The queen sighed softly, and said with a wry smile: "The concubine knows that that rebellious son shouldn't go to the concubine, he should come to the Qianqing Palace to plead guilty to the emperor! But he is the concubine's son anyway, and the concubine only has this son, the concubine —”
The queen was too guilty and sad to speak.
As soon as Emperor Xiangqing heard this, he knew that the queen had taught the crown prince a lesson, so he sighed: "I also know your difficulties! What did he say when he went to see you?"
The queen was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "He already knew he was wrong! He kowtowed to his concubine to admit his mistake, and promised to his concubine that he would never dare to do it again in the future!"
Emperor Xiangqing couldn't help but snorted softly when he heard this.
The queen glanced at him, then sighed: "He also said that he has no face to see the emperor, and asked his concubine to plead guilty to the emperor on his behalf, and ask the emperor to forgive him this time!"
"He also knows that he has no face to see me!" Emperor Xiangqing resented, wanted to curse a few words, but thought that he was the queen's son, swallowed the words, and cursed: "That villain!"
The queen's face darkened, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, my concubine knows that he is wrong this time, and I dare not ask the emperor, if the emperor wants to punish him, I will punish him! It's just that my concubine begged the emperor to save his face." , give him another chance!"
To save his dignity, that is, this matter should not be made public, and if he is given another chance, he will let it go.
How does Emperor Xiangqing feel better when he sees the empress feeling ashamed, contradictory and sad
He couldn't help sighing: "The empress has always been virtuous, I know it! Oh, but this rebellious son is really shameless! If you don't punish him well, I don't know what he will do in the future! But the empress is right. Wrong, but I can't disregard his decency..."
His dignity is that of the crown prince and the royal family.
When the queen heard this, she knew that Emperor Xiangqing had forgiven the crown prince. She was overjoyed and her eyes brightened. She knelt down and kowtowed: "My concubine, thank the emperor! This is only one time, next time, no matter what he does, The concubine will never ask for a word for him again! Everything is at the disposal of the emperor!"
When the queen said these words, she had a painful and resolute expression on her face, but she was greatly relieved in her heart: she is not interested in pleading for mercy for irrelevant people! Taking this opportunity to break up the relationship in front of the emperor, if he makes a mistake again in the future, let alone begging for mercy, she will have to "destroy relatives righteously"!
How did Emperor Xiangqing know what was going on in her mind? Her words were very pleasant and touching to his ears.
Emperor Xiangqing said in his heart: The queen is really virtuous and generous! He sighed: "Queen, get up quickly! I understand your intentions in my heart!"
The Empress was afraid that Emperor Xiangqing would not believe her determination, so she said again: "Your Majesty, what this concubine said is the truth! There is absolutely no lie, and this concubine can swear! If there is a next time, it will be the emperor who disposes of it unfairly. Even the courtiers and concubines do not obey!"
Emperor Xiangqing was so moved when he heard these words, he nodded and said, "Okay! With your words, I feel at ease! The Empress has always been very measured in her actions, and I have always been at ease!"
"The emperor praises it, and the concubine is ashamed!" As if thinking of what the prince said, the queen sighed softly again.
"Empress, don't take it too seriously. It would be a good thing if the prince realizes his mistake and corrects it! Has the empress sent someone to see the third child?" Emperor Xiangqing asked again.
Of course she went, and she sent Aunt Qing to see it immediately.
Then she nodded and said: "The concubine sent Aunt Qing to go, and left two maids to wait on her! Fortunately, the third child only suffered a skin injury, otherwise the concubine would really be ashamed to see the emperor!"
She sighed again as she spoke, and said with pity and regret: "The third child is really real, but he even asked Aunt Qing to bring a message to the concubine, so that the concubine need not worry, alas!"
The third prince also sent a little eunuch to bring him similar words, but of course he didn't know that it was thanks to Aunt Qing's "reminder". Emperor Xiangqing nodded and sighed: "Yes, the third child is not bad!"
In this way, he can't let the prince hurt him anymore.
Seeing this, the queen was secretly happy, and said something that Emperor Xiangqing liked to hear, and waited for a while before leaving.
Emperor Xiangqing wanted to teach the prince a lesson, so he ordered the prince to go back to his ancestral home in Longxing next month to offer sacrifices, and to make all preparations from today - including fasting.
In this way, it is natural that there is no need to go to court, let alone participate in government affairs.
After the prince received the order, he was shocked.
However, he had a guilty conscience, so he didn't dare to raise any objections, and he didn't dare to go to Emperor Xiangqing to distinguish theories. Although he knew that he would stay away from the government for a long time, he couldn't do anything about it.
The only thing that reassures him is that this shows that the queen mother has persuaded the father, and the father has forgiven himself! You can rest assured!
