Chapter 29 What? The Prince Is Going to Rebel

In Chonghua Palace, Xiao Yunzhou couldn't help asking Old Liu.

"What do you think of those people asking me to appoint a crown prince?"

Not long after Xiao Yunzhou left the court, he was asked to see five ministers of the cabinet, as well as the Minister of Rites and the Imperial Observatory.

Zhou Wuxin fell down, and a group of people stood up.

Xiao Yunzhou was very troubled.

In fact, he also knew that he could not escape these nagging.

As long as the crown prince is not appointed, there will be no peace for a few days!

Xiao Yunzhou's happiness in the morning court lasted only for a while, and he was depressed again.

He now had a good impression of Old Liu, so he remembered and asked him what he thought.

"Old Liu, what do you think?"

Old Liu coughed lightly.

He was grateful for his granddaughter's reminder, and he was very happy, but his face didn't show it at all.

He even put himself in her shoes and thought about it.

"Hey, if it were me..."

Xiao Yunzhou stared.

Old Liu pondered, "My wife, my son, and the servants who sweep the floor and cook in my house ask me to decide the next head of the family every day. I really want to beat them!"

Xiao Yunzhou: "!"

He never expected this kind of answer.

He couldn't help laughing for a moment, "Old Liu, you are so true."

Old Liu laughed in his heart, it was the little princess who reminded her that there has always been a king who is suspicious since ancient times.

This is not a person's fault, but it is brought by the throne!

The "son-in-law" in front of him is the emperor!

He will never forget it.

"If the servants persuade me too much, I will definitely think they have crossed the line, but don't accept me as the head of the family?"

Old Liu said thoughtfully.

"When I was in the village, my ancestors were all farmers, and we all listened to the clan leader. When the clan leader was there, he never decided on the next clan leader."

Xiao Yunzhou was overjoyed.

Finally heard a sentence he wanted to hear.

Old Liu, understand him!

"But," Old Liu raised his eyes, stole a glance at the emperor, and then made a sudden turn, "The ministers in the court are anxious to ask the emperor to appoint a prince, and they also have their considerations."

Xiao Yunzhou frowned instantly.

Old Liu coughed lightly.

Does the emperor really only want to hear good words?

That's impossible.

He would have died three years later, what would happen to his granddaughter, grandson, and daughter?

He had to fool the emperor and decide on a virtuous prince early.

Even if his own Xiaowu couldn't be the emperor, he wanted a virtuous and tolerant new monarch!

"Your Majesty, the royal inheritance is related to the country and the people, and it is naturally different from the old minister's family and the ordinary people's family."

The master of the Liu family just stroked the emperor's hair and coaxed him into a good mood.

Now let's tell the truth.

"I thought about it after I just left the court. This time, the earth dragon turned over, and the emperor was lucky to escape a disaster, but who knows what will happen in the future? The country cannot be without a monarch for a day."

Xiao Yunzhou's face was ugly!

But after taking a deep breath, he did not refute.

He knew that what Old Liu said was the truth.

But he did not want to appoint a crown prince too early, because he was appointed as a crown prince at the age of six, and he had never been really happy since then.

The pressure of succession, the expectations of the late emperor, and the spurring of the officials made him unable to experience the carefree childhood of young men in ordinary families.

He did not want his children to be like this.

Moreover, he was appointed as a crown prince at an early age, which led to his brothers and sisters being muddle-headed, and they learned riding, shooting, scriptures, and the way of governing the country carelessly.

In the past, he raised these royal brothers who lived a lazy life, and it was okay.

But now he listened to his daughter's warning and knew that after his "death", the Tianqi Dynasty would soon decline.

His brothers and sisters, now the princes of the fiefdom, were all innocent and like fools, they were deceived by the imperial concubine to the capital and killed... This was hard for him to accept!

If the late emperor had not appointed a crown prince early, perhaps they would not have wasted their lives!

Maybe after his 'death', his brothers can also stand up!

So, Xiao Yunzhou has made up his mind now, he will never decide on the prince so early!

Before his sons grow up, they should learn civil and military skills well, learn to death!

In the future, one of them will be the emperor, and the other brothers can be good ministers who will be passed down for generations.

Only when brothers work together can they ensure that the dynasty will not be destroyed!

But Xiao Yunzhou knows that even if he tells the ministers about this, they will not accept it.

These old guys are very pedantic and don't know the danger predicted by the little princess.

Alas.

"Your Majesty," Old Liu saw that the emperor was frowning, and immediately bowed, "I have a suggestion, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Xiao Yunzhou was puzzled, "Old Liu, you can speak freely."

