Hearing what Emperor Qi said, Qian Ertong was not afraid at all.
He asked instead: "If I tell you, can your majesty support me?"
"Then it depends on whether your reasons can convince me and the two princes."
Qian Ertong put down the medicine bowl in his hand.
"In my opinion, King Huai used his troops like a god and made great achievements in the military. However, his ability to deal with people is really weak. Otherwise, he would not have captured two cities, but was dragged into the Nanman Palace by the Nanman.
Long."
"And I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't know. King Huai probably didn't tell you from your Majesty."
"Princess Huai and my wife have a deep relationship. It was only through my wife that I found out that Princess Huai was indeed detained in the Nanman Palace by the Queen of Nanman at that time, and the situation was quite urgent. King Huai tried his best to bring her out, after all.
With 40,000 soldiers and horses competing against a small country, we still suffer a bit."
"As for how we brought Princess Huai out in the end..."
"I heard that it was because the King of the Southern Barbarians learned from unknown sources that the news of His Majesty's illness reached King Huai's military camp, and the King of the Southern Barbarians released Princess Huai the next day."
"I thought before I came here, I wanted to detain the person and gain some benefits, but now I heard that Your Majesty was sick, and I guessed that the couple was going back to Kyoto, so I didn't dare to detain him for fear of making Your Majesty angry."
"After all, they dare to deal with a prince, but if I am the emperor of Daqi, that is not necessarily the case."
"As for why King Huai didn't tell you about this matter, maybe it was because of embarrassment."
As if to verify Qian Ertong's statement, Xie Xun suddenly coughed lightly and turned his face away.
Emperor Qi was obviously pleased by Qian Ertong's words.
He smiled and said, "You are the one who will give me a high hat."
Qian Ertong cupped his hands and said, "Where is it? What I said is true. Your Majesty will know if you just go to the Nanman army and ask. As soon as the news of your illness spread to the military camp, King Huai and
Princess Huai set off immediately, and the Southern Barbarian King did not dare to stop her."
"Okay, I understand, then why do you think the fourth child needs training?"
"As for the fourth prince..."
"The fourth prince is the most filial, and he has taken care of you these days in front of your majesty. It is obvious to everyone. He may also be worried about the affairs of the Nanman and has inquired about it. It's just that... the fourth prince has not led troops to practice after all. Maybe he will be on the battlefield.
The things above are too simple.”
"Of course I don't mean to say anything bad about the fourth prince. I just want to say that if there is such an opportunity in the future, I can let the fourth prince try to see if it is that simple to attack two cities."
"In case the courtiers say that the fourth prince has no merit, as King Huai said, your majesty should give the fourth prince a chance to prove himself."
After saying this, Qian Ertong remained silent, and Emperor Qi was obviously pleased by his analysis.
Qian Ertong did not say good things about Prince Huai just because he came from Prince Huai's palace;
He didn't praise the fourth prince just because of his face in front of him.
After going around and around, he actually praised Emperor Qi.
Although it was an exaggeration, Emperor Qi still felt that a neutral courtier like Qian Ertong was worth cultivating.
Thanks to Qian Ertong's efforts to mediate the situation, the Nanman incident finally came to an end.
Emperor Qi did not investigate the strange behavior of King Huai when he was in the Southern Barbarians, nor did he investigate why the fourth prince knew so much about the Southern Barbarians.
Maybe there are some things that everyone knows tacitly, but there is just no evidence.
Logically speaking, neither of these two people could get anything good, but when they came out of the palace, Xie Xun was smiling, while the fourth prince had a gloomy face.
What Qian Ertong said today seemed to be unhelpful to anyone, but in fact it was an overt derogatory and covert praise for Xie Xun.
It was said openly that King Huai was not good at socializing and did not handle the relationship with the Nanman well, so that he was detained by the Nanman, but secretly he also used this reason to completely shirk the relationship between King Huai and the Nanman.
Let King Huai establish an image in front of Emperor Qi that although he could lead troops in war, he was not good at socializing.
This was the favorite of Emperor Qi, who was extremely suspicious.
As for the fourth prince, Xie Yang praised him openly and criticized him secretly.
He said openly that he was filial to Emperor Qi and that he cared about the Southern Barbarians, but secretly he said that he could only talk on paper and had no achievements, and was just talking about it.
On the way back home, Xie Xun had to admire Qin Rushuang's ability to see people again.
He originally felt that it was ridiculous for Qin Rushuang not to hesitate to set up a scheme for him to achieve the goal of pushing Qian Ertong into the court.
If a businessman doesn't do business well and earn more money so that he can have a worry-free life for the rest of his life, why should he get involved in the court?
But now it seems that Qian Ertong is indeed very suitable for the court.
He also realized for the first time that Qin Rushuang was not joking when she said she wanted to help him get into that position.
In fact, Qin Rushuang was already making plans a long time ago, even before he knew it.
Whether it is letting Qian Ertong join the logistics force of the border guard army, or whether he is trying his best to let Qian Ertong enter the Hanlin Academy...
All of this has traces to follow, and will ultimately lead to one goal——
That is to place their most loyal chess piece on the court.
This person has no family, no backers, and is loyal to Qin Rushuang. He is the perfect subordinate.
It is also a perfect blade!
While appreciating Qin Rushuang more and more, Xie Xun also had to re-evaluate Qin Rushuang's abilities.
With such a woman, if she stood on the opposite side of him, would he be sure that he could win against her?
He was a little unsure for a moment.
But then he felt relieved. No matter what happened before, at least now, Qin Rushuang and him were on the same front, and that was enough.
Opposite to Xie Xun is the fourth prince Xie Yang.
When he came out of the palace, his face looked gloomy and scary.
In the past, Qin Rushuang pushed Qian Ertong to the court, but he never took this person seriously.
Even though Qian Ertong later used some tricks to make Emperor Qi trust him, he did not show any vigilance.
After all, a repairman of the Hanlin Academy, even if he is now promoted to serve in front of Emperor Qi, but he does not have any real power in his hands, what tricks can he do?
To this day, after just a few words from him, he removed King Huai from the Southern Barbarians' affairs, devalued himself so badly, and even took the time to win over Emperor Qi's heart...
He has never realized one thing so clearly, that is, he underestimated Qian Ertong, and also underestimated Qin Rushuang's ability to see people!
Xie Yang couldn't help but murmur: "It seems that Qian Ertong can't be kept..."
