No matter how naughty and mischievous the child is, in the eyes of parents, it is a treasure that they hold in their hands for fear of losing and hold in their mouths for fear of melting. What's more, Zhu Ping has always been extremely intelligent and brave.
, and now he has become so stupid, confused and wanton, which makes Lao Zhu and Queen Ma feel sad and puzzled.
Now that Han Du mentioned it, he immediately wanted to ask clearly.
"Do you know why?" Lao Zhu looked a little confused and asked with full curiosity.
Han Du nodded with some exaggeration, and then said with admiration: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. King Qin has been carefully taught by the Emperor since he was a child, so naturally he is not bad at all. But sometimes, the only thing that goes wrong is his intelligence."
"Why is this?" Lao Zhu's brows slowly wrinkled, a little confused.
In Lao Zhu's impression, his son was smart and promising, but why did something that many people dream of turn out to be a bad thing when it comes to Han Du?
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and saw him slightly nodding towards him before continuing: "Your Majesty, if His Highness King Qin were an ordinary commoner, then intelligence would naturally be very important and very good to him. But
He is the King of Qin, he has been the King of Qin since he was still young, and even he can know now that when he dies, he will still be the King of Qin."
Lao Zhu's expression changed instantly when he heard this, and he looked at Han Du with a bit of madness and violence, but he did not stop Han Du from continuing to speak.
"Perhaps for a person who is dedicated to his duties, this is a good thing that he dreams of. But for a person who is extremely intelligent, enterprising, and wants to do something personally, this status is actually a shackle.
A yoke that made him feel trapped."
"That's nonsense!" Lao Zhu suddenly slapped his palm on the table, his eyes were red and his face was furious, "When he comes of age, I will make him a king, grant him great power, rich clothes, fine food, and a royal flag. What's missing?
Did he? And let him command the Six Guards? Is there anything the higher-ups are dissatisfied with?"
Han Du didn't know how to answer for a moment. What Lao Zhu did was actually the same as many parents. He always thought that what he prepared for his son was the best, but he never asked, "Does my son like it?"
like."
Regardless of whether he likes it or not, he stuffed everything into King Qin's arms without thinking that sometimes it would be counterproductive.
As the violent breath swept through the air quickly, Han Du's speaking movements suddenly stopped. It was not until Lao Zhu looked away from himself impatiently that he swallowed and looked up at Lao Zhu without daring to speak.
"Your Majesty, calm down, Han Du is just telling the second child his thoughts." Empress Ma took Lao Zhu's arm, comforted her, and turned to look at Han Du: "You continue."
Han Du was trembling faintly and trying to calm down. After a pause, he said: "Many smart people like King Qin like challenges and fight with others, and a calm life is a kind of torture for him.
Although Deng was naughty and often went out of her way to do things, she was able to bring ripples and new ideas to King Qin's uneventful life. If the emperor severely punished Deng, His Highness the King of Qin's spirit would probably be broken.
"
Deng was just the second concubine of King Qin. In order to give an explanation to the world, Lao Zhu had no problem if he wanted her to die. Deng could die, but Zhu Xi could not be implicated.
If Deng's death really had such a big impact on Zhu Ping, Lao Zhu would have to be cautious.
"Is it really as serious as you say?"
Han Du took a deep breath and sighed solemnly: "Your Majesty, people live by their energy. If Deng is gone, no one knows whether King Qin can wake up from such a blow. If he can
If you wake up in time, everyone will naturally be happy. But I am afraid that everything will always go against your wishes~
If King Qin cannot withstand such a blow, the rest of his life will be over."
The anger in Lao Zhu's heart became more intense, and his face suddenly turned red. But it was about Zhu Chong, and even if it was just a possibility, he had to be cautious.
"This matter allows me to think about it for a long time." Lao Zhu's eyes were a little hollow, looking at the void without focus, and flicked his fingers towards Han Du and Zhu Biao.
"My lord, please leave." Han Du was eager to leave. Understanding what Lao Zhu meant, he quickly bowed and took a few steps back.
Seeing that his father did not agree, Zhu Biao couldn't help but worry that something might happen to Zhu Ping. But at this time, it was useless for him to stay here, so he had to leave with Han Du.
That night, Lao Zhu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. As soon as it was light the next day, Lao Zhu ordered: "Someone, go find that traitor!"
Seeing that Lao Zhu was angry, the old eunuch quickly arranged for someone to bring King Qin into the palace.
As soon as King Qin saw Lao Zhu, he knelt down and cried bitterly. He knelt down in front of Lao Zhu, hugged Lao Zhu's legs and cried loudly: "Father, I am wrong, I know it."
I'm wrong, please let me go back this time."
Lao Zhu suddenly became furious, kicked Zhu Xi on the shoulder, and cursed angrily: "Idiot, you still know your mistake? You plundered people's wealth, built a lot of construction projects, made the queen's clothes, and built a five-claw dragon bed, how about you?
