The emperor was suddenly startled and turned around hurriedly, only to see a graceful girl standing there.
"Yan...little aunt!" The emperor was in a trance for a moment. The woman in front of him still looked like a teenager, so young and beautiful.
When he saw her again after so many years, he had already turned gray on his temples and showed signs of fatigue, but what she flashed in his mind was vaguely the innocent and cheerful girl beside the pond in Yan's backyard that summer afternoon.
Six-year-old girl.
Although the last time the two met was when he ascended the throne, she was actually like this at that time, but maybe the first impression was too deep. The first thing that comes to mind every time they meet is the scene of their first encounter.
"Didn't the little emperor come with you?" The emperor looked around and didn't see Rong Che. He was a little disappointed in his eyes and couldn't help but ask.
"No." Yan Qing replied with a cold face.
"What a pity. I thought he could come too..." The emperor really missed Rong Che.
"Even if he comes, what can you say to him? Tell him that the Taizi Ginseng you chose has made no contribution to Fengrong and should not enjoy such a high salary! Or tell him that the late Emperor personally approved the Miao'er Mountain Villa we built
Is the hospital going to take back all the royal property?"
Faced with Yan Qingzheng's cynicism, the emperor was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flickered, and he weakly explained: "The prince did something wrong in this matter, and I just scolded him."
"Is it that simple?" Yan Qing was in disbelief. Only then did he realize that the current emperor was far, far behind the former emperor in terms of decisiveness in killing!
"Uh..." The emperor was stunned. In fact, he felt that even though the prince's thoughts were extreme, they did not cause any substantial harm, so he just reprimanded him. Now that Yan Qing was asking this question, he suddenly felt that things were not as he imagined.
Simple, so he pondered for a moment and asked: "Little Emperor Aunt thinks that I have treated him too lightly? Then... I will ground him... for three months, okay?"
Yan Qing was looking at him indifferently when he suddenly walked into the pavilion and stopped at the edge near the water.
"Your Majesty, do you know what a hundred-year agreement means to a person who keeps his promise?" Yan Qing said quietly.
The emperor was stunned. He thought of Rong Che's strict character, and for a moment he didn't know how to react. He also seriously thought about it for the first time, how much he would have to pay to abide by an agreement in a hundred years of life.
"I... know that this makes the little emperor's uncle embarrassed."
"He is a person who values friendship, you know that," Yan Qingzheng said, "He will naturally abide by the century-old agreement with the late emperor, but you should also know my influence on him!"
The emperor turned his eyes left and right, puzzled: "What does the little emperor mean by this?"
Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t know the importance of Princess Xuan to Prince Xuan? I’m afraid he will die without hesitation if Princess Xuan asks him to!
"I just want to remind the emperor that Rong Che promised to protect Feng Rong, not your descendants!"
The emperor was confused. Is there any difference?
"As long as Feng Rong is doing well, then he is not considered a breach of contract."
The emperor really turned these two sentences around in his mind for several times before he realized it. His expression changed drastically: "Uncle Emperor...he will not do this to me!"
"He will not do this to you. I have said that he is a person who values friendship. And you and he grew up together, so our friendship is naturally extraordinary... But your eldest son, now the prince... I'm afraid...
There’s no trace of any affection left!”
These words were so straightforward that the emperor did not dare to look into Yan Qing's aggressive eyes for a moment.
When the prince's biological mother was deposed due to moral issues, the prince was fostered by the Queen Mother, who was very unkind to Rong Che.
Therefore, the prince had never heard a single good word about this imperial uncle since he was a child, so he naturally had a bad impression of him. After becoming the prince, the empress dowager placed people around the prince who wanted to rise to the top, but their virtues were not worthy of the position, so they were eliminated by Yan Xi herself.
They suppressed it with force, so they held a grudge against Yan Xi. The prince's accumulated dissatisfaction with Yan Xi and Rong Che, the father-in-law, who had been instilled by the Queen Mother since he was young, suddenly burst out and was out of control.
!
The current situation is all due to the emperor's lack of attention and connivance.
At this moment, facing Yan Qingzheng, he suddenly felt ashamed.
The emperor's panic did not stop Yan Qingzheng. She could tolerate being despised by the emperor, the queen mother and others, but she could not tolerate them daring to despise Rong Che like this.
After all, he had never had any deep feelings for anyone in the royal family, let alone made any contribution, but Rong Che was different. He went to the battlefield at a young age and made great achievements, and later he made a hundred-year guardianship agreement with the late emperor.
Others may not know or guess the reason why Rong Che agreed to the Demon Slaughter Lord to harvest the demonic energy of the demon dolls, but Yan Qingzheng knew that it was precisely because most of the Jiuyoumen were Fengrong people, and almost all of them
He only agreed to operate within Fengrong's territory. To put it bluntly, it was to protect Fengrong!
No one in the world can be ignorant of this matter, but the emperor cannot be ignorant of it.
