Chapter 11: Embattled

This is the unwritten rule of the Great Zhou harem, there is no explicit provision, but it is still implemented as an iron law, and it is related to the interests of the royal family, who has the most right to speak, and whose hands are the natural truth.

It is said that the right will corrupt people's hearts, and the bad husband and wife will be driven out of the hall early, and they can only share the suffering and not the common prosperity, and the same applies to the man who holds the power, the three brothers who once fought the world together have experienced a hard war, ushered in the twenty years of peace, the Great Zhou is on the right track, and naturally began to open up the territory and vigorously develop the economy.

The old emperor Nan Wuyan looked at Su Zhe, the prime minister who was getting bigger and bigger, and Xia Manjiang, the general who was becoming more and more prestigious, and began to fall asleep, and slowly began to govern.

Prime Minister Su Zhe is naturally a person who can drill the camp, after using the old emperor's hand to defeat the protector general Xia Manjiang, in order to prevent the emperor from dealing with him, he took the initiative not to go to the court, to be an idle prime minister, and took the initiative to give advice to the old emperor, don't give the prince Nan Xuanye any rights early, let alone allow the prince to interfere in the government affairs, treat it like other princes, a few tricks, naturally let the old emperor relax his vigilance, and at the same time suppress the prince Nan Xuanye.

Looking back on the experience of these years, the crown prince Nan Xuanye naturally complained in his heart, the power of the capital has been in slow development, he looks infinite on the surface, the emperor is heavy, the queen is favored, and the other princes in the capital are all holding their tails to behave, he Nan Xuanye wants to walk sideways, who dares to say a word, with the uncle of the prime minister as the backing, then it is not to the sky?

Even Queen Su, who has always thought she was very smart and has been suppressing other concubines in the harem, thinks so, her brother is the prime minister, her niece is the crown princess, she is the mother of a country, as the queen, her son is the prince, and the future queen mother is hers! Not only Queen Su thinks so, but everyone else thinks so! Except for Nam Hyun Ye himself!

The emperor's son can't say that everyone is a human elf, but he is not stupid, the biggest threat to the prince without power is how to let himself survive safely in this life, how to attract more forces to protect his life, or to attract people close to the powerful, choose people to stand in line, and protect his own life!

People who don't really but don't accept their fate, that is, they pin their lives to the belt of their trousers, not but death, but death, it's better to have a lively and lively scene, and everyone will die together, this is the most terrible person.

Surround Nan Xuanye, he looks very glamorous now, there is the emperor Lao Tzu covered and watched, there are uncles and prime ministers, there are so many pairs of eyes in the court, and there are other princes staring at his prince's position day and night, compared to those princes who have no strength, he is not as good as those princes who hide in the dark to cultivate power, people can also hide in the ravine to develop themselves, what about him, in the east palace of the capital's feng shui treasure, now the butt is on fire, and the backyard is noisy, The most important thing is that the uncle and prime minister that others are proud of are now the number one obstacle to the prince Nan Xuan's wings flying at night!

Nan Xuanye is not the smartest person, but the amazing son who has been dormant for a long time told him that the current uncle and prime minister have long since relied on his sister Queen Su and nephew Nan Xuanye to develop the power of the Su family and be an idle prime minister!

Prime Minister Su Zhe has long been tired of working for others and helping others (including his nephew Nan Xuanye) as a backing, he now especially wants to be the uncle of Da Zhou, he has strength, strength, and strategy, why do you have to rely on your nephew to grow face?

In the future, if his nephew Nan Xuanye becomes the emperor, he wants to take power and cultivate his own power, as the old saying goes, once the son of heaven, in the hands of Nan Xuanye, the future emperor, especially after he takes power in person, will he still safeguard the interests of his old Su family everywhere?

That's definitely not going to be possible! No matter how close the nephew is, it is not a son, no matter how good the nephew is, the surname is Nan, not Su, and in the end, it is the country of the Great Zhou that is maintained. The Su family will definitely be the first target to go under the knife!

Collect all the forces of the Su family and return them to the central government, since ancient times, the emperor has collected the most power, the centralized system has always been the system pursued by the emperor, and the historical lessons of relatives in power and plotting to usurp power are bloody in the wheel of history in front, Nan Xuanye will not be clear?

