“What happened to my father?”

“Look!”

“…”

The Seventh Prince raised his head.

The fiery red morning sun slowly rises, dispersing the fog.

In the gradually thinning fog, a group of people and horses also appeared.

Leading the way was the ceremonial guard, with twelve golden flags fluttering in the wind. The dragon flags were embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon with bared fangs and claws, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

Behind the dragon flag was a sedan chair carried by sixty-four people.

This specification…

The Seventh Prince stepped forward quickly.

The procession of honor separated a path to the left and right, and the Seventh Prince then noticed that on both sides of the procession were civil and military officials.

His heart trembled, and he took a few steps forward.

“My son, please see your father!”

As he said this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily in the direction of the sedan chair.

There was laughter coming from the sedan chair.

“Okay! Okay, okay! No need to be polite, my prince!”

The emperor actually lifted the brocade curtain,

Immediately, guards brought wooden steps over and placed them neatly in front of the sedan chair.

The emperor chose to ignore it.

He jumped down and helped the Seventh Prince who was still kneeling on the ground.

“Why are your clothes so wrinkled?”

As he spoke, he helped the Seventh Prince straighten his collar.

The Seventh Prince was flattered.

“Father, why did you leave the city in person? And…”

He looked around in surprise.

All the civil and military officials stared at him with serious faces.

The emperor laughed,

“The emperor has achieved an unprecedented victory in Bozhou. He has won the throne and his subjects in three battles, and completely eliminated the Gushe smuggling group. It is only right that I personally lead all the officials to welcome the emperor.”

The Seventh Prince’s hands could not help but tremble.

“Father!”

“Hahaha, let’s not talk about this for now! Come, follow me on the chariot!”

“promise!”

The emperor took the seventh prince’s hand and climbed the stairs, and together they boarded the sedan chair.

Then, he waved his hand and said:

“Go back to the palace!”

The large group of people began to turn.

As etiquette must be observed in front of the emperor, it would take at least fifteen minutes for such a group of people to turn around. Fortunately, everyone was able to do their job and it didn’t look messy.

The Seventh Prince looked at the situation outside and felt as if he was in a dream.

Could it be that Li Qingcha’s analysis was wrong?

He couldn’t help but hesitate.

At this moment, the emperor sitting next to him suddenly spoke up: “Seventh Brother, I am very pleased that you have achieved such great success in Bozhou.”

The name changed from “Emperor’s Son” to “Old Seven”.

The Seventh Prince realized that the real test was coming.

He answered with great caution: “It is my duty to share my father’s worries.”

“Within my responsibility?”

“…”

“I think you’re doing a good job on extra things.”

“The child is guilty!”

The seventh prince subconsciously wanted to kneel.

The emperor held his son’s arm and asked, “What crime have you committed?”

Seventh Prince: ???

He asked puzzledly: “Father?”

“Seventh Brother, you have never been out of the capital on business, and you don’t understand the evil nature of human nature. It is normal for you to be taken advantage of by those officials below. I don’t blame you. Moreover, I have already vented your anger for you.”

The Seventh Prince knew that the Emperor was talking about the first two imperial edicts.

But he still asked knowingly: “Father… Father, are you venting your anger for me?”

The emperor’s mouth curled up into a smile.

“Yes, I have already punished those officials in Bozhou.”

“This……”

“You would not be so bold as to take up military power without authorization. You must have been bewitched by others. No problem. When we go to court later, just tell me and I will make the decision for you!”

“Is there going to be a court meeting today?”

“Of course! Although welcoming the emperor is a big deal, the country cannot stop functioning for a day.”

The Seventh Prince’s hands trembled slightly.

Call ~

He let out a long breath, calmly placed his hands on his thighs, and looked out of the sedan chair.

His eyes fell on the artillery of the Shenji Camp.

The barrel of the gun was polished to a shine, but the muzzle was pitch black, as if it had no bottom, like a big mouth ready to devour someone.

It was this mouth that crushed Gu She’s smuggling ship at sea;

The same mouth swallowed more than 700 Yingsang people;

The Seventh Prince couldn’t help but think,

Is it possible that one day in the future, these greedy mouths will not only be aimed at oneself, but also drool with desire?

He felt the sunlight shining on him was unusually cold.

At this moment, he made a decision.

The Seventh Prince’s hands suddenly stopped shaking.

“Father, I know what to do.”

The emperor looked at him deeply.

“That’s good.”

Chapter 269 Court Meeting

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The emperor and the seventh prince sat side by side, chatting and laughing.

This is not in accordance with etiquette.

However, the great victory in Bozhou eliminated the Gushe smuggling group and also killed one sixth-rank official and five ninth-rank officials.

Such an achievement has not been seen in several years.

The ministers could only look on with envy, and no one thought it was wrong.

Some even believed that the seventh prince had the potential to compete for the throne.

Several ministers in the cabinet knew that the matter was not simple.

In the three imperial edicts issued the day before yesterday, some of the local officials in Bozhou were demoted to the lowest position, while others were sent to the Ministry of Rites in the Southern Capital to serve as the head of the Ministry of Personnel.

Although the chief official is also of the sixth rank,

The Ke Jing Shen Qing Li Si was in charge of the affairs of “banquets, food and animals”.

Banquet, wine feast;

Food allowance for students;

Animal prison, livestock.

At least the Tongzhi was in charge of salt, grain, catching bandits, river defense, sea borders, river engineering, water conservancy, cleaning up the military register, and pacifying the people. But after going to Nandu, he became the head cook.

This is clearly standing aside.

Chu Zhongtian frowned.

After such a thundering move, how many people still dare to continue to plead for protection for the Seventh Prince?

He lifted the curtain of the sedan chair,

Wherever his eyes swept, some colleagues gave him firm looks, but most of them pretended to look away, and were timid and did not dare to look him in the eye.

As the saying goes, “Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord.”

Chu Zhongtian couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, thinking of the third imperial edict:

The right patrol of the Shenji Camp was stationed at the capital’s dock, and the left patrol entered the palace to guard the imperial city.

This is just a show.

Since the Seventh Prince’s troops were returning to Beijing from the Grand Canal, they landed at the Beijing dock. The purpose of stationing troops there was nothing more than to “prevent” the Seventh Prince from rebelling.

but……

The seventh prince is plotting a rebellion?

Isn’t this the most ridiculous thing in the world?

He did take control of the military power, but what must have been wrong with the generals of the Bozhou navy and Bozhou garrison for them to agree with him on such a big plan?

It’s not cerebral palsy…

What the emperor did was nothing more than telling the world that anyone who arbitrarily used military power would be regarded as treason.

My son is no exception.

Chu Zhongtian glanced at the direction of the sedan chair again and fell into deep thought.

The emperor knew the character of the seventh prince very well and knew that this fool son would not rebel.

Moreover, even a tiger will not eat its own cubs.

He would not go so far as to actually chop his son to death just to establish his authority.

The big drama performed today is nothing more than putting on a show of fatherly kindness and filial piety, and then killing a few of the Seventh Prince’s men to serve as a warning to others.

Chu Zhongtian smiled bitterly and shook his head.

No matter what move the emperor makes next, today’s court meeting will not be interesting.

The team slowly moved forward towards the palace.

In front of Chengtian Gate, all civil and military officials dismounted from their horses and sedan chairs and walked.