The Adventures of the Crying Princess

After all, the funeral of the crown prince was a national mourning, and marriage should have been banned. However, Emperor Mingde, out of his disappointment with the crown prince, did not ban folk entertainment, and weddings and funerals continued as usual.

The Empress and the Empress Dowager fell ill due to the death of the Crown Prince, but Emperor Chengde held on for the sake of state affairs.

Seeing that Yuwen Ji attended the morning court these days, the emperor felt a little hopeful.

After the morning court session, Emperor Chengde kept Yuwen Ji and said, "Cheer up. You are my only son now. Third brother, I heard that your second brother hanged himself." The emperor closed his eyes and seemed to have aged by a dozen years. "I have lost two sons in one month. Third brother, you must cheer up and don't make me sad again."

"Don't worry, Father. I will never make you worry."

Emperor Chengde's meaning was roughly: If you have made some achievements recently, I can make you the crown prince.

Yuwen Ji said: I am in good health and will not die for a while.

Emperor Chengde saw that he could not convince his son, so he threw him a memorial and said, "Someone has reported you, questioning your clique and your selfishness, and also said that your princess is not dignified and virtuous, and is not worthy of being a royal daughter-in-law.

You may have ignored these things in the past, but now you can’t ignore them anymore.”

Emperor Chengde stared at Yuwen Ji, waiting for his reply. Yuwen Ji did not sleep well last night, and fell asleep while standing.

The snoring sound came, and Emperor Chengde almost fainted, "Yuwen Ji, did you listen to me?"

"Father, your son is here." He yawned and tried hard to suppress his sleepiness.

Emperor Chengde frowned, "I know you don't like to hear this. But how can you be the crown prince when you look so careless?"

Yuwen Ji knelt down and kowtowed, "Father, you have a grandson, when he grows up you can naturally make him the crown prince.

My son will always be the Prince Yi. If you think my son has done something wrong, just strip him of his title. My princess is not in good health. Father, please forgive me and I will take my leave."

Yuwen Ji was about to leave. Emperor Mingde was furious and threw the inkstone at him, "Yuwen Ji, come back here."

"Father, you don't like your son anyway, so why do you have to suffer for me?" Yuwen Ji knelt down and kowtowed, "Forming a clique for personal gain? Do you believe it? In the whole court, apart from the Ministry of Justice, who else is close to my son? The Bai family is now clean and self-disciplined. Apart from the children, they don't even come to the door of my Prince Yi's mansion.

You say I am forming a clique for personal gain? Doesn't your father find it ridiculous? This is how my princess behaves, and I dote on her. Your father doesn't like it, so I won't come to the morning court tomorrow."

Emperor Chengde was furious, "Is that what I meant? I just hope you can behave properly, otherwise how can I make you the crown prince?"

Yuwen Ji took off his hair crown and said, "If it embarrasses my father, I will not be a prince. We will move out of the palace tomorrow."

After saying this, he kowtowed and left.

Eunuch Chen was terrified, and hurriedly held the hair crown and chased after Yuwen Ji to return it, "My Lord, His Majesty has been in a bad mood these days, you should just accommodate him, why do you have to go against His Majesty?"

Yuwen Ji was very disappointed with his father's attitude. He looked down at the hair crown in Eunuch Chen's arms and shook his head. "I have made up my mind. The seal and waist badge will be delivered later. Since the emperor doesn't like me and the princess so much, there is no need for us to stay in the capital and get in the way.

Because it was said in anger, the voice was inevitably a little loud, so Emperor Chengde naturally heard it clearly, "Stop messing around, get in. You are so old, but you still have a temper, do you still want me to coax you?"

The emperor was angry, but he had no choice but to do so. If he really drove away Yuwen Ji and his wife, Daxing would be in chaos.

The Bai family seemed to have no dealings with the Prince Yi's Mansion, but with just one word from Bai Yimeng, the three Bai brothers could leave the capital. By then, Daxing would be hopeless.

Eunuch Chen whispered and persuaded for a long time before Yuwen Ji walked into the hall.

Emperor Chengde sighed, suppressed his anger, took the hair crown from Eunuch Chen, and put it on him. "I just asked you to be more careful, I didn't say anything to you, why react so strongly? Could it be that I can't scold you now?"

"My son knows that his position in the emperor's heart is not as high as that of my elder and second brothers. After the two elder brothers left, you felt that your son was not as good as them, and you looked down on your son even more.

