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Chapter 58 The Time Traveler Who Was Cannon Fodder (11)
In the morning, the prince had people move the things to the Pifang Pavilion, and in the evening he had people move them back to the warehouse.
Since Yu Zheng moved into the East Palace, the prince has been visiting Xie Yuanshuang much less often than before. In the past, he would go straight to Xie Yuanshuang after leaving court, but now it is different. He has to spend time every day to discuss Taoism with Yu Zheng.
Lu Changqing was also very curious at first. She wondered what good things could come out of a man like Yu Zheng. With the help of the prince, she went to listen twice and found that this man was really capable.
Aren't they quite capable? Afraid that Yu Zheng would be exposed as an illiterate once he opened his mouth, the Wild System used its energy to stuff a lot of Taoist things into Yu Zheng's head. In addition, it also forced Yu Zheng to read and learn some Confucian ideas.
Yu Zheng had never expected that he would still have to memorize texts after leaving school for several years, and they were classical Chinese texts in traditional vertical characters!
When he opened the book, he saw it was filled with densely packed words and no punctuation marks. He felt overwhelmed. It was tiring enough to study all these messy things every day. On top of that, he also had to deal with the stupid prince every day, which made Yu Zheng miserable.
Every time the prince heard new chicken soup from Yu Zheng, he would run to Xie Yuanshuang and tell her about it. Xie Yuanshuang forced a smile as she watched her husband sincerely praising another woman in front of her. It felt like her heart was thrown into a frying pan and boiled.
After a long time, Xie Yuanshuang was about to give birth to a baby.
It took Xie Yuanshuang five hours from the time her water broke to the successful delivery. Lu Changqing not only accompanied her throughout the whole process, but also personally helped with the delivery.
The first child was born just as the clouds had stopped and the sky was filled with clouds. The prince looked at the two babies in the cradle with joy and asked Lu Changqing, who was standing respectfully beside him, "Are they a brother and a sister?"
Lu Changqing answered truthfully: "My sister was born first."
The prince was stunned, looked at the two red and wrinkled babies and ordered, "Send someone to tell His Majesty and His Majesty that the Crown Princess gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. If they ask who is the older, just say they are a brother and a sister."
Lu Changqing responded respectfully, turned around and walked out of the room.
Twins are relatively rare under natural circumstances, and the fertility conditions in ancient times were not as good as those of modern times, so even fewer twins could be born naturally, especially boy-and-girl twins. When the emperor heard that Xie Yuanshuang had given birth to twins, he was very happy. As soon as he heard the news from the palace people, he brought the queen to the East Palace to see the children.
After His Majesty left, the rewards for the Eastern Palace were also brought in.
Before Xie Yuanshuang was out of confinement, the emperor had already given her two children names. The elder brother was named Xiao Longping, and was given the title of Prince of Hanzhong, and the younger sister was named Xiao Yunkai, and was given the title of Princess of Qingyang.
The prince was overjoyed when he saw the name Longping, even happier than when he first learned that Xie Yuanshuang was pregnant.
Longping means prosperity and peace, the meaning is self-evident.
During Xie Yuanshuang's confinement, the prince would visit her every day and talk to her, but he no longer mentioned anything related to Taoist Yun Zheng.
At first Xie Yuanshuang was very happy, but gradually she found that the prince spent less and less time with her and more and more time in Pifang Pavilion. He was often distracted when talking to her, and occasionally stared at a place and laughed inexplicably, and it was obvious that his mind was not with her.
Xie Yuanshuang asked Lu Changqing why someone who loved her so much in his previous life would become like this?
Lu Changqing replied calmly: "Because he is such a person."
Hearing this answer, Xie Yuanshuang's hand holding Lu Changqing's sleeve trembled, and her heart was filled with pain. She asked Lu Changqing with tears and laughter: "Am I really so unworthy... of being treated well? Two lives, two men, why is it like this?"
"Do you know the moon in the sky? For men, some women are the moon in the sky. If you can't touch them, you can only watch from afar. In your previous life, you were the moon that the prince could never reach and get. In addition, he died young when he loved you the most, which gave you the illusion that he loved you deeply. In this life, he got you easily. You are no longer the moon hanging in the sky, but a foodie who is easily available."
Xie Yuanshuang stared at Lu Changqing in astonishment, "Is that so?"
"In fact, the prince is no different from Qi Cheng. As long as he wants to change his mind, that woman, even if it's not Yun Zheng, will be Feng Zheng, Lei Zheng, Jin Mu Shui Huo Tu, Jia Yi Bing Ding Zheng." Lu Changqing held Xie Yuanshuang's hand and patiently comforted her, "It's not your fault, it's the fault of those men. Even if their wives are celestial fairies or saints, as long as they want to change their minds, it's the same. It's not that you are not good enough, it's that they are greedy and unsatisfied."
