The Imperial Peasant Girl is Both Enigmatic and Dashing – Chapter 145

Chapter 145: The Emperor and Prince Ding Have a Problem!

Censor Lin: “Prince Ding is wise, it should be so!”

Vice Minister of Works: “Prince Ding is wise, I second the motion!”

Several other ministers also voiced their agreement.

Chu Tianyu’s face changed. Hand over military power to Chu Tiankuo?!

How did things turn out like this?

Wasn’t today supposed to be about deposing the Crown Prince?

What’s going on with handing over military power?

The emperor didn’t respond. He looked conflicted, disapproving. He looked at Prime Minister Liang: “What does the Prime Minister think?”

Prime Minister Liang: “In reply to Your Majesty, I…”

Prince Ding yawned, interrupting Prime Minister Liang, and said matter-of-factly: “Your Majesty, the Prime Minister will certainly agree. Didn’t he just propose that the Crown Prince go to meet the enemy? Doesn’t meeting the enemy require prior preparation? Without preparation, does he want the Crown Prince to lose the battle?”

Prime Minister Liang: “…”

Prince Ding continued: “The Prime Minister certainly doesn’t want the Crown Prince to lose the battle, so it’s necessary to let the Crown Prince hold military power to train troops! If the Crown Prince doesn’t take the military tally and doesn’t train troops, how can he win the battle? When will I get my ten million taels back, and when will Xiaobai come back? Prime Minister, am I right?”

Prime Minister Liang: “…”

Can he say no?

Censor Lin was the first to say: “Prince Ding is absolutely right!”

Vice Minister of Works: “Prince Ding is absolutely right!”

Several ministers: “Prince Ding is absolutely right!”

Prime Minister Liang didn’t expect things to develop to the point of handing over military power to Chu Tiankuo.

He miscalculated!

He thought for a moment and then said: “I think Prince Ding is absolutely right!”

The emperor fell silent again, looking hesitant and conflicted, as if it was a very difficult decision to make.

Chu Tiankuo glanced at the emperor, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

After a long while, the emperor finally made a difficult decision. He looked at Chu Tiankuo: “I will hand over the military power of Dongshan to you! Train well! In these few days, treat Princess Zhao well, only seek wealth, don’t hurt her! If we can avoid war, we absolutely will not go to war, understand?”

Chu Tianyu clenched his fists: Has Father Emperor gone mad? Really handing over military power?

Moreover, Dongshan, near the capital, has a garrison of 50,000 troops, controlled by the Xie family. The Xie family and the Minister of Works are in-laws, they are on the same boat as him.

Father Emperor is handing over his military power to Chu Tiankuo!!!

Prime Minister Liang was not surprised.

There are three major military camps near the capital: Shanxi, Dongshan, and Beishan.

Shanxi has 100,000 troops, controlled by the Duke Protector of the Nation, who is the Empress Dowager’s elder brother.

For the sake of the Empress Dowager, the emperor would never take away the Duke Protector’s military power.

Beishan is the furthest from the capital, with 80,000 troops, and the general is Ren Zhenzhou.

Ren Zhenzhou had a close relationship with the emperor and Prince Ding when they were young.

He had saved the emperor’s life several times before, and the emperor trusted him very much and naturally wouldn’t take away his military power.

As for the Dongshan military camp, it’s all his people, which is good, easy to control.

Chu Tiankuo cupped his hands and said: “Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely live up to your expectations!”

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After the court session, the Second Prince rushed to find Prime Minister Liang: “Grandfather, how did Chu Tiankuo get the military power? Wasn’t today’s court session about deposing him as Crown Prince? Why wasn’t he deposed, and he even got the military power?”

The Prime Minister also didn’t expect things to turn out this way.

Chu Tiankuo using Liyuan’s death as leverage was too unexpected.

And Prince Ding, he seemed to be making a fuss, but thinking about it now, he was actually helping the Crown Prince gain military power!

And the emperor…

“It seems that the emperor still favors the Crown Prince the most.”

Don’t think that the emperor made the Crown Prince kneel outside all night after he came back, but kneeling wouldn’t make him lose any flesh, it was completely insignificant!

