Don't be clouded

Chapter 85

Ning Xi Palace is the queen's bedroom. It used to be solemn and solemn, but tonight it is as lively as a street market.

Lying on the couch was a seven or eight-year-old child, his eyes closed in pain, his face already gray and defeated.The empress with a full head of emerald greens was lying on the bedside, she seemed to have cried, her heart was dead ashes and her eyes were dull.Outside the gauze curtain was the Yuan Hui Emperor who was pacing anxiously, and a large group of palace people holding their breath.

Guan Chen was sitting in the east corner of the room, closing his eyes while knocking on the wooden fish, while chanting sutras.

Everything in the hall seemed a little calm and absurd.

"That's enough, don't read your Laoshizi scriptures anymore." Emperor Yuan Hui couldn't bear the endless sound of wooden fish ringing in his ears, and disregarded the ancestor's rules, he couldn't help but reprimanded the abbot of Xuanqing Temple.

Guan Chen put down the hammer as if he had no temper, stopped chanting, and opened his eyes to look over.

At this time, Emperor Yuanhui was more anxious than ever before, and he didn't know who he was talking to: "The people in the entire imperial hospital are all wrong, what's the use of looking for Buddha, he can save my emperor's son back!" Huh...Father really shouldn't have believed in any kind of Buddhism back then, but because he was obsessed with Buddhist scriptures all day long and ruined the luck of the heavenly family, today's children under my knees will wither like this.

"Retribution, this is the retribution passed down from the ancestors..."

Guan Chen looked inside through the gauze curtain, and the only prince under the emperor's knee had already stepped half a foot into the gate of hell, but the emperor himself was not worried about the child's illness at this time, but that there would be no successor to the throne.

The third prince has been ill for several days, and his condition is getting worse day by day.Even the sages in the imperial hospital are powerless to do anything about it, and even have their own explanations about the cause of the disease.

This incident happened strangely, so even Emperor Yuanhui had to temporarily pray to gods and worship Buddha, restraining his distaste and inviting Guanchen into the palace to chant sutras and pray for blessings from time to time.

However, the third prince's illness was not so sudden.

The Holy Majesty is now 34 years old, at the age of the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period. When he was still the prince, he had taken in many concubines, and after he ascended the throne, he has filled the harem.

Although there were many wives and concubines, Emperor Yuan Hui himself seemed to have no relationship with his children by nature.A total of six children were born in Qiandi, and then died one after another, and now only one son and one daughter are left.

The third prince, who was regarded as a treasure by him, was about to leave him. Emperor Yuan Hui really didn't care about the demeanor of the king, and was as irritable as an unopened beast.

When I was in a state of desperation, the queen mother came later.

Hearing the servants singing and drinking, Emperor Yuan Hui seemed to see hope and rushed out to greet him.

Before he came to the front, he asked loudly: "Mother! What method did you bring?"

The Empress Dowager has gone through a lot of ups and downs in her life, following the late emperor from a young age, overcoming obstacles all the way, and finally sat on the throne of the Empress Dowager.

Therefore, she was not as impatient as her own son, and did not answer immediately, but first walked into the hall to look at the emperor's grandson, and then with a tense expression, she pushed back all the palace people.Glancing at Guanchen, he hesitated for a moment and still didn't let him go out.

"Mother, speak up!" Emperor Yuan Hui seemed to have become a helpless child again in front of his biological mother.

The Empress Dowager finally spoke in a deep voice: "Someone call Mingwang into the palace."

"Why did you call him here?" The emperor was puzzled, "Isn't the queen mother thinking that this place is not messy enough?"

The Empress Dowager ignored it, but turned her head to Guan Chen and clasped her hands together, leaning over and said: "Master, thank you Xuanqing Temple for protecting the Ming family, and please continue to chant sutras, Master."

Guan Chen returned a salute.

Prince Xian came very quickly, and hurried to Ningxi Palace within the time of two sticks of incense.

"Why is it in such a hurry?" Prince Xian's voice stopped abruptly after he saw the child lying on the couch.

The queen mother sat in the chair and waved to him, "The Ai family and the emperor have something to discuss with you."

Ming Wang walked over and glanced at the monk in the corner calmly.

But Guan Chen noticed the gaze from the corner of his eye, and only shook his head slightly.

It seems that tonight he will be forced to listen to a royal secret.

Sure enough, when Prince Dai Xian walked up to the Empress Dowager, the old man finally let go, and said surprisingly: "Son, you have seen the situation now, our Ming family is about to have no successors, and the Empress Mother called you here to discuss with you... …The concubine is now pregnant with Liujia, and the imperial physician has diagnosed twins, which is a good thing for the prosperity of the offspring. Therefore, the empress mother thought, why not take Tao'er into the palace to be raised, what do you think?"

Tao Er is Ming Tao, the eldest son of Prince Xian.

Guan Chen immediately understood that the Empress Dowager wanted to snatch a son for Emperor Yuan Hui.

As soon as these words came out, almost everyone in the room was stunned.After a long while, Prince Xian said in disbelief, "Queen Mother, do you want my son to adopt Tao Er to the emperor's brother?"

Even Emperor Yuan Hui was dumbfounded, and looked at his mother in a daze.

The queen mother said calmly: "It's just for the time being. When your emperor's brother has his own son, Tao'er will still return to the palace, and he will still be your child. You and the emperor are blood brothers. Tao'er is also called the emperor's uncle, since he is an uncle. , it’s not too much for him to call him father from now on.”

