faint [rebirth]

Wei Yanghou is the prince's uncle, and Mrs. Wei Yanghou is the prince's aunt. With such an identity, she often walked in the palace in the past.Therefore, when some palace people saw Mrs. Wei Yanghou going to Concubine Shen's palace, they never doubted it.

— After all, Mrs. Wei Yanghou is still Concubine Shen's own sister-in-law.Although the emperor issued an order to confine concubine Shen and the eighth prince, he did not prohibit others from seeing their mother and child.Therefore, Mrs. Wei Yanghou's actions did not arouse suspicion.

In particular, Mrs. Wei Yanghou is used to acting, walking dignifiedly and generously, no one has any bad associations.

In Qinghe Palace, Concubine Shen was standing gloomyly in front of the window, thinking about something.

The Eighth Prince's illness is already cured, but the illness is cured, and the spirit has not fully recovered, and he is sitting listlessly on the couch, listening to the maid read poems to him, and let him learn to recite by the way.

When Mrs. Wei Yanghou arrived, what she saw was that the mother and the son were equally uninspired.

"Your Majesty." Madam Wei Yanghou bowed her knees to worship.

When Concubine Shen was proud in the past, she only let Mrs. Wei Yanghou worship her occasionally, but now she is not proud, so naturally she cannot let Mrs. Wei Yanghou worship her.

"Sister-in-law, what is this for? It is said that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. When I was in my boudoir, I received so much care from my sister-in-law. How can I receive the gift from my sister-in-law now? Get up, get up, sister-in-law, don't be discouraged." My younger sister." Concubine Shen was only wearing blue clothes, and hurriedly helped Mrs. Wei Yanghou up.

The smile on Mrs. Wei Yanghou's face finally brought a bit of sincerity, and she sighed: "It's the empress, who can still remember our former love and affection."

Concubine Shen immediately knew that Madam Wei Yanghou's words were clearly referring to her, but the empress was ironic.You know, the empress used to be the most respectful of rules, not to mention Mrs. Wei Yanghou, even her sister, who is a direct relative, had to perform all the etiquette every time she saw her, before she could say anything else.

Concubine Shen only smiled, and there was a bit of sadness in her smile: "How can you just forget the love from the past? It's just that my sister-in-law doesn't forget it, and I don't forget it, but the prince...he was just born back then, and the elder sister was weak and couldn't take him with him. "It's because I, like those palace people, guarding him day and night and protecting him, made him grow up so well. I didn't think that those things back then would make him miss, but I didn't expect that Well, the eldest sister just passed away, so he can turn his face on and deny anyone, and never see my aunt, who is a direct relative."

After Concubine Shen finished speaking, she burst into tears.

It's a pity that the person in front of her is not a man, although she is crying like pear blossoms with rain, and she looks pretty tight, but Mrs. Wei Yanghou has no time to wait for her to finish crying.

Mrs. Wei Yanghou felt a little anxious.She came here in a hurry from the Jiaofang Hall, if she was only absent for a while, those people would just say a few sour words and sarcasm.However, if she leaves for too long, she might cause trouble for Wei Yanghou's mansion.

"Good sister, don't cry anymore. With your beautiful eyes, if you don't cry as much as before, it's not your sister-in-law's fault." Madam Wei Yanghou sighed, "Besides, the prince is afraid that he wants to see my sister, but it's actually the same. Can't."

Concubine Shen just stopped crying when she heard the last sentence, wiped the corners of her eyes, she couldn't find the sadness on her face, and said, "Sister-in-law, what is the meaning of this? Could something happen outside? Sister-in-law also knows, my sister is here It is closed in Qinghe Palace. I have to take care of the eighth prince, but also worry about whether the prince really doesn’t care about my aunt, who is a direct relative. I don’t know anything about the outside world. If my sister-in-law knows anything related to the prince or my younger sister , you must tell your sister."

