The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 523: Dengzhou Dongjia
Chapter 523 Dengzhou Dong Family
The prince was afraid of the emperor’s wrath and hesitated to go.
“After the prince went down, he said that he heard from Prince Liang that he was refining the elixir for His Majesty. His Majesty could not tolerate Prince Liang’s slander of His Majesty, so he was furious and asked the guards of the Prince’s Mansion to send those children out of Prince Liang’s Mansion. Otherwise, will the father and son be alienated forever?”
After Mr. Fang’s repeated persuasion, the prince reluctantly changed his clothes, brought the details of the bandit suppression in Shuoyang, and went to the palace to meet the emperor.
As Mr. Fang said, after the prince entered the palace, he presented the report and began to cry and beg for mercy.
The emperor got angry and pointed at the prince, saying with a look of deep sorrow: “You…are already the prince! What else are you not satisfied with? And you still want to harm your brother!”
“Father, you have wronged me! I didn’t mean to harm my brother! I just wanted to go in and visit him that day! But… when I saw that he was really making the elixir, and he said that he was making it for you, father, how could I tolerate him slandering you like that! I ordered the guards to send the child out of the house for treatment, and then I fainted!”
The prince looked up at the extremely angry emperor, his mind working very quickly, and he choked up and said, “Later… Later I saw that Prince Liang was fine, and then I realized that Prince Liang was really making elixirs for my father. I was really angry and sad!”
“What?!” The emperor raised his voice, already on the verge of rage, “Are you angry with me, your father?! Your father has disappointed you!”
“Yes! Father, you have disappointed me! I am the crown prince… I should be the person you trust the most!” The crown prince burst into tears, with anger and unwillingness in his eyes, “Refine the elixir for you… Matters concerning your body should be left to me! I should be the son you trust the most! Not the King of Liang!”
The emperor’s rage was already rising, but it was as if someone poured a bucket of water over him. Not only was it suppressed…but it also gave him a sense of warmth in his heart.
After all this fuss, it turns out that the prince is trying to win favor here.
The emperor sat down on the chair slowly, looked at the sobbing prince, and threw a bright yellow handkerchief on the ground: “Why are you crying? You are so old! You are competing for favors with your brother… You are not ashamed! You still have the nerve to say this to me!”
The prince knelt forward, picked up the handkerchief that was handed to him, and wiped his tears with it, still crying.
“Why didn’t I let you do this? It’s because you are the crown prince! Just like now… Prince Liang has been confined in the palace for refining the elixir, and the memorials from the Censorate are still floating on my desk like snowflakes! As the crown prince… if you refine the elixir, do you still want to be the crown prince?!”
The prince looked up at the emperor, and after being stunned, he said, “Father…but you are my father, the one I love and respect the most. I am willing to do anything for you! Please let me do this! I will definitely do better than King Liang!”
Although… the prince’s targeting of King Liang and messing up the matter of his elixir made the emperor unhappy, the prince’s move was to win favor and treat him as the most respected person, which calmed the emperor down a lot.
“Alright! Get up!” The emperor leaned on the pillow, “You’d better not get involved in this matter, be a good crown prince, in the future… I want you to take over my position! Don’t be distracted by other things, you must remember… your father’s favorite son must be you! It is because of you… that I don’t want you to get involved in things that violate the ancestral teachings.”
“Your Majesty…” The prince was about to argue again, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him.
“There is no need to discuss this matter any further! If you are really free… help father deal with more memorials! There are half a room full of memorials in my study!”
Upon seeing this, the prince kowtowed and obediently left the hall.
Gao Demao, who was standing at the side, saw that the emperor seemed to be smiling, so he changed a cup of tea for the emperor and flattered him with a smile: “Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince interfered in the alchemy matter, he is truly sincere to Your Majesty! This reminds me of what I once heard about the young sons of ordinary people competing for favor. It was harmless and very interesting. I didn’t expect to see it today.”
The emperor took the teacup and said with a smile: “Yes… the prince is a filial person!”
After drinking tea, the emperor asked Gao Demao, “How many elixirs are left from the one that Prince Liang sent in last time?”
“Your Majesty, there are about ten left.” Gao Demao said hurriedly.
The emperor nodded and ordered, “Bring me a pill! And send all the memorials in the study to the prince’s residence. From now on, except for the most important memorials, do not send them to me!”
Gao Demao should claim yes.
After the emperor swallowed the pill with water, he lay down on the couch to rest.
Since the emperor started using elixirs again, he has become less and less interested in government affairs. The piles of memorials in the study have already filled up half the room! That’s it… These memorials are sent in every day after being selected by the ministers.
But the emperor felt that this was the life the emperor should live.
He was happy when he ascended the throne. He was happy that he had finally become the one above millions of people and no one could bully him anymore.
But after the joy, there was an endless burden. He had to be a good king and do better than his father. He also had to worry all the time whether what he did was in line with Bai Weiting’s wishes. He was afraid that Bai Weiting would gossip about him over trivial matters. He kept saying that he was correcting the king, which made him extremely annoyed.
Now that Bai Weiting is dead, there is no longer any Bai family in Jin State. The emperor feels relieved, but he is also worried about the history books recording him and he will be criticized in the future.
When I was young, I was afraid of being bullied, so I lived in anxiety every day.
After ascending the throne, he lived in fear every day for fear of not doing his job well.
But if you really let it go from the bottom of your heart, it seems that nothing is so important.
The prince returned to his mansion feeling relieved, and the next thing sent to him was a mountain of memorials. In order to impress the emperor, the prince went into the study and dealt with the memorials without slacking off.
The prince worked tirelessly day and night. After he finished reading the pile of memorials, before he came out of his study, new memorials were delivered to his mansion.
So when he heard that Bai Qingyan had sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he was going to Dengzhou on behalf of his mother Dong to pick up Old Lady Dong and bring her back to Shuoyang, and asked the prince to send someone in that direction if he had any urgent matters, the prince did not take it to heart.
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On the third day of August, Mrs. Dong was arranging for people to load the holiday gifts for the Dong family in Dengzhou onto the carriage.
Bai Qingping came on horseback, intending to send Bai Qingyan out of the city.
Bai Jinzhi came to Boyun Courtyard. She was worried and hesitated for a long time, but when she saw Bai Qingyan sitting on the couch reading Bai Jinxiu’s letter, she swallowed her idea of going to Dengzhou with Bai Qingyan and didn’t dare to say it out loud.
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