"I guessed that you would protect that girl. You're so spoiled by her. The emperor laughed heartily a few times, and then he looked at his son with a smile in his eyes, and his voice was so soft that he didn't look like an emperor: "Hong'er, you are fourteen years old this year, it's time to think about marrying a wife, do you have a favorite?" ”

The second prince was stunned when he heard this.

He lives deep in the palace, whether it is about identity or scope, even if he has a crush, he can only be the daughter of a certain official in the court. But generally speaking, in addition to what large-scale ceremonies the emperor presided over, just like half a year ago when he celebrated the great harvest in Zhonglu and invited some officials to bring their families into the palace to enjoy the play, the second prince could get in touch with more official women, and other activities such as concubines privately inviting officials to visit the imperial garden and chatting, he rarely participated.

Excluding the communication between the royal family, the person who has the most frequent contact with the second prince is a marriageable woman who he can have a good impression of in his heart, this is a question with an obvious answer.

But the emperor did not expect that he had prepared the answer in his heart, and only waited for his child to say it himself, overlapping it, but then he heard a different voice.

"Hong'er has not been ......" the second prince's tone was calm with a hint of undetectable hesitation.

The emperor, who overthrew the old government by force and worked every day for ten years for the sake of state affairs, was annoyed for a moment by this answer, but this annoyance was quickly diluted by a sense of relief.

Probably because he was in this courtyard full of pure blue, standing next to his son, who would feel ashamed every time he saw him, and talking about the child's lifelong events, he could easily temporarily let go of the majesty that he was accustomed to holding as an emperor, and only took the posture of a father. Consider your son's thoughts about marrying a wife.

"Hong'er, my father is from the past, so there is a reason to tell you that it is impossible for men and women to have only one emotion, friendship." The emperor took a deep breath and said slowly: "If you still want to say, you just treat Nuonuo's girl as a sister, if you don't have a sister above you, I may be able to barely believe what you say." ”

The second prince could hear his disbelief from his father's words. At the same time, he also heard some changes in the title, so he also eased his senses, and said with a smile: "Father, you already have a candidate in mind, why did you deliberately ask me just now." He paused slightly, and then said: "But I already owe Uncle Ye a lot like this, and if I even affect his only daughter, I really don't know when I see him next time." How do I deal with myself? ”

"Listening to you say that, do you still have feelings for Nuo Nuo?" The emperor seemed to directly ignore the concerns expressed in the words of the second prince, and directly intercepted some kind of information he wanted. He asked again: "Is it true that as long as you get rid of this trouble, all your worries will be solved?" ”

"I ......" The second prince hesitated, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked calmly: "There are so many good women in the world. Why did my father have to make this choice? ”

"The reason is as you said, our Wang family owes the Ye family too much." The Emperor sighed.

The second prince was puzzled: "Since my father knows this, why is he still ......?"

Before he finished his words, he heard the emperor say slowly: "Concubine Xian, that is, your Aunt Ye, she is Nuonuo's cousin, but after she married me, she didn't enjoy much happiness. The Ye family's sect has been extended to the present, and there is only the only bloodline left, so I am doing it now. It may seem like a bit too much. But this decision was predetermined in my heart early in the morning. ”

He saw that the expression on his son's face changed slightly after hearing these words, and he added warmly: "Although that girl can enter the palace to chat with you." I did it at the behest of your mother, but if you two really can't get along, I won't continue to reluctantly match you. But even though I said that to you, after today, you can't deliberately bully her in order to drive her away. ”

The second prince smiled helplessly and didn't say anything.

The emperor propped up the railing of the idle pavilion, put his eyes into the emerald color opposite, and said in a deep voice: "The world says that the accumulation of virtue and blessings, how much the Ye family has done for our Wang family is equivalent to how much strength it has contributed to the stability of the world, I am only disappointed that the Ye family is not a boy left, and he cannot inherit the legacy of his family and establish a knighthood, so Ye Nuonuo must be respected as a princess." ”

When the second prince heard this, his eyes gradually showed a little shock. It seems that his father really decided this matter, and if he marries with a holy decree, backed by the royal family's dignity, and the relationship between Ye Nuonuo's cousin, Ye Imperial Doctor may have no reason to object.

