Chapter six hundred and thirty sixth compassionate heart
It wasn't until the third prince stood up and left, and the fourth prince followed him like a follower. Only then did the Qingning Palace, which had been silent just now, hear a voice again, but it was the Queen Mother who asked: "What do you think of this prince, Sanlang?"
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The Queen Mother would actually ask this, and for a while, the huge Qingning Palace became quiet again. Naturally, the concubine and her son wanted to praise her, but on such occasions, she always felt that she could not speak casually.
, so I could only visit Concubine Yu quietly. Concubine Yu thought that she was not the biological mother, and she didn’t know much about the third prince. She was pregnant with Liujia, so she didn’t want to talk too much.
The other concubines wanted to flatter the new prince, but they didn't say anything. They couldn't help but feel that they were ahead of the curve, and that kind of explicit flattery was probably a bit inappropriate. So while they looked at each other, no one dared to be the first.
Open your mouth.
As for the princesses, Princess Deyang really wanted to say a few nice words, but she has never been a competitive person. At this time, she could only worry in her heart. Princess Yongping was even more unwilling to be said that she wanted to flatter the prince.
They also remained silent for a while. Then, in this silence, someone was the first to speak without any care.
"Of course His Royal Highness is very good. If he is not good, will the Emperor make him the Crown Prince?"
Zhu Ying saw the Queen Mother looking towards her, with a dumb smile on her face, and an expression like "I'm not asking you," but she just pretended not to see it, and said with a smile: "Although it can't be used not to be happy with things, not to be happy with things."
Ji Bei came to ask for His Highness the Crown Prince, but when he suddenly entered the East Palace, he was not arrogant or impetuous, and he was as courteous and courteous as before when moving forward and retreating. Isn't it rare for His Highness the Crown Prince to have such a normal mind?"
Seeing that Zhu Ying was still as bold as ever, the Queen Mother recalled that when the third prince saluted and thanked the imperial sister just now, she had glanced at Zhu Ying one more time. She smiled slightly, but did not continue to ask other people, but said slowly: "
After being crowned a prince, it is customary to grant amnesty to the whole world, except for the heinous criminals. Do you think that Da Lang and Er Lang should be pardoned since they were condemned to leave the capital before?"
As soon as these words came out, all the concubines and princesses who had just wanted to echo Zhu Ying in praising the third prince were stunned. I don’t know how many people suddenly remembered that it was the Queen Mother who insisted on establishing a deposed queen for the emperor, and that is now the concubine Jing.
In the middle palace, the eldest prince and the second prince are also the princes who visit the Qingning Palace the most. The various rewards given to them by the Queen Mother have always been more generous than those of any prince or princess.
However, when she deposed the queen this time, it was the empress dowager herself who issued an edict, scolding the queen for being unfilial. But by saying this now, could it be that the grandmother was pitying her grandson after all, and wanted to take advantage of the amnesty she had given when she established the prince.
Will the second prince take him back?
Zhu Ying also did not expect that the Queen Mother would suddenly say such words, and her face was full of shock and anger. But this time, the Queen Mother ignored her with all her emotions and desires on her face, and asked Princess Yongping: "Mingyue, what do you think?
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The Queen Mother did not use a title, but simply called herself by her maiden name. Princess Yongping couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart. She was very reluctant to answer such a question, which was obviously very troublesome whether she supported or opposed it, but it was the Queen Mother who asked the question.
There was no room for prevarication at all. So she could only think quickly, then quickly gave a clear answer.
"Although the appointment of the crown prince of the East Palace is a happy event celebrated by the whole world, my granddaughter believes that the eldest brother and the second brother have just been condemned from the capital. If they are recalled immediately because of the amnesty, and the orders are changed overnight, it will damage the name of the father."
Hearing Princess Yongping's unambiguous answer, the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and said, "Aren't you afraid that someone will say that your father is unkind?"
"My father is a king and father. He is a king first and a father later." Princess Yongping could not distinguish the Queen Mother's mood and anger for a moment, so she could only say straightforwardly, "The eldest brother and the second brother were condemned, of course, because of those crimes.
But the most important thing is not that they are unfilial to their sons and unkind to their brothers. If they are pardoned and returned at this time, and they have not even reflected on it, wouldn't it hurt the father's kindness even more?"
As she spoke, she took a step forward, bowed her head and bowed deeply, saying: "My granddaughter may have some superficial words, please consider it carefully."
Although she was used to tit-for-tat with Princess Yongping, this time when she heard these words, Zhu Ying ignored the fact that the Queen Mother did not ask her at all, and nodded in agreement. And her expression of agreement could no longer be seen by others.
Here, it naturally became a clear indication. Therefore, when the Queen Mother asked again, she got a unanimous answer.
Everyone opposed the return of the eldest prince and the second prince. Even Princess Deyang, who had been tight-lipped and cautious in the past, when faced with the Queen Mother's inquiry, she also cautiously said that it would be better to wait until the eldest prince and the second prince had reflected and changed before pardoning her.
