Chapter 136: Fasting is not a bad thing
"Confused!"
Lu Wei closed the scroll in his hand and sighed, "Although it is a good thing for Lu that Chang Wei Bo took over the ruler, the situation is clear now, and the position of the prince is stable. If he takes over the ruler now, it is a clear choice of sides. How can the prince and those people in the East Palace let it go?"
The staff member smiled bitterly, "It was just an undercurrent before, but now it's going to be an open fight. Long Wilbur's move has exposed the contradictions between the two sides. There is no room for maneuver."
Lu Wei covered his forehead and said, "From now on, the Eastern Palace will have a legitimate reason to suppress King Jing. Your Majesty will probably have a headache. Go and tell her quickly and ask her when she is free. I need to see you in the palace for something."
……
"A bunch of idiots, all waiting to see the joke on me and Qingzhi!"
The fasting and offering of sacrifices continues.
But it did not prevent Emperor Jiajing from obtaining information from all sides.
"How is Qingzhi?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
"Long Wilbur spread the word..."
Huang Jin looked conflicted.
"Hmm!" The emperor opened his eyes, and a cold lightning flashed in his eyes.
Huang Jin shuddered, "Chang Wei Bo said, I'll take it, what do you think?"
That's dirty talk.
Aren't we afraid of polluting your ears?
Emperor Jiajing looked at Huang Jin coldly. Just when his heart was in beating fast, Emperor Jiajing suddenly laughed.
"Hahahaha!"
The Taoists who were performing the rituals in the Yu Steps did not look away.
Emperor Jiajing laughed happily, and after a long while he said, "What a joy! What a joy!"
The emperor would also want to curse, even secretly, but he could not try to be as open and rampant as Jiang Qingzhi.
……
"Your Majesty, someone has impeached King Jing."
Yan Song sent a memorial.
"What did you say?"
Emperor Jiajing asked.
Yan Song stole a glance at the emperor and said, "It is said that Prince Jing was disrespectful to you, sir."
"Ok?"
Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes and asked, "Fourth Brother?"
……
"you do this delibrately."
Concubine Lu gnashed her teeth and poked her son's forehead with her jade finger. "Prince Yu just drove away a teacher, which made those great scholars quite dissatisfied with Prince Yu. This was your chance, but you turned around and argued with the teacher, making him run away in anger. Now it's spread all over the palace, saying that you are domineering and disrespectful to the teacher. You, do you want to piss me off to death?"
King Jing stood there calmly, as if he was not the one being talked about.
"My lady, Lu Wei wants to see you."
"Brother?" Concubine Lu pointed at Prince Jing, "Go and apologize quickly, or you'll suffer the consequences!"
King Jing went out and Lu Wei was just about to come in.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Lu Wei saluted.
"Uncle is here." King Jing nodded.
"Yes." Lu Wei looked at his nephew kindly before going in.
"Brother, are you here for the matter of the ruler?" Concubine Lu Jing revealed Lu Wei's purpose as soon as she opened her mouth.
"My queen, Chang Wei Bo took the ruler and broke the tacit understanding between us and the crown prince. I'm worried that the East Palace will use some means against King Jing in the future."
Lu Wei smiled bitterly.
"This matter is already settled." Concubine Lu Jing said, "Besides, this is a gift from His Majesty, how can Lord Chang Wei refuse it?"
Lu Wei was startled, "But King Jing..."
"If the fourth brother wants to take this path, he needs a capable helper. Chang Wei Bo is trusted by His Majesty and is very knowledgeable. The Eastern Palace has long known about the fight for the throne. So, between offending the Eastern Palace who knows everything and officially becoming Chang Wei Bo's disciple, what do you think I should choose?"
Concubine Lu Jing looked at her brother deeply.
Lu Wei was startled. "Yes, the matter of the succession cannot be concealed from the East Palace. And by becoming Chang Wei Bo's disciple, Chang Wei Bo has clearly chosen his side. Why do I feel like I have made a profit?"
Concubine Lu smiled, “Chang Wei Bo is very talented. I have been worrying about how to win him over, but he seems calm and doesn’t even raise his eyelids.
If it was someone else, I could kill him. But I can't do anything about this guy. It's not that I don't have a way, but I'm worried that the backlash will cut off the fourth brother's path."
Lu Wei sighed, "Your Majesty's trust in him is false, and now that he is the prince's teacher, he can influence the succession."
"If I had known this, I should have directly won him over." Concubine Lu Jing said, "But it's not too late. Besides, Prince Yu lacks tact and is far inferior to the fourth prince."
"Your Majesty, what you said makes me suddenly enlightened." Lu Wei's worries were wiped away, and he felt happy. Seeing that Concubine Lu Jing was annoyed, he asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything bothering you?"
Concubine Lu smiled bitterly and pointed outside, "You think the fourth son is easy to get along with? I don't know what his uncle has instilled in him. Prince Yu's teacher has just been expelled. This is a good opportunity for him, but he turned around and pissed off his teacher. What do you think he wants to do?"
Lu Wei: “…”
……
Prince Jing was wandering around the palace.
Wandered back to the same place as before.
At that time, Prince Yu was here to hit Cui Yuan with a slingshot, while Prince Jing was watching the show from behind.
King Jing sat down.
He hugged his knees with his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Fang Yue is actually a good person, but... he wants to target my cousin, so I can't stand it anymore."
Prince Yu's voice came from behind, "Fang Yue has always said that I am a good student. If I were not a prince, I would definitely be able to pass the imperial examination and become an official."
