Chapter 795: Loving Mother and Loving Father
Jiang Qingzhi beat someone up.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, this guy rushed into the capital's high-end club, Baiyun Building, and fought with Zhu Xizhong.
Four officers were seriously injured.
Qiu Luan's brother-in-law was almost crippled.
No, some people swore that the guy's face was almost flattened by Jiang Qingzhi's kick. It's not that he was almost broken, but that his true value was broken.
"Hit someone?" Concubine Lu Jing smiled, and then said to her son in the candlelight: "Don't dawdle in the palace. Go to Xin'an Lane tomorrow morning to congratulate your cousin on his triumphant return."
King Jing held the medical book in his hand, seemingly concentrating on reading. He hummed, then paused, "I'm afraid a lot of people have gone there in the past few days."
"Don't want to join in the fun?" No one knows a child better than his mother. Concubine Lu sighed, "You kid, those people are just joining in the fun. You are the cousin, don't you understand? They are just going to say hello.
Don't always worry about your status. To be honest, if you can't take that position, I'd rather you be an ordinary citizen, at least! You don't have to be imprisoned in a fiefdom."
After having tasted the taste of wealth and luxury, it is hard to have any expectation for a life like raising pigs.
During the Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings before Emperor Wu could still occasionally jump around, such as Prince Ning.
But after Emperor Wu, the vassal kings became the targets of surveillance by the emperor and his ministers, and from then on they were reduced to pigs in a pen.
"When you have nothing to do, you can only eat, drink and have fun in the palace, but is eating and drinking too much fun? You eat so much that your stomach becomes fat and your mind becomes empty. You live like a walking corpse. As your mother, I can't help you much now..."
Concubine Lu looked at her son and said, "When I gave birth to you, I was so happy. You probably don't understand the joy of being a mother. Watching the little person grow up day by day, he almost changes every day, and here I am..."
Concubine Lu pointed to her heart and said, "I am very happy. Even if I die immediately, I will feel that I have no regrets. But this person! She is always greedy.
As I watched the child grow up, I wondered what would happen to him in the future. If things went according to plan, this child would have to waste his entire life in the fiefdom. Just thinking about it made me feel like a knife was cutting my heart..."
King Jing put down the medical book and bowed his head in silence.
He naturally knew his mother's love for him, which had been evident since he was very young.
In order to protect him, Concubine Lu Jing fought endlessly with those concubines. Every time she came back, she seemed to have won a great victory. Later, King Jing learned that his mother had suffered several great losses at that time.
"Those people were cruel. They used a drug to kill me and prevented me from having children again. But I am satisfied with having a son."
Concubine Lu Jing smiled, her eyes gentle, "Your Majesty doesn't like women, and he comes to the harem less and less. If it weren't for you, I would be a walking corpse in the harem."
Like all mothers, in Lu Jingfei's eyes, her son is the spiritual pillar of her life.
"Those people say that mothers are the children's support, but... children are also the mother's support. However, it's here." Lu Jingfei pointed to her heart again, "Every time I see you come in, I think about the day we will separate."
Once a vassal king is enfeoffed, he is not allowed to leave his fiefdom without the emperor's order.
In other words, once King Jing became a fief, he would be separated from his mother forever.
"I don't like to argue about anything. I take people to wander around the palace when I have nothing to do. In spring, I look at the young buds and the fish in the thawing pond. In summer, I go to catch cicadas and play in the water. In autumn, I write a few poems to show my elegance. In winter, I stay in my bedroom, warm myself by the charcoal fire, and read a book happily... This is my greatest wish in this life."
Concubine Lu, who seemed to be enjoying great success in the eyes of the outside world, smiled bitterly at this moment. "I said so much just to let you know that you should not waste your precious time. I can't turn back, and you..."
As the ruler of the harem, Concubine Lu Jing had offended countless concubines and eunuchs over the years.
This cheerful woman was swift and decisive in her actions, and she would beat people when they deserved to be beaten and punished when they deserved to be punished. Some people advised her to be humble, but she said that since His Majesty had entrusted the harem to her, how could she fail to live up to his trust?
"And you, my son, you are not married yet. If you don't raise a child, you don't know the love of parents." Looking at her son's wooden face, Concubine Lu sighed in her heart, "Prince Yu has made a big splash this time, and it seems great. But I know that with his strength, he will die if he goes to the battlefield. All this is arranged by your cousin. Your cousin is building momentum for him."
King Jing's eyelids twitched.
"Your uncle has never been willing to take sides between you and Prince Yu. I have been trying to figure out his thoughts for a long time and I feel that he is quite optimistic about you. However, he is wary of the difference between the old and the young, so he can only appease you by not taking sides. But appeasement...what's the point? In the end, we still have to fight for it."
King Jing said uncomfortably: "Mother, all this arguing..."
"Don't say you don't care." Concubine Lu interrupted him, "Go ask those old people how the princes are doing. Can you bear that kind of loneliness? Ordinary people can get a pass to travel far away, but it's a luxury for the princes to even leave their fiefdoms."
King Jing closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Mom, I really don't want to fight."
"You were fooled by Prince Yu's attitude, right?" Concubine Lu Jing smiled. "Prince Yu may seem dull, but your uncle has a good eye. If he is really dull, do you think your uncle can build momentum for him?"
King Jing certainly knew that Zhu Laosan was not as innocent and dull as he appeared to be.
