Chapter 598: Fall short

On the second day, the prince knelt on the stone steps outside the Hall of Yangxin, insisted on kneeling until almost noon, and fainted again.
"My lord, my lord has passed out." Pan Hai leaned in front of Emperor Jingming and whispered to report.
Emperor Jingming was ill for some time, his face turned yellow, his eyelids moved when he heard the words, and said, "Carry back to the East Palace."
Pan Hai walked out of the hall and said loudly, "Send the prince back to the palace."
The prince lying on the cold stone steps quietly moved his eyelids.
This time, he pretended to be unconscious.
It’s better to use cotton pads on your knees. It’s not as uncomfortable as yesterday, but you can’t stand it when you kneel. Let’s fight again tomorrow.
The prince was soon carried away by several servants.
Pan Hai turned back.
Emperor Jingming opened his eyes: "The prince has gone back?"
"Yes." Pan Hai came over and kneaded his calf for Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming didn't say a word, thinking about his thoughts.
On the third day, everyone was waiting in the hall. Seeing Pan Hai approaching, they all looked at the prince.
On the third day, did the emperor see the prince?
The prince couldn't help being nervous.
The emperor father didn't see him today, and he was going to kneel outside again.
Pan Hai glanced around at the crowd and said, "The emperor called several princes and concubines in."
The prince looked disappointed.
Sure enough, I didn't see him again!
The prince gritted his teeth, turned and walked outside the hall.
Kneeling on his knees, he did not believe that his father let him kneel down like this.
King Lu liked to watch prince jokes the most. He turned his head and watched the prince go out, his eyes narrowed, thoughtful.
"What are you looking at? If we don't leave yet, we are left behind." Princess Lu gave Wang Lu a hand.
"Uh, let's go." Wang Lu followed the crowd inward, thinking in his heart.
There is an inexplicable sense of familiarity between the Prince's operations...
Emperor Jing Ming looked at the sons coming in with a look of surprise.
"I said, you don't have to come every day."
Everyone said one after another: "It's no longer right for a son (daughter-in-law) not to be by the side of the emperor. If he doesn't come to visit the emperor, he will be even more unfilial."
Emperor Jingming's eyes slowly swept across the faces of his sons, and said: "You can have this heart, I am very pleased, I only hope that your brothers can love and help each other is the greatest filial piety."
Everyone was busy.
Wang Qi said: "Father, the second brother has been kneeling for three days, and he may not be able to take it...just calm down and let the second brother get up."
King Lu quietly curled his lips.
As soon as the father said that the brothers should love each other and help each other, the fourth child interceded for the prince, enough to meet and stitch.
"Yes, Father, the stone steps are cold, and the legs are ruined after a long time..." King Qin followed and persuaded.
Emperor Jingming's expression became loose.
He was completely discouraged with the prince, but it did not mean that he wanted the prince to kneel and abandon his legs.
Well, such a stalemate is not necessary. Find a chance to explain clearly to the prince and let him be the idle prince in the future, so that it may be a good thing for Da Zhou or this ineffective son.
Emperor Jingming made a decision, and said to Pan Hai: "Come in with the prince."
Seeing Emperor Jingming's loose mouth, everyone looked subtle.
After kneeling three times, the father felt softened, and the prince really was the most important in his heart.
Pan Hai went out of the temple gate and walked to the prince: "His Royal Highness, the emperor sends you in."
The prince stood up abruptly: "Father see me?"
"His Royal Highness, please."
The prince couldn't wait to walk in, and when he saw Emperor Jingming's face, he threw himself down on his knees, and said excitedly: "The son greets the emperor father."
King Lu stared at the prince, and the familiar feeling grew stronger.
The moment the prince knelt just now, he always felt weird in his knees, as if something was stuffed-Wang Lu's eyes widened suddenly, if it weren't for so many people, he would have liked to pat his head.
He said how he felt familiar. He was often punished when he was young, so he secretly stuffed cotton pads into his knees!
As long as he uses cotton pads, he can kneel in the morning until the sun sets,
King Lu had a lot of experience on how to stuff things into his knees without being seen, and the prince was a little bit awkward before him.
Hey, what if the father found out that the prince had stuffed cotton pads on his knees?
King Lu rubbed his chin and began to wonder how to expose the prince.
The prince didn't know that he was being watched by King Lu, and he didn't get up after the invitation, looking at Emperor Jingming pitifully.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of the prince, Emperor Jing Ming couldn't say anything, and said coldly: "Get up."
The prince hurriedly got up, regardless of everyone's presence, and asked: "Father, are you better? My son hasn't seen you these days, and I'm worried about it."
Emperor Jingming said in a bad mood: "I can't die."
The prince was taken aback, then raised his hand and slapped himself: "It's all the son's fault, making the father angry."
"That's fine, you don't want to commit another mess in the future." Jing Mingdi said lightly.
With a decision in his heart, he no longer treats the prince as an heir. Facing this son, he has a lot of peace of mind.
Perhaps it is the deep responsibility of love, but now that you are discouraged, you can calm down.
The prince did not understand the subtle changes in Emperor Jingming's mind, and he was overjoyed.
That’s great, the emperor doesn’t care about him anymore, he finally didn’t kneel for nothing!
"I'm tired, you all retreat." Emperor Jing Ming began to drive people.
"The father is good for rest, and the son (daughter-in-law) retired."
King Lu was a little anxious.
It wouldn't be enough to leave like this, the prince doesn't have to kneel down in the future, wouldn't it be possible to let him pass by?
King Lu rolled his eyes and walked beside the prince deliberately, and quietly stretched out his leg.
The prince was not paying attention for a while, and he planted forward.
When the time was too late, King Lu instantly stepped on the prince's trouser legs. As the prince fell, the trousers were stepped on. Fortunately, the shirt was hidden and only half of his leg was exposed.
The scene fell silent.
After a while, the youngest King Xiang said, "What's on your second brother's knee?"
The prince fell badly, his face changed drastically when he heard what Xiang Wang said, he jumped up and put on his pants.
Everyone turned their heads silently and looked at Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming stared at the prince with an iron face.
The prince knelt down with a soft leg: "Father, the emperor--"
Didn’t you see the father just now?
Emperor Jingming closed his eyes, opened them again, and said in a cold tone: "Prince and King Lu stay, you all go out!"
Although the princes were very reluctant to miss the excitement, they did not dare to reveal the slightest on their faces and hurriedly retreated.
Then Emperor Jingming said: "Take off the prince's pants, let me see what it is."
The crown prince panicked: "Father, father--"
Several servants stepped forward and pulled off the prince's pants neatly, revealing the cotton pad tied to his knees.
The prince's eyes turned black, with only one thought: this time it's really finished!
Emperor Jingming took a deep breath, suppressing the urge of anger, and said without wave: "Pan Hai, let people send the prince back to the East Palace."
"Father, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore, please forgive me--" the prince struggled and shouted, but was sent out by the servant.
Emperor Jingming glanced at King Lu.
King Lu was frightened by the sight, and said with a dry smile: "Father--"
Emperor Jingming pointed at the door: "Kneel and go!"