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Chapter 76 Power

Zhou Shuhe sighed secretly, and wiped away the tears on his face. The child really cried for a long time. The skin under the eyes was wet with tears, and then dried slowly. Now it feels rusty and wrinkled, not tender at all.

"Aniang..." he whispered, "Let me go out, I want to see my father."

He sat on the edge of the bed, his legs were too short to hang in the air, and his eyes were only on his own toes.

Zhou Shuhe sat side by side with him, with his hands on his sides: "Why? Do you want to save your prince brother?"

Sui nods.

"Then have you ever thought about what would happen to Chu Chengji if one day he found out that you were not His Majesty's biological son?"

The child around him flinched a bit, Zhou Shuhe resisted the desire to appease him, and continued: "He is the prince, if there is no today's incident, he will be the emperor in the future, any secret may be revealed, and anyone may have a relationship with you." Turning against each other, no matter what, you should first take everything into your own hands."

Sui Sui lowered his head and did not answer. Zhou Shuhe was always patient with him and did not rush him. He got up and poured a glass of warm water: "Drink some water to moisten your throat. A young boy cries like a drake's throat."

Sui Sui took the teacup, held it in his hand without moving, and after a while he said with his drake voice: "So, is it that A Niang went to frame the prince's brother just to keep everything in her own hands?"

It took a lot of effort for him to say these words, and finally they came out from the depths of his throat. After he finished speaking, he became more and more uneasy, and he closed his eyes and dared not look at her.

Zhou Shuhe wasn't angry either, and said with great interest: "Who told you that? Which palace man? Which teacher of yours? Or Chu Chengji himself? You couldn't have thought of it yourself."

"Is it right?" He suddenly yelled, his hoarse throat couldn't bear it, and he made a broken sound like a metal scratch.

In autumn, the yellow leaves are falling, and a stray dead leaf is blown by the wind, whirling and falling on the window sill.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Shuhe looked away, grabbed a stool and sat down, keeping an eye-level distance from Suisui.

"Since you talk to me with this attitude, okay, then I don't treat you as my son anymore, I just treat you as an adult like me, and I don't care if your heart is fragile or your brain can turn around. Let me tell you about this."

She broke away the child's small body that was trying to curl up, and asked solemnly: "Do you know what crime Chu Chengji committed?"

"It's... a serious crime of treason."

"Exactly, but the reason why he wanted to rebel was because Chen Changqing and Concubine Zhuang sent him dragon robes and was discovered by the Overwatch Council. Therefore, no matter whether he rebels or not, the emperor will punish him."

Sui Sui raised his eyes, with little teardrops hanging on his long eyelashes: "But I heard what Auntie and Auntie Chunye said, it was Auntie who let Madam Zhuang take the dragon robe and let the prince brother Out of that situation ... I just didn't know it at the time."

This kid is pretty good at watching and hiding things.

Zhou Shuhe had a headache and sighed: "Since this is the case, you should know that it is the emperor who punishes your prince brother regardless of the relationship between father and son, and it is Chen Changqing and Concubine Zhuang who want to use the dragon robe to force him to turn against him. This road is his own. Maliciousness and desires come from the heart. They originally wanted to do these things. I just made it easier for them to do things and helped them sort out obstacles. How can you make this matter Is the blame for that crime placed on me?"

"No! I'm not trying to make Auntie feel guilty, I just..." Sui Sui sobbed in panic, her little hands clenched the sheets under her body, "I just think this is wrong, you, you have eliminated the difficulty for Madam Zhuang and the others to do evil. , let them feel that there is no price to pay for conforming to their desires.”

He repeated again: "I don't think this is right..."

Zhou Shuhe was really surprised at this moment. In terms of right and wrong, good and evil, this is of course wrong, but her original intention was to get rid of these people, and letting evil thoughts grow was her way of doing things.

Such a small child can actually see it.

"Sui Sui, did you think of this yourself?"

"Yes……"

"Tell Aniang why you think so."

"When the teacher taught me the Three Character Classic, he mentioned Xunzi's theory that 'nature is inherently evil'. People naturally have bad thoughts, so they need to be educated to put shackles on bad thoughts. If these shackles are used to allow bad things to happen... that is also evil."

He was still picking at the bed sheet with his hands, and the fine fabric was wet and wrinkled by his sweaty little hands, but his speech became more and more fluent, and his eyes towards Zhou Shuhe became more and more determined.

"Aniang, you allow the evil thoughts of others to grow and grow. This is also doing evil, so I want to plead with His Majesty to let him not punish the elder brother of the prince. I want to redeem this evil thing."

Zhou Shuhe's upbringing of Sui Sui has always attached great importance to cultivating his personal ideas, and he is very happy that children have the ability to think independently, and they are not credulous or blindly obedient.Therefore, she was not surprised that the two of them would disagree one day, and even at this moment, she was still proud of being able to have such meticulous thinking at such a young age.

She concluded for him: "Do you think there should be no soil for evil thoughts to grow?"

Suisui's eyes lit up: "Yes! Does Aniang think this is right?"

Zhou Shuhe pulled a stool and sat down: "It's good that you have such an idea, Sui Sui, you are very smart, even better than what A Niang imagined."

