Chapter 7. Mongols

"Why did the Prince come to court today?" The emperor asked.

"Father may not know. Recently, I pondered on the wisdom of the ancients. This pondering wasted a little time and the last two days were limited coming to the court."

"Oh? Then today...?" The Emperor raised his eyebrows, of course, he knew that the Prince was just being lazy, the key is why he came today, it's only been two days, he shouldn't have grown up so fast.

"Well, I found that the wisdom of the ancients cannot be comprehended in a day or two. It is more reasonable to learn from you Father." Xiao Shu didn't look at the emperor anymore, turned to look at the ministers below with a smile.

Zheng Qing frowned, this eternally careless prince is crazy today.

The ministers below noticed the strange atmosphere between Xiao Shu and the Emperor and looked at each other for a while.

Seeing that the whole hall suddenly became quiet, Xiao Shu broke the stillness and said, "Go on, ministers, don't worry about me."

Still, no one spoke, Xiao Shu didn't get angry when she saw this scene and looked at the emperor again with a smile.

The Emperor was a little uncomfortable being stared at by Xiao Shu. This was the first time the little Prince looked at him with such a smile.

"Cough, Minister Ning, go ahead." the Emperor had no choice but to look down at the ministers and continued.

With the emperor's words, a middle-aged man in his 40s and 50s walked out of the line and began to report.

"Recently, in the north, there have been movements by the Mongols and they have repeatedly harassed my County's border. This minister believes that the Mongols have now ignored our Dao empire. We should at this time send troops to the north to show the Mongols our power!"

"What do other ministers think?" The Emperor said.

Another minister stood up, and Xiao Shu thought about it carefully. This should be Han Yu's father, Prime Minister Han Wei.

"I think that the Mongols has maintained a good relationship with our Dao empire for the past 15 years, and this matter may not be a provocation as Minister Ning said." Minister Han said calmly.

"If this is not a provocation, then what is a provocation! Do you want them to attack the capital?!" Minister Ning seemed to be a quick-tempered person.

"My Dao empire and the Mongols have established diplomatic relations for many years and have always maintained a good relationship. How can we decide that the Mongols are going to be our enemy just based on this little conflict today!" Minister Han also refused to give in.

"700 people died in this a small friction?! Dozens of towns in the north have been attacked, and the number of victims in the hospital is uncountable. Are little conflicts in your family like this?!" Minister Ning argued angrily.

"Ning Juan! Don't make random metaphors!" the two ministers suddenly quarrelled.

Xiao Shu sat on her chair and listened to the two people arguing endlessly. She didn't understand this kind of thing, and she was not good at expressing opinions indiscriminately, so she should just watch as if it had nothing to do with her.

Looking in the direction where the emperor was, I saw that he seemed to be a little irritated by the argument between the ministers, and his eyes didn't know what he was thinking.

At first, it was just an argument between the two ministers. Later, some ministers joined their discussion one after another. Listening to the mixed voices below, Xiao Shu suddenly felt that being the emperor is not easy, just listening to their argument is already annoying.

When everyone didn't know how long they had been arguing, and they probably felt tired, the Emperor spoke up and stopped everyone's discussion.

"This king has understood what the ministers said."

When the others heard Emperor's words, they stepped back. Xiao Shu couldn't help but admire that these ministers could change their faces so fast.

"I wonder what the Prince thinks?" The emperor suddenly threw the question to Xiao Shu.

"I think what the two ministers said makes sense." Xiao Shu said, "What does Father think?" Who can't play throwing balls, let this Emperor think himself.

The emperor stared at Xiao Shu, then smiled and said, "In this case, has the Prince thought of a solution?"

"Father is joking. I haven't been to the court for two days, and I am not particularly familiar with the topics in the court. It is up to father to decide." Xiao Shu said with no burden in her heart.