Chapter 18: The Emperor's Heart
Emperor Yuanhe was gloomy, opened his arms and took Concubine Xian in his arms, gently stroked her back, and muttered: "Ayu, don't be sad, okay?" ”
Concubine Xian choked up crying: "It's not good ......"
Emperor Yuanhe sighed and said, "I am not the queen mother's own child, when the imperial brother went, she helped me ascend the throne." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The Queen Mother has a great kindness to me. I am not as talented as the first emperor and the emperor's brother, and the government and the country have not been stable in these years, and I can't be a benevolent monarch, and I will always have a filial piety in the future......"
Seeing that Concubine Xian didn't speak, Emperor Yuanhe continued: "Those things were probably done by the queen, and the queen mother only learned about it later...... There is also the Cheng'en family outside, and many courtiers are implicated in him......"
After speaking, Emperor Yuan He himself couldn't say what it was like in his heart. Some are holding their breath, some are depressed, they are held hostage in the world in all directions, and they will touch the wall if they stretch out their hands and feet slightly.
He touched the green silk scattered on Concubine Xian's back, helped her gather in one place, and said softly, "Ayu, I'm sorry for you...... You don't blame me, okay? ”
Concubine Xian raised her teary eyes and said hesitantly, "Holy Lord, are you willing to go on like this forever?" ”
Emperor Yuan He stopped what he was doing and sat there stiffly.
The first emperor had four sons, and the eldest son of the emperor was the current queen mother, who was made the crown prince at the age of five. If he hadn't fallen from a horse and died injured when he was eighteen years old, no one would have thought that it would not be the crown prince who would inherit the throne.
Emperor Yuanhe was the third in line and was the second eldest prince of the first emperor. However, his mother, Chen, is only a beauty and is not taken seriously.
On the contrary, the sixth prince and his biological mother Lu Zhaoyi were quite favored by the first emperor.
He Zhaorong, the biological mother of King Chun, the seventh prince, has taken refuge in the current Queen Mother since she entered the palace. Compared with Emperor Yuanhe and his biological mother, He Zhaorong and the Seven Princes had a good time in the palace.
The sudden death of the crown prince made the queen mother lose her backbone, and she just wanted to go with her son. Or He Zhaorong pouted in the ear of the Queen Mother, saying that there was something strange about the prince's fall from the horse, and it must be Lu Zhaoyi's hands and feet that Lu Zhaoyi wanted his son to be the prince.
The Empress Dowager was furious and sent someone to investigate, and soon put three points of facts and seven points of forged evidence in front of the first emperor. The first emperor lost his beloved son, and without detailed investigation, he gave Lu Zhaoyi to commit suicide and imprisoned the six princes. A year later, the sixth prince also committed suicide by poisoning.
When the first emperor came to his senses, he found that he only had two sons left, one cowardly and the other young.
Emperor Yuanhe has been hidden under the light of his brother since he was a child, and his ideal in life is to grow up and leave the palace and be a comfortable prince in his own palace. He is kind-hearted, but cowardly and unassertive; He is generous and merciful, but he always forgives the wicked and wrongs the good.
Just when He Zhaorong thought that his son was sure to win, Emperor Yuanhe's biological mother Chen Meiren died of illness.
The Empress Dowager's elder brother, Zhang Maozong, the Duke of Cheng'en, thought that Emperor Yuanhe was more suitable to be the crown prince than King Chun. On the one hand, his biological mother has died, and no one in the harem will compete with the queen mother for power. On the other hand, Emperor Yuan He was weak and incompetent, and it was easier to control.
It's a pity that Zhang Maozong's daughter married Prince Yide and was widowed. There was no longer a daughter of the right age in the Zhang family to marry Emperor Yuanhe, so Zhang Maozong had to choose the current queen from the distant relatives of the side branch to marry Emperor Yuanhe.
Emperor Yuanhe's dream of a carefree prince is gone, replaced by the glory of the Ninety-Five. He was also full of ambition, and in the first days he was often so excited that he couldn't sleep. He also really loved the Queen Mother, regarded her as his mother, and regarded Chengengong as his uncle.
Gradually, Emperor Yuan and Emperor found that these people were all ignored. Including Fu Ning, these people don't really look down on him. It was as if he was a clown who accidentally sat on a high seat, and the only one who deserved this position was his radiant eldest brother.
Emperor Yuanhe let out a long sigh and said nothing.
Concubine Xian's heart was sour, but she also knew that fighting might not have a good result.
She said softly: "Holy Lord, how can the concubine blame you. I just ask you to find a colt for Shu'er, and we will marry her thickly, so that her husband's family will not dare to look down on her. ”
Emperor Yuanhe breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Shu'er is your beloved daughter, who dares to look down on her!" ”
Concubine Xian wiped her tears with a handkerchief, breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had made up her mind, and said to Emperor Yuan He: "Shengshang, let's find her someone who is not in the capital." ”
Emperor Yuan He was taken aback and looked at Concubine Xian in puzzlement.
"The queen and the concubine, the Zhang family and the Tian family, as long as you don't make up your mind for a day, they won't live in peace." Concubine Xian gently stroked the hair between Yuan and the emperor's temples with her hand, and several silver threads flashed, shocking.
She stopped and continued: "Just because I have a bit of face in front of you, the Queen Mother hit my nephew with the idea. So happy rather than a little decent...... I'm afraid that one day they will think about Shu'er and make a fuss about her marriage, or she will get married and make it difficult for her to do it in her husband's family. Let's marry her early, and we will get married in two years! ”
"I only hope that she can live a safe and smooth life, with a husband and children. Don't dwell on these things anymore......" said Concubine Xian, and she burst into tears again.
Emperor Yuanhe was in a complicated mood, and he was stunned for a long time, but he nodded slowly.
Xuanhui in the east hall didn't know that his parents were crying in the dormitory, and he didn't know that they put their family affairs on the agenda like this.
She had just led a group of little palace maids to rummage through the clothes in the box. Finally picked out a set of crimson round-necked narrow-sleeved deep coats, with a corset decorated with pearls in the middle, which made it look more and more bee-waisted and shaved, with a heroic spirit in the show.
Xuanhui looked at the embroidered shoes on his feet, sighed, and said, "Why don't you have shoes that you can wear on horseback after looking for a long time?" He turned his head and asked Yuan Xiang: "Where did I receive my previous boots?" ”
Yuan Xiang was just about to speak, when a little palace maid happily came in with a pair of black cloth boots embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, and said with a smile: "Princess, last year, the Needlework Bureau sent these shoes, and you said they were a little big when you wore them." The slave and maid are turning it out now, can you try to see if it fits? ”
Xuan Hui hurriedly changed into boots, but it was just right. Walking to the dressing mirror and looking at the neat dress of the person in the mirror, Xuanhui was very happy.
"Cai Wei, you go outside to find a little eunuch and ask him to go to the Duanjing Hall to ask. said that my father promised me to learn to ride a horse and let the third brother teach me. Let's see when the third brother is free. Oh, by the way, remember to say that I'm ready to stop here, just wait for the third brother. Xuanhui walked around proudly on those boots and instructed Cai Wei.
Liang Zan listened to the little eunuch's words, but he couldn't laugh or cry.
This sister of mine often thinks that one is one play, and this time she is messing around to ride a horse, and her father agrees.
Liang Zan felt a little headache, and tomorrow he had to go to the Imperial Horse Prison to pick two gentle ponies, and he also had to pick a few good guards who were familiar with horse nature to escort him.