Chapter 548 Oh
He was going to take over the post of Marquis Jinchang, but unfortunately Marquis Jinchang had been entrenched in the southwest for many years, so it would be difficult for him to go alone. Now that there are 50,000 people in Qianyang City, things are different.
As a result, everyone in the court knew that the emperor was dissatisfied with Marquis Jinchang.
That's true. It would be fine if you said that you didn't achieve anything at the moment, but you kept saying you were going to suppress the bandits, but then you turned around and let the bandits massacre the village. Isn't that a slap in the face?
Because of this incident, Qi Yixiu attended court in the palace more often.
When the second prince arrived, General Feng had already left.
Qi Yixiu did not see the second prince, but just asked Chusi to convey three words.
'How much do you know about the situation in the southwest?'
'How much do you know about the bandit suppression?'
"Have you fulfilled your responsibilities during this tour?"
The second prince knelt outside the Haiyan Palace, feeling cold sweat on his head.
"I failed to supervise you. I have disappointed you, Father."
"Second Prince, let's go back first. You must have been exhausted from the journey." Chu Si said with a smile, "Come, wait for the Second Prince to go back and rest."
There will be people to serve you, but they don’t care whether the Second Prince wants to go back or not.
In the previous dynasty, such an incident in the southwest was naturally a big deal.
In the harem, Li Zhaoyi was arrogant before, but now after hearing this, she seemed to be wilted and pretended to be sick as soon as possible.
It's really laughable.
This really has the word "incompetent" written on his forehead.
Naturally, the emperor was too lazy to pay attention to her at this moment. She could do whatever she wanted. If she wanted to die, she would really die.
As General Feng moved south, the weather gradually became warmer and the palace no longer felt cold.
Shen Chuliu and other concubines didn't care about these things and were quite happy strolling around the palace all day.
The second prince has been staying indoors since he came back, and it has been ten days now.
In ten days, he wrote at least seven memorials to the emperor, in which he said that he had not done his job well and that Marquis Jinchang had deceived his superiors and concealed the truth from his subordinates.
Some also say that the situation in the southwest is complicated.
After Qi Yixiu looked at them, he threw them aside.
On the 15th day of April, Qi Yixiu took all the princes to the rear to pay their respects to Empress Dowager Li, and only then did the Second Prince come out.
He felt very guilty when he met the emperor.
Qi Yixiu didn't get angry, nor did he mention the matter.
As usual, he went to pay his respects to the Queen Mother Li. The Queen Mother Li did not mention this matter, but she greeted the Second Prince politely. She was like a truly loving grandmother.
Returning to Haiyan Palace, Qi Yixiu brought out the dozen or so memorials he had sent back: "Come, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and ninth brother, take a look at your second brother's memorial."
The princes all widened their eyes.
Are you going to read the memorials now? This is something you should do after you can enter the court.
They looked at each other in bewilderment, and the Sixth Prince took the lead and picked up a letter.
Qi Yixiu felt amused, this kid was the bravest.
Since he had already extended his hand, the Third Prince would not be polite and everyone took it up one after another.
The fourth, fifth and sixth princes are of the same age. Although the eighth prince is also here at this moment, he is too stupid to even look at this.
As for the Ninth Prince, although he is still young, he can be seen.
The second prince sat there like a man waiting to be sentenced, watching his younger brothers looking through his memorials.
After they had finished reading it, the emperor tapped the table lightly and said, "Come on, have you finished reading it? What do you think?"
It would be a bad idea to ask the Sixth Prince to speak out this time. The Third Prince had already prepared a draft when he read it just now, so he said now: "In reply to Father's words, I think that the Marquis of Jinchang is at fault first. It was my second brother's first time on duty, and he traveled a long way to the southwest. He may have underestimated the situation over there. The Marquis of Jinchang obviously didn't tell my second brother everything that was going on over there. This is not the first time that such a mistake has occurred. Suppressing bandits, suppressing bandits, but the more they suppress, the more bandits there are. I'm afraid my second brother couldn't have predicted this."
"Yeah." Qi Yixiu nodded: "Old Three is right."
"What do you three say?" Qi Yixiu pointed at his three sons who were now about the same height.
"I think what my third brother said makes sense. After all, my second brother is a nobleman, and this is his first time traveling so far. It shows that the officials accompanying him did not fulfill their responsibilities." said the fourth prince.
Qi Yixiu nodded and looked at the fifth prince again.
The fifth prince smiled and said, "Third and fourth brothers are right. Second brother still thinks people's hearts are too simple."
Qi Yixiu looked at the Sixth Prince again.
The Sixth Prince chuckled and said, "Father, my brothers are not honest."
"Oh? Why aren't you being honest anymore?" Qi Yixiu smiled when he saw him smile.
"Third brother said that it was the fault of Marquis Jinchang, fourth brother said that the accompanying officials were not good either. Fifth brother was even more extreme, saying that second brother was too naive!" The sixth prince raised his eyebrows. He looked exactly like the emperor, but with his mother's charm.
"What do you think, Sixth Brother?" the Third Prince asked good-temperedly.
"From my younger brother's point of view, it's just that the second brother is playing dumb." The Sixth Prince raised his eyebrows again: "Marquis Jinchang is shrewd but not capable. How did he get the title of Marquis? It was the Emperor who told him to clean up the southwest. But he didn't do it. The former commander of the southwest was General Wang, and only after he passed away did Li Pei come into being. He may be good at managing the army, but if he really goes to war, won't he be finished?"
"A man who is not good at fighting can manage the army well, which is enough to show that he has a good brain. He is also good at calculating people's hearts. Such a person is naturally no match for a prince who is going on a long journey for the first time. Could it be that when my second brother went there, he didn't think that the Jinchang Marquis was in collusion with the officials in the southwest?"
"Sixth brother is right. I didn't estimate carefully." The second prince was furious, but he couldn't say anything.
"Whether Second Brother made an inaccurate estimate or miscalculated, only Second Brother knows. If he could really clean up the southwest and Second Brother was on good terms with him, then it would naturally be beneficial to Second Brother. But now, Second Brother never thought that he was so incompetent."
"Sixth brother! You are still young, so I can ignore what you said, but please don't say this, it's very hurtful." The second prince almost told you to shut up.
"You did it yourself and you don't allow me to tell you? Look at what you did. Father gave you a chance to gain experience before entering the court, but you didn't tell the truth about your first assignment. What kind of assignment do you want to do in the future? You can't learn how to do things, but you want to win people over first. Look at who you have won over?"
The Sixth Prince snorted, "My father told me to speak, so I will tell the truth. If you don't want to hear it, just keep it to yourself."
Qi Yixiu lowered his head and picked up the teacup.
Really, otherwise he would have laughed out loud.
No matter how much this child looks like him, his temper is still the same as Shen Chuliu's.
Really said...
The princes also lowered their heads, coughed, and looked like they wanted to laugh very hard.
The second prince's face flushed: "Sixth brother, don't go too far!"
The Sixth Prince glanced at him and said calmly, "Oh."
Qi Yan: I don’t want to piss you off to death, I just want to piss you off half to death.
Qi Yixiu: Who does this child take after? Shen Chuliu smiled, hiding his achievements and fame.
(End of this chapter)
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