eurekapd Chapter 552 The General Was Rescued (27)
Chapter 552 The General Was Rescued (27)
The opportunity soon came.
The envoys sent by the Yu Kingdom arrived at the Xia Kingdom. The purpose of their visit was to start peace talks with the Xia Kingdom and hope to open up a vital water trade route.
At this moment, the Fourth Prince has already taken over the task and started to take care of it.
As for the emperor, he was very annoyed with his two sons who were fighting overtly and covertly and refused to give in to each other, so he immediately decided to hand over the matter to his youngest son.
As for the third prince, although he has a gentle personality, he lacks courage after all. In comparison, he is more suitable to bury himself in academic studies.
"Your Majesty, I think that since this is the first time that my fourth brother is undertaking such an important task, he will need someone to assist and supervise him." The second prince spoke up without losing any opportunity.
Then he rattled off a list of available people.
However, with a little attention, one can discover that about 70% of them are his trusted confidants.
Of course, among these people, there are also some ministers who appear to maintain a "neutral" stance.
After all, when it comes to major events like opening up trade routes, which are related to the country's economic lifeline, everyone would want to take advantage of the opportunity to get a piece of the pie!
Even though he is a prince, he doesn't have much money!
Therefore, the prince naturally would not miss this opportunity and also put forward his own opinion - it is necessary to send people to assist, but the people sent must be from his command.
The emperor had originally arranged for his youngest son to handle the matter because he could no longer bear the chaos caused by the fierce fighting between his two sons during this period.
Unexpectedly, the matter had just begun, and the two sons started competing with each other again as usual.
The emperor was very angry after hearing what the crown prince and the second prince said.
He patted the armrest of the dragon throne heavily and said, "My original intention was to let the fourth brother train alone. You two should stop fighting. If you do this again, I will not let you off easily."
Upon seeing this, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince hurriedly nodded their heads in agreement, but when their eyes met, there was still a hint of competition in their eyes.
The fourth prince was calm and stepped forward and said, "Father, please calm down. I thank you for your trust and I will live up to your expectations. I think that you don't need to send anyone to help with this matter. I am willing to select the talents I can use myself."
The emperor heard this and nodded slightly: "Since my son has such confidence, I will allow you."
Although the Second Prince and the Crown Prince were unwilling, they had no choice but to give up.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the usually silent Third Prince Chen Jiyao actually spoke up: "Father, I am willing to assist my fourth brother in handling this matter."
After saying that, he took out a feng shui map and talked about a lot of routes that he had checked.
Even when making the final "closing statement", he spoke it in both Xia Mandarin and Yu Mandarin.
"This Third Prince is truly knowledgeable and talented." The Yu Kingdom envoy could not help but praise him. "After comparing and discussing your geomancy map with the one that our Yu Kingdom has surveyed before, we should be able to draw the most accurate river map."
At this point, the envoy said with regret: "It's a pity that the painter from our country had an accident and is unable to discuss the river repair with you. Otherwise, you two would have become close friends."
In fact, everyone present knew who the envoy was talking about.
That man was a noble disciple of the Yu Kingdom. Although his full name was unknown, his nickname was known to everyone - Luan Yu.
"Your Excellency, I am too kind. I just like reading books. How can I compare with Master Luanyu?" Chen Jiyao turned around and said to the emperor, "Father, I only know how to draw pictures. I don't know much about other things. So I am willing to help my fourth brother."
"The trade route will benefit future generations. If you want to contribute, that is naturally no problem." The emperor now had a different opinion of his third son.
It doesn't matter if he is weak! Anyway, we don't expect him to inherit the throne.
If you can't be a king, it's also good to be a useful and wise minister.
The Fourth Prince was also very happy. After all, this was his first time on this mission. If he messed up, he would never have any good things in the future.
But he knew nothing about either trade routes or river repairs.
Now that Third Brother came to help me, he didn't try to take credit for it - Third Brother is such a good person! \(￣︶￣*\))
It has to be said that the queen really failed in educating her youngest son. Being in the royal family, this man actually thought that there was some kind of brotherhood between them.
Therefore, when Chen Jiyao stabbed the other person's chest with a dagger half a month later, the Fourth Prince could not have expected it at all.
“Third brother?” The fourth prince covered the wound that was bleeding. “You…you!”
Chen Jiyao glanced at the fallen man with contempt, and before the guards noticed, he suddenly shouted, "Help! There's an assassin~!"
After saying these words, there were several more cuts on his arms, waist and abdomen. He was quite cruel to himself, and the wound on his waist was very deep.
When the guards arrived at the scene, the dying Chen Jiyao was still mumbling to himself: "Hurry up and save my fourth brother, hurry up and save..."
The Fourth Prince was now lying on the ground, without a breath.