When Queen Ma saw Zhu Biao rushing toward Anqing, she suddenly felt a headache and couldn't help but press it with her hands. He sighed: "This son of mine is good at everything, but he is too soft-hearted and sometimes too stupid."
Xiaocui smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not stupid. His Highness is extremely intelligent and kind. He will definitely be a wise king loved by the people in the future."
"Mingjun? How can Mingjun be so easy to be?" Queen Ma didn't even hide her words in front of Xiaocui, and laughed directly.
There have been different views on Mingjun since ancient times. Most people may think that as long as an emperor is diligent in his duties and able to speak out widely, he can gain the support of officials and people and govern the world well, and he is considered a wise king.
But in Queen Ma's view, if it was so easy to become a wise king, then there would be too many wise kings in history. On the contrary, in Queen Ma's view, such a person has no potential to be a wise king. Although not all wise kings in history are neither poisonous nor husbands, most of them are ruthless characters with the pinnacle of wisdom and skill.
Take Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as an example. In terms of wisdom, tolerance, and cruelty, it can be said that none of them are weak. In terms of wisdom, being able to decide to launch the palace coup in advance while Li Yuan was still there was such a prompt and decisive decision that no ordinary person, not even Du Ruhui, who was known for his good judgment, could match. In terms of cruelty, he does his duty. How can someone who can be cruel to his own brother be an ordinary person? Ordinary people may not be able to do it to outsiders, let alone their closest relatives. In terms of tolerance, it is even more amazing. When the Turks' 200,000 troops came to the city, they dared to lead six people out of the city and signed the Weishui Alliance with the Turks. Then they worked hard and managed to eliminate the Turks only four years later.
It can be seen from this that if you want to be a wise king, you must not only have real wisdom and benevolence, but also be able to deal with cruelty when it is time to strike. If an emperor is only benevolent and cannot kill when the time comes, then such an emperor will sooner or later be ignored by his ministers and become a puppet emperor, let alone a wise emperor.
All emperors who have been ignored in history have only two situations. First, either the ministers were too strong, for example, they met a tycoon like Cao Cao, or second, the emperor was too benevolent.
The wages of avarice is death.
From the moment humans are born, they face struggles. As a human being, how can we do anything without fighting? Even if he is an emperor, he still needs to fight with his ministers and cannot be blindly merciful. Otherwise, if the ministers try to push the envelope, sooner or later the emperor will be ignored.
Xiaocui didn't know what Queen Ma was thinking. She tilted her head and glanced at it, then stopped paying attention.
On the other side, Lao Zhu rushed all the way to Princess Anqing angrily.
Princess Anqing, who was originally writing, was very happy when she heard that her father had arrived, and walked out quickly, ready to welcome her. As soon as the results came out, I saw that my father's face was covered with frost, and I couldn't help but feel nervous, and I quickly became cautious.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father."
"Hmph!!!" Lao Zhu didn't look good on An Qing. He waved his sleeves and robe without any intention of letting An Qing get up. He walked directly in, sat down on the upper seat with a golden sword, and looked at An Qing who was kneeling at the door coldly. .
Princess Anqing didn't know what was going on and lowered her head and did not dare to speak nonsense. After a long time, I heard my father's voice, "Do you know Han Du?"
Princess Anqing felt even more uneasy, bit her lip and whispered back: "We know you."
Lao Zhu slapped the table beside him and asked angrily: "Do you know that you are engaged? How can you be so unclearly entangled with him? Do you still know Do you know the word shame?"
Han Du and I are innocent, why don't we know our shame?
Princess Anqing felt very aggrieved, and at the same time, a senseless anger surged into her heart. She couldn't help but retorted: "Since my father feels that my son is shameless, please ask my father to demote my son to a commoner and expel him from the clan."
Lao Zhu was furious when he heard this. If he had just blamed Princess Anqing for humiliating the royal family by having an unclear entanglement with Han Du, then now he was truly furious. In Lao Zhu's view, the daughter he had worked so hard to raise now dared to talk back to him for a brat, and even said she would rather be expelled from the clan. Doesn't this mean that his daughter will not even want to be her father for a brat?
Since ancient times, there has never been a son-in-law that the father-in-law likes, not to mention that under such circumstances, Anqing still turned to Han Du instead of him as a father. This made Lao Zhu feel mixed emotions, and his anger also doubled.
With trembling fingers, he pointed at An Qing and said intermittently: "Okay... you two are really good... Han Du didn't even ask for a title for you. I didn't expect you to do the same. Same, I won’t even become a princess for him.”
Princess Anqing faced her father's anger. She was originally fearful and trembling, but suddenly she heard her father say that Han Du would give up even the title of marquis for him. Suddenly, Princess Anqing was no longer afraid and looked at her father fearlessly with her neck raised.
Lao Zhu looked at An Qing and felt that his daughter was really brave now and did not take him as the emperor seriously at all. "Okay, very good. If you are a female college student, don't stay, then don't stay. I will beat you to death today." After saying that, he looked around, as if he was looking for someone to take advantage of him.
Lao Zhu's words frightened everyone. The maid Yiyi was shocked, her face turned pale and she quickly shouted: "Your Majesty, no!!!"
"Father, calm down!!!"
As soon as Zhu Biao walked into the palace gate, he heard Princess Anqing's request to be demoted to a commoner, and he suddenly exclaimed that something was wrong. Everyone knows how strong his father is, Zhu Biao. Now is the time when my father is angry. If he wants to have room for maneuver in this matter, he can only outsmart him and cannot defeat him with force. Zhu Biao did not expect that An Qing, who had always been smart, would stupidly confront his father over this matter. Do you think you can stay and fly with Han Du for nothing, just to anger your father and demote you to a commoner?
Go ahead and dream, if things really turn out to be like that, you and Han Du will truly be destined for this life.
Seeing that his father had found a paperweight and held it in his hand, Zhu Biao stepped forward and hugged his father tightly. "Father, I don't want it. If you hit him with one hand, Anqing will be dead."
"It would be better if she died. What are you going to do with such an unfaithful and unfilial daughter? Get out of here." Lao Zhu cursed at Princess Anqing, then turned around and glared at Zhu Biao.