"Look at what my sister said." Mrs. Wei Yanghou said angrily, "Sister-in-law took the time to visit you this time, isn't she just to tell you something? If not, why did sister-in-law take the risk? You know, Li The noble concubine has been waiting for me to make a mistake in the Jiaofang Hall early on. Even though she has never been there in person, she has sent people to guard the Jiaofang Hall. If it was not for my sister, why would I Would you come here at the risk of being scolded by Concubine Li Gui and the Queen Mother?"

The two aunts and sisters-in-law flattered and flattered each other a few more times before Mrs. Wei Yanghou finally said why she came: "The crown prince is ill." She paused every word, looked at Concubine Shen very seriously, and said, "My sister said earlier that she would wait. The timing, but this time?"

Concubine Shen's pupils shrank suddenly.

Mrs. Wei Yanghou touched Concubine Shen's hand, and said: "Your elder brother will take care of things outside for you. Whether it's a good reputation or a good reputation, you live in a secluded palace and it's hard to do anything. You Brother is protecting you, so he will take care of these things properly. It's just the things in the palace..." Mrs. Wei Yanghou said quietly, "I'm afraid I can only trouble your mother to do it herself."

Concubine Shen was silent for a moment, and then she laughed: "Sister-in-law has misunderstood. At this time, since my palace is secluded in the palace, how can I implement the previous plan? It's just that these things, although they are for the prince Thinking about the future, so that he will not be feared by those emperors and princes because of his weaker body in the future, but this method is always a bit shameful, so how can I let my brother and sister-in-law do it? The sister-in-law just needs to act according to the plan of the palace , this matter must not be found on my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Wei Yanghou was wondering when she saw Concubine Shen write a word in her palm.

Mrs. Wei Yanghou was startled, and said: "This..."

"The eldest son of the abolished prince was conferred the title of King Yuan, and the fief is still the land of Liang which is the closest to Luoyang City. I'm afraid he will be able to arrive in Luoyang smoothly in two days."

Concubine Shen said, "Sister-in-law, it's up to you whether you succeed or not. You must know that the Holy Majesty only has a grown-up son who can inherit the throne, and those old officials in the court are also thinking about the kindness of the Holy Majesty. The crown prince's health continued to deteriorate, so when the crown prince sat in that position in the future, he was unable to handle state affairs due to his weak body, and could only be controlled by treacherous ministers, and the crown prince became a puppet—in this way, what future will the Marquis of Weiyang have? What future can Tan'er and I have? It is for the prince to be a puppet emperor for a few years in the future, and for Tan'er to have a different future in the future. To be the most honorable woman in the world, you and I have to do these things."

Madam Wei Yanghou gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Concubine Shen said again: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, after this incident, as long as I can leave the Qinghe Palace, I will definitely ask for an order for my little niece and Tan'er, so that the two of them have the will of referring to marriage, and they can also be married in the future." Hemeimei, a long, long life."

Only then did Mrs. Wei Yanghou solemnly say: "Yes, the concubine will do as the empress wishes."

Leaving aside the question of Qinghe Palace, there seemed to be an uproarious quarrel all morning in the court hall, and several courtiers almost rolled up their sleeves and started fighting.

Emperor Chengguang knelt and sat in the main seat, frowned and remained silent.He has been the emperor for 30 years, and obviously knows that what happened today is inevitable.Rao is the emperor, but Daxing, like the previous dynasties, ruled the world with filial piety, and since it ruled the world with filial piety, then, in addition to enjoying the benefits of filial piety and monarchy, the royal family naturally had to accept the disadvantages in addition to these benefits.

For example, people now criticize the prince for obeying the queen's order and keeping filial piety instead of obeying the rules of filial piety left by the ancient rituals. Although Emperor Chengguang loves the prince, it is hard to say clearly what it is - after all, filial piety and rules are part of the royal family. If something is imposed on the people, if the royal family clearly does not abide by it, then the people will not abide by it, so that the young people will not support their parents, and if they will not endure for several years for the sake of being an elder in the future, then the country will Is there going to be another chaos?

