nyslfriends Chapter 415 Good Words Are Hard to Persuade a Damn Ghost
Chapter 415 Good Words Are Hard to Persuade a Damn Ghost
Xihe and the Crown Prince were in a dilemma: should they lie or tell the truth?
Lying is deceiving the emperor, but if we tell the truth, will my brother let them off?
According to her mother, her younger brother was a little devil. If things didn't go his way, he would throw a tantrum for three days and three nights, driving everyone to the brink of collapse.
Fu Guang had no such psychological burden. He went to the eaves and lay down on the rocking chair where his mother usually sat. He instructed Bai Ping, "Aunt Bai Ping, I didn't eat enough today. I'd like to eat some of the snowflake crisps you made last time."
The snowflake crisps were made by the Empress for the children. She gave them a method and recipe, and Bai Ping made them herself.
These words delighted Bai Ping, who happily agreed and went to fetch the snowflake pastries.
Fu Guang lay on the rocking chair like an old man, looking at the stars in the sky. Beside him, his younger brother was still acting out a tragic drama, even more heartbreaking than Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall. His older brother and sister were caught in a dilemma.
Shen Shixi immediately understood what was going on and said to the Crown Prince, "Tell the truth, and don't lie to your father."
The Crown Prince knew the gravity of the situation, but he couldn't help but defend his troublesome younger brother to some extent. "Third Brother really went too far, actually trying to hit Wang Shu! If Wang Shu hadn't quickly crawled under the table, he would have been hit!"
Xihe added, "My younger brother is still young, so he definitely has to sit with me and my older brother. My third brother said that we were sitting in the main seats and insisted that we give up our seats, which angered my younger brother."
Wang Shu cried bitterly, glancing at his father out of the corner of his eye. Seeing his father's cold face, he sobbed aggrievedly, "Third brother is so mean! He definitely wants to beat me to death and steal Father away!"
"He dares!" Li Yuanke roared.
Shen Shixi then said, "That's enough!"
It wasn't that she was magnanimous; she simply couldn't bear to see her youngest son in such a wretched state. She pulled him from his father's arms and said, "If you're so capable, go and take revenge yourself. What kind of hero comes back to complain about your father?"
Li Yuanke was furious. "What nonsense are you spouting? How old is he? How old is the third brother?"
He couldn't remember how old the third prince was, so he turned to Li Fude and asked, "How old is the Third Prince?"
Li Fude hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince is nine years older than the Twelfth Prince."
Li Yuanke said, "You brat! He's nine years older than Wangshu, and now he's twelve, yet he still bullies his younger brother! Guards, summon the Imperial Prison and give the third son a good lesson! Twenty strokes of the cane!"
The third prince bullied the twelfth prince and was beaten so badly that his skin was torn and bleeding.
When Consort Li learned of this, her heart was broken. She desperately tried to leave, but the Empress had ordered her to stay at home. Who would dare to let her out?
"Your Majesty, I beg you, please spare the Third Prince's life!"
Li Meiren's words startled everyone. The nanny quickly dragged her back into the palace, closed the door, and prevented her from leaving the palace.
Xu Meiren dared not act recklessly again, and every day she would worship Buddha in the side hall, which was filled with smoke all day long. Shou Tao had no choice but to kneel with her every day, and her knees were all bruised from kneeling.
At least Xu Meiren had a prayer mat to keep her from hurting, but she was kneeling directly on the floor tiles the whole time. How could she not be in pain?
As Xu Meiren chanted scriptures, she cursed inwardly.
I heard that Consort Li has acted recklessly again, and the Third Prince has been flogged. Consort Xu is terrified, and the fear she felt when she died in her previous life has returned. She hurriedly asked Shou Tao to help her request an imperial decree so that she could see the Sixth Prince.
Shen Shixi also felt that it was okay to let the mother and son meet, so she agreed.
When the Sixth Prince arrived, Consort Xu instructed him to stay away from the Third Prince and to befriend the Crown Prince if possible.
The sixth prince felt wronged. "Mother, I also want to befriend the Crown Prince, but he thinks I don't look like Father. He even said I look like a gorilla from Zoo, and like my uncle!"
