Chapter 1388 The prince’s unintentional mistake!
When everyone heard Jingren compare Jingxuan to Cao Zhi, their expressions changed. Murong Qingwu's eyes also became a little playful. At this time, An Miaoyi immediately scolded:
"Jingren, what are you talking about!"

Facing his mother's rebuke, Jingren, who didn't know he had said the wrong thing, was a little overwhelmed, but he still continued to speak stubbornly:

"Jingxuan is very quick-witted, not inferior to Cao Zijian!"

"You still won't shut up!"

Seeing that An Miaoyi was about to get angry, Ye Mingsheng looked back at her, then waved his hand as if nothing had happened and asked Jingxuan:

"Jingxuan, you are right! What prize do you want?"

After An Miaoyi's outburst just now, Jing Xuan was a little at a loss. Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, he scratched his head and said:

"Father, I don't have anything I want. Can you let me think about it?"

"Okay! Jingxuan, tell father when you have made up your mind!"

After solving this problem, Ye Mingsheng took his wives, concubines and children to watch a singing and dancing performance, and then ended today's birthday party.

As soon as the birthday party ended, An Miaoyi returned to her yard and called Jingren over and asked seriously:

"Do you know where you went wrong today?"

Jingren, who didn't think he had said anything wrong, saw his mother still struggling with the matter, and immediately said with some grievance:
"Mother! My fourth brother is really quick-witted. I really think he is as good as Cao Zijian..."

Seeing that Jingren still mentioned Cao Zijian and had not yet realized his mistake, An Miaoyi said with a sense of regret:

"Jingren, kneel outside the yard! Come back in when you figure it out!"

Although he didn't know why his mother was so angry, Jingren also tried to persuade her:
"Mother, today is your birthday. Please don't be angry. Anger is harmful to your health. I will kneel outside now!"

"roll!"

Jingren immediately bowed and knelt outside obediently. Seeing her son leave, An Miaoyi shook her head helplessly. She thought to herself that although she was not extremely smart, she was definitely not bad, and Ye Mingsheng was even more of a hero.

An Miaoyi really couldn't understand how the union between her and Ye Mingsheng gave birth to an ordinary person like Jingren!

At this time, Ying Er also brought a cup of ginseng tea and handed it to An Miaoyi and said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Crown Prince Renxiao is just confused for the moment!"

An Miaoyi sighed helplessly upon hearing this, then picked up the ginseng tea and took a sip. She was originally in a good mood for her birthday today, but after what her son did, her mood was now a mess!

An Miaoyi waited for about an incense stick of time. Seeing that Jingren didn't come in, she felt very annoyed. At this time, the sunlight outside was becoming more and more scorching. Thinking that Jingren was still kneeling outside at this time, An Miaoyi felt a little distressed.

Just when An Miaoyi was hesitating, Ying'er saw through her thoughts and immediately walked to the yard to help Jingren, who was a little dazed by the sun, up. Then she had someone feed Jingren some tea. Seeing this, Jingren said gratefully:
"Thank you!"

After saying this, Jingren was about to continue kneeling on the ground. Seeing this, Qiqige stopped him and asked:
"Prince, please think clearly about why the Queen wants to punish you?"

Jingren shook his head and said:

"I know that my mother has always wanted me to surpass Jingxuan, but my fourth brother is so smart and intelligent that I can't match him..."

After saying this, Jingren lowered his head in shame. Qiqige whispered a reminder:
"Prince, the Queen Mother is not punishing you for this. You can say that the Fourth Prince is quick-witted and talented, but you can never compare him to Cao Zijian!"

After hearing what Qiqige said, Jingren, who hadn't figured it out yet, asked in confusion:

"Why is this?"

"Who is Cao Zijian's father?"

Jingren, who was familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, blurted out without hesitation:
"Cao Cao! Cao Mengde!"

Although Jingren was not very smart, he was definitely not stupid, so when the word Cao Cao was mentioned, he immediately realized what was going on and said:
"Cao Cao usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself as the emperor. He is my father!"

Before Jingren finished speaking, Qiqige covered his mouth and reminded him:
"Prince! Be careful with your words! Be careful with your words!"

After Qiqige's guidance and reminder, Jingren finally realized the mistake he had made, and immediately muttered to himself:
"No wonder the Queen Mother was so angry, so that's why!"

After saying this, he also said to Qiqige sincerely:
"Thanks for the reminder, Qiqige!"

