Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 295 Giving advice
As soon as Zhao Qi'an entered the gate of Chengping Palace, he saw several young eunuchs carrying a sack and walking out.

The sack was filled with a strong smell of blood, and faint groans could be heard.

He looked in the direction where the eunuchs were going away and frowned slightly.

Just at this moment, a friendly voice came from behind Zhao Qi'an:

"Haiqing, you are finally here!"

Zhao Qi'an turned around and saw Ji Haoyu walking towards him quickly with a smile on his face.

He lowered his eyes slightly and noticed that there was a little red stain on Ji Haoyu's collar.

Normally, Ji Haoyu would always take a shower and change clothes before meeting guests, but today he seemed to have forgotten, which shows how anxious he is at the moment.

Zhao Qi'an noticed this, but remained calm and bowed to Ji Haoyu: "Greetings, Second Prince."

……

"Snapped!"

In the main hall, there was a sound of slapping the table.

Ji Haoyu's eyebrows were filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My grandfather treats me like this, does he really treat me like a crown prince? Or in his eyes, I, Ji Haoyu, am still a baby on the breast?"

Just now, he told Zhao Qi'an in detail what happened at today's court meeting.

Zhao Qi'an held the teacup calmly, just listening quietly without expressing any opinion.

Wu Yong is a smart and capable man.

Because of this, he is an extremely stubborn person!
Especially at the birthday banquet not long ago, Ji Haoyu made such a big fool of himself, which probably exhausted Wu Yong's patience. In addition, the Second Prince's current inclination towards the Zhao family of Donghai made him completely unable to sit still.

Now Wu Yong is only doing two things:

The first is to prevent the second prince from doing anything reckless.

The second is to kick the Donghai Zhao family out!

Perhaps there is a third point, which is that he intends to warn the Second Prince.

Zhao Qi'an only thought carefully about Wu Yong's attitude towards Ji Haoyu today, and he understood these three points.

But perhaps because the left prime minister had been controlling the government and holding power for too long, he overlooked one thing - which future emperor would allow himself to have such a huge mountain pressing down on him?

Ji Haoyu's anger and dissatisfaction are actually a fear about the future.

After venting his anger, he sat back in his seat panting, looked at Zhao Qi'an, and said bitterly: "Before today, I was surrounded by hundreds of officials, and every day people came to Chengping Palace to pay their respects to me. But now that my grandfather has expressed his position, those people have abandoned me like a piece of trash. The only one who can discuss things with me is you, Haiqing."

Zhao Qi'an comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Prime Minister Wu and the other adults are all working for Your Highness."

"Do you believe this yourself?"

Ji Haoyu gritted his teeth and said, "They didn't regard me as the master they were loyal to. They were loyal to Wu Yong! But who should be the emperor, me or Wu Yong? I can't tell the difference anymore!"

Zhao Qi'an immediately dissuaded him: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words!"

This... is really a bit sensitive.

Ji Haoyu waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay. There's no one else in this hall except you and Ah Fu." He then sighed and said, "You two are the people I trust the most. I only dare to complain in front of you."

The most trusted?

Zhao Qi'an didn't care in his heart, but his face remained calm and he changed the subject: "Your Highness, I heard some things about today's court meeting from Eunuch Fu on the way here. I only know that His Majesty has set Jingzhou as a test for selecting the crown prince, but I still don't fully understand some things."

Ji Haoyu calmed down and said seriously, "You say."

Zhao Qi'an asked, "Does Your Majesty have any other requests?"

Ji Haoyu shook his head and said, "Within a month, there are no taboos, and the only thing that counts is the final military achievement!"

In this case, Emperor Tianwu does not require the prince to come to Jingzhou in person, but it would be fine even if he could stay in Kyoto City and remotely command the forces under his command?
But if you think about it carefully, the eldest prince who is good at martial arts will not participate in the fight for the crown prince. The other three princes are not good at martial arts, so going to Jingzhou would probably be a waste of time.

After all, the Savior Church in Jingzhou is no joke, and it definitely has a top-grade combat force in charge. If they get ruthless and kill several princes, then this fight for the crown prince will probably become an eternal joke.

Zhao Qi'an nodded and said, "A ruler doesn't necessarily have to excel in civil administration or military prowess. Only those who are good at using people are the way of an emperor. Since Your Majesty has set such a test question, I think he has his considerations."

Ji Haoyu smiled bitterly and said, "To make good use of people... you also need to have people under your command who can be used."

Zhao Qi'an knew what he meant, but pretended to be confused: "Since Prime Minister Wu has taken on so much responsibility, what else is there for Your Highness to worry about?"

Ji Haoyu looked at him seriously, and after a long while he said, "Haiqing, do you know why the third brother can still compete with me in Kyoto City with the protection of my grandfather?"

"Why?"

"The Third Brother has an elite group of warriors under his command. The size of the group is unknown, but it is at least several thousand people. If they are not in the Western Desert, they are hiding in the suburbs of Beijing!"

Ji Haoyu obviously already knew this news.

But it was not until today, until now, that he told Zhao Qian'an the truth.

All the acts of trust shown to Zhao Qian'an before now seem a bit funny.

Zhao Qi'an suddenly realized.

Previously, when his men destroyed the Yifeng Imperial Manor which had been run for many years by the Gao brothers, who were close confidants of the Third Prince, they found a secret passage in the Yifeng Imperial Manor, but the secret passage was completely destroyed and no one knew where it led to.

He heard that the two priests had been investigating the suburbs of Beijing for nearly two months and had found some clues, such as a batch of firearms and some weapons hidden underground in the suburbs of Beijing.

If they continued the investigation, they would be out of the territory of Yuzhou and the trace would become difficult to find, so Zhao Qi'an did not let anyone continue the investigation.

Now it seems that those are the elite warriors hidden by the third prince?
He did not tell Ji Haoyu about these things, and asked: "So Your Highness thinks that Prime Minister Wu may not be able to deal with it?"

"Even though my grandfather has great power, the court has already used all its strength to suppress the Jingzhou incident, but hasn't it been suppressed successfully for so many days? The trouble with Jingzhou lies in military achievements, not in civil governance."

But Ji Haoyu's concerns were not limited to this. He looked at Zhao Qi'an and said, "What's more, even though I won the battle for the crown prince this time with the help of my grandfather, I am afraid it will be even more difficult for me to get rid of the influence of my grandfather after this. Even if I ascend to the throne in the future, I can't even leave the palace without Prime Minister Wu's approval. What's the point of being an emperor like this?"

Zhao Qi'an sighed softly, "But have you ever thought that even if I am willing to help you, it will only add some guarantee for you to win the position of crown prince, but it cannot change your situation? Although the Zhao family of Donghai has some resources, it is still a merchant family after all. What qualifications do they have to check and balance the prime minister?"

Ji Haoyu's eyes were full of disappointment.

But the next moment, Zhao Qi'an changed the subject: "Unless... there is another force that is willing to work with the Zhao family to help Your Highness check and balance Prime Minister Wu!"

(End of this chapter)