Prime Minister Wang, you quickly think of a way, Chengguo is clearly uneasy and kind, Your Majesty takes care of face, and has a deep dislike with the King of Chu, saying that he will not let people go, if this continues, sooner or later it will be bad. One of the ministers threw his head up and drank a glass of sullen wine.

The minister next to him, who was good friends with him, agreed, "Yes, yes, the situation is critical now, Prime Minister Wang, you must save the people of Limin." ”

Once a war is provoked, it is the people who will suffer the most.

Prime Minister Wang frowned and waved his hand impatiently, "I have said everything that should be said during the day, eat vegetables and eat vegetables, let's not talk about this." ”

Several ministers know that Prime Minister Wang Cheng is a good man, he has a gentle temperament on weekdays, how can he easily refuse to offend others, but now it is different, at this time, if Prime Minister Wang Cheng still looks like he can get by, the court will really be finished.

Therefore, a minister said resolutely, "Prime Minister, if this matter is not resolved, how can you be in the mood to drink, and I implore the Prime Minister to persuade Your Majesty to release the King of Chu." ”

The other ministers did the same, and they all bowed their hands.

Prime Minister Wang sighed helplessly, "Why are you bothered, your majesty may not be willing to listen to the old man's words, forget it, the old man will try it tomorrow." ”

said that it was a try, but in fact, Prime Minister Wang Cheng did not hold out much hope.

Sure enough, when he met the emperor and asked the emperor to release the king of Chu, the emperor, who was originally still pleasant, immediately turned his face and said with a calm face, "Lord Wang, they are confused, but I didn't expect you to be confused." ”

Lord Wang said unhurriedly, "Your Majesty, brotherly harmony can make the country peaceful and peaceful, and the country is here, but I just want to see the situation of the royal family, and this is also for the good of the court." Please Your Majesty for the sake of the people of Li and release the King of Chu. ”

The emperor only felt tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, glared at Prime Minister Wang, and grinded his back molars viciously, "I still don't believe it, without the King of Chu, I can't manage this country well." ”

The emperor was reluctant to let go of the people, and threw away all the twists and turns of the ministers, and put down the words, if anyone dared to talk about it, he would go to stay in the prison like the king of Chu.

In this way, no one dared to play again, and the emperor's ears that had been poisoned for days were calmed.

However, the depression in his heart couldn't come out, and he even wanted to immediately order the king of Chu to be executed, and finally dispelled this idea under Xiao Anzi's strong persuasion.

Later, he slowly calmed down, but he also figured it out, if the king of Chu is killed at this time, the court will definitely make trouble, and it will be a big trouble at that time, so it is better to solve the matter of Chengguo first.

"When the matter of Chengguo is over, I must not be able to leave the King of Chu anymore."

The plea of the ministers also made the emperor feel the crisis, and the status of the king of Chu in the hearts of everyone was so high. The emperor is suspicious by nature, and many ministers have already been on his blacklist, just waiting for the matter to be over, and then clean up one by one.

In the middle of the night, everyone went to sleep. The middle-aged jailer knelt on the ground, bandaged the wound for King Chu, and whispered about the situation outside, with no sadness or joy on his face.

"The wound doesn't need to be treated too well, it will be seen." King Chu explained lightly.

The middle-aged jailer answered, untied the bandaged strip of cloth again, and sprinkled some gold sore medicine on it. This way, although the wound heals slowly, it will not re-infect.

"What does he mean?"

"Your Majesty is still reluctant to let you out, but the slave thinks that it won't be long before Your Majesty agrees."

The ministers of the court are all drilled into the horns of the bulls, and once they determine a thing, ten cows can't pull it back. As long as they feel that the king of Chu is helpful to the stability of the country, then they will inevitably use all kinds of methods to force the emperor to release him.

King Chu laughed briefly and looked around at the pitch-black prison, he had been in it long enough, it was time to go out and bask in the sun.

The middle-aged jailer was right, the emperor's attitude of ignoring it made the ministers quite chilled and made the people feel panicked.

They gathered in front of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion and strongly demanded that the emperor release the king of Chu, and Yin of Jingzhao Mansion was so frightened that he didn't even dare to go out of the door when he saw the black and oppressive human head outside the door. In the end, he changed his clothes, left through the back door, hurried to the palace, and reported the incident.

When the emperor heard this, he was furious, "How dare they? Is this a rebellion?! ”

Jingzhao Mansion Yin had a bitter face, "Please make a quick decision Your Majesty, Weichen's yamen won't have much time." ”

The Emperor sat down in his chair and said angrily, "What do they want to do?" ”

Just as the two were talking, a voice sounded from outside, "Your Majesty, what the people want, you can understand it by looking at this." ”

The emperor raised his eyes and saw that the two people behind the Ministry of Rites were carrying a huge horizontal bar, slowly unfolding, and one by one signatures appeared in front of the emperor.

