In the evening, the Yingyan dance in the Lu Gong's Mansion was full of guests, Jia Mi was drinking and having fun with a group of his literary friends, and after the dance, the dancers dispersed, and everyone cheered.

"Good!"

"Okay!"

"Although the gorgeousness of this dance is not as good as "Nine Songs", its flying agility is not under it."

"The silk and bamboo are pleasant, the delicate baby is charming, the light song and dance, it is natural, and it makes people feel like entering a fairyland, which is really wonderful." One by one, they were amazed and toasted each other, but they saw Jia Mi frowning and sighing alone.

So everyone was a little puzzled and stopped talking. After glancing at each other, Shi Chong got everyone's hint and carefully raised his wine glass: "Duke Lu, please drink!" ”

Jia Mi woke up suddenly: "Ah! …… The general does not have to be polite. Come, everyone drinks. ”

Shi Chong took the opportunity to ask, "Duke Lu, why are you depressed today?" ”

Jia Mi deliberately sighed and said: "Alas, there is a difficult matter, and I really don't know how to deal with it, so I am upset and unable to be happy." ”

Everyone began to pat their ass: "Lu Gong, please speak." "What's the matter?" "Let's hear it, maybe there will be a way."

Zhou Hui flattered: "Yes, the inferior people and Lu Gong are called twenty-four friends, like brothers, if Lu Gong has any difficulties, even if he informs him, the crowd is working together, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come up with a good idea?" ”

Jia Mi drank a glass of wine, put the wine glass on the table casually, and sighed: "Okay, let's tell you the truth now." The queen wants to abolish the crown prince Sima Shu, and asks if it is okay to go down, what about me, I can't get the essentials when I think about it, I don't know what you think? Then he glanced at everyone with a compelling gaze, and for a while, everyone present was speechless.

"You don't have to worry, there are no outsiders here, please speak up if you have something to say."

Shi Chongyi gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Since Lu Gong asked, then, the lower officials will just say it." I feel that what the queen thinks is not unreasonable, Sima Shu has been the prince for ten years, especially the prince's governance of Guanzhong has achieved initial results. At present, the crown prince has begun to have popularity, and he is extremely smart by nature, keeping him will be a bane for you Duke Lu after all. ”

Zhou Hui echoed: "Yes, yes, as the saying goes, 'if you don't die if you fight a snake, you will be injured by a snake', since Niangniang already has a son-in-law, in order to prevent future troubles, why not do things more thoroughly?" Wouldn't it be enough to kill the prince directly? ”

Brother Lu Ji was silent when he heard this, and only Liu Kun argued with reason: "Gong Lu, this matter must not be allowed!" ”

Jia Mi frowned and asked, "Oh? What is Lord Liu's opinion? ”

Liu Kun persuaded: "Duke Lu, when the first emperor was alive, he once said to the ministers, 'Here should be my family', this sentence has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, coupled with the prince's great military exploits, the court and the outside world are all respectful, if he is suddenly put to death, wouldn't it violate the last words of the first emperor?" In this way, it will inevitably cause people to be unconvinced, and if they are not satisfied, it will be difficult to treat, and if they are difficult to treat, they will be disorderly. Therefore, according to the opinion of the lower officials, the best way is to maintain the status quo for the time being, slowly improve the relationship with the prince, and then help the prince ascend the throne. At that time, how could he not be grateful for the grace of the queen and Duke Lu? And the officials and the people will also praise the empress and the magnanimity of the Duke of Lu, in this way, the spirit of the first emperor in the sky ......"

Jia Mi endured listening for a long time, and finally couldn't help it, he took the case, "Liu Kun! How old are you, and you dare to point out in front of me? What is the last precept of the first emperor? Yes? It was he Sima Shu who lived up to the high hopes of the first emperor and wanted to kill the king and kill his mother, so we were ready to abolish him and set up another prince. This is in line with the principles of heaven and the hearts of the people. Whoever dares to speak for him is a rebellious sinner! ”

Zuo Si saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly persuaded: "Lu Gong is angry, although Liu Yueshi's words are biased, but they are also loyal and upright, he can not avoid concealment, which shows his sincerity to Lu Gong." ”

Jia Mi angrily rebuked: "Nonsense! Doing things above board is nothing to hide. If he thinks about me, he shouldn't speak for that shit! ”

"Yes, yes." However, Zuo Si said in his heart: "If this prince is a waste, then what should everyone present be." ”

When everyone saw Liu Kun deflated, they bowed their heads and remained silent. Silence fell again.

Shi Chong received Jia Mi's signal and said, "Everyone, Duke Lu treats you and me like brothers, at this critical moment, we can't turn our elbows outward." The prince hated Lu Gong so much, why did Lu Gong have to raise tigers? On the contrary, getting rid of Sima Shu, doesn't the emperor still have the queen's own son, and it is justified to make him the prince. Therefore, it is pure nonsense to think that the world is going to be in chaos. As long as you put yourself in the shoes of Lu Gong and assist Lu Gong wholeheartedly, how can you tolerate me? ”

At this time, Lu Ji spoke: "Brother Xian's words are reasonable...... However, since we are all friends of Lu Gong, we should treat each other with sincerity and know everything. Judging from the current situation, I think that this move to abolish and kill the prince is definitely the way to take trouble! ”

Seeing that Lu Ji was also opposed, Jia Mi couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

Lu Ji took the opportunity to say: "Duke Lu, please think, the prince is very hopeful, if he takes the liberty of abolishing the prince, it will cause a lot of discussion in the world, if he is killed again, it will inevitably cause radical changes, and now the natural disasters are falling, the people are uneasy, and the rebellion in the state and county is about to break out. ”

Jia Mi was silent: "Then, what do you think?" ”

Lu Ji suggested: "According to the opinion of the lower officials, it is not impossible to abolish the prince, but the prince must be temporarily left alive to stabilize people's hearts." After a few years after the new crown prince was established, the government and the opposition gradually stabilized, and then moved him to a remote state and county to become a vassal king. ”

"It makes sense."

