Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 290: Son Calls Dad

"Yes, little daddy." Zhuang Xun suddenly became happy, but didn't he say not to irritate An Le Gong, for fear that he would commit suicide?

Sure enough, An Le Gong's expression was complicated. Looking at his gentle mother, her eyes looked at him, which was no longer as severe as before, but this made An Le Gong even more uncomfortable. His mother was no longer just his mother.

It was a fact that Zhuang Xun, who was younger than him, became his father, and he could not object to it. He was no longer the king of the first country in Kyushu, but just a prisoner.

"I don't dare, I don't dare..." An Le Gong lowered his head, because the word "little daddy" was now given to him. Zhuang Xun was the king of the Xia Kingdom and the candidate for the future emperor.

"It's uncomfortable for you to call me. It's good to know this relationship. I also love Concubine Jiang very much. When the world is peaceful, I can even let you be free and happy."

Zhuang Xun promised that he still had to control An Le Gong first, fearing that he would go out to do some inciting things and cause trouble for Zhuang Xun and unify the world, then there would be no threat and he could be free.

"I understand, thank you, Your Majesty..." I really couldn't shout. Zhuang Xun's face was so tender that he felt inferior compared to King Zhao. He really couldn't shout "little daddy", even though he had the advantage.

He was indeed grateful, but there was also a kind of helpless grievance in his gratitude. This was something he had never felt since he became King Zhao. Now he felt the grievances and grievances of his ministers, and the pressure of facing the north.

An Le Gong saw Zhuang Xun holding Queen Mother Jiang's jade hand and kissing Queen Mother Jiang's cheek. Queen Mother Jiang shyly pushed Zhuang Xun, seeming to want to refuse but welcome, such a delicate and charming Queen Mother Jiang, No wonder he was favored by Zhuang Xun.

"But it is very difficult to unify the world. Now Zheng Jing has a tendency to reunite, and another war is unavoidable. Maybe I will be like An Le Gong after the war, or it may take several years to extend the time. In that case, I ask An Le Gong for forgiveness. ”

After drawing the cake, Zhuang Xun started to remind him to leave room for his promise, lest An Le Gong would never be able to eat the cake and become resentful.

"How dare you? Your Majesty, inheriting the destiny, will be able to clear the world and unify the nine states as soon as possible. There is already a gap between Zheng and Jing. Even if we work together now, it will be difficult to compete with Xia. Your Majesty will be captured sooner or later."

Now King Zhao extremely hopes that Xia Guo can always win, so that he will not appear so embarrassed and incompetent.

He wanted to see Zhuang Xun eliminate the escaped aristocratic families, and he also understood the important reason why he lost. He had big operational problems, and the aristocratic families also had many problems.

The country supported these great families, but in the end, these families only had betrayal in return, without any loyalty, and wasted their wealth.

"It can't be that simple. Zheng Jing's alliance still has a lot of trouble to solve. At least the military strength will not fall behind. Now the Xia Kingdom is still in turmoil."

Zhuang Xun doesn't care about himself. He stays humble and sees the gap clearly. The closer he gets to the top, the more cautious he has to be. This is the so-called prosperity and decline.

"Speaking of which, Mr. An Le also knows about Zheng Xia's situation. Please introduce it to me so that I can understand..."

"I don't dare to show my shame, but if your Majesty must know..."

Taking a look at Queen Mother Jiang, Queen Mother Jiang knew all this information, so she was probably bored and looking for something to say.

Just chatting from time to time, even after lunch, without any real content.

"I'm tired, find a guest room for me to rest, and let's have a chat with mother and son." He let go of Empress Dowager Jiang's hand and asked.

"I, my concubine, please rest at your Majesty's service." Empress Dowager Jiang helped Zhuang Xun, as if Zhuang Xun was really sleepy.

Arriving at the guest room, Mr. An Le was waiting outside the door. Only then did Zhuang Xun find the opportunity to ask secretly: "Didn't I tell you not to irritate him? The word "little daddy" is too much."

Zhuang Xun didn't have much mercy on his enemies, such as the former Duke Zhenguo Lu Buming, but Duke Anle didn't have the need to kill him. For the sake of Empress Dowager Jiang, Zhuang Xun was relatively tolerant.

