Chapter 374: The Prince
The courtiers looked at each other.
"Does anyone know this soon-to-be crown prince?"
"I seem to have an impression, but I can't remember who it is. It stands to reason that I can't think of such a characteristic person."
None of the courtiers remembered who this prince was, and they all looked at Mo Chen, Regent, where did this prince come out?
Mo Chen didn't see the eyes of these courtiers, he motioned for the prince to stand in the middle, "You introduce yourself."
"Yes." Mo Yuan made a peer salute, still smiling and grinning: "My name is Mo Yuankai, not the vassal king or the son of the vassal king, but an inconspicuous prince in the royal family."
"To be precise, I'm a county king now. The title passed down from my father has become the king of the county in my generation."
The courtiers looked at each other again, and Mo Yuan opened ......
"Ah! I remember!" A courtier finally remembered: "This is not the county king who has lived in the suburban Zhuangzi since he was a child, never attended any banquets, and did not participate in royal banquets, and was so quiet as if he did not exist."
"It was my son who went out to play and met him by chance and mentioned it to me."
It is also a miracle that the county king can be ignored by everyone to this extent.
As soon as he said this, all the courtiers remembered the existence of such a county king, and Mo Yuankai's eyes were very strange.
Who would have imagined that the one who would finally stand out from the crown prince's choice would be this quiet Mo Yuankai who was forgotten by everyone.
However, it is also a skill to be quiet to this extent.
You must know that these courtiers know every descendant of the royal family, and they can't recognize Mo Yuankai when they are born.
Mo Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Oh, at that time, I was still sarcastic about your son, saying that he didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and he humiliated me with the shadow of his family. In the end, he couldn't get angry and beat me, and I beat me up."
The corners of the courtier's mouth twitched, isn't your memory too good, the county king? That was a few years ago.
Mo Yuankai didn't care about his attitude, and saluted Mo Chen, "Your Royal Highness the Regent, is this prince a different person? I'm really not interested in the crown prince, I think I had a good time before."
Mo Chen glanced at him lightly.
Mo Yuan opened his neck and shrunk his neck, and said in a small voice, "I would have pretended to be sick and hid at home if I knew it. It's really too troublesome and too much to do to participate in this prince's choice."
He really felt that his previous life was very good, and he didn't want to change it at all. Who knew that he would be so lucky to be chosen by the regent to be the crown prince.
Mo Chen asked the eunuch to carry Mo Yuankai up.
Mo Yuan thought about slipping away.
Swept away by Mo Chen's cold eyes, he could only stand there obediently, and kept sighing in his heart, he should be sick and lying at home.
What a misstep into a thousand hatreds.
Mo Chen no longer cared about him, and he said to the courtiers, "This is the crown prince Mo Yuankai, and from today onwards he will be taught by the king of a country."
"When he can handle the affairs of the state independently, I will abdicate and make way for Xian."
Mo Yuan's eyes widened: "No...... Your Royal Highness the Regent, this is not what I imagined. Look, why don't we talk about it again?"
Mo Chen ignored him, but saluted him: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The courtiers saluted in unison: "The ministers have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."
Mo Yuan wanted to cry without tears, no, he really didn't want to be the prince, and begged the regent to let him go.
He wanted to refuse, but when the regent's eyes swept over, he didn't dare to refuse.
「…… Rise up, all the ministers." He said with a sigh of relief.
Courtiers: "Your Royal Highness Prince Xie."
Mo Chen ordered three suitable courtiers to assist Mo Yuankai: "Strive to let the prince get started with state affairs in the shortest possible time, and don't delay these things."
The three courtiers looked at each other: "Your Royal Highness the Regent, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is lazy, ......?"
Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, most of them will be lazy.
Mo Chen took a ring ruler from the eunuch's hand and ignored it
Mo Yuan opened his frightened eyes and said to the three courtiers, "If the prince is lazy or deliberately hides his clumsiness, this king allows you to use a ring ruler."
Mo Yuankai looked at the long ring ruler and swallowed his saliva, Mother Hey, the regent has cut off his back road.
The three courtiers were relieved, they had the regent's backing.
Mo Chen glanced at Mo Yuankai: "Does the prince remember?"
Mo Yuan nodded like a chicken pecking rice, for fear that if the nod was slow, the ring ruler would fall on him.
Mo Chen patted the palm of his left hand with the ring ruler, motioned for the courtiers to speak, and then Mo Yuan opened his thoughts.
Mo Yuankai glanced at the ring ruler from time to time, wanting to stay away silently but didn't dare, he was really a little panicked.
Finally survived the morning court, he dragged his tired body and mind and followed the regent to the imperial garden.
Dezong and Tang Yingying are already waiting here.
The two sides sat down after the salute.
Tang Yingying saw Mo Yuankai's devastated appearance, and asked Mo Chen with his eyes.
Mo Chen spat out two words: "Pretended."
