After traveling through time, I became a thorn in the eyes of the sickly prince

Emperor Kang Ning stared at An Jinshan's face, which was 60% similar to An Jinhai's. He found that he was just as smooth as An Jinhai and could not find any fault with him. He leaned forward slightly.

"I heard that An Chengen failed to eliminate the banditry and was captured by the bandits. He was asked to pay 200,000 grains and silver. I wonder how your An family settled this matter?"

An Jinshan's face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat. If the young lady had exchanged 60,000 catties of rice and 50,000 silver notes for her life, it seemed like she had committed a serious crime, because sending food to those bandits was tantamount to treason. After thinking it over, he slowly said,

"Your Majesty, I heard that Cheng'en was a martial arts master who took advantage of the night to kill many bandits and escape from the stronghold!!!" The voice was powerful and every word was insightful.

Emperor Kangning looked at An Jinshan's calm expression and suddenly realized that he was a fool, or even a ball, being kicked around by these ministers. The spies in Zhaoyuan County reported that An Chengen was able to survive because the An family sent rice and silver bills, but look at how he lied without thinking, deceiving me on the first day of court. He wanted to tear his face apart and hurt the harmony. After all, the An family was concerned about the country and the people, and helped Daxia a lot.

Seeing that the emperor had gone off topic, Sun Chongshan crawled forward a few steps and said sincerely,

"Your Majesty, I speak from the bottom of my heart. As far as I know, the one who possessed the bombs and sold the weapons to Tianqi Country was none other than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. When the two countries were at war, His Royal Highness secretly sold weapons to the enemy country. This is a serious taboo and is a sign of treason. Please depose the Crown Prince and make the Second Prince the Crown Prince!!!"

"I second this motion,"

"I second the proposal!"

Still the same old story.

Emperor Kangning looked at the prince with a burning gaze, his eyes full of coldness.

The prince was sweating profusely and bowed, "Father, even if I had ten thousand guts, I would not dare to murder my brother, let alone commit treason. Since Lord Sun is so sure, please show me the evidence!"

Prime Minister Chu moved his numb knees and saluted with his fists.

"Your Majesty, please do not listen to the slander of villains and sow discord among the princes!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Chongshan immediately became angry. "Prime Minister Chu, please be careful with your words. Who is the villain? And you are trying to sow discord between the princes. Now those assassins and the captives of Tianqi are still being held in prison. If the emperor wants to know if I have fabricated the facts, just confront me face to face!!!"

"Who knows whether you have bribed those people!" Prime Minister Chu said in a hostile tone.

"You, what are you talking about!" Sun Chongshan was so angry that his chest heaved up and down and he was gasping for breath.

Emperor Kangning's face darkened, and he raised a stack of memorials and threw them out fiercely.

"Humph, since you like to quarrel, then quarrel enough today. You have no way to deal with the empty treasury, and you have no solution to the snow disaster in the north, and the starving people are everywhere. It's really bad to quarrel in front of me every day." He raised his big hand, and another stack of memorials flew out. His eyes scanned the circle and finally fell on the prince's face.

“If you have nothing to do, learn from General Mu who is guarding the border of Cangzhou. Even at such an old age, he not only fought off the repeated harassment from the Huainan Kingdom, but also invented the Zhuge Crossbow that can fire ten arrows in a row. Don’t have such evil thoughts every day, and come to the side hall later!!!” After saying that, he stepped down from the dragon throne and walked towards the door.

The scolded prince's face was full of embarrassment. He did not expect that his father would scold him in front of all the civil and military officials. He wiped the sweat from his face.

The young eunuch rushed in, "Your Majesty, great news, the Sixth Princess has been found and brought back to the palace!"

Emperor Kangning's eyes lit up, "Okay, notify Huainan Kingdom and send the Sixth Princess to marry tomorrow!!!"

The young eunuch hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the date of the marriage has passed for three days. Should we send the princess there later?" He looked inquiringly.

"It doesn't matter. It's worth using a princess to marry to bring peace to the border of Cangzhou! By the way, when passing by Zhaoyuan County, let An Chengen escort the princess to Huainan Kingdom for marriage. Isn't that a great martial arts skill!!!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Kangning continued walking towards the door.

Looking at Emperor Kangning's back, An Jinshan broke out in a cold sweat again. It had been several days since the marriage. Was it to be the intention of Huainan Kingdom to humiliate Cheng'en?

~ Side Hall ~

The prince followed Emperor Kangning into the side hall and knelt on the ground.

"Father, I know I was wrong. I beg you to forgive me this time."

Emperor Kangning sat on the Luohan couch, rubbed his aching head, and looked at the eunuch at the door.

"Go and ask Madam Xiang to give me a few injections."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The young eunuch turned and left.

The prince knelt down and took a few steps, "Father, please forgive me this time!" His voice was full of sincerity.

Emperor Kangning slowly opened his eyes, thinking of what had happened recently, and became angry again.

"Don't think I don't know about your killing of brothers and sisters and selling weapons. I didn't tell you because I wanted to see how you would behave." After saying this, he started to cough violently.

"What are brothers? They are brothers who can help you when you are in trouble. But you have started to hurt your brothers before you even sit on the throne!" The scorching eyes seemed to stare a hole in the prince's face.

The prince knelt on the ground in silence, the scene of Prince Duan being stuffed into a prison cart and walking out of the palace gate miserably emerged in his mind.

"Where did you get those black ball bombs?" he asked in a probing tone.

The prince rolled his eyes and said, "Father, I found it in the valley. It was the valley that was on fire. It was the valley where I pulled back the bodies of Prince Duan and Princess!"

This was consistent with what Xue'er said. His cloudy old eyes changed again and again, and finally he raised his big hand and waved,

"Go ahead. I hope you won't disappoint me in the future. If you do something excessive again, not only me, but also the officials in the court will not let you go!"

"Thank you, father!" The prince stood up happily and walked out of the side hall.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw Concubine Shu walking in with tears in her eyes and her hand covering her bulging belly.

"Your Majesty, you can't send the Sixth Princess to marry. That would cost our daughter's life. We have spoiled this child since she was young, and she has a very strong temper!" After saying this, he knelt down on the ground.

"Nonsense, the marriage has already been decided, and you want to go back on your word? Do you think this is our country of Daxia?"

Concubine Shu cried even more sadly, "Your Majesty, please go and see how thin the Sixth Princess has become. How about letting the Seventh Princess marry her instead?" Her voice was full of pleading.

"The one that Shi Yong of Jingchuan of Huainan State has set his sights on is Zhu'er. His escape from marriage has already made Shi Yong return to his country. Is he going to switch her again?"

Emperor Kangning helped Concubine Shu up, "Ruojin, stop crying. You almost had a miscarriage last time. It was only because Xue'er saved you in time!"

"Your Majesty, my heart aches when I think about the Sixth Princess going so far away." Concubine Shu clutched her chest, looking heartbroken and sad.

"Send a princess, wouldn't it be good for the two countries to coexist peacefully? The Ministry of War has been submitting memorials to send troops to Cangzhou. Huainan has repeatedly harassed the border of Cangzhou because of the Sixth Princess. If a war really breaks out, many soldiers will die. The wedding convoy is ready, and we should set off early tomorrow."