First wife's original manuscript

Chapter 217

The emperor loved his sons dearly, but he would not disregard the lives of other sons because of one son, let alone ruin the dynasty because of the second prince.

Under the repeated blows, the second prince's thoughts became chaotic and his heart sank to the bottom. He knew that his life was over, and his father would not appreciate his subordinates.

"Although I am disappointed in you, I will not take your life."

The emperor took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, turned his eyes around the imperial decree held by the second prince, and said regretfully: "I canonized you as the prince, not to deceive you, today I will kill you On the way to the crown prince, I will also regret it because of how much I valued you in the past! If it weren't for your admiration for other people's wives, and King An Ning's ulterior motives, you would not be reduced to where you are today!"

He purposely told the second prince that, as an emperor who has gone through hardships and hardships all the way, the emperor's mind is smaller than anyone else, and at the same time he is more ruthless than anyone else... Today, the second prince's actions disappointed the emperor, and he was deeply moved. Losing face, Emperor Sui directly pointed out the reason why the second prince lost the throne, so that the second prince would live in pain for the rest of his life.

"Father..."

"I will confer the crown prince in three days. Once the crown prince is established, the princes will be honored and retired."

The emperor's eyelids drooped, and he slowly opened his mouth, "I've read your papers, planting trees in the northwest to prevent wind and sand, these years have achieved good results, you... After the appointment of the crown prince, you go to the northwest to operate this matter, I hope to see what is written in your notebook as soon as possible, the trees are full of shade, the terraced fields are full of patches, and the river will no longer flood."

The northwest is the most difficult place in the dynasty. When officials were elected, no one wanted to go to the northwest.

The second prince was sent out of the capital by the emperor, he might as well be raised in the capital, and if he went to the northwest, he would never even think about returning to the capital from the northwest.

The military strength, civilian strength, and food and grass in the northwest are very weak. The emperor naturally let him go to the northwest to suffer, and the local officials in the northwest would naturally monitor him.

The second prince understood that the emperor's oral order proved that he was completely disappointed in himself, and punished himself even more for being a fool!
"Father, my son... my son...." The second prince's blank and painful eyes were moist, and he wanted to cry without tears, "My son... I don't want to go, my son wants to stay in the capital to serve you, serve my concubine, and repent of myself fault."

"No need, I have more than a dozen sons, and there is no shortage of sons to serve. As for your mother and concubine..." The corner of the emperor's mouth curled slightly, "Don't you have a first wife? Let her stay in Beijing to fulfill your filial piety on your behalf and raise you My sons and daughters, I made an exception and sent you to the Northwest for desertification control, and they stayed in the capital as hostages! Second child, since you have regrets, use your useful body to do something for the dynasty and leave some benefits Qianqiu's merits, so that I will not be in vain for the value I have placed on you in the past."

"I still like you very much."

"Father..."

"I can make up my mind, old man, you should know my temperament, when did my decision change?"

The second prince bit his lips tightly, suppressing his grief, "My son, obey the order."

If he said any more, his father might imprison him to death for the sake of the country.

The emperor said indifferently: "You don't have to resent me too much. King An Ning and Xie Qingcheng harmed you and plotted against you. I won't let you go lightly. You can't go to the northwest without anyone serving you. Do you want to thank Qingcheng? Or those counterfeit products in your house? I can give you a choice!"

"My son..." The second prince wiped the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and said, "My son wants it all!"

The emperor put the teacup on the table, was silent for a while, and said with real regret: "Second brother, you really know me very well, but unfortunately... where you should be like me, you have imitated me, that's all, it's you too. As it should be."

"It's the minister who disappointed the father."

"There is disappointment. I have other sons. With your lesson, I think they will be more honest."

The emperor raised his voice and asked, "May the queen mother execute King An Ning's palace sentence?"

"Your Majesty...the Empress Dowager protects His Royal Highness King An Ning, and the slaves dare not mess around."

"Protect him?"

A trace of cruelty flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he sneered, "If the queen mother really protected him, she wouldn't see him go astray and let the grace and hard work that the emperor's brother asked for before his death go to waste! It's not the queen mother who is arrogant and provocative, An Ning How could the king be what he is today? Back then I forgave my ambitious younger brother, but today I will not forgive King An Ning who abolished my prince!"

"Royal father." The second prince's face was as white as paper, castration?The royal father wants to punish the suave and gentle Prince An Ning?It's not that the second prince doesn't hate King An Ning, he thought about killing King An Ning with his own hands and crushing him to ashes, but he never thought about punishing King An Ning.

"Since he sold his first wife to you with the idea of ​​living in a rare commodity, I think he doesn't want to be a man anymore. If that's the case, I'll just let him go!"

