Chapter 314: Very Good, No Annoyance
When Qin Wanwan and Yu Wuyou’s carriage convoy reached a point 500 kilometers from Shangjing, the carriage suddenly stopped.
“Miss, someone is blocking the road ahead.”
Qin Wanwan curiously poked her head out, and with that glance, she saw Yin Yuanli dressed in black.
She widened her eyes.
“Brother Yuanli, how are you here!”
Yin Yuanli walked over, a perfectly noble and slightly cold young boy.
He then smiled at Qin Wanwan. He was already good-looking, the best-looking child Qin Wanwan had ever seen besides herself, and he looked even better when he smiled.
“I’ve already discussed it with Imperial Father. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. I want to go around and broaden my horizons. Since you are also leaving, why not go together?”
The subordinate beside him observed silently. After discussing it with His Majesty, you were still secretly sending people everywhere to find and arrest you?
Qin Wanwan didn’t think so complicatedly and actually believed him.
“Okay, Brother Yuanli, do you want to ride in our carriage?”
Yin Yuanli demurely nodded: “Then I’ll impose on you.”
After getting into the carriage, he respectfully addressed Yu Wuyou: “Uncle Yu.”
Yu Wuyou: “You’re coming too? That’s great, we’ll have company and won’t be bored on the road.”
Yin Yuanli breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn’t someone else going out with Wanwan. With others’ shrewdness, it wouldn’t be easy for him to follow.
The carriage continued to move, and the atmosphere inside was cheerful.
Keke was a chatterbox, and it was difficult for it to not speak for a day, so it started sharing a lot of gossip it knew.
Yin Yuanli sat beside Qin Wanwan, appearing calm and quiet like a little adult, occasionally offering Qin Wanwan some fruit.
He glanced at Keke with a hint of surprise. He didn’t know there were so many things happening in Shangjing.
Keke even knew some things about the Imperial Palace.
For example, his younger brother, who should have called him uncle, or his younger sister.
Yin Yuanli: …………
He didn’t know whether to pity his Imperial Father or think he deserved it.
At this moment, the Emperor, who was being thought of by Yin Yuanli, sneezed.
“Your Majesty, the Imperial Advisor has returned to the palace.”
The eunuch hurried to report, and the Emperor stood up in a hurry.
“Where is the Imperial Advisor now?”
“To, to…”
The little eunuch’s expression was anxious, and before he could finish speaking, the Imperial Advisor had already walked in.
“What, Your Majesty doesn’t welcome me?” His voice was cold, and the Emperor flinched.
Imperial Advisor: “Speak, what have you done again.”
The Emperor stubbornly replied: “Imperial Advisor, you think too little of me. I haven’t done anything!”
Xuan Ce: “Should I say you’re not cunning or too stupid? You always have this expression when you make a mistake, and you haven’t improved in so many years.”
Emperor: …………
“Speak.”
With Xuan Ce’s single word, the Emperor obediently confessed that the Crown Prince had run away.
And he tried his best to shift the blame.
“You really can’t blame me for this. If anyone is to blame, it’s the Crown Prince’s cunning. How can he scheme against his own Imperial Father? And he’s wary of me. As soon as I realized, I immediately sent people to notify him, but who knew he slipped out of the palace in such a short time. I am also actively searching for the Crown Prince, but he’s hiding too well, and I haven’t found him yet.”
The Imperial Advisor sneered: “You can’t even deal with a nine-year-old child.”
Emperor: Stop scolding, stop scolding, I’m already reflecting.
Xuan Ce calculated with his fingers, and indeed, as he expected, the Crown Prince had gone to find Wanwan.
He felt a little relieved: “No need to send people to search, he has already left Shangjing.”
“Ah? Then…”
“Don’t worry, he is safe.”
After speaking, Xuan Ce left.
The Emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, he didn’t get hit.
But besides the Imperial Advisor, there were also the ministers.
Not long after, when the ministers learned that the Crown Prince had left Shangjing on his own to travel, their reaction was the greatest.
“Your Majesty, quickly send someone to find the Crown Prince! The outside world is dangerous, what if something happens?”
“How can Your Majesty let the Crown Prince leave Shangjing? This is too much nonsense!”
Rong Zhi, wearing a deep purple official robe, looked at the current Emperor with his phoenix eyes.
The Emperor felt guilty under his gaze.
“Ahem… As the Crown Prince grows older, how can he broaden his horizons by only staying in Shangjing? As the Crown Prince, he naturally needs to understand the conditions of the commoners in all parts of Tianqi and their customs and traditions. How can a fledgling eagle confined to this small world become a majestic eagle that can darken the sky?”
He spoke with such conviction that even he himself felt righteous, which was worth the effort of thinking of a reply in advance.
The ministers below: …………
Is this the reasoning their Majesty could come up with?
It turns out they underestimated His Majesty.
Eunuch Wang beside the Emperor observed silently. His Majesty was really racking his brains to save face.
Of course, some were happy and some were sad about the Crown Prince’s departure.
Several Imperial Princes who were good friends with the Crown Prince were quite upset: “Brother Ninth Prince left Shangjing without taking us. That’s too excessive!”
“Exactly, can I still catch up with him now?”
They also wanted to go out and see the wider world, and they didn’t want to continue studying in the Imperial Study anymore!
The ambitious Imperial Princes were happy, as with the Crown Prince gone, it would be easier for them to cause trouble.
It’s best if he dies outside and never comes back. Imperial Father is truly favoring them!
At this moment, in the Imperial Study.
Rong Zhi looked at the Emperor expressionlessly.
The Emperor guiltily held a memorial, pretending to be very busy.
Rong Zhi: “Your Majesty, you’re holding the memorial upside down.”
Emperor: …………
“Ahem… What business does Beloved Minister Rong have?”
“When exactly did the Crown Prince leave.”
During the court session, the Emperor had said it was within the last two days.
The Emperor chuckled dryly: “As expected, nothing can be hidden from Beloved Minister Rong. Twelve days ago.”
Yin Yuanli left a few days in advance, and it has been five days since he met up with Wanwan.
Rong Zhi: “Your Majesty hid it very well.”
“But don’t worry, the Imperial Advisor has already calculated that the Crown Prince is safe, and this trip may not be a bad thing.”
Rong Zhi: “Xuan Ce knows?”
The Emperor sighed: “How can the Imperial Chancellor call the Imperial Advisor by his given name? He is an elder after all.”
Rong Zhi smiled: “Indeed, he must be an old man.”
Emperor: Why does this sentence feel wrong? And Prime Minister, why does your smile seem to carry killing intent?
“If that’s the case, then this minister will not trouble Your Majesty any further.”
After speaking, Rong Zhi left to find Xuan Ce.
After the person left, the Emperor slumped onto the Dragon Throne without any image.
“I can truly be considered the most vexed Emperor in history.”
Vexed by the Imperial Advisor, vexed by the Imperial Chancellor, and vexed by the Crown Prince!
It would be better not to be Emperor!
Eunuch Wang said from the side: “But Your Majesty has the ability to recognize talent. Both the Imperial Chancellor and the Crown Prince respect Your Majesty and are pillars of Tianqi.”
The Emperor was an optimist and thoroughly indolent.
“You’re right, quickly bring the green plaque, let’s see which little beauty will serve me today.”
Eunuch Wang: …It’s quite good, no worries.
