"Jiang Taifu, it's still too pedantic." Listening to her son's complaint, Wan Qilan murmured in a low voice.
She only wanted to find a good teacher for her son, and considering that Mr. Jiang had been an official for many years, when he retired, Yan Chu hadn't made his mark in the previous dynasty, so he wouldn't have too much grudge against Yan Chu.
But she forgot, did Mr. Jiang resign in anger because he couldn't understand Emperor Chengqing's stupidity? With his temperament, how could he watch eunuchs like Yan Chu dominate the court
Wan Qilan thought about it, and Jiang Lao, the emperor teacher, could not be the only emperor around her son. Before, she thought that a pure minister could make people feel at ease, but now thinking about it, Qi'er has become the emperor, and a hundred flowers should bloom around her.
The former number one scholar, and now the editor of the Imperial Academy, Mo Xun, is Yan Chu’s man. The other party is quite talented and proficient in arithmetic. Jiang Guanglu, a scholar of the palace, is a bit of a middle-of-the-road person, but he can have both sides to sit in his current position. , that's what he does...
Wan Qilan has crossed many names in her heart. It is not a good thing to stand out among the emperor. Only when there are more people with their own thoughts, Qi'er can know how to be an emperor. You can't listen to one side and believe it. What's more important is to think for yourself In addition, those people have their own persistence, and they have different likes and dislikes towards Yan Chu. With the influence of those people, the emperor can learn to look at that man with his own eyes.
Wan Qilan doesn't think that Yan Chu, the son of the Yan family, will really do things that endanger the great business community. Even if he wants revenge and is blinded by hatred, he will not bet on the people of Limin, so as long as the emperor looks carefully Once you are done, you will realize how naive and ridiculous your previous prejudices and misunderstandings towards him were.
As for what Yan Chu did to the Zongzheng imperial family, Wan Qilan will naturally describe it later. The emperor will not know the role Yan Chu played in the matter of his elder brother, third emperor brother and the Supreme Emperor. The two most cherished people embarked on the road of hostility.
"Queen!"
Zongzheng Qingqi couldn't help but grab Wan Qilan's sleeve like she was coquettishly when she was a child: "Why are you talking for that eunuch? Is it possible that I am the emperor and listen to his orders?"
In fact, the scene that happened in the Imperial Study Room today had a considerable impact on Zongzheng Qingqi, at least he recognized Xiao Chu's ability, and realized that the other party's ability to get to his current position was not entirely due to his father's favor .
There is a little admiration in his heart, but more fear.
"Walls have ears."
Wan Qilan put away her smiling face, hearing her beloved son call Yan Chu like that, it felt very uncomfortable.
"I know the queen mother."
Zongzheng Qingqi's face collapsed, he was still not the emperor, and he still had to look at the eunuch Xiao Chu's eyes.
In the past, the imperial harem would cover up their flattery and admiration for Xiao Chu, but now they all shout nine thousand years old, which is one step away from his long life. If he is not a eunuch, he may directly overthrow him as a puppet emperor. Up.
With Wan Qilan's intelligence, of course she could see that her son's words were insincere. She felt a little tired in her heart, but she still cheered up and wanted to untie her son's knot.
"Do you think Dudu Xiao made a mistake in criticizing you today?" Wan Qilan looked at her son and asked.
Zongzheng Qingqi wanted to say yes, but her mouth squirmed for a long time, and she was too embarrassed to utter the word yes.
The other party's words were reasonable, and it was his ingenious calculation that prevented the unrest of the victims in the Eastern Province. At this time, it would be too cold for him to say yes.
But Zongzheng Qingqi was still a little bit annoyed, he is the emperor, shouldn't Xiao Chu teach him these things in advance, as long as he teaches, he will understand, no one is born to be an emperor, let alone him Still young, always give him a chance to learn.
"Are you blaming Dudu Xiao for not telling you what to do after the news of the drought in Eastern Province came?"
Zongzheng Qingqi was born by Wan Qilan, she still couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
"But have you ever thought that you are the emperor, if Dudu Xiao needs to think about these things before he tells you, then what's the point of being an emperor? Why didn't he overthrow you and just become emperor himself?"
Zongzheng Qingqi's face turned pale upon hearing Wan Qilan's overly blunt words. He was still a young man, how could he bear the fact that his mother and concubine, who had always loved him, stood on the enemy's side, taunting him and looking down on him like this.
"He is an eunuch, he wants to be emperor, can the courtiers obey him, can the common people obey him?"
Zongzheng Qingqi gritted her teeth, feeling stubborn in her heart, the little emperor felt aggrieved because his mother and concubine didn't love him anymore.
