Chapter 426 The Imperial Master's Plan
The imperial teacher held the teacup with his fingers and took a sip of the tea. The tea was clear, sweet, and had a hint of the fragrance of plum blossoms.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, surprised that Zhao Yi took snow water to make tea.
Zhao Yi saw the Imperial Preceptor take a few more sips and knew he liked the taste of the tea. "This is the wax snow that the Princess personally picked last year. She specially selected the fine snow from the branches. The fragrance of the plum blossoms is infused into the snow water. The tea brewed with this snow water is sweet and fragrant."
He poured another cup of tea for the Imperial Master and said tentatively, "There is half a jar of snow water left in the teahouse. If the Imperial Master likes it, I will send it to the Imperial Master's residence."
The Imperial Tutor lowered his eyes to look at the clear, bright tea, turning the teacup with his fingertips. Something in his mind seemed to drift away, and he raised the corner of his lip and said politely, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."
Zhao Yi listened to the imperial teacher's insincere words, looked up, and saw his face immersed in the candlelight, with a hint of gentleness in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
In the eyes of the world, the imperial teacher is like the wind in the forest and the moon in the mountains, pure, noble and extraordinary.
He has a mild temper and cares about his country. Apart from that, no matter who or what happens, no one can stir up his emotions.
But in Zhao Yi's opinion, this was just a superficial appearance by the imperial teacher to confuse everyone.
How could a powerful official who could dominate the Northern Qi Dynasty and stir up trouble be just an ordinary person?
Especially when he learned today that the Prince of Qi was going to see the Emperor of Northern Qi, he realized that something was not good. Given the Prince of Qi's character, he was afraid he would do something, so he immediately prepared to go to the palace.
As soon as he walked out of the mansion, Yan Yi invited him to a teahouse.
This teahouse is owned by Boss Qin. The fact that the Imperial Master chose this one specifically is also telling him in a disguised way that he knows everything about him.
As soon as he sat down, he heard the Imperial Preceptor say calmly, "Don't worry about the King of Qi. His life is safe." After a pause, the Imperial Preceptor added, "You should worry about your own situation."
Although Zhao Yi was wary of the imperial teacher, he felt that his words made sense.
Because the virtuous prince was not in the capital, he was the only prince with impure blood and great power in the capital. No matter what big mistake the prince of Qi made, the emperor of Northern Qi would spare the prince's life before the virtuous prince returned to the capital.
He was silent for a moment, then asked the shopkeeper to bring some snow water and personally brew a pot of tea for the imperial teacher.
Now that the Imperial Master drank the tea and did not refuse the snow water he offered, it meant that the Imperial Master was temporarily a friendly force.
The tea room fell silent again.
Both of them were waiting for something, and seemed to be competing secretly to see who would lose patience first and reveal their cards first.
“Knock knock—”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Yan Yi's voice rang out from outside: "Master, Yan Er has sent a message."
The Imperial Master said, "Come in."
Yan Yi pushed the door open and entered, reporting, "The Prince of Qi failed in his attempt to assassinate Your Majesty and was imprisoned for life in Guangyang Palace. Lord Feng, however, entered the palace overnight to reveal that the Prince of Qi was not of royal blood and requested Your Majesty examine the Empress... The Empress calmed the situation."
The Imperial Master was not surprised: "How is the Queen?"
Yan Yi replied, "The Queen has asked to guard the imperial mausoleum herself."
The imperial teacher nodded slightly.
The queen was a smart person, but the emperor of Northern Qi was a suspicious person. Even if she gave him irrefutable evidence that the prince of Qi was the "heir to the throne", it would not completely dispel his doubts.
She took advantage of the situation and offered to guard the imperial mausoleum, escaping from the place of trouble and saving her life.
Yan Yi took out a blue brocade bag from his bosom and placed it on the table: "This is what Lu Zhi gave to Yan Er. Please help us save the life of King Qi."
The Imperial Master glanced at it and said, "Keep it."
Yan Yi quickly put away the brocade bag and waited for a moment. Seeing that the imperial teacher had no other instructions, he retreated.
"You heard everything." The Imperial Master asked, "What are your plans?"
Zhao Yi did not hide anything from the imperial tutor, because the imperial tutor invited him to the teahouse at this critical juncture and responded to his test, which confirmed his guess - the imperial tutor intended to help him ascend the throne.
"The Prince of Qi is imprisoned. Your Majesty will definitely secretly send someone to take the virtuous Prince back to the capital. Before the virtuous Prince returns to the capital, he will probably take action to suppress me." Zhao Yi said implicitly, "If I want to protect myself, the only way is to prevent the virtuous Prince from returning to the capital smoothly."
Then, he frowned slightly: "However, His Majesty will be on guard against me attacking the virtuous king, and will probably send people to watch me in secret. If I harm the virtuous king, he will take action to eliminate me first."
Zhao Yi's eyes darkened. "If the virtuous prince makes even the slightest mistake, His Majesty will suspect me. Even if I were his only son, he probably wouldn't pass the throne to me. Instead, he would choose a suitable candidate from the clan to inherit the throne."
The Imperial Preceptor saw that Zhao Yi had fully grasped the Northern Qi Emperor's temperament and pushed a letter in front of Zhao Yi: "The virtuous king is nothing to be feared. Whether he returns to the capital or not will not make any difference."
Zhao Yi's eyes fell on the envelope.
"It's getting late, Your Highness should return home early." The Imperial Tutor stood up calmly and said, "I will take my leave first."
Without waiting for Zhao Yi to speak, the imperial teacher left the tea room.
With a "bang", the door closed again.
Zhao Yi withdrew his gaze from the door and opened the letter.
He read the contents of the letter and looked solemn.
The people of Yongqing County rioted.
The prefect of Yongqing County was Feng Xiaozhong's son.
Suddenly, a guess came to his mind... The imperial tutor specially invited him to meet him in the teahouse, deliberately preventing him from entering the palace so that things in the palace could proceed smoothly.
The imperial teacher had already arranged what would happen in the palace.
He even suspected that the revelation of the King of Qi's life story was also pushed by the imperial teacher.
The purpose was to get rid of Feng Xiaozhong so that no one would provide shelter for his son. The riot in Yongqing County could not be suppressed and broke out, and then the court would send people to suppress it.
Who will the Northern Qi Emperor send?
There is no doubt that he must be sent.
First, he was transferred out of the capital, making it impossible for him to establish his own power in the court.
Second, riots...are most likely to lead to accidents.
If he died in Yongqing County, even the Great Zhou would not be able to seek justice for him.
After all, it was done by a mob.
Similarly, he handled the matter properly, and no one could shake his position anymore.
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Feng family.
When Mrs. Feng heard the sad news that Lord Feng had been beheaded, she couldn't bear the blow and fainted.
When she woke up again, it was already the next morning.
Mrs. Feng was so grief-stricken that she fell ill. Lying listlessly on her bed, she instructed her maid, "Send a letter to Huan'er."
The maid pulled a letter from her sleeve and said, "Madam, this is a letter from the master to the old master. The old master... the old master is gone, and the servant just brought it to you."
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