The whole world is waiting for my deposed empress

Three years later.

"His Royal Highness! Slow down!!"

A group of eunuchs and guards were chasing a five-year-old boy in a fine attire with a golden crown on his head.

Holding a small golden unicorn in his hand, Huai Yuan walked happily, leaving all his followers behind.

"Father! Father!!"

He stepped into Heyang Hall, and shot into Ming Feiqing's arms like an arrow from the string.

Ming Feiqing was discussing state affairs with two ministers, and was caught off guard by Huai Yuan's embrace.

After saluting to Huaiyuan, the two ministers smiled and said nothing. Ming Feiqing put down the memorial helplessly, and raised his hand to touch the top of Huaiyuan's head:

"Yuan'er, I have told you many times that Heyang Hall cannot be barged in like this."

His tone was gentle, not accusing, but just telling Huai Yuan that it was wrong to do so.

Huai Yuan held up the little golden unicorn and presented it to Ming Feiqing: "This is Yuan'er's birthday present to Father!"

Ming Feiqing was taken aback for a moment, only to remember that today is her 24th birthday.

Because Huaijin "died martyrdom", the national mourning lasted for three years in total.

In the past three years, everyone is not required to wear mourning, but large-scale banquets cannot be held.

It's not good to be too flamboyant.

Acting has to be real.

It has been three years since Ming Feiqing had a birthday.

But Huai Yuan remembered.

When he was four years old, he knew that he wanted to say "Auspicious birthday" to Ming Feiqing and send him a kiss.

At the age of five this year, I have learned how to give gifts.

Ming Feiqing's heart warmed slightly, and he took the golden unicorn.

This unicorn is carved lifelike, and the whole body is filled with gold, and the skin is inlaid with golden gemstones. When viewed in the sun, the light refracted by the gemstones makes people mistakenly think that the unicorn is shining.

Even the two ministers on the side were sighing that this is a treasure, and the little prince has a heart.

This golden unicorn is already exquisite enough to be a tribute from a foreign country.

Ming Feiqing was puzzled, where did Huaiyuan, a child not involved in government affairs, get such a thing?

Huai Yuan rubbed against Ming Feiqing's arms, and said coquettishly, "Does father like it?"

Ming Feiqing couldn't bear to pour cold water on him, and said with a smile: "Father is already very happy that you have such a heart."

Huai Yuan jumped up happily: "As long as Father likes it! A Yuan wants to have lunch with Father!"

Obviously he wanted Ming Feiqing to accompany him for lunch.

Ming Feiqing was willing to indulge Huai Yuan's small thoughts, so he asked the two ministers to step down first, and then asked Xichun to pass on the meal.

I didn't want those two ministers to walk out of Heyang Hall, and saw the Minister of Rites begging to see him outside.

Ming Feiqing heard that something was wrong with the voice of the Minister of Rituals, and thought that something serious happened, so he walked out of Heyang Hall in person, not noticing that Huai Yuan wanted to hold him back.

Outside Heyang Hall, the Minister of Rites and his seven-year-old son knelt under the steps, his son's hands were wrapped with gauze.

Ming Feiqing: "What's the matter?"

When the Minister of Rites saw the king, he choked up with sobs: "The ancestral golden unicorn in the family of the minister was taken away by His Royal Highness, and the queen is the master!"

Ming Feiqing: "...." He looked at the golden unicorn in his hand, "Is this one?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites nodded vigorously: "This is it. It stands to reason that the items in Weichen's house can be valued by His Highness, so it should be offered with both hands, but this golden unicorn is a treasure handed down by Weichen's ancestors, and it is more precious than Weichen's life." It's important!"

Ming Feiqing was extremely embarrassed, he glanced at Huai Yuan who dared not come out of the palace, and put on a straight face: "A Yuan, what's going on?!"

It was the first time Huaiyuan saw his father beating himself, his eyes turned red with fright, and then he told the truth.

The son of the minister of rites was accompanied by the prince, and the two had a very good friendship, because Ming Feiqing's birthday was approaching, Huaiyuan wanted to give a gift, but he couldn't think of anything new, so he asked the group of companions in the school to read idea.

The son of the minister of rites was too honest, even secretly brought out the ancestral golden unicorn, saying that gifts should be of this level.

