The third prince spent the night in Qingning Palace for the first time in his life.
For him, this place has always been strange and far away. Even the Queen Mother, who he is supposed to call the Royal Grandmother, has never had the real feeling of his grandmother. However, today, when he heard the news from Chu Kuan and hurried here,
, but he found that whether it was his grandmother or his father, they were no different from ordinary people when they quarreled...
Of course, even this kind of quarrel between ordinary people was the first time he saw it after arriving at Banshan Hall, because he and the eldest prince and the second prince were not on the same level at all and could not quarrel, and his mother and concubine were the quietest.
After arriving at Jiuzhangtang, he was often pulled by Lu Sanlang, and he saw more red-faced arguments.
When he entered the Ciqing Palace, Lu Sanlang did not shy away from letting him see the overt and covert fighting among various East Palace attendants. Over time, he became more accustomed to it.
Therefore, when he first came forward to persuade him, he was a little uneasy, but because Chu Kuan was vague and did not explain the specific reason, he was not too worried until his father said that sentence, which made him feel as if he had fallen into a trap.
What he said in the ice cave. He had never expected that his father, who had always respected the Queen Mother, would actually show such a side.
The third prince lay blankly on the floor, thinking of the scene in which he jumped up to hug his father's thigh and begged in fright, thought of the Queen Mother's face that was so cold that there was no blood, thought of his father breaking off
I opened his hand and let him stay in Qingning Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, thinking that I had followed Yuquan to serve the Queen Mother in a daze, and then sent her to bed...
But at that time, Yuquan told him that he wanted him to make a bunk on the ground in front of the bed to accompany the Queen Mother for the night. Of course he knew that in this warm Qingning Palace, even if the ground in front of the bed was flat, it would still be very warm.
And as a grandson, this is also a filial piety, but he agreed, but in his heart he felt unbelievable and unbelievable. Until now, he still had no sleepiness with his eyes open.
Even so, the third prince did not dare to speak out. Because he disturbed the queen mother who was already in a bad mood on the bed, and he didn't know what to say to persuade her, wouldn't that be a disaster? Just when he was in a depressed mood, he suddenly heard
There was a gentle sigh, followed by a voice that was much softer than before.
"Sanlang, are you asleep?"
The third prince was stunned. Although he knew he should agree immediately, but somehow, he just felt as if his throat was blocked, and he couldn't make a sound. As a result, the next moment, the questioning sound came again.
It turned into a laugh.
"Sure enough, I was still a child. It was the first time I saw such a scene, and I was able to fall asleep in the end... No wonder, following your father since childhood, I should have learned a little bit of his indifference. Speaking of which, what is this big deal? Again
Big, can it be bigger than your father, who couldn't stand those senior ministers in power when he came to the throne? He told them in front of them that they would be kicked out of the court sooner or later, without fear of them hearing it?"
"No matter how big it is, can it be bigger than when he rashly started to change high-level personnel at the beginning of his administration? Coinciding with the Ye Wang Rebellion, someone used the banner of deposing him and establishing a new King of Lu? No matter how big it is, it can be bigger than me hanging.
After becoming King Ye, he immediately went to kill King Lu himself, causing him to lose his only younger brother?"
The third prince, who wanted to speak, heard that the Queen Mother had personally killed the King of Lu. He couldn't help but cover his mouth tightly. His face was not filled with shock, but deep horror. Everyone said that the King of Lu was...
After being imprisoned, he was depressed and died of illness not long after. Who would have thought that it was the Queen Mother who did it? And he died on the same day as King Ye?
It is said that the King of Lu was also raised in front of the Queen Mother, and he was not much different from his father, the biological son... He even heard that the Queen Mother even doted on the King of Lu more in some cases. Not only was this throne the Queen Mother insisted on giving,
, and it is said that after the death of King Lu, the Queen Mother once fell seriously ill. How could this be the case...
The third prince's mind was full of chaos. He even lost the ability to move, let alone speaking. However, when he found that the Queen Mother did not talk to herself anymore, he realized that he had just eavesdropped on his grandmother.
Secret, his heart suddenly felt like a deer. After thinking about it, he finally spoke with difficulty.
"Grandma, I wasn't asleep...I just...just..."
After stammering for a long time, the third prince couldn't finish his words, and felt ashamed for a moment. But then, he heard a soft sigh, and then, a hand dropped down from the edge of the bed, which was a little difficult.
He also touched his forehead somewhat hesitantly. Realizing that the hand seemed to be cold, he hesitated slightly and couldn't help but stretched out his hands to hold the hand tightly.
