As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor in dragon robe stepped through the palace door and walked in. Behind him, several eunuchs consciously stayed outside the palace and stood on both sides.
Chu Yunfei stood up, knelt down and saluted: "My daughter-in-law is here to see my father, and may my father be blessed and safe."
"Sit down." Emperor Mu waved his hand, "I just heard you talk about how terrible people's hearts are. Do you want to tell me?"
"When did the Emperor get this habit of listening to people in corners?" The Queen said angrily, "Fortunately Yun Fei and I didn't say anything bad about the Emperor, otherwise the Emperor would have listened to us."
Emperor Mu walked to the main seat and sat down. A Cai respectfully served him a cup of tea, and then stepped aside with lowered eyes.
"The queen said that people's hearts are scary, and I have seen this terror recently, so when I heard Rong Cang say that he didn't trust his princess, I didn't feel hypocritical at all." Emperor Mu looked at Chu Yunfei, "Before Rong Cang comes back, You can live peacefully here with the queen, no one dares to plot against you."
Chu Yunfei stood up and saluted: "The emperor and the queen feel sorry for their daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law understands in her heart. It's just that the daughter-in-law doesn't want to trouble the queen too much -"
"The Queen has been alone for so many years. With you by your side, Shuhuang Palace will be more lively." Emperor Mu disagreed, "Just stay here."
"yes."
Emperor Mu put down his tea cup and looked a little gloomy: "After the Prime Minister was ordered to stop introspection, many imperial censors began to impeach some officials in the court for forming cliques for personal gain, secretly winning over, bribing, and threatening powerful officials for their own use. , there are also local officials who colluded with the powerful people in the capital to use their power for personal gain... After the dynasty, there were more than twenty impeachment memorials on the imperial court."
The Queen frowned: "Your Majesty, do you mean these officials are adding insult to injury?"
"It's not adding insult to injury." Emperor Mu snorted coldly, "It's because in the past, the prime minister had great power and the imperial censor did not dare to impeach. Seeing that King Chen and the prime minister were both losing power, they each dared to stand up."
"The imperial censor supervises hundreds of officials, the emperor supervises the emperor at the top, and the officials at the bottom supervise all the officials. They must dare to give advice. They are supposed to be a group of upright officials, but they didn't expect that a prime minister would make them timid." The queen's expression turned cold. "But judging from King Chen's recent behavior, it's normal for the censors to be wary."
King Chen is unscrupulous in doing things, and he has been protected by a noble concubine before. Whoever dares to go against him is not seeking death?
Thinking of King Chen, Emperor Mu couldn't help but think of the unsolved poison in his body. He really hated himself for being blind all these years and doting on the imperial concubine and her son for so many years, thinking that this son was really that good.
In fact, it is gold and jade on the outside, but there is decay on the inside.
The hearts of mother and son have long been rotten.
Emperor Mu rubbed his brows, thinking that he would simply make the crown prince when Rong Cang came back, but when he looked up and saw Chu Yunfei present, he stopped the topic for the time being.
When a woman is pregnant, it is not appropriate to be happy or sad. It is better to have a calm mind.
And having a crown prince does not mean that everything will be fine. Rong Cang's mother is Gu Guifei. It is impossible for the crown prince's mother to be kept under house arrest forever. If there is no justifiable reason, there is no way to demote her, let alone imprison her. Cold palace.
But if the crimes of mother and son are made public to the court, Rong Cang will inevitably be implicated by his mother. Then the ministers of the court will have reason to build momentum for King Yu...
And even if Rong Cang is adopted to the queen, it will not change that his biological mother is still alive.
As a war king, he only needs to be able to conquer and fight well. But as a prince, the civil and military officials of the court will start to be picky, requiring the prince to be wise, benevolent and filial, requiring the prince to act impartially and without partiality, and requiring the prince to be diligent and love the people without being lazy.
There should be no problem with being diligent and fair, but with the current incompatible relationship between Rong Cang and the imperial concubine, it is inevitable that he will be impeached by the officials.
When Emperor Mu thought of this, he felt sad.
