The streets were noisy and boats kept passing by in the river.
Qin Hu looked towards Hanoi.
"...Have you heard? The imperial court is asking for an adopted clan member to take over the throne."
"...it was the queen who proposed it..."
"...The queen really dares to mention it. Isn't she afraid of being scolded in the spine?"
"...That is, the second uncle of my third uncle and sister-in-law's family cannot raise a child, and the wife is a swindler who buys concubines one after another. She dare not even say a word about adopting a child..."
"...Adoption, giving away the family fortune you have built throughout your life to someone else? How can it be so cheap? Who would be willing to do it?"
The noisy discussion in his ears made Qin Hu look away and look over.
Yes, how can anything be so cheap? Your Majesty is neither childless nor extinct. How dare these people?
How dare you be so shameless!
Isn't it just bullying that His Majesty is seriously ill, silent and unable to speak, and cannot speak or scold them?
To do something so blatantly treasonous and deceitful to the emperor will really make the courtiers die!
Qin Hu raised his hand and punched several cases heavily.
This sound made the shopkeeper startled again.
"Tea." Qin Hu said.
The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded in response, picked up the cleanest set of tea bowls, brought them to pour tea, and hurriedly avoided them.
The aroma of tea dissipated, and Qin Hu's eyes turned to the river again.
Where did the queen get the courage? Didn't she know the consequences of doing this? She wanted to be filial at home and loyal to the emperor. She openly refuted the Queen Mother's will, and blatantly ignored the emperor's heirs, and proposed this adoption despite being accused of being unfaithful and unfilial.
Where does the confidence come from? [Note 1]
Does Zhang Chun have the confidence to support it?
Zhang Chun...
Qin Hu stroked the tea bowl. Zhang Chun was not the kind of person who would get involved in the affairs of the emperor's succession, let alone have anything to do with the queen.
How could he?
"...Actually, the Queen has a reason for doing this..."
reason?
Qin Hu looked to the side. The four or five people sitting there were still talking in low voices. One of them was leaning against a flagpole with an iron mouth on it with four characters floating in the air.
Qin Hu frowned, and the others also looked at the fortune teller.
"What's the reason? There's no reason why you shouldn't give your husband's family property to outsiders."
"What do you know? Is the fortune of the Tian family the same as that of your second uncle's family? Those are all chosen by destiny."
Destiny?
"Do you know who the queen has met before? Mrs. Cheng! The immortal disciple Mrs. Cheng! Then do you know Taibai Jingtian? Taibai Jingtian has already said that the prince is in danger, which means that the inheritance of the family business of this Tian family will be changed.
Now, Mrs. Cheng is a disciple of the gods, so she must know who the real one is..."
A crisp sound interrupted the conversation here. People looked over in panic and saw a young man looking at them with a livid face.
There was silence in the teahouse, and then the fortune teller grabbed the bamboo pole flag, turned around and ran away.
At this time, people are discussing government affairs and imperial lineage. If they are really investigated, they will be beheaded!
There was once a clan member who was accused of treason just for reading a book on celestial phenomena. A group of them were actually arguing about who was the right one. It was really annoying.
Seeing the fortune teller running away, the rest of the people came to their senses and left with a cry of coaxing.
The poor teahouse owner was so stunned that he didn't dare to chase after him and ask for money. He almost cried when he saw the young man.
"Young official, this is none of my business. I didn't hear anything." He said with trembling hands.
Qin Hu let out a breath.
So that's it, it turns out that this is what these people want to take advantage of.
At this time, the queen suddenly summoned her to the palace and proposed adoption, which was to use her reputation and destiny to confuse the people and build momentum.
Taibai Jingtian!
He had long said that Prince Jin'an was using her, he had long said that! They were using her!
She met the Queen, and then the Queen proposed adoption. It is hard to guarantee that no one thought about what she said to the Queen. If you can say that the prince is in danger, you can also say who the prince is...
Qin Shishuo, who returned a little tired, nodded after listening to Qin Hu's words.
"Everyone has indeed thought of her," he said. "The Queen's idea was brought up at a time that no one else thought about."
"So this is a plan planned by the Queen and the King of Jin'an County." Qin Hu said, "Since the time of Taibai Jingtian, they have been planning."
Minister Qin was silent for a moment.
"Then Mrs. Cheng doesn't know anything about it?" he said.
"She doesn't know." Qin Hu said immediately, "She is a person who is frank and does not lie. If you dare to ask her, you dare to answer. As for why they asked, she doesn't care and ignores it. She only says what she knows.
The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, the doer is unintentional, and the observer is intentional.”
At this point, he shook his hands again.
"The Prince of Jin'an County took advantage of her."
Qin Shidao looked at Qin Hu.
"Thirteen, do you have selfish motives for thinking this way?" he asked suddenly.
Qin Hu was startled, then smiled bitterly.
"Father, if you love people and reward them privately, and if you punish evil people privately, your son will be such an immoral person in the eyes of his father." He said. [Note]
Shi Qin laughed.
"I'm saying that if people have selfish motives, they will inevitably lose fairness," he said.
"I know that Prince Jin'an met her not long ago, and my father has always been very clear about my opinion of Prince Jin'an." Qin Hu said, "Has it changed?"
Qin Shidao smiled and nodded.
Yes, the royal relatives have always disapproved of the emperor raising Prince Jin'an in the palace, especially after Prince Jin'an became an adult.
