bullyxtreme Chapter 155 Hiding Private Soldiers
Chapter 155 Hiding Private Soldiers
After Xiao Mo’s warning last time, Qi Yue didn’t dare to hurt himself again.
Sure enough, three days later, the wounds on his body began to scar and the pain was greatly relieved.
After the morning court session that day, Qi Minxiu took a carriage back home. After crossing the long street, Ling Su came to report to him about the affairs of Changhe Town.
The two whispered for a while, then asked the driver to turn around and head towards the palace again.
In the imperial garden, the emperor was enjoying the flowers with his new concubine. When he heard the palace maid report that Qi Minxiu wanted to see him, he was a little impatient.
Qi Minxiu didn't want to miss this opportunity, because if he missed it this time, he wouldn't know when the next one would come.
He sent people to report the matter again and again, and was finally summoned by the emperor on the fifth time.
In the hall, the emperor, whose good fortune was interrupted, looked at Qi Minxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, with an unhappy face.
"Why do you have to see me now?"
Qi Minxiu lowered his head and eyes: "Father, do you still remember the promise you made to me?"
"What's the matter?"
"That night when we were playing chess in Mother's palace, Father promised me that he would accompany me out of the palace someday."
Speaking of this, the emperor's impatient expression eased.
He stood straight and looked at Qi Minxiu doubtfully: "Just tell me what you want to say."
"Your Highness, please do not delay me."
Seeing his serious expression, the emperor also became alert.
His majestic brows knitted slightly: "If you have anything, just bring it into the palace."
"Not only can this thing not be brought into the palace, but it must also not alert the enemy. Therefore, I beg you to disguise it a little."
Qi Minxiu's voice was filled with obvious anxiety. The emperor pondered for a moment and called the eunuch.
"Send twenty guards, disguise them and follow me out of the city."
After saying that, he also went to change into a slightly more ordinary set of clothes.
At the foot of a mountain in Changhe Town.
A carriage stopped outside a secret military camp.
Qi Suyuan, dressed in a black cloak, entered a tent under the protection of two equally fully armed guards.
After a while, he took off his cloak and came out, patrolling the military camp and greeting soldiers of various identities.
He stayed inside for about half an hour before putting on his cloak again and returning to the carriage.
From a gap on the mountainside, Qi Minxiu and the emperor had a panoramic view of all of this.
The two looked at each other, and the emperor turned back into the carriage.
Qi Minxiu followed him in and knelt before him, "Father, please forgive me. I can't think of any better way to tell you this news."
The emperor looked at him mysteriously and raised his hand to signal him to stand up.
"How did you know he had hidden private soldiers outside the city?"
"The first discovery was accidental, and later I sent people to secretly observe my brother's every move.
"It is a grave crime for the prince to harbor his own soldiers, and I dare not conceal it from my father."
Qi Minxiu's sincerity greatly reduced the emperor's simmering anger.
A hint of disappointment and sadness flashed in his majestic and angry eyes.
"When did this happen? How big is the army he's hiding?"
Qi Minxiu bowed his head respectfully and said, "I don't know when it started, but the scale of this group of private soldiers is not small.
The emperor divided them into three groups, and arranged them here, Crescent Bay and Tong County.
The venue is changed every three months, and the ones we choose are all deep mountains and old forests.”
The emperor became angrier as he listened. When he closed his eyes and opened them again, a layer of black mist gathered on the surface of his eyes.
"He is incapable of shouldering the responsibilities of state. I originally wanted him to live a life of dignity, but I never expected that despite his lack of ability, he possessed considerable ambition."
Qi Minxiu lifted the curtain and looked outside, and found that Qi Suyuan's carriage had slowly driven out of their sight.
He withdrew his hand and turned to look at the emperor: "Father, my brother may go to Yueya Bay and Tong County. Should we go?"
The emperor half closed his eyes and uttered two words softly: "Return to the palace."
It was already a foregone conclusion that Qi Suyuan had hidden his own soldiers, so what was the point in following him to see what was going on?
The emperor no longer thought about when he had this idea, when he started to do this, and what he wanted to do by hiding so many soldiers.
Instead, he thought that what he had done was a capital crime, and now that Qi Minxiu knew about it, if he couldn't give a severe and deterrent punishment, it would be difficult to convince the public.
He couldn't even imagine what kind of suffering the princes would bring to the court and the people if they each kept their own private armies for power struggles.
Along the way, the emperor had a stern face. His eyes seemed to be looking at Qi Minxiu, but in fact he was looking through him to see the consequences of this incident.
If the second prince did not receive the corresponding punishment for doing this, he could not guarantee whether the seventh prince in front of him would follow suit.
On the way back to the palace, when passing by Prince Chen's Mansion, the emperor asked: "Are you going to the palace or back home?"
He seemed to be asking for Qi Minxiu's opinion, but Qi Minxiu immediately understood his hidden meaning.
If he really wanted him to accompany him into the palace, he wouldn't ask this.
Qi Minxiu leaned forward and bowed politely, "I have other things to do in my residence, so I cannot accompany you to the palace. I beg your forgiveness."
The emperor raised his hand and nodded, and Qi Minxiu got off the carriage.
After returning to the palace, the emperor went to the queen's bedroom.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar furnishings, he sighed softly.
Although he didn't like her, they had been married for many years and had a son and a daughter.
This palace was not supposed to be the queen's residence, but out of spite he had deliberately arranged her in this remote place.
I thought she would make a fuss, but unexpectedly, not only did she not make a fuss, she was actually living very happily.
Later she died of illness, and her last wish before her death was for him to treat their children well.
Especially Qi Suyuan, because she knew that this child was spoiled by her.
Her original words were that Yuan'er could give up the position of crown prince, but she asked the emperor to let him live a carefree life.
He agreed because he thought she was dying.
But just a few years later, Qi Suyuan did something stupid that forced him to break his oath.
The emperor walked step by step to the desk, thinking about the few good memories he and the queen had left.
After sitting for a long time, he raised his eyes and looked at the painting of a beauty on the wall.
"Queen, I'm afraid I can't do what I promised you."
The only response he got was a breeze, and he rolled his eyes helplessly.
"Yuan'er is training soldiers secretly. If no one knows about it, I can spare his life and imprison him in the palace to live out his days in peace.
But as luck would have it, Min Er found out about this. If I don't give him a reasonable punishment, I'm afraid my princes will follow suit.
If that happens, won't the world be in chaos?"
The emperor lowered his eyes in pain. He sat in the room for two hours without even having lunch.
When he came out again, his expression had returned to its usual dignified and solemn look.