So Yan Qing was telling the emperor about this incident that happened in Xuanmen but actually affected Feng Rong's safety.
"He is now a cultivator, so even if he has the title of prince, he cannot easily interfere with your royal family's affairs. But within the scope of his ability, he has never slacked off for Feng Rong's safety! I think
You should know this!"
The emperor's eyes were sore. Since he became the emperor, many people around him have changed, and the first one to bear the brunt is his mother who is now the queen mother!
Rong Che's silent protection instantly broke through the emperor's defense, making him feel the warmth he had not seen for a long time.
"Uncle Emperor...Why don't you tell me what you said!" the emperor choked.
"He has such a temperament. He never shows off or asks for credit, but he will do things to protect you silently." Yan Qingzheng's mood also fluctuated, "He will never make things difficult for you. I heard what the prince said to him.
I was dissatisfied with the salary and the fiefdom I received. When we were all fighting for him, he said that we could directly submit a letter to request the revocation of the salary! However, the Miaoershan Villa was built by him for me, and it does not belong to Fengrong, so he
I won’t give it to you.”
The emperor explained anxiously: "I really didn't instruct this matter, and I didn't mean it..."
"Even if it's not your intention now, what about the future? What happens after the prince who has this intention succeeds to the throne? Have you ever thought about this issue?"
The emperor choked on his words and opened his mouth, unable to refute.
"You are really far behind the late Emperor!"
Yan Qing was shaking his head and couldn't help saying this.
If the prince had been able to restrain his mother and educate the prince well, things would not have ended up like this.
"Actually, you have a queen who has a loving mother. The late emperor reminded you of this, but you still don't trust her and insist on letting your mother educate the prince! In fact, this has gone against your father's kind expectations! The prince of a country.
!How can you let your mother educate you? Don’t you know what her temper is like?”
Yan Qingzheng's words made the emperor feel ashamed. Indeed, he still refuses to trust the queen. It is not because the queen's virtue is lacking, but because she is too perfect. She is so perfect that the emperor feels that she has no feelings for him. In the emperor's opinion
, only people who have feelings for him will help him wholeheartedly, such as his mother.
"You haven't taken the prince to that basement yet!" Yan Qing was asking.
The emperor froze and nodded slightly.
"So the prince doesn't know about Rong Che, so he dares to suppress Rong Che!" Yan Qing raised the corners of his mouth and smiled sarcastically.
The emperor fell down on the stone bench, and a breath of turbid air seemed to gather from his internal organs and gush out from his mouth.
"I... will separate him from the Queen Mother, so..."
"Don't the prince live in the East Palace? Aren't they separated now?" Yan Qingzheng asked softly, "Does it have any effect?"
The emperor was silent.
"And can the current Queen Mother still manipulate the Prince? I heard that he made the Queen Mother sick some time ago!"
The emperor wanted to defend the prince, but this was the truth and there was no way to defend him.
"How can the little emperor calm down his anger?" The emperor closed his eyes, thinking that if he couldn't do it, he would be beaten.
Yan Qing turned around and sat down opposite the prince. He said with an indifferent expression: "Fengrong is a very powerful country, but it is not invincible. You must have discovered after taking the throne over the years that there are many internal worries.
Foreign invasion. Therefore, Fengrong's future cannot be in the hands of an emperor who cannot take the overall situation into consideration and distinguish right from wrong!"
The emperor nodded in agreement, but was suddenly stunned. His pupils shrank and he suddenly looked at Yan Qingzheng.
"Little... what Auntie Xiao Huang means..." His voice trembled, and he thought without hope that it might not mean what he guessed.
"The prince dares to be so obedient now, doesn't he think that the position of prince belongs to him, and the talent for the future belongs to him!"
"But...but this is also true!" The emperor stuttered.
"As far as I know, the crown prince must have both political integrity and talent, and have the magnanimity and magnanimity of an emperor!"
"That's true...but the prince..."
"He has none of these!" Yan Qingzheng interrupted the emperor's words and said: "As a prince, he has to attack the clan before he succeeds to the throne. He has no magnanimity. As a prince, he does not cultivate virtue and does not learn to govern the country. Instead, he only knows how to govern the country.
Finding faults, making things out of nothing, without virtue or talent! Your Majesty, please wake up, how can such a person become a wise king and inherit the great rule! Do you want your father to die in peace or wait until the public resentment boils over in the future?
People accuse you of being blind!"
These words were so harsh that the emperor stood up suddenly in anger. The red pattern outside the pavilion was already crawling on the ground shaking like chaff!
He thought to himself that he had made a decision. As long as he returned alive today, he must report it to the emperor and return home even if he died!
However, the emperor just looked down at the calm woman, and slowly and painfully sat down again.
"I...do I still have a choice?"
"The second prince, the Queen's legitimate son, is said to have both political integrity and talent, and is excellent in both literature, Taoism and martial arts. The Emperor may wish to consider it. The Crown Prince... is always easier to replace than the Emperor!"