Chapter 65: Your Majesty is cheating people on behalf of your daughter?

"Your Majesty, I believe that horseshoes can greatly increase the number of cavalry in the Tiansheng Dynasty in a very short period of time. At this critical juncture, the Fifth Princess's actions are an unprecedented achievement. You can grant her a title and a fiefdom as a reward!"

Princesses of the Tiansheng Dynasty were given titles and fiefs, just like princes were made kings. Not only did their status and position rise to a higher level, but most importantly, they could also enjoy the tax revenue from their fiefs.

When Marquis Wu'an made this proposal, the reaction of the neutral factions in the court might not be very strong.
But the princes' party, especially those of the eldest prince, suddenly became uneasy.

General Weiyuan even directly stood up and objected:
"Your Majesty, you must not!"

"Oh?"

Emperor Xuanwu raised his eyes, his expression was hard to tell:
"Why not?"

“Your Majesty, the Beixiang envoys have not yet arrived in the capital, and the 10,000 retired war horses have not been delivered either.

If we reward the Fifth Princess lavishly at this time, and the news gets out, I am afraid that other incidents will arise and cause more trouble!"

Although General Weiyuan was a military general, he had at least been immersed in the court for many years.

He knew that the emperor hated forming cliques and pursuing personal interests the most, and he was even more aware that the eldest prince was now disliked by His Majesty. If he rashly brought up the argument that the eldest prince and others had not yet been crowned king, but the fifth princess had taken the lead, it would make the previous princes lose face.
Not only will it be of no use, it will also make Emperor Xuanwu hate the eldest prince even more.

So I had to settle for the next best thing and chose this excuse which could only postpone the matter temporarily -

Anyway, the Longevity Festival and New Year’s Eve are coming soon.

Although the eldest prince was punished to go to Longhua Temple to pray for blessings, he could be pardoned and return for a period of time during such a special festival.

As long as the eldest prince can seize this opportunity and eliminate the emperor's disgust towards him during this period of time, everything will be able to turn around!
Thinking of this, General Weiyuan's attitude became even more upright, as if he really had no selfish motives in saying these words.

Emperor Xuanwu was silent for a moment. Although he was well aware of General Weiyuan's position, he had to admit that the reasons he put forward did make some sense.

He finally nodded slightly:

"In that case, let's wait a few days and then give the rewards together!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

General Weiyuan achieved his goal and returned to his original position respectfully.

Wu Anhou and Tang Yuanlin on the side didn't say anything more.

After all, what the emperor said was just to postpone it. Besides, the fifth princess's achievements were there and could not be erased. At worst, they could find a chance to bring up the old matter again after some time!

Neither group had any objections. Coincidentally, at this time, a young eunuch was waiting outside the palace with a horse equipped with horseshoes from outside the palace.

Emperor Xuanwu waved his hand and led the court officials out of the Xuanzheng Hall.

As the only person present who had personally seen how the horseshoe was nailed onto the horse's hoof, Tang Yuanlin quickly stepped forward and skillfully directed the eunuch next to him to turn the horse's hoof over and display it in front of everyone:
"Your Majesty, please look, because these two horses' hooves were severely worn, deformed and cracked, leading to early retirement. Therefore, before nailing horseshoes on them, you need to have someone trim the horseshoes and then nail them on."

"Let me see, let me see!"

General Weiyuan was originally at the forefront.

But it was not known whether it was a coincidence or not, but when Tang Yuanlin brought the horse over to show the horse's hooves, the horse happened to lie across his path.
At this moment, even if he stretched his neck, he couldn't see the hind legs. He was so anxious that he quickly changed his position and kept looking for people around him:

"Did it go straight into the flesh?"

"It's nailed to the horseshoe."

Tang Yuanlin replied lightly:
“And the princess specifically mentioned that the nails should be placed at an angle to prevent them from accidentally falling off.

Your Majesty, please look, these horseshoes were nailed on strictly according to the instructions of Your Highness the Princess. They are very firm and will not hurt the horseshoes. "

"Let me try!" General Weiyuan finally squeezed to the front row.

He listened to Tang Yuanlin's introduction and couldn't help but pull it out twice.
The force was not small, but the horseshoe did not move at all.

“It’s really good stuff!”

After verifying this with his own hands, General Weiyuan became even more excited.

He couldn't let go of the horse hoof and kept touching it for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help but speak to Emperor Xuanwu:

"Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to let me see the Fifth Princess!"

"The horseshoes are all here, why do you want to see her?"

Emperor Xuanwu was also a vengeful person. Although the person General Weiyuan had just targeted was not him, but Xiaowu,

But he is Xiaowu's father, so he still remembered this grudge for Xiaowu.

"If Xiaowu knew that she could have been awarded the title today, but lost it because of your obstruction, do you think she would want to see you?"

"…Your Majesty, I am also thinking about the overall situation."

They all know the situation, but they still have to say something that no one believes to cover up the truth.

General Weiyuan was indeed a little embarrassed.

But there is no way. Regardless of which camp he is in, he is first and foremost a general.

The fifth princess who could make horseshoes was too attractive to him.

For this purpose, he even learned the art of drawing cakes without any teacher.
"Your Majesty, think about it. The Fifth Princess just accidentally learned that horseshoe wear and tear would cause war horses to retire early, and she was able to make a good thing like horseshoes right away.

If I can tell Her Royal Highness the Princess more about the military, will Her Royal Highness create more magical objects as powerful as the horseshoe?"

This……

Emperor Xuanwu was moved.

But he showed no sign of it, and still looked very embarrassed:

"But Xiaowu is still a child after all. She has made such a great contribution this time, but she got nothing in return. She is still being bothered by an outsider like you.
Even I feel extremely embarrassed!"

General Weiyuan: “…”

So, Your Majesty is asking him for favors for the Fifth Princess?

hiss……

My dear prince, I have suffered a great loss for you this time!

He tightened his cheeks in a toothache. In order to meet the fifth princess as soon as possible, the usually stingy General Weiyuan had to be generous:
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I have a few treasures in my house that the little girl will like. They should make the princess smile."

"This is the best."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuanwu patted General Weiyuan on the shoulder with satisfaction, not giving him any chance to fool around:
"Xiaowu will have an hour's break during lunch.

You can just go back home before then and bring those things over."

"...Yes, thank you for your advice, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)