In the early autumn afternoon, the temperature has not completely dropped, and a light drizzle has just fallen, washing away the dust brought by the early autumn breeze, and the entire palace is spotless.

In the water pavilion of the private courtyard of Zhengyang Palace, an ink-colored figure in the bead curtain leaned lazily on the soft collapse, an ancient book in his hand, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and his thin lips pursed as if he was extremely uneasy.

When Mama Bai entered the prince's bedroom, she saw this scene, and she opened her mouth, which finally disturbed the young man's thoughts.

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother summons."

Ming Xiu raised his eyes, there was no trace of surprise in his eyes, he put down the book in his hand, got up silently, and a trace of light from the clouds outside the window shone on his jade-like white face.

He nodded, "Alone is you." ”

The queen mother has always been a wise person, if it weren't for the family ties, as an orthodox queen, the queen mother is definitely a virtuous helper who can assist Mingjun, but it's a pity that the father is too stupid and filial...... In a trance, the queen's bedroom arrived.

The emperor sat on the edge of the couch and saw Ming Xiu, he still had a serious look, but when he saw the unusual clarity in his son's eyes, his face was stunned.

Ming Xiu and the queen glanced at each other, knelt on their knees, and buried their heads deeply: "Please atone for your father." ”

It's dry.

There are 3,000 beauties in his harem, but he favors the queen alone, which leads to a huge consequence, and there is only one prince like Ming Xiu.

Of course, he remembered the queen's cry that night, it was the first time he knew that a woman had such pain in giving birth, all night, he wandered outside the door, feeling the pain of his beloved wife, he almost wanted to rush into the door, every time he was stopped by the queen mother, he felt a little guilty, until dawn, the child's crisp cry resounded throughout the palace.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the queen mother, she is a little prince!"

The emperor didn't care about the face of the queen mother, he only knew that when he saw the queen who was in a mess and had passed out on the soft collapse, he even had the urge to strangle this little devil who had tormented his beloved wife all night.

However, seeing the starry eyes that were almost indistinguishable from his beloved wife, the emperor still resisted his impulse.

In a flash, the little thing grew to the age of eight, his only son, who was destined to inherit the throne, he couldn't ruthlessly resist the queen mother who had the grace of fertility to him, and he also turned a blind eye to the increasingly excessive behavior of the Wang family, looking at the eight-year-old Ming Xiu's smart appearance, he gave birth to the mind of what to fight for this little thing as a father.

But it was too late, every time the emperor rebelled against the queen mother, it was always his beloved wife who suffered. Since a certain time the queen was beaten by the queen mother and couldn't get out of bed for almost half a year, the emperor no longer dared to resist.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, in this life he wants to repay the queen mother's nurturing grace, as for whether the son will resist or how when he grows up, he will also die by then, and he has already done all his responsibility for the queen mother's kindness, and he can't control him.

The emperor's little abacus crackled, but a year or two passed, and the emperor was completely dead.

This eight-year-old son's mind is forever at the age of eight.

The emperor has not been disappointed, but there is still a trace of inexplicable happiness in his heart, at least, he and the only son of his beloved wife do not have to participate in the struggle for imperial power, and do not have to find ways to see through the complex hearts of people, he tries his best to live a little longer, protect their mother and son to live a little calmer, although he is an emperor with no real power, but he can't even protect his wife and children, he can't even be called a man.

The emperor was not without suspicion, Xu Changqing once told the emperor in surprise that the prince was a little stupid, and the pulse looked more like he had been poisoned, but the day before yesterday, he was still poisoned, and the next day he was like an ordinary person.

Therefore, the emperor doubted whether this was the work of the Queen Mother, or in order to control the next generation of emperors of the Great Liang Dynasty, and he was also angry about it, but he thought of his beloved wife, and pressed his anger back, but he felt more and more guilty about his son, and wanted to fill the defects caused by his foolishness.

However, today, fifteen years later, his son, who had been stupid for fifteen years, suddenly knelt in front of him and begged for forgiveness......

