The second prince shook his head, "No matter what the will of heaven is, whoever the father's will will kill." ”

Concubine Yan said: "Although the emperor's decree cannot be disobeyed, justice is in the hearts of the people. Second prince, you have read the book for so many years, and today I will ask you the word justice. ”

"You tell me, Elder Li Ge was beheaded to show the public, is it wrong?"

The second prince was silent.

She asked him if he was wronged, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple jointly tried, Prince Yong personally presided over the trial, and two were in the court. Notoriously upright and fair officials - Su Qing and Sima Hu jury.

This is a major case that is obvious to all in the DPRK, and with such a lineup, the evidence is conclusive and flawless, so it is naturally impossible to wronged Li Gelao.

What's more, although the emperor doesn't like the contact between the foreign ministers and the prince, when the virtuous concubine Li was still there, the second prince had more or less heard some tricks about Li Gelao.

He naturally knew that Li Ge Lao was not unjustly sentenced to beheading.

Even in the eyes of those persecuted people and officials, they should be innocent of death, and they can't get rid of hatred even if they are cut with a thousand knives.

But he is his grandfather after all!

Without his grandfather, that Ji Yushen clearly took away his grandfather's power, and it is naturally impossible to support him in the future, so wouldn't he become a helpless prince?

A concubine and a helpless prince, deep in this palace city, I don't know if he can live better than a dog.

"Not wronged."

After a while, the second prince spit out these two words sullenly.

"I wish what you said today was the truth, and not perfunctory. Even if you're perfunctory, it doesn't matter. I just want you to know that you have a legitimate grief over your grandfather's death. ”

"But don't forget, after all, you are still a prince, and you carry the burden of your family and country. The emperor eradicated corrupt officials, but you are sad here, what do you make the emperor think? ”

The second prince only reacted when he heard this, and looked at Concubine Yan stupidly.

Concubine Yan sighed helplessly, "As a prince, I have enjoyed the honor of a prince, and I also have to bear the responsibilities of a prince." You can grieve for your grandfather for a day, and I won't let anyone bother you. But after today, you must take up the burden of being a prince, and don't make people laugh at you for not arguing about loyalty and treachery, understand? ”

The second prince faintly felt strange, and what Concubine Yan said to him today seemed to be referring to something.

The responsibilities of the prince she said are not like talking about ordinary princes, but more like talking about the prince and the heir of the world in the future.

Don't......

The light and extinction in the eyes of the second prince changed a little, and finally bowed. He arched his hand and said: "Erchen understands, thank you concubine." ”

When she walked out of the second prince's courtyard, Concubine Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"When I persuaded the second prince just now, it didn't look like the tone of the queen's mother?"

The palace maid looked at her a little proudly, and hurriedly said: "It's like it, it's really like it." Niangniang has only been reading the book for a few days, and when she speaks, she is full of words, no wonder the second prince is so convinced. It's just ......"

"But what?"

The palace maid looked around, and then lowered her voice and said, "What do you think of those words, what do you think, what do you think, you want the second prince to plot for the position of prince?" ”

Concubine Yan smiled: "Joke, when did this palace say this?" The second prince's grandfather, Li Gelao, is dead, and the biggest backer behind him is gone. Now that everyone in the palace except him is a prince, everyone is more qualified than him to be the prince, why should I hint at him? ”

"But after all, he is Niangniang's adopted son, if he ...... in the future"

"In the future?"

Concubine Yan waved her hand disdainfully, "I just said that, but it was just to arouse his sense of responsibility." As for the prince's unsatisfactory son, the queen mother said, all this is up to the emperor, and no one should plot anything. ”

"You say, isn't it good to be so safe and secure in the palace now? Why should I ruin my friendship with the queen for the sake of a second prince who is difficult to ascend to the throne? It's not worth it. ”、

"Mother, everything is ready."

Shuya walked in from outside the hall, with a cold air, far away from Su Youyi, "It's cold outside, the wind and snow have just stopped, Niangniang will go again in a while, right?" ”

"Right now."

Su Youyi got up from her seat, holding her high bulging abdomen, Shuya hurriedly patted the cold on her body, and went up to help her go.

Chunhua and Chunjing also followed behind, and everyone didn't dare to be careless at all, hugging her and helping her towards the side of the Star Picking Pavilion.

No one has lived there for a long time, and it's a little deserted.

Now this coldness is just right for Su Youyi.

Seeing a brazier on the ground, as well as some gold and silver ingots and paper money, Su Youyi walked over slowly and squatted down with difficulty. Body.

Chunhua hurriedly put a thick cushion on the ground, and Su Youyi knelt on it, closed her eyes and silently read something.

Chunjing looked around, a little uneasy, and whispered: "Sister Shuya, the rules in the palace are not allowed to sacrifice privately. Only the master of this palace can be sacrificed, and not everywhere can be sacrificed, you have to go to the Baohua Palace. If the mother does this, will it make people gossip? ”

"Who dares to gossip?"

Shuya said lightly: "Do you think our mother has been in the palace for so many years, why is it the first time to worship the father-in-law?" If the emperor didn't nod, would Niangniang commit this taboo? ”

Chunjing suddenly realized, "I see, I'm confused." ”

The father-in-law in Shuya's mouth is Su Youyi's father who died early, although he has no merit in front of him, but the emperor has issued an order to set up the queen hall before the year, and now the palace has changed its name to the queen's mother, Su Youyi's father is naturally the father-in-law.

But when Su Youyi heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Her father, like ordinary scholars, wanted to make a career in the examination of fame and fame when he was young, and carried forward the ambition of a man in the court.

It's a pity that the family is poor and the road is far away, and the family has exhausted all the wealth if he fails the exam once, and he can no longer find a pestering to take the exam again, so he can only start teaching in a small village with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, now, his wish has come true.

If her father is still alive, with Su Youyi's current identity, she will definitely be able to fulfill her father's long-cherished wish to find an official position in the court and display her ambitions.

If my father is still alive, he will only be forty-seven years old this year, which is not too old among the courtiers.

Su Youyi's eyes contained. With tears, he didn't say anything, just silently threw a handful of paper money into the brazier, "Dad, my daughter is not filial, I worship you for the first time in so many years, don't be angry." ”

"You and your daughter don't believe in Confucianism, and you have always believed in the way of Lao Zhuang. Before your death, you often said that life and death are impermanent, and after death, they will all turn to dust, and you want your daughter not to bother with your sacrifice. ”

"But if you're angry, it's okay to come to your daughter at night. My daughter hasn't seen you for a long time, and I really miss you. ”

She muttered under her breath and threw a handful of gold and silver ingots into the fire.