Part 2 The Battle of the Two Heroes Chapter 37 The dragon gives birth to nine different sons
Wei Yi had three sons and two daughters, namely the crown prince Wei Chan, the second son Lu Wang Wei Yong, and the third son Wu Wang Wei Li. The two daughters are the eldest daughter Wei Banruo, the princess of Qinghe, who has married Xiao Yicheng, the son of the household secretary, and the youngest daughter Wei Rouyun, the princess of Anping.
It's a pity that except for Wei Rouyun, who was born to Queen Qian, the rest of the children are all concubines. Prince Wei Chan's biological mother was a palace maid who died in childbirth. Wei Chan was raised by Queen Qian since he was a child, and it stands to reason that his biological mother is not as good as his adoptive mother, and it is difficult to describe the heavenly family in this sentence.
The reason is that Queen Qian is in her prime and has a daughter, so she always thinks that she can still give birth to a son-in-law. With such unrealistic fantasies, for a stumbling block like Wei Chan, naturally there is no good face.
Wei Chan also knew that Queen Qian had such thoughts, so he could only say that he had superficial respect for her. Now that the emperor has not been in court for several days, rumors have spread inside and outside the palace, saying everything.
The crown prince is only one step away from the Son of Heaven, but there is a world of difference. As the crown prince, how could Wei Chan be indifferent? Several times before, he was blocked by someone sent by Empress Qian. The rest of the princes went to ask for peace, and the same was true.
Wei Chan was not worried that Empress Qian would do something too out of the ordinary, after all, she had no children under her knees, and her motive for plotting for the throne was insufficient. is worried that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble and make his position as the crown prince unsafe. After thinking about it, Wei Chan tried every possible means to conspire to succeed the two royal brothers, and went to the Linde Palace where Queen Qian was located together to ask about his father's current situation.
Wei Chan and the two imperial brothers entered the palace to meet Queen Qian, and were surprised to find that Feng Huaien, who had disappeared a few days ago, was standing beside Queen Qian at the moment.
"Gonggong Feng, when did you come back? I haven't seen you for a few days, and this king misses you a little. "As soon as Wei Chan came, he was close to Feng Huaien.
"There is Prince Lao who is worried, and the old slave is very honored. Feng Huaien replied politely, and then said: "The old slave is on the emperor's orders and has something to do. As soon as I came back to see the emperor, I was about to leave when I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several other highnesses. ”
When Wei Chan heard this, he immediately became puzzled, "Feng Huaien is a slave who followed his father when he was still the prince, and he has always been loyal to his father, so it stands to reason that he will not lie." Recently, the emperor's uncle, King Pingnan, has made frequent moves, which has aroused the suspicion of his father. Could it be that my father is deliberately testing our filial piety, afraid that we will collude with King Pingnan? ”
The more Wei Chan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and hurriedly said: "Since Gonggong Feng said that his father is in the palace, this king will no longer ask for peace and take his leave." After speaking, he quickly withdrew from the Lin De Palace. The crown prince was gone, and Wei Yong and Wei Li couldn't stay any longer, so they followed behind Wei Chan's ass.
A forced palace that would have been very intense was resolved by Feng Huaien's words. It's not how powerful Feng Huaien is, but he has long been regarded as the emperor's spokesperson.
This turmoil did not end simply, Wei Chan saw that the front was not good, so he started from the side. The object of his attack is his youngest sister, who has also played together since childhood, Princess Wei Rouyun of Anping.
Wei Rouyun was practicing calligraphy in the study, the palace maid came to report, and the prince asked to see her outside. Wei Rouyun was born and grew up in the royal family, so she naturally understands the intention of this eldest brother. So he asked the prince to wait in the living room, changed his clothes, and dressed up to meet each other.
It is a royal practice that all princesses who come out to meet outsiders, except for their own horses and queen mothers, who can dress casually to meet each other, everyone else must dress up to meet each other, even the father and the emperor's brother. Wei Rouyun will let the prince wait in the living room and let her see her after changing her clothes.
Girls are always slow to change their clothes, so Wei Chan is a little impatient and paces back and forth in the living room. If it were normal, Wei Chan would not be like this at all. It's only because of the importance of the matter that he is a little restless that he will be as restless as he is now.
All this was seen by the palace maid, and she turned her head and told Wei Rouyun, who was wearing a headdress. Wei Rouyun knew in her heart and asked the palace maid to wear the emerald crown quickly. After everything was cleaned up, I went to see Wei Chan.
As soon as he entered the door, he was held by Wei Chan and said hurriedly: "Imperial sister, you can be regarded as coming out, and you are in a hurry to kill me." ”
Wei Rouyun smiled and replied, "Little sister is also here according to the rules, there is no way to do it." What is the matter with Brother Huang's coming?"
"Uh......" Wei Chan looked at the palace maids waiting around him, and stopped talking.