Su Zhe, the old fox prime minister, in countless sleepless nights, has long thought about his retreat before his death, and the road to go in the future, he has fought for the Su family all his life, he is old, he doesn't want to end up with nothing, he has to die vigorously even if he dies, he doesn't want the Su family to live a cautious life like the elders of the previous generations, he doesn't want to be a rich businessman, he wants to be a powerful person! . “

Prime Minister Su Zhe, what he wants in his heart has never been a temporary wealth, he wants his Su family to obtain supreme wealth and power for generations, once people's greed is opened, it is like a river that breaks a dam, it can no longer be contained, it can only continue to flow out, and then continue to walk on the road of no return, one by one to go to the black, whether it is success or failure, it is always necessary to do your best!

Prince Nan Xuanye clenched the letter in his hand, and complex thoughts continued to flicker in his mind, he was not unable to see through the situation in the capital, now the power in the capital fell into the hands of his uncle Su Zhe, and the situation in northern Xinjiang was also grim now, and the most important thing was that the three state cities in northern Xinjiang fell into the hands of the Xiongnu in the north.

After this kind of territorial loss happened, the capital was calm here, but the northern Xinjiang side was a rebellion of displaced people, and began to pour into several state cities next to it, no one took over to deal with these displaced people, these people are like a hot potato, everywhere they go are driven out by other states, and the capital is even more strictly guarded to maintain the singing and dancing in the capital.

Nan Xuanye looked at the situation described in the letter, many of those desperate homeless people began to occupy the mountains as kings and constantly robbed the grain and food of the merchants who passed by on the road, and now the northern Xinjiang side has become a pot of porridge, no one manages it, and the officials of several other states are sweeping the snow in front of their own doors, regardless of the life or death of others, it is those businessmen who pass through the northern Xinjiang who suffer.

The current situation is that after many rich businessmen were robbed and suffered losses, some people continued to complain to the capital, but they were still suppressed, and gradually formed public grievances, and many people began to question the bureaucratic system of the Great Zhou, and now the unstable factors slowly formed an invisible hidden danger, which may break out at any time!

Now that it's time for this juncture, my uncle is still indifferent! I'm really going to him off! He couldn't watch Dazhou's rivers and mountains be destroyed by this group of moths! A small ant can destroy a dam, and if the war in the north continues like this, sooner or later it will cause new riots! He can't just watch the mess in front of him!

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, have you figured out what to do now?" Song Chengxuan looked at Nan Xuanye, who seemed to have calmed down in front of him, and asked.

"Seize power! And the father and the emperor want the right! I'm going to expose the things in the northern Xinjiang! Make everything public, and I'm going to personally ask Ying to pacify the chaos in the northern frontier! Nan Xuan's eyes glowed with firm will, looking at Song Chengxuan and Cheng Yu in front of him.

"You're crazy! It's still a brain in water! The affairs of the northern frontier are obviously suppressed by your uncle! The emperor's whole mind is now on the things that are important for immortality, and now you can tell the things about the northern frontier! Aren't you slapping your father and uncle Su Zhe in the face?! ”

"Yes! You're telling the story of Northern Xinjiang! Great work! But your uncle Prime Minister Su Zhe who suppressed this matter! Where are you going to put him! Will the emperor spare him? If you offend your uncle like this, aren't you afraid that he will bite you back and say that you are interfering in government affairs? Say that you are plotting to usurp the throne, what are you going to do? ”

"And the emperor! If you blatantly tell everything like this, what will he think and think? He doesn't know the affairs of Northern Xinjiang even if he is an emperor, but you are a prince who is so wise, he will become a faint monarch as an emperor! Do you feel that the face and reputation of the saint are important, or are the states in your northern Xinjiang important! When everything breaks out, Prime Minister Su Zhe will naturally have a set of rhetoric, those states, even if I Song Chengxuan loses these lives, I will take it back for you, and when you ascend the throne in the future, I will definitely not let you lose a piece of land, how! You have to hold back, don't be impulsive! ”

Cheng Yu quickly closed the door, checked the movements around him left and right, to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, Song Chengxuan had already pushed Nan Xuanyehe to the side of the chair at this time, he had long forgotten the difference between dignity and inferiority, the so-called difference in position, what he was most worried about now was that after Nan Xuanye in front of him impulsively revealed all these things, his future would be ruined, this was definitely not what he wanted to see! Even if he fights for his life, he has to stop it!

