Are you stupid?

In the very early spring, there was a rumbling thunder, and the sun was covered by dark clouds, and there was no light to be seen.

A torrential rain caused the doors to be closed tightly. Several court ladies anxiously shuttled between the palace rooms, while the rest were pulled outside to kneel, like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"How is your Highness?" The maid wearing a purple jacket and a gray-bottomed emerald grass-pattern pleated skirt walked around for a while, anxiously urging the maid who was feeding the comatose boy on the couch, "Hurry up, the empress is done... ... things must come and be held accountable.”

The maid who fed the medicine sighed, "It's still burning, and it hasn't receded at all. It's the sixth bowl of medicine, and I can't feed it at all."

The purple Shangru palace maid gritted her teeth, "I'll force-feed you!"

"Bauhinia, don't be rude to Your Highness." The maid who fed the medicine hastily put down the bowl and pushed Zijing away, her words were reproachful, "You pretend I haven't tried? Your Highness, we have served together since we were young, even though we are innocent How could I not take care of it with all my heart. But whether it is holding a hollow straw or delivering it by mouth, His Highness will always vomit."

"Luluo, Your Highness has passed away. What if His Highness continues to be in a daze." Zijing wept softly, "The imperial doctor said that if His Highness doesn't reduce his fever, his life may be in danger. No problem, it will also burn your brain..."

Luluo was flustered by what Zijing said, but she managed to stay awake to comfort her, "Your Highness is not smart anymore, no matter how bad it is, how bad it can be."

"But ma'am..."

"Huh? It hurts." A hoarse and weak voice suddenly sounded from the couch.

Luluo and Zijing paused, and immediately surrounded them with joyful faces, and asked in unison: "Your Highness is awake, what's wrong?"

As Zijing said, she hurriedly turned around and brought warm water to the young man. Luluo helped the young man lean on the hidden pouch, and the two watched him drink the water cautiously, as if they were afraid that he would choke on the water.

The young man drank a glass of warm water, and the burning pain in his throat was finally extinguished.

His face suddenly turned pale, and he struggled to get up and fell to the ground, weakly and violently falling to the ground.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Zijing, who had just shed tears, supported the young man back on the couch, and hurriedly checked whether there were any bump marks on the young man's legs, making sure that it was only a little red Only at ease.

The young man frowned and shook his head unconsciously. His jet-black hair immediately covered his face. Under the light of the lamp, he could vaguely see a pair of jet-black eyes filled with tears. "Where is the emperor? He, he..."

"Your Highness, he was buried three days ago." After Zijing said this, she didn't know how to speak, and went to look at Luluo in embarrassment.

Luluo bit her lips, and lowered her voice hesitantly, "Your Highness hasn't eaten a single grain of rice for three days. She must be empty and weak. Even if she has a lot to ask, she eats first, right? Your Majesty always comes to visit me at noon. Your Highness, since His Highness is awake, it is not good to worry your empress any longer."

The young man looked blankly at the ground shining brightly from the lights, nodded blankly, and actually stopped to ask questions.

The two maids breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to the other palace people to prepare meals, but their hearts felt like a mountain was being crushed, and they were heavy and depressed.

The two looked at each other and sighed, feeling extremely depressed.

Emperor Taixing has ascended the throne for thirteen years. He is in the prime of life, and there are three thousand beauties in the harem. As long as there are some attractive concubines, they can be favored by the emperor. It is often ten to call three or five concubines one night. rich.The eldest son Linde, the second son Shenlong, the third son Xingye, and the eldest princess Shuhui were all descended from the empress Cui of the main palace; besides this, only the second princess Shuzhen was saved by the virtuous concubine Zhao. As for the other children, they all came from the harem. The little-known Gong'e crawled out of the belly, and she was not allowed to teach, so she was very unprofessional.

It's just that the number of descendants is small, but His Royal Highness Shenlong still looks like a child at the age of 13, and His Royal Highness Xingye even lies in bed for ten months a year with his life hanging by a thread.

In the entire harem, only the 15-year-old eldest son Linde is not only noble, intelligent and studious, but also in good health.

With such a situation, His Highness Linde enjoys all the honor no matter whether he is in the front or back palace, and no one dares to underestimate him.The only bad thing is that His Royal Highness Linde's horoscope is too light, and the order says it looks like an early death.

Emperor Taixing and Empress Cui were worried that the eldest son would not live long, so they didn't dare to make a crown prince, so they just messed around like this until His Royal Highness Linde was [-] years old. He set the title of crown prince.

Sacrifice is naturally a major event, no one dares to ignore it, but I don't know what happened. When I went out, the sky was clear, but before the ancestral temple was met with heavy rain, it startled the horse that His Highness Linde was riding, and threw him off the horse's back He broke his neck and died.

The remaining His Royal Highness Linde failed to prove that he sat on the throne of the crown prince familiarly until his death, and the thought of choosing the heir to the throne from the remaining two sons made Emperor Taixing almost feel embarrassed.

He wished he could run into the Taimiao, kowtow to his ancestors over and over again, and ask them for guidance.

Empress Cui was in great grief, but even the remaining two His Royal Highnesses were her own, Empress Cui was not as embarrassing as Emperor Taixing.

After Fu Ling sent away the eldest son, he shared his loving mother's heart equally with the remaining two children, either in the Chengqing Hall to care about His Highness Shenlong's illness, or in the Chenghong Hall to worry about His Highness Xingye's new cough.

