It was a cold day, but Zhang Shou took the Fourth Prince out and didn't come back for a long time. The Third Prince couldn't help but feel very nervous... Of course, to be more precise, he should be very confused. However, he couldn't ignore his father who was emitting endless anger and coldness. So he could only rack his brains to think of how to appease his father while paying attention to what was happening outside.
After waiting anxiously for a long time, he finally saw someone walking into the East Warm Pavilion with his head down. But there was only one person, the Fourth Prince. Seeing him walk up silently and then kneel on the ground, he thought his fourth brother was still going to hold on, and he was very anxious for a moment. But the next moment, he heard the person speak.
"Father, I know I was wrong. I lied before."
The emperor, who was originally filled with anger, heard the fourth prince actually confess his faults, even admitted to lying, and revealed all the simple and straightforward "conspiracy" that was horrible to look at. He was more absurd than furious. Pointing at the nose of the little guy in front of him, he almost blurted out, "You go outside and kneel down to reflect on yourself." But when the words came to his lips, he was slightly stunned.
I remember that it was also a cold day like this. When he was young, he was punished by the Empress Dowager to kneel before the throne in the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity because he treated a cabinet elder roughly. Even though he was known as the supreme emperor, the words revealed by the Empress Dowager when she was heartbroken made him shudder at that time. Throughout the dynasties, are there not many examples of orphans and widows who lost the throne and even the country
And the trick he used to deal with the elder seemed to be similar to that used by the Fourth Prince...
The emperor took a deep breath and then asked fiercely, "Where is Zhang Shou? Could it be that he left on his own after I persuaded you to come back and confess your crime? If I remember correctly, when I sent Chen Yongshou to deliver the message, I said that he should be summoned as well, right?"
The Third Prince had just heard what the Fourth Prince said, and was filled with anger at someone acting on his own initiative and being smart. He suddenly woke up and realized that Zhang Shou, who had just taken the Fourth Prince away, had not followed him in. He quickly looked at his fourth brother. The Fourth Prince raised his head and said with a face full of shame, "The teacher is waiting outside the Qianqing Palace, and he said not to disturb the three of us, father and son."
The emperor felt that Zhang Shou's move was more of an attempt to avoid suspicion than to avoid disaster, but he felt relieved. After all, as a father, he couldn't call his son back to the palace, and had to step in as a teacher. He felt bad no matter how he thought about it. But the next moment, Chen Yongshou's cautious voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, someone from Qingning Palace has asked Zhang Xueshi to leave."
Upon learning that it was the Queen Mother who had taken Zhang Shou away, the Emperor was stunned at first, but then the Fourth Prince jumped up and asked, "Will the Grandmother blame the teacher because of me?"
When these words came out, even the Third Prince was shocked. This was very possible. After all, the Queen Mother also sent Yuquan to send the Fourth Prince to be taught a lesson by Zhang Shou last time! And that time, Zhang Shou not only punished the Fourth Prince with twenty strokes of the ruler, but also received ten strokes himself!
When the fourth prince thought about how he was so proud of himself when he was making an emergency plan this morning and never thought about the problem of causing trouble for others, he immediately ran out. As a result, the emperor, who was shocked, shouted angrily: "Where are you going? If you go to Qingning Palace now, you will harm him! Kneel down here and reflect on yourself, Sanlang, you watch him!"