Chapter 849
Arriving on the Pirate Ship
In the winter months, Xue Chi had been serving as the prince for a month. The court officials were used to the emperor's morning court every ten days, and Xue Chi also slowly found some tricks.
Therefore, no one is so tired.
As soon as winter came, the emperor often called Xue Mei into the palace, claiming that he was uncomfortable here and unhappy there.
When he saw Xue Mei, he was in good spirits and always discussed topics such as Lingnan reclaiming land.
Xue Mei seemed to have figured out the emperor's intentions and was very keen to tell the emperor about the various knowledge of Lingnan clearing in her mind. She even encouraged the emperor to go and take a look.
Go and see the scenery of Lingnan. It is better to see anything by yourself than others describe it.
The emperor sighed softly.
Xue Mei thought that he said he was the king of a country and could not leave.
Unexpectedly, the emperor said, "This year is too busy. Let's wait until the spring is coming next year. Make everything settled in the first month and I'm leaving."
Xue Mei's heart was thrilled.
She didn't make any jokes in front of the mature emperor and asked directly: "Are you planning to let the prince supervise the country? Or just abdicate to the prince?"
Emperor: "You are smart, you are smart, you are smart, please step back if you can."
Xue Mei: "..."
So, she guessed it right?
Did the emperor really have the idea of abdicating to the prince?
After talking to the emperor, she ended today's mission. Xue Mei originally planned to go to the East Palace and talk about it with her elder brother. But she changed her mind temporarily and left the palace directly.
She went to meet Xiao Jingcheng.
She told Xiao Jingcheng her speculation and the emperor's attitude: "Do you think I'm right?"
Xue Mei is not a political veteran, nor is Xiao Jingcheng, so it is more appropriate for the two to discuss something when they encounter it.
Xiao Jingcheng frowned slightly when he heard this.
"Abdicate?" Xiao Jingcheng was also a little confused, "but the emperor never revealed this idea."
Xue Mei: "The emperor has many ideas this year, all of which were made temporary. I think the idea of abdicating is definitely the decision he made after I talked to him about Lingnan. It was not something he had thought about for a long time, so he had never disclosed it."
Xiao Jingcheng: “…”
Xue Mei also said: "It's actually nothing wrong with being the Supreme Emperor. Enjoy your old age, or take advantage of your strength to do things you want but cannot do.
He, the Supreme Emperor, was not dead, and the court officials dared not bully the new king. It was like supporting the new king for a while. Isn’t it a good thing to do both?"
Xiao Jingcheng: "With that being said, there is no such precedent in history."
Generally, the living Supreme Emperor is the father of the founding emperor. After the emperor ascended the throne, he was pronounced to his own father.
Few emperors gave their place to their sons when they were still alive.
Xiao Jingcheng read not many historical books, and perhaps there were records in a short dynasty. However, according to his understanding, it is really rare.
Xue Mei always felt that the Supreme Emperor was nothing because she always thought of Li Yuan, Li Shimin, the father and son, weren’t they safe?
Although Li Yuan was forced.
"I think the emperor has this idea," Xue Mei said. "Maybe, he wants to announce this while the dynasty meeting in the first lunar month."
Xiao Jingcheng: “…”
When Xiao Jingcheng thought of those panicked court officials and even the panicked Xue Chi, he felt a little funny.
Xue Chi is already a man in his thirties, not a young boy, and there is nothing wrong with abdicating to him, as long as the emperor can give up power.
"Do I want to tell my elder brother about this?" Xue Mei asked again, "It's better to let him prepare in advance than to catch him off guard.
By the way, there is another thing. Since the emperor wants the crown prince to succeed to the throne, he will probably point him to a queen, otherwise the matter will not be complete."
Xiao Jingcheng: “…”
Xue Mei felt that the elder brother’s fear of marriage was a little unreasonable.
But he had no choice but to decide on this matter.
The eldest brother eventually lost.
When Xue Mei thought of the emperor pointing out marriage to his elder brother, she discussed with Xiao Jingcheng with great enthusiasm: "Who do you think the emperor will point to his elder brother?"
Xiao Jingcheng: "The ready-made one must be the fourth lady of the Pei family. The emperor liked it, maybe it was not the fourth lady, but the Xiangrui Ten Miss, but the Ten Miss was too young.
But it doesn’t matter. The Pei family will not let go easily after becoming a clan of the rear. What are the fourth and tenth ladies, they will definitely enter the palace in the future.”
After hearing this, Xue Mei felt that ancient women were very sad.
She didn't like Miss Pei Si very much, but she still couldn't help but sympathize with her at this moment.
Of course, these are all speculations of Xue Mei and Xiao Jingcheng.
Afterwards, Xue Mei still had to go to the palace to accompany the emperor every day, and the emperor even asked her to draw a road map. If she went to Lingnan, she had to explain clearly how they should go along the way.
You must also explain what you bring on the road and what dangers you will be.
Seeing the emperor's enthusiasm, Xue Mei felt that it was a foregone conclusion that he would become the eldest princess next year. Emperor Jianhong really wanted to abdicate to the prince...
However, thinking about what Emperor Jianhong did, he was able to make Xue Mei the first female marquis, and he knew that his behavior often made people unable to find any major problems and was also surprising.
Xue Mei took the time to meet her elder brother.
The eldest brother is very busy and almost doesn't touch the ground.
The emperor threw a person who couldn't water into the river and gave him a piece of driftwood, which was the identity of the prince, and let him float and sink by himself.
The eldest brother was about to drown, but his instinct to survive made him fight for this tone.
So he was so tired.
When he saw Xue Mei, he finally relaxed. Once he relaxed, he became extremely tired. When Xue Mei talked to him, he seemed to be taking a nap.
Xue Mei told his and Xiao Jingcheng's guesses to her elder brother.
Xue Chi closed her eyes gently and opened her eyes suddenly: "What did you say?"
At this moment, Xue Chi was not excited, but wanted to die.
Yes, he regrets it!
It has been more than a month since he was the prince, and his intestines have turned blue.
When he was powerless before, he wanted power and wanted to be the best.
But now, he just wants to find a place to sleep for three days and three nights.
After tasting the taste of power and knowing that the emperor was not doing whatever he wanted, Xue Chi began to become bored.
Especially when he returned to the deserted East Palace, he had the urge to escape.
He even wanted to return to Liang State and inherit the broken Marquis' Mansion.
Of course this is no longer possible.
He wanted to be neighbors with Xue Mei, and he would watch Xue Mei have children, and then spoil his little nephew and little niece to be outrageous, so that Xue Mei and Xiao Jingcheng would have a headache.
He thought this must be very interesting and lively.
Just as he thought about escaping, Xue Mei told him that the emperor would trap him with a larger cage.
The emperor even wanted to point out a woman to be the queen for Xue Chi.
Xue Chi almost fainted after turning his eyes.
"Bastard!" He gritted his teeth and cursed suddenly, not knowing who to scold.
Chapter completed!