Faced with such unanimous opinions, the Queen Mother finally looked at Zhu Ying and said: "Yingying, what do you think?"
Zhu Ying, who had just suppressed her inner feelings and endured it again and again, finally got the chance to speak. However, she did not agree as she had just said with a face full of approval. Instead, she said with a solemn expression: "Return to the Queen Mother and congratulate the whole world for congratulations in the East Palace. It is time for the whole world to celebrate."
Amnesty for the whole world, regardless of the eldest prince or the second prince, if all sinners in the world are pardoned for minor crimes, serious crimes are changed to minor crimes, and capital crimes are exempted from death, then where is the law?"
"The emperor said before that thunder, rain and dew are all the kindness of the king, but rain and dew are supposed to be kind to the good, how can they tolerate the evil? So, if I were to offer amnesty to the world, the things that should be forgiven should be murder, robbery, adultery, unfilial piety, etc.
In addition to serious crimes, misdemeanors that are not too bad, as for miscellaneous capital crimes, you may wish to reconsider the situation based on your age and the severity of the crime."
"All in all, amnesty is a kindness. How can it become a way for those who persist in evil to get rid of their shackles and go unpunished?"
Zhu Ying really dares to say that!
This time, even Concubine Yu couldn't help being a little frightened. Princess Yongping, who had just made a determined effort to persuade the eldest prince and the second prince not to be pardoned, faced Zhu Ying's explicit rebuke. She felt that in comparison,
Her own words seemed to be evasive. In her opinion, although Zhu Ying was talking about the world's sinners, she was simply comparing the eldest prince and the second prince to people who are persistent in evil!
But the Queen Mother knew Zhu Ying's temper, and knew that she didn't mention the eldest prince and the second prince, but she just didn't want to follow others' opinions, and her views on the amnesty were exactly the same as the emperor's - because Emperor Taizu was the same way back then!
He cannot tolerate an amnesty that only shows his benevolence to the world, rather than demonstrating the rule of law. He cannot tolerate torture beyond the limit, and he deeply hates executions that implicate the entire family. It is passed down by word of mouth, as well as various handwritten materials within the royal family.
, what Emperor Taizu left to generations of descendants was an image of a monarch that was completely different from the folk rumors that were just wise, divine and mighty.
And her emperor's son, who was maverick in the eyes of the ministers and often wandered out of the palace in the eyes of the people, was trying to pursue Emperor Taizu's way of governing the country in his own way, which was different from that of previous Ming monarchs and heroes. It's a pity...
Most of the time it’s actually just messing around!
Fortunately, because of the turmoil in the early years, the emperor has restrained himself too much in recent years. Even the actions he has taken over the past year are just minor repairs to take advantage of the victory of the Northern Expedition. Now Jiuzhangtang and Banshantang are directly
Moved from the Imperial College, regardless of whether the academic style of the Imperial College was corrupt or the academic officials were degenerate, at least they were all in such a way that the scholar-bureaucrats had nothing to say.
The only people who are easy to criticize are probably Zhang Shou, who is the lecturer at the East Palace, and the group of students who are the students at the East Palace.
The Queen Mother had countless thoughts in her mind, and finally smiled noncommittally, and then said: "Today Sanlang will go to the East Palace to receive congratulations, and tomorrow he will go to visit the temple. In this case, tomorrow night, he will be here with me
Having a family dinner can also be regarded as a celebration for Sanlang."
There is no queen in the palace now, so the queen mother naturally said exactly what she said, so everyone naturally agreed, except Zhu Ying who blinked her eyes. The queen mother seemed to know what she wanted to say, but she said bluntly: "Yingying also remember to put your a
Bring it here, Shou."
Although Zhu Ying has always been generous, when the Queen Mother called you "Ah Shou", she still couldn't help but blush slightly, and then she said angrily: "The Queen Mother has good intentions, but it is not appropriate for Ah Shou to come here in this kind of occasion. He is not as shameless as me."
Damn it, it's not good to look back and be restless! Anyway, if you don't look up and look down, he will often come to the palace in the future, so don't worry about not having the chance to see him!"
The Queen Mother asked Zhu Ying to bring Zhang Shou to the royal family banquet. To the ears of many concubines and princesses, it naturally meant something unusual. In addition, Zhu Ying was also present today. When the third prince just thanked the princess, it was obvious that
Zhu Ying was brought in together, and if we think about what the emperor said before in public at the banquet, it is clear that Zhu Ying is more of a princess than a princess.
Princess Yongping's face remained as usual, but her heart felt like a knife was twisting and cutting her. If Zhu Ying hadn't rejected it so clearly, she wasn't even sure she would have lost her usual composure and revealed resentment that was inappropriate for her status.
As for the Queen Mother's rejection of Zhu Ying, after being slightly stunned at the beginning, she immediately returned to her usual calmness: "Since you girl insists on saying that he is thin-skinned, then forget it."