Huai Yuan took a fancy to this golden unicorn, and mistakenly thought that the other party was giving it to him, so he wanted to take it away after thanking him. The son of the assistant minister didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to keep it for himself, so he naturally refused. Later, a fight broke out. To be precise, it was Huaiyuan who beat up the servant's son and took away the golden unicorn, which he used today as a gift to the Buddha.

Knowing the cause and effect, Ming Feiqing: "..."

He asked the servant of the Ministry of Rites to get up, took the golden unicorn in his hand to Tianqing, and asked Tianqing to return it to the servant.

The Minister's forehead was covered with cold sweat. It stands to reason that people from the royal family robbed his house. Even if he didn't like it, he couldn't say it publicly. Dare to bring his son to the queen to complain.

If Huaijin was still there, he wouldn't dare to seek justice for the Minister of Rites ten times.

But Ming Feiqing is different. In the past three years, he has supervised the country and governed the country with both toughness and softness. He is really a reasonable and fair decision-maker.

Only then did the minister of rites dare to sue the prince.

"Let the imperial physician take a look at your son's hands." Ming Feiqing said, "Go down first."

"Thank you Queen! Thank you Queen!"

The Minister of Rites took the golden unicorn and took his son away.

After they left, Ming Feiqing said to Tian Qing: "Go and ask the family law."

The royal family law will not change easily.

Huai Yuan cried on the spot: "Father, are you going to beat my son?"

Ming Feiqing didn't turn around to look at him, but asked in a deep voice: "Do you know that you are wrong?"

Huai Yuan was filled with grievances: "This world will belong to my minister one day, so don't the treasures of the servant's family also belong to my minister? I just want to make my father happy!"

Ming Feiqing turned to look at Huai Yuan whose face was full of tears, and found that he was so confident when he said this.

He was really a little angry: "Who taught you? Who taught you this robber's behavior?!"

Huai Yuan cried so badly that he couldn't answer a word.

At this moment, Tianqing brought a cane, Ming Feiqing took the cane, and grabbed Huai Yuan's soft hand: "Which hand did you use to hit him, and which hand did you use to snatch the golden unicorn?"

Huai Yuan: "Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Ming Feiqing slapped each of his hands four or five times.

In fact, it didn't take much force, but the child's delicate skin and tender flesh accidentally drew blood.

Seeing the bleeding, Ming Feiqing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't bear to fight again.

Huai Yuan cried so hard that he couldn't breathe, and began to retch, his little face turned red from holding back.

Ming Feiqing threw the rattan irritably, while patting Huai Yuan on the back, he sent someone to invite the imperial physician.

·

The news of the young prince's beating soon spread throughout the palace.

In the evening, Xichun entered Heyang Palace and said: "The Empress Dowager has gone to take care of the little prince."

Ming Feiqing nodded, without moving his eyes from the memorial.

In the past three years, the situation in Xiqin has been stable and all industries have flourished, all of which were approved by Ming Feiqing's ink pen.

Although Huai Yuan is the heir to the throne, he can't even read all the words, and Ming Feiqing is in charge of government affairs.

After three years, he has become very handy, and Xi Qin has gone from being quite critical to convinced.

His energy was limited, so it was inevitable that he would lose sight of the other, so he put down the memorial, sighed, and asked Xichun, "Did I not teach Ah Yuan well?"

Xichun: "Your Highness, do you think so? Children will inevitably be naughty sometimes, even the best teacher can't teach students who never make mistakes. Your servant knows best about your kindness to the little prince. "

Ming Feiqing lightly shook his head: "In the past two years, I have been busy with government affairs and neglected to educate him."

"...After the late emperor left, you are the only one to carry this Xiqin." Xichun poured a cup of warm tea and handed it over, "Your Highness has done a very good job."

Ming Feiqing took the tea and sighed: "The first emperor...he died cleanly, let me guard Xiqin for him, and guard the Huai family. Today is my birthday, and I still have to write these memorials. with."

At this time Tianqing ran in and said: "The Southern Kingdom has sent envoys to congratulate the queen's birthday."

Ever since Xiqin negotiated peace with the Southern Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom sent envoys to show their goodwill every now and then.

On the day of Ming Feiqing's birthday, the Southern Kingdom will definitely send envoys to bring birthday gifts.

Ming Feiqing asked the envoy to enter Heyang Hall to answer.

The envoy walked up to him holding an exquisite gift box in his hand: "My king wishes you all the best for your birthday."

