Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 164: Can’t Let Him Take Office

After saying this, Xiao Mo gently helped him up and said, "Let's put this matter behind us. Don't think about it anymore."

Qi Minxiu chuckled in relief, nodded, and hugged her tightly in his arms: "I understand."

The next second, the person in his arms sighed softly: "Jiang Yunzhi may be a good person, but he followed the wrong person."

"Didn't you say to turn the page?"

"Okay, let's turn the page now."

Qi Minxiu tilted his head, pressed his face against Xiao Mo's forehead, and spoke softly.

"Amo, if we encounter the same situation as them in the future, you must not be like Jiang Yunzhi. You must live well."

Xiao Mo knew that he was referring to Jiang Yunzhi's suicide for love, and she looked up at him with a determined gaze.

"What if I'm Qi Suyuan and you're Jiang Yunzhi?"

Qi Minxiu was stunned by her question and couldn't think of a response.

Xiao Mo chuckled and came out of his arms: "As long as the fire doesn't burn your own feet, everyone is rational."

The two of them didn't intend to look at each other, but Qi Minxiu's eyes when he looked at Xiao Mo were so tearful that they could draw out threads.

"I can't guarantee that I am that wise man, but I can guarantee that something like this will not happen to us."

Xiao Mo's eyes moved slightly, and suddenly her pupils dilated, and her thin lips were gently blocked by Qi Minxiu.

She was stunned at first, and just as she reacted and responded, there was an untimely knock on the door.

"Your Highness, dinner is ready."

Qi Minxiu raised his eyebrows slightly, ignored her, and held the back of Xiao Mo's head to deepen the kiss.

Xiao Mo was dizzy from the kiss and felt it was difficult to breathe, so she quickly pushed him away.

"Hurry up and ask them to bring in the food. I'm starving."

Qi Minxiu licked the corner of his mouth with a satisfied smile: "Come in."

In the Eastern Palace, Concubine Liang paced back and forth in the room with a slightly anxious look on her face. When she saw Qi Yue coming back, she hurried to greet him.

"Yue'er, Mother heard that your father intends to train a deputy commander in addition to the Imperial Guards. Do you know who he has his eye on?"

Qi Yue had been handling official business for a whole day and looked exhausted, but he still answered her questions while walking.

"I heard that Amo recommended General Xu Renchuan of Zhenbei."

"Xu Renchuan?" Concubine Liang frowned and walked over to sit next to Qi Yue. "Is that Xu Renchuan who quelled the rebellion in Beiyi with Xiao Mo?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"He's with Xiao Mo, so he and Xiao Mo must have a very good relationship?"

Qi Yue thought for a moment and nodded: "It seems to be quite good. I heard that when he came back injured last time, A-Mo often visited him and helped him heal his wounds."

After getting the answer, Concubine Liang suddenly stood up with a heavy heart.

She looked serious and thought about something. After a while, she sat back next to Qi Yue.

"No, he cannot be allowed to take the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard."

Qi Yue didn't know why she had such an idea, and looked at her puzzledly: "Why do you say that, mother?"

"He's Xiao Mo's man, or in other words, Qi Minxiu's man. If he becomes the commander of the Imperial Guard in the future, he'll be hard to control."

"Control what?"

Concubine Liang looked at him with deep eyes: "The Imperial Guards are the ones who protect the Emperor. They are also considered as the Imperial Guards. Controlling the Imperial Guards is equivalent to controlling the Imperial Palace.

It would be fine if this person only obeyed the emperor like the previous one, but wouldn't it be terrible if he obeyed others besides the emperor? "

Qi Yue narrowed his eyes: "Mother, do you mean that he will listen to A-Mo?

Humph, you're overthinking it. To become a member of the Imperial Guards, one must pass numerous tests, let alone the Deputy Commander and Commander. If he can truly achieve this, he won't be disloyal to his father."

"Yue'er!" Concubine Liang gently held his hand on the table and said, "Although you are the crown prince now, you are not completely without threats.

Qi Minxiu's ability is not inferior to yours. It's okay if he doesn't have this idea now. If he has the intention to compete for the position of crown prince in the future...

With his status in the emperor's heart and the power behind Xiao Mo, it won't be difficult for him to win! "

Qi Yue turned his head and thought for a moment, then pulled his hand back and held hers.

"Mother, you're worrying too much. Since my father has already appointed me as the crown prince, as long as I haven't committed any serious faults, no one can ask him to depose me."

Seeing that he was unmoved, Concubine Liang was filled with anxiety.

"Why don't you understand?! Look at Qi Suyuan, he pretends to be someone who doesn't strive for progress and spends his days with singing, dancing and drinking.

As a result, you secretly raised so many soldiers outside the city. If Qi Minxiu hadn't discovered it in time, he would have caused a palace coup in the future and the first person he would have eliminated would have been you! "

It was these last few words that caused Qi Yue to have some emotional fluctuations.

His expressionless face gradually grew colder, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Concubine Liang was no longer clear.

"What does mother want to do?"

Seeing that he finally listened, Concubine Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

"We'll take it one step at a time. What we need to do now is to prevent Xu Renchuan from becoming the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard."

"Mother wants to find someone to kill him before he takes the test?"

"This is too obvious, Yue'er. How did your father test the Imperial Guards?"

Concubine Liang looked at Qi Yue with sparkling eyes.

The process of selecting the Imperial Guards was usually known only to the emperor, but after Qi Yue became the crown prince, the emperor mentioned it to him without any hesitation.

He thought for a moment, stood up and took two steps.

"There are many ways to test the Imperial Guards, but there is one that always exists, and that is to test the loyalty of the person being tested to the emperor.

Generally speaking, the emperor would find a reason to hold a banquet and arrange assassins at the banquet, and then focus on the performance of this core figure.

If the person being tested protects the emperor without hesitation and blocks the sword and arrow for him, he will most likely be selected.

But it doesn't mean you can sit back and relax after being selected. For a period of time, the selected person will have no real power.

Unless he has made great contributions or managed the country well, power will be gradually distributed to him."

While listening, Concubine Liang was thinking in her mind how to prevent Xu Renchuan from being chosen.

Suddenly, she had an idea and raised her eyebrows slightly.

"I got it. Didn't you say that the emperor would arrange an assassin at the banquet? In that case, let's make it real and kill Xu Renchuan."

Qi Yue bit his lip and shook his head gently: "No, in this situation, the emperor will have many imperial guards around him, and committing a crime openly will probably not be worth the loss."

"We arranged for someone to infiltrate the fake assassins arranged by the emperor and let him only target Xu Renchuan.

As long as we kill him and immediately escape in the chaos, won't everything be fine?"

Concubine Liang smiled cunningly: "Alright, it's late, mother will return to Yongyang Palace first."

Looking at her cheerful footsteps and figure, a glimmer of inexplicable light flashed in Qi Yue's eyes.

"Yuan Mu, has Mother changed?"

Yuan Mu stood behind him respectfully: "Your Majesty has always carefully planned for Your Highness's future, and that has never changed."

"I hope so." He sighed softly and turned to go to the study.