Do you want to replace me?"
Zhu Chen was kicked by Lao Zhu and rolled around on the ground twice before he stopped. When he heard these words, his voice suddenly changed with fright. He was helpless and panicked and explained: "I never meant this, I never meant this. Erchen
I was just confused for a moment and did such a thing. I beg my father to spare me for once."
When Lao Zhu saw Zhu Ping rolling on the ground, his face paused slightly, and he couldn't bear it. Although Zhu Ping was a bastard, he was his biological son after all.
"Spare you? If I spare you, how will I explain to the people who were forced to sell their sons and daughters by you, how to explain to the palace officials who were bullied and tortured by you, and how to explain to the people of the world?" Lao Zhu sat on a chair.
He was so angry that his whole body was trembling. He pointed at Zhu Ming and cursed: "How could I have a son like you? How could you do such a stupid thing?"
Zhu Xi knelt in front of Lao Zhu and kowtowed repeatedly, and kept begging for mercy: "I know I was wrong, and I beg your father for mercy. I know I was wrong, and I beg your father for mercy."
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Ping who was kneeling down and begging for mercy. Seeing that the fire was almost done, he said, "It's not impossible to spare you."
Hearing that his father was willing to forgive him, Zhu Xi was overjoyed. He raised his head and looked at Lao Zhu eagerly, and said happily: "Thank you, father, thank you so much."
However, Lao Zhu's face was solemn. He raised his hand to stop Zhu Ping's words and said in a deep voice: "You made a huge mistake this time. If you are not severely punished, I will not be able to explain it to the people of the world."
When Zhu Xi heard this, he suddenly felt confused. He had promised to spare him just now. What did his father mean by saying this now?
Lao Zhu ignored Zhu Xi's slander and said calmly: "Fortunately, this incident was mainly caused by Deng. Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Since it was her who caused the trouble, she will naturally bear it.
I am going to give her death to thank the world!"
give death give death
Zhu Xi was stunned and lost the ability to think for a moment. These two words were all that echoed in his mind.
Suddenly, Zhu Ping woke up, with a strong fear in his eyes. He hugged his father's legs tightly and cried for mercy: "Father, it's none of Deng's business. Please spare her."
"
Lao Zhu waved his sleeves angrily and asked sternly: "Don't think that I don't know that I'm doing a lot of construction, buying pearls and emeralds, and plundering people's wealth. Everything is for her. How come it has nothing to do with her?"
"Father, these are all things I am willing to give to her. It really has nothing to do with her. I beg your father to spare her." The expression of crying and begging for mercy disappeared from Zhu Ping's face, and he became surprisingly calm.
, but in the action of secretly gritting his teeth, you can see a bit of his tenacity.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Xi, and at this moment he couldn't find the words to respond. After a moment, he sighed: "Do you know what you are talking about? This matter has reached such a level, if it is not severely punished, I will
There is no way to explain it to the world. If you ask me to spare Deng, who will bear the responsibility? Will you come?"
Zhu Xi did not answer directly, but lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at his father: "My son, I am willing to bear the responsibility."
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Xi's unflinching eyes, and secretly grasped the five fingers in his sleeves until the knuckles turned white. He looked a little nervous and asked: "What are you talking about?"
"My son is willing to bear all the burden. I only ask my father to spare the Deng family." Zhu Xi responded to his father without hesitation.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Xi carefully for a moment, and suddenly said with a sneer: "What? Do you think I can't do anything to you, so you dare to be so unscrupulous in front of me?"
Zhu Xiang quickly lowered his head, repented seriously and said: "I don't dare, I regret it sincerely. Even if I was demoted to a commoner because of this, I have no regrets. I just ask my father to spare Deng."
One life.”
After saying that, Zhu Xi bowed down with all his might.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel a little moved when he saw that Zhu Ping didn't show any deceit. He sighed and slowly closed his eyes. After a moment, he opened his eyes, looked at Zhu Ping kneeling on the ground and said, "Even if you are demoted to a commoner, you still have to do it."
Try to protect Mrs. Deng, is she really that important to you?"
Zhu Ming was silent for a long time, and finally uttered a few words, "When I was at my most confused, she was the one who gave him hope to live."
"You bastard, didn't I give it to you? Titles, kingdoms, soldiers and horses, what else did I not give you? Tell me!" Lao Zhu suddenly threw the teacup in his hand out of anger. He was beaten by Han in the past.
The treasure that Du had been thinking about how to get his hands on for many times was shattered to pieces in an instant.
Zhu
The anger in his heart, which had been suppressed for too long, gradually aroused. He raised his head, squeezed out a smile that seemed to be both joyful and crying: "Father has indeed given a lot to his son, but there is something that father can also give to his son.
Sir?"
