"Of course itās true!" Ye Ziāan chuckled, "Just wait and see, your son will definitely bring you back the top score in the Imperial Exam someday, the youngest one yet."
"Oh, itās such a pity, heās a prince now." Yang Chuxia shook her head slightly regretfully, "Heās at the top right away, no matter how well he does in exams in the future, that sense of accomplishment will be missing."
"Thereās nothing we can do about it, letās go, werenāt we going out? Letās leave now."
The night before, they had agreed to go to the street to buy some things, and Ye Ziāan accompanied her.
In the carriage, Yang Chuxia asked again, "Since you can see his level, why do you still want him to go to school? If he goes, the Emperor will surely have someone keep an eye on him every day."
"Xiaxia, how long can we protect him?" Ye Ziāan said, "He has to walk his own life journey. Heās different from me, I have close relatives to support each other, and my close relatives are already in high positions of power. But what about him in the future? His relationship with Prince Zhuangās Mansion has grown distant, and even the Luo Residence in Linhaoās generation has become estranged from him. To be estranged from him is equivalent to being estranged from the imperial family, which is actually very dangerous for a prince not of the imperial blood."
"I know, non-imperial princes have always been a thorn in the eyes of the imperial family, no matter in which dynasty they are, because they are an existence that must be given a title." Yang Chuxia nodded.
Past non-imperial princes made huge contributions, either fighting alongside the founding emperor to establish the kingdom or achieving countless military merits in later dynasties. Such people deserved to be given princely titles, and there was even no higher title to confer on them.
How can such people not be a threat to the imperial family?
"Yes, although Leleās situation is different, this child has always had many ideas since he was young. I investigated him and found out he even had Ye Er helping him traffic medicinal herbs."
When the data reached him the day before yesterday, he almost jumped up. "Itās hard to imagine what he might become in the future. Just think, the current Emperor is already wary of him, what about the next Emperor or the one after that? If he wants a peaceful life, heāll have to be either a loyal subject or reach a point where the imperial family canāt move him. And once the seed of imperial suspicion is planted, being a loyal subject is like wearing a noose around his neck, and heās a prince now, so he canāt even retire and return to his hometown."
"Arenāt you thinking too far ahead?"
"Far or not, Ye Ziāan said, "I want him to go to school to make connections with people who might benefit him. But if he doesnāt make connections, going to school is still good for broadening his horizons and adjusting his character."
"But did you say heās trafficking medicinal herbs?" Yang Chuxiaās eyes twitched several times.
"Yes, even Yangyangās few hundred taels were swindled by him." Ye Ziāan shook his head, "He must have inherited his motherās business acumen. Heās just leaving traces of what heās doing, so I helped clean up after him during my investigation."
"Itās terrifying." Yang Chuxia shook her head, unable to help saying, "Thank goodness he doesnāt want to join the military or something, otherwise Iād be wary of him if I were the Emperor."
"Dear, these days one doesnāt necessarily need to join the army to gain military power." Ye Ziāan thought he better not tell his wife about the rest, fearing he might scare her.
But in his heart, he was dying to string that boy up and give him a spanking; that brat even had Ye Er training some people for him and was planning to send them off as soldiers.
Whatās he trying to do?
If he werenāt his own son, Ye Ziāan would really want to beat him.