IACF [QT] Chapter 80.6

A lot of things have happened in the past few years.

The Empress Dowager was old and passed away.

King An had always been weak and passed away last autumn.

There were more and more adult princes, but the position of crown prince had not been established for a long time.

Although the Emperor was still in good health, the open and secret struggles among the princes were becoming more and more intense.

Many people wanted to win over King Rui, but King Rui had always been neutral and did not make friends with anyone.

Seeing that the little prince of the Rui Palace had entered the palace to study, many people saw this as an opportunity and wanted to use the child to pull King Rui onto their boat.

It’s a pity that Mao Tuan is not a real child.

As soon as he entered school, the teachers found that he was far more intelligent than ordinary people, and they were all very happy.

But after a few days, they found that this child was extremely smart, but he never used the right path.

He often took a few little grandprinces to skip school, fight, or catch birds and fish.

He is simply a devil!

The adults who originally wanted their children to befriend him, seeing that their children had been led astray, quickly ordered them not to associate with King Rui’s child anymore.

As for whether to win him over or not, if the foundation of their own seedlings was crooked, what was the point of winning King Rui over?

Occasionally, the Emperor would come to test them. Every time he saw the little grandsons answering haltingly while the little prince of King Rui answered fluently, he could not help but sigh inwardly.

Eunuch De Hai once heard the Emperor mutter in a low voice that it was a pity. No one knew whether it was a pity that such a smart child was not his grandson, or a pity that his children and grandchildren were not ambitious enough.

One afternoon, the Emperor was handling government affairs. When he heard that the little prince of King Rui wanted to see him, he was surprised and called him in.

A child of four or five years old stood in the main hall, with small arms and legs, not even as tall as the dragon table, and looked exactly like his father in his youth.

The Emperor took off his dignity and looked like an ordinary elder. He said lovingly, “Did you pull out the Master’s beard again? I won’t say anything good for you this time.”

The little prince frowned and looked more and more like King Rui.

“Great-uncle, why do some people say I am your grandson? I am obviously not.”

The eunuchs in the palace all changed color. Even Eunuch De Hai’s heart skipped a beat. He lowered his head and dared not look up at the Emperor’s face.

The Emperor’s voice sounded the same as before. He still said gently, “Who is talking nonsense? Of course, you are not my grandson. Your grandfather is the late King Rui, my brother.”

The young prince pointed outside the palace and said, “Two palace servants whispered in the bamboo forest. They didn’t find me.”

The Emperor nodded, stood up, walked around the dragon table, touched his head, and said, “It seems that you skipped school again.”

“I have already learned what the Master taught me, but others have not yet learned it. I have to wait for them.” The little prince said confidently.

The Emperor laughed, “What kind of fallacy is this? I saw that you looked unhappy just now. Why? Don’t you like being called the grandson of your Great-uncle?”

The little prince said seriously: “It’s not that I don’t like it. Being the grandson of my Great-uncle is a big responsibility. I want to be a ranger in the future, so I can’t bear such a big responsibility.”

The Emperor was stunned for a moment. Then, he suddenly laughed and couldn’t help clapping his hands, “You, you are even lazier than your father. You are really a little scoundrel!”

Although he called him a scoundrel, everyone could hear the affection in his words.

Eunuch De Hai couldn’t help but sigh that the only ones who could make His Majesty happy now were King Rui and his little prince.

After the little prince of King Rui left, the Emperor’s smile disappeared, and gradually, his face became expressionless, as if a storm was about to come.

“De Hai.”

“Yes.”

As the Emperor’s confidant, Eunuch De Hai immediately took the order and left without saying much.

The Emperor waved his hand again, and all the eunuchs retreated.

When there was only one person left in the huge palace, the Emperor’s face began to show a bit of old age.

He knew that his concubines and his sons were not satisfied with his kindness to the family of King Rui, and even spread such rumors, trying to stir up the unreasonable intentions of King Rui and the little prince so that he would have a grudge.

Unfortunately, the whole plan was easily resolved by a five-year-old child.

To say that they were vicious was an exaggeration. They were all extremely stupid and ambitious. They didn’t even think about whether they could sit in this position with their weight.

 

 

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