Chapter 257: Designing the Prince
The Seventh Prince was extremely intelligent, of course, he knew the mystery of what happened in this palace, so he had a somewhat feminine smile on his face, and immediately said to Concubine Yang: "Erchen knows the current situation of the crown prince now, and Erchen also knows the thoughts of the queen mother, but..."
Concubine Yang looked at the Seventh Prince quietly, as if she didn't understand the meaning of his words.
"It's just that the son wanted to bring down the prince before, so he submitted a private message from the prince to his father, but he was in a hurry, and my father resented me for not getting along with the prince, saying that the son didn't care about brotherhood." There was a hint of resentment on the face of the seventh prince, obviously he was still very jealous of the emperor's preference for the crown prince.
Concubine Yang immediately reached out and stroked her beloved face, and then said dotingly: "You should know that your father is a person who recognizes the old, so he said to his face that the prince he chose is not good, and your father is somewhat unhappy in face and emotion." You should also be considerate of your father's difficulties! ”
Concubine Yang said to the Seventh Prince with a considerate look, the Seventh Prince nodded helplessly, since he can remember, he and his mother have always been like his aunt's family, living in a palace far away from the Qianqing Palace, and if he wants to see his father once, he has to get the permission of the queen, and the emperor does not necessarily want to see him.
Thinking of the old past, the heart of the Seven Princes was a little painful as if a scar had been torn, he couldn't understand why his father gave birth to him, but he didn't love him and his mother, although compared to other unfavored princes, Concubine Yang and he have been favored by many emperors, but the Seven Princes' hearts still remember a lot of blame for the queen.
"Mother, I know, all the actions of the son-in-law in the future will be clear to the mother, and the son-in-law will definitely not make the mother and father angry." The Seventh Prince suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Concubine Yang, and Concubine Yang immediately showed a smile and stepped forward to quickly help him up from the ground.
"No, my stupid son, do you really think that your mother is making you stupid and obey your mother!?" Concubine Yang had a bright smile on her face, and it seemed that the Seventh Prince was a little confused when she looked at her with a hint of caution.
"Isn't it for the son to obey his mother!? So what do you mean, Princess!? The Seventh Prince still asked with some confusion.
"What the mother concubine means is, isn't the prince very powerful!? In the future, you have to learn to restrain your edge in the court, give all the praises to the prince, learn to echo your father's thoughts, and give up all the good reputation to the prince, and then let's think about letting his evil deeds be exposed, and little by little from your father's heart, I don't believe that his position as the crown prince can be preserved forever. Concubine Yang said lightly with a gloomy smile.
A satisfied smile immediately leaked from the Seventh Prince's face, and then he said happily to Concubine Yang: "Yes, what you said is that the sons and daughters used to underestimate the prince's status in the hearts of their fathers, but now that you have pointed out this, the son already knows what to do in his heart!" ”
Concubine Yang nodded with satisfaction, but the dark eyes of the Seven Princes were full of insidiousness and cunning at the moment.
In the past, he only knew blind fighting, and he thought about fighting with the prince all day long, but he didn't know that in his father's heart, the position of the prince was only enjoyed by the prince, and he had done so many years of powerless hard work, which was still blamed on his youth and ignorance, but fortunately, Concubine Yang was experienced and saw the crux of the problem at once.
The problem is in the emperor's heart, not the crown prince, so no matter how much effort the seventh prince makes, it is nothing for the emperor and the crown prince.
The next day, in the court, the Seventh Prince asked the emperor to pardon the prince's crime in court, and also cleared him of the crime, saying that he received the letter for no reason that day and hurriedly handed it to the emperor, the letter was too suspicious, I am afraid that someone deliberately imitated the prince's handwriting, so he wanted to harm His Royal Highness the prince through the hands of the seventh prince.
Everyone watched the Seven Princes analyze everything in the court, and the ministers couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in their hearts.
Everyone didn't say a word on the surface, but they couldn't guess why the seven princes came out of the west today, and they would actually intercede for the prince in turn.
They wondered in their hearts whether the Seven Princes wanted to open up and not compete with the crown prince for the emperor's favor, or whether the Seven Princes were clever and did not fight with the power of the prince and the empress.
But everyone couldn't guess it, because the generosity of the sudden arrival of the Seven Princes made everyone very unprepared and wary.
The emperor already had some understanding and tolerance in his heart for what the prince had committed, but at this moment, when he heard the seventh prince suddenly intercede for the prince again, he even guessed what happened in the queen's palace yesterday.
The queen cried and wanted to see the prince, and she relented and agreed to let the prince come out to serve the sick.
Could it be that the queen forced Concubine Yang's mother and son, and the seven princes who were harmed changed their words!?
