Chapter 308: A dilemma
Song Qian listened to Ji Changye's words, and hurriedly shook her head to refuse, after all, in her opinion, the ingots were not Ji Changye's flesh and blood, and it was really inappropriate to accept the golden lock handed over to Xiao Shizi by Ji Changye's parents.
"Actually, Yuan Bao ......" Ji Changye wanted to speak and stopped, almost telling the truth, looking at Song Qian's puzzled look, he finally shook his head and replied: "No matter what, since Song Niangzi has become the princess, and Yuan Bao is the little prince of the palace, I will definitely treat him as my own flesh and blood, so it is natural for him to accept this golden lock." As he spoke, he stuffed the golden lock into Song Qian's hand, not giving her room to shirk.
Looking at Ji Changye's deep eyes, Song Qianqing's nose couldn't help but sour, she lowered her eyes, looked at the golden lock in her hand and nodded and replied, "I know the prince, then I'll go to find the ingots first." With that, she left the place.
And after watching Song Qian's back disappear into the courtyard, Ji Changye's originally gentle face was replaced by sorrow, he frowned slightly and came to the inner room, and took out the letter that he had read cursoly, and the content on it made him a little more unbelievable after examining it again.
The letter contains the truth that has caused turmoil in the imperial court many years ago.
At that time, the emperor was still the crown prince and did not ascend the throne, when the first emperor was still breathing, there were two-minded forces in the court began to disturb the court to divide power, the first emperor trusted Ji Changye's father, and let him start to assist the current emperor to settle these things, Ji Changye's father was loyal and helped the emperor solve the stumbling block, but not long after, Ji Changye's parents found that something was wrong, because then the palace was flooded, and a fire was going to kill them, and the final truth was buried.
The content of the letter made Ji Changye understand that the death of his parents was not so simple, and there must be something hidden in it. So this is the reason why Ji Changye frowned.
After packing the letter and putting it in the box, he hid the box in the secret compartment of the inner room to make sure that it would not be easily discovered, and then closed the door of the inner room and left the place with peace of mind.
He had more important things to do.
The Queen Mother soon got the ins and outs of these things, and knew that these things were just a game done by Ji Changye and the emperor, so she couldn't wait to tell Yu Chong and Li Ming the truth.
After knowing that they were being teased, Yu Chong was afraid that the Queen Mother was still here, so he restrained his anger and said, "The Lord Regent is really too much to do this, this really doesn't put the Queen Mother in his eyes, so I must teach the Lord Regent some lessons and let him know that the Queen Mother is not easy to mess with."
"That's right, Queen Mother, you can't just give up." Li Ming echoed and said.
But the Queen Mother's expression sank, and she looked at the two people helplessly and said, "What you said is very simple, but what should be done? Have you ever thought about what the consequences will be in the end? Is the Regent's current power a rival to any one of them? And you, the regent, will not see these tricks of yours? What's more, this time it's a game, they can't wait for us to jump in, the mourning family will definitely not let them succeed."
Even she already knew the truth and didn't dare to act rashly, she didn't expect the two of them to be so bold, and she was thinking about how to teach Ji Changye some lessons, she really didn't know whether to live or die.
Sure enough, the two of them were dumbfounded after hearing this, and they really didn't know what good ideas they would have.
The Queen Mother guessed that the two of them were unreliable, so they could only figure out their own way. But now all she can do is protect herself, let his mother clan leave here for the time being, and then take a step at a time. As for Yu Chong and Li Ming, they were of no use or threat to the Queen Mother, but they only achieved the purpose of making them stop for the time being. But now it seems that the two of them don't plan to keep to themselves, so the Queen Mother has to take some measures to get out of here.
Sure enough, after leaving the Queen Mother's bedroom, Yu Chong couldn't help but say, "How did you become the way you are now? It's really aggrieved, and I can't take revenge after being wronged, so what did the Queen Mother do when she asked you and me to come?" I don't know if it's because of the misunderstanding, so Yu Chong is not so hostile to Li Ming, and even began to take the initiative to talk.
This made Li Ming a little unresponsive, after all, the two of them before
It's all noisy, so Yu Chong's behavior is really weird.
After a few seconds, Li Ming reacted and replied, "It's indeed a little strange, but these things are the affairs of the Queen Mother and the prince herself, like us ordinary people, thanks to great love, we can exchange these opportunities, so don't ask about these things first, so as not to make the Queen Mother unhappy, and then you and I will both be unable to eat and walk around."
He didn't want to get into trouble, but he was still a little angry that he was being used by Li Changye and them to use calculations, so he felt that how could he openly impeach Yu Chong against the emperor? Someone is really making trouble.
Yu Chong looked at him and said, "You are so timid and afraid, what is there to be afraid of? Can he, a regent, be compared to the Queen Mother? Although the Queen Mother has already said so, it doesn't mean that we can't do something secretly?" He couldn't swallow it, so he wanted revenge no matter what.
