My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 257: Fighting stubbornly and struggling to the death

The meaning behind Shen Yuan's words was to point directly at the Empress and Ning Bin and scold them for uniting inside and outside to control the government, while Emperor Qianyuan, the head of the country, was being manipulated by the two concubines.

Taizu personally taught that "the harem must not interfere with politics." However, both Ning and the empress made the same mistake. They stretched their hands too long.

Empress Song came here today. On the surface, she was fulfilling her duties as the master of the harem. In fact, everyone knew that she was here to protect Ning Bin. Her decision to the emperor seemed to be pertinent, but in fact, she wanted to stop the loss in time to prevent Ning Bin from suffering more serious consequences. punish.

Shen Yuan could understand her fancy thoughts, but there was no reason why Princess Hetai, the Emperor and others couldn't. It's just that no one dared to express the tacit things like Shen Yuan did.

And what she did was to pierce this layer of window paper so that Emperor Qianyuan could no longer make peace with him.

In other words, it aroused Emperor Qianyuan's most sensitive nerve, making him suspicious, fearful, and defensive.

"Your Majesty, what Shen said is nonsense. I and Ning Concubine have no such intention. I dare not or forget my duty as a concubine at all times. Please tell me for your Majesty's warning."

Empress Song did not dare to raise her head to see the emperor's face. She only felt a very cold look falling on her from above the dragon throne.

Ning Bin, who was on the side, cast an extremely hateful look at Shen Yuan and knelt down reluctantly to apologize.

"Your Majesty, my concubine was negligent and incompetent, causing the people below me to almost poison the Shen family for my own personal grudges. I cannot escape the blame for this. I am willing to die to calm the anger of the Qin and Shen families. But the sixth prince and the fifth princess have since lost their biological mother. , please Your Majesty, for the sake of past friendship, show more pity and care to these brothers and sisters in the future, so that I will have no regrets even if I die."

Ning Bin is now learning and selling, and after Shen Yuan, she also used the strategy of retreating to advance.

A pair of beautiful eyes filled with tears looked at Emperor Qianyuan pitifully.

Shen Yuan curled her lips secretly, knowing that Ning Bin would use this trick to make the child cry and sympathize.

As if to verify Shen Yuan's conjecture, Ning Bin arranged a follow-up move that coincided with the situation.

When Nian Nian came to the rescue with the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Prince, she happened to hear Ning Bin's words about "dying to apologize", and the two children were so frightened that they burst into tears in front of the imperial study room.

The sixth prince is already ten years old. He has grown up in the shadow of swords and swords in the palace. Even though he does not know what happened, his intuition tells him that the situation facing his biological mother Ning Bin is very dangerous, so he will try to plead with his father to spare his mother and concubine. .

But before coming here, the mother-in-law had asked Nian to tell her and her sister that they should never ask for mercy when meeting their father, just cry. The harder they cry, the softer the father will be.

Only when the father's heart softens can the mistakes committed by the mother and concubine be forgiven lightly.

The sixth prince was a smart boy. He understood what Ning Bin conveyed, so he and his sister the fifth princess knelt in front of the imperial study room and only asked the chamberlain's father-in-law to pass on a message to their father.

"Father, please don't be angry. If the mother and concubine do something wrong, the child is willing to suffer on her behalf. The emperor and Xiaowu don't want to lose their mother and concubine like the sixth emperor's sister." This was what the sixth prince ordered to bring to Emperor Qianyuan. After hearing the original words, the emperor's expression softened obviously.

The Sixth Princess mentioned by the Sixth Prince was the youngest Sixth Princess. Her biological mother was just a nobleman. She accidentally suffered a massive hemorrhage during childbirth and died after giving birth to the Sixth Princess.

The Sixth Princess has been taken care of by the maids and maids in the palace since she was a child. However, seeing that she was not favored, one of the palace maids had the idea of ​​being a slave and bullying her master. The property belongs to him.

If the Sixth Princess had not had a high fever and almost died due to the neglect of these slaves, Emperor Qianyuan would not have known that his biological daughter, a dignified princess of a country, had been humiliated to this extent by his slaves.

That time, Emperor Qianyuan was so furious that he almost bloodbathed the Ganquan Palace, allowing the harem to calm down for a long time.

Afterwards, Emperor Qianyuan gave the Sixth Princess to the care of Jieyu, who was old and had no children, so that the Sixth Princess could live a stable and normal life.

At this time, the sixth prince mentioned the past of the sixth princess, which undoubtedly aroused Emperor Qianyuan's desire to hide.

It also brought back the long-lasting memories when Emperor Qianyuan was still a prince.

Emperor Qianyuan fully understood how miserable the life of the unloved prince and princess without the protection of their biological mother was in the harem.Back then, he was protected by his mother and concubine (now the Queen Mother), and he was living on thin ice in the palace.

Not to mention Ning Concubine, who had many enemies in the harem. If the sixth prince and the fifth princess lost the protection of their mother and concubine, Emperor Qianyuan could not imagine what kind of situation the two children would face at the critical moment of establishing the heir apparent.

Outside the Imperial Study Room, the sobbing sounds of the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Princess could be heard from time to time. Emperor Qianyuan inevitably softened his heart.

He can be ruthless towards any concubine in the harem, even the adult princes, but he can also be cruel to no one in the family.

But the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Princess were still young. Just like the Sixth Princess at the time, Emperor Qianyuan rarely retained some father-son affection for his young and non-threatening children.

It may sound a bit hypocritical, but Eunuch Chang Sheng, who has served Emperor Qianyuan for more than 40 years, knows best at this moment that His Majesty is indeed moved by compassion.

Seeing that things were about to change again, Shen Yuan couldn't help but look deeply at the young and upright figure outside the imperial study room.

No wonder the Sixth Prince would be the final winner in the original text, "Emperor Ming Ming", he is indeed a person who cannot be judged by his appearance.

He is so scheming at such a young age that people really dare not underestimate him.

(End of this chapter)