"Your Highness is right." Xue Yao calmly said, "It's just that there are pros and cons to everything, and His Majesty's favor towards Your Highness and Your Highness brings with it not only glory, but also the attention of other out-of-favor concubines and even the Empress, what does Your Highness think?"
Concubine Shih frowned slightly, "Because of this, I have to be careful and keep this favor, or else the fire of jealousy will be enough to burn both mother and son to death."
Xue Yao said, "The fire of jealousy is based on His Majesty's favoritism towards Your Highness, but if this favoritism fades away, the fire will be extinguished. You are a generous person, never harmless, in the harem did not really make enemies. Although the hearts of the people in the harem are treacherous, but if you want to really frame you, there will be a huge risk. No one will gamble their lives, and a disgraced concubine against, you if the rapid retreat, at most subject to some ridicule and stares, absolutely no fear of life."
Concubine Shio was stunned, and after a long moment of silence, a hint of amazement surfaced in her eyes, and she whispered, "On the sidelines, they say that my son is an unearthly prodigy, and this day has allowed me to see a true prodigy! Did you come up with these words on your own, or did someone else teach you?"
"Your Highness is fallacious ......," Xue Yao was a bit ashamed.
Xi Fei's son was a true prodigy, and Xue Yao was barely a schoolmaster.
In his last life, he lived for more than twenty years, he was handsome, coupled with excellent grades, sports will be quite a lot, the class flower department flower of the expression of achievement have collected, indeed no less than some gangs in the school jealousy to find fault, naturally, there are a lot of feelings.
Although Consort Shi was shocked by the genius that Xue Yao had displayed, she still did not quite agree with his idea, and turned to say, "Old Seven will only turn four in two months, and there is a great deal of time in the future to be simmered down, so even if I want to retire, I should still earn more family money for Old Seven before my years are gone. If I am fortunate enough to survive until he reaches adulthood, and seek a piece of rich fiefdom for him, even if I am told to stay in the Cold Palace in the future, I will be able to handle it calmly."
Xue Yao was alarmed by her words.
Unexpectedly, at only nineteen years of age, Princess Shio already had her future planned out.
Her future with the Seventh Prince turned out to be exactly the same as what she was expecting at the moment.
It wasn't until the Emperor's unexpected death that Consort Shio completely lost her power.
And the fiefdom her son, King Ning, received was indeed the richest county in Da Qi.
But what's the point?
When the new emperor ascended to the throne, military power, fiefdoms, and even king's titles, were withdrawn as soon as they were said to be withdrawn.
For one thing, Princess Shio didn't expect the Emperor to die so early.
Secondly, at this time, everyone thought that it must be the eldest prince who ascended the throne, and the eldest prince was a true gentleman, and could not possibly have trouble with his father's favorite concubine during his lifetime.
If Xue Yao didn't know the fate of the characters afterward, she would definitely think the same as Princess Shio.
How can you be in your prime and think of retiring? Then she and her son would be at the mercy of others for the rest of their lives.
Princess Shio isn't stupid, she just hasn't read the original and doesn't have a God's perspective.
"Your Highness sees longer than I do." A thousand penetrating horse's asses do not penetrate, Xue Yao affirmed Consort Shi's thoughts first.
To persuade someone, it is easier to affirm the other person's point of view and then help them to make up for the omissions in their point of view, rather than refute it all.
Getting your own way is the priority, there's no need to have to show off that you're wiser than the other person.
"If I hadn't learned the gossip, I wouldn't have been able to rashly make such odd suggestions to you." Xue Yao directly stated the key, "His Majesty has plans for a tour in the near future, the destination is Ba Shu, hesitant that the Shu Road is difficult and dangerous, there is no official road, His Majesty intends to requisition the people, Qi build the Shu Road, and build a palace in Shu."
"Where is this gossip coming from?" Concubine Shih didn't quite believe it, "The parade isn't a governmental matter, if His Majesty really had the pleasure, it should have been us concubines who heard the news first."
