This cold tea will make you feel uncomfortable later."
The emperor did not refute, put down the cold tea, took the warm tea from his hand, and took another sip.
Feng Ruobao hurriedly poured Lan Shu another cup, "Your Majesty, you have worked hard, have a sip of tea to moisten your body."
Lan Shu drank the tea in one gulp and said bluntly, "Du Xueyi's behavior today was my idea. Please don't make things difficult for him."
The emperor also put down his teacup and looked at her, "I am the Son of Heaven."
No one can force the emperor to stay safe.
"But you are also a father." Lan Shu retorted, and added, "You are not only the father of Crown Prince Shi Mingxi, but also the father of my two children, Lan Shu."
The emperor's eyebrows twitched slightly, "What do you mean by that?"
Lan Shu stood up and walked closer to him, "Shi Jin, when you left the palace to do your work, you didn't protect me and the children. I don't blame you.
But you were unwilling to believe me and did not track the whereabouts of the children in time, allowing them to suffer and eventually die in battle at Huangshaling. This is your dereliction of duty as a father.
Today, Du Xueyi avenged them and asked you to punish the Crown Prince. If you punish Du Xueyi for this, I, Lan Shu, swear to heaven that I will fight you to the death, and your two children will never forgive you."
"You, found them? What does it mean that they died in the battle of Huangshaling?" The emperor looked shocked.
"You know exactly which of the 20,000 National Defense Army soldiers who died in Huangshaling were women." Lan Shu stared at him coldly.
Died in battle?
woman?
Among the 20,000 national defense soldiers who died in the Battle of Huangshaling, he only knew that his national defense general was a woman. This was told to him by the late emperor before his death.
The emperor's pupils shrank sharply, "Wei Qingyan?"
He quickly grabbed Lan Shu's arm and asked, "Are you saying that Wei Qingyan is our daughter?"
"Yes." Lan Shu's voice was not loud, but sonorous and powerful, "She was your daughter, who protected your country for you, but was killed by your wife and your son.
And you, as their father, have repeatedly protected the murderer who killed them."
"Wei Qingyan is our daughter? This... how is it possible? How could the Wei family raise our daughter?" The emperor almost muttered to himself.
Lan Shu watched quietly as his facial expression changed.
Finally, a trace of guilt, sadness, and an indistinct emotion lingered on his face. "What's going on? Tell me why our daughter ended up in the Wei family.
Who is our son, and why did he die in battle at Huangsha Ridge, Lan Shu, tell me."
Lan Shu looked at him without blinking, "Shi Jin, can I trust you again?"
The emperor closed his eyes gently and nodded heavily.
Having been the crown prince for many years and the emperor for six years, he was accustomed to not showing his emotions on his face. It had been a long time since he had expressed his emotions like this, let alone made such a promise to anyone.
Lan Shu nodded slightly, "I think you have met Li Shuyi and know that she put our son in the slave house.
Qingyan entered the palace when she was young and accidentally saw the child being bullied by the eunuchs. Perhaps because of blood ties, she boldly took the child out of the palace secretly and raised him by her side. He became her secret guard and she called him Abu.
During the battle at Huangshaling, Abu died as a secret guard protecting Qingyan. As for how Qingyan ended up at the Wei family, I haven't found out yet..."
She said everything she could, including Wei Qingyan's resurrection, Abu's soul being deposited to break the evil spirit, and other things that could not be said, so she did not say a single word more.
"Shi Jin, you have many children, so you may not care about these two, but they are my life. I am extremely grateful for what Du Xueyi has done for them."
"It's not that I don't care." The emperor whispered.
"Then tell me, besides the Crown Prince, what other reasons do you have for not wanting to investigate the Huangshaling incident?"
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