With the child's more excited and joyful mood, she raised her hand to scratch his little nose, and said with a smile: "However, I still won't allow you to go to the emperor to intercede."

Sui Sui was taken aback: "Why?"

"If you want to be reasonable, it is because His Majesty is in a fit of anger. Not only is it useless to intercede, but you will be angered by him; if you want to be honest, it is because I will not allow you to go. You are the emperor."

"What? But I don't want to..."

Zhou Shuhe interrupted him gently: "There is nothing you don't want. You just said that you want a soil where malice cannot grow and grow, but you are just a child with no power and power. A child's 'wants' are all empty talk, even if you grow up He is nothing more than an idle prince when he grows up, so what qualifications does he have to talk about 'want'?"

Without waiting for Sui Sui to reply, she continued: "I am your mother, so even if you and I disagree, I just keep you here and don't allow you to do what you want. But if it's someone else, Your Majesty— —Or change someone else to be His Majesty, when you disagree, how will you, a child who confuses the royal blood, be treated? Have you thought about it?"

"..."

"So no matter what, you have to take everything into your own hands first. It's just that Sui Sui is still a child and has limited power, and I will help you."

"No..." Sui Sui's facial features wrinkled and murmured, "Aniang, you are sophistrying."

Zhou Shuhe shook her head, her tone today has always been gentle, but the more so, the tougher her attitude is, making people frightened.

"You're wrong," she said, "this isn't sophistry, this is power, and that's what I'm doing to you."

"Sui Sui, it's good that you have your own ideas. You must remember your original intention, and then work hard to change the palace, the court and even the whole of Daning to realize it."

"But first, you have to have this power."

The lights of the Tai Chi Hall stayed on all night, and when Si Shi was approaching, the emperor closed the file, his expression difficult to discern.

"What did Ji'er say?"

Qi Yu stood behind him, and said in a respectful voice: "His Highness Ji thought about his mistakes in the East Palace, and felt so guilty that he didn't say anything."

The emperor sneered: "Is it guilt if you don't say anything? I think he resisted the edict and refused to confess his accomplices!"

Qi Yu didn't reply immediately, but silently took a cup of soup from the newly promoted Yuqian Bingbi Yuan Xian, and handed it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, calm down, this is the immortal soup made by Lady Crane with medicinal pills and spirit water, which has the effect of prolonging life. It’s effective, you have to drink it while it’s hot.”

The emperor took it over, still perplexed, and glanced at him sideways: "I think you're looking at that traitor, what's the matter? This princeling has been pretending for a long time, and he wants to be imprisoned with Chen Changqing and his like?"

This time I said it was harsh, but in fact, whether it was cooperating with Chen Changqing or leading troops into the palace with Chu Chengji, the emperor himself was suspicious of these things, so he took the initiative to assign Qi Yu to test the prince.Such an easy-to-use eagle dog, even the emperor would not abandon it at will, this is just an angry statement.

But after sending him there, the emperor was completely unaware of Qi Yu's small actions.

Like a mirror in his heart, he calmly said "Your Majesty, calm down" and waited for the emperor's next words. Sure enough, he hesitated for a moment, and opened his mouth again as if he couldn't speak.

"Just now you said that the Ning family seemed to be involved in the prince's treason, is that true?"

When Qi Yu heard the words, there seemed to be grief and anger on his face: "Your Majesty has always treated the Ning family kindly for the empress dowager's sake, and also loved the concubine Zhuang very much, but they did such a rebellious act, even the dragon robe dared I have stolen it, I am really ashamed of my support for you and the empress dowager."

"Empress Dowager..." the emperor closed his eyes and said with a wry smile, "How can Ning Chan steal the dragon robe and send it out of the palace without being discovered? In this palace, only the Empress Dowager and Empress have the authority to govern the people in the six palaces." The Empress and Concubine Zhuang have always been at odds, and she has the King of Chu at her knees, so it is absolutely impossible for her to be involved in this matter, so only my mother can help Concubine Zhuang in her affairs."

Qi Yu was shocked: "The empress dowager is your majesty's biological mother, how could it be..."

"Her last name is Ning."

"His Majesty……"

The emperor waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say more: "You go and call He Jieyu, her recent elixir is very good, I'm getting sicker this time thanks to her, choose a good day to promote her as a concubine. "

Zhu Xuanyue should be in the alchemy room at this point, Qi Yu took the order to say yes, and found her in less than a moment.

In the past six years, Zhu Xuanyue has been supported by Qi Yu, and she has climbed from a mere picking girl to Jieyu's position, and she has also worked diligently for Qi Yu.The two had a lot of contacts, and the cooperation was very pleasant. It stands to reason that the relationship should be good, but for some reason, every time she saw him, Zhu Xuanyue would still feel a creepy sense of crisis. Relaxed and comfortable is completely different.

Now being caught by Qi Yu, Zhu Xuanyue's hair stood on end like a rabbit being stared at by a poisonous snake. She was afraid that she had messed up something recently and would be bullied by his soft voice. It wasn't until he heard that the emperor was looking for him that he breathed a sigh of relief.

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