Chapter 36: Humiliation
They arranged for Chen Taifu to go to the palace to ask the emperor, and Chen Taifu's disobedience in front of the emperor had nothing to do with others, after all, the king had locked him up at home before, and he ran out without permission.
But now that the emperor and King Wu are back in the palace together, what should King Wu do when Taifu Chen offends the emperor?
"Hurry! Go and drive Mrs. Chen away. ”
"Think of a way to stop the emperor and the king."
But it was too late, the emperor and the king of Wu led the ministers and magnates, surrounded by the guard of honor of the eunuchs and eunuchs, to the palace, the king drove the beaded curtains on all sides, so that the people could see it and be the emperor and the king of Wu.
"It's Your Majesty and the King!"
"Ah, what's going on?"
"The king gave up the palace for His Majesty to borrow the courtier's house, but His Majesty refused, so he came to invite the king back to the palace."
"This is really a joy, the brotherhood of the monarch and the minister."
The scene of the emperor riding with the princes and kings is actually not unusual, when the rebellion of the Five Kingdoms, the old king Wu sat in the emperor's car, when the emperor was a teenager and just ascended the throne - I didn't expect them to be able to see it once in their lifetime.
People flocked from all over to watch, chanting from the streets, but the atmosphere was cut off in front of the palace.
Looking at the dozens of guards standing in front of the palace gate, as well as a veteran in armor and holding a sword, the emperor asked in surprise: "Brother Wang, what does this mean?" ”
This is a long story, but now it is not suitable to say a word, King Wu scolded: "What's the matter? Wasn't Mrs. Chen locked up in solitary confinement? How did you get out? ”
The ministers and eunuchs around him hurriedly followed and scolded: "Pull it away!" The guards rushed up, but looking at Chen Liehu, who was wearing armor and holding a knife, he didn't dare to step forward and pull-
Chen Liehu crossed the guards and looked at the emperor sitting in the king's car, the last time he saw the emperor was the Rebellion of the Five Kingdoms, the teenage emperor had become a middle-aged man in his forties, and his face was vaguely like the portrait of the first emperor, well, it was more angular than the gentle face of the first emperor.
This little emperor is more powerful than the first emperor, his mind is comparable to that of Gao Zu, and he is also inheriting the family business, and King Wu sitting next to him does not have the momentum of the old King Wu - alas, Chen Liehu sighed in his heart.
"Mrs. Chen." The emperor spoke condescendingly first, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but Taifu's spirit is still strong." ”
Chen Liehu bowed his head and saluted, and then got up: "Is Your Majesty here to admit your mistake and cancel the order of grace?" ”
The emperor smiled slightly: "I have come to admit that I have misunderstood the mistake of King Wu in assassinating me. ”
King Wu hurriedly spoke: "Okay, okay, Taifu, go back quickly!" ”
Mrs. Chen stood motionless in front of the palace gate, only looking at the emperor: "That means that Your Majesty is not willing to cancel the order of inheritance?" ”
The emperor said: "Lord Taifu, in fact, this decree is really for the sake of the princes and kings, especially the princes. ”
Chen Liehu said: "Since Your Majesty thinks so much about the princes, it is better for them to inherit the throne like the princes." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed color, and the iron-masked general shouted angrily: "Chen Liehu, you are presumptuous!" ”
Chen Liehu's eyes looked at him, compared to the emperor, he was more familiar with this iron-masked general, he also participated in the battle where the iron-masked general hurt his face, it was with the madman of the old Yan Wang, at that time, the soldiers and horses of the court were really weak, and the number was small, King Zhou deliberately wanted to scare them for fun, to see them fall into a heavy siege, and the onlookers did not save the excitement-
It's really a long time ago, those of them who have fought on the battlefield all their lives, it is inevitable that they will be injured, but what is it if they hurt their faces, do they still need to cover it, he didn't dare to see anyone when he injured a leg-
Chen Liehu's eyes were disdainful: "General Yu, I haven't seen you for a long time, why has your old voice changed?" ”
The iron-masked general was about to speak, but the emperor cut it off, he looked at Mrs. Chen, and the smile on his face was also veiled: "Mrs. Chen, are you going to meddle in the throne?" ”
He sighed softly.
"I think Taifu is wrong, Taifu should learn from Wu Taifu of King Lu back then."
The first emperor died suddenly, King Lu wanted to meddle in the throne, King Lu's Taifu Wu Jin stood in front of the palace and scolded King Lu, "Gaozu divided the princes and kings to make the world peaceful, but now the king wants to disturb the Great Xia, which is against the way of heaven and does not know the times, and will have to die well in the future and destroy the family business." ”
King Lu was furious, and beheaded Taifu Wu Jin in front of the palace gate, and still stole the second prince out of the capital, and treated him as an emperor in Lu - later Zhou Qi and Wu destroyed King Lu, the king of Yan, and the emperor posthumously awarded Wu Jin as the prime minister.