That's a book of all people!

The Emperor was shocked, staggered two steps, and muttered, "No, it can't be. ”

He can ignore the opinions of his ministers, but he cannot ignore the opinions of the people.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is a student handed over to Weichen, and it is indeed the will of the people." ”

"Throw it out of here!" After panicking for a moment, the emperor calmed down, this country is still in charge of him, what can he do with just a few people?

The Ministry of Rites' eyes widened in astonishment, and in the end, he could only hang his head and let people carry out the Book of the People and burn it.

The emperor thought about it, it was impossible for the affairs of the imperial court to spread to the outside, and the affairs of the border pass had not yet been opened, why did the people know so clearly?

Someone must have instigated it!

After figuring this out, the emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of those who fanned the flames behind the scenes, and once found, beheaded for cholera and public display.

As soon as this order was given, Prime Minister Wang Cheng and several respected old ministers came to intercede, saying that this was inappropriate, and asked His Majesty to retract his intentions.

The emperor didn't listen to them at all, and insisted on investigating, but unfortunately there were many people involved, and there were no clues. The emperor was furious, and he strengthened his determination to find out who was behind the scenes.

In desperation, Prime Minister Wang had to find an opportunity to let the emperor go out of the palace and feel it for himself.

The emperor agreed to this request.

At this time, in the largest teahouse in the capital, every table was full of guests, and the storyteller was shocked, "This is the end of today's book." ”

The people below were still unsatisfied, and they all said, "Mr. continues, I haven't heard enough, what happened to the emperor in the end?" ”

The storyteller slowly sorted out his clothes, "What else, stubborn and self-serving, insisting on going his own way, unable to tolerate brothers, resulting in internal and external troubles in the court, allowing the Northern Desert to take advantage of the situation, and the country changed hands." ”

"Wow, that's the case, but sir, I think the emperor you mentioned is almost the same as the one in the palace now."

"I also feel this way, the current situation in the court is not internal and external troubles, but the hated one still keeps his brother in prison, and we may have to flee when the time comes."

"Didn't everyone go to the yamen to ask for their lives last time, why, there was no result?"

"Where is it, there is not even a splash, and I heard that he even burned the Book of the People."

"If the King of Chu is the emperor, it will definitely be much better than this, and we are not uncommon for such a faint monarch."

In the private room on the second floor, a tea cup smashed against the wall and shattered in pieces.

The emperor who went out on patrol stood up angrily, "Talking about the government in vain, I want to arrest all these Diao people!" ”

Prime Minister Wang Cheng was quite calm, he sent the guards at the door and stopped the emperor's footsteps, "Your Majesty, you see, everyone below is saying this, the law does not blame the people, do you want to kill everyone?"

The emperor stiffened for a moment, and then said proudly, "Why not? ”

He is the emperor, he can do whatever he wants, just kill a few people, and who dares to beak?

Prime Minister Wang pursed his lips and shook his head, "The people just don't want the court to fight, and it's not wrong for them to want a stable life." ”

Under the persuasion of Prime Minister Wang, the emperor finally did not move the teahouse. After coming back, my heart was like a thorn in my heart, I couldn't spit it out or swallow it, and it was very uncomfortable. When I slept at night, I didn't dream of the emperor again, but I dreamed of the people, chasing and beating him fiercely, and shouting that he was not worthy of being the emperor and asking him to abdicate.

The Emperor was awakened by the nightmare again, and could not sleep anyway, so he simply asked the recital to be brought over and began to peruse the contents that had been ignored before.

Time has passed in a flash, the emperor is still entangled, but the envoys of Chengguo have already arrived in the capital.

The emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and the Marquis of Wen Yuan to be responsible for the reception, and the two came back to report, and the envoys of Chengguo hoped to see the emperor as soon as possible and admire the emperor's demeanor.

"How many people did the envoys of Chengguo bring over?"

"Two generals and guards, two followers."

The emperor bowed slightly, and explained, "The envoys of Chengguo have come from afar, and the journey must be tiring. "This is a tactful refusal, and the envoy is now in the palace.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the Marquis of Wen Yuan exchanged a look with each other and bowed their hands.

Seeing that the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was about to speak, the emperor couldn't help but ask, "What else do you want to say?" ”

"Your Majesty, on the day of the banquet, can you let the King of Chu attend with you?"

When the emperor heard the name of the king of Chu, he was no longer angry, but only felt tired, "How can he, a rebel party, appear at the banquet?" ”

Marquis Wen Yuan arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, if the King of Chu does not attend, I am afraid that it will not be good for the envoys of Chengguo to look at it." ”

"I will arrange for the Nine Princes to come over then." The emperor had already thought of a countermeasure.

However, one Nine Princes is far from enough, and the other ministers are not satisfied, so they jointly wrote a letter, saying that if the King of Chu does not attend this banquet, then they will not attend.

The emperor had no choice but to let the king of Chu out.