"Your Highness is so polite! This is what I should do. The Queen is waiting for you!"

Jingren, who had figured out the key to the problem, immediately walked back into the house and said to An Miaoyi in annoyance:
"Mother, I know where I went wrong. I spoke out of turn and shouldn't have compared my fourth brother to Cao Zijian..."

Seeing that her son finally realized his mistake, An Miaoyi nodded with relief. Cao Cao did not have a good reputation in history books. People all said that he usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself as an emperor. He was nominally a Han minister, but in reality a Han traitor!
Therefore, when Shangguan Hongyuan was alive, many people compared him to Cao Cao of the Zhou Dynasty, who used the emperor to control the princes, including Ye Mingsheng!

When the Fengwu Army and the Luo'an court were fighting, the Luo'an court once said that Ye Mingsheng had served as a personal soldier for Shangguan Hongyuan in Zhaowu Camp, saying that Ye Mingsheng was an ungrateful and shameless traitor. The Fengwu Army said that Shangguan Hongyuan was like Cao Cao, a minister of Zhou in name but a thief of Zhou in reality, with the intention of rebellion and conspiracy, and the heroes of the world fought against him. Ye Mingsheng, as a loyal man and a loyal minister of the Great Zhou, should eat the salary of the emperor and share the worries of the emperor. He could not coexist with traitors like Shangguan Hongyuan and they would never coexist!

It would have been nice if the manifesto had ended here, but the attendant in charge of drafting the manifesto, a servant named Wang Ming, probably wanted to highlight Ye Mingsheng's image as a loyal minister, so he added a sentence that Ye Mingsheng would always be a minister of Zhou.

Then when Ye Mingsheng read the manifesto, he didn't pay attention and asked his subordinates to publish it. There was no problem at the time, but when Ye Mingsheng defeated Shangguan Hongyuan and established the Yijing court, the situation changed greatly!
When the Yijing court was established, Ye Mingsheng also served as the chief minister of the cabinet. This gave Xu Zhaojie, who was fighting against Ye Mingsheng at the time, an opportunity to talk nonsense...

In order to occupy the moral high ground and win the support of public opinion, Xu Zhaojie also published a manifesto, saying that Ye Mingsheng was hypocritical and shameless. In the past, you, Ye Mingsheng, said that Shangguan Hongyuan was a traitor to the Great Zhou Dynasty and used the emperor to control the princes. You also said that you would be a minister of Zhou forever. Why are you now following Shangguan Hongyuan's example and becoming the prime minister to control the princes?
You, Ye Mingsheng, and Shangguan Hongyuan are of the same kind, both traitors to the country like Cao Cao, who wanted to usurp the Zhou Dynasty and establish their own regime, and then used the same tactics that Ye Mingsheng used to accuse Shangguan Hongyuan on Ye Mingsheng.

Xu Zhaojie even said something worse than Ye Mingsheng did back then. He openly said that he wished he could eat Ye Mingsheng's flesh and sleep on his skin so that the world could be peaceful again.

Ye Mingsheng's promotion of reforms had touched upon the interests of the gentry, and the gentry held the power of discourse among the people. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng's reputation has not been very good. Rumors such as "he has the eyes of an eagle and the back of a wolf" and "he has a traitorous mind" have been emerging one after another.

Therefore, many people believed Xu Zhaojie's words and thought that Ye Mingsheng was really a villain who committed all kinds of evil and brought disaster to the country and the people!

However, Ye Mingsheng had already become powerful at that time and was about to take over the world, so even though Xu Zhaojie put up a desperate resistance, in the end he was no match for him and was eventually captured alive!
After Ye Mingsheng proclaimed himself emperor, he received a lot of criticism from the public because of his promise to always be a minister of Zhou.

However, Ye Mingsheng believed that the common people were not pigs or dogs and had the right to express their own ideas, so he was not very strict in the control of speech. Therefore, many ordinary people compared Ye Mingsheng to Cao Cao to ridicule and mock him.
This situation obviously offended Ye Mingsheng's supreme authority as the emperor, so no one mentioned it in the court, but everyone knew the truth among themselves.

Today, Jingren compared his younger brother Jingxuan to the extremely talented Cao Zijian. In a sense, he was implying in front of Ye Mingsheng that Ye Mingsheng was the traitor Cao Cao who usurped the Zhou Dynasty and established himself as the emperor. This was also the reason why the atmosphere in the palace immediately became subtle when Jingren said this.

