Chapter 124: Deposing the Crown Prince
"Father and Emperor Mingjian, the son and the minister will not dare to ...... Don't dare to have such delusions!"
The crown prince trembled, and the image that he had pretended to be for so many years was revealed bloodily in front of him, and Wei Jue didn't know how to face his monarch father.
"Don't dare, you keep saying it nicely, but what do you do, which one of them you don't dare. ”
The emperor shook his head, and he was still pretending to be strange in front of him.
"Father...... Is my father going to give up his son?" the crown prince looked up, his frightened eyes betraying his fear at the moment.
After the flood, the emperor secretly observed the movements of each prince, this kind of disaster is rare once in decades, but once it happens, the monarch must not be taken lightly.
The emperor wanted to take this opportunity to see the reaction of the prince and the princes, and the actions of several princes were correct, but only the prince disappointed himself.
"Since you can't sit in this position, why bother to be reluctant, the king of a country is related to the life and death of thousands of people, if the superior does not have the determination to live for the people, then sitting in this position will only be a faint monarch who is blamed by everyone. ”
"Father, don't, father, the son knows that he is wrong, the son will not dare anymore, you spare the son. ”
The prince couldn't care about his dignity at the moment, his head was like pounding garlic on the ground, he didn't know the pain, and he didn't want to stop.
"If you knew that you were wrong, you wouldn't have said this, and you wouldn't even know where you were wrong, and it would be in vain for you to be this prince. ”
Seeing the prince's unrepentant appearance, the emperor closed his eyes in despair, "Stand down!"
"Father......" The crown prince sat on the ground, his eyes were red, and his eyes were cracked.
The crown prince, who has been sitting for twenty years, has disappeared and disappeared into nothing, and twenty years of trembling and trembling are no longer needed at this moment, everything is gone.
If he had stayed in the East Palace honestly, did not contact the courtiers, and did not ask to see his mother, would all this not have happened?
That stele was not auspicious at all, but a calamity, the culprit who pulled himself down from the crown prince's throne.
In the twenty-second year of Zhen'an, at the end of October, he abolished the position of Prince Wei Jue, demoted him to a concubine, raided his home, and was imprisoned in Shangyang Palace.
In mid-November, the abolished crown prince Wei Jue was crowned the king of Qi, and the abolished crown princess Yang was the princess of Qi and gave her residence in the palace of Qi.
The reserve seat is vacant, the princes are ready to move, and the ministers have come to the emperor to ask for a new prince to settle the country.
"The matter of establishing a prince is very important, and I need to carefully assess the character of each prince, and then make a decision, and conclude that there can be no more such a situation as the abolition of the prince. ”
The emperor rubbed his forehead, it has been more than half a month, and these courtiers are still playing persistently, which is really distressing.
King Qi's side is even more tossed, he wants to die or live, he has to abolish Princess Qi and marry the daughter of the Duke of Lu, where is the daughter of the Duke of Lu Guo.
But the king of Qi did not give up, and ran to the house of the Duke of Lu to drink tea every day, which was several hours, without the constraints of the identity of the prince, Wei Jue is now becoming more and more arrogant.
used to be bad behind his back, but now he is begging for a woman on the surface, how ridiculous it is, and there is quite a kind of self-abandonment thought.
As soon as he thought of this, the emperor felt that his brain hurt, and he knew that this was the case, so he continued to lock it up in Shangyang Palace and let him fend for himself.
After all, it's a child who has seen it since he was a child, and he still can't bear it.
"The Emperor's ......"
"Okay, the top priority at the moment is post-disaster reconstruction, and the matter of establishing a prince will be discussed later. Before Zhongshu Ling could speak, he was interrupted by the emperor's stern words.
"The treasury is empty, the relief efforts are weak, the people outside are not well fed and sleeped, and you still have the heart to quarrel here. ”
The emperor's morning bell-like sound shook the entire court, and the courtiers lowered their heads and stopped talking.
"Where is the King of Chu?"
"Erchen is here. ”
Wei Jingyao was slightly stunned, raised his head suddenly, took a step to the right, and clasped his hands.
"The matter of post-disaster reconstruction will be left to you for the time being, there is not much silver that can be taken out of the treasury, you can save some money, if there is any difficulty, you can return to me. ”
The emperor stared at Wei Jingyao, who was standing below, and felt that he was much more pleasing to the eye.
"Enlighten my father, the matter of post-disaster reconstruction is very important, and the sons and daughters are only shallow in their studies, so I am afraid it is difficult to take on this important task. ”
Wei Jingyao's eyes were slightly deep, thinking about the meaning of the emperor's words, the crown prince had just been deposed, and if he took over such an important task, it would be equivalent to being on the cusp of the storm.
"Is it shallow?" The emperor squinted at Wei Jingyao in front of him, and inevitably felt funny in his heart, if he was only sparse and shallow, what would become of the abolished prince.
"If you don't give it a try, how do you know if you can do it? Please follow King Qi for a while, and deal with the flood for a while, I believe that you can handle this matter well. ”
"Thank you for your father's trust, and my sons obey the order. ”
Wei Jingyao knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he could only accept it head-on.
Could it be that this is the so-called retribution, he just cheated the prince, and in a blink of an eye, this heavy responsibility fell on his head, Wei Jingyao shook his head helplessly.
Wei Zheng half-lowered his eyebrows and looked at Wei Jingyao's small movements coldly.
I thought that this matter would be handed over to the household department, but I didn't think about it, it had already fallen on the king of Chu, what did my father mean?
As soon as he retired from the court, Wei Jingyao was surrounded by courtiers in the middle.
"Congratulations, His Royal Highness King Chu, Your Majesty has entrusted you with such an important errand, which shows the trust in you. ”
"What does His Royal Highness the King of Chu need? ”
Wei Jingyao certainly understood why they were suddenly so enthusiastic, the crown prince had just been deposed, but he had gained the blue eyes of his father at this time.
These people are clearly trying to curry favor with themselves.
"Your Excellency said this, but it really hurts the king, this king does not understand the government, where does he know the way of flood control and disaster relief, I am afraid that in the end it will be a joke in vain, and he will be punished by his father. ”
Wei Jingyao frowned, with a look of grievance, as if complaining, and looked at the adults.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is this, the emperor trusts you to entrust you to hand over such an important errand, why should you be humble!"
"Is it humble, this king knows in his heart, why do you have to exalt me so much, this post-disaster reconstruction, this king still has to rely on your lords, and you don't want to be annoyed by this king when the time comes. ”
Wei Jingyao still has the ability to talk to people and ghosts, otherwise he would not have hidden in the court for so many years.
"To be able to help His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it is an honor for the lower officials, an honor. Master Fang arched his hand, looking willing to serve.