The second prince Minghua has been a little depressed recently, he is actually still young, and he grew up in the imperial capital since he was a child, but he has to meet the first parting in his life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main task of the second prince to go to the snowy region this time is to follow the Guigu family to learn the way of using troops, the situation in the imperial capital has been turbulent, the emperor secretly assigned a team of secret guards to follow him, responsible for his safety; in addition, he also allocated a team of expeditionary troops to him, escorting him all the way north, and then staying with the second prince, which can be regarded as becoming the second prince's private army.

On the eve of departure, the emperor summoned the second prince in the library building. The library is located in the former dynasty of the imperial palace, and the emperor likes to meet his confidants and ministers in the library, which is also under the control of the emperor.

Looking at the immature second prince, the emperor sighed, "Go to the snowy region and study hard, the people of the Guigu family can be trusted, they also have great skills, otherwise they will not have been rooted in a snowy place." Maybe the whole dynasty will have to rely on you in the future. ”

After all, Minghua was only an eleven-year-old boy, and he was a little confused, "Isn't there still a prince brother?"

The emperor sighed, "Your crown prince brother is also a good one, but he grew up with the queen mother since he was a child, and he is too close to the Huangfu family, and his relatives have always been a hidden danger for the royal family." I only hope that he can understand the reason, and everything is based on the overall situation of the dynasty. Your mother and I shouldn't have let him be raised by the Queen Mother. "Back then, the queen mother hugged the prince to Yongshou Palace to raise, the queen mother gave birth to the second princess two years later, and only gave birth to the second prince four years later.

Minghua heard the exhaustion in his father's voice, he grew up with his father and mother since he was a child, in recent years, his father has half a gray hair, although he is not yet an adult, but he has been exposed to it for so many years, and he also knows that his father is exhausted, and he is afraid that he will not leave the year. Minghua suddenly worried that on the day he returned, his father, who had always been close to him, was no longer there. His voice became choked, "Father and Emperor must take good care of their health, and when their sons come back, they will definitely help the prince's brother manage the country." ”

The emperor nodded, stretched out his hand to hold the hand of the second prince Minghua, and looked at the scenery in the distance together, "Then the father emperor is here in the imperial city waiting for you to come back after completing your studies." Our royal family has not had a master of using troops for many years, I hope you can make a breakthrough in this regard, and help you take care of this country when you come back. ”

The chamberlain whispered outside, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister of the Emperor Fu asks to see you." ”

The emperor patted Minghua's palm, "Go and say goodbye to your queen mother, you will leave tomorrow, and your queen mother is looking forward to you in the palace." ”

The second prince, Minghua, bowed respectfully and withdrew. The emperor said to the attendants guarding outside, "Send the prime minister to the Zichen Hall to see me." The chamberlain took the order and left. The emperor stood on the library building for a while before setting off for the Zichen Palace.

When the second prince Minghua arrived at the Kunning Palace where the queen lived, it was getting late, and Aunt Lan beside the queen was waiting anxiously in front of the palace gate, and when she saw the figure of the second prince appearing, she hurriedly greeted her, "The second prince is down, and the queen mother and the two princesses are waiting for your Royal Highness to have dinner together." ”

When the second prince Minghua stepped into the main hall, he saw his mother and the royal sister squeaking and talking about something funny, and the fifth sister smiled, and saw the second prince enter the door and flew over like a swallow. The second prince hugged the fifth princess, although the fifth princess was small, but chubby, it was really a bit heavy, and the second prince took two steps back. The second prince, Minghua, has always felt sorry for this sister, so he picked her up with difficulty, "Reckless, I lost my mother's face." ”

The queen has always been dignified and dignified, and the fifth princess has been spoiled since she was a child, and it is indeed contrary to the queen's temperament. The mother and son had dinner together, and the queen asked the two princesses to go back to rest, and she had something to say to the second prince alone. The fifth princess didn't follow it, but the queen put her face on the board, and the fifth princess knew that her queen mother had always been smiling, but if she put on a straight face, it wouldn't work.