Of course, it was Duke Anle who surrendered and did not resist. After all, he still had ten thousand absolutely loyal palace guards. He did not choose to fight to the end, but surrendered his troops. This can be regarded as a pre-battle uprising.

To sum up, Zhuang Xun didn't want to do anything too awesome, so when Empress Dowager Jiang talked about her little daddy, Zhuang Xun felt a little awkward. It felt good, but he felt that it was too good.

"Yes, I thought about it later. Did I protect him too well? He should be the head of his family, not just a child."

Queen Mother Jiang's expression lost the tenderness and motherly sternness. She was also reflecting on her own education issues, especially when she saw An Le Gong's forbearing look.

"After all, I am your concubine. It is impossible for me to live in the palace, and it is impossible for me to show up every time to help him out. It is difficult for him to accept the stimulation you give him. How can he accept the ridicule from others after that? Come on?"

Queen Mother Jiang reflected that An Le Gong had entered middle age and he was able to withstand failure and the dangers of the world.

The fear of hurting An Le Gong through stimulation may be the greater harm to him, because he is no longer the King of Zhao. No one will follow him like before and dare not disobey him. Then the harm may be even greater.

Doesn't An Le Gong's surrender action today just mean that he is also adapting to his new role? So since this is the case, there is nothing that cannot be said. Zhuang Xun will feel even more uncomfortable if he doesn't say it and others say it.

"Ah, this... forget it, I think he has accepted it, so let's do it. When you talk to mother and son, it can be seen that he is still very reserved towards me."

Zhuang Xun didn't want to comment on Queen Mother Jiang's behavior. After all, he was Queen Mother Jiang's son. He left space for the two of them. Zhuang Xun sat down on the bed. He didn't want to have an awkward conversation with An Le Gong. After all, being cordial was really not cordial. The two sides were also hostile and humiliated each other.

You said that Mr. Anle now respects Zhuang Xun a lot, but Zhuang Xun doesn't believe it. It's just a hypocrite. It's better for them to have a good talk with mother and son.

"You have so many baby daddies for no reason. Can you accept it without any restraint?"

Empress Dowager Jiang snorted and refuted Zhuang Xun's statement. In exchange for Zhuang Xun's smile, she lowered her head in acknowledgment of her mistake.

"I'm pretty relaxed about having one more son, multiple fathers, huh? I don't dare think about it! That's fine, I won't go out and you guys can talk."

Zhuang Xun shook his head and said with some understanding that just hearing about having a beautiful mother was exciting enough, but it was hard to explain how exciting it was for the victim.

"No rush, I will take care of you first." Empress Dowager Jiang knelt on the ground, leaned forward on Zhuang Xun's legs, and touched Zhuang Xun's belt.

"Don't be like this, you will be misunderstood, Xiannuo..." Zhuang Xun wanted to hide and do whatever he wanted. This kind of occasion was really not suitable, although he felt a sense of excitement.

"What's the misunderstanding? What else needs to be misunderstood in our relationship, and we just want him to know." Empress Dowager Jiang lowered her head, and Zhuang Xun was forced to surrender. It would be better to say that he had lost his moral bottom line.

He couldn't play in such a place, but now he could play here, and it was not requested by him, but by Queen Mother Jiang. This seemed to give him an excuse to let him go.

And An Legong waited outside the door for a long time. After waiting for a long time, he felt something was wrong. He was wondering if there was an accident and whether he should knock on the door to ask. When Queen Mother Jiang came out, she covered her round red lips with a handkerchief.

"Mother...Dear, what are you..." Looking at Queen Mother Jiang wiping the stains on the corners of her mouth, An Legong's pupils trembled. What are these two people doing?

"Let His Majesty sleep sweetly and help him stabilize his mind. Let's go and chat in the pavilion."

Queen Mother Jiang swallowed the stain and pursed her lips. This was what she wanted An Le Gong to notice, because soon she would have to say harsh words to break An Le Gong's stubborn thoughts.

