[Comprehensive] It is not easy to be abandoned

From a very young age, Zhu Youtang knew that he was a taboo, a secret that no one in the Forbidden City dared to tell, and a secret that no one dared to know.

He is the third son of the current Holy Majesty, and even for a long time, he was the only heir of the royal family.

But he is also a thorn in the side of Concubine Wan Gui, who is called Concubine Concubine but is actually the lord of the harem.

By his side, there were no attendants, no companions, even his mother, who always looked sad, with helpless eyes, as if the whole sky was gray and there would never be a sunny day.

But he was lucky again.

I heard from my mother that if there was no mother, there would not be him in the rainstorm in July.

Fu'er also told him that at that time, his mother had been exhausted and unconscious, and her personnel affairs were unknown. It was the mother who brought him into this world forcefully, and it was the mother who secretly planted beans, ground the pulp, and sent them over and over again to raise him. As a chicken, he saved the eggs one by one, planted fruits and vegetables, and gave the newly picked ones to his mother for confinement, but he secretly ate pickles for more than two months.

I heard from my mother that if there was no mother, in July of the next year, before eating the bowl of birthday noodles, he might have been taken to Zhaode Palace by Zhang Min who was ordered to come here.

A long time later, when Zhang Min became his companion, he asked, and he never forgot those eyes full of gratitude and admiration.Therefore, he kept Zhang Min and trusted him all the time.Just because the empress told him that a person who does not forget his roots, knows how to be grateful, and knows how to be loyal, is a person who can be assured.

He already had a vague impression of bigger things.Every time Wan Guifei searched the palace, the empress hugged herself and carefully hid him. Then, she stood in the yard and calmly let Wan Guifei sneer and bully her wantonly. At that time, he would hold a small fist, He made up his mind that when he grows up, he will not let the empress suffer like this again.

However, year after year, he was still the child hiding under the protection of his mother.

I still remember when I was six years old, when I saw my father for the first time, he put on the prince’s clothes and lived in a big and beautiful house. He happily wanted to find his mother, but his mother held her in her arms with tears in his eyes: You Tang, from now on, don't mention your empress again.

This is for the good of the empress.

Also, the empress's mind.

Just these two sentences made him swallow all his incomprehension and reluctance, and obediently nodded in response, but the fists in his sleeves were still clenched: the child must be not good enough, otherwise, how could the empress leave him?

So, he studied hard and worked hard, and his father praised him with satisfaction, "Xiao Zhen is very good"; Let go of your worries and smile.But he would always secretly think, would he be happy for himself if he were a concubine?Do you also think that he is really good?

It's a pity that the empress still stayed in the cold palace, guarding that remote and ruined courtyard alone.

Thinking of this, he felt extremely frustrated.

He was looking forward to seeing his mother again every day, looking forward to her tenderly stroking his head and smiling, looking forward to puffing up his chest and telling everyone that his mentor, the most important other woman in his life-his mother, his next of kin.

But he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly and be so caught off guard.

When the Empress Dowager Zhou told him that Concubine Ji Shu had left, he hadn't reacted for a long time. Concubine Ji Shu...mother? !Gone, what is Gone, yesterday, she was eating with her, put a chopsticks of steamed meat in his bowl, smiled and persuaded him to eat more, but today, she came to tell him that he no longer has a mother...

Facing the guilt-ridden eyes of his father and the pitiful eyes of his grandmother, he didn't cry or make a fuss.

However, in the nights when waking up from nightmares again and again, Youtang hugged his knees and curled up at the corner of the bed, staring at the dark room in a daze, biting his lips to prevent himself from crying, and only shouted in his heart over and over again: Empress, empress...

Baby, it's just you.

When he saw his empress again in Renshou Palace, when she was really smiling and sitting at the other end of the desk, watching him practice calligraphy and reading, Youtang only felt at ease, extremely at ease.

It was also at that moment that he suddenly remembered that year in the side hall of the cold palace, the candles that had died out one after another, and the weak, only one left.

Don't give up on yourself because of hopelessness; don't doubt yourself because of others' denial.

After a long time, he has ascended the throne as the emperor, and the former Taifu resigned in old age.At the farewell banquet, the Tai Tu suddenly asked: "It is a great fortune in my life for an old minister to have the honor to teach the emperor to solve doubts."But, can the emperor solve the old minister's doubts for many years?

Over the years, not only the old matriarch, but also the former mentor and the bachelor who gave lectures in the cabinet have all asked insinuatingly, but he always smiled and didn't answer.But at this moment, he wanted to talk, so he chatted with the old master about that lesson, the first and most important lesson in his life.

I still remember that the old Taifu was in tears, got up staggeringly, bowed to leave, and said repeatedly: "So it is so, it is so, it should be so..."

This is true.

