Zhang Weizhao felt that she was once again in a predicament, at a time when everyone in the world thought that she was bathing in "imperial grace" and surrounded by boundless "honor".

In the past, the difficulties she encountered came from the outside, and her response was to fight to the end. But this time the pressure came from "within", from the Empress Dowager, who had given her warmth and tolerance, and from Xie Qian, a former ally.

What should she do?

Ignore the demands of the Empress Dowager and Xie Qian and do what you think is right? Argue with them, thinking that the matter of going to court with the emperor is just a private matter of the palace and has nothing to do with the government?

But in fact, Zhang Weizhao also knew that in this era, what happened to the emperor and empress, no matter how big or small, could be endowed with symbolic meaning and associated with the family, country, and society. Therefore, she could understand the uneasiness of Xie Qian and the Empress Dowager.

Or "advise" Chen Youcong: We have already caused controversy in doing this, and we need to stop in moderation?

However, she knew that Chen Youcong had been living a very depressed life and suffered very serious trauma before, and what he was doing now was the inevitable process he would go through when he sought healing.

Chen Youcong had two extremely dark moments in his life, the first time was when he was six years old, and he was finally released from Anle Hall, but he lost his mother; The second time was when Chen Jianjun considered abolishing the prince several times before his death.

Regarding the pain of losing their mother for the first time, Zhang Weizhao and Chen Youcong have discussed and dealt with it more than once, through sand table games, talk therapy and family system arrangement.

As for the second abolition of the prince incident, Zhang Weizhao and Chen Youcong have not discussed it at all. Or further, the father-son relationship between Chen Jianjun and Chen Youcong, Zhang Weizhao and Chen Youcong have not been touched at all.

In Zhang Weizhao's view, Chen Youcong is now extremely insecure in intimate relationships, and the poisoning of Concubine Ji Shu back then is certainly one reason, but the relationship between Chen Jianjun and Chen Youcong is another crucial reason.

Chen Jianjun's influence on Chen Youcong is very huge and complex. Why didn't such an important issue as the father-son relationship be presented in the conversation between Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao?

Because Chen Youcong's feelings for Chen Jianjun contain elements that are intolerable to the world, both Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao are intentionally or unintentionally avoiding this issue, so as not to touch on this issue and bring unbearable impact.

For example, Zhang Weizhao feels that she can't ask now:

Do you hate your father? Because it was his inaction that led to the death of your mother and the hardships of your upbringing.

Have you ever had thoughts of killing your father? For you are safe only if he dies.

There is no shortage of monarchs in history who killed their fathers and brothers to inherit the unification, such as Yang Guang and Li Shimin, because although there is a father-son relationship between the emperor and the crown prince, there is also a competitive relationship. Sometimes, this kind of competition is so cruel that it has to be to the point of life and death.

The reality that Chen Youcong faces is that as long as Chen Jianjun is not dead, then he is still unsafe, because Chen Jianjun has other heirs, and whenever Chen Jianjun is dissatisfied with Chen Youcong, he can replace him. And the outcome of Chen Youcong's replacement is most likely death.

Therefore, any person, when faced with such a scenario, will inevitably think: if he dies, I will be safe, or I will be free. It's human nature.

But this kind of truth of human nature cannot be expressed and presented at all in a society like Da Yan, which emphasizes filial piety everywhere. The content of the mind that cannot be presented will become a shadow of a person. Therefore, once Chen Youcong has the idea of killing his father, he will be extremely depressed and blame himself.

And then Chen Jianjun did die, which made Chen Youcong doubly blame himself, as if it was because he had such thoughts that led to Chen Jianjun's death.

Did you just have a thought? In fact, there are also actions, and Chen Youcong's actions are revenge on Jin Ling'er. knew that if something happened to Jin Ling'er, Chen Jianjun would suffer a fatal blow, but he still did it.

The final fatal blow to Jin Ling'er was actually delivered by Zhang Weizhao, and Zhang Weizhao has now become his queen, his closest person. They are conspirators.

Therefore, in Chen Youcong's heart, there is a hidden procedure that always runs unconsciously, that is, the torment from the crime of killing his father, and self-blame is mixed with fear: fear that his actions will incur punishment and revenge, and fear that Zhang Weizhao will be punished and retaliated against.

This kind of fear is manifested externally, that is, he is worried about Zhang Weizhao's safety all the time. Because losing Zhang Weizhao is the biggest punishment for him.

This is Zhang Weizhao's psychological analysis of Chen Youcong's series of stubborn behaviors after marriage. She believes that her interpretation is based on evidence, and on what basis? In fact, it was inside of her.

