Chapter 685: Persecution
"Where is the prince's body now?"
Although Lao Shouwang's voice is hoarse, he now has a bit of power to stabilize the overall situation.
Liu Jingchen said: "It's at the gate of the palace." ”
King Lao Shou looked at the emperor: "The emperor always has to take a look." "Many things are true or false, and you have to see them with your own eyes to know, especially such a big thing, you can't fake others.
The emperor stood up, what King Shou said made sense, the crown prince is his only heir now, the life and death of the prince is related to the current political situation, and he must figure out the ins and outs of the whole thing to decide what to do next.
The emperor and King Shou walked out of the main hall, and Chang Ankang personally went to the palace gate to bring back the prince's head.
Although the emperor had been prepared, his hands and feet were still weak when he saw the head, and the last glimmer of hope was gone.
It's the crown prince.
You can't be wrong with that.
King Shu asked people to help him stagger forward and take a closer look, and then knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is gone." ”
Liu Jingchen and others knelt on the ground one after another.
I don't know if I was frightened by the prince's head, and the palace people began to sobble quietly.
Dead lips and cold teeth.
The crown prince has been killed by King Ning, and the day King Ning breaks the city is also the date of their death.
"Your Majesty, you better take a look at the secret report sent by Rong Guogong!" Shouwang reminded in a whisper.
Liu Jingchen turned his head to look at King Shou, King Shou, who has always ignored political affairs, arrived in the palace like this today, and there must be something important to discuss with the emperor.
It took a long time for the emperor to stabilize his mind and instructed Chang Ankang: "Invite the Heavenly Master of Zijinguan to hold a funeral for the prince, and release all the original people in the prince's mansion!" ”
The prince is dead, and there is no use in keeping those people in lockdown.
The emperor seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and his steps were slightly staggering.
Returning to the Qinzheng Hall and unfolding the secret letter, the emperor's face became even more ugly.
Liu Jingchen stepped forward: "Your Majesty, is there any news, when will Rong Guogong arrive in the capital." ”
Everyone is looking forward to reinforcements, if Rong Guogong can send a letter back, it means that the reinforcements are not far from the capital.
In the blink of an eye, a layer of fine sweat appeared on the emperor's forehead, and the expression on his face kept changing, and finally he gritted his teeth and slapped the secret letter on the table: "Jin Guo actually colluded with King Ning. ”
Hearing this, the hairs on Liu Jingchen's body stood up, and what he was worried about still happened: "That Rongguo Gong ......"
The emperor said: "Rong Guogong went to Zhending with soldiers and horses, and according to the rules set by Gaozong, he went to Zhending to seal the customs. ”
In other words, Han Zhang will not come to the capital to rescue him.
How can Rong Guogong ......
Liu Jingchen thought about it in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. At the moment of the great enemy, if the Jin State is allowed to conquer Zhending, then the Great Qi will really not be guaranteed.
"According to the old minister, Rong Guogong did the right thing," King Shou took a few breaths, "When there is civil strife, we can no longer attract foreign enemies, if Rong Guogong can hold the frontier, it can be regarded as a great contribution to Daqi, but how to break the current situation." ”
"King Ning will definitely make a big fuss about the prince's affairs, and the local officials will be coaxed if they can't say it, and they will not move for the time being."
The crown prince is dead, and the emperor has no second heir, and this dynasty is like missing half of the country. King Ning then pressed the charge of killing the crown prince on Pei Qitang, and this excuse for entering Beijing "King Qin" is even more true.
The Emperor frowned.
Liu Jingchen looked at King Shou with a waveless face, and suddenly his heart moved, and he immediately understood what King Shou was going to do, but now it was too late for him to stop him.
"Your Majesty," King Shou had already said, "Why don't you write an edict and send people out of the capital overnight, restore the identity of King Qing, and order King Qing to go to Beijing to rescue him." ”
It's like a thunderclap overhead.
This sentence made the emperor's eyes jump suddenly, and he looked over in surprise: "What did you say? ”
Of course, the King of Qing that King Shou said was not King Qing who had died, but ...... Pei Qitang.
It turns out that they all knew, and they already knew.
He also thought that everyone was kept in the dark, but in fact, the person who couldn't see all this clearly was him, the emperor.
King Shou's face was calm: "Now only Pei Qitang can compete with King Ning, the emperor restored Pei Qitang's identity and ordered him to raise troops from Guangnan, and King Ning's lies will be self-defeating, and ...... With the son of King Qing, King Ning is not the only prince in the line of the first emperor. ”
In other words, even if the capital is breached and the emperor is killed by King Ning, King Ning is not the only person who can inherit the throne. If the local officials want to support King Ning, they have more concerns.
"Your Majesty, your current enemy is only King Ning, but King Ning's enemies have two, that is, the Emperor and King Qing, so King Ning immediately fell into a disadvantage."
As soon as King Shou's words fell, Liu Jingchen immediately said: "How does King Shou know, this is not luring the wolf into the room......"
"We don't have to do this," King Shou stretched his sleeves, "King Ning has a deep foundation, and it is a matter of a moment and a half to get local support, and when King Ning's soldiers are well fed, can Liu Xiang have a strategy to break the enemy?" We can't keep defending the capital. ”
"In a few days, the reinforcements of the Marquis of Dingyuan will arrive," Liu Jingchen said, "Marquis of Dingyuan ......"
It is difficult for Liu Jingchen to continue, can the Marquis of Dingyuan alone be able to repel King Ning's rebels? No one dares to say that. If there is one more Pei Qitang, the soldiers who defend the city in the capital will also have a glimmer of hope.
The emperor's hand slowly retracted, as if he was about to crumble King Ning into pieces.
King Shou's words are very reasonable, Pei Qitang can not only solve the urgent need in front of him, if he and King Ning fight again, then he will be able to take the fisherman in the future, not to mention that Pei Qitang's family is still in the capital, he can use them to blackmail Pei Qitang anytime and anywhere.
But if he does this, it means that he will recognize Pei Qitang's identity, write Pei Qitang into the royal family tree, and let King Qing's lineage continue.
The emperor's face floated in front of his eyes.
It was not easy for him to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but now he wants to destroy the results of his hard work with his own hands, how can he be willing.
His son died, but King Gyeong's son lived.
As long as he thought of this, his heart felt like it was fried in hot oil.
He, the king of a country, has to ask Pei Qitang to come to the rescue, in this way, he is equivalent to forgiving the Pei family's crime of bullying the king, and all the mistakes of the past are written off, how can he swallow this breath. The Pei family, who was supposed to be loyal to him, quietly took refuge in King Qing and harbored King Qing's rebel son...... He should have punished the Pei family to the nine clans, and he should have let Pei Qitang, a bastard who could not see the light, die without a place to be buried, but now he wants to seal Pei Qitang in person, no...... It's Qi Tang.
The emperor felt that his throat was sweet, and a stream of hot stuff rolled over his stomach.
"Please make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise there may be changes in Beijing." King Shou once again trembled and knelt on the main hall.
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