Weiyang Palace.

The emperor and Concubine Zhen walked into the palace of Concubine Yi together, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Concubine Yi kneeling in the courtyard to greet her, the emperor couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw Concubine Yi like this, in addition to being distressed and other emotions, Concubine Yi has always been so cautious, and she will always feel guilty because it is not her fault, her temperament is probably the kind of person who always suffers some losses before she can feel at ease, if she accidentally takes advantage of it, she will have trouble sleeping.

Lai Cheng and the old dean have persuaded the emperor more than once, to say that after the establishment, Concubine Yi is more suitable than Concubine Zhen, after all, Concubine Yi is the biological mother of the second prince, but the emperor directly rejected it every time, he is not disgusted with Concubine Yi, he has never been disgusted, putting Concubine Zhen first is on the one hand, on the other hand, the emperor feels that Concubine Yi's character is not enough to honor the world.

There is a sentence that the emperor will not tell others casually, but later in a long conversation, he mentioned it to the old dean Lai Cheng, and this sentence also affected the old dean and Lai Cheng, and since then, the two have never mentioned Concubine Yi as the queen.

At that time, His Majesty said: "You always say that Concubine Yi is more suitable for the queen, I have not thought about it, but I have to think more than you, I ask you, have you ever considered the influence of a woman on a man?" ”

The old dean and Lai Cheng were stunned for a moment, and no one understood what the exact meaning of His Majesty's words was.

The Emperor was silent for a moment before explaining, "If I have always been close to the Empress, will I be influenced by the Empress?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the old dean and Lai Chengquan were shocked.

There is a folk saying that the most terrible wind is the pillow wind.

Lai Cheng couldn't help but think of a friend of his, his friend was originally an open-minded person, he went when he married a wife, his wife is a very stingy person, on the surface it looks okay, but as long as it involves money, he will calculate a lot, even if it is a daily contact, friends go to his house to bring some gifts, but she does not allow her husband to bring gifts.

At first, it was not improper, but she came to prepare gifts, always bought some cheaper things, her husband always felt that he had no face, so he often quarreled, and then he didn't know what happened, and over time, he became similar to his wife's personality, so the friends gradually drifted away, and now there is no movement.

Speaking of which, because those little money friends really care? He just didn't want to have any more contact with his wife.

The emperor sat there and said in a heavy tone: "The influence of the wife on the husband is always greater than the influence of the husband on the wife, do you believe it?" ”

The old dean didn't know how to answer, he didn't understand, so he didn't have the right to speak, but Lai Cheng knew that what His Majesty said should be accurate.

In Daning's society, even though it seems that the status of the husband is far higher than that of the wife, it will still be affected, and this influence is pervasive.

The emperor said: "It's not that women are bad, men and women are the same, there are more men who are unsuccessful than women, and what I am talking about at this time is my choice....... If I had been close to the queen at the beginning, most likely I would have become a person who always thought about calculating small means, speculating on others with malice, and later I acted more decisively and trusted the people around me, can you say that it has nothing to do with Concubine Zhen? ”

The old dean and Lai Cheng nodded at the same time.

"Let's talk about Concubine Yi."

The emperor said: "If Concubine Yi's temperament is established, she always tells me that if she can bear it, she will let it go, and that more things are better than less things, what kind of person do you think I will become?" Someone else stretched out his hand and slapped me, but I haven't fought back, and the people around me say it's not worth it, don't fight, it's a blessing to suffer......"

The emperor let out a long breath: "Concubine Zhen doesn't answer

should be me, I will be vacant, and I will not choose people casually. ”

At this moment, in the palace of Concubine Yi.

As soon as the emperor entered the door, he saw Concubine Yi kneeling there, a little distressed and a little annoyed.

"Stand up."

The emperor said three words, didn't look at Concubine Yi, and strode into the house, Concubine Yi thought that His Majesty was actually angry, so she was even more frightened, and hurriedly got up, followed into the house and knelt down again.

The Emperor's brow furrowed even deeper.

"Get up."

Concubine Zhen stretched out her hand to help Concubine Yi up: "Do you think Your Majesty is angry with you?" If you think so, don't you look down on Your Majesty? ”

Concubine Zhen's words are a bit heavy, but she also understands Concubine Yi, if the words are not heavy, Concubine Yi will still kneel around, and she will still be like that, as if everything is wrong with hers.

The emperor sat down and glanced at Concubine Yi: "What others say about you, some people believe it, some people don't believe it, I don't care, but you yourself act as if even you believe those rumors, what do you let me do?" ”

Concubine Yi was stunned.

The emperor was in a bad mood, very bad, he originally brought Concubine Zhen to appease Concubine Yi, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

Concubine Zhen stood beside the emperor, her hand secretly patted the emperor's back, the emperor's expression was obviously soothed, but she coughed a few times because of anger, Concubine Zhen hurriedly gave Concubine Yi a look, Concubine Yi reacted immediately, and hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to the emperor with both hands: "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor took the tea, didn't drink it, and put it aside: "Concubine Zhen, you stay and talk to her, I still have something to deal with." ”

After saying this, he got up and walked out, Concubine Yi followed with a frightened face, and walked to the door, the emperor looked back at her: "Do you know what I don't like the most?" My people were bullied, I can fight her back at any cost, no matter who bullied my people, I can fight for you, I am not afraid of who I fight, what I am most afraid of is that I went to fight, but when you come back, you say that Your Majesty should not go, I have nothing, and I will be aggrieved and say that Your Majesty forget it. ”

"Forget it?"