Although An Miaoyi knew that her son Jingren, who had always been kind and filial, must have made an unintentional mistake and did not do it on purpose, she immediately reprimanded Jingren in order to prevent Ye Mingsheng from getting angry.

After admitting his mistake to his mother, Jingren said with some concern:
"Mother, will father blame me? I really didn't think of this at the time."

Looking at her son's worried face, An Miaoyi knew that her son had realized his mistake, and immediately spoke to comfort him:

"You don't have to worry about Jingren. Although your father is a bit stingy, he is not particular about small matters and has a broad mind. He can tolerate the common people comparing him with Cao Cao, so he can naturally tolerate your unintentional mistake!"

Jingren's worry faded after hearing this. Seeing this, An Miaoyi said very seriously:

"Jingren, although this was an unintentional mistake, you must learn from it and never make a similar mistake again!"

"Jingren, although you are still young, as the crown prince, your every word and action is under great scrutiny. Too many people are watching your every move and want to find fault with you!"

“Especially in such an important occasion, Jingren, you must be careful with your words. You should think about what you want to say in your mind before you speak. You must not speak casually and say whatever you want…”

Seeing his mother's serious expression, Jingren also said very seriously:

"Mother, I understand! I will never make such a mistake again!"

An Miaoyi nodded slightly and said:

"Go back and study hard. Even if you can't compare to Jingxuan, you can't let him fall too far behind!"

"Yes!"

Jingren returned to his room, and An Miaoyi called Aunt Xu from the palace and asked:
"Where did your Majesty go after the banquet?"

Aunt Xu said without hesitation:
"Originally, His Majesty planned to go to the Imperial Study to review memorials after the banquet, but His Majesty drank a lot of wine at the banquet today, so His Majesty did not go to the Imperial Study as planned. Instead, I heard that His Majesty stayed in the Floating Cloud Pavilion to rest!"

"Who is serving His Majesty?"

"Originally, there were only a few palace maids serving him, but when the Queen Mother found out that His Majesty had drunk too much, she asked Concubine Yu to serve His Majesty!"

When An Miaoyi heard the name "Jinyu", a strange look flashed in her eyes. She and Ye Cui had been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for so many years, and she knew very well that although Ye Cui stood on her side, it was more out of consideration of interests rather than emotional factors.

Among the dozens of concubines in the harem, only Jinyu is Ye Cui's favorite daughter-in-law. Ye Cui always arranges Jinyu to do any important things.

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi did not continue to ask, but changed the subject and asked:
"Your Majesty, have you not had any contact with Murong Xinyun?"

Aunt Xu nodded and said:
"In reply to the Queen, Your Majesty had contact with Murong Xinyun. After the banquet, when Murong Xinyun was about to leave, Zhang Hu went over to stop Murong Xinyun. Then Your Majesty walked over and said a few words to Murong Xinyun, and then the two of them parted..."

Upon hearing this, An Miaoyi's expression changed and she immediately asked:
"Do you know what His Majesty said to Murong Xinyun?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Xu said with difficulty:
"Your Majesty, the only people present at the time were Murong Xinyun and His Majesty. My maids didn't dare to get too close. I only know that Murong Xinyun looked a little shy, but also had some intention of wanting to refuse but also to welcome!"

An Miaoyi's expression turned cold when these words came out, but Qiqige beside her said with disdain:

"Bah! I thought this bitch from the Murong family would continue to pretend to be reserved, but I didn't expect her slutty side to show up so soon. What a shameless bitch! She really brought shame to the Murong family!"

Although Qiqige's curse was very vulgar, An Miaoyi felt comfortable listening to it. Don't look at what she said at the banquet just now, such as if the emperor likes, Murong Xinyun will sleep with him tonight. But in fact, although An Miaoyi is very generous, as a woman and a wife, she is not that generous!
Seeing Ye Mingsheng flirting with another woman at her birthday party, and the other woman was the young, beautiful and energetic Murong Xinyun, An Miaoyi was also very upset in her heart, but as the queen, it was not easy for her to express her inner thoughts directly, so she pretended to be magnanimous and played the Yin-Yang Ye Mingsheng.

Ye Mingsheng undoubtedly understood the yin and yang meaning in An Miaoyi's words, but in the end he was still a little in the wrong, so he pretended not to hear it...