The emperor's laughter was gloomy and stern, "If you want to confuse the royal family's blood, let me cut off my sons and grandchildren, I will make him unable to reproduce! Second child, you see that I am cruel today, but you never thought that once he succeeds in his tricks, you His brothers will all be slaughtered by him. After more than ten years, maybe he will usurp the throne... and make the younger brother who failed to rebel and rebel as emperor. If I were underground at that time, I would be pissed off again! The tomb of the emperor may not be preserved, because the dead will never be able to do anything to the living!"

"The emperor's uncle conspired to rebel and usurp the throne?"

"The queen mother has always liked the emperor's brother, and I was too strong, so that the mother could not get a hand in the government affairs, so under the encouragement of the mother, the emperor has always been ambitious for the throne, and I almost died at the hands of the emperor that time. In fact, they almost succeeded. Thanks to... ha... the Zeng family was really the sworn enemy of King An Ning's lineage."

"The person who rescued you back then was your father-in-law, and he was the one who pleaded for King An Ning!"

"I thought of the love with the emperor, mother and compatriots, and the help he gave me when the powerful minister was in power. I buried him with state ceremonies, and made King An Ning a hereditary and irreplaceable prince."

The emperor pressed his forehead. Although he has not forgotten that memory, some of it has been blurred. The emperor does not want to experience the tragedy of fratricide, so he will strictly follow the ancestral precepts. .

No one knew about this royal family secret. Zeng Rou's father kept his mouth shut. Although there were some gossip, the emperor's great favor and trust in King An Ning's lineage made the world understand King An Ning's position in the emperor's heart.

"I thought Zeng Aiqing would marry his precious daughter to King An Ning. After all, they used to be confidants. He single-handedly broke King An Ning's ambition, but he also let the emperor understand that it is destiny for me to get the throne. In fact, there was no Zeng Aiqing at that time." Otherwise, the emperor will die without a whole body, and I will not treat my nephew well."

"Unfortunately, my nephew chose Xie Qingcheng in order to plot against you."

"Fortunately, Zeng Aiqing's daughter, your first concubine has filed a complaint with me."

The emperor had a sense of fate.

"When you asked to marry Mrs. Zeng, I was actually very happy. You know, your father-in-law has always been a strange man. He has excellent talents and learning. However, I ignored him and exiled him because I wanted him to bow his head to me. I also I don't believe him, but he... is also stubborn. He would rather not display his talents in this life. Uneasy underground."

"After marrying him as an in-law, he worked harder. He was no longer a mediocre person who didn't work hard. He showed his loyalty to me. It seemed that I sent him to the south of the Yangtze River for inspection, but in fact he had other secret orders. He It is the wife family I chose for my prince, because he has congenital deficiencies, so I am not afraid of foreign relatives monopolizing power in the future."

"Although your concubine was a little mediocre in the past, looking at it today...maybe following her father, she is best at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!"

There was a smile on the emperor's lips, "I thought you understood my painstaking efforts, and I was very happy at the time, but it's a pity...you still don't understand."

The second prince knelt in a daze. He claimed to be cunning and wise, but compared with his father, he was not necessarily the slightest bit worse. Is the father-in-law who has always been mediocre and mediocre a capable person?Was it the father who chose the head of the country for the future emperor?

It's not that his IQ is not enough, but that the royal family's waters are too deep!

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager invites you to the Palace of Compassion."

"I'm not going."

The emperor leaned comfortably on the cushion, and raised his voice: "Send a word to the queen mother, if you want King An Ning to live, you'd better do it according to my oral instructions. If the queen mother thinks that the only blood of the emperor's younger brother will die of illness, I will fulfill her! Dynasty According to the law, go abroad without a son."

"King An Ning will have no heirs in the future, and I will adopt the emperor's grandson to him..."

"Father..." The second prince interrupted suddenly, "You can't... adopt Yiyuan, the son of your minister, to King An Ning."

"Do you think of hurting your son now?"

The emperor sneered: "I will adopt the emperor's grandson from my concubine. Although I hate you for being stupid, I will not trample on your son-in-law. I don't want your wife to come to me again."

Adoption has no way to inherit the prince's concubine's grandson, but instead promotes the prince's grandson, and the title of King Anning... The emperor will no longer let this prince be hereditary, but even if it is downgraded to inherit the prince, it is not right for the concubine's grandson. It is also a rare opportunity.

The emperor's move not only retaliated against King An Ning for plotting against the second prince, but also showed benevolence and righteousness on the bright side, and won the loyalty of Master Zeng and others. Presumably, King An Ning would not publicize his torture, and the emperor also had a way to make him shut up. mouth!
Prince Anning and Xie Qingcheng have been married for five or six years, and they have never had any children. People outside have been discussing this for a long time.

(End of this chapter)