Chapter 489: Estrangement
And these possibilities, in fact, in addition to bringing him negative and unnecessary effects, are really not half of the use.
So sometimes it is to compete for those dispensable credits, but it is better to simply follow the wishes of the emperor and the three princes, and give all the credit he has done before and the credits he may get in the future to the three princes.
This not only avoids it, but will make the emperor unhappy because of this matter, and it can also avoid that the emperor has already sent people, and he will not get any usability.
It is precisely because of this that I turned around and saw that the eighth prince here was returning here with the third prince to deal with the flood.
During the period after that, he didn't say much bad except for doing things, and what he planned to do was just Wan Yongzhong's order to let his subordinates solve it.
On the contrary, he did not exaggerate to tell everyone, and he did not intend to tell everyone about it.
On the one hand, it will be possible, because of such a character of his own, it will make things more troublesome, and he chose to keep a low profile, so in the next time, he can only keep a low profile.
It is absolutely impossible to touch, or the third prince catches some so-called tricks from him, especially since he and the third prince are not compatible from beginning to end.
Especially if the third prince wants to take such an opportunity to secretly stumble on him, and then fabricate a few false evidence, now the emperor has doubts about him, and in the end these evidences are found to be fake.
It is not necessarily that the emperor will apologize to him, but he may feel that it must be hiding some unspeakable secrets somewhere, but it has not yet been detected.
It's really because of this reason that the Eighth Prince has chosen to be silent in secret for the rest of the time, never saying a word about him, and he doesn't intend to say anything inappropriate.
Therefore, it is in this situation that the third prince and the eighth prince go to Yuzhou to completely solve the problem of this flood.
After returning to Beijing to report, the emperor didn't care so much about this matter, and he just let the minister who also followed him back believe it.
Seeing the few standing in front, he was flattering the three princes from inside and outside his words, and this time he was able to solve this matter in such a short time, which completely dragged down the blessing of the three princes.
Otherwise, if it were just their original group of people, I am afraid it would take a while longer.
As for what the Eighth Prince did during this time, he was downplayed by them, and he directly pressed it over, and he didn't mention it too much, nor did he say any words too much.
However, the eighth prince himself also understands very clearly in his heart that in this matter, the emperor has already decided, so it is absolutely impossible for him to say any more words.
It is impossible to do anything that will make the emperor suspicious of him, after all, since he has been suspected, there is no reason to aggravate it again.
Otherwise, if something happens, it is equivalent to finding trouble for him, and it is really useless.
The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, after listening to what these ministers said, was quite rare, and laughed a few times.
"If the third emperor is really capable, he might as well solve this matter that even the eighth can't solve, I sent you this time, and I can deal with it in such a short time, I should be rewarded!"
The third prince has never been a stupid person, but he is full of scheming, and he also understands that the emperor doesn't really think how powerful he is.
And if it weren't for the presence of an eighth prince this time, it would really be like what he said, so that the matter of controlling the flood could be solved in such a short period of time.
Even in the current situation, he can get verbal praise from these ministers, and most likely this time the emperor will suspect him, not himself.
So it is precisely because of this that in today's situation, when the third prince here, even if he knows all these words, he is praising him, and the emperor is also praising him, although he has a plan.
But he still gladly accepted it, after all, the emperor's current purpose is to use him to suppress the eighth prince, which is very clear to the third prince and the eighth prince.
Even among the civil and military officials in this court, there are many people who can also see it, but they don't dare to say too much, these words and these praises all come from the emperor, how can they be angry with the majesty of the true dragon emperor.
For such a reason, I turned around and saw that the third prince here didn't say much else at that time, just took a step forward, and then bowed down.
"Erchen, thank you for your praise, since Erchen was born a royal man, he should do something!"
The more he listened to the three princes' extremely humble words, the more the emperor decided in his heart that in this matter, he had to try all his best to win over the three princes, and then weaken the eighth prince.
At least he can't get too much power, and he definitely can't let those ministers really think that they followed the Eighth Prince.
Standing on the side of the Eighth Prince, you can do whatever you want, and you can even do corrupt things when you are in a disaster to deal with floods, just like the Eighth Prince.
So even if the emperor understands in his heart, in this matter, it is still the eighth prince who has really played a decisive role.
But he also had to pretend that the person who thought that the real usefulness of this incident was the third prince, and on the surface, he still chose to reward the three princes heavily.
The emperor with a smile on his face directly opened his mouth to reward the three princes: "This time about the flood control in Yuzhou, I am very pleased with the three princes, and I hereby seal the three princes ......"
The eighth prince standing below, listening to the emperor rewarding the three princes one thing after another, was very indifferent from beginning to end, without half envy, nor half feeling that there was anything inappropriate.
For him, in this matter, since he had already guessed from the very beginning, and knew that the emperor had doubts about him, then he had already done a good job and did not have any possibility of rewarding.
And from the very beginning, he has already guessed that in this matter, in fact, many times there is nothing to care about with him, after all, this matter has been decided.
It was enough for the Emperor to be able to get rid of him, and not to stumble on him with the investigation and suspicion they had made this time, or to deal with him in other harsher ways.
As for the other situations, he still takes it seriously, and there is no need to dwell too much.
In the same way, it was also because of such a reason that I soon saw that the eighth prince here was flat, and then listened to the emperor after rewarding the three princes.
After witnessing the third prince standing beside him once again thank Lord Longen, he also raised his hand: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”
Even if this time, he really didn't get any awards, but he didn't care, not to mention that he didn't expect anything from beginning to end in this matter.
Now that the emperor has not punished him in any way, or the third prince has taken the opportunity to fall into the ground, and his actions against him have given him enough opportunities to solve this matter.
And he won't make too many other moves in this matter, which is enough for more other situations, he doesn't need to think about it, and there is no need to snatch it.
It was precisely for such a reason that I soon saw that the emperor here, after rewarding all the ministers who went to deal with the flood this time, left the eighth prince alone, and after a long while, he spoke again.
"Who said that the eighth master did not do well this time, delayed for so long, and almost displaced the people, but also did some moves, at least not let these people suffer more serious disasters, so make up for the merits, don't be indecisive in the future."
Listening to the emperor's "teachings" on himself, the eighth prince still used the most indifferent look, and gave his hand again: "Yes!" Sons, remember your majesty's teachings. ”
Although such a move by the emperor did provoke the indignation of the forces of the Eighth Prince, the Eighth Prince's own mind was peaceful.
That is to say, after the emperor's behavior this time, their group of people still don't understand what the emperor's real action is to do such a thing.
Then their group of people is really too stupid, but if they know exactly what the emperor is thinking in his heart, they really can't do it to that extent.
can not do anything inappropriate, can only do their best, to do their best to make the emperor will no longer have doubts about them, will not deepen the suspicion of them.
So soon, but after this incident happened, with Zhao Mocheng and the Eighth Prince, there was silence for a period of time in the court that should be carried out every day.
In the end, Zhao Mocheng, Yun Xiaoshuang, and the Eighth Prince, after discussing together, also vaguely guessed.
I'm afraid that this time the emperor wants to promote the power of the three princes and compete with Zhao Mocheng and the eighth prince.
I saw Yun Xiaoshuang here, after mentioning such a possibility, there was also such a speculation here, Zhao Mocheng and the Eighth Prince were invariably the same, nodded lightly, and recognized Yun Xiaoshuang's words.