Author: Huatangxiuge

When the relationship between in-laws was mentioned, the eldest prince's expression immediately changed.

At this time, he should indeed avoid suspicion, but if he really gave up such a good opportunity to become famous directly to Pei Yao, he would naturally not be willing to do so.

So he immediately turned to his grandfather, Prime Minister Zuo Li Mu, for help.

Li Mu, an old fox, naturally understood instantly and immediately started to remedy the situation.

"Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Lu said is indeed reasonable, but as the eldest prince said, as the crown prince, it is really dangerous for His Royal Highness to tour the south alone. His Highness is young and has less experience. If such a big matter is not handled properly, something unexpected will happen.

Therefore, I think that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince goes on a southern tour in person, he should send a few more capable people to accompany him."

These words were obviously in line with Emperor Cheng Jing's wishes, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, this matter really cannot be taken lightly. Although Yao'er has always been stable, he is still a little younger after all. I am not worried about traveling so far away."

Pei Yao had expected that he would say this, so he immediately made a move to retreat in order to advance.

"The emperor's uncle is very concerned about him, and I understand in my heart that as a prince, I should share the worries of the emperor's uncle. Because he is young, he needs more experience so that he can better serve the emperor's uncle and do things for the people of Qi in the future.

Since the emperor is not at ease, it is better to follow what Li Xiang said and send a few capable ministers to accompany him."

After he said this, it would be bad if Emperor Chengjing said that he was not allowed to go.

Moreover, Pei Yao has taken the initiative to lower his head. If the eldest prince's faction is smart, they should stop immediately.

After all, this time the case of the official department has been brought to the forefront. If they want to keep the official department in their hands, they should keep their tail between their legs.

As for taking the ministers with him, Pei Yao is not afraid.

What he does will not affect the order of the foreign monarch. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. When he goes out, it is he, the semi-king, who has the final say. What he wants to do, it is not the turn of the ministers to interfere.

I can’t suppress people now, let alone in the future.

After he finished speaking, Li Mu and the eldest prince exchanged glances, and then Li Mu agreed.

But this matter would not make them so comfortable. After all, the initiative was in Pei Yao's hands, so Lu Chuan stepped forward at the right time.

He pointed out that the matter of selecting the accompanying ministers needed to be carefully considered and decided. It would be better to leave it to the cabinet to discuss together, draw up a list, and then let Emperor Chengjing make the decision.

Everything he said made sense, and Emperor Chengjing couldn't refute it, so he agreed.

This was considered as an end to Li Mu's arbitrary decision-making and finalized the intention of the entourage of the Southern Tour.

After coming out of the Imperial Study Room, the faces of the eldest prince and others were not very good.

"Won't Zecheng leave the palace?" Pei Yao said gently to the eldest prince.

The latter turned around, smiled, and cupped his hands.

"I haven't paid my respects to my mother for many days. I entered the palace today to have lunch with my mother."

"Then go quickly, Auntie Huang will definitely be happy to see you."

Pei Yao smiled, acted like a gentle brother, and waved his hand.

The eldest prince nodded and then headed towards the harem.

At this time, Lu Chuan walked up to Pei Yao, and after the two exchanged glances, they left the palace together.

On the quiet palace road, the father-in-law and his father-in-law stood side by side.

Pei Yao said calmly, "Where is Xu Bohan now?"

"I have a house on the outskirts of Beijing. I have sent someone to look after him. Nothing will happen to him." Lu Chuan said and asked again, "I'm afraid it won't go well on my southern tour. The matter is still uncertain. Your Highness needs to be cautious."

Na."

"Don't worry, father-in-law, I know it well. Today the eldest prince went to pay his respects to the queen, I'm afraid he just went to ask for advice." Pei Yao narrowed his eyes.

