flstandardbreds Chapter 144: Is It Disobedience?
Chapter 144: Is It Disobedience?
Chapter 144: Is It Disobedience?
What people thought was a blessing was said by the Regent as a recollection of the past.
He said: "The new emperor is the youngest, so after the death of the previous emperor, Northern Qi honored His Majesty the Seventh Prince as the new emperor. But to be honest, Northern Qi did not always honor the youngest son, otherwise I would not be just a regent now. Since our ancestors founded the country and established the capital, most of the time they would choose to establish the legitimate son, unless the legitimate prince was too old, then they would choose the youngest son as the new emperor. Of course, this is all in the past. The most important thing is that Northern Qi is good and the people are good. As for who will be the emperor, it doesn't matter. They are all descendants of the Quan family and have the same blood."
These words almost made Quan Qingcheng, who was sitting in the first seat, angry.
This was a roundabout way of saying that he was not important, but it was also a blatant way of saying that he was not legitimately the emperor. Because he was a concubine, according to the rules of the previous generation of the Northern Qi royal family, the throne should not be his.
He wanted to say a few words, but he felt that it would not be a good idea to quarrel with the Regent over this matter during the New Year. Besides, the Regent would not say such words for no reason. He must have a purpose for saying it.
Then he would have to wait and see until his purpose became clear.
The regent continued to speak, announcing good news: "Everyone thought that the Sixth Prince was injured, and that he would never be humane again in this life, and would never have children. But that was just a thought, just a rumor from the outside world. In fact, the Sixth Prince was injured, but not too seriously. Afterwards, the Queen Mother of the West Palace entrusted me to find a famous doctor, and finally cured the Sixth Prince's injury. Now the Sixth Prince has fully recovered and can return to the court from today. It is really a happy thing."
The guests understood that this meant that the Sixth Prince was well again, the same as before, able to get married and have children. So the Regent just said that, pointing out that Northern Qi did not have a clear rule of enthroning the youngest prince, and the reason why the Seventh Prince ascended the throne was entirely because the Sixth Prince was seriously injured.
Now that your injury has healed, are you going to make some new plans?
Regardless of whether there are plans or not, now people are saying it is a cause for celebration, so people can only stand up and say congratulations.
Regardless of whether it was sincere or not, we had to give face to the Regent and to Empress Dowager Li.
But this is the thought of the spectators. For those court officials who had always stood firmly on the side of the Sixth Prince, this was an opportunity to correct their mistakes.
Then someone walked to the middle of the hall and said loudly: "Your Highness the Sixth Prince is blessed with a great destiny. He is destined to be blessed in the future!"
Someone immediately followed up and said, "It was just a misunderstanding before. Everyone gets hurt or sick. Now that the Sixth Prince has returned to the court, the court is exactly the same as before."
This statement is very targeted. It's exactly the same as before? How is it the same? In the past, the Sixth Prince was the only one in power, but now the emperor has changed. What does that mean? Will they drive the new emperor down and support the Sixth Prince to take the throne again?
The throne is not a joke, it can't be chased away at will. The emperor is not an object, it can't be replaced at will. What can happen if the Sixth Prince comes back?
Quan Qingcheng looked down with a gloomy face as he watched the court officials below split into several factions in the blink of an eye.
One faction is protecting him, one faction is on the side of his sixth brother, and the other faction ignores both sides and remains neutral.
In response to people's congratulations, the Sixth Prince returned the greetings one by one, bowing and saluting with a humble attitude and gentle words.
People like the Sixth Prince like this, and they all say that after this serious illness, the Sixth Prince seems to have been reborn, with the demeanor of the former emperor and the elegance of the regent.
The Sixth Prince said, "The Regent is my uncle and has taught us nephews since they were young, so it is normal for him to act like an uncle." Ye Wenyan thought it was abnormal. She crossed her legs and watched the show. She felt that the show was so exciting that she could not help but pay.
No one knows where this fake was got from, but not only the Regent followed suit, but also Empress Dowager Li, and even Ye Hongzhuang followed suit.
So the question is: where is the real Sixth Prince? She only destroyed the boy's foundation, but did not kill him. Now she has a substitute. Could it be that Queen Mother Li killed her own son?
As she thought about this, she suddenly spoke to Ye Hongzhuang who was standing behind Old Madam Yu, "How is Third Sister living in Prince Su's Courtyard? Is the Sixth Prince treating Third Sister better or worse than before? I see that he is a humble person, so I think he should be much better than the previous hot-tempered Prince, right? Well, I just don't know how Third Sister got the new injury."
"New, new injury?" Ye Hongzhuang was obviously a little flustered, "What new injury? What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have any new injuries, and he treats me very well." After saying that, she seemed to realize that she had said something wrong, so she immediately changed her words, "He was and is very good to me."
Madam Ye glanced at her sideways and said unhappily, "You didn't let your third sister sit down, and she didn't sit down either. How can she stand beside me and bother you? Ye Wenyan, don't look for trouble."
