Chapter 164: I want to bring him down
As soon as the prince's words were finished, everyone present looked at Sikong Mubai, and he could now be said to have been pushed to the cusp.
Unexpectedly, so many people in the court were speaking for Sikong Mubai, and after the prince said this, he felt that there were countless people around him, and their eyes were all watching him.
There was a chill in his back, damn it, didn't Sikong Mubai just like to deal with those people in the court? How can it still have such a good reputation?
The prince was really unwilling, but he was unwilling but didn't know what to say.
Now I really want to have a good confrontation with Sikong Mubai.
Everyone in the audience kept saying that they didn't dare to be ministers, but what they said, every word was to force the emperor, and first release Sikong Mubai.
Now even the emperor's heart hesitated, if he wanted to persist like this, he was afraid that he would break the hearts of these ministers.
But just looking at the way everyone is pleading for Sikong Mubai so unanimously today, the emperor is even more jealous of Sikong Mubai in his heart.
The prince, who did not have any upper hand in the court, began to sigh when he returned to the East Palace.
Qi Dongya didn't know what was happening in the court today, he only saw the prince like this, and he felt a little strange.
"You don't know what happened in the court today, those people are pleading for Sikong Mubai one by one, I don't understand, what benefits did Sikong Mubai give them, and they actually made them feel that he was innocent and wronged." As he spoke, the prince slapped the table vigorously, he wanted to smash the teacup very much, but he was afraid that the movement would be too loud and reach the emperor's ears by someone with a heart, which would make the emperor feel that he was dissatisfied with the emperor.
"That's what it was." When Qi Dongya heard this, he nodded slightly, as if he was not surprised at all.
The crown prince's status and reputation in the court are far inferior to Sikong Mubai, so it is really reasonable that such a thing will happen.
The prince looked up at Qi Dongya with a puzzled expression and asked: "You gave me this idea at the beginning, saying that if I killed Li Yuanhang's family, there would be no more trouble, but now that Li Yuanhang's family has been killed by me, Sikong Mubai has been sent to the prison, why do these people keep helping him speak." ”
"Because his reputation and reputation are there, I once warned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, remember to make some useful people, and keep some of your own interests to satisfy them when necessary, so it will be beneficial to you, but what happened to Su Zhiyuan before, you were too anxious, which made Su Hanyu find that you may not be a person who can stand in line, just because of this matter, I think there are already many people who are wary of you." Qi Dongya looked at the prince quietly and said.
He had already warned the prince not to act rashly, but the prince still couldn't hold back his own anxiety, who could blame.
If it had been placed in the past, the prince would definitely not be happy, and he would definitely want to quarrel with Qi Dongya, but in the current situation, he couldn't say anything anymore.
"But since the two of us are now on the same front, then the two of us have to think of a way to defeat Sikong Mubai as much as possible." The prince simply took out the relationship between the two of them and said.
Qi Dongya frowned slightly, at this time, the prince was still trying to threaten him, it was really unteachable.
However, there is a sentence that is right, a person like the crown prince who has no ability to do so naturally has to rely on him to come up with some solutions, the more like this, if this person puts him on the throne in the future, the more beneficial it will be for Qi Dongya.
"Since you can't win him in reputation, then you can only dispose of him, so that he will never have the possibility of competing for the throne, so that those people have no one to support, wouldn't it be good." When Qi Dongya heard this, he said indifferently.
He seemed to have already thought about what he would do if he got to this point.
When the prince heard this, his face was full of surprise, how could it be possible for him to get rid of Sikong Mubai now?
"Maybe you should also know that Lord Lin, who is now in charge of the Heavenly Prison, is the one who supports Sikong Mubai, and I don't even have a chance to do it now." The prince looked at Qi Dongya with a headache and said.
If he still had so many people in his hands now, he probably wouldn't have such a headache.
"But I've also heard about this matter, Lord Lin has always taken good care of Sikong Mubai in the prison." Qi Dongya nodded quietly and said.
When the crown prince heard this, he didn't know what suddenly came to mind, he stood up and walked to Qi Dongya's side and asked: "Otherwise, let's take this opportunity to tell our father that Sikong Mubai and Lord Lin are colluding in the prison, in this case, my father will dislike Sikong Mubai even more, and secondly, he will also punish Lord Lin heavily." ”
The words of the prince made Qi Dongya frown for a while.
"It's not a wrong thing for you to bring down the people who support him, but you have to use the right method after all, now so many people in the court are supporting Sikong Mubai, which can be regarded as a matter of public expectation, if you hurt those who support Sikong Mubai at this time, it will only make those people attack you en masse." Qi Dongya helplessly reminded the prince and said.
This doesn't work, that doesn't work, the prince is now completely entangled, and he doesn't know what else he can do.
