Grandma led Lu Qingtang to the garden in the courtyard, where there was a newly erected swing and a small wooden horse, which was very suitable for children to play.
Lu Qingtang just watched the children playing and listened to the story of Qi'er told by his mother.
Qi'er was the child of the Queen Mother who died. He was only twelve years old at the time. He was talented and well-liked in literature and was quite popular with the late emperor.
He was the first child of the late emperor and the empress dowager, and all the glory revolved around him. He was the proud son of heaven who was admired by thousands of people.
However, God was jealous of the talent, and such a good son disappeared like this, soaking in the cold water of October, and at the same time took away half of the Queen Mother's life.
During the time when she was ill, Emperor Kang Yuan was only ten years old. He was filial to her every day and tried every means to please her. After the Queen Mother recovered from her illness, she asked the late emperor to raise Emperor Kang Yuan. From then on, Emperor Kang Yuan changed from a child born to a palace maid to his legitimate son.
However, after supporting him to ascend the throne, Emperor Kang Yuan turned his face and suddenly changed from a humble and filial prince to a cold-blooded and ruthless emperor. On the surface, he seemed to be very filial to the Queen Mother. He decorated the Longqing Palace very gorgeously and spent nearly one million taels of silver just to make the Queen Mother live comfortably.
However, at that time, the treasury was empty, the war in Mobei was intense, there were pirates in the southeast, and there were floods in the south. The entire Daheng was in dire straits. Allowing the Queen Mother to live in such luxury at this time is nothing more than putting the Queen Mother family on the fire.
It didn't take long for the Queen Mother's family to be convicted, exiled to exile, demoted to demoted, and the rest was nothing. They used the strength of the whole clan to push up the emperor and defeated them in one fell swoop, leaving the queen mother with no support.
After hearing what his mother-in-law said, Lu Qingtang felt a chill run down his spine.
She would even fantasize that the mama was talking about someone else, not Emperor Kang Yuan who smiled whenever he saw her.
Recalling what her mother-in-law had said to her, she concluded that Emperor Kang Yuan must have done it when Prince Qi was drowned in the pond. But he was only ten years old at the time, and it was simply terrifying that a ten-year-old child could be so scheming.
Lu Qingtang took the babies back to the side hall for lunch, and Mo Zeshen came back just at this time. He looked tired, but he still did not forget to sit down at the dining table with his two children in his arms.
During the meal, he didn't speak. He only lowered his head to eat the rice in the bowl, and occasionally raised his head to smile at the two babies. The rest of the time he was either frowning or in a daze, as if he had something on his mind.
After eating, Mo Zeshen went back to his room to take a nap. Lu Qingtang didn't want to disturb him, so he took his children to play in the next room. Mo Ze, on the other hand, left quietly after taking a deep nap, without even saying hello, which seemed very abnormal. But Lu Qingtang didn't ask him. She wanted to wait for him to explain on his own, but it was still the same at night. The two of them stood back to back and said nothing all night.
Finally on the second day, Lu Qingtang couldn't stand it anymore, and she asked him what happened.
Mo Zeshen didn't speak at first. He sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at the night scene outside the window. It took him a long time to speak, and the first sentence he spoke was.
"I feel like my father doesn't like me that much... In fact, I feel like he is targeting me."
Lu Qingtang was startled and looked at him with some confusion, "Did something happen? Tell me, maybe I can help you."
Mo Zeshen lowered his head, shook his head, and clenched his fists, "I'm not sure. During this time, he has been praising me and belittling brother in front of the ministers. Do you know the expressions of those ministers? I just Like the hot tofu in the vegetable market, everyone is swirling around me as soon as it is gone. On the surface, it seems that he likes me very much, but now that he wants to save money, he praises me so highly."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Qingtang with some uncertainty, "Can you understand what I mean, Tangtang?"
Lu Qingtang paused, his face obviously unnatural.
How could she not understand!
Emperor Kang Yuan wanted to use the same method to deal with his son again.
On the surface, it seemed that Emperor Kang Yuan valued Mo Zeshen, handed him military power, and used him with confidence and boldness. However, all of this was just paving the way for someone. The prince's downfall has become an inevitable event, so now all the eyes of the court are fixed on Mo Zeshen and Mo Zeyuan.
Mo Zeyuan is a direct descendant and talented, and Mo Zeshen is quite popular. Whoever becomes the heir apparent will benefit the country and the people.
However, Emperor Kang Yuan praised Mo Ze deeply at this time, and those who were interested would definitely bet on it.
It would be fine if Mo Zeshen became the crown prince in the future, but if he didn't, the consequences would be a disaster.
Even if Mo Zeyuan is generous, will those little people on the wall let him go, let go of the big family of Prince Chen's house?
Thinking of this, Lu Qingtang couldn't help but feel a little cold. She put her arms around Mo Zeshen and leaned on his shoulder, "It's okay, Mo Zeshen. At worst, we leave Yanling City and go to other places. You hand over all your rights." Let’s be idle princes, and we don’t care about these things. As long as our family is safe, everything else doesn’t matter, I don’t care.”
Mo Zeshen nodded, and he hugged Lu Qingtang tightly, "Okay, I've said that I can't go away from my illness these two days. I'll go back to the palace to stay for a few days, and the Queen Mother will be taken care of by you. Thank you for your hard work."
"It doesn't matter if it's hard work or not, your grandmother is my grandmother, and you should take care of your grandmother." Lu Qingtang smiled at him and stretched out his hand to smooth his forehead.
Mo Ze smiled deeply and continued to sit blankly.
Lu Qingtang was also helpless and could only watch him worry. She had no way to participate in government affairs, and she had no energy to share with him, so she could only worry with him.
Mo Zeshen sat for a while, then looked down at Lu Qingtang, who also had a sad look on his face, and couldn't help but smile, "I've said it without saying it, but you have to listen, now it's okay, we have to make a sad face together."
"I want to help you, but my ability is limited..." Lu Qingtang said and sighed.
I've been in a really bad mood lately, nothing good has happened. I really should go to a temple and pray to get rid of all the bad luck.
Wait, when did I become so feudal and superstitious?
Mo Ze listened deeply to her sigh, raised the corner of his mouth, and said: "Who said you can't help me? Don't you have some medicine? Give me some medicine. I'll take it to recover from the illness, and hide away for a few days to relax. "
"That's right! Why did I forget this?"
Lu Qingtang was about to stand up as he spoke, but was restrained tightly by Mo Zeshen's hand.
He lowered his head and whispered in Lu Qingtang's ear: "Don't worry, we'll talk tomorrow morning. We still have business to do, otherwise it will take several days before I can see you..."
As he said that, before she could react, Mo Zeshen turned over and pressed her under him...