The second prince, Minghua, promised the fifth princess with a smile that he would definitely go to the fifth princess's dormitory to talk to the fifth princess, and the fifth princess reluctantly returned to her bedroom. The fifth princess is still young, and she still lives in Kunning Palace with the queen.

After the queen watched her two daughters leave the main hall, she withdrew all her subordinates, took Minghua's hand and looked at him for a while, before she said to the second prince Minghua, "Before you leave, there is one thing I want to mention to you." This time, after you leave the Imperial City, you don't know when you will be able to come back. One thing you must keep in mind is that after you leave, you will not be allowed to come back without an edict from your father and me. If your crown brother succeeds to the throne in the future, you should not come back. Kyoto is full of flowers, but the queen mother is worried that she can't protect you anymore. ”

The queen took the hand of the second prince and sat on the couch by the window together, the second prince was actually just an eleven-year-old boy, but the children of the royal family were maturing very quickly, and the second prince probably knew what his mother was going to say to him, so he sat and listened.

The emperor himself is a person of mediocre ability, and he can't rule without discipline, but he has one advantage, that is, appointing people on the basis of merit. Now that the two concubines born to the queen are more talented than himself, he naturally can't wait to find the best people in the world to raise his two sons. But these two sisters-in-law, one is too close to the emperor's family, and the other does not occupy the eldest son-in-law.

The queen said slowly, "Originally, your prince's brother was going out to practice, and the princes of all dynasties needed to go to the snowy region to study with the Guigu family for several years before succeeding to the throne. Besides, he is the prince of a country, and he should know more, but your imperial grandmother does not allow your prince brother to travel far. ”

In fact, when the emperor proposed to let the crown prince Mingcheng go out to practice, find a suitable master, and learn the way of using soldiers, the empress dowager reacted very strongly, and she scolded the emperor very loudly for not being a loving father, "Where is there such a father? Throw your heir to the barren land outside." ”

The emperor didn't expect the Queen Mother to react so violently, and in front of the crown prince, she was scolded by the Queen Mother to the point of blood. In the previous dynasty, the Huangfu family also objected to letting the prince go out, thinking that the prince was the prince of a country, and it was very dangerous to leave the imperial city, and in the end the matter had to be settled. In fact, the main people of the Huangfu family are worried that after the crown prince leaves Zhongdu, the second prince will be more favored.

In the end, the emperor had to give up the plan to let the prince go out for training, originally he was indeed selfish, let the prince go out for training, expand his horizons, and stay away from the influence of the Huangfu family. The second prince and the crown prince are the same mother, and the age difference is only four years. In fact, these two people are very capable people, which is something that the emperor is very pleased with. Therefore, after thinking about it, the emperor finally made the decision to let the second prince go out to practice.

But the second prince leaving Zhongdu and the crown prince leaving Zhongdu will be two completely different situations. Careful preparation is required.

Although in the former dynasty, the people of the Huangfu family occupied more important positions, but the emperor relied on the people of the palace family the most. He listened to the advice of the palace family back then, the royal family has been intermarried with the Huangfu family for a long time, and the foundation of the children born will become weaker and weaker, and the Huangfu family is strong, it is really not suitable to continue to let the daughter of the Huangfu family control the ** of the imperial city, so he went against the will of his mother, gave up the daughter carefully cultivated by the Huangfu family, and chose the Jiang family as the crown princess.

Facts have proved that his original decision was correct, the Jiang family gave birth to two sons and two daughters, both of whom are gifted and intelligent, and can even be said to be the most qualified prince and princess in the past hundred years. On the other hand, Concubine Li's Huangfu family, although she also gave birth to a son and a daughter, her qualifications are obviously much mediocre.

