On the 16th day of July, a shocking news came out of the palace, the crown prince Xiao Moyu knelt in front of the Taiji Hall in the morning, wrote a letter of guilt, and asked Emperor Xiao to abolish his crown prince. When Emperor Xiao heard the news, he was resting in the dormitory, he knocked over the ink inkstone on the case in a fit of anger, and announced that he would stop for a day, and the queen suddenly thundered like five thunderbolts after getting the news, and fainted instantly, and the palace was busy for a while.

Soon after, the ministers in the court also heard the letter and had to remain silent. Although the emperor did not look at the court, the officials of the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu were still busy, and the political affairs of the whole country were gathered here, and there were hundreds of big and small matters every day, so at this time, the ministers also gathered in the office.

"The prince did this, where did he leave the queen and the uncle!" Xie Hui, the regular attendant of the loose horse, sighed, he glanced at Pei Yun, wanting to test his reaction, but found that Pei Yun's face was dealing with the twists and turns as usual, and he seemed indifferent to this matter.

Zhang Bowang laughed contemptuously and said: "Master Xie, those of us who are courtiers also have to think about the future of Dahuan, since the prince doesn't want to be the prince anymore, it means that he has no intention of political affairs, how can Dahuan be relieved if he is in the hands of such a prince." "Although the dictatorship of the Dahuan clan and the decline of imperial power, it is really hateful for Zhang Bowang to speak so explicitly.

Su Weixin couldn't listen to it, and said: "The eldest son is the rule of the past dynasties, the rules are not chaotic and the country is not chaotic, although the prince has not made many achievements in political affairs, but he is benevolent and filial, and he is also a model for the prince." He glanced at Pei Yun as he spoke, Pei Yun's expression was a little more relaxed, and now Xiao Mocheng had made up his mind about Pei Yun, so in the court, Su Weixin had to look at Pei Yun's face.

While the three of them were talking, an attendant walked in and whispered, "Master Pei, the Holy One wants to summon you!" ”

Pei Yun raised his head and answered, put down the recital and followed the waiter out.

When Pei Yun walked to the Taiji East Hall, he saw from a distance that the prince was still kneeling in front of the door of the Taiji main hall, he suddenly chuckled, thinking that this time, the cowardly prince finally had the courage to challenge once, but in any case, for the sake of his daughter and granddaughter, try to keep him rich and happy!

After making up his mind, Pei Yun lightly gathered his clothes and walked into the east hall.

When Pei Yun entered, Emperor Xiao was holding his head with his hands, closing his eyes and resting, obviously the old emperor was also angry with his son.

"Your Majesty, Master Pei is here!" Xu Huaiyuan reminded.

"Majesty!" Pei Yun bowed.

Emperor Xiao responded, "Sit down!" ”

After Pei Yun sat down, he waited for Emperor Xiao to speak, but the emperor sighed for a long time, as if he was remembering something.

"He was smart and lovely when he was young, how much I liked him, I made him the prince early, chose your daughter to be his concubine, and let you support him with all your might, but he was so unlucky...."The more Emperor Xiao spoke, the more sad he became, Pei Yun was also hot in the corners of his eyes, and when he thought of his hard-working daughter, his heart ached.

He finally spoke: "Your Majesty, now that the matter has come to this, the minister has nothing to do, only hope that the daughter of the crown princess can grow up safely." After speaking, it was already old tears.

Emperor Xiao was a little sad when he saw him look like this, "Then Yiqing, if Yu'er's crown prince is abolished, how should he be placed?" ”

Pei Yun heard that he knew that Emperor Xiao had made up his mind to abolish the prince, so he straightened his clothes and replied: "Your Majesty, although the prince made a mistake, he didn't make a big mistake, and the prince was demoted to the prince of the county, let him go out of Beijing, and enjoy the second half of his life, and it is all about you and his father and son." In this way, the queen and the uncle can also talk about it! ”

Emperor Xiao nodded and sighed: "Pei Qing's words are exactly what I want, you go and let the prince get up!" I'm tired. "Then he drooped his eyelashes,

"Yes!" Pei Yun saluted and withdrew.

After he went out, he slowly walked towards the main hall, the figure of the prince was getting closer and closer, Pei Yun's mood was very complicated, he had hoped to control a cowardly emperor and let the Pei family dictatorship, but at the moment, his wishful thinking was wrong, and now he can only turn to the Nine Emperors and try to make the Pei family invincible.

When the prince heard the footsteps, he raised his head slightly, his face was pale and weak, he had been kneeling for almost a morning, and his knees were already sore.

