The Queen Mother also sat directly on the high position on the side, "It's not a good son you raised, sooner or later you will be happy to be angry with the mourning family." ”

The emperor was a little stunned by the Queen Mother's sudden words and choking, and his eyes were full of doubts, "Queen Mother, what do you mean, why don't I understand it!" ”

Hua Yan stood beside the Queen Mother, and at the direction of the Queen Mother, she told the Emperor what she had just told the Queen Mother again.

"This rebel, it's all because I am too relaxed with him on weekdays, and I actually let him do such a heartbreaking thing, queen mother, don't be angry, I will call him over." When the emperor heard this, he was naturally quite angry, the prince of a country actually did such a thing, if the minister and the enemy country knew, he didn't know what would happen.

"Don't!" The Queen Mother stopped the emperor who was about to send someone to find Chu Hongchen, and sighed helplessly, "Emperor, don't worry, the prince really shouldn't do such a thing, but if this matter spreads, it will be a loss of face for our royal family." ”

The emperor also understands the meaning of the queen mother's words, the most important thing for the royal family is face, if it is because of the prince's doing, the royal majesty is swept away, it is absolutely impossible, so this matter not only can not be extended, but also hidden well.

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The next day, above the court, almost everyone in the Jinluan Hall felt that the emperor was in a bad mood today, and several ministers had been severely punished by the emperor for some trivial matters, and everyone shrunk their necks and did not dare to speak out, for fear that they would be harmed by the pond fish.

"Prince!" Chu Hongchen was wondering why almost all the people punished by the emperor today were people who had been close to him recently, when he heard that he was named.

"Yes, Erchen is here!" Chu Hongchen could only take a step forward and stand straight under the eyes of everyone.

"Some time ago, some people frequently reported to the magistrate that thieves and thieves have been rampant recently, and the people often have thefts, and they can't live in fear, how did you deal with this matter?" The emperor squinted at Chu Hongze, his eyes were deep, the dark light was floating, and it was obviously a very ordinary tone, but it sounded like an inexplicable sense of danger.

Some time ago, a minister did talk about this matter, but the emperor didn't care about these trivial things at that time, and left it to the prince to deal with at will.

With the lessons of those ministers, Chu Hongchen cautiously glanced up at the emperor's face, but saw that he was not unusual, and thought about it in his heart before replying, "Back to my father, the minister has already sent someone to investigate this matter, and I believe that the thief will be caught soon." ”

"Bang" sounded, and everyone couldn't help but be startled, only to find that it was the emperor who threw the fold in his hand directly on the prince, and scolded sharply, "Investigation? How long has it been since this incident, and you are still telling me to investigate, how did you become a prince, you can't handle this little thing well, what do I want you to do? ”

"Father's anger, it's useless to be a son, please forgive your father!" Chu Hongchen hurriedly knelt down, feeling panicked in his heart.

Everyone never thought that the emperor would be so angry with the prince for such a small matter, so they all knelt down in unison, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry!" ”

The emperor looked at the minister who was kneeling on the ground, and remembered yesterday's incident, and looked at Chu Hongchen in front of him even more angry, "Rest the anger, what kind of anger I have, look at you, as the crown prince, I can't do a little thing well, how can I expect you to do other things well, how can I rest assured that I can hand over government affairs to you?" ”

"It's the son-in-law who is useless, he has failed his father's expectations, and he asks his father to punish him." Chu Hongchen didn't know where he had done something wrong, there were already many things in the capital, and it was inevitable that some thieves would appear, and in the past, these things would be handed over to the magistrate to deal with, he never thought that the emperor would be so angry for such a small matter.

The ministers kneeling on the ground also didn't understand how the emperor could embarrass the prince for this trivial matter, but looking at this posture, the emperor was afraid that he was going to move seriously, and the prince must be suffering today.

The people in the court are all human spirits, since they have touched the emperor's mind, they naturally will not touch this moldy head, and they have bowed their heads and knelt down, and the princelings in this are in a hurry, I don't know where the prince provoked the emperor, it seems that the emperor is going to find an excuse to punish heavily.

Sure enough, the emperor stood up and looked at the minister who was kneeling on the ground, and finally looked at the prince with cold eyes, and said lightly, "The prince Chu Hongchen is not doing things well, and I am displeased, so I ordered him to think about it behind closed doors in the palace, and all the things in his hands were handled by King Rui." Okay, let's retreat! ”

The emperor flicked his sleeves and took the lead in leaving, leaving only the three voices in the palace, "Congratulations to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

The emperor walked for a long time, and Chu Hongchen stood up in a daze, he didn't understand what he did wrong to make his father angry, but he didn't think about it.

