In the Yangxin Hall, the emperor looked sick, and there was a strong smell of medicine everywhere.
After the queen entered, she was shocked when she saw the emperor's appearance. It seemed that the emperor had aged much overnight and looked haggard.
She came to the bed and called softly, "Your Majesty."
The emperor said "hmm", opened his eyes, looked at the queen and said, "Sit down!"
The queen took her seat.
The emperor asked: "Have they all left?"
"I sent them all back." The queen looked at the emperor. "The children are very worried about Your Majesty. You must take care of the dragon body."
The queen's tone sounded flat, but if you listen carefully, you can still see worry and concern hidden.
The emperor stretched out his hand and said, "Help me up."
The queen stretched out her hand and helped the emperor up. The discerning chamberlain immediately took a pillow and let the emperor lean on it.
The emperor found a comfortable position and sat down, then looked at the queen carefully and said to her: "Mingyan, I am getting old, and so are you."
The emperor's eyes turned red, "Your Majesty is immortal."
The emperor shook his head, reached out to touch her face, and sighed, "Over the years, I have been sorry for you and neglected you."
Over the years, the queen has not made any mistakes. It can be said that she is cautious and cautious, for fear of being found out by the emperor. But even so, once or twice a month, she was harshly criticized and treated coldly by the emperor because of trivial matters.
The emperor suppressed the prince, and even the queen lost face. This is known to everyone and is not a secret.
I know very well what the emperor has done in these years. Usually when he is sick, he will not let the queen get close to him. The mother of a country is always shut out, and the queen can only come.
Come and go, except on the first and fifteenth day of every month, the emperor will not set foot in Fengyi Palace, and the queen also knows her taste and will not invite her.
Unless the queen makes a big mistake, the emperor can't take it seriously. He can only reprimand and treat her coldly, but he can't remove her phoenix seal. The prince never makes a mistake. Even if the emperor knows that his prestige and reputation exceed that of his father, he can only suppress him.
If you treat him coldly, you can't depose the prince.
Therefore, as for his legitimate wife and legitimate son, after all these years, he looked back and found that what he could recall was really not a harmonious scene.
The most he could do was recall that during the first few years of his marriage to the queen, they were a harmonious couple, and she was happy and praised him for giving birth to a clever son.
But that was a long time ago.
Tears fell from the Queen's eyes and she choked slightly, "Your Majesty is not sorry for my concubine, but I am not liked by your Majesty. The prince has been strict since he was a child, and he cannot be coquettish about your Majesty's knees, so he is not liked by your Majesty."
The person who likes to say flattering words and please the emperor is the eldest prince Yan Li. The person who likes to act according to the wind is the second prince Yan Lin. Although Yan Huisheng is the legitimate son, he was named the prince because he was born, so these behaviors are unacceptable to him.
Nothing can be done, especially since Qin Taifu is very knowledgeable, but he is upright and observant of etiquette, and he cannot teach a dishonest prince.
The emperor shook his head and handed her a handkerchief, "You are my queen, how could I not like you? As the crown prince, you should be respectful. These are not faults."
The queen was silent, took the veil, and gently wiped her tears. But she was thinking, these are not faults, so what are the faults? Blame her for being too dignified and a motherly demeanor? Blame the prince for not being virtuous and caring for the people.
Love?
When the emperor saw that the queen was silent, he asked deeply: "Mingyan, are you always blaming me in your heart?"
The queen shook her head and said, "I am not surprised."
It's not that she doesn't dare, it's that she doesn't feel weird. She knew that the emperor liked to hear this, and he just wanted to hear her say that he didn't feel weird, so she just said it.
The emperor held her hand and sighed, "Mingyan, I sit in this position, there are many things that I can't help myself with."
The Queen nodded, "I understand, so I have never cried to Your Majesty."
This is the truth.
The emperor nodded, "Yes, children who cry can get candy."
He held the queen's hand tightly and said, "The precious concubine always cries, so I have favored her over the years."
The queen thought, not only the precious concubine, but also the virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine. As soon as the precious concubine showed her displeasure, the emperor would offer him all the good things.
He is happy and can say nice things. He can also have sweets to eat.
As a queen, she cannot be like them, otherwise she will be immodest, and her Majesty will reprimand her, and the courtiers will criticize her. In short, she cannot do what they can do.
The emperor said: "I didn't expect that the precious concubine would do so many wrong things behind my back. Especially, she would kidnap a woman from the Su family and kill Su Rong. It was really in vain that I gave her the title of "zhen".
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The queen didn't know what to say, so she could only say: "The noble concubine is really unexpected. I wonder why she is so? Since he entered the palace, for more than ten years, your majesty has been doting on her and has never treated her badly. It stands to reason that
She said that she should not and had no reason to do these things. Also, how could she support so many killers while staying in the palace?"
The emperor's face turned ugly, "I interrogated her last night, and she refused to say whether she was dead or alive. But although I have been fooled by her for many years, I am not a fool. As a noble concubine, she has benefited someone for so many years because of her. After thinking about it, I will
Know."
He said with a dark face: "I have already sent people to check on Marquis Nanping and Zhang Ping."
Although the Precious Concubine was sent to the palace by the Nanping Prefecture, the Nanping Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Nanping Marquis and was closely related to the Nanping Marquis. In addition, the General Pingxi Mansion seemed to have nothing to do with the Precious Concubine, but because of the Fire Fox Skin Incident,
Because he donated money to the precious concubine, it relieved him of his feud with the prince and coaxed the beauty, which was equivalent to buying his heart. Most of the money from the treasury flowed into Northern Hebei, and he was the one who made the most profit. It didn't matter if he didn't believe it.
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The queen was thinking about this, and her majesty had never told her since she felt that the prince was a threat to her. It had been at least seven or eight years. Now that she fell ill due to the concubine's anger, she told her.
The queen couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking at this time. Whether he really wanted to talk to her and make up for and save their relationship as husband and wife, or whether he wanted to test her and see if she and the prince wanted to take advantage of the current situation.
The second prince and the fourth prince suppressed the situation in the court and began to counterattack, which made him panic, fearing that they would do something to him as an emperor, so that the prince could successfully ascend the throne.
No wonder the queen thought so, it was true that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. The sick-looking emperor in front of her knew how to manipulate people's hearts and test them best.
She has been a queen for more than 20 years, and she understands him not only best, but also to a great extent.
She looked sad and said with relief: "The Marquis of Nanping and General Pingxi have been very loyal for many years. Maybe your Majesty is overly worried. Your Majesty should take good care of your health first. There are a lot of things in the government and the public waiting for you to deal with."
, the first snow of this winter has been falling for three days and nights. The prince is worried that there will be a snowstorm somewhere, so you must take care of your dragon body."
The implication is that this world is still yours, and I count on you to make the decision.
