In the Xiaojiazhuang, Xiao Rui was leisurely fishing and drinking tea by the lake. There was a food box beside him, and the waiter Lao Gao came in a hurry.
"As I expected, I knew you were coming. You didn't bother to have lunch, did you? Open it and take a look."
Lao Gao said with a smile: "The Prince Consort has a wonderful plan, who can disapprove? Huh? This is it? Do you want me to deliver food to someone?"
Xiao Rui rolled his eyes and said, "Lunch prepared for you. I guess you will be arriving soon, so I asked the kitchen to prepare it."
ah? this……
"Prince-in-law, are you really a god descending to earth? Can you even know when the old slave will arrive?" Lao Gao was shocked. Of course he wouldn't think that Xiao Rui had placed people around him to monitor him. That's not the way the prince-in-law is.
Xiao Rui waved his hand and said: "Sit down and eat and chat."
Lao Gao bowed gratefully and without being polite, opened the food box, placed the food inside on the stone table next to him, sat down and started eating.
Xiao Rui explained: "Where is the immortal? I don't have the eye to see hundreds of miles away. From the time my letter is sent to the time I enter the palace, and then His Majesty becomes suspicious after reading it, he will definitely send someone to ask about the prince's grades. It is not possible to send others, it is easy to leak my information There are traces. So it must be you. And you came here from Chang'an City, even if you rode all the way, you couldn't catch lunch. "
"Haha, it's just a simple arithmetic problem of distance and time."
The chamberlain, Lao Gao, was convinced, "No wonder you are able to move across the grassland without leaving any traces. With this ability, you are no different from opening your eyes."
"What if the old slave stops for a meal on the way?"
Xiao Rui laughed loudly, "Then I will tell you that this is not for you, and let you give it to others."
puff……
Lao Gao couldn't hold back and spit out the food in his mouth.
"But I guess you won't. You are a conscientious person. Besides, the food here is better than eating dry food halfway."
"Ahem, my consort is wise, I will never forget the food you have given me no matter how many times I eat it."
After eating it simply, there was not a single bit left.
Lao Gao packed up the bowls and chopsticks and returned them to the food box. Then he stood up and saluted and asked about business, "Since you know the purpose of my visit, I don't know that His Royal Highness..."
"You can't go see him today. He was put in a small dark room by me to be punished. I beat him yesterday and he was very dissatisfied, so I locked him up today." Xiao Rui said bluntly.
ah? Beat, beat the prince?
Lao Gao covered his mouth in surprise, but then he thought about it and put his hand down again. It seemed that this was not the first time that the prince consort had dealt with the prince.
"Prince-in-law, you, you are not afraid..."
"Who are you afraid of? Your Majesty's condemnation? If he entrusts people to me to discipline, I will perform my duties as a teacher. Or am I afraid that he, a little brat, will hold a grudge and come to power to deal with me in the future?"
Um... Lao Gao smiled awkwardly, he didn't dare to answer this.
Xiao Rui took out a letter, sealed with fire paint.
"Bring this thing back to Your Majesty. The contents inside can only be seen by Your Majesty. You'd better not be curious. If possible, I suggest that Your Majesty burn it after reading it."
The old master shook his hand, nodded heavily, and then bowed and retreated, not even daring to stay and chat.
Xiao Rui turned around again and held up the fishing rod. His mind was wandering and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Er was waiting expectantly for Lao Gao to come back. Fang Yiai could write such good insights. Cheng Qian has been educated by Xiao Rui for several days, so he should have made progress.
The chamberlain, Lao Gao, did not alert the ministers who were reviewing the memorial. Instead, he called Li Er to the small study room and said, "Your Majesty, this is a secret letter from the Prince Consort to you. He said that he will burn it after reading it."
"Oh? Whose secret message is it about? What happened? Is it so mysterious?"
"I don't know, my prince-in-law didn't say anything, so I don't dare to make any rash remarks."
