If the people from the Imperial Household Department were still near the hall at this time, they would definitely be confused after hearing such a sentence. Setting off to the south is called setting off, and if the second prince died due to some mishap, it is also called setting off. How could Ge Yong, a great and learned imperial teacher, speak so unrefinedly
Chu Kuan's answer to Ge Yong's simple question was delayed. After staring at Ge Yong for a long time, he finally laughed and said, "Even if the Second Prince wants to leave, he will probably have to wait until the Crown Prince is crowned. Otherwise, if he makes a scene on the way, wouldn't that be looking for trouble? But when exactly, of course, it's up to the Emperor to decide."
"hehe."
Ge Yong laughed twice with ambiguous meanings, and said lightly: "So it will take so long for the Second Prince to set off. The journey to Qiongzhou is long and the mountains are high. The old salted fish that Jiu Zhang met before set off a little faster. The emperor was still worried that he would take the prisoners of Xian Yunhe to escape. If the Second Prince takes a boat from Tianjin, there will be some problems halfway..."
He paused deliberately and glanced at Chu Kuan nonchalantly, not afraid of saying something taboo: "For example, the ship sank, encountered pirates, or was infected with malaria by coincidence..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Kuan, who had been very calm, could not help but change his expression: "What does the old master mean by this? When the Second Prince travels, even if he is convicted, he will naturally bring enough guards, at least two imperial doctors with him!"
Although Zhang Shou had thought of bringing doctors with him to Xian Yunhe and others in Qiongzhou Prefecture, the medical skills of the time were too poor. Logically speaking, it was not surprising that Chu Kuan thought of equipping the second prince with an imperial physician. However, Ge Yong did not believe that anyone would be so kind and well-intentioned!
"What do you mean?" He raised his eyebrows, and his tone, which had seemed nonchalant just now, suddenly became a little sharper. "The deposed empress... or more accurately, Concubine Jing, has been in a very bad state since she moved out of Kunning Palace. Some people even say that she is half crazy and half insane? Some people might think that she is just pretending to be crazy, but maybe she is really crazy?"
Chu Kuan's expression, which had just changed suddenly, returned to normal at this moment. He did not engage in verbal battles with Ge Yong again, but simply remained silent. However, after retiring, Master Ge, who had always been kind to others and at most quarreled with old friends and students, did not let it go just because of his silence this time, but chuckled again.
"Concubine Jing probably won't live long. The eldest and second princes are probably not much better either. They will die any day. Some people may think that this will eliminate the trouble forever. After all, the emperor is in his prime, and the concubines in the palace are not incapable of giving birth. Look, Concubine Yu is old and pregnant again. Perhaps more princes and princesses will be born in the future."
"Since the emperor has plenty of children, what's the point of keeping the mother and her two children? Are we going to repeat the scene when Emperor Yingzong seized the throne? Emperor Yingzong was still a capable and wise ruler. As for the eldest and second princes, they will only benefit some ambitious conspirators!"
Chu Kuan finally smiled after hearing this calmly. "Old Master, you are over-speculating. Even if they are the deposed queen and the guilty prince, they were once the queen and the emperor's son. Who dares to really ignore them? Who dares to really take their lives? Your Majesty is merciful. Otherwise, if it were any other emperor, no matter whether it was the third prince's biological mother, Concubine He or Concubine Yu, the palace would have already appointed a new queen."