Now it seems that any disagreement at the time was not unfounded.
"What's going on with Zhang Chun? He's not an ignorant man or woman who would believe such a thing!" He then asked with a frown.
Qin Hu pursed his lips.
"Father, do you know that there is a kind of person in this world who repays kindness with a drop of water and a spring of water, and expresses gratitude for all the hard work?" he said.
"Yes, there are, but they are rare." Qin Shi said and smiled, "It's easier said than done."
Qin Hu smiled.
"I have seen it. I originally thought there was only one, but now it seems that there may be two." He said.
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As night fell, the house fell into darkness.
"Your Highness!"
Someone pushed the door open and came in, busy lighting a lamp, and the lamp turned on and illuminated the King of Jin'an County who was sitting in front of several cases.
"Your Highness, have you finished writing?"
The prince of Jin'an County looked at the papers on the cases and only wrote the word "chen".
"Your Highness! We can't delay it any longer." Prince Jin'an's Qingke said anxiously, "If you don't write it, you will really become the target of public criticism!"
When the Queen mentioned the adoption, it was like a strong wind swept through, making the already severe situation in the DPRK even more chaotic. The courtiers were in chaos, and so were the clan and royal relatives. All the clan and royal relatives thanked guests behind closed doors, for fear of being detained.
Evil-hearted criticism.
Among them, the more eye-catching one is naturally the Prince of Jin'an.
He was raised in the palace since childhood and grew up in front of the emperor. As a county prince, he lived in the prince's palace, trusted by the emperor, and pampered by the queen mother.
Adoptive, no one else!
The Queen's words were too unexpected. It is hard to believe that the Queen took advantage of the Emperor's serious illness, King Ping's death, and King Qing's stupidity to seek the throne with the royal family, that is, the King of Jin'an County. Once it is found that this is the case, Shi Linqing will discuss the public sentiment.
But they will all be regarded as treason.
In this case, the prince of Jin'an County must submit a letter of self-improvement and please go out to show that he has no intention of taking the throne.
"I'm leaving, what will happen to my sixth brother?" Prince Jin'an asked.
"Your Highness, everyone in the dynasty will protect Prince Qing. Don't worry. He is already the emperor and no one will do anything to him." Qingke said anxiously.
Prince Jin'an smiled.
"Yes, he is the emperor. No one will do anything to him, and no one will treat him as a person." He said, "Didn't you listen to what was said in the palace? How did the Queen Mother's people take care of him?
?In order to prevent him from shouting, he has already started to feed him some decoction to help him sleep! How can the Queen Mother care about him? The Queen Mother only wants him as a person and a person of this status. No one of them treats him as a person, just as an ornament.
, and put him there to make things easier for them.”
Qing Ke lowered his eyes and sighed.
"But so what." He whispered, "If you say disobedient words, it will be the same no matter how you treat Prince Qing or Prince Qing himself."
Whether it is careful care or perfunctory, it is the same to Prince Qing who has no consciousness or feelings.
"It's different to me." The Prince of Jin'an County said, taking pictures of several cases, "It's different to me. As long as I think about it, I can't sleep or eat well!"
Qingke looked at him.
"Then what can your Highness do?" He said, "You can't guard him anymore. He is no longer King Qing. He is the prince and the emperor. If you continue to guard him, others will criticize you."
"Others' criticisms have nothing to do with me." Prince Jin'an said.
Qingke was startled.
"Your Highness, do you mean you won't ask me to go out?" he asked in surprise.
Prince Jin'an looked at the paper on the table.
"Yes." He said, "I will not leave the capital and Prince Qing just to clear my name. If you want to criticize me, then criticize me."
When I said this, it seemed like a heavy burden had been lifted off me, and I smiled with a bit of relief.
"If I leave, if I write a letter asking to go out, if I cry bitterly and say that I have no second mind, do you think there will be no criticism?" He smiled with a hint of sarcasm, "If I don't leave, they will criticize me.
This king has evil intentions and bad intentions. If I leave, they will criticize me for pretending to be welcoming and refusing to seek fame and reputation. Therefore, no matter what I do, they will criticize me, because what they criticize is not what I do, but who I am.
People, if this is the case, why should I care about what they say? I know what I am doing and I feel at ease."
Qingke looked at him, his expression changed slightly for a moment.
"Then Your Highness will be greatly wronged." He said in a low voice.
Prince Jin'an looked at the paper on the desk, reached out, picked it up, balled it up, and threw it out easily.
"But why did the queen suddenly bring this up? Also, it is said that the queen met Mrs. Cheng before..." Qingke thought of something and said.
The prince of Jin'an County smiled.
"That's easy to handle, just ask her, why bother criticizing her later." He said, standing up after a few cases.
Ask?
Qingke looked outside in surprise.
Now?
"Your Highness, it's getting dark," he said.
The Prince of Jin'an County had already stepped out. Hearing this, he turned back and smiled.
"Now that I am criticized, how can I still go to see her in the clear sky and in broad daylight? Otherwise, I will be spitted to death immediately." He said, "Although I don't care about the criticism, I don't want to die either."
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Second update.
Thank you, thank you. I thought that everyone would not like the current plot, and no one would watch it anymore. I didn’t expect that there would be so many people just shouting. Thank you. No matter what the outcome is, knowing that you are still here is enough and comforting enough.
