At first, Shi Muyuan also disagreed when she heard about this.
"You're still young. If you want to make contributions, I can give you many opportunities in the future. The Northwest is really too dangerous."
"Mother, I've made up my mind. Please help me persuade the emperor brother."
His eyes were full of sincerity as he looked into Shi Muyuan's eyes for a long time.
Finally, Shi Muyuan really couldn't find a reason to refuse. She could only sigh helplessly and try to reason with him.
"Your emperor brother has been quite troubled recently. So many things have happened in the palace. The Northwest is so dangerous. How could we bear to let you go there?"
Ji Huang exuded a determined aura.
"Mother, I know you and the emperor brother are doing this for my own good. But I can't always live under your protection. When I go this time, you can let Lord Lan accompany me. Then you should be able to rest assured, right?"
Shi Muyuan twitched the corner of her mouth. This was indeed the best solution, but she always felt that Lan Xi was a bit unreliable.
Just as the young girl was hesitating and about to refuse, a hearty laugh came from outside.
"It seems there's still someone in the harem who remembers me. Empress Dowager, you haven't come to see me for a long time since the incident. If the prince hadn't mentioned it, you might have forgotten about me in the harem."
Lan Xi's appearance was actually an accident. He originally wanted to come and see Shi Muyuan today, but unexpectedly, he ran into this scene.
If it were someone else, he might have refused. But since it was Ji Huang, Shi Muyuan's son, who brought this up, how could he refuse?
The young girl gritted her teeth. This guy was here to undermine her, right?
She gave the annoying guy a fierce glare and then averted her gaze.
"No. The journey will be arduous for the prince. I won't agree. Moreover, Lord Lan has no official position. With what qualification can he go?"
Pointing out the tricky part, Lan Xi seemed not to hear her face - slapping words.
"Can't the Empress Dowager and the emperor just bestow an official position? Those court officials won't have any reason to object, right?"
"Humph, Lord Lan has really thought it through. You've thought it through more thoroughly than I have."
"Thank you for the compliment, Empress Dowager. You actually know that the prince can't live under your protection all his life. Instead of waiting for future uncertainties, it's better to let him go out and gain some experience now."
There was nothing she could do. Under the persuasion of the two, Shi Muyuan still agreed to their suggestion.
As a person who had traveled through time from the modern era, she was more aware of how important experience and exposure were for a child.
However, she also had conditions.
"You all have to listen to me later. If the emperor really doesn't agree, I can't force him."
"Okay."
Recalling the previous scene, Shi Muyuan could only rub her forehead and say helplessly.
"The emperor should understand that if the prince is not allowed to go through more experiences, how can he help you safeguard the country in the future? The matter in the Northwest can't be postponed forever. If the prince can solve it, that would be great. If not, we can come up with new good strategies at that time."
"Mother! Why are you also joining them in this nonsense? The Northwest is extremely dangerous. The national teacher has also told you this. It's definitely not allowed. If you insist on this, then you might as well take my throne away."
With his hands behind his back, his rather immature face showed unwavering determination.
When Cui Qizhou came, he saw this scene. He sighed. He really came at a bad time.
There was nothing he could do. Who asked him to promise?
He stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Greetings to the emperor and the Empress Dowager."
"My dear subject, you've come just in time. I really can't reason with them. Come and talk some sense into them."
The man turned around and met three pairs of innocent big eyes.
But he still symbolically asked, "I wonder what has happened to make the emperor so angry."
The young emperor snorted coldly and obviously didn't intend to speak. It was Fu Lu beside him who stepped forward to smooth things over.
"The prince doesn't want to stay idle in the palace anymore. He plans to go to the Northwest. But the emperor disagrees for his safety."
He had tried his best to put it euphemistically, but the young emperor still couldn't help adding fuel to the fire.
"With his inexperienced state, can he go to the Northwest? If he loses his life there, how can I explain it to the late emperor and our ancestors?"
Shi Muyuan rolled her eyes. How could the young emperor be so pessimistic at such a young age?
"The prince hasn't even gone yet. Can the emperor think of something good? If the prince succeeds, won't it be a great achievement?"
The man was silent for a moment. Seeing that the young emperor was about to get angry again, he stood in the middle.
"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. It's only natural for the prince to want to go out and gain some experience at his current age. He really can't live under your protection all his life. Why not just give him this chance? Anyway, Lord Lan will go with him."
Shi Muyuan was about to get anxious when she heard this.
She did ask this man to come and save the situation, but this was an underground deal. How could he just say it directly? In this way, the young emperor would recognize it as soon as he heard it.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the young emperor's expression immediately changed.
"The national teacher just arrived. How could you know that Lord Lan will accompany him?"
Only then did the man realize that he had let the cat out of the bag. He coughed twice.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about these details."
After saying this, the young emperor's face turned as black as ink.
Shi Muyuan had another thought in her mind.
She had to admit that smart people learned things quickly.
She had only said a few words in front of him, but he had actually grasped the essence of those words.
The young emperor of course knew who he had learned this from. If it weren't for the fact that he was often with the two of them, he would have suspected whether what Lord Ye had slandered them about was true.
These people sang in chorus and successfully put the emperor in an awkward position.
His good temper was worn out by these people at this moment.
"You all go out first. As for what to do, I still need to think it over carefully."
They knew that it wasn't a good idea to keep forcing the young emperor, so they had to retreat first.
When they returned to the Shoukang Palace, the young girl stroked the cat in her arms boredly.
"I've already said to cooperate a bit. I didn't ask you to push the emperor too hard. Look, we didn't achieve anything, but instead angered the emperor."
"Mother, but I still want to go."
Facing his innocent big eyes, Shi Muyuan admitted that she finally softened her heart.
However, after what had just happened, they couldn't mention this matter to the emperor in the near future, or it would only make everyone unhappy.