Chapter 126 Pack up and leave

Yan Shixu naturally soon found out about what was happening in the court.

He was rather curious about what Prince Yu had done that had caused Uncle Prince Wu to confront him for decades?

He thought for a moment, then instructed Zhang Sicheng, "Go and personally tell the Grand Tutor and General Luo that all matters concerning the court must be handled in accordance with King Wu's wishes."

Zhang Sicheng went to get busy.

As for Prince Yu, he was very angry with Prince Wu today.

I wanted to go to the Queen Mother to complain, but as soon as I took a step forward, I thought of what King Wu said about the baby who was not yet weaned.

He silently retracted his foot, gritting his teeth in his heart.

Princess Yu was also a little confused.

"What exactly is the feud between the prince and King Wu? I heard that he treats the emperor and the King of Qi quite well, but he treats you with such coldness and hostility."

A hint of guilt flashed across Prince Yu's face.

But soon, a hint of hostility flashed across his eyes, and he fell silent.

Princess Yu didn't ask any further questions, but simply asked, "Then Your Majesty, please just reply to me. Is it possible for Prince Wu to be of use to us?"

Prince Yu said without even thinking: "Impossible."

Princess Yu asked again, "Is it possible for him to remain neutral? Not biased towards the prince, nor against the prince?"

Prince Yu shook his head again: "Not likely."

Princess Yu was puzzled when she heard this.

"Then why does Your Highness keep him around? He only brought a hundred or so personal guards with him when he came to the capital this time. We should take this opportunity to eliminate him and prevent future troubles."

Prince Yu looked at her and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Princess Yu asked, "Didn't the prince ask my father to raise a number of assassins? Why not send a group of them to block the road that Prince Wu must take to return to Youzhou?"

Prince Yu shook his head.

"What do you think of General Luo's Kung Fu?"

"Luo Yuan?" Princess Yu was puzzled, not understanding why he suddenly asked this.

"I've heard that General Luo is a master of martial arts and a rare military talent. Unfortunately, General Luo has long sided with the Crown Prince because of his son Luo Yunzhen."

Prince Yu said quietly, "Even ten Luo generals wouldn't be able to defeat a Wu King, and those assassins your father raised are even less likely to kill him."

Princess Yu looked up suddenly, in disbelief.

"Is he really that powerful?"

"I saw it with my own eyes in the military camp. He single-handedly took on a hundred or so Jingwei, including General Luo. He defeated all of them, and he only suffered minor injuries."

Princess Yu's mouth opened slightly, and she was unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

"Your Highness, what you mean is that it would be extremely difficult for us to eliminate him?"

Prince Yu paced back and forth a few steps, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Eradicating him does not mean assassinating this channel."

Princess Yu quickly understood what he meant and nodded with a smile.

…

For several days in a row, King Wu continued to oppose King Yu.

Even many ministers in the court supported Prince Wu, making it difficult for Prince Yu to back down.

After finally making it to the end of court today, Prince Yu immediately returned to his residence, Lingyun Palace, to pack up his things and return to Xizhou.

When the Empress Dowager learned about this, she had him summoned to the Cining Palace.

"I asked you to help Xu'er handle state affairs, and it's only been a few days, and you're packing your bags and heading back?"

Prince Yu said, "Mother, I cannot help you here. My second brother has made great military achievements and everyone trusts him. It would be great if he could help the Crown Prince with state affairs."

The empress dowager's eyebrows were twitching.

She called Prince Wu back with the intention of having more relatives to see the emperor off, but she didn't expect that he would start a conflict with Prince Yu again as soon as he came back.

In the end, even the Queen Mother couldn't persuade Prince Yu, and he really packed up and left.

The Queen Mother rubbed her aching brow and said to Nanny Zhong, "Could it be that in a past life, they had a blood feud? Prince Wu has been beating Prince Yu since he was a child, and I really don't understand why. When I asked him, he refused to say anything."

Nanny Zhong actually didn't understand either. These two princes really looked like they had a grudge against each other in their previous life.

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and then ordered, "Send someone to call King Wu over, and I will speak to him in person."

Nanny Zhong sent Xiuping there.

King Wu may have felt a little guilty, so he dawdled and waited until dinner time before coming.

The Queen Mother was holding her chopsticks and hadn't started eating yet. When she saw him coming over, she sneered.

"You came here at dinner time, deliberately trying to get a free meal from me?"

King Wu laughed and sat down on the left side of the Queen Mother quite rudely.

There, there was a set of empty bowls and chopsticks.

Then he picked up the chopsticks and quickly picked up a chicken drumstick.

"Mother, I have angered my third brother and he has left. I am embarrassed to appear before you."

As he said this, he took a bite of the chicken leg.

The Queen Mother: “…”

The palace servants waiting in the hall: "..."

Isn't this embarrassing?

The Queen Mother was so angry that she was speechless.

She slammed her chopsticks down on the table with a loud 'bang'.

"How dare you say you pissed Prince Yu off? How could he not be angry if you always go against him?"

King Wu silently put down the chicken leg and consciously admitted his mistake.

Then he added, "Mother, how about I go and get my third brother back now?"

The Queen Mother looked at him suspiciously. Was he so sincere in admitting his mistake?

"Forget it, let him go back. I will let him return to Beijing after some time."

At this point, she continued, not giving up, "Why don't you tell me why you've always been against Prince Yu since you were little?"

King Wu pursed his lips and remained silent.

The Queen Mother was really mad at him and lost her temper.

"Eat, and when the emperor is buried, you can go back to Youzhou and stop bothering me."

"Dele."

King Wu grinned and personally picked up another chicken leg for the Queen Mother.

"Eat a leg to cool down your spirit, mother. I, your son, have tasted it and I know that the imperial chef's cooking skills are getting better and better."

After saying that, he started to sweep away everything by himself.

He looked as if he hadn't eaten in eight lifetimes.

The Queen Mother paused slightly.

At this moment, she felt a little guilty.

Although she knew that King Wu was a vassal king and it was impossible for him not to have whatever he wanted to eat.

But the wealth of the northwest is far different from that of the capital.

Even if there were ingredients, the chef's cooking skills would naturally not be as good as the imperial chef's.

Moreover, she heard that King Wu had been living in the military camp, eating and living with the soldiers.

How good can the food in the military camp be?

Although he is not her biological son, she has called her mother for decades.

As for her two biological sons, one enjoyed a lifetime of happiness in the palace, and the other lived a wealthy life in Xizhou.

The Queen Mother sighed in her heart and personally picked up a few pieces of meat for King Wu.

"Eat slowly."

King Wu stuffed three pieces of meat in one gulp and chuckled, "I'm used to it. If the enemy attacks our camp, I won't eat fast enough and will have to fight on an empty stomach."

The Queen Mother stared at him blankly, feeling an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.

This feeling has occurred many times, and she herself doesn't understand why.

Every time, King Wu beat King Yu violently.

She would scold him and punish him.

At first, King Wu knelt stubbornly every time and refused to admit his mistakes.

Then there will naturally be a heavier punishment.

Later he learned his lesson and admitted his mistake loudly, but he refused to change.

She was at her wit's end. She couldn't just kill him because of a fight between the children.

Later, the two children grew up and were crowned kings. They each went to their fiefdoms, and the situation finally quieted down.