When he came in, he looked unhappy and asked directly, "Why did the teacher lie to me?"
As soon as Wu Huaiyu saw how angry this boy was, he already guessed the reason for his visit. He probably came because of Wu Erniang.
"I have made it very clear to His Highness before that marrying a virtuous wife is especially the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, and the martial arts Su family is the candidate for the crown princess personally selected by the saint and the queen. No matter from which aspect, Your Highness,
Can't refuse,"
"But why did the teacher lie to Gu? Why did he say that Wu Erniang had been promised to Hongnong Yang Sijing? But he personally told the saint that he had never entered into such a marriage with the Wu family. His father Yang Yan also told the saint in person that he had not married the Wu family.
Engagement." Cheng Qian said angrily.
"I do it for the good of His Highness. Since I know that the road ahead is impassable, there is no need to go on."
Cheng Qian gritted his teeth.
"Teachers shouldn't lie to me, no."
The relationship between teachers and students that had been strengthened by spending time together in the countryside before had become much colder due to this incident. Cheng Qian was very angry. He felt that Wu Huaiyu's deception was so inappropriate and that he was treating him like a child.
Wu Huaiyu was also a little helpless.
"I heard that His Highness contradicted the saint again because of the Su family matter. It really shouldn't have happened."
Cheng Qian couldn't listen.
Stubbornly, he turned his head away. Tears flowed from the boy's clear eyes. He didn't want to wipe them away, so he tried his best to turn his head back, not wanting the teacher to see him.
After a long time, Cheng Qian calmed down and said, "The teacher had promised Gu before, saying that if Gu agreed to marry Su as the crown princess, the teacher would ask the Wu family to give Gu the second mother to be the crown prince Liangdi."
"A gentleman's words are hard to chase, so the teacher will not break his promise. He will also ask the teacher to act as a matchmaker for me in front of the saint. I want Wu Erniang to be the crown prince Liangdi."
"Your Highness, this might have been possible before, but it's not possible now."
Wu Huaiyu shook his head and sighed. Now that he thought about it, he really shouldn't have told the emperor that Wu Erniang had promised Yang Sijing, but now he was no longer a human being.
There is no room for further manipulation of this matter.
"You promised to be lonely."
"Your Highness, I can no longer mention Wu Erniang in front of the saint."
The prince was angry.
Wu Huaiyu had no choice but to comfort him. After all, he was still a young man and his temper could get worse, so he could only smooth it out first.
"Your Highness, even if Er Niang and Your Highness are not destined to be together, it will not change the Wu family's allegiance to Your Highness. I am His Highness's teacher, and everyone knows that this will not change."
Wu Huaiyu used this to remind Cheng Qian that you keep saying you have a crush on Wu Erniang, but in fact you just have a crush on the Wu family in Bingzhou and want to get strong support from the Wu family.
Even if Wu Erniang is not married now, Wu Huaiyu is known all over the world as the master of the East Palace. The prince Shaobao has already been marked with the mark of the East Palace.
Therefore, whether or not to marry Wu Erniang as the crown princess will not change this fact. The Wu family will still stand in the East Palace and support the succession.
If you don't marry Wu Erniang now, you can also take other girls from the Wu family as concubines for the prince in the future. There's nothing to be afraid of or to be anxious about.
If Wu Huaiyu is now accused or even estranged because of this matter, it would be putting the cart before the horse.
After a long time, Cheng Qian finally changed his mind and his attitude improved a lot.
"I advise His Highness to return to the palace immediately. It is not appropriate for His Highness to suddenly leave the palace for a visit incognito like this,"
This means that Cheng Qian is only eleven years old now. If the twenty-one-year-old prince does this, it is already a big taboo. If he is thirty-one, he may have to attack the prince if he is old.
Even if they are biological fathers and sons, they are still very fragile in the face of the supreme power of the imperial power. Emperors of all dynasties, especially those who have been in power for a long time and have grown old, will be extremely sensitive to guard against the prince's suspicion and prevent the prince from being tempted to ascend to the throne in advance.
Fortunately, Cheng Qian was only eleven years old. Although the emperor was sometimes angry with the prince, it was because he hated iron and was still focused on how to train the successor of the Tang Dynasty instead of taking precautions.
"I suggest that after Your Highness returns to the palace, you immediately go to see Her Royal Highness the Queen and offer to accept the martial arts Su family as the Crown Princess."
Cheng Qian frowned, he really couldn't like Su.
"Your Highness, although the Crown Princess is special, it is nothing compared to the position of Crown Prince."
Cheng Qian was surprised.
Although he was not born a crown prince, and was initially granted the title of county prince, but when he was eight years old, following his father's palace coup and seizing the supreme power of the Tang Empire, he was established as the crown prince.
He is the eldest son of the Emperor and Empress Changsun, and the eldest among the Emperor's sons. His position as Crown Prince is unshakable.
Why did Shaobao say this?
"Your Highness is young now, but it would not be good if even the Crown Princess wants to disobey the Saint."
"King Wei was succeeded by King Wei Huai before. The saint and the queen have always felt guilty, so they asked him to return to the clan and change his title. They are very fond of him. He is the second son. Although he is young, he is also very famous in the government and the public."
The words have been spoken quite plainly.
Your position as the crown prince, Li Chengqian, is not unbreakable. Have there been few fights over the past for heir apparents? Are there even rare precedents of successful succession?
Let's just say that when the emperor, Erlang, turned the Xuanwu clan into a palace, killed the prince, beheaded the king of Qi, and then forced the emperor to abdicate, if not for this, Cheng Qian would not be the prince.