Li Er waved him off. Li Er himself was in the small study. He slowly opened the letter. Li Er breathed a sigh of relief. It was about Cheng Qian. Fortunately, I thought something had happened.
But when he patiently read on, the more he read, the angrier he became. All the expectations he had for his son's article turned into anger at this moment. This treacherous son was useless and useless!
Xiao Rui asked a question in the letter: Are you sure you want Li Chengqian to be the prince in the future?
Xiao Rui is the only one in the world who dares to ask this question. Who else would ask? It is a serious crime of beheading. Who should be the crown prince of a country, and should a minister take his turn to participate in the discussion?
It was as if Xiao Rui was sitting opposite Li Er at this moment, and the two were talking calmly in the distance.
"You don't think so highly of Cheng Qian? He is the eldest son of me and the queen. Is he really incompetent? Even if he has some flaws, he is only eleven years old. Can he be corrected through education?"
Xiao Rui: "Morality can correct education. But in terms of time, he is not the best. You are in the prime of spring and autumn, and you have a long life. You will be in office for at least twenty, thirty or even forty or fifty years. By then At that time, how old was Cheng Qian? I have never heard of someone who would be a prince for a lifetime and ascend the throne at an old age."
hiss……
Li Er has really never thought about this problem and this angle.
If this is really the case, then what Xiao Rui said is not unreasonable, and Cheng Qian does not seem appropriate. But if he is not suitable, who is suitable? The third child, Li Ke? The fourth green bird? No, he's about the same age as Cheng Qian, so it's just as inappropriate. So, is it a child born in the future?
He never doubted whether Xiao Rui wanted to recommend someone, because he knew that Xiao Rui was not on good terms with any princes.
Continuing to read, Xiao Rui added, "If you really want to train Cheng Qian, no matter whether he is a prince or not, at least he is a prince and shoulders important responsibilities. It is not okay to like Hu people as extreme as now."
Li Er: "That's right. How do you want to educate me? I leave the person to you, you can beat and scold me as you like."
Xiao Rui: "Hitting and scolding cannot educate people. He is an unruly king."
Li Er smiled, this is up to me.
"If you want him to truly become a qualified king, you must have extraordinary education methods: the best way to grow up is to be exiled to the mountains and fields, so that he can personally experience the suffering of the people of the Tang Dynasty, instead of being locked in a bird cage and becoming a Canary, sit in the well and look at the sky. If such a person comes to power in the future, I am afraid he will be a mediocre lord who can't eat minced meat."
"In the Qin State during the Warring States Period, the son of King Qin Xiaowen, King Qin Huiwen, Yingsi, was exiled to the mountains for ten years during the prince's period, and then he grew up to become a British lord."
"How to decide? Please let your Majesty decide."
snort! You are so bold. I, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, are you going to be banished to the mountains and plains with just one sentence? Which law did he break? Li Er was a little dissatisfied.
The above is what Xiao Rui said in his letter. The prince has ideological problems and may not be able to take on big responsibilities.
This kind of thing must not be spread out, anyone who knows it will die. So Xiao Rui's reminder saved Lao Gao's life.
Li Er was in trouble. On the one hand, he was angry that his son was useless, but on the other hand, he felt distressed and worried. Rationally speaking, he also knew that Xiao Rui's method was the most effective. But, but that is his biological son after all, he is only eleven years old. It is not that he is reluctant to separate the father and son, but what if something happens and dies during the exile?
Li Er hesitated for the first time and summoned Lao Gao, the chamberlain, "Tell me about the prince's performance when you go today."
"Um... Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't see the prince today. The prince-in-law said that he punished the prince yesterday, but it seems that the prince refused to accept it and was locked up in a small dark room today. So..."
Li Er spat and scolded: "This kid is so cruel. Beating him is not enough, but he must be locked up? Sigh... Let's wait and see. No, no, I'll go discuss it with the Queen."
The chamberlain Lao Gao looked at his nose and his nose, pretending not to hear anything.
