For the first time in his life, the three princes spent the night in Qingning Palace.

For him, this place has always been strange and distant, and even the Queen Mother, who he should call the imperial grandmother, has never felt like a grandmother. However, today, when he hurried here after hearing Chu Kuan's report, he found that whether it was his grandmother or his father, quarreling was no different from ordinary people......

Of course, even this kind of quarrel between ordinary people, he only saw it for the first time after he arrived in the Mid-Levels Hall, because he and the eldest prince and the second prince were not on the same level at all, and they couldn't quarrel, and his mother and concubine were the quietest people. And after arriving in Jiuzhangtang, he was often pulled by Lu Sanlang, and the kind of red-faced disputes were seen more.

When he entered the Ciqing Palace, Lu Sanlang did not shy away from letting him see the open and secret battles between various East Palace attendants, and over time, he became more accustomed to it.

Therefore, when he first stepped forward to persuade him, although he was a little uneasy, because Chu Kuan vaguely did not explain the specific reason, he was not too worried until his father said the words that made him feel like falling into an ice cave. He didn't expect that his father, who had always respected the Queen Mother, would show such a side.

The third prince lay on the ground in a daze, thinking of the scene when he pleaded hard with his father's thigh in shock, the queen mother's face that was so cold that it seemed that there was no blood, the father broke his hand and let him stay in Qingning Palace to accompany the queen mother, and thought that he followed Yuquan to serve the queen mother in a daze, and sent someone to bed peacefully......

But at that time, Yuquan told him that he wanted him to accompany the Queen Mother for a night on the floor in front of the bed. Of course, he knew that in this warm Qingning Palace, even if the ground in front of the bed was flat, it was very warm, and as a grandson, this was also filial piety, but he promised in his mouth, but in his heart he felt unbelievable and incredible. Until this time, he still had no sleep with his eyes open.

And even so, the third prince did not dare to speak out. Because he disturbed the Queen Mother, who was already in a bad mood on the bed, he didn't know what to say to persuade him, wouldn't that be a disaster? Just when he was in a depressed mood, he suddenly heard a soft sigh, followed by a voice that was much softer than before.

"Saburo, are you asleep?"

The third prince was stunned for a moment. Although he knew that he should agree immediately, but the ghost sent God, he just felt as if his throat was blocked, and he couldn't make a sound. As a result, the next moment, the question just now turned into a laugh again.

"Sure enough, I was still a child, and I was able to fall asleep for the first time when I saw such a scene...... It's no wonder that following your father since childhood, you should have learned a little bit that he didn't care. Speaking of which, what's the big deal? No matter how big it is, it can be bigger than your father, who couldn't get used to those ruling ministers at the beginning of his reign, and said in front of them that he would drive them out of the court sooner or later, and he was not afraid that they would hear it? ”

"No matter how big it is, can it be greater than the rash start of high-level personnel changes at the beginning of his pro-government, which coincided with the rebellion of the king of the industry, and was played the banner of deposing him and establishing another king of Lu? No matter how big it is, it can be bigger than that after I hanged King Ye, I immediately went to kill King Lu in person, so that he lost his only brother? ”

The third prince, who wanted to speak, couldn't help but cover his mouth when he heard that the Queen Mother had killed King Lu herself, and his face was not deeply shocked, but deeply frightened. It is said that King Lu was depressed after being imprisoned, and died of illness not long after, who would have thought that it was the hand of the Queen Mother? And did the man die on the same day as the king?

It is said that King Lu was also raised in front of the Queen Mother since he was a child, and he is not much different from his father's biological son...... He even heard that the Queen Mother even favored the King of Lu at some times. Not only was this throne insisted on being given by the Queen Mother, but it is also said that after King Lu died, the Queen Mother once had a serious illness, how could this be the case......

The third prince's mind was full of chaos, don't say anything, even the ability to move was temporarily lost. However, when he found that the Queen Mother didn't talk to herself anymore, he realized that he was eavesdropping on his grandmother's secret just now.

"Grandmother, I didn't fall asleep...... I just ...... Just ......"

After stammering for a long time, the third prince couldn't finish his words, and he was ashamed for a while. But immediately after, he heard a soft sigh, and then a hand hung down on the edge of the bed, and touched his forehead with some difficulty and sluggishness. Sensing that the hand seemed to be cold, he hesitated slightly, and couldn't help but stretch out his hands and hold the hand tightly.