Sitting in the pavilion, both sides were silent. An Legong kept looking at the corners of Queen Mother Jiang's mouth. The dirt he just saw seemed to have been there until it was wiped clean.

"Are there any traces left by His Majesty?" Queen Mother Jiang changed a handkerchief and wiped it again, not caring about the shock of admitting this relationship in front of her adult son.

"Mother, I'm sorry..." It was because of the exchange of herself that Queen Mother Jiang was exchanged for Zhuang Xun. An Legong said painfully, knowing that not thinking about it carefully was completely different from the fact before him. "I'm sorry for me, or are you sorry for yourself?" Queen Mother Jiang's eyes were far away, as if she was asking a question, but she didn't seem to care about An Le Gong's answer.

"It is the child's incompetence who failed to fulfill his mother's trust." An Le Gong said, feeling extremely ashamed. He had made an appointment with Empress Dowager Jiang to come back and work hard to govern the Zhao Kingdom well and rescue her as soon as possible, but he did not expect that he would now be the king of subjugation. .

"There is no need to ask who is incompetent. Just like I took the initiative to persuade Zhao Jun to surrender, you must be angry in your heart."

Queen Mother Jiang took back her handkerchief and looked directly into Mr. An Le's eyes. Her clear eyes did not give in at all, and took the initiative to stir up the knot between the two parties.

Empress Dowager Jiang analyzed the differences between An Le Gong and herself. The first was that it was difficult to accept that her noble and proud mother had become Zhuang Xun's plaything. The second was that she persuaded Zhao Jun to surrender and added strength to the Xia Kingdom, so she must provoke this. aspects of the topic.

"I don't dare!" An Legong quickly denied it, but Queen Mother Jiang didn't believe it. She just didn't dare to have such thoughts.

"I haven't had time to see you. I need to stabilize the situation of Zhao's demise, and also to avoid suspicion. Now we can talk together and talk everything through."

There is no need to hide anything, and there is no need for any words. Queen Mother Jiang is ready to talk everything clearly, tell An Le Gong frankly, and let him face the storm.

"It's already like this. What's there to talk about? It's just that the child has failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a monarch."

An Le Gong had some self-reflection. In the days after the surrender, he reflected countless times. Countless times, from Zhuang Xun to Zhao Guo to his last change of generals on the battlefield, he failed to play the role of a monarch well.

"I like King Xia." Queen Mother Jiang said softly in front of her son, causing thunder to rise on the ground.

"Mother..." An Legong was stunned and did not continue to reflect on his mistakes.

"Don't feel guilty. I replaced you because I like King Xia. I also want to thank you for helping us and making me feel embarrassed."

Queen Mother Jiang said again, her jade hand moved to her abdomen, showing a happy smile. In a sense, her son was the elder of her and Zhuang Xun.

"Mother, me." An Legong was speechless. Empress Dowager Jiang's generous admission really surprised him.

"I am willing to help him give you a brother. Just like now, I am pregnant again. I am very happy to be his woman. You don't have to be angry for me..."

Pressing her fingers on her glittering red lips, Empress Dowager Jiang made a pun. This is why she wanted An Le Gong to see the stain on the corner of her mouth. She wanted to tell her eldest son clearly that she liked Zhuang Xun, not because of force.

"Can't you accept having such a little daddy? Do you think I am a dissolute mother?" Empress Dowager Jiang said dignifiedly and elegantly, folding her hands to maintain the demeanor of a noble concubine.

"No, it's... how could this happen to my mother? He doesn't look the same... is it because of his power and position?" An Le Gong was already confused, and it was difficult to unify his inconsistent words.

Faintly, he felt that his mother's heart was already in Zhuang Xun, but he couldn't overcome it psychologically if he had to admit this kind of thing, admit that his mother was possessed by Zhuang Xun, and admit that Zhuang Xun was his little father.

"I haven't reached the point of relying on power, I just like it. No matter what the conditions are, if I like it, appearance and height are not a problem. I will bend my legs to adapt. But at the same time, my persuasion to surrender to Zhao Jun is not because of love. King of Shangxia."

After expressing her feelings clearly, the next step is the issue of stance. She must tell An Le Gong clearly what she thinks.

