Chapter 451: Father and Son
After a few more words with the prince, Hongchen turned around and left the East Palace, and as soon as he went out, he happened to see King An staring at a cluster of gladiolus in front of the door motionless, and there were two small palace people behind him, plus a guard, all of whom looked anxious. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
She originally planned to go directly to the queen, but she didn't expect to bump into King An first, but when she saw it, she was taken aback, King An didn't look right, his eyes were dull, his expression was in a trance, his face was gray, there was no blood at all, and a touch of madness flashed in his expression from time to time.
"What's going on?"
The prince walked up to Hongchen at some point and asked in a low voice.
Hongchen shook his head, and saw King An, who had been standing still, turned his head suddenly, and smiled: "It's the prince, what a prince." ”
No one spoke.
King An seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts.
"Back then, my father clearly said that I was his beloved son, among all the princes, I was the only one who was the most similar to him, and our father and son wanted to share the country of the Great Zhou, but he chose you as a stinky hairy boy!"
The people present were eager to plug their ears for a while.
A few little eunuchs in the East Palace were about to cry, if it weren't for the madness, this King An would have been unscrupulous, too, now Long Live Lord suddenly abandoned the prince, he had to set him up, where did the ministers have the ability to oppose the strong emperor, throughout the ages, but all the princes who were not valued by the emperor were still the majority, and their princes were not the heroes who responded to the world, in the end they were still young, if the emperor really didn't protect his master, then could it be good?
Taking a deep breath, the prince was calm, not overwhelmed by King An's sudden irritability, and whispered: "County Lord, I'll send you out of the palace first." ”
It's not normal in the palace now, since I don't dare to guarantee that my father will be safe, at least I have to send my husband away first.
Hongchen nodded, this is not the time to be strong.
They whispered, and a drunken smile appeared on King An's face: "My father was confused for a while, but not in the future, he will change his way soon, I am the prince that my father values the most, and I am the ......heir he chooses."
Before the words fell, a middle-aged eunuch came over with a group of guards and respectfully saluted the prince and King An: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness King An, Your Majesty has a decree to announce the audience of the two diligent palaces." ”
This eunuch looked familiar, and seemed to be the one who was close to the emperor, but he didn't have much to use.
However, beside the emperor, even the little people who served tea and poured water also had their own bearing, and the prince responded very politely, regardless of King An's crazy appearance, he turned his head and helped Hongchen first: "The queen mother is afraid that she is also tired, the county lord will enter the palace to accompany her in a few days, and I will let the county lord go out first." ”
Hongchen smiled: "Okay, don't forget to change your clothes before you go, it's rude to dress up like this." ”
At this time, the prince was wearing home clothes, which was not suitable for going out, and the middle-aged eunuch over there did not object to it, after all, this was the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was above 10,000 people under one person, and his every move represented the Great Zhou and could not be ignored.
The prince understood that it was for him to put on the inner armor and get ready, although if something really happened, it might be useless to prepare, but even if he could have an extra chance of life, it would be good.
After Hongchen finished speaking, he generously went out of the palace with the people.
At this time, it was evening, the sunset was brilliant on the horizon, and the figure of the person was extremely long, Hongchen turned her head and glanced at the palace again, and she didn't know how this turmoil that she seemed to be out of control would end in.
Outside the Qinzheng Palace
The princes and grandchildren, plus the important clan dignitaries, are not many, but there are only a dozen people.
There are also more than 20 civil and military officials, all of whom are high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China.
At the head are two of the most trusted prime ministers.
The Seventh Emperor looked left and right, but did not see the Third Emperor Brother and the Fifth Emperor Brother, but Lao Jiu had a gloomy face and stood aside.
"There are so many people, they don't really want to change their ......" The seventh prince didn't finish his sentence, he blew his beard left and right and stared, he swallowed back his words and shrank his head.
But he didn't say it, and the others thought so in their hearts.
Several ministers who did not have a good relationship with King An began to worry to see if there was any way to ease the situation, and some of them who were worried about the country and the people began to worry about the prince.
"Hey, the prince of a country, how can he say that he will stand up, and if he says that he will be abolished, that is the prince, what kind of system is this, what kind of system is this!"
"Old man, you can say something, the prince is not immoral......"
"Silence, what kind of place is this, I can make you noisy!"
