Chapter 688: The Cuckold King
Please Emperor Ming's will, the old prince's words are not untargeted.
Emperor Ming is the founding emperor of Dongchen Kingdom, he was born in a family of old people, and has witnessed the deeds of countless dead kings in the history books, so he promulgated a decree on the day of his accession to the throne, if there are unjust and confused people in the later emperors, after the consultation of the clan relatives and the ministers of the court, the descendants can be made to be the new emperor.
Of course, this holy decree seems to be very unfavorable to the emperor, but if an emperor is not very mediocre, how far does it take to make ninety percent of the clan relatives and courtiers unanimously agree to his abdication?
Even if any party is really selfish, which courtier has the ability to control the new emperor beyond the emperor?
Therefore, unless it is the emperor's actions that cause public outrage, unless it is what he does that is unfavorable to Dongchen, please do not move this holy decree.
When Emperor Xingwu was young, he favored the first queen, but finally he became more diligent in government, and another concubine Hui came, which made the harem miserable.
Their ministers are not easy to say about the emperor's harem, but what about the crown prince? The mistakes he made made made no one could tolerate, he was the crown prince, he was the example of the world, if he was not virtuous, how could he be worthy of being a king?
But now His Majesty is actually taking care of the people of the world for the sake of his children's affection, how can people not criticize it?
And after the prince became the king without virtue, he even wanted to cross the eldest son and successively make the fifth prince, the seventh prince, the tenth prince and the fifteenth prince the prince, isn't this deliberately trying to cause a shock in the court? Isn't it really a joke about the whole Dongchen?
Such an irresponsible emperor, no wonder the old prince invited Emperor Ming's will!
"Your Majesty, please think twice!" The ministers knelt down one after another, and the meaning was self-evident.
Looking at the kneeling people, Emperor Xingwu sat on the dragoon and closed his eyes in despair.
After a long time, he opened his mouth tremblingly: "Okay, according to what you said, the crown prince Ye Zheng is not virtuous and unworthy of being the king, depose his position as the prince, and set up his eldest son Ye Ke as the prince." ”
After saying this, he seemed to be drained of all his strength, and he didn't say a word.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
And from beginning to end, Ye Ke, the beneficiary of this turmoil, didn't even say a word, but his majestic momentum has proven his ability.
On the day the order was issued, he entered the East Palace, and Ye Zheng also knelt on the ground nervously.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Prince Ye Zheng bullied his younger wife, intended to kill his brother, unworthy of being a king, from now on, he will depose the position of the prince, demote him to King Rong, and give him the title of King Rong's mansion, and he will not leave the palace without a call, and he will give it to him!"
After listening to the holy decree, Ye Zheng raised his head with red eyes: "Impossible, my father won't treat me like this, I want to see my father, I want to see my father." ”
The eunuch who announced the decree said expressionlessly: "His Royal Highness King Rong, take the order, Your Majesty is seriously ill, the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince have ordered, without their orders and Your Majesty's summons, no one is allowed to disturb Your Majesty." ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince? Who is the crown prince? Lonely is the prince! Ye Zheng said with a hideous face.
But Shen Xiu beside him was unusually calm, and took over the will instead of Ye Zheng: "Gonggong Xie, we have accepted the holy decree, and we will move to the palace as soon as possible." ”
"Shen Xiu, what do you mean? What are you doing? Ye Zheng stopped shouting at the eunuch and roared at Shen Xiu.
Shen Xiu sneered: "Your Highness did such a thing, didn't you think about the ending?" His Royal Highness can still be a prince now, which is already the kindness of the queen mother and His Royal Highness the crown prince. ”
"You...... You are presumptuous! Ye Zheng's face flushed.
"Your Highness, let's accept your fate earlier!" Shen Xiu walked into the house without looking back, and then arranged for the palace maids and eunuchs to clean up in an orderly manner.
In the Five Kings' Mansion, Ye Kai and Ye Qi were changing cups in Ye Qiu.
"Ye Zheng can be regarded as being punished, but our father is really merciful, Ye Zheng also named King Rong for this behavior, I think we didn't have any titles when we went out of the palace to build a mansion, everyone called the five princes and the seventh princes, and even those ministers and family members who had a little real power looked down on us." Ye Kai sneered.
Ye Qi shook his head, he was still confused, he didn't know how to sue from the fifth brother, and he became the eldest brother as the prince, but the eldest brother is better than the second brother as the prince, what if the second brother falls in love with his princess after ascending the throne one day?
Thinking of this, Lao Shi secretly glanced at Ye Qiu, and secretly sighed that their fifth brother was really unlucky, and met a princess like Lin Jingxian.
"Eh, fifth brother, what are you going to do with Lin Jingxian?" Ye Kai ate too much wine and asked without any scruples.
Ye Qiu has seen a lot of sympathetic eyes during this time, and his heart is also very strong, so he said without hesitation: "This period of time is enough for her to bear the sincere fear, don't worry, when our good second brother moves to King Rong's Mansion, I will send his sweetheart to the gate for her." ”
Listening to Ye Kai, he smiled: "The fifth brother is so calculating, our good second brother is not sure how to be 'happy' when he sees his lover who has lost his position as the prince!" ”
"What about the two children?" Lao Shiye Qi's princess just gave birth to a concubine for him, and he was a big man looking at the soft and tender child when his heart was soft, and he couldn't bear to say.
Ye Kai was also embarrassed, but thinking about what happened to Ye Qiu, he still complained ruthlessly: "What else can they do if their father and mother have been in sin for a long time?" ”
Ye Qiu also paused when he heard this, he hadn't told the two children about their Lin Jingxian so far, and he didn't know what to say, although he had planned to fight with the two children from the beginning, just so that he wouldn't be soft-hearted when dealing with it in the future.
But it wasn't until this time that he found that he still couldn't do it, and it was a little unbearable to even let them know the truth.
But things have come to this point, it is impossible to keep them in the palace, the best way is to send them out of the capital, but will Lin Jingxian and Ye Zheng rest assured?
"If it's possible, I want to send them to Gangnam."
"Alas! The great man made a sin and took pity on two innocent children. Ye Kai took a sip and drank all the wine in the cup.
"Your lover brother has been named King Rong, and he can't leave the house without a summons, Lin Jingxian, what should I do if this king sends you to reunite?" At night, Ye Qiu looked at Lin Jingxian mockingly.
"What about my child? What happened to Ming'er and Ling'er? She was tortured to the point of madness.
"Don't worry, I'm not as dirty as you, thinking about hurting innocent people, if you agree, I will send them to Jiangnan and give them a happy and stable life, no one knows their past, but the condition is that you have to stay by Ye Zheng's side, and you can't commit suicide for the rest of your life, of course, you don't agree to send them to Jiangnan Yecheng, but how they live in the capital is none of my business, you make a choice!"
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