Chapter 268 You are the best person in the world
After Jiang Sheng left, the room fell into silence.
An Jiu glanced at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I..."
The emperor shook his head: "It's okay."
He paused and said, "I remember that when you entered the palace, you were only thirteen years old, and your brother..."
An Jiu said: "He is one year older than me."
The emperor chuckled and said, "A pair of teenage siblings, whose parents have both passed away, are starving and cold, and have nowhere else to turn. It's not surprising what they did. This is what life forced them to do. I don't blame you."
【I just feel bad. 】
【Such a young girl suffered so much! 】
The emperor thought back to when he was thirteen years old. Everyone said that he was not as pitiful as his mother, but he always felt that these people pitied the wrong person.
He is the honorable Crown Prince of Daxia, doted on by his father, second only to the emperor, and everything is good to him. One of his handkerchiefs is enough to feed ordinary people for a month.
If he is pitiful and not satisfied, how can others live?
Therefore, the emperor was a very confident and open-minded person. When he put himself in Xiaojiu and his brother's shoes, he could only feel distressed, but at the same time he admired them for being able to live strong in adversity.
Like the weeds growing out of the cracks in the bricks of the palace wall...
An Jiu looked at him steadily, was silent for a moment, and then threw himself into the emperor's arms.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then patted her on the back helplessly.
An Jiu's voice was a little choked: "Your Majesty, you are really good."
The emperor nodded: "I know."
[Of course I am the best. 】
But An Jiu felt that he might not know.
The emperor is really very good, very good...
He was the best person she had ever met.
He is different from all the emperors An Jiu knows. He is not selfish and cold-blooded. He has a compassionate and merciful heart.
An Jiu was deeply fascinated by him.
At the same time, she was also glad that such a good person was hers and belonged to her.
How lucky.
"Your Majesty, my brother..." Anjiu didn't know how to deal with Antai's problem. After all, he was the original owner's brother. If he really became a thorough Chu citizen and was devoted to the interests of Chu, then...
Then An Jiu would probably choose to stand on the emperor's side without hesitation.
The emperor was about to say something when Xiao Fuzi came in. Seeing the emperor and Xiao Jiu hugging each other, he quickly lowered his head and pretended he saw nothing.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is here."
The emperor exhaled, straightened his clothes and said, "Let her in."
He wanted to see what Shu Taifei had in mind.
"I heard that you were sick. I've always wanted to come and see you, but I was afraid to disturb you." Concubine Shu was still so gentle. The first thing she did when she entered the room was to ask about the emperor's health.
The emperor smiled hypocritically: "The Concubine is thoughtful. I am fine now."
Concubine Shu said a few more words and then turned the conversation back to business.
"Prince Duan is already an adult. It is not a good idea for him to stay in the capital all the time. It is better to send him to his fiefdom. It will be a good opportunity for him to exercise. Otherwise, he will never grow up."
What Concubine Shu said was reasonable. If it were someone else, the emperor would hope that they would go to their fiefdoms and not come back to be a nuisance.
But Prince Duan...
"Sixth brother grew up in the capital, I'm afraid he is reluctant to leave."
Concubine Shu was helpless: "People always have to grow up..."
The emperor interrupted her: "My Lady Concubine, Sixth Brother has a simple and carefree personality. He is also the prince of Daxia. He can stay like this for the rest of his life."
Concubine Shu looked at the emperor, was silent for a moment and said, "I am narrow-minded. I always thought that if he could be as powerful as the emperor, I would be satisfied. But this child has been useless since he was young."
The emperor smiled.
He also envied Prince Duan, who could eat, drink and have fun as he pleased. Who could be as comfortable as he was?
As a prince and grandson of the emperor, he has never had to worry about food and clothing all his life, so why would he need to become a useful person?
The emperor didn't respond, so Concubine Shu finally told him the purpose of her visit today.
She wanted to find marriages for Prince Duan and Prince Jing.
An Jiu frowned slightly. Prince Duan is fine, but how about Prince Jing? If Prince Jing dies right after the bride gets married, she will become a widow for nothing.
