Chapter 1: His Royal Highness Prince【08】
After Yuan Jia sent Xiao Qin Zheng to the emperor, Xiao Qin Zheng was like a pistachio, which made the anxious emperor feel a lot more comfortable.
So when the eighth prince came to the emperor to contact the father and son after school, he found that the emperor had a little beanie who was competing for favor.
Seeing Xiao Qin Zheng sitting on the emperor's lap, calling out 'Grandpa Emperor' in an intimate tone, and pulling the emperor's beard, the emperor was not angry at all, and his face was full of love, the eighth prince suddenly had an alarm bell in his mind. masterpiece.
This little **** wants to compete with him!
But no matter how young the eighth prince is, he is still a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old. In two years, he will marry a wife and have children. Although he has not yet been exposed to government affairs, he is still a child in the eyes of the emperor, but he cannot be like a four-year-old nephew. By buying cute and competing for favor.
The eighth prince was very worried. He stared at Xiaodouding in the emperor's arms and asked, "Father, is this the little nephew of the prince's brother's family?"
The emperor smiled and said: "Yes! Zheng'er is missing me, so the prince sent Zheng'er to accompany me."
While talking, the emperor picked up a piece of mung bean cake and coaxed little Qin Zheng, without even looking up at the eighth prince.
The difference in treatment between the son and the grandson is too obvious.
In fact, for the emperor, what is rare is the most valuable. He has several sons that are not lacking at all. Even because of his old age and frailty, he is afraid and impatient of his strong son who is staring at his throne, but his grandson is different. .
He only has three grandsons now. One of his biological fathers was demoted to a commoner and became timid and timid. The other was just born and still breastfeeding, so he was left with a cute little baby like Xiao Qin Zheng, wouldn't it be rare?
And the eldest grandson is only a few years old, so he can't threaten him at all. The emperor spoils him without any scruples.
There is a saying called 'cross-generational parenting', that grandfathers tend to spoil their grandsons too much.
The emperor's current favorite is Xiao Qin Zheng, so the eighth prince who was quite favored before has become a thing of the past.
The eighth prince still wanted to compete with his four-year-old nephew, but the emperor said, "You are a fifteen-year-old adult, how can you be so naive?"
Falling out of favor came so unexpectedly, the eighth prince came out of the emperor in despair, went to his mother and cried: "Mother, the father called me naive..."
The queen was startled, thinking something was wrong, doesn't the emperor like the naive and naive son the most now? She also deliberately made her son appear simple and innocent in front of the emperor.
Why did the emperor think his son was innocent before, but now he thinks his son is naive? This is getting too fast!
So the queen asked in detail, and learned that the prince had sent his four-year-old son to the emperor to buy cuteness for favor, and he was so angry that he wanted to spit fragrance.
The prince is too foul, and he is not afraid that his only Miao Miao will be killed by the emperor?
The queen was wicked and timid, thinking about the possibility of killing Xiao Qin Zheng, but after thinking about it, she found that she really couldn't get in touch with Xiao Qin Zheng now.
Because the emperor has been suspicious since he was seriously ill, and everyone is worried that someone wants to kill him to usurp the throne. Although the emperor is most afraid of the prince, it does not mean that he does not guard against others.
At most, the queen would blow wind in the ear of the emperor, and she really wanted to reach out to the emperor, for fear that the emperor would be able to clean up her without having to wait for the prince to come to the throne to find her to settle the accounts in the future.
The queen could only give up that good plan and began to wonder how Xiao Qin Zheng fell out of favor.
She thought of her grandson Qin Yu. Although the second prince was demoted to a commoner, he was still the emperor's son after all, and Qin Yu was naturally the emperor's grandson. The queen wanted to play emotional cards and let Qin Yu compete for favor.
Anyway, Qin Yu is not a few years older than Qin Zheng.
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The queen comforted the eighth prince and said, "Your father is old now, and he likes to pamper younger children. As you grow older, naturally you can't compete for favor with your nephew. You study hard in the study, and behave like a Excellent, your royal father will naturally see your strengths."
But this can't comfort the eighth prince. He has a lot of knowledge about his academic performance. He can only say that he is ordinary if he works hard, if it is not because the younger brothers who go to school in the study room are younger than him and the companions who dare not pass him. , he estimates that the exam rankings will be ugly.
The grand master who went to the study to teach them had also taught the prince before, and liked to use the homework and papers that the prince had done before as an example to them.
Therefore, the eighth prince has seen the level of the prince's learning, which completely makes him look up to the mountains, unattainable.
