King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 335 Jiang Chengzi

The canonization of Yuanchun as the crown princess was proposed by the Supreme Emperor, but it was the queen's efforts to promote it.

What she wanted was harmony in the Donggong family, mutual support between the sons, everything would be perfect and there would be no more fights.

So on the afternoon of the canonization day, Yang Qingyin sent a message to several sons, asking them to bring their families to Kunning Palace for a banquet.

For the harmony of the whole family, Yang Qingyin has exhausted her mind.

To this end, she specially invited the emperor and hoped that he could arrive early.

But when the agreed time came, but the emperor hadn't come yet, Yang Qingyin couldn't sit still.

She would not care about it on weekdays, but at such an important moment today, she really hoped that her husband would be there in time to resolve the conflict between her sons with her.

"I'll invite him myself!"

After saying that, Yang Qingyin set off to go to Qianqing Palace to delay the crown prince and they will arrive soon.

The sun was setting in the west, lights were being lit inside and outside Qianqing Palace, and Yang Qingyin appeared directly in front of the emperor.

At this moment, Zhu Xianming was looking through the booklet. This was the case file of recent major cases, and Zhu Xianming was very concerned about this.

"I said... your butt is rooting on this broken chair? Why didn't you come after you agreed to go?" Standing in front of the imperial case, Yang Qingyin asked the emperor directly.

This scene made the eunuchs on duty dare not look at it. They only regretted that they were so unlucky that it was their turn to serve on duty at this time.

Facing the queen's questioning, Zhu Xianming ignored it and turned to the other side.

Seeing that the emperor didn't answer, Yang Qingyin looked around and said, "You all go out!"

The queen's words are equivalent to the imperial decree at this moment, and the eunuchs on duty stepped back one after another, naturally overjoyed in their hearts.

Walking around in front of Zhu Xianming, Yang Qingyin's tone became softer, and she asked, "Who made His Majesty angry?"

Zhu Xianming still ignored it, but turned to the other side with the brochure.

Helpless, Yang Qingyin had no choice but to go around to the other side, but stopped talking and stared at the emperor.

After a few breaths, Zhu Xianming couldn't help raising his head, meeting the Queen's eyes.

"The report on the left side of the table, you can read it yourself..."

Hearing this, Yang Qingyin didn't say much, so she came to the left side of the desk and picked up a memorial to read.

After only looking at the front, Yang Qingyin couldn't help but put it down, and said with dissatisfaction: "You also put someone under surveillance in the fourth's study, what's the point of that?"

"Look at what he did!" Zhu Xianming's face became more and more ugly.

Thinking that Zhu Jingyuan had made a big mistake, Yang Qingyin stopped confronting the emperor, but picked up the newspaper and continued to read it.

The memorial records that after Zhu Jingyuan left Yuan Chun behind and returned to the study, he cried while holding the phoenix hairpin of the former Crown Princess Lu.

Afterwards, Zhu Jingyuan wrote Su Xueshi's "Jiangchengzi" in the midst of misery, and he had a deep affection for his dead wife.

"A lonely grave thousands of miles away, no place to talk about desolation... Why do you say he is desolate?"

"There are no words to talk to each other, but only a thousand lines of tears... the dignified prince of a country, weeping and crying for a woman, what do you think he looks like?"

"With such a weak character, how can I have any fortitude and tenacity? How can I control the civil and military ministers? How can I bear the heavy burden of the world?"

From the emperor's point of view, what Zhu Xianming said made sense, so Yang Qingyin could not refute it.

"The prince has shortcomings, you should teach him carefully!"

"Today is a family feast, the four, six, and thirteen are all coming, so you can't hide your face because of this!"

Hearing this, Zhu Xianming put down the brochure and said extremely dissatisfied: "I get angry when I see him!"

"Then why don't you abolish him? Anyway, you don't like him anyway!"

"Anyway, with Lao Liu here, if you just make Lao Liu the crown prince, everything will be fine!"

Hearing Zhu Xianming talk a lot, the queen couldn't help but want to vent her anger, so much so that she talked to this point.

Replacing the prince will inevitably lead to turmoil in the court, and it will definitely not work if the prince is not at fault.

After all, what he, Zhu Xianming, wanted was an orderly inheritance of the throne, not fighting like Li Tang.

All in all, the crown prince cannot be easily replaced.

"Since you have nothing to say, then come with me, the children are coming!"

