Chapter 41 Mother and Son
When they arrived at the East Palace, Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen saw the Crown Princess Lu in front of the Crown Prince's door.
Zhu Xiongying's steps hesitated slightly, then he walked over naturally, saluted and said, "I've seen my mother-in-law."
Zhu Xiongying's behavior was normal.
But too normal. Both Crown Princess Lu and Zhu Yunwen couldn't believe it.
This is even more true for Lu.
Since his serious illness that year, some things between Zhu Xiongying and Lu have been unclear. It may be a misunderstanding or not. Many things are irreversible. Zhu Xiongying was very resistant to meeting Lu.
After all, Mrs. Lu is his mother-in-law.
As a son, he must salute and say hello. But in his heart he was resentful towards Lu, and he was very resistant to this matter, even if there were some occasions that he couldn't avoid. When he saluted, he would definitely not be able to salute in full, but would have to make some small gestures. In short, he refused to bow peacefully.
Lu was very tolerant about this matter, and always said: Forget it, children are ignorant. Such words, but there is secretly some joy in my heart. Because Zhu Xiongying felt that he had done a great job of not bowing to Lu. In fact, it is to reduce points for yourself. Let everyone who sees it know that Zhu Xiongying behaves frivolously.
But now, Zhu Xiongying saluted and said hello without any delay. Very standard. Nothing inappropriate at all.
Lu felt a chill in her heart for a moment. Subconsciously, I squeezed the handkerchief in my hand hard, wanting to tear it open.
From Lu's point of view, there was no trace of resentment on Zhu Xiongying's face, but only distant respect for Lu. And Mrs. Lu would not believe that Zhu Xiongying's hatred for her had disappeared.
How can a child change his thoughts since he was young?
In the past, Lu Shi did not regard Zhu Xiongying himself as a threat. What threatened Lu Shi was not Zhu Xiongying himself, but his identity. This is different now. Being able to hide one's emotions is something that no ordinary child can do.
"Zhu Xiongying has grown up." At this moment, Lu knew that she could no longer treat Zhu Xiongying as an ordinary child.
Lu was shocked for a moment. Immediately, her face was full of joy, as if she was really Zhu Xiongying's mother-in-law, and she quickly helped Zhu Xiongying up. Said: "My child, I have been suffering outside for the past few years."
Zhu Xiongying let Mrs. Lu hold his hand, like a son returning from afar, and said: "Liaodong is also the world of the Ming Dynasty, and my son is the grandson of the Ming Dynasty emperor. No matter where he goes, he can't be said to endure hardship. That's right."
The period when Zhu Xiongying grew the fastest was actually not the period when He Xi took Zhu Xiongying with him. It was the time when I was attending classes at Yingkou University Hall.
He had in-depth contact with students from all over Liaodong and saw a world he had never seen before. Suddenly, I felt that the grudge between me and Lu was not important. Not to mention whether Lu really wanted to kill him in the first place. Even if there were, it would be nothing compared to the tragedy of changing children to eat and breaking bones to make food?
These little conflicts at home. Compared with the major events in the world, it is nothing.
It is the change of mind and mentality. It cannot allow Zhu Xiongying to reconcile with Lu. However, it allows Zhu Xiongying to look at this matter from a higher perspective. He can play this kind of mother-son relationship with Ms. Lu.
However, he is not willing to act too much. Zhu Xiongying said: "Mother, concubine, the child has not seen his father for a long time. Please mother, concubine, let the child meet his father."
The corners of Lu's eyes twitched slightly. The implication behind Zhu Xiongying's words was that she was clearly preventing them from seeing each other. Lu couldn't afford this crime. Lu quickly said: "The queen is inside. Talk to your father. Let me wait outside. If you want to go in, go in by yourself."
Wei Wei is self-deprecating.
Zhu Xiongying was overjoyed, as his grandmother was also here.
Zhu Xiongying said: "How dare you, kid?" So he, Lu and Zhu Yunwen waited quietly outside the door.