Of course, the ambitious Eighth Prince will not give up the fight for the throne just because his academic performance is not as good as that of the Crown Prince, and he does not need to take the champion exam to be the emperor.
But the eighth prince knew in his heart that no matter how he behaved in the study room, he could not surpass the prince, and the emperor naturally couldn't think that he was better than the prince because of this.
The eighth prince said: "Empress mother, can you tell the father and emperor that I will enter the court? The prince is so many years older than me, and he has been in touch with the state earlier than me. Now he is in charge of supervising the country. If I were still in the study Reading can't compete with him at all."
The eighth prince has already thought about it. When he can get in touch with the government, he will first receive the political legacy of his second brother. After he has the basic power, he will find a way to bring down the prince and become the prince himself...
After thinking about it, the queen felt that what the eighth prince said made sense. I don't know how long the emperor's body and bones could last. If her son could not hold power and die, wouldn't it be the crown prince who finally ascended the throne?
So the queen agreed, and after the eighth prince left, she sent someone to summon her grandson Qin Yu.
After his father was demoted to a commoner, Qin Yu suffered from all kinds of affection, and even his own grandmother's eyes were not as affectionate as before, so Qin Yu became timid and timid.
The queen raised her eyes and looked at Qin Yu's cowardly appearance, and she became angry: "Yu'er, you are a grandson, why do you look weak and timid? Your grandfather will only dislike it when he sees it. is you!"
Being reprimanded by the queen like this, Qin Yu became even more timid, and lowered his head and dared not speak.
He didn't expect Grandpa Huang to like him either, just let him go home with his father and mother, and no one would bully him.
The queen didn't even think about Qin Yu's willingness or not, and arranged for him directly: "Bengong will take you to see your grandfather, remember, you must make your grandfather happy, or you will be sent out of the palace, and you will be with you. Father and King are locked up together!"
In the past, the empress was worried that the emperor would think of the second prince when he saw Qinyu, and took anger on her and the eighth prince, so she never let Qinyu show up to the emperor.
This time, the prince sent his son Qin Zheng to the emperor to compete for favor, and the queen suddenly realized that Qin Yu was still useful, so she was willing to take him to the emperor.
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The emperor was playing a particularly naive game with his cute grandson, Xiao Qin Zheng. The old and the young were having a good time. At this time, an **** came in to report: "Your Majesty, the queen concubine brought Qinyu Huang's grandson to ask to see you!"
The emperor, who was playing with little Qin Zheng, was stunned. Thinking of the child Qin Yu who had been doted on before, his heart softened and he said, "Let them come in!"
The emperor looked at Yuxue's cute little Qin Zheng, and asked coaxingly, "Do you want a big brother to play with you?"
Xiao Qin Zheng tilted his head, thought about it seriously, and said in a milky voice: "Zheng'er wants a brother! Grandpa Huang, when will the mother and concubine give Zheng'er a brother?"
Emperor: "..." Pfft!
The emperor held back a smile and said, "Your mother and concubine can only give birth to younger siblings, not older siblings. But later, a younger brother will come to play with Zheng'er. Is Zheng'er happy?"
Little Qin Zheng nodded and said in a 'it's really impossible to do anything about you': "That's great! Since Grandpa Huang has asked Zheng'er to play with his brother, Zheng'er will play with that little brother!"
The emperor touched the soft hair on Xiao Qin Zheng's head and said with a smile, "Zheng'er is such a good boy!"
At this time, the queen brought Qin Yu in.
Little Qin Zheng's round eyes stared at Qin Yu, the little brother called by the emperor's grandfather, without blinking, until Qin Yu lowered his head shyly.
The empress pulled Qin Yu to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this child Yu'er has become a lot more withdrawn since his father... She stayed by her side and looked after her. It’s just that Yu’er has no company and is unhappy all day. When the concubine heard that Xiaoba’s child said that the prince had brought Zheng’er to you, she took the courage to bring Yu’er over and followed Zheng’er. play together."
What the queen said was very touching, but the emperor remembered the granddaughter born by the second princess. After the second prince and the second princess were demoted, the child was still breastfeeding, and now she should be five or six years old, but the queen never mentioned it. one sentence.
So the emperor asked, "In addition to the son Yu'er, doesn't the second child have a daughter?"
The expression on the queen's face froze, and she forcibly explained: "Your Majesty, the child of Changle has been named the county master, but he is not worried about being neglected. Yu'er is just an ordinary grandson, so the concubine brought him into the palace. …”
The second daughter born to the second princess is the first direct child of the emperor's grandson's generation, and also the first granddaughter. The emperor was very happy at that time and named her the princess of Changle.
