Dajin royal family

Chapter 220 Conversation with the Empress
The imperial study room was quiet for a moment, the emperor suppressed the anger in his heart, picked up the confession on the table and slowly folded it up, muttering something in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, why don't you put aside government affairs for a while and go to the Imperial Garden to rest for a while." A Weng slowly got up and whispered in his ear.

The emperor's eyelids moved, and then he shook his head, "Show Fengyi Hall."

Hearing this, A Weng secretly sighed, then straightened his back, and shouted: "Your Majesty's decree, to drive Fengyi Palace."

Surrounded by a group of eunuchs, the emperor went down to the Hall of Fengyi, and there, Empress Xiao, who had been notified in advance, was already ready to pick him up.

"See Your Majesty, Your Majesty is forever." The empress is still charming, and she is wearing a purple Fengxia Luo skirt to show her exquisite body. From the emperor's perspective, it is not enough to use the word 'chunguang' to describe it. Pass.In the past, the emperor must have been swaying in his heart, but at this moment he was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the empress.

Glancing at the queen, the emperor raised his hand, "Excuse me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The maids in Fengyi Hall thanked En and got up at the same time.

After the queen got up, she walked to the emperor naturally, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty came to the wrong place today for my concubine."

"I didn't go wrong." The emperor knew that the queen's words had hidden meanings, but he was not interested in guessing this kind of word puzzle game with the queen, so his tone was flat and did not match the queen's expression of 'doubt' at all.

Hearing the emperor's tone, the queen felt that the matter was not simple, so she subconsciously glanced at A Weng who was not far away, only to see his lowered eyebrows pleasing to the eye and his head down, unable to see his expression.Seeing this, the queen's expression remained unchanged, and she said: "Sister Xiao even mentioned to my concubine yesterday that she wants to cook honey porridge for Your Majesty. Your Majesty will not be able to enjoy delicious food here."

The emperor and the empress walked to the couch and knelt down. The empress poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the government is not going well, are you worried?"

She always knows more about her husband than others, if it wasn't for the affairs of the government that made him angry, he would not ignore this kind of small pleasure of language between husband and wife.

Hearing this, the emperor raised his head and glanced at A Weng, the latter understood, beckoned immediately, and led the maids in the Palace of Fengyi to retreat.Seeing this, the queen knew that the matter might be a little serious, so she immediately accepted the joke.

The emperor stretched out his hand to touch the teacup, and said calmly: "Does the empress know what Zhao'er has been doing these days?"

Hearing this, the queen immediately understood that this matter might have something to do with the prince, and the prince also made the emperor angry.Although she knew that her next question might make the emperor angry, but in order to understand the matter, she still asked: "Isn't Zhao'er following His Majesty's order to prepare for the autumn hunting, but Zhao'er is not doing things properly?"

"Autumn hunting? Hehe." The emperor laughed ambiguously twice, "What does autumn hunting mean? The crown prince's thoughts are far away, and I'm afraid his mind is not on government affairs."

The queen's heart stopped, could she not understand this, the prince must have meddled in something that should not be meddled, and made the emperor angry. "Your Majesty, please make it clear that if the prince makes a mistake, he should be punished."

Anyway, if His Majesty thinks you are wrong, then you are wrong, just admit it first.

The emperor also seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to turn his anger towards the prince into a cold attitude towards the queen, and explained: "You know, I sent Qingque to Donglai County to suppress the mob, and the inner guards caught their leader. The queen knows Who is it?"

"Who is it?" the queen raised her heart.

"Children of the Cui family in Qinghe, Cui Yunxiang and Cui Qi." The emperor said unhurriedly: "This Cui Qi was once the mastermind of King Xiyin. Not only did he escape the court's pursuit, he also secretly colluded with the governor of Donglai County to rebel. At the same time, I contacted the Cui family to seek personal gain from the green salt. Does the queen know who the Cui family is seeking to benefit from the green salt for the sake of filial piety?"

The queen clenched her jade hand tightly, saying that there is no need to guess at this point, the self-interest of Qingyan must be filial to the prince.She finally understood why the emperor was angry today, the prince secretly formed a clique with the Cui family without authorization, what is this?
"Your Majesty, if Zhao'er acts inappropriately, I hope that His Majesty will be tolerant and teach him a lot so that he will not go astray." The queen pleaded.What can she say, since the emperor raised it, it is a certainty, if she defends the crown prince, she will harm the crown prince.

"What does the Queen think I should do?"