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A few rooms away, Queen Ma's hair has turned white. The grooves on his face are getting deeper and deeper, but the kindness on his body has not diminished. Instead, it increased.
Queen Ma said: "Dr. Dai said that your illness is actually a heart disease. He can cure the physical illness, but the heart disease cannot be cured. It will only recur and it will not be cured. What are you thinking about? Don't want to Tell your father, tell me?"
"No matter what it is, just talk about it."
The prince's face was pale. This paleness was not a sign of illness, but the result of not seeing much sunlight for several months.
Since the funeral of King Qin, the prince has not gone out much. The body feels uncomfortable repeatedly.
There is nothing that Doctor Dai can do. There is a kind of disease, which is that you think you are sick. It is naturally false to say that the prince is pretending to be ill. But the prince's illness was more a result of mental stress and internal friction leading to physical disease.
Severe depression has symptoms such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, dizziness, etc., which are unique to a specific person.
The current situation of the prince is similar to this.
It's hard to say what disease he had. But his symptoms were severe mental internal friction, self-denial, and a series of other things that led to physical and mental exhaustion.
Doctor Dai may not know what depression is, but he knows very well that the prince's heart knot is intractable and the disease cannot be cured.
It's just that the prince has many things to say in his heart, but he doesn't want to tell his mother. Because in his opinion, does it matter if he says it?
useless.
Instead, it made the queen worried.
The prince said: "Mother, it's okay. Doctor Dai is exaggerating a bit. I'll take some medicine and I'll be fine."
Empress Ma held the prince's hand and said, "Can't you even trust me? I know what happened to the second son, and I can't blame you. You don't have to blame yourself either. He is gone. Everything must move forward, second son. My son is ignorant, so don’t take it to heart.”
It would be wrong to say that Queen Ma had no resentment towards the prince at all regarding the death of King Qin. In fact, deep down in her heart, she complained about the prince. Even if you want to deal with the second child, you shouldn't be so careless and let the second child encounter such a thing.
But, as Queen Ma said, the deceased is gone. He had already lost one son and could not afford to lose another.
The prince said: "It's really nothing."
Empress Ma held the prince's hand tightly and said, "Biao'er, my dear son, Mo Ruomu, can't I see if there is something on your mind?" With tears in her eyes, Empress Ma said, "Of all the children in these years, you are the best." It’s the most worry-free thing. Why did it become like this today?”
The prince saw Empress Ma weeping. He smiled sadly and said, "Okay, do you want to know, Queen Mother? It was Queen Mother who also let me read the book that He Xi brought. And ever since I learned about the Jingnan Rebellion, I have been thinking about it." What I did was to eliminate the difficulties of peace. But now, everyone in the world is in danger. He Xi proposed the plan for this matter, and my father was in charge. I only handled some finishing work. But I messed up. .Made like this.”
Queen Ma comforted him and said, "It's not your fault. There are some things that no one can imagine."
The prince said: "But the battle of Jingnan may be unavoidable."
After hearing what the prince said, Queen Ma's face suddenly became serious. Queen Ma has been living in Houhu for these years and doesn't care much about the affairs of the previous dynasty. Because she knows that historically she is already dead. Her current life is earned by living one more day.
Why worry about anything else.
And Queen Ma has always believed in Zhu Yuanzhang's ability. What's more, after Zhu Yuanzhang learned the knowledge of later generations, he had many ideas on many things and corrected some problems, such as indiscriminate killing.
So she paid little attention to government affairs. Nor did he notice the deep-seated changes in the imperial court.
But she believed in the prince and knew that he would never talk nonsense. If he dares to say this, he must have his own judgment.
Queen Ma said: "How did it get to this point? Even if they have other ideas, almost all the vassal kings are abroad and it is difficult to protect themselves, so what can be done? You have to believe that your father will be able to handle it well. "
The prince laughed loudly and said: "Yes, it's just like this. It doesn't count? But the one who puts the world in a huge gamble is my father."
