The emperor's mood was unclear. He looked at him steadily for a while, then turned around and waved to the eunuch. The eunuch took out another imperial edict and began to read it.

It turned out that the Marquis of Zhenyuan wrote to the emperor, saying that he had been seriously injured several times when he was young, and now his old injuries often flared up, making it impossible for him to take care of military affairs. His second son, Qi Youduan, had served in the Northwest Army for several years. He was loyal and diligent, and had endured hardships and training with the soldiers, fought on the battlefield, and achieved countless achievements. He now applied to give the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan to his second son. The emperor agreed. He asked the Marquis to step down on his 60th birthday.

The previous commotion was too loud, so not many people paid attention to this matter which was very important to the Qi family and related people.

Wen Qian was also in the court, and he was stunned. Lord Wen frowned. Not to confer the title of heir, but to give up the throne directly? The Qi family is not shallow either! Wen Yu and the others just accepted it like this? No, I have to ask when I get back.

The first stone in Qi Youduan's heart fell to the ground. He followed the marquis, knelt down, and bowed to express his gratitude.

Li Qihuan was still kneeling there. The prince glanced at him inadvertently and somehow saw: Li Qiru and Qi Youduan looked at each other.

This was normal, but the prince was weak physically, but his brain and eyes were not. The expressions of those two people...

Then he thought about what his son had found out, that Li Qiru seemed to have been to the northwest... maybe they had hooked up with him long ago? Qi Youyi was also in the palace, and the people around him looked at him with strange eyes. There was also someone who had a good relationship with him, who was standing next to him. He was so surprised that he hurriedly pulled him and asked anxiously: "Youyi, is this true? Why..."

Qi Youyi, whose old face was slightly red, was no longer as arrogant and free as when he was yelling at home...

When the work was done, all officials withdrew.

He Ge Lao was not stupid, and he had a gloomy face. On the way, he secretly glanced at Li Ge Lao, and saw that Li Ge Lao also frowned slightly, with a confused look on his face... Well, it seems that he doesn't know either.

But Li Ge Lao thought to himself: Life is indeed like a play! I am quite good at acting.

Everyone withdrew, leaving only the royal family.

The prince said earnestly, "Father, since Li Qihuan has done so many wrong things, I think it would be better if he did not give him the title of Prince."

The emperor's attitude was cold: "I didn't even demote him to a commoner, but you, as his father, want to do it?"

The prince smiled bitterly in embarrassment, "That's not what I meant. It's just that he... you see, the teachers who taught him since he was young were all famous teachers in the world. You also taught him personally, and I brought him by your side, teaching him by example. After so many years, he's still like this. It seems that he is a rotten wood that cannot be carved. Taking the title of a prince..."

The emperor interrupted him: "So. I plan to let him enter the Imperial Study and let those masters teach him for two years!"

Li Qihuan fell to the ground. At first, he hadn't fully understood what the emperor meant when his father interrupted him. Now he understood that it was not so much that he was being asked to study again, but that he was actually being put under house arrest.

This old man! Evil thoughts were rolling in his heart, and he wanted to jump up and strangle him! But he knew that he could not fight against the person in front of him, so he did not dare to stand up. He faced the ground and his body trembled slightly.

The emperor saw this and thought he was afraid.

"Just go in and study for another two years. If you learn and become sensible, I will give you another chance and even employ you again!"

This was what the emperor said to fool the prince and the grandson, but Li Qiru thought: This is not just to fool him! He was probably reminding me to keep my duty and not go beyond the circle. Otherwise, the rights he gave me can be taken back at any time! Humph, it seems that what I thought was right! The prince's face was moved, and he obviously showed weakness: "Father, your son... I can accompany you to this day, thanks to Huaner's care for many years. In fact, your son is really hard... I am struggling just because I don't want your father to be sad for your son. I only have him in this body, and I love him deeply beyond words. Since he was born, we have never been apart. Your son really hopes to see him every day in his lifetime. Father..."