Ming Xiu looked up at the changing complexion on the emperor's face, and watched his face gradually regain its calm, and he knew that the emperor had figured it out.

"Emperor." The emperor looked at Ming Xiu, who was still kneeling on the ground, solemnly, "I know your mind, you can think about it, the path you will take after today is completely different." ”

The prince is mentally incomplete, so he naturally has a reason to act arbitrarily, with the identity of this puppet prince, no one dares to blatantly start, and secretly, there are princes such as the king of Huainan eyeing him, and the Wang family will never dare to rebel easily, only the only orthodox prince who controls the royal family, if something happens to the prince, there is a prince who will take over the Daliang Dynasty in the name of righteousness, so the queen mother will never let Ming Xiu go alone.

But now the fact is that the prince is not stupid, on the contrary, he is smart enough to know how to pretend to be stupid.

Ming Qian is even more worried, the current Ming Xiu is enough to pose a threat to the Queen Mother and the Wang family, and even the King of Huainan with ulterior motives, if these jackals, tigers and leopards know the news that Ming Xiu is not a stupid person, I am afraid that they will concentrate their firepower to deal with Ming Xiu, and when the time comes, it will not be a puppet emperor's wings that can withstand it.

Ming Xiu looked at the flickering worry in the emperor's eyes and nodded heavily. What he wants to do is a generation of Ming Jun who can protect his beloved and protect a territory, fifteen years, he has been dormant long enough.

The queen's face was still pale and weak, but she looked at her serious husband and bright son with a pair of watery eyes, her eyes flashing, and the corners of her mouth were smiling.

It's time for a change in the cold weather.

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At night, the whole Daliang Kyoto is very lively, and the people know that there are envoys from other countries coming, and the palace is lively, so they are naturally lively. And in the palace, it was to show full sincerity to Xichu, just to welcome Xichu Yueling, the prince of Xichu.

At the invitation of the Queen Mother, Xichu Yueling took the envoys to live in the palace, and the sky had just darkened, and the reception banquet prepared for Xichu Yueling had already begun.

The queen is in poor health, it is the queen mother who presides over the banquet, the emperor sits on the side of the queen mother, and there is an empty seat on the side, and further down, it is the West Chu Yue Ling and the envoys and others, the civil and military officials sit under the hall, Chu Nian was specially arranged by the queen mother, sitting directly opposite the West Chu Yue Ling.

It seems that he didn't expect a county lord of the opposite sex to be so valued in the Daliang royal family, Xi Chu Yue Ling's slightly surprised gaze swept over Chu Nian, and Chu Nian smiled.

At the beginning of the banquet, the emperor's eyes swept over the civil and military officials, and he saw Wang Zixuan, who was sitting next to Chu Nian, raising his wine glass towards West Chu Yueling from a distance.

"Her Royal Highness the Imperial Daughter must have worked very hard to come here, and I am here to give His Royal Highness a glass to show my respect for your country."

As he spoke, he took the lead in taking a glass of wine and arched his hand towards Xichu Yueling, which seemed to be quite bold.

Xichu Yueling nodded politely, picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and looked away as if he didn't care, but Wang Zixuan's face froze, he was the prime minister of a country, and he was used to being praised for the first time, but he didn't want to, the rumored polite Xichu princess didn't give face at all.

Wang Zixuan, who was swept away, held up a seemingly kind smile, but his subordinates crushed a walnut, Chu Nian took in the reactions of Wang Zixuan and Xi Chu Yueling on the side, but his eyes swept over the vacant seat on the emperor's side.

On this kind of day, as the crown prince, Ming Xiu should not be absent because of reason, why haven't I seen him today?

Chu Nian felt a gaze, she followed her gaze and looked back, and saw Liu Qi, who she hadn't seen for a long time, her eyes collided, Liu Qi pretended to be absent-mindedly to avoid it, but the wine cup under her hand never stopped.

