"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Champion Hou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, and the commander of Tianqiwei Xu Rui is talented and has received the emperor's favor, but he is pampered and reckless, derelict in his duties, and deeply disappointed, so he immediately dismissed Xu Rui from the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce and the commander of Tianqiwei, and temporarily stayed in the princess's mansion to participate. Chin this! ”

In the main hall of the princess's mansion, Gonggong Li, who was the celebrant of ceremonies, held the holy decree and read it indifferently.

Xu Rui knelt in the hall and silently accepted the order.

In just a short decree, Xu Rui took away the rights that Xu Rui had accumulated over the years, this is the power of the emperor, and Xu Rui at this moment seems to be unable to say a word at all.

"Master Hou, take the order."

After reading it, Gonggong Li gently rolled the holy decree in his hand and handed it to Xu Rui.

"The minister accepts the order, thank you for the saint's longen!"

Xu Rui finished the big salute meticulously, then slowly got up, respectfully accepted the holy decree from Gonggong Li with both hands, and handed it to An Ge beside him to put it away carefully.

Then, Xu Rui took out a large roll of bills from his sleeve, handed it to Gonggong Li silently, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law is hard. ”

As soon as Gonggong Li touched the thickness of the big bill, there were at least one or two thousand yuan in the secret road, and a smile suddenly appeared on his indifferent face.

"How can you take Hou Ye's reward again, if Gonggong Cao knows about it, he won't tear the slave's mouth?"

Xu Rui said with a smile: "Father-in-law is polite, Father-in-law Cao is sympathetic to his subordinates, and he will not say anything, besides, this is also the friendship between Benhou and his father-in-law, isn't it?" ”

Gonggong Li said with a smile: "Master Hou is right, it is the slave who is stupid. ”

Xu Rui nodded, approached Gonggong Li with a smile and asked, "Father-in-law, I don't know what happened in the palace, why did this holy decree come so suddenly?" ”

Gonggong Li's smile stiffened when he heard this, he hesitated slightly, looked left and right again, and saw that there were no outsiders, so he lowered his voice and said: "Master Hou, there are some things that the slave maid shouldn't say much, and it is also because of your and Cao's father-in-law's faces that this will give you a thorough explanation."

Last night, I don't know what happened, I heard that there was a fire in the saint, and then the ancestor came out to seal the palace gate, and the forbidden army was changed from top to bottom.

The slave and maid do not know why you were spared.

In fact, it's not just you, the King of Liao, the King of Yu, the Huang Tingzhi of the Cabinet Capital, and a large number of people from the Jingying and Imperial Forest Army have all suffered from the disaster, and like Hou Ye, they have all been relegated to go home to be involved, and the responsibility is the same as Hou Ye, they are all ambiguous.

At the moment, don't say that in the palace and in the court, I heard that the entire Changxing City is in chaos, and the adults of all sizes are in danger and at a loss.

The slaves and maids are also guessing, but none of them are accurate, the atmosphere in the palace is tense now, and the slaves and maids don't dare to breathe, for fear that something will not be done well and touch the mold on the head. ”

The situation was obviously so tense, but Xu Rui seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and muttered, "Oh, has there been such an accident in the palace?" ”

Gonggong Li smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid something big is going to happen, Master Hou, please prepare early, it's inconvenient for the slave to stay too long when she comes out this time, so I'll retire." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

Xu Rui made a gesture to Gonggong Li and personally sent him out of the main hall.

As soon as Gonggong Li left on the front foot, Yuan Zixiong and Shangguan Buda walked out of the back hall with gloomy faces.

"My lord, Emperor Hongwei has taken away your military power, I'm afraid he is going to do something to you?"

Xu Rui didn't say anything when he heard this, but just walked to the study by himself.

Yuan Zixiong was anxious, and said: "Lord, you must not hand over the military power, otherwise it will not be a mermaid?" ”

Xu Rui paused and said with a smile: "What can I do if I don't hand over the military power?" Is it not complimentary? ”

Yuan Zixiong's face changed slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Since it has reached a critical juncture, we might as well strike first!" ”

Xu Rui raised his eyebrows, and suddenly laughed.

Yuan Zixiong and Shangguan Buda glanced at each other, and they didn't understand why Xu Rui could still laugh.

