"Erchen understands, naturally understands." The second prince smiled reluctantly and said, "No matter what the third brother does, I will help him, but at this moment, I have a hole in my heart, and I can't get over it......"

"What killed your two ministers that week, do you think you can't get by?" The Queen Mother asked.

The second prince shook his head and said, "For this matter, I believe that the third brother has a fair decision, even if I can't bear it in my heart, I respect the third brother's decision." The hole I am talking about is the third brother's suspicion of me. I told him good things for him, but he wondered if I was jealous of him and didn't want to believe me. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she slapped the edge of the bed fiercely and said, "There is such a thing?" Tell me what he suspects about you, and I'll go back and tell him. ”

"It's about that fake cousin, I know that the queen mother hopes that the third brother can marry her, thinking that she will be a big help to our royal family, but I have asked her before, she has made a private agreement with that Lu Gongzi for life, and she has a daughter, they love her very much. I think the third brother should give up on her, firstly, because it is immoral to destroy other people's happiness after all, and secondly, I think that if we have to force her to do something she doesn't like, if she turns against us, we will have one more opponent. The second prince finally said this, and after finishing speaking, he looked at the queen mother and asked tentatively: "Queen Mother, what do you think?" ”

The Queen Mother kept looking at the second prince just now, as if she was looking at his every expression. After a long time, the Queen Mother grabbed the hand of the second prince and said, "You are dedicated to your brother's good, I know about this." But even if what you said is true, if Yao Cen is really with Lu Gongzi, it doesn't mean that the third child is not with her. I see, fake Yaocen is not bad to the third child, maybe she will really empathize and don't fall in love. ”

The second prince frowned and said: "Queen Mother, do you think that if the third brother takes away his wife, and the fake Yaocen abandons his old husband for the sake of wealth, if these things become a stain on the criticism of our Wu royal family in the future, it doesn't matter?" ”

The Queen Mother looked at his deep frowns, she knew her son's character quite well, and she also raised her son to be what he is now, he is righteous, and he is righteous, so he is shameless in acts like abandonment and plunder. But sometimes, when the royal family does things, it needs to use some means, morality and law, and it shouldn't be so rigid, it is all for the sake of the rulers, so whatever the rulers say, it is what they are.

But these words, the Queen Mother will not tell her son, she knows the character of this son.

"If it's just this matter, you don't care, he has his opinion and his plans." The Queen Mother comforted the second prince and said: "You take good care of your illness, recover your illness, come back to the court quickly, you can't let your younger brother carry the country alone, so that no one will check and balance him, I am worried that he will not be able to find the border." ”

"But......" The second prince furrowed his brows, and didn't say anything more after all. Since this matter didn't make sense, he stopped talking about it, nodded and said, "Okay, Erchen knows, and he won't talk about these things with the third brother in the future." It's just that as for going back to the court, it may take me a while...... Hasn't the third brother been going out one by one lately, those who are good friends with me? If I go back at this time, he may still think that I am going to protect my people, and he will definitely have some reluctance in his heart, so I will wait for my people to be dealt with by him, and I will go back to the court after I am alone. ”

Of course, the Queen Mother could hear a few meanings in the second prince's words, and she chuckled: "Okay, in front of me, you don't need to talk about him left and right, don't you just want to sue me and let me take action to stop the third child from continuing to do it?" Don't worry, I've already told the third child, and he will make it clear to Zhou Xing when he goes back. ”

"Is it just to make it clear?" The second prince was stunned and said: "Queen Mother, do you know that the Lord Lai has no intention of rebellion at all, and he made a move by Zhou Xingqu!" And he didn't even let go of a three-year-old child, with such a person in the court, how could the court be stable? How did the third brother sit in this position? ”

"Oh, listening to your tone, you don't have any resentment towards your third brother, it's all Zhou Xing's fault?"

The second prince nodded and said, "The third brother is not wrong, but he was blinded by the traitor." In time, this week will definitely be a bad thing. ”

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "You don't blame your third brother, this is very good, you brothers should trust each other." If Zhou Xing is at fault that time, the third child will definitely deal with it impartially. Don't worry. ”

The second prince sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the third brother will be blinded by the traitorous villain." ”

"Don't worry, I'm here." The Queen Mother patted the third prince on the back, comforted her, and said, "The queen mother won't bother you anymore, you rest early, get better as soon as possible, and go back to help your third brother." ”

The second prince nodded, and the queen mother got up and went back.

