409 The frightened prince
The situation in the palace was changing rapidly, Concubine Xiao didn't say anything, and she didn't want to know too much, she saw the emperor leave, and lay back on the chaise longue again.
"Niangniang, the emperor is back now, why don't you tell the emperor about the grievances you suffered some time ago?"
The personal maid couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward and muttered.
Xiao Guifei closed her eyes and recuperated, never opened her eyes, and whispered.
"Aggrieved? Hongu doesn't think so! ”
The one who is really wronged, right?
The queen is the head of the six palaces, she didn't know the news of the emperor's return, and when night fell, the candles in the middle palace were bright, and she lay there all day.
"Back to Niangniang, the emperor has gone to see the Queen Mother!"
Since the emperor appeared in the Taiji Palace, the queen has been asking the people below to explore the emperor's whereabouts, first went to Yaochi Palace, and then it should be the turn of the middle palace, but I didn't expect to be arrested by the queen mother, and then I am afraid there will be the queen mother.
The person who replied trembled, and did not dare to look up at the young woman in the world.
"Alright, let's pass on dinner!"
She waved her hand and commanded softly.
At this point, the people below breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with the queen, the queen mother is much more anxious.
"What, the emperor was recruited by the Empress Dowager again?"
The Queen Mother was so anxious that she went around in circles.
"No, this palace is not at ease, and it is ...... to drive"
"Queen Mother, don't worry, the Queen Mother hasn't seen you once since she returned to the palace, obviously she has some scruples, and now you rush over like this, I'm afraid it's ......"
The grandmother on the side hurriedly stopped her and said.
"But the emperor, the emperor has just recovered from a serious illness, and now his body is weak, and he has been entangled by that group of messengers in the Taiji Hall for a day, this is good, and there is no rest until now, you say he, how can this body get it......"
Despite saying this, the Queen Mother still did not act rashly, but only stood at the gate of the palace and looked forward to it.
At that time, the palace of the Empress Dowager was very lively.
It seems to be having a family dinner.
The white jade is the table, and the soft couch accompanies it.
The melons and fruits are all here, and the soup is especially beautiful.
When Emperor Renxiao came in, he even had singing and dancing casually.
"Grandson to meet the imperial grandmother!"
No matter how young the Empress Dowager looks on the surface, she is a real emperor grandmother.
"The emperor is here, he has been pestered by them for a day, he must be tired, come, grandmother prepared some thin wine at will, hurry up and sit down to rest and rest!"
Her words were simple and earnest, and she didn't ask anything, as if she was a grandmother who was looking forward to her grandson coming over to see her.
Loving and dignified.
"Thank you, grandmother!"
Emperor Renxiao sat down at the jade table next to him.
The Empress Dowager waved off the singing and dancing stars.
A simple family banquet is very comfortable to use.
"If the grandmother is fine, the grandson will retire first, and the grandson has just returned to the palace and has not yet visited his mother!"
"Okay, then you can go quickly!"
The emperor came and went in a hurry, until he stood outside the palace gate, still thinking about the queen mother's intention of calling him over.
Originally, he had made a lot of preparations, and the draft in his heart had been typed thousands of times, but he didn't expect the Empress Dowager to say nothing, so he naturally couldn't speak.
The emperor shook his head, a little helpless, he really couldn't understand what his young imperial grandmother was going to do, but now he had to go to Ci'an Palace to meet the queen mother first.
That's his mother, after all.
When mother and son meet, it is naturally another sorrow!
The Empress Dowager asked a lot of questions, such as whether she was really sick, or whether she was framed, or pretended, but no matter what she said, the emperor only had one sentence, and everything was over.
While provoking the queen mother to be stunned, she wanted to lose her temper with him, and finally had to compromise.
"That's it, you're so old, let's take care of your own affairs, this palace doesn't like to that idleness!"
The emperor naturally knew that the queen mother was losing her temper, and it was another good meal at the moment.
Out of Ci'an Palace, it was already the time of the first birth on the moon.
"Can the banquet in the Taiji Hall be dispersed?"
The internal officer behind him immediately bowed forward and replied.
"If you go back to the emperor, it has already dispersed, and the old slave has asked the eldest prince to wait at the door of the imperial study according to your instructions!"
"Let's go, go to the Imperial Study!"
"Your Majesty, aren't you going to the Middle Palace? Although the queen didn't send anyone to urge, she had already asked a few times! ”
Emperor Renxiao's pace paused, and he didn't turn around and ordered, "Let people go to the middle palace to reply, just say that I still have state affairs to deal with tonight, let the queen rest by herself!" ”
"Slaves obey!"
Everyone in the middle palace looked at each other when they got the news, and it seemed that the queen was about to lose power.
There was such a big thing, the emperor has been to every palace, but he didn't come to the middle palace.
For a while, the atmosphere in the middle palace was extremely solemn, but when the queen knew the news, she only raised the corners of her lips slightly and smiled slightly.
Then he instructed the people to prepare for bathing and changing.
"Flowers are not red for a hundred days, and no one is good for a lifetime!"
