Luo Lianyi and Feng Lin stood in the corner, raising their feet from time to time to avoid the flying pieces of porcelain, not knowing what to do.
Qi Yu was finally tired. He slumped back on the dragon chair and stared ahead with murderous eyes, seemingly unfocused.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. A little impatience will mess up your plans. Your Majesty, please give in now. When the country becomes stronger one day, you will definitely destroy Xiling and cut Prince Liufan into pieces!" The Queen walked over and sat down next to him, comforting him with gentle words.
"I swear I won't be a human unless I cut Liu Fan into pieces!" Qi Yu gnashed his teeth and pushed the short boy next to him to the ground.
Luo Lianyi looked into his eyes and suddenly shuddered, and Feng Lin even hid behind her tremblingly.
"Your Majesty is tired today. There were several pretty girls in the Nuan Pavilion just now. Why don't you choose one of them to sleep with tonight," the Queen said.
"I'm no longer interested. Queen, please help me go back to Fengyi Palace to rest." Qi Yu said tiredly.
There was a smile on the queen's face. She said it generously. In fact, the emperor was already tired and was not interested in visiting the beautiful lady.
"Yes, I will help you back to the palace right now." Gao Yan held Qi Yu's arm and they stood up together.
Qi Yu looked at Luo Lianyi, his eyes full of reluctance. He pondered for a moment and said, "Princess, please follow me to Fengyi Palace. I have something to tell you."
"Yes." Luo Lianyi transformed from a mistress to a princess in an instant. She felt like she was in a dream. But she knew that at least she was safe now, and at least she didn't have to worry about having sex with this hook-nosed uncle.
After Liu Fan returned to Jinyun Palace, he sent the maids out and called Xiao Zhu in.
"Xiao Zhu, Liu Huo's eyeliner should not be visible in this palace." Liu Fan asked with his finger on his chin.
"The palace is deep and dark, and I haven't noticed the eldest prince's spy for the time being, but it's best for Your Highness to be careful," Xiaozhu said.
Liu Fan pondered for a moment and sighed: "I have been careful for many years."
Xiaozhu raised his eyes and looked at him without speaking.
"Xiao Zhu, sometimes I really want to leave the palace, give up the identity of the prince, stay anonymous, and live a free and simple life." Liu Fan opened the window, looked at the cold moon outside, and said quietly.
Xiaozhu remained silent, listening quietly.
"I actually really want to be like the second emperor brother, who works on music, indulges in poetry, doesn't care about political affairs, and has nothing to do with the world." Liu Fan put his hands behind his back, and the cold wind blew in from the window, lifting his hair hanging on his temples, which was a bit...
Sadness.
"His Royal Highness, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. You and His Highness the First Prince are destined to fight to the death. Never in history has a deposed prince been able to live freely. Get some rest early. The days of forbearance will always end!"
Zhu stood beside him and finally spoke.
"There's no need to worry about fighting in the same room!" Liu Fan sighed. He closed the window, turned around and sat on the bed. Xiaozhu took off his boots for him, helped him put down the curtain, and gently left the room.
No longer surrounded by a group of palace maids, no longer required to pretend to be dissolute and indulge in singing, dancing and drinking, Liu Fan rested his head on his hands and enjoyed the rare peace of the night. Fifteen years later, the scene of his mother's death from illness seemed like just yesterday...
That year, he was only four years old, and his mother and concubine had been lingering on the sickbed for several months. Finally, in that cold early spring, she left him forever when he was still young and ignorant.
He remembered that when his mother-in-law was dying, she had been holding his hand and staring at him sadly, unable to close her eyes for a long time. It was not until her father orally made him the prince of Daxiling that her hand was released.
, passed away with a smile of relief.
There was a cry of sorrow in Ruoxi's palace, especially the father, who hugged the still warm body of his mother and concubine and cried heartbrokenly. "Ruoxi, Ruoxi, you are my most beloved woman, how could you cruelly abandon me!
"The father cried, biting his finger and dripping a drop of blood on the mother's forehead, saying that it would leave a mark so that we could recognize each other in the next life.
He remembered that the queen ran in from the eunuchs and maids who were kneeling on the ground, and knelt down next to the father with resentment in her eyes. She hugged his father's legs and cried: "Your Majesty, you only doted on Concubine Xi, but now you actually ignore her.
According to the ancestral system, Liu Fan was established as the crown prince, but the eldest son cannot inherit the throne. How can you treat me as a concubine?"
"I am the most powerful person in the world, and I have spoken with the most sincere words. I have already given my order, and no one wants me to change it!" His father's face was filled with frost, and he did not even look at the queen.
The queen withdrew sadly, her cold eyes passing over his face, making him feel chilled. A few days later, when his father went to court, all the Duanmu clan of the queen's natal family stood up and tried to persuade his father to establish another prince, but his father did not do anything.
He was so moved that he issued an imperial edict on the same day, officially enthroning him as the crown prince of the East Palace and moving into the Cheng'en Hall of the East Palace.
In the Cheng'en Hall, he was immersed in the sadness and loneliness of losing his mother. He didn't understand the danger of his situation, nor did he know how many difficulties he would face in the future. He only remembered the solemn and worried face of Taifu Sima, caressing him.
His hair sighed, while Prime Minister Yin Hongyu sat beside him, also worriedly holding his beard on his chin.
After thinking for a long time, the Taifu asked him to sit down and said to him seriously: "Your Highness, the imperial concubine has passed away, and you have lost the protection of your mother and concubine. The humble background of the imperial concubine is completely incompatible with the power of the Duanmu family.
You are unable to resist, and the prince is now in a very dangerous situation. To protect your life and status, you must hide your edge and pretend to be naughty and unruly, so as to relax the queen's vigilance."
Prime Minister Yin asked doubtfully: "Isn't the queen just using this to ask the emperor to depose the prince because he is naughty and unworthy?"
The Taifu replied: "No, as long as the prince does not do anything really outrageous, the emperor will not depose the prince. If the emperor is displeased, we will treat him as if the imperial concubine died young and the prince has no mother to discipline him, so he will naturally be naughty."
Protect, Your Majesty must be gentle."
Prime Minister Yin pondered for a moment and agreed with Taifu's idea.
Later, the Taifu asked the emperor to send his mother's concubine's tomb to the Sanqing Taoist Temple in Xishan. The head priest of the Sanqing Taoist Temple was the Taifu's sworn brother, Taoist Master Mu Shi.
Taoist priest Mu Shi had a high level of cultivation and usually traveled around the world. At the request of the Taifu, he had to stay in the Taoist temple for a long time and secretly taught the prince how to practice martial arts. When Taoist priest Mu Shi was traveling around the world, he brought back a dozen orphans who also happened to be with the Taoist priests.
The prince practiced together.
After the queen failed to persuade her father to dethrone the crown prince, she quickly pointed the finger of suppression at him. Her eyes were everywhere in the East Palace. From then on, his every word and deed was under her close attention.
Don't dare to make any mistakes.
Intimidated by her father's majesty, the queen never dared to murder him. However, over the years, the queen has been secretly gathering friends and expanding her power. Half of the important officials in the court have already bribed her people. She only waits for her father to die in his old age.
When he was in power, he launched a coup to seize the throne for the eldest prince.