Concubine Chen ran out quickly and caught up with the prince. She stopped him and said, "Your Highness, wait a minute. You look so angry. Do you think you are going to quarrel with your father?"
The prince looked at the woman in front of him who was trying to stop him with his arms outstretched, and was somewhat speechless: "Empress Chen, what are you doing? I am only going to ask my father why he doesn't believe in my mother and my sister."
Concubine Chen racked her brains, thinking about how to persuade the Crown Prince, and then realized that it would be better to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince face reality.
"Your Highness, it's not that the Emperor doesn't believe Princess Ankang, but in front of so many people, it's not easy for the Emperor to be partial. Besides, now that things have already happened, Your Highness should not be so impulsive. You can ask, but you can't question. What do you think? After all, the situation now is different from before."
These words were said by the Empress, and she was just passing them on, so it was not considered as spreading rumors or causing trouble. The Concubine Chen thought about it and looked at the Crown Prince with a bitter smile: "Your Highness, the Empress is in a bad situation now."
The prince frowned: "What's the difference? Father is still my father..."
Before the rest of the words came out, Concubine Chen spoke first: "Of course, the emperor is still your father, but you have other brothers and sisters. Well, you know who I'm talking about, right? Not the ones who came out of the queen's belly, but other brothers and sisters."
From the moment Concubine Yi became pregnant, the situation in the entire harem changed. Seeing the prince still looking confused, Concubine Chen couldn't stand it.
"The throne, the person standing at the top. It's naturally different. He controls the life and death of the whole world, high up. Sitting in that position, no one would want to come down."
At this point, the Concubine Chen paused for a moment and said sourly, "Well, of course, the King of Side by Side is an exception. The princess deserves him to stay with her alone. But not every man can be the King of Side by Side. The Emperor is still young and may have many children in the future. Your position as the Crown Prince is no longer stable. Do you understand?"
The prince looked at Concubine Chen and asked, "Did your mother tell you to tell me these words?"
Concubine Chen nodded, then shook her head: "No, the Queen is just saying that the current situation is different from before, and the rest is my own analysis. In short, you have to trust me, these things will definitely not be wrong."
"Before, only the Queen could give birth to a prince, but now it's different. Concubine Yi can also give birth to a prince, so the Emperor has more choices. So you understand, if you are still as impulsive as before, the Emperor might dislike you."
"What I mean is that it's not that you can't go to the emperor, but you can go and plead for mercy, but you have to put yourself in the position of the weak, do you understand?"
The prince nodded: "Thank you, Empress Chen."
This formal thank you made Concubine Chen feel a little embarrassed. She chuckled twice: "You are so polite all of a sudden. I don't know what to say."
The prince glanced at Concubine Chen and suddenly found that this woman who had been pestering his mother was not so annoying after all.
"I'm going to find my father."
He was a little bit unconvinced. The words spoken by his father and the concubine were completely different. Is his father also a person who will change because of power? If he punishes his sister by confining her to her house for a year, won't the uncle be angry
When the prince learned that the emperor was still staying in Concubine Yi's palace, he went straight to Concubine Yi's palace.
After Concubine Yi fell asleep, the emperor had already walked outside the hall, and a palace servant came to report. He repeated to the emperor what Concubine Chen had just said to the prince.
"Your Majesty, the Concubine Chen is taking advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble!"
What kind of person is their emperor? Hasn't he seen enough human nature during those years of stupidity? Even if he becomes the emperor, he believes that it will not affect the emperor's original intention.
The emperor's original intention was to travel with the queen and see the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Zhou Dynasty. Just like the king and the princess, it must be said that these two are real brothers.
Seeing the eunuch's angry expression, the emperor smiled and said, "How do you know that he is trying to sow discord?"
The eunuch was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth: "Your Majesty..."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
The eunuch immediately stopped talking and suppressed his shock. He was still thinking, No way, no way, does the emperor really have other thoughts
The prince had already arrived in front of the emperor and looked at him: "I, your son, greet you, father."
The emperor glanced at the prince and raised his eyebrows. "If you are here to plead for your mother, then there is no need. I have already made a decision. You will be confined for three months. This cannot be changed."
The prince just stared at his father in a daze, obviously not expecting that his father would be so tough. Looking at the emperor, the prince just calmly replied: "Father, did you confine my mother because you believe in Concubine Yi and not my mother?"
The emperor looked at the prince and thought to himself that this guy had indeed become much gentler after the consort's persuasion: "I believe my own eyes."