"You kid..." The Queen Mother seemed a little surprised by the third prince's action. After laughing, she said softly, "Yuquan was afraid that I wouldn't be able to think about it, so she asked you to lay down on the floor to accompany me. In fact, she didn't want to either.
I think, my grandson is with me, but my son just throws away and leaves. If I couldn't think about it, I would have been angry to death! If I really couldn't think about it, I would have followed the late emperor thirty years ago."
The third prince's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but before he could say anything, he noticed that the Queen Mother on the bed seemed to be trying to sit up. He hurriedly jumped up to help him, and then went to help get the big pillow next to him, but because of the crowd,
Being short and in a panic, he accidentally tripped and fell down, lying on the Queen Mother's body.
Startled, he quickly wanted to get up, but instead of being annoyed, the Queen Mother gently stroked his head and said with a smile: "I see that you have been calm these days, I didn't expect that you would be so calm."
When you are so reckless, I think back when your father was as young as you, he was really like a monkey, how could you not be so well-behaved."
"Even the King of Lu is like your fourth brother. He is full of messy ideas all day long. He is simply the ancestor who caused trouble. In addition, with your father as his backer, he is not afraid of anything and everything.
How many troubles have been caused."
The third prince did not expect that the queen mother would compare Prince Lu to the fourth prince, and he subconsciously wanted to jump up. Finally, he had strong self-control, and finally lay there honestly and did not dare to move, but he could not help but retort: "
King Lu did a lot of ridiculous things in the past, but the fourth brother is different. Although he is sometimes a little impulsive, he is measured."
"He is more measured than King Lu, but that's because you, as an older brother, are more measured than your father was when he was an older brother."
When the Queen Mother said this, she felt that the little man suddenly stiffened, and she let go and pulled him up. Seeing the third prince kneeling uneasily on the ground in front of the bed, his face turned red.
She said calmly: "You don't have to worry too much, you are not your father, and your fourth brother is not the King of Lu."
"You are not as free-spirited and willful as your father, and your fourth brother is not as unscrupulous and self-righteous as King Lu. When your father asked you to go to Banshan Hall and recognize Zhang Shou as your teacher, I didn't quite agree.
, but now it seems that this teacher is indeed a thousand times better than I imagined. But..."
The Queen Mother suddenly changed her words and said word by word: "Don't think that Zhang Shou is good at everything, so you just listen to him. Even if your father respects Grand Master Ge, he doesn't always follow his advice. After all, you
Many of the things we will face in the future involve all the people of the world, and we cannot accept partial beliefs."
The third prince wanted to say that he did not turn to Zhang Shou for help in everything, and Zhang Shou definitely did not dictate everything to him. However, he thought that the Queen Mother was experiencing the biggest blow today, so after hesitating for a moment, he simply said solemnly
He nodded matter-of-factly.
With her grandson's reaction, the Queen Mother couldn't help but think of her son, who had always had to stand up to her in everything since he was a child. In comparison, the father and son had completely different personalities.
Therefore, it was easy for her to understand why the emperor, who had always been fond of the third and fourth princes, had not decided on the candidate for the East Palace in advance. This was because the third prince was so unlike the emperor, but the fourth prince was
The prince had some of the willfulness and willfulness of the emperor. However, the emperor himself felt that being willful and willful was not suitable for an emperor.
Therefore, the Queen Mother could not help but sigh softly, and then smiled at her grandson who was really too sensible and said: "I am not saying this to make you doubt or alienate Zhang Shou. He is a person who knows his own advantages very well.
, I also know my own shortcomings very well, so I take the initiative to focus on the big ones and let go of the small ones, and focus more on the school and the students."
"You are also his student, so he will definitely do his best. However, after all, he is too young. He has a great talent in arithmetic, which does not mean that he also has a great talent in governing the country. Therefore, what other teachers may say
It’s a cliche. If you don’t like hearing it, you should listen to it more.”
"Why have there been so few wise kings and wise rulers throughout the ages? Because the emperor is the most easily lost person in the world. He has too much power. If he insists on doing something regardless of the opposition of his ministers, although it is difficult, as long as he is tough, he can mostly do it.
.Therefore, most of the so-called wise kings and wise rulers are either tired of politics or confused in their later years. Almost none of them can be wise from beginning to end."
"At first, some people tried to persuade me not to delegate power. They said that your father was frivolous and willful, and that I was so wise and powerful. I was almost carried away. But I later thought about it clearly. During those years when I was behind the curtain, I was just trying to support myself.
