Chapter 342: Questioning

In fact, for the safety of Xuanqing Palace in the future, and also for the sake of the country's future, the brotherhood would not be so tragic. Chunjia always hoped that King Qin, Seventh Prince, Ninth Prince and even King Jin would be mediocre.

If this was a normal time, when he heard that Yun Fenghuang was dragging his sick body to assist the King of Qin in his studies, he would have been suspicious, suspecting that the imperial concubine was still coveting the position of the Eastern Palace.

But right now, Yun Fenghuang was hit hard, and the emperor felt sorry for him, so he couldn't bear it and was unwilling to think about certain aspects, he just felt that it was not easy for the noble concubine: "The noble concubine has excelled in everything since she was a child, so it is no wonder that the king of Qin cannot be slack. It's also because the King of Qin was too naughty, and asked the noble concubine to worry about it. And Zhaoqing is not sensible... How about this, I quietly summoned the two children to come to me, and I will talk about them."

Because the two brothers and sisters were raised by Yun Fenghuang and were very pampered, although Chunjia felt that they were not caring enough, she didn't plan to do anything about it.

Therefore, the displeasure caused by the embarrassment towards the noble concubine was directed at... the third prince.

"Every time the queen mentions it to me, she is full of praise." The emperor said lightly, "He is respectful and filial, sensible and considerate, friendly and brotherly, and his studies are flawless... Zhaoqing is now transferred to a girls' school Otherwise, I'm afraid he will catch up soon... he seems to be a very smart child."

Yan Yin knew the emperor's feelings towards the second and third princes, and to be honest, Chunjia couldn't be blamed for this, after all, the remnants of the Ji family were still lingering, and they still had the power to cause all kinds of troubles for the country.

Under such circumstances, suppressing the prince who is of Ji's blood is a necessary measure for the front court and the harem.

But these two princes have never been monsters, and they are very well-behaved and docile, especially in the comparison of the brothers and sisters King Qin and Zhao Qing, the second prince and the third prince are really very flattering.

He also couldn't bear it in his heart, so he said tactfully: "Perhaps His Highness the Third Prince is calmer. His Highness Qin Wang is lively. He has not been in school for a long time, so he may not be able to calm down. After a while, maybe he will hurry up." Is it up?"

"Stable mind?" Chunjia heard the words, looked up at him, smiled, and said, "If Guo is really a calm minded person, wouldn't he know what I mean? Wouldn't he understand his identity and situation? Yet he still dares to agree with me?" Qin Wang Zhengfeng... This is clearly ambitious!"

Yan Yin suddenly didn't dare to speak.

The emperor squinted his eyes, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Go and remind the queen, it is natural for royal children to have great ambitions, but we also need to see what kind of ambition it is, and whether I am sure of this ambition! "

"……yes."

After a long while, Gu Zhen listened to this and was silent for a long time. After Yan Yin resigned, he became furious: "It's because King Qin is no better than Binger in the classroom, and it's not enough for the imperial concubine to teach King Qin privately. His Majesty personally came forward to suppress Binger?!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Both sides persuaded, "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more. You think His Majesty is not very close to the Second and Third Princes. His Majesty is naturally happy when the other princes stand out. But the words of the Second and Third Princes... Think about the floods in the south, the palace change, and the Huizhou incident this time. The outside world doesn’t know about it. We have the news from the uncle. Don’t you know? The family of the two highnesses has not disappeared , This is Your Majesty, a former courtier, how can you have no doubts in your heart?"

"Your Majesty may not have sent these words to the Xuanqing Palace. Maybe His Majesty himself has the same meaning? After all, it's not a day or two since His Majesty the Third Prince suppressed His Highness King Qin's studies. Why haven't we seen him before?" Your Majesty will come forward in person?"

The most important thing is, "After our tenth prince enters school tomorrow, if His Royal Highness the third prince is still on top, this..."

The tenth prince and the twelve princes are the key points!

The other princes are just raising them by the way!

