Chapter 380 Reward
Xuanyuan Ling said he would not go to Zhaohua Palace, and now that day was almost dawn he really did not go. He also did not attend the morning court, so he simply took a nap.
He was catching up on his sleep, and Chen Qing was also catching up on her sleep. Only after they finished catching up on their sleep did she hear the follow-up to what happened last night.
When Shen Qing heard that it was Li Concubine who did it, she couldn't believe it. Li Concubine only had one child, the Fourth Prince. At least her life was guaranteed when the Fourth Prince was around. Why would she touch the Fourth Prince? Until Chunhua explained the reason, Shen Qing frowned and remained silent for a long time.
Chunhua looked at Chen Qing's appearance and didn't know what she was thinking for a moment. She thought she was pitying the Fourth Prince and couldn't help but say, "The Fourth Prince will be raised by the Emperor in the future." She said something extremely treasonous, "In fact, it may not be a bad thing. The Fourth Prince is like this now, and he will be able to live a stable life in the future."
Now the child is still young, some things will not be said openly even if they are thought of, but everyone knows that when the child grows up, the matter of the crown prince is inevitable. But the fourth prince is different. He was originally raised by the queen, and even if he has some shortcomings, he is not very close to other princes. But now, he is injured, and the chance of his leg recovering may be slim. Although it is pitiful, for the royal family, as long as the emperor protects him, who would not be polite to him?
The Fourth Prince has suffered a lot ahead of him, but things will get better in the future. It’s just that... the suffering is indeed a bit too much. Such a young child... and he has such a confused mother. At his age, he can already remember things, so he should not suffer from any mental problems.
Shen Qing was not doing this for the Fourth Prince. She felt sorry for the Fourth Prince, but she was not silent because of the Fourth Prince. After all, it was someone else's child with Xuanyuan Ling. She was not even a stepmother. She was just one of Xuanyuan Ling's many women. It was okay to pity him for a while, but did she really love the Fourth Prince as her own son? Impossible.
Xuanyuan Ling was worried enough about this matter. She was silent because she felt sympathetic. This was not the first time that the women in the harem used their own children to scheme against each other. Shen Qing did not have children herself before. Perhaps she had read too many palace fighting novels and dramas, so she did not feel the cruelty of women using their children to scheme against each other. But now she also had a child. She wondered, would she use her own child to scheme for something for the sake of benefit one day?
After all, in her position, some things are unpredictable, and Xiaoliu is a prince. Will something like this really happen?
Shen Qing thought, she wouldn’t.
In any case, she would not use the child to plot anything. The struggle in the harem was inevitable. In the long run, she could not avoid the fight for the position among the princes, because Xuanyuan Ling favored Xiaoliu.
Take her as an example. Isn't she the target of public criticism in the harem now? Don't children compete for the attention of their father? Even if the children don't care, their mothers will teach them to win Xuanyuan Ling's favor from an early age. By then, Xiaoliu and her situation will be no different from her current situation. If they want to be safe, they must have the corresponding strength.
Chen Qing didn't know whether Xiaoliu would want to fight for it in the future. Perhaps it was inevitable for the royal children. But she just thought about it. In fact, for a favorite concubine like her, if her child did not become the crown prince and Xuanyuan Ling was really gone, her future life would probably not be guaranteed to be particularly good. But if Xiaoliu was really not cut out for it, Chen Qing thought, then I would worry more about her.
After all, I am a mother now.
Chen Qing smiled when she thought of this, and for a moment she understood why she was so willful in the past. Her parents always tolerated her and supported her in whatever she wanted to do. She herself was unwilling to be mediocre, and her parents' only request of her was that she put herself first. Now, it was her turn to consider her own children.
After taking a nap, Xuanyuan Ling read some memorials for a while. He was actually a little absent-minded and still irritable. He was just worried about Concubine Li. Although she was gone, he was still upset. In the end, he went to see the Fourth Prince again. At this moment, the Fourth Prince was still in Luhua Palace, and it was not advisable to move him.
However, when he arrived there, the Fourth Prince had already woken up.
The Fourth Prince was still a little timid when he saw Xuanyuan Ling, but he was still thinking about what Concubine Li had taught him before. Probably because Concubine Li had told him several times, so he really remembered it. The next time he saw Xuanyuan Ling, he would remember to tell Xuanyuan Ling the words he had learned from Concubine Li.
"Father, I don't want to live here and I don't want to see the Queen."
It was the first time that Xuanyuan Ling heard the Fourth Prince say such a complete sentence. He agreed without hesitation. This child was suffering too much: "Father promises you that you don't have to live here in the future, and you don't have to see the Queen."
The fourth prince was very happy, but he didn't dare to laugh too much. He was still timid and asked after a long while: "Can Concubine Li come with us?"
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the child's eyes and was silent for a moment: "Empress Li is injured and cannot come to see you at the moment. You should recover first, then you can go to see her."
The Fourth Prince didn't dare to speak again.
Xuanyuan Ling stayed with him for a while. Seeing that he was timid and didn't dare to speak after saying those two sentences, he didn't stay long. After all, they would see each other often in the future and they would become close.
After he went out, he ordered: "Serve the Fourth Prince well. If anything happens to him again, you will all die."
Fuchun's group of people were originally going to be executed. The servants under him were to blame for what happened to the Fourth Prince. But after all, they were just assigned there, and it was Concubine Li who did it. Xuanyuan Ling thought that the Fourth Prince needed a few loyal people around him, so he spared them. He only said that he was keeping them this time because of the Fourth Prince's face, and he must make sure that these people were loyal to the Fourth Prince, as they might be useful in the future. So he just gave them a beating and let the matter go.
But now seeing the Fourth Prince like this, he went outside and told Zhao Hai: "The Li family will not be dealt with for the time being. Tell them that since Concubine Li died in the fire to save the Fourth Prince, reward the Li family."
Zhao Hai was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately understood that the emperor was taking the Fourth Prince's thoughts into consideration. This man's death would bring bad reputation to her. Even if the Fourth Prince was sad when he grew up, he would never know that it was his biological mother who killed him. Leaving the Li family behind was also to leave some people who could help the Fourth Prince in the future. It was a good intention. Otherwise, based on what Concubine Li had done, the Li family would have to be sentenced to exile.
As a result, the incident of Concubine Li being beaten to death had to be kept secret in the palace, and no one else was allowed to mention it.
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