The queen's eyes darkened, and she said in a low voice: "The concubine is no more than a woman in the deep palace. It is not for the concubine to talk too much about such a big matter. However, as a mother alone, the concubine still hopes that your majesty can give the prince an explanation. Opportunity. Other than that, the concubine has nothing else to ask for."

This is the best argument the queen can think of. If she intercedes for the crown prince's crime at this moment, it will only make the emperor even more angry, and he will be more convinced that the crown prince's crime is unforgivable.

Seeing the Queen's behavior like this, the Emperor's pent up breath seemed to have been punched out. He thought that the Queen would speak to the Prince, but he didn't expect this to happen.

The wind blew into Fengyi Hall, raising the curtain, and the emperor and empress were silent at the same time.After an unknown amount of time, the emperor sighed and said, "Tell me, is it true that I have neglected to discipline the prince because I was busy with government affairs?"

Hearing this, the queen was silent.

"Your Majesty must not think about it this way. If the prince has done anything, it is also the fault of the prince, grand master, junior master, and grand master. Your majesty ordered the three masters to reprimand him. How can you blame your majesty? The late emperor was also busy with government affairs when he was in power, but didn't your majesty never disappoint the late emperor?" The queen raised her delicate face and persuaded softly.

"Then tell me, why did the prince do such a thing?" the emperor asked back.

After another period of silence, the queen's eyes filled with mist, and she choked with sobs, "Your Majesty should know Zhao'er's thoughts, as well as Zhao'er's body."

Hearing that the queen mentioned the prince's body, the emperor's angry heart was shaken.This is the biggest taboo of the prince, and it is also the biggest source of the prince's lack of confidence.

Seeing the rainy cheeks of Empress Lihua, the emperor sighed softly, and wiped away her tears with his hand, "Perhaps you are right."

Seeing the emperor's wavering look, the queen said: "Your Majesty, no matter what, Zhao'er did something wrong this time. Please give me a lighter punishment."

"Don't worry, I know it well." The emperor comforted the queen, and then said: "There is something that the queen needs to do."

"Your Majesty, please order."

The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip, "In a few days, let's re-elect a princess for the prince."

The queen suddenly opened her eyes in disbelief, and said in puzzlement: "Your Majesty, why is this? The princess Gao is a virtuous and virtuous princess, and she has a child with the prince. Why?"

"For the prince." The emperor interrupted her and gave her a look.

Seeing this, the queen seemed to understand something.

"Yes, the concubine understands, and the concubine will send someone to draw a roster of beauties in the minister's mansion in a few days." The queen agreed.

The emperor nodded, thinking of something, and said: "This time, the kid Qingque made great achievements in Qingzhou, the queen thinks that I should reward him with something."

Speaking of this, even if the topic of the prince was skipped, the queen also understood that the emperor should temporarily let go of his anger towards the prince.So I immediately changed my mind, thought for a while, and said: "Well, this is really difficult. Let alone he already has the title of Duke of the county. As far as the Zhao Palace is concerned, there is actually no shortage of yellow and white things. But the concubines are Hearing something from Princess Zhao, I wonder if His Majesty would be interested in hearing it, maybe it will help His Majesty to reward Qingque."

"Tell me."

The emperor really had a headache for rewarding Jiang Chengxiao. At his age, he really couldn't reward Jiang Chengxiao too much, otherwise the court minister would definitely not agree. Didn't his inspector of the six counties in Shandong secretly change the concept because he took the minister's opinion into consideration? Temporary'?But the contribution he has made this time is really not small, and it would be unjustifiable if he didn't reward him heavily.

Merit must be rewarded, mistakes must be punished.This is the basic wisdom to control the courtiers. If you can't do this, I'm afraid it will make that kid a little disheartened.

The queen smiled and said: "Concubine Zhao said that the eldest son of the concubine is suffering from qi disease and cannot open branches and leaves for the palace, and Qingque is away all year round. It is an old minister and concubine who thinks that Your Majesty can keep Qingque in the capital."

"You mean that I will give Qingque a marriage again?" The emperor looked weird, and he automatically ignored the meaning of keeping Jiang Chengxiao in the capital.After all, as far as the clan is concerned, that kid is really outstanding, he can complete the tasks assigned to him, and often brings him unexpected surprises.From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to put that kid in the capital.

After all, staying in the capital is not going to grow faster than being sent out to experience and grow.Maybe after living comfortably in the capital for a long time, that kid might become a mediocre person.

The queen was stunned, and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty misunderstood what the concubine meant. The concubine felt that the green bird should be kept in the capital, and it will not be too late to release it outside after it gives birth to an heir."

Hearing this, the emperor thought for a while, "Well, I will consider your point."

(End of this chapter)