Chu Nian frowned, and saw a wheelchair at the entrance of the hall, on the wheelchair was a person covered in gauze, it was Shen Dui, who was late, he glanced left and right, and found the vacant seat next to Liu Qi, so he pushed the wheelchair and sat over.

Seeing Shen Duan's slightly bruised face, Chu Nian smiled playfully, and the corners of his mouth hooked without a trace.

It seems that her kick was still light that day, otherwise at least she could ruin Shen Dui's face to the point that he didn't dare to go out.

After Shen Duan sat down beside him, Liu Qicai frowned, and said as if worried: "Lord Shen, what's the matter?" I heard that my brother and sister had a bit of a dislike with you earlier, but...... No, no, how could someone as demure as your brother and sister beat you up like this and couldn't distinguish between nose and eyes. ”

Shen Dui's face stiffened, and he looked at Shen Du with a pair of eyes that could still be seen: "Thank you General Liu for your concern, but since it is a family matter of the lower officials, General Liu still doesn't have to ask, and the others in the province will gossip about General Liu when they hear it, and it will not be good if the reputation of the subordinate and the general will be damaged at that time." ”

Of course, Liu Qi knew that he couldn't talk about Shen Dui in the battle of words, and he was not interested in making fun of himself, so he sneered, then turned his eyes to drink, and ignored Shen Dui.

After taking a sip of the spirits, Shen Duan opened his mouth, and finally held back the words, but he was angry in his heart, what kind of evil has he done these days? Either he was inexplicably hated by his former friends, or he was beaten, and even worse, he had a big quarrel with the Wang family over some trivial matters, and when he went out to get drunk, he was inexplicably beaten again, and he didn't even catch the figure.

When Shen Dusk woke up that day, he realized that his face was almost embedded in the floor of the tavern, and he finally pulled his face out of the floor, and his handsome face was twisted and crooked, and no one could recognize him when he went out.

He had sent someone to find out who had entered the wing that day, and the results were surprisingly consistent—there was no one else except for the shopkeeper who went in to deliver food and drinks when he was sober.

Shen Duan seemed to suddenly remember some scattered fragments, he seemed to see Su Nian's ghost when he was drunk, and he took advantage of the strength of the wine to talk to Su Nian about his heart, originally Su Nian listened gently, who would have thought, the person in the memory smiled and suddenly gave him a kick.

Could it be that it is really Su Nian's ghost?

Shen Du was puzzled, the once best "friend" was now ignoring him, and he could only swallow the wine full of doubts and bitterness into his stomach.

But there is still one thing in the throat. That Ming Xiu is not a fool, on the contrary, he and Chu Nian, a pair of sluts, almost caused Shen Duan to be killed by Zhen Yuanhou.

Shen Duan blamed Ming Xiu and Chu Nian for everything, although he and Chu Nian had only been ambiguous for a few days and had no true feelings, but remembering that the woman was still with Ming Xiuqing at that time, Shen Duan inexplicably felt that he had been betrayed.

The strength of the almost half-crippled arm gradually tightened, the wine cup in his hand was trembling, and the wine overflowed wet his hands, but Shen Du was unaware.

Ming Xiu, Chu Nian, can make your two dog men and women live well, and he Shen Duan will not be Shen Dui!

The head of the queen mother's gaze swept over another position on Chu Nian's side, that was originally prepared for the king of Huainan, the envoy came to visit, as the prince, the king of Huainan must give West Chu Yueling this face, but on weekdays, the palace banquet is late, even if the banquet is halfway through today, the position of the king of Huainan is still empty.

The Queen Mother glanced at Xichu Yueling with a vague look, and found that she didn't seem to be dissatisfied with the prince's late arrival, and still chatted and laughed with the officials who came around her to flatter, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, if it was really the reason of the King of Huainan that caused the two countries of Western Chu and Daliang to break up and lose reliable future allies, it would still be worth the loss.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother opened her mouth, and was about to say something, when she heard a loud laugh from the door of the palace: "Your Royal Highness, don't come to harm!" ”