Isn't this harming people?
The emperor asked, "Has anyone chosen the concubine dowager?"
Concubine Shu reported several names, none of whom were daughters of wealthy families.
If we didn't know the identity of Concubine Shu, we would definitely think that she was obedient and knew when to advance and retreat...
The emperor said: "The Concubine Dowager is their mother, and she should make the decisions on these matters."
Concubine Shu laughed.
After a few pleasantries, she left.
"Does the emperor agree?" Nanny Yang asked anxiously.
Concubine Shu nodded: "He may have suspected me."
Nanny Yang said: "It's okay to doubt. Didn't the late emperor also doubt the queen back then? What happened?"
The late emperor only had suspicions but no evidence, so before he died, he ordered the concubine to guard his tomb.
It's ridiculous.
Nanny Yang believed that all the men in the Daxia royal family were simple-minded idiots. Even though the emperor was recognized to be smart, in her opinion, he was not that smart.
At most, you'll be better at studying, but what's the use?
Aren't you just being led by the nose and played around in circles?
Concubine Shu disagreed with Nanny Yang's statement. She shook her head and said in a deep voice, "Don't underestimate him."
He was able to overthrow the Queen Mother and Prince of Ruyang, and the simultaneous wars in the northwest and the south had no effect on him. The emperor should definitely not be underestimated.
She also received news that King Jing had joined forces with King Ming's men, used the people of Chu to fan the flames, and took the opportunity to take over several places.
Now, the powerful people in the south are worried about their own safety, fearing that the Chu people will invade, and they have donated a lot of things to the court...
The war lasted for such a long time, and Chu had not yet taken down several cities quickly, which delayed a lot of time. On the contrary, Daxia had grown a lot...
It's so infuriating.
The Chu State is also a bunch of rubbish.
"Actually, this can't be blamed on the Chu people." The emperor pointed to the map and showed it to An Jiu.
Daxia was different from Chu in that most of its territory was flat. If the Chu people wanted to fight, they had to attack the city. But the city defenses were greatly strengthened after King Jing joined, and King Ming provided supplies to the rear, so the Chu people failed after several attacks on the city.
Then one of them came up with a bad idea and decided to bypass one city and attack another.
This was exactly what King Jing wanted.
He allowed these people to go in and deal with several powerful people. The Chu people were cruel, and they frightened the powerful people who had refused to pay money to the court at first, and they wrote letters asking the court for protection.
Sure, but I don't have anyone...
If you have people, you can’t be hungry…
Even if you are full, you still cannot do without weapons...
The powerful ones don’t lack this.
In this way, King Jing took advantage of the situation in the southwest and gained a lot of benefits. Afterwards, they sent troops to attack from the front and back and killed all the Chu people who sneaked into Daxia.
The morale of Daxia was high after this battle.
But on the Chu side, the commander-in-chief was so angry that he couldn't understand why his subordinates would be such idiots.
He suspected that there were spies from Daxia mixed in with the Chu army and were fanning the flames.
But it’s hard to find anyone right away.
When An Jiu heard the emperor say this, she was also curious: "Why are those Chu people so obedient and fall into the trap?"
The emperor smiled and said nothing.
He has kept a lot of people over the years. There are many spies among the Chu people, and he has quite a few as well, and they can play a big role at critical moments.
"As for the Chu people, the old emperor is in poor health, and the young princes are fighting fiercely. After this failure, they may become desperate..."
The emperor stared at the map of Chu and said.
"Your Majesty, do you mean that Concubine Shu came out because they were desperate?"
If you think about it carefully, Concubine Shu hid behind the scenes and eliminated the people in the previous emperor's palace one by one, and in the end she was able to hide behind the scenes perfectly.
This shows how cautious and cunning this person is.
But this time, as soon as the Queen Mother and Prince Ruyang fell, she couldn't wait to come back, and hurriedly did a series of suspicious things. It showed that the people of Chu were really anxious, so they took the risk of exposing her as a chess piece and wanted to accomplish something.
"They want to..."
The emperor smiled and put his hand to his lips.
"Shh!"
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