"The source of information forgive me for not being able to tell Your Highness, my Xue family, has been out of the two full second grade officers, the news comes from a variety of natural, the real purpose of the Emperor's tour this time, is to deter the Pingyi King of Shu, to repair the official road, for the sake of not touring the mountains and playing in the water, but to send out the troops without hindrance!"
Princess Shio froze, and after thinking carefully, her face changed.
She looked blankly at Xue Yao, "If His Majesty does have such a mind, how could our consort possibly discourage him from going on this tour?"
Xue Yao's eyes lit up and he immediately returned, "I don't ask that Your Highness dispel His Majesty's thoughts, but I only hope that Your Highness will push back against accompanying him on his patrols, so as to avoid His Majesty from using the excuse of taking you on a tour of the mountains and rivers as an excuse to offer a road to Shu and build a palace."
"Why?" The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, "Are you afraid that King Pingyi will take it out on me?"
"King Pingyi understands the Emperor's meaning better than anyone, your danger is no longer with him." Xue Yao's gaze was compassionate as he looked at Concubine Shi: "How treacherous the road to Shu is, Your Highness, coming from a foreign state, I'm afraid I'm not clear on that, but perhaps you've heard of the Jianmen Pass?
Back then, Jiang Wei was in this place, that is a road that is difficult to transport even grain and grass, to the people step by step to transport building materials, along the crags fighting for their lives to open up the mountain, within a few years, will certainly stir up public anger!
The common people do not know the true purpose of the Emperor's Offer of the Road to Shu, but only think, it is to take you to view the Shu, to hurt the money, to labor the people, and all these public grievances will probably be covered over your head."
Shi Fei's face was instantly bloodless, and it really was a point of understanding.
If the Shu Road is really as difficult to repair as Xue Yao said, she is afraid that she will become a generation of woe of the country's witch in the history books, and Daji Bergsi to a book!
There was silence in the inner sanctum.
Looking at Consort Shi's pale face, Xue Yao did not say anything to comfort her.
She had to be made aware of the seriousness of the situation.
After a long time, Consort Shi looked at Xue Yao despondently and sighed, "Your gaze is really too far ahead of me, a woman in the deep palace, and I didn't think of this layer of danger at all."
"Your Highness is too kind, and I am only hearing about it from hearsay, not guessing on my own."
It's actually the future that is explicitly written out in the novel.
How many people can strategize to win?
There are so many variables in the future, you never know what will happen until you get there.
Consort Shio pondered for a moment and said indifferently, "The hour is almost up, go to the academy, Ah Yao, Old Seven is counting on you. The matter of the parade, I still have to think about it, I'm afraid I may not be able to avoid it."
Before Xue Yao left, he reminded in a low voice, "Although I shouldn't ask about the private affairs of the Queen's courtyard, I would also like to ask the Queen to be wary of the attendants around her."
Princess Shio said, "I'll heed it, don't you worry."
*
When Xue Yao went to the bedchamber to pick up the Seventh Prince from the academy, he happened to bump into Yi Qiu badmouthing him to His Highness.
"If he were to treat his master with sincerity, he wouldn't have taken the lead in wrestling his favorite wooden horse in the first place!"
Yiqiu fed the jujube soup while brainwashing the Seventh Prince: "The slave girl picked out a sliver of pure-hearted sons of the family for His Highness, older than Xue Yao, more poems and books than Xue Yao, and taller than Xue Yao, able to protect His Highness."
Xue Yao rolled his eyes as he listened outside the door.
Is the Third Prince something that an older companion can hold back?
Besides Xue Yao, who else dares to go against Consort Tong?
Inside the bedchamber, even the Seventh Prince couldn't listen anymore, and argued loudly in exasperation, "Biyao yao ...... than yao yao ......"
Xue Yao secretly reminded in his mind, "Are there any more loyal than Yao Yao!"
The Seventh Prince had a heart-to-heart value of 0 and argued loudly, "Is it stupider than Yao Yao!"
Silly Yao Yao: "......"
