Is the prince abolished today?

Chapter 19 Sovereignty

Empress Ji came up with the idea of ​​"letting her son worship Wei Zhao as a teacher" after many considerations and deliberation.

For one thing, Emperor Changping was very jealous of princes forming cliques in the court for personal gain. If she used her status as queen to blatantly win over Wei Zhao, Emperor Changping would definitely be displeased.

But apprenticeship is different.Apprenticeship is more of a personal relationship, as long as both parties are willing, even the emperor can't say anything.And the son has a natural advantage-frailty.A prince who was weak since he was a child, because he couldn't learn martial arts, so he wanted to worship Dingbei Hou, who was strong and invincible in martial arts, as his teacher. There is no reason not to say yes.

Secondly, the gold-thread soft armor that Empress Ji asked Mu Jue to find was not an ordinary gold-thread soft armor, but a relic of Wei Zhao's deceased mother.Back then, Emperor Wen sent Emperor Changping, who was still the second prince, to the southwest to suppress the bandits. As friends of the second prince for many years, Dingbei Marquis Wei Zhizhang and his wife also volunteered to go with them.Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by bandits during the march, and Wei Zhizhang and his wife died under the knife of bandits protecting the second prince. Mrs. Wei was wearing the golden silk soft armor.

The situation was urgent at that time, in order to save the lives of more soldiers, the second prince could only watch helplessly as the gangsters took away the bodies of Wei Zhizhang and his wife.The golden silk soft armor also wandered to Gaochang country, and Empress Ji made a lot of effort to find it.

As someone who knows the past, it can be said that Empress Ji is quite sure that the apprenticeship ceremony she prepared will impress Wei Zhao.

Now that Wei Zhao has officially returned to the court to preside over important military and political affairs, all forces are trying their best to win over this young Marquis Wei who has easily climbed to the top of power. Mei Ruhua's cousin received a permanent residence in the palace, so it's obvious what idea she has.It was inevitable that the night would be long and dreamy, after finishing dinner and seeing off her son, Empress Ji couldn't wait to rush to Chengqing Hall.

No matter how good the reasons are, for such a thing, she must say hello to Emperor Changping in advance.

However, Emperor Changping's reaction fully reflects the difference in the way men and women think.

"Let Yurun worship Beihou as his teacher?"

Sitting behind the imperial case, the king frowned, and looked at his queen with a look of "Is your brain sick?": "Yurun is weak, and usually reads articles and learns with the elders in the court." Isn't it good? You insist on letting him practice martial arts with Marquis Dingbei, isn't that forcing a sow to climb a tree?"

Although the metaphor is a bit more straightforward, Emperor Changping felt that this was his most instinctive and true reaction after hearing the news.

Empress Ji: "..."

With the palace people nearby, as a queen who cares about face, Empress Ji's dignified and beautiful face was a bit unbearable: "Your Majesty really misunderstood my concubine. It was not my concubine's idea to appoint Beihou as my teacher, but Yurun's own idea... ..."

"Okay, I'll know if you don't tell me."

Emperor Changping waved his hand and interrupted Empress Ji: "If you hadn't put too much pressure on him, would this child have come up with such an extreme and risky idea? Empress, I said earlier that there are advantages and disadvantages." "Although Yurun can't practice martial arts, it is still a skill to read well. To serve the country, you don't have to use guns and clubs. Now you have to force him to do things he is not good at. It will not do any good." As a result, it will hit his self-esteem and self-confidence."

"Queen, although I am very reluctant to say it, I still want to say something."

"As a mother, it's time for you to reflect on the way you behave."

"Let Yurun go to practice martial arts, such a bad idea, thanks to you who came up with it."

In order to emphasize his dissatisfaction, Emperor Changping deliberately "hummed" heavily.

Empress Ji was completely dumbfounded.

According to the original plan, she just went through the motions and came over symbolically to report to Emperor Changping.Because according to past experience, Emperor Changping almost responded to the few requests made by the eldest son, without even asking the reason.

But tonight, Emperor Changping didn't know whether it was because he was in a bad mood or for some other reason, he came up full of sex, and directly attributed the matter of apprenticeship to her fault, and reprimanded her for misbehavior in front of the whole palace.

"Misbehavior" may not be a big deal to ordinary people, but it is a big deal to the queen who is the mother of the world.

Empress Ji knew that if she lost this round tonight, not only would she lose the chance to win over Wei Zhao forever, but she would also become a joke of the entire Liugong.

Taking a deep breath, Empress Ji quickly calmed down, and then walked to the center of the hall with a solemn expression and knelt down, with a kind of sad determination: "I admit that I usually have higher demands on Yurun. You can ask yourself, Why is the concubine willing to do this? Who doesn't want their children to be happy and have a worry-free life. But this is not something that the concubine can do by wishful thinking."

"In these years, because he couldn't practice martial arts like other princes, Yurun has always felt guilty and uncomfortable. He always felt that he was useless, and he was sorry for His Majesty's cultivation and expectations. He has always admired the achievements and demeanor of Marquis Dingbei in his heart. I hope that one day, I can gallop on the battlefield to serve the country like Marquis Dingbei, so this time Marquis Dingbei returns to Beijing, Yurun is very happy, and has been asking his concubines to come and talk to His Majesty about apprenticeship."

