Chapter 254 I was shocked
Outside the palace, Emperor Jiajing looked at the spring scenery with his hands behind his back and said, "When the prince was still young, I once held him and teased him. The child smiled and peed on me..."
Huang Jin lowered his head and held back his laughter.
"The Queen Mother was still alive at that time. She was very happy to see this young baby. She would take care of him personally every day when she had nothing to do, fearing that..."
Thinking of his mother, Emperor Jiajing rubbed his eyes and said, "I thought I had no children or grandchildren and would follow the old path of my predecessor. I never thought that this child would grow stronger and stronger. I am so happy."
Two years later, Empress Dowager Jiang passed away and Emperor Jiajing was heartbroken.
"This palace is too deserted, not as quiet as a normal household."
Emperor Jiajing's eyes dimmed.
He was a man of deep affection, and because of the decree that the two dragons should never meet, he stayed away from the prince.
"I was negligent." Emperor Jiajing thought with some heartache about the loss of the crown prince and the two princes who had lived alone in the palace all these years. And the eldest daughter looked as if she had no parents and was in a state of anxiety.
Huang Jin advised, "Your Majesty is also doing this for the good of His Highness and the others."
Emperor Jiajing shook his head, his messy hair fluttering in the spring breeze, and said in a barely audible voice, "I once prayed to the heavens, willing to exchange my own lifespan for the health of my children and grandchildren. But oh, heaven! It won't allow it!"
Emperor Jiajing summoned the prince's close attendants and scolded them for not reporting the prince's illness.
"Your Highness forbids it!"
"Why?"
"His Highness said that His Majesty works hard every day. If he knew about the condition, he would definitely be worried..."
"Fool!" Emperor Jiajing shook his head.
"Call all the imperial doctors here." Emperor Jiajing turned around, his eyes sparkling, "Call them all here."
The royal doctor muttered, "It should have been done a long time ago."
……
Inside the palace, the prince raised his head.
His mouth opened slightly, and a flash of panic flashed across his eyes. "Why would I ever suspect these things?!"
What the hell!
Guawazi!
Jiang Qingzhi pointed at his own eyes and said, "Your birth is a surprise to His Majesty, and it is also a huge surprise to the entire Ming Dynasty."
If an emperor has no son and a country has no crown prince, many unexpected events will occur.
"I think the Queen Mother must have been quite pleased before she passed away, and this was a great comfort to your majesty who was filial. Therefore, your majesty appointed you as the crown prince very early on."
"Uncle..."
"Stop, listen to me." Jiang Qingzhi lit up the medicinal cigarette, took a puff, and looked at the prince whose expression gradually calmed down through the smoke. "You have been a child of destiny since you were a child, but the damn Tao Zhongwen left that sentence so early..."
"Two dragons never meet." The prince said, "My elder brother died at the age of two."
"Your Majesty was in deep grief, and Tao Zhongwen took advantage of the situation and made that judgment on the grounds that the real dragon and the latent dragon could not meet. After you were born, His Majesty thought of this sentence. Hey! Boy!"
Jiang Qingzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "When did you know this sentence?"
"Nine years old."
"Who told you that?"
"Why, uncle, do you think that person has ulterior motives?"
"No, he's saving you!"
Jiang Qingzhi wanted to shake off the ashes, but was embarrassed to find that there was no ashtray, so he let the ashes accumulate. "The only problem is that he told you too late."
"What do you mean, uncle?" The prince became more and more confused.
"As the saying goes, a child's character is determined at the age of three. After you were born, His Majesty deliberately distanced himself from you because of that judgment."
Jiang Qingzhi stared at the prince and said slowly, "So you feel helpless and alone, and feel that His Majesty has no father-son love for you. All of this can be remedied. But the terrible thing is the group of people around you, those evil-minded dogs.
Tell me, who told you that His Majesty would be suspicious of the Crown Prince? Who told you that His Majesty distanced himself from you because of suspicion?"
The prince looked pale.
"No, no... Later I learned about that sentence..."
"Boy, your performance can't be hidden from me!" Jiang Qingzhi leaned forward and grabbed the prince's collar, "Tell me, who is that damn idiot?"
"Zhang Xiangyu!" The prince looked at Jiang Qingzhi blankly.
"Who is he?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Female...female officer!"
The prince suddenly exploded. He grabbed Jiang Qingzhi's hand and said, "But what does this have to do with my insomnia? You are fooling me!"
"The formation of a person's character is very complex, but also very simple. Before you were nine years old, you always believed that His Majesty had no fatherly love for you, and during this period you would constantly strengthen this idea. After a few years, in you..."
Jiang Qingzhi pointed to his chest, "There will be a deep-rooted idea... His Majesty is ruthless and unfaithful to you. This idea has been reinforced for many years and is difficult to shake. Therefore, even if you have heard the verdict that the two dragons will not meet, you will still unconsciously hold on to that idea..."
Just like anxiety disorder, even though you know that the things you worry about will not happen, you still can't help but fall into them.
The prince's face turned pale, "No, I didn't..."
"Someone took advantage of the situation and kept telling you those examples... Look at the history books, Your Highness. Suspicion is the emperor's brother. No father-son relationship can defeat that... power and the supreme throne. You have to be careful of the emperor's open and covert attacks, you have to be careful..."
The prince shuddered.
"But am I right?" Jiang Qingzhi said sarcastically, "They will say, be careful of your two brothers, they will become the tool for His Majesty to check and balance you. So, you will be in a panic all day long, worried all day long..."