Old Liu immediately said with a thick skin.

"The ministers just want a candidate to ensure the stability of the succession of the country. But if we decide on the candidate so early, the emperor is still young, and the princes are still young, there will be many variables in the future."

Xiao Yunzhou nodded.

Yes, it is a dilemma.

"Then your majesty, why don't you write the name of the prince you like most at the moment into the brocade bag and hang it in your study."

Xiao Yunzhou: "?! Please tell me more!"

Old Liu immediately fluently said the standard answer he had received early in the morning.

"After the emperor wrote the name and hid it, he told all the officials. You let them see it a hundred years later, and that will be the new emperor candidate."

"In this way, you have already decided on the prince."

"If anything happens, the next monarch will take over, and they don't need to worry about the unrest of the country."

"And if the emperor lives long and is in good health, the brocade bag will not be opened, and the new emperor candidate will not be announced to the public.

If the prince that the emperor likes grows up to be crooked and is not capable of taking on the important task, the emperor can change the name in the brocade bag at any time."

"In this way, the emperor has an explanation to the country and the people, and there is no need to worry that the princes will stop making progress if the prince is appointed too early."

Old Liu finished speaking in one breath.

Xiao Yunzhou's eyes lit up, "Good! Very good!"

"Why didn't I think of it?"

Old Liu's beard trembled.

This is what you, the emperor, came up with a year later!

Shame on you!

But for the sake of the people, for his grandson and granddaughter, he will borrow the method that you, the emperor, will come up with in the future!

"Old Liu, I didn't realize before that you are very wise."

"Okay, let's do as you say."

"It is a blessing for the country to have you, Old Liu, assisting me! You have solved my urgent needs."

"This method is really perfect!"

Xiao Yunzhou praised it endlessly.

There is no way, the method that Old Liu said, almost every step is based on his needs and his thoughts.

It comfortably solved all his problems.

It was so refreshing.

Xiao Yunzhou looked at Old Liu, his eyes were unprecedentedly warm and touching.

"There are so many cabinets, the Ministry of Rites, and the Censorate, but no one has thought of this method. They can only force me in a pedantic way, never thinking about me or the future of the prince."

"Only Old Liu has thought of it. You really think about me and the country!"

Old Liu couldn't help blushing.

It was his granddaughter who reminded him, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of this method.

Oh.

"Come here, give Old Liu a jade ruyi, a pot of nine-color peony, and three pine, bamboo and coral seats."

Old Liu: "!"

Here it comes again.

Here comes another reward!

Old Liu took a nap in the emperor's study and couldn't sleep at all.

Xiao Yunzhou was in a good mood, so he simply waved his hand and asked him to pick the nine-color peony himself.

"That is the tribute newly given by King Liao. It is auspicious to bloom nine-color petals in winter."

"I will enjoy it with Old Liu."

A pot of winter peony is worth hundreds of taels.

The total reward this time is more than a thousand taels.

When Master Liu came out of the study, Wei Zheng, who had his arm bandaged, personally took him to the greenhouse of the Southern Imperial Garden to select peonies.

"Eunuch Wei, thanks for saving me. Go and have a rest, and let others take me there." Master Liu was grateful.

"It's okay, my hand was injured, not my legs. I can work for the emperor and protect Master Liu from disasters, which is what I want."

Wei Zheng smiled, as if he was not broken, but promoted.

He asked Master Liu to wait outside the garden, "There may be concubines playing in the Imperial Garden. I will go in and clear the place first. Master Liu, please wait here."

"How about you, Eunuch Wei, pick a pot for me, and I won't go in myself."

"No, the nine-color peony was sent by Prince Liao from Xuantong. Each pot has nine different colors. It took ten years to grow, and it is extremely precious."

"The emperor has opened his mouth and let Master Liu choose it himself."

Master Liu couldn't refuse and sighed.

But soon, he saw his daughter, Concubine Liu, with the wet nurse holding the little princess, and the fifth prince who was in the study, walking towards the Imperial Garden.

Master Liu immediately smiled.

Concubine Liu and the fifth prince were even more surprised and quickened their pace and hurried to meet them.

"Your Highness greets the Fifth Prince and Concubine Liu."

"Dad."

"Grandfather!"

The family was pleasantly surprised to meet each other and was about to chat in detail, but their expressions soon froze.

[Nine-color Peony? Prince Liao, the uncle of my cheap emperor father? ]

[Aww! I remember that less than a hundred days after the Nine-color Peony was paid as tribute, Prince Liao started a rebellion and fought to the gate of the capital! ]

The Fifth Prince and Concubine Liu: "!"

Master Liu: "!"