Although Zheng Xingguang was young, he knew that the queen was trying to please him.

He suddenly overturned the long table and threw himself into Emperor Sheng's arms crying, "Uncle Emperor, she is so scary!"

"I was eating and watching the singing and dancing, and she suddenly said that. It scared me."

He knew very well how much the Queen disliked him.

First, his family was unwilling to be won over by the queen and unwilling to help the queen and her son.

Second, he was too favored by his uncle, the emperor, which made the queen unhappy.

Emperor Sheng picked him up.

He glanced at the Queen with a seemingly nonchalant look, and said in a gentle and soothing tone, "Don't be afraid, Xingguang. Uncle Emperor is here to take charge of you. No one dares to bully you."

Does he think he doesn't know the queen's little thoughts?

The queen's life became more and more miserable as she held on to it for several years.

"Queen, Xingguang is just a child. Do you have to bother with him?" Princess Rui pinched the embroidered handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Xingguang had suffered so much before, and was finally found. Why did she have to go through this?"

Prince Rui patted her shoulder gently and said soothingly, "Princess, don't cry. I won't let anyone bully you and Xingguang, not even the Queen."

As he said this, he looked at the queen fiercely.

The guests all lowered their heads, but pricked up their ears to listen to the excitement.

Some guests kept making eye contact.

[How much does the Queen dislike Prince Zheng? She actually did something like this at the palace banquet.]

"You know the Queen is irritated by the Emperor's favor, and has been trying to trip him up both openly and covertly. If he makes a fool of himself at this banquet, the Emperor might even dislike him."

"If you ask me, it's the Queen who's clueless. If it were me, I would definitely lower myself to win over Prince Zheng. With Prince Zheng's help, is the eldest prince still worried about not being able to take the throne of Crown Prince?"

[I heard that the Queen and the First Prince had been frustrated and angry after trying to win over Prince Zheng many times but to no avail.]

[Now, the Queen is in trouble. The Emperor has always favored Prince Zheng, and if Prince Zheng deliberately does this, the Emperor will definitely support him.]

"Father," the eldest prince knelt before Emperor Sheng and apologized, "It was Queen Mother who said the wrong thing. Please forgive me, Father."

He secretly winked at the Queen, wondering if his mother had a problem with her brain? She actually embarrassed Prince Zheng at the palace banquet.

In the entire Rongdu and the imperial palace, no one dared to provoke Prince Zheng.

No matter how aggrieved and angry the queen was, she had to stand up and bow to Emperor Sheng to admit her mistake. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my fault that I made the mistake."

She apologized to Zheng Xingguang again, "Prince Zheng, please forgive me."

Zheng Xingguang ignored her and snuggled in Emperor Sheng's arms, humming.

Emperor Sheng had no intention of blaming him at all. Instead, he looked at the Queen and the eldest prince with unfriendly eyes, "I know very well what you and your son are thinking."

"I am still alive and well, in the prime of my life, and you and your son are thinking about those things."

The Queen was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please understand that the eldest prince and I absolutely do not have such thoughts."

Even if I have such thoughts, I must not admit it at this moment.

"I beg your Majesty to understand." The eldest prince put his forehead to the ground and said with fear and trepidation.

Emperor Sheng snorted heavily, "Do you really think I don't know what you've been doing in secret?"

Just one sentence made the queen and the eldest prince feel cold all over and unable to utter a word.

Emperor Sheng was a little impatient, "It's New Year's Day, I don't want to say more."

"You mother and son can handle it yourselves, please step back."

The queen and the eldest prince retreated with dejected expressions.

On the way back to Zhongjing Palace, the mother and son inevitably started chatting.

"My son, this won't do." The Queen said worriedly, "You just saw how much the Emperor favors Prince Zheng."

The eldest prince knew this all too well.

Before Zheng Xingguang was born, the treatment of the other princes was similar, so he did not need to compete for favor and focused on winning over the court officials.

But everything changed after Zheng Xingguang was born.

The emperor is very fond of Zheng Xingguang, almost to the point of granting his every request.

Therefore, there are rumors that Zheng Xingguang is the emperor's illegitimate son.

This is fake.

Not to mention that Prince Rui would never do this, my father would not do such a thing either.

Besides, my father has any woman he wants, so why take the risk of doing such a thing?

"Mother, even if we have ideas, we can't take any action now."

He said calmly, "What Father just said was a reminder to us."

"If we dare to make any move, Father will show no mercy."

He originally thought that his father would not know everything he and his mother did in secret.

Now he realized that he was too arrogant.

The Queen was still somewhat reluctant, "My son, after what happened tonight, my mother and I will have even less status in the imperial court and harem."

"If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you'll have trouble..."

The eldest prince naturally understood the meaning of her unfinished words, "Mother, there are two paths before you now."

"First, if we follow your idea, then my father will soon punish us, mother and son."

"Secondly, we should keep to ourselves and then slowly make plans later. Maybe there will be a chance of success."

The Queen hesitated, "My Prince, which one do you choose?"

The eldest prince held up two fingers and said, "Mother, if it really comes to that, father will show no mercy."

"Even though my mother is the current empress, I am a legitimate prince."

He added, "There's no real family affection in the royal family."

In the royal family, all family ties are based on profitability.

The queen wanted to deny it, but she couldn't.

She has been with the emperor for decades and thinks she understands his temperament quite well.

Just as the prince said, the emperor will not show mercy because she is his first wife and he is his legitimate son.

"I just can't accept it."

She sighed deeply, "You are obviously the legitimate son, but the emperor favors Prince Zheng."

The eldest prince thought more long-term, "Why is the Queen Mother so angry?"

"As long as my father is still here, Prince Zheng will naturally be honored and favored, but what if my father is gone a hundred years later..."

The queen felt a little relieved after hearing this. "Then I'll do as you say."

She wanted to see if Zheng Xingguang could still be so arrogant after a hundred years of the emperor's death.

……

Xingzi Village is very lively on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Although the sky is covered with snow, it cannot stop the villagers from celebrating the New Year and their joy of visiting relatives.

More than half of the families in the village will visit relatives or go back to their parents' home today.

The rest either went back to their parents' home to visit relatives later, or had relatives coming to visit them.

There is also a group of people, like the Mu family, who do not visit relatives.

It was rare for Mu Baobao to be allowed to go out, but he was accompanied by a large group of his brothers.

Like a Street Fighter going out.

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