After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 74 The Unwillingness of Duke Huai

Qu Chu had seen the emperor many times, but he had never seen him so anxious, with impatience and irritability on his face, and he was too lazy to maintain his demeanor.

Before waiting for Qu Chu to salute, the emperor pointed to a chair for her to sit in.

"They're all from my own family, so there's no need for these false rituals."

The emperor handed Qu Chu the records of participating in the memorial to King Huai, "You read these memorials first, and then talk about your thoughts."

Qu Chu was also polite, and read all these memorials.

"what do you think?"

Qu Chu sorted out his thoughts slightly:

"The contents of these memorials are similar, indicating that someone must be behind the scenes.

On the surface, the purpose is to change the control of Huaicheng.But I have a question, even if Your Majesty deprives Duke Huai of his right to govern, how can you guarantee that this right of governance will be in their hands? "

Qu Chu's words made the emperor and Ning Youbei ponder.

Both of them are in the game, unlike Qu Chu, an outsider, who can see it so clearly.

Ning Youbei thought for a while, then hesitated and asked with his own eyes: "Achu, do you mean that the people behind it know that the emperor brother will not take away the governance right of Duke Huai in the end?"

Qu Chu asked back: "If the emperor really took away the governance power of King Huai, who is the emperor planning to give this governance power to?"

The emperor also calmed down.

"If I really seized the governance power of King Huai, I originally planned to hand it over to the governor of Jianghuai, but considering that Fang Haichang, the Jianghuai salt transport envoy, is the son of Prime Minister Fang, I was worried that the governor of Jianghuai would not be able to suppress Fang Haichang, so he might send another people go."

It means that it is not certain who will have the final governance of Huai City.

In this case, what does it mean for the people behind it to make such a big move?
"Your Majesty, I have the guts to ask, why did you not withdraw Duke Huai's right to govern in the end?"

Why didn't you withdraw?
The emperor and Ning Youbei glanced at each other.

The situation at that time was that King Huai begged Ning Youbei, and Youbei interceded for King Huai, and the reason for interceding was because of the emperor's reputation.

"Youbei, if Duke Huai hadn't begged you then, would you have interceded for him?"

Ning Youbei thought for a while, "I'm not sure, maybe it will, or maybe it won't."

Ning Youbei thought about it carefully:
"Brother Huang, the timing of this matter is indeed too coincidental. Why do these impeachment memorials happen to be at the time when Duke Huai entered Yudu? It is predicted that you will ask Duke Huai face to face, and Duke Huai will definitely intercede."

The emperor also calmly said:

"But how do they expect that I will agree? Then someone must tell the same reason you persuaded me that day. And as long as this reason is said, I will have scruples."

Ning Youbei hesitated.

After a while, he said with difficulty: "Why did Prince Huai do this?"

The emperor has completely calmed down.

"The person behind the plan is not Duke Huai. If he is the only one, there is no benefit for him to do so. Moreover, he does not have the brains and courage.

But if the person behind it promises to give him the title of prince in the future, as long as he cooperates with such a play, he is likely to do so.Anyway, after the failure of the matter, he can also push it away and say that he doesn't know anything. "

Ning Youbei didn't speak for a long time.

He knew that Duke Huai had always wanted the title of prince, but his birth mother was indeed too low-born, and the emperor brother didn't want to have another brother equal to him, so he didn't confer the title of Prince Huai.

But the emperor still has compensation for him.The wealthy Huai City was entrusted to him, and his biological mother was promoted several levels.

However, he was still not satisfied with this, and he wanted to unite with others to deal with the emperor brother because of an illusory title of prince.

As for himself, he foolishly begged for mercy on his behalf.

Thinking of these, Ning Youbei felt very uncomfortable.He turned his gaze to the emperor.

"Youbei, you are not to blame for this matter. Even if you weren't there at the time, Duke Huai would have said these things himself."

Qu Chu already understood what it was like from the dialogue between the two brothers.She looked at Ning Youbei's guilty expression, and for some reason, she blurted out comforting words.

"Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault that you think about brotherhood."

Unexpectedly, Qu Chu would comfort others, but it made the atmosphere less depressing.

The emperor also returned to normal, and said to Qu Chu: "If you have any other ideas, let me know."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Qu Chu decided to speak out his thoughts.

"The Jianghuai area must be in chaos, because of the rise in prices, many people have been displaced. And they played the show of playing King Huai to cover up the truth of the people's displacement.

And this truth is: someone is buying food, medicinal materials and other items wantonly, which will lead to rising prices. "

As for why they bought food, medicinal materials and other items on a large scale, Qu Chu didn't say it, after all, it was just a guess.

Since the emperor called Qu Chu over, he didn't intend to make her be so vague.

"So General Qu thinks who is buying food and medicinal materials behind the scenes?"

Qu Chu looked directly at the emperor:

"I don't know who it is without investigation. It may be King Jing, or it may be someone else, but I can guarantee that this matter has nothing to do with the frontier troops in the west or north."

Qu Chu's words were indeed correct, and the emperor decided to speak out to Qu Chu.

"If King Jing rebelled, with 10 troops on the east coast, plus 10,000+ troops in Jianghuai, Jing, Dian, and Nanshu, are you sure you can defeat them?"

I didn't expect the emperor to be so direct!
Qu Chu didn't answer first, but asked, "Why didn't your majesty mention the border troops stationed in the barbarian area in the south?"

Ning Youbei explained from the side: "General Situ is my concubine's brother-in-law, he will not betray the emperor's brother."

It was so!
but……

Qu Chu remembered the news from Ying Xue that she had received before, and was afraid that things were not as optimistic as the emperor had expected.

"Your Majesty, I once heard the news that General Situ has been ill for a long time, and now he is hanging himself with a strange medicine. If someone had known the news long ago and bought off the generals under General Situ, then the situation would not be certain. gone."

The emperor was surprised: "What did you say? General Situ has been ill for a long time? Why didn't I know?"

This news can't be false, as for why General Situ didn't tell the emperor, Qu Chu didn't know.

The emperor spun around impatiently again, this time at a faster speed than usual.

After turning around a dozen times in a row, the emperor stopped.

"No, there must be a misunderstanding. If General Situ was really ill for a long time, he would not have told me."

At least he would recommend to himself someone who would take over his military post.

Ning Youbei knew Qu Chu well, if it wasn't something he was sure about, Qu Chu would never say it in front of others, let alone in front of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)