The elder of the Yuan Pavilion bowed his hand to King Zhao and said, "Please also ask Your Highness to borrow a step to speak." ”

The two of them took a few steps to the hidden place, and the elder of the Yuan Pavilion said with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes: "Your Highness, although this case shook the government and the opposition, it was not a bad thing, especially for Your Highness, it was a good thing. ”

King Zhao: Of course this is a good thing for this king, do you need to say it?

"Yuan Ge Lao, what do you mean by that?" King Zhao asked knowingly.

Yuan Ge Lao said with a little sadness: "Wu Xuehai is my carry, he is my student, and we are like father and son." Originally, the old minister wanted to see them in a high position, serve the country, and assist Mingjun when he returned to his hometown, but he didn't expect it to be such an ending. He made such a mistake, it was a teacher like Chen who did not do well! ”

After blaming himself, the elder of the Yuan Pavilion said again: "However, Wu Xuehai and others are punished at this time, but they will give the future prince a clear court." ”

After the elder Yuan Pavilion finished speaking, he showed a meaningful smile to King Zhao.

King Zhao could see that the elder of the Yuan Pavilion was showing favor to him.

But he knew that the Yuan Pavilion was a hardcore "Jiewang Party", and the Yuange Lao was now courting him, probably guessing that he was sitting on the throne of the prince, and hoped that he would be kind to the Jiewang in the future.

King Zhao said with understanding: "Yuan Pavilion Elder, don't talk about you, I'm afraid everyone can't imagine that the right minister will do so many wrong things in private, you shouldn't blame yourself for this." But what you said is very right, the court will definitely be clear in the future, and when the time comes, there will be political harmony, filial piety between fathers and sons, and harmony between brothers. ”

Seeing that King Zhao understood what he meant, the elder of the Yuan Pavilion immediately said with admiration to King Zhao: "Your Highness is indeed no longer that ignorant young man. Now that you are fighting bravely on the battlefield, and Wen can clearly understand the major national affairs and political affairs, you can be described as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and Your Majesty must be very pleased. His Majesty has also told Lao Chen more than once that you are his most important child, and he has high hopes for you. ”

King Zhao hurriedly said humbly: "No, no, you have won the prize." If you want to say that I am still not as talented as my third brother, he is known to the world and praised the virtuous king, his views on current affairs are more thorough than mine, and he knows how to make good use of them, and he has handled the previous floods and embezzlement of disaster relief funds, and he has handled them very well, and he has won the appreciation of his father! I still have to learn more from the third brother! ”

King Zhao's words are not all superficial compliments, he sees King Jie's talent in his eyes, and it is precisely because of such a powerful opponent as King Jie that he does not dare to relax, and he always tenses his nerves.

The elder of the Yuan Pavilion also knew that King Jie's talent was actually superior to King Zhao in some ways.

But King Zhao is indeed a civil and military all-rounder, and since the founding of Dachen, he has been ranked first among the princes.

It was only because the elder of the Yuan Pavilion was King Jie's teacher in the first place that he valued King Jie more.

If the elder of the Yuan Pavilion had been King Zhao's teacher in the first place, then he would have assisted King Zhao with all his heart, and he also firmly believed that King Zhao was the talent of the emperor.

The elder of the Yuan Pavilion said sincerely: "Your Royal Highness King Zhao, you are too humble, and your majestic and majestic ministers are all in your eyes. Your Highness, the old minister came to you today to discuss something with you. ”

King Zhao said politely: "Pavilion Elder, please speak." ”

The old man of the Yuan Pavilion stroked his beard and said with a little hesitation: "Your Highness, now the overall situation will be decided, and we and His Royal Highness King Jie will no longer stop you, the old minister knows that you will be a Ming monarch in the future, so the old minister dares to ask you to inherit the unification on the day you can save the life of King Jie, even if he is demoted to a concubine, so that he can spend the rest of his life peacefully, the old minister will definitely accumulate yin virtue for you underground when the time comes!" ”

King Zhao thought that Yuan Ge Lao had hinted at him, but he didn't expect Yuan Ge Lao to speak for King Jie so bluntly, it seems that Yuan Ge Lao was really scared.

"Yuan Ge Lao, what you said is serious. What you're talking about is too far away. And my third brother and I are brothers whose blood is thicker than water, as long as this king is capable, of course he will keep him safe for the rest of his life. ”

Yuan Ge Lao's snow-white eyebrows fluttered in the wind, and his eyes were also a little red from the wind.

"Your Highness, you will be relieved to have your last sentence just now. The old minister assures you that as long as you sit on the throne of the prince, King Jie, the old minister and others will definitely support you with all their might, and on the day you inherit the unification, the ministers will swear allegiance to you! ”

Mrs. Yuange wants to keep King Jie, and she is very afraid that King Jie will lose power and be suppressed by King Zhao, and then King Jie will only be beaten, and he will definitely have no power to fight back.

And if everything goes well, after King Zhao inherits the throne, he will definitely retaliate against King Jie when he thinks of the battle between King Jie and him for the position of prince in the past.

This kind of thing is a common thing in the royal family, although the elder of the Yuan Pavilion comforted him not to give up in front of King Jie, but he had already seen the facts.

The elder of the Yuan Pavilion understood that it was unlikely that King Zhao would not make a move in the future, but he thought that what he said to King Zhao today, King Zhao might be a little more merciful when he started in the future.

