books44 Chapter 198: All Acting Is Fake
Chapter 198: All Acting Is Fake
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
"Your Majesty, I am your maternal grandfather, and Pinting is your cousin. Now she has been bullied to such a bad state? Do you really not care?" Xu Tian accused with tears in his eyes.
The little emperor was in a dilemma, "How should I manage this?"
"Just as we agreed before, once the disaster relief is done, the emperor will directly issue an imperial decree to marry Pingting to the regent. As for the others, humph, who dares to covet the position of regent princess?"
There was a flash of coldness in Chu Jie's eyes, but Xu Tian, who was angry, didn't notice it and continued to complain, "This regent has been in office for so many years, and there has been no news of any marriage. How come the emperor wants to grant him a marriage with Pin Ting? Now he has a fiancée?"
"It didn't suddenly appear. It was said that it was chosen by the emperor's uncle's master? It was only because he returned to Kyoto that the news came out."
Xu Tian's face showed a chill, "This is what the Regent told you."
Chu Jie sighed helplessly, "The Imperial Uncle would never tell me this. I asked someone to ask the guards beside him. The Imperial Uncle... Grandfather, you also know the Imperial Uncle's temper. He doesn't like others to meddle in his affairs."
"But is the emperor someone else? You are the emperor of the Great Chu. Is there anything in the Great Chu that you cannot manage?"
Chu Jie really didn't want to deal with him anymore, "Then...should I issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage now? If the emperor's uncle disagrees, you, my grandfather, will have to speak for me then."
Xu Tian was silent again. In fact, he had not wanted to marry his granddaughter to Chu Chenfeng before. This time, he was just angry about the rumors in the capital. Moreover, he also wanted to use this incident to see whether the little emperor's heart was biased towards them.
Now it seems, haha, it doesn’t seem so.
Xu Tian showed a helpless expression, "Your Majesty is forcing me... How can I persuade the Regent?"
"Why would my grandfather say that? I can't do anything about it. I can issue an imperial decree, but whether my uncle will obey is not something I can decide."
"In that case, I have nothing more to say. The Regent and the Emperor are family after all."
"Grandfather..." The little emperor pretended to be sad.
"Alright, Your Majesty, there is no need to say anything. You are the monarch and I am the subject. There is a difference between monarch and subject. I know that." Then he knelt down and bowed to the emperor. "I will withdraw now."
As soon as they walked out of the imperial study, the expressions of both of them changed.
The originally bitter expression on Xu Tian's face turned gloomy and cruel. Chu Jie looked at his back, and the helpless expression before was gone. His cold eyes were full of indifference, "Someone come here."
A figure appeared in the imperial study.
"Keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion. If there is any movement, report it to me immediately."
"Yes."
The black-clothed figure disappeared like a gust of wind. Xiao Linzi looked at the emperor with some concern, "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."
"It's okay, I suddenly don't want to act anymore." Anyway, it's all fake no matter how you act.
After a while, Li Xun brought Li Xi to say goodbye to the emperor. In fact, the class had just ended, but the prime minister happened to come, so they had to stay in another room until the prime minister left.
"So early today? Brother Li Xi isn't going to the library today?"
Li Xi was a little reserved, but much better than before. He said with a smile in his eyes, "I won't go today. I have to go back home early."
Chu Jie nodded, but didn't ask any more questions. He looked at Li Xun and asked, "Teacher, are you leaving too?"
"Yes, there is a family dinner in the mansion today, so we have to go back early."
"A family dinner..." Chu Jie glanced at Li Xi's obviously new clothes, "Is today a special day?"
Li Xi immediately interrupted, "Well, today is my sister's and my birthday, and it's the first time for my sister to celebrate her birthday with her family, so we have to prepare well."
Chu Jie was now interested, "Sister Lan's birthday?"
Li Xun frowned but didn't stop it.
"Yeah!" Li Xi nodded heavily.
"Then we really need to prepare well, Xiaolinzi?"
"The slave is here."
"Go and fetch me my Kunyu inkstone."
"Yes."
Chu Jie looked at Li Xi, "Happy birthday, brother Li Xi. I stole a Kunyu inkstone from my uncle before. It is a rare and good inkstone. I will give it to brother Li Xi. I hope you can achieve academic success as soon as possible and become a pillar of our Chu."
Li Xi was very happy, but he still looked at his second uncle cautiously. Seeing that he had no objection, he gladly accepted it, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"We are brothers from the same school. You are my senior brother, one of us. You don't have to be so polite, right, teacher?"
Li Xun also smiled, "That's true."
The emperor was also happy. "Brother Li Xi, please say happy birthday to my sister on my behalf. I don't think I can go to see her today. But let her rest assured, I will definitely prepare a gift."
"Okay, sister, it's enough for you to know the emperor's intentions. Gifts or not, they are all external things. The emperor doesn't need to waste his energy on them."
"I have my own arrangements, so you should hurry back home and don't delay your work."
After the two of them bowed to Chu Jie, they left the palace.
As soon as the person left, Chu Jie called out anxiously, "Xiao Linzi, hurry up and find Xingyi."
Xiao Linzi was helpless. Alas, being a leader in this industry is too busy every day.
At this time, Xing Yi was reporting on his work in Chu Chenfeng's study.
"Xing Er and Xing San, with the help of Long Yi, have successfully captured Situ Yue alive and are on their way back. However..."
Chu Chenfeng raised his eyes, "But what?"
"The number one swordsman has returned with Hero Long Yi."
Chu Chenfeng nodded and said nothing more, "Where is King Cheng?"
"King Cheng did not return to Jiangnan. Not long after he left Zhulu City, our people lost him..."
"Keep investigating. I want to know his every move."
"Yes."
"Send a message to Ye Mingqi and tell him about Simon and King Cheng. Let him be alert in case Simon's men make any moves."
"Your Highness, do you think Simon wants to start a war again?"
"Not for now. Since we are cooperating with King Cheng and Northern Qi, we probably have to wait for the right time. Let Ye Mingqi secretly check on Emperor Simon's condition."
"Yes, Master, there is one more thing."
"explain."
"In Yuanhe City, not far from Kyoto, a land dragon turned over, causing heavy casualties. The mayor of Yuanhe City sent people to rush over for help, but they were stopped by the prime minister's people. Because the incident happened suddenly, our people did not receive the news in time, and the matter has been delayed for two days."
Two days have passed, and the people of Yuanhe City...
Chu Chenfeng's eyes turned cold, "Let Gu Changqing go immediately to deal with this matter."
"Yes."
"Report this to the Emperor."
"Yes."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Xing Yi hurried over and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Commander, there's a letter from the palace asking you to go there immediately."
Xingyi frowned, "What's the hurry?"
"I don't know. It was someone from Eunuch Lin's side who came here."
"okay, got it."