"Since he wants to punish me, he will punish me anyway, what does it have to do with whether I am convinced or not?" The prince snorted coldly and had already walked down the long steps of the Qingtai Palace.

Wan Fuan looked at this slightly thin and reduced body, walking alone in the wide square in front of the palace, dazed, he was the only one.

Arrogant, indifferent, and guarded.

The prince who was made a prince at birth is the darling of the world, but all this glory and favor disappeared after the death of his biological mother, Empress Shen.

No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, but right now, Wan Fuan is really a little distressed about this prince.

Sighing, he turned around and walked towards the study, and just two steps away, he was stopped by a person and said, "Father-in-law." ”

Wan Fuan turned his head to look, but it was Li Heng, the fifth prince who had changed his light clothes, and saw that he was wearing a robe embroidered with green bamboo and silver lines, his eyebrows and eyes were docile, and he was gentle and humble when he smiled slightly.

"The minion has seen the Fifth Highness."

The fifth prince, Li Heng, hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him from kneeling and said, "Father-in-law is polite, but it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who just went out?" ”

Wan Fuan replied with a smile: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"Father and Emperor called His Highness to come, but for what happened in Shennong Altar today?"

Wan Fuan glanced at him quietly, only to see that his face was light, and he seemed to just say it casually, as if he was talking about the sun being very bright today.

But he can't hide the bottom of his eyes, but he can't escape Wan Fuan's eyes, I have to say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the son of Queen Shen, and his temperament is very similar to his mother, and the calmness and forbearance he is good at are what the five princes can't learn.

"No, it really frightened the old slave at that time, but fortunately, God blessed him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Niangniang are fine."

"Oh......" Li Heng, the fifth prince, was worried: "At that time, the incident happened suddenly, and I was also frightened, but I don't blame the prince for this, I hope my father doesn't blame him." ”

This is to force Wan Fuan to say what kind of punishment the emperor gave to the crown prince in disguise, Wan Fuan knows that even if he doesn't say it, these things will soon spread in the palace.

simply said that it should be a favor for the five princes.

He lowered his voice and said, "The emperor asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to the Taimiao Temple to punish him for kneeling, but His Royal Highness has not eaten anything since the morning." ”

"Huh? Did Father really do that? That's too wronged by the prince, he has always been pampered, but he is afraid that he will starve his body. ”

"That's no way, the emperor said that the old slave doesn't dare to talk much, and there is ...... The emperor also asked His Royal Highness to kneel until tomorrow morning, alas. ”

When Li Heng heard this, he couldn't stop laughing, but he didn't dare to show it too explicit in front of Wan Fuan, and the look of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh for a while was all on his face.

"Then I'll go and see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later, he will be lonely."

Wan Fuan nodded and said: "The old slave will go and talk to the princess again in a while, it will be cool at night, let the princess prepare a big piece for His Royal Highness and send it over." ”

"It's still thoughtful from my father-in-law." As soon as Li Heng's voice fell, he left in a hurry.

Wan Fuan looked at his back for a while, shook his head with a wry smile and turned into the imperial study.

In the imperial study, there is a more tricky character than the princes, that is, the king of a country in the Dachen Empire, who single-handedly created this generation of prosperity and also created these scheming princes.

The emperor was holding his head to watch the folds, rubbing his temples with one hand, his eyebrows were frowning, and he looked very tired.

Wan Fuan took two steps closer and whispered, "Your Majesty, but you don't feel very comfortable?" It's been a tiring day, so why don't you rest, and the slave will find the imperial doctor to come and show you? ”

"What's the use of seeing a doctor? It's an old problem, what are they going to do besides prescribing some warm medicine?! Besides, it's a three-part poison, and if I can't keep it, I'll be poisoned to death! ”

After speaking, he threw the fold in his hand, picked up the teacup and blew the foam on his head.

"Yes......" Wan Fuan stepped aside, not daring to say anything else.

The king of a country took a sip of tea, raised his eyes to look at him and said, "The prince has gone to the Taimiao?" ”

"Go."

"Does he have any complaints?"

"Your Highness is obedient and has no complaints, only, only instructs the old slave to serve Your Majesty."

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Wan Fu'an with a gloomy gaze, who bent lower, lest the emperor see something from his face.

"Then why did you come in at this point? Did you meet the old five? ”

Wan Fuan said cautiously: "I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, I met the Fifth Highness, and the Fifth Highness wanted to ask Your Majesty for peace, but I heard that Your Majesty punished the prince, and I was still angry, so I left in a hurry." ”

"Humph! You don't have to excuse him! What kind of sons are like, I know in my own heart! The emperor was slightly angry in his words, and the teacup in his hand was heavily placed on the table, splashing a lot of water, and the palace maid hurriedly went up to wipe it.

