"Lao Qi should be on his way back. Brother Emperor, you should ask him then! Brother Chen doesn't know either. Brother Emperor, you should think carefully about how to deal with being attacked on three sides now!"
Seeing that there was a seventh in the same ranking as himself and that he was closer, he did not tell the emperor brother that he was competing with the young prince Dongling for an oiran and accidentally got into a fight with the young prince Dongling. Then the young prince of Dongling died in the middle of the night, so the matter naturally fell on him!
The young prince of Dongling Kingdom died, and his son died in the territory of Nalan Kingdom. In order to make the death of this young prince worthwhile, Emperor Dongling will definitely take advantage of this opportunity.
It happened that the King of Huainan and the Guo family rebelled, and the Nalan Kingdom encountered droughts and floods that were rare in a century. It was just the right time and the right place, and the leader of the Dongling Kingdom was ambitious. If he didn't send troops, he would be sorry for what God had given him. Great opportunity!
The emperor's brain hurts!
Now that he is old, can't he be allowed to enjoy his old age in peace
"You guys hurry up and find a way for me!"
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In the morning of the next day, the emperor took out a portrait in front of all the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
All the civil and military officials of the dynasty were shocked when they looked at the girl in the portrait!
Sure enough, the emperor secretly kept a portrait of the Queen Mother when she was young
So what does it mean to take it out now
Is it because King Huainan found this excuse to rebel, so the emperor is not afraid of boiling water or breaking jars
The emperor looked at the shocked expressions on the ministers' faces, how could he not know what they were thinking.
There were some things that were painful in his heart that he didn't want to be touched, but he had to mention them today.
Even if it hurts my heart!
He is not afraid of being misunderstood by the world. He is the emperor and the world is in his hands. He can do whatever he wants!
But the Seventeenth Emperor's Brother can't do it, and neither can her beloved little sister, the Queen Mother!
He failed to protect her back then and broke his promise again and again, causing her... Now he can only try his best to protect the person she loves most.
I pray that I will be forgiven by her in the next life and have the opportunity to renew my unfinished relationship.
The emperor squeezed the portrait in his hand tightly, suppressed the breath in his throat that made his heart ache, and then said:
"Recently, both the court and the people have said that the Seventeenth Emperor's younger brother was born between me and the Queen Mother,..."
After hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.
"I know this is because everyone thinks that the portrait collected in my imperial study belongs to the Queen Mother! But... who still remembers that when I was still the prince, I had already made an engagement? The person who was engaged to be engaged was Who do you all remember? It’s not the deposed Guo family!”
Nuan Nuan also came to the morning court today. The emperor asked her to come last night.
She couldn't help but pricked up her ears when she heard this. Did she hear some gossip
Nalan Jinnian didn't tell him much about this matter, but who doesn't like to hear gossip!
The emperor actually mentioned this matter, and the Protector lowered his head unconsciously, shrank his body back, and wished he could hide.
Xu Yingxuan was once the glory of the Protector, but she also brought great shame to the Protector!
He didn't expect that the emperor still kept her portrait.
If that didn't happen that year, the emperor and her...
So is the Lord Protector different now? !
After the emperor ascended the throne, he alienated them from the Protectorate!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lord Protector has no successful descendants.
However, the Queen Mother is not close either...
If the Queen Mother could take care of the Duke's Mansion, why would they...
At this time, an old voice sounded: "If I remember correctly, she is the eldest daughter of the Protector. The emperor was engaged to the eldest daughter of the Protector back then."
It's a pity for that good boy who doesn't give way to women.
The speaker was one of the Four Dukes, Duke Lao Cheng, who was now the only elder of the former dynasty who still served in the imperial court and served in the early dynasty!
The Minister of the Ministry of Finance also remembered after hearing this: "Yes, I also remember that the emperor was engaged to the eldest daughter of the Protector! Moreover, when the eldest daughter of the Protector was young, she looked exactly the same as the Queen Mother when she was young! Because There is a big age difference between the two, and the eldest daughter of the Protector has long been..."
Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance did not continue talking at this point, so as not to mention the emperor's sadness. He paused for a moment before continuing: "So many people in the court have no memory. But there is still a difference between the two! The Queen Mother has a star on her right nose. The Queen Mother’s eldest sister doesn’t have a small mole! The reason why I still remember it is because the Protector said that the Queen Mother and her eldest sister are exactly the same! Am I right, Lord Protector?”
Everyone looked at the Duke after hearing this. After all, the Queen Mother's eldest sister was a taboo and had not been mentioned for many years!
Everyone has forgotten that such a person exists.
Besides, many people in the court were still young at that time, and the young lady from the Duke's Mansion was not someone he could meet whenever he wanted, so he didn't meet many people.
But when the Minister of the Ministry of Finance said this, some people can still remember it.
Indeed, the Queen Mother and her eldest sister look exactly alike!
Duke Zhen Guo nodded: "Yes, the Queen Mother and Yingxuan did look exactly the same before they had hairpins!"
The emperor glanced at Eunuch Lin.
Eunuch Lin immediately took the portrait down and showed it to the court ministers.
The portrait is many years old, the paper has turned yellow, and the girl above has no mole on her nose!
It is easy to add a mole to a person in an old portrait, but it is impossible to remove an existing mole.
All civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this: It turned out to be the emperor's betrothed!
I didn’t expect that the emperor is still an infatuated person!
No wonder all the empresses in the palace were favored for a while, but not all of them were favored for long.
After giving birth to one or two children, they will basically fall out of favor.
The emperor is just completing the task of carrying on the family line, right
But this is not the time to think about these things for the time being. Business is more important. Some people are rebelling under such a banner and want the emperor to abdicate in favor of others!
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty expressed their loyalty and said: "The emperor has a great reputation, is diligent and loves the people, how could he do such an unjust thing! The ministers have long known that the rumors are false! I didn't know that it was that turtle bastard who was in trouble. Cheating!"
"Wei Chen has never believed in such rumors. Someone is definitely deliberately adding fuel to the flames and fanning the flames! Even the emperor, the queen mother, and King Jin dare to slander him. He deserves death!"
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"No, King Jin is unparalleledly handsome and extremely smart. He looks nothing like the emperor. Wei Chen has long known that this is absolutely impossible!"
Originally, the emperor could still listen, but he couldn't listen anymore after hearing this!
King Jin is unparalleled in beauty and intelligence, but he looks nothing like himself
The seventeenth brother is more beautiful than a woman, so in his eyes he is a man-woman! Just praise him for his unparalleled handsomeness!
But what does it mean to be extremely smart and nothing like yourself
Does this mean I'm stupid
We are all born from the same father!
They all have the same genetics and the same intelligence, okay
The emperor glared at the Minister of War who spoke: "The Minister of War is indeed extremely smart. In that case, can you tell me how to put down this civil strife as quickly as possible when King Huainan rebels?"