The third prince returned to the palace, thinking about today's events, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt...... Is it true that his position is not guaranteed? Could it be that what Zhou Xing did was really wrong?

He was so frightened that he went to Qingdi to discuss the recent matter. He didn't tell Qingdi at first about him letting Zhou Xing deal with the ministers under the second prince, but now he regrets it very much, if he discussed it with Qingdi at that time, maybe she would have given better advice.

He sent someone to bring Qingdi to the imperial study, and as soon as he saw Qingdi, he hurriedly stepped forward to grab her, and said eagerly: "Cousin, I have done a big mistake, and I may be abolished by the queen mother......"

Qingdi smiled faintly, silently took away the third prince's hand, and said to him: "You mean that you let Lord Zhou deal with the affairs of those ministers under the second prince, right?" This incident is indeed quite a big trouble, I have heard about it in the palace. ”

The third prince nodded, wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "What should I do?" Did I really make a big mistake that couldn't be reversed? ”

Qingdi shook his head: "It's not that serious, Lord Zhou has been an official for several years, and he is quite powerful in the court, and he is also loyal to Wu Guo, and he made such a move, which is also planned for you." Since the new emperor ascended the throne in ancient times, there will definitely be many unsupporters in the court, and if they go too far, it will cause turmoil in the current situation, and at this time it is necessary to make an example of the chickens and monkeys. ”

When the third prince heard Qingdi say this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since you think Zhou Xing is right, then he is right, so I am also relieved, I should be right to make such an idea." ”

Qingdi felt funny in his heart, and said again: "No, Your Majesty, I didn't say that Zhou Xing was right, I just said that he was planning for you." He was too heavy this time, the two officials, both of whom were big households, were all wiped out by him in one day, since the founding of the Wu Kingdom, has there ever been such a tragic case? What's more, do they really have such a serious sin when they come to adulthood? Is it really to the point where you are going to be wiped out? ”

"This ......" The third prince became nervous again, took two steps back and forth, knocked his head hard, and regretted: "I really didn't think about it, I didn't know that Zhou Xing would be such a ruthless person, I will let him stop now, and I am sending someone to investigate Zhou Xing to see if there is anything wrong with the two cases he handled, if he is tortured into a trick, it is his mistake, and I will definitely not spare him." ”

After speaking, he walked to the front of the case, and the pen wanted to write an edict, but as soon as he wrote two words, he paused, and looked up again to ask the standing Qingdi: "Cousin, is the decision I made just now appropriate?" ”

Qingdi smiled noncommittally and said, "Your Majesty, you decide the big things yourself, you can't ask me." ”

"But......" The third prince frowned slightly and looked at Qingdi, for a long time, he still didn't get an answer from Qingdi. Eventually, he put pen to paper and wrote down the decision he had just made.

Qingdi didn't have any other expressions during the whole process, and when the third prince finished doing this, she leaned over and saluted, "Your Majesty, if you don't have anything else, I will retire first." ”

"I have ......" The third prince ran down again, stood in front of her, hesitated for a long time, and said, "You...... What is your name? ”

Qingdi was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and asked, "You already know that I am not Chu Yaocen?" ”

"I don't know very completely, I heard the queen mother say, you are not my cousin, you shouldn't be called Yaocen, right? What is your real name? Who are you? ”

Qingdi lowered his eyes, looked up and smiled at him for a while, and said, "My name is Qingdi, and Lu Gongzi is the real Chu Yaocen, and he is your cousin...... No, he's twenty-six years old and should be your cousin. It is really a last resort to deceive you, and there were too many mistakes when we first came to Wu...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Before the first emperor died, he already knew our identity, but he did not debunk us. ”

"I won't demolish you either, but I may be going to call you Qingdi in private." The third prince silently recited the name several times, and then asked, "Is your surname 'Qing'?" ”

Qingdi laughed and said: "How is it possible, how can there be a surname 'Qing' in this world, we in Li Country, generally follow my father's surname, but the man who gave birth to me is a scumbag, I hate him very much, so I don't want to use his surname." Qingdi is just my name. ”

The third prince also felt that his question just now was a little funny, and he also laughed softly, and said, "I haven't told you my name yet." ”

Qingdi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, you tell me, I can't call your name, you are the emperor." ”

"But I'll allow you to call me by my name."

Since he wanted to say so, Qingdi had no choice but to say: "Okay, then Your Majesty will tell me, what is your name?" ”

"I ......"

"The Queen Mother has arrived!" The third prince was about to speak, when the sharp voice of the eunuch suddenly came from outside.