"When you become shameless, you are much better than me." King Jing sneered.
Prince Yu walked up to him and sat down side by side.
"My cousin is full of talent, and I always thought it was a pity."
"Do you think that if your cousin was not the son-in-law of a concubine, or was not a relative of the emperor, he would definitely be able to pass the imperial examination and become an official?"
"Isn't it?" Prince Yu was really regretful, "Why was he laughed at by the scholars and officials, saying that he was the son of a bitch and a lucky minister who took a shortcut to Zhongnan."
The status of a son-in-law is low, and their children are also discriminated against. Officials who have passed the imperial examinations can always look down on those who take shortcuts.
"Do you think your cousin is willing to climb up from the officialdom step by step, given his personality?" King Jing sighed, "My cousin would rather be a wealthy merchant and live a carefree life than to be polite to those stupid and greedy superiors every day."
Prince Yu remained silent.
"You know all this but you pretend to be stupid." King Jing said disdainfully, "Everyone thinks you are a fool, including father. But I know you are not stupid."
"You have a favored mother. What about me? When the palace coup occurred, my mother was executed for being one of the masterminds of the regicide. Later it was found out that my mother had nothing to do with it, but she is still dead. The Queen Fang who executed her is still favored. What can I do?"
Prince Yu stared blankly at the palace in front of him. "From then on, I was like a wild dog in the palace. Even the palace people looked down on me and thought that I would be unlucky sooner or later. It was not until Queen Fang passed away that my situation got better."
"You can show your talent!" said King Jing.
"If I show my talent, it will be easy for the prince to deal with me." Prince Yu said dimly, "If he wants to deal with me, who can help me?"
Prince Jing had a favored mother, but Prince Yu had only one.
"So, when your cousin showed up, it was like you grabbed a lifeline?"
"Not really." Prince Yu shook his head. "My cousin is very strange. Others are afraid to get close to me, but he doesn't care at all. He takes care of me in every way."
"I see." King Jing suddenly pointed at him and said with a smile: "You think your uncle is..."
"Just an elder." Prince Yu said calmly.
"Hehe!" King Jing sneered, but did not expose him.
"By the way, I heard that you pissed off the master to death?" Prince Yu changed the subject. "It's not necessary."
"This is my business and has nothing to do with you." King Jing said proudly.
"Your mother will beat you to death!"
"Bullshit! My mother said that I did a great job on this matter."
The two brothers sat in silence for a long time under the autumn sun. It was unknown who got up first, patted his butt and said, "Let's go."
"gone."
Prince Jing went to Concubine Lu Jing's place, but Lu Wei had already left.
"Have you apologized?" Concubine Lu looked in a good mood.
King Jing shook his head.
"Huh?" Concubine Lu was angry, "Why?"
"When I look at him, I feel that he is as stupid as a pig. I can't apologize to a pig."
"Little beast!"
King Jing was put under house arrest.
Concubine Lu Jing said to starve him for two days.
When the news reached Emperor Jiajing, the Taoist said calmly:
"Fasting is not a bad thing."
……
On the first day, King Jing was so hungry that he was burning with anger.
That night, he first tried to bribe the eunuch who was guarding him, but was firmly refused.
"Your Highness, please don't harm this slave."
This is Concubine Lu Jingfei's confidant.
It was the middle of the night and the eunuch was taking a nap.
At some point, a dark shadow quietly approached, tiptoeing, causing King Jing, who was so hungry that his eyes rolled, to mutter, "Clumsy thief, I hope he is not here to kill me."
He often went out of the palace, and in addition to taking classes with Jiang Qingzhi, he also read a lot of idle books and listened to many stories.
The shadowy figure came over with his legs raised high. He looked around and saw that no one was around. Then he whispered into the room, "Fourth Brother!"
"Shou's mother?"
King Jing didn't expect that the person who came was his sister.
"Fourth brother!"
In the moonlight, Zhu Shou'an saw King Jing through the window and quickly handed over the oil-paper bag. "Here, eat slowly."
King Jing sniffed it and said, "These are the snacks from my cousin's house. This is a meat floss roll, and this is... a coconut mooncake..." King Jing looked up and said, "My dear sister, my fourth brother loves you well."
Zhu Shoumei hesitated for a moment, "Actually..."
"What?" King Jing was so perceptive that he knew something was wrong and stopped eating immediately. "Who asked you to come?"
Zhu Shou'an didn't notice the King's abnormality, "My third brother told me not to say anything."
King Jing was startled, "I know, you should go back quickly."
"Oh! Fourth brother, eat slowly. I'll come again tomorrow."
"Be careful, don't fall." King Jing warned.
"Oh!"
Under the moonlight, the thin figure walked away clumsily with one foot high and one foot low.
King Jing slowly sat down against the wall, opened the oil paper package, and took a bite of half of the mooncake.
I looked up at the half-moon outside the window and suddenly smiled.
"This moon is so beautiful."
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Zhu Shou'an carefully walked around the side hall. In front of her, a dark figure emerged from under the railing and waved in a low voice, "Shou'an, here, here."
Zhu Shou'an walked over and said, "Third brother."
"How is the fourth brother?" Prince Yu was wearing black clothes and his face was covered with a black cloth.
"It's okay!" Zhu Shou'an said, "I'm just hungry."
"That's good. By the way, you didn't tell me that I asked you to deliver the snacks, did you?"
"no no."
"That's good." Prince Yu muttered, "If the fourth brother knew that I sent it, he would definitely laugh at me."
(End of this chapter)