Listening to Yu Chong's words, Li Ming finally shook his head and said without going to go along with it: "That's it, I'll wait and see what happens in this matter, don't blame yourself again when the time comes, you will regret it." After that, Li Ming left here quickly, for fear that if he stayed for a while, this matter would really fall on his head.
I didn't expect Li Ming to be such a timid and afraid person, so Yu Chong looked at his back with disgust and said, "Hmph, you still want to tease me like this." He deserved to be alive for so many years, and Li Ming couldn't fight him no matter what, so thinking like this, he hurriedly left here.
However, even if Ji Changye and the emperor's plan was known to the Queen Mother, she still couldn't make waves in the court, so she could only stalemate like this, and she was constantly looking for someone who could balance Ji Changye and his forces.
In this way, it is not only the queen mother, but also the prince's party.
Because the Xiao family has now begun to dissociate themselves from him openly and secretly, and no longer wants to help him with anything. And in the end, the one who can help him is the mother family of the queen mother, but now that they have left the imperial capital, his backers have completely disappeared, so he doesn't dare to do anything easily, for fear of offending people and not having someone behind him to support him, and then causing some trouble, making the emperor even more disgusted with him, then his position as the prince will be completely lost.
This dilemma gave Ji Qirui a headache, he became constrained in everything, and the number of forks in handling things increased day by day, so naturally the status of the court was lowered.
Prince's Mansion.
"What is this?" Ji Qirui looked at the mountains of folds in front of him, swept them to the ground angrily, slapped the table and roared.
The sudden anger made the subordinates in the room kneel down in a hurry, and they didn't dare to pant and lowered their heads, not knowing what made Ji Qirui angry.
At this time, Rong men heard the sound and walked in, looking at the mess and Ji Qirui's angry face, he waved his hand at the people below and asked them to retreat away from the hustle and bustle, and then walked to Ji Qirui's side, squatting on the ground and picking up the fold while saying, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you have to take care of your body, what can be solved, why bother to move such a big liver fire?" He knew that Ji Qirui was so moody because he lost power in the court, but he couldn't be so depressed, otherwise it would only make the result worse and worse.
Ji Qirui didn't care about the people in front of him, and replied sharply..."How do you ask me to solve these things? Is there anything you can do? If we can solve the problem of why this prince ended up in the situation he is in today! You are all liars! A complete liar!" As he spoke, he kicked over the bookcase in front of him, and his anger could be seen in the violent rise and fall of his chest.
Rong sighed secretly, and patiently explained, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't you want to think that your appearance now is exactly what the Regent wants to see? You've fallen into their trap, are you so willing to be used?"
These words pierced Ji Qirui's heart, he suddenly calmed down and began to think about it, but soon he regained his anger just now.
"What's the use of not using it now! This prince no longer has any real power, what is the difference between this and deposing this prince?" He knew now that he had no place to be used, and the more he did this, the more he became
is unwilling, obviously he was a prince with infinite scenery before, but now he has become an outcast, and all this is because of Ji Changye!
Ji Qirui's hatred for Ji Changye in his heart became stronger and stronger, if it weren't for his identity and the power of the people around Ji Changye, he would definitely have killed Ji Changye with his own hands to vent his anger, but he could only think about it.
Seeing that Ji Qirui's oil and salt did not enter, Rong was not good at dissuading him more, so he could only try his best to find a way, who made him and Ji Qirui now be grasshoppers on the same rope, if something happened to Ji Qirui, he himself would be in a catastrophe, so no matter what, he would not let Ji Qirui be abolished, at least he could not be abolished so much.
But now he has no good way, so he can only go on like this.
And Ji Qirui also made a mess of the emperor's government handed over to him because of such a moody mood, which attracted the impeachment and dissatisfaction of many officials, and the emperor naturally couldn't ignore this matter, so after the early dynasty, he called Ji Qirui to his study.
And Ji Qirui didn't know why the emperor suddenly called him here, and just as he was about to ask, the emperor slapped the pieces of impeachment against him on the table and said, "Why did I hand over these government affairs to you, don't you understand?"
"How can the sons not understand the good intentions of their father......
"You understand? Find out why it's still like this! Is that all I teach you on a daily basis? What are you doing these days, and why are you doing this messy way! It's not like a prince at all, it's really a loss of my face, a loss of face for my ancestors." In all dynasties, no such serious thing as the prince being impeached by ministers has happened, but I didn't expect to set a precedent for Ji Qirui, how could the emperor who worked hard to manage him swallow this breath?
Ji Qirui immediately knelt on the ground and bowed his hands, not daring to look up at him.
After all, he didn't have any reason, and the emperor was right about these things.
Seeing Ji Qirui's mediocre reaction, the emperor was even more angry, pointing at Ji Qirui and unable to say a word for a long time.