When Mingwang heard the last two sentences, he couldn't help sneering, "My mother's words like this make Erchen feel that you don't look like Erchen's biological mother."

"Look clearly, speak carefully." Emperor Yuan Hui, who was next to him, was keenly aware of Prince Xian's disrespect, and reminded him sharply.

Prince Xian didn't pay attention at all, "If it's my son's biological mother, I can naturally understand my son's heart as a parent, so why do you let me go through the pain of giving up my son! In your eyes, son is actually a Is it a chess piece that can be hurt at will? Brother Huang is your child, am I not!"

The Empress Dowager finally showed a wave of volatility, and sighed: "The Empress Dowager is also thinking about the overall situation. The Ming family has only been around for more than [-] years, and it cannot be ruined by you and me."

"Shut up!" A hysterical roar came from the veil, and the queen who was so quiet just now almost had her eyes open.

"My son isn't dead yet! He's still lying here gasping for breath, you're cursing him to die!" The queen said with a sob in her voice, hoarse, "Your Ming family is cold-blooded, there are thousands of people in the world! Thousands of children, you can ask anyone to give you a surname, as long as the surname is clear, it will be used by you, but this is my only emperor! No one can replace him!"

The Empress Dowager frowned, Emperor Yuan Hui didn't expect such an accident, so he hurriedly called someone in to take the Empress down.

However, the queen clung to the edge of the bed and refused to leave. Even if she was dragged by the palace people, she would not let go. She mourned and said: "This palace is the queen of Daliang, and Ruier is the child born in October of this palace's pregnancy. There must be gods to bless you. Ze Shengshen. You can’t talk about the heir to the emperor here... Rui’er is the heir of the emperor, he is still alive..."

"Crazy woman, you are really crazy..." Emperor Yuan Hui was also furious, "I spend my time in front of the court every day, and I suffer from enemies. The prime minister was dissatisfied with me before, and Wan Liangao is now eyeing me. If Ruier is gone, I will be alone. What should I do without my son?"

He thought the gauze curtain was in the way, so he tore off a large piece and rushed to the queen.The majestic emperor bent down and pointed at the woman's face like a lunatic, "I ask you, what should I do if I am not a step-child! What should I do with Jiangshan Sheji, will you guard it for me!"

The queen was so yelled at that she couldn't speak, she could only shake her head and shed tears, looking like she was on the verge of collapse.

After their fuss, the child on the bed slowly opened his eyes. He was so tortured by the illness that he could not speak, and even lost all emotion. He just looked at his parents silently.

Seeing that they were all focused on venting their emotions at each other and didn't pay attention to themselves, they had no choice but to look away, and suddenly looked at the monk in the corner.

In the messy hall, only the monk was not affected at all, like a fairy Bodhisattva from outside the sky.Mingrui recalled that when Grandpa Huang was still there, he seemed to have brought him to meet such a monk and bodhisattva, whose words were always calm and soft.

At this time, he was extremely tired and in pain, and he didn't want to listen to what others told him to hold on, he couldn't hold on anymore, he just wanted to sleep well with sleepiness.

The monk stopped chanting, and smiled at him, Mingrui suddenly felt that the quarrels on the side became distant, and finally closed his eyes slowly.

The maid at the side was the first to notice, her legs softened and she sat on the ground, muttering: "The third prince has died..."

This is where the chaos started.

The queen didn't even have time to cry, she fainted in an instant, and Emperor Yuan Hui, who was furious a moment ago, suddenly fell silent, straightened up slowly, and just looked at the dead body of his child.

There was chaos inside and outside the hall.

The monk in the corner put down the hammer, but after standing up, he raised his head inexplicably and looked towards the roof.

Ji Bieyun, who was peeking on the roof, met Shang Guanchen's gaze suddenly, and was almost scared to get up and run.After realizing that this was Guanchen and not someone else, he gradually relaxed.

But I was still surprised, how did this monk manage to find his position all at once.Eyes on the top of the head or a tacit understanding with him?If he really had a good heart, how could he not guess what the other party was thinking?

Guan Chen just glanced at him, as if confirming his safety, and then looked away.

The palace was in chaos, no one would search on the roof, so Ji Bieyun didn't leave in a hurry.

Long after the two imperial physicians had left, he quietly sneaked up to the roof of Ningxi Hall, uncovered two pieces of glazed tiles, and lay down on the side to look down.

This farce was naturally noticed by Ji Bieyun.At this time, he was still deeply shocked in his heart. The Ming family, who are aloof and honored by the sky, are actually just like ordinary people, living a miserable life.A cowardly and selfish husband, a wife who loves her son but is helpless, and that cold-hearted mother.

So what does Guan Chen want him to see?

Audience students?But he doesn't practice Buddhism, so even if he came, he would just watch the fun.Or does it mean that if Emperor Yuanhui adopts a stepchild from Prince Xian, the government will also be affected?

Just when he was puzzled, he vaguely heard Prince Xian speak, and said to his mother: "I promised my mother, after all, Mingtao is also a child of the Ming family."

The author says:

Those who can get along well in the royal family are not purely good people, and of course those who can't get along are not necessarily good people, such as Emperor Yuanhui.Having said that, I want to write a series of articles in the next book, the protagonist is another emperor, and the cp is probably the one below the emperor and ministers (suddenly drawing cakes)