From childhood to adulthood, although there has always been a big brother pressing on his head, the second prince has indeed not suffered much. Although the queen mother prefers the eldest brother, he is also biological after all, and naturally holds him in the palm of her hand from top to bottom. Therefore, such as being punished for kneeling when he made a mistake, he has never had this kind of experience at all, and even if he did something wrong, the queen mother would at most understate him.

However, at this moment, he was kneeling on the cold and biting ground in this cold winter wax moon, and he was still wearing only a thin cloth coat - after all, there was a warm charcoal stove in the carriage before, and the carriage was still covered with a thick car circumference, which was not cold at all. If it weren't for the guards who put a thick coat on him and stood around him to shield him from the wind, he doubted that he would have frozen to death.

Kneeling on the ground, the cold air spread up little by little along the thin skin, and spread all over the body, so that the whole person trembled, and his lips seemed to have lost any sensation, and the second prince didn't know where he got the perseverance, so he could insist on kneeling there. He didn't know how long he had to kneel before his father was willing to see him, he only knew that he had to hold on.

Whether it was the queen mother who couldn't stand him suffering so much and ran to plead for mercy, or the queen mother took pity on his grandson and sent someone to say a few words, or the father finally relented - even if there was not much hope for knowing this, he could only bet on those possibilities!

I don't know how long I waited, just when his whole body was about to freeze and become unconscious, he finally waited for Liu Feng's familiar voice: "The emperor ordered, take the second prince in." ”

The anger that he had always held in his heart and refused to let go was finally vented, and the second prince thought that he would be paralyzed to the ground, but the result was that his whole person would not move. He only knew that his left and right arms were grabbed by someone, and he was put into it by someone immediately after him, and when he entered the Qianqing Palace, the warmth that came to his face wrapped his whole body at once, and he was poured into it with a bowl of hot ginger soup, and he felt that the whole person was alive.

"From childhood to adulthood, everything you do is half-hearted, halfway, this is actually the most persevering time for you. Say, what is the purpose of coming to see me's '100,000 urgent, benefiting the country and the people'? ”

The father's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and the second prince shivered coldly, and then suddenly came to his senses. He raised his head, which was still a little wooden, and looked up at the figure of the emperor in his regular clothes in front of him, and he whispered for a long time: "Father, the son knows that he has done something wrong and committed a big crime before, and the son does not expect his father to forgive and understand, but ......"

His tongue seemed to be frozen, and he finally gradually spoke more clearly, and quickly shook off Liu Feng, who was serving him next to him, staggered to his feet, staggered two steps and fell to the ground again, without pretending, he was already in tears.

"But the sons of the ministers are of course doing nonsense, but when they went to explore Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's weaving and dyeing workshops, the sons thought that if they found out that they had made something good from others, they would snatch it and present it to their father!"

He suddenly shouted in an almost roaring voice: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, this world and the people are all the father's, and the best thing should of course be the father's!" But the eldest brother didn't know how to get the new spinning machine, so he didn't think about it and dedicated it to his father, but took it to hand over the rich businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River...... What is he trying to do? ”

The emperor did not speak, but the expression on his face was noticeably darker. And the second prince saw this expression in his eyes, and he gained a little confidence for a while.

"I don't believe that my father is such a discerning person, but I don't see that my eldest brother is making friends with those Jiangnan wang clans and local wealthy businessmen these days, I can think that once the new textile machine is in the hands of these people, how many people will be harmed, how can my father not think of it? But no matter what the father didn't stop the eldest brother, the son had to work hard to make suggestions. ”

"Even if the sons are not tens of millions, no matter how bad their temperament is, they are better than the big brother who is sanctimonious and actually loves money! Erchen is at least frank and unrestrained, not as fake as the eldest brother! ”

The emperor stared at the impassioned second prince for a long time, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

The second prince is not afraid of the emperor's cross-examination, but he is afraid that the emperor will not pay attention to himself at all. What's more, the emperor's rhetorical question at this time was a question he had thought about repeatedly after Zhang Shou mentioned him that time, so his answer was naturally fast and timely.

"Father, the son thinks that the drawings of the new textile machine should be made public to the world, so that all the people in the world who make a living from textiles can enjoy this efficient weapon......" The second prince said while beginning to reason with the facts, and said that the consequences of the monopoly of the new machine by the wealthy and wealthy merchants were extremely serious, especially when he saw the emperor bowing slightly, he was more confident.

