Greetings, Ninth Uncle

family? Li Chengjing's face was calm, and his eyes looked deeply at the emperor: "But Your Majesty, not long ago, you ordered the death of the Yang family, confiscated the Yang family's property, and never reused Yang Fucheng and Yang Shilong. Even the Yang family's niece, the Dou family. , have been deprived of the title by your decree and demoted to a commoner. You are so heartless towards the niece of the Yang family, why do you think of the family's affection when facing Empress Yang?"

The emperor was annoyed by the question, frowned and said: "Presumptuous. How can the Yang family and the queen be confused? The Yang family controls the state affairs and disrupts the state, and of course it should be cut off. But the queen married into the royal family and served me for many years. How can you disregard the Queen's years of hard work and shake her position as the Queen's wife because of the Yang family's affairs?"

Li Chengjing has been listening quietly, his hands clenched into fists unconsciously, blue veins bào. After all, it was a couple who had been married for nearly 20 years. Even if the emperor didn't like Empress Yang very much, but after all, she was his own woman, the emperor still couldn't bear to make her too awkward.

What about him, what is he?

Li Chengjing couldn't help mocking in his heart. How ridiculous, because the emperor has not abolished his crown prince position for many years, Li Chengjing has been moved and full of pressure these years, and he has always restrained himself by the standards of the prince, and has never slack off for a few years. However, when he was about to fulfill his original promise to his mother, his father, his monarch, denied all his efforts in one sentence.

The emperor said he was unkind. Inhumane, this is a fundamental denial for a prince. It has nothing to do with ability, and you don't even need to work hard anymore. As a prince but not benevolent, there is no need to work hard.

Li Chengjing's feelings for the emperor over the years have been tangled and complicated. For his father, he was naturally eager, and there was a lot of pressure from the foreign court, but the emperor always insisted on making him the prince. Li Chengjing was very grateful in his heart, and he did not dare to slack off. But from the point of view of his son, he has a grudge against the emperor.

If it weren't for the emperor's inaction, he would not have been left out, Empress Zhong would not have died innocently, and the Zhong family would not have been destroyed.

For years he had been so grateful and resentful, longing and restrained. It is also for this reason that he refuses to be called the emperor's father.

It's awkward because you care. Just like Cheng Yujin, she didn't care at all, whether it was the Cheng family or the emperor, all kinds of titles came when she said it.

Now Li Chengjing felt a piece of coldness in his heart. It turned out that the father's love he had longed for for many years but was afraid to approach was just a phantom he imagined.

In the emperor's heart, he or Empress Yang is just a symbol. As the emperor's son, he must work hard for the emperor. The emperor said that if he should stop, he must stop the hatred between himself and his mother for many years. The emperor eradicated Empress Yang's family, and finally asked Empress Yang to be a good wife honestly. She couldn't hold grudges because of her family, and she couldn't be slack in managing the harem because she had no hope.

He, Yang family, Empress Yang, nothing compared, they are nothing but tools of the emperor. Everything they do must satisfy the image of the family and the court in the emperor's mind.

In the emperor's heart, he himself is the center of everything. Everyone should have no emotions, use it for him, and accompany him to play the drama of the king as the minister, the father's kindness and the son's filial piety.

He actually longed for the emperor to have feelings for him and guilt for Empress Zhong. Really naive and funny.

Li Chengjing's heart became cold, and his tone slowly revealed a chill: "Your Majesty now takes care of the relationship between husband and wife, what about my mother? She is also His Majesty's wife, so she died in vain?"

"Presumptuous!" The emperor shouted and slapped the table hard. The eunuchs serving both inside and outside knelt down one after another, not daring to let out the air. In the Qianqing Palace, the needle could be heard for a while, and the emperor stared at Li Chengjing angrily, and Li Chengjing also stood straight all the time.

In the end, Li Chengjing did not admit his mistake, but raised his hand and bowed, and said, "My son retire. I hope Your Majesty will take care of your health."

Li Chengjing turned around and walked out of the Qianqing Palace. Behind him, he could vaguely hear the sound of slapping the table, and the flattering sound of the eunuch's constant persuasion.

He didn't stop, didn't even look back and walked out the door. After walking out of the Qianqing Palace, the sun shone down, making people dizzy.

After all, he and the emperor have come to this point, the monarch, the minister, the father and the son, are suspicious of each other.

In the first month of Empress Dowager Yang's death, the emperor slowly discovered that the original sense of supremacy, the original unchecked power, was so fascinating.

What the emperor wants to do, no longer need the consent of Yang Shoufu, where the harem wants to go, no longer need to worry about Empress Yang's face. Even if he doesn't have to endure with anyone anymore, he doesn't have to endure the respectful greetings to the Queen Mother Yang in the past 25 years, sooner or later.

In the former harem, no one could restrain him. The emperor gradually became addicted to this feeling of being in control, but his health was getting worse day by day, and the occasional headaches restrained most of his energy.

The emperor suddenly, like many old kings, began to long for immortality.

The second prince ran to the palace every day, greeted the emperor with warm greetings, brought tea and medicine. And Li Chengjing was a little stiff here.

The emperor has a headache and can't manage his affairs, so he has to do these things. The memorial will never be finished, and the daily emergencies and trivia emerge in an endless stream, and none of them can be delayed.

The emperor enjoys the power of the emperor in peace, but the responsibilities and obligations are all transferred to Li Chengjing. The second prince serves the emperor every day and performs his filial duties, and he is at ease as a filial son, while Li Chengjing has to handle government affairs and discuss matters with the courtiers. Every day is no more than night. Take the time to go to the Qianqing Palace to ask a question. It is clear at a glance which is light and which is heavy, which is close and which is sparse.