Extra: Imperial Etiquette 4
His tone was flat, and the goddesses looked at her dumbfounded. There are very few women in the deep palace who even walk out of the palace gate, and many people have never left the palace for half a step in their lives, so how can they imagine the tragic situation of one million dead and injured on both sides? ?
1 million people, that corpse, think about it, there is really a tendency to throw whips and cut off the stream, enough to intercept the Yangtze River, when the corpses are all over the field and floating all over the ground, how tragic is that? ?
Feng Miaolian secretly wondered, this is the reason why he is disheartened?
But what about his following?
She also looked at him nervously, because at this time, he just stopped. There was a dead silence all around, no one dared to ask questions, and no one dared to break this terrible dead silence.
His eyes were slightly closed, as if he was immersed in that terrible battle, and he couldn't get out for a long time. This was unthinkable before. When he was only a teenager, he had the same royal expedition as his ancestors, Jin Ge Iron Horse, and in his early years, Empress Dowager Feng had let him fight with the front-line army several times in order to train him. Over the years, he had become accustomed to such brutal fighting.
Especially when he returned from some victorious battles, he was often full of ambition and did not think that the dead in the war were a great thing.
Why is this time, suddenly the hero is short of breath?
Feng Miaolian lowered her head and held a glass of wine, but she didn't drink much, she suddenly remembered what she had dissuaded him before he set out on the expedition, vaguely, thinking of a person named "Yang Jian", she was shocked in her heart, and glanced at His Majesty inadvertently, but saw that he still closed his eyes.
He was silent for a short time, but because everyone was very nervous, he felt that every minute and every second seemed to have become an extremely terrible torment. Because of this, time flies very, very slowly.
Not only the other concubines, but even Miao Lian's mood became nervous.
However, no one dared to urge, not even Feng Miaolian. She, like the other women, stared at him nervously. Because he has been looking at it for a long time, he has looked at it very carefully, and even the white hair on his sideburns can be seen clearly.
Everyone is actually clear in their hearts: Your Majesty is old.
It was this war that made him suddenly age?
After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes.
Everyone was startled and looked away. Even Feng Miaolian pretended to hold the wine glass, took a sip gently, and after three rounds of wine, her face was surprisingly pale, obviously it was a delicious wine, but she felt as light as white water, and there was no taste at all.
"Before I came back, I once met a priest, and he gave me a hexagram, which said, I fought in my early years, and killed too much, if I want to be happy for the rest of my life, I must cultivate my life and cultivate my nature......" He unconsciously changed his title, and the concubines didn't pay attention because they were nervous, but Miaolian heard it clearly.
"Over the years, I have been busy with state affairs, capital relocation, and war, and I have neglected to discipline you and a few children, so that I have led Xun'er astray......"
Everyone's hearts were shocked again. The death of the crown prince is not a secret, but it is the first time that His Majesty has mentioned it in public.
Gong Yu scandal, everyone doesn't know why he has to say it.
"As the saying goes, you can't raise your godfather's fault, Xun'er has been pampered since he was a child, and I have no time to discipline him, so that he has developed an arrogant and lascivious temperament, so that he is used by others, and finally goes astray, I actually need to bear a lot of responsibility......" His gaze swept over everyone, those concubines who had children, they all looked at him, but no one dared to look at His Majesty's gaze, and they didn't know what would happen to him next?
Is it going to be canonized as a prince??
Thinking about it like this, everyone's hearts are alive. Since the crown prince was deposed, all the concubines who have sons are thinking about their thoughts, and at this time, when they heard His Majesty take the initiative to mention it, how can they not be like a deer?
Miao Lian's face turned even paler.
She gradually understood what he meant. Perhaps it was this war that gave him a sense of impermanence. He wants to settle everything in his lifetime? After all, the crown prince is the prince of a country, and every day he is uncertain, and every day there will be disputes. It's better to be sure early.
If she gave birth to a son and a half daughter, she would definitely be very much looking forward to His Majesty's decision, but at this moment, she was like a knife in her heart - because no matter who he was sure who was the crown prince, he had nothing to do with him, and she was not close to these children at all, nor did she have the slightest emotion with their mother, and she didn't even disdain to be connected. It can be said that as soon as he announces who will be the prince, it is basically equivalent to determining one point: her path has been exhausted.
If she longs for a good death, her only way out is to pray that she will die before him!
It's just that he died before him, and if he dies behind, I really don't know how to survive that day.
The other concubines held their breath one by one, their hearts beat faster, waiting for His Majesty's ruling, only Feng Miaolian pinched the wine glass in her hand, and at this time, her hands were trembling slightly.
In fact, His Majesty cannot be blamed for this matter, as the king of a country, in order not to cause greater turmoil, it is necessary to appoint the crown prince as soon as possible. The famous unresolved princes in history often become a turning point in the prosperity and decline of a dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed the crown prince in his later years and replaced the young son, causing the decline of the late Han Dynasty; And the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was even more antagonistic to the ministers for one or two decades because of the selection of the crown prince; Kangxi was also the first on the issue of the choice of the crown prince, which resulted in nine sons seizing the heir.
During his lifetime, Tuoba Hong solved this problem as soon as possible and wisely, which was really a blessing for the country, so as not to brew greater disasters and disputes.
Feng Miaolian knew this truth very well, and she also knew that he had to do so, but when it really came to this critical moment, she found that her heart was in turmoil, and it was like a steel knife constantly entangled.
Jealousy spreads like a raging fire.
She suddenly thought of Ye Jia—at this time, she suddenly thought of Ye Jia, of the man who was waiting for her news.
The ends of the earth, why stay here?
Why should I think of others in everything?
Why can't I make some plans for my future?
At this moment, her reason was suddenly burned away, and only a remnant of selfishness and despicability remained: No, no, no, I will never sit here, waiting to see the sons of other women become crown princes and ascend the throne as emperors, and then I must carefully watch the corners of their eyebrows and eyes to live.
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