In front of the palace gate, Shen Changze looked at Yu Zheng getting on the carriage, and suddenly remembered the time Yu Zheng sent Jiang Shu back to Jing'an Marquis Mansion.
At that time, Shen Changze felt that it was a bit strange that Yu Zheng personally helped Jiang Shu get out of the car, and also had a secret conversation with him for Jiang Shu's sake. Only today did he find out that they had a relationship for a long time. It was ridiculous that he had been kept in the dark.
He had questioned Jiang Shu at the beginning, and therefore had a rift with Jiang Shu. Now it seems that they may have been in contact with each other for a long time.
No wonder Jiang Shu was determined to reconcile, no wonder she could beg the eldest princess!
All of this is because of Yu Zheng!
Shen Changze was unwilling to give in and rushed to the slowly starting carriage and stopped it.
"Hey!" Zhuiyun stopped the carriage urgently and said with a worried look on his face: "What does Marquis Jing'an mean?"
"I have a few words to ask the prince." Shen Changze held a ball of fire in his chest, and his eyes were full of anger.
Zhuiyun asked Yu Zheng for permission and opened the car door after receiving permission.
Yu Zheng was sitting in the car wearing court uniform, looking down at Shen Changze who was blocking the road, his dark eyes slightly twisted: "What does Marquis Jing'an want to ask?"
Shen Changze's chest heaved and he asked, "Has the prince always had secret dealings with Jiang Shu?"
"Nothing." Yu Zheng knew what he was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "I have never had any contact with Jiang Shu before, and she doesn't know my identity. Your relationship with her has nothing to do with me. It's you who doesn't know." cherish."
"You don't have to doubt her. She never betrayed you when she was the Marquis of Jing'an. If you don't believe it, you can go and verify it yourself."
"But one thing I would like to remind you is that she is now my fiancée. If you slander and humiliate her, don't blame me for being merciless."
Yu Zheng's dark eyes were cold and stern, carrying unquestionable intimidation and oppression.
Shen Changze's heart was shaken, and he felt panic and more of embarrassment in his heart.
Having finished speaking, Zhuiyun closed the car door and said with a cold expression: "Please give way, Marquis Jing'an."
When Shen Changze heard this, he stepped aside with a stern face.
The carriage drove away slowly, and Shen Changze stood there for a long time without moving.
The bright sun shone into the towering palace walls, and Yu Cheng walked slowly along the lonely palace road to Yongning Palace.
"Your Highness." The palace people greeted him respectfully.
Yu Cheng stepped into the palace, and the maid just happened to help the queen come out of the inner room.
"Mother." Yu Cheng saluted and said hello.
The queen responded and asked Yu Cheng to sit down and talk.
The queen, who is nearly fifty years old, is dressed in a crimson palace dress, with a phoenix hairpin on her head that represents her status. She is elegant and solemn. Although I have tried my best to take care of my face, there are still signs of aging on my face.
"What's new today?" the queen asked calmly.
Yu Cheng told about the emperor's marriage to Yu Zheng.
The queen was very surprised after hearing this: "Prince Jing actually wants to marry a merchant's daughter as his concubine? Or is it a harmonious marriage?"
A few days ago, I was dedicated to worshiping Buddha. Today, I suddenly wanted to marry a concubine, and the wife I married was a useless second-married daughter.
What Yu Zheng did was really hard to understand.
What's even more puzzling is that the emperor and Concubine Yu actually let him do whatever he wanted.
The queen's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, filled with doubts in her heart.
Yu Chengdao: "My son and I can't see through it, but my father's imperial edict has been issued and everyone in the court knows about it. There should be no change in this matter. Moreover, the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tian Jian are already preparing for the wedding."
The queen nodded: "No matter what conspiracy they have, this is always a good thing for us."
What the Queen has been most worried about in recent years is that Yu Zheng marries a powerful and noble woman as his concubine, which would be like adding more power to a tiger, making it even more difficult to deal with.
