Prince please enthrone

Chapter 404
The empress dowager prepared a sumptuous dinner for them, and it is said that many of them were made by herself.

Feng Yun sat on the main seat, looking much better, but kept his head down, not daring to look at Feng Qing, pretending that he didn't exist, sitting stiffly.

"It's best to eat home-cooked food made by myself," the empress dowager resumed her dignified and elegant demeanor, sitting at the table and chatting with Fengqing about the homely routine:

"I remember that when you were young, you lived in the frontier and only came back two or three times a year. Every time I went to see you, I found that your mother and concubine would make you a Furong tofu corner, saying that this is your favorite food.

I took a sip out of curiosity and found it really delicious, so I learned from your mother and concubine, but the craftsmanship is not as good as hers after all, why not come and taste it with King Fengyang, in this dish made by Ai's family, Does it smell like your mother and concubine? "

The empress dowager stood up, filled a small half bowl for Fengqing herself, and ordered the palace servants to bring it to him.

Feng Qing looked at the familiar dishes in the bowl, and asked with a smile unmoved: "Then dare to ask the Empress Dowager, do you know how my mother and concubine died?"

One second, he was still reminiscing about the beautiful past with him, and the next second, Fengqing brought up the unpleasant topic of life and death with him.

The warm atmosphere deliberately created by the empress dowager suddenly disappeared.

The loving smile on her face was almost unstoppable, and she continued dryly:
"What, what? How did the Ai family know? I heard from the palace servants in your concubine's palace at that time that your concubine had a sudden illness and left at a young age. The Ai family was also very sorry. Very bad."

"Really?" Feng Qing said slowly:
"How does this king remember that the palace servants who escaped by chance came to tell this king that the death of my queen mother...was forced by others?"

The empress dowager's expression became angry in response to the situation, and she scolded:
"Who is it? Who would be so bold? Did the palace people say who the murderer is? Of course, the prince should not easily believe the slander of those villains. You know, there are many people who want to sow discord in this world."

"Thank you for the reminder, my lord, of course I know. But, I remember—" Feng Qing picked up a glass of wine, elongated her voice, raised her head at a 45-degree angle, and let her eyes go blank, making a following The empress dowager recalled the past together, and said with emotion:

"Ben Wang remembers that at that time, Eldest Brother was trying his best to call this King back to the palace. This King was far away in the frontier, and he had a lot of loyal subordinates. He couldn't touch me at all, so he could only call me back to Fengdu.

Because Fengdu has expressly stipulated that anyone who enters the gate of the imperial city can lead no more than two hundred soldiers. With two hundred people, under the siege of thousands or even tens of thousands of defenders, there must be no scum left. ? "

"This..." The Empress Dowager laughed dryly, "The Ai family is a family of women and Taoists, how can they understand this?"

"So this king is explaining it carefully to your sister-in-law. At that time, my elder brother issued several imperial edicts to urge me to return to the palace. If I didn't return, he would condemn me for disobeying the edict and order me to be executed.

But all the people sent to arrest me were killed by my men.He couldn't, and in the end, he set his mind on my concubine mother..."

The empress dowager's pupils shrank suddenly!The hand holding the chopsticks unconsciously tightened.

"No... There must be some misunderstanding in this. Your mother and concubine had no grievances with the first emperor, how could he..." She tried to defend her husband in vain.

"Why is it impossible for him?" Feng Qing raised her eyebrows and asked back, the corners of her mouth were raised, but there was a deep murderous intent hidden in her bewitching eyes:
"He was afraid that I would die. Maybe he even dreamed about the scene where I led the soldiers back to the imperial capital and took his life, so he had no choice but to use my mother and concubine as a threat. , let me go back to the palace, otherwise... she will be sentenced to death."

The empress dowager's face turned blue.

"Could it be... Didn't you have any rebellion at that time?!" She couldn't help questioning.

At that time, the life of the first emperor was not easy. Every day, ministers said that King Fengyang recruited soldiers and bought horses in the frontier, forged a large number of weapons, and trained recruits day and night. Which emperor heard that this was not a sign of rebellion? !

"I said no, do you believe it?" Feng Qing asked mockingly:

"You see that I am so eager to expand the army, you must think that I am plotting something wrong.

But have you seen that other countries have never stopped sneaking and attacking in order to rob us of our resources?
Have you ever seen that the people of my Feng Kingdom are willing to become bandits and go to trouble the people of other countries because they don’t have enough to eat, causing wars?
Did you take a closer look at the memorial that was presented, how many people were injured, and how many people were shrouded in horse leather and died in battle?

What do you think you got in exchange for the days of carousing and singing every night in the palace?It is with the blood of the soldiers! "

Feng Qing squeezed the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, with an unconcealable sadness in her eyes:

"I don't know, if those who died in battle knew their monarch, they would treat them as an army of traitors who were desperately defending the country, and think that they harbored evil intentions and followed the rebellious party, always thinking about how to get rid of them quickly, would they not Will die with peace?
In the future, will anyone be willing to risk their lives to guard the territory of my Feng Kingdom?

Have you ever thought about these things? "

In Ye Lizhi's impression, Feng Qing has always been a wild and unrestrained person, she has never seen such a forbearing and fragile expression like his now.

This expression is like an invisible big hand, tightly grasping the person's heart, and will not let go.

But even though he was fragile, his back was still straight, as if no matter how much wind and rain he experienced, it couldn't be broken.

"My concubine knew that my elder brother was using her as a bargaining chip to blackmail me, so she committed suicide in order not to implicate me... Eldest brother blocked the news, lest I would rush into the imperial capital in a fit of anger, thinking that I would hide everything from her, and I would never reveal it." won't know.

However, he didn't expect that there would be someone escaped from the mother's palace, right?
It was then that I made up my mind to force the palace.

Sister-in-law Huang, you said I was rebellious, so why did I appoint his son as emperor after my elder brother died, instead of dominating the Feng Kingdom by myself?Because I have never, never had the slightest thought about that seat. "

As soon as the last word was spoken, the blood on the Empress Dowager's face was gone.

"It's rare that the emperor's wife still remembers my mother and concubine," he suddenly changed the subject, picked up the small bowl in front of him and said with a smile:
"It's true that I haven't eaten something made by my mother and concubine for many years. I can taste it again today, and I must thank the emperor's wife."

The empress dowager didn't expect his topic to change so quickly, she was a little stunned for a moment.

Feng Qing picked up the spoon and scooped it up, looked at Feng Yun who was still downcast like a prisoner under interrogation, and greeted warmly:
"My nephew eats too, don't just sit around, you won't feel full just by looking at it."

(End of this chapter)