"Edict of succession! Hehe! ......" Zhao Gou smiled coldly and said, "Second brother, tell me where this edict came from!" Don't think I don't know the calculations of your heart, if you invite you truthfully, I will let you go; If you refuse to confess, then watch it! ”

"Ninth brother, where did you start talking about this!" Zhao Yougong broke out in a cold sweat and smiled, but his smile was really a little reluctant.

Now only the two of them are in the house, and the others have gone back to their respective homes. Zhao Gou didn't give him any face, and directly forced Zhao Yougong to tell the truth, he always felt that this matter was a plan against him. Then, he recalled what Zhao Yougong had done, and always felt that something was wrong.

"At the beginning, I led the army to capture the sixteen states of Yanyun, and I had a lot of trouble with my father, everyone pleaded for me, only you stood by and watched, I have always kept this in my heart." Zhao Gou turned over the old accounts and calculated them with him one by one, "At that time, I thought you had scruples, or maybe my father had some plans." After all, I was not yet an adult at that time, and I had not been crowned, so I could not continue to be knighted. ”

"But my father didn't want to deprive me of my official position and title on a trumped-up charge, and I didn't fight for anything, so I did as my father wanted. I thought my father would explain it to me, and even you would come and talk about it. ”

"In fact, you didn't show up at all, let alone come after the fact. After that, I disappeared for two months and reappeared, and you came, but then your attitude changed 180 degrees, and you slowly broke away from me, and even drew a line with me. ”

"I didn't doubt this, until I was transferred out of the capital, the crown prince ascended the throne as the emperor, there was no warning at all, and there were white lotus demon words to confuse the people and confuse people's hearts, you, as a privy council envoy, stood by and watched this, and turned a blind eye."

"With your jealous and hateful nature, you don't rub sand in your eyes, if you don't see this thing, it's better to say that you don't know, but what is happening right now in you, you don't care about it, and let it go in the worst direction. At the beginning, I fought a decisive battle with the Jin soldiers at Gubeikou, and repeatedly wrote to the imperial court, but there was no reply. ”

"I can't blame you for this matter, I also know that you have been turned away from the palace repeatedly, and you also plan to leave the capital and go to the front, but you don't know what happened, you just left the house and haven't left the city, but you turned back, this matter makes me puzzled."

"What kind of person could make you do this, and finally I thought that only two people have the ability to make you obey your orders today. Then, I returned to the capital from the land of Yanyun, but you were not surprised at all, it was more as if you had already prepared, not only the forbidden army and guards in the palace could be mobilized, but even everything I did, you supported it unconditionally. ”

"At that time, I left my post without permission, which was a capital crime, but you insisted on standing on my side, and in the end, you forced the palace and completely deprived the emperor of his power, nominally he was still the emperor, but in fact he had no power. But you don't have any displeasure, but you are a little happy. ”

"Then, last night you received news in the mansion, presumably from the villa, and you smiled; Today, you took out the Emperor's edict of succession. I'm afraid that this edict was written a long time ago, and if I guessed correctly, it should have been handed over to you by my father after I returned to Beijing. ”

"All of the above things are connected, you must be hiding something from me, this matter is not small, am I right!"

"Ninth brother, I'm ...... I don't know what you're talking about, how can I not understand it! Zhao Yougong smiled hesitantly, Zhao Gou's analysis of the matter was the first to say, Zhao Yougong's heart was trembling, he knew that one day he would be discovered by Zhao Gou, but he didn't want to be so fast.

Zhao Gou was silent, looking at Zhao Yougong intently, and his treacherous smile made Zhao Yougong uncomfortable. The sharp gaze seemed to see through him, which made Zhao Yougong, who was a thief, a little unbearable, the more he was like this, the more Zhao Gou suspected that Zhao Yougong was hiding something.

"Why are you looking at me, I really don't know!" Zhao Yougong himself felt that his voice trembled a little, even he didn't believe what he said, how could Zhao Gou believe it.

"I really don't know, I still don't want to say!" Zhao Gou said with a smile, "If you don't want to say it, then why don't I help you say it!" Actually, this matter has been a bureau from the beginning, a bureau that allowed me to ascend the throne as the emperor, and even my father and the emperor were captured as part of this plan, I said yes? ”

"That's not right!" Zhao Yougong immediately refused, and when he said this, he saw Zhao Gou's smiling smile, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he stubbornly said truthfully: "Alas! Since you've guessed it, then I don't have much to say, so I might as well tell you the whole thing. ”

"Listen up!"