"What's more, the land south of the Yangtze River has always been rich, and it has been trading by sea for many years, and there are countless revenues, so it is time to limit their ......"

Hearing that the second prince even vaguely pointed out, in case the Jiangnan and Fujian Liangguang maritime merchants colluded with the descendants of those who disappeared in Taizu's fleet back then, the smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth deepened. However, the excited second prince didn't know that it was not a smile of approval, but a smile of mockery.

"I didn't expect you to grow up." The emperor said lightly, and when he saw that the second prince was overjoyed, he suddenly changed his words and said, "It's true that I didn't fail to see your eldest brother's movements, but I won't fail to see your small actions!" ”

"If you spend a few lives at the beginning to find out, after your eldest brother bought a spinning machine that is several times more efficient than before, instead of a dead soldier on the left and a dead soldier on the right, he will immediately come to me to report in front of me, then, what you said, I can't praise you for serving the public."

"However, after you have been frustrated again and again, and lost several lives, and then you run to me to raise your eldest brother, think about it yourself, what position do you have to accuse your eldest brother and those Jiangnan clans? It's too late! ”

"Father!" The second prince's face turned pale, and he wanted to say anything more, but he trembled under the emperor's stern gaze.

The emperor then sneered again: "You two have fought from childhood to adulthood, one can do superficial things, and the other can make stumbling blocks, but if you can really do as your mother hopes, brothers work together, maybe you can really make a profit, but unfortunately, none of you accept anyone, and you would rather dismantle the stage than cooperate." But that's okay, there are many mothers who turn against each other. ”

Speaking of this, the emperor couldn't help but feel a little excited. He sighed lightly, and then said lightly: "Today you came to a show with sincerity and suggestions for the benefit of the country and the people. If you don't come today, I can only give you a mansion in the capital in the future, so that you can go behind closed doors and reflect for the rest of your life. ”

A painstaking scene was debunked by his father, and the second prince was still a little self-pitying, but when he heard the emperor's words at this time, he instantly lost his soul, and then he couldn't stop rejoicing. If he hadn't met Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying in the middle of the road today, and Zhang Shou hadn't said such unpleasant things, he wouldn't have been able to make up his mind like he is now.

Even if the results weren't as good as originally thought, at least not worse. What's more, he exposed the face of the eldest prince and pulled people ...... No, the purpose of pushing people into the water is at least achieved!

However, his grandmother, the Queen Mother, didn't come forward at all before, and let him kneel in front of the Qianqing Gate for so long, so forget it, after all, he has never been a favored prince in front of the Queen Mother, but his biological mother, the Queen Mother, was also avoided in Kunning Palace, which really broke his heart! If it was the eldest prince, would she not come?

The second prince knelt in front of the Qianqing Gate for at least half an hour, and then the emperor announced that this scene spread in the palace because there were too many people who saw it. The queen, who had not rushed to Qianqingmen before, was naturally relieved, but she waited left and right in Kunning Palace, but what she was waiting for was the news that the second prince had grown out of the palace.

She who knows the temper of the second son best doesn't know that the second prince is likely to resent her as a mother because she didn't come forward!

The emperor summoned the second prince and released people out of the palace, and applied for the second prince for indiscriminate killing, disturbing the people, etc., and ordered him to pay compensation for the slaves and maids who killed without permission, and the people who disturbed him, fined him for three years, and then stripped him of his prince's crown and clothes, and boycotted the dynasty for a year, and the forty rods of the slaves and maids who killed the slaves and maids without permission were recorded in the account, and they were beaten again after the New Year.

To others, this is the most obvious omen. After all, at the moment when the eldest prince and the second prince were choosing concubines, the second prince was suddenly dealt with like this because he caused a series of incidents, and the remaining three princes and four princes were still too young to be competitive, wouldn't it mean that the East Palace would soon have a master?