The old prime minister scolded a few words, and his expression was calm, "Your Majesty has his own opinions, let's listen to it." To put it bluntly, the matter of establishing the prince is indeed not only a family matter of the emperor, it is also a state affair, and when the emperor first ascended the throne a few decades ago, he really couldn't go his own way, but now it's different, now His Majesty is a word, and they can't help it.
The other old prime minister looked at his nose and nose, and his mouth was still snoring, so that he pretended to be confused, and the others smiled bitterly in their hearts, and gradually stopped moving.
Everyone is nervous, but the more nervous they are, the more they must be stable, like the current thing, mixed in, may be able to get a lifetime of wealth, but it is easier to capsize, to their job, they will be safe and stable, no need to seek wealth and danger, whatever Your Majesty says, just do it.
"Ahem...... Ahem. ”
In the Qinzheng Palace, the emperor coughed a few times, and the old eunuch hurriedly came over with a teacup and carefully fed him a few sips.
“…… You old thing, why did you lose so much weight. ”
The emperor smiled and glanced at the old eunuch beside him, he didn't see him for a short time, but after a trip out of the palace gate, the fat old eunuch smoked a strip, and lost at least twenty pounds, and it seemed that the wrinkles came out, dense.
The old eunuch still had a humble smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "The old slave is old, no longer eat more vegetarian, exercise more, maintain maintenance, how can he still have the strength to serve long live?" ”
The emperor laughed again, he rarely smiled like he did today, always with majesty, "What about the Empress? ”
"The mother said that she wanted to drink porridge, but she didn't think it was fragrant in the imperial dining room, so she went to cook it herself."
"yes, she doesn't like it." The emperor sighed, "Make a porridge in the imperial dining room, and add some white fungus bird's nest to it, the queen doesn't like it, and if she doesn't add it, she also uses the hanging chicken soup to cook it, but my queen, I don't like to enjoy this blessing, so I like ordinary white rice porridge, which is boiled into oil, sweet and delicious." ”
As he spoke, the smell of rice came to his face.
The emperor half sat up and watched the queen enter the door, only to feel the heat smoking, and his old wife's face was ruddy, which was more charming than when he was a newcomer.
drank two mouthfuls of porridge from the queen's hand, and the emperor smiled again: "I can't enjoy the blessing with this mouth, don't look at the fact that I never say it on weekdays, in fact, my favorite is this kind of ordinary porridge and rice, those with an unknown number of materials, a bowl of porridge dares to cost a hundred and ten taels of silver, but I can't get used to it." ”
"If you can't get used to it, you've been drinking it for decades."
The queen rolled her eyes.
The emperor sighed, took the queen's hand, and rubbed it carefully. When he was young, he was too lazy to bother with the gang below, and he didn't want others to know his preferences...... In old age, none of this matters.
"Come, Azusa Tong."
The queen sat beside him, and did not withdraw her hand, nor did she ask him what was going on in the last few days, but she couldn't help but touch his hair, which seemed to have turned a lot gray overnight, and her heart suddenly emptied.
"Your Majesty, Wang Xiangye and Zhang Xiangye are here."
The two old prime ministers are faltering, staggering, and although they are old, they are both old ministers and diehard loyalists of the emperor.
The two of them had seen the emperor and the empress, and they were not like those young courtiers, who frowned and were displeased when they saw the empress here.
"Sit down."
The Emperor smiled, his expression soft.
The two old men both lowered their eyebrows, lowered their eyes, and didn't think about it at all, why the queen, who was rumored to have fallen out with His Majesty, was still here?
"Two Aiqing, after a hundred years, the prince is young, I'm afraid he will have to rely on you and other Kuang support."
In a word, the two elders were terrified, trembling slightly, and their heads were about to be lowered to hand them over, and the emperor couldn't help laughing again, sat up and stretched out his hand to help them up, "We have been monarchs and ministers for many years, and I believe in you ......"
"Father!"
King An strode through the door, his face stiff, not like a living person, his eyes glowing green, and even the emperor couldn't help frowning.
"Father, say quickly, you want to abolish the crown prince, make me the emperor, and make me the emperor! You promised me! ”
He rushed forward, and the palace people on the left and right hurriedly stopped and hugged him, but he didn't stop him, King An's strength didn't know when it became bigger, and he rushed to the front of the couch in a daze, and pushed the queen to stumble, sat down on the ground, and her eyes were shining, "Father, you said it quickly, give the order quickly." ”
took out the holy decree from his bosom, and went to turn over the emperor's jade seal in all directions.