"Why is that?" An Legong asked back. He thought he had touched the truth. His mother left because of love, but now Queen Mother Jiang told him that it was not the case.

"Because of you, Zhao's decline was doomed in the Second Battle of Shou'an Fangyu. I was thinking, if Zhao failed, what would you do..."

Empress Dowager Jiang's eyes were sincere and her tone was heartfelt. She was also defeated in the second battle for Shou'anfangyu.

"Although it doesn't sound nice to say, if it weren't for me, how do you think you would end up after the city is destroyed..."

An Le Gong fell into deep thought and seemed to understand something. Empress Dowager Jiang had already told him in the most direct way.

"If it's for me..."

"So let me tell you first, I am with King Xia because I like him and he also likes me. You don't have to feel guilty when we chased him all the way to Jinyang."

Queen Mother Jiang didn't lie either, at least that was the case at the time and now, and King Zhao didn't need to know about the twists and turns in the process.

"Because I like Zhuang Xun, I am willing to be with Zhuang Xun, and because I want you to survive, I persuade Zhao Jun to surrender. Don't get confused!"

Being deaf and enlightened is not Zhuang Xun's humiliating plaything, nor is he betraying his position because of love.

"Now, it's all over. Don't dwell on the past. Just adapt to your identity and live in peace and harmony. King Xia hopes you can be peaceful and happy."

Seeing that An Le Gong was frightened, Queen Mother Jiang spoke out to comfort him. She was here to calm An Le Gong's emotions today, with the purpose of letting him be a good rice bug.

"Isn't it in response to the child's question at the banquet that year whether he misses Xia? King Xia replied that he is happy here but does not miss Xia?"

An Le Gong smiled bitterly. Now when he thought about Zhuang Xun's answer at the banquet, "I am happy here, I don't miss summer," he thought of the title he was conferred. This was to make him not miss Zhao Guo and accept his fate.

"King Xia is quite stingy when he is stingy, but since he has let you go, he will not resort to such tricks. If he wants revenge, he will do so directly."

Empress Dowager Jiang still knew Zhuang Xun. Zhuang Xun had the mentality of repaying hatred on the spot, not later than ten years. But if he let it go, or mentioned it accidentally, he would not hold on to it, let alone I know how to put on small shoes.

"Who could have imagined that in less than five years, the situation would be so reversed? I can still vaguely remember the scene that day..."

Since one of the key points to unravel the tangle between An Le Gong and An Le Gong was, the two sides understood the information they knew about each other, and felt more and more that the demise of Zhao State was inevitable and the structural and institutional imbalances. When King Zhao failed to suppress Xia Guo for the first time, The rise of a country is doomed to all this.

"The family is redundant, the military orders are difficult to pass, and the Xia Kingdom has won the hearts of the people. I can't wait until I am in danger without knowing it." An Legong sighed, at least it was not so difficult to accept in his heart, and he finally understood the real reason for his defeat.

"Okay, it's time for Your Majesty to wake up." Seeing that An Le Gong had realized it, Empress Dowager Jiang had almost accomplished what she wanted to do today. She ignored An Le Gong who had realized it and went back to the room to find Zhuang Xun, ready to leave. .

Zhuang Xun was bored, and Bi Yuewu was also excited by him. There was no one around him to talk, so he could only meditate and rest. When Empress Dowager Jiang came in, he asked impatiently: "Are you done talking? Are you leaving?" "

"Well, let's go back to the palace, Your Majesty." Having settled her worries, Empress Dowager Jiang showed a Chun Jingming smile. An Le Gong seemed to have understood and accepted his situation, and everything should be smooth sailing after this.

"Is Mr. An Le outside? Let's say goodbye." Holding Queen Mother Jiang's hand, Zhuang Xun smiled in response and led Queen Mother Jiang out.

The two of them came to the pavilion together and saw Mr. An Le thinking. They were hesitant to disturb him. It would be even worse to leave without saying goodbye, especially with the blessing of Zhuang Xun's identity.

"Mom, dad." After returning from his thoughts, An Legong subconsciously shouted when he saw the two people hugging each other tightly in front of him.

(End of this chapter)