The third prince was in a mess, a mess.
He didn't fully hear what the queen said, but he didn't completely miss it, and reluctantly agreed, his heart was already heavy and dull, as if he was pressed by a lead weight.
Seeing this, the queen just laughed it off and didn't say anything more.
The third prince didn't want to sit down any longer, so he managed to say a few gossips before getting up and leaving.
"Ai!" After he left, the empress sighed softly, and said softly, "I really can't finish worrying about this palace!"
Aunt Qing didn't know what to say, so she forced herself to laugh and said, "Your Highness, you are a man of temperament..."
"Hmph," the queen said coldly, "You know best! There is no room for 'gentlemen' in the palace! This will kill him sooner or later! Miss Lu is a very good whetstone , I want to use her to teach the emperor what is the overall situation, and what is the choice of a royal man! He has to experience and experience, not only as a person, but also as a heart! Otherwise, wait until that day, This palace needs to worry even more!"
Aunt Qing's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean—"
"I don't mean anything!" The queen narrowed her eyes, and said lightly: "We don't need to do anything, let him think for himself, I believe he will figure it out on his own! If he can't figure it out, I will force him, Help him, and he will be able to figure it out naturally! Anyway, the marriage of that girl from the Lu family is in Ben Gong's hands, so what are you afraid of!"
"Your Majesty is wise." Aunt Qing sighed secretly, but she couldn't help but secretly worried: That girl from the Lu family, just because she dared to contradict the Crown Princess, and she dared to run away in the palace just because of the Crown Princess's life and death, she just wanted to escape. It can be seen that she must not be a master who is easy to subdue. Can the empress really hold such a woman firmly in the palm of her hand? I'm afraid - not necessarily!
Of course, Aunt Qing would never dare to say these words in front of the empress.
"I really don't know what's so good about that girl from the Lu family. Why does the emperor treat her like this... Since he likes her, I may let her be a side concubine. He should understand that this is the best given her background." Is it! Could it be that she has to be a concubine? Could it be that girl from the Lu family..." The queen murmured, frowning slightly.
A mother is always unlikely to have a good impression of a woman whose son thinks she is too partial.
Even the queen is not immune.
Aunt Qing hurriedly laughed and persuaded: "Your Majesty thinks you are worrying too much! Since the girl of the Lu family knows that the marriage is in the hands of her Majesty, why would she push the Third Prince to do this? Everything depends on the Third Prince's will before making a decision!"
"You're right!" The Empress smiled and said, "It turns out that Ben Gong is a little too impatient!"
The master and the servant were talking, and the little eunuch came in to report: The prince is asking to see you.
The queen sneered slightly: "It's rare for him to come to this palace now, I don't know why he is asking for an audience now, please invite him in!"
The little eunuch agreed, and hurried out to announce the prince into the palace.
After the prince came in to salute and sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Queen, I heard that the third son came to the queen's place just now? I don't know what he is doing here again? He runs to the queen's place every three days, he really knows how to flatter! I didn't know that his scheming was so deep, even worse than the fourth child!"
Of course the empress felt uncomfortable when she heard the prince's words, but she didn't show it at all on the face, but sighed lightly, gave the prince an angry look and said: "He was invited by the palace! Why? Now If you don't come to the Queen Mother, why don't others come to pay your respects?"
The prince suddenly looked a little embarrassed, and hurriedly smiled and said: "You have wronged my mother! My son has been... a little busy recently, so there are fewer people coming to my mother's place. There is not a day in my heart that I don't think about my mother. !"
Then he frowned and said: "The Crown Princess is the same, and she doesn't know how to be filial for my son, so come and accompany my mother more! I will teach her a lesson when I go back today!"
"That's all!" The queen waved her hand after hearing this: "She is so noisy, let her come less! You can't live without her in the East Palace now, and she may not leave at ease!"
Hearing the queen's sarcasm, the prince's face became hot, and he was secretly ashamed.
As if to be angry, or to make up for the past, since Wang Yihui became the crown prince's side concubine, the crown prince has recruited many beauties and concubines, and the East Palace is very lively all of a sudden. Of course, the crown princess is extremely worried!
The prince coughed lightly, and then brought the topic back: "The queen mother is fine, what are you asking him to do?"
The queen glanced at him, and said lightly: "I recommended him to go to the disaster relief. Your father has already rewarded him, so I should naturally send him to speak!"
"Mother!" The prince's eyes widened in surprise, and he said out of control, "You recommended him to help the disaster! Why did you recommend him, mother!"
