Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Nine Abysses of the King
"I haven't seen the third emperor brother for a long time, and I miss the emperor brother very much."
When the Jade King saw that Duan Long was deflated, he opened the topic, after all, Duan Long was his own person, if Lu Jiuyuan was allowed to continue like this, it would be the Jade King himself who would be humiliated.
"Brother Huang laughed, Brother Huang, I have only been wandering outside for a few years, not as comfortable as Brother Huang in Kyoto and Qinghe County."
"Brother Huang's words."
Hearing this, the Jade King only smiled awkwardly, which concealed irony, the Jade King didn't hear it, Qinghe County is the fief of the Jade King, and it is also one of the three richest counties in Qingyu.
The minister is accustomed to this, that time when he was crowned king was not the time when the battle was the most powerful, the third prince Lu Jiuyuan had no power and power, and there was no minister to speak, so he naturally had some resentment towards the Jade King.
During the whole process, King Yu was just watching the play, and did not join the battle between the Jade King and Lu Jiuyuan, King Yu has ambitions and no plans, which is just the opposite of the Jade King's courage and strategy, but the Jade King was restricted by Yan Guifei, otherwise the Jade King's current talent will definitely be fully displayed.
King Yu was able to get Guangyang County as a fief, but the family behind King Yu's mother, Concubine Tian, used a lot of money to get it, many of which were promoted by the Jade King's subordinates, anyway, it was all for money, and the Jade King had already obtained Qinghe County, and it would not hurt to lose Guangyang County.
"The emperor has arrived!"
Hearing this, all the ministers quickly stood in their positions, and Lu Jiuyuan sat behind the Jade King and the Yu King, after all, the identity of the prince was there.
"Long live my emperor, long live!"
All the ministers knelt down and did not look up, but Lu Jiuyuan looked at the emperor Lu Huaan on the dragon chair alone, and the eyes between the two stayed for several seconds.
Lu Hua'an on the dragon chair looked at Lu Jiuyuan in the wheelchair with some surprise, but he didn't expect Lu Jiuyuan to go to court for the first time without changing his color, such stability was much stronger than that of the Jade King and the Yu King.
"Flat."
"Thank you, Lord Long."
To be honest, when Lu Jiuyuan saw this kind of scene, he couldn't help but think of those court dramas in his previous life, the court was a place of open and secret fighting, which was much more dangerous than other places, especially people's hearts.
The vast majority of officials are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are also very fickle, but they do have skills, otherwise they would not have become big officials and stand in the Taihe Palace, but these people Lu Jiuyuan basically don't know how to use them.
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince was assassinated and seriously injured in the leg, so he didn't need to bow down."
"Thank you, father."
If there is no emperor's words, some ministers want to make a fuss about Lu Jiuyuan not bowing down and sitting on a chair in the court, Lu Jiuyuan can think of it, and Emperor Lu Huaan naturally wants to think about it.
"Today, I summoned all the ministers, and I must have clearly understood my purpose." Emperor Lu Huaan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the ministers and said.
"Now that His Royal Highness the Third Prince has reached the age of ten, according to the practice of the Qingyu Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Third Prince should be crowned king."
There are only two prime ministers in the court who will answer, and the other ministers dare not offend the Jade King and the Yu King naturally will not answer the emperor's words, so only the left minister Li Nan came out and said.
The third prince Lu Jiuyuan is a well-known thing, and few people in the Qingyu Dynasty don't know about it, but many people are worried, after all, the queen is a prince, and some economic property will be divided by Lu Jiuyuan.
"Zuo Xiang is right, now the third prince is ten years old, according to the practice of the dynasty is to be crowned king, now I have prepared an edict, and when the court meeting is over, it will be announced to the world, I don't know what the opinions of the Qing family are."
The emperor had already written the edict, and this edict was written by the emperor alone, without the hands of others, and the purpose was to directly announce it to the world, and the minister's obstruction would be useless, and at most it would be argued in the court.
When the minister heard what the emperor said, he knew that the third prince Lu Jiuyuan's crown matter had been fully prepared, and asking them if they had any opinions was just a symbolic inquiry, and the minister did not need to really answer.
"Since the Zhongqing family has no opinion, then Gonggong Cao should read out the holy decree."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Lu Huaan saw that the minister did not have any opinions and asked Gonggong Cao to read the holy decree, and Gonggong Cao took a few steps forward when he heard the words and opened the holy decree in his hand, but he was stunned for a moment when he saw the content of the holy decree, but he immediately came back to his senses.
When Cao Gongcheng was about to read the holy decree, all the ministers knelt down, which was what all the ministers except the emperor must abide by when the holy decree was read, otherwise they would be punished by the nine clans.
"Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says"
"Now the third prince Lu Jiuyuan is ten years old, according to the practice of the Qingyu Dynasty, the third prince Lu Jiuyuan should be crowned king."
"After thinking about it again and again, I decided that the third prince Lu Jiuyuan would be the king of Jiuyuan and the fief of Beijun."