"You kid ......" The Queen Mother seemed to be a little surprised by the actions of the third prince, and after laughing, the person said softly, "Yuquan is afraid that I won't be able to open it, so I asked you to accompany me here." In fact, she didn't want to think about it, my grandson accompanied me, but my son left with his hand, I would have been angry to death if I didn't want to! If I really couldn't think about it, I wouldn't have been able to think about it thirty years earlier, and I went with the first emperor. ”

The third prince suddenly chuckled in his heart, but before he could say anything, he found that the queen mother on the bed seemed to sit up. He hurriedly jumped up to help, and went to help get the big pillow on the side, but because of his short size and panic, he accidentally tripped under his feet, and as a result, he fell like this, and the whole person lay on the queen mother's body.

Startled, he quickly wanted to get up, but he didn't want the Queen Mother to be annoyed, but gently rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "Seeing that you have been calm these days, I didn't expect that there would be such a reckless time." I think when your father was as young as you, it was really like a leather monkey, where was you so well-behaved. ”

"Even King Lu is like your fourth brother, full of messy ghost ideas all day long, that is simply an ancestor who causes trouble. In addition, with your father as a backer, you are not afraid of heaven and earth, and I don't know how many disasters you have caused. ”

The third prince didn't expect the queen mother to compare King Lu with the fourth prince, and subconsciously wanted to jump up for a while. Finally, he had strong self-control, and finally honestly lay there and didn't dare to move, but he still couldn't help but retort: "King Lu has done a lot of ridiculous things in the past, but the fourth brother is different, although he is sometimes impulsive, he is measured." ”

"He is more measured than King Lu, but that's because your brother is more measured than when your father was an elder brother."

When the Queen Mother said this, she felt that the little person suddenly stiffened, so she let go and pulled the person up. Seeing that the third prince was kneeling on the floor in front of the bed uneasily, but her face was flushed, she said lightly: "You don't have to worry too much, you are not your father and emperor, and your fourth brother is not the king of Lu." ”

"Your temperament is not as high-flying and willful as your father, and your fourth brother is not as unscrupulous and self-righteous as King Lu. Your father asked you to go to Banshan Hall and recognize Zhang Shou as a teacher, but now it seems that this teacher is indeed a thousand times better than I imagined. But ......"

The Queen Mother suddenly changed her words and said word by word: "Don't think that Zhang Shou is good at everything, so you listen to him for everything." Even if your father respects Master Ge, he doesn't obey everything. After all, many things you will have to face in the future will involve the common people in the world, and you can't listen to and believe partially. ”

The third prince wanted to say that he didn't ask Zhang Shou for help for everything, and Zhang Shou didn't point fingers at him for everything, but he thought that the Queen Mother was experiencing the biggest blow today, so after hesitating for a moment, he simply nodded solemnly.

And her grandson's reaction, the Queen Mother couldn't help but think of her son, who had to be her in everything since she was a child. In contrast, the father and son are simply very different personalities.

Therefore, it is easy for her to understand why the emperor has always been very fond of the third prince and the fourth prince, but he did not decide on the candidate for the East Palace in his heart early on. Because the third prince is really not like the emperor, but the fourth prince has a bit of the emperor's willful and arbitrary momentum. It's just that the emperor thinks that he himself feels that willfulness and arbitrariness are not suitable for a son of heaven.

Therefore, the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh softly, and then smiled at this grandson who was really too sensible and said: "I said this, not to make you doubt or alienate Zhang Shou, he is a person who understands his own advantages very well, and also understands his shortcomings very well, so he took the initiative to grasp the big and let go of the small, and put more attention on the school and students." ”

"You're also his student, so he's going to do his best. However, after all, he is too young and has a great talent in arithmetic, which does not mean that he also has a great talent in governing the country. So, what other teachers may say is a cliché, and if you don't like to listen to it, you should listen to it more. ”

"Throughout the ages, why are there so few Ming monarchs and sages? Because the Son of Heaven is the most easily lost person in this world, his power is too great, if he insists on doing something regardless of the opposition of the ministers, although it is difficult, as long as he is tough, he can mostly do it. Therefore, most of the so-called Ming monarchs and sages are either tired of government or dizzy in their later years. There is hardly a single one who can be virtuous from beginning to end. ”

"At the beginning, some people persuaded me not to let go of power, saying that your father was frivolous and willful, and said how wise and martial I was, I was almost carried away, but I later thought clearly, I was just barely supporting the government in those years, and my mother's relatives didn't have any success, just a Zhao Guogong fully supported, and he didn't have much ambition, why should I occupy this stall?"

