Chapter 3619 Finally, pointing to the prince
Seeing Concubine Yi's worried look, Nan Yan smiled and said, "Well, these things aren't something you and I should worry about. My uncle is already old, and the older people get, the more stubborn they become. He also relies on his son-in-law being the crown prince, so it's inevitable that he'll be rude. It's not a big deal, it's better for the emperor to give him the cold shoulder this time."
Concubine Yi looked at her, frowned and said nothing.
Is it really that simple?
Just cool down a bit?
But this time, the emperor's method seemed to be more than just a cold response. He put the chief minister aside with just a few words. If he continued to be so cold, wouldn't he become completely cold?
Although she thought so in her heart, she saw that the imperial concubine, who should have been more anxious than her, was as steady as a rock. She took the small scissors and carefully found a horizontal leaf and cut it off with a snap.
The green leaves fell to the ground. Although they had just left the branches, they immediately made people feel that they had lost their business.
Nan Yan nodded with satisfaction.
She looked up at Concubine Yi, who had a complicated expression, and smiled: "Why, are you still worried?"
Concubine Yi looked at her for a while longer before she sighed softly and said, "Since Your Majesty has said so, I am relieved."
Nan Yan knew she was worried from looking at her expression, but as a concubine, she really didn't have much room to maneuver, so she smiled and comforted her, "Okay, you should just relax."
Concubine Yi sighed inwardly, then stood up and bowed to her: "Well, I'll take my leave."
Nan Yan nodded and watched her turn and leave.
After Concubine Yi left, she turned around and looked at the potted plant on the table. Some of the redundant and withered branches and leaves had been cut off by her. At this moment, she looked at it carefully for a while to see if there was any "slippery fish".
Everyone in the palace was worried because of Gu Tingqiu's big change, and the people in the Prince's Mansion were naturally even more uneasy.
When the prince returned home from the palace, he immediately summoned the chief secretary and several of his trusted advisors to the study. They stayed in the study for the entire day. When they came out the next day, they were all listless, but they still hadn't come up with anything.
After all, all this happened too suddenly.
Gu Tingqiu is not only a loyal minister, but more importantly, he has the emperor's most beloved concubine standing behind him, and he also has a daughter who is the crown princess. Given his status in the court and his usual cautious and low-key manner, even if he disagrees with the emperor on certain matters, he should not be almost completely overwhelmed by him in one move, as he did this time.
This happened too quickly and was too strange.
In the end, only Wei Ying spoke up: "I think His Majesty the Emperor shouldn't just take action against Lord Gu. This matter should ultimately be directed at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. However, whether this is a good or bad direction is still difficult to say."
This sentence made Zhu Chengxuan feel even more confused.
When they came out of the study, it was almost noon the next day. The sun was so bright that everyone felt dizzy. Zhu Chengxuan had some food delivered to the side hall and asked a few people to stay for dinner while he went to see Gu Qiqing and Zhu Changyi.
Qi Qing, the Crown Princess, didn't know about this yet. Although the court affairs had nothing to do with her, since it involved Gu Tingqiu, Zhu Chengxuan still planned to tell her, lest other people's words reach her ears and she not understand but get worried.
When he just returned to his room, he heard Gu Qiqing teaching little Changyi to read.
He walked over and stood at the door. He saw little Changyi sitting on a chair with his two short legs hanging under the table. He looked very cute. Gu Qiqing was standing behind him, patiently pointing at the words in the book and asking him to write them one by one. For more complicated words, he would ask him to write them three more times.
Although he was feeling irritated, Zhu Chengxuan unconsciously calmed down after seeing this scene.
He stood at the door, looking at his son's serious expression and his wife's calm and quiet face, and even a smile appeared on his tense face.
At this moment, as if he had sensed something, Gu Qiqing looked up and saw him.
She was about to stand up immediately, but Zhu Chengxuan quickly raised his hand to signal her not to interrupt the child. Gu Qiqing looked down at little Chang Yi and said softly, "Chang Yi, recite all the words you learned today. Have you memorized them?"
Little Changyi didn't even raise his head. He held the pen tightly with a serious expression and wrote stroke by stroke.
"Um."
Seeing his serious expression, Gu Qiqing couldn't help laughing. She stood up and took two steps, then looked back. Then she walked out of the room, closed the door, and immediately turned to Zhu Chengxuan: "Your Highness."
Zhu Chengxuan said: "You have worked hard."
Gu Qiqing's face flushed unconsciously, and he immediately said, "Why does Your Highness say this?"
Zhu Chengxuan said, "We had originally agreed to hire a teacher for him earlier, but I've been too busy lately to take care of it. You should just keep an eye on him. Once this matter is over, I will definitely inform my father and ask him to hire the best teacher to teach him."
Gu Qiqing just smiled and nodded.
She never thought that educating her own children was a tiring task. On the contrary, the Crown Prince had returned home yesterday and had taken a few confidants into the study. He had not come out until now. Looking at Zhu Chengxuan's haggard face and bloodshot eyes, she frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness, has something happened?"
Zhu Chengxuan looked at her again, sighed, and then said, "Something did happen... It's related to my father-in-law."
Gu Qiqing's eyes suddenly widened.
…
The two returned to their room, and Zhu Chengxuan meticulously told her what had happened over the past two days. The more Gu Qiqing listened, the paler her face grew. Finally, when she heard that Gu Tingqiu had been ordered to recuperate at home, she frowned and said in a deep voice, "So, His Majesty the Emperor is going to dismiss my father from his post?"
Zhu Chengxuan said, "No, at least for now, it seems that the emperor only wants my father-in-law to recuperate and has no intention of dismissing him from office."
Gu Qiqing frowned and said, "However, if we really want to directly dismiss my father from such an official position, it will definitely cause some negative effects. So, let him recover first, and then find someone to replace him, and then gradually dismiss him from his official position. This is what Your Majesty would do."
“…”
Zhu Chengxuan glanced at her.
Although Gu Qiqing lived in the inner house and never asked much about the affairs of the court, she had a father who was the chief minister of the cabinet and a sister who was a shrewd and capable imperial concubine. She had a sharp eye and a meticulous mind, which were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Zhu Chengxuan sighed: "Sure enough, I still can't hide it from you."
Gu Qiqing said solemnly, "But dismissing my father from his post just to launch a military operation against the Kingdom of Dan is not something Your Majesty would do."
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