Note|There are discrepancies between the original book and the TV series.
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The crown prince and King Yu also made big mistakes, but the two were treated by Emperor Liang, almost the same, they were both partial, which was very unfair to King Qi, who was also the prince.
Who is Emperor Liang's favorite in the end?
I wrote an article before, speculating that Emperor Liang loved Princess Linglong deeply, so he loved Wu and Wu, and his favorite son was the one whose personality was more like him.
Now, after re-brushing, especially in the section of "Love Silk", I found that Emperor Liang's favorite son may not be King Yu, and King Yu can only rank second at most.
King Qi is the most beloved son in Emperor Liang's heart. There was a sentence he didn't say, but it was clear at a glance.
First of all, King Qi made a big taboo and made a high achievement, which was a kind of unfilial piety in the eyes of Emperor Liang and a very terrible mistake, so he ruthlessly gave poisoned wine and killed him.
Even if he is the crown prince who has been canonized, Emperor Liang can say that he will abolish it, leaving no mercy.
King Qi is different from any prince, he has a very stubborn personality and is arrogant, so he didn't say a word of begging for mercy, and calmly accepted the death.
This is what Emperor Liang hated him the most, and it is also the real reason why he easily let go of the crown prince and King Yu later.
Let's look at the prince's big mistake again, first cooperated with Concubine Yue to give Nihuang a "problematic" liquor, and forced her to marry Sima Lei, wanting to destroy her innocence and reputation, which is unkind and unjust.
Later, he ordered King Jing to be shot and his brother killed, which was ruthless. After being caught by the queen and others, he continued to lie with his mother, which was a bully.
Any of the above is enough to abolish this disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial prince, who is not worthy of the position. In fact, Emperor Liang also had this idea at that time, otherwise it would be difficult to calm the anger in his and Nihuang's hearts.
But the camera suddenly turned, and after Concubine Yue said a few words to beg for mercy for the prince, and took all the blame on her, the prince immediately crawled out on his knees, grabbed Emperor Liang's sleeve, and cried pitifully for mercy.
What is surprising is that Emperor Liang was really moved by compassion and was reluctant to abolish him.
At that time, I thought that Concubine Yue had been favored for many years, and Emperor Liang had loved the prince for many years, so he was reluctant to "punish too much", so he was partial. Unexpectedly, after brushing the original book, I found out that Emperor Liang did not depose the prince because of regret.
The moment the prince begged for mercy, he was deeply stung, and his mind was actually full of pictures of only one person, that is, King Qi.
However, he didn't say it in public, but secretly said this sentence in his heart: If King Qi could hold his knees like the prince back then, crying and begging for mercy, would he be soft-hearted and reluctant to take his life, and even take him into his arms, while scolding and pity?
What a person thinks in his head can often directly affect the next behavior.
Therefore, next, Emperor Liang really hugged the crying prince and blamed him softly, blaming him for not studying hard and how to be a good prince instead of taking the wrong path.
This scene was very ironic, and Nihuang was chilled on the spot.
As everyone knows, Emperor Liang's words and deeds are just out of deep regret. He thought of King Qi, longing for the prince in front of him, if he could become a man who was willing to lower his posture and beg him for mercy, how good.
Therefore, he could not be ruthless.
People, as long as they have the first scruples, there will be the next time.
Therefore, when it was the turn of King Yu to make a big mistake and raise troops to force him to seize the throne, Emperor Liang looked at King Yu who was locked in the prison car, and also thought of King Qi, and once again deeply regretted it, and let him go with a soft heart.
After King Rao Yu did not die, Emperor Liang turned around and was helped by Gao Zhan to walk, and he sighed: Is it that he is old and no longer has the ruthlessness he had back then?Did he do something wrong back then?
To put it bluntly, he still regrets it, so he doesn't want to do the same poisonous thing anymore. Otherwise, it will only be sprinkled with an extra handful of salt on his old scars.
To sum up, Emperor Liang has always loved King Qi the most. It's a pity that both of them are stubborn people, and neither of them is willing to lower their posture once.
In fact, how can there be an overnight feud between father and son, everyone occasionally takes a step back, or one of them lowers his posture and gives the other party a face, maybe there is a turn to turn. Hard-hitting is mostly the result of losing both.
Just like King Qi died, how could Emperor Liang be happy?He also regretted it for the rest of his life, no matter how many princes he saw, the first thing that came to mind was always the son he loved the most.