Seeing Li Ping'an's indignant look, Cheng Xun frowned involuntarily.
"The prince is so ridiculous!"
"Also, is the Crown Prince of Xia really so shameless?"
"How dare you behave like a lion with its mouth wide open!"
Seeing Cheng Xun's serious face, Li Ping'an knew that the conscientious Prime Minister was already a little angry.
Since the Prime Minister is already a little angry, why not add another layer of fuel to his fire?
Li Ping'an immediately put on a very helpless look: "Prime Minister, you should also understand His Majesty's temper."
"Your Majesty values the dignity and face of the royal family most."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done such a scandal. Not only has His Majesty lost face, but he has also lost the face of me, Daliang!"
"You said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bullied the princess of Xia Kingdom, the apple of his eye."
"This matter has reached the ears of Prince Xia. If Prince Xia insists on asking His Majesty for an explanation, what should we do?"
"In order to settle the matter and save face, Your Majesty had no choice but to agree to the agreement of the Crown Prince of Xia."
"It is said that the compensation content includes tens of millions of stones of food and tens of millions of taels of silver!"
"The amount of compensation is extremely huge, but this is all because of helplessness!"
Li Ping'an sighed and shook his head, as if there was endless annoyance and grievance in his heart, and there was nowhere to make noise.
But his words had completely ignited the anger in Cheng Xun's heart.
"Forced into helplessness?"
"Your Majesty was forced to do nothing, but His Highness the Crown Prince did not know how to take the initiative to admit his mistakes. Can he make amends for this?"
"As the future crown prince of Daliang, it is enough for His Highness the Crown Prince to make such a big mistake, and yet he actually watched His Majesty help him deal with the aftermath!"
"Vice General Li, did His Highness the Crown Prince really not show any sign of the whole process?"
Li Ping'an shook his head sadly: "Prime Minister, you are right."
"Everything that happened last night was personally told by Wang Qingnan, the commander of the Royal Forest Army."
"Wang Weiwei said that His Highness was shaking like chaff the whole time, huddled in the corner without saying a word, as if he was frightened!"
"As you know, His Royal Highness has always been afraid of His Majesty since he was a child, and his character has always been timid."
"After being caught in a crime last night, His Highness the Crown Prince was so frightened that he was speechless?"
"How can I think of taking the initiative to admit my mistakes and reduce the losses of my beams!"
Having said this, Li Ping'an sighed helplessly: "I thought that His Royal Highness would definitely make some progress after being imprisoned for a month."
"I didn't expect that during this tribute ceremony, His Highness the Crown Prince would not only fail to bring honor to His Majesty, but would actually be embarrassed!"
"well!……"
Seeing that the news was almost revealed, Li Ping'an didn't want to stay here any longer.
"oops!"
"Master Prime Minister, look at it, a humble position is indeed true."
"I finally came to your house to visit you, but why are you saying these unpleasant things?"
"In short, this matter is already a done deal, so don't take it to heart, Prime Minister."
"Then, it's getting late, so I'll take my leave now!"
After saying that, Li Ping'an immediately ran away as if the soles of his feet were oiled.
The purpose of my coming here today is to reveal the news to Cheng Xun.
As for what Cheng Xun decides to do, that is his own problem.
It has nothing to do with myself or the general!
However, for a courtier like Cheng Xun who was conscientious and always gave advice, he would definitely not be able to help but go and give advice to Emperor Liang.
Under his leadership, more and more courtiers will oppose compensation to Xia.
By that time, I wonder how Emperor Liang would handle this matter?
"Come here! Send Vice General Li out!"
After sending Li Ping'an away, Cheng Xun's eyebrows twisted into a knot, as if he was very unwilling to accept such a result.
"Now that the Beiyuan war has come to an end, the horse bandit rebellion has just been calmed down."
"It's time for me to use money, and the food is just enough for the people to survive the winter!"
"If we continue to pay compensation to Xia Guo, wouldn't it be equivalent to an unnecessary disaster?"
"no!"
Cheng Xun immediately slapped the table and stood up.
As the prime minister of Daliang, he would never allow Daliang to pay so much compensation for no reason just because of the prince's misconduct!
If there is not enough food and the people don't have enough to eat, how will they survive the winter?
Cheng Xun couldn't wait a moment and decided to enter the palace to meet the saint!
Even if I will be punished by His Majesty for this matter, I must try my best to discourage compensation!
Cheng Xun took his hat and just walked into the yard when he happened to meet Cheng Susu head-on.
"Daddy!"
Cheng Susu bowed slightly to Chengxun.
"Aren't you going to go to court today?"
"You hurriedly put on your official hat. Do you want to enter the palace?"
Cheng Xun looked solemn and nodded.
"If something happens in the palace, I want to go to the palace immediately!"
Seeing that Cheng Xun looked unkind, Cheng Susu was afraid that the matter was related to Song Huan, so she quickly asked: "Dad, what happened?"
"How anxious!"
"This matter and..."
"It has nothing to do with Prince Rong, right?"
Although it was only natural to care about her fiancé, Cheng Susu couldn't help but blush when facing her father.
Cheng Xun didn't notice the change in his daughter, but just shook his head: "This matter has nothing to do with Prince Rong, but to do with the Crown Prince!"
"Last night, when the officials were enjoying themselves in the imperial garden, the prince actually insulted the three princesses of Xia Kingdom in the imperial garden when no one was paying attention!"
"This matter was caught by Crown Prince Xia, and now Crown Prince Xia is using this as a blackmail to demand exorbitant compensation from His Majesty!"
Hearing this, Cheng Susu was stunned!
In her impression, although she had never had a good impression of the prince, she had always thought that he was a humble gentleman.
He doesn't look like the kind of villain who would do dirty things!
But he never expected that such an upright Crown Prince in the minds of others would do such an immoral thing.
If she hadn't heard about this from her father, Cheng Susu wouldn't even believe it!
The current prince was such a sanctimonious and despicable villain.
Fortunately, my engagement with him didn't count!
Thinking of this, Cheng Susu couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.
Fortunately, the person he would eventually marry was not the prince, but Song Huan!
Seeing Cheng Xun leaving in a hurry, Cheng Susu asked doubtfully: "Huh?"
"That's not right, Dad, you are anxious to enter the palace because of this matter, but did His Majesty send you to come to discuss countermeasures?"
Cheng Xun is a generous man and very patient with his children.
Seeing Cheng Susu's concern, Cheng Xun explained: "Just now General Xu's deputy general Li Ping'an came to visit and told me about this matter."
"Your Majesty has decided to compensate Xia Guo and put an end to the matter."
"But the sky-high compensation is really a big burden for me, Daliang!"
"As the Prime Minister of Liang Dynasty, I must not watch the Xia Kingdom ask for prices all over the sky!"