Seeing that the ash was too long, Jiang Qingzhi shook it, and the long ash fell onto the prince's shoe surface, and then green smoke came out of the shoe surface.
What the hell!
Jiang Qingzhi quickly stepped on it and extinguished the sparks that had just appeared.
He looked up and saw that the prince was in a daze, and he knew that his words had struck the soul of this kid.
"A teenager. No, you were still a child. If a child is frightened like this, he will live in fear all day long. After a few years, it is a blessing for this person not to go crazy."
Jiang Qingzhi let go of his hand and said, "You are lucky. It's just insomnia."
The prince's eyes suddenly came alive, and he grabbed Jiang Qingzhi's wrist, "Uncle, I often have nightmares." "Did you dream that His Majesty wanted to kill you? Or that your two brothers were unkind to you?"
"Yes." The prince looked particularly weak at the moment, with sadness in his eyes, "I had a nightmare for a long time."
"Want to be free?"
"Would never dream of it."
"Then relax, think about the feeling of extreme relaxation in your entire abdomen, relax, yes...listen to me."
Jiang Qingzhi sat down and said slowly: "Your Majesty is a man of love. Your Majesty has never had any suspicion of you. To be honest, how do you think you compare to Xia Yan and Yan Song? I'm talking about wisdom and means."
The prince shook his head, "Not even close."
"But Your Majesty dared to hand over the power to them and hide in the West Garden. Someone must have told you that this is the reverse holding of Tai'a, is that right?"
The prince nodded, "Yes."
"Listen to me. First, His Majesty is confident that no one can shake his power. He will maintain this confidence until the very end."
The prince's body relaxed a little.
"Secondly, your majesty is a man of affection. Don't talk about suspicion. Do you know what your majesty was doing before I came?" Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "Your majesty was looking through medical books, trying to find a cure for your insomnia. He was sitting there anxiously. Do you know what I thought of at that moment? The deep love between a mother and her child."
"For your majesty, family affection is his root and the only thought that keeps him alive. Boy, think about Lu Bing, a fence-sitter, a double-dealer, a sophisticated egoist who only cares about his own safety, but he is still alive today. What do you think makes him so lucky?"
Lu Bing had built a huge network of relationships for himself and his family through marriage and various other means. This was fine, but the key point was that he was the commander of the Jinyiwei. If it were another emperor, he, a fence-sitting, clique-forming imperial lackey, would have died countless times.
"It's nothing, His Majesty values love. But Lu Bing is just his foster brother, and you are His Majesty's biological son. Boy, you think too much, you are confused, you are foolish!"
Jiang Qingzhi slapped the prince on the head, "Are you still not awake?"
Bah!
The prince's whole body relaxed and his shoulders slumped.
He raised his head slowly, and his eyes gradually became clear.
He stood up and bowed, "Thank you, uncle."
Jiang Qingzhi slapped the prince subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the prince would really wake up.
What the hell!
Could it be that I also have the skill of giving a wake-up call?
Jiang Qingzhi imagined himself selling sticks and drinks on the street, and laughed, "Are you awake?"
"I'm awake." The prince smiled and looked at everything around him. "I've never felt that everything in front of me is so bright."
He looked at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "I want to eat the bacon from my uncle's house, too."
"Damn it, His Majesty took away most of it, Xia Yan took a lot, and you guys are trying to take advantage of the situation again..."
……
Outside the palace, the imperial doctors arrived.
The imperial doctors who treated the prince explained the situation. The leading imperial doctor had white hair and trembled as he asked, "Then why are you here?"
The imperial physician glanced at Emperor Jiajing.
"Long Wilbur is treating His Highness inside."
"Confused!"
The old doctor stamped his feet, not caring about Emperor Jiajing. "What does a young man know about medicine? Your Highness is the head of the country, how can you be careless? If something goes wrong... open the door! Open the door quickly!"
The old medical officer had a long history and was the one who took care of the prince after he was born, so he was quite trusted by Emperor Jiajing.
When Emperor Jiajing turned around, he saw the old medical officer walking to the door of the bedroom and pushing it open without any hesitation.
"Old man... ugh!"
The old medical officer stood there.
Emperor Jiajing felt his heart suddenly contract and rushed over quickly.
Inside the bedroom, Jiang Qingzhi sat on a stool, a medicinal cigarette in his mouth, looking up at the spring light coming in from above, his eyes calm.
"Prince!"
Emperor Jiajing was anxious, his eyes moved around and then stopped.
The prince lay on Jiang Qingzhi's legs and fell into a deep sleep.
Jiang Qingzhi looked at the Taoist priest, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
……
Emperor Jiajing tiptoed in, pointed at the prince, and Jiang Qingzhi nodded.
The two of them worked together to help the prince onto the bed.
Emperor Jiajing covered the prince with a quilt and waved his hand.
Everyone resigned.
Jiang Qingzhi went out and closed the door.
He said to the prince's attendant, "It's nothing serious, no one should disturb His Majesty."
He turned around and looked inside through the crack in the door.
The prince was still sleeping soundly on the bed.
Emperor Jiajing sat beside the bed, reached out his hand... hesitated for a moment, then clumsily patted the prince's back.
Mumbling something in his mouth...
"The little swallows, chirp, chirp, whispered to the owner of the house: "I won't eat your millet, I won't eat your millet, I'll have a nest of sons under your eaves..."
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