Perhaps Sun Quan himself didn’t realize that since he started practicing dual cultivation, his temper has become weirder day by day.
To be precise, I am easily irritable and irritable.
But the feeling of the people in the palace is the most intuitive.
In the past two years, Your Majesty has become increasingly angry for no apparent reason, and then he always gets angry at his subordinates.
Although Sun He is the crown prince, compared to his sister Princess Quan, she is still too immature in terms of political sensitivity, or in trying to figure out Emperor Sun's thoughts.
After all, Princess Quan has been following Mrs. Bu in the palace since she was a child, watching how her mother fought with Sun Quan's entire harem.
Sun He was just hastily promoted to the position of prince after Sun Deng died of illness, and he did not have much experience at all.
Faced with an opponent like the princess and his wife joining forces, he could not gain an advantage whether inside the palace or outside the court.
In the palace, Princess Quan is the most beloved daughter of Emperor Sun Da, and she is also the nominal sister of Sun He.
In the outer dynasty, the prince's guests were all second or even third generations.
Do you think King Lu has no guests?
The only general in the court who could suppress Quan Cong was scolded by His Majesty at the court meeting as "doing everything for personal gain."
Until now, I have not been able to see His Majesty.
Sun He’s only advantage is his status as prince.
But even with this prince status, there is also a King of Lu to compete with him.
So, Sun Quan created the two palaces to stand side by side to make the position of the crown prince look prosperous, but in fact it was extremely dangerous.
If it were someone who was soberer, he would probably be trembling and walking on thin ice.
Just like Sun Deng, his status was as stable as Mount Tai, but he said in front of Sun Quan that his background was not enough.
He repeatedly wanted to give up the throne to the favored son of Mrs. Wang at that time, who is now the crown prince Sun He.
Although Sun Deng insisted on his opinion on the matter of establishing a queen, he went against Sun Quan.
But this kind of behavior just shows his filial piety.
In Sun Quan's opinion, the eldest son could do this for his adoptive mother.
How can he be any worse to his own biological father?
Emperor's family is mostly merciless.
It is rare to have such a loving and filial son. Who wouldn’t like him?
Humble, courteous, and so sensible that it makes people feel bad...
With such a perfect prince in front of him, there is great pressure on his successor.
When Sun Quan looks at the prince now, he subconsciously compares him with the standards of the former prince.
So when she learned about Sun He's behavior in front of the Ancestral Temple from Princess Quan, she naturally became angry.
But at this time, he still retained the last trace of reason.
Princess Quan and Mrs. Wang, the mother of the crown prince, have always been at odds with each other, so Sun Quan naturally knew about it.
The princess said what Mrs. Wang, and Sun Quan left three points in his heart.
Moreover, even if Mrs. Wang came to confront her, Mrs. Wang would not be able to admit it.
But did the prince really go to the Zhang family before entering the Ancestral Temple, as Princess Quan said? That is very important, very important!
If the prince is really what he said, then Mrs. Wang’s face is happy, most likely, no, it is definitely true.
Unfortunately, the news brought back personally by Lu Yi, the secretary of the school affairs office who was responsible for supervising all officials, completely destroyed the last trace of luck in Sun Quan's heart:
“Your Majesty, the prince is indeed in the Zhang Mansion.”
When Sun Quan heard this, he became furious and slapped the bed repeatedly:
“Treason, this traitor, how long has he been in here?”
“I heard that the prince went to Zhang Mansion not long before he arrived at the Ancestral Temple, and it has been nearly an hour now.”
“Beast! Treason!”
Sun Quan’s face turned red with anger:
“Where are people? Where are others?”
“Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is still in Zhang Mansion…”
Sun Quan stared at Lu Yi under the couch fiercely: "What do you do for food? Why don't you bring him back?"
Lu Yi kowtowed in fear:
“Your Majesty, the prince is the crown prince. Without your majesty’s edict, how can I dare to give orders to the prince without authorization?”
Princess Quan, who was standing by, secretly glanced at Lu Yi with admiration.
How about being a close minister of His Majesty?
There is not a single word in this sentence directed at the prince.
