Little did he know that someone had relayed the news to the King of Qi, and because his plot to rebel had been exposed, he rushed to the capital to plead guilty.
"Ji Yingying, come back to the palace with me to meet Prince Qi."
"ah?"
But I want to stay with my gold and jewels—I don't want to go to the palace to be with that homosexual Prince Qi.
What? The King of Qi is a homosexual?
Everyone present was shocked. They had never heard of such a thing before. Moreover, Prince Qi was the late emperor's brother and the emperor's uncle. He was actually... a homosexual.
What does he want the throne for?
[Prince Qi, the Emperor's uncle, is about the same age as the Emperor, only born later. He was granted the title of Prince Qi at birth, with his fiefdom in the wealthy Jiangnan region. His so-called rebellion was nothing more than a conspiracy by Princess Qi, and Prince Qi had no desire to be Emperor at all.]
He was ambitious, and whatever he wanted to do always seemed to succeed easily. This was mainly because he had the wealthy land of Jiangnan. Without it, he probably wouldn't even have been able to feed himself, given how lazy he was.
[It's not entirely the King of Qi's fault. The wife he married was never a good person. The daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong married the King of Qi with her sights set on the throne, but she ended up as just a princess consort, far away in Jiangnan. Naturally, she was unwilling to accept that. In addition, she remained a virgin after marrying the King of Qi and knew his secrets. She played a significant role in enabling the King of Qi to rebel.]
Even now, she continues to act in the name of the King of Qi, because if anything goes wrong, the King of Qi will still be there. The King of Qi, who doesn't really want to live anymore, has simply let her do as she pleases.
[Xiangxiang, you could share some gossip about Prince Qi, like how he plays with his male concubines. Oh wow~ Prince Qi can't get an erection, he's impotent! No wonder he's gay. After all, he can't give happiness to others, he can only let others give him happiness. No wonder even when Princess Qi used him to get the throne and wanted to become empress herself, he remained unmoved.]
[This...this...it's all because of saving his brother, the hidden danger left by the late emperor, that he became like this, like a eunuch. He was clearly the emperor's favorite son, but he became like this because someone kicked him.]
[It turns out that, in order to get the late emperor to pay more attention to him, his younger brother, he had arranged for someone to assassinate the emperor, intending to save him himself. However, the assassin accidentally kicked a ball that exploded, which led to his current predicament.]
[Because of his mother, he both loves and hates the royal family, becoming almost obsessive-compulsive. He doesn't want the emperor to die, yet he also wants him to die. Such contradictory people are the most terrifying; they regret whatever decisions they make.]
So, on one hand, he wanted to rebel, and on the other hand, he felt he had let the emperor down. When the rebellion actually happened, he could only painfully paste his own nephew's image onto the wall, and even then, he favored him... Ugh, how disgusting!
[So this meeting was actually meant to make me fall for the Emperor. After all, he's a twisted yandere now. This is going to be tough.]
However, he is incredibly talented. If it weren't for his inability to establish himself, which led to his personality, he would have been a capable warrior on the battlefield and a competent minister in the government. Such a person should have been the protagonist, but alas... it's unbearable to watch.
[Does the host feel sorry for you?]
[What's there to pity? It's not like I made him do this. It's alright. Go back and have the Emperor give him some advice. Letting him go to the battlefield is a good thing too.]
[Besides, he didn't intend to rebel; he wanted to die. You can tell from his character description alone. He was waiting for the emperor to kill him, but the emperor trusted him and didn't kill him. Instead, he had Princess Qi kill the emperor. The first thing he did after taking the throne was to kill Princess Qi, then kill all of Princess Qi's loyal ministers and generals, and then adopt the emperor's child to raise.]
The only thing she did that was to assault the Emperor—actually, the Emperor was also pitiful; many people wanted to kill him!
Along the way, Ji Yingying was eating gossip about Prince Qi. Besides wondering why he had become like this, she also rummaged through his affairs with several male concubines in one night.
I can't write this out; the reviewers are watching.
When he arrived at the Imperial Study, Prince Qi was already waiting inside. As soon as he entered, everyone stared at him.
King Qi looks very refined. I used to think that people from Jiangnan were well-bred, but now it seems that's not the case!
After meeting the emperor, the Prince of Qi stood respectfully to the side, wanting to see which girl had accused him of treason.
Now that I've seen it, I can't help but think: it's nothing special.
The next second, Ji Yingying's inner thoughts echoed: "This is Prince Qi. He really is almost like a eunuch. What a pity for such a fine young man."
"You you you... Ouch~" He started choking her again, and it looked really painful.
[Wow, the ancients really loved this! Everyone did it. I thought only modern domineering CEOs liked to choke others, but it turns out that ancient domineering CEOs preferred to choke themselves.]
Having finally caught his breath, the Emperor quickly ordered tea to be served and said, "Uncle, you must be bored in Jiangnan. Why don't you go to the West City to lead the troops? General Yang needs someone to keep him company, so why don't you go and play chess with him?"
Good heavens, General Yang and Prince Qi are sworn brothers! Going to the Western City will at least give him company—to play chess, to fight together. Although conditions there aren't good, having a childhood friend by his side is a blessing.
"You can go by yourself. Go and relax. If you get tired, come back. Don't go back to Jiangnan. That fiefdom isn't a good place. I'll pick another one for you. Choose whichever place you want."
"This..." King Qi was puzzled. The emperor not only did not punish him, but even let him choose a place.
"It is not good for the late Consort to live in Jiangnan. I am sending her back to the palace so that the Empress Dowager can keep her company."
"As for your princess, you're better off without her. After all, the Marquis of Zhongyong's family are no good people."
King Qi: ...You've arranged everything, what can he say?
"Royal Uncle, you're my only uncle, you can't be harmed!"
"I... alright, I'll go out for a walk to clear my head. As for Jiangnan, Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want with it. But I won't go to Xicheng; it's too chaotic there."
[If you can't go to Xicheng, you could go plant corn! Fengcheng was flooded, and those who went there haven't returned yet. The corn is growing quite well now. We could take some people to Fengcheng to teach them how to grow corn. Wouldn't that be great?]
"Alright then, you should first learn how to grow corn from the Ministry of Works. I'll entrust this matter to you later. Uncle, to be honest, Fengcheng is now waiting for corn to save its life."
"Alright..." For some reason, King Qi felt like he was being forced into this situation.
Those who came back to see King Qi today almost thought they had gone mad.
I originally thought that Prince Qi was a great hero, and that his planned rebellion was much more ruthless than that of the Second Prince and the Third Prince, but it turns out... that's all?
It doesn't look like it at all!
[I feel like King Qi is like a silly husky, kind of goofy and kind of cute, but people like that know best what they want.]
King Qi: ...I've been insulted!
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