The crown prince left the crown princess and did not return to his own dormitory, but was carried by his subordinate officials to the most remote hall of the East Palace with lanterns.

It was dark in the middle of the night, the candle flame was looming, and the door of the main hall was not closed tightly, and the lights inside could be seen through the cracks in the door.

There were two guards standing by the door with blank expressions, and when they saw someone coming, they hurriedly gathered their attention.

"Your Highness." They saluted.

The prince waved his hand and motioned for them to continue watching.

"Your Highness, the king of the county has been locked up in this side hall for half a month, and he must have repented......"

The subordinate officials wanted to intercede for the king of Qinghe County, but the prince interrupted him loudly.

"If he had truly repented, he would not have done such a thing." The crown prince stared at the gate and said, "Bengong warned him before, don't touch Zhou Yunzhen, but he didn't take Bengong's words to heart. ”

The subordinate officer was silent.

Qinghe County King Feifei didn't take the prince's words to heart, but intensified it, and he was going to harm people at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

It can be seen that the king of Qinghe County is really not in the same place as the prince of Dingguo.

Now, His Majesty already knows that the King of Qinghe County wants to deal with the prince of Dingguo, and he really doesn't like what the king of Qinghe County has done, but he is afraid of the face of the royal family, and the prince of Dingguo is not in a big problem, so His Majesty did not make this matter public.

However, in order to appease His Majesty's anger, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince severely beat the king of Qinghe County and locked him in this side hall.

I don't know what the relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two fathers and sons of Qinghe County will be......

The subordinate officers simply broke their hearts for them.

"Qinghe, he is not as smart as Zhou Yunzhen, you still have to mention him more in the future, so as to save him from causing trouble for the palace." The prince glanced at the subordinate officials and warned, "If you do something wrong, you should be punished, if you are easily spared, he will not have a long memory, you don't have to persuade the palace with good words, since you have this kung fu, it is better to persuade him." ”

This is blaming the subordinate officials for meddling.

The subordinate officer's back was sweating, and he hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

"Your Highness, your subordinates know that Your Highness is doing this for the good of the King of Qinghe." He said, "It's just that my subordinates are afraid, and the king of the county can't understand the deep meaning of His Highness's move, and he has a ......dislike for His Royal Highness."

The subordinate official understands the king of Qinghe County, and he will not think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing this to help him, but feels that His Royal Highness's heart is biased towards the prince of Dingguo, and even his own son can be punished for the prince of Dingguo.

The king of Qinghe can only see the bad things that others treat him, but he can't see his own badness, and he doesn't know how much trouble his willfulness has caused His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Hongu doesn't care." The crown prince said, walking up the steps step by step, "If he does such a thing in the future, he will anger his father, and the palace will not protect him." ”

The subordinate officer responded and followed the prince with non-stop steps.

"I hope the king of the county will not make such a mistake again." He said, but sighed secretly in his heart.

I'm afraid that the king of Qinghe County is still thinking about putting the prince of Dingguo to death.

The two walked to the door of the side hall.

The night was dark, the sparks were not lit, and the lanterns hanging on the beams of the house were as bright as stars.

The crown prince glanced at him and said lightly: "You are waiting outside, this palace and Qinghe will say a few words." ”

"Yes." The subordinate officer replied respectfully.

He didn't sleep in the middle of the night, but he wanted to talk to his son.

The subordinate officer shook his head.

If the king of Qinghe County admits his mistake at this time, then this matter will be revealed. If he is still stubborn, he is afraid that he will provoke His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to dislike him even more.

……

……

When the king of Qinghe was lying on the chair and dozing off, the prince pushed the door in, and he was so frightened that his body trembled, and he immediately woke up.

He sat up, and was a little surprised to see that it was his father.

"Let you come here to reflect, you come here to sleep?" The prince gave him a faint look.

In fact, it was time to fall asleep at this time, but the prince himself did not sleep, and the king of Qinghe County did not lie in bed, so the prince said this.

The king of Qinghe County hurriedly got up and saluted the crown prince: "Father." ”

After speaking, he glanced at him secretly, trying to guess what he was doing when he came over at this time by observing his expression, whether to scold himself or forgive himself.