The prince immediately felt very appreciative. When he asked the concubine Tete to enter the palace to find his mother, he wanted to ask the queen mother to help him to say a few words in front of the emperor and let him take this errand to pay off his merits. The queen mother flatly refused. He—without hesitation!
However, she recommended the third child!
The prince's face suddenly became very ugly, more sour and indignant. He is the real son of the queen mother!
Dealing with the prince is a piece of cake for the queen. She glanced at him lightly, frowned slightly and said, "Why? It's not for you!"
The slightly condemning tone made the prince startled, and he was even more puzzled: "For me?"
"Yes!" The queen snorted softly: "The queen mother wants to recommend you, but is it possible? You don't look at what good deeds you have done yourself! Hmph, at that time you were thinking about your mistakes behind closed doors, if the queen mother would recommend you for you Intercede, your father may be even more disgusted, it will not do you any good! If you don’t go, your father will probably call the fourth child by name—if he really chooses the fourth child, hehe, I’m afraid I’m standing here today. He is the one who competes with you in the court! This palace recommends the third child, and your father will feel sorry for you for the sake of your mother. Hmph, otherwise you will be your last son, your father I can let you out! The third child is different from the fourth child, he has no foundation, so can he pose any threat to you?"
The prince was stunned for a moment, and then became happy again. He hurriedly stood up and bowed to the queen, "It was the minister who lost his composure just now, please forgive me! The minister knows that everything the queen does is for the sake of the minister!"
The prince couldn't help raising his eyes to look at the queen as he spoke, and asked in a low voice: "So the queen mother already knows what the fourth child will do on the day of the father's longevity..."
"Shut up!" The queen's complexion changed, she glared at him and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about! How could the queen mother know!"
The prince regretted his slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my son spoke nonsense for a while, please forgive me!" Well, how can you say it? If word of it reaches the father through the partition wall, both mother and son will be in trouble!
"You, why are you still so impetuous!" The queen glared at the prince resentfully, but her tone softened a lot, with a loving complaint.
What can the prince say? I had no choice but to apologize repeatedly.
The queen looked at him and said: "The third one, you can't touch him, you can't do anything to him, do you hear me?"
Although the prince knew that the queen mother's order was for his own good, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this, so he forced a smile and said, "I don't dare not to listen to what the queen mother said, but I don't understand... Please ask the queen mother to explain." confused!"
Aunt Qing couldn't help but glanced at the prince lightly, and sighed secretly in her heart. After all, her heart was a mother-child bond, and the empress's care for the third highness always revealed such a trace of sincerity inadvertently. The prince is not stupid, even though He doesn't know anything yet, but he still has a subconscious intuition...
Aunt Qing couldn't help feeling sorry for the prince. She could hardly imagine how the prince would be hit when he learned the truth one day in the future!
Compared with this, she felt that the prince would be lucky if he could die before he knew anything!
I don't know if he is so lucky.
The queen said indifferently: "I don't understand? Why don't you understand! The fourth son just died, and your father left only you and the third son. He certainly doesn't want to see you two brothers killing each other! If you don't want to lose It's best to save her favor! Don't think that it's safest to be left alone, I tell you, your father may not think so! The third child has just done his first errand, and he has no foundation , and a person with no background, what threat can he pose to you? Keeping him will show your generosity instead! Do you understand?"
Although the prince was still a little unhappy, he still reluctantly agreed to the queen.
I don't know why, but he didn't think it before, but now the more he looks at the third prince, the more he hates it, even more than before, he hates the fourth prince!
He even wondered, how could he ignore such an annoying person for so many years
He was still a little unwilling, and couldn't help but said to the queen: "My queen, the third child is not as pure as he appears on the surface! He, hmph, he is very cunning in his heart! He has deep plans! My queen, don't be fooled by him up!"
"Oh? How do you say that?" After hearing this, the Queen became very interested.
Because she was a little dissatisfied with the third prince in her heart, and felt that his temperament was too soft and gentle. The original intention of the prince's words was to sue, but he didn't know that it was actually in her arms.
The prince's face turned hot, how could he tell such a shameful thing about being ridiculed by the third prince in front of his respected mother
Intuitively, he just didn't want to let the queen know that he was inferior to the third prince.
"Yes, it's nothing," the prince could only say vaguely: "Anyway, this is how I feel, and I must remind my mother!"
Seeing that he refused to speak, the empress could not insist on asking him—that would seem a little too eager. She smiled lightly, nodded and said casually: "Don't worry, the queen mother knows it well!"
The prince felt better when he heard this, and wentssip with the queen for a while, and then he left.