The Queen Mother already knew about the arrest of the fourth prince and the seventh prince, and also knew that the rebellion had finally been put down. She bowed to the Buddhist hall and recited Amitabha for a while before walking out of the Buddhist hall.
Lu Fu helped her out and said with a smile, "The Queen Mother hasn't had a good rest these days, and now she has something on her mind. From now on, you can't work hard and not take care of your body, or else the next time you have a baby When the Crown Prince entered the palace and saw that the Queen Mother had lost weight, I didn’t know how distressed he was.”
"You, you are the only one who can talk." The Queen Mother laughed, "That little heartless Nannan, how could he still remember to come to the palace to find the Ai family? With Lanwei Lansheng by his side, I'm afraid he would have gone crazy. , would not come into the palace to accompany me, an old woman."
"The young prince has always been filial and considerate and respectful to the queen mother. How could he forget the queen mother? It's just that during this time, the outside world is noisy. He is also the young prince who repairs the palace. Those bad guys may have been watching him for a long time. The queen mother feels sorry for him. , didn’t you also ask him to stay well in the palace? The young prince took the Queen Mother’s words into his heart. I’m watching, my servant, now that things are calm outside, the young prince will definitely enter the palace soon to pay his respects to the queen mother.”
The Queen Mother felt very happy after being told that she really liked that little thing.
Seeing how energetic he always looked, she felt much younger.
only…
Now that Ye Xiu has put down the rebellion alone, he is talented and has the emperor's attention. He is in the limelight for a while, and the throne... is probably going to fall on him.
By then, Nan Nan will be the legitimate heir.
The Queen Mother has been in the palace for so many years and has experienced so much. She knows how heavy the burden of being a prince is, and there are so many overt and secret struggles in the royal family. She really doesn't want Nannan to experience those things too.
But Nannan is smart. If he reaches that position in the future, he will definitely become a wise king.
It's just this vitality of his... I'm afraid I won't see it again in the future.
The Queen Mother sighed, and Lu Fu felt worried. He was speaking well just now, but his expression suddenly changed.
Just as she was about to say a few nice words to explain to the Queen Mother, Miao Qianqiu's voice came from outside.
"The Emperor has arrived."
In an instant, people were kneeling on the ground inside and outside the palace.
The Queen Mother frowned. The Emperor was not in good health. He had just dealt with two rebels, the Fourth and Seventh Princes. He didn't have a good rest. Why did he come to a palace so far away from Xianghe Palace
She took two steps forward, and the emperor had already saluted her, "Mother."
"No need to be polite, why are you here?" The Queen Mother immediately asked someone to spread two layers of soft cushions on the seat for him to sit down.
The emperor laughed, and then said to the people in the palace, "You all go down."
The Queen Mother was stunned and wanted to retreat. Is there something important to discuss
The mother and son were soon left in the Xianghe Palace. The Queen Mother looked at the emperor, who hesitated a little.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Mother, the deposed prince cannot stay."
He spoke directly, but the Queen Mother was shocked when she heard it. She suddenly stood up and said, "You, you mean... Your Majesty, he, although he is a little dull and has done some wrong things, you have also destroyed him. Isn't it enough to be under house arrest? He is still your son after all, and he has not committed any unforgivable crime."
The emperor pursed his lips, but still the deposed prince colluded with the seventh prince, almost killing the third prince and his wife, and captured Xu Rou, cutting off one of her fingers as bait, forcing Ye Lansheng to deceive Nan Nan and surrender, even at the last moment, He also wanted to spread rumors to deny Ye Lansheng's identity, so he told the Queen Mother one by one.
The Queen Mother fell back on the chair weakly and looked at the emperor in disbelief, "Is everything you said true?"
"Of course, Mrs. Xu and Lan Sheng know these things best. Ms. Xu is still weak and lying on the bed. All the things were witnessed by the third wife and her husband. The queen mother summoned them back and they would know after asking. "
The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth trembled slightly, opened and closed several times, but she was speechless.
"Mother, he just framed other people. But Xu is his wife, and Lan Sheng is his son. He doesn't even care about the lives of his wife and son, and even uses them as bait. He is worse than a beast. Does the mother know? , when Lan Sheng was unwilling to deal with Nan Nan, he actually risked death and went alone with a dagger. He was just a child, even so, but the deposed prince... If Nan Nan hadn't been clever and felt something was wrong with Lan Sheng, he would have I told Miss Yu about this matter, so it didn't cause tragedy. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to see Lan Sheng and Xu anymore."
The Queen Mother held her head in despair, feeling waves of cold air rising upwards.
It is really inhumane for the deposed prince to be so selfish, using his wife and children to deal with Nannan's child.
The Queen Mother was silent, but her head hurt a little.
There was silence in Xianghe Palace, and the emperor stopped and did not speak again.
After a long time, the Queen Mother's slightly hoarse and old voice came out, "Can't... he be imprisoned? Lock him up. He can't go anywhere, can't contact anyone, and has no freedom... Or, let him be with the seventh prince and the fourth prince. It's the same, if you're locked up in a prison, you won't be able to come out and harm others for the rest of your life."
The emperor pursed his lips and remained silent. It wasn't until the Queen Mother raised her head to look at him that he shook his head firmly.
The Queen Mother felt sad in her heart, "Your Majesty, he is your son after all. The fourth and seventh sons made such big mistakes, and you just locked them up. The Ai family knows that you can't bear it. After all, if the two sons are gone, You can't stand it either. But the same goes for the deposed prince... What he did is indeed worse than an animal, but he is the queen's son, and the queen will not agree to it."
After a pause, the Queen Mother thought of Ye Lansheng again, "Besides, although the deposed prince is unkind to Lan Sheng, that kid Lan Sheng is kind-hearted, so you just take it for his sake..."
"Mother." The emperor stood up quickly and interrupted her with a serious face, "Just because he is Lan Sheng's father, I can't let him go."
"What, what do you mean?" The Queen Mother was stunned. She felt something was wrong when she heard these words.
The emperor took a deep breath, but his voice became a little lower, "Lan Sheng will inherit the throne in the future, and the deposed prince will be a drag whether he is imprisoned or released. There is only one way for him to go, and that is death."
"What did you say??!" The Queen Mother raised her head in shock and gasped, "What did you just say? Lan Sheng... inherit the throne? Are you planning to... "
The emperor nodded, "Lan Sheng will be a wise king, so before that, I must clear the roadblocks in front of him. Even if that roadblock is his father, he is my son."