Not long after Zhang Xiaotian's death, the direction of the wind above the court changed greatly.

The courtiers who were Zhang Xiaotian's minions were almost all found guilty of being exempted from prison and imprisoned, and those ministers who were lucky enough to escape were all holding their tails and stomping on their former 'companions'.

As for who instructed it—

It's not hard to know.

"What else do you have to do, let's talk about it together."

The emperor felt upset when he listened to those bits and pieces, if in the past, the emperor would not be like this, but now these things are all about the bad deeds of the prime minister he trusted most in the past, how the emperor pressed, it is inevitable that he will be a little more irritable and impatient.

And with the emperor's opening, there was a sudden silence in the court, and the falling needles could be heard.

I don't know how long it took to see a courtier come out of the ranks, bow his head and respectfully come to the middle of the Jinluan Palace. saluted to the emperor, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, minister, please play if you have something important!" ”

"Say."

The emperor waved his hand, and the impatience in his eyes was a little thicker. The person who invited the performance was not someone else, but Lord Xu, who played together with several other important ministers some time ago, and asked him to release Zhou Yunxi from the palace to find the murderer.

Speaking of this, the emperor felt a little angry in his heart, and after Zhou Yunxi left the palace, the impeachment of Zhang Xiaotian sprung up on his desk.

If that's the case, the senior ministers and Lord Xu faced the saint together, entered the imperial study and knelt down three times and kowtowed, put out all kinds of evidence, and mentioned the matter of the dragon robe, which forced the emperor to convict Zhang Xiaotian.

After thinking of Zhou Yunxi's matter, how did the emperor not know that he was put on the table?

"The eldest prince has encountered an accident, half of his body is unsuccessful, and he is no longer qualified to become a prince." As soon as Lord Xu spoke, the emperor's face became more and more gloomy, "The second prince was brutalized by Zhang Xiaotian and died at a young age. ”

"What does Lord Xu want to say?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and the palm holding the armrest of the dragon chair clenched suddenly, and the blue tendons on his forehead loomed, as if he was going to be angry in the next moment.

However, with more than 100 court officials watching, the emperor suppressed the anger in his heart and patiently listened to Lord Xu's words. Although the emperor at this time already knew in his heart what Lord Xu wanted to say.

"Your Majesty, although our dynasty is prosperous, a country cannot be without a prince for a long time." Lord Xu knew that the emperor was displeased, but he didn't mean to shut up, "Now the matter between the eldest prince and the second prince is irreversible, only the remaining three princes, His Royal Highness, can take on a great responsibility, the emperor, please set up His Royal Highness as the prince!" ”

After Lord Xu's voice fell, the emperor was silent for a long time.

It is precisely because of this that the silence in the Jinluan Hall is terrifying.

As for the king Chu Ci, who was also in the court, he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, and his demeanor was extremely respectful. He was also silent, as if the person in the mouth of the Lord Xu was not him.

It's just that no matter how respectful Chu Ci is, the emperor is still very dissatisfied with him. He is not a fool, Lord Xu will suddenly be like this today, there must be someone behind him.

And that person, besides Chu Ci, who else?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Xu is reasonable." This time it was Liu Yue's father, Lord Liu, the secretary of the military department. Similarly, it is also Chu Ci's father-in-law, "The stability of the country is indispensable to the existence of the prince, and the three princes have both ability and political integrity, so they are the best candidates." ”

If Lord Xu's opening made the emperor angry, then at this time, Lord Liu made a statement, which made the emperor almost unable to suppress his anger.

"The third." The emperor didn't get angry directly, after all, what these courtiers said about this matter is not bad, and now the most suitable person to become the prince is only Chu Ci, "What do you think." ”

"The son, but it is arranged by the father." fantasy

Chu Ci heard the emperor call him and knew that he couldn't continue to be a 'quail', so he also replied respectfully. But apparently, this answer was not what the emperor wanted to hear.

What the emperor wanted was Chu Ci's simple and neat refusal, so that he could directly reject the invitation of Lord Xu and Lord Liu according to Chu Ci's words.

But partially, this Chu Ci didn't come according to his intentions!

Thinking of this, the emperor felt that his heart was becoming more and more depressed.

"Your Majesty, although His Royal Highness Xianwang was overwhelmed in his early years, he now has enough skills." Another courtier came out of the ranks, and this person's opening made the emperor's eyes shrink slightly, "Minister, I also feel that the king should be appointed as the prince!" ”

"Lord Liu, I remember that you have always had a deep opinion on the Third Prince, how did you change your opinion now?"

Lord Liu has always been a person from Zhang Xiaotian's side in previous years, and Zhang Xiaotian's death, the emperor intuitively has Chu Ci's handwriting. It stands to reason that Lord Liu will not help Chu Ci.

"Back to the emperor, the minister did not know people clearly in his early years, he was dizzy, and he never found that His Royal Highness was not a mediocre person, and now he knows that His Royal Highness has both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and the minister, he should be fair and admonished."

These words made the emperor feel a tightness in his chest, and he almost couldn't get up in one breath.

His original plan was to let his son, who was a little familiar with Zhou Yunxi, probe the medicine of Changsheng and pry out the answer he wanted from Zhou Yunxi's mouth.

Previously, he even used the position of the prince as a transaction, so that Chu Ci could use all his strength to pry Zhou Yunxi's mouth open.

But now that the courtiers are like this, how can the emperor not know that his plans have been completely disrupted?

"Although the three Aiqing are old ministers, what they say is reasonable, but the prince's affairs should not be sloppy." The emperor naturally couldn't directly brush the three of them at this time, after all, one was one of the Qingliu and one of the Shangshu, and the other was Zhang Xiaotian's 'old department', "The rest of the Aiqing in the court have not yet expressed their position, and I still need to think about it." ”

The emperor's words were clearly to delay time, and when his eyes swept over Chu Ci, he was also a little fierce. He knew that Chu Ci was not as incompetent and unscrupulous as he was, but he didn't expect Chu Ci to come with such a hand!

What made the emperor even more puzzling was that Chu Ci had such a great ability to make Zhang Xiaotian's 'old department' stand on his side! Speak for him!

However, if you think about it, it is not without a trace.

After Zhang Xiaotian died, many courtiers were convicted of capital crimes, or dismissed and demoted, all of which were operated by Chu Ci. His 'old department' has forgivable scruples about Zhang Xiaotian.

"Your Majesty, the ministers feel that the three adults are reasonable, and the ministers second!"

The emperor felt that this was the end of the matter, but the next moment, the voice of a courtier rang out. In this way, the emperor's face, which was finally calmed down a little, was a little unbearable.

"Minister, second!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

……

But in an instant, before the emperor even had time to speak, the 'secondials' on the Jinluan Hall rose one after another, clearly standing on Chu Ci's side.

Such a situation made the emperor angry and got up suddenly.

"The minister implores the emperor to leave His Royal Highness the Third Prince as the prince, so as to stabilize the prosperity of our dynasty and determine the prosperity of our dynasty!"

Seeing this, Lord Liu did not give the emperor a chance to speak, and immediately knelt on his knees, and after him, the courtiers in the Jinluan Palace also followed suit and knelt on the ground.