Chapter 48: Finding a Way to Survive
The empress dowager's head buzzed and tears of heartache fell down.
But because she was afraid of touching the emperor's suspicious heart, she didn't dare to do anything else. She just sat on the ground and wiped her tears.
"Two people who are almost a hundred years old combined are actually teaming up to bully a three-year-old child?!"
"After all, I'm a bad parent! I'd rather hang myself in front of the late emperor's mausoleum!"
Emperor Liang glanced at Xiao Tangbao's knees and subconsciously touched his nose, "Squeamish!"
Tang Bao: "...?"
"Humph! Tang Bao Zhui Zhui is brave, but Tang Bao is not squeamish!"
"It's so cold, Tang Bao can live in the woodshed without a charcoal stove for a month. Is that okay with His Majesty?"
The little guy angrily lifted up his sleeves, revealing the scars on his arms left by the branding iron...
"Tangbao is not afraid of pain, nor is he afraid of hunger... But Tangbao cannot be missing any limbs, otherwise mother will be sad when she sees it!"
“Wuwuwu…”
Emperor Liang: “…” She’s still so proud even after being bullied like this?
What on earth is this thing that his Yun family’s ancestors had to work so hard to save?
The children of the Tian family can die at the hands of Yun Xingxu, but they must never be abused by outsiders!
"Come here, dig up the Shen family's ancestral grave immediately and grind all the remains of the Shen family into ashes!"
The inner guard wanted to ask which Shen family it was? He glanced at Princess Zhaoning and understood instantly.
The atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and everyone was huddled together, not daring to move.
Eunuch Shen tried his old trick again, wanting to rub Emperor Liang's forehead, but when he met the other's eyes full of hostility, he immediately changed direction and gently wiped the tears for little Tangbao.
"Huh?"
"Your Majesty! Look at Princess Zhaoning's eye. There's indeed a small black mole! It's in the exact same spot as the red mole on your face!"
"..." Emperor Liang narrowed his eyes and looked at the little guy beside him.
You know what, there is a tiny black dot smaller than a needle tip at the end of the kid's eye. If you don't look closely, you can't see it at all.
Emperor Liang cared most about the Empress Dowager. He could not bear to see his mother shed tears, so he said against his will:
"My Queen Mother is right. Princess Zhaoning does look a bit like me."
"Especially this nose. The tip is round like a teardrop, and the bridge is narrow and slightly raised... It's exactly like mine."
I have to admit that the little girl is a rare beauty.
If she had not been born into the royal family, she would have been a disaster in the future.
"Mother, since Princess Zhaoning's knee is injured, let her stay in your palace to recuperate. That way you can have a companion."
“…” The Queen Mother nodded, her face full of joy, but she felt extremely uneasy in her heart.
The emperor actually thought of keeping this child as a hostage in the palace... It seems that he is still worried about Che'er!
"Xiao Tangbao, starting today, you will be moving to your great-grandmother's Shoukang Palace. Why don't you thank your Royal Grandfather?"
"No!!" The little guy's face turned pale, and his big watery eyes were instantly filled with anxiety...
"Tang Bao, don't live in the palace. Daddy is uncomfortable. Daddy vomited blood when he sent Tang Bao to the palace. Tang Bao must go back to take care of Daddy!"
“…” The Queen Mother was stunned when she heard this and was speechless for a long time.
When Eunuch Shen saw Emperor Liang glance at him, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, what Princess Zhaoning said is true. I saw with my own eyes His Royal Highness Prince Qing secretly vomiting blood outside the palace gate."
"You have to vomit blood secretly..." The old empress dowager glared at Emperor Liang fiercely, "As an emperor, you can't even protect the heirs of the Yun family!"
"If you don't feel sorry for your nephew, I still feel sorry for my own grandson!"
"Emperor, according to my opinion, you should let Che'er go to the border. There, there is no fighting and people are free."
Even if Emperor Liang intended to conceal it, he did it very well... But the old empress dowager knew it clearly in her heart. She knew that it was this rebellious son who was so cruel that he killed her only son and daughter-in-law with his own hands!
She also knew that if one day she followed the late emperor, he would never let Che'er and his daughter go!
Although she is old, she also wants to find a way to make a living for her grandson and great-granddaughter!
"..." Border? Little Tangbao blinked and panicked, his voice trembling, "Daddy can't go to the border. If Daddy goes to the border, where will Mommy find Tangbao?"
Seeing that she was about to cry, the old queen mother hurriedly said, "He will go to his border, Tang Bao will stay in the palace, and great-grandmother will accompany you."
"Mother..." Emperor Liang frowned and interrupted them coldly, "The border is far away, and Prince Qing is weak. I am worried that he won't be able to make it..."
“…” The old queen mother pursed her lips, thinking that this unfilial son was determined not to let Che’er go!
"If Tang Bao's leg injury is not healed, I really don't feel safe letting her return to Prince Qing's Mansion..."
"Or, the emperor should order Prince Qing to go out of the city to suppress the bandits. Otherwise, when the children are asleep at night, they will inevitably cry out to go home to find their parents!"
“???” Emperor Liang frowned slightly, feeling that the Empress Dowager was acting a little abnormally today.
The Queen Mother avoided her son's sight and lovingly touched Tang Bao's little feet. Her eyes were deep, as if she saw the figure of another child through the child in front of her...
"I remember that when the emperor was five years old, he went to your aunt's house to attend a banquet. In the evening, he refused to return to the palace and insisted on staying in the princess's house."
"Later, in the middle of the night, when the palace gates were locked, you cried and insisted on returning to the palace to find me."
"Your aunt had no choice but to carry you onto the carriage, intending to wait with you outside the palace gates overnight... But I couldn't bear to see you suffer that. I risked my own life, secretly opened the palace gates, and brought you back!"
"For this, the late emperor nearly banished me to the cold palace, and the late empress dowager even punished me by making me copy Buddhist scriptures for half a month..."
“?!!” Emperor Liang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head in shock.
She remembers?!
It happened so long ago, yet my mother still remembers it!
It seems that the Queen Mother really had him in her heart, and she really loved him!
"Emperor, let Prince Qing go out of the city to suppress the bandits, so that this little guy can stay in the palace with peace of mind."
"I seldom dream of the late emperor. Only by taking good care of her can I face my ancestors and your father in the afterlife."
Emperor Liang, who had not had such a conversation with his mother for a long time, was in a good mood. But letting Prince Qing go out of the city to suppress the bandits was no different from giving him military merit.
He was about to speak when little Tang Bao was the first to get anxious, "No, no! I don't want to live in the palace. Someone in the palace wants to kill me. I'm scared!"
"Who wants to kill you?" Emperor Liang's sharp gaze instantly fell on the little guy.
"..." Their eyes met, but Xiao Tangbao gave him a cold look.
whispering sound……
"A few days ago, Daddy took Tang Bao up the mountain to look for the old ancestor. When it got dark, many men in black chased Tang Bao and shot arrows. Daddy's attempts to lure the tiger away from the mountain were useless."
"They didn't kill Daddy, they only killed Tangbao. Daddy got angry and dragged those people into the woods..."
"Later, Daddy said those people were internal guards, archers... The emperor asked even though he knew the answer, because you wanted to kill Tang Bao!"
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