Because in the face of Jin Ling'er's attacks again and again, Zhang Weizhao inevitably had such thoughts, if he took advantage of Chen Jianjun's trust in him and drugged his diet and tea, so that he would die without a trace, as if he died of a sudden emergency, would he be able to solve the problem once and for all?

She has the ability and the opportunity. She roughly estimated that there should be a sixty to seventy percent chance that it would not be discovered.

But why didn't she do it?

There are about 60,000 thoughts in people's brains every day, and most of them are meaningless, and less than 0.07% of them are actually related to reality.

If people are guilty of their thoughts, almost everyone will "die innocently", because no matter how "pure" people are, they have a strong aggression in their hearts, and the most extreme expression of aggression is killing and destruction, and even the idea of destroying the world.

But actions and thoughts are two levels of matter. Most people have a basic sense of morality and don't arbitrarily turn aggression into action.

For Zhang Weizhao, she will adhere to the conscience of a doctor and will not take advantage of patients' trust in doctors to hurt each other. So she won't poison Chen Jianjun in order to solve her own troubles.

She knew she wouldn't do it, and she knew that when she was angry, she would have thoughts of killing, and that the thought would be harmless if it only stayed at the level of feelings.

But for an "ancient man" like Chen Youcong who believed that human thoughts would communicate with the gods of heaven and earth, it would take a lot of effort to convince him that Chen Jianjun had his own destiny, and that his pain and death had nothing to do with your attitude towards him.

Zhang Weizhao felt that neither she nor Chen Youcong was ready to start this topic. It may even be unreachable for the rest of your life.

So in a short period of time, there is actually no good way to eliminate Chen Youcong's negative emotions. Anyone who has been suppressed for so many years must have an outlet to vent.

Throughout history, you can see many monarchs with similar trajectories – from repressed princes to laissez-faire emperors.

Compared with his ancestors and fathers, Chen Youcong's rebound can be regarded as the mildest.

Chen Youcong is a diligent monarch, except for going to the court, watching the recitals, chatting with the queen, taking a walk, or accompanying the empress dowager to dine and tell jokes, he has almost no entertainment of his own. In modern times, it's just an otaku workaholic.

He was humble and courteous to the ministers, never put on the shelf of a monarch, and also had a benevolent heart for the people.

He kept his promise to Chen Jianjun, and after the death of the first emperor, he did not take revenge on the Jin family. Think that the culprit is dead, and there is no need to affect the innocent.

He is also considering abolishing the West Factory, because he does not agree with the greedy and cruel wind that the West Factory has cultivated in Wang Zhi's hands.

The only thing he insisted on was to let his queen accompany him every day. But because his imperial image was close to perfection, the courtiers could not tolerate him having such flaws.

But this kind of "good for you" harshness does not really make you better, but will kill people's vitality. Therefore, Zhang Weizhao did not plan to follow the advice, move closer to the image of the "virtuous queen", and advise Chen Youcong to abide by the rules and be a good emperor who lives up to expectations.

However, although Zhang Weizhao did not intend to follow the advice of the Empress Dowager and Xie Qian, their attitudes would still affect her mood.

Especially the Empress Dowager, she is indeed worried about Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao, she is very afraid of Chen Youcong's "favor" for Zhang Weizhao, which makes the courtiers think that Chen Youcong showed the same shortcomings as his father as soon as he took power, and Zhang Weizhao is likely to become the second golden bell. Zhang Weizhao knew that this was actually the Empress Dowager's own worries.

How can we dispel the worries of the Empress Dowager? This also made Zhang Weizhao brainless. After all, she couldn't entrust her psychological analysis of Chen Youcong to the Empress Dowager.

And Zhang Weizhao's emotional changes, how can she hide Chen Youcong, who always takes her feelings to heart? On a day off, Chen Youcong rarely did not have to work, and looked through Zhang Weizhao's sketches for the envisioned maternity hospital with great interest. He was particularly interested in the heating and water facilities and asked Zhang Weizhao a number of questions.

This is also a topic that Zhang Weizhao likes very much, and the two of them discussed it for a long time. Finally ended a conversation, Chen Youcong looked at Zhang Weizhao and said, "Only when you talk about this will your brows be completely relaxed." What are you bothering about these days? Why do you always wrinkle your eyebrows slightly? ”

"Do I have one?" Zhang Weizhao's eyes widened in surprise and stroked her brow with the tips of her fingers, she herself was not aware that she was frowning habitually.

What she didn't even notice herself, Chen Youcong saw.

Chen Youcong moved over a chair and sat opposite Zhang Weizhao, and said with a calm and serious attitude: "Okay! Now it's your turn to be your healer. Please be honest about your feelings, and only by facing the truth can you solve the problem. Chen Youcong even learned Zhang Weizhao's tone of speech very similarly.