"Is there anything else that I haven't given you? What else do you want? Tell me!" Lao Zhu became irritable. He stood up and walked to Zhu Ping, pointing at his nose and asked.
Facing his father's rage, Zhu Ping just responded with a sneer, staring at his father with blank eyes without blinking.
Lao Zhu's heart suddenly moved. He couldn't help but take a step back, pointed at Zhu Ping and gasped angrily: "You, you want it?"
"I don't want to," Zhu Ming responded indifferently.
But there are some things that Zhu Chong cannot mention. Once he mentions them, it is not so easy to get Lao Zhu to trust him again.
Lao Zhu now looked at Zhu Xi with cold eyes, obviously not believing what he said.
"My son, I have indeed never thought about it." Zhu Xi repeated it again, and then he continued to talk to himself regardless of whether his father believed it or not: "Brother Huang, no matter in terms of wisdom, talent, skill, or experience, is better than me in everything."
I am strong and I am convinced."
Only then did Lao Zhu believe Zhu Xi's words, and the solemn expression on his face slowly faded. At the same time, he asked puzzledly: "Since you are convinced by Zhu Biao, why do you have such treasonous delusions?"
Zhu Cang looked at his father in bewilderment and responded in a deep voice: "Father, I admire your brother and have no objection to his future succession to the throne, but that does not mean that I am convinced of you, my father."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he laughed twice and looked at Zhu Xi as if he had seen him punching himself when he was three years old.
He sneered and said: "Since you have such a deep prejudice against me, then I will give you a chance. Just tell me where you are dissatisfied with me, right?"
Zhu Xi seemed to be completely prepared and spoke without any scruples. Since his father wanted to know, he told him: "The prince was born a few months earlier than his son, and he is extremely talented. My father wants to bring the country to the country."
I have no objection to leaving it to him. But can my father be considerate of me? I don’t want to go to Xi’an, let alone work for my brother to expand the territory.
Since the father let the emperor's brother inherit the throne, he should let the emperor's brother go and expand the territory by himself, because the world will be his in the future. Why should he let his son and minister go to work and let the emperor's brother sit back and enjoy the success in the capital?
He is also the son of the emperor, so why should all the benefits belong to the emperor's brother and all the hardships should be borne by his sons and ministers? Does the emperor think this is fair?"
Zhu Xiang was filled with resentment, and as soon as he vented it out, he suddenly felt that his whole person came to life.
Lao Zhu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He looked at Zhu Ping with cold eyes and said sternly: "Brothers working together can break gold. I put you at the border because I think you can help Biao'er and stabilize the country."
.This is for the benefit of our Zhu family, what’s wrong with it?”
Zhu Cang did not hesitate and looked up at Lao Zhu who was standing in front of him: "Father, this country now belongs to the Zhu family, so the father sent his son to Xi'an, and he went without saying anything. But from now on,
This country belongs to the emperor's brother, why should I guard the border for him?
Whoever owns the country and the country will keep it by himself, and his subordinates will quit."
Lao Zhu was so angry that he wanted to scold Zhu Xi, but suddenly he didn't know how to speak.
Zhu Xi stood up, his body still upright, and said slowly: "I don't think about anything now. I just want to spend the rest of my life with the Deng family in peace and tranquility. My father can take away the feudal state of Erchen, and he can
If I take the prince's palace away, I can take away the six guards and horses. I don't want anything, just the Deng family."
"You bastard, do you want to pamper your concubine and destroy your wife? No matter what Mrs. Deng does, she is only your side concubine, and your main concubine is Wang." Old Zhu was furious. He had seen useless people, but he never personally
After experiencing this, my own son will be so hopeless.
However, this son is not an incompetent person. Zhu Feng is indeed a brave and resourceful person.
If a descendant of an ordinary family had Zhu Ping's talents, it would be difficult for the family not to prosper. However, Zhu Biao always overpowered him.
This made Zhu Feng extremely angry, and he also had to lament his bad luck. He deeply felt that "there is no way to be brilliant when you are good".
Although Lao Zhu was furious, he didn't do anything to Zhu Ping. There was no way, Zhu Ping's words were not unreasonable. There was only one high official, but Lao Zhu had more than one outstanding son, Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao only had the advantage because he was born a few months earlier.
"My son wants the Deng family."
"You want to piss me off to death, are you happy?" Lao Zhu immediately opened his teeth and clawed his way around looking for someone who could take advantage of him, but after searching for a while he couldn't find anything. He had to angrily check out the memorials and other pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the chief's case.
All the messy things were thrown at Zhu Ming, and he cursed angrily: "As long as I am alive for one day, Mrs. Wang will be your royal concubine. If you want to
Doting on concubines and destroying wives, you have given up on me.
roll roll roll!"
