Zhu Yan didn't know what happened in the palace. She only knew that the queen was gone and she became the concubine of Song Dynasty. She couldn't even enter the imperial mausoleum.
If Zhu Yan knew the truth of the matter, she could only lament that as a mother, you must be strong and never challenge a mother's bottom line.
If it were her, she might be more ruthless than the queen.
Zhu Yan suddenly didn't want to have a baby. What if she couldn't protect the baby?
Zhu Yan didn't see Xie An until she left for Beijing. Maybe she was accompanying the prince.
The ministers probably guessed something. Originally, the matter of abolishing the queen should not be so hasty, but no ministers came out to object.
I'm just worried, what will I do if the prince is gone? Adoptive?
Since the death of Song Zaizhi, the Song family has been left with some incompetent people who flirt with cats and dogs. They offended many people because of the queen. They often lamented, how could such a virtuous queen come from the Song family.
Queen Song is gone, and the Song family is almost gone.
The head of the Song family, Empress Song, or Concubine Song's brother, was worried at home for a few days. After being reminded by a "well-wisher", he wrote a note overnight, resigned from office, and took the Song family back to his hometown.
Xie An has been on pins and needles for the past two days. The emperor just said that he was tired and the prince needed to recuperate, so he kept him close to him and asked him to help approve the memorial!
Xie An's hands were shaking when he first received the memorial. Is this what he should read?
But from time to time the emperor would tell him the key points of approving memorials or important matters in the court, which made Xie An feel numb all over.
Isn't the emperor afraid that if he learns from it, he will become a powerful minister and sideline the prince or force him to step down?
In the imperial palace, Xie An knelt down when he heard the emperor began to talk about checks and balances.
"Guan family, please go see His Highness."
The emperor looked at Xie An's pig-liver expression in amusement, thinking how great it would be if Xie An was really his child.
The prince is virtuous, but not cruel enough.
He had always known that Xie An was better than the prince in both civil and military matters, but he had never shown it.
"Mingze." The emperor called.
"I'm here." Xie An responded hurriedly when he heard the emperor calling his name.
"I want to depose the prince." The emperor said calmly.
But it was deafening to Xie An's ears. Xie An hurriedly bowed his hands and put his head on the ground, "Official, the prince is not guilty." The prince cannot be deposed without guilt.
"I know, but this position on the prince's body is his reminder." The emperor sighed and said, "Get up."
Xie An slowly stood up and sat down on his knees, lowering his head and saying nothing.
"You are also a descendant of my Xie family. Your grandfather is one of the few capable people in my Xie family. He has many ideas that I could not think of. Your grandfather taught me. You were raised by your grandfather since you were a child, and you were also raised by your grandfather. Your grandfather taught you both civil and military skills.”
Xie An listened quietly to the emperor's words, and felt warm in his heart when he thought of his grandfather.
"I looked carefully in the clan and found that you are the most suitable."
Xie An tensed up, clenched his hands into fists, and said, "Your Highness and the Crown Princess are still young."
"But I am not young anymore. Now the grassland Beiyuan is eyeing me. I, Dayin, cannot help the young emperor to ascend the throne." The emperor said slowly.
"You go and see the prince first."
Xie An was finally freed and left Yu Jia as if fleeing.
Before the prince's carriage, Xie An rode with him for a while, but suddenly he felt a little afraid to go in. Did the prince know that his father wanted to depose him?
"Mingze, come in." The prince had already seen Xie An and sighed. Are you looking down on him?
"Your Highness." Xie An entered the car and saluted with his hands raised.
"Sit down, it's been a long time since we had a conversation." The prince, who had experienced the pain of losing his son, still looked bad, but at least he cheered up.
After half the game, the prince sighed, "You always give in to me."
Xie An paused and made a steady move, turning the situation around like a bright moon from a mountain.
The prince smiled and said, "Did the father tell you?"
Xie An was surprised and nodded.
"Actually, I didn't want to be this prince at first, but now I feel a little relieved." The prince said after getting down.
Xie An looked at the prince and thought to himself, you are the only one in the family, so it would be difficult not to do anything.
"I still remember the emperor brother. He often took care of me in the palace school when I was a child. He also thought of me when he had delicious food and fun. He said that I was his only biological brother and he should treat me well. I always couldn't write well. Ask the teacher to beat me, Brother Huang’s hands are as big as mine, and he always holds my hands after class every day to teach me how to practice calligraphy, but Brother Huang was killed by my sister.”
"I watched the emperor die with my own eyes. The emperor held my hand tightly at that time. He must have been very scared at that time."
"The Queen has been sincere to me these years, but she hates me even more. But the Queen said that I was afraid that I was the only one in the palace who remembered the Emperor besides her, so she let me go and told me to remember the Emperor. , remember the kindness of the emperor brother." Although, I can't remember it for many years.
The prince finished speaking calmly, but his hand holding the chess piece was obviously unsteady.
Xie An was confused, "Cousin, this is not my cousin's fault..."
"How can we distinguish between wrong and right since ancient times? I should repay the sins my sister has done. After returning to Beijing, I will invite the deposed prince to become a monk in Guanghua Temple." The prince's eyes were as calm as water, It seems that the decision was made early.
"No, cousin." Xie An was interrupted by the prince as soon as he spoke.
The prince suddenly took Xie An's hand and said, "Mingze, you also know that I got sick a few days ago and I know that I won't live for many years. Only if you take over the position can I rest assured. The Crown Princess and the Sister Chun, I entrust you to take care of me in the future."
In addition to the emperor's grandson, the Crown Princess also has a daughter who is one year older than the emperor's grandson.
Other than that, there was nothing else to think about. Perhaps the prince knew that his family was short of heirs, so the concubine rooms in the East Palace were basically furnished, except for the two children that the prince concubine finally conceived.
Xie An didn't say anything in the end. He lowered his head and left the prince's chariot, riding a horse and following the imperial chariot from a distance.
Xie An was feeling blocked at the moment. Although to be honest, the man didn't want to get drunk in the world for that position, but Xie An was inexplicably feeling blocked for the position he got like this, for his cousin and for the prince.
When will the injustice be repaid...
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Although it is fictitious, some titles from the Song Dynasty are used.