The prince frowned and looked at the emperor: "In other words, no matter whether I am tough or gentle, father will never release the ban on mother?"
The emperor nodded: "That's not wrong. Anyway, the Queen's three-month confinement must be carried out. But don't worry, although the Queen is under house arrest, she will not be lacking in anything."
The prince said, "Well, I'll take my leave now."
The eunuch watched the prince walk away, and then saw the emperor staring at the prince's back in a daze. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
After being stunned for a moment, the emperor spoke: "Do you think this guy will contact my sixth brother to rebel and seize the throne?"
Actually, it is not impossible for the prince to ascend to the throne at this age. Besides, Gu Xiangning is watching here! The more he talked about this, the more excited the emperor became, as if he had thought of a good idea.
So that night, the emperor quietly sneaked into the queen's bedroom. Si Yue was used to this and walked outside very sensibly.
The Queen looked at the Emperor, somewhat puzzled: "Why did the Emperor come tonight?"
The emperor looked at the queen with a smile: "Do you want to go out and play with Sixth Brother and the others as soon as possible?"
The Queen looked at the Emperor with some doubt: "Didn't we agree that when Yin'er turns 18, the throne will be passed to him? That's still a few years away."
The emperor chuckled and said, "This is just a sudden inspiration. You don't know what the Concubine Chen said to Yin'er today. I think I can stimulate Yin'er and let him contact my sixth brother to rebel and take the throne. What do you think?"
The Queen rolled her eyes and said, "Yin'er is not that kind of child. Besides, you have been the Emperor for more than 10 years, and there is no need to care about such a short period of time. Besides, just to shorten those few years, you even planned to let Yin'er rebel. You are really enough."
She couldn't tell for a moment whether the emperor was too tired from sitting on the throne or was testing Yin'er, so he looked at the emperor with a bit of hostility.
"Also, it took about a year for my child to be born, so I have to raise him until he's two or three years old. If he's too young, I can't take him out and about."
This seems to be true. The emperor sighed and said, "I still want to do it. Let's see if my son has the heart to do it. If he does, he can ascend to the throne anytime."
The queen rolled her eyes again: "Why, as a father, you are driven off the throne by your own son, it is particularly glorious, right?"
Uh! The emperor was stunned for a moment, as if he was really embarrassed. He laughed twice: "Forget it, if you don't agree, just pretend I didn't say anything. Baby, have you been obedient today?"
The queen then laughed: "This is just the beginning, I haven't felt it yet!"
After the emperor stayed overnight at the queen's place, he left secretly. The news that Princess Ankang was confined to her house also caused a lot of uproar.
When those forces learned that Princess Ankang had been confined for a year, they instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and even became happy. They had no way to deal with this person, and they couldn't kill her after luring her out, which was very troublesome.
During the morning court session the next day, Gu Xiangning was the first to step forward and looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, it would be inappropriate for you to confine the Empress and Princess Ankang directly."
Duke Wei came to court today on purpose, knowing that someone would plead for the Queen and Princess Ankang at the morning court, so he stood up and said, "What do you mean by this, Lord Prime Minister? Could it be that the prince's life is in exchange for the princess's house arrest, and it would be unfair to the princess. But Lord Prime Minister is the princess's uncle-in-law, so there is no need for you to be so partial."
Gu Xiangning raised his eyebrows: "But Princess Ankang did not admit that she pushed Concubine Yi, which means that we still haven't figured out how the prince disappeared!"
Duke Wei was furious: "What Lord Gu said means that Concubine Yi cannot protect the child herself, or that Concubine Yi is using the prince's life to frame a princess like her?"
Gu Xiangning looked at Duke Wei and said, "This is what Duke Wei said himself, not what I meant. After all, we should see what the imperial doctors say. And why didn't Concubine Yi stay in her own palace? Why did she come out here?"
"I remember that the Queen Mother told her to take good care of the fetus in the palace. What does it mean to take good care of the fetus? It means that the fetus is unstable and may miscarry after taking two steps. Doesn't this mean that Concubine Yi doesn't take the dragon fetus seriously?"
Duke Wei was so angry that he was shaking: "You, you are just making up stories."
Prime Minister Gu raised his eyebrows and said, "What nonsense! What I said is true. If it doesn't work, we can ask those six doctors and we will know. Your Majesty, what do you think?"
This look always gave him a feeling of threat. The emperor was very depressed, but he still waved his hand and said, "Go find the imperial physician."