But because of this incident, the relationship between the Queen Mother and the Emperor deteriorated day by day, and the relationship between the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother has never been better. The thing that the emperor regrets most now is that when the queen gave birth to her eldest son, her health was very weak, and the queen mother made a move at that time, asking either to pass the ** management power or to raise the eldest grandson, and the reason is also very sufficient, the queen is weak and needs to recuperate, and she is also worried about her daughter-in-law.

The emperor at that time out of two considerations, one is filial piety, he also wants to improve the relationship between himself and the queen mother and the queen mother, if the queen mother has the eldest grandson, there can also be some things to pass the time, no longer think about those irrelevant things, and there is also a chance to improve the relationship between them. One is that the emperor doesn't want the woman of the Huangfu family to hold the management of **, even if this woman is his mother, he doesn't want this to happen again. But at that time, in addition to the queen, only Concubine Li and the queen mother had noble statuses and were qualified to manage ** affairs.

The queen saw the worries in the emperor's heart, so she took the initiative to agree to let the queen mother take her eldest son, whom she had worked so hard to give birth to, to raise her. Originally, the queen and the emperor thought that after a year or two, they would put the eldest prince back to their side and raise them. But unexpectedly, the queen mother never agreed to put the eldest prince back to the queen to be raised, and this situation lasted until the eldest prince moved into the East Palace when he was ten years old.

The queen whispered about the past, "Your crown prince brother grew up with your imperial grandmother since he was a child, and he is not close to his mother and father, and over the years, we have also seen that your prince and brother rely too much on people who trust the imperial family, which is extremely unfavorable to our Zhuluo royal family." ”

The second prince Minghua nodded, although the queen did not say anything disadvantages, but as a member of the royal family, she has received education in this area since she was a child, and this kind of thing is easy to understand. The Huangfu family is powerful, and there may not be no other ideas, as a person from the Zhuluo royal family, the first thing that needs to be considered should not be the interests of the Huangfu family, but the interests of the Zhuluo royal family. But the prince's brother seems to be too emotional, and as long as it involves the affairs of the Huangfu family, he will become more sensitive.

"Your prince's brother is already the prince of a country, and this is already a fact that cannot be changed. The queen's tone was very strange, which made the second prince a little uneasy. Although he has heard a lot of private discussions from others since he was a child, about his father and queen mother, who don't like his prince brother, and want to replace himself as the prince's brother. Since hearing those rumors, the second prince will be a little uncomfortable every time he sees the prince's brother, he tries to express that he does not have the intention of replacing his fellow brother, but this kind of thing can't be said clearly, and the prince's brother will become very extreme and gloomy every time he sees him, which makes him even more afraid to talk to the prince's brother.

The queen held the hand of the second prince Minghua, stared at his eyes and said, "Minghua, the queen mother is worried that if she doesn't say it today, she doesn't know if there will be a chance in the future." Your father and I did think about letting you replace your brother and make you the crown prince. “

Minghua was startled, and was about to speak, but the queen intercepted his topic, "Shhh, listen to me, don't worry, this won't happen, at least not for the time being." The position of the prince is not easy to treat. ”

The queen was silent for a while before she spoke, "The people of the Huangfu family will definitely send someone to deal with you, and the queen mother knows that you and your father have countermeasures for this matter, but you have to be careful to protect yourself." ”

The queen's voice was a little choked, "Our Jiang family and my grandmother's family have their own secret guards, I know that your father and the emperor will also send people to protect you, but I still don't feel at ease when I go all the way to the snowy region, I will transfer some of the secret guards to your side, no matter what happens, you must save your life first." ”

The second prince comforted the queen, "Queen Mother, don't worry, my father has told me that I already have a perfect plan." ”

The queen is very sad in her heart, her second son is talented and intelligent, and he has been a thorn in the side of some people since he was a child. The second prince Minghua has experienced this trip, and he is only afraid of more evil and less auspicious, but if he can survive this hurdle, there will still be a glimmer of life in the future.