I don't want to be wronged again

Chapter 98, Chapter 118

In the capital city during the national funeral, everything is white and quiet. Pedestrians who used to be noisy in the market are now hurrying to and fro with their heads bowed.

It has been a month since the late emperor passed away, and the crown prince has been enthroned in the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the support of his ministers.Although during the mourning days, Zhu Gaoxu, King of Han, and Zhu Gaosui, King of Zhao, made a fuss together in front of the late emperor's spirit, but they were all overwhelmed by the joint efforts of the officials.When the two of them saw that the crown prince was going to be successful, they expected that there would be no way to turn things around, so after the late emperor's burial, they both went back to their fiefs in resentment.Prince, no, the current emperor is also relieved to see the two plague gods being sent away safely.I began to enjoy the feeling of being the only one in the air.

After being busy for so many days, it is finally considered that the world is settled and Yuyu is clear. This day, the emperor just went to court, and the emperor thought of his beloved concubine Guo and his young sons whom he hadn't seen for several days. dry palace."

The servant replied cleverly: "Ms. Guo has been waiting for the Holy Majesty, and the little princes miss you too."

The emperor sighed: "They came from the south, are they still used to this climate? But if you need anything, you don't need to report it, just go straight to the inner treasury to get it."

The servant responded in a low voice, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say something more, but was glared at by a chief eunuch wearing a men's suit next to him, and was so frightened that he swallowed the words in his mouth and dared not say anything.

The frame was parked at the gate of Chengqian Palace. The Chengqian Palace had not been built for a long time and had no owner. It was originally built by the late emperor for the most beloved concubine of Gao Li Xian, Quan Shi, but Quan passed away not long after he came to Beijing. No, this Chengqian Palace has not had time to live in yet.

This Chengqian Palace was built resplendently and magnificently, and it is truly the most beautiful and exquisite first palace among the East Six Palaces.The emperor arranged for the Guo family to live here, which naturally reflects the weight of Guo's mother and son in the emperor's heart.

Mrs. Guo got the news early, and at this time brought her youngest son Zhu Zhanyan to welcome her at the gate of the palace.Seeing this, the emperor hurriedly got down from the chariot, stretched his arms to embrace Zhu Zhanxun who was rushing towards him, picked up his beloved son, and said to Concubine Guo, "Xun'er is still young and it's cold outside, what did you ask him to come out? He didn't have to freeze caught him."

This Mrs. Guo is only in his 20s, and his eyebrows are like a frown, his mouth is like a flower, and his every move is full of romance.She is the granddaughter of Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, who was the founding father of the country. Since she married the prince and was named Chenghui, she has favored the crown prince's mansion.The emperor now has ten sons. Just looking at the eighth son Zhu Zhanyi, the ninth son Zhu Zhanyu, and the tenth son Zhu Zhanyu are all descended from Concubine Guo, one can see where the emperor's favor has been all these years.

At this time, when Concubine Guo heard the emperor's reprimand, her eye circles were red, her eyes were full of tears, and tears were about to drop: "I dare not violate the rules. As a prince, how can you not welcome me because you are afraid of the cold?" Father's truth? If His Royal Highness finds out, I'm afraid he will be blamed again."

As he spoke, tears were already dripping down.

The emperor helped her up, walked into the palace, frowned and said, "Listen to what you said, what did Zhanji say?"

At this time, Zhu Zhanyu in his arms hugged his neck and said softly: "Father, Father, I don't want to be here, I want to go back to Nanjing! It's too cold here, and the prince brother still doesn't let me wear sable fur, Father, I'm so cold, woo woo." Then he started to cry.

Concubine Guo didn't wait for Zhu Zhanyu to finish speaking, she was so frightened that she turned pale with fright, and hurriedly pulled Zhu Zhanyu over, not allowing him to speak again, while hurriedly knelt down and apologized to the emperor: "Your Majesty! Don't blame Xuner, yes I felt sorry for him because he was young and afraid of the cold, so I put him on the sable fur. The crown prince has already reprimanded him, and I have already replaced the sable fur. Please stop blaming him. Blame it if you want The concubine is ready."

While helping his concubine and son up, the emperor asked, "What's going on? I don't understand what's going on yet, so why would I blame you?"

Concubine Guo just said the reason in a low voice. It turned out that the emperor had been in Nanjing to supervise the country before he came to the throne. It sounds nice to be a supervisor of the country, but in fact he was dispatched to Nanjing by the former emperor.Therefore, except for the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji who has been following the emperor in Beijing, the rest of his concubines and children grew up in Nanjing.It's just that Beijing's winter is much colder than Nanjing's. The princes and children who are used to Nanjing's climate will naturally find it hard to bear.Concubine Guo cherishes her sons, so she naturally wants to wear the best sable fur for her sons.

She was confused for a moment, but she forgot that she was in the filial piety of the first emperor at this time. According to the law, the princes have to observe the decline of Qi for one year. Although the day can replace the month, they have to mourn for three months.It was not yet a month at this time, and the prince put on the sable fur openly. The others were acceptable, but they fell into the eyes of Zhu Zhanji, who had a deep relationship with the late emperor, and he was scolded.Concubine Guo had no choice but to bear the shame and ordered someone to replace the prince, but relying on favor, she was about to put eye drops on the grandson of the emperor.

Seeing Concubine Guo bursting into tears, the emperor felt great pain in his heart.He stretched out his hand to help her up and said: "It's just that the child is wearing the wrong clothes. It's no big deal. You don't have to be afraid. Zhan Ji pointed it out for your own good. If it falls into Yu Shi's eyes, I'm afraid there will be no harm." It's so simple, you don't know the rules, don't the servants in this palace also know the rules? Come here, replace the chief eunuch here. You can't handle such a trivial matter, so why do you need it?"

Concubine Guo saw that the emperor not only didn't say anything wrong with the prince, but instead folded her confidant into it, she couldn't help but secretly hated her, but said with a smile on her face: "It's fine if you don't blame the emperor and the prince, and the concubine can feel relieved." .”

The emperor's heart moved when he heard this: Seeing that his beloved concubine and son are so afraid of the prince now, if I wait a hundred years from now, how will the prince treat his brothers?

At that moment, the emperor said bluntly: "He hasn't been canonized yet, he is not considered a prince at this time, so stop screaming. Well, Xun'er, come here and tell Father, what words did you learn today?"

Not to mention Concubine Guo, who was secretly elated after hearing the words, but to Empress Zhang of Kunning Palace. She listened intently to a servant who had learned the conversation between Emperor Cai and Concubine Guo word for word in a low voice, and then said "hmm". , waved the little servant to go.Only then did he look in the direction of Chengqian Palace, and after a while Fang lowered his eyes and quietly raised the tea bowl in his hand, took a sip of tea and said: "Go and invite the grandson, no, the prince. I want to see if he is the prince or not." Who can be the prince?"

After everything in the court was settled, the courtiers headed by the British Duke Zhang Fu asked the emperor to establish a prince early and divide the harem.

(End of this chapter)