Chapter 258: Cruelty

Seeing that his situation was not good, Emperor Chu Yueguo had to escape in embarrassment under the protection of his personal guards.

This is a secret passage that only the emperor knows about for all years, and the route is not elsewhere, but on the dragon bed. In order to worry that the emperor would suddenly collapse, it would be too late to tell the heir about it, and when he learned that King Zhao led people to force the palace, the emperor ripped off the road map.

King Zhao and others pursued and killed to no avail, but they were depressed at the bottom of their hearts, but they ran away from an emperor but couldn't run away from the concubines and princes and princesses of the harem.

"The emperor's unprovoked disappearance was actually done by the harem concubines, and he poisoned many dragon sons and dragon girls, which is extremely hateful. The order goes down, and in the future, the court affairs will be handled by King Zhao for the time being. ”

King Zhao's words instantly decided the fate of his nephews and nieces, including those delicate harem concubines.

When the emperor left the palace, he went to the home of his confidants and contacted everyone to hide in the mountains and forests outside the imperial city.

If it is said to be hidden, it is just to count the number of people to confirm how many people King Zhao has.

This inventory shocked the emperor, who did not take King Zhao seriously, and one-third of the territory of the entire Chu Yue Kingdom was secretly attributed to King Zhao.

Then I heard the news that King Zhao announced to the public!

"Huh! Unprovoked disappearances! What did the concubine plan? Poisoning the emperor's heir? It seems that my emperor is a lot bolder! It's a pity that I don't know if I have the ability to govern the country, after all...... A country is not something that can be governed simply. ”

The princes of the same age as the emperor have all learned the way to govern the country, and they can judge whether they are good or bad. But it can be said that at least the country can be sustained, at least not broken.

And King Zhao ...... The emperor naturally didn't think that person would learn any way to govern the country, after all, the saying that three years old is still mostly accurate.

"Your Majesty is not worried?"

"Worried? Do you think he deserves to sit in that high position? The emperor's eyes flickered, he was not afraid of his rebellious imperial brother...... Thinking of his concubines and children who died tragically for no reason, he was sad.

On weekdays, he doesn't like to take it in the harem, and he treats his children harshly. But now...... He didn't know how many of those children would survive.

"He has been cruel since he was a child, because of how many eunuchs and palace maids have been harmed by his joy. It's still fashionable for a toddler at a few years old, let alone at such an age. How long do you think he can do that? ”

Perhaps after leaving the court, the courtiers actually felt that their majesty suddenly had a little human touch.

It's not that the previous person wasn't human, it's just that ...... This person wants to be emotionally thin, and everything he does is like fulfilling his duties. Superfluous nonsense will not be said at all, but sometimes it will be weakened because of the situation.

For example, when he asked Qin Boyong for help.

The emperor has long been in contact with Qin Boyong, and now he is divided into two factions with King Zhao, so he naturally contacts Qin Boyong.

Qin Boyong didn't say much, only told him that the soldiers and horses on the border could be mobilized when there was civil strife in Chuyue, but he needed to discuss with the general guarding the town to give orders.

Qin Boyong didn't have many accidents, and what he had to do was never something else to care about. The reason why I helped this time was not only because I didn't want to be infected by the war, but also because King Zhao had Zhou Xun on his side.

"Your Majesty, I think you have also seen how dissatisfied the DPRK and China are with you now." Zhou Xun squinted his eyes, and the clothes on his body changed from a white Confucian robe to a cyan official robe.

Now his identity is King Zhao's staff, and his position will not be light when King Zhao ascends the throne, but unfortunately he doesn't care about this.

Zhou Xun looked at King Zhao who was sitting there, which was different from Zhou Xun's previous rebellion. King Zhao's actions are easier to be said, after all, the previous Zhou Xun can be regarded as 'eliminating harm for the people'.

"It's just pedantic people, if only they were to be executed if it made sense for me to succeed to the throne."

King Zhao didn't care about anyone in the house, and directly stretched his waist and yawned to get ready to sleep.

"......" Zhou Xun suddenly didn't understand why this wanted to be an emperor, but it didn't look like an emperor.

"Your Majesty, it's all right if only one or two people oppose it. But what if the whole world thinks that your name is not right? ”

"What do you mean?" King Zhao's drowsiness just now disappeared in an instant, and he was angry for no reason in his heart.

Zhou Xun: What does this mean? Saying that his name is not right, and that he has no popular support? Why does he not have the support of the people, half of the territory of the entire Chu Yue Kingdom is in his hands.

Although it is said that they are all royal, in fact, it was all his people in that place a few years ago.

"It seems that Your Majesty has misunderstood." Zhou Xun became suspicious of himself, and when he first met King Zhao, he would feel that this person was unfathomable.

Later contact...... Maybe he didn't care about it, so he didn't see the bad deeds of this person. But this is more to his liking, if there are people with ambition and means, there is nothing he is looking for here.

"Your Majesty, think about it. Zhou Xun is not from Chu Yueguo, so he may think more clearly. If it is said that there is a problem with His Majesty's accession to the throne, it is doubtful that the emperor suddenly disappeared, and it is doubtful that the harem concubines are sent by the sacred, and they can kill the masters in the palace. What should Your Majesty do? Is it to block the mouths of the crowd or to turn a blind eye? ”

"Those Diao people are doing a lot of harm, what can you think about if you kill them directly?" King Zhao looked at Zhou Xun with suspicion, and suddenly felt that it might be a mistake for him to take Zhou Xun in.

"......" something!

Zhou Xun felt that he still needed to borrow this power, otherwise he would take people away directly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to avoid the trouble. Those ignorant people, kill or waste place. Besides, if they don't pay taxes, Your Majesty will have to sit and eat. ”

I don't even understand this reasoning...... They felt that this man was going to be hopeless.

"Tell me about it."

"When His Majesty's royal brothers competed for the throne, when did the emperor issue an edict to appoint the crown prince?"

"This ...... It was taken out by his father's close attendants after his father's death. "Chu Yueguo has a rule, that is, the succession to the throne is read by the emperor's close attendants. After the death of the emperor, this attendant must go to guard the emperor's mausoleum.

"Who can prove the truth of the decree?"

King Zhao shook his head, thinking about the news he had inquired about: "My father died of illness, and there were only a few eunuchs present that day. Before the imperial doctor arrived, the person was gone. ”

"What a damn thing! Then we can make a fuss about the holy decree, isn't it your majesty who hurts the most before the death of the first emperor? We directly said that the emperor threatened the attendant and tampered with the edict. And the one who really deserves to inherit the throne is Your Majesty. ”

"Is this possible?"

When he took the throne, King Zhao was just a young child, in other words, a pistachio in the palace. The only role is to make his father happy, and of course, he will punish him severely for what he wants and hates.

"Why not." A smile crossed the corner of Zhou Xun's mouth, so that things were much simpler than he thought.