Nan Xuanye is now caught in a huge and contradictory struggle, which is more important than his future and the safety of the people in northern Xinjiang? What's the difference between this, Northern Xinjiang is one of the territories of the Great Zhou, it doesn't mean all, those mobs and displaced people who stand up to resist are still what he values, what he is worried about is that things are becoming more and more difficult to clean up, but now the capital is in such a responsible situation!

"Take 10,000 steps back, Xiao Wang, after I obediently hand over the medicine, what can my father get except for rewarding me with some things? The situation in northern Xinjiang will further expand, and gradually it will become more and more difficult to clean up, with the way his uncle Su Zhe behaves, in order to calm things down, he will definitely order a suppression, and if he can't suppress it, he may kill these people with black hands, these displaced people are currently a small force. ”

"But if the government sends troops to suppress it, these people who died are all unarmed people, what will the other people think, will they stand up and participate in the riot together, where is the prestige of the government, will the Great Zhou lose the support of the people, he will still be suppressed in the end, and what can be changed from the beginning to the present? Nothing can be changed! ”

"He, the crown prince, will be slowly overshadowed by Prime Minister Su Zhe, and suppressed by his father Nan Xuanye! What kind of miserable situation will he end up in the end, since he returned to the capital, so many things are telling him that he shouldn't go on like this, he must do something! ”

Nan Xuanye raised his eyes and looked at Song Chengxuan, who had been monitoring him in front of him: "Xiao Wang, I don't want to live like this, I want to do the opposite, I want to seize power, I want to take back the power in the hands of my uncle Prime Minister Su Zhe, do you want to help me!" Do you want to give a happy word! ”

Song Chengxuan looked at the life and death brothers in front of him who were already on the verge of crisis, and thought for a long time: "Are you really going to rebel?" Completely break with the Su family forces behind you! Or are you really planning to gamble later! I don't have a lot of troops in my hands, and compared with the military power in the hands of the emperor and the intertwined forces in the hands of Prime Minister Su Zhe, it is not worth mentioning, do you really plan to drop the bucket? ”

Nan Xuanye slowly loosened Song Chengxuan's clothes and looked at Song Chengxuan in front of him: "No need, as long as the evidence of the affairs in Northern Xinjiang is found, even if my father has more doubts and dissatisfaction with me, the most intolerable thing for him is the problem of right and wrong, I must report the affairs of Northern Xinjiang, this is a way out for myself."

Song Chengxuan nodded: "It's all said and done, I can't persuade you anymore, I just want to tell you that no matter what decision you make, I will definitely support you!" ”

Nan Xuanye looked at the person in front of him, and was a little moved in his heart, but he still slowly pushed away Song Chengxuan in front of him: "You go back first, I think it's better to think about it, it's too chaotic now, there are a lot of things lingering in my mind, I want to clear my thoughts!" After Nan Xuanye finished speaking, he slowly returned to the study, rubbing the corners of his forehead.

"Okay, then you can tidy up!" After Song Chengxuan finished speaking, he quickly walked out of the courtyard.

"You also go out, let Xiao Wang and me be quiet for a while!" Nan Xuanye looked at Cheng Yu, who was obviously a little emotionally high in front of him, and waved his right hand lightly, looking at Cheng Yu in front of him, with an irresistible anger in his eyes.

"Yes, Cheng Yu will retreat first!" Cheng Yu quickly walked out.

Nan Xuanye's mind kept flashing all kinds of scenes, he now found that he was getting more and more muddy, this is not his style, but the stunned blue is not his style, every step he takes now is like walking on thin ice, and taking a wrong step is a catastrophe! He was actually fighting for his life, and his life was saved, so he was qualified to talk about everything else!