"Your Majesty's will is obeyed by your Majesty." Ye Wenyan had argued with the old lady about Ye Sheng today, and the old lady was so angry that she rolled her eyes and didn't want to say another word to her.
Ye Hongzhuang didn't understand what was going on, but she didn't want to ask and even put her hands into her sleeves.
Ye Wenyan saw it and said, "Don't shrink back, isn't it just a blood mark above the wrist? Oh, I'm confused, did he tie you up with a rope? Or did he whip you? He doesn't look as violent as the previous one!"
Ye Hongzhuang's breathing was a little rapid, and her eyes were dodging around, and it seemed that she wanted to leave. Ye Wenyan didn't expect her to answer properly, and seeing her like this, he gave her an idea: "Why don't you sit at the table of the princesses! Now that you are also the Princess Su, you should sit at that table, and there is no need to sit with our Ye family."
After hearing this, Ye Hongzhuang turned around and left without saying a word, and sat down directly at the princesses' table.
Old Madam Ye looked at the table for a while, and seeing that Ye Hongzhuang was not excluded, she didn't say anything.
It’s okay to sit at that table. A princess should act like a princess. There’s no need to be squeezed like a servant in this place.
Ye Hongzhuang left, and many people also saw this scene. Although they couldn’t hear clearly what was said at this table, even a fool could see that the people were driven away by Ye Wenyan.
Then someone started talking about Fourth Miss Ye: "If you want to say that the Sixth Prince was injured, it was all caused by Fourth Miss Ye. A girl would hit so hard and specifically hurt that place, which shows how vicious this girl is."
"That's all minor. The major issue is that she not only hurt the Sixth Prince, but she also affected the direction of the Northern Qi dynasty, changing the succession of the legitimate prince. This will affect the dynasty at the smallest level, and the Northern Qi dynasty's fortune for thousands of years at the largest level. I never thought that the future of the Northern Qi dynasty would be ruined by a woman. How can this be justified?"
Quan Qingcheng couldn't bear it anymore!
Even if someone said something in a roundabout way, he could still bear it, considering it as a training. But if someone said something about Ye Wenyan, he would definitely not tolerate it, and he would be suffocated to death if he didn't fight back on the spot.
Then the young emperor said loudly: "You have been important officials since the reign of the previous emperor, but you still watched a woman change the fate of the court. So, may I ask you, when Miss Ye Si hurt the Sixth Prince, what were you doing? Also, the Sixth Prince openly defied the imperial decree of the previous emperor to grant marriage, what were you doing at that time? Disobeying the imperial decree is a serious crime, and you don't even know how to stop such a serious crime. You all just want to eat and drink and give gifts. Then can I say that you are all accomplices in his disobedience?"
As soon as this was said, someone immediately echoed, "He is indeed an accomplice!" The person who said this was Lin'an Prefecture Governor Chi Hongfang. He stepped forward and said loudly, "Your Highness the Sixth Prince disobeyed the imperial order, and this prefecture was going to arrest him that day, but was stopped by the guards of Prince Su's Mansion, who said that this prefecture was just the prefect of Lin'an and could not intervene in the affairs of the princes and princes. Later, Miss Ye Si got into trouble, and then the late emperor passed away, and the matter was diverted. Now that the emperor has brought it up again, this prefecture would like to ask Your Highness Prince Su, how do you explain the disobedience of the imperial order that day? And Madam Ye, your family is really brave! You also had a share in the disobedience."
Old Madam Ye lowered her head and said nothing. The Ye family had to play a part in this matter, but if the sky fell, there would always be someone taller to support it. With the Sixth Prince and Empress Dowager Li around, there was no need for her to take the lead.
The Sixth Prince was more straightforward. He knelt directly in the middle of the hall and said calmly: "I am not disobeying the order and not marrying Fourth Miss Ye. I just want to take a concubine at the same time as marrying Fourth Miss Ye. But because this concubine is Fourth Miss's cousin, Fourth Miss has a strong temper and she got angry on the spot, which led to the subsequent events. Speaking of which, it was all a misunderstanding, and the reason why Third Miss is my principal wife now is because Fourth Miss refused to marry first. If you talk about disobeying the order, it was not me." With these words, he cleared himself of all the blame. It was Ye Wenyan's fault for all this.
In this era, it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and it was also common for the royal family to marry a wife and concubines together.
If the principal wife makes a fuss because she cannot tolerate the concubine, then it is the principal wife's fault. She is a jealous woman and is not worthy of being the principal wife.
Mu was so angry that she was shaking. She was about to argue with those people, but Ye Wenyan held her back, "Mother, don't say a word. Talking to these people is a waste of your status."
After saying that, he tilted his head to look at the ministers, and snorted coldly as he looked at them.
No one knew how she hummed this sound, but people felt their ears suddenly buzzing, as if the eardrum was suddenly hit by a heavy object and they almost became deaf.
Some people covered their ears, and some subconsciously looked in the direction of Yanhua Palace.
In their minds, only the one from Yanhua Palace could create such a momentum, but they didn't know that this cold snort came from the mouth of a fifteen-year-old girl...