The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Emperor Chengde finished his breakfast, looked at the food, and sighed, "Have you eaten?"

Although he didn't mention who it was, Eunuch Chen knew who His Majesty was thinking about.

"General Bai brought some white porridge, I drank some." Eunuch Chen stood aside in an orderly manner.

"I sent it to you. Have you eaten it?"

Eunuch Chen knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The princess has been crying all the time, and I dare not ask. But it seems that she didn't eat."

"Nonsense, she's pregnant, how can she just not eat? How can she just drink porridge?"

Emperor Chengde looked at the food on the table and lost his appetite instantly. "Pick up a few dishes that I haven't touched and send them to her. Tell her she must eat. How can a child be so difficult to manage? You can't hit her or scold her. Tell her she must eat. This is an imperial decree."

Half an hour later, Eunuch Chen brought it over as it was, "The princess said she couldn't afford it."

"Then leave her alone! I spoiled her. After a few beatings, she refused to eat and has a bad temper. No one should care about her."

"The Queen Mother seems to know. Aunt Cui went to see her. She brought some porridge and bird's nest."

"have eaten?"

"Ah."

Emperor Chengde was furious, "I have spoiled her, so she won't eat what I send her, right? You little girl, you may not be that old, but you have a big temper. By the way, what can Aunt Cui say?"

"Madame Cui said that the Queen Mother does not care about the laws of the country. If Princess Yi is at fault, she should be dealt with according to the law. If she is not at fault, Your Majesty, please do not forget her merits."

Emperor Chengde closed his eyes slightly and said, "Give me the food box, I will go and deliver it."

When he arrived at the Nei Ting Si where the prisoners were held, Emperor Chengde saw from afar that Bai Yimeng had written on the wall what he was going to do. When he got closer, he saw that it said: Bai Yimeng was here.

"You seem to be in a good mood." The old emperor poked her shoulder across the fence and said, "You are wrong to trespass into the Ministry of Justice.

Is it wrong for me to hit you? Bai Yimeng broke the lock with one hand and opened the door, "Your Majesty, would you like to come in and talk?"

Emperor Chengde walked in and said, "The lock is broken. I have to deduct it from your monthly salary."

Seeing her embarrassed look, he sighed, "I know you have been wronged, but if I don't punish you, I will be sorry to all the civil and military officials in the court. How can you send someone directly to the Ministry of Justice? The Ministry of Justice is a key military secret place. Take your hand away, I will apply medicine for you."

Bai Yimeng put his hands behind his back and said, "Your Majesty, have you asked the imperial physician? Hitting the palms won't move the fetus. Your Majesty, now you only want your grandson and don't want me anymore."

Emperor Chengde suddenly realized the source of her grievance and patted her head, "No wonder you don't even call me father anymore. Don't you want a father anymore?"

"I don't dare to ask for it. You don't love me anymore. I admit that I did this to save Prince Yi, but if you care about me, you won't hurt Prince Yi at this critical moment.

Prince Yi and the Crown Prince are brothers from the same mother, so there will be no overnight hatred between them. It's like my eldest brother wronged me and scolded me, I would be angry at most, but I would not hate him. "

"Do you really think so?" Bai Yimeng's answer surprised Emperor Chengde.

"Is not it?"

Emperor Chengde sighed a few times, gently hugged her shoulders, and looked at her hands again, "I thought you were that... just tell me what you think of the relationship between Prince Yi and the Crown Prince?

"What do you mean by that? Throughout the dynasties, the prince and the crown prince have always been in a competitive relationship. But I believe in Prince Yi, he won't do that.

To say something outrageous, given his intelligence, it's not that he can't learn strategies, but that he disdains to do so.

Your Majesty, do you know why he has been so depressed for such a long time? Is it really because of me? Maybe there is this factor.

But more importantly, it was to make things easier for the prince. After all, he was his elder brother. In fact, he could understand the prince. It was terrible to have a younger brother who could replace him at any time.

In order to make the Crown Prince feel at ease, Prince Yi was willing to be a useless person and an idle prince.

It would be fine if he really had no morals or talent, but Your Majesty should know that Prince Yi is brave and resourceful, and is not a waste.

Your Majesty, do you know how painful this is? On the one hand, he had to make his brother feel at ease, while on the other hand, he had to face his father's scolding every other day.

He just cherishes this family relationship, what's wrong with him?

Later, I came back. He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of the woman he loved, and also wanted to protect me, so he chose him to take on the position of the Ministry of Justice.

In fact, he didn't like the intrigues in the court. He said more than once that he wanted to take me back to the foreign land.

He said that his foreign land was beautiful and rich in resources, and that we would never starve to death if we farmed and drank tea.