When Concubine Wan Gui died of illness, within a few months, his father followed him; when he walked into the Fengtian Hall and saw the officials kneeling at his feet proclaiming Long Live, what he thought of was only the oath he had hidden in the cellar when he was a child :

Empress, from now on, the baby will never make you suffer again.

The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to honor his deceased mother and the empress who lived in the side hall of Renshou Palace.

About my mother, I can feel free and easy, but my mother...

Your Majesty, the late emperor is still alive, so where will the empress dowager be placed by the emperor's actions?

Concubine Wu De was deposed by the late emperor, if the emperor insisted on doing this, wouldn't he disobey the late emperor?

There is a new funeral in the world, the emperor should take the common people's life as the most important thing, and must not cause troubles, if it stirs up turmoil, wouldn't it be...

All the ministers knelt down passionately and filled the Qianqing Palace, even the emperor's grandmother tried to dissuade him, telling him explicitly or secretly that he should not do anything.

If you can't do everything, then don't do it, why come Wan Guifei?How could the empress have been wronged and humiliated for twenty years?

Yutang smiled lightly.

His mother, not his own, is better than his own, and deserves the best and the highest glory.Holding a vermilion pen in hand, Youtang pondered for several days, and finally wrote down the word virtuous on the first edict.

When he saw her sitting in the main hall of the Compassionate Peace Palace, smiling and pulling him to sit next to him, on the table was a plate of steaming spring pancakes, Youtang felt that this was the most satisfying moment for him in the past 18 years up.

Empress, why don't you stop me?

As long as it is a decision you have made after careful consideration, the empress will not stop you.

He kept in mind every word the empress had said, benevolence and filial piety are the most important, you are the son of heaven, the son of heaven is also the son of the common people in the world.

However, when he became the lord of the world in the hearts of the people and the sage hero in the mouth of all officials, why did the heavens take his mother away?

Seeing that the empress on the sick bed is getting thinner and thinner, but the huge imperial hospital is helpless, Youtang wished to withdraw and kill all these incompetent quack doctors. A piece of driftwood made him plunge into it without hesitation.

Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager would like to see you.

Throwing down the elixir in his hand, Youtang rushed to the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

Youtang, the empress told you before that as long as it is what you are determined to do, she will not stop you.But now, I want to regret it once, okay?

The lingering illness has made the virtuous queen mother, who was gentle and graceful like water in the past, weak and weak. Only those eyes, as always peaceful, with understanding and compassion for the world, look at the emperor who has passed away and is growing in power. A little more gentle smile.

But the emperor, who was pointing the country and the country in high spirits, was sitting in front of the couch cautiously, the hand that was writing the world trembled slightly, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, explain something, but finally said something Yes, but only two words:

Niangniang.

When human life is at the end, it's time for the empress to survive until now.Baby, my boy, you won't disappoint your mother, I always knew that.

Even though the tears were already rolling in the bottom of his eyes, even though his heart was already so painful that he lost consciousness, he still endured it and nodded heavily in response.The next day, all the Buddhists and Taoists in the palace were dismissed, and even, following the Queen Mother's words, they searched various mansions.When he saw the accounts of many corruption and bribery led by Li Guang presented on the imperial case, Zhu Youtang sat straight in front of the imperial case, and never lost his mind for a long time.

Is this the truth that the empress wants to tell herself?

And the government and the public, following this vigorous and vigorous rectification, clearly showed the image of a school of incorruptibility and diligence.

Listening to Zhang Min, who is getting old, talking about Youtang's efforts to improve governance, the prosperity inside and outside the court, and caressing the people's homemade Wanmin umbrella, Namin slowly stretched out his hand and held Youtang's hand , A gentle smile came out: "If you have a son like this, in this life, you will have no regrets, no regrets..."

Youtang tightly held that skinny but still warm hand, just like in memory, lightly stroking his head, lightly patting his shoulder, lightly, but firmly, holding his own hand : Your Majesty, the greatest happiness for a child in this life is not to ascend to the throne, nor to be loved and admired by the people, but——

With a mother like this, there will be no regrets in this life.

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The virtuous Empress Dowager Wu, the wife of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, and the adoptive mother of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty.Not a few months after he was established, he was abolished because of the Wan family. He lived in the cold palace for ten years, helped the Empress Dowager Ji to give birth to a son, and raised Ming Xiaozong when he was young.

When Empress Dowager Ji died, she was granted the title of Concubine De, and raised Xiaozong in Renshou Palace for ten years.

He is dignified and elegant, and has great wisdom. The empress dowager has made great contributions to the safety of Emperor Xiaozong;The Empress Dowager is seriously ill, but she still doesn't forget to persuade Xiaozong's relatives to be virtuous and far away from sycophants.

——"History of Ming Dynasty: Biography of Empress Dowager Xiande"

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