137 4.20
Chen Ning looked back at Dong Mingyi with a man's eyes. Dong Mingyi knew that he would not have the chance to look at her so close again in the future, and looked at her directly without hesitation.
She had married twice at least, and she was not very shy when facing his gaze. Instead, she turned her head and asked with a chuckle, "I heard you like me?"
Dong Mingyi laughed and nodded at her.
"Thanks."
Dong Mingyi's hand clenched his fists on the table tightened.
"But sorry, I don't like you, I love your father." Chen Ning said bluntly.
Dong Mingyi's throat slid and his mouth was dry, "I know."
"If it weren't for your father, I wouldn't have stayed in this palace at all. Even without your father, I wouldn't have fallen in love with you." Chen Ning did not talk about age or seniority, but only refused cruelly with an equal attitude.
"Is it... too late?" Dong Mingyi was undeniably stabbed by her truth.
"Isn't love like this? It's not like morning or evening, it's just right or wrong. Obviously, we are both wrong people to each other."
Dong Mingyi pursed her lips.
Seeing this, Chen Ning gave another dose of strong medicine, "Seeing the past friendship, I will tell you frankly that if I ask me to serve me and my son, I will not do it even if I put a knife on my neck. You understand my nature. If there is really such a day, I will die in front of you immediately."
"Enough!" Dong Mingyi stood up angrily, and he took a deep breath, "You don't have to scare me with these words. I understand what you said."
This child really liked her. Chen Ning sighed inwardly, but stood up and raised his eyes and looked coldly, "Since you understand, learn to give up and learn to let go. Don't do anything that makes everyone embarrassed." After that, she put her sleeves and raised her sleeves to leave.
Dong Mingyi stared at her back and called her as she walked down the pavilion, "Wait!"
Chen Ning stopped and turned around.
"...If I met you one step earlier than my father, would you look at you differently?"
Chen Ning thought about it seriously, and shook his head, saying, "No," she paused and added, "Your father... is my destiny."
Dong Mingyi's eyes were like a wave surging.
She left slowly, and after Eunuch Cao saluted Dong Mingyi, she hurriedly followed.
Staying away from the pavilion, Chen Ning said to Eunuch Cao: "Eunuch Cao, if you don't say something, don't say it to Your Majesty."
Eunuch Cao bowed his head and said, "I have just been far away and I haven't heard a word of truth."
Chen Ning smiled gently, the baby face of her age was not visible. "I still said the same thing."
Dong Yuheng heard Eunuch Cao’s report later, his expression was unpredictable.
At night, Dong Yuheng did not return to Chunxi Palace and slept alone in Qiankun Palace.
When the palaces heard the news, their minds were very different. The queen was anxious and Chen Ning was in a very complicated mood.
However, one of them was the third prince's biological mother, Concubine Yun.
Concubine Yun and Pei Qingning were a bit of a marriage, so Pei Qingning wanted to call Concubine Yun "Auntie". Occasionally Concubine Yun also asked Pei Qingning to sit there. After Pei Qingning became pregnant, she had seen her once. Seeing her depressed, she only learned about this secret matter. She knew that the eldest prince had an indecent idea of Chen Ning, and when she talked to Chen Jieyu, she learned that there was a sister named Chen Ling in the Shen family. She suddenly had an inspiration and came up with a poisonous plan. She deliberately told Chen Ling to Pei Qingning to know, and understood that she would definitely act impulsively.
As expected, Pei Qingning deliberately went to Changju Garden to torture Chen Ling, and then followed the flow of things!
The clams and cranes compete, and the fisherman gained benefits. The eldest prince and the second prince lost their emperor's will one after another, and her chances of being the emperor are the greatest.
Concubine Yun's smile became bigger and bigger.
But she didn't expect that the queen, who had not been sleeping all night, made a major decision for Dong Mingyi.
She asked for a meeting with the emperor before the emperor went to court.
"Tell the queen, what's wrong, I'll talk about it when I'm going to go to court." The emperor who was changing clothes said lightly.
"But the Queen said that there is an important matter to discuss with Your Majesty immediately." Wan Fu answered in embarrassment.
Dong Yuheng knew that she was coming for Dong Mingyi, and a trace of discomfort flashed in his eyes, but he still summoned her.
Meng Ya saw Jia and took a breath, "Your Majesty, I have two words, I want to say something to Your Majesty in private."
The emperor glanced at her and waved his hand to let everyone retreat.
The hall was quiet, and Dong Yuheng said, "The queen had something to say, so she said it."
Meng Ya bowed gently and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty summoned the eldest prince yesterday... I wonder how Your Majesty should make a decision now?"
The emperor pondered for a moment, "I plan to let the eldest prince be granted the title of Yizhou."
This is to exclude him from the crown prince! The queen's heart sank and she knelt down, "Please take back his life!"
Dong Yuheng said unhappily: "Queen, what do you mean?"
