Xia Song had been immersed in officialdom for a long time and had a deep understanding of Emperor Longqing. When he heard him say this, he was shocked but quickly realized Emperor Longqing's purpose.
He wasn't complaining at all, nor was he even telling him a story.
The fact that Emperor Longqing, who was so sensitive and concerned about his reputation, could reveal the contents of the memorial from Prince Jin shows how angry he was.
He paused, then said, "Prince Jin has evil ambitions. He fabricated something out of thin air and slandered His Majesty. He is guilty of the death penalty."
Emperor Longqing did not comment, but sneered: "But do I really want to use this reason to convict him?"
Of course not.
This memorial cannot be made public, otherwise people all over the world will start to suspect something.
Xia Song completely understood the meaning of Emperor Longqing asking him to stay. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Prince Jin is ambitious and has abandoned his wife and children after his conspiracy was exposed, and killed the imperial envoy sent by the court. Now everyone can kill him."
That's what I mean.
Emperor Longqing hummed calmly, "I will leave this matter to you. You must give a reason that will convince the ministers and the people."
Don't let those people get to the bottom of the matter and come out to plead for mercy to King Jin.
Xia Song agreed.
Emperor Longqing leaned back on the dragon throne and closed his eyes to relieve the tiredness and soreness in his eyes, then he ordered Eunuch An to go to the Moon Palace.
The recent affairs of Queen Fang and Prince Jin have made him really depressed. Only seeing the Fifth Prince can make him happy. He has become accustomed to going to Lanyue Palace.
Concubine De was playing with the Fifth Prince, who could already walk unsteadily. He was stumbling towards the ball in Concubine De's hand, and when he saw Emperor Longqing, he immediately threw himself into his arms.
Concubine De couldn't help but scolded: "Mao'er forgot about mother when he saw his father. He is really a heartless little boy!"
This made Emperor Longqing even more delighted, and a smile appeared on his face: "Mao'er is smart, so she is naturally close to father." He asked her again: "Is Mao'er's cough better?"
As soon as spring came, Chu Jingmao became prone to coughing. His cough had become much more severe in the past few days, and his breathing even sounded like wheezing, which was extremely scary.
Concubine De quickly responded, "It's all fine now. Concubine Kong comes to give you acupuncture every day. Don't worry." She took a cup of ginseng tea from the tray held by the maid and handed it to him, "Moisten your throat too. It's so dry this time of year, and your throat is always easily uncomfortable."
Emperor Longqing took it, took a sip, and then played with the fifth prince.
The couple was having a good time, but Eunuch An was not polite enough to ask for an audience outside. Emperor Longqing was a little annoyed, but he suppressed it, let him in, and asked him, "What's the matter?"
Eunuch An glanced at Concubine De carefully, bent over and almost lowered his head to the ground: "Your Majesty, something happened to the Fourth Prince."
Emperor Longqing was a little surprised. When he realized what was happening, he stood up with a pale face and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
He had already stood up, and Eunuch An quickly went to the side to get his cloak and put it on him, telling him: "I don't know what happened, but I heard that he had a low-grade fever when he woke up this morning, but the imperial physician said it was nothing serious. Who knew that just now, the palace maids found that the Fourth Prince could not be woken up, and then they realized that he had fainted from the fever..."
As he walked, he quickly said, "I don't know who told the Queen, but now the Queen has passed by and is crying loudly while hugging the Fourth Prince..."
The fifth prince ran over and hugged Emperor Longqing's legs. He raised his little head and smiled at him, showing his two teeth, babbling and not letting him go.
Emperor Longqing touched his head, not wanting to stay any longer, and glanced at Concubine De.
Concubine De quickly picked up the fifth prince and whispered, "Father wants to go see your brother, Mao'er, be obedient." At the same time, she urged Emperor Longqing to go quickly.
After Emperor Longqing left, Nanny Peng took a few steps forward and took the fifth prince from Concubine De's hands, saying softly, "I don't know if he is really sick or just faking it."
The Fourth Prince was being kept in Emperor Longqing's Taiji Palace, how could he be faking his illness
It was just that the illness happened at too late a time. Empress Fang cried for a while after the illness, and it was possible that Emperor Longqing, with such a temperament, would become soft-hearted again.
Concubine Peng De sat down and thought for a while, then coughed and told Aunt Peng: "No matter what, keep an eye on the people in the Queen's Palace."
Aunt Peng agreed and asked her, "Your Majesty, are we really going to do nothing? The Queen may not have any good intentions towards us. If we are not careful, we may fall into her trap again."
Concubine De picked up the ball on the carpet for the Fifth Prince, bent down and teased him softly, and after a moment she looked at her and asked, "Didn't you see what happened to the Queen?"
Empress Fang boasted that she had known Emperor Longqing for a long time and was close to him, but she did not see clearly enough that Emperor Longqing was not someone who could be easily fooled.
He liked Queen Fang back then because she was different from Queen Ming. She knew less and naturally had less ambition, which made him feel safe and accomplished.
But now Empress Fang's ambitions are growing bigger and bigger. She has exposed her ambitions clearly in front of Emperor Longqing. How can Emperor Longqing tolerate her
In the past, Concubine De had always been wary of Empress Fang. What she was wary of was certainly not Empress Fang's intelligence and ability, but rather the unique trust and love that Emperor Longqing had for her. But now, Empress Fang was doing her utmost to squeeze out this uniqueness bit by bit.
Defei knew that what her sister, Concubine Yu said was right, so why should she do anything
All she had to do now was to do nothing, and the other side's queen would do the most.
The more she appeared to be noncompetitive and resigned to her fate, the more Emperor Longqing would compare her with Empress Fang, and the more hateful Empress Fang would appear in his eyes.
"We don't have to do anything, we just do it." She looked at Aunt Peng calmly, with a warning and deterrent look in her eyes: "Guard the door carefully, and keep a close eye on the people we use in the palace. Don't let them gossip about us, and don't let the previous things happen again."
The previous incident she was talking about was that someone in her palace was implicated in framing the Fourth Prince for a high fever.
Nanny Peng was startled and realized what Concubine Peng De meant, so she quickly responded in a low voice.
Then he said, "Madam, didn't you say you wanted to summon Old Madam Wei to the palace?"
Previously, Empress Fang took advantage of Old Madam Wei to stir up trouble, saying that the Fourth Prince was the reincarnation of the Eldest Prince. She caused herself a lot of trouble and was feared and hated by Emperor Longqing, but Old Madam Wei remained as calm as a rock and nothing happened.
Concubine De then knew that Old Madam Wei was a person of great virtue.
In addition, when Concubine Yu left, she had specifically reminded her that the Wei family could be of some use, so she became interested in the Wei family.