First wife's original manuscript

Chapter 216

The fourth prince tore Xie Qingcheng in the street, and the fourth prince even put a pair of handcuffs and instruments of torture on Xie Qingcheng... Seeing Xie Qingcheng's miserable appearance, Zeng Rou was very happy, although she knew that the emperor would definitely let Xie Qingcheng... Qingcheng went to the yamen to await trial, but was the fourth prince too ruthless?
He didn't give Xie Qingcheng any face!

Even if Xie Qingcheng looks like a fairy, in the eyes of the fourth prince, she is no different from the weeds on the street.

Judging from the current situation, no one would believe that the Fourth Prince had no enmity with Xie Qingcheng!
The fourth prince entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice for training, and his biological mother was Concubine De in the palace. However, it was said that Concubine De was very eccentric and extremely partial to the youngest son, the eighth prince. She was very negligent and indifferent to the fourth prince, and the relationship between mother and child was extremely weak.

Everyone inside and outside the palace knew this, even the emperor didn't say much about Concubine De's partiality, so others naturally didn't dare to persuade her deeply.

Fortunately, Concubine De was only partial, and did not do anything to hurt the Fourth Prince. Others could only sigh in private that the Fourth Prince was not liked by Concubine De. In big families, it is common for the mother to favor the younger son. Outsiders It's not good to talk too much about this matter.

The two princes born by Concubine De, the fourth prince and the eighth prince, were mediocre in the eyes of the emperor, and the fourth prince's experience in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which had the least future, proved that the emperor had no hope for him.

The fourth prince is serious and gloomy. After entering the Ministry of Punishment, he is ruthless and doesn't show affection at all. That's why he was nicknamed, Black-faced God!
All the dignitaries who fell into the hands of the fourth prince, everyone who can get a favor in front of him.

Because someone took the pleading paper written by Zeng Rou to the yamen to sue... The yamen did not dare to arrest Princess An Ning Xie Qingcheng, and was about to shirk, when the fourth prince found out about the case, he personally went to Prince Anning's mansion and invited Xie Qingcheng to Yamen pending trial.

Xie Qingcheng was frightened by the uprightness and ruthlessness of the fourth prince. She insisted that she was Princess Anning, and it was not a big deal to kill a few servants. Besides, she thought that she had a good face in front of the emperor and the queen mother. She is honored and favored, and there are future princes and second princes around, how can Xie Qingcheng care about the inevitable loser, the fourth prince who will end up miserable?

Originally, she didn't want to go out, but King An Ning asked her to go to the yamen to deal with it first, and King An Ning went directly to the palace to inquire about the news, and to meet the empress dowager...

The shackles on Xie Qingcheng tore her wrists. Since she was born, she has never been bullied like this. People on the street pointed at Xie Qingcheng, and Xie Qingcheng was stimulated by the gossip of the people. Not looking up, I hated the Fourth Prince even more in my heart.

The good upbringing in the past couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, Xie Qingcheng glared at the fourth prince who was riding on the horse with a cold face: "You wait... you wait for me..."

"Threatening the prince is an extra crime."

The fourth prince waved his hand coldly, "Come here, add a ten-jin iron ball, I see that Princess An Ning still has the strength to threaten people, I think this weight is too light for her!"

"you……."

"Poor, stupid woman!"

The fourth prince urged him to come forward immediately, and looked arrogantly at Xie Qingcheng, who was kneeling in front of him, "You thought that King An Ning would save you? If the royal father takes action, King An Ning will not be able to protect himself. They were raised in the palace, and this meeting will be completely honored."

"By the way, I can tell you that your second elder brother, who loves you so much, is now kneeling outside your father's imperial study. Don't you know that your second sister-in-law has entered the palace?"

The fourth prince's eyes fell on the carriage parked at the side, he nodded in the direction of the carriage, and raised the rein, "Second sister-in-law is not a good idiot, you chose the wrong opponent!"

"Come here, take Princess Anning through the streets to show the public. I want the people in the capital and nobles to see clearly that the lives of slaves are also lives!"

"Here."

"Fourth prince...you...you will die badly."

Xie Qingcheng broke down and cried, why?How did the second prince lose his Sacred Heart?How could King An Ning lose power?Empress Dowager... Xie Qingcheng's eyes were red. In history, because the fourth prince committed public outrage, he was imprisoned by the enthroned second prince for his entire life. His fate was the most miserable one!
The corners of Zeng Rou's mouth twitched slightly in the carriage, Xie Qingcheng was paraded through the streets by the guards with heavy shackles... After today, no one would say that Xie Qingcheng is a kind and beautiful woman.

No matter how well she grows, at this time she is like a withered and withered flower, no longer the brightness of the past.

The faraway fourth prince might be another prince candidate that the emperor valued. The fourth prince is only thirty this year. If the emperor carefully trains him, he can change the stinginess of the fourth prince and make him more restrained and tactful... …

If the fourth prince can inherit the throne in the end, Zeng Rou can be regarded as one of the heroes behind the scenes. Presumably, the fourth prince, who has clear grievances and grievances, will not be too mean to Zeng Rou!
A lifetime of wealth is enough!
In the palace, the second prince knelt for more than an hour, his knees were numb, and his heart became more and more desolate. Zeng Rou's words before leaving the palace kept ringing in his ears. His indifference made him suddenly realize that maybe he lost the most precious thing in his life because of his love for Xie Qingcheng!
Thinking of this, the second prince could no longer kneel, and his body shook.