However, even if it is the county owner, his parents are not around, and his grandmother does not pay attention, and his life is not much better.
The emperor sighed in his heart and said lightly: "Since you want to raise it, bring Chang Le to the palace to raise him together!"
The emperor was a little lacking in interest, and then looked at Qin Yu, who was not as lively as before, and felt agitated for a while, and did not leave Qin Yu, and soon let the queen take people away.
After the empress and Qin Yu left, Xiao Qin Zheng asked curiously, "Grandpa Huang, didn't you tell me to let my little brother stay to play with me? Why did he leave with the grandmother?"
The emperor sighed and said to little Qin Zheng, "little brother has his own things to do, so I can't play with Zheng'er."
He really did pity Qin Yu for wanting to keep people, but after hearing the clear words of the empress, the emperor thought about it rationally, and felt that it was not appropriate for Qin Yu to contact Qin Zheng. There is a queen with unknown intentions...
In order to protect Xiao Qin Zheng, the emperor quickly made a choice.
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Yuan Jia found that since he sent Xiao Qin Zheng to the emperor to be cute and pet, the emperor's attitude towards him has become much better, there have been fewer disagreements with him in the political affairs, and fewer reprimands. Occasionally he is in a good mood. Will return to his previous friendly attitude towards him.
This made Yuan Jia wonder in his heart, could it really have such a big impact on a person?
However, the changes of the emperor are all in a positive direction. Yuan Jia is naturally happy to see it, and often sends Xiao Qin Zheng to get along with the emperor.
The mood is better, and the physical condition is naturally better. The emperor sees it and is willing to delegate power to the crown prince. He doesn't have to worry about heavy government affairs. His energy is much better.
Xiao Qin Zheng is the moderator between the emperor and Yuan Jia.
When the emperor is old and the person is old, it is easy to soften his heart in the face of the ignorant and innocent grandson.
He can't help thinking about Xiao Qin Zheng's future. He is now suppressing the prince, damaging the prince's prestige, and condoning the ambitions of the queen and the eighth prince. If something happens to the prince in the future, what will Xiao Qin Zheng do?
It is impossible to abolish the prince, the prince is so good, no matter how much the emperor is afraid of the prince's excellence, he has to admit that the prince is a qualified heir.
Moreover, Xiao Qin Zheng is so smart and cute, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future.
The emperor has the heart to designate Xiao Qin Zheng as the grandson of the emperor.
The emperor took a step back, and Yuan Jia's relationship with him naturally eased up quickly, restoring the former father's kindness and filial piety.
The courtiers are all happy to see this scene, otherwise they will suffer too much in the middle, and if they stand in the wrong line, it will be a disaster for the whole family.
Only the queen and the eighth prince couldn't stand this stimulation. They also hoped to make the emperor hate the prince, then abolish the prince and make the eighth prince the heir.
As a result, what is going on now that the emperor and the prince have reconciled?
The queen whispered in the emperor's ear again, trying to provoke the relationship between the emperor and the prince: "Your Majesty, now the prince has too much prestige in the court, and the civil and military officials only see the prince but not your majesty. How can this be good?"
The emperor took a deep breath. Of course he knew that what the empress said was true, and he also had a sadness in his heart that people would go cold before leaving the tea, but he still said: "Empress, I plan to abdicate to the prince!"
As if struck by lightning, the queen said in shock, "Your Majesty must never do it!"
If the emperor abdicates to the prince, and the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, how can she support her son to ascend the throne?
Except for the last dynasty, I have only heard of a deposed prince, but I have never heard of an abolished emperor!
The emperor said lightly: "My body can't hold it anymore, it's better to abdicate and become a leisurely emperor, and live longer."
The queen did not dare to criticize the prince, so she could only say with tears: "But Your Majesty, since ancient times, it is rare that there is a Taishang emperor who has a good death!"
The emperor was shocked, his eyes were staring at the queen, and he reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense! Those emperors who didn't end well were forced to abdicate, how can I and the prince be like them?"
In history, there have been very few Taishang emperors who voluntarily abdicated, and almost all emperors died on the throne, so there were more princes who could not survive the emperor.
Those Taishang emperors who did not end well are the ones who can't wait for their sons to be deprived of the throne, and they will have a bleak night if they are not in harmony with their own emperor's son.
The emperor thought that he took the initiative to abdicate to the prince. If the prince dared to be disobedient, how could he block the mouth of the world?
The queen covered her face and cried, "But your Majesty's relationship with the prince was so tense before, how do you know that the prince will not hold grudges in his heart? The concubine is worried about your majesty!"
The emperor fell silent. In fact, he was also a little worried that the prince had a grudge against his previous attitude.
