Chapter 18: The wicked woman is reprimanded
After returning from the Imperial Garden, Xiao Er went directly back to his room, and slept in the dark under the quilt, but his body became more and more uncomfortable. Nan Yu's words have always echoed in his ears, and now that he is still useful, the prince dares to do this to himself, if he loses his use value......
"Little Er, my mother boiled some white fungus lotus seed soup. You haven't eaten a drop of water since you came back, so let's eat a little. ”
Xiao Er got up and opened the door, and said with a headache: "Mother is kind, I really can't eat it." ”
Fu Ziqing put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked, "If you have any troubles, why don't you talk to your mother?" When you came back today, you were discouraged, did you have a quarrel with your father? ”
Xiao Er briefly recounted the incident, and said angrily: "Not only this time, if he hadn't made his own decisions more than a month ago, why would he have been defeated in the matter of opposing the king!" This kind of thing happens a few times, and I will be killed by him sooner or later! ”
Fu Ziqing gently patted Xiao Er's back and said, "Okay, a girl's liver fire is not good for her health." Your Highness is indeed inappropriate, and I don't blame you for being angry. But are you really not wrong? ”
"What's wrong with me! My biggest mistake is to have such a stupid and cowardly father who does not distinguish between right and wrong! ”
When Fu Ziqing heard this, his face was slightly gloomy and he said, "Shut up!" You keep saying that you are full of condemnation and dissatisfaction, but have you ever regarded His Highness as a true father? ”
"I ......"
"You're just forced to accept this identity, but you actually look down on him in your heart? That's why when he was a little negligent, he questioned harshly and scolded behind his back; When your third sister was punished, she was also coerced. I'm afraid that when I discuss political affairs on weekdays, I guess it's also so arbitrary. You have no children's love and filial piety to your elders, how can you complain about Your Highness for concealing it? ”
Fu Ziqing was silent, and said: "He is not only your father, but also the prince of a country, does everything have to respect you and put you first?" So is this prince here to do it, or is it Your Highness? ”
Fu Ziqing has always spoken softly, Xiao Er has never seen her so sharp, and she was reprimanded so hard to fight back for a while.
Xiao Er said: "The daughter really doesn't have much father-daughter affection for her father, does he have anything for me?" When I was seriously ill in bed due to falling into the water, except for my mother and eldest sister, did anyone in the entire East Palace ever ask half a sentence? When I worked hard to carve the bamboo slips that were taken away by Nan Mingde, and when I was slandered, when my hand was trampled on by Nan Mingjia and humiliated, where was he? Up to now, I have poured out my heart and lungs for the East Palace, what else is there to be wary of? ”
The more Xiao Er said, the more angry he became: "The third sister obviously didn't kill me, but now, everyone accuses me of being a murderer behind my back, but he has never spoken up for me, even once!" Even if my father was an old, ugly, powerless beggar, it was better than such a father! He...... Did you treat me like a father? ”
The more Xiao Er scolded, the more energetic he became, and the long-suppressed emotions were vented out.
Fu Ziqing sighed lightly, rubbed Xiao Er's hairy little head, and was silent.
Xiao Er raised his eyebrows: "Mother, the daughter has no intention of offending her father." I was just...... just felt that compared to Chenghuan's daughter, his father needed someone who could help him. The daughter has the blood of the East Palace in her body, and she is destined to share weal and sorrow with the East Palace for the rest of her life, whether it is a woman or a minister, I will help my father to the top. This will never change! ”
"I can't make Nan Mingjia's well-behaved and obedient pistachios, and I don't want to do them." Xiao Er paused and said, "Also... No one has ever treated me like that..."
Fu Ziqing said: "You have hated His Highness for more than ten years and ignored it? ”
"I didn't hate it before, and I don't hate it now. But if a mother is asking her daughter for her father, then ...... Maybe hate. ”
Xiao Er lowered his eyes, just like Mu Yu once hated his father!
The most painful thing for me in my previous life was never to hear that my mother colluded with the Lan family to seize the assets of the Mu family, but to find out that my father, who once loved him very much, had actually betrayed this family a long time ago!
"Second brother, you don't have to persuade me! Mu Chinan actually dared to raise a junior outside, do you know how old that little cub is, he is one year younger than Xiao Yu! We said before we got married, each playing with his own can't make a child, and if he crosses the line first, it's no wonder that I ......"
In the dimly lit room, the woman with elaborate makeup was so focused on the conversation that she didn't realize that the girl outside the door had heard it all.
Tears rolled down silently, Fu Ziqing was relieved to wipe away her tears, but she wiped more and more. Xiao Er smiled silently: "Mother, thank you." ”
Fu Ziqing shook his head: "Your Highness is not deep in the city, and he is a person with a personality." Your third sister and fourth brother grew up in front of his eyes since childhood, and it is normal for people to be separated from each other. ”
Xiao Er smiled sarcastically: "If he is really a 'man of temperament', how can he abandon his mother for many years?" ”
Fu Ziqing sighed and said, "Child, there were many reasons for what happened to my mother back then. The Heavenly Home is the place where there is no room for scandal, and His Highness can allow us to live to this day...... It's not easy. ”
Xiao Er was silent.
Fu Ziqing continued: "Disposing of a rude and willful daughter can be exchanged for the effectiveness of another useful daughter. But aren't you afraid of such fathers who can give up their children at any time for the greater good? He has many flaws, but no one is perfect. Aren't the so-called relatives more tolerant than outsiders? ”
Xiao Er was stunned and said, "But I have done so much for the East Palace, in the end, they would rather believe in outsiders than believe in me......"
"His Royal Highness may not believe in Mr. Nie Di, he always has his own considerations. The mother concubine doesn't understand the government, but what you said today is indeed true, and you can't blindly blame Concubine Xu. ”
Xiao Er said helplessly: "I never thought of targeting the Xu family. ”
"The King of Qin is weak for a while, if you want to take this opportunity to implement and sit on the new policy, the imperial examination is undoubtedly the best stepping stone. It is better to win the world's people with the fairest examination than any earnest recruitment. In the long run, talents from all countries will flock to Southern Xia. ”
Fu Ziqing said: "You are standing in the position of the entire Xia Kingdom, so what about the position of your father and Concubine Xu?" ”
Xiao Er didn't speak, she knew very well that for the crown prince, what was lost was their own tangible interests. It's not selfish, it's like sacrificing oneself to save all people, everyone knows it's appropriate, but no one wants to be that person.
"You've always been smart, why not have the best of both worlds?"
Xiao Er was stunned: "Will there be one?" ”
"Mother doesn't know."
Xiao Er asked, "If there is, will Concubine Xu and Niangniang accept me again?" ”
"The family would. If they can't, but they can't be family, why should they be sad about it? ”
Xiao Er nodded with a smile, and the knot dissipated.
When he turned around, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and the memories of "Nan Xiaoer's" life quickly passed through his mind.
Girls love to read and smile at mountains of books; The girl is very clingy to her mother, and her silly sister; When girls were studying in Taixue, they were often bullied but did not dare to speak up......
Mu Yu sighed, she was able to survive by occupying Xiao Er's body, if that girl knew that her existence made Donggong almost turn against her, I don't know if she would be sad?