Xie Yuanshuang's tears rolled down and she sobbed uncontrollably, "Ming'e, what should I do?"
Lu Changqing held Xie Yuanshuang in his arms and patted her back gently. What Xie Yuanshuang needed now was not an answer, but a little comfort.
The prince had a special status, so she couldn't just kill him like she did with Qi Cheng. The emperor didn't have only one son, and Xiao Longping was still so young. In order to prevent the imperial relatives from interfering in the government and causing unrest in the court, the emperor would definitely choose a new prince from his remaining sons. So even if the prince was going to die, she had to wait until he became emperor before letting him die.
The harm the prince has caused to Xie Yuanshuang now is not enough, Lu Changqing has to wait until the day when the prince speaks to Xie Yuanshuang in person.
However, the plot was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins and did not go according to Lu Changqing's expectations at all. Not long after Xie Yuanshuang finished her double confinement, an imperial edict disrupted everyone's rhythm.
The emperor took a liking to Yun Zheng and appointed her as a talented lady, allowing her to enter the palace and accompany the prince.
Lu Changqing: …
Yu Zheng: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
The emperor's move caught everyone off guard. Yu Zheng was so angry that he wanted to kill the emperor on the spot. He roared at the wild system in his heart: "Fuck, it's hard enough for me to be on guard against the perverted prince who wants to rip my ass off every day. Now what about that old Biden of the emperor? Why would he like me? I haven't even met him!"
The wild system was also speechless, "It might be when the Crown Princess gave birth before."
"Is he the second child of the Calabash Brothers? I'm a million miles away from him, how can he see me?" Yu Zheng was very annoyed. He was not gay, and he didn't want to be oppressed by a man. "What should I do now?"
The Wild System said coldly: "What can we do? Accept the order."
Hearing what the system said, Yu Zheng was speechless, "I am a man! A real man!"
"What else? Do you dare to disobey my order?"
Yu Zheng was so angry that he spoke without thinking, and took out all his anger on the system, "It's all your fault. Why did you use this female corpse in the first place? Wouldn't it be better to find a male corpse?"
The wild system sneered, looking down on Yu Zheng from all angles, "Why do you think I used a female corpse? It's because you're too stupid. With your low intelligence and conceited attitude, if I didn't use a female corpse, do you think the prince would be able to tolerate you for so long?"
"You...what do you mean?"
The wild system sneered, "You don't really think that the Crown Prince is impressed by your talent, do you? In terms of talent and knowledge, isn't the Crown Princess much better than you? If it weren't for the face I made for you, do you think he would be able to look up to you?"
No matter how stupid Yu Zheng was, he finally realized what was going on. "Did you deliberately let me possess a woman? Didn't you say before that you wouldn't use honey traps?"
"Before was before, now is now! If you hadn't gone out and wandered around, would the emperor have seen you?" The wild system urged: "Stop talking nonsense and take the order!"
What the hell, Yu Zheng just wanted to escape from the palace now. He didn't want to be oppressed by a man, especially an old man.
Just when Yu Zheng wanted to disobey the order, the cold voice of the Wild System sounded in his mind, "Don't you want the 50 million?"
Lu Changqing kept her mouth shut throughout the whole process. The father was stealing the woman from his son's palace. This was a weird plot that she had never imagined. Looking at Yu Zheng's livid face and the prince's green face, she really wanted to laugh.
The happiest person in the whole audience was Xie Yuanshuang, but when she turned around and saw the prince with a dejected look on his face, her good mood was wiped out.
The prince, feeling depressed, got drunk in Pifang Pavilion on the night when Concubine Yun slept with him. After getting drunk, he mistook the maid who would serve him for the crown princess, and then had sex with her in a drunken state, which led to a big mistake...
Of course, these words were the excuses the prince used when he ran to Xie Yuanshuang to ask for forgiveness after he sobered up.
Xie Yuanshuang was not angry. She just smiled, stroked the prince's face with her hand, and asked him if his head still hurt.
The prince was a little scared when he saw Xie Yuanshuang like this, and asked nervously: "Yuanshuang, are you not angry?"
The smile on Xie Yuanshuang's lips grew bigger and bigger. How could she not be angry? Lu Changqing had told her earlier that the stories about drunken sex in the storybooks were all fake. If a man was really drunk, he would not be able to do that kind of thing. She had seen the palace maid in the morning. Her eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like Taoist Yun Zheng.
"Your Highness, what do you think of my makeup today?"
The prince was stunned by Xie Yuanshuang's question. He looked up at Xie Yuanshuang's eyebrows and said, "Very beautiful."
