Fifteen: The Prince's Trickery
Time flies, the next morning, Qu Changning always has an ominous premonition, first he didn't see Yun Qiancheng's figure, and then he heard that Emperor Wu was assassinated yesterday, so he was a little uneasy, but looking at the strange eyes of those hundred officials looking at him, Qu Changning was even more uneasy in his heart, and he always felt that he was like a prey targeted by someone!
"Did you hear that? Your Majesty seems to have been poisoned yesterday! ”
"I heard that, it is said that this matter has something to do with King Yu......
"No wonder, I'll just say why I didn't see King Yu today"
Ministers, you and I began to chat about gossip one by one, and when they saw Qu Changning coming, they all shut up with interest, and with the first ringing of the morning bell, the ministers all walked from Wumen to Qianyang Palace, rushing to the ten-day court meeting!
Emperor Wu immediately announced: "The king of honor, Yun Qiancheng, does not respect heaven and earth, does not cultivate benevolence, and actually uses evil magic to mutilate his brother, causing the second prince Yun Luotian to lose his heart, just yesterday, that unfilial son actually wanted to use the unique chaos flower of Shu to disturb my mind!" What an unforgivable sin! Now cut off all the titles of Yun Qiancheng and put them in the heavenly prison to tell the subjects of the world! ”
"Ah...... How so? ”
Qu Changning was shocked in his heart, could this be the ominous premonition before? Impossible, how could King Yu do such a thing? There must be something else hidden in this! Qu Changning immediately pleaded and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be strictly investigated, if you rashly put King Yu in prison, lest the general be dissatisfied, and the cool land cannot be without handsome, in addition to King Yu, who else in this court and the opposition can take on this important responsibility, please think twice!" ”
Expectedly, Qu Changning will definitely intercede for Yun Qiancheng, at this time it reflects Yun Luotian's cleverness, under his arrangement, some officials immediately launched a verbal criticism of Qu Changning, and Song Zishan, the imperial history of the Inspectorate, said: "Marshal Qu, now the evidence of King Yu's mutilation of his siblings is conclusive, but you are wronged for him, where does the injustice come from?" Could it be that Your Majesty is wrong?! ”
He Chen pinched his beard and glanced at Qu Changning, and said: "Yes, Marshal Qu, I know that you have a deep relationship with King Yu's master and apprentice, but the court is not a place to talk about personal feelings, and please ask the old marshal to respect himself!" ”
Qu Changning didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, he was frantically besieged by the ministers, and for a while, Qianyang Palace was like a vegetable market, chattering and noisy, but Qu Changning was a military general in the end, and his mouth was not as sharp as Song Zishan and others, especially in the Inspectorate, you don't have two good mouths to talk about how to bring down officials?
Under the verbal criticism of a group of people, Qu Changning was sprayed speechless, and among them, Yun Zizhong and Yun Xingyan naturally made a lot of efforts, and even took out the previous matter of Qu Changning's delay in grain and grass and said it again, and finally came to a result, that is, Qu Changning was dismissed!
"You, how can you collude and talk nonsense...... Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ministers have wronged you, Your Majesty! ”
Qu Changning couldn't stop shouting grievances, but Emperor Yunwu didn't have the time to deal with him, and immediately demoted him to a concubine on the grounds of dereliction of duty, in fact, there was no such thing in front of him, Emperor Yunwu also wanted to find an opportunity to move Qu Changning, such an old minister, with a very high prestige in the army, no matter who would be the prince in the future, in the face of such a powerful minister is undoubtedly a great enemy, it is better to clear the obstacles for the new monarch, sometimes the emperor is so unreasonable, and there is no need for any reason, the ministers sometimes don't know how they offended the royal family, was killed and dismissed, this is officialdom!
At this time, Yun Xingyan also understood, no wonder Yun Luotian would arrange such a drama, the feeling is to cut off Yun Qiancheng's back road, Qu Changning is the spiritual pillar of Yun Qiancheng's party, and now that Generalissimo Qu has fallen, presumably Yun Luotian's next step is to gather all his forces......
"Hehe, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong, Yun Luotian, no wonder you are willing to give Yun Tianqing a paperwork, it seems that you should have planned this drama for a while, right?!" Yun Xingyan secretly speculated in his heart that he was serving in the Inspectorate, so he naturally heard some rumors, and under the premise of 'conclusive evidence', it was proved that Yun Qiancheng was guilty of this, and it seemed that he had been planning for a long time!
