The spring sunshine shines into the magnificent hall and projects on the person sleeping soundly on the table.

The begonia outside the window are blooming brilliantly, the flowers are shaking, the birds are singing, the wind is blowing, but the noise cannot be heard into the warm hall, but instead makes the hall look very quiet.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps from the corridor broke the silence of the room. The person who was sleeping on the table frowned slightly and moved discomfortably.

"Your Highness." Someone said softly in his ear.

Heng Yu frowned slightly, and his consciousness gradually returned. He opened his eyes and slowed down for a while before he became completely clear. He looked at the little eunuch kneeling beside him and signaled him to speak.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has come out of the Imperial Study Room and is now walking here." The little eunuch is not old, but he is still useful to him. When he saw Heng Yu wake up, he immediately told Heng Yu about what he had just learned.

Heng Yu waved his hand, "Get back."

He sat upright, tidy up his clothes, knelt upright in front of the desk, and picked up the Doctrine of the Mean at hand and pretended to look.

Soon, footsteps sounded again outside the door, followed by a lighter salute.

Someone lifted the curtain, and then the sound of footsteps rang indoors, echoing clearly in the empty hall.

Heng Yu stood up as he learned his original body style and bowed to the people who came.

Before the ceremony was finished, Emperor Jingyuan had already stepped forward to support him, patted his hand and said, "My son is filial. My father has told you many times. There is no need to be too polite to see him."

His actions of saluting just now were perfunctory and casual, and thanks to Emperor Jingyuan who was able to praise him.

The eunuch Liu Nuo was the confidant of Emperor Jingyuan. He lowered his head and stood slanted behind Emperor Jingyuan, lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Hengyu.

Heng Yu knelt beside Emperor Jingyuan's strength, "Father, as a son, you should be filial; as a minister, you should also abide by etiquette."

Ordinary people call their father, but the royal family calls them father. Isn’t the difference obvious?

Emperor Jingyuan smiled with relief, and his originally locked brow gradually loosened.

He looked at the desk with several booklets, pointed to the spread book, and said curiously: "What book was Yu'er just reading?"

Heng Yu replied without caring, "It's just some idle books that pass the time."

Emperor Jingyuan looked at the book and saw Heng Yu gently browsing the topic. He was no longer curious, but when he glanced at it, he suddenly caught a line of extremely familiar words.

"A gentleman is cautious about what he cannot see, and is afraid of what he does not hear. Nothing appears or hidden, and nothing is visible or small, so a gentleman is cautious about what he alone..."

Emperor Jing Yuan reached out to pick up the Doctrine of the Mean, read out the first paragraph of the spread book, then smiled coldly, and threw the book at His Highness, "It seems that I have really picked a good teacher for you, and he actually taught you to read "Doctrine of the Mean."

The sentence that Emperor Jingyuan just read came from "The Doctrine of the Mean". This sentence actually revolves around a central meaning - reminding everyone that as a gentleman, even when he is alone, he should be cautious. This is for a gentleman to be cautious in his own right.

As soon as Emperor Jingyuan said this, Liu Nuo, who stood behind Hengyu and Emperor Jingyuan, wished he hadn't heard anything.

The Qing Dynasty governed the country with Confucianism, and the "Doing of the Mean" ranked one of the four books. Therefore, Emperor Jingyuan's words were not so much that he did not like "Doing of the Mean", but rather that he did not like Hengyu's reading "Doing of the Mean", and he did not like him as the saying just now, a gentleman was cautious in his own self.

His favorite son, with him, needs no need to be trembling at all times.

In fact, Emperor Jingyuan really blamed the Hanlin Academy for this matter. The princes of the same age taught together. The Four Books and Five Classics are Confucian classics. Of course, he wanted to talk about it, not deliberately let Heng Yu study the "Doctor of the Mean".

"The Doctrine of the Mean is something that ministers should only study. If Yu'er wants to read books, she can go to the imperial study room to pick up books." As soon as Emperor Jing Yuan finished speaking, he changed his mind, "Forget it, I'll let Liu Nuo deliver the book to you later."

Even if you are a prince, isn’t you also a subject of the king?