"This matter needs to be handled safely."

"I'm afraid that the situation in the future will not be easy to clean up."

"Mr. Lu deserves to be the first person in Jiangnan."

"Well, it is necessary to protect the abolished prince from dying, but also not to shake the status of Duke Lu, and more importantly, to ensure the peace of the world, which is really the best of all three worlds."

"Not bad, not bad."

"If Lu Gong follows this plan, then the Great Jin Dynasty will be worry-free."

Everyone talked about it, nodding their heads in approval, and the more Jia Mi listened, the more annoyed he became, he snorted, got up and walked away. Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they felt embarrassed and bored, so they got up and quit one after another. In the end, only Shi Chong and Liu Kun remained.

Shi Chong wanted to hold everyone back: "How are you going...... Ay...... You see, that's what it says......"

Liu Kun said: "Big brother doesn't have to work hard, people's hearts have been scattered, and you can't keep it if you want to." ”

Shi Chong sighed: "Alas, why bother? Isn't it just for the sake of abolishing the prince, why make such a fuss! ”

Liu Kun said seriously: "Abolishing the prince is abandoning the world, but he Lu Gong is iron-hearted, he doesn't listen to good advice today, and tomorrow he will regret the day." I know that the eldest brother approves of Lu Gong, and I am afraid that at this point, please forgive the younger brother for not agreeing! Alas! Now the little brother is really envious of Zu Shizhi! Forget it, the little brother is also gone! Get up, Liu Kun got up and strode out.

Jia Mi returned to the Lu Mansion with a heavy heart, and after a while, Sun Xiu came to visit.

Sun Xiu deliberately asked, "Gong Lu! Didn't I hear that there was a banquet going on in your house? But why did everyone leave the table one after another? ”

Jia Mi said angrily: "Don't you see, they all have their own plans, and they all follow the same heart." In that case, what's the point of them staying here? ”

Sun Xiu said cautiously: "Hey, it's normal for people to go with the flow, it's not that they don't have the same heart as you, but in the face of the incomparably powerful prince now, it really makes them undecided." However, I dare to bet that as long as you kill Sima Shu tonight, tomorrow, I dare to guarantee that not only will no one among their twenty-four friends gossip anymore, but even the entire imperial court, and no one will dare to come out against you. ”

Jia Mi's eyes lit up: "So, do you think Sima Shu has to be killed?" ”

Sun Xiu tempted: "Duke Lu, only by killing this person can you never suffer in the future." ”

"Just what I want!" Jia Mi's eyes rolled a few times and made up her mind.

In the next few days, in the streets of Luoyang, the emperor mobilized the forbidden army in the capital on the grounds of protecting the safety of the prince's wedding, and the two forbidden army commanders of Li Zhao and King Zhao drilled the soldiers and horses day and night, and the situation in the capital suddenly became tense. Many people who sympathize with the prince in their hearts are secretly worried about the prince.

However, what made everyone jaw-dropping was that the prince Sima Shu was not in a hurry at all, and was still busy with his wedding. For a while, people were a little confused, and the people of the family also gathered the best talents of the family and began to plan for a rainy day.

The three elders of Wang Yan, Wang Yan, and Wang Rong, the representatives of the Langya Wang family, plus the two outstanding juniors Wang Dun and Wang Dao, gathered together and discussed a lot.

"The situation in the world is getting more and more unpredictable, you have always been astute, let's talk about it first!" Wang Rong looked at Wang Dun and said by name.

"Yes, uncles, uncles, and nephews think that the chaos in the world is coming, and our Langya Wang clan must prepare early!"

"Let's talk about it carefully!"

"This time the prince and queen compete, our family will definitely sit on the profits, so no matter who wins or loses, we can no longer suppress the ambitious family and princes. Moreover, the king of Hejian, the king of Chengdu, the king of Qi, and the king of Zhao are not fuel-efficient lamps, as long as the center is in chaos, they will definitely rebel with the support of the family behind them. ”

"This also includes our Langya Wang family, Langya King Sima Rui has always been our key investment object, once the world is in turmoil, we will support Langya King into Jiangdong. On this point, we have reached a cooperation agreement with the Jiangnan family, on the condition that the king of Langya recognizes and protects the vested interests of the Jiangnan family since the Eastern Wu, in exchange for the support of the Jiangnan family Sima Rui, the king of Langya, as the new lord of the Jiangdong region. ”

"But we can't put our eggs in the same basket, isn't Uncle Wang Yan the prince's father-in-law, so you might as well stay in the capital, and Uncle Wang Yan isn't Yanzhou Thorn History? From today onwards, my uncle will secretly train soldiers and horses to prepare for mastering local forces. In this way, no matter which side succeeds in the future, our Langya Wang clan will not decline! ”

"Good! The virtuous nephew is really far-sighted! ”