Seeing this, Zhu Xi had to dodge a few times and retreated. Looking at the torn inkstone on the ground, Zhu Xi felt sad. Fortunately, he had escaped in time, otherwise he would have been hit by this thing, and his bones and muscles would not have been broken?
Queen Ma and Zhu Biao came at the beginning, but they hid behind the screen and did not come out.
Originally, Zhu Biao was planning to wait for the right time and take the opportunity to step forward to persuade the emperor. However, he did not expect that things would turn out like this.
Hearing Zhu Ping say that he didn't want to guard the border for Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao's face was full of embarrassment and apology. At this time, he was even more unable to stand up. If he stood up to speak for Zhu Ping, he would have deliberately shown his face in front of Zhu Ping.
suspicion.
Therefore, Zhu Biao had to wait until Zhu Ping left before he came forward.
The same goes for Empress Ma, her palms and backs are all flesh, her two sons are at odds with each other, and it's not appropriate for her to help either of them, so she might as well not say anything at all.
"Father, please calm down." Empress Ma kept rubbing Lao Zhu's back, and Zhu Biao smiled reluctantly and embarrassedly, and comforted him.
Lao Zhu sat on a chair, looked at Zhu Biao with squinting eyes, and said: "How can I calm down? I consider him the eldest among all the princes except you, and I was the first to confer him the title of King of Qin. Does he know
Do you know what I mean by making him King of Qin?"
The title of the King of Qin was indeed the best among the princes. It can be said that Lao Zhu gave the best things to Zhu Ping, except Zhu Biao, and even gave the most to Zhu Ping. However, he did not expect that in the end, Zhu Ping would not appreciate it at all. Even
None of them were willing to follow Lao Zhu's original intention and use the vassal king as a barrier to defend Zhu Biao.
No wonder Lao Zhu is angry.
Zhu Biao lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly knelt down to worship.
"What? Even you think what I did was wrong?" Lao Zhu's face suddenly darkened, and his eyes glanced back and forth at Zhu Biao like a knife.
Lao Zhu did all this for Zhu Biao, so he absolutely didn't want to see even Zhu Biao oppose him. Because in that case, wouldn't it mean that what he did was just wishful thinking and no one would appreciate him?
In that case, Lao Zhu would probably faint from anger on the spot.
Zhu Biao said sternly: "I would like to thank my father for your love. I will be diligent in government affairs and be strict with myself in order to live up to my father's high expectations."
Seeing Zhu Biao taking the responsibility so calmly, Lao Zhu immediately laughed and said: "Okay, okay."
Even his own praise was not enough. He looked back at Empress Ma and said, "Sister, do you see that our Biao'er has grown up and has become more responsible?"
"Go back to the emperor, I have seen it." Empress Ma was also excited with tears in her eyes. She nodded in agreement towards the emperor and wiped her tears herself.
Zhu Biao looked at his father's old face, looked at it seriously for a few seconds, and suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart. Then he smiled and said: "But my father, I think what my second brother said is not unreasonable."
"Don't speak for him anymore." Lao Zhu shook his head, waved his hand to interrupt Zhu Biao, and then spoke again: "He is just jealous that you are the prince."
Zhu Biao sighed inwardly when he heard this. Is he really jealous of himself? Zhu Biao had no answer for a moment.
However, judging from the usual situation, Zhu Ping is quite convinced of himself, is full of goodwill towards himself, and has not done anything evil at all.
Rather than being jealous of himself, Zhu Biao was more willing to believe that what Zhu Ping just said was what he meant. Indeed, it would indeed be too much to pass all of his country and country to his younger brothers if he did not defend it himself.
Who would be willing to go to the bitter cold land of the frontier fortress? I’m afraid no matter who it is, they would choose the capital city with blooming flowers instead of going to the frontier fortress to enjoy the wind and drink the dew, right?
In addition, while I was enjoying myself in the capital, the imperial brothers suffered at the border. No wonder the second brother was so angry just now. It was indeed unfair!
However, these were all major policies formulated by his father, and Zhu Biao could not change them.
No matter what Zhu Biao does to his second brother, he will intercede for his second brother no matter what happens this time. After hesitating, Zhu Biao asked: "Father, it seems that Deng is indeed extremely important to his second brother.
, why not, for the sake of my second brother, spare her this time?"
When Lao Zhu heard Zhu Biao mention this, he felt an inexplicable headache. He couldn't help but raise his hands to rub his forehead, feeling that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"I'll wait until I think about this matter carefully before talking about it."
Queen Ma saw this and quickly stepped forward to massage the emperor. At the same time, she looked at Zhu Biao to indicate that he should go back first.
Zhu Biao listened to his father's words and noticed his hesitation, so he bowed and retreated at his mother's signal.
Zhu Biao walked out of the palace, exhaled a long breath, looked back at the direction of his father, and then walked away. Zhu Biao did not return to his east palace, but went straight out of the palace gate and faced Han