The eldest prince is not difficult to deal with. Although he is also smart, he is not as cunning and cunning as Queen Li. In the battles between him and the eldest prince in recent years, most of the fights between him and the eldest prince have been caused by the Li family and the Li family making suggestions for the eldest prince behind the scenes.

"Don't interfere in politics in the harem. The queen's hand is really stretched too far. If you are really the eldest prince in the future, I'm afraid something like Si Chen will happen." Lu Chuan frowned.

Pei Yao chuckled, "They have a deep love for mother and son and rely on each other. They will be together forever."

The stronger the eldest prince's dependence on the queen becomes, the more the eldest prince can defeat the queen in the future.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan's brows relaxed a little and nodded.

As Pei Yao expected, the eldest prince went to the harem to pay his respects to the queen, and indeed he went to seek advice.

The next day, the queen invited Emperor Chengjing to have lunch in her palace.

First, he made some remarks and denounced the officials for not doing things well, causing such a scandal and causing trouble for Emperor Chengjing. Then he said that although the incident was caused by the officials not working carefully, Liu Minghe, as the official secretary, had a lot of troubles.

Everything may not be in his hands, nor may the people below be negligent.

He also flattered and comforted Emperor Cheng Jing, saying that he was dealing with many things, and it was normal for such things not to be discovered, as long as they were dealt with.

Emperor Chengjing was originally a man without much ability. He usually relied on the cabinet for government affairs. Occasionally, he would listen to the Queen giving him advice. Now he started asking questions out of habit.

The Queen took the opportunity to persuade her and successfully included the eldest prince in the Southern Tour. She also suggested that the Prince was delicate and expensive and could not be cared for by anyone. Although the Southern Tour was for official business, he should also bring someone with him.

He is served by two caring and sensible maids.

In this way, he pushed out two young and neat maids from his palace.

So when he went to court the next day, Emperor Chengjing arranged the matter according to the queen's instructions.

It's just a matter of letting the eldest prince go on a southern tour. He's given maids to serve him. He's obviously sending slaves, but secretly he's sending women to his bed. Not to mention whether it's an spy or not, it won't sound good if it gets out.

Pei Yao naturally refused.

Emperor Jing has been sitting on this dragon chair for many years, and it is not without merit. With the queen's request, and the cooperation of other courtiers, Pei Yao was told several times that he could not refuse because of the word "filial piety".

But he still couldn't take anyone from the Queen. Even if he wanted to bring a woman, he had to bring someone who knew everything about her. So he proposed that it would be enough to bring two sensible girls from the backyard. It was still inconvenient for him to use people to serve the Queen's aunt.

Emperor Chengjing couldn't push him too hard, so he had to take a step back and agree.

It's just that which two people should be taken along on this southern tour is a matter that needs to be carefully considered.

With a high status, it is naturally inconvenient to follow him out. The sign of this entourage is to serve.

She is too dishonest to accept her. After all, she has to go out to do things, not to bring people to find trouble for her.

Even if you are stupid, if you are used as a weapon or you are tricked, you will be hurting yourself in the foot.

After much deliberation, Pei Yao finally decided to take Fang Yun and Zhou Shuren with him.

Not only are they all well-behaved and sensible, but this Fang Yun has a special status, so he might be able to take advantage of it.

After returning to the East Palace and discussing with the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess conveyed the matter to everyone in the backyard.

In an instant, the backyard exploded.

Let no one else tell you, He Liangdi is the first to quit.

She is also very powerful, so she went directly to the front yard to find Pei Yao.

But I don't know how Pei Yao coaxed her. He Liangdi went away making a fuss and then came back quietly. She was probably calmed down.

But after he came back, he called Zhou Shuren to his courtyard, and I heard that she was given a good meal.

But Fang Yun doesn't care about these things. What she cares about now is what role she will play when she follows Pei Yao on her southern tour this time.

After working hard for the past two days, I realized that I didn’t finish posting regularly. I really didn’t mean to stop updating the book as soon as I started it.
Chapter completed!