"Then why didn't he force you to step down and replace him with a more obedient and more controlling emperor? With his current control over the former court, he wants me and you to die silently in the harem without causing any trouble at all. Protests from the outside world, without you, there is still your fifth emperor brother, and other members of the Zongzheng royal family, among them there are even babies who are still in their infancy. Among them, which one is no more obedient than you, even because of them Give them the throne, and they will be grateful to him."
This time, Wan Qilan made up her mind, and did not hug him in her arms to comfort him because of his aggrieved expression.
"He still keeps Mr. Jiang as your imperial teacher, and he is willing to guide you, instead of blindly pampering you and pampering you into a foolish king with great ambitions and talents who are useless to the country. It means that he is not as bad as you imagined. His ambition is not as big as you think."
"He, he may, may have other plots."
Zongzheng Qingqi has already been somewhat persuaded by the queen mother Wan Qilan, because the words Yan Chu said when he left the imperial study room today appeared in his mind, and he was waiting for him to take back the land of the Zongzheng royal family from him. , Does this make it clear that the other party will not deliberately suppress him
But the boy's stubbornness made him stiff-mouthed, and he didn't want to give up so easily in the argument with the queen.
It's just because of a guilty conscience, the word order of his speech is stumbling, and he is not so sure.
"Qi'er, look at it with your heart, don't you want to be a wise king who will last forever? Distinguishing between loyalty and evil is your first lesson. What is good and what is bad? Everything in this world is not It's black and white. What you see and hear may not be all true. The queen mother hopes that you can put aside those inherent prejudices and take a serious look at it. Dudu Xiao, is cholera in the mouth of others? He is a traitor and a capable minister with the ability to govern the world."
Wan Qilan pinched her son's shoulders and said solemnly: "But if you want to be an excellent emperor, you must learn to control all kinds of ministers. Not all of them are loyal to the royal family. Few people have their own little thoughts and ambitions, but this does not prevent you from admiring their abilities. How to correctly use those people's abilities for your own use is the emperor's way you should learn. When will you wait? , if you can make Dudu Xiao work for you, then you will be a successful emperor."
Wan Qilan's words opened the door to a new world for Zongzheng Qingqi, and he couldn't help but imagine the scene where he was standing in the Golden Luan Hall and talking, while Xiao Chu looked at him with admiring eyes from below.
The aggrieved feeling was swept away, and Zongzheng Qingqi suddenly felt that she had a new goal.
Didn't Xiao Chu say to let him take back the power of the Zongzheng royal family from him? He not only wants to take back the rights that belong to him as the emperor, but also wants him to submit to him sincerely.
Zongzheng Qingqi clenched her fists and swore secretly in her heart.
Of course, all of this must start with studying hard. The gap between him and Xiao Chu is really too big. His head is hanging on the beam and his buttocks are pierced. Zongzheng Qingqi doesn't believe it. This eunuch.
*****
"Where do you want to take Gu?"
Zongzheng Qingqi tugged at the rough coat on his body. Although the shirt he was wearing inside was still fine silk satin, the collar of the coat kept rubbing against the delicate skin on his neck, making it itchy and numb, causing Zongzheng to Qing Qi couldn't help reaching out and tugging at her collar.
I don't know what wrong Xiao Chu did, let the palace servants wait for him to change into such a clothes, and took him out of the palace, besides him and a few guards, there was no one else around.
Zongzheng Qingqi couldn't help worrying, whether the other party felt pressure from seeing him studying hard recently, and wanted to take him, the emperor, out of the palace to silence him.
Thinking of this, Zongzheng Qingqi couldn't care less about the pain in her neck, and stared at Xiao Chu vigilantly, trying to get some clues from the other's expression.
"Now outside the palace, Your Majesty, please call yourself me. As for our current identities, I am Master Xiao, a traveling merchant, and you are my son, Young Master Xiao."
Yan Chu also changed into ordinary clothes. Compared with Zongzheng Qingqi, who was rich and precious, he was obviously more able to adapt to this not-so-luxury, but definitely not inferior-quality clothes. Holding an ancient book, he sat in the carriage Look slowly.
"Bold!"
Zongzheng Qingqi was so angry that this eunuch dared to call himself his father, he was bold and ambitious.
"Um."
Yan Chu took his eyes off the ancient book, and just glanced at Zongzheng Qingqi indifferently.
"Hmph, just this once."
With just one glance, Zongzheng Qingqi became sluggish, and the previous anger disappeared in an instant.
People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, now they are outside the palace, and the guards around them are all Xiao Chu's people, it will not do him any good to provoke him.
Zongzheng Qingqi lowered her head and grabbed the outer shirt on her body, her teeth creaked and became a ball of anger.