Wei Rouyun understood and ordered them all to retreat.
Wei Chan then said: "Doesn't the imperial sister know that my father has not been to the court for many days. ”
"Oh, I'm in a hurry. Didn't my father often deliberately not go to court and leave all his errands to the emperor's brother to take care of. Wei Rouyun said easily.
Wei Chan listened heavily, and said hurriedly: "Doesn't the imperial sister know what happened? ”
Wei Rouyun shook her head and replied, "I didn't go, I'm angry with them at this moment." How could I go to see my father and mother? ”
Wei Chan then remembered that a few days ago, his father and his sister had mentioned a marriage, saying that they wanted to give her to Tuoba Ruhui's second son, Tuoba Quan. The royal sister strongly opposed this family business, and finally quarreled with her father.
"My father hasn't been to court for a long time, and he hasn't personally explained to me that I am in charge of the country. I went to ask the queen mother, and the queen mother only said that the emperor was sick, and national affairs made me act cheaply. Wei Chan deliberately pretended to be sad and sighed: "Now that I can't even see my father's face, how can I not worry as a son of man." You say that there is no news at all, it is so unreasonable. ”
Wei Rouyun watched the performance of the imperial brother, and secretly said in her heart: "The imperial brother really wants to use me as a gunman, and wants to find out the truth about my father's illness from me." ”
"Imperial sister, why don't you go to Linde Palace! Visit my father for me, and by the way, I want to see his request. Wei Chan finally said the purpose of this.
Wei Rouyun responded: "Yes, please go back first, and I will go to visit my father later." By the way, find out what this is all about, and then give you an answer. ”
"Okay, wait for the good news of the virtuous sister. Wei Chan left happily.
As a result, the prince walked on the front foot, and Wei Yong, the king of Lu, came to see Wei Rouyun on the back foot.
Wei Rouyun had just returned to the boudoir, and before she went out, she heard the palace maid say that King Lu asked to see her. This imperial brother and Wei Rouyun have never been close, and suddenly came to the court, not for the sake of his father's affairs, or for what?
Wei Rouyun had no choice but to go to see the second emperor brother in person. As soon as they met, they heard King Lu in front of her, spitting out bitterness.
"The royal sister doesn't know, the prince has encouraged us several times to go and ask our father for peace. I hid behind and didn't dare to come out, but later I saw that I really couldn't hide, so I went to touch a soft nail at Gonggong Feng this time. ”
Wei Rouyun patiently listened to the nonsense of the second emperor brother, knowing his ability to reverse black and white.
In the end, Wei Yong euphemistically expressed his desire to see his father.
Wei Rouyun agreed: "Okay, second emperor brother, when I go to see my father, I will help you convey it, as for whether my father is willing to see you, it's none of my business." ”
Hearing Wei Rouyun's assurance, Wei Yong went with great gratitude.
Just ask the mother and daughter to connect their hearts, no matter how awkward they are, they will not be able to get along with each other in big things. After Wei Yan set off, Queen Qian immediately told Wei Rouyun the truth of the whole matter, and told her to deal with her three brothers carefully.
After sending off the crown prince and King Lu, Wei Rouyun knew that the third brother, King Wu, would definitely come. I simply didn't change my clothes and waited for him in the living room. Sure enough, not long after, a palace maid came to report to King Wu to ask for a meeting.
Wei Li just entered the living room and saw his sister wearing formal clothes, and he already knew what was going on, so he deliberately asked, "Where is the imperial sister going?"
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just going to go to the Imperial Garden. "Wei Rouyun also plays Tai Chi.
"No, I think the imperial sister is planning to go to Linde Palace. Wei Li guessed with ulterior motives: "It must be the prince who let the imperial sister go, seeing that the queen mother refused to let him see his father, he came to instigate you, the imperial sister can't be fooled." ”
"In case my father is deliberately tempting the prince, you will suffer if you go. Wei Li pretended to be considerate of others, and finally added, "I'm all for your good, you must believe me." ”
Among the three elder brothers, there are many flowery intestines belonging to the third brother. Wei Rouyun glanced at the third brother, sat down simply, and sighed deliberately: "The little sister is going to go to the Imperial Garden, and the imperial brother said such a big thing. Then I'm not going to wander around, go back and continue to write my words. ”
"Uh~~" Wei Li was speechless for a while, regretting that he wanted to slap himself, completely forgetting that the little sister was the most favored by her father since she was a child, and her temperament was also very upright. I said I wouldn't go, I'm afraid I really won't go.
When Wei Li was dying of countermeasures, Wei Rouyun had already gotten up and gone to the back hall, leaving behind a sentence: "Brother Huang, please take care of yourself, my little sister will not be accompanied, and I will go back to practice calligraphy." ”
How will Wei Rouyun deal with the three difficult brothers next? Will Zhang Qi gain anything when he goes south? Please see the next chapter, "Goodbye Old Man in South Beauty".