These words brought back memories that the young man had been trying to hide.
three years ago,
The palace soldiers besieged the Prince of Qin's Mansion, firing arrows like locusts, shouting to kill the emperor. In the Prince of Qin's Mansion, his mother, Sun Shi, and Du Ruhui led a group of people to mount the palace wall and hold arrows to defend.
At that time, the palace of the Prince of Qin was almost breached, but later the palace soldiers suddenly dispersed. My father's soldiers came to report that Yuchi Gong was standing on the Xuanwu Gate carrying the heads of the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi, and directly
Thousands of elite soldiers from the palace were defeated and dispersed.
Immediately afterwards, Hou Junji led a bloodbath in the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion. The prince and Prince Qi's sons, as well as his cousins who went to school together on weekdays, were all killed.
He could never forget the danger of that day,
His mother once told him that if his father failed at the Xuanwu Sect, there would be no chance for them to survive.
Fortunately, my father won, and my uncle and the others lost.
Then the cousins were all killed.
In the past few years, he has tried hard to bury this memory in the depths of his mind and try not to think about it.
But now, Wu Huaiyu reminded him.
Heaven is cruel.
Even if they are brothers from the same mother, there will be times when they will fight to the death. Prince Jiancheng, King Qin Shimin, and King Yuanji of Qi are all the closest siblings of the same father and the same mother.
Cheng Qian's face was pale, and his whole body was even trembling slightly.
"I, I don't like Su Shi."
"Your Highness will have many concubines in the future,"
Cheng Qian fell silent.
He crossed his arms to Wu Huaiyu, bowed, then turned around and walked away, his steps a little heavy. Looking at this lonely figure, Huaiyu even felt a little pity for him. He had to bear all this at such a young age.
Why,
Let out a long sigh.
Wu Huaiyu is now completely tied to the boat of the East Palace. I don’t know if it’s good or bad. Although he was not willing to get on the boat at first,
But now it has been marked.
Now he can only try his best to help Cheng Qian, hoping to change his fate, and also hope to change the fate of the Wu family.
This time I was stabbed by Yang, so I can't blame Yang entirely. It can only be said that Wu Huaiyu himself was not stable enough and did not discuss it with the Yang family in advance. He had to bear the consequences of this mistake by himself.
When Cheng Qian returned to the East Palace, he didn't even change his clothes. He went directly to the Zhengdian Hall of Taiji Palace to find Queen Changsun. As soon as he saw the Queen, he immediately threw himself at the Queen's feet.
"Mother, the child is wrong."
Empress Changsun was teaching Li Zhi how to speak, and was caught off guard by Cheng Qian.
"Dalang, what's going on?"
"Erchen just left the palace incognito to find Wu Shaobao. He lied to him, saying that Wu Erniang was engaged to Yang Sijing, but it was not true at all. Erchen was very angry."
Queen Changsun pulled her son up and asked him to speak slowly.
Listening to Cheng Qian's words slowly, Queen Changsun listened very seriously.
"Are you really willing to accept the Su family?"
"After listening to Shaobao's words, my son suddenly became enlightened. When marrying a virtuous wife, you can't just choose someone who is good-looking and can talk. Although Su is not very good-looking and doesn't talk much, since she can make her father and mother so good.
She must have something special about her, and she must be very virtuous and suitable to be a crown princess.
My son is young and I didn’t realize before that I should not have rebelled against my father and mother.”
Queen Changsun was very surprised.
Li Zhi, who was just over one year old, reached out and pulled Cheng Qian's clothes, giggling.
"It's amazing that you can figure this out. You should be grateful to Duke Yi. You have a very good teacher.
He lied to you and he lied to the saint, but the lie was kind,"
"Mother, please ask me to intercede with the saint on my behalf and don't blame Shaobao for this."
"Silly boy, you can imagine that we are all very happy. It's not too late to thank Duke Yi. How can we blame him? He also has good intentions."
"You go and change your clothes first, and you will have a meal here later. I will ask someone to invite the saint to come and have a meal."
Li Shimin, who was busy handling military and state affairs in the palace, heard Zhang Anan's message and asked a few questions in detail.
"Is the prince really thinking about it?"
"I heard it was Wu Shaobao who persuaded me."
"Humph, this Wu Er." Li Shimin stroked his beard and smiled, feeling better.
Get up and drive to the Zhengdian Palace.
Li Shimin asked Cheng Qian personally, and Cheng Qian also apologized sincerely, saying that he had been ignorant before, and that he was willing to follow the arrangements of the saint and the queen, etc.
"Hahaha, you are enlightened."
The happy emperor even gave the prince a piece of plump lamb chop during the meal.
"Please also ask Your Majesty not to punish Wu Shaobao."
"Well, since you have figured it out and are willing to accept Su as the Crown Princess, then I agree with you to accept Wu Erniang as the Crown Prince Liangdi."
However, Cheng Qian actually stood up and declined.
"My son is young, so it is enough to appoint the Su family as the crown prince. It is too early to talk about taking a concubine, and my son is not willing to take the Wu family as a concubine anymore."
"Why?"
"The Wu family has rejected their sons before," Cheng Qian tried hard to restrain himself, but still remembered Wu Huaiyu's reminder that now he should not mention Wu Erniang in front of the emperor.
Li Shimin looked at Cheng Qian for a long time.
He picked up another mutton chop and gave it to him. The mutton chop was big and fat.
