After several imperial edicts were issued, everyone had mixed reactions.
Lu Qingfeng was overjoyed. As an adult prince, he could actually be heard. He had also served as an imperial envoy, been on the battlefield, and had done things for the emperor. However, the responsibilities between him and the prince were still very different. .
Nowadays, Lu Wuji's imperial edict seems to give them the same rights and responsibilities as before, but in fact the meaning is different.
Sure enough, his idea was soon confirmed.
After the three princes entered the court, Lu Wuji gave them a lot of power. As Lu Qingfeng had already been involved in court affairs before and had a family behind him who had taken refuge in him, his strength increased even more, and he was instantly indistinguishable.
As for the other two princes, the third prince is disabled and is destined to have no chance of doing this. The fourth prince is willful and has no talent. They seem to be just here to make up the numbers.
Seeing the second prince's strength soaring, the prince's original power could no longer sit still. He secretly sent him a message, and even mentioned it directly in front of him on the pretext of visiting a doctor.
It's a pity that Lu Zhao, who has lost his memory, has no reaction at all to stand up and even cares about the love between his children.
For example, at this moment, Chen Xueying wanted to leave the palace and return to the princess' mansion, but Lu Zhao refused to let her go, and the two began to push back and forth.
"I'm still sick. As the Crown Princess, how can you abandon me?"
This is where he started moral kidnapping.
Chen Xueying rolled her eyes angrily: "You are no longer seriously injured, and the imperial doctor also said that you can just rest. In order to take care of you, I have stayed in the palace for several days. Do you know how boring it is? Now I want to go back to myself. The family is relaxed and relaxed, but you stop me, you are such a cruel man!"
She is not a vegetarian, and she also uses moral kidnapping very skillfully.
"This is your home too?"
"Haha, this is your home, you should stay here. My home is in the Princess Mansion."
"My home is your home." Lu Zhao refused.
"Since this is my home, I can leave whenever I want. Why don't you let me go?" Chen Xueying counterattacked.
"Then I will go back to the princess mansion with you."
"It's up to you." Chen Xueying didn't stop her at all, she just asked the palace maids to pack their things.
She has lived in the East Palace for a long time. Although both the East Palace and the Princess Mansion have double copies of everything, there are still some bits and pieces that she is used to, so she has to bring them with her.
"Li De, let me pack my things. I'm going to the princess's house." Lu Zhao immediately raised his voice and ordered.
Although he did not regain his memory, he already knew his identity and quickly adapted to the state of summoning people.
As soon as Li De heard this, he immediately came to stop him: "Your Highness, you must not do it. Unless you are going out to fight or serve as an imperial envoy, otherwise as long as the prince is in Jicheng, he must stay in the East Palace and not outside the palace."
"Why?"
"To protect your safety." Li De said immediately.
Lu Zhao waved his hands, looking indifferent: "Gu's safety must be protected, shouldn't the safety of the Crown Princess need to be taken into consideration? She is a golden branch and a jade leaf, and she can come and go freely in both places. Naturally, Gu is not afraid, and there are guards guarding her back and forth. ."
After he lost his memory, his personality became much more free and easy. He was not as dull as before, but more outgoing.
In addition to practicing martial arts every day and trying to regain a sense of familiarity with her body, she stayed with Chen Xueying the rest of the time, playing with the wolves in the martial arts arena, or reading in the study to kill time, or even taking a bath. A pot of hot tea, sitting under the subordinates drinking tea and enjoying the sun.
Without the mountains of memorials and court affairs ordered by Lu Wuji, let alone going to court, he had a lot of free time to squander.
Moreover, Chen Xueying had an attitude of enjoying life and stimulated him from the side, so he also started to imitate her.
Some courtiers even came to persuade him to write to the emperor as soon as possible, requesting to return to the court to listen to politics, but he refused. They gave various reasons, such as he couldn't get up so early, or the court affairs were complicated, which he couldn't understand.
In short, it can be summed up in one sentence: I can't bear so much suffering alone.
These reasons can make those courtiers very angry.
In particular, most of the people who came to persuade him were veterans. After all, they followed the ancestral system and believed that the prince was orthodox. Even if the prince lost his memory at the moment and looked unreliable, they still did not change their mind.
In fact, some courtiers have begun to turn to the more powerful second prince, and there are even rumors circulating in the court that the prince will be replaced.
Li De suddenly understood the mood of those veterans, and he continued to advise: "This is a rule handed down from our ancestors and cannot be changed."
The prince stayed in the East Palace. This was a rule that had been passed down for many years. In fact, it was also for the convenience of the emperor to monitor the prince.
