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Chapter 532: Request to Abolish the Crown Prince

Guan Run and Li Daoxuan returned to Beijing from the northwest and went directly to the palace to meet the emperor.

Emperor Zhizheng listened to the two talking about the past with a gloomy face and remained silent.

"Mutual trade... No, it's in the no-man's land outside the Great Wall. Merchants from the Western Regions bring livestock furs and various items to trade with people. There are also merchants from our Great Qi exchanging supplies with them. The exchanges are endless."

Li Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief. At present, whether the court would open the trade was still undecided. If he said it was a trade, it would be equivalent to approving the decision of the King of Yue.

If you’re not careful, you might offend the Emperor.

He lowered his head and continued, "The two of us have been to that small market, and it is quite lively. It is fifty miles away from Hangu Pass. It is not easy for them to enter the pass. The inspection is strict, and they have to pay an entry fee. Therefore, foreign merchants from the Western Regions are all at the market."

Emperor Zhizheng looked puzzled. "The King of Yue didn't do anything at the market? Didn't the Princess of Yue go there too? Didn't they build another Huixian Building, inn or restaurant there? They could probably make a lot of money."

Li Daoxuan couldn't understand the connotation of Emperor Zhizheng's words. Sometimes his tone was plain, but it could kill people without anyone noticing.

He secretly glanced at Guan Run, but Guan Run looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, so he didn't even glance at him.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "When I left, I didn't see the Princess of Yue make any moves. I and the other two live in the Grand Marshal's Mansion, but I heard that the mansion has been vacant for a long time and there is a shortage of servants. The Princess of Yue does everything herself and is so busy that she probably can't take care of it."

Emperor Zhizheng snorted.

The person who had disappeared from the palace actually appeared thousands of miles away in the northwest! Until now, he still couldn't figure out how the Seventh Brother's men had infiltrated the heavily guarded palace?

Upon learning that the Princess of Yue appeared in the northwest, he had everyone in the palace checked again. Now that all the hidden spies had been removed, he believed that if he summoned Lin into the palace again, she would be unable to escape even if she had wings.

Emperor Zhizheng felt that he had been fooled by a woman, and he was upset and depressed these days. And he heard that the boy named Lin who was raised in the palace was actually the biological son of the seventh son!

Emperor Zhizheng felt that he had been tricked by the couple and hated them to death.

Thinking back to when the Seventh Brother brought the child to pay his respects to him, and he didn't realize that it was the Seventh Brother's son, he became even angrier, angry that the Seventh Brother even dared to play tricks on him.

I wish I could torture this couple to death.

Thinking about the fact that Empress Zhenshun had no offspring, he felt sorry for her and had treated the two children unfairly. He didn't expect that these two sons were as annoying as their mother.

Your name is Lin Changyu, right? Your surname is Lin, right? Then just keep your surname Lin!
Seeing that Emperor Zhizheng's face suddenly turned pale, Li Daoxuan didn't dare to speak anymore.

Guan Run thought for a moment and said gently, "Your Majesty, whether the trade is open or not, the five thousand soldiers will stay in the market. With them watching, there will be no chaos. Knowing that they are sent by the emperor to protect our merchants and people, your great kindness will spread far and wide. The foreigners will not dare to cause chaos, and will only be more afraid of the majesty of our dynasty."

Li Daoxuan looked at him in surprise. Sure enough, after being in the palace for so many years, this guy was able to guess the emperor's intentions.

After hearing these words, the emperor's expression looked much better.

Li Daoxuan admired her in his heart. He didn't want to talk any more and just signaled Guan Run to talk more.

Emperor Zhizheng questioned them thoroughly, not missing any details. Even though they were exhausted from the long journey, they still managed to stay alert and answer the questions. They were afraid that the emperor would get angry and snap their necks.

Even after leaving the imperial study, the two were still in shock. Was this the end? The emperor didn't punish them for not bringing back the five thousand soldiers?

How could this be so unbelievable? The prince hurried into the palace and saw that the two of them had already come out of the imperial study, looking fine. His face became even darker.

Father, what does this mean?
Not only did the King of Yue detain hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the camp outside the capital and refuse to let them return to the capital, he also detained the 5,000 soldiers brought by Li Daoxuan. The two of them made such a big mistake, but your father just let them go so easily?
"I've met the prince."

The prince narrowed his eyes and looked at them, "Did your father allow you to leave the palace? Go back to the mansion to rest?"

Before Li Daoxuan could react, Guan Run replied, "We two failed to complete the emperor's order and feel guilty. The emperor is so kind that he allows us to go back and rest. We will return to the palace and wait for the emperor's order."

The prince was choked up. When he wanted to ask about the situation in the northwest, Liu Qi came out to summon him. "I heard that the prince is here. The emperor wants you."

"Prince, please go quickly and don't keep the emperor waiting for too long." Guan Run said with a smile.

The prince looked at the two of them deeply, then left angrily with his sleeves thrown.

Li Daoxuan gave Guan Run a thumbs up. Guan Run remained calm.

The prince is only the crown prince, and he is the emperor's confidant. If the emperor dies, it is still unclear whether he can survive, so there is no need to look at anyone's face.

And the prince may not even be able to take that position. "Let's go."

The prince was standing at the door of the imperial study, packing his things and putting on a sad look on his face. He entered the study and knelt down in front of the emperor, "Father, please depose me."

I actually squeezed out a few tears.

Emperor Zhizheng was shocked, "What happened? Why is the prince doing this?"

"Father," the prince choked.

"Now, not only the ministers in the court, but also the people in the capital are saying that the King of Yue is going to be the crown prince. The King of Yue has made great contributions and has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command. This shows that he does not take me seriously. With such a fierce tiger by my side, how can I sleep peacefully? It would be better if you depose your son and let the King of Yue be the crown prince."

The prince looked sad. "The King of Yue is brave and resourceful. He signed a fifty-year peace treaty with the Western Rong and ensured peace on the northwest border of Great Qi. This achievement will benefit future generations. The people are praising him everywhere. I feel inferior to him, so I resign my position as crown prince."

Emperor Zhizheng looked at him steadily with a complicated expression.

The crown prince was born to Empress Liu, who was not valued in the Liu family at the beginning. Her knowledge and ability were not as good as those of Empress Yuan. Moreover, the Liu family could not compare with the famous Lu family.

The son born...is naturally inferior to me.

Back then...back then Guangcong was named the Crown Prince at the age of five. He was extremely loved by the late emperor, who brought him up by his side and taught him carefully since he was young, and taught him how to be an excellent successor from the very beginning.

Guangyuan was no less capable than him, and often made the late emperor sigh that since Yu was born, why was Liang born?

Guanghuan, on the other hand, was a bastard's son since birth, and had no connection with the throne or fate, so what he was taught and learned were just superficial.

I originally thought that although he was not as good as the two brothers, he was able to maintain the status quo and was filial. But now it seems that Guanghuan still lacks some of the aura of a king or an emperor.

Emperor Zhizheng sighed, thinking that it was ultimately due to his background and knowledge that limited him.

Hearing that Emperor Zhizheng remained silent for a long time and heard him sigh softly, the prince clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves. A sense of unwillingness came over him, and he wanted to take revenge on Zhao Guangyuan even more.