But it was extremely heartbreaking to hear it in His Majesty’s ears.
Sure enough, Sun Quan cursed:
“What about the prince? How can the prince be better than me?”
This is what Lu Yi was waiting for, but when he saw him, he quickly said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I will go and bring the prince back immediately."
“Please, please! Bring that traitor back to me!”
Lu Yi said "hey", then got up and ran outside quickly.
Sun Quan was angry. The prince had not returned yet, and his anger could not be vented. He thought of someone, and then ordered:
“Also, call that **** maid over to me.”
Neither left nor right knows why.
Fortunately, Princess Quan reminded her: "It's Mrs. Wang."
It suddenly dawned on Zuo Zuo, and he quickly went to invite Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang was immediately delighted when she learned that His Majesty had summoned her.
Since His Majesty has been ill for such a long time, none of the ladies in the harem have been able to see His Majesty.
Even the **** surnamed Pan gave birth to a prince and was not summoned by His Majesty.
Today is the first day of the year, and I didn’t expect His Majesty to summon me.
I remembered that the prince went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices on behalf of His Majesty today.
Mrs. Wang is already fantasizing about a certain possibility - could it be that His Majesty finally figured it out and wanted to make herself the queen to celebrate?
Thinking of this, she put on her makeup as quickly as possible, saying that she was not well-groomed and needed to change her clothes, and then she set off to meet Sun Quan.
“This chamberlain, is your Majesty’s condition getting better recently?”
Before meeting Sun Quan, Mrs. Wang had the heart to ask Xiao Huangmen who came to guide the way.
How dare you talk nonsense at Xiaohuangmen?
He didn’t want to die suddenly and inexplicably one day.
“Madam, I’m just a messenger, how can I know about His Majesty’s condition?”
"The chamberlain knows that your Majesty summoned me, why?"
As Mrs. Wang spoke, she wanted to stuff something into the small yellow door quietly.
Xiao Huangmen’s hand was retracted as if he was electrocuted, and at the same time he replied with a smile on his face:
“When Madam goes, you will naturally know.”
After speaking, he deliberately quickened his pace.
Mrs. Wang had no choice but to follow closely.
Arriving at Sun Quan's palace, Mrs. Wang was allowed to enter after the chamberlain reported. Sun Quan saw that her makeup was exquisite, like a new painting.
The expression on her face, although not as happy as Princess Quan said, was not at all sad or worried.
He was extremely angry on the spot. Before Mrs. Wang could salute, he cursed:
"You mean servant girl, with a heart as poisonous as a scorpion, no heart and no heart, I have been so kind to you all these years in vain!"
Mrs. Wang was immediately scolded and was left in a daze.
Sun Quan was even more angry when he saw her standing there:
“You don’t know how to salute me when you see me, you bitch, do you think I’m dead?”
Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she quickly crawled to the ground:
“I don’t dare.”
"You don't dare?" Sun Quan sneered, "How could you not dare? I am seriously ill and I am on my bed. What do you want to do by treating me like this? Could it be that you want to become the Queen Mother as soon as possible?"
Sun Quan pinched seven and eight, and kept humiliating and cursing.
Mrs. Wang didn’t know what made His Majesty so angry, and she didn’t dare to talk back.
I could only tremble and kowtow repeatedly, and finally my forehead was bruised.
The carefully applied makeup became sloppy and ugly due to tears and blood.
It made Sun Quan extremely disgusted.
“Your Majesty, the prince is back.”
Sun He's arrival temporarily freed Mrs. Wang from Sun Quan's scolding. “Let this traitor come in!”
The prince hurriedly entered and kowtowed to Sun Quan:
"The child is paying homage to his father. I wonder why the father is so anxious to call the child back."
"If I don't call you back and let you stay in Zhang Mansion for a little longer, I will be worried that you will forget what you went to the Ancestral Temple!"
“When the child was first entrusted by his father to offer sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he was walking on thin ice and did not dare to take it lightly. How could he dare to forget?”
Sun Quan sneered:
"Don't you dare to forget? Well, let me ask you, I asked you to go to the Ancestral Temple to worship. Why did you go to the Zhang Mansion without even entering the Ancestral Temple? What? Is the Zhang Mansion your Ancestral Temple?"