The emperor looked into Concubine Yi's eyes: "If I had been thinking about it all the time, then Daning would have destroyed the country a long time ago!" ”

Concubine Yi was so frightened that she knelt down.

The emperor sighed and looked at Concubine Zhen: "I'm busy, you can talk to her." ”

After saying this, the emperor strode out of the gate of Concubine Yi's palace, and after walking a few steps, he turned back, looking at Concubine Yi kneeling there, and suddenly there was a sense of powerlessness, a sense of powerlessness that could not be helped.

But the emperor knew that this sense of powerlessness was not all given to him by Concubine Yi, but also by the crown prince.

The prince really walked directly to him this time, the emperor still had the last glimmer of hope for the prince, so until now he has not really held the prince accountable, and the people locked up in the Tingwei Mansion want to convict the prince is enough to say that the evidence is sufficient, but the reason why the emperor is reluctant to move the prince is that he feels that the prince's fault is not his fault alone, it is the queen's fault, Mu Zhaotong's fault, and the emperor's own fault.

Second, he hopes that the prince himself can wake up and figure it out.

The emperor will hesitate to do something to someone he doesn't care about?

East Palace.

The crown prince was also waiting, waiting for the emperor to summon him, and he even longed for a storm, thinking deep down that his father wouldn't he point to his nose and scold him this time?

However, he was disappointed, and from morning till sunset, no one came looking for him.

"Are you not even interested in scolding me?"

The prince stood at the door and looked out, the coldness in his eyes flashing

。

"I'm not worth it?"

He turned around and stopped looking out the door, knowing he couldn't wait.

He actually began to regret it after he did that incident in the Taimiao, and there was a period of great regret, and after returning to the East Palace, he had actually been waiting for the emperor to send someone to let him enter the palace, pointing at his nose and scolding him, or directly beating him, beating him hard, if that was the case, he felt that he should kneel down and weep bitterly to admit his mistake.

Yes.

He wasn't sure, but the thought had crossed his mind.

Sitting down, the prince's head was in a mess, and he thought about what would be the worst outcome? Although he stood at the door of the temple and let people ring the bell of the temple, no one could prove that he took the initiative to investigate this matter, for the emperor, his biggest mistake was that he did not go to talk to the emperor first, and before there was no evidence to prove that he framed Concubine Yi, the emperor could not move him directly, but it was not so easy to find out about this kind of thing.

"Can't you even get a scolding?"

The prince asked again.

The room was empty, and since Cao Anqing escaped, his room had become empty, and there was not even anyone to talk to.

Now that the people in the entire East Palace have changed, everyone is still so in awe when they see him, but he knows that everyone is arranged by the emperor to stare at him, and this time he arranged for someone to find Gong Tian, using the power that he has never dared to use, and that is the last power left to him by his mother.

However, he knew very well that this power was not worth mentioning in front of the emperor, but this power was the last straw for him, and he almost couldn't help but move when the emperor drove the expedition, because Chang'an City was indeed empty at that time, and even the forbidden army followed the emperor to the northern frontier.

But he couldn't do it, not because he couldn't rebel, but because he couldn't let the emperor die in northern Xinjiang.

No matter how hard you try, you can't do it at all.

There is a huge difference in strength, from the beginning he knew that he couldn't win, he thought of all the ways he could think of in Chang'an City, but he found that his hand had no way to reach the northern frontier, and the power in his hand all came from his mother's years of planning but it had also been shattered, who could he control? Which of the generals who fought in the northern frontier would listen to him?

But he still refuses to give up, others may think that he must fight for the throne, but he knows that it is not, not from the beginning.

"Why?"

At this moment, there was a voice outside the door, and the prince was startled from his thoughts, and suddenly stood up and looked out of the door, and found that it was the emperor standing there, looking at him, and his eyes were fiercely looking at him.

The emperor asked, "Why?" ”

At that moment, the prince could hardly help but kneel, but at the moment when his knees were bent, his hands were on the table.

"Why?"

He took a deep breath and held on to his knees.

"Father is asking his son why?"

The prince suddenly laughed, his eyes blood-red and smiling.

"Because of the Queen Mother."

He deliberately raised his chin and looked at the emperor, in a very provocative gesture.

"You're treating her unfairly."

The prince suddenly broke out and roared hysterically: "If the world doesn't help her, I have to help her, the world hates her, I don't hate her, I have to fight with you for her!" Fight with you! ”

The Emperor stood there, quietly looking at his son, who was already almost insane.

"Okay."

The Emperor nodded and turned to leave.

With a plop, the prince fell to the ground, as if he had lost his soul.