"Yurun said that he wanted to appoint Beihou as his teacher, not only to practice martial arts, but also to learn how to use soldiers. Even if he is really limited by his innate conditions in the future, he can't fight the enemy, but he can come up with ideas for the soldiers. One or two strategies to control the enemy, with a little effort, can be regarded as the realization of the long-cherished wish in my heart for many years."

Emperor Changping was indeed not in a good mood tonight.

Because just now after the crown prince got the title deed, he thanked him very perfunctorily, without even giving him a look of gratitude and admiration, and went out of the palace with Wang Fulai with the precious title deed in his arms.

Emperor Changping couldn't figure it out, as an emperor, how could his heartfelt care not be as important as a land deed?

Why can't the child's heart be warmed up?

Just sent away one who was not worrying, but another one who was even more worrying came, how could Emperor Changping not feel bad.

After hearing Empress Ji's remarks, Emperor Changping naturally felt sorry for his sensitive and affectionate eldest son from the bottom of his heart.Because he understands the eldest son's personality, he has tried to use various methods to cultivate his self-confidence over the years, so as not to burden him too much.Unexpectedly, the eldest son's gentle and jade-like appearance hides such deep thoughts.

But the guilt is the guilt. As a wise and wise emperor, he is not so confused as to confuse family affairs with state affairs because of his personal affairs.

"I know Yurun is not easy for a child, but the matter of apprenticeship is not as simple as he thought. Not to mention that Wei Zhao is currently in charge of major military and political affairs in the court. He has a special status and is single. Everyone knows, if I let Yun Run worship Wei Zhao as a teacher at this time, what will the ministers think, what will the old clan members think, will they mistakenly think that I am implying that they will abolish the reserve?"

"Let's take it easy on this matter, and you can persuade Yurun for me. If he wants to learn the art of war, there are plenty of teachers in the Imperial Academy who can explain the strategy of the art of war. I will find him one."

"Yes...the concubine understands."

Empress Ji dug her nails deeply into her palm.It was also beyond her expectation that Emperor Changping made his words so clear.She knew that if she persisted, the emperor would really doubt her intentions.

The prince, again because of the prince.

Empress Ji suddenly had a somewhat crazy idea, the emperor cared so much about the prince's feelings, did he really care about those old clansmen, or was there something else hidden.

Now that the arrow is on the line, she will never give up Wei Zhao, the life-saving straw.Since the emperor refused to agree, she could only let the apprenticeship be "cooked raw rice", and the emperor would have to agree if he didn't agree.

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"You said... the eldest prince wants to worship Ding Beihou as his teacher?"

In the Book Pavilion of the Prince's Mansion, the young man sat on the couch with his knees hugged, his eyes frighteningly cold.

"Yes, it's absolutely true. The Empress has personally gone to Chengqing Hall to tell Her Majesty."

The short and thin figure standing outside the pavilion was full of excitement in his voice: "After three years, His Highness is finally willing to contact his subordinates. The subordinates thought..."

Listen to the voice, like a eunuch.

The young man was obviously not in the mood to reminisce with him at all, and asked viciously, "Where's Marquis Dingbei? You also agreed?"

"Why didn't you agree?" The outsiders obviously didn't notice the difference, and they said to themselves in a cadence: "I heard that for this apprenticeship, Empress Ji specially spent a lot of money and ordered people to find the deceased mother of the Marquis of Dingbei from Gaochang Kingdom. A relic, a pair of golden silk soft armor. Both parents of Marquis Wei died since he was a child, and he must have agreed to it for the relic of his deceased mother. Besides, Wei Ge is always the mentor of the eldest prince, and has always been close to the middle palace. , with him in the middle, the Marquis of Dingbei will not refuse."

"Your Highness, don't forget that without the edict of Emperor Wu, the First Prince would be the legitimate heir to the throne. If Marquis Dingbei is on the side of the First Prince, how long will His Highness be the heir apparent? Your Highness, please be careful." Make a plan for yourself."

There was a long silence.

The boy's hands resting on his knees trembled slightly, trying to digest the blood in his eyes, Fang calmly said: "It's nothing, let's go."

After all, the voice was a little hoarse.

The man obviously wanted to say a few words, but remembering all the rumors about His Highness in the palace in recent years, he finally didn't dare to push him too hard, said "Wei", and retreated wisely.

That night, His Royal Highness was in a bad mood, very bad.

As a result of His Royal Highness being in a bad mood, he stayed up all night, lying on the window sill and staring at the stars for more than two hours.

The result of His Royal Highness looking at the stars is... It is not fun to find someone.

So on the second day, he was forced to kneel, and the eldest prince Mu Jue was surprised to find that there was a bright yellow cushion on the place where he knelt yesterday.

Although Emperor Changping did not make clear arrangements for his sons to kneel in front of the temple this time, who should kneel where, but it is an unwritten rule to kneel where to kneel the day before and where to kneel the next day.

At this moment, the third prince, fourth prince, and fifth prince in the back row were still kneeling in their original positions.

The moment Mu Jue hesitated, a bright yellow figure had already approached.

The young man rolled his eyelids coldly, and declared his sovereignty: "I'm going to kneel here alone today, brother, let's go to another place."

The author has something to say: Ah, it’s late again, cover your face, try to orz early tomorrow