newbobooks Chapter 120 Xiao Su is unlucky and reprimanded in person
Chapter 120 Xiao Su is unlucky and reprimanded in person
"Your Majesty's thoughts are not something that a servant can guess at will." Ji An lowered his eyes and replied, looking at his nose and heart.
The prince was not surprised to hear him say this. After all, everyone knew that Ji'an was an old fox who was impervious to all scrutiny.
Seeing this, Xiao Su cursed him in his heart, "Old Fox."
Xiao Cheng, who was following Xiao Su, had a dark gleam in his eyes. Thinking of the news from his subordinates, his eyes darkened. Trash! All trash!
The people who escorted Gong Yikun and those useless people into the city were guarded too tightly. Their people tried to kill Gong Yikun and others several times. After all, there would be no evidence if they died. But they were stopped every time.
That bunch of rubbish, it would have been fine if they had failed in their mission and been captured, but they actually had the nerve to live until now.
Although Xiao Cheng showed no emotion on his face, he was actually panicking as soon as he knew that Gong Yikun and others were escorted to Beijing. Gong Yikun and Wang Qiliang knew too much, and if they accused him of something, all his previous plans and arrangements would be wasted.
Once his ambition is revealed, there will be no future for him.
"His Majesty is waiting for the three princes inside. Please come in quickly and don't make His Majesty wait anxiously." Ji An said and gave a look to the eunuch guarding the door, signaling him to open the door.
Receiving Ji'an's gaze, the two eunuchs guarding the door stepped forward and opened it.
"Please come in, everyone." Jian said with a smile, holding a whisk.
The prince glanced at Ji'an and said nothing. He walked in first, and Xiao Su followed closely behind him. Xiao Cheng was stunned for a moment, but when he came to his senses, he saw that the two of them had already walked in, so he had to quickly catch up.
Emperor Jian'an was the only one in the hall. When he saw the three of them come in, his face became gloomy and terrifying.
Seeing his expression, the three people present felt a jolt in their hearts at the same time.
Crown Prince/Xiao Su: It seems something big has indeed happened, otherwise my father wouldn’t be so angry. I just don’t know where this anger comes from.
The two looked at each other and thought at the same time: Did he do something to anger the emperor?
Neither the Crown Prince nor Xiao Su blamed Xiao Cheng for the incident. After all, the character he displayed in the past was too obedient.
Emperor Jian'an looked at the expressions on the faces of his three sons standing below him and sneered, "What? You don't recognize me anymore?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down! I, your son, am here to pay my respects to you." The prince stepped forward first and saluted.
Seeing that he reacted so quickly and was eager to show off, Xiao Su rolled his eyes at him and followed suit, "Your Highness, your son Xiao Su greets you, father."
"My son Xiao Cheng greets my father."
Looking at his three sons kneeling on the ground, Emperor Jian'an did not feel the slightest bit of pity in his heart. He took the feather duster that had been prepared by someone nearby and walked towards the three princes step by step.
He had previously heard from Scholar Li from the Hanlin Academy that his son was disobedient and ignorant, so he hung him up and beat him. After the pain, he would know what was right and what was wrong.
Seeing his father walking towards him with a feather duster, Xiao Su couldn't help but widen his eyes. What on earth had happened to make his father so angry? He tried hard to recall what had happened in the recent period of time. He shouldn't have done anything wrong, right?
"Oh," Emperor Jian'an sneered, "So you also know that I am your father."
"Father, what do you mean by this?" Xiao Su frowned and looked up in confusion, "What happened to make you so angry?
Please tell us, so that we can understand the truth."
Hearing Xiao Su's words, the prince lowered his eyes. The boss was still as stupid as ever.
The question that Xiao Su asked was also what Xiao Cheng wanted to know. The people of the Zhenbei Army did a very good job of keeping secrets, and his people did not get any useful information at all, so now he only knew that the Zhenbei Army sent a letter, but knew nothing about the contents of the letter.
"Understand?" Emperor Jian'an flicked Xiao Su's back with a duster, "Boss, boss, your brain is still thinking about this and that all the time, you should hurry up and think it over.
If Dayan is handed over to you, it will be ruined!"
As soon as Jian'an finished speaking, Xiao Su's face turned pale. The reason for this was not because Emperor Jian'an hit him too hard with the duster, but because of what Emperor Jian'an said.
Xiao Su looked up at Emperor Jian'an with panicked eyes.
How could his father treat him like this? How could he say that? By saying that, he was clearly saying that he, Xiao Su, was not fit for important tasks and that Dayan would never be handed over to him.
Xiao Su had always regarded the prince as his rival and had been actively performing in front of Emperor Jian'an, all for the purpose of surpassing the prince and finally ascending to the supreme position. Now, a word from Emperor Jian'an had put an end to all his dreams.
Emperor Jian'an was not unaware of Xiao Su's previous actions and the conflict between him and the crown prince, but he did not take it to heart. He had never thought of considering Xiao Su as his heir.
The reason why he ignored the dispute between him and the prince was, firstly, that he thought it was a harmless matter, and secondly, he wanted to use him to train the prince.
The prince has had it too smooth all the way, and it would be good for him to have more training, but he never thought that he was so stupid. He had seen it before in the court, and now he sees it even more clearly. He is like this, and he is still the prince's opponent. I'm afraid the prince has never taken him seriously.
Emperor Jian'an guessed correctly that the prince had never taken Xiao Su seriously. In his opinion, Xiao Su was just a simple-minded, strong-limbed reckless man who had a family background but was actually a fool. He firmly believed that his father would never hand Dayan into the hands of such a person.
So on weekdays, he mostly ignored Xiao Su's provocations. After all, there was no need for that.
When Xiao Cheng saw his father taking action, he knew that he was extremely angry. After all, this kind of thing had never happened before.
His eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that the letter sent by the Zhenbei Army must have written a lot about Gong Yikun. However, his father did not look for him at the beginning. Instead, he punished Xiao Su first. Could it be that his name was not written on the letter?
Xiao Cheng was self-aware. He knew that he was not loved by his father. If he had not grown up and could enter the court, they would probably still only be able to see each other during festivals.
There is not much father-son affection between them, and Xiao Cheng does not think that the father-son affection in the royal family is worth anything. If he knew that it was he who sent people to the North, he would definitely not have a good ending.
After beating Xiao Su, Emperor Jian'an felt a little less angry. He walked back to the table, put the feather duster on the table, and looked coldly at the three people kneeling in front of him.
"I'm sure you all know that a group of traitors were captured in the North a few days ago. After the interrogation, they sent the people and the evidence to the capital."
Before coming, Gu Jingzhi specifically asked the Zhenbei Army to make a big noise, it would be strange if someone didn't know about it.
"I never thought that the person behind this is actually related to you." Emperor Jian'an swept his eyes across the faces of the three of them, trying to see if anyone had an unusual expression.