Xu Meiren almost vomited blood. Her son looked like his older brother, but his older brother was still his older brother!
Consort Xu advised, "No matter what, you can no longer play with your third brother. Your third brother is not liked by your father, and if you stay with him, your father will also despise you."
"Anyway, Father Emperor dislikes me. Whoever doesn't dislike me, I'll play with them. My third brother never dislikes me." The sixth prince was quite depressed.
It's not up to him to decide who he looks like. Last time, after they went to the zoo, everyone said he looked like a chimpanzee.
The third prince said it was all his mother's fault for making him look nothing like his father. How could he possibly listen to his mother? He was incompetent and couldn't win over his father's heart.
While Consort Xu was searching for the Sixth Prince, the Eldest Princess was also reminded in Yichun Palace: "Eldest Princess, the Third Prince has been flogged by the Emperor, and the Fourth Prince has been playing with the Third Prince all along."
The eldest princess, who lived like a walking corpse, felt a little more alive after hearing these words and left the palace.
When the sun shone, she felt as if she had returned to the human world.
Upon arriving at Xianfu Palace, the Fourth Prince, Sixth Prince, and Eighth Prince came together to visit the Third Prince, who was currently campaigning against Wangshu.
The eldest princess came in to offer her greetings, but the third prince barely paid her any attention, and she was too lazy to bother with him either, so she called out the fourth prince and spoke to him.
"You shouldn't play with the third brother anymore."
"Why? We live together."
The main problem is that his third brother always gives him good food, but he doesn't like the Crown Prince and Xihe, so who does he play with?
The eldest princess threatened him, "Father doesn't like the third prince. He doesn't like anyone who plays with him. If you don't want to die, don't be with him."
The fourth prince was speechless. "Mind your own business! You make it sound so easy. If I don't play with him, who will? Mind your own business. Anyway, Father doesn't like me, and he hates you even more. Don't come looking for me again!"
After saying that, he was about to go inside when the eldest princess, furious, slapped him across the face.
The fourth prince was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses. Anger rose in his heart, and he lunged at the eldest princess. The eldest princess dodged, but the two siblings inevitably ended up fighting.
Although the eldest princess was older, the fourth prince was a boy who ate a lot and grew sturdy. The two siblings even fought to a standstill.
The palace maids and eunuchs separated the two, and the commotion continued in Qian Yuan Palace. Both of them were injured; the fourth prince had scratches on his face and neck, and the eldest princess had her eye bruised from a punch.
Li Yuanke didn't care and made the two of them stand facing the wall at the palace gate. People passing by couldn't help but glance at them. The fourth prince didn't care, but the eldest princess felt a long-lost sense of shame and couldn't help but cry.
She originally meant well for her younger brother; after their mother passed away, her brother was her only remaining family in the world.
But her brother didn't appreciate it at all.
The fourth prince felt particularly disgusted when he heard his sister cry. He didn't care who cared about him. He hoped that his third brother would become the crown prince and ascend the throne in the future, so that he could also enjoy the glory.
As for whether he would be implicated if the Third Prince failed, the Fourth Prince's limited mind couldn't think of such things at the moment.
When you make him face the wall, he keeps kicking it.
Li Yuanke asked Shen Shixi, "What about the eldest princess? Can't we find a way to marry her off? How old is she? What is she doing still staying in the palace?"
Shen Shixi then made her request, "Of course they have to get married. Besides, the Second Prince is not young anymore. The other day, Consort Xian said she would worry about choosing a consort for him. However, I'm busy with state affairs right now. How could I have the energy to worry about the marriages of your illegitimate sons and daughters?"
Li Yuanke laughed and came over to hug her. "If you don't want to work, just say so. Wangshu and Fuguang should go to school too. I've also thought about letting you rest. I'll handle the affairs of the court."
The key issue is that the Empress has been managing state affairs, but nothing has been done that should have been done. Preparations have been made in the Southeast, Yun Yue has arrived, and the Great Zhou Navy is ready to go, just waiting for the court to issue the order.