The prince's Taifu secretly groaned when he heard the news, and came to the East Palace to state his interests to the prince: this coming and going includes preparations such as fasting, but it's the end of the year!
This year is the triennial assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and it will be missed by then.
And everyone knows that every time the Ministry of Officials is assessed, there are promotions and demotions, transfers and withdrawals. This is the best time to deploy people and eliminate dissidents. If you miss it, it will be another three years!
Moreover, if you miss it, but the other party can do it unscrupulously, that is the worst!
The prince and Taifu reminded at this moment, the prince suddenly remembered such a thing, and couldn't help but beat the table to regret! These days, he was troubled by his thoughts, and his life was inevitably a bit confused, and he even forgot such an important thing!
At this time, the prince no longer had the feeling of gratitude and gratitude that he had for the rest of his life after the catastrophe. What he had was only resentment, hating both his father and the queen.
"My lord, you can't leave the capital at this time!" The prince and Taifu sighed: "Isn't it a waste of time for you to leave the capital at this time? Why don't you go and talk to the emperor and let the third highness take this job?" , doesn't the emperor always praise the Third Highness for doing a good job, so let him do it again!"
The prince sighed heavily and did not speak.
If the Prince Taifu didn't need to say this in normal times, he would have thought of it himself and would definitely do it.
But now he knows well that this is his father's punishment and warning, how dare he approach him to make fun of himself
"Prince, the matter is very important, you have to listen to the old minister!" Seeing that he was silent, the prince and Taifu couldn't help being anxious. At the same time, he secretly wondered: What happened to the prince? He wasn't like this before!
The prince still didn't make a sound.
The prince and Taifu thought about it for a while, and finally saw something else, and asked tentatively: "Prince, what's so embarrassing for you?"
The crown prince looked up at him, and moved his lips—that's how he said it!
The crown prince was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Prince, the old minister is not an outsider, what else can you not trust? If you have anything to say, just talk to the old minister!"
After thinking about it, the prince thought it was better to tell the truth. If it was in the past, he would definitely not say it - because no matter what, the queen can discuss it! But now, the person he can't trust the most is the queen! There will always be no harm in discussing with so many people.
"Teacher, it's the lonely king who is confused. The lonely king was out of anger for a while and did something wrong!" The prince sighed, and then told the story about the assassination of the third prince by himself.
As for the fact that the third prince is the queen's own son, he dared not talk nonsense, it was enough for him to know this secret. Don't say that there is no evidence at all, if the word spreads, my position as the crown prince will not be considered orthodox, and it will affect the morale of the army!
"What!" The crown prince's face turned pale after hearing this, his eyes were wide open and he froze there, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.
The prince was so ashamed that he couldn't say a word, he bowed his head and said nothing.
"The prince is confused!" The prince's Taifu couldn't help but beat his chest and sighed: "The third prince has neither foundation nor mother's support. Even if he is liked by the emperor, it is impossible to pose a threat to you, the prince. You really shouldn't be more unnecessary. Attack him! And since you want to attack, you should be absolutely sure!"
"Ah!" The prince and Taifu sighed again, and said, "The most important thing is that after you fail, you should not do nothing, but you should go to the palace to plead guilty to the emperor as soon as possible, and be honest with the emperor. I made a mistake, please forgive me! Now it seems that the emperor deliberately let His Highness leave the capital, this - really cannot be discussed!"
The prince was stunned, suddenly enlightened, and couldn't help but sighed: "Teacher is right, Gu has indeed made a mistake, Gu should have pleaded guilty to the emperor earlier! But - the queen mother should plead for mercy in front of the emperor for Gu..." Otherwise, Isn't it as simple as an imperial decree
"Empress?" The crown prince was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "It would be best for the empress to intercede for you, but it would be better if you go with the empress..."
It is inconvenient for the crown prince and the tutor to say that the queen did something wrong in front of the crown prince, but the meaning is already obvious! The crown prince even secretly blamed the queen in his heart: Your empress has always been a shrewd person, why did she commit such a stupid mistake this time
The prince's face changed drastically: he has been fooled by the queen!
The prince couldn't help but feel great hatred, so he said, how could the empress agree to help him to intercede in front of the emperor so easily, it turned out that it was simply adding fuel to the fire, preventing him from having the opportunity to see the emperor!
As for how she would intercede for him in front of the emperor, although the crown prince did not see or hear it with his own eyes, he was sure that the empress was clearly interceding, but in fact he was swayed.
Thinking of this, the prince barely resisted the urge to yell, his face turned red and then white and then blue, and he choked out a sentence and asked, "Now, if I go alone to plead guilty to my father—is there still time?"
The prince was completely confused, and he looked at the prince and Taifu expectantly.
Hearing this, the prince and Taifu were angry, laughed, anxious and helpless, he knew that the prince must have been confused for a while, that's why he asked such foolish words!
To plead guilty at this time? That's even worse!