The princess is rebellious and brings space to make trouble for the villain

Mo Qitian looked at the emperor, his expression changed slightly: "Rewards and punishments are clear!"

"Father, each region also has its own strengths and weaknesses. If the region needs to be controlled from the inside out, those who do well can be rewarded according to different proportions based on their achievements."

"In this way, the people will have no complaints, and officials from different regions will compete with each other. Of course, there will inevitably be some profit-seeking officials, but the allocation of funds can be announced to the local people in the form of posters. It is better to have the people supervise it than anything else."

Outside the imperial study, Eunuch Li and others had been waiting. The empress and some ministers had already arrived, and when they heard Eunuch Li say that the emperor was busy, they left.

When I left the imperial study, it was already the end of the 3:00 p.m.

Afterwards, the prince hurried from the East Palace to the Imperial Study.

That night, both those who should sleep and those who shouldn’t sleep couldn’t sleep.

Mo Qitian tossed and turned on the bed, thinking about the conversation between his father and him this afternoon. His heart could not calm down for a long time. This was the first time that his father cared about him like this. It turned out that this was what his father's care was like.

At the same time, he also knew that after these two actions, he saw satisfaction in his father's eyes, which made the prince want to kill him even more. He could no longer sit and wait for death as before.

The East Palace was brightly lit.

Not long after the Crown Prince was summoned to the Imperial Study by the Emperor, he came out with a dark face. Eunuch Li, who was guarding outside the door, didn't even dare to breathe.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The palace maids knelt in fear and said, "Prince, calm down."

"Everyone get out."

"Yes, Prince."

After leaving, the personal guard closed the door.

"Fourth brother is really good at pretending. He used to look so cold and indifferent, but it turns out that he has been eyeing my position for a long time."

"Prince, what happened?"

The prince glanced at the guard, his eyes full of anger, "Ling Feng, go call my second brother."

The guard named Ling Feng glanced at the night outside the paper window, then glanced at the prince, and then said respectfully: "Prince, it is late at night now, and you have just returned from the imperial study. If you call the second prince now, if someone with ulterior motives sees it, I am afraid it will get to the emperor's ears and it will be bad."

The prince glanced at Ling Feng with a squeaking sound, and his fists clenched.

After dinner today, he thought that his father asked him to tell him something important, but he was scolded by his father instead. This was the first time that his father was so angry with him. No matter what he did in the past, his father was always satisfied with him as the prince.

Now they are angry about the pension of soldiers who died five years ago. Five years have passed. Since things have been peaceful for so long, why bother to investigate?

He should have poisoned his good fourth brother more at the beginning and killed him directly.

The next day.

The prince came out of the East Palace and went to the second prince's residence.

Looking at the prince with a livid face, the second prince was very puzzled. It had only been not long since he came back from praying for blessings. Wasn’t he in great favor? Why did he look so pale? Could it be his fourth brother?

"Brother Prince, what's wrong with you?"

The Crown Prince did not respond to the Second Prince's words. Instead, he sat in the main seat in the Second Prince's Mansion and took a sip of tea before he calmed down.

The Crown Prince looked at the Second Prince with a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Second brother, five years ago, I asked you to distribute all the pensions. Did you do it?"

The Second Prince restrained his expression and said, "Of course there is, Crown Prince, is there something wrong?"

"Humph, my fourth brother went to tell father yesterday that most of the pensions from five years ago were swallowed up by officials, and only 500 soldiers were left, and each of them only had 20 taels of silver."

"Tell me, where did all the money go?"

The second prince stood up suddenly, "What? Only 20 taels per person, and there are only 500 soldiers? Brother Crown Prince, where did you hear that? How could it be so little? It's impossible."

Back then, the Crown Prince asked him to do these things, and no matter what, it was impossible for there to be only twenty taels of silver left. Now he is told that there are only twenty taels left. Can he sit still?

The Crown Prince glared at the Second Prince and slammed the table hard, "These are all told to me by my father himself, could they be false?"

"Brother Crown Prince, how did father know about this? Moreover, it has been five years. Father suddenly found out about it. Could it be that he has doubts about what happened back then?" The Second Prince felt a little guilty.

"Humph, I don't know what's wrong with father. He actually listened to fourth brother. In the past, why would father think of fourth brother?"

The prince couldn't understand it. All along, it was his father who summoned him or his second brother, so why would he summon his fourth brother for no reason?

Could it be that it was because he mentioned the last time that Miss Shangfang was to be married to my fourth brother that this attracted the attention of my father?

No, the emperor can only have eyes for him and only one son, not for my fourth brother.

He had seen that his fourth younger brother had been better than him since childhood. If he had not accidentally heard his mother telling him not to always take the lead when he was a child, he would not have known that his fourth younger brother had been hiding his talent.

"Brother Crown Prince, does that mean it was Fourth Brother and Father who said that this time?"

The prince nodded and said, "Not bad."

The second prince was shocked and said, "So, because of the marriage, fourth brother is going to fight back?"

The prince's eyes flickered slightly when he heard this. If this was the case, he could not allow the marriage to be withdrawn. His fourth brother must marry the eldest lady.

"Second brother, first deal with the border issues. Remember, don't let Father hear about it. This matter is of great importance. If it is not handled properly, we may all suffer. It has been several years since the border issue, but Fourth Brother still found out about it. This means he must have people there. Think of a way to bring them down."

"Yes, Brother Prince."

"By the way, did you invite Fourth Brother to the Crown Prince's Consort's birthday banquet this time?"

"We should invite him. After all, they are from the royal family. No matter how powerful the prince is, he can't openly offend Xu Zhaoyi."

"Very good." The prince sneered, "Miss Fang will also be there by then. I would like to see what expression my fourth brother will have when he sees her."

The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.

"Oh, this is a jade pendant."

The second prince said as he took out the finished jade pendant from his arms and handed it to the crown prince. "This jade pendant is exactly the same as the one your brother had before. It took me a long time to make it like this. Your brother, please don't lose it this time."

The prince took the jade pendant and grinned as it was exactly the same as his previous one.

He stretched out his hand and patted the second prince on the shoulder.

"Second brother, you are promising. I didn't misjudge you. I will send you some girls from Mengxian Tower in the next few days. Hahaha..."

Just as the two were making their plans, the guards at the door hurried in.

"Prince, there is news."