"Hereby announce to the world, the salty envoy has heard a lot."
"Please ask His Royal Highness the Third Prince to take the order." After Gonggong Cao read out the holy decree, he walked in front of Lu Jiuyuan and handed the holy decree into Lu Jiuyuan's hands.
"Thank you, father."
Lu Jiuyuan was still a little happy to receive the holy decree in the hands of Gonggong Cao, the fief was the northern county that Lu Jiuyuan wanted, but the title of king was the king of Jiuyuan, which surprised Lu Jiuyuan.
Lu Jiuyuan was not the only one who was surprised, all the ministers were surprised, among them, the Jade King and the Yu King had a struggle on their faces, because the King of Jiuyuan was a taboo, and it was also a title of supreme status.
In Kyushu Jiu, nine represents the honor of the ninety-five, and Lu Jiuyuan's title of king of Jiuyuan means that Lu Jiuyuan is the heir in the emperor's mind, and it is even more difficult for the Jade King, King Yu and the five princes to compete for the throne.
Although they all have the support of the ministers, but they can't compare to the support of the emperor, it is not a level of existence at all, Emperor Lu Huaan basically represents the entire Qingyu Dynasty, and the Jade King and the Yu King at this time have already held a grudge against Emperor Lu Huaan.
This time is different from the past, how the emperor favored Lu Jiuyuan in the past, but it was not like this time, this is obviously not favor but preference, and he prefers Lu Jiuyuan alone.
"Your Majesty, no."
"Why not?"
The first person to stand out was Duan Long, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, from the moment Lu Jiuyuan entered the Taihe Palace, the two of them were facing each other, and now Lu Jiuyuan was crowned King Jiuyuan, he had to come out to stop it, the King of Jiuyuan was not Duan Long's hope to exist.
As for the fiefdom of Beijun, all of them were overshadowed by the title of King of Jiuyuan, so no one paid attention to the fief Beijun, and all the ministers cared about was the three words King of Jiuyuan, hoping that the emperor would take back the holy decree.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the king with nine characters has never appeared, and Kyushu is the most taboo about the number nine, if His Royal Highness the Third Prince takes the King of Jiuyuan as the title, it will inevitably make people suspicious, so the minister implores His Majesty to withdraw his order."
"I beg your majesty to take back your order."
When Duan Long's last sentence begged His Majesty to retract the decree, almost all the ministers asked Emperor Lu Huaan to take back the holy decree, including the Jade King and the Yu King, after all, this was not the result they wanted to see.
Only a small number of ministers did not get the emperor to withdraw the decree with them, first, they did not join any party, and second, they just watched the fire from the other side to see what the emperor's attitude was, and this group of people was headed by two prime ministers.
"What do you think, Jade King?"
Emperor Lu Huaan didn't get angry when he saw so many ministers opposing, after all, this was expected, if the ministers didn't come out to oppose it, Emperor Lu Huaan felt strange, but he didn't expect that some ministers didn't seem to join any party on weekdays, so they didn't attract Lu Huaan's attention, but now Lu Huaan really knows that these ministers are really different.
"Father, the sons feel that Lord Duan is reasonable, and the third emperor's younger brother is not suitable for the title of Jiuyuan as the king."
"Then what do you think the third prince will be crowned as king?"
"I don't know this."
Originally, the Jade King just felt that the Emperor was just asking himself if he agreed with the three princes to be crowned the King of Jiuyuan, but he didn't expect to ask Lu Jiuyuan what king he should be crowned, and the Jade King didn't think about what kind of king Lu Jiuyuan was going to be crowned as the king, so he was directly stunned by Emperor Lu Huaan's question.
"Then King Yu, what do you think of what Duan Aiqing said?"
"Father, the sons and daughters also feel that the Jade King and Lord Duan are reasonable, and the third emperor brother is indeed not suitable for the title of King of Jiuyuan."
"Oh, is it? Then what do you say the three princes should take as the title of king? ”
Emperor Lu Hua'an saw that King Yu and King Yu were the same, so he also asked King Yu the question that Emperor Lu Hua'an asked King Yu, and he wanted to see how King Yu answered.
"Father, the son doesn't know."
It is the safest way for King Yu to avoid this question directly for the emperor, once Emperor Lu Huaan asked, the result was that Emperor Lu Huaan was satisfied, but if he was not satisfied, it was King Yu himself.
At this time, Lu Jiuyuan had been watching the play, and he didn't expect the emperor to ask the Jade King and the Yu King like this, this way is quite interesting, but it is a little difficult to do.
This trick will only work if others don't know that the third prince Lu Jiuyuan has been crowned the king of Jiuyuan. Moreover, the ministers, the Jade King and the Yu King all knew that the matter of sealing the king had always been decided by the emperor, and they were at most discussing Lu Jiuyuan's fiefdom, so they would not think of a title for Lu Jiuyuan's crown, and even if they thought about the emperor, they might not be satisfied.