Originally according to the plan, Zhong Gong had already started to hint that the third prince should restrain himself and stop acting so talented. Now that the emperor speaks in person, isn't it just a matter of throwing the pot away? From now on, if the third prince wants to complain, just blame his own father, it has nothing to do with your mother!

Gu Zhen said sullenly: "Why doesn't this palace know these truths? But have you ever thought about it? Even if His Majesty originally meant this and didn't mention it earlier, now that the noble concubine is working hard, he will mention it. Then when the crown prince is established in the future, The noble concubine has to work hard and feel unhappy, will His Majesty also rely on her?!"

"This..." The left and right looked at each other for a moment, then whispered, "How could His Majesty be inconsiderate of such a big matter?"

The queen sighed, and said weakly, "Just hope."

She still trusted Chunjia very much before, but now... her heart is a little restless.

The point is that she has nothing to do but just watch the emperor greet the imperial concubine with care and concern!

This is very helpless.

The helpless queen calmed down for a while, and ordered someone to summon the third prince to come to her. She first cared about the current situation, and finally said the emperor's request in a somewhat embarrassing manner. , not only not to overwhelm King Qin, but also to be inferior to the other brothers.

It's just a matter of directly arranging for this child to stay at the bottom.

The third prince was very happy to be close to her alone at first, but he fell silent after hearing this.

After all, he was a child who was single-handedly raised. Seeing his sad expression for a moment, the queen felt very sad, and couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't think so much, anyway, you are a prince, and you are already honorable and extraordinary. Even if your studies are inferior Some, in the future there will be some wealth."

"Then why must my son's academic performance be inferior?" The third prince raised his head, looked at her, and asked in a low voice, "Is it because...the father doesn't like my son?"

For Gu Zhen, it is really difficult to give an affirmative answer to this question.

She has nothing to say, and she made it clear that she will not say anything in the future.

The third prince was the first child she raised.

At that time, she was unremarkable among the concubines in the palace.

And got used to being inconspicuous.

The emperor didn't like her either, and she didn't expect to be registered as a queen, so she felt that she could only guard this child for the rest of her life. Under this kind of consideration, the issue of the third prince's background is not important at all. After all, there are still many concubines who have no children and face the fate of being thrown to the palace to fend for themselves once Chunjia dies.

She devoted all her heart and soul to the third prince, and this painstaking effort and affection were different from those she did to the later king of Chu, the tenth prince, and the twelve princes.

how to say?

Gu Zhen raised the king of Chu and his three sons for the sake of his future status in Qingci Palace, and also for the sake of making the Gu family bigger.

Only the third prince, the child who came to her first, in Gu Zhen's view, was for himself.

Purely for herself.

As far as the lintel of the Gu family is concerned, they have an extra future concubine, which is actually unlikely to save them from their situation of having no successors.

When Gu Zhen was raising the third prince, the Gu family was not too close to her.

At that time, it was most meaningful to her that the prince came to her lap, whether it was the whereabouts of the emperor she was serving after his death, or the future years in the deep palace, she had sustenance all of a sudden.

Later, there were more and more children in front of her, and they were all princes. They all had brighter and brighter futures than the third prince, but these were won by the family and raised for the family.

She also needs their affection, but it is nothing more than for the sake of continuous prosperity in the future.

Rather than simply, as a mother, she needs the attachment of her children.

Now facing the third prince's question, Gu Zhen was silent for a long time before forcing a smile and said, "Why doesn't your father like you? It's just..."

"Mother!" The third prince suddenly raised his voice and interrupted her.

This seemed to be the first time this kid did this, so Gu Zhen was a little surprised.

In her impression, Gongxiang Bing has always been gentle and sensible, considerate and well-behaved, respectful and admiring to her, and would never do such a behavior that doesn't even have the patience to listen to her finish.

It can be seen that the child is really anxious.

The empress sighed in her heart, and then she heard the third prince's rapid, fearful and timid voice, and continued to ask: "Mother, I heard from the palace people that it is because my mother and concubine are not well-born, and I am deeply disgusted by my father. So, the son is not liked by the father, is that true?"

