Chapter 389 Pushing it forward with your own hands
"You... Zhou Hanlin, you must finish reading this basket of memorials today."
Emperor Yongping was once again speechless due to Chu Chengyi's blockade. Zhou Hanlin, who was on duty in the study today, was the first to bear the brunt of the emperor's wrath.
"Yes, I accept your command."
Zhou Hanlin knelt down hurriedly, wishing he could kneel directly in the crack of the ground, so that he wouldn't have to be scolded after the Crown Prince left.
Ever since Princess Anping stopped coming to the study, the Hanlin scholars on duty were scolded almost every day.
Of course, there is no escape from the living order.
So, they all miss Princess Anping very much.
"My son and I have something important to do, so we will take our leave now."
Chu Chengyi ignored Hanlin and just looked at Emperor Yongping. When he was satisfied, he turned the wheelchair around and walked out of the study.
He even deliberately made the wheelchair squeak as it moved.
I don’t know how Emperor Yongping would feel after hearing this, as this is the masterpiece of his two sons whom he wholeheartedly protects.
How could Emperor Yongping feel? His legitimate son was not as obedient, gentle, or considerate as before...
Maybe he has become too independent and no longer accepts discipline.
And as for that little guy named granddaughter, he favored her uncle the Second Emperor once, and she saw through it.
The little fellow who had been raised by him for a year was really cruel to him, the emperor.
She used to say, "I miss the emperor so much that I can't sleep." But now, not only is she not unable to sleep, but she is also unable to sleep without thinking about the emperor.
He is so old now, why can't he be forgiven for making a mistake?
Alas, they are all enemies. He is afraid that he owed this father and daughter in his previous life.
If Chu Qinshu knew what he was thinking, she would definitely say, "Yes, you owed us father and daughter in your last life. Not only did you owe us, you also owed the Eastern Palace and the entire Sheng'an Kingdom."
After Chu Chengyi left Yu's study, he went straight back to his own study in the courtyard of the East Palace.
He hasn't finished reading the books he read last night.
After reading it, I had to discuss it with my daughter. She only had a vague understanding of many of the smelting methods mentioned in the book.
Oh, I also have to send someone to notify Feng Wenhan to pack his bags. The sooner he takes over Luocheng, the sooner we can feel at ease.
After the morning court session the next day, Chu Chengyi went to Yu's study again. The purpose of his visit was very clear, which was to ask for the imperial edict from Emperor Yongping to appoint Feng Wenhan.
"Zihuan, the north is far from the capital, and the conditions there are harsh. How about making it into a fiefdom for your brothers who haven't been given titles yet?"
Emperor Yongping did not dare to say directly that he did not agree with Feng Wenhan taking over Luocheng.
"Designate them as fiefs? Which of my brothers do you intend to designate as fiefs?"
Chu Chengyi did not object at first. He intuitively felt that Emperor Yongping was either hiding something or testing him.
He has several royal brothers who have no titles or fiefs.
For example, the fourteenth prince Chu Chengsong, born to Concubine Yue, came of age this year, and as the year is about to end, Emperor Yongping has not given him any title or fiefdom.
The fifteenth prince Chu Chengxi, born to a palace maid, had his mother die young and was raised by Empress Yuan since childhood. He is nineteen years old this year and has come of age. It is appropriate for him to be given a title and fiefdom.
There is also the nineteenth prince Chu Chengqi, born to the Queen. However, he is still young, and it will take more than ten years before he is granted a title, so there is no rush.
In addition to these imperial brothers, he has another imperial brother who only has a title but no fiefdom. Chu Chengkun, the twelfth brother, is already twenty-three years old and does not even have a position.
He looks like a lazy prince, but in fact he has always been on the side of Prince Ning and Prince Huai.
His grandfather from the wife's family, Chen Mengyi, the former Right Censor of the Censorate, was demoted and sent back to his hometown to farm because he spoke for Concubine Xian in the court.
I don't know which of these people his father is talking about.
Or, it has nothing to do with these people at all.
After all, although Prince Ning and Prince Shou had fiefs, neither of them went to their fiefs to become vassals.
If his father wanted to change their fiefdom, it didn't seem to go against the ancestral system.
"Your fourteenth and fifteenth brothers have both reached the age for titles, so of course they should be given first. If there is a suitable place, it is time to give your twelfth brother his fiefdom as well.
Those cities in the north that have not yet been annexed by Sheng'an are thousands of miles away from the capital. If you let your brothers take over and guard them, wouldn't that be a lot easier for you?"
This idea was the result of Emperor Yongping's thinking for a whole day, but it was not these sons that he really wanted to send to the north.
Bringing up these sons is just testing the waters.
"Well, it saves trouble. Who knows, when Jing'er is of that generation, he might have to send troops to retake it."
Chu Chengyi had already guessed what Emperor Yongping meant.
As for those cities that Wang Zhenyue has not yet attacked, if he wants to capture them without any soldiers, I am afraid that no one except the fifteenth Chu Chengxi can do it.
However, he didn't want to send Old Fifteen to such a far place.
Old Fifteen had some friendship with him and was also talented, so of course he wanted to stay in the capital to help him.
As for the rest, he was not optimistic about them and did not believe that his father would be optimistic about them.
"How could that be? They are your brothers and Jing'er's uncles, so how could they do such a thing?"
Emperor Yongping didn't believe it, and he really didn't believe it.
The Sheng'an Kingdom has been passed down for many generations, and many fiefs have been granted, but there has never been any need to recover them.
Why is it so troublesome when it comes to his son?
"None of them can do it, but the Second Prince can."
Chu Chengyi said lightly.
"Your second brother certainly wouldn't do that. He was treated harshly by your virtuous mother since he was a child, and he only cherishes what he has. How could he be so stupid as to go against you?"
Emperor Yongping responded a little too quickly and only realized his slip of the tongue after he finished speaking.
I was so embarrassed for a moment that I didn't even dare to look at Chu Chengyi.
"Father, I am going back to the East Palace to discuss something with Shu'er. Please have someone draft an edict and send it to the East Palace. I will go to the Feng family to announce it in person."
This time, Chu Chengyi just bowed and made a gesture of leaving. He didn't even glance at Emperor Yongping, and without waiting for Emperor Yongping's consent, he turned around in his wheelchair and left.
The movement of the wheelchair this time almost made people think it would fall apart.
Emperor Yongping looked at the crookedly moving wheelchair and the somewhat stubborn figure in the wheelchair, and suddenly felt a little flustered.
His only legitimate son seemed to be getting further and further away from him, and he had pushed him away with his own hands.
"Shu'er, you're back. The goat's milk is ready for you."
As soon as she returned to the East Palace study, Chu Qinshu came out of the space.
"Dad, the fief is not good."
Chu Qinshu actually saw everything that just happened in Yu's study in the space.
She originally wanted to go out and see Emperor Yongping. After all, he was her grandfather, and his love for her was not fake.
But when she heard the emperor's plan, she immediately gave up the idea.
Isn’t it said that grandparents are closer to their grandparents?
She was such a cute and tender little girl, but she couldn't win over the idiot and toe-digging man named Prince Ning.
It makes her angry just thinking about it, so she doesn’t want to take the initiative to go out and see the Emperor, huh!
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