The elder of the Yuan Pavilion had not yet said something, and he really wanted to tell King Zhao that if he couldn't wait to make a move against King Jie after he became the crown prince, then the remaining King Jie's party would fight with him to the death.

King Zhao is a person who has been on the battlefield, and he is also familiar with the art of war, and knows the truth that the poor soldier cannot chase.

King Jie was now in the most difficult situation, and King Zhao believed that the emperor would soon issue an edict to make him crown prince.

He had just become the crown prince at that time, and his foundation was unstable, and if he was in a hurry to deal with King Jie, King Jie might do something that would make them both lose.

Although King Zhao was young, he was calm, and as soon as the old man expressed his "loyalty", King Zhao quickly grabbed the old man's hand.

"Ge Lao, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and you are the pillar of the pillars. You are still a citizen of Dachen, I am also a citizen of Dachen, and my three brothers are a citizen of Dachen. In the final analysis, we are all working hard for Dachen. You can rest assured, for the sake of Dachen's long-term peace and stability and the peace and contentment of the people, I will definitely enlarge the pattern, and I will not care about those little things, and I will not let people see the jokes between our brothers. ”

The elder of the Yuan Pavilion and King Zhao are considered to have "made hearts", no matter how much of their hypocrisy is there, after their "heart-to-heart", both of them have a number in their hearts.

After the emperor called King Jie to the imperial study, he did not speak to him immediately.

King Jie stood aside and silently watched the emperor read the file, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It took about a quarter of an hour for the emperor to put down the file.

"Do you know what I'm telling you when I called you?"

The emperor looked up and asked.

King Jie shook his head and replied worriedly, "Erchen doesn't know. ”

The emperor threw the file to the ground and shouted, "Look at what your people are?" You, lost! ”

King Jie suddenly knelt on the ground in horror, and said in a trembling voice: "Erchen knows that he is wrong! It was Erchen who didn't keep his eyes open and was blinded by them. The ministers are also very sad about what they have done, and the ministers are willing to accept the punishment! ”

The emperor did not accept his affection, and continued to say angrily: "What punishment do you receive? What are you going to punish you? Are you going to take away your title as a prince or as a prince? You are a virtuous king praised by everyone, you know how to make good use of people, you are an elegant gentleman, I have not forgotten your previous achievements, what reason do you say you let me punish you? ”

The emperor's words made King Jie even more worried, he knew that the emperor would be angry, and he might also be angry with him, but once the emperor really said such cruel words, he was even more afraid than he imagined.

He lost.

The loss was complete.

The downfall of Wu Xuehai and others is his downfall.

"Erchen...... Erchen ......"

King Jie wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

It's just that although he had heard about what Wu Xuehai had done in private before, he didn't take it seriously, and things have developed to the point where they are now.

The reason why the emperor was angry with King Jie was more that he felt sorry for King Jie.

Although he vacillated between King Jie and King Zhao, he thought that these two brilliant sons would let him make the final decision on their own merits.

Unexpectedly, King Jie was cheated by his "pig teammates", and the emperor was unwilling for him.

"You can only blame your own life. Originally, all the people on your side were high-ranking and powerful, and they held real power, but Lao Qi had a hard time fighting with you. But you have a good hand that fell off the table on its own, what else can you tell me to say? ”

The emperor's words pierced his heart, and King Jie was almost out of breath.

King Jie was still prostrate on the ground and did not look up, and the emperor sighed helplessly, "Alas, you get up." If you kneel to death, you won't be able to compete for the seventh. I and my ministers will not make a man who is favored by corrupt officials and corrupt officials a prince. ”

King Jie raised his head with a dead face, he wanted to cry but couldn't, wanted to get angry but didn't dare, God knows how aggrieved and depressed he was at this time.

"Does my father have any other teachings? If not, the retainers will retire first. ”

King Jie was afraid that he was still standing on this emperor, and he continued to be angry.

The emperor wanted to say something, but he still didn't say anything, he waved his hand gently, "You stand down." You should introspect yourself in the house for three days, reflect and think about how to deal with yourself in the future, and how to get along with your seventh brother? ”

"Yes, the retainer obeys!"

King Jie retreated, and retreated respectfully.

Wan Lin, Yuan Cheng and Xing Zhida didn't sleep all night, but they didn't feel sleepy during the day.

Several of the main offenders have been convicted, and some of the less involved officials have yet to be fully brought to trial and convicted.

Wan Lin and the others want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, understand all the cases as quickly as possible, and then go to the emperor to take up their posts.

With the joint efforts of Wan Lin and others, this major case of embezzlement and bribery, oppression of the people, and disregard for people's lives has finally been settled.

Wan Lin entered the palace with Yuan Cheng and Xing Zhida and explained the entire case to the emperor in detail.

The emperor didn't sleep much last night, but he wasn't tired, and when he saw the three of Wanlin coming, he was immediately in good spirits.

The emperor couldn't help but admire: "Three Aiqing, you have worked hard. It's a miracle that you were able to hear such a big case in two days. ”

Xing Zhida said: "This is all the exhaustive investigation of Wan Daren's preliminary investigation, which provides us with great convenience, so that the ministers can close the case so quickly." ”

Wan Lin hurriedly said modestly: "Lord Xing has an overreputation, and the lower officials just checked some simple clues, all of which are your Dali Temple's hard work day and night, and this case will be closed as soon as possible." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Okay, don't be humble to each other, I see that your credit is not small." But compared to Yushitai and Dali Temple, the Criminal Department doesn't seem to have done anything. ”