The signal revealed in Emperor Jingyuan's words is too obvious and almost explicit.

Heng Yu didn't take his words at all, and instead said to Emperor Jingyuan: "Father, it's almost time to have lunch. Let's go to Shuhua Palace to have dinner with his mother."

This body is now twelve years old and has moved out of Shuhua Palace. He can only see the imperial concubine twice a month, but he often accompanied Emperor Jingyuan to Shuhua Palace. He saw the imperial concubine much more every month than other princes.

If others were so silly and unacceptable, even if Emperor Jingyuan was generous, he would be dissatisfied. However, this was the child his favorite concubine gave birth to him and his favorite child. Therefore, Emperor Jingyuan did not take Heng Yu's offense at all. He smiled and nodded, and ordered Liu Nuo to step back.

Emperor Jingyuan got on the imperial chasing. Heng Yu stood beside the imperial chasing for a while and decided to go on the imperial chasing as the original style of the original owner.

When I was a princess, even if I sat on the imperial chasing, it was just a word from my ministers, but as a prince, I conveyed another signal.

His mother is now the imperial concubine. She is in charge of the harem with a false position and is deeply favored by Emperor Jingyuan. She is the most popular person in the harem.

But the problem is that although the queen died of illness, the queen still left a legitimate son before that.

Among the princes, Hengyu ranks eighth. His son is honored by his mother and is deeply favored by the emperor. However, his third prince is also honored by his mother and is the only legitimate son among the princes. Now he is fighting bloody on the border and has outstanding military achievements.

The two princes are eight years apart, and Heng Yu is only twelve years old now. When Heng Yu thought of this, he seemed to randomly grasp Emperor Jing Yuan's hand.

Emperor Jingyuan had no choice but to look at him, and was happy that Hengyu was so close to him.

Heng Yu's fingertips moved slightly, feeling the pulse of Emperor Jingyuan's pulse.

His pulse was weak and weak, and his father's body had already declined, but he had been insisting on making him the crown prince.

The problem is that he is not justified and there are very few people in the cabinet who support him, which is also the root cause of his father's unhappiness with the cabinet in recent times.

Moreover... He worked hard to be an emperor, and Heng Yu had already become an emperor. In fact, he was not very interested in this position now.

"Father, I heard that my second uncle asked you for an official position?" Heng Yu asked.

Even though the original body has rarely paid attention to political affairs, he has heard of this matter, and it can be imagined how big the matter is now.

Emperor Jing Yuan nodded, thinking that Heng Yu was worried about the obstruction of the cabinet, which made his second uncle's mission unattainable, so he spoke out: "The former Jiangnan Salt Censor resigned after three years, and this position was vacant. The Jiangnan Salt Administration is also of great importance, so I naturally have to choose someone who is trustworthy. Is there anyone who is more trustworthy than your uncle in the foreign country?"

Heng Yu held Emperor Jingyuan's hand and said in a deep voice: "If the father is considering me and my mother, he will refuse the second uncle's request and select another official to serve as the Yan Censor of Jiangnan in accordance with the cabinet's suggestion."

Jiangnan is prosperous, and salt administration is one of the main sources of a country's finances. With his second uncle's appearance, if he really becomes the salt inspector, it will not be beneficial to Jiangnan or the Jiang family in the long run.

The cabinet does have the right to reject it, but what if the emperor insists on doing it alone? The stalemate of this matter will definitely succeed.

But if other princes come to the throne and settle the Jiang family in the future.

To go further, even if he ascended the throne and became emperor in the future, even if he could tolerate the Jiang family, he would never tolerate the second uncle who dared to get involved in the salt administration.

After hearing Heng Yu's words, Emperor Jingyuan's first reaction was that someone said something in Heng Yu's ear. When he thought of "The Doctrine of the Mean", he immediately thought of Xiao Hongyun, the prince's teacher, the Hanlin Academy. "Is someone breaking his mouth in your ear? Yu'er doesn't need to worry too much, the father will naturally handle this matter."

A little haze flashed in Emperor Jingyuan's eyes, and he felt dissatisfied with those who dared to gossip behind him.