"If I were really the Empress of Heaven and other majestic talents, I would take power for the rest of my life, but I am not...... For me, the first emperor is gone, your father is my biggest concern, for the sake of power to make a discord between mother and son, why bother? ”

It was the first time for the third prince to get along with the Queen Mother so closely, and when he heard her unconsciously start to speak his heart again, he wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he didn't stop it, just knelt there and listened quietly.

"The first emperor, that is, your grandfather said to me before he died, this country was snatched by him, just like Yingzong back then, but Yingzong did not teach his son well, so that this country was robbed by him, I must help my son to keep this country and pass it on from generation to generation. So, for the sake of what he said, I had to hold back my heart......"

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother suddenly laughed: "I think at the beginning, I was also a high-flying and domineering character, otherwise how could I get along with the first emperor Ruizong?" People who are good are deceived by others, and the way of this world is to be more evil than the wicked, so as to survive. When I accompanied the first emperor to the domain, the palace there had long been dilapidated, but the largest landlord in the area was sitting on tens of thousands of hectares of land and thousands of tenants. ”

"From the rich gentry to the magistrates, they don't take us seriously, and the famous ladies in the local area also sneer at me, the princess. Jing'er is still young, but he is better than his uncle in those rice buckets, relying on his young age, he quietly asked people to take him to many famous restaurants to drink and feast, and heard a lot of news for us, including the rich and unkind landlord and some dirty deeds. ”

"Then, I designed with the first emperor, I invited the old feudal monarch in the family's house and a large number of local noblewomen to the palace to enjoy the flowers under the pretext of enjoying the flowers, and let the palace maids of the martial arts guard the periphery, and the first emperor grabbed the evidence to blackmail the prefect who was born in Jinshi, and in the name of suppressing bandits, led the palace guards to uproot the big family that secretly raised the so-called bandits, and everyone got the stolen goods."

"Afterwards, in front of those noble ladies who were in front of each other and behind their backs, I personally took down the so-called old feudal monarch who felt bad and wanted to leave forcibly. Don't look at such an old woman who seems to be smiling kindly, but there are seven or eight women's lives under her hands, and there are a few dry bones buried in the well in the backyard. Just because she heard rumors that it was a young woman's heart and liver that could prolong her life! ”

Speaking of blackmailing the prefect, suppressing bandits and taking people, and then bribing Emperor Yingzong's left and right chamberlains with these stolen gold and silver, and then those chamberlains said that Emperor Yingzong, who was furious, purged some civil officials who were clamoring in the court, and then they took advantage of this wave of dividends to secretly envelop the aspirants, quietly bury their heads in development, and how to insert Zhu Jing into the guard, the Queen Mother was suddenly a little distracted.

Such a long time ago, now that she thinks about it, it seems like a lifetime ago, not to mention that she herself will forget. The time in the deep palace was too long, she didn't even remember that when her husband was the most tight, she also led women and children to fight.

What is stable and stable first...... If she was so conservative back then, where would she be today? In that case, she is just an old and weak woman who guards her son and a little royal mansion for a day!

The three princes' eyes widened at first, because the part of Emperor Ruizong's seizure of the throne, even if it was his father, he didn't mention it to their brother - of course, it wasn't completely nothing, because his father talked about how Emperor Ruizong fought and how he fought, but the paragraph that the Queen Mother said was probably something that happened when his father himself was not born.

It is even possible that neither the Queen Mother nor the first emperor mentioned it to their father, so the father did not know. So, does this mean that he was the first to know?

The eyes of the three princes, who were a little surprised, widened. And since he opened the Queen Mother's chatterbox, he thought that instead of being relatively sleepless, it would be better for people to continue talking, so when he saw the Queen Mother pause, he immediately asked about the follow-up with great interest.

And the Queen Mother, who was obviously aroused to talk, simply pulled her little grandson to bed and wrapped her tightly in the quilt, and then began to talk about those things in the past.

Outside the door of the bedroom, listening to the old and young people start to talk about the past, Yuquan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the resentment against the emperor's words and deeds before also dissipated a lot.

The Queen Mother didn't know how much she had suffered in her life, but Emperor Ruizong, who knew that she understood her, died early. But the hateful son turned out to be her...... Fortunately, I have an empathetic grandson!