Therefore, Emperor Chengguang had no choice but to say nothing, and planned to wait until the crowd quarreled, no matter what the result was, and use the queen's last words as a reason to forcefully suppress the matter.

It's just that Emperor Chengguang obviously didn't expect that there are more people who are willing to come forward to support the prince today than he imagined.Even his cousin Zhao Wang, who had always been reluctant to talk much in the court, actually spoke directly, and began to support the prince openly.

Emperor Chengguang's attitude towards this cousin was already complicated, with guilt mixed with appreciation—however, no matter how much guilt and appreciation he felt in his heart, there were only so many fiefdoms in the Daxing Dynasty, and he couldn't let King Zhao go to fiefdoms anymore, but The tax revenue from King Zhao's fiefdom can only be handed over to the national treasury.

However, King Zhao never participated in these matters before, so why did he suddenly start supporting Wuchen today?

Before Emperor Chengguang could guess the purpose of Xiao Junye's actions today, the Governor of Luoyang City rushed to report——

"My lord, early this morning, there were more than a dozen old men outside the government office complaining and beating the drums. After these old men, there were nearly a hundred old men who came from home to complain for one person. My lord can let that person go."

Emperor Chengguang's heart twitched, and he glanced at Zhao Wang Xiao Junye, suddenly understood something, and said with a smile: "Oh? Those common people, why are they complaining?"

Fu Yin paid homage again: "These common people are all complaining for the prince. She said that the queen's kind mother's heart, because the prince is sick, but she is planning for the prince's health in the long run, is really a kind mother in the world. The prince is extremely filial, and would rather go against the way of a gentleman's filial piety , but also to abide by the last words left by the mother, what if it is not the ultimate filial piety? Dare to ask the gentlemen in the world, is there any one who is willing to violate the ancient way of keeping filial piety for the sake of his parents' last words?"

After Fu Yin finished speaking, someone sarcastically said: "Exactly. Speaking of which, those who satirized the prince just now, dare to ask if your parents asked you not to observe filial piety according to the usual filial piety, would you be able to do it for me?" The word "total filial piety" violates the usual way of keeping etiquette, but obeys the will of parents? If not, who would dare to say that he is extremely filial and obeys all the wishes of his parents?"

Many people's faces were suddenly ugly, but they didn't say anything more.

Fu Yin finished speaking, and then sighed: "Those people are very old. When I asked them why they care about state affairs so much, those people just cried bitterly. Only after repeated questioning did I know the common people's way of those old people. Those old people Looking at peace and serenity, they are actually hard-working people. Among their children and grandchildren, there are people who are as weak as the prince.

Those old men also said that they would intercede for the crown prince, and it was only because they felt sorry for the empress's love and empathy, that's why they came all the way to beat the drums to complain, and at the same time they knelt together outside the government office, saying It was because the sage refused to admit that the prince did not observe the usual filial piety because of his filial piety, and they refused to get up for a day.And the people of Luoyang City have always been kind-hearted, seeing those old men like this, many people also knelt outside the government office together with those old men, begging the Holy Majesty to forgive the prince.

I dealt with them for half a day, but could not persuade them. Finally, I saw that there were more and more people kneeling. Those old people were old, and it was not good for them to kneel under the scorching sun for a long time without eating or drinking, so I had to ask His Majesty. How to deal with this matter. "

After hearing this, Emperor Chengguang immediately showed a smile on his face.

He doesn't care whose method it is, but as long as the result is good for the prince, as the prince's father, he can only be happy.

"So, this matter..." Emperor Chengguang was about to speak when he saw his personal servant go out for a while, and then hurried back.

"Your Majesty, the prince's high fever persists. I'm afraid he has been burning for half a night and a whole morning!"

"What?" Emperor Chengguang swayed slightly, and couldn't maintain his kneeling posture immediately. He helped his servant to get up, and immediately rushed to the East Palace.

Xiao Junye sat on his knees and was stunned for a while, then got up, followed the Holy Master, and ran to the East Palace.