Seeing that day by day, the youngest son is recovering from illness, but the condition of the second son has not improved. Naturally, Empress Cui gradually favors the second son and stays in Chengqing Palace for longer and longer. In the afternoon and evening, he guards the second son in front of the couch.

A group of palace people surrounded the graceful and luxurious beautiful woman into the Chengqing Hall, and the beautiful woman immediately asked tirelessly: "Has Shenlong's fever gone today?"

Bauhinia and Luluo saluted and led Empress Cui in front, and replied thoughtfully, "My Majesty, His Highness woke up on his own even though his fever has not subsided. The servant waited on His Highness with a small bowl of goat's milk and a few pieces of fat stewed lamb belly." Meat, half a bowl of rouge rice. His Highness just took a break again."

Empress Cui paused slightly, and pointedly said: "Did Shenlong tell you what's wrong with him?"

The Second Highness used to speak poorly, even if he felt uncomfortable, he would only cry, how could he say anything by himself, the empress wanted to ask His Highness if he was getting more and more stupid, but he still kept it secret.

Zijing slandered, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is not much different from the past except that His Highness asked about His Highness and cried a lot."

Empress Cui nodded lightly, seemingly reassured and sad, walked to the side of the couch and sat down, her soft fingertips gently brushed her second son who was more handsome than herself, her eyes were full of worry.

The young man's thick and curly eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, looking innocently at Empress Cui, "Mother, the elder brother won't stop me from now on, can I take my mother out to relax, okay? Mother, don't worry."

Empress Cui's tears that she had endured for several days suddenly burst, and she hugged the boy tightly in her arms.

There is no humanity in this harem, only the second son, who always behaves foolishly on weekdays, is caring to her, who can see her sadness, helplessness, and pain at a glance. How can she bear to see this child being tortured in the future?

Empress Cui stared at her two sons and finally made up her mind.

She pinned the disobedient hair behind the young man's ears, rubbed his face like a kitten, and said softly: "The dragon is not afraid, the queen will always protect you. I will not let you fall into the position of the prince." on other people's heads."

"Mother?" The young man stared at Empress Cui with star-like eyes, nodded trustingly, and didn't ask any other questions.

Empress Cui took care of the boy herself until midnight before finally leaving Chengqing Palace.

The boy was lying in the bed curtain, sleeping soundly.

"Thank goodness, Your Highness has finally recovered from the fever."

"Sure enough, mother and child are connected. When I woke up, I found that my mother was worried. Your Highness will recover immediately."

"That's right, even if you're an idiot, you still know how to love your mother." Wisteria and Luluo discussed softly, tightened the curtains of the bed, and slept outside.

In the inner room, the teenager who was supposed to be sound asleep frowned in distress.

"...Didn't it mean that he was superb in riding skills? Why did he fall off the horse casually and broke his neck and died."

"I can't imagine that Liu Linde had managed to pretend to be a modest gentleman and wise young master for 15 years. He was about to become a prince but unexpectedly passed away. What should I do in the future? I've been pretending to be a fool for so many years. It's too fake for me to recover when my brother dies. In court The group of ministers must think that I killed people with my own hands. If it is not possible, it must be considered in the long term."

Shenlong tossed and turned on the bed, did not sleep soundly, and looked listless on the second day.

If it were other princes, this appearance would definitely elicit exclamations, but His Highness the Second Highness had just recovered from a serious illness, and he himself was an idiot. It wasn't until Empress Cui came that she repeated, "Is my son feeling unwell again?"

Shenlong shook his head and stood next to Empress Cui.

Empress Cui stroked his cheek distressedly, "Forget it, my son will follow me to the palace to meet your father, and the queen will let you come back to recuperate after a few words with your father."

Shenlong continued to nod, still clinging tightly to Empress Cui's side.

On the tenth day of the court, Emperor Taixing listened to the fierce disputes among the ministers with a sad face.

Wei Yan emphasized loyally: "Your Majesty, the Second Highness is an idiot, and the Third Highness is weak and sick, and cannot bear the responsibility. Since Your Majesty has another prince, why don't you train him carefully for several years, and then one Jiaer will be established as the East Palace? Sex is reliable, and I don't worry about treating the Second and Third Highnesses poorly."

"This……"

"Your Majesty, the Empress is bringing the Second Highness to see you." The servant quietly went to the hall and notified Emperor Taixing in a moderate voice.

Emperor Taixing was indecisive, and when he heard his decisive wife came, he immediately said happily: "Quickly declare!"

As soon as the words fell, Empress Cui had already appeared in the court hall with the dragon.

The queen has a graceful temperament, and the Second Highness Shenlong has picturesque features and a vigorous figure just by looking at the appearance. It is completely unexpected that such a handsome young man is actually an idiot.

Empress Cui said with a cold face, "Please don't listen to slander, Your Majesty. Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there have been direct descendants and no direct descendants. The former emperor favored Lu Wang, and your majesty relied on the ancestral family law to ascend the throne." Day, today, how can we listen to slanderous rumors and destroy the foundation, and choose a person who is not a descendant or an elder to sit in a high position. If this precedent is set, I am afraid that future generations will frame each other for the supreme throne."

Emperor Taixing contacted his own situation, and was shocked by Empress Cui's argument that he had reason, evidence, and future, and immediately replied: "What the empress said is absolutely true. Now that the matter of canonizing the crown prince is ready, when the auspicious day comes, let Shenlong go."

The author has something to say:

Shenlong: Well, after more than ten years, I still want to be the crown prince. I am worried.Especially, I am still a "stupid" one.