There were many suspicions in the emperor's heart, but these were not the basis for him to make a decision immediately. The emperor thought of scolding the Seventh Prince for ignoring his brotherhood, or maybe the Seventh Prince just felt that he was too unkind to the prince, so he sent this call.
"King Qi, you don't have to intercede for the crown prince, his crimes are known to the world, I can't watch him cholera dynasty, if there is really such a thing, he must be severely punished." The emperor still showed mercy and did not directly say that some of those things had been investigated, and some people's confessions also confessed that the prince did it, he just wanted to save a little face for the royal family.
The emperor knew that the Seventh Prince was originally a strong person, and he was afraid that he would be instructed to change his words so quickly, and that person was very likely to be the empress or the crown prince, so he immediately did not take this matter seriously. It's just that the impression of the prince in my heart is a little worse.
After going down to the court, Tuoba Heng walked out of the palace very quietly, sitting in the carriage back to the house, he supported his head with one hand against the armrest on the side and quietly thought, in the court, why did the seven princes change their tricky personality in the past, but suddenly helped the prince speak.
It doesn't seem to be his previous character, as if something is wrong.
Tuoba Heng didn't like this sudden feeling of change, nor did he like this faint feeling of uneasiness that suddenly rose in his heart.
Tuoba Heng couldn't help but frown, thinking carefully about what had happened in the past few days.
Suddenly, Tuoba Heng felt as if he had a little eyebrows, maybe the seven princes wanted to kill the prince, so he asked the emperor to release the prince, and also clarified in front of all the courtiers that the prince made a mistake for no reason.
Tuoba Heng felt bad, if this matter had been expected by the Seventh Emperor to continue, I am afraid that the effect of this killing would be difficult to achieve in the end, but it would pardon the crown prince's crimes and restore him to the previous relationship with the emperor.
Isn't that more than worth the loss!? Tuoba Heng shook his head secretly, this time he must not let the prince come out of the sect so innocently.
The next day, Tuoba Heng found someone to spread the news around the Qinglou, making a lot of noise about the prince's frequent drinking of flowers and wine in the Qinglou, and also asked the prostitutes who had been good friends with the prince to talk freely in front of those spectators about how the prince spoiled them, and now they don't come again.
Soon, the news spread in the capital like a long leg, and soon the ministers with good ears heard the news, and Cheng Bing gave the matter to the emperor's recital, which wrote, "The prince has a bad reputation in Beijing, and the minister recently heard that the women and children in the market are rumored that the prince will not come to the Qinglou, and the girls in the Qinglou are thinking about the rumors of the prince." ”
The Emperor just looked at it casually, and when he was so angry that he pushed the fold to the ground, and then he was so angry that he stood up and held on to the window on one side and gasped.
When the chief eunuch saw this, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, it's not worth it to be angry!" ”
The chief eunuch hurriedly patted him on the back, and the emperor felt a little better in his heart.
The majesty of the royal family is known to everyone, and the royal blood is the most taboo for this kind of person who does all kinds of evil, although the seventh prince said that the prince may have been falsely accused, and mentioned a few calligraphy and strokes on the letters in those envelopes may also be fake, but now I heard that the prince in Beijing is rumored to often visit the Qinglou.
The emperor could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, it seemed that he had always trusted him too much, which caused the prince he liked the most to commit such a great sin and no one dared to correct him.
The emperor's heart was extremely painful, and he felt that the prince had deceived himself too deeply.
"Your Majesty, are you there!? If you want me to say, what person who does great things doesn't have a bad habit! Maybe this prince is like this, and it's not certain! To do big things, you have to be informal, so the prince's fault, the emperor is angry on your face, and you still have to forgive him in your heart, otherwise you will not be happy with yourself. The chief eunuch said immediately.
The emperor realized in his heart that this was indeed the case, let the prince stay in the Zongren Mansion for so long, it is estimated that he has suffered a lot, although the emperor is angry for a while, but when he thinks of the prince, there is still a trace of unbearable in his heart, no matter how he says it, it is the queen and his son, maybe he is too harsh on him.
After Tuoba Heng ordered people to spread the word in the community, and learned that the emperor knew about those rumors, he went to the homes of several ministers for several days, some of those ministers were the people of the Seven Princes, some were close ministers of His Royal Highness the Prince, and some were Tuoba Heng's own confidant ministers, and he visited them without exception to do one thing, that is, please ask them to intercede for the prince, only these ministers are willing to intercede for him, and the emperor has the kindness to release the prince from the palace.
The next day, there were all kinds of twists and turns, all of which said that the prince was the emperor's concubine, and he couldn't break the foundation because of trivial matters.