But it's a pity that the prince's face was expressionless, and the king of Qinghe didn't guess anything.

He had no choice but to ask himself: "My father came here late at night, is there something to do with his son?" ”

To tell the truth, the relationship between King Qinghe and his father is very unfamiliar, and in his memory, he was either reprimanded by his father or ignored by his father.

He has fear, alienation, and reverence for his father, but he lacks a sense of closeness.

The prince sat on the chaise longue he had made earlier, holding the armrest with one hand and rubbing the cold teacup with the other.

"Qinghe, do you know what's wrong?" The prince asked coldly, his eyes casually glancing at him and then no longer looking at him.

This kind of attitude Qinghe County King has experienced many times since he was a child, but he is still very uncomfortable in his heart, he lowered his head and did not speak.

He always felt that he was right.

Zhou Yunzhen dared to provoke him and bully him, so he should suffer the consequences of being hated by him.

Besides, Zhou Yunzhen is not dead now, he is not wrong at all.

Thinking about it, there was a deep resentment in his eyes.

Otherwise, Uncle Ping Wang would have to meddle in his affairs to save Zhou Yunzhen, maybe there would be no Zhou Yunzhen in the capital at this time, and it would not be his turn to make irresponsible remarks in front of the emperor's grandfather!

Because he lowered his head and the resentment on his expression was hidden, the prince could not see his hideous face, but he was still a little angry when he saw that he did not speak.

"Why, now I don't even want to answer a question from this palace?" The crown prince said coldly, "Don't you have a grudge against this palace, so you don't want to talk to this palace?" ”

There was a layer of frost in his eyes, and he looked at it and stared at the cold.

The king of Qinghe County was on his back, and explained in a panic: "Erchen...... Erchen did not. ”

"None? Still don't dare? The corners of the prince's lips were mocking, "Qinghe, don't forget your identity!" ”

His identity?

The King of Qinghe County had a gloomy expression.

Isn't his identity the child of a lowly tailor? When his father told him about this, he was just reminding him that today's prominence was brought by his father, and he should obediently obey his father's arrangement.

"Erchen, got it." He lowered his eyes.

The prince looked at him.

"This palace has warned you once before, and today, it is the second time." He spoke, his tone cold, "This palace won't say it a third time. Qinghe, you understand. ”

King Qinghe nodded obediently, but his fists clenched tighter and tighter.

The prince continued: "You are not young anymore, and it is time to get married. ”

Get married?

The king of Qinghe County was stunned.

Will his father still care about his marriage?

He thought about it, so he asked, "Which family is my father going to marry to his son?" ”

For the candidates for the princess of the county, the king of Qinghe does not choose. The woman is just an ornament, just like his titular mother, Ji.

The prince glanced at him lightly: "What do you think, how is the young lady of the Li Mansion?" ”

"Miss Li?" The king of Qinghe County thought for a while and said, "Isn't the second Miss Li Mansion a marriage match?" ”

If he dares to rob someone, maybe tomorrow Cui Yushi will sue the emperor's grandfather, and then point at his father and reprimand.

Father, why is this happening? Just to recruit Li Shilang to his side, he shouldn't use such a method, right?

The king of Qinghe County really didn't understand, could he afford to spend so much effort to keep a little squire by his side?

"The second lady of Li Fuyi married the son of Cui Yushi, and the two nieces of Li Shilang also came to the capital." The prince said lightly.

"Niece?" The king of Qinghe County now knew what the prince was planning, and he hurriedly said, "Father, do you want your son to marry Li Shilang's niece?" ”

Seeing the prince nodding, he immediately shook his head.

"Father, if you let your son marry a young lady from a family in the capital at will, your son will admit it, but why is it Li Shilang's niece? What is his niece's identity? It's not an ordinary daughter. ”

King Qinghe was a little angry as he spoke, "Erchen knows that his biological mother's lowly status has made his father's face gloomy, and Erchen is not comfortable, but now, how can Erchen marry a woman with a humble status?" Isn't this making fun of the people in the capital! ”

Li Shilang's niece is not Li Shilang's daughter, how can the two be the same. And Li Shilang's daughters are not worthy of his status as the king of the county, how can his niece be worthy.