Concubine Pei looked at him with tenderness and said: "His Royal Highness Prince An will not be able to assume the role of crown prince again after suffering such a disaster. The adults thought that the fourth prince was too young and might follow the footsteps of Southern Chu and lose the imperial power."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, Concubine Pei continued: "But your Majesty no longer has an adult prince, what should we do? Therefore, someone made a suggestion to make the King of Yue the crown prince..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Wan Dabao suddenly shouted, but he saw the emperor's eyes widening and a gurgling sound coming from his throat. He tried his best to stretch out his hand, but couldn't lift it at all. He was so angry that his forehead suddenly started to bleed from the corners of his mouth.
Zhong Yue was at the door. Hearing the sound, he hurried in.
Upon seeing this situation, he quickly inserted a few golden needles to temporarily stop the emperor's vomiting of blood.
"Hurry up and prepare the medicine." Zhong Yue asked for the prescription. He took out one of the recipes and slightly increased or decreased the amount. "Your Majesty's blood is still hot, so we can't delay!"
Wan Dabao wiped his tears and took the prescription: "We will ask someone to cook it right now."
The emperor watched him leave the hospital bed quickly, and was so angry that he almost bled out again.
Zhong Yue fiddled with the golden needle for a while, and after confirming that the condition was stable, he handed over his hands and said, "I'm going to review the prescription. If there are any more changes, your Majesty will call me right away."
Concubine Pei nodded: "Go."
Everyone else had left, and only Concubine Pei was left in front of the hospital bed.
Concubine Pei held the emperor's hand, still looking tender and affectionate, and carefully tucked him in: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Prime Minister Zhang and the others will come to you soon for instructions. Alas, there is nothing we can do about it.
The eldest prince deposed the crown prince, the second prince rebelled and was sentenced to death, but King An broke his leg again. There are only four or five princes left under your knees. But they are too young to take on big responsibilities.
Now that the Southern Chu Dynasty is in chaos, it is the best opportunity for Da Qi, and the adults are reluctant to let it go, so they want to make the King of Yue his heir."
When she said these words, her expression was gentle, no different from the past, but her eyes no longer showed any trace of affection, like a pool of spring water in the ice and snow, looking weak and clear, but cold to the bone.
The emperor was startled, his eyes opened wider and wider, and his heart slipped into the abyss.
Royal concubine...
Concubine Pei smiled softly and continued: "Don't worry, the King of Yue is young and strong, and has both civil and military skills. He will definitely be able to shoulder the important task. If he can wipe out Southern Chu in one fell swoop and complete the great cause of unification, Emperor Taizu will definitely be very happy in heaven.
When the old man was alive, this was what he was thinking about. Unfortunately, neither Prince Sihuai nor King Qin and King Jin could be saved. In the end, you succeeded. You have been an idle prince since you were a child. How can you compare with someone who grew up during the war?
They have been able to manage the country like this. They have already spent a lot of effort and failed to fulfill Emperor Taizu's last wish. It is understandable. It doesn't matter. The King of Yue will help you with these things in the future, so you don't have to worry about it."
If the emperor still had hope at the beginning, Concubine Pei did not do it on purpose. After hearing these words, he had no luck at all.
She did it on purpose!
Concubine Pei smiled, watching his eyes change from shock to anger, to hatred and resentment, her expression remained unchanged and her voice remained soft.
"What does Your Majesty want to say?"
The emperor raised his hand with great effort, pointed at her tremblingly, made two vague sounds in his throat, and finally squeezed out only one plausible word: "You..."
"How am I doing?" Concubine Pei looked at his face carefully and suddenly sighed, "Your Majesty has aged much! I remember when we first met at Zhegui Tower, you pretended to be Wen Guogong's son, but you were really young and romantic. In the blink of an eye, you were young and charming.
, more than twenty years have passed, His Majesty is getting old, and so am I."
Concubine Pei reached out and touched her face. Her expression was gentle and soft under the light, as if spring water was flowing, and she was lost in memories.
"Ah Jing and I met when we were fifteen years old. On Daughter's Day that year, he gave me a flower by the water. To this day, I still remember the way he gave me the flower. The young boy was shy and his ears were red. etc.
After two years of separation, we finally got married. Unfortunately, we had only a short relationship, and he left after only one year."
Concubine Pei looked down at the emperor, and the affection in her eyes faded in an instant.
She said lightly: "Have you ever heard of a sentence, Your Majesty? The hair is as white as new, and the cover is as old as ever. Some people have lived together for a lifetime, and they are no different from strangers. And some people, as long as they meet each other for a lifetime,
Don’t forget.”
The emperor was speechless, only a roaring sound came from his throat, and his eyes were so angry that his eyes almost burst.
Why? He shouted in his heart, why?
How could he be sorry for her? He gave her favor, gave her status, gave her everything he could give her. For her sake, he even tolerated that boy living. Isn't that enough?
For so many years, has she been fake in front of him? Are all those tendernesses and affections fake?
"Your Majesty, do you think you are very kind to me?" Concubine Pei nodded, "Yes, it is indeed very good. I am the most favored concubine in the harem. She has been in the palace for twenty-three years and has always been favored.
.No matter the queen and concubine Hui who accompanied you when you were young, or the delicate beauties who entered the palace later, they are not as favored as my concubines. But, have you forgotten..."
She leaned forward, looked calmly at the emperor's old face, and said word by word: "You are my concubine's enemy!"
The emperor gritted his teeth tightly, almost wanting to make a sound - this was of course his illusion. In fact, he didn't even have the strength to grit his teeth, and his upper and lower teeth just collided due to trembling.
Concubine Pei no longer had a smile on her face and looked at him coldly.
The emperor had a feeling in a trance, as if time had gone back more than twenty years to the time when she was still Princess Yongxi.
At that time, she married the emperor's eldest grandson and became his niece-in-law.
When she looked at him, she looked like this, polite but cold.
He is just an idle king, but she is the royal concubine of the emperor's eldest grandson. If nothing unexpected happens, she will become the crown prince or even the queen in the future.
Although he is an uncle, his status is far inferior to her husband.
The feeling of being far away kept him awake day and night.
Until later, she became a widow and lost her support.
When they met again, he had already ascended the throne and could finally lower his head to look down at her and take her into his palm.
For him, getting this woman seemed to get rid of the days when he had bowed his eyebrows and bowed his head, and this brought him a great sense of satisfaction.
What's more, she is beautiful and noble, talented and knowledgeable. She is the most outstanding woman selected by her father from all the ladies in the Qi Kingdom.
Unlike his queen, she only became Princess Zhao with a little credit from her ancestors.
Many times, he looked at her child and thought to himself, if this was the child of him and her, even if he risked the disapproval of the world, he would abolish the elder and establish the younger, leaving the throne to him.
But he is not.
He is the child of her ex-husband, whom she hates.
The better he is, the more it seems like a mockery.
I laugh at myself and even the children I give birth to are so stupid. (To be continued)