actually compared Wu Jin to him, doesn't that mean that King Wu also interfered in the throne? Or framing King Wu for rebellion! This emperor is accustomed to hiding knives when he speaks, and Chen Liehu is even more furious: "The position of the old minister and the prince is at the order of the king of Gaozu's education, but my king has not done anything disobedient, it is Your Majesty who wants to disobey the first emperor with the intention of my king!" ”
The emperor looked at him and smiled: "Yes, it turns out that in the eyes of the Taifu, what the princes and kings did was not disobedience." "As for the past, since his father died of a violent illness, at the age of fifteen, he swore not to say or mention it, but only remembered in his heart and never forgot -
The emperor's voice was raised, "Taifu is going to educate me, so please come to the court as a minister first." ”
Chen Liehu did not have the slightest fear, and the knife in his hand was stunned: "The minister is willing to be His Majesty's concubine on the orders of the emperor, but before that, please leave Wu Land first, and the soldiers and horses displayed in Wu Land will also be taken away, and this is the Wu Palace, Your Majesty is not allowed to step in." ”
The emperor glanced at King Wu, who had already turned red and felt annoyed, he hated to listen to these ministers arguing, not to mention that he was still in front of the emperor.
He shouted: "Chen Liehu, you step aside!" ”
Chen Taifu shouted to the king: "The fief of my Wu country, the power of the king is the order of Gaozu, the emperor does not withdraw the order of grace one day, one day is to disobey Gaozu, and he is a king who is unkind, unrighteous and untrustworthy!" ”
King Wu saw that the emperor was scolded with a smile on his face, and he was angry and scared, this Mrs. Chen, do you want to provoke the emperor and let Gu be killed on the spot?
You want to die, don't be lonely!
"Are you all dead?" King Wu stood up from the king's drive and waved his sleeves at Chen Liehu, "Drag him down!" Drag it out! ”
The guards didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and rushed up to hold down Chen Liehu.
"Great King, you can't keep the emperor in Wudi, otherwise, King Qi of Zhou will be suspicious." Chen Liehu struggled and thought of a final solution to the dilemma, "Either summon the King of Zhou and the King of Qi to come and face the saint together!" ”
What are the benefits of recruiting King Qi of Zhou and King Qi? King Wu was annoyed, stomped his feet and shouted: "This is the lonely Wu Kingdom, not your Chen Liehu's!" I don't need you to point fingers! Drag it down! Gagged him! ”
Several eunuchs also pounced, and sure enough, Chen Liehu was gagged, in order to prevent Chen Liehu from breaking free, a group of guards forced him to lift him up, and Chen Liehu struggled hard to look back-
King, isn't it to be a wicked person to let the old minister come out? Why did you regret it again?
Of course, Chen Liehu didn't think that those sons could steal the royal decree and let him out, and he couldn't be clearer than the king's acquiescence after decades of monarchs and ministers.
King, the old minister is willing to die for the Wu Kingdom, and you don't dare to let the minister die.
Chen Liehu's cloudy tears blurred his vision, like a dead tiger being carried away.
"Your Majesty." King Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said to the emperor, "Please enter the palace quickly." ”
The emperor nodded and said hello, the previous incident had no effect on him at all, but sighed to King Wu: "Taifu Chen's temper is still like this." ”
The king rushed forward through the palace gate.
Chen Danzhu behind the crowd has been sitting in the car, she didn't see the scene in front of the palace gate, she lowered her head, and her palms were punctured by her own nails - how could she see her father being humiliated, her father's humiliation was still planned by her, she, really damn it.
Ah Tian choked with tears: "Miss, let's go back - go back to the mountain, go back to the mountain." ”
Chen Danzhu nodded, Ah Tian shouted Bamboo Forest, Bamboo Forest turned his horse's head and pulled the car through the lively crowd that had not yet dispersed, and went out of the city.
In Chen's house, Danyan helped Fluttershy staggered out, changing her clothes, combing her hair, and ordering lipstick.
"Miss, miss." The butler followed her in tears.
"Don't cry." Chen Danyan's eyes were red, but tears refused to fall, "Prepare the coffin, you don't need to prepare anything else, my father is wearing armor, just wear it and bury it." ”
The housekeeper suddenly cried even more: "It's me who is incompetent, and I can't stop the master from going to death." ”
Chen Danyan's footsteps swayed, and Fluttershy let out a nervous scream, but Chen Danyan stood still and didn't fall, and gasped a few times: "Don't stop, my father is happy, my father died without regrets, we, we all have to be happy-"
The housekeeper covered his face and nodded, and ran forward: "I'll go and load the master's coffin." ”
He just ran, and someone outside ran around, shouting, "Master is back!" "There are a lot of soldiers!"
The butler's footsteps were paused, the master was killed, are these soldiers here to raid the family? He looked back at Chen Danyan, miss-
Chen Danyan stood still, looked dumbfounded, and shouted, "Father." ”
The housekeeper turned his head again and saw that the door was open, and the guards walked in with Chen Liehu in their arms, not in, not brought in, and he also let out a surprise shout, "Master!" ”
Chen Liehu's armor was scattered, the knife in his hand was gone, his gray hair was limping and shaking, his expression was blank, and he did not respond to their shouts.
The master had never been so embarrassed - the butler only felt that his heart was about to break.
"Father." Chen Danyan stepped forward and asked in a trembling voice, "You, are you okay?" ”
Chen Liehu hummed and continued to walk forward, Chen Danyan's tears finally fell, if her father died, she would not shed a single tear, and now that her father was still alive, she could cry like rain.
"Father." She cried, "Don't be upset. ”
Chen Liehu smiled: "I'm not sad, I'm not sad at all." He put his hand to his heart, "My heart is dead." ”