"Prince, get up quickly!" Pei Yun stretched out his hand and wanted to help him up.

The prince still knelt still, "Master Pei, I'm sorry for the Pei family, and I'm even more sorry for Ying'er." His voice was close to stumbling.

Pei Yun's heart softened, "Ying'er's matter, don't blame you, the woman's dystocia has already entered the ghost gate." ”

"But she's been worried about me......." When he thought of the matter of Zhengletai, he was speechless, he didn't regret what he did in Zhengletai, but he didn't want to cause Pei Shuying's difficult birth because of this incident.

Pei Yun's eyes closed slightly, and then opened again, "It's all over, and it is her greatest wish to live a good life with her children in the future." The Holy One asked me to come to you, get up quickly! So saying, he helped him up.

When the prince heard that it was Emperor Xiao who opened his mouth, he recalled Pei Yun's tone, and knew that Emperor Xiao had agreed, so he got up, and the attendant who was standing next to him immediately stepped forward to support him steadily,

"Thank you Pei Xiang!"

"Don't dare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should go back and rest..."Pei Yun arched his hand and said,

"Hmm", then the prince said goodbye to Pei Yun, and was supported by the inner attendant, limping towards the East Palace.

Pei Yun glanced at him slightly, his dark eyes were a little helpless, and a little sad, and finally he shook his head and strode out of the Taiji Palace.

On the next day, Emperor Xiao was discussed by the prime ministers of the three provinces, and issued an edict: the crown prince Xiao Moyu was the king of Linhai County, and he moved to Linhai County three days later. As soon as this edict was issued, it caused a sensation in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and then spread throughout the capital.

The Six Princes Party was pleased that when the crown prince stepped down and the position of the prince was vacant, the palace issued another edict on the third day: Xiao Mocheng, the ninth son of the emperor, was named the king of Yu, and Langya County was eaten, and the palace was built at sunrise.

King Langya is the title of the founding emperor of Dahuan before the founding of the country, so the ministers and the people have speculated that Emperor Xiao at this time named the nine princes as the king of Langya seems to have the intention of establishing a prince.

This news was like a basin of cold water poured on Xiao Moxuan, and he was finally furious, and in a fit of anger, he turned the case in the study upside down. The most infuriating thing in the world is to give people infinite hope one moment, and push people to the bottom the next moment.

"Xiao Mocheng is much more difficult to deal with than Xiao Moyu!" He hated.

"He's been pretending to be amorous, but in fact he's hiding it, and now he's letting him pick up a bargain." Yuan Dun, a loose horseman who rarely entered the mansion, said that Yuan Dun is the eldest son of Yuan Kai, and Xiao Yuying, the second daughter of Emperor Shangxiao, is the only child of the Yuan family who lives in Beijing. However, Pei Dun has always lived in a simple place, and he generally does not come and go to the Shengwang Mansion if he has important matters.

At this time, there was also Xiao Mojiu's uncle Zhang Bowang.

"Now that the crown prince has fallen, the Pei family has turned to the Nine Emperor Princes, and the Nine Emperor Princes have the support of the two prime ministers in the court, and the momentum is monstrous!" Zhang Bowang said worriedly.

"Compared with the Nine Emperor Princes, we are better at controlling the military power in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and he is better at having the Su clan and the Pei clan in the middle of the court to control the center, and only the Xie clan is still watching from the several big clans, so our next step is to try to make the Xie clan stand on our side as much as possible." Yuan Dun carefully analyzed.

"The colt is right, we have to find a way to get the support of the Xie family!" Xiao Mojiu nodded in agreement.

"However, Your Highness, don't forget, the daughter of the Xie family is married to the Seventh Prince as a side concubine, and they should be the Seventh Prince's people!" Zhang Bowang is still worried.

"What is a side concubine, although the seventh is dignified, but he has no military power, what kind of climate can he achieve only by relying on his mother's Yu family, I think the Xie family should also plan for themselves!" A trace of disdain flashed in Xiao Mojiu's eyes, he didn't have time to deal with the backless Seventh Prince Xiao Moheng now.

"Yes, Xie Hui's younger brother Xie Kuang is still serving as Sima in my Jingzhou General's Mansion! I heard that my father valued him very much. Yuan Dun said, "What we have to think about now is how to make the Xie clan bow down!" ”

"Well, exactly." Xiao Mo bowed his head and said, "Uncle, you have a lot of contacts with the Xie family, so this matter will be handed over to your uncle to deal with." ”

"Okay, I'll save it." Zhang Bowang skimmed his beard and replied.