Chapter 204 Do you have the heart to treat Xiao Jiu'er like this?
Yu Jiujiu was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her father would be so... sensible this time.
When my uncle was killed and my father was taken advantage of by Chu Mian, he was too young and made a big mistake.
The imperial grandmother was grieving that she had lost her eldest son, and did not want her younger son to fall into this grief. He had grown up with a sense of guilt, and his whole life might be ruined by this sense of guilt, so she reached an agreement with the late emperor.
The agreement stated that the uncle's death was due to illness.
For so many years, the emperor's grandmother was alone and had to bear all the pain. Dad had no idea what he had done, so he made mistakes again and again in his attitude towards Chu Mian, which hurt the emperor's grandmother's heart.
But even so, Yu Jiujiu also knew that the imperial grandmother had never blamed her father.
"Princess, don't you go and take a look?" Liufeng couldn't help but asked curiously when he saw the thoughtful look on his little princess's face.
"I'm not going." Yu Jiujiu shook her head, supported her chin with her small hand, and looked outside at the large thick dark clouds that suddenly surged in from a distance and blocked the sunlight. It looked so gloomy that it looked like it was going to snow.
Tian Tian said, "No matter what the royal grandmother wants to do, I support her decision."
Sure enough, towards evening, it suddenly started to snow.
Cining Palace soon turned completely white.
Emperor Xuanping was still kneeling there, with thin clothes and disheveled hair. He didn't allow Zhou Dafu to hold an umbrella for him, so he just knelt and stared at the closed door of Cining Palace in front of him, and soon he was covered in blood.
Covered with snow.
Just when Emperor Xuanping was so cold that he lost consciousness and was about to faint without being able to hold on any longer, the door in front of him finally opened.
Aunt Bingyan came out holding an umbrella. Seeing Emperor Xuanping's shaky state, she hurriedly stepped forward to hold an umbrella for him and helped him stand up: "Your Majesty, come in quickly."
Zhou Dafu hurriedly helped Emperor Xuanping enter the Cining Palace.
As soon as he entered the warm room, Emperor Xuanping's stiff and cold body gradually warmed up, and his spirit gradually sobered up.
He looked at Queen Mother Yin who was sitting in front of him, stood up quickly, and wanted to continue kneeling down.
"Does the emperor hate the Aijia?" At this time, Queen Mother Yin suddenly asked.
"My son, I don't hate you. I feel sorry for my mother and queen." Emperor Xuanping said stiffly, "My son, I'm sorry for my mother and queen."
"You." Seeing him like this, Queen Mother Yin finally softened her heart a little and poured him a cup of hot tea herself and handed it to his hand.
Emperor Xuanping held the cup of hot tea, lowered his head and drank sip by sip, and his body gradually recovered.
But what followed were his tears falling into the cup: "Mother, I am sorry for my mother. I have made my mother live so hard all these years alone..."
By now, he really knows that he was wrong.
"So, you think you are not worthy of being the emperor and want to abdicate?" Queen Mother Yin looked at him and asked.
"Well..." Emperor Xuanping wiped his tears and nodded, "My son is stupid. He has been deceived by Chu Mian for more than 20 years and has not been able to recognize her true face. If Xiao Jiuer hadn't tried every means, I'm afraid I would still be here today.
My son, I was kept in the dark by her and was playing tricks on her."
"Yes, thanks to Xiao Jiu'er. You also know that you are lucky to have Xiao Jiu'er, right? Then you still want to abdicate?" Queen Mother Yin said with no expression on her well-maintained face.
"My son is ignorant and unworthy of the throne..." Emperor Xuanping still said.
"Then have you ever thought that once you abdicate, Xiao Jiu'er will no longer be the little princess who is under one person and above ten thousand people. She may even have to move out of the palace. If you abdicate, you may be replaced by a new one.
When the emperor makes you a prince and leaves the palace to build a mansion, Xiao Jiu'er can only go with you. According to the rules, she may not be able to continue to be a princess, but can only be a princess. Do you have the heart to do this to Xiao Jiu'er?"
Queen Mother Yin's words immediately left Emperor Xuanping speechless.
Emperor Xuanping opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
He didn't expect Xiao Jiuer's situation if he abdicated...
"And your concubines, what will happen to them after you abdicate? For example, Queen Ning, do you want her to no longer be the queen? This decline in status will be discussed in the future, how do you think they can be free from it?
Where?" Queen Mother Yin asked next.
"My son, I didn't think so much. It's because I didn't think well, but I just want to atone for my sins..." Emperor Xuanping said with some shame.
"This is where you are inferior to your eldest brother. You don't consider the consequences of anything you do. You were like this when you were a child, and you are like this when you grow up. Now that you have been the emperor for so many years, you are still like this. That's it.
The Ai family was always worried about handing over the power of government to you completely, until Xiao Jiu'er appeared, and the Ai family discovered that since having Xiao Jiu'er, you suddenly seemed to have grown up." Queen Mother Yin sighed,
said.
But when she mentioned Yu Jiujiu later, her tone suddenly became brisk again.
After listening to her words, Emperor Xuanping suddenly thought of the abdication of the regent.
Now it is somewhat clear that the reason why the regent abdicated so suddenly and happily without any trouble was probably because of the Queen Mother's arrangement.
It was after she saw that she had improved because of Xiao Jiuer that she began to try to hand over the power in the hands of the regent to him.
But she didn't give it all to herself, and I'm afraid she was worried.
"My son, I know you are wrong. Just for Xiao Jiu'er, I should work hard to be a wise emperor, so that Xiao Jiu'er can always enjoy the world's kindness to her because of my existence." Emperor Xuanping
Blessed is the soul, suddenly enlightened.
"It's good that you know." Empress Dowager Yin nodded with some relief, and then said, "After the New Year, the Ai family plans to leave the palace and go to Qixia Temple in Jinling to do some spiritual repairs, which will take as little as half a year.
Then one year will help you stabilize the situation of the government."
"Queen Mother?!" Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuanping immediately raised his head and looked at her, "Queen Mother, what do you want?"
"Since the death of the late emperor, the Ai family has been in control of the government. Over the years, most of these courtiers have been accustomed to listening to the Ai family. Now that all the government affairs are entrusted to your hands, it is natural that you should also take care of the government.
I will give them all to you, so that these courtiers can understand who they should really be loyal to in the future." Queen Mother Yin's tone was very calm.
However, this made Emperor Xuanping cry.
"My sons and ministers are unfilial. They are all sons and ministers, and they don't live up to their expectations. That's why the queen has been wronged for the sake of her sons and ministers." He really felt sad and guilty.
If he had been as smart and astute as his eldest brother, she wouldn't have let Empress Dowager Yin worry so much for him.
In the past, I had to manage the government affairs for him, but now in order for him to gain a firm foothold, I have to leave the palace and go to the temples outside to repair and suffer...