Chu Hongchen's side is naturally deserted, that is, several staunch princelings are standing beside the prince with unsightly faces; And Chu Hongze's side is different, the people who support him are standing with a smile on their faces, and some people who have always been neutral also went over to greet him warmly, and Chu Hongze responded one by one.

Although Chu Hongchen also knew that many people in the court were originally rudder to see the wind, but when he was in a headwind, he still felt a little uncomfortable, seeing Chu Hongze being flattered by everyone, his heart became more and more angry, and he simply walked over directly after thinking about it.

When the ministers on the side saw the prince coming, some immediately stood aside, and some immediately found a reason to leave.

"Sixth brother, congratulations, it's rare for my father to take such a fancy to the sixth brother, this palace is really happy, he took over the things on hand in this palace, and the sixth brother is busy." Chu Hongchen looked at Chu Hongze with a smile, and sneered lightly, "But the sixth brother is really good, this palace is really admired, I hope the sixth brother is not like this palace!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is serious!" Chu Hongze naturally knew that Chu Hongchen had something to say, but he didn't know why things had developed like this, so he was naturally calm when facing Chu Hongchen.

"Humph!" Without saying more, Chu Hongchen coldly glanced at the ministers who flattered Chu Hongze just now, he remembered that these people had surrendered to him, those ministers lowered their heads when they were looked at, and they didn't dare to look at his eyes, Chu Hongchen shook his sleeves heavily and strode away.

The crown prince Chu Hongchen was grounded in the prince's mansion, and all the things in his hands were handed over to the Rui King Chu Hongze to deal with, and the wind direction above the court suddenly changed, except for a few staunch princelings, the rest of the ministers almost moved closer to Chu Hongze, and all of a sudden, Chu Hongchen's power in the government and the opposition became stronger and stronger.

Although there was no pressure from Chu Hongchen, there was no prince to share, and everything was focused on Chu Hongze in an instant, so Chu Hongze did not become idle, but became more and more busy.

Wen Ruyi naturally also knew about Chu Hongchen, and when he had nothing to do, he accompanied Yingniang and Qingning in the courtyard to eat pastries.

"Well, this pastry is really good, why don't you send some to Sister Shuyi, she will definitely like it." After tasting several kinds of pastries, Wen Ruyi became interested in the plate in front of her.

"Okay, anyway, isn't the princess okay today, why don't you take us with you!" At the beginning, Mrs. Li also had a part in saving Qing Ning, and Qing Ning was naturally extremely grateful to Mrs. Li, not to mention that through contact later, she found that Mrs. Li was kind and sincere, and naturally she liked it even more.

"Okay, I'll take you!" Wen Ruyi took revenge, naturally she was in a happy mood, saying that everything was good, thinking that she took Ying Niang's hand, "Ying Niang, you can go with us too, the weather is so good today, how bad it is for you to be alone in the palace, let's go together and be lively." ”

"This ......" Yingniang rarely went out after coming to the palace, she was still a little stunned, she was always afraid that she would bring trouble to Wen Ruyi, thinking that it was best to stay in the palace honestly, "This, the old slave won't go!" ”

"Alright, let's go together!" Wen Ruyi didn't listen to Yingniang's refusal, and directly ordered someone to prepare the carriage.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the General's Mansion and saw Mrs. Li, who naturally went to the study consciously and left space for a few women to speak.

Wen Ruyi said well, Mrs. Li really likes to eat this pastry, she is full of praise, several people eat pastries while drinking tea, sometimes laughing a few words, so happy.

"By the way, Ruyi, I heard that the crown prince was grounded by the emperor, is this matter true or false?" Just as she was saying this, Mrs. Li suddenly talked about Chu Hongchen.

"Of course it's true!" mentioned this matter, Wen Ruyi felt comfortable, I didn't expect Hua Yan to do things well, he got Chu Hongchen done it after entering the palace, but unfortunately this matter was not reported, but Wen Ruyi also understood, after all, the royal family pays the most attention to face, how could such a slap in the face come out?

Wen Ruyi didn't hide it from Mrs. Li, and told all the things about her design of Hua Yan, Mrs. Li covered her lips in surprise, she never thought that things would be like this, "This...... Does King Wise know? ”

"Hmm...... The prince knows about Wen Dongling, but I haven't told him about designing Hua Yan. Chu Hongze has been busy these days, and she hasn't had time to talk to him.

"I think you have to tell the prince!" Mrs. Li reminded Wen Ruyi.

"Okay, got it!" Wen Ruyi nodded, indicating that she understood.