No matter what my brothers do, you always teach them patiently. But you never give me a good face. I feel uncomfortable. "

When the King of Qi hanged himself at this time, Emperor Chengde would inevitably suspect that Yuwen Ji was behind it. Otherwise, there would not be any "forming a clique for personal gain".

The so-called clique for personal gain was a false accusation, which anyone with a discerning eye could see. In fact, Emperor Chengde was secretly plotting against Yuwen Ji and recruiting assassins to murder his brother.

This matter can be big or small. If I directly explain it, it will seem like there is something fishy going on.

It was even worse not to explain. Yuwen Ji could only make such a scene, on the one hand to suppress his grievances, and on the other hand to make it clear that he could never do that. Then he turned the tables and accused the emperor of partiality, and the matter was considered a success.

"Okay, you're already a father, but you're still throwing a tantrum. I think you've been with monkeys for too long, and you're like a child." She wanted to say like a monkey, but then she swallowed it when she remembered that this was her son.

"Father, I don't know who framed me. But think about it carefully, if I had formed a clique for personal gain, I wouldn't have been bullied like this for so many years." He said that it was the prince who bullied him, but this was not difficult to guess. Anyone who could bully the prince must be more powerful than him.

Emperor Chengde nodded slightly. He had heard a lot about the past of the three brothers and also knew about the grievances that his son had suffered in the past.

On second thought, it seems to make sense. With Yuwen Ji's ability, if he wanted to seize the throne, there would be no chance of him becoming the King of Qi.

Perhaps he had let go of his suspicions, so Emperor Chengde asked Eunuch Chen to go to the imperial kitchen and cook a few dishes that Bai Yimeng liked. "Have breakfast with me first, and I'll take them back to your wife later."

"Thank you, Father."

"What are you thanking me for? This is what father and son should do. By the way, is your wife in a better mood recently?"

"She's still the same, neither good nor bad. She always likes to be alone and in a daze. This is also the reason why my son doesn't want to stay in the capital. If she stays in the capital, she will always think of unhappy things."

Emperor Chengde shook his head. "You are a prince, you cannot leave the capital without permission. You are my only son now, you cannot ignore me. Everyone in the court is watching."

Seeing that Yuwen Ji repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to take his wife away, the old emperor became very nervous.

After breakfast, Yuwen Ji returned home. Bai Yimeng was still sleeping. Yuwen Ji picked her up and kissed her. Seeing that she was not awake, he rubbed her face with his beard.

Being woken up in this way while sleeping soundly, he seemed a little unhappy. He bit Yuwen Ji's face and said, "Don't bother me, go and do your work."

"Wake up and don't sleep. I will take you to the lake later. Take Ping An and Xi Le with you, and the three little ones will stay behind to look after the house."

"Let's take them all together. The three little ones are grown up now, and I don't want them to think we are treating them differently. I'll call my sisters-in-law and ask them to bring their children too. It will be more fun if we play together."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Little Princess, it's time to eat. Can I feed you?" Yuwen Ji came to Bai Yimeng's mouth with a piece of pork belly in his mouth without her noticing.

The skin of meat rubbed against her lips, and the oil flowed into the corners of her lips. The little greedy cat took a bite, closed her eyes and bit it, pulled it, opened her eyes, and smiled and greeted it.

"Is it tasty?"

"Everything the prince feeds is delicious." She chewed the food with a smacking sound, but her eyes were fixed on his face.

"Little greedy cat, eat more. When you are well, I will eat you well."

Bai Yimeng knocked on his head and said, "Don't say that. How can you be a son of a good family and yet you say such sour words? It will only corrupt the children."

"The children are not here, only my child is here." Yuwen Ji is not a lustful person. He puts on this look just to make Bai Yimeng say a few more words.

Seeing him pick up another piece of meat, Bai Yimeng felt something was wrong and pinched his face, "Tell me, who did you learn this from? Did you go to some dirty place behind my back?"

People who practice martial arts have strong hands. Although Yuwen Ji is not delicate, he is also a spoiled prince. How could he bear it? He begged for mercy again and again, "Princess, you are innocent. It's what your eldest brother wrote in the notebook. I can't go to those dirty places. Let go, my face hurts."

"Don't play with my brother anymore, he's such a mean guy..."

"Who said that you are being mean? Are you itching for trouble?" Bai Yinan's voice came from outside the door.