Ming Feiqing raised a little interest, he opened the gift box, and saw a sapphire bracelet lying inside.

Sapphire is unusual jade, rarer than gold, only a certain mountain range in the southern country can be dug out, and it is very rare in the whole Qindi.

The only record about sapphire in the history books of Xiqin was 100 years ago, and it was written that sapphire was a national treasure in the south, and people who were not the most noble were not qualified to even look at it.

Ming Feiqing picked up the bracelet and put it on his wrist. The size was just right, it was tailor-made just for him.

"What does the emperor of your country want you to bring?" Ming Feiqing asked.

The envoy of the Southern Kingdom replied respectfully: "The king asked his ministers to remind him that the three-year period will come soon."

Bystanders could not help thinking that Nanguo was secretly warning Ming Feiqing that there would be war after the three-year truce.

Only Ming Feiqing knew that this sentence was just Huai Ziyu telling him: everything is going well.

Every year's birthday gift is Huai Ziyu's wish for safety.

In the first year, it was an ordinary gold ware, in the second year, it was a priceless jade ruyi, and in the third year, it was a national treasure jade bracelet.

Ming Feiqing probably guessed that Huaijin's position in the Southern Kingdom was as stable as a mountain, otherwise how could he easily give the national treasure to the queen of the enemy country?

He touched the bracelet, felt at ease, and was about to let the envoy retreat.

Suddenly a little eunuch hurried into the hall, knelt down and said: "It's not good, queen, the little prince suddenly has a high fever!"

·

When Ming Feiqing arrived at the East Palace, the Empress Dowager had just finished feeding Huaiyuan the medicine.

Huai Yuan's face was flushed red, and his hands were wrapped in white gauze.

Ming Feiqing walked to the bedside and wanted to touch Huai Yuan's forehead, but the queen mother opened her hand.

The queen mother was obviously blaming him: "You didn't show mercy when you beat him."

Ming Feiqing: "If he made a mistake, he should be punished. He knew how to rob people at a young age, how can he be a monarch when he grows up?"

Queen Mother: "What is robbing? The whole world will belong to A Yuan in the future. He likes the things of the courtier's family, which is the blessing of the courtier. Why do you want to rob?"

Ming Feiqing finally knew who taught Huai Yuan's rhetoric.

"You're only going to hurt him."

He could understand that the Empress Dowager felt sorry for Huai Yuan, but he couldn't have no bottom line like this.

"He is the grandson of the Ai family, and the Ai family will not harm him, unlike some people who treat A Yuan as their own on the surface, but are merciless in privately beating their palms."

Ming Feiqing: "..."

Xichun on the side muttered in his heart, if the late emperor was still there, would the empress dowager still dare to flirt with the empress?

The Shoukang Palace has indeed become more and more stubborn in the past three years. As soon as Huaijin "died", the Queen Mother stood up again. Not only did she want to teach Huaiyuan herself, but she also got in touch with the officials of the previous dynasty.

Ming Feiqing knew all this, and he didn't want to target the Queen Mother.

But there are no rules, he can only say: "If the imperial grandmother teaches Ah Yuan those crooked principles again, I have no choice but to prohibit Ah Yuan from going to Shoukang Palace again."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she stood up suddenly: "Are you trying to separate us from our grandparents?"

Ming Feiqing corrected her: "Hui Yuan has already recognized that Huai Jin and I are kneeling, you can't say such things again."

Queen Mother: "Since he is already the crown prince and Huaijin passed away for three years, why don't you let him ascend the throne?"

Ming Feiqing: "How can a five-year-old child sit firmly on the throne?"

Not to mention Huai Yuan's young age, now that Huai Jin is indeed alive, if he returns to China in the future, Xi Qin will never be able to have two emperors.

Out of these two considerations, Ming Feiqing did not allow Huaiyuan to succeed him as emperor for a long time.

The Empress Dowager resented: "You sit comfortably on this throne."

Ming Feiqing: "..."

At this moment, Huai Yuan, who was in a coma, uttered a few indistinct words.

The queen mother immediately went to appease Huaiyuan, but still refused to let Ming Feiqing approach.

Ming Feiqing had no choice but to leave first as he was entangled in government affairs.

Seeing that he left so simply, the queen mother murmured, "It's not her own, what can I expect?"