The emperor's voice came from the imperial study, "Second brother, get the hell out of here!"

"Yes, Father."

A shred of hope surged up in the second prince, he knelt and climbed into the imperial study room, not daring to raise his head, kowtowed and said: "I have seen my father, my father... my son..."

"You don't have to explain to me."

The emperor raised his hand and threw the imperial edict in his hand to the second prince, "Look, I just wrote the imperial edict two days ago. I have been cultivating you, trusting you, and wanting to hand over the ancestral land to you!"

The second prince caught the imperial decree in a hurry, rubbed his eyes, and it was indeed written that he was the crown prince... The second prince was confused, and looked up at the stern-faced emperor, "Father, my son is just confused for a moment... Father, don't give up on your son."

"You don't understand." A layer of ice could be scraped off the emperor's face, and his deep eyes dimmed to the extreme in an instant, "I have seen too many in the early years, and I was almost on the verge of death a few times along the way. Concubine Chen, if it wasn't for the strong pressure of etiquette, I would have been abolished as the crown prince long ago, and if it wasn't for Concubine Chen's son dying young, I wouldn't be able to be the crown prince either. It's terrible for an emperor to fall in love with a favorite concubine!"

"Because of etiquette, I survived the most difficult days, so although I have many concubines in the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, I have never neglected the queen. I am the most disciplined person!"

"And you...my second prince, among all my sons, you are outstanding in talent, ability, and scheming. I believe that you can inherit the country and make the dynasty better, but you love Xie Qingcheng and ignore you. Concubine wife and son, I am afraid that you will follow the same path as the late emperor!"

"I suffered a lot back then, and I don't want future generations to walk on thin ice like me. I can get to this day with seven points of strength and three points of luck. My children and grandchildren may not have my luck."

"Isn't it okay for my father...my son to change...to change?"

"You are not the only son of mine. I can teach others, even if I dare not be as good as you, but he abides by the rules and traditions. I hand over the country to him, and I feel at ease... Give it to him, and my mausoleum will not be handed over by rebellious ministers." Leave it to him, my brother will not be proclaimed emperor! The rest of my princes will not die!"

"Father, you mean King An Ning..."

The emperor snorted coldly, and threw another secret leaflet to the second prince, "You're not too stupid! I didn't expect that I would still ignore him, I'm a wild monster, I blame you for thinking too much about you, and let him see a trace of it. Of course, you are also responsible for treating a bitch who is facing Qin Muchu as a fairy!"

The secret booklet clearly stated certain arrangements of King An Ning. Since the time of drafting and implicating marriage, King An Ning has been plotting against the second prince and Xie Qingcheng!

King An Ning did not allow Xie Qingcheng to conceive all these years, just when he was waiting for the second prince to be crowned prince.

In the imperial dynasty, after the prince is registered as a prince, the rest of the princes will be crowned kings and raised in the capital. Princes who are not princes will never get involved in the government again!
Throughout the dynasties, the position of the crown prince is difficult to shake, unless there is a crown prince who is unfilial, under normal circumstances the crown prince will succeed.

Being a prince is not far from being an emperor.

King An Ning will give Xie Qingcheng as a gift to the second prince when he is crowned prince. Of course, the flesh and blood in Xie Qingcheng's stomach will belong to King An Ning...

The second prince's face was ashen, "Father, I don't know, I really don't know that he has such ambitions."

"Did you just value Xie Qingcheng? Do you think that King An Ning doesn't know about your affair with Xie Qingcheng? My second child, if he has nothing to ask, can he tolerate his wife Hongxing's cheating?"

"Erchen and her... have nothing to do with her..."

"Nothing? What's the point of being stuck on the bed by me?"

The emperor was furious, raised his hand and slapped the second prince, "You are so confused! You bastard, how did I teach you? The wife who is with you is held up high by you, but you look at other people's wives differently... let She arbitrarily approached your son-in-law...You bastard, are you worthy of being a father? I will teach you to recite the Four Books and Five Classics, teach you etiquette, and you will forget it quickly? If the imperial court's etiquette collapses, can the country still be stable?"

The emperor was very grateful to Zeng Rou at this time, if it wasn't for him, the emperor might have been fooled by the well-behaved, low-key, flawed King An Ning who indulged in painting and calligraphy.

Confucianism and ethics are the best tool for the emperor to rule the people!

The second prince has no way to understand this point, it is equivalent to cutting off his meridian and digging his own grave. No matter what, the emperor will not be able to hand over the throne to such a son!

The emperor didn't let his sons have only one wife, but three wives and four concubines should also be respected, and the concubines should not be messed up.

"I can tell you that the emperor sits in the world, has a golden mouth and fine teeth, and can do whatever he wants, but to be an emperor requires rules! If the emperor has no rules, the world will be in chaos! Now I have twelve princes, I won't give up my other sons just for you! On the contrary, I can give up you, who has become a muddy head, for the sake of Jiangshan and the rest of my sons!"

(End of this chapter)