Pei Luoan felt that his uncle Wang was in a bad mood today.
The two met on the path in front of the imperial study. Pei Yuanjun was walking in front. He heard the noise behind him, turned around and found that it was Pei Luoan coming. He deliberately stopped and waited for him to come.
"Uncle Wang!" Pei Luoan stepped forward and said respectfully.
"Prince is in such a hurry, does he have something to ask the Emperor?" Pei Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and asked lazily.
This appearance was no different from the past, but inexplicably, Pei Luoan felt that this Uncle Wang was different from the past, and felt more pressured.
"These are some important matters that need to be reported to our father." Pei Luoan said in a low voice.
"It is indeed necessary to report it carefully. There are too many things happening in the capital city and it is too unsafe. Today you assassinate me, and tomorrow he will assassinate someone else." Pei Yuanjun smiled faintly and spoke casually.
It seemed like he just said it casually. Although he said it casually, Pei Luoan's heart was shocked, and he didn't dare to listen to it casually.
Pei Luoan felt uneasy about the assassination.
I shuddered in my heart, thought about it carefully, and felt that this matter had nothing to do with me.
"Uncle Wang, could it be that someone in the capital has been assassinated again?" He was panicking inside, but did not show it on his face. Royal children like them would avoid such assassinations as much as possible. The more innocent they appeared, the better.
"The prince doesn't know?" Pei Yuanjun lowered his eyes and glanced at Pei Luoan, who was taller than the prince.
"I... really don't know, I hope Uncle Wang can solve my doubts." Pei Luoan asked sincerely, and bowed respectfully to Pei Yuanjun.
"Since the prince doesn't know, let's go in and listen together." Pei Yuanjun waved his hand and turned to walk inside.
Pei Luoan frowned, a hint of displeasure showing on his face, but then followed Pei Yuanjun to the imperial study.
A eunuch had seen them coming and reported it to the emperor, who sent everyone to the door to welcome them in.
After entering the imperial study, the two men exchanged greetings and sat down on either side.
"Why did you suddenly come to the palace today?" The emperor put down the memorial in his hand, coughed twice in a low voice, and asked Pei Yuanjun.
"Is the emperor feeling better? How about calling another imperial physician to take a look?" Pei Yuanjun was not in a hurry to report anything. He looked up at the emperor and said.
"It's not a big deal, it's just an old problem." The emperor said indifferently, turned his head and coughed twice. The weather was turning cold, and his health was indeed not that good recently.
Sometimes the court sessions would be irregular.
Fortunately, the court officials knew that he had this old problem and did not blame him too much for attending court every day.
"If it is an old illness, you have to rest for a few more days. As for state affairs, you can ask the crown prince to help with the memorials. Always put your own health first. Although the emperor is in his prime, he must take good care of his body." Pei Yuanjun retorted with a serious face.
Let the prince read the memorial
The emperor frowned and looked at the Crown Prince Pei Luoan on the side. He had chosen this crown prince very early on. After so many years, he was considered to be okay, but just okay.
There are some things that he still needs to look into carefully. Although the crown prince has the title of crown prince, he still acts like ordinary princes in some matters.
"We'll discuss this later!" The emperor shook his head, looking as if he didn't want to talk any more. "Tell me why you two came to the palace today?"
"Let His Royal Highness speak first!" Pei Yuanjun leaned back in his chair, picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, looking leisurely.
Yes.
"Then let the prince speak first." The emperor turned to Pei Luoan indifferently.
Pei Luoan did have something to do here today. He had previously been in charge of some matters of the Ministry of Rites, and the main matter to be discussed was the promotion of Pei Yuanjun to a higher title. This matter was ordered by the Emperor himself, so how could the Ministry of Rites dare to neglect it
"It's about my uncle's title. The Minister of Rites and I both think these names are good. I hope your Majesty will take a look at them." Pei Luoan stood up and presented the memorial in his hand.
Above are some selected titles and some fiefs.
Since the title has been upgraded, naturally the fiefdom will also be upgraded. The original fiefdom is not enough, but the original fiefdom of the Prince of Yun County was quite a lot, which already exceeded the title of the Prince. The Ministry of Rites actually meant that it would be best not to award any more fiefdom.
But no one dared to say this. Even the Minister of Rites only hinted indirectly, thinking that it would be best for the prince to go to the palace and report this matter to the emperor.
After thinking about it, Pei Luoan also felt that this idea was not bad. He did not want Pei Yuanjun to have more fiefdoms. The situation was already difficult to get rid of, and now he was adding fuel to the fire. In the end, even if he wanted to get rid of him, it would take a lot of effort. Pei Luoan did not want to be unable to quickly consolidate the imperial power in the future.
Pei Yuanjun must be eliminated. It is only a matter of time once he has the imperial power and strength in his hands.
The more he gave to Pei Yuanjun now, the more difficult it would be to deal with in the future. Pei Luoan thought this very clearly. Of course, he kept this in mind. If there was anything, he would only say that it was the intention of the Ministry of Rites. He was just conveying the words of the Ministry of Rites.
The Minister of Rites is Concubine He’s brother.
Anyway, it was just a matter of arguing between the two parties, and he didn't believe that the Minister of Rites would dare to really push the matter onto him in front of the Emperor.
Pei Luoan thought so, but he still made preparations for both situations. He broke out in a cold sweat thinking about it. Fortunately, he made preparations for both situations and brought over the memorial about the fiefdom. Otherwise, he would have encountered this matter with Pei Yuanjun. Now he did not dare to say in front of Pei Yuanjun that he would not give him the fiefdom.
"Here... it seems to be missing something. Let the Ministry of Rites discuss it again." After reading it, the emperor frowned in dissatisfaction.
"Father, this is the largest and best fiefdom that the Ministry of Rites has thought of." Pei Luoan had to bite the bullet and say.
"It's a bit too far." The emperor was still dissatisfied.
Pei Luoan was so angry that he felt a headache. This still felt far away. Did he have to leave the capital city to Pei Yuanjun to be close
"Yes, father. I will talk to the Ministry of Rites and ask them to re-select the fiefdom." Pei Luoan was dissatisfied in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on his face. He pushed all the blame on the Ministry of Rites and nodded calmly.
Seeing that he handled the situation fairly well, the emperor's expression improved a little. He then looked closely at Pei Luoan's expression, and seeing that he looked calm, he allowed him to sit down again.
"What brings you here today?" After looking at Pei Luoan, the emperor looked at Pei Yuanjun who was sitting lazily beside him and asked.
The emperor was also angry these days, and was waiting for Pei Yuanjun to apologize, but he didn't say anything, which made the emperor even angrier.
This time he looked a bit unhappy.
"Cancel the engagement!" Pei Yuanjun curled the corners of his thin lips and said slowly.
Not only Pei Luoan was stunned by these words, but even the emperor was stunned. He looked at Pei Yuanjun's extremely calm face in astonishment and was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, the emperor finally reacted and slapped the table hard, causing the things on the table to shake.