Chapter 183: Coercion
readx;?half a year later
"Princess, princess, no, Your Majesty has decreed that the King of Han has been appointed as the crown prince" Jinxiu ran in. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info [full text reading]
"What? How could such a decree be made suddenly. Zhou Xiya stood up.
"The slave and maid don't know, a few adults have already gone to the study, please ask the princess to discuss."
Zhou Xiya walked quickly to the study, and after entering the room, several ministers frowned, obviously this news also caught them off guard.
"I've seen the princess" several people saluted.
"Excuse me, what the hell is going on, why did Your Majesty suddenly make such a will?" Zhou Xiya sat on the main seat.
"The ministers don't know very well, but we discussed it and think it might be because of the queen?" A minister spoke.
"The Queen Mother?" Zhou Xiya was stunned.
"The queen is critically ill and in a very bad condition, Your Majesty may be trying to appease his wife's heart, so the crown prince, after all, it is not a good thing that the crown prince's position is unresolved." The first minister explained.
Zhou Xiya frowned slightly, it is true that the queen mother's affairs are very bad, and she has also gone into the palace to serve these days, but unfortunately because she has a bad relationship with her mother-in-law, she did not serve in front of her, just doing some small things and showing her face, but it was the big house, waiting inch by inch, and being a filial son there.
"Princess, now that the crown prince is canonized, it is too dangerous for the prince."
"I know, fortunately, the prince will be back soon, let's talk about it when the time comes." Although Zhou Xiya was also very anxious in her heart, she also knew that she couldn't mess up at this time, otherwise the people below would only be more chaotic.
It's a pity that Xiao Jingqing came back late, and the queen died that night.
And Xiao Jingqing came back, it was already three days later.
In the mourning hall, there was a whimper, the person who kept filial piety knelt on the ground in filial piety clothes, Xiao Jingqing, who was dressed in military uniform, rushed in, saw the giant coffin he visited, and knelt on the ground with a puff, "Queen Mother." My son was late."
Xiao Jingqing took off his helmet and kowtowed to his mother, tears flowed down his eyes, and his messy hair was scattered. With red eyes, he traveled day and night, but unfortunately he was still one step late.
Zhou Xiya walked over, knelt with him, and silently accompanied him.
"Dick. You still know that when you come back, you don't know that your mother's last concern is you, you unfilial son, in order to fight, you didn't even see your mother for the last time, are you worthy of your mother? The crown prince Xiao Ruiqing stood up and pointed at Xiao Jingqing and scolded angrily.
"That's enough, His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince also rushed back day and night, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Do you want Xiao Jingqing to abandon the tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line, leave the city behind, and be worthy of his mother, and worthy of his father's entrustment and the expectation of unifying the world? I didn't expect the prince to be such a narrow person, and the queen mother was in the spirit of heaven and would forgive her son. Zhou Xiya stood up and looked directly at Xiao Ruiqing, daring to use filial piety to suppress Xiao Jingqing, wanting to stand up, if they are really dead, don't think that you can do whatever you want when you become a prince.
"Presumptuous. I'm talking to the king, where is your turn to be a woman talking here. Xiao Ruiqing was annoyed and angry.
"The prince is angry, it's the younger brother who comes back late, and the younger brother will ask his father for guilt." Xiao Jingqing pulled Zhou Xiya's hand. Standing up and looking directly at Xiao Ruiqing, his eyes were full of majesty, he has been fighting everywhere in the past two years, and the momentum on his body is stronger, where is Xiao Ruiqing comparable.
He said that he, the prince, was qualified to manage him.
"What are you arguing about?" At this time the emperor came.
"Sons, see Father/See Your Majesty," everyone saluted.
"The King of England is back, speak to your mother. The thing she thinks about most before she leaves is you. The emperor touched the coffin and sighed.
"Yes"
Zhou Xiya pulled Xiao Jingqing to kneel where they should be kneeling, Zhou Xiya knelt beside Xian'er and Zheng'er, Zheng'er was already able to leave, could say some simple words, looked at this man in military uniform, full of curiosity, wrinkled little brows seemed to be thinking something, look at the kneeling sister, want to speak, but the mother said that she can't talk here.
Xiao Jingqing touched his son's head, and there was a hint of relief on his serious face.
"Daddy?" Zheng'er screamed quietly, there is a portrait of his father at home, although this father is now bearded, but he still recognizes it.
"Good" Xiao Jingqing knew that his son was calling him, and his heart was very warm.
On the side, a little boy about two years old glanced at Xiao Jingqing, but Xiao Jingqing didn't look at him, he bowed his head a little aggrieved, his mother is not qualified to come here, he was brought by the princess, and he also wanted to be called Daddy.
Two days later, the queen was buried, and Xiao Jingqing returned to his palace with his wife and children.
Li Aoxue was waiting at the gate of the house, a little boy got out of the carriage and saw Li Aoxue, and ran over to "Mother" first, he hadn't seen his mother for several days, if it weren't for the people around him who were familiar people, he would really cry.
"Xun'er, come on" Li Aoxue saw Xiao Jingqing get off the horse, and hurriedly led his son over.
