Ah Qi's parents only had one son. When they learned that their only son had died in the palace, his parents died overnight. King Xiang could not do anything but ask someone to secretly send some money.
He couldn't even tell A Qi's parents the real cause of their son's death.
King Cheng said: "Then over there with the noble concubine..."
Prince Xiang said in annoyance: "Have I cleaned up enough of the mess for the Hu family?"
King Cheng was silent.
"I can't let my mother-in-law feel that as long as I, the prince, are here, she will be unscrupulous and I will solve any mess."
Prince Xiang said coldly, "Does she regard me as a prince? Or as an emperor?"
King Cheng was startled: "Second brother, don't say this nonsense!"
"I'm just complaining to you."
King Xiang rubbed his brows and said: "If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have helped her keep it a secret when Shisan harmed someone for the first time. If I had learned a lesson earlier, I wouldn't have been demoted to a commoner.
Imprisoned in a Buddhist temple for life.”
King Cheng didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh and pat him on the shoulder: "Second brother, this is not your fault."
Prince Xiang twitched his lips: "Of course it's not my fault."
King Cheng: "..."
"I'm not stupid enough to blame myself for everything. Thirteen has become like this, mostly because of the connivance of my mother and concubine. What does it have to do with me?"
Prince Xiang's eyes were dark, and there was a rare hint of cold indifference on his handsome and elegant face.
"When you are alive, you are alone. Even if you are parents, brothers, sisters, children, no one can control you for the rest of your life. If you do something wrong, you have to bear it yourself. It is the same for Thirteen and the mother and concubine."
King Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "It's great that second brother can think so."
All feelings in this world are mutual.
The same is true for family ties. No one can give without a bottom line.
Especially the royal children, no one is stupid.
King Xiang is even more transparent.
He understood very early that Concubine Shu treated him not so much as a son, but as a bargaining chip in the fight for power.
She has high hopes for him, hoping that he can become the prince, so that she can be qualified to be the queen, or even the queen mother.
It is for this reason that I value him and rely on him.
Later, the relationship between mother and son deteriorated and there were frequent conflicts, all because King Xiang refused to follow the route she had set. She wanted power, but King Xiang refused to give it and could not give it, so the relationship between mother and son deteriorated rapidly.
Power, ambition, greed, and use have always been mixed between mother and son, Concubine Shu and Prince Xiang.
On the contrary, it is family affection.
Can't see much.
Concubine Shu was more indulgent and protective of the Thirteenth Princess and the Ninth Prince than she was to Prince Xiang.
Because they were daughters and young sons, Concubine Shu did not have as high expectations for them as she did for Prince Xiang, and could instead be a more pure mother.
"What happened to Thirteen this time is indeed strange. I don't know the inside story, but I feel it's not that simple. Could it be that someone really set up a trap? How about I mention it to my mother and concubine and ask her to help investigate?
"
King Cheng asked with concern.
His mother, Concubine De, usually kept a low profile in the palace, but as one of the only two powerful concubines in the palace, Concubine De's status was even higher than Concubine Shu.
Most of the palace affairs are also in her hands, making it easy to check anything.
Prince Xiang refused: "Don't bother Concubine Degui, I can probably guess who did it."
King Cheng was surprised and said: "Who is it?"
A hint of darkness flashed in King Xiang's eyes: "It doesn't matter who it is, and the palace's accounts can't be settled clearly. In short, it's more or less the Thirteen's fault, so be it!"