Chapter 153 Xue Qinghe "disappears"
Xue Haizang is dead, and now there are only seven-year-old Xue Beng and fifteen-year-old Xue Qinghe left. It is self-evident who the ministers should support. More and more ministers are beginning to move closer to Xue Qinghe, and those who originally supported Xue Qinghe naturally began to rise in status.
Wang Shen and his friends are also like this. His wife has finally made it. She has endured it for a year and finally doesn't have to endure it anymore.
Their superiors did not dare to do anything to them, and even tried to please them intentionally. After all, they had already sided with Xue Qinghe a long time ago.
Now Xue Ye has no choice. Her fourth son is only seven years old, and Xue Qinghe is the only one left to choose.
So he made Xue Qinghe the crown prince.
After he was made the crown prince, he arranged for Xue Qinghe to study at Yuexuan.
Today's Yuexuan is no longer an ordinary place. It is a popular place in the eyes of the nobles, who are trying their best to send their children there. Tang Yuehua had no choice but to reform Yuexuan again.
Originally there was no limit on the number of students that could be admitted, but now she has limited the number of students, only admitting once a year, and there are only a hundred places available. Now, it is not just the nobles in Tiandou City who want to come to Yuexuan to study.
Almost all the nobles in the Tiandou Empire wanted their children to come to Yuexuan for study and gilding, including the affiliated kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire.
Now in their eyes, the nobles who have studied in Yuexuan and the nobles who have not studied in Yuexuan are two different concepts.
A chain of contempt emerged among the nobles.
The nobles who had studied at Yuexuan looked down on those who had not studied at Yuexuan.
If you have not studied in Yuexuan, you are not a true aristocrat. This is the perception among the aristocratic community today.
Tang Yuehua also accumulated a huge network of contacts, and many nobles were once her students.
This is why, after Xue Ye was enthroned as the crown prince, he immediately asked Xue Qinghe to come to Yuexuan to study. This is a guarantee. People in Xue Qinghe's class will support him without exception. Besides, no one else will support him.
If you don't support Xue Qinghe, do you want to support a seven-year-old Avalanche?
Inside Yuexuan.
Di Yuan was sitting on a recliner. There was a plate of fruit and a glass of fruit drink on the table next to him. He was holding a book in his hand and reading leisurely. Not far from him, Tang Yuehua was teaching Xue Qinghe and the others music.
One of Di Yuan's greatest pleasures is watching these people learn.
After the class ended, everyone began to rest. Tang Yuehua glanced at her son, feeling quite helpless.
She wanted Di Yuan to study with her more than once, but he just refused.
Xue Qinghe looked at Di Yuan lying leisurely on the recliner, so he walked over.
"Xiao Yuan, you are so leisurely. We are studying here, but you are lying here reading books, drinking fruit drinks and eating fruits."
"We are really envious of you."
Di Yuan put down the book and sat up.
"Brother Xue, if you are envious, wait until tomorrow and I will set up a reclining chair for you. You can relax with me."
"Forget it." Xue Qinghe waved his hand.
"I'm here to learn, not to do these things."
Ever since the two of them became familiar with each other, Xue Qinghe no longer allowed Di Yuan to call him "Your Highness", but "Big Brother Xue". He also called Di Yuan "Xiao Yuan", and the relationship between the two was still very good.
"Then you should study hard. I'm going upstairs to practice." After saying that, Di Yuan stood up and walked upstairs.
Xue Qinghe shook his head.
He looked at Di Yuan's back thoughtfully. Although he was the crown prince now, he was still unsure about Di Hong.
Even if Di Hong supported him, he was still unsure, because after he became the crown prince, Di Hong rarely interacted with him and kept a certain distance from him, as if he was wary of him. If he was not confident, he would have thought that Di Hong had seen through something.
But his son was close to him.
If you want to seize the Tiandou Empire in the future, you can't avoid Emperor Hong.
So he needed to know what Di Hong thought of the Tiandou Empire, and whether he was a loyal minister or something else.
If the Di family is a die-hard fan of the Tiandou royal family, then it will be difficult to deal with. If they want to get rid of Di Hong, the Spirit Hall will probably have to send out all its forces.
I just don't know how to test the Di family's heart.
But soon, he thought of a solution.
Xue Qinghe and Di Yuan were playing chess. Since he couldn't beat Xue Ye, he tried to find some sense of accomplishment from Di Yuan.
Emperor Yuan's army was soon overwhelmed and in disarray.
"Oh, I lost." With a sigh, he threw the chess piece back into the chess box.
"Brother Xue, can you please stop looking for a sense of accomplishment from me? If you can't beat others, come to me."
"Haha." Xue Qinghe smiled and picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.
"Please forgive me. I have no choice. You know I can't beat others, so I can only find some sense of accomplishment from you."
"How about this, I'll treat you to a meal as an apology."
"Okay, even if you don't go when others invite you, you must go when you are invited by the crown prince of the empire, and I will give you a big meal." Emperor Yuan was immediately delighted.
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "It's up to you. I don't believe you can bankrupt me."
Afterwards, the two changed their clothes and left Yuexuan. Tang Yuehua would go back to Haotian Sect today and would not be back for three days, so it was a holiday and Xue Qinghe also had some time.
The two were sitting in a carriage. Xue Qinghe suddenly opened the window and reached his hand out, but quickly pulled it back.
After receiving the signal, the people in the dark prepared to act.
The carriage had not been moving for long when it suddenly stopped.
"What's going on?" Di Yuan asked.
The guard driving the car said respectfully, "Sir, there seems to be something going on up ahead. There are a lot of people gathered around, and it seems like someone is arguing."
"Then let's take a detour." Di Yuan had no choice. He couldn't just chase the person away.
"Wait a moment." Xue Qinghe said.
"Maybe something happened, let's go and take a look."
After saying that, he opened the door and got out of the carriage.
"Brother Xue." Di Yuan wanted to stop him, but it was too late. He had no choice but to get out of the car.
The two men squeezed into the crowd one after the other. Di Yuan took a look and immediately lost interest. The two men in front were fighting. From their words, he heard that one of them said that the other had stolen his money, but the other said no, so the two men started fighting, and the people around were watching the fun.
Just as Di Yuan was about to leave, the crowd suddenly became chaotic, with all kinds of people pushing each other, which directly separated him and Xue Qinghe, and even the guards who were accompanying them were squeezed away.
After a while, the city defense forces came over to maintain order and dispersed the people.
After the crowd dispersed, Di Yuan was stunned. Xue Qinghe was gone.
"What about people?"
The guards who had been squeezed away came over.
They were also confused.
"Have you seen the prince?" Di Yuan asked.
Several people shook their heads to indicate that they didn't see it, as they had just been squeezed away.
"Go find it."
Emperor Yuan was a little anxious. The prince was lost in broad daylight. How could this be tolerated?
Several guards rushed to look for someone. The prince was missing, and this was related to their lives and property. If they couldn't find him, they would all be doomed.
When Emperor Yuan was about to notify the imperial guards to seal off the city, a ragged little boy suddenly ran out from the street.
"Here you go." The little boy handed a letter to Di Yuan.
As soon as Di Yuan took the letter, the little boy ran away.
(End of this chapter)