"Lord Wang, you're back, this is our son, Xun'er call your father quickly." Li Aoxue pushed her son to Xiao Jingqing's side.
"I know" Xiao Jingqing just nodded, on the first carriage, the maid jumped out and hugged Zheng'er, although the atmosphere in the palace was very sad in the past two days, but he was also familiar with his father. When he was eating or resting, he came to Xiao Jingqing's side, the blood relationship is very wonderful, Zheng'er doesn't seem to be a stranger to his father at all, and he is very intimate.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, he got out of the maid's arms, ran to Xiao Jingqing's side, grabbed Xiao Jingqing's clothes and was about to jump up, "Dad, Dad, hug"
Xiao Jingqing smiled, grabbed his son's collar, and with a hand, Zheng'er rode on Xiao Jingqing's neck, and the little guy smiled so happily.
Xun'er looked at her mother aggrievedly, why didn't her father like him, in the palace for the past two days, her father touched his head.
Li Aoxue's face also became very ugly.
Zhou Xiya got out of the carriage and saw this scene, she couldn't say anything, she wouldn't be stupid enough to let Xiao Jingqing get close to Li Aoxue's son, what Xiao Jingqing did, she wouldn't care, but Xiao Jingqing was very assertive, and he was very clear about the difference between concubines and concubines.
"Let's all go in" Xiao Jingqing directly carried his son into the house.
Zhou Xiya took her daughter's hand and followed, and Li Aoxue looked at the family who loved each other, as if she had stabbed her in the heart.
In the room, Xiao Jingqing was bathing, Zhou Xiya changed her clothes and walked in, picked up a sweat towel to wipe Xiao Jingqing's body, but when she walked in, Xiao Jingqing had many knife wounds on his body, and she couldn't help but gently touch the wound on his back.
"I've worked hard for you these days," Xiao Jingqing returned his hand and held Zhou Xiya's hand.
"Why are you hurt so much?" Zhou Xiya's voice was a little hoarse.
"How can there be a war without getting hurt, fortunately, now there is only Dugu Jin left, as long as you get rid of him, the world will be peaceful, I can come back to accompany you, the family is thanks to you." Xiao Jingqing knew his wife's hard work, if it weren't for his wife, he wouldn't have fought so smoothly on the front line.
The eldest brother was close to him step by step* and constrained his development everywhere, and it was his wife's mediation that made him feel at ease.
"You are my husband, the father of my children, as long as you are well, I and the children can rely on you, but you are also a careless, how long will it take to write me a letter, I don't know if I will worry about you." Zhou Xiya's tone was slightly coquettish.
"I replied to the letters, but the number of times was less, every day I was fighting, I didn't know what to do, I like to read the letters you wrote to me, watching you say what you did, the bits and pieces of the growth of the two children, these letters are my comfort." Xiao Jingqing smiled.
"Count it on to you." Zhou Xiya didn't care if it would get the water in the bathtub, hugged Xiao Jingqing's neck, and said in a soft voice, "It's good for you to come back"
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A month later, Xiao Jingqing held a meeting in the study, and he was going to return to the battlefield after the funeral, but I don't know why, his father didn't let him go back, and he dragged on these days.
"Lord, now the front line only occupies the northeast region of Dugu Jin is still resisting, it is a matter of time before the world is unified, other places have restored stability, and the imperial court has also issued some decrees to restore the livelihood of the people, now the biggest crisis is not in the front line, but in the court, just got the news, the prince has recommended to the emperor that the four princes go out to attack Dugu Jin, this is to take away the prince's military power, seeing that the war is about to end, now they are coming out to grab the fruits of victory." Said a minister.
"Lord, you must not let them rob you of the military power, now the emperor has set up the prince, this is already very unfavorable to you, if you are robbed of the military power again, how do you compete with the prince, the relationship between you and the prince is deadlocked, as long as the prince stabilizes his position, the first thing to deal with is you, we must prepare early." The other minister's face was very serious.
Xiao Jingqing's hand holding the quilt tightened, the current situation is indeed very dangerous.
"You can't watch them step by step*, let's sit back and wait for death, this world is fought down by you Xiao Jingqing, naturally you will do it, what emperor and crown prince, just turn him on." Li Mu, who was sitting on the side, was speechless and died.
Several ministers present looked at Li Mu and trembled in their hearts, although they also thought so in their hearts, but they really just thought about it, after all, no one wanted to use such drastic means, it was really the opposite, this impact was too great, and Li Mu dared to say this.
Xiao Jingqing frowned, is it the other way around? Do you really want to kill Xiao Ruiqing and abdicate your father?
"It's all at this time, what else is there to hesitate about, before you care about your brother, but does the other party treat you as a brother? They can't wait for you to die, now it's not the sea and the sky, but the abyss, it's not you who will die when the time comes, and your wife and children, we don't count, you are willing to watch your wife and children head in different places, Zheng'er is still so young, so smart and cute......" Li Mu chose to agitate.
It's really hard to make a decision, so they'll let Xiao Jingqing make a decision. (To be continued.) )