However, whether it was his physical condition or other reasons, it was the best choice for the emperor, who was too ill to deal with government affairs, to abdicate and let the virtuous.
Whether he deposed the prince, or the prince forced the palace to succeed, it was not good for the Dayue Dynasty.
The emperor said decisively: "I have made up my mind! The queen doesn't need to say more!"
Too many nights, the emperor immediately called someone to draw up a decree, and then summoned the great court meeting to announce in front of the civil and military officials that he abdicated as the supreme emperor, and the prince ascended the throne as the emperor.
Yuan Jia also didn't want to go through any ceremony of deliberately rejecting, and directly accepted the order.
Seeing this, the civil and military officials also knelt down and shouted long live!
The Queen and the Eighth Prince only felt that the sky was falling apart and the situation was over.
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The prince ascended the throne as the emperor, the queen was promoted to the empress dowager, followed the emperor to the summer palace, and took away the eighth prince and Qin Yu, the princess of Changle, and the young princes who were ranked after the eighth prince.
Yuan Jia entered the imperial palace, crowned the crown princess Lin as the queen, and the eldest son Qin Zheng as the crown prince.
The fifth prince, Qin Yuanhao, had already been named the king, but Yuan Jia had made Qin Yuanhao's infant son Qin Rong the king of the county.
Yuan Jia ascended the throne and became emperor, and then received news from the place where the Feng family was exiled: Feng Yufeng was dead.
But Yuanjia hasn't received the system's prompt tone, which is why the second prince who killed Qin Yuanjia in the original plot is still alive.
However, Yuan Jia was not good at taking the throne. When the Emperor Taishang was still alive, he killed one of his younger brothers.
Anyway, the second prince was imprisoned and could not make any waves, so he had the patience to wait for him to die slowly.
After Empress Lin entered the middle palace, she immediately heard the pregnancy news, which surprised Yuan Jia, who thought she had only one child in Qin Zheng's life.
Empress Lin was also very happy. After many years, she conceived a child again after her husband became emperor. It was a double happiness.
Yuan Jia looked at Queen Lin's flat stomach and smiled, "I hope this child is a beautiful little princess!"
Empress Lin was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the emperor was worried that if this child was a prince, it would threaten the prince Qin Zheng.
Because Qin Zheng was born when she was still a concubine in the East Palace, even if she was later made up as a crown princess, Qin Zheng's identity as the eldest son was still a little embarrassing.
Qin Zheng was just like the second prince at the time, his identity as a direct son was not justifiable, but he was luckier than the second prince and was directly established as the prince.
But if Queen Lin becomes the queen and gives birth to a direct prince, then there must be some people who will quarrel over whether Qin Zheng is the eldest son or the newly born direct prince is the eldest son, which will affect Qin Zheng's crown prince. .
Therefore, Yuan Jia hopes that this child will be a princess. After Empress Lin wants to understand this, she also hopes to have a princess.
Yuan Jia patted Queen Lin's hand and said gently, "The queen gives me a princess, and I will have both children! If I still have children in the future, I can give Zheng'er a younger brother."
When Qin Zheng is old and he is firmly seated as the crown prince, then having a new prince who is many years younger than Qin Zheng will not have any effect on Qin Zheng's crown prince.
Empress Lin, who understood what Yuan Jia meant, pursed her lips and smiled, and said shyly, "Listen to Your Majesty!"
When the atmosphere between the two was just right, they heard Xiao Qin Zheng's screaming voice coming in: "Father! Queen Mother! Let's see what Erchen has caught!"
Xiao Qin Zheng rushed in with a big flowery face holding a bird, and held the bird to the two of them as if offering a treasure: "This is what Zheng'er caught by himself!"
Yuan Jia looked at the stains on Xiao Qin Zheng's body and the big stained face, the blue veins on his forehead jumped, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "Zheng'er, how did you do this? What about the palace servants around you?"
At this time, the palace people who were serving Qin Zheng were late. Seeing their breathless appearance, it was obvious that they had been overwhelmed by Xiao Qin Zheng.
Xiao Qin Zheng rolled his eyes and realized that his father was probably angry, he giggled to please Dao Yuanjia and acted coquettishly in his arms: "Father"
Yuan Jia looked at his dragon robe with a few grey and fat paw prints made by the little bunny, took a deep breath, and meditated in his heart: "This is my own! This is my own! This is my own!"
Then he resisted the urge to pick up the dirty little mud monkey and throw it out. He didn't get angry, but ordered: "Come on! Take the prince to take a bath and change clothes! After washing, see me and your mother!"