Tang Yingying couldn't cry or laugh, so many princes and grandsons wanted to get the crown prince, but they were obtained by this one, and he was born like he was worse than dead.
Dezong was also amused, and said to Mo Chen, "It's not easy to look at this child. Ordinary people don't see me so calm."
Mo Chen snorted: "If it weren't for the summoning of all the princes and grandsons this time, I don't remember such a person, it can be seen that he would hide himself."
Tang Yingying suddenly felt that it is normal to be forgotten by most people, but it can be forgotten by everyone and even those in power, that is not a simple ability.
"The courtiers didn't object?"
Mo Chen: "They can't wait to elect the crown prince. This time is too much of a toss-up, and they are also annoyed by those princes, grandsons and their families."
Tang Yingying couldn't stop laughing: "I can imagine that scene. I have to say, my lord, your trick is really high."
deliberately delayed for so long, firstly, it wore out the patience of these courtiers, and secondly, it took time to see the true face of these princes and grandchildren.
Under the temptation of the throne, these people are the easiest to expose their true colors.
Mo Chen smiled, "Father can teach the prince more."
"Don't, right?" Mo Yuankai still wanted to struggle again.
Mo Chen said, "Don't?"
Mo Yuankai didn't dare to struggle, like a fish lying on the board: "I will learn from Your Majesty."
I always feel that from today on, the leisurely days will be far away from him, and he will live a hard and tiring life.
Mo Chen glanced at the sun: "After lunch, the prince will rest for half an hour, and then there will be courtiers to teach you." Wait for it to be so sunny, you have to go to the training ground to train......
Listening to his arrangement, Mo Yuankai's ominous premonition came true. Sure enough, the days of leisure were far away from him.
What's so good about being a prince, it's so hard, and there's not much free time, I really don't know what these people are fighting for.
Tang Yingying saw his crying appearance, and felt very interesting. Mo Chen is also very powerful, and he picked out such an interesting prince, presumably the group of courtiers will have pain in the future.
Dezong's first impression of Mo Yuankai was good, and because he was selected by Mo Chen, his attitude towards him was very good.
"Chen'er, in the future, the prince will handle state affairs in the side hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace."
Mo Chen also meant the same thing: "I am also going to ask Si Nong to take the prince to go around the people, especially to the farmland, to see the real people's livelihood."
Dezong agreed: "As a monarch, you must understand the true livelihood of the people, and you can't just listen to others. What the real people's livelihood looks like has to go deep into the people to know."
Mo Yuan saw that his itinerary was fully arranged, and he had already given up the last struggle. He thinks it's better to have a son and inherit the throne as soon as possible.
If you don't have a son, you can choose the next emperor by the way of a regent.
After a few people finished talking, Tang Yingying remembered one thing: "The prince is not married yet?"
Mo Yuan opened a spirit: "...... It's that they haven't married yet, but there are two concubines."
He is not enthusiastic about these, and usually lies down for half a day, and lives a comfortable life.
His appearance made Tang Yingying laugh: "According to the rules, I want to choose the crown princess and two side concubines for you, and a few concubines."
Mo Yuankai's scalp was numb: "It's not good to have so many women......
"As the prince, the woman in the backyard is the one who balances the government and the courtiers." Mo Chen cut off his flower: "You understand, you can't favor any woman, and you can't be emotional, everything is for the country and the people."
Mo Yuankai didn't know this, he was a little haggard: "I hate women's pickled things, and I also hate that they are jealous of a man."
This is also the reason why he only has two concubines so far.
Mo Chen: "That's good, tomorrow we will hold a banquet, summon all the young ladies who have not yet left the cabinet and have not decided on their relatives to participate, and choose the crown princess, side concubine and concubine room for you."
Mo Yuan Kaiguang thought that he would be surrounded by a large group of women tomorrow, and the whole person was going to explode, and those women would swallow him alive for the sake of profit!
However, he could not dodge.
After Tang Yingying and Mo Chen left the palace, they took a carriage back to the regent's mansion.
"The prince has the ability to choose a powerful prince from so many princes and grandchildren. Just by meeting for the first time, I can see that this prince is not a simple person."
"He's not just not simple. I didn't notice him until all the princes and grandchildren lived in the palace."
Tang Yingying became interested: "How did you notice him?"
Mo Chen said carefully: "The eunuch who is still waiting for me came to tell me that there is such a person who is too quiet, and every time he lies on the rocking chair for a long time, he is very leisurely, which is completely different from other princes and grandchildren."
Tang Yingying: "......" This is salted fish.
Mo Chen continued, "Since then, I have paid special attention to the crown prince. Over time, I realized that the prince was not ordinary. When someone is looking for trouble, he can solve it without saying a word, and he can not get into any disputes, and he can avoid being ganged up."
Tang Yingying gave a thumbs up: "Talent! If you don't have some skills, you can't do this."
It's just too salted fish, and the dream is to be a salted fish.