From Yun Luotian's point of view, I want to ask him, he will definitely not be willing to be an ordinary prince, just as he has been a prince for more than 30 years, but he wants to salute a guy like Yun Zizhong Yun Qiancheng who sees him too late to take it on weekdays, thinking about it, it is impossible, in some sense, he is the same kind of person as himself, and his capital is much greater than himself, so he can set up this killing game!
But to say that Yun Luotian wasted so much effort just to pull Yun Qiancheng and Qu Changning off the horse, Yun Xingyan would not believe it, he must have a back hand, sure enough, Emperor Wu immediately drafted a decree and said: "Regarding Yun Luotian's violent and promiscuous, mutilating his siblings, and attempting to kill the monarch was done by the emperor's eldest son Yun Qiancheng's evil arts, and now the truth is revealed, Yun Luotian is also stubbornly retreating, so I want to be the prince in Liyun Luotian, and I should work hard to assist as a minister, and there must be no mistake!" ”
After Emperor Wu said that, the ministers suddenly exploded, and Guo Shouqian immediately objected: "Your Majesty, now the second prince seems to be in good health at present, but who knows if he will relapse from his old illness in the future?" Please ask the emperor to focus on the overall situation, don't rely on emotion! ”
"What's that?"
Emperor Wu said: "Yun Luotian is just an evil spirit, how can he say that the old disease has recurred?" Mr. Guo is too worried! ”
Although Emperor Wu said so, there were still many ministers who supported Guo Shouqian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Yun Zaixing, the eleventh prince, said: "Father, the candidate for the crown prince should be of good character and noble character, it is true that the second brother and the following have fallen into evil arts, but he used to be arrogant, powerful, cholera harem, and captive dead soldiers, no matter what the father said, he can't tolerate him, right?" ”
At this time, Yun Luotian kept his head down, showing humility as in the past, and did not dare to say more, and Emperor Wu also said at this moment: "Didn't you hear what I just said? I don't blame him, I forgive him, there is a debtor and a master, all of this is caused by Yun Qianyan, and it has nothing to do with Yun Luotian! ”
"Humph! It doesn't matter if it's a good one, father, don't you just say that you like to let the second brother be the prince? Could it be that the sins suffered by the third brother and Siyue were in vain?! The sixth prince Yun Lingzhi said and looked at Yun Xingyan, but in the past, this jealous and hateful prince now seems to have no other words except for the previous verbal and written criticism of Qu Changning, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, so Yun Lingzhi brings up the old matter again, just to pull Yun Xingyan into the water!
At this time, everyone was looking at Yun Xingyan, and Yun Xingyan said coldly: "I said it once in front of the martial arts gate that day, I don't want to say it a second time, that matter ends here!" However, as far as matters are concerned, Yun Luotian is not qualified to be a prince! ”
Yun Luotian suddenly knelt on the ground at this time, began to sell miserably, and said: "Father, the third brother is right, the son has been the prince since he was a child, and it is inevitable that he will lack discipline as he wants, so he has committed heinous crimes again and again, and he is fighting with the brothers, which makes the eldest brother hold a grudge, and the son does not want to be a prince in a new way, in order to repay the kindness of his father's upbringing!" ”
Yun Luotian said better than singing, and those supporters of Yun Luotian also knelt down and said: "The second prince is benevolent, righteous and humble, he is really a virtuous king, and I am happy and ......convinced" At this time, the situation was one-sided, and there were many supporters who were shown by Emperor Wu, Yun Zizhong saw that Li Zhangyi had spoken, and suddenly felt a little confused, and immediately said: "Father, Dayun established the country with loyalty and filial piety, and must not use this kind of unkind and unrighteous person to be the prince, if the father and emperor insist on going his own way, we must be dissatisfied!" ”
Under the call of Yun Zizhong, some princes knelt down and admonished: "If the emperor insists on going his own way, lest the subjects of the world disobey, please think twice!" ”
At this time, Du Ke said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the second prince has been the crown prince for so many years, and he must be recognized by the world. Lord Song, you are in charge of the Inspectorate, you say a fair word! ”
"This ......"
Song Zishan said: "The emperor is a peerless monarch in ancient and modern times, how can the subjects disagree with what he has decided?!" I agree with what Twilight-sama said! ”