The Third Prince's Mansion.
After Chu Chengye returned home, he called Jia Yu and Sun Jian:
"Today in the court, the censor found out some old things about the prince and impeached him. My father's face was livid with anger, and he lost his temper at the prince. Go and investigate the prince carefully, and together with the country The government will also investigate and strike while the iron is hot to make the prince roll off his throne."
Looking at the extremely excited Chu Chengye, Jia Yu cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, this is inappropriate."
Chu Chengye's smile faded by two points and he said casually:
"What's wrong?"
Jia Yu: "The prince's power has gradually declined since the salt tax case, but your majesty only punished the prince with grounding, and there was no substantive punishment. Now facing the impeachment of the censor, your majesty still just lost his temper with the prince. It can be seen that your majesty In my heart, I still love the prince very much."
Chu Chengye's smile completely faded. The emperor had been partial to the prince since he was a child, and this had become a thorn in Chu Chengye's heart.
Jia Yu's words made Chu Chengye lose a good look towards him.
Jia Yu glanced at Chu Chengye's expression and continued regardless:
"Your Highness, the greatest success or failure in the party struggle is His Majesty's love. The Crown Prince's status in the court is now in jeopardy. If you take action, Your Majesty will have opinions about you and feel more sorry for the Crown Prince. At that time, in order to protect the Crown Prince, Your Majesty will Putting you on the opposite side is not worth the gain."
Seeing that Chu Chengye was unmoved, Sun Jian thought carefully for a moment and cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, Master Jia's words make sense. People will pity the weak. If Your Highness impeaches someone, Your Majesty will think that His Highness, regardless of his brothers and sisters, is of no benefit to Your Highness."
Chu Chengye said angrily: "What should we do? Just let him go like this?"
Jia Yu said with deep meaning in his eyes: "Not only let him go, but he also stopped others when they impeached the prince."
The three of them chatted in the study for half an hour. It was not until the servant came to report that Chu Chengyao arrived that Jia Yu and Sun Jian left the room.
Jia Yu: "Brother Sun, we are waiting here. Why don't you go to my place for a cup of tea?"
Sun Jian: "That's fine."
In the room, Jia Yu and Sun Jian sat opposite each other.
Jia Yu grabbed a large handful each of peanuts and chestnuts, placed them next to the fire, and turned them over from time to time.
Sun Jian: "Tell me, why did the second prince come today?"
Jia Yu said with a confident smile: "It must be to persuade His Highness to impeach the Crown Prince together."
Sun Jian: "Are you so sure?"
Jia Yu turned over the food and said slowly:
"With all the recent events, Brother Sun, you also know that the second prince is not as simple and docile as he appears. Otherwise, he would not have placed Guo Qiucheng next to His Highness in the name of the Crown Prince. Let His Highness and the Crown Prince fight with each other, he is such a fisherman. Profit."
Sun Jian nodded: "If you hadn't suggested letting Guo Qiucheng go at that time, I followed you secretly and witnessed Guo Qiucheng being killed by Zhong Yi. Who would have thought that Guo Qiucheng actually belonged to the second prince."
Jia Yu: "Our Highness, we believe in brotherhood and have never set up defenses against the second prince. Even knowing that Guo Qiucheng was killed by Zhong Yi, we felt that there must be a misunderstanding. Later, we personally tested the whereabouts of the second prince Zhong Yi that day. The prince lied, and His Highness became suspicious."
Sun Jian: "Aren't you worried that your highness was persuaded by the second prince and all your previous efforts were in vain?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the roasted and exploded chestnuts popped out of the brazier.
Jia Yu smiled and reached out to pick it up. Her left and right hands were so hot that they moved back and forth:
"Although His Highness is a sweet-tempered person and not as ruthless as the Second Prince, he is not a three-year-old child. It is precisely because of Your Highness's temperament that I am willing to help you with all my heart."
(End of chapter)