"It's okay. Rules are meant to be broken. It's an old rule because other princes haven't been there. Waiting for Gu to live outside the palace for a few days will set a precedent for future princes. It can be considered a great achievement."
Lu Zhao didn't care about being honest, he was completely determined to have his own way, and even said some fallacious truths.
Li De suddenly looked sad. He looked at Chen Xueying and opened his mouth to ask the Crown Princess to persuade him, but before he opened his mouth, someone else had already spoken.
"Don't look at me. I'm not his mother, so I can't control him. How about you let him call me mother, and I'll think about it!"
Li De was so frightened by these treacherous words that he didn't dare to speak out at all.
However, Lu Zhaoxian clicked his tongue and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Chen Xueying, you took advantage of me. You are obviously my wife, but you want to be my mother."
"If I had known I would have called you my good son when you first woke up."
"Gudu said that he woke up because of your touch. How could a mother touch her son like that? Besides, you want to stay with the old man?" Lu Zhao looked at her sideways.
This time, even Chen Xueying was shocked and quickly looked to the left and right.
Seeing that the palace people around were all close friends, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After hearing these words, the palace people fell to their knees on the ground with weak legs, not even daring to raise their heads.
"Go down." Chen Xueying waved her hand.
As if they had received an amnesty, these palace people immediately filed out, fearing that they would hear some shocking words if they stayed behind.
"Say what you say, what are you doing with the old man? Isn't this a curse?" Chen Xueying couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
"You can't leave the palace, so give up and don't waste time!"
"Then don't leave the palace. I only know you. Only when I see you do I feel that she is in my heart, otherwise I will be very flustered." He softened his voice, with a hint of pleading.
Chen Xueying naturally refused sternly, and the two fell into a stalemate again.
In Longqian Palace, Lu Wuji was dealing with political affairs, and there was a eunuch outside to communicate.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has sent someone here."
Lu Wuji put down the brush in his hand and waved his hand to invite people in.
"Slave Li De has met the emperor." Li De knelt down and saluted in a polite manner.
Lu Wuji narrowed his eyes and looked twice, "I remember that you are the personal steward of the prince, right?"
"Yes, His Highness originally wanted to come to see you in person, but because he couldn't get away, he asked his servant to convey his message to you."
"What's the purpose?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to leave the palace with the Crown Princess and live together in the princess's mansion." Li De did some psychological preparation for himself and said quickly.
"Nonsense! How can he, a prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty, live in a princess mansion outside the palace? Moreover, it is the princess mansion of Dayan!" Lu Wuji never expected that he would receive such an outrageous request.
Li De immediately knelt down and said in a sad tone: "My servant also tried to persuade the Crown Prince, but His Highness said that he could not live without the Crown Princess. After he woke up, he only remembered the Crown Princess. He must stay with her for a long time, otherwise he would be troubled in his heart. He is not at ease and always feels that people around him are trying to harm him."
"He is a dignified prince who has killed countless enemies on the battlefield and is protected by the wolf god. How can he be so cowardly and unable to live without a woman? It's simply ridiculous!"
Lu Wuji became more and more angry as he listened. He raised his hand and slapped the table with great force.
The tabletop was slapped and the ink in the inkstone splashed out.
Li De naturally did not dare to say anything more about the anger of the Nine-Five Lord.
"He was stymied by something. He even had to send eunuchs around him to make such a request, but he acted like a coward. Did he know that this request was too outrageous and was embarrassing?"
After Lu Wuji got angry, he continued to ask.
After Li De hesitated for a moment, he coughed lightly and said, "His Royal Highness wanted to come in person, but he was afraid that the Crown Princess would take the opportunity to run away, so he stopped her and left the important task to the slave."
His voice became lower and lower as he spoke, obviously lacking confidence.
Longqian Palace fell into a deathly silence. It was not that Lu Wuji was not angry anymore, on the contrary, he was about to explode.
The old man was so depressed that his face was red, and the veins on his forehead were popping out. He just wanted to rush to the East Palace, hang up Lu Zhao and beat him.
But he finally held back and shouted "OK" three times.
"As expected of the crown prince, I have approved it. He can live in the princess mansion outside the palace as long as he likes, even if he doesn't come back!" Lu Wuji said directly with a wave of his hand.
Although Li De got the job done, when he walked out, he was sweating all over and his eyes were dark.
Even when he stepped out of the steps, he felt weak and almost fell to the ground. If the little eunuch guarding the door hadn't caught him with quick eyes and hands, he would have made a fool of himself.
