Chapter 286 Lu Chenzhou Extra (1)
(This is an interlude, not the end)
It starts from when he became the governor.
He knew that his father was dissatisfied with the emperor, not just dissatisfied, but even hated.
His father had been telling him this since he was a child.
The current emperor is a tyrant and incompetent, far inferior to him.
Such words had been mentioned in his ears since he was a child, and also planted the seeds of contempt for the royal family and rebellion.
Later, he found out when he saw the portrait of the late queen at home.
It turns out that my father's resentment towards the emperor actually came from that woman.
The woman he loves but cannot have.
Many times, he would stand in front of the portrait and look at the woman in the painting for a long time.
And at that time, it seemed as if I had sensed something.
He always felt that one day he would become like this.
I will be like him, looking at someone I love but cannot have, and regretting it for the rest of my life.
He even felt that he and his son were repeating the same life.
This feeling made him feel absurd and even panicked.
He had never seen his mother since he was a child and was raised by a wet nurse.
The Marquis's Mansion announced to the public that his mother, the Marquis's wife, died early due to illness, and since then, no one has been appointed as a successor.
But there were always other women in my father's backyard, so he naturally had some other brothers and sisters.
The Marquis's Mansion was quite lively, but he, a child without a mother, became the most favored child.
He was the only one who knew his father's secret, and he also knew deeply about his hatred for the emperor and the ambition hidden beneath the surface.
When he was eight years old, he accompanied his father to Beijing to report on his work.
That was also the first time he saw the little princess.
The little princess always believed that they first met when he came to Beijing as a young man.
Actually, it is not.
He had seen her as early as when he was eight years old, but she didn't know it.
That day, when he entered the palace with his father, he heard someone crying and begging for mercy from a distance.
"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me. This slave did not mean to do this. This slave really did not mean to do this..."
He and his father looked at each other and continued walking forward.
He had seen a lot of infighting in the marquis's mansion, so he thought that in a place like the deep palace where people are eaten alive, human life would be treated even more like worthless.
But soon, a clear and tender voice caught his ears and made him stop.
"Such a noise! This princess needs to study literature today. Yet Concubine Chen is here beating people up. Is she deliberately trying to disturb this princess?"
The voice was crisp and the person was even younger than him.
There is a hint of arrogance, but also a kind of confidence that seems to be born superior.
"It turns out to be Princess Zhaohua." Concubine Chen's voice also changed a little, as if she was a little afraid of the little princess.
"This damn girl just broke my bracelet. I'm teaching her a lesson."
He turned his head and finally saw the princess clearly through the gaps between the trees.
It is as beautiful as a porcelain doll.
But his expression was cold and calm, with few obvious emotions that a child should have.
But he was inexplicably attracted to it and stopped, unable to take his eyes off it.
"Really? Since you're so careless, just beat him to death." Her voice was like rock candy with glutinous rice filling, crisp yet with the sweetness unique to little girls.
She suddenly grinned: "It's just right. This princess will go to talk to father later. I'm worried about having nothing to say."
Concubine Chen's expression suddenly changed, "Your Highness... this is not something you can talk about..."
If His Majesty knew that she beat a palace maid to death for a bracelet, he would definitely think she was jealous.
Although such things are not uncommon in the harem.
But what happens in public is different from what happens in private.
If it is put out in the open, it will give others a handle.
"Oh, then give me this servant." She said casually.
Concubine Chen hesitated for a moment, then asked her men to let go and leave the servant to her.
Then he left with his people in dissatisfaction.
Up to this point, he had only thought that it was a story about a kind-hearted little princess who saved a maid.
However, the little princess' next words exploded in his ears like thunder.
"I heard you were spreading rumors throughout the palace that the Crown Prince and I weren't getting along?" The little princess's childish voice revealed a dignity that didn't match her age. "You also said that I was just coming from outside and couldn't compare to the other princesses in the palace, right?"
"Come here, slap me in the face until she tells you who's behind her."
"If you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death."
After she finished speaking, she turned and left. Her embroidered shoes made a crisp sound as they stepped on the green jade tiles, and the hem of her skirt was gently lifted by the wind.
The little princess walked with her head held high and her steps were graceful, and her delicate and pretty face was even more charming.
At that moment, he was mesmerized.
"It's her child..." There was a different emotion in the father's voice, and he even faintly heard a hint of excitement.
Later, until he met the emperor, all he could think of was that bright yet dangerous figure.
She was smart and cold-blooded, spoiled and cute, like a stone, stirring up ripples in the calm lake of his heart.
Even when his father was talking to the emperor, he was secretly hoping that she would really come to see her father as she said.
But no.
He also learned from the conversation between the emperor and his father that the little princess was named Zhaoyue.
Princess Zhaohua, who was personally conferred by the emperor, was brought back to the palace only a year ago.
And a year before that, she had been growing up on the border.
She is also... the daughter of the late queen and the most beloved daughter of the current emperor.
He is also the child born to the woman his father loves but cannot have.
Looking at his father pretending to be loyal in front of the emperor, a trace of contempt emerged in his heart.
Obviously, he was not like this when he was in Xiling and in front of me.
He thought, his father is so hypocritical.
Also a coward.
As for this emperor, the brainwashing he received since childhood made him have no good impression of him.
But now because he is the little princess's father, the disgust that was originally influenced by her father in her heart has lessened a lot.
Because he said he was very handsome.
If his daughter wants to marry a husband in the future, she will choose a boy as handsome as him.
Even though he could hear that both the emperor and his father were hypocrites and full of lies.
The emperor also hated his father, but he had to consider the royal family's reputation.
In fact, he felt that the emperor was more capable and surpassed his father by more than one point.
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