PNB Chapter 267 Fresh Pastries
Chapter 267 Fresh Pastries
The retired emperor soon came to the imperial study. Normally at this time, the emperor was reviewing memorials. Today he sent someone to invite him, saying that he had some fresh pastries for his father to taste. It was obvious that it was an excuse.
The emperor is still quite young, but he is not in good health and is sickly, so he did not become the emperor, but directly let his son ascend to the highest position. Usually, when there are problems, the emperor is still willing to discuss with his father, so when he received this letter from Qi Xingyun, he asked his father to discuss it without hesitation.
"What's so urgent? You couldn't wait to call me here right after the court meeting." The retired emperor asked with a puzzled look on his face after stepping into the imperial study.
The emperor looked extremely anxious, and without even the time to salute, he hurriedly handed a letter directly to the emperor: "Father, please take a look at the letter sent back by the young uncle!"
The retired emperor frowned slightly, thinking to himself: "Didn't I just receive a letter and new grain seeds from your young uncle two days ago? How come another letter arrived today? Could something important have happened?" Thinking of this, he took the letter.
The emperor nodded repeatedly and replied, "Yes, this matter is extremely urgent!" As he spoke, he led the retired emperor to the inner room without saying anything, which was where the emperor usually rested.
Seeing this, the emperor knew immediately that this matter must be very serious. After all, if it was a trivial matter, the emperor could handle it properly by himself; and if it was a major matter, he would usually discuss solutions with the old ministers in the court. Now, not only did he specially summon him, but he also had to move to the inner room for a secret discussion. This matter must be more than an ordinary major event.
After entering the inner room, the emperor walked up to the retired emperor with a respectful look and said softly, "Father, please take a look at the letter sent by my young uncle first." After that, the emperor turned and walked to the table beside him, picked up the teapot and slowly poured out two cups of steaming and fragrant tea.
The retired emperor sat steadily on the chair, first took a sip of hot tea from the cup in front of him, and then slowly opened the letter and read it. At first, the retired emperor's expression was relatively calm, but as his eyes kept moving down, his expression became more and more serious and solemn. In the end, he suddenly stood up, and the hand holding the letter unconsciously increased the strength. Seeing this, the emperor did not dare to neglect it, and quickly stood up and looked at the retired emperor nervously.
"Is what your uncle said in the letter true?" The retired emperor frowned and asked the emperor in a heavy tone.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is probably true. If the situation was not urgent and true, the young uncle would never have sent someone to deliver the news in such a hurry." The emperor thought for a moment and answered earnestly.
"Yes, I think so too. Your uncle has always been a calm and steady person, and he would never speak rashly, let alone send someone to deliver the message in such a hurry." The emperor nodded in agreement as he spoke. He knew the character and behavior of this little brother very well, and knew that he was not the kind of person who would speak rashly.
"If those two weapons are really as powerful as described in this letter, once they are successfully developed, they will definitely greatly enhance the strength of our army! By then, let's see which of the surrounding countries dares to come and harass our great Great Xia Kingdom!" The emperor said with a solemn and determined look.
The Emperor nodded slightly, expressing his agreement: "Yes, this is a very important matter. In this case, you should start to arrange it immediately. Let your uncle be responsible for the research and development work at his place. You need to send the required materials and skilled craftsmen to your uncle as quickly as possible. Next, we just need to wait for good news from him."
However, the emperor looked embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "But the young uncle wrote to us saying that he was unwilling to intervene in this matter and asked us to organize our own forces to carry out the research and development. He claimed that he was going to inspect the many industries under his name."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "When did your uncle become so keen on business? He even went to inspect the business in person? Wasn't this kind of business usually handled by Yun Liudai in the past?"
The emperor shook his head, also looking bewildered: "I am not too sure about this, but he did say so in the letter. How about we call Yun Er in to ask him? Perhaps he can know the reason."
The retired emperor frowned slightly and said to the emperor with a puzzled look: "Tell me, this little uncle, he is not young at all, but he stays in his fiefdom all day long and does nothing. I want him to come back to the capital so that your mother can find him a husband, but he refuses to come back! Look at his house, there is not even a woman to serve him. Tell me, what is going on? Could it be... is there something wrong with his body?"
After discussing the serious matters, the two royal father and son shifted the topic to Qi Xingyun's marriage.