After hearing the Queen's words, Yu Cheng was silent and raised his eyebrows and said, "My son feels that he doesn't want to argue with me, so my mother doesn't need to be so worried."
Ever since Yu Cheng could remember, the Queen had often told him repeatedly that he must be on guard against Yu Zheng, compare with Yu Zheng, and defeat Yu Zheng, otherwise his position as prince would be taken away by Yu Zheng in the future.
He kept working hard and being careful for so many years, but he never saw Yu Zheng competing with him for anything.
Gradually, Yu Cheng began to question the queen's words.
"If he doesn't fight, your father will help him fight! How can you relax your vigilance!" The queen's tone suddenly worsened, angry that she would not fight.
"Can't you see how your father has treated us, mother and son, and their mother and son over the years?"
"It is said that emperors are ruthless, but your father and Imperial Concubine Yu are sleeping together like an ordinary couple, doting their mother and son to heaven."
"Take a look at my Yongning Palace again. How many times has your father been here? How many times have you spoken to me?"
As a woman, the most intolerable shame for the queen was that since she gave birth to Yu Cheng, the emperor had never touched her again, making her a widow for more than ten years until now.
But she couldn't tell anyone about this extremely private matter, so she could only grit her teeth and hide it in her heart, hiding in the quilt alone in the dead of night and crying.
She hated the emperor, and even more hated Concubine Yu for monopolizing the emperor.
One day, she will make them pay for the shame and injustice she has suffered over the years!
Yu Cheng understood the pain in the Queen's heart, but no one else could control the couple's affairs, so he could only try to comfort her.
However, as soon as Yu Cheng opened his mouth, the queen pointed the finger at him again.
"You have been kind and humble since you were a child, and you have excelled in everything. You are better than Yu Zheng in everything, but your father never cares about you and is stingy with even a word of praise or a smile."
"The emperor is indeed ruthless. He used his ruthlessness on us, mother and son."
The silk handkerchief in the Queen's hand was twisted and deformed, and her eyes showed strong resentment and resentment.
Yu Cheng looked at his handsome face with a serious look on his face, and his mood was heavy and complicated.
When he was a child, he had cried and been sad. He didn't understand why the emperor only hugged Yu Zheng, only praised Yu Zheng, and only smiled at Yu Zheng since they were his father's children.
Later, as he grew up, he gradually got used to it.
Later, when he grew up and had his own subordinates, he learned about some old things and understood everything in his astonishment.
As the same man, the same father, and the same experience, he gradually understood the emperor.
Although the Cao family had no intention of rebellion, some things they did went too far.
He was originally happy with the prime minister's daughter, and his status was equal to her. But in order to consolidate their status, the Cao family used soft and hard tactics to make him marry the Cao family's cousin as the crown prince and give birth to their eldest son.
Yu Cheng personally experienced what the emperor went through back then and felt the same way.
"Since the queen feels that the emperor is ruthless, why does she want me to become the emperor?" Yu Cheng asked, staring into the queen's eyes.
The queen was startled and said matter-of-factly: "You are the prince. From the day you were born, you were destined to be an emperor."
"But my mother was not born to be a queen, so why did she choose this path?" Yu Cheng asked again.
"What do you mean? Do you want to say that I am the one to blame for all this?" The queen was furious and knocked over several tea cups with a puff of her sleeves.
Her good son is not facing her!
Yu Cheng said hurriedly: "Mother, please calm down. My son and I have no intention of doing so."
"Then what do you mean?" The queen was furious and heartbroken.
Yu Cheng said slowly: "I just feel that it was my choice for my mother to enter the palace back then. I should have expected such consequences, so I should not tie myself up and add to the pain."
Yu Cheng's words not only failed to ease the anger in the Queen's heart, but instead made her even more angry.
The mother and son had a few quarrels and broke up on bad terms.
