After a while, the Supreme Emperor came in, and Yu Wenhao helped Yuan Qing stand up to pay his respects.
The Supreme Emperor pressed his hands and sat down, "Both of them are injured. Just sit down."
Seeing the misery on their faces, the Supreme Emperor said: "Don't say much. The emperor will summon you later. If he proposes, you must agree whether you are willing or not. The overall situation is more important."
Yu Wenhao asked softly: "Is it a matter of deposing the prince? My grandson is willing. My grandson doesn't care."
The Supreme Emperor was furious. "You don't care, there are people who care, as long as there are other people who care. You have to care even if you don't care. Your father convened the ministers to discuss how to keep your position as the prince. You have an important responsibility. You feel a little aggrieved.
.Have to bear it."
Yu Wenhao was a little surprised, "Aren't you going to destroy me?"
Is there any other way? This matter cannot be concealed. The biological mother of the prince of the Northern Tang Dynasty was a concubine who killed the queen mother, so the prince himself is inseparable from rebellion.
"Follow your father's wishes. As I said before, the overall situation is the most important thing!" said the Supreme Emperor.
Yu Wenhao nodded. "I understand."
The Supreme Emperor looked at Yuan Qingling, his eyes softened a bit, "Does the wound still hurt?"
Yuan Qingling felt very pitiful, "It hurts!"
The Supreme Emperor curled his lips, "Just endure the pain and tell me. I can't help you."
Yuan Qing Ling feels aggrieved. Then you still ask?
The Supreme Emperor got up and went out. After a while, Eunuch Mu Ru personally came over and invited the two of them to the imperial study room.
Yuan Qingling was helped to walk. Although the wound was on her back, it still hurt when she moved.
Yu Wenhao was also stabbed by a hairpin on the shoulder blade of his back, but after a few days the injury was no longer serious, but he knew the pain, so he cared for him all the way.
When they arrived outside the imperial study room, they saw Yu Wenling being helped over.
Her face was haggard and pale. When she saw Yu Wenhao and Yuan Qingling, she flattened her mouth and burst into tears. She struggled to get away from the maid's support and rushed towards Yu Wenhao. She threw herself into his arms and cried: "Fifth brother, mother concubine."
crazy."
Yu Wenhao supported Yuan Qingling with one hand and hugged her with the other. He sighed deeply and said softly: "Fifth brother knows, it's okay, everything is over."
He helped Yu Wenling stand up and looked at her badly injured face. There were injuries on her cheeks and forehead. The one on her forehead was more serious. It was not bandaged. It was just smeared with medicine. It was red and black. Her neck was bandaged.
But the white bandage was stained with blood, and his heart ached. This sister had been innocent since she was a child, and now she had to be forced to grow up.
"Fifth sister-in-law, is your injury serious?" Yu Wenling held Yuan Qingling's hand. When she was carried down, her only remaining consciousness was hearing everyone exclaim. She knew that her mother-in-law had injured Fifth Sister-in-law.
Yuan Qingling said softly: "It doesn't matter to me, it's okay."
She stretched out her hand to wipe away Yu Wenling's tears and said, "Okay, Father has summoned us. I don't know what happened, so let's go in first."
"Okay!" Yu Wenling wiped her face randomly and took a deep breath after wiping the wound on her cheek.
Eunuch Mu Ru led the three people in, but saw Concubine De and Empress Chu also inside.
In addition to them, the Minister of Rites and the Prince of Rites were also there. He was the patriarch of the Yuwen family, and all the royal jade ultimatums were written by him.
Taifu Wei, Xiaoyao Gong, and Chu Shoufu all sat on the Taishi chair and looked at them together.
Emperor Ming Yuan sat in the middle with a solemn expression.
After the three people came forward and knelt down to worship, they were also arranged to take their seats one by one.
When Yu Wenhao saw this battle, he understood a little bit and his expression changed, but he still suppressed his silence in the end.
Emperor Ming Yuan said: "I won't go into details about what happened in the palace in the past few days. Everyone knows that it is a relatively serious time for the Northern Tang Dynasty. This year, I will vigorously promote commerce and promote cooperation with the Great Zhou Dynasty.
We, the Northern Tang Dynasty, will not be able to withstand the torment in the next three to five years. Therefore, the position of the prince cannot be shaken. The country must be stable so that there will be no disputes in the former dynasty and the harem."
When he spoke, his voice was full of helplessness and exhaustion. Only six or seven days had passed from the first day of the new year to now. He looked much older, and his temples were stained with hoarfrost.
He really worked his heart out for this country.
"However," Emperor Ming Yuan continued: "If the prince's biological mother loses his virtue and the virtuous concubine fails, the crown prince's position will be controversial. To establish the crown prince in the Northern Tang Dynasty, it is necessary for the prince's biological mother to be pure, virtuous, and of noble character, so as to ensure that the harem will not affect the former dynasty in the future, and the foreign relatives will not
The government was in chaos, and the prince’s biological mother, the virtuous concubine, behaved immorally and violated human ethics. She could not act as a mother to the world and set an example for the world’s mothers. It is said that the emperor broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people. I am determined to investigate the crimes committed by the virtuous concubine.
No one is allowed to ask for mercy, and asking for mercy will be punished with the same crime."
When Emperor Ming Yuan said this, he glanced at Yu Wenhao and Yu Wenling. Seeing that both of them bowed their heads and said nothing, he continued: "But, I just said that the Northern Tang Dynasty cannot depose the prince. I and I will be listed as ministers."
The business council has discussed that Concubine De has no children, so the prince and the princess will adopt Concubine De. From now on, Concubine De will be promoted to the imperial concubine and assume the power of deputy empress!"
As soon as these words came out, Yu Wenhao and the others suddenly raised their heads, and even Concubine De was so shocked that she almost fell off her chair.
They all looked at Emperor Ming Yuan together, saying that you are not joking, is this true?
Yu Wenhao felt very complicated. It wasn't that he didn't love Concubine De, but since he was an adult and his biological mother was still there, he had to adopt Concubine De, wouldn't it...
He didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment, he just felt sadness pouring out from the bottom of his heart.
When Emperor Ming Yuan saw that both Yu Wenhao and Concubine De were silent, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "My decision has been made and there is no room for objection."
Concubine De knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the emperor, how can I, my concubine, be the mother of the prince?"
"You don't want to?" Emperor Ming Yuan looked at Concubine De and asked.
Concubine De shook her head, her eyelashes soaked with tears, and said softly: "I never dare to dream of having such a blessing."
"Prince is unwilling?" Emperor Ming Yuan looked at Yu Wenhao with cold eyes.
Yu Wenhao felt that he couldn't hold a breath in his chest. He looked at Concubine De with difficulty. Concubine De also looked at him, with indescribable complexity in her eyes. But Yu Wenhao could see that he had expectations, but she didn't dare
Express this expectation.
He looked at Yuan Qingling, and Yuan Qingling held his hand. At this time, he had no choice but to agree, so she said softly: "The Emperor said that the overall situation is the most important thing!"
Yu Wenhao finally nodded with difficulty, "My son, I have no objection!"
Concubine De hid her face and cried.
Emperor Ming Yuan did not breathe a sigh of relief. On the contrary, his expression became more solemn, and he said to the Prince in charge of the ceremony: "I'd like to trouble my uncle to revise the jade certificate."
The prince who performed the ceremony stood up and handed over his hands, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ceremony will be carried out tonight, and I will revise it immediately when I get back."
The so-called ceremony is the ceremony of kneeling down to recognize one's mother. If it could be more grand in the past, now everything has been simplified.