Nan Xuanye doesn't want to be a caged bird, he wants to work hard to fight for a blue sky and white clouds for himself, and the most important thing this time is the evidence is the truth about the loss of Northern Xinjiang! He wants the truth!

The next day, the early dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty began, many days did not participate in the early dynasty officials are extremely excited, this is the emperor for a few months not in the court, the first time to notify the early dynasty, many people who are not used to getting up early, suddenly get up are sleepy, some officials stay in the brothel in the capital until the early morning, suddenly were notified to participate in the early dynasty are too late to buckle the buttons, with a pair of panda eyes.

Nan Xuanye looked at the faces of the hundred officials who were constantly shaking in front of him, and couldn't help but mock in his heart, but he still lowered his head, didn't look at the others, and stood on the right side of the team of hundreds of officials in a robe, and the leader and minister on the left was his uncle Prime Minister Su Zhe.

"The emperor has arrived!" In the loud cheers of the chief eunuch in the province, the old emperor Nan Wuyan slowly walked up from the crowd wearing a dragon robe, lifted the dragon robe, and sat down slowly, squinting his eyes slightly, his eyes firmly locked on the body of the crown prince Nan Xuanye.

"Your Majesty, long live, long live!" As soon as the emperor sat down, the officials began to worship.

"All the ministers are flat! During this time, I devoted myself to practicing the way of immortality, and I worked hard for the prime minister to handle the government instead of me, and I also worked hard for the prince to go south to southern Xinjiang to try his best to get medicine. ”

"Yes, Father! Erchen took the soul rejuvenation pill from the mouth of the national teacher from southern Xinjiang! It has been identified by the prince, and it is indeed a good medicine for the body to prolong life! After Nan Xuanye finished speaking, he took out a red box from his arms, and the chief eunuch next to him quickly came down and took out a red saucer, Nan Xuanye slowly put the red box on it, and all the officials looked curiously here, all of them looked like nails, staring directly at the box in front of them.

The old emperor Nan Wuyan clasped the dragon chair with both hands, his body almost couldn't sit still, and his eyes almost jumped out. “

The chief eunuch came to the old emperor Nan Wuyan with a red box, showed it to the emperor, and after getting the old emperor's nod, he quickly sent it to the imperial hospital waiting outside the palace, so that the imperial doctor could diagnose it first.

A quarter of an hour later, the chief eunuch quickly sent the red medicine box to the hands of Dugu Luo, the national teacher of the current dynasty, only to see the national teacher standing in the main hall with a pair of slender eyes, wearing a cyan robe, holding a Buddha dust in his hand, with a long body, red lips and white teeth, and a delicate appearance, not at all like the image of a Taoist priest in the eyes of ordinary people.

The national teacher respectfully took the red medicine box with both hands, bowed to the emperor in the main hall, bowed respectfully to the hundred officials behind him, especially the direction of the prince Nan Xuanye, and carefully handed the Buddha dust to the little disciple standing on the side, and washed his hands in the golden basin brought by another little disciple, wiped his hands, and bowed to the red medicine box.

The corners of Nan Xuanye's lips were slightly hooked, there was a hint of mockery in his eyes, his hands were still hanging by his side, locked on the national teacher Dugu Luo standing in the center of the hall, only to see Dugu Luo holding the box under the watchful eye of everyone, taking out a red porcelain bottle from his arms and lightly sprinkling it on the red box, only to see a burst of white smoke rising quickly from inside the hall, which made people fascinated, as if falling into a fairyland on earth, making people almost forget where they were.

In the steaming smoke, Dugu Luo slapped his palm gently, and gently waved the Buddha dust in the air with his right hand, the white fog dispersed in an instant, everyone looked, Dugu Luo's hand was holding a red and shiny box, and in the middle of the box was a translucent purple-red pill, Dugu Luo bowed down and walked to the middle of the main hall, and congratulated the old emperor: "Congratulations to the emperor, I am happy to get the rare treasure of Southern Xinjiang Soul Rejuvenation Pill, this pill is a holy relic from the Five Poisons Sect in Southern Xinjiang, and it is also the treasure of the Zhenjiao, His Royal Highness the Prince can get this pill from the hands of the Five Poisons Sect, Lots of credit! ”