But some people just don't go as planned and always cause trouble. In order to protect me, Prince Yi came into conflict with Prince Qi.

As for him and the prince, there is absolutely no such thing. Every time he mentions the prince, he gets sad and envies my brother for treating me well. "

Bai Yimeng stopped talking and lowered his head silently. "In fact, even the best brothers can have conflicts. For example, my eldest brother and I, he sometimes hits me for no reason. I don't dare to talk back to him, so I can only sulk alone."

Emperor Chengde understood and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, I got it. Stretch out your hand and apply the medicine."

"Can you ask someone to go to Prince Yi's Mansion and get me some clothes? It's a bit cold at night. And get me a few storybooks. It's so boring here." Bai Yimeng hung his head, looking as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Emperor Chengde looked at the padlock and said, "If you can escape, why don't you?"

"If the king wants his subjects to die, they must die. Don't just lock me up, even if you want to kill me, you don't need to give a reason."

"Look how aggrieved you are. You don't even call me father. You are getting more and more naughty as you grow older. I just hope you don't teach my grandson bad things."

"It's your grandson again. You don't love me anymore now that you have this child." Bai Yimeng sobbed.

Emperor Chengde felt a little regretful. Why did he bother with this annoying guy? "How can a mother compete with her child for favor?

Because I love you and spoil you, I will pay attention to your children. Don’t you, little girl, even understand this? Little Chenzi, help Princess Yi up quickly. "

Seeing that Bai Yimeng was still unhappy, Emperor Chengde squatted down to comfort her, "Don't cry, let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious."

"I want to eat meat buns."

"Okay, meat buns." He glanced at Eunuch Chen and said, "Why don't you go to the imperial kitchen and tell Princess Yi to eat meat buns."

Eunuch Chen responded with a smile and ran out.

Inside Chen'an Palace, Emperor Chengde looked at Bai Yimeng who was eating voraciously, "Go slowly, no one is competing with you for the food."

"I want to go to the Ministry of Justice to see the prince." Bai Yimeng put down the bun.

"The country has its own laws. He broke into the East Palace without permission and caused the Crown Prince to fall into a coma. Shouldn't he be detained?" Emperor Chengde handed her a bun. "Don't worry, I will investigate."

"I want to diagnose the prince."

"Don't mess around. You're pregnant, you can't take risks. As for the third brother, the innocent are innocent, so you don't need to get involved. Take it and eat it."

Bai Yimeng didn't say anything and didn't eat. "I'm full," he said and was about to leave.

"You ungrateful little bastard, I've loved you in vain. The prison of the Ministry of Justice is so filthy and it's not suitable for you to go there now."

"Not suitable now? Well, I'll take a break and go later!"

Bai Yimeng turned back and continued eating the buns.

Emperor Chengde sighed, "I'm telling you the truth, the third brother didn't suffer any injustice in there, he just had minor flesh wounds.

I know about the Crown Prince's affairs, and they have nothing to do with him. I just want to use him to lure out the culprit who provoked their brothers.

You sent someone to the Ministry of Justice to deliver something, so I naturally... suspect you. I beat you because you did something that disappointed me.

Can this matter be put behind us? Like you said, sometimes your elder brother would beat you for no reason, but you would forgive him. "

Bai Yimeng's tears fell drop by drop, and she shook her head vigorously, "I'm fine, Your Majesty can treat me however you want.

I feel sorry for the prince. He did nothing wrong, but was beaten and locked up for no reason, and had to bear the stigma of disrespecting his brother. How pitiful."

"I will give him proof later and clear his name." Emperor Chengde couldn't stand it any longer and coaxed him patiently.

Bai Yimeng raised his eyes to the outside world and said, "Your Majesty, my daughter-in-law still loves him. He doesn't like the court, and he stayed so that my daughter-in-law would not be wronged.

But only today did my daughter-in-law know how much he had sacrificed. I don't want this to happen, why don't you dismiss him and let him go with me.

I will take him back to Wan'an Valley. I don't want him to suffer any injustice."

"What nonsense! Stop crying! It's not good for your health and it may upset your baby. I understand. Go back first and I'll take care of something."

"Has your majesty approved it?"

"You are young, and I am not the same as you. I will pretend that I did not hear you, and you are not allowed to say it next time."

Emperor Chengde was shocked. He could see deep boredom and separation in Bai Yimeng's eyes. His heart sank, and he lowered his head and pretended not to see it. "Little Chen, send Princess Yi back home."

The old emperor had treated Yuwen Ji like this before, and Yuwen Ji never got angry about it.

After a long time, he got used to it, used to letting Yuwen Ji be the sacrifice.

After hearing what Bai Yimeng said, he seemed to realize that he was indeed not sorry for his son at all.