In fact, Emperor Jingyuan would support the Jiang family in this way, in addition to the imperial concubine's face, it was mainly because of Heng Yu.

The cabinet does not support him, but the Jiang family is different.

The Jiang family was an ordinary farmer, and the rise and fall of Hengyu and the imperial concubine, and was dependent on him and the imperial concubine.

If the Jiang family gained power, they would inevitably support Heng Yu in turn and become his most determined vassal.

The emperor can indeed make his beloved descendants the emperor alone, but without the support of the court officials, this emperor will inevitably be a lonely man and has no government orders.

Emperor Jingyuan hopes that he will hand over the country in Hengyu's hands in a hundred years, and will be rich and stable.

Heng Yu didn't say much, but just shook his head, "Father listened to me. If the two uncles come to bother you again, please let them come to me. The Jiang family cannot share the worries of his father, or at least not let his father worry. As a relative, it is a blessing to suddenly become noble. Let the children make their future by themselves. If they have no talent or virtue, they can be rich for a lifetime. If they have talent, will the father and the cabinet treat them badly?"

His words were very appropriate. Even if the imperial concubine and the two uncles of the Jiang family came to find Emperor Jingyuan, they could only blame Heng Yu in the end.

And the last sentence gave his father a face in front of the cabinet, preventing him from having many disputes with the cabinet.

"Yu'er is sensible." Emperor Jing Yuan sighed with relief.

To be honest, Emperor Jiaqing favored the imperial concubine and really favored Hengyu. But he was not a foolish monarch, so he would be more interested in the original body, because the original body was smart and quite politically wise.

But the original body was spoiled, although it was smart, and he acted wildly.

Maybe the original body has always felt that the last seat would belong to me.

The topic ended, and the Imperial Palace also arrived at Shuhua Palace, the Imperial Concubine.

Shuhua Palace was a royal concubine. Even if Emperor Jingyuan indulged him, his mother never had any overstepping of her duties in terms of her duties and grasped her own qualities very well.

Heng Yu and Emperor Jingyuan walked into the hall together. He saluted the imperial concubine. After lunch, Heng Yu talked to Emperor Jingyuan and the imperial concubine while silently pondering the situation in his heart.

——Although the original body does not take other princes seriously, he has always paid great attention to the third prince who is the most threatening.

Even his private relationship with the third prince was not as powerful as others saw.

This has to talk about something from childhood.

When I was young, I avoided the palace servants and went to the cold palace area to play. Finally, I got lost and went around and finally met the third prince Pei Hengyong.

Pei Hengyong, who had just entered the ranks of teenagers, took his original body back to Shuhua Palace. He knew along the way that he was afraid and kept saying something to divert his original body's attention. It was obvious that the original body was playing tricks, but Pei Hengyong took everything on himself. Later, he was sentenced to be imprisoned by Emperor Jingyuan for half a month. The original body slipped to see him and brought him dessert.

But later, due to the attitude of the people around him, the original body rarely had the opportunity to contact Pei Hengyong. The child was forgetful, and then the two had no interaction.

But the original body actually has always vaguely remembered what Pei Hengyong helped him. In recent years, whenever something happened to Pei Hengyong, he would always speak out to help Pei Hengyong so that the punishment he received would not be too severe.

In fact, in Heng Yu's opinion, this third prince is good at being an emperor, has a kind personality, and has guessed some of the things that the original body has helped him speak. With this, you don't have to worry that he will not be able to tolerate himself in the future.

Even if the third prince has any objections to him, Heng Yu himself has time to make arrangements, which is enough for him to live a free life with his mother in the future.

So he is not that interested in being an emperor now. He now wants to be a concubine prince who is huddled behind the scenes and makes trouble and plays life!

After Emperor Jingyuan left Shuhua Palace and went to Qinzheng Hall to handle government affairs, the imperial concubine pulled Hengyu to chat.

Then... she heard her son's ambitions.

The imperial concubine who always smiled elegantly and had a very eloquent eloquent voice suddenly lost her voice, and the smile on her face froze, and it took her a while to recover from calmness.
Chapter completed!