Just after the eldest prince heard the news, when he was celebrating with the party henchmen in the other courtyard, the outside suddenly reported that it was the master of ceremonies who was writing Chu Kuan. For a while, the sheng song was suspended, the banquet was suspended, and the eldest prince on the chairman was only slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Everyone take a break, I'll come when I go to see Chu Kuan!" ”

Hurriedly arrived at the door of the study, the eldest prince settled down, and the calm expression in front of the person just now immediately converged a little, becoming attentive but without losing his identity. He pushed open the door, and then said with a smile: "How can Gonggong Chu be interested in coming to me?" ”

"If you have nothing to do, you won't go to the Three Treasures Palace...... Chu Kuan dragged out a long tone with a smile, and then said with a straight face, "I was instructed by the emperor to ask the eldest prince one thing. ”

The eldest prince chuckled in his heart, but then squeezed out a smile and said, "Please also ask Gonggong Chu to ask, I can't say anything to others, let alone my father." ”

"That's good." Chu Kuan nodded as if relieved, but the first sentence next was as sharp as a knife.

"The emperor asked the eldest prince, the second prince said that you got a new textile machine that can increase the spinning efficiency several times compared with before, is there such a thing?"

Hearing that the second prince could not spy on the drawings and machines, he actually stabbed the matter directly to his father, and the eldest prince suddenly hated it. But no matter how much he hated, he also knew that his literary ornaments were useless, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Yes, but the son is ......."

Before the eldest prince finished speaking, Chu Kuan interrupted: "The emperor asked, the eldest prince should know that such good things are beneficial to the country and the people, why don't you offer them immediately and then promote them to the world?" ”

When he was just interrupted, the eldest prince realized that things were not good, and at this moment he only felt a cold sweat behind his back, and he could only barely show a smile: "Erchen is trying to figure out whether the textile machine is so effective, otherwise it will be self-defeating for fear of offering it......"

This time, the eldest prince still couldn't finish his words, so he only heard Chu Kuan ask expressionlessly: "The emperor asked, I don't know if it is effective, you go to discuss cooperation with those prominent families and merchants in Jiangnan?" The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit. The words are so true, but the eldest prince, as the eldest son of the emperor, only looks at the small profits, shouldn't you reflect on it? ”

As soon as these words came out, the eldest prince knew that it was broken. He didn't think about the possibility that the second prince would stab the matter in front of the emperor, but he always thought that this was just a small dispute between the two, and like those previous fights, the father and the emperor would not care at all, and the queen mother would only persuade at most. But he never expected that his father would suddenly intervene from such a height.

"Father-in-law Chu, I want to see my father and explain to him face to face...... This is not the case, the imperial court has a weaving and dyeing bureau in Jiangnan, but those weaving and dyeing bureaus also requisition local craftsmen and local raw materials, and I also think that if I can use these spinning machines, I can attract those wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan to better obey the orders of the imperial court......"

The eldest prince racked his brains to find a good reason for himself, but halfway through, he saw Chu Kuan smiling at him: "The words of the second prince, the emperor directly withdrew his palace registration, and within three years, if you want to enter the palace, you must first submit a letter to submit it." The eldest prince is different, so you can naturally enter the palace at any time to ask to see the emperor. However, who in the world does not give his treasure to his father? ”

Hearing such an obvious hint, the eldest prince only felt bitter in his heart.

Although Chu Kuan's words are theoretically not problematic at all, but he spent a lot of money and finally bought the things, so if he handed it over, wouldn't he lose his wife and soldiers? What's more, he has already negotiated cooperation with many people, if he suddenly changes his hexagram, won't his reputation as a big prince be stinky in the blink of an eye?

Seeing that the eldest prince's face was cloudy, and he couldn't make a decision yet, and even planned to die and struggle, Chu Kuan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The monarch's father, the monarch's father, the first monarch, is the father, the emperor has always been not too harsh on his sons, and the eldest prince will be wrong!

Zhang Shou, the real inventor of the new textile machine, still knew that he would stop immediately after making a fortune, and even offered the drawings and promotion plans, etc., and the prince was still obsessed.

Could it be that he had to tell the emperor's eldest son that Lu Chan had gone to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's weaving and dyeing workshop to ask for a spinning machine?

In the final analysis, this is just a disguise, the emperor let the two sons have a lesson, but to protect Zhang Shou, who dedicated the textile machine drawings intact, otherwise, why do you want to do some superficial articles now, as long as Zhang Shou directly announced the textile machine drawings!

Alas, Zhang Shou made it clear on the secret box for the emperor that earning that amount of money was not only so that Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu could support their families in the future, but also to marry their daughters-in-law, but what about the eldest prince and the second prince? These princes are selfish, but they don't dare to say it!