I asked you to go to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices and pray for me to cure my illness. Why did you go to the Zhang family?
I’m not dead yet!
You are so anxious to discuss matters behind my death?
These words were so serious that Sun He was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground:
"The child just noticed that it was still early, and the Zhang family is related by marriage, so he went to have a rest."
Speaking of this, Sun He repeatedly kowtowed:
“The child knows that he is wrong. The child should not be greedy for ease. He should insist on waiting in front of the Ancestral Temple to show his sincerity.”
Sun Quan looked at the prince with disappointment, and then looked at Mrs. Wang:
“Look, this is the good son you gave birth to!”
For a major sacrificial event, before entering the Ancestral Temple, you go to the minister's house first. Is this what you call a human king?
This is fine.
In the past two years, I have been preparing for my death and paving the way for you.
It was not easy to suppress the Lu and Zhang families a little.
But what about you?
Instead, go to Zhang's Mansion to rest while offering sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple?
This uncle is just the uncle of the Crown Princess, he is not even your maternal uncle.
He just called out, and you just rushed to catch up. What do you want to do?
Do you really not understand my painstaking efforts?
Or do you really think I’m not good enough? Do you have any other ideas?
Mrs. Wang sobbed, raised her head, and kowtowed again:
“Your Majesty, I know I was wrong.”
It was only then that Prince Sunhe discovered that the woman who had been lying on the ground next to him, hiding her face from others, was actually his mother.
He was so taken aback that he blurted out:
“Mother, why...why are you here?”
He wanted to ask how it could be like this, but luckily he changed his words in time.
Here, besides Your Majesty, who else dares to let mother do this?
Thinking that it was probably because of his carelessness that his mother was in trouble, Sun He quickly appealed to Sun Quan and said:
"Your Majesty, the child was confused for a moment and did something wrong, but the matter has nothing to do with the mother. I hope your majesty will not blame the mother."
Seeing that Sun He had not figured out where he went wrong at this time.
There is still a mood to behave like a son and a wife, and to be kind to a woman.
Sun Quan felt increasingly disappointed.
How can you be the emperor of Wu when you look like this?
Our Sun family, if it were really handed over to you, would be swallowed up by the powerful families like Jiangdong without leaving any bones!
“Okay, you all can go out.”
Sun Quan closed his eyes and said something tired.
—
Upon hearing this, the prince quickly stepped forward to help Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang, on the other hand, has been with Sun Quan for so many years.
After Mrs. Bu's death and before Mrs. Pan entered the palace, she was the most favored.
At this time, he heard the hidden meaning of Sun Quan's words, pushed Sun He's hand away, walked forward on his knees, and kowtowed repeatedly:
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it’s my fault that I didn’t discipline the prince well. The prince is too young and there are some things that I don’t know the seriousness of. I hope your majesty will give him another chance.”
Sun Quan closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he was asleep.
Princess Quan, who had been silent until now, stepped forward, blocked Mrs. Wang, and said coldly:
“Prince, Your Majesty is tired and needs a rest. Why don’t you help your mother down quickly?”
The prince glared at Princess Quan fiercely and stepped forward to help his mother up again.
Mrs. Wang once again shook off his hand and continued to kneel there and beg:
“Your Majesty, I beg you, please give the prince another chance?”
Seeing that Sun Quan had no intention of opening his eyes, she hurriedly reached for the prince's hand and said anxiously:
“Hurry, Prince, you also admit your mistake to His Majesty, hurry.”
As he said that, he pulled his sleeves again, trying to pull him to kneel down.
The prince is at his weakest, at the age when his vitality and blood are strong.
If Princess Quan was not here, it would be impossible to tell, so he knelt down obediently.
But Princess Quan is standing in front. If he kneels down at this time, doesn't he want to kneel to her?
Princess Quan and Mrs. Wang have had a long-standing grudge, and the relationship between the Crown Prince and Princess Quan is naturally extremely bad.
The dignified prince, do you want to kneel to this woman?