Although Yang Qingyin's words sounded "submissive", but what a proud emperor the emperor is, he would step down so easily.

Seeing that the emperor still didn't move, Yang Qingyin pretended to kneel down, and said in his mouth: "I beg your Majesty..."

"Forget it, can't I go?"

Face was taken care of, Zhu Xianming stopped holding it, stood up and helped the queen up who was about to kneel.

But before he had time to shout, he heard Yang Qingyin urging: "Hurry up!"

When the emperor and empress rushed to Kunning Palace, the prince and his wife had already arrived, but unfortunately they had nothing to say.

Just at the front and back, King Rui and his wife also arrived.

The furious look in the afternoon could no longer be seen on Princess Congrui Chen Zhi's face, instead she had a standard modest smile.

"Fourth brother and four sisters-in-law, when did you arrive? It's your convenience, we will be in a lot of trouble entering the palace with Prince Rui!"

Chen Zhi greeted her first, took Yuan Chun's hand and spoke enthusiastically, calling "Sister-in-law Four" sweetly.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law talked lively, but the two brothers had nothing to say and could only return to their seats and sit in silence.

Chen Zhi was really an exquisite person, she pulled Yuan Chun from such trivial matters as eating and drinking, to topics such as housekeeping and parenting, and the chat with Yuan Chun was really lively.

"My lord is here..."

Hearing the report from outside, the four people in the hall rushed out to meet him, but they saw the emperor's unsightly expression.

"Father..." Crown Prince Rui and Wang saluted together.

His eyes swept over the two brothers, and then Zhu Xianming asked, "Is the old thirteen here?"

Yang Qingyin replied: "This kid arrived early, he got into the East Hall as soon as he arrived, and he is learning to write from Sheng'er!"

"Learning to write? Just him? What else can he do besides fooling around?"

"I don't come out to greet you when I come, I think he has more face than me!"

At this moment, in the East Hall, there was noise outside, followed by a palace lady reporting the situation, so scared that Zhu Jinghong jumped off the soft couch.

When he ran out quickly, he saw that Zhu Xianming and others had arrived at the door of the main hall, and then they were stopped by his voice.

"father……"

With this loud shout, he almost stepped up the steps, and then he turned around, and the queen, wife and others also looked behind.

"Dad, the horse sent by King Beijing is really good. My son wears two layers of heavy armor and a vest. He can come and go like the wind..."

"My son named him Black Whirlwind... What do you think of this name?"

After saying the last sentence, Zhu Jinghong came to the bottom of the steps and saw clearly that the old man looked unkind.

"Boy, you've come, it seems that next time... I have to go and say hello to you!"

The emperor's words expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhu Jinghong's lateness and negligence. Although the latter understood at the moment, he had to pretend to be confused.

"Father, stop joking, my son can't bear it!"

At this time, Yang Qingyin reprimanded: "Thirteen, why don't you hurry up and apologize to your father, you are too unruly, and you don't rush to greet your father when he comes, do you want to be punished again?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xianming said: "No need, let him stand here for half an hour and reflect on it!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong caught a glimpse of Zhu Yunsheng who was also "late", and immediately complained to the emperor: "Dad... Sheng'er didn't come out either!"

"Can you compare with Sheng'er?"

At this moment, Zhu Yunsheng was coming out on tiptoe, and when he heard this, he smiled happily, and trotted to the emperor.

"Kowtow to see Daddy!"

Zhu Yunsheng saluted very obediently, hearing that Zhu Xianming felt very comfortable, so he led his daughter to the main hall, not forgetting to ask about her homework on the way.

After glancing at Zhu Jinghong, Yang Qingyin sighed helplessly, ordered someone to get Zhu Jinghong's cloak, and then turned around and entered the hall.

Yuan Chun and Chen Zhi also followed in, leaving the three brothers Zhu Jinghong alone outside the hall.

"Thirteenth brother, I will intercede for you in a while, so please bear with me!"

"Yeah... Dad will calm down after a while, and will definitely let you in!"

The two brothers comforted the younger brother, and then turned around and entered the hall.

Seeing everyone leave, Zhu Jinghong didn't feel disappointed.

"Don't make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes... This is the way to hide your strength and bide your time!"

However, what happened to him made the people in the East Hall very distressed. They wanted to give him hot tea from the stove but they dared not.

(End of this chapter)