"I am a benevolent king, how can I kill a wise minister in vain?"
The emperor said with a smile, Cai Yong nodded and said: "Your Majesty does not know how to..."
"Mr. Cai, I heard that you have no heirs. Do you want me to adopt a son for you?" the emperor asked with a smile. Cai Yong sighed and said, "I am not from a rich family, nor do I have any descendants. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"Oh? Isn't it possible that there are not many sons to be found within the clan?" The emperor asked with some worry. Cai Yong shook his head and said: "The clan has declined, with less than three households, and no suitable sons..."
"Oh...there are only three households..."
The emperor inquired for a while, and then sighed helplessly: "Oh, don't worry, I will help you..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"I came to you this time for next year's assessment. I hope you will be responsible for next year's assessment..."
Cai Yong asked in surprise: "But aren't these the duties of a prince?"
"Wang Fu is busy with affairs. I'd better leave these matters to you. I don't want to tire out another minister..." The emperor said with a smile. Cai Yong nodded helplessly and said, "I obey." , the emperor was so enthusiastic about him just now, maybe it was not just for this matter?
Sure enough, after explaining some things that need to be paid attention to during the assessment, the emperor said: "I have one more thing..."
"Your Majesty, please speak..."
"I would like to ask the prince to go with us so that we can monitor him... How about that?"
"This..." Cai Yong frowned. The emperor's meaning was very clear. He wanted the prince to get acquainted with these talents in advance and accumulate influence for the prince. However, now that the emperor was in his prime, he wanted to accumulate power for the prince so quickly. Strength, this is not a good thing. If it arouses the emperor's fear in the future, the consequences will be beyond the imagination of Cai Yong.
"Your Majesty, is this matter a bit too hasty? Your Highness is young after all, so it is better to wait a little longer..."
"Oh? Why is this?" the emperor asked with some confusion.
Cai Yong thought about the little fat man who often came to visit him, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty is still young. His Majesty's move is certainly for His Majesty's sake, but it is just a little too hasty. We still need to wait for some time. What does Your Majesty think?" "
The emperor laughed, nodded, and said, "What Cai Gong said makes sense, so I will follow Cai Gong's words."
Cai Yong was still a little panicked, wondering why the emperor was so kind to him. Usually, when his ministers tried to dissuade the emperor, the emperor would be furious. Although he would listen to the advice of his ministers most of the time, he had never accepted it so easily. ah.
"Mr. Cai, I heard that you have no children and I intend to give you one. What do you think?"
"Huh? What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"I want to match your eldest daughter to the prince, but I don't know if Duke Cai will allow it. Although this son is naughty, he values filial piety..." The emperor praised his child with a smile on his face. Duke Cai was stunned. He was stunned for a long time, and then he said: "Your Majesty? The prince wants to marry his daughter?"
"That's right. Why, Mr. Cai looks down on my eldest son?"
"That's not the case, it's just that how can a little girl be worthy of a prince..."
"Why not? In the future, when the prince ascends the throne, you will also be a relative of the emperor... Don't you want to see your daughter sitting in wealth?" The emperor kindly persuaded, Cai Yong shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty Ah, you don't know something. My daughter has been married for a long time, but I'm afraid she won't be able to get it..."
"Have you been married for a long time? Could it be that you are already married?"
"That's not the case, it's just an engagement..."
"Who is it?"
"Hedong Wei family, after the general Wei Qing...the second son Wei Zhongdao..."
"Hehehehe~~~" The emperor suddenly sneered and stood up suddenly, startling Cai Yong. The emperor looked unhappy and said angrily: "You don't marry my son, but you want to marry some Wei family? You
Are you looking down on the Tian family?"
"Your Majesty, I don't dare... It's just that the engagement has been made long ago..."
"If you don't marry, I will kill the entire Wei family first! Then I will put you in jail!!" the emperor yelled angrily.
When Cai Yong heard this, not only was he not afraid, but he also stood up and asked solemnly: "I wonder what crime the emperor wants to commit to help kill the clan? If the emperor wants to kill me, I will commit suicide and apologize!!"
"You!!" The emperor gritted his teeth and stared at him angrily.
"Hahahaha, Mr. Cai, I was joking. Come on, please sit down. Mr. Cai, please sit down..." The emperor suddenly laughed, helped Cai Yong to his seat, grinned, and asked: "This matter is about
Can't we be accommodating? I have a word with the Wei family and ask them to give up their engagement..."
"Your Majesty, how can a marriage be a trivial matter? I would rather die than do anything disrespectful!"
"Why...why is Mr. Cai so persistent?"
"That's how it is, my lord!"
Cai Yong turned away, obviously not calmed down yet. The emperor really couldn't do anything to this respected veteran, so he reluctantly let him go and asked him to go out. Cai Yong walked out of the palace angrily. When he saw him walking away, Song
Dian stood beside the emperor, feeling a little emotional in his heart. It seemed that this marriage was not an option. The emperor squinted his eyes and smiled.
He ordered in a low voice: "Inform the prince of these matters. Don't say it is my arrangement. In addition, inform Zhang He that if the prince wants to go out, send more embroidered messengers to follow... If there is no danger, do not expose...
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Song Dian's eyes widened, and he suddenly laughed, nodded, and said, "I understand..."
"I will take a rest, you can go."
"As you command!"
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"What did you say?" The little fat man's eyes widened and he yelled angrily.
"Well, the daughter of the Cai family has been married for a long time. It is said that she is the Wei family in Hedong... The servant came specially to comfort the prince..." Song Dian said.
"If I don't marry a daughter of the Cai family, I, Liu Bian, will not be a human being!!!" The little fat man shouted angrily. He turned around, looked at several followers, and shouted: "Get your horses ready and go to Hedong with me!"
"Your Highness, Your Highness, do we need to discuss this matter with the country?" Song Dian asked anxiously.
"Haha, after I leave, you will inform my father again. If you dare to ruin my big event, I will kill you!"
Not long after, the little fat man led his people and hurriedly rushed out of the palace, riding a horse and galloping madly towards the east of the river. Even the city gate captain did not dare to stop him. Looking at the furious prince,
Directly giving the order to let him go, when the prince rushed out of Luoyang and rushed to Hedong with many followers, Song Dian also quickly informed the emperor that the prince had left.
"This guy, how dare he act like this?"
"Let Zhang He rush there in person and bring this Shuzi back to me!"
Song Dian nodded. After two hours, he notified Zhang He and quickly went to Hedong to bring the prince back.
Zhang He knew very well that he had already sent people to follow the prince, and there were arrangements along the way to protect the prince at all times. The embroidered messengers in the Hedong area were also fully prepared. On the one hand, they wanted to prevent the prince from being harmed, and on the other hand
, they also want to monitor the prince and not let him go on a killing spree and kill indiscriminately.
As the eldest son of the current prince, Zhang He was really not sure whether the prince would directly massacre the entire Wei family.
He also hurriedly led many envoys to Hedong, feeling deeply for the Wei family in Hedong. This was really an unreasonable disaster.