Chapter 504 Ancient Extra 3
After Cheng Yun became the crown prince, everything was relatively stable, and the princes gradually settled down. As time passed, the children grew up.
In the past few years, life has been relatively stable. Although there have been natural disasters, other than that, things have been moving in a positive direction.
This year, the third prince was named Prince Yu and entered the court and married a princess.
Prince Yu has been in the court for half a year. Compared with Prince Huai's initial lukewarm attitude, any discerning person can see that he is capable.
When Concubine De entered the palace, Old Qi had not seen his granddaughter for many years. Although this granddaughter was not his biological great-grandson, he was raised by Concubine De after all, so there was some affection for him. Seeing how outstanding he was, Old Qi also liked him.
And Prince Yu’s relatives include more than just the Qi family.
At the beginning, Sun Liangren made a bad move that implicated the Sun family. The Sun family was not good at educating their daughter and Sun Liangren's father was dismissed from his post. In order to gain a foothold, the Sun family sent a concubine's daughter to be a concubine. After many twists and turns, she followed her husband back to the capital. She was not stupid. She knew that Prince Yu was the third prince, who was born to Sun Liangren. The status of a concubine was really low, and giving birth to a concubine's son would also make her unable to get ahead.
She didn't know what Sun Liangren had done, but she always thought that Sun Liangren was Prince Yu's biological mother.
Since she was a concubine, she always wanted to have an easier life, so she confessed to her husband about what happened to Sun Liangren, hoping that her husband could get some support from Prince Yu in the court. If her husband had an easier life, she would naturally have an easier life, not to mention her son.
Lord Meng learned about the relationship between him and Prince Yu from his concubine, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should tell Prince Yu about it.
Some things, if used well, will naturally be good for yourself, but if used poorly, they may even be fatal.
But before he could make up his mind, something went wrong when he was working with Prince Yu. He was at a loss as to how to deal with the problem, so he had to turn to Prince Yu for help.
Prince Yu was displeased with Lord Meng. He was not unaware of the twists and turns in officialdom, but he knew in his heart that it was fine as long as the job was done and he could deal with it as long as the situation was not too embarrassing. However, the other party came to him for help, so of course he did not have a good face for Lord Meng and was about to send him away.
Lord Meng saw that Prince Yu was adamant, so he had no choice but to bring up the awkward relationship between them.
Prince Yu originally disliked Lord Meng, but when he told him about Sun Liangren's affairs, Prince Yu was really confused.
Xuanyuan Ling's original order was that from now on, the Third Prince's biological mother was Concubine De, and no one in the palace could mention it. Concubine De was very good to Prince Yu, and it had been like this for all these years. He had never doubted that Concubine De was not his biological mother, and no one dared to mention it to him. But at this moment, Lord Meng's words made him confused.
His first reaction was disbelief. He felt that Lord Meng was using connections to protect himself. He hated Lord Meng so much that he showed no mercy and kicked him out of the palace.
As a result, two days later, Lord Meng was demoted and the concubine named Sun was driven out of the house. She came to Prince Yu's mansion crying.
Sun was really at a loss. She was a concubine who was driven out of the house without any money. Even if she was not sold, how could she survive as a woman? She was still thinking about Prince Yu.
Prince Yu looked at Sun, who was crying and snotting, and recounted the events of the past in detail.
In fact, Sun had no idea what exactly happened in the palace. She only knew that Sun Liangren gave birth to the third prince. Later, Sun Liangren got into trouble and was killed, which implicated the Sun family. The third prince was then passed to Concubine De. Now she was telling the story just to ask Prince Yu to protect him.
No matter what one person said, Sun also said it, and her arguments were well-founded, so Prince Yu had no choice but to believe it. He had a good relationship with Concubine De and her son, but now someone came to say that he was not Concubine De's biological son. He didn't want to believe it, so he asked someone to investigate the truth of the matter.
This matter is not difficult to investigate. After all, everyone in the palace knows that he was born as a prince. As for who his biological mother is, who doesn't know it as long as there are some elderly people in the palace? Xuanyuan Lingfengri and the others don't say it, but Prince Yu wants to investigate. Whoever asks him will be unlucky.
Don't tell me? Prince Yu is grown up now. He is the prince who holds the power of life and death over his servants. I have no choice but to tell him.
Thus, Prince Yu found out that he was not Concubine De's biological son, and that his mother was actually a good woman who was beaten to death. The entire Sun family was now in poverty.
Prince Yu knew this and stayed alone in the room for a long time.
He thought about a lot of things, including the mother-son relationship between him and Concubine De, and how Xuanyuan Ling treated him. He couldn't think that Concubine De treated him badly, and Xuanyuan Ling, apart from not giving him the position of crown prince, couldn't say that he treated him badly. Could he abandon the mother-son relationship and the father-son relationship just because he knew that his biological mother was Sun Liangren? Could he still question his father and mother?
He didn't believe that Xuanyuan Ling would beat Sun Liangren to death if she had done nothing wrong.
But, this matter is still a problem after all.
Some things will actually make people regret until they know it. Prince Yu regrets it very much at this moment.
But he did find a place to settle Sun down.
Prince Yu intended to keep this matter to himself, but now that he knew it, he still felt different.
The next month, he and Cheng Yun were deadlocked because of their different opinions on how to deal with an incident.
Xuanyuan Ling did not make a decision at the first time. Prince Yu understood that it was not right to confront the prince. He also knew in his heart that it was not right. After all, he was the prince. Although he insisted on his own ideas, he should always compromise. He thought to himself that he would wait for Xuanyuan Ling to make a decision. No matter what his father decided, he would accept it and then talk to the prince about it. Although the relationship between the brothers had changed because of the position of the prince, Cheng Yun was not a person who could manipulate his brothers. Cheng Yun was polite and did things properly, so they were even more polite. They just had different political views. There was no interest involved and they did not have any personal grudges.
He also mentioned this matter when paying his respects to Concubine De.
De Fei said, "You are right, but the Crown Prince has a different opinion from you. You are both right, but don't let your differences make things awkward. It's better not to have any estrangement between brothers. Wait for your father's decision. No matter what your father decides, you should talk to the Crown Prince. He will understand you."
This was actually for his own good. He even thought so himself. He was taught by Concubine De. At his age, there were some things that she didn't need to worry about. He could handle the relationship with the prince well. He had originally planned to do so, but now he felt uncomfortable. He looked at Concubine De and suddenly asked, "Mother, what if I am right and the prince is wrong? Do you want me to say that I am wrong and then go and appease the prince?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine De frowned, "Jingyao, what nonsense are you talking about? Who taught you to think like this? Has the Crown Prince ever treated you harshly or has your father ever criticized you harshly? It's just a matter of political disagreement. There are countless cases of political disagreement in the court. It's just that each of you holds on to your own opinion. Could it be that the political disagreement between you and the Crown Prince is not because of different ideas in your heart, but because he is the Crown Prince, and you want to go against him?"
Prince Yu felt a prick in his heart and said, "I know I was wrong."
As soon as Concubine De heard this, she felt that something was wrong: "Jingyao, you have entered the court now. You understand many things better than mother. Tell mother honestly, how do you feel about the position of crown prince..."
Defei didn't say everything, but the meaning was there.
Defei had always known that there would always be conflicts between her and Shen Qing as they were raising two princes respectively, but their relationship had been very good over the years. After Chengyun became the crown prince, Defei wanted to let Prince Yu be a prince who did his job, but she was afraid that he would develop ambitions.
It is easy for children of royal family to develop ambitions because they are too close to the highest position and power is always dazzling.
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