Seven years can dilute a lot of things. The emperor has forgotten the Crown Prince’s defiance back then, forgotten the humiliation of the empress cuckolding him. Now that the Crown Prince has made great contributions, his love has been rekindled!

He had seen with his own eyes how biased Father Emperor was towards Chu Tiankuo back then. Chu Tianyu said anxiously: “What should we do now? Chu Tiankuo has the military power. If he resolves Princess Zhao’s matter, or if he wins the battle, with the military power in his hands, won’t he secure the position of Crown Prince?!”

He had deeply experienced how capable Chu Tiankuo was when they were young!

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He was practically his childhood nightmare.

He highly doubted Chu Tiankuo’s ability to win a battle!

After all, he has half of Marquis Changping’s blood in him.

Prime Minister Liang: “Second Prince, don’t be anxious. Even with the military tally and a powerful army, you need the fortune to handle it, right? The Changping Army was famous throughout the Four Kingdoms for its bravery and skill in battle, wasn’t it also destroyed? Swords and arrows have no eyes on the battlefield.”

Hearing this, the Second Prince’s heart stirred, and he sneered: “In that case, this war with Zhao must break out!”

“Yes.” Prime Minister Liang thought of the emperor and Prince Ding’s performance today and frowned.

There’s something wrong with the emperor and Prince Ding!

Could it be that Prince Ding’s years of searching for birds weren’t really about searching for birds?

But if it wasn’t about searching for birds, what was it for?

He remembered that Prince Ding had always favored Chu Tiankuo. Could it be that those birds were used to send messages to Chu Tiankuo?

In that case, the Grand Commander…

At this moment, a steward rushed in, interrupting his train of thought: “Master, the Young Master has a fever again! High fever and convulsions!”

Prime Minister Liang’s face changed, and he hurriedly ran out.

Chu Tianyu couldn’t help but think about how Chu Tiankuo not only wasn’t deposed today but also got the military power.

He always felt that Chu Tiankuo was too confident, there might be some trick behind his detention of Princess Zhao.

If Zhao doesn’t send troops and he doesn’t have to go to war, or if there’s an accident and he wins, with the military power in his hands, it’ll be troublesome!

He thought of the matter that the Grand Commander hadn’t investigated clearly yet.

No, he needs to help the Grand Commander investigate it as soon as possible!

Make preparations on both fronts!

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When Chu Tiankuo returned to Star Garden, Xingnong was studying the formation in a corner of the garden.

Chu Tiankuo had used the heat from the hot spring to set up a formation in this area, so that even in late autumn, this corner of the garden was filled with flowers from all seasons.

Chu Tiankuo came to Xingnong’s side: “Have you figured it out?”

Xingnong rested her chin on her hand and nodded: “Yeah, I kind of understand. I’m thinking, if we could set up this kind of formation in the fields, wouldn’t we be able to grow vegetables all year round? Then we could eat all kinds of vegetables in every season.”

Xingnong wanted to combine the law of conservation of energy to create a light-gathering formation.

She knew how to collect sunlight, but the difficulty lay in how to convert sunlight and heat energy into the formation for utilization.

She hadn’t figured it out yet!

A look of surprise flashed in Chu Tiankuo’s eyes, and he nodded: “That’s right! There’s a hot spring estate outside the capital, let’s go and try it out?”

“Okay!” Xingnong knew that Chu Tiankuo’s formations were more powerful than hers. If they worked together, they might be able to find a solution.

Then, when she returned to the village, she could find a piece of land and set up a formation to let the villagers grow all-season vegetables. Besides eating them, they could also earn money.

Chu Tiankuo called Songbai to prepare the carriage.

Xingnong thought that Xingqing was going out today, and Princess Changle would probably take her to Welcome Guest Restaurant for a meal. She said to Shen Nan, who was ready to follow: “Shen Nan, please help me keep an eye on Miss Xingqing today. The shopkeeper of Welcome Guest Restaurant knows her, remind him that he doesn’t need to waive her meal expenses today.”

Shen Nan was a simple-minded person. He used to obey Shen Hanyu, but now he completely obeyed Xingnong. Chu Tiankuo and Songbai’s martial arts skills were impressive, so she wouldn’t be in danger going out with them. He nodded: “Yes!”

Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo left the city in a carriage.

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