"I mean, you can directly dispose of Sikong Mubai, in this case, without this person, they will have no one to support, and in two days, won't it be a ceremony to sacrifice to the sky? These people in the court are so interceding for Sikong Mubai, when they want to come to the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, they will definitely release him, you take this opportunity to lead a thunderbolt to the name of heaven and chop him to death at the ceremony of sacrificing to heaven, one is that the other person is dead, it is useless to say anything, and the other is that you can say how he died afterwards. Qi Dongya looked at the prince quietly and said.
After all, people at this time are extremely believing in the gods, and if a person is punished by the gods, these people are bound to think that he is the most evil.
"Wonderful, this is a good way, why didn't I think of it, although this may be a little troublesome, but afterwards, we just need to say that Sikong Mubai is extremely evil, and if he forms a party in the DPRK and China to do evil for personal gain, and arouses the dissatisfaction of the heavens, then there is nothing to say." The prince's face was full of excitement, and he wished that he could lead a heavenly thunder to kill Sikong Mubai now.
But if it happens to be an accident on the day, it's not an easy thing to do, and they need help.
"I've heard some warlocks say before that if you let the thunder strike a person in such weather, the best way is to set up something that can conduct electricity in a high place, such as metal or something, and then you can use the layout of the scene to lure the thunder to him, isn't it?" Qi Dongya looked at the prince calmly and said.
The prince now has a look of admiration for Qi Dongya, he never thought that the person who could help him come up with these good methods was actually Qi Dongya.
He clapped his hands and paced back and forth around the room, his eyes full of excitement.
"Wonderful, this is really a good way, why didn't I think of it, you said that if you had such a good way to tell me, we wouldn't have to take so many detours before." The prince said while looking at Qi Dongya with emotion.
But when he heard this, Qi Dongya frowned slightly, the prince had never tried to solve things by himself, and he wanted him to help when he encountered anything.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, I hope you can rely on yourself more when you encounter things in the future, don't always hope that I can come and give you ideas, if one day I am not by your side, then who will find a way for you?" Qi Dongya raised his eyes as he spoke, carefully observing the prince's expression.
However, when he heard his words, the prince's face was full of indifference.
"Why aren't you by my side? As long as you have me one day, you will definitely be there, you can rest assured. The prince groaned as he spoke.
But now they also need someone who can help them do things that day, this person must have a certain strength, have soldiers in their hands, and be able to control the personnel during the sacrifice ceremony.
After thinking about it, the prince didn't think that anyone could help do this well.
"Let's go find Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Guo has helped us a lot in recent years, I think he will definitely have a way." Qi Dongya looked at the prince and thought for a long time but still didn't come up with anything, and said quietly.
Over the years, in order to be able to support him, Guogong has also helped them do things that have lost their conscience.
Thinking of this, the prince clapped his hands again and again, yes, why didn't he think of it, why did Qi Dongya think of everything for him first.
"Okay, then you have a good rest in the prince's mansion first, wait for me for a while, and I'll go to him." As he spoke, the prince ordered someone to prepare the carriage and prepare to go to the grandfather in person.
Sikong Mubai's matter has now spread in the capital, and many people are speculating whether the emperor will punish Sikong Mubai in the end.
There are many people in the city who are afraid that Sikong Mubai will really be held accountable, so now they are all running to the gate of the imperial city to petition for Sikong Mubai.
When he heard about the incident at the gate of the imperial city, the emperor was more or less jealous of Sikong Mubai, and he couldn't be directly executed no matter what.
"Your Majesty will sacrifice to the sky in a few days, and it stands to reason that the princes need to come together at the ceremony, and now there are not many princes in the harem, and the young princes naturally can't go, and the only ones who can go are His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness, Weichen implores you to release His Royal Highness the Three Highnesses temporarily." Several ministers knelt in front of the emperor and said sincerely.
The emperor was already not good at blaming Sikong Mubai anymore, but now when the audience said this, his expression was even more solemn when he looked up at them.
Everyone said so, and he had to think about it for the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony.
Besides, after the observation of the past few days, he also found that the prince's influence and appeal in this court are far inferior to Sikong Mubai, although the prince was cultivated by him and is his intended future successor, but the country is the most important, if the prince really can't provoke this beam in the end, it is not impossible to consider changing the successor.
When the emperor heard this, he groaned for a while, and then looked up at his father-in-law who was serving beside him.
"In the past two days in the prison, what are the three princes usually doing?" The emperor looked at the eunuch quietly and asked.
I didn't think that this eunuch also supported Sikong Mubai, and when he heard this question, he naturally understood what the emperor meant.
He sighed, thought for a while and said: "A few days ago, Lord Lin sent a letter saying that what His Royal Highness had done recently in prison found that he really had a lot of shortcomings, if it weren't for his own negligence, such a thing would not have happened now, His Royal Highness has been thinking about his shortcomings, and I beg Your Majesty to give him a chance to atone for his sins." ”