At this morning’s court session, Chu Hengchuan, Su Jinke, and Duan Changhu all requested leave and were absent, which had struck Emperor Chujing as strange. But once the session ended, memorials flooded the Imperial Study like a snowstorm, all of them impeaching his "fine" son. If he could not even manage his own household, how could he expect to govern the court or become the crown prince? He should settle his domestic affairs before bothering to show his face at court again.
Furthermore, his eldest, fifth, seventh, and even his underage ninth and eleventh sons had all rushed to the Imperial Study to lodge complaints against Chu Hengchuan. What did this mean? Was his vision failing, or was he going deaf? Did they not realize what was happening? Why did they each have to come and repeat it to him? What were they thinking? His rage had already led him to ruin two sticks of premium Huizhou ink.
"What is this now? Who has submitted a memorial to impeach the Third Prince this time?" Seeing Min Dalei bringing in yet another document, Emperor Chujing was on the verge of snapping his brush in two.
Chapter 99