PFC Chapter 184: Showing Weakness to Alleviate the Crisis
Chapter 184: Showing Weakness to Alleviate the Crisis
If so, then King Rui was truly humiliating, letting the restaurant singer play chess with his people from Xuanyuan Kingdom.
As soon as Xuanyuan Che finished speaking, discussions broke out everywhere.
"Yes! How could I have forgotten this? If there is anyone who is good at playing the zither in Prince Rui's mansion, isn't it the musician who performs in the restaurant? How could Prince Rui dare to treat such a person?"
"Allowing a musician from a restaurant to enter the palace is a great shame and humiliation."
Emperor Xing'an, who had just agreed to let Feng Chenyi bring someone in, overheard the discussion among his followers. Upon learning that Prince Rui had brought a musician from the restaurant into the palace, his face turned green with anger. He looked at Feng Chenyi furiously and said, "This is how you do things! Restaurant singer, you have no nerve!"
Emperor Xing'an quickly asked Guan Li to pass on the order not to let that person into the palace.
The Queen, already dissatisfied with her son's support for Prince Rui, now grabbed Prince Rui's tail and said, "Prince Rui, it's fine for you to hang out with the singing girls in the brothel! Do you really want Fengli Country to become the laughing stock of the world with you?
After hearing these sharp words, Zhai Yun suddenly regretted bringing the musician into the palace. She had only listened to the music and recruited a musician with a handsome appearance.
But just because this musician came from a restaurant, he was criticized, making everyone present want to point at Feng Chenyi's nose and scold him.
Zhai Yun stood up and explained on Feng Chenyi's behalf, "This musician is not that musician. The one Prince Rui brought into the palace today was a woman, and the one I brought into Prince Rui's mansion that day was a male musician."
Although Zhai Yun was the young master of Prince Rui's mansion, no one in such a huge court would recognize the title of young master.
So Zhai Yun thought for a long time and called herself a commoner.
When everyone heard what Zhai Yun said, they stopped their verbal attacks and looked at Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi with inquiring eyes. Even Xuanyuan Che became more interested.
He had more or less heard some rumors about the military camp of Fengli Kingdom. He heard that Prince Rui often took a woman with him when he was on the march. This woman was beautiful, good at medicine, and had the air of a lady from a noble family.
"What does Prince Rui think of this competition? How can he arrange people to compete casually?" The Queen said again.
Zhai Yun wanted to explain, but was stopped by Feng Chenyi. Now everyone here was targeting him, and he didn't want Zhai Yun to take the blame for him.
Feng Chenyi looked at the Queen coldly and said directly, "Your nephews are indeed of noble status and great abilities, but why did they fall ill today and can't leave the house? Why don't you ask father to order the imperial physician to treat them? If several people who often play together fall ill at the same time, isn't it contagious?"
The queen was suddenly speechless, with a slightly flustered look on her face. She had done this without telling Emperor Xing'an. If she had told Emperor Xing'an, it would have been a crime of deceiving the emperor.
The Queen straightened up and said righteously, "How come Prince Rui has become so sharp-tongued? He is truly a man of few friends! He has no regal bearing at all!"
The Queen's meaning was very clear. She was saying that Feng Chenyi had learned bad things and did not act like a prince.
When the queen said this, her eyes swept over Zhai Yun with disdain.
Feng Chenyi sneered, "The Queen is right. I can only blame myself for my bad luck. I lost my mother at a young age and grew up in the army, away from my relatives and friends, without anyone to supervise me. That's why I'm like this."
The Queen smiled coldly, "You were the one who asked to leave. Why do you seem to be blaming me and the Emperor today?"
Prince Rui had been in the Northern Wilderness for so many years. After he came back, apart from protecting Zhai Yun, he never cried or made a fuss about being left in the Northern Wilderness for so many years, and he behaved himself.
He was so content that the Queen herself even thought that Prince Rui had no complaints over the years.
Now that Prince Rui mentioned this matter, the Queen naturally could not let it go. Only by making Emperor Xing'an completely disappointed in his son, and making him lose the intention to let Prince Rui check the power of the Crown Prince, and making Prince Rui never have a chance to turn things around, could her son's status remain unchanged.
As soon as the queen opened her mouth, Zhai Yun knew what she was planning. Although Feng Chenyi was outstanding in ability, he stayed in the military camp all year round and had little exposure to the intrigues in the court.
Not to mention dealing with the gossiping women in the harem.
Before Feng Chenyi could speak, Zhai Yun quickly knelt down, looked at the Queen with timidity and grief, and said, "It was indeed the prince who took the initiative to ask for the order back then, but after all, the prince was still young at that time and needed his family. Although the prince is strong, he still misses his hometown and his family in his dreams at midnight.
I have been following the prince since I was young. When I tidy up his bedding in the early morning, I often feel a wet spot.
"Your Highness is not blaming me, he is envious. He envies the other princes for being able to stay with their father, the king, and the queen, and have someone to teach and care for them. If this envy is wrong, Prince Rui is willing to bear the blame and accept the punishment."
After Zhai Yun finished speaking, even Feng Chenyi beside her was stunned. He did miss his family and his hometown, but that was his hometown when his mother was there, and his mother was his only family member.
The father-son relationship between him and Emperor Xing'an had been completely wiped out long before he left Fengli Country.
Although Feng Chenyi didn't quite understand why Zhai Yun did this, he knew that Zhai Yun would not harm him and everything she did was for his own good.
Zhai Yun was kneeling, so Feng Chenyi naturally would not sit alone. Feng Chenyi slowly knelt beside Zhai Yun. Although his face was not respectful, he agreed with Zhai Yun's approach.
He was also telling everyone present that no matter what Zhai Yun said or did, she had his support behind her.
Zhai Yun saw Feng Chenyi kneeling down and they smiled at each other.
Emperor Xing'an, who had just listened to the Queen's instigation and was obviously displeased, disappeared from his face after hearing Zhai Yun's words.
When the empress saw that Zhai Yun resolved Emperor Xing'an's knot with just a few words, her face turned green.
I wanted to seize this opportunity to drag King Rui into the water, but unexpectedly, something went wrong.
When Emperor Xing'an summoned Prince Rui back to the capital, he was also worried that leaving Prince Rui in that desolate place for so many years would make him resentful.
When he just came back, Prince Rui did not hesitate to use force to fight against Emperor Xing'an.
Now, with just one word from Zhai Yun, Emperor Xing'an's anger disappeared completely, and he was even a little moved.
The Queen could no longer sit still. "Your Majesty, please don't listen to this lowly person's nonsense. He..."
"Alright!" Emperor Xing'an interrupted coldly. What the royal family cared about most was face. If they confronted each other in public, it would be a laughing stock if it got out!
Queen Buluoyu was stopped by Emperor Xing'an, and her face turned purple. Having been with Emperor Xing'an for so many years, she knew at a glance that Emperor Xing'an was not protecting Prince Rui.
But to protect the emperor's face, so at this time, she had to endure.
Emperor Xing'an winked at Guan Li, who immediately understood and walked down towards Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi with lowered head.
"The emperor has often missed Prince Rui over the years. Today, the emperor has handed the competition over to you. It is up to you to decide." Guan Li gently helped Feng Chenyi up.