"I, I beg your Majesty to take back the order." Meng Ya bowed.
The emperor frowned, "I have made up my mind. The eldest prince has an idea of disobedient today, and will have a great deed tomorrow!"
"The eldest prince respects Your Majesty since he was a child, so he has no thought of disrespect for you! It's just that he was young and frivolous, and the imperial concubine saved his life, so he mistakenly regarded kindness as feelings. I believe that after another year or two, the eldest prince's backyard will be full, so there will be no such improper thoughts!"
Dong Yuheng sneered, "Why do I have to wait for this evil son for a year or two?"
Seeing that the emperor seemed to have made up his mind, the queen gritted her teeth and said, "I would like to use the position of queen to exchange for Your Majesty to give the eldest prince a chance!"
"What!" Dong Yuheng was shocked when he heard this, then frowned and waved his sleeves, "Absurd!"
"Your Majesty, I am serious."
Dong Yuheng glared at her, "As a country, you are the foundation of your relationship with the mother. How can you make such a joke? You will give in if you say you give in!"
"The position of the queen is both a state and a family matter. The eldest prince admires the imperial concubine, which is also a family matter." Meng Ya said, "I have already thought about it. I voluntarily pretend to die to leave the palace and let the imperial concubine become your queen with justification."
"You..." Dong Yuheng said helplessly, "I have no intention of blaming you for this matter. Even if I have appointed the eldest prince as the prince, you will still be the queen in the future."
"I don't care about myself, I just want to pity the eldest prince." Meng Ya shook her head, and then persuaded, "The imperial concubine is the queen, and the world is the proof. In this way, the eldest prince will definitely die completely." After all, the concubine and the queen are different. "Besides, your majesty, have you never thought of sleeping and dying with the imperial concubine?"
Undeniably, Dong Yuheng was moved by her sudden proposal. He made Chen Ning his queen and his wife...
Meng Ya was cutting off the firewood from the underworld. She looked at Dong Yuheng's face and continued, "I am not trying to threaten you to make the eldest prince immediately, but only want to get the eldest prince a chance. For both public and private, I believe that the eldest prince's efforts over the years, his character, and his intelligence are obvious to all. I am only asking Your Majesty to forgive the eldest prince for the descendants of the great country and the country. If you violate it again in the future, your Majesty, you will be punished again!"
Dong Yuheng really hesitated. He couldn't get rid of the word "chuan" between his eyebrows, and his hands behind him kept slighting.
"Your Majesty, because of your relationship with me for many years, I have never asked you for anything, so I agreed to me this time!"
It was of great importance, and Dong Yuheng still did not agree to her immediately. However, he kept thinking about this question and temptation while in the court.
In the next few days, Dong Yuheng summoned Dong Mingyi to the palace to accompany him, asked him to polish his pen and serve ink, accompany the hunting of the Nanshan Mountain, talked about the trend of the world with him, and talked about the elegance of calligraphy and painting.
This sudden move made the court officials faintly surge.
On this day, the emperor asked the eldest prince to enter the palace again.
When Dong Mingyi arrived at Qiankun Palace, Dong Yuheng was taking a break. Dong Mingyi did not allow Wan Fu to come in and inform him, and only waited outside with his servants.
After about two quarters of an hour, the emperor's lazy voice came from inside, "Have the eldest prince not arrived yet?"
Wanfu immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince has been waiting for a long time."
"Let him come in."
Dong Mingyi then came in to pay his respects and put dragon boots on the emperor himself.
The emperor instructed the palace maids to bring two dishes of snacks, sat on the couch and took a bite, took out a roll of cowhide map, and let Dong Mingyi sit down and watch together.
This is the border map of the Haiguo border sent by Huangling.
The father and son studied the naval and shipbuilding situation of the great scenery for a while, and Dong Yuheng pointed to the sea line and drew a circle, "I hope this area is all the land of the great scenery."
Dong Mingyi pondered for a moment and said firmly: "My son must serve the father and the emperor to help him achieve his wish."
Dong Yuheng looked at him, curled his lips lightly, pointed at the snacks, "Eat."
Shen Ning was also strange about Dong Yuheng's behavior these days. Although he came back to Chunxi Palace at night, he never said anything more to her. He turned his back on her and tossed her over and gave up.
But based on her understanding of him, the frequent Xuanzhao Dong Mingyi's behavior was too strange. She also heard that the queen had gone to Qiankun Palace early in the morning to meet him. The two of them had a secret conversation for a long time.
This secret talk is important enough to influence Dong Yuheng's decision.
She really couldn't imagine it, and she was a little uneasy.
She decided to ask him to tell the truth tonight, but she heard the eunuch of Qiankun Palace invite him, "Your Majesty said that the moonlight is so sensuous tonight, so I would like to ask the imperial concubine to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the moon together."
Is there such leisure and leisure? Could it be that I have made a decision?
Chapter completed!