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, a certain concubine on the side seemed to want to smooth things over, and immediately said in a joking manner: "What the Queen Mother said is that Zhang Xueshi is the teacher of His Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince. If the two brothers meet at the family banquet,
If you meet him, wouldn't it be like a mouse meeting a cat? When the time comes, everyone will be too serious, and it will be like a state banquet, not a family banquet."
She started laughing as she spoke, but when she heard that no one else agreed or laughed, she stopped in a hurry.
Just when she trembled and thought that she would receive a scolding from the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother laughed out of breath: "That's right. The emperor has never been a strict father. If he hadn't driven the brothers Dalang and Erlang out of the capital before,
, but they cannot be said to be afraid of him. As for Saburo and Shiro, they grew up around him, and even though they were trained or even beaten, they were not afraid of him."
"He has really failed as a father."
As soon as these words came out, not to mention the concubine who just said it casually and tried to liven up the atmosphere, even the concubines headed by Yufei and Concubine stood up quickly. As a mother, the Queen Mother can certainly reprimand her son, but even if the emperor is not present
, he was told this by the Queen Mother behind his back, who among the concubines present could still sit still?
Although Zhu Ying also stood up, in the atmosphere of solemn silence among others, she said: "There are nine kinds of dragons, each of which is different. What's more, famous ministers of Ming Dynasty in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, often leave behind
The regret of a tiger father and a dog son. Because the Ming Dynasty’s famous ministers often focus on governing the country, it is naturally impossible to put all their thoughts on their children.”
"Everyone says that Meng's mother moved three times, how virtuous she is, but Meng's mother only had one son, Mencius! She didn't have a huge empire to govern!"
If these words were said outside, it would definitely cause an uproar, but at this time, the only women in the Qingning Palace were the chamberlains, and the Empress Dowager's accusation against the emperor just now really made the atmosphere heavy, so Zhu Ying boldly refuted it.
Not only did no one jump out to accuse him, but even Princess Yongping had to admit that Zhu Ying's rebuttal was indeed a good one.
And Zhu Ying knew how to defend the emperor, how could she, a daughter, just sit back and watch? She took a breath and was about to stand up, but unexpectedly Concubine Yu moved her steps lightly and stepped forward to confront the Queen Mother.
salute.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor could not be called a strict father in the past. It is precisely because Concubine Jing, a loving mother, stood in the way. The eldest prince and the second prince had committed previous sins and oversights. The Emperor certainly made mistakes as a father, but a loving mother often fails. Concubine Jing has the responsibility
Bigger.”
"The Queen Mother only has one son from the Emperor, but she can teach by words and deeds. That's why Emperor Ruizong has been ruling the world in peace for more than thirty years. You have also governed the country, but you have never indulged or tolerated it. After all, you have taught the Emperor what you used to do in the past.
How can the situation be many times more dangerous than that of Concubine Jing? You can teach your son well in the end, but Concubine Jing cannot. From this, it can be seen that it is no wonder that the Emperor is."
Seeing that Concubine Yu cleverly shifted the comparison between the emperor and Zhang Shou to the comparison between herself and the deposed empress, that is, concubine Jing, the queen mother could not help but turn her eyes sharply and stare at the emperor's most beloved concubine.
However, she only saw Concubine Yu lowering her head slightly, unhurriedly, as calm and reserved as ever, as if she was not worried about offending herself with the topic just now. Glancing at the crowd inadvertently, she saw that Princess Yongping seemed to want to stand up, but she didn't want to.
Knowing that he was going to speak for his mother or change the subject, he simply coughed lightly and waved his hand.
"Okay, I just sighed casually, and it was my fault that I made you all so solemn. Today is a great day for Sanlang. Remember, I will reward Concubine Yu and Concubine Yu with four pieces of Shu brocade, and Concubine Jiang and below will be rewarded with makeup flowers.
Four pieces of satin, and two pieces of colorful satin for the princesses to enjoy. As for Yingying... you are so bold that the emperor who lets you keep saying that you are yours will reward you!"
The Queen Mother saw that everyone was hurriedly thanking her, and Zhu Ying followed suit with a calm expression. She said slowly: "Tomorrow the Crown Prince will visit the temple, and the ladies inside and outside will also come to congratulate me. Concubine Yu, Concubine He, since you are in charge of palace affairs, you will be rewarded
Just pay more attention to your affairs. Don't be too extravagant, but there is no need to save money for the emperor. You know, he is most satisfied with the prince Saburo now."
If the emperor knew that the queen mother scolded him in front of the concubines, and then secretly pointed out that he was very satisfied with the third prince, then he would definitely feel that mother and son were connected, and he could not hide anything from the queen mother.
At this moment, after changing his court clothes, the majestic emperor was standing in the East Palace, which is the corner door behind the main hall of Ciqing Palace. He could hear the music playing loudly inside, and hundreds of officials, as well as the lecturers and ministers of the East Palace came to see him.
Donggong. When he heard the uniform voices of those young people, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He thought that when he was studying, he didn't have such a good time!