"He can make plans for Prince Yu and build momentum for Prince Yu, so why can't he do it for you?"
"I'm the fourth one!" Zhu Laosi smiled bitterly.
"Your father loves you the most." Concubine Lu Jing said, "Your cousin knows all about this. He is building momentum for Prince Yu, not because he likes Prince Yu..."
This cheerful woman's eyes were filled with shrewdness. "Your Majesty has lived in Xiyuan for a long time. People only know Prime Minister Yan, the literati, and Confucianism, but not Zhu. Over time, the emperor's authority has disappeared. It was fine when Your Majesty was here, but once Your Majesty... who will the world regard as the master of this Ming Dynasty?"
"It's the literati! It's Confucianism!" Concubine Lu Jing whispered this sentence that shocked many people, "So, your cousin took Prince Yu to the north to build momentum for him and show the majesty of the royal family. This is what your father wanted, and your cousin just followed the trend. Do you understand?"
King Jing remained silent.
But his eyes were a little scattered when he looked at the medical book.
I couldn't read a single word.
When the victory report came, it was learned that Zhu Laosan was fighting in the northwest, leading the troops at Luanling Pass and killing several enemy soldiers. At that moment, King Jing admitted that he was jealous. Not only was he jealous, but he also fell into an inexplicable emptiness and confusion.
He felt like a wandering ghost, not knowing why he was alive, floating around the palace. Until this moment, he was awakened from his confusion by Concubine Lu Jing's words.
Am I jealous?
King Jing never believed that he would be jealous of anyone!
Even if he’s my uncle!
He asked himself.
Yes!
I'm jealous.
"You have been aloof and arrogant since childhood. This is exactly the same as your father."
Concubine Lu's voice kept coming, "Your cousin can build momentum for Prince Yu, why can't he do it for you? It's not because Prince Yu is the eldest, but because... Prince Yu has a simple background."
King Jing looked up at his mother and said, "My cousin is not that kind of person!"
"He is not that kind of person, but that is him." Concubine Lu Jing said something awkward, "He is him, your Majesty's cousin is your Majesty's cousin, don't you understand?"
Concubine Lu Jing sighed. How could King Jing not understand? He turned his face away and said, "Mother, you overestimated the Lu family."
"It's not that I overestimated the Lu family, but the group of people behind the Lu family, the group of nobles and relatives!" Concubine Lu Jing's voice was knocking on King Jing's sensitive heart, "Don't you know your cousin's attitude towards the nobles? If he builds momentum for you, he will worry that the Lu family will become stronger and that the nobles will support you...
"Following the dragon, the rewards have always been the greatest. But how could your uncle make wedding clothes for those people?"
King Jing sat there and said calmly, "Mother, do you think that Lu can manipulate me at will? Do you think that I will accept anyone who wants to stand on my side?"
You misjudged me!
"Once you really embark on that path, everything will be out of your control." Concubine Lu Jing said meaningfully: "You have read history, have you ever seen a prince who was vying for the throne being picky?"
King Jing stood up suddenly, "Mother, you said a lot, but it's nothing more than asking me to... seize the throne from today on."
"This is a time for great things. You are arrogant and look down on others. If you go to your fiefdom... well, you can go back. But remember, go to Xin'an Lane tomorrow."
King Jing took his leave. After sending him out, Chen Yan came back and said, "Your Highness didn't seem to listen."
This son was too opinionated, so Concubine Lu could only smile bitterly. Chen Yan said, "Even if he goes to the fiefdom, as long as the queen is here, Your Highness still has a chance."
"Ah!" Concubine Lu sighed, "The third son seems to not care about the fight for the throne, but he is my son, the child who crawled out of my belly, how could I not know his temperament? He is too proud. Once he goes to the fiefdom, how can he accept the situation that is almost imprisoned? I am worried..."
Concubine Lu looked up with tears in her eyes, which scared Chen Yan.
"Miss."
"If you don't raise a child, you don't know the kindness of your parents. Now I know why my parents didn't shed a single tear when they sent me to the palace. It's not that they didn't feel sorry for me, but they couldn't bear to let me worry about me. Now..."
Concubine Lu closed her eyes and tears fell, "I'm worried that the third brother will die soon after he goes to his fiefdom!"
Chen Yan's heart was beating wildly, "My Lady, it shouldn't be that serious!"
Concubine Lu shook her head. "He is too proud and cannot stand setbacks. He seems to be calm, but he is actually suffering in his heart. Proud people have few friends and confidants, and no one to confide in. As time goes by..."
Ended in depression!
On the ninth day of the first lunar month in the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign, Prince Jing died in Prince De'an's Palace at the age of twenty-nine. He was posthumously named "Gong". He had no children, so the kingdom was abolished.
late at night.
King Jing stood outside the bedroom.
Staring at the starry sky in a daze.
I do not know how long it has been.
A eunuch came over.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has summoned me."
When we arrived at Yongshou Palace, there was a door between them.
"Are you at a loss?" The Taoist asked, looking at the memorial in his hand.
"No." King Jing replied.
"If you don't raise a child, you don't know the kindness of your parents. I know what you are thinking." Dao Ye raised his head, as if he was looking at his son through the door. "In my heart, you are all my sons. Do you understand?"
"Ok!"
"Hey! You, kid, I'm afraid you still don't understand. Go to Xin'an Lane tomorrow."
"Yes."
(End of this chapter)