"Eunuch Li, are you okay?" the little eunuch asked searchingly.
"Nothing, nothing, thank you." Li De waved his hand casually and left quickly.
As soon as Li De left, Longqian Palace was greeted by the emperor's wrath.
Lu Wuji directly scattered all the memorials in front of him on the ground. It was obvious that he was so angry that he didn't care at all.
"He's lost his mind. The second and third sons are all making their mark in the court, especially the second son. If I hadn't pressured him to create a new crown prince, all the memorials would have been put on the desk. The prince actually has no sense of crisis and is single-minded. He only clings to women, is it possible that he wants to be the belt of the princess's trouser belt and tie it up wherever he goes?"
He was so angry that he spoke indiscriminately, and his words were a bit vulgar, but it showed that he was really annoyed.
Everyone waiting in the palace did not dare to say a word. Lu Wuji called the shadow guard over again and asked about the prince's condition. He learned that everything in the East Palace was normal.
"There are many guards in the East Palace, and it is not easy for my subordinates to monitor her around the clock. They can only keep an eye on her for a while when the shift changes. After the prince woke up, he really liked being with the princess. They were almost inseparable, going in and out together."
When Lu Wuji heard this, he suddenly felt a headache and pressed his forehead.
"It seems that he has really forgotten, but does amnesia make a person lose his ambition? How could a wolf in the forest become a domestic dog that cannot live without its master?" He had many questions.
The shadow guard was naturally unable to answer his question.
"Qin You'an, tell me."
When Manager Qin heard that his name was called, he felt bitter in his heart, but as a close confidant of the emperor, he could only speak.
The emperor would not ask the courtiers about such a matter of establishing a heir apparent and seizing a direct heir. After all, it contained the weakness of an old and frail emperor, as well as his inner jealousy and toying with his young and strong sons.
Lu Wuji could not tell the courtiers these ugly thoughts, so he could only talk to the gelding next to him.
"Your Majesty, everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. The previous Crown Prince had a complete growth process and experienced many hardships. But now he has forgotten all about it. He only sees the free and lively Crown Princess, and naturally wants to get closer to her. However, you were just testing it before, and now you must have the result."
Qin Youan did not speak for Lu Zhao, but to calm the emperor's anger.
The old man was the hardest to coax. Lu Wuji was already suspicious, and the older he got, the harder it was to coax him.
He is a slave, and he does not want to be crowned a prince or prime minister. He just hopes that his master can serve him better.
"You're right." Lu Wuji's eyes changed. He knocked on the table. After thinking for a moment, he said to the shadow guard: "The prince is leaving the palace to go to the princess's mansion, so we should withdraw the surveillance of the East Palace. Although he is I have lost my memory, but the more this happens, the less safe I feel, so I must pay more attention to my own safety, so don’t push too hard to avoid causing complications.”
Soon, the emperor agreed that the prince should follow the princess to live out of the palace. The news spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the harem in an instant, and was soon known to the courtiers.
Although several generations of emperors have worked hard to separate the harem from the court, the concubines in the harem all come from official families, so how can it be separated.
Even the news that the emperor was furious about this was revealed. It was not that the palace attendants of Longqian Palace were lax, but that after Li De came out of Longqian Palace, he was sweating profusely and almost fell down. He was so embarrassed by other people. When the palace people saw it, everyone had reasonable guesses.
Suddenly, rumors spread, including regrets for the prince, suspicion of the second prince's ascendancy, and worries about the possible replacement of the crown prince and the instability of the government.
In the princess's residence, Chen Xueying had already freshened up, changed out of a complicated dress, and sat on a recliner with her hair disheveled. She didn't even wear shoes or socks. She was just swaying like this, looking like she was peacefully passing through the years.
The setting sun stood on her body, making her look like a fairy at the Peach Party in the painting.
When Lu Zhao came out, he saw this scene and paused slightly.
"No wonder you have to leave the palace all the time. You relax a lot here. Sure enough, this is your home." He sat on the chair next to him and said softly.
Chen Xueying raised her eyelids and quickly closed them again, as if she was about to fall asleep soon.
"It's very strange here. I have no impression at all." He looked around and came to a conclusion.
"That's natural. This is your first time staying at the Princess Mansion. Please take a closer look. I don't know when you will stay again next time."
"I know, tomorrow night." He replied calmly.
Chen Xueying was choked, and then she opened her eyes and stared at him slightly dissatisfied: "Are you really planning to stay here forever?"
"That's natural. I only have an impression of you. Naturally, I want to spend more time with you. The imperial doctor said it will help restore memory.":, n,