But it's not enough for him to worry alone. He has to find someone to share the burden and think about how to solve these things.
As Emperor Mu was thinking about it, he realized that there was still a lot of government affairs to be dealt with in the Qinzheng Hall. He stood up and said, "I still have a lot of things to approve, so I won't stay here to disturb the Queen and Princess Zhan talking."
"Your Majesty has just sat down, and you haven't finished the cup of tea yet. Are you going to leave?" The Queen felt helpless. "You come in a hurry, and you leave in a hurry."
"The government affairs in the court have been very busy recently, and I cannot stay longer." Emperor Mu was helpless and turned to look at Chu Yunfei, "I don't come here often these days. Princess Zhan spends more time talking to the queen."
Chu Yunfei responded: "Yes."
The two of them respectfully escorted the emperor to the door of the palace. They watched the emperor Luanjia leave before looking back.
"What do you like to eat at home on weekdays? Let Ah Cai go to the imperial kitchen later and tell them to prepare it." The queen turned and returned to the palace. "There is no need to be formal here in this palace. You are pregnant and gold is precious."
Chu Yunfei responded with a smile: "Yes."
…
"As soon as King Zhan left the capital, the queen summoned Princess Zhan into the palace to stay temporarily. I have to say that the queen really cared about Princess Zhan."
Concubine De took the kettle from the palace and watered some of her favorite potted plants. She spoke in the same tone as usual, as if there was nothing worth taking to her heart, "You and Prince Yu just need to keep your peace of mind these days." Live your life without paying attention to anything else, and don't rush to get close to her, there's no need."
"Yes." Princess Yu stood aside and responded respectfully, "It's just that the prince has been worried lately."
"worry about what?"
"I'm worried that King War will become more and more popular and gain more respect from his father." Princess Yu lowered her head and said, "When he comes back after investigating the Shuozhou case, with the blessing of political achievements and merits, King War will only become more and more at home in the court, and then the prince... …”
"The higher you stand, the harder you fall." Concubine De said calmly, "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable. Do you think the emperor's respect is really his respect?"
Princess Yu was puzzled: "What does the mother-in-law mean..."
"The imperial concubine is under house arrest, Prince Chen and his wife are under house arrest, and the prime minister has been suspended. Recently, the situation in the court has changed drastically. Even the courtiers cannot figure out the emperor's thoughts. What can Prince Yu understand as a prince who is in the middle of the situation?" Concubine De asked. He handed the kettle to the palace maid, turned around and walked into the palace, "Just wait slowly, no fault is nothing but merit. With me here, what are you worried about?"
Princess Yu frowned slightly and followed her into the palace.
"The emperor's thoughts will not be easily guessed, but King Chen's loss of power is inevitable." Concubine De was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch, with a maid kneeling beside her and beating her legs. "No matter how capable the war king is, he is still an imperial concubine. The emperor’s son, just because the emperor puts him in high regard, does not mean that he will be made the prince.”
Princess Yu was puzzled: "Why?"
"I don't know why." Concubine De didn't know what she thought of, and she smiled a little more at the corner of her mouth. "Anyway, it is a fact that the imperial concubine has fallen out of favor. There will probably be no room for improvement. I don't know the reason for this."
Having been with the emperor for more than twenty years, she may not know what the emperor is thinking, or she may be indifferent to the direction of the court, but as a concubine in the harem, it is necessary to sense the emperor's emotional changes.
The emperor had not been to her palace many times recently, but every time he mentioned the imperial concubine, the disgust and the gloom in his eyes could not be concealed.
Not a fake cold face, but real hatred.
She hasn't yet figured out the reason why the emperor suddenly hates the imperial concubine, but considering the recent situation between the prime minister and King Chen, she can probably guess that King Chen is doomed.
Although Rong Cang was favored by the emperor, as the son of a noble concubine, he and the concubine could not be separated from each other regardless of whether the son was more noble than the mother or the mother was more noble than the son.
If the emperor is disgusted with the imperial concubine, will he still give her the opportunity to become the queen mother?
What's more, the emperor's palace is so deep, it would be really weird if someone could easily see his thoughts.