The prince stood up and knelt down: "Please be considerate of your son. I will hold on... I will hold on." He closed his eyes and tears flowed down.

Li Qihuan turned his head to look at his father, tears welling up in his eyes, his heart aching.

The emperor was filled with anger, but he suppressed it and looked at the prince coldly.

"Li Qihuan, what do you say?" After a long while, the emperor turned to look at the crown prince.

Unable to resist...we might as well die together!

"Grandfather Your Majesty, I am incompetent and have failed your trust. I would rather become a commoner and hope to be with my father. Grandfather Your Majesty, my father was personally served by my grandson. Every time he took medicine, my grandson would coax him for a long time. If my grandson is not by his side, I am afraid, I am afraid..." His voice choked with sobs, and he hunched there in pain.

The prince looked at him with annoyance: "You silly child, your royal grandfather is punishing you for not doing your job properly, not paying attention to state affairs, and doing whatever you want. But you have revealed everything yourself..." He shook his head with disgust and smiled bitterly.

The emperor looked at the father and son, then at the King of Wu and the King of An, and the people beside them. Everyone stood there in awe with expressionless faces. No one pleaded, no one agreed, and no one objected.

After a change of mind, he decided to act a little hastily this time, and it would be better to be more stable. Anyway, they can't make any waves! "Okay. I'll let him accompany you! You don't have to refuse the title of a prince, it's just a title. The princes and grandsons of the emperor will be demoted to commoners... Does it sound good? Get up!"

"Thank you, father!" The prince was obviously relieved, but he couldn't get up from his kneeling position.

Li Qihuan quickly stood up to help him, and Li Qiru also took two steps to help. Li Qihuan managed not to kick him over, and directly blocked him with his body. Li Qiru stood there with his hands open, looking a little embarrassed.

The emperor glared at Li Qihuan fiercely and said, "Look at what you have accomplished!"

"Qilu stays here, you all go down first!"

Everyone saluted, and the prince was the first to come out. After a while, he was supported by his son and carefully walked down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs was his sedan chair. After all, Prince An was young, arrogant, and relatively less cunning. He followed the prince silently, and when Prince Wu saw this, he also approached him casually.

"Brother, this... this Li Qiru, you know him, right?" Prince An was incredulous. Although he didn't understand it as quickly as Prince Wu, he also felt that something was wrong.

The prince smiled bitterly: "This is a surprise that father prepared for us. How could I, your brother, know about it?" His eyes were on his son.

Although Li Qihuan was almost demoted to a commoner, he still walked with the steps of a crown prince, with a gloomy face, and did not give any face to his two uncles.

"Royal brother! Even at this point, you still refuse to tell the truth?" Prince An was anxious.

The prince's expression became serious: "Ninth brother! You are valued by the emperor and loved by the queen, so your life is going well, but don't get carried away! Even if I knew about this earlier, what can I do... I didn't do anything, and I almost got Qi Huan involved!" The prince was unusually excited.

"When our father does something, there must be a deep meaning behind it. How can you and I interfere? For you..." He glanced at King Wu, "For your own lives and property, you should behave yourself! I risked my life to get Huan'er back! What will happen next... Humph! When the time comes, I will close my eyes and know nothing! Go!"

The prince finally got angry.

King Wu and King An looked at each other… We have been planning for many years. Is it too late for us to be honest now? After getting in the car, Li Qihuan was worried that the prince was really angry, so he gently stroked his knee: "Father?"

The prince looked at him and smiled, "Dad is fine." He turned his head and looked outside, "It depends on whether they have the courage!"

When he got home, Qi Wu and Wen Yu were both there. As soon as he got home, the prince started throwing things and yelling loudly, but no one knew what he was saying.

Qi Wu tried to persuade him, but his face was also pale.

Wen Yu's heart also turned cold: All of this came together...

The prince asked Yi Bai to play a piece of music on the terrace. Then he sat cross-legged and followed the method taught by Doctor Huang, breathing in and out with long abdominal breaths to expel the bad air from his heart.

The next chapter hasn't been written yet, don't worry.