When Emperor Zi Ming stood up today and said: "One by one, they will observe my words and colors, and they will also monitor me in different ways, don't think that I don't know!" I'm not dead yet, I can't hold it back one by one, and I want to replace it? ”

Wan Fu'an knelt down and said: "What did the emperor say, long live the emperor, don't say such unlucky words, the princes are still young, and they will rely on Your Majesty in the future." ”

"That's it, you will excuse them, it seems that you are also old, good-hearted, you are old, am I not old?"

"Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, how can he be the same as us pickled people......"

Emperor Ming glared at him, as if he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, just stood by the window of the imperial study with his hands in his hands, looking at the palace pavilion under the great spring light.

Looking out from the imperial study, you can see the moon lake of Fengzao Palace, a large piece of moon lake embankment is planted with a green willow, at this time the spring is good, the willow buds are newly pumped, with the vitality of spring dancing under the spring breeze.

Built along the lake is a delicate water pavilion, and the water pavilion has four big characters on the book, "flowing water from fragrance".

The spring breeze is blowing, and it is also stirring a light veil in front of the queen of the dynasty like waves.

"Old minister Liu Sheng, see the queen's mother."

"Quick, help Xiangye up." The queen behind the curtain hurriedly said.

Mama Lin stepped forward quickly, helped up the prime minister of the dynasty who had not yet knelt down, and said with a smile: "Master, there is no one else here, so don't be restrained." ”

Liu Sheng glanced at Mama Lin and smiled.

Even the maid who was a maidservant in his house back then was old, how could he still have the reason to be immortal, and he no longer insisted, so he was simply supported by Mama Lin and sat on a carved table and chair.

The queen came out of the curtain, and at this time she had already changed into a splendid court dress, wearing a spring shirt with white flowers on a blue background, a green pleated pomegranate skirt, a simple bun without too much decoration, curved eyebrows and plump cheeks, and a smile on her face.

"Father, has you eaten before?"

Liu Sheng's jaw said: "Your Majesty gave the imperial meal, I have eaten, I was going back to the house, I heard that you sent someone to find my father, and I hurried over again." ”

Empress Liu smiled and nodded: "That's good, my father is old, not as old as before, and now he is still in the phase working day and night, but you have to pay more attention to your body." ”

Liu Sheng is also in his sixties, not tall, his face is full of wrinkles, because of his thinness, his cheekbones appear unusually high, but his shrewd pupils still hide an unfathomable light in his drooping eyelids.

"It's true that the body bones are no longer what they used to be, and it's not okay to pay more attention, when people are old, sooner or later it will be the fate of the old and returning to their hometown."

"Father, don't say such disheartening words, your children will rely on you in the future, what about the officials who are under the shadow of the Liu family?"

Liu Sheng shook his head and said with a smile: "I have raised three sons and one daughter for my father, and my two sons sacrificed their lives for the country, and they can be regarded as a well-deserved death. ”

"If there is no father, how can there be a daughter today," the queen said, while personally raising her wrist to pour tea for him: "The battle in the harem has always been linked to the previous dynasty, if there is no father in the court at the head of the hundred officials, how can the daughter in the harem be in the sky." ”

Liu Sheng's face was loving, and he took the tea cup and sipped it slowly.

I heard the queen continue: "Similarly, my daughter is in the middle palace and is on an equal footing with Your Majesty, which can also boost the prestige of my Liu family. ”

"Now that you have prestige, status, and official character, you have to thank you on behalf of the Liu family for your father, isn't it?"

Empress Liu was shocked in her heart, and carefully checked Liu Sheng's face, but when she saw that he really seemed to be just talking casually and had no other meaning, she finally put her mind at ease.

Anyway, after all, the two are biological father and daughter, so how can there be a reason to turn their elbows outward.

"Father, don't say any thanks, how can my daughter start, the family doesn't speak two words, if Heng'er can rule the world one day in the future, what is the scenery of my Liu family this time?"

Liu Sheng's smile did not fade, and he didn't raise his eyelids, he only asked her, "What, the emperor is going to issue an order to abolish the prince?" Why don't I know? ”

"Heh, the prince's relatives are very hard, with General Shen's family here, how can the emperor easily abolish the prince."

Liu Sheng looked at this middle-aged daughter and said, "Then what do you say, as long as the prince is still there, why is it Heng'er's turn to take the throne?" ”

"Father!" Empress Liu suddenly knelt on the ground, holding the corners of her clothes with both hands, her eyes looked at him fixedly, and she stopped talking, and after a while, she finally spoke: "If the crown prince ascends the throne, how can my Liu family have a chance to breathe?" He is still just a little prince, arrogant and domineering, and has never looked at me, the queen mother of the middle palace! How did he treat his father and third brother in the court? It's also a constraint everywhere! ”

Liu Sheng turned the tea cup in his hand, and his face sank.

It is true that the prince has made countless enemies in the court, but if you don't look at the arrogance of the prince himself, his own intelligence is also a rare imperial material, and it is precisely because of this that the emperor dislikes this son in every way.

No emperor would like someone more fit for the throne than himself, even if that person was his son.