He relaxed his expression, leaned back in his chair and exhaled, letting Concubine Peng De gently massage his shoulders and neck. After a long while, he said, "I have spoiled her so much that she has no idea how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is."
Concubine Peng De asked tentatively: "What does this have to do with you? The children have grown up and always have their own thoughts. Besides, the source is also Pingxi Hou and Shouning County Princess..."
She was testing whether Emperor Longqing would vent his anger on Shen Chen and Wei An because of his daughter's accident after this incident.
Emperor Longqing said, "What does it have to do with them? Shen Chen has always told me that he will not marry her. He has never hidden anything from me. As for taking out your anger on Wei An, that is even more unnecessary. What can Wei An decide?"
In his eyes, no matter how smart and rebellious Wei An was, she was still a girl.
He held her in his hand. If he wasn't careful, she would die. Life and death were in her hands, so naturally her future was in his hands as well.
Her fate is not in her own hands.
If Shen Chen said he wanted her, he would give Wei An to Shen Chen as a reward.
If Shen Chen had not been attracted to her in the first place, he would have followed Third Master Lin's wishes and given her to him.
She has the least power to choose her own life and direction.
That's why he was even more angry.
Because it was his decision to let Shen Chen marry Wei An.
Princess Yonghe was so unreasonable. She wouldn't let go of Wei An and wanted to beat him to death. She was actually challenging him - what could Wei An decide
Her behavior made Emperor Longqing feel a little embarrassed towards Wei An again.
After all, both of his fathers are working hard for him, and he wants to sell Wei An for a good price, but now his daughter is angry with Wei An because he wants to sell him off.
It's really unreasonable and stupid.
Concubine Peng De immediately understood that Emperor Longqing was not blaming the Wei family now, and he didn't even have the slightest intention of taking his anger out on the Wei family. In his mind, the Wei family was now a complete victim.
If you say anything unfavorable to the Wei family now, in the eyes of Emperor Longqing, you are just making trouble and not wanting good for him. Concubine Peng De swallowed her saliva, and when she saw that Emperor Longqing had made a decision, she agreed: "You are right, Shouning has indeed suffered a lot of injustice this time."
She saw what Emperor Longqing meant, so she had to follow his lead and speak well of Wei An. "But this time it's really hard for her. I heard that Yonghe didn't give her face at all and made her lose face in front of many people."
She knew that Emperor Longqing had already sent eunuchs and the Embroidered Uniform Guards to investigate all this, so it didn't matter to her whether or not she should cover up for Feng Shuyuan - Emperor Longqing knew everything.
And since he couldn't use his own daughter as a scapegoat, someone had to bear his anger and share the blame for Princess Yonghe.
Apart from Feng Shuyuan, are there any other suitable candidates
Emperor Longqing sneered: "She doesn't make any progress, and those sycophants are just following her and taking advantage of her power!"
This is the final word on the matter. Concubine Peng De pursed her lips. She felt a little frightened for some reason, but she quickly suppressed the thought and sighed softly: "After all, it's hard for them to do anything. They all act according to Yonghe's expression."
This is the truth.
Emperor Longqing was silent for a moment before he said, "Others are fine, but those troublemakers are really despicable. With the indulgence of such people, my children will become bad even if they are not bad. They appear to be obedient, but in fact they are indulging them to become bad. Their hearts are damnable!"
The use of such strong words as "his heart is despicable" shows that he is really disgusted by this matter.
Concubine Peng De understood the situation completely and stopped begging for mercy. Instead, she said to Emperor Longqing, "That's not the case. Yongqing was here this time and she tried her best to persuade Yonghe, but Yonghe just didn't listen to her..."
Thinking that Princess Yongqing was indeed well-educated, gentle and polite, and had no domineering deeds, Emperor Longqing felt a little comforted and asked Princess Yongqing: "Yonghe took Wushisan and became unconscious. Did he embarrass Yongqing?"
Concubine Peng De hesitated in embarrassment.
Such an expression itself explained the problem. Emperor Longqing sneered and said, "It's settled. Let Yonghe go to Puci Temple to reflect on her mistakes today. She can come out again when she completely quits taking Wushisan!"
Concubine Peng De hurriedly responded: "I will arrange it."
Emperor Longqing then asked about the prince's recent daily life.
Speaking of the crown prince, Concubine Peng De became even more relaxed: "He always wants to learn horse riding and archery, but he is still young now. I told him that he can learn these when he is older."
Emperor Longqing smiled rarely. He had been very busy recently. The affairs in Zhejiang had been bothering him for a while. Jiang Zining and Qian Shiyun had been living and eating in the cabinet recently, and he himself was almost the same. It was true that he had not seen the prince for a while.
After he finished laughing, he reminded: "Take good care of him, and don't indulge him too much. Master told me recently that he is very motivated and a good student."
Jiang Zining is the Prince's Grand Tutor, and Qin Dong is the Prince's Junior Tutor. Both of them give lectures to the Prince.
Fortunately, they all spoke highly of the prince, saying that he was a promising talent.
Emperor Longqing felt better when he thought of his son's efforts to make him successful.
When Concubine Peng De heard Emperor Longqing praising his son, her mood also improved: "He also respects the teachers. I heard that the Prime Minister is about to celebrate his 70th birthday. I don't know what gift to give him."
Emperor Longqing smiled and said, "I have forgotten about this. You can decide what reward to give him."
He also needs to express his gratitude to these old ministers.
Concubine Peng De agreed with a smile, and the atmosphere finally became better.
Seeing that it was getting late, Concubine Peng De guessed that Emperor Longqing would probably stay here overnight this time, so she was in a good mood and ordered the kitchen to bring up a midnight snack.
Emperor Longqing shook his head and said, "No need. I will go to Concubine Shu's place. You can go to bed early."
Concubine Peng De's mood, which had just improved a little, instantly fell to the bottom again. She found it somewhat unbelievable that Emperor Longqing refused to stay overnight.
Although he had not praised the newcomer recently, he had become much colder to her, treating her like a stranger. He basically stopped coming to her place except to see his son. Now that he had finally come and the atmosphere was just right, he did not stay but went to the Concubine Shu who was pregnant and could not serve him at all! What did he think of her? Where did he put her face
She was embarrassed and awkward, but Emperor Longqing didn't think too much about it.
He could never get used to staying with Concubine Peng De. For some reason, he always felt at ease with Concubine Shu, and what Concubine Shu said touched his heart.