The two old ministers were dumbfounded, and those palace people couldn't help but wonder in their hearts - isn't An Wang Mo crazy?
The emperor's lips trembled, and he looked at the queen nervously, the queen's feet were probably twisted, so that the two palace maids helped them for a long time before they stood up, and quickly rushed to the emperor's side, and the two sat side by side, while their eyes fell on King An.
"Presumptuous, you, what are you like!"
The emperor was so angry that his face turned blue, and he was a little distressed, was it his son, or he had been hurting for many years, this person was old, he would inevitably be more affectionate, the emperor was also a human being, not a piece of wood, and he also loved his son.
"Okay, don't mess around, today you haven't been here, you haven't said these bastard words, you will assist the prince in the future, and take good care of my Great Zhou Jiangshan......"
Thinking of the benefits of this son back then, the emperor sighed, rarely soft-hearted, and said softly, "Qi'er, you listen to me the most, good." ”
King An stopped his actions suddenly, looked at him in a daze, his eyes were dizzy for a while, his brain was getting more and more confused, there were words in his mouth, no one could hear what he was talking about, and after a while, he seemed to be more awake and stood up straight: "I'm not a child, hahahahaha, you still want to coax me like this?" How long can you coax, old man, you are so confused, let me fight with the third brother for so many years, and in the end, the position will be given to a hairy boy who appeared out of nowhere, don't think about it! ”
"You!"
The emperor's face darkened.
King An's eyes flashed, and he fell into confusion again: "No, my father wants to make me the crown prince, I am the prince, I am the emperor, I am the emperor!" ”
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled a dagger out of his sleeve and threw himself at the emperor viciously.
Everyone exclaimed!
The prince was also in front of the door, but he was not summoned, and he didn't dare to go in for a while, when he heard the movement, he instinctively bumped into the eunuch guarding the door, and as soon as he entered, he saw the dagger shining brightly, and hurriedly kicked on King An's waist, but he never thought that King An's strength was surprisingly great, and he was kicked and only paused slightly, and then pounced fiercely.
As a last resort, the prince had no choice but to pounce on him, and he couldn't let him hurt his father and queen mother.
The queen couldn't help but show a little fear.
The emperor even straightened his eyes and shouted loudly.
Those guards rushed into the house at this time, and when they heard the emperor's roar, they hurriedly rushed over and desperately pressed King An, and the three of them went up together, so they pressed him to the ground and controlled him.
"Whew."
Everyone exhaled, the taut string was finally loosened, and the queen squeezed through the crowd to hug the prince, and after carefully examining it for a long time, tears were about to fall.
"Don't worry, the queen mother, I'm not hurt, I haven't hurt my skin at all."
Plopped, the emperor fell on the bed, the crown prince and the queen, as well as the two old ministers, the palace people, and the guards called the imperial doctor one after another.
The emperor shook his hand, exhausted to the bone, without any strength, his eyes swept over the body of King An, who was distracted and delirious, and a few tears could not help but fall from his eyes, "My son, you fool, fool! When someone comes, King An is disobedient and degraded to a commoner, and he is confined in King An's mansion and is not allowed to go out......"
The guards answered and dragged the people down, and the emperor gasped for a long time and whispered: "The queen and the crown prince stay, and everyone else goes down." ”
After a short time, the ministers slowly walked out of the palace of diligence.
There was already a mess outside, everyone was stunned, they didn't know what was going on, there were countless rumors, and the two old ministers were surrounded as soon as they came out, but they were all old foxes who had cultivated to perfection, and they all didn't know if they asked three questions, or they pretended to be confused, and others didn't take them.
The queen and the crown prince were actually more or less relaxed at this moment, but when they saw the emperor's gray and bloodless face, they also felt a little sour in their hearts.
The prince can't say that he has no feelings for this father, after all, the blood is connected, and the relationship between father and son can never be broken, but it is impossible to say how deep the relationship is, after all, the two places have been separated for so many years.
But at this moment, watching the old father fall on the bed, drooping old, he was also very uncomfortable.
The emperor's eyes are getting more and more cloudy, look carefully at the prince's face, so young and vibrant, what did he look like when he was a child? The emperor thought hard, but he couldn't remember it a little, he shouldn't feel guilty, he felt that he had done his best, how could such a weak, demented child stay in the palace? (To be continued.) )