Dan saw Sun He standing there stubbornly and said loudly:
“Mother, your majesty is just temporarily deceived. The pure will become clear and the turbid will become turbid. In the future, your majesty will definitely see clearly.”
Princess Quan smiled softly, stretched out her hand and said:
“The prince is right, what is pure will become pure by itself, and what is turbid will become turbid. In the future, what is pure and what is turbid will be separated by themselves. Madam, please?”
Sun Quan remained silent.
Mrs. Wang did not look at Princess Quan, the pleading in her eyes gradually turned into despair, and finally she was helped out by the prince like a zombie.
When he returned to his residence, the prince asked Mrs. Wang to change her clothes, and then asked the doctor to apply medicine to the wound on his forehead. Then he asked with some worry:
“Mom, how do you feel? Is it okay?”
Mrs. Wang didn’t know whether she was hit or not, and she remained silent for a while.
When the prince saw his mother like this, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken and angry:
“That wretched servant dared to come before His Majesty and slander our mother and son. I will never let her go when I gain power in the future!”
Mrs. Wang, who has always seemed as if her soul had been drained out, trembled when she heard the word "Your Majesty".
At this time, she seemed to have come back to her senses, and saw the prince standing beside her. She quickly grabbed his hand and said anxiously:
“Why are you here? Aren’t you at the Imperial Ancestral Temple?”
The prince replied somewhat inexplicably:
“Mum, I must have forgotten that it was Your Majesty who summoned the child back.”
“I called you back, but I didn’t say you wouldn’t be allowed to go back to worship at the Ancestral Temple!”
Mrs. Wang was angry and anxious, "The ceremony of worshiping the Ancestral Temple has not been withdrawn. As long as Your Majesty has not sent someone else, you should go back as soon as possible."
The prince was stunned.
It took him a while to react. He turned around and looked outside, his face changed drastically:
“Oops, the auspicious time has passed.”
Mrs. Wang was so angry that she yelled: "Shuzi!"
The prince shook his head and smiled bitterly, and explained:
“Mom, even if I didn’t delay, I’m afraid I won’t be able to catch up after I come back from Your Majesty.”
He stayed in Zhang's Mansion for more than an hour and was called back to the palace for a rebuke. The auspicious time had long passed.
When Mrs. Wang heard what the prince said, the last glimmer of hope in her heart was completely shattered.
Recalling the scene when I met His Majesty last time, I can’t help but feel worried:
"In the past two years, Your Majesty has gradually become alienated from me, and I have no longer favored me. Now that I am being coveted again, I am afraid that I will be hated by Your Majesty in the future."
The prince comforted him and said:
"Why should I worry, mother? You are my mother. As long as I am the crown prince of Wu, you will be the mother of the crown prince."
"No matter how much your Majesty dislikes you, he will never do anything to you."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was even more worried:
"This is exactly what I am worried about. Now that Your Majesty has been slow to let King Lu move out of the palace, who knows what His Majesty is thinking?"
"You must be careful when serving His Majesty in the future, and you must not make His Majesty angry like you did today."
Sun He nodded in agreement, and comforted Mrs. Wang again, and then Mrs. Wang reluctantly fell asleep in worry.
At this time, the cold had not subsided. When Mrs. Wang came back from Sun Quan, she was in a state of despair and was invaded by the cold evil.
I was frightened, and I was always worried. I couldn't keep my spirits up, and it was hard to get rid of the cold evil.
This disease has made me increasingly serious.
Then, another news came. In view of the discord between the Crown Prince and the King of Lu, and the guests of the two were constantly criticizing each other, His Majesty ordered the two of them to stop interacting with officials from other dynasties and concentrate on their studies.
After Mrs. Wang learned about it, she felt even more worried:
“When Prince Xuan (i.e. Sun Deng) was there, he was not only able to lead the army, he also often interacted with the generals and ministers to learn how to govern the country.”
“Now that your Majesty does not allow the prince to interact with officials, does that mean you don’t treat him as a prince?”
Severely ill, her worries did not go away and she was wasting her energy. Mrs. Wang could not bear to fall ill and soon died from treatment.