This rebuttal angle is really tricky to find. Yichu can't deny it now, can she?
It's better to be done with this little fat kid.
Don't even think about drinking Wonky!
*
For a few days in a row, the Third Prince wasn't coming to the academy to pick a fight.
Both the Fifth and Sixth Emperors thought that Third Brother was afraid of being bumped by Old Seven, so they treated Old Seven as a hero and praised him for his bravery every day.
It puffed up a little chubby boy so much that he asked for a double portion of milk every day!
While practicing calligraphy, Xue Yao was startled by a large bug that suddenly flew onto the back of his hand and threw off his brush.
The Seventh Prince sitting on the side squinted his eyes, and seeing the bug in Yao Yao's hand, a hint of contempt appeared on the little bun's face, followed by an angry little purr at the bug!
The bug flew away.
"Hmph." The courageous seventh prince took credit again, angling his little bun face and waiting for distant praise.
Xue Yao: "......"
People's bugs just happened to fly away, it's not like you scared them away!
However, the Seventh Prince didn't see it that way, and delayed in receiving praise, his gaze toward Silly Yao Yao became fierce, and he eagerly shook his little fat legs.
"Your Highness is so powerful." Xue Yao compromised shamefully.
Once again, the Seventh Prince conquered evil and puffed out his chest, and chubby little belly.
Because the little master "became famous in one battle", the seventh prince's palace maid followers also doubled the face, privately feed a meal, have to brag about two sentences.
They said, "Our Seventh Highness has the demeanor of a prince and the backbone of a famous general, so in the future, he may be able to lead the troops to fight for the emperor and quell the Japanese invaders!"
Xue Yao couldn't help but laugh as he listened.
These courtesan ambitions still can't keep up with King Ning's skills ah, does this Long Ao Tian cub still need to go on campaigns for the Emperor when he grows up?
People want to be emperor themselves!
However, the palace maids misunderstood the meaning of Xue Yao's sneer and thought that he was looking down on the Seventh Prince, and one by one, they were all furious on behalf of the Seventh Prince, anxiously showing their loyalty and asking Xue Yao, "What are you laughing at!"
Xue Yao still wanted to laugh: when the Seventh Prince was being bullied by the Third Prince, how come I don't see you guys stepping up?
Seeing that he was actually looking mocking as a fart child, the palace maids became even more mortified and vicious, turning around to complain to the Seventh Prince, saying that Xue Yao was looking down on his master!
The seventh prince, who had eaten his fill, was a bit sleepy and expressionlessly looked up at Xue Yao.
Xue Yao: "......"
When the palace maids saw that His Highness looked displeased, each of them waited to see Xue Yao being ferocious.
Let him get his tail up in front of His Highness and the Queen when he's in the limelight!
This is going to be mean to His Highness now, isn't it?
The Seventh Prince jumped off the small bench and walked over to Xue Yao with this sunken face, tilting his head and staring at him majestically.
Xue Yao thought that this little fat cub was really provoked, and was just about to open his mouth to explain, when the Seventh Prince suddenly buried his little bun face under his arm and murmured, "Is Your Highness sleepy?"
Xue Yao: "......"
Turns out he was sleepy and looking for him to sleep.
The palace maid's mouth is to be angry crooked, when Xue Yao did not come, His Highness wants to sleep, are picking the closest palace maid to ask for a hug, now the favor is all gone, are given to Xue Yao!
Xue Yao was pierced by the eyes of the palace ladies and was very uneasy, glancing at the little meatball in her arms, she always felt that she was covered with the four big words of favoring the harem ......
*
These days, Princess Shio had been praying that the gossip that Xue Yao had spoken of were all rumors.
Even if it's true, the Emperor should have invited the Empress to accompany him on his parade, it's impossible to bring only her, right?
However, what's coming is coming.
This day under the court, the emperor smilingly came to her temple to eat, and opened his mouth to ask: "Ai Fei has heard people say the scenery of Ba Shu?"
Princess Shio's face brushed white.