The rain did not stop, and the study room became darker, and the candlesticks had only a few lights, which was extremely bleak.
Zhu Yunxuan was restless and sat on pins and needles: "When did I treat King Zhao so harshly that King Zhao couldn't bear to light two more candles?"
Liang Zhen smiled lowly: "I've been used to this dark room since I was a child, but I forgot that His Majesty is there. It's my negligence."
All the lights in the room were lit, and in the flickering candlelight, Liang Zhen's smiling eyes became brighter and hotter, making Zhu Yunxuan at a loss for what to do: "... What is the meaning of being used to a dark room since childhood?"
Liang Zhen shook his head slightly: "Chen's mother is a snake-hearted person. When I was only three or two years old, I would often lock me in a room without lights for a few hours. I got used to it more often."
Zhu Yunxuan frowned upon hearing this: "Since she is your mother, why would she do this?"
Liang Zhen fiddled with the chess pieces casually, and said indifferently: "Of course it's not my own, so I don't feel bad about it."
Zhu Yunxuan's heart sank. This was the first time that Liang Zhen admitted to his face that he was not Mrs. Anlehou's biological son: "...not his own?"
Liang Zhen raised his eyes to look at him, and smiled meaningfully: "Didn't Your Majesty already know that? Not only is Mrs. An Lehou not my biological mother, An Lehou is not my biological father either."
Zhu Yunxuan clenched his fists tightly. It was one thing to know it earlier, but another thing to hear Liang Zhen say it himself. If he didn't say that he could still deceive himself and others, if he really was the emperor's son, what they did in the past was unethical. Brothers commit incest, this is the thing that makes Zhu Yunxuan feel humiliated and unwilling to face it the most.
Liang Zhen didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, and he still had that playful smile: "Why don't your majesty ask me more about the past?"
Zhu Yunxuan said coldly, "What can I ask?"
"The minister and His Majesty talk more, so that His Majesty will feel more sorry for the minister."
Zhu Yunxuan almost laughed angrily: "Why should I love you?"
"Your Majesty is so soft-hearted, if he feels pitiful, he will feel sorry for him."
"Ah."
Liang Zhen continued on his own: "When I was a child, it was rare for me to have a full meal. The mother of the minister always said that children who eat too much tend to accumulate food and get sick. I only let me eat one bite of each dish. The first time I looked at those meals but couldn't touch them, it was really distressing, so now that I have opened a mansion, I naturally have to search for famous chefs everywhere to satisfy my appetite."
"The wet nurses and servants who serve the minister are well versed in the mother's thoughts, and tried all kinds of methods to toss the minister. Before the age of ten, the places on the minister's body that outsiders could not see were all marked by the mother's pinch. Report it to Chen's father, and they will also say that I bumped into it accidentally, and they will torture him even more afterward."
"Your homework is not good, so my mother will force me to copy the book over and over again in the name of teaching, even if my hands are trembling to the point where I can't hold the pen, I can't stop. If I can't finish copying, I won't let you go to bed. She will also say that I am stubborn. Don't think about making progress, and use a ruler to smack the palm of the minister's hand until the skin is torn and the minister has a 'memory'."
There was a smile in Liang Zhen's words, although it was to show pity and sympathy, he couldn't hear much resentment and grief, as if he was just talking about things that had nothing to do with him, Zhu Yunxuan felt inexplicably uncomfortable when he heard it, maybe it was empathy , he himself had a hard time when he was a child, but no matter how neglectful the palace people were, they would not dare to abuse the prince, not to mention that he had an elder brother who was protecting him.
"... Since they know your identity, why do they dare to treat you like this?"
The corner of Liang Zhen's mouth curled slightly: "What identity? It's just an illegitimate child born secretly by a concubine who was never seen by his family. Whether he can recognize his ancestor and return to his clan is up for debate. Marquis An Le is still afraid. As for that woman, she lost her heart." Crazy, I believe that her son's death was taken away by me, I snatched her son's position as the eldest son, so naturally I will take revenge."
Zhu Yunxuan was at a loss for words for a while, Liang Zhenfu laughed again: "As soon as I turned ten years old, my mother stuffed seven or eight beautiful maids into my room to teach me to understand personnel. How could I not know that she was thinking about my young age?" She lost her body and became a useless person, and those maids were her eyeliner, so the minister naturally wouldn't touch her. Later, rumors of the minister's hidden illness began to spread in the mansion, and later those gossips spread outside the mansion, even the late emperor listened to it. said… "
Zhu Yunxuan's expression froze slightly. I'm afraid no one knows better than him whether Liang Zhen has hidden diseases in that area. It's really absurd... how could he have the face to say this out loudly.
Liang Zhen continued nonchalantly: "The late emperor was worried earlier, and originally wanted to ask the imperial physician to give me a diagnosis and treatment, but I was declined by the minister. Even today, there are still people discussing this matter in private. I am afraid that I have to ask your majesty to rectify the name of the minister. After all, if there is any problem with the subject, His Majesty knows best..."
Zhu Yunxuan interrupted him angrily: "King Zhao said these frivolous words, isn't he afraid of being heard and ruining his reputation?!"
The smile on Liang Zhen's lips grew stronger: "There are only ministers and His Majesty here, will Your Majesty tell outsiders?"
Zhu Yunxuan simply stopped talking, Liang Zhen smiled and finally became serious, his eyes darkened: "So Your Majesty, the Liang family is so against the ministers, but they still want the ministers to help His Ninth Highness ascend to the throne so that the daughter of the Liang family As the Empress Dowager, his Liang family became the emperor's natal family, and since then they have flourished, why should I let them do what they wish?"
