Gu Zhong watched him leave, turned around and entered the hall, bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Gong and Lord Zhou Xiao are gone."
The emperor nodded, and handed him the prescription and meal prescription written by Zhou Man at hand, "Take someone to send it to the Tai Hospital, and let Xiao Yuanzheng take a look."
"Yes." Gu Zhong took it with a bow, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, is it true that Lord Zhou is allowed to treat His Highness? The servant looked at it, and His Highness didn't seem to trust Lord Zhou very much, and Lord Zhou and the crown prince His Highness also walked a little closer, I heard that His Highness waited for Lord Zhou in the garden just now, the two of them stood together and talked, they seemed to be in a bad mood."
The emperor frowned and asked, "Who followed them just now?"
Gu Zhong reported several names.
The emperor quickly said: "Go and ask what the two of them said, forget it, we are fine at the moment, call someone to me to ask."
Prince Gong didn't really want to hide what he said to Zhou Man, what's more, he was still in confinement, surrounded by people from the empress, he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
He didn't want to stay in Daming Palace anymore, so he wanted to use Zhou Man's strength to go back to Luozhou, but after crying, Prince Gong felt a little regretful in his heart, if the emperor knew what he asked Zhou Man in the garden Will be very sad and disappointed, right
As he walked back, Prince Gong thought about what Zhou Man meant. He confronted him with a preaching attitude in the garden, but when he came to his father, he acted like a doctor with a benevolent heart, as if he was thinking about him.
Prince Gong didn't know, as soon as he left, Gu Ji and the two palace servants who had followed him before arrived in the emperor's palace, and told all about the fact that Prince Gong had stopped Zhou Man with trepidation.
Of course, it also included what Zhou Man and Prince Gong said.
The emperor was really sad. Hearing that Prince Gong asked about the prince's health and why Zhou Man chose the prince in the first place, his face became as dark as ink.
After hearing Zhou Man's words that Prince Gong and the Prince were both his heart and soul, he was even more sad, his face was sombre, and his entire face was expressionless.
The queen was also touched in her heart, her eyes turned red instantly, and tears filled, and she couldn't help but fall from the corners of her eyes.
However, she quickly calmed down and gave Gu Zhong a wink. Gu Zhong understood, and immediately took all the people in the hall out.
Gu Zhong closed the door carefully, and only the husband and wife were left in the hall.
Only the husband and wife were left, and the emperor slumped his straight shoulders, and sat on the couch wearily, with reddened eyes.
The queen stretched out her hand to hold his hand, and the emperor's emotions collapsed immediately. He was sad and disappointed at the same time. He hugged the queen's hand and cried: "Even Zhou Man knows the truth at such a young age. Why doesn't he know the truth?" Do you know?"
The queen hugged him and said nothing.
Before the matter of Hou Ji came out this time, the emperor had never believed that Prince Gong was competing with the crown prince, and Prince Gong had never stated that he was interested in this position, and he seldom criticized the crown prince in front of the empress.
Most of the officials in the court, or his subordinates, were attacking the prince.
And the prince behaved more fiercely than Prince Gong, even family gatherings could hardly hide his dislike for Prince Gong, and Prince Gong mostly avoided the prince.
Therefore, the emperor always felt that the problems of the two brothers were more of the prince's problem.
But the Queen is different, she noticed it when Prince Gong gave birth to her eldest son and became active, but Prince Gong is also her son, and she can't push another son into doom for the sake of the prince.
Therefore, while persuading the emperor not to spoil Prince Gong too much, he stood behind the prince with a clear attitude, and at the same time secretly warned Prince Gong.
In the past few years, in order to balance the two sons, she has been exhausted physically and mentally.
At this moment when the emperor cried, she couldn't hold back the grievance and disappointment in her heart, and the tears slipped down quietly, yes, even Zhou Man knew the truth, why didn't Saburo know it
The emperor was crying in the empress's arms. He noticed that the back of his hand was slightly wet, and looked up in surprise, only to find that the empress was crying too.
The queen seldom cried, at least not as much as he did.
The emperor quickly hugged her to comfort her, "Zitong..."
The queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, choked with sobs and said, "I'm just sad too, Your Majesty, it's because I didn't teach the child well..."
The emperor hugged her and said, "How can I blame you? It's all my fault, no, it's all the fault of the people around San Lang. If it wasn't for someone's instigation, how could San Lang think of doing such a thing?"
He said: "In the past, Sanlang and Dalang had a good relationship, but later Dalang acted absurdly, and someone pushed Sanlang, so he did these things."
The queen was silent for a while, then shook her head slightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Saburo is no longer a child, you can't justify him like this."
She said: "No matter how bad Da Lang is, he shouldn't think about it. At least the method he used is wrong. He is not only persecuting the prince, but also persecuting us."
"Zhou Man knows that the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, it's just the amount of meat. No matter which part we give up, our hearts ache. Why doesn't he know that if he seizes the East Palace, his elder brother will not be able to work."
Emperor: "How come, I am not that kind of person..."
"Your Majesty," the queen suddenly interrupted him, raised her head and looked at him seriously, and said, "In all dynasties, there has never been an abolished prince who can live. At our age, why haven't we experienced it? Things in the world have never been the same. We can do whatever we want, even if you are the emperor."
The emperor fell silent.
"If you want to be a Mingjun, you must think more thoughtfully than your concubines. Putting aside your love for Saburo, tell me, is he suitable to be an emperor?"
The emperor was slumped, he was silent for a moment and then shook his head, "Sanlang, it's not suitable."
The queen looked at him with tears in her eyes and asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"
Because of his narrow-mindedness and too gentleness, if he becomes the emperor, not only the eldest son, but also other sons may also have trouble.
Tears welled up in the emperor's eyes, and he held the queen's hand tightly.
The queen wiped her tears and said: "Your Majesty knows it in his heart, and this concubine knows it in her heart, but no matter how bad the son is, he is still a son. I still can't help loving him and worrying about him. But I can't let him go alone." People in the world don't care."
"The troubled times have only ended for a few years, and the people have only lived and worked in peace and contentment since Zhou Man's generation. How dare I let Your Majesty and the Li royal family bear eternal infamy because of the two of them?"
The emperor felt so ashamed in his heart, he held her hand and said, "Is it my fault? I, I, I really don't know when the child got such thoughts?"
The emperor said dejectedly: "Forget it, let him go back to Luozhou. In the future, he will not be allowed to return to Beijing without an edict. It can be regarded as breaking his mind."
The queen shook her head, "I can't let him go back, why did he stop Zhou Man from saying these things in the garden, just to let you let him go back to Luozhou, but I'm scared, I don't know if he will really give up just like that, I will still be like the King of Yizhou, Your Majesty, just take it as my concubine's selfishness, I, I understand the pain in the queen mother's heart, and I don't want to suffer like the queen mother."