The Emperor turned his gaze back at the second prince, and continued in a slightly slower tone: "I have three children, and although you are the second, you are actually my eldest son. Since ancient times, the choice of the prince is to stand tall and not young, and your mental character is not inferior to the third, if you talk about governing a country, you are more rigorous and calm than your younger brother, which is what I value the most, but it is a pity that you lack a good body. ”

After a slight pause, he cast an encouraging look at the second prince, and said: "Although this is the case, I don't want you to become depressed because of this, my child should not be so easy to be destroyed by physical disability, not to mention that the symptoms on your current body are only caused by physical weakness, and it is not really a bad disease, there must be a way to deal with it, if there is no such capable person in Zhaoguo, then go to sea to find it." ”

Whether it was the content of these words or the tone of the emperor's speech, it made the second prince's heart suddenly ripple, and all thoughts were born. And as his father spoke, his tone became stern, and without warning he restored the posture of a monarch, which made the words become serious and severe.

Seeing that the second prince looked slightly stunned and surprised after his words were finished, the emperor also felt that he had said a little too much today. Originally, he just wanted to use the matter of Yinli Ling to talk about his son's intention to take a wife in the future, but unexpectedly he talked about the matter of establishing a prince, you must know that this child usually has no government affairs at all, and throwing him into the position of the prince at once will not put too much pressure on him?

The second prince did feel shocked at this time, and since he grew up to the age when he could understand things, he always felt that his life was meaningless to anyone. He is not a child born in the palace, and the consciousness of enjoying wealth and nobility is not strong, although because of his biological mother's madness, he lacks a part of maternal love in his life, but there are still many people around him who are taking care of him, the diligence of his father, the friendliness of Concubine De, the kindness of the imperial sister, the kindness of Imperial Doctor Ye, and the positive and lively nature of Nuo Nuo...... Positive thoughts from different people, in another way, transcend physical ailments and perfect his soul.

Among these people who cared for him, the most influential was the concubine surnamed Ye, although he had only been with her for a year, some strange words obtained from her had become clear in his mind during her absence.

"People need to do what they can, and sometimes they can force themselves to move forward, but they can't be without self-knowledge. It is stupid to run forward knowing that there is a cliff ahead, just to chase a rainbow; If you have a bunch of people behind you, it is a sin to take them on an adventure with you for something you want but has no value. ”

This sentence was said to Aunt Ye when he was four years old and clamoring to climb the crooked-necked tree in the garden.

At that time, he couldn't understand it, but a few days later, Aunt Ye took him out of the palace, but let him lie on the courtyard wall of a large family and witness a 'family law performance'. Seeing several Yahuan lying on the narrow bench and being beaten on the board, the yard screamed again and again, and the buttocks of several Yahuan were oozing blood through the thin cloth, he was almost scared to cry. Later, on the way back to the palace, he heard Aunt Ye say that these servants were severely beaten and punished because the young son of the head of the family under his care had to tease a stray dog and had a finger bitten off.

At that moment, he was only four years old and remembered what Aunt Ye had instructed before, and in his subsequent life in the palace, he was always aware of his own behavior, and tried not to bring passive punishment to the palace people who served beside him.

Now, when he heard that his father had the intention of making him the prince, he remembered this sentence again, and he was questioning himself.

Do I really have what it takes to carry on my father's legacy and lead the country to prosperity?

No, you can't.

It's not that I don't want to, it's this body that limits my pace and chokes my fate.

Behind the greater the power comes the greater the responsibility, and the responsibility goes hand in hand with the pressure.

Thinking of this, the second prince only felt a fluttering sense of powerlessness rising from the soles of his feet, but fortunately, he quickly thought of his younger brother. That kid doesn't seem to be worse than himself, but he doesn't like to live in the palace, but if his father makes him the crown prince and takes on the responsibility of the society, it will not be difficult to accept this habit. Thinking of this, the pressure in the second prince's heart instantly eased a lot.

But when he was about to say this, the emperor, who had been silent with him for a long time, coughed dryly in advance and said, "It's not too early, I still have something to do, you go back to the palace and rest early!" Then he couldn't help but shout outside the pavilion: "Chi Chong, escort the second prince back." ”

Chi Zheng, who has been vigilant about his surroundings, immediately responded.

The emperor left suddenly, and the second prince still had a little bit of a heart that fell into the matter of the prince and did not withdraw it, and he habitually took a deep look at the bright yellow back, but he did not speak.

Chi Zhong bowed to the emperor, and when the figure walked away, he stood up and saw the abnormal expression of the second prince, and couldn't help but whisper: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's fine." The second prince came back to his senses, a smile suddenly appeared on his calm face, and he said, "Let's go!" ”。 (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation