Brothers, tell me, it's not a joke, but let me go to the east?"

In the eldest prince's bedroom, the seventh prince complained with a distressed expression.

At this time, the eldest prince himself, as well as the fifth, seventh, and eighth princes, were waiting in the East Palace.

After today, the East Palace will change hands, and several princes will also go their separate ways.

"Now that the Holy Decree has been announced to the world, it is naturally not a joke. ”

The Great Prince said.

The Seventh Prince glanced at the eldest prince, and sighed: "Brother the eldest emperor, you are happy to be at ease, go to the rich place in the west, and start standing and talking without backache." ”

"Seventh brother, pay attention to your words and don't be presumptuous. ”

The fifth prince admonished.

The Seventh Prince looked at the Fifth Prince again, and said with an indifferent expression: "Now everyone is no longer a prince, sit on an equal footing, and I think the rules on weekdays should be changed." ”

"Seventh brother, at least you are also a prince who leads the six counties. The eighth prince smiled and comforted, "I am different from the fifth brother, although we are both princes, but we don't have any real power, and the meaning of the holy decree is to let us be rich for the rest of our lives." ”

Upon hearing this, the Seventh Prince immediately rolled his eyes.

"Isn't it good to be a carefree rich man all your life? You really don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings!" The Seventh Prince still complained with a full face, and said, "What about the six counties of the commander-in-chief, those are the six easternmost counties of the empire, I am afraid that they are not as rich as the eldest emperor's brother, and it is not to be a prince to go to that kind of poor and remote land, but to suffer." ”

"I think ah, you should really go through the experience, since you were a child, you have been lazy to eat, you don't read poetry and books, you don't practice etiquette and music, you will only spend all day drinking, so that you will be a rich man sooner or later and one day cause trouble. ”

The five princes laughed and scolded.

When the Seventh Prince heard this, his face suddenly drooped, and he said unhappily: "Fifth brother, you take the most care of me on weekdays, why do you say that about me today?"

"It's just that I'm too used to you on weekdays, and now that my father is gone, you're going to the East, if you don't let yourself grow up sooner, you're causing trouble, but you won't have a backer anymore. The Fifth Prince said.

Hearing this, the Seventh Prince opened his mouth, but he wanted to speak and stopped.

For a moment, he didn't even have anything to say to argue with.

After finally sighing, the Seventh Prince looked at the Fifth Prince and the Eighth Prince, and said, "Fifth Brother, Eighth Brother, otherwise, you ......."

"No way. ”

The Fifth Prince and the Eighth Prince said in unison.

The corners of the Seventh Prince's mouth twitched, and he said with a frenzied expression: "I haven't said anything yet, you don't have any door?!"

"Seventh brother, what kind of person you are and Fifth Brother I know very well, what do you want us to do, we can guess without waiting for you to finish. The Eighth Prince said helplessly.

The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Then you should talk about it." ”

The Eighth Prince said: "You just want me and the Seventh Brother to stay in the Imperial City, persuade the Sixth Brother more, let him put you back as soon as possible, right?"

"The one who knows me is none other than the eighth brother. The Seventh Prince smiled.

"So, no. ”

The fifth prince clasped his hands to his chest and said.

At this time, the Eighth Prince naturally had the same attitude.

The Seventh Prince looked around at the two of them, and his expression of urgency and nowhere to release it gradually turned into a painful expression.

At this time, the eldest prince stepped forward and patted him on the back, and said gently: "Being a man, of course, is meaningful to be bitter first and then sweet." The sweetness that is easily obtained is not sweet, the sweetness after bitterness is really sweet, and you will understand later. ”

"Big brother...... I don't want to go......"

The Seven Princes burst into tears.

The eldest prince smiled, shook his head again, and turned around and walked in the direction of the palace gate.

When he reached the gate of the temple, he looked at the sky, then turned to look at his younger brothers, and said, "It's almost time, and we should also leave." ”

"Let's go. ”

"Let's go. ”

The fifth prince and the eighth prince said one after another, and they moved.

And the weeping Seventh Prince watched several princes leave regardless of him, until he was the only one left in the hall, he let out a long sigh, wiped his eyes, and his whole face immediately changed back to his usual state.

Obviously, he was pretending to cry.

The princes didn't know him for the first day, so they naturally saw through it at a glance, and because of this, no one paid attention to his crying.

Looking at the empty palace, the Seven Princes had no choice but to step up and run out of the palace gate.

"Wait for me!"

......

The enthronement ceremony was held in the court.

When the four princes arrived, the officials had been waiting for a long time, so the four princes hurriedly returned to the throne.

Then, Dongfang Shuo, who was standing under the stairs in front of the dragon chair, was about to raise his head.

His eyes swept over everyone, and there was a slight glint in his eyes.

"Where's Lord Sima?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

When he was about to ask again, a court official of the Sima family walked out of the team and walked quickly to Dongfang Shuo.

This person is the son of Sima Changyun, Sima Xiangxiang.

"My father is old, and he has been feeling unwell many times in recent days, and he is even more tired after this morning, so he resigns, and wants to die old after the new emperor ascends the throne. Sima Xianghe said.

At this time, his demeanor and tone were groveling.

A middle-aged man grovels to a young man, which is really embarrassing.

Dongfang Shuo squinted at the person in front of him, and said: "Even if you want to say goodbye to the old man, it will be later, and now he is still the ruler of the empire at this moment, so how can he be absent at will when the new emperor ascends the throne?"

"My father's original words are: I have been an official in two dynasties, and I have been in the position of ruler for a long time, and now there are frequent rising stars, and there are people like the Oriental Lord, and it is enough for the new emperor to have the Oriental Lord in the court, and I don't need this old guy to mix in anymore. Sima Xianghe said.

After Dongfang Shuo heard this, his heart swirled.

Immediately, he asked, "Is that really what Sima Zaizhi said?"

"Word for word. ”

Sima Xianghe bowed a little more and more.

Looking at his appearance at the moment, Dongfang Shuo's eyes also sank a little.

Think about it a few months ago, a junior of the Sima family was still shouting in front of him, showing off his might.

And now, even Sima Changyun, the ruler of the dynasty, has to show weakness to Dongfang Shuo through Sima Xiang's mouth.

Such a change cannot be said to be embarrassing.

"I see. ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded.

Then, as soon as he beckoned, he motioned for Sima Xiang to go down.

He looked at Sima Xianghe's retreating back, but there was a slight chill in his originally calm eyes.

Sima Changyun was willing to give up his position as the ruler and show weakness to Dongfang Shuo, which naturally meant asking Dongfang Shuo to stop and let the Sima family go. Generally speaking, in this case, a family that no longer poses a threat has no need to be wiped out.

However, Dongfang Shuo's thinking is different.

What is it to save the family at the cost of face?

It's bent and stretched!

An enemy who stubbornly resists is not to be feared, and an enemy who is timid is even less to fear.

A truly terrible enemy is an enemy who knows when to kneel!

The king of Yue Goujian lies down and tastes the gall, and three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu.

Liu Banghongmen, the king of the Han Dynasty, was called a minister, and Chen Cang inherited the Qin system in secret.

An enemy who knows how to kneel, looks like a lamb, but in fact is a tiger wolf.

So......

"Sima will die. ”

Dongfang Shuo squinted his eyes and said in a voice that only he could hear.

(End of chapter)