Xie Yuanshuang smiled miserably, "How can it not be beautiful? But I put on a thick layer of powder."
The prince lowered his head guiltily and said with difficulty: "I'm sorry."
Xie Yuanshuang raised his head and forced back his tears, "Your Highness, you don't have to apologize to me. You just did what a man in this world should do. Besides, you are the prince."
"Yuanshuang, don't say that." The prince held Xie Yuanshuang's hand and confessed, "Last night was really an accident. I was drunk and recognized the wrong person. It was all my fault. I swear that was the last time, and it will never happen again."
Xie Yuanshuang shook his head, feeling hopeless. Did he really admit his mistake? Was it because alcohol gave him courage? Was he taking advantage of his drunken mind to do something he had wanted to do for a long time?
"Yuan Shuang, I really do. I swear I will never do such a thing again." To show his determination and loyalty, the prince said almost ruthlessly: "If you don't like it, I will have someone beat the maid to death."
"Your Highness, why do you have to do this? She is just a little maid. If the master wants her, can she refuse? For the sake of serving you, Your Highness, please spare her life."
"Okay, whatever you say is what I'll listen to you, as long as you don't blame me or get angry with me." The prince held Xie Yuanshuang's hand tightly and smiled ingratiatingly.
"What are you talking about, Your Highness? You are my husband, how could I blame you?" Xie Yuanshuang held the prince's hand and looked at him sincerely.
The prince hugged Xie Yuanshuang into his arms, breathed a sigh of relief without leaving any trace, and said sincerely: "Yuanshuang, it's great to have you."
After the prince left, Lu Changqing entered the room and saw Xie Yuanshuang sitting in front of the dressing table, wiping the powder around her eyes with a handkerchief. He asked, "Are you okay?"
Xie Yuanshuang stopped applying powder and turned to look at Lu Changqing. Without the lead powder covering her eyes, the redness and swelling under her eyes were visible to the naked eye.
"good, very good."
"Do you understand?"
"If I still don't understand, then I'm sorry for all the effort you've wasted on me these days." Xie Yuanshuang turned her head back and continued to wipe the lead powder around her eyes. "You're right, the prince and Qi Cheng are actually no different. Today I realized that a person can have deep affection and betrayal in their heart at the same time. It's really disgusting."
"In our place, we call this kind of behavior separation of man and chicken." Lu Changqing held Xie Yuanshuang's hand, which was getting stronger and stronger. "Why torture yourself for someone else's fault?"
"You know what? When I leaned my head against his chest and felt his long sigh above my head, I almost couldn't help crying and asking him, you promised to treat me well for the rest of your life, what's the point of doing this now?"
"He was relieved, knowing that you knew the situation and compromised."
Xie Yuanshuang smiled bitterly: "How can I not compromise? He is the crown prince, can I still divorce him? He knows in his heart that I will be the only loser in this bet. I bet that I am deeply in love with him and will forgive him. I bet that I don't want to cause any more trouble and suffer the consequences for him."
Lu Changqing wanted to say that the prince who was betting with you didn’t even take out his chips, so what kind of gambling was this?
"Do you know why you are bound to lose this bet?"
"Because I love him."
"Wrong! Because he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne, he has absolute power, and you are just a crown princess who is dependent on him. You are in a lower position than him, and he can control you at will. He knows that you can't leave him, so even if he changes his mind and cheats on you, he can do whatever he wants."
Lu Changqing bent down, held Xie Yuanshuang's shoulders and turned her body towards him, and said seriously: "In fact, Taoist Yun Zheng is the same. He doesn't like the prince and even less the emperor, but what can he do? They are all superiors. Even if he doesn't like them, he has to accept their rude requests."
"This is the power I've been talking about. With absolute power, you can command everyone. At that time, you will no longer be someone's wife. The Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, women's precepts and virtues, and other bullshit will no longer be able to restrain you. No one will dare to threaten you, let alone abandon you. They will only be afraid of you and respect you."
Lu Changqing became more and more excited as he spoke. "Do you know what this kind of power is? That's right, it's the imperial power! In your place, the imperial power is above everything else, and it can turn everyone into your slaves. Your husband will have this kind of power in the future. If he cheats on you, he will cheat on you once. Now he has already changed his mind. What do you think he will do to you in the future? There are indeed very few deposed empresses alive in history, but there are too many who died of illness."
Xie Yuanshuang vaguely guessed what Lu Changqing meant. Her resentment towards the prince was blown away by his audacity. "Are you crazy? You dare to dream of that position?"
Lu Changqing patted Xie Yuanshuang on the shoulder, signaling her not to get so excited.
"I have told you the story of Empress Dowager Liu E before. Now I will tell you the story of the empress before her named Wu Zetian."
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