Chapter 1075: Liu Yue Extra: How It Ends

"Your Majesty, I said before that you acted on impulse and failed to know people well and do their job well. I know you are dissatisfied. What do you think of this matter now?"

Alone facing the man who was both his father and the emperor, Song Ruiyang opened his mouth but was speechless for a moment.

The courtiers had all retreated, and the palace attendants had also been sent out. There were only two people in the empty hall, the emperor and the prince.

The late autumn sunshine passed through the palace door and covered the ground with golden color. The emperor looked at his young son, stepped on the golden light and slowly walked off the throne, and slowly came to stand in front of the prince.

"Tell me what you are thinking, and let me see if you can guess correctly." There was a faint smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth. Song Ruiyang quickly glanced at the emperor's eyes, and he felt that there was no smile in them.

"My son...", Song Ruiyang only started and found it difficult to continue. He took a few deep breaths before continuing.

"It's certainly hateful that Zhou Zhiyuan took advantage of my son's trust to do evil, but if my son didn't know people well, how could he have such an opportunity?"

Song Ruiyang finished speaking in one breath, but he lowered his head and did not look at the emperor. He clenched his hands into fists by his side and only stared at the emperor's boots.

The emperor saw Song Ruiyang's reaction completely, a smile flashed in his eyes, and his face looked relaxed.

"Well, now you dare to act so arrogantly even before you are married. It is not like Mr. Zhou's family tradition. Fortunately, if you find out in time that the matter can be undone, how are you going to end it?"

"Father?..."

He thought it would be a storm, or at least be scolded, but the emperor's indifferent reaction was far beyond Song Ruiyang's expectations.

Moreover, the emperor did not mention this matter at all in the morning meeting just now. Song Ruiyang thought that this was just because he was concerned about the royal family's face. Now it seems that there must be something hidden.

"My father is aware that my son plans not to touch Zhou Zhiyuan at first, but he will have people secretly investigate what he has done, collect evidence, and then take him down in one fell swoop. No one will be able to escape by then."

While Song Ruiyang was thinking about his reply, he quickly reviewed in his mind everything that had happened since the canal was dug to regulate water transportation.

"Okay, don't guess. I know everything from beginning to end. I even know more and more clearly than you do."

The emperor spoke unhurriedly, gesturing for Song Ruiyang to follow his pace, and together they walked towards the high palace gate.

"What's that look in your eyes? Don't stare at me like that." The emperor turned around and saw Song Ruiyang's expression, and laughed as if he was being pleased.

"You are my prince. It is your first time to preside over an affairs alone. I let you go and practice, but you still have to watch it, right?"

"Whether it's in the court or in the world, what you see and hear may not be true. The boy from the Zhou family is just a small person who can't make big waves, so I'm just watching, when will the emperor Are you starting to become suspicious of him?"

Far away from the palace wall, the cirrus clouds in the high sky were silent. Song Ruiyang stood half a step behind and stood beside the emperor, squinting at the motionless and lazy clouds.

"My minister once reprimanded the people from the Ministry of Works, saying that they never personally went deep into the fortifications under their jurisdiction. Afterwards, my minister suddenly thought about water transportation. Aren't I the same as those ministers? The affairs reported by Zhou Zhiyuan seemed to be the same. It was so detailed and thorough that I believed it all.”

"Your Majesty, you did not disappoint me. The Cao Gang used to belong to Feilongmen. Before the Feilongmen was abolished, it had an unusual relationship with the royal family. Your Majesty, please go and learn about the Cao Gang yourself."

The conversation between father, son, monarch and ministers ends here.

Seeing his son's back seeming to be gilded in the midday sun, the emperor suddenly said, "You can make up your own mind about the engagement."

Song Ruiyang paused after hearing the words, turned around, stood and bowed respectfully to the emperor, then strode away.