Zhu Yunxuan was slightly taken aback, and after a while laughed at himself: "In this way, I entrusted the blessing of Mrs. Liang and took a huge advantage."
"Your Majesty don't need to think too much, this position is yours and it is yours, no one can say anything."
In the afternoon, the showers stopped and the sky returned.
Zhu Yunxuan put down the chess piece in his hand, looked out the window, and let out a sigh of relief: "The sky is fine, let's go back to the palace."
Liang Zhen hooked the corners of his lips, ordered someone to prepare the car, and sent him out of the mansion: "I send your majesty back to the palace."
Zhu Yunxuan was noncommittal, and got into the car straight away. After all, Liang Zhen couldn't stop what he wanted to do.
Liang Zhen got on his horse, turned around and glanced at the chariot behind him, the smile in his eyes deepened, and he gave the order to set off.
Back in the palace, as soon as the two of them sat down, Feng Sheng graciously brought over tea. Liang Zhen smiled when he saw this, "When will Eunuch Feng do this kind of work yourself?"
Feng Sheng said flatteringly: "It's a slave's job to be able to serve His Majesty and the prince, and it's a slave's blessing."
He stayed aside and refused to leave, ready to show courteousness at any time. Zhu Yunxuan looked cold and ignored him. Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes, and suddenly asked Zhu Yunxuan: "I heard that Your Majesty left the city this morning and went to meet the former Prince of the East Palace, Mr. Zeng in person. , Your Majesty thinks of answering him?"
Before Zhu Yunxuan said anything, Mr. Feng's expression changed, his eyes showed panic, probably because he didn't expect that what he told Liang Zhen would be said in front of Zhu Yunxuan, but Liang Zhen acted as if he had never heard of it, just looked at Zhu Yunxuan with a smile, Wait for his answer.
Zhu Yunxuan glanced at him, his eyes darkened: "So what? The witchcraft case in the East Palace has long been vindicated. The teacher is innocent and suffers. He is a capable minister. Now it is time for the court to employ people. Why not call him back?"
Liang Zhen smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty is willing to use him again, how dare I have any objections, Your Majesty wants this old Zeng to join the cabinet?"
"With his qualifications, it's more than enough to join the cabinet. I want him to be the chief assistant of the cabinet." After a pause, Zhu Yunxuan sneered, "Leave this aside, I'm curious why King Zhao knows my whereabouts so well ? I made a temporary decision to leave the palace this morning, and from whom did King Zhao hear about it?"
Feng Sheng's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, and his calf began to tremble. Liang Zhen glanced at him and pretended to be surprised: "This Eunuch Feng specially sent someone out of the palace to deliver a message to the minister. I thought it was His Majesty. Let him inform the minister."
Zhu Yunxuan glanced coldly at Feng Sheng: "When did I tell you to tell King Zhao about my affairs?"
Feng Sheng knelt down on the ground trembling, and Zhu Yunxuan asked in a deep voice, "Who ordered you to do this? Or did you make up your own mind?"
"My servant is wronged, my servant is not, my servant..."
Feng Sheng opened his mouth and shouted for injustice, Zhu Yunxuan interrupted him impatiently: "Injustice? Did I wrong you, or did King Zhao wrong you?"
"Slave... Slave..." Feng Sheng raised his head abruptly, knelt and crawled in front of Liang Zhen, "King Zhao saves Slave! Slave is loyal to you, Slave is for you!"
Zhu Yunxuan squinted at Liang Zhen, waiting for him to explain, Liang Zhen pushed away the person who was about to jump on him, and said in disgust: "Eunuch Feng said that the person you should be loyal to is His Majesty. You are king, you are so heartbroken."
Then he turned to Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty has learned from you that I have absolutely nothing to do with him, and please don't misunderstand me."
"Really?" Zhu Yunxuan repeated softly, "That is because he has a tricky mind and wants to sell it to King Zhao?"
Liang Zhen didn't take it seriously: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to respond to these words. No matter what this Eunuch Feng is thinking, it has nothing to do with me."
Feng Sheng panicked and shouted: "King Zhao, how could you treat your servant like this! The servant has done so many things for you, you..."
"Drag on." Zhu Yunxuan ordered coldly.
The Imperial Guards armed with swords had already entered the door. Seeing Liang Zhen's indifference, Feng Sheng finally panicked and shouted incoherently: "Your Majesty, you can't do this to your servant! This servant belongs to the late emperor! This servant was entrusted by the late emperor. The edict to inherit the throne... um..."
All the next words were blocked back. Feng Sheng still wanted to struggle, but his arm was removed by the imperial guards. He stared hard, but he couldn't speak a word from the gagged mouth, so he was dragged on like this go down.
The hall became quiet again, Liang Zhen carelessly stroked the hem of his clothes that had been wrinkled by the eunuch just now, and chuckled: "Your Majesty, are you happy now?"
Zhu Yunxuan looked at him hesitantly: "He has worked so hard for you, you agreed to deal with him without even blinking an eye, won't you be afraid of chilling the hearts of your other cronies?"
Liang Zhen said indifferently: "But he made Your Majesty unhappy, so if he killed him, he would kill him. Whoever let him know too much, and his thoughts are too tricky, especially if he is disrespectful to Your Majesty, he deserves to die."
Zhu Yunxuan's eyes flickered, and he stopped talking, and Liang Zhen also smiled without saying a word, and picked up the teacup again.