Suddenly, the Crown Prince slapped his forehead and remembered. It was that night when they were discussing sending troops to the Western Regions, that Chuanwen had mentioned that the young prince's daughter had left her son in front of Prime Minister Zhang's residence!
So, could this collusion be the kind he's thinking of?
The Crown Prince paced back and forth a few times, wondering if his young uncle knew about his daughter's collusion with the prince from the Western Regions. Was their collusion purely based on romantic feelings or did they have ulterior motives?
Never mind, no matter what, Father should know about this.
The Crown Prince first had the messenger detained and asked him some questions. At first, the man refused to answer, but he was a coward and confessed everything after the Crown Prince threatened him.
He was a servant of Shen Mian, and Shen Mian had instructed him to take this letter to the Rong Prince's Mansion if anything happened to Shen Mian.
Last night, he was sent out by Shen Mian to buy midnight snacks. When he returned, he saw soldiers rushing into the courtyard and arresting everyone. He didn't dare to show his face and secretly hid. As soon as it was light, he rushed to the Rong Prince's Mansion to deliver this letter.
When the servant learned that this was not the Rong Prince's residence but the Crown Prince's residence, he was furious. The Crown Prince kindly explained, "If you want to go to the Rong Prince's residence, you should turn right at the end of Qingfeng Street, not left."
The crown prince originally lived in the palace, but moved out after falling ill, saying he was afraid of passing on his illness to the emperor and empress. But actually, he was afraid the emperor and empress would discover that he was faking his illness.
The Crown Prince's residence and the Rong Prince's residence are located next to each other outside the palace. They are both near the palace. At the end of Qingfeng Street, one goes left and the other goes right.
The servant turned pale; he... he had gone the wrong way!
The crown prince had someone keep an eye on the man, then took the letter and went to the palace.
When they arrived at the palace, the emperor was studying how many people were in Shen Mian's family and how many relatives she had, and he was looking on with pleasure as he counted them!
Crown Prince: His father really looks like a bloodthirsty and tyrannical ruler right now!
It seems that his father has transferred all his anger towards his third brother onto Chen Mian. The crown prince hesitated, unsure whether he should show the letter in his hand to his father.
The crown prince was about to retreat when the emperor saw him and called out with a smile, "Yi'er, you're here! What brings you here?"
The emperor seemed to be in a good mood, but this was based on venting his anger through killing.
The Crown Prince felt that if he exposed his uncle at this moment, his father would probably not let him off the hook, so he planned to find an excuse to leave.
"Hey, what are you holding in your hand?"
Before he could put it away, the emperor had already seen it. Overjoyed, and with a keen interest in everything, the emperor asked him to bring the letter over.
The Crown Prince silently blessed his young uncle before obediently handing the letter to the Emperor.
To the Crown Prince's surprise, the Emperor, after reading the letter, not only did not get angry, but also nonchalantly tossed it aside.
"Your little royal uncle told me about this a long time ago. He's just a prince from the Western Regions. If Qinghuan likes him, then let her take him in!"
The emperor boldly crossed out the names on the memorial, and said cheerfully, glancing at the crown prince and smiling, "Not only will I feed and care for him, but I will also give him soldiers! I will give him power!"
The emperor laughed a few times, and the crown prince had a feeling that his father was going to cause trouble. It seemed that his anger had not only been transferred to Shen Mian, but his father was also going to send that prince from the Western Regions back to start an internal power struggle.
Just as he was thinking this, the Crown Prince suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. When he looked up, he saw his father, the Emperor, smiling at him.
"Yi'er, you're much better now. Let's move to the palace tomorrow."
At this moment, the emperor was a loving father, but when the crown prince declined, his hand reached under the table, then grasped a rattan cane and slowly raised it, smiling kindly, "Yi'er, have you thought it through? You're not moving?"
The crown prince immediately shut his mouth, sweat beading on his forehead, and stammered, "Father, Your Majesty, I'm all grown up now, you...you can't beat me with this big rattan cane anymore..."
The Crown Prince shuddered at the memory of being chased all over the palace by his father with a large rattan cane when he was a child. He was the Crown Prince now, and he had his pride too. If he were chased and beaten by his father today, that girl Chuanwen might tell the whole city about it tomorrow, and how could he possibly attend court!
"How could your father bear to hit you?" The emperor's smile grew even more amiable, but his grip on the rattan cane remained firm. He asked again with a kind smile, "So, are you going to move it or not?"
It seemed like if the Crown Prince refused to move, he would give the Crown Prince a good beating today.
The Crown Prince regretted coming today; wouldn't it have been better for him to stay home and drink tea?
Left with no other choice, and to save face, the crown prince had to agree to move.
Watching the Crown Prince leave, the Emperor was quite pleased. Although his third son was unworthy, he still had the Crown Prince, who was obedient and would surely be able to be groomed into an excellent successor!
The more he thought about it, the happier he became, as if the scene of the Crown Prince working diligently to develop the Great Jin into an even more prosperous and flourishing state was right before his eyes.
"Bring me the memorials that the Crown Prince has been reviewing these past few days."
The emperor instructed his chief eunuch not to even bother checking the names, his mind filled with the excitement of inspecting his outstanding son's homework.
Soon Huang Qi brought over the memorials that the Crown Prince had reviewed and sent to the palace every day, but the emperor, who was full of excitement, became more and more frozen in his expression as he read them.
The Ministry of Revenue submitted a memorial stating that the donations from merchants across the country had arrived, and that the emperor needed to write many plaques. They asked when the emperor could finish writing them, but the crown prince replied that the emperor was ill and unable to pick up a pen, and should wait patiently.
The reply was fine, but why do you still care about whether the Minister of Revenue's son has been found?
The key point is that the Ministry of Revenue even submitted a memorial the next day, stating that the item had been found and that Prime Minister Zhang had personally delivered it back. The Minister of Revenue almost got into a fight with Prime Minister Zhang!
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