Zhao Yougong sighed: "Actually, the Emperor Taishang has tested you many times before, and your answer is unwilling." At that time, the Emperor Taishang seemed to be an unintentional move, but he actually wanted you to inherit the throne and become the new monarch, but you were unwilling to accept it. ”

"The Emperor Taishang had no choice but to choose a dangerous move, and he also knew what the disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty were, but he couldn't do anything, but he believed that you had the ability to do what he couldn't do. Therefore, in the mind of the Emperor, you are the best candidate for the throne. ”

"When you recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun and returned triumphantly, the Emperor Taishang also thought about deposing the crown prince and re-establishing the crown prince. That person is you, but my father, Lord Pan, and Lord Zhu all feel that deposing the prince at this time will have too much impact on the current situation. ”

"They know too?" Zhao Gou heard that Pan Lianggui and Zhu Zhuo actually knew about this, which surprised him.

Zhao Yougong shook his head and said, "They don't know everything, they just know that the Emperor Taishang intends to abolish the crown prince." Since ancient times, the patriarch has been orderly, and the prince, as the eldest son of the emperor, has no major mistakes, so he rashly abolished the prince, for fear of causing a revolt from the court and the world's scholars, and in the end this matter will be over. ”

"In the end, the Emperor Taishang consulted with my father and the king and decided to make a dangerous move, that is, to canonize you as king at the right time, give you a fief, let you leave the capital, and preserve your strength. The crown prince inherited the throne and became Emperor Qinzong, which was also part of the plan. ”

"Emperor Taishang's original intention was to let the Great Song Dynasty have civil strife, and then you would come forward to suppress it, so that you would justifiably ascend the throne as the emperor, and you could force the emperor to abdicate. It's just that the emperor listened to the words of the demon and almost made you die on the battlefield and in the land of Yanyun. ”

"The Emperor Taishang is very angry, but he has no choice but to go with the flow and pray for your safe return. When I learned that you had won and that you would return to Beijing, I arranged my next step. He knew that you were going to force the palace, and the emperor was very supportive of these things. ”

Then, the Emperor invited the Emperor to go hunting, which was also part of the plan. Because the news that they went out hunting was also released by their father in accordance with the will of the Emperor Taishang, attracting the Jin people and spies, and then capturing all of them, then no one in the Great Song Dynasty will be able to stop you from ascending the throne as the emperor. ”

"At that time, the court was in turmoil, the second emperor was captured, and only you alone could be as stable as Mount Tai, and the country would not be shaken at all. Therefore, this edict of succession was written when you returned to King Qin from the land of Yanyun, and it was just this opportunity for you to ascend the throne as emperor. ”

Zhao Gou said anxiously: "Where are the father and the emperor now?" ”

"This is an accident!" Zhao Yougong said dejectedly, "These were originally planned, but the people who captured the second emperor were the remnants of the White Lotus Society, and they cut off all traces through some means, so that their father was lost, and now they should be in Shangjing Mansion and really captured by the Jin people." ”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhao Gou roared and looked at Zhao Yougong expressionlessly.

Zhao Yougong smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but the emperor instructed you, only in this way can you ascend the throne as the emperor and lead the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, and he pins all his hopes on you." The Emperor Taishang also said that if there is really any eventuality, it is all his willingness, and you must let you take the Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji as the priority, and with your support, he can leave with peace of mind. ”

"Father, why do you want to hide from your son!"

Zhao Gou burst into tears, he always knew that something was wrong, but he couldn't find any flaws, and now when he heard Zhao Yougong tell everything about it, he knew that everything his father did was to force him to ascend the throne as the emperor, which made him embarrassed.

The reason why Zhao Gou did not ascend the throne as emperor was because he knew that the next emperor recorded in history was Zhao Huan, and if he really ascended the throne as emperor before Zhao Huan, then history would really change. As for whether it is good or bad, no one knows, but his concerns have led to history repeating itself, which makes Zhao Gou how to accept it.

(End of chapter)