Chapter 318 Father and Son Talk
Rong Jinchen looked at his father's obviously old hand on the back of his hand. A touch of emotion flashed in his eyes, but he did not say anything.
Obviously, his father didn't want him to answer either.
"Because I couldn't make you the crown prince, I indulged you a lot, so you are still so willful at the age of 25. But Chen'er, do you want me to make other princes the crown princes and put you and your second brother in danger?" Rong Yue is not a fool. If the legitimate son cannot ascend the throne, and the illegitimate son ascends the throne, then the legitimate son will not survive.
His two legitimate sons were not the kind of people who would kill anyone, or rather, they would not take the illegitimate sons seriously as long as they were not forced into a desperate situation.
Rong Jinchen was silent for a moment. He knew that as the legitimate son, his second brother, the prince, could not ascend the throne, so he had to fight for it.
But it seemed that his father didn't need him to fight for it, nor did he order him to take a concubine. He wanted him and Qingqing to have more children.
"I don't care. When you and Zhenzhen have a second child, I will make you the crown prince." Rong Yue suddenly let go of the hand that was holding Rong Jinchen, and he sat down on the golden nanmu chaise longue in angrily.
"Father, I don't want a second child." Rong Jinchen pursed his lips, his eyes red. "Father, we only have Chaochao now, and I don't have time to spend time with Qingqing. If we have another child, I won't have a place." He shook Rong Yue's arm like he did when he was a child. "Father, please don't make things difficult for me, okay~ I will die without enough love from Qingqing." He said this very seriously.
Rong Yue:???
Are you kidding me?
You two are famous throughout the Qin Dynasty for being so affectionate!
Doesn't Zhenzhen love him enough?
Didn’t she say some time ago that she was willing to die with Chen’er?
Fuck you!
"I don't believe it." He moved his arm that was held by Rong Jinchen and turned his head to the other side.
Rong Jinchen complained in a low voice, "Don't think that I am fine now. It's because I am taking care of Chaochao, so Qingqing can focus more on me. If there is another child, I will be too busy to take care of everything." He shook him again.
Rong Yue: ...
Is this love-brained son his own?
He began to waver in his idea of passing the throne to Rong Jinchen.
"Get out of here." He pulled his arm free.
"Your son will take his leave." Rong Jinchen bowed without thinking and left.
Looking at Rong Jinchen's back as he left, Rong Yue cursed with a smile, "What a stinky boy, you're so ungrateful."
East Palace.
Prince An Rong Jinyou had been locked in the room for a day and a night. When the palace door opened again, he didn't want to say anything, and he didn't care who the visitor was.
"You'er, it's me." Rong Yue felt that he needed to have a good talk with Rong Jinyou.
Prince An was still wearing the apricot yellow court robe that he had worn when he attended court that day. When he saw that it was his father, he quickly took off his outer robe and said, "What are you doing here, father? This is not the first time that I have been deposed." He just felt that he was a failure and was rejected again and again.
This time, the emperor conferred the title of Prince An on him, which meant that he no longer considered making him the crown prince.
King Qin and King An, how obvious.
Rong Jinyou didn't even notice that his father hadn't called him that in thirty years.
Rong Yue's throat was a little choked up. His originally high-spirited crown prince had been raised to be like this by him. If he had known earlier, he should not have let those pedantic teachers from aristocratic families in the Eastern Palace teach the crown prince.
But there are no ifs in the world.
"I know you resent me, but I don't believe you can continue to implement my reforms. You'er, tell me the truth, can you do it? Can you be cruel?" Rong Yue also imitated Rong Jinyou, sitting on the carpet, picking up a pot of wine and pouring it into his mouth.
"Hehe, when did the emperor start calling me by my name?" Just because the emperor gave up on him as the heir, he started to be so kind to his father?
Unexpectedly, he also received the same treatment as Achen.
After saying that, he poured half a pot of wine into his mouth, and the wine flowed down his neck to his collar.
After a long silence, a trace of clarity and pain flashed in Rong Jinyou's eyes, "I am so indecisive and incapable of being used in important matters. It is reasonable for you, father, to be disappointed." He felt that his life was a complete failure.
Throughout history, many princes have not been treated as well as he was, but he played a good hand of cards badly.
Is he wrong?
But that's the kind of education he received.
Rong Jinyou added: "Your Majesty has given up on me, right, Prince An?" He had a sarcastic smile on his face, with a hint of self-mockery.
He thought about it for a whole day and night. From the time he and his father got along well, to the time they had a rift, the time the crown prince was deposed, then reinstated, and finally yesterday he was deposed for the second time.
Rong Jinyou finally understood that his father's knife was aimed at the aristocratic family, and he was a prince raised by an aristocratic family, so he was naturally raised to be biased towards the aristocratic family.
As he was, he could not cruelly harm the interests of the aristocratic family, nor could he protect the results of his father's reforms.
No wonder my father was so calm when he deposed him for the second time. He must have been disappointed in him a long time ago, right?
If you ask whether Rong Jinyou would regret pleading for mercy for Duke Dingguo, he would still say that he has a clear conscience.
Look, he is such a kind, polite, upright and noble former crown prince that the aristocratic family is most satisfied with.
Rong Yue was not without heartache. Rong Jinyou was also his legitimate son, and the eldest son. His status in his heart was no lower than Chen'er.
It’s just because the eldest son has to inherit the family business, so it’s inevitable that the youngest son will be indulged.
"You'er, don't worry, I won't let you be in danger." Chen'er would never attack his second brother.
Rong Jinyou suddenly chuckled, "Your Majesty, I have a question that has puzzled me for many years. Have you ever wavered in the idea of passing the throne to me?" It was very clear what his father said; he intended Achen to be the crown prince.
Rong Jinyou inevitably felt disappointed and unbalanced. He was the queen mother's son, but he didn't have the emperor's favor, a wife he loved, and even lost his position as the crown prince. Why?
Even though Rong Jinyou knew that it was his own fault that he lost the position of crown prince.
But in the past, he got the throne of the crown prince, Achen was favored by his father, and he had a wife who was in tune with his soul.
He wondered if his father had ever wavered in his decision to make him the crown prince.
Because Achen was really outstanding, he was granted the title of Langjuxu before he even reached adulthood, and his father gave him the tiger talisman twice, and the Princess of Yan had such an outstanding family background.
Rong Yue was stunned. Looking at Rong Jinyou with a confused face, his heart seemed to be cut by a knife. "Before the incident of Duke Dingguo, even if I deposed you, I never thought of passing the throne to someone else." Otherwise, why would he reinstate the prince?
Rong Jinyou smiled with relief, "I understand, son." It was his fault that he didn't do well enough.
When Rong Yue was about to turn around and leave, Rong Jinyou curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Father, I have something to say about the Yellow River bursting its dike two years ago." Rong Jinyou had held this handle in his hand for a long time. He knew that his father supported Prince Jin to serve as a whetstone for him and also to provide a check and balance.
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