"Son! You must make the decision for your mother!"
In the harem, Queen Qiao cried her heart out.
When she learned that Lu Chen was still alive, she was already extremely panicked. When she learned that the Qiao family had been raided by Lu Chen's Jinyiwei and some things related to the White Lotus Sect were found in it, Queen Qiao felt that she could not survive.
It just so happened that the eldest prince had returned from an inspection tour on behalf of the emperor some time ago, and Empress Qiao hurriedly called the eldest prince over.
After hearing what his mother had done, the eldest prince felt dizzy. He never expected that he had only been away for less than half a year, so how could his mother have provoked such a powerful enemy for him?
When he was on patrol outside on behalf of the emperor, he had heard of Lu Chen's reputation and knew that Lu Chen had done a lot of good things for the Great Qi Dynasty.
Originally, after returning to the capital, he planned to pay a visit to the imperial teacher to see if he could bring him into his camp.
As a result, now that such a thing has happened, there is no point in talking about winning them over. It would be good if the other party doesn't make things difficult for him.
Looking at his mother, who was crying so hard that she could hardly breathe, the eldest prince said with a gloomy face, "Mother, please be patient. Things haven't reached the worst point yet. Lu Chen will return to the capital in two days, and I will go to greet him personally. I believe that since I am so polite to him, he will not care about the previous incident. After all, he has nothing to lose."
Yes, this is the magical logic unique to the royal family. My status is so noble, as long as I give you face, then no matter how unpleasant there was before, it will all be written off.
This kind of person lives too selfishly and thinks that everything in the world should revolve around him. From this point of view, the eldest prince is worthy of being the offspring of Queen Qiao.
Queen Qiao asked anxiously, "Will this work?"
The eldest prince snorted arrogantly and said, "After all, he is still a minister. Can a minister really give our royal family a hard time? Instead of worrying about this, mother should find a way to quickly sever ties with the Qiao family."
"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll have someone take care of it right away. It's not a big deal, really. Just a few letters with a guy named Qiao Si. We didn't discuss anything taboo."
"That's good. Rest in peace, mother. I'll take my leave."
After coming out of the palace, the eldest prince instructed his men, "Make some arrangements. I need to go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and inform the person in charge there."
Ever since he came back, the eldest prince has been thinking about visiting the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is keenly aware that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will play a vital role in the future of the entire Great Qi Dynasty.
As the eldest son of the royal family and a strong contender for the position of crown prince, the eldest prince felt that he should come and learn about the specific situation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including but not limited to their operating model, funding income and research results.
I also heard that there is a library at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is now popular among many scholars.
Nowadays, young people who come to Beijing to prepare for exams do not go to the Hongwenguan of the Imperial College first, but instead go to the library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to check in.
There were also some promising young people who came and directly announced that they did not plan to take part in this year's imperial examination.
Because they suddenly saw some famous Confucian quotes in the library, which gave them a feeling of enlightenment, and they decided to devote themselves to studying Confucian knowledge in the library.
In short, no matter from which perspective, there are only benefits and no harm in going to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Even if he couldn't get the people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to stand on his side, it would be good for him to make friends with some scholars and increase his presence among the scholars.
So the eldest prince went to the library, where he had cordial and friendly conversations with many scholars for a long time.
I went to the cafeteria of the Chinese Academy of Sciences again and was full of praise for the delicious food prepared there.
He even went to the examination room of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and checked the various configurations of the examination room.
Everything was just as he expected, so beautiful that he even wanted to study here. The material conditions here were really great.
But when he wanted to take a look at some core departments of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an accident occurred.
The guard at the door ruthlessly blocked him outside and refused to let him in no matter what.
"How dare you! The one in front of you is the eldest prince! How dare you stop His Highness? Do you want to die?"
The guards beside the eldest prince roared at the guards at the door. In his opinion, there was no place in the world that the eldest prince could not enter except for some places in the palace.
However, the guard at the door was also very stubborn. He stiffened his neck and said, "This matter involves confidentiality. Let alone the Crown Prince, even if His Majesty came in person, he must be accompanied by the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Imperial Master to enter!"
"you!"
The eldest prince's guards widened their eyes and wished they could eat the Jinyiwei in front of them.
But the guard in front of him was not afraid at all, and glared back fiercely.
Just as the two sides were about to quarrel, Li Xiang ran out from somewhere, bowed to the eldest prince and said, "Isn't this my royal brother? Why didn't you notify me before you came?"
The eldest prince turned around and looked at his younger brother, and was stunned for a moment.
In his impression, this little brother has always been timid. His eyes flicker when he sees anyone and he is afraid to look into the other person's eyes.
But when you look at him now, his aura is completely different. He is filled with something called confidence.
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