Everyone heard the words coming from the queen's room.
Outside the imperial study, the eldest prince was waiting there, looking up at the full moon in the sky with his hands behind his back, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The Emperor walked first.
"Father!"
"Come in!"
There were only two people in the imperial study, the emperor and the eldest prince, and the internal official waved away all the people who served, and he himself walked out and stayed outside the door of the imperial study.
"I already know how you've behaved during this time!"
For the eldest prince and Concubine Yun, the emperor's feelings are very complicated.
He is very sorry for this mother and son, it is undeniable that he used to like Concubine Yun very much, but after twenty years, the past love has long faded, and all she has left for this mother and son is guilt.
That's why the eldest prince will stay in the imperial city and fight against the three princes.
Everyone thinks that the empire has not established a prince, but the third prince has always been unable to find fault in doing things, so he is naturally the future prince.
The appearance of the eldest prince not only disrupted the deployment of the three princes, but also overwhelmed everyone.
Emperor Renxiao did this at the beginning, not only to compensate their mother and son, but also to balance the rights between them and the three princes.
In fact, the reason why Emperor Renxiao has never established a prince is that he feels that the third prince has not done much and is too mediocre.
Born in a peaceful and prosperous era, he is a generation of Ming Jun, but at present, the five countries and ten places will be in chaos, and there is a yin and yang physique, and even the people in the Xuanmen are involved.
With the ability of the three princes, they can't cope with the current situation at all.
But the Great Prince is different!
"Father!"
The eldest prince bowed his hand calmly, and his expression was very indifferent.
As if all this was nothing to him at all.
"Your performance is good, and in a few days I will announce that you will be appointed as the prince!"
The eldest prince raised his head violently and looked at Emperor Renxiao incredulously, he didn't expect him to suddenly say such a thing.
After all, his return to the royal family is still short.
It's not enough to be made a prince!
"Father, this matter must not be done, the son knows that he is not a shallow learner, and he can't take on this big responsibility, so please think twice about my father!"
The eldest prince knelt down directly and begged Emperor Renxiao to take back the holy order.
"Haha......"
Emperor Renxiao laughed, walked directly from the side of the imperial case, and personally helped him up.
"Hurry up."
"When I say this, I also made a decision after careful consideration!"
Emperor Renxiao wanted to tell him that he was not improvised.
But the eldest prince was still a little confused.
He never thought that one day, he would become a prince, after all, there was nothing behind him.
The temporary alliance between the mother concubine and the queen will not last long, so all along, the eldest prince knows what his identity is, and he is just being pushed away by these people!
But now, the emperor suddenly announced the news, no matter how deep his city is, he can't be calm!
Eventually, it changed color.
"But, Father, ......"
The eldest prince was pulled up by the emperor, and people were still confused.
"What? Will I disobey my will? ”
"Erchen doesn't dare!"
The eldest prince wanted to say something more, but he was scolded back when he opened his mouth several times, so he could only passively accept it.
Until he walked out of the imperial study, the eldest prince still looked confused, and he didn't expect that the end would be like this.
And no matter what he wanted, he couldn't have imagined that the emperor would suddenly make him the prince.
The eldest prince did not go to see Concubine Yun again, but went back to his mansion directly.
An hour later, Xu Zhen came with stars and moons and was directly taken to the front of the eldest prince.
"What's wrong? So anxious, call me in the middle of the night? ”
Xu Zhen was wearing silver armor across the big knife, and his body was cold.
Now that he was assigned to guard the city gates, he was no longer the commander of the Praetorian Guard in the palace.
Therefore, it is not known until now what happened in the palace.
At this moment, the eldest prince was leaning against the window, looking at the dark night.
I heard his voice and turned around slowly.
There was a little starlight in his deep eyes, with a hint of joy and apprehension.
More anxiety and uneasiness.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
Xu Zhen was taken aback, he had never seen so many emotions in the eyes of his friends.
In the past, Xie Jingtian was a nerd and old-fashioned.
But after he became the eldest prince Chu Jiyao, he slowly became sleek, more of a kind of wisdom.
Joy and anger are almost invisible, but the emotions that are so obvious at the moment are directly expressed.
It's weird, and it's extremely scary.
The eldest prince found the worry in Xu Zhen's eyes, suddenly sneered, walked over slowly, and motioned for Xu Zhen to sit down.
"I'm fine, don't worry!"
Xu Zhen sat down and glared at his friend angrily.
"Can I not be worried? You don't see the way you look, it's scary, right? ”
The eldest prince personally poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhen and handed it over.
"What the hell did you call me for? I'm still on duty over there! ”
The eldest prince sat down again, and said slowly, "Father is back, you know!" ”
Xu Zhen frowned slightly, nodded and said, "I heard that the emperor is back, someone is finally in charge of the overall situation, and you don't have to work hard!" ”
However, this also means that the empire, which has been in chaos for a long time, is about to come to a conclusion.
And no matter what the result is, it will be a bloody storm, not to mention that the gathering of the other four countries and ten places will be another turmoil.
"My father said that in a few days, I will be officially canonized as the prince!"