Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 153 Cover Up

   Emperor Tai'an looked at Cheng Maoming's expression, and said lightly: "Cheng Qing, what should you say at the General's Mansion, do you know?"

  Cheng Maoming immediately surrendered: "I know."

   "It's good to know." Emperor Tai'an's taut face loosened and he showed a smile, "Then go and get busy and get this case settled as soon as possible."

   "I retire."

   As soon as Cheng Maoming left, Emperor Tai'an's face sank immediately, and the smile that hung on the corner of his mouth just now was like a wisp of wind, leaving no trace.

   In the brightly lit hall, he was silent for a long time, the light did not shine into his dark heart at all.

  Liu Chuan didn't dare to disturb, and silently poured a cup of tea with a moderate temperature and put it in Tai'an Emperor's hand.

   After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Tai'an finally said, "Call the prince."

  Compared with the emperor who mastered Jinlinwei, the news of the crown prince has lagged far behind. Until now, he only knew that Zhao Helin had failed in his work, but he did not know that he had been sent away by a glass of poisonous wine.

   When he received a message from the inner servant, the crown prince felt a drum in his heart.

   My uncle sent a letter that Jin Linwei had gone to Xuanwu Camp, so the royal father would not know, right?

  The prince went to meet Emperor Tai'an in a panic.

   "The son greets the father, I don't know what the father asked the son to do?"

   Emperor Tai'an looked at the prince indifferently, but his heart was ups and downs.

   This is his eldest son, the unquestioned heir, but he didn't expect that the bigger he was, the more outrageous he would become, and now he has been shaken.

   But if he is not the prince, he is the fourth child.

   Emperor Tai'an's mellow face flashed across his mind, and his mood became heavier.

   Compared to discovering that the heir is immoral and incompetent, the either-or choice made him more helpless. This kind of passivity is even more uncomfortable than when he first ascended the throne and was troubled by internal and external troubles.

   "Yuan'er, do you know what your father cares most about?"

  The prince was stunned for a moment.

   He thought that the royal father called him to scold him, why does it sound like a heart-to-heart?

   After thinking about it for a while, the prince said: "The father and the emperor care about the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the peace and happiness of the people."

   Emperor Tai'an smiled: "As the ruler of a country, this is indeed what I care about the most, but as a father, what I care about most is that you and the old fourth have a deep relationship and support each other."

   "The son knows, the son will take care of the fourth brother."

   "Just remember what you said today, go back."

   "My son retire." Although the prince was confused, he was relieved.

  I didn’t expect to pass the level so easily.

  After the prince left, Emperor Tai'an kept holding the teacup motionless, and he looked as if he was a few years older.

   Liu Chuan was worried, and called out softly, "Your Majesty—"

   Tai'an Emperor waved his hand: "Let me be quiet."

   He also wanted to angrily ask the prince for the purpose of doing this, and he would teach the villain a lesson, but he couldn't pierce the window paper until he had no plans to change the heir.

   He always has to leave a way out for the fourth.

   Abolish the prince and set up the fourth child?

   Tai'an Emperor's first reaction was to shake his head.

  Because he never thought about the fourth child, and the fourth child was obese since he was a child, he had almost no requirements for this son. It was hard to believe that the fourth child had the ability to manage the country well. Besides, the fourth birth mother came from a humble background, which he did not like.

   Emperor Tai'an rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, and suddenly thought of the late emperor.

  If the father had fewer sons, he would not have to keep so many brothers in captivity in the capital, and he would have to take precautions. And obviously there are so many sons, but they did not choose the best, and passed the throne to the weak and incompetent eldest son.

  If he had many sons - Emperor Tai'an sighed regretfully.

   After all, he was not satisfied with this heir.

Very dissatisfied!

   What can I do if I'm not satisfied, there are only two crooked melons and cracked dates——

   Emperor Tai'an controlled himself not to think so, and instructed Liu Chuan: "Let's pass King Wei into the palace."

   The news of Zhao Helin's death will soon spread, and the case will be closed with a push on Zhao Helin. He always wants to appease the fourth child.

   Soon after, the King of Wei arrived.

   "The son has seen his father."

   Emperor Tai'an carefully looked at his son who bowed and saluted.

   The fourth child is getting thinner and thinner every day, which makes him feel good-looking.

   Emperor Tai'an's slow speech made King Wei quite puzzled.

   Calling him at this time, isn't it because Miss Lin was kidnapped? Why did the emperor keep staring at him?

   "The mastermind behind the abduction of Miss Lin has been found out."

   "Who is it?" King Wei asked immediately.

   "The commander of Jinlinwei also knows Zhao Helin."

   King Wei was stunned: "Why did he do this?"

   He had hardly dealt with this Zhao Tongzhi.

   Emperor Tai'an's face was complicated: "According to his account, he is dissatisfied with your choice of concubine."

   "Huh?" King Wei thought he had heard it wrong.

What is    dissatisfaction with his choice of concubine?

   "Father, isn't this reason too absurd? What is his dissatisfaction with, is it mad that his son did not choose him?"

   Tai'an Emperor's mouth twitched.

   He said, the crown prince is a bastard, and the fourth child is also indifferent.

   "His daughter also attended the chrysanthemum viewing banquet, and will never forget you when she goes back..."

  King Wei pointed at himself, his mouth wide open: "Do you miss me...don't you forget?"

   This is not a satire!

   "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" King Wei shook his head repeatedly.

He remembered the situation of that day clearly, not to mention those noble girls who could not hide their disgust, even the noble girls who smiled at him because of their status as a princess could see it at a glance, otherwise he would not have chosen Lin Da. girl.

   There must be a noble girl who loves him, and he ate his eyeballs.

   "This is the result of Jin Linwei's careful investigation, why is it impossible?"

   "Father, the son was still fat when he was enjoying the chrysanthemum banquet. Could his daughter be blind?"

   King Wei said it casually, but Emperor Tai'an suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

   This is his son, because he was obese since childhood and looked down on himself so much.

   And he ignored the fourth child a lot, and even now, he was coaxing him to cover up for the prince.

   Emperor Tai'an straightened his face with guilt: "How can you say that? You have your strengths, so why is it strange that someone admires you? Do all women in the world only look at their appearance?"

   King Wei shook the corner of his mouth.

   He doesn't believe it!

   But this is his emperor Lao Tzu. If you don't believe it, you can only listen.

   "Even so, Zhao Helin is going to kidnap Miss Lin? If he really kidnapped Miss Lin, his son wouldn't choose his daughter."

"That's not necessarily. What did you say when you chose Miss Lin? You said she saw you as an ordinary person. You are willing to choose. If Miss Zhao came to say that she liked you, would you be indifferent?" Emperor Tai'an became more and more certain , "For the Zhao family, this is at least an extra opportunity."

   "That's not necessarily true, my son is thin now."

   Recently he was walking in the palace, and the eyes of the maids looking at him were different.

   "So it's more worth it."

   King Wei completely shut up.

   Emperor Tai'an was appeased and sent a lot of treasures to Prince Wei's mansion, and then he instructed Liu Chuan: "Wang Gui next to the prince, quietly get rid of him."

   (end of this chapter)