"My relatives on my mother's side are not very successful, and only Duke Zhao is fully supporting me. He doesn't have much ambition, so why should I try to occupy this place?"
"If I were really as talented and powerful as Empress Zetian, I would just take advantage of the situation and seize power for the rest of my life, but I'm not... For me, the late emperor is gone, and your father is my biggest concern. For the sake of mere power,
Why bother if mother and son are at odds?"
This was the first time for the Third Prince to get along with the Queen Mother at such a close distance. He heard her unknowingly start to speak her innermost thoughts again. He hesitated to speak, but in the end he did not stop her. He just knelt down and listened quietly.
"The late emperor, your grandfather, told me before he died that he took this country by force, just like Ying Zong did in the past, but Ying Zong failed to educate his son well, so that he took this country away.
I have to help my son protect this country and pass it on safely from generation to generation. So, for the words "safety" he said, I have to suppress my true feelings..."
At this point, the Queen Mother suddenly laughed: "I think back then, I also had a domineering temperament, otherwise how could I get along with the late Emperor Ruizong? Good people are deceived by others, and the world is more evil than evil people. Only in this way can we survive. I will accompany you.
When the late emperor became a vassal, the royal palace there was already dilapidated, but the largest landowner in the area owned tens of thousands of hectares of land and had thousands of tenants."
"From the rich gentry to the local officials, they don't take us seriously, and the local noble ladies also sneer at me as a princess. Jing'er is still young, but he is better than his uncles who are just as good as others. He relies on his young age
, I secretly had people take him to have banquets with many famous families, and got a lot of information for us, including the connection between the wealthy and unkind landlord and some dirty activities."
"Then, the late emperor and I made a plan. I invited the old prince of that person's family and a lot of local ladies to the palace to enjoy the flowers on the pretext of appreciating the flowers, and asked the maids of the palace who were martial arts to guard the outside. The late emperor used the evidence to blackmail
The prefect, who was a Jinshi, used the name of suppressing bandits to lead the palace guards to uproot the big family that secretly supported the so-called bandits, and everyone gained the stolen goods."
"Afterwards, in front of those noble ladies who did one thing in front of them and behind the other's back, I personally took down the so-called old feudal lord who felt something was wrong and wanted to leave forcibly. Don't look at such an old woman who seemed to be smiling and kind-hearted.
, but she has seven or eight women’s lives under her hands, and there are several dead bones buried in the well in the backyard. Just because she heard rumors that the sweethearts of young women can prolong life!”
Talking about threatening the prefect, suppressing bandits and taking people, and then used the copied gold and silver to bribe the left and right servants of Emperor Yingzong, and then those servants persuaded the furious Emperor Yingzong to purge certain civil servants who were clamoring in the court, and then they
It was through this wave of bonuses that she secretly won over people with lofty ideals and quietly focused on development. How she placed Zhu Jing in the guardhouse, the Queen Mother suddenly became a little lost.
Such a long time ago, now that she thinks about it, it seems like it happened in her last life. She would have forgotten it if she didn't mention it. She had been in the palace for so long that she didn't even remember that when her husband was most in need, she also led the women and children.
Have fought a war.
What is everything, stability first... If she had been so conservative back then, where would she be today? In that case, she would just be an old and weak woman living day by day guarding her son and the prince's palace!
The third prince's eyes widened when he heard it at first, because even his father did not mention the part about Emperor Ruizong's seizure of the throne to their brothers - of course it was not completely absent, because his father mentioned Emperor Ruizhong.
How to fight, but what the Queen Mother said probably happened before my father was even born.
It is even possible that neither the Queen Mother nor the late Emperor mentioned it to the Emperor Father, so the Emperor Father did not know. So, does this mean that he was the first to know?
The Third Prince, who was a little surprised, immediately opened his eyes. Since he had opened up the Queen Mother's conversation, he thought that instead of being relatively sleepless, it would be better to let people continue talking. Therefore, seeing the Queen Mother pause, he immediately asked the follow-up questions with great interest.
The Queen Mother, who was obviously aroused to talk, simply pulled her little grandson onto the bed, wrapped him tightly in a quilt, and then began to talk about the past events vividly.
Outside the dormitory door, listening to the old man and the young man starting to talk about the past, Yuquan could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his resentment towards the emperor's previous words and deeds also dissipated a lot.
The Queen Mother has suffered so much in her life, but Emperor Ruizhong, who knew she understood her, died early. As a result, the hateful son has always been in love with her... Fortunately, she has a considerate grandson!