Which bitch said this? !

Gu Zhen frowned slightly, thinking, the Imperial City Secretary is also a waste! Now that the Central Palace has been cleaned up, how can there be such a fish that slipped through the net? !

Or is it that the Secretary of the Imperial City also looks at the food and thinks that the third prince is not favored by the emperor, so he can turn a deaf ear to it? If so, she, the queen, will not let it go!

The queen gathered herself together and asked, "Who told you this? What? Do you believe in a slave who serves us, or in the queen mother?"

"...When I was resettled a few years ago, I heard what the wet nurses said, and many people said so." The third prince bit his lip, lowered his head, and said with a little choking, "Mother, the son is no longer three or four years old. It’s a child! I know that my mother is kind, and I can’t bear to be sad! But now that I’ve grown up, I’m asking my mother... to tell me the truth!!!”

As he said, he knelt down, walked up to her, stretched out his hand to support her knee, and sobbed, "Over the years, although the father is busy with government affairs, when he comes to the harem, he often hugs the fifth brother and the others... but I have never hugged Erchen before! In the past, the mother and empress always had a reason to explain, but Erchen has grown up now and already knows. If the emperor really cares about Erchen so little, how could he not even have the time to hug Erchen? No? Erchen still remembers that when his father went to inspect the classroom, his eldest brother and elder sister laughed and played around him. Every time, his father patiently talked and played with them...but he never even looked at Erchen One look!"

"My son has really grown up, and I don't want to listen to those kind prevarications from my mother anymore."

"I beg my mother to tell my son the truth, okay?"

"..." Gu Zhen felt a pang in her heart, and she wished she could find Chunjia to fight immediately. Yes, the Ji family is domineering, and Ji Muzi, the biological mother of the second prince and the third prince, was not a gentle and virtuous master when she was alive, but the emperor The Ji family has been destroyed, even if there are still remnants of evil, the child is innocent!

Or Chunjia's own flesh and blood!

Can't you give even a little bit of pity? !

"The second prince under Concubine Shu's knees, you and Concubine Shu, were brothers from the same mother." The queen was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, stroked his hair, and said in a low voice, "I think you must have heard the people talking about this matter. Forget it? Even if you haven’t heard of it, you should know that you are closer than other brothers just because your second brother looks the same as you. In fact, the reason why your father is alienated and indifferent to you brothers may be because In order to protect you... After all, your biological mother, the Ji family, offended many people back then..."

After all, she couldn't bear to let the third prince face the most vivid truth, that is, in Chunjia's heart, the King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing who were usually doted on could give up anytime and anywhere, let alone the blood of the Ji family like the second prince and the third prince.

After much deliberation, he lied, "Your father is busy with government affairs, and your mother... your mother's means are limited. You only look at your five younger brothers, ten younger brothers and twelve younger brothers, all of whom are legitimate sons. Even if disasters continue, let alone you? Your royal father spoke this time personally because he was afraid that you would be targeted and murdered if you were too outstanding!"

"Actually, he did this, which shows that he still cares about your brothers."

"Otherwise, why bother to remind me?"

"Furthermore, do you think that if you don't value you, why bother to arrange for your brother's adoptive mothers, one is Bengong, and the other is Concubine Shu? Bengong and Concubine Shu are both old people who entered the palace when your father was married. Only by staying in the palace for a long time can I be able to protect you better. If you had changed those young concubines, I’m afraid you would have been caught by the dark hand!"

"So it's not that your father doesn't love you, it's that he, as the emperor, has too many constraints, so it's hard to show his love, understand?"

"...Empress mother, since the empress mother is an old man who entered the palace when the father was married, she stayed in the palace for a long time, and can better protect the son and minister, but the father still doesn't want to show his love for the son." The third prince really Conghui, after hearing the words, he only thought about it for a while, and then asked in a deep voice, "Then, it will be targeted at the son-in-law, could it be... the noble mother and concubine?!"