12dz Chapter 342: I was fooled by this guy
Chapter 342: I was fooled by this guy
The emperor's gaze fell back on Xiao Chenze's face, "You want me to stay and you to go with me?"
Xiao Chenze nodded, "Father, this is what I planned, but I did not threaten the general. I am just worried about your safety. Your safety is related to the safety of the Great Zhou. This is a serious matter, so I have to be cautious, so I want to switch with you, and want to..."
"What are you thinking about? Go on." The emperor said through gritted teeth.
Xiao Chenze closed his mouth and lowered his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Shen Li standing on the other side of Fang Yao.
"You can't tell, right?" The emperor snorted and said, "You think I don't know what you're up to? You're dreaming."
Isn't it just to get close to Miss Shen? You little bastard, you dare to ruin my good deeds for the sake of a woman.
The emperor was almost furious. If he hadn't taken the asthma medicine that Shen Li brought into the palace every day, he would have had an attack today.
Marquis Guan Yong stood up at this moment and said, "Your Majesty, I think the eldest prince's words are reasonable, and the Queen Mother has also told me her concerns. Why don't you stay in the palace and wait for good news from me? As a king, you should not get involved."
Now, even the Queen Mother has moved out.
Seeing that he couldn't leave, the emperor's head began to pound.
Looking at my son, I feel dissatisfied with everything about him. If I had known earlier, I would have set off yesterday instead of nagging him so much.
"If I don't go, you can forget about going either," the Emperor said to Xiao Chenze. "You should stay in the capital, get up early every day and go to the palace. After court, come to the Imperial Study to learn from me, and help me choose the new Prime Minister."
"Father..." Xiao Chenze immediately raised his head when he heard this. He was about to refuse, but when he saw the emperor's face as black as the bottom of a pot, he swallowed his words.
He got it.
The guy above me, Yao, was fooled.
Just now, as my father was leading the others to the Imperial Study after the court session, Fang Yao deliberately slowed down his pace and came to his side, smiling and saying to him, "Did your trip to the Northern Frontier to pick someone up go smoothly, Crown Prince?"
Because of Shen Li's relationship, he had great respect for Fang Yao and hurriedly bowed and replied, "It went very smoothly. Thank you, General, for your concern."
Fang Yao nodded, sighed, and said, "As long as everything goes smoothly, you have no idea how close the three of us, the Emperor, myself, and the Duke of Chu, were back then. I never thought that more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Alas, time flies."
"Yes," Xiao Chenze said hurriedly, "I heard my uncle say this time. He kept talking about wanting to drink with you for three more days and three nights."
"Don't listen to your uncle's boasting," Fang Yao said carelessly, "He can't drink, and he's my loser. I'll write him a letter later, telling him to come over if he's got the guts, so we can go back to Beijing and compete."
Chu Qianxue, who was following on the other side of Xiao Chenze, curled her lips and simply took a step back to talk to Nanny Zheng, who was sent by the Queen Mother to pick her up.
Then, Fang Yao said to Xiao Chenze, "I believe you have also heard about what happened recently in the capital. The reason why the Wen family fell so quickly and why the two Zhaos caused the old prime minister to resign was all because of the truth that Li'er discovered when she took us hiding in her cage. At that time, the emperor was also there..."
Xiao Chenze's expression immediately grew tense. "So, Father and you all know that it was Li'er herself who could teleport?"
He was worried that they would treat Shen Li as a monster, which would be detrimental to Shen Li.
"Yes, everyone knows it," Fang Yao seemed to be able to see through his thoughts and said to him, "Don't worry, Li'er has that ability. Others don't have it yet. The emperor and I didn't think much of it, and others dared not think too much of it. Especially this time when the Northern Di and Western Qiang became enemies, if Li'er didn't have this ability, it would never have been possible. The emperor has been praising her all the time."
"This time in the cage, Marquis Guanyong and the others said they wanted to stir up trouble in the Northern Di and Western Qiang regions, and also to take over Southern Xinjiang. The Emperor immediately became interested and insisted on going along. Alas, you don't know, the Emperor only stayed in the cage for a few hours last time, and when Li'er was escorting the Emperor back, Fu Lizhang nearly stabbed him with a knife."
"He's been gone for so many days this time. Not to mention Fu Lizhang and Mu Heng, even the court officials would be going crazy just because he hasn't been at court for a few days. If they knew it was Li'er who took the emperor away, do you think those sour-smelling scholars would criticize Li'er verbally and verbally when we return, and wouldn't let go of her like a bunch of women?"
Of course.
Xiao Chenze felt overwhelmed just thinking about the situation.
"This doesn't even include the possibility that the Emperor might get a headache or a fever on the way, or that he might lose a hair if he can't dodge. Your Highness, wouldn't that be terrifying? You don't know how terribly I've been worried about Li'er these past few days, and I don't know how to tell her. She doesn't understand the intricacies of this and thinks it's okay to take the Emperor out."
"It's okay. I'll talk to her later," Xiao Chenze said. "Don't worry, General. I'll make it clear to her. We'll both refuse Father from going out. We'll say the cage is uncertain, or anything else. Anyway, Father won't be allowed to go with her."
Fang Yao patted his shoulder with relief, an expression of deep sympathy.
Unexpectedly, this guy didn't want the emperor to go with him. It wasn't that he couldn't talk about this with Shen Li, but he wanted him to wait for him to come back and take Shen Li out to talk in front of everyone. When he came back, it would become like he went out to threaten Shen Li not to bring the emperor with him.
He said no one would believe him.
Well, considering that Shen Li doesn't have to take responsibility for his father's travel safety, he accepted it.
The emperor looked at his son kneeling at his feet angrily. He knew that his intentions were good, but when he thought about losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he wanted to kick him down.
"During this trip to the northern border, did that old guy Chu Hengsheng scold me?" asked the emperor.
"No," Xiao Chenze's heart was pounding like a drum, and he quickly replied, "My uncle also asked about the Royal Grandmother's health and asked me to bring back many rare medicinal herbs from the north. He also found a cough and asthma medicine specifically for my father, and asked me to bring that back as well."
The emperor snorted and was about to find something else to provoke. Guan Yonghou bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it is time for us to set off."
These words were simply tearing out the emperor's heart and lungs. The emperor looked around for something and wanted to throw it at Xiao Chenze again.
Xiao Chenze was ready to jump up and dodge, but Chu Qianxue stepped forward and blocked his way, saying, "Your Majesty, your cousin is doing this for your own good. You must not be unreasonable."
"Besides," she turned around and glanced at Fang Yao, "it was the general himself who didn't dare to refuse, so he tricked my cousin into offending you. Your Majesty will understand."
Fang Yao was watching the excitement from behind with a smile on his face, but he didn't expect the flames of war to spread to him. Upon hearing this, he quickly said with an innocent look on his face, "Your Majesty, I am going out this time for the great Zhou Dynasty's century-old foundation. She is just a little girl and doesn't understand the ins and outs of it, but we all know it. If I didn't want you to go, I would have told you long ago. Why do you have to wait until the eldest prince returns?"
Yes, the emperor was angry and thought it was right as soon as he heard it.