After Xu Rui finished laughing, he suddenly nodded at Yuan Zixiong, Shangguan Buda, and An Ge and said, "The original plan remains the same, you leave Changxing in batches with your family as soon as possible, and you all come with me, there are still some things for you to do." ”

"My lord, then this military power ......"

Yuan Zixiong was still not at ease, and asked faintly.

Xu Rui shook his sleeves and said: "Deliver, no matter who the newly appointed commander of the Apocalypse Guard is, Ben Hou will hand it over!" ”

"What?!"

Yuan Zixiong looked stunned and grew his mouth.

Xu Rui's face suddenly changed, he looked up at the cloudy sky and muttered: "This holy decree means that the Holy Lord has let me go, maybe it's not that he has let me go, but he has no time to pay attention to me, right?" ”

As he spoke, Xu Rui patted Yuan Zixiong's shoulder and said, "Gong Yuan, I'm afraid the big change I said is really coming......

Yuan Zixiong hadn't reacted yet, but Xu Rui had already taken a step towards the back hall, and his figure was indescribable.

In the palace of the King of Liao, the King of Liao, who had just received the holy decree, was pacing back and forth in the study with a gloomy face.

Tang Huaixin, the secretary of the ministry, frowned and glanced out of the window from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone.

After a while, Du Ruo, the head of the household department, pushed the door out, and came with a cadre of the Liao King's cronies, most of whom were civil officials, but Wang Yi and Long Yun were military generals.

"You're here?!"

As soon as he saw everyone, Tang Huaixin suddenly got up, grabbed Du Ruo's wrist and said, "What happened in the palace, have you found out?" ”

Du Ruo shook his head: "Since last night, martial law has been imposed in the palace, and the forbidden army has all been replaced, and no one in the saint has been seen, and no news has been transmitted at all." ”

Tang Huaixin was suddenly disappointed, and a trace of anxiety appeared on King Liao's face, and he slapped his palm on the table with a "snap".

"Don't worry, prince."

Seeing the appearance of the King of Liao, Du Ruo hurriedly walked to the King of Liao and said, "Although the matter is not clear, the clues can already be seen from the holy decree. ”

"Oh?"

The King of Liao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "If Du Qing has any opinions, tell me quickly." ”

Du Ruo said: "Did the prince decide to go to the people on the holy decree?" This time, all the people who were demoted were the real power figures of the dynasty, the ministers of the humerus, and any one of them could influence the situation of the dynasty when they seized the throne, but once the new emperor ascended the throne, these people could immediately become ministers of the orphans.

The saint has two meanings to degrade all these people at this time, one is that he feels that the time limit is approaching, and first uses trumped-up charges to remove the authority of these people, so as not to prevent them from coming out to stir up trouble when the imperial power is handed over in the future.

The second is that when the transfer of imperial power is completed, the new emperor only needs a holy decree to reactivate these people, and at that time, these people will inherit the great favor of the new emperor, and they will become the new emperor's arm to help quickly stabilize the court! ”

"So, my father is already preparing for the succession?!"

King Liao's face changed slightly, and he couldn't tell whether he was surprised or delighted.

Du Ruo nodded and said, "It must be so, the Holy Lord must have made all the preparations, and intends to pass on the throne to the person in his heart without fail!" ”

King Liao frowned: "But in this case, it seems that things are changing again, I don't know who the candidate in his old man's heart is......"

Du Ruo said: "If the old minister guesses well, then the candidate for the new emperor is among the prince and the king of Yu." ”

"Oh?"

King Liao's eyes narrowed slightly: "How can Du Qing see it?" ”

Du Ruo said: "Among the officials who are degraded by the Holy Lord, they are either close to the prince or close to King Yu, in addition to your prison state, as well as the errand of King Yu's supervision and punishment department, they have also been taken away.

The old minister just said that the derogation of the important ministers in the court is not only to reduce the variables in the succession, but also to facilitate the new monarch to quickly win the hearts of the people, but there is only one reason for the derogation of the two princes, that is, to confuse the public and protect the new monarch, so the new monarch must be one of you and King Yu! ”

King Liao frowned: "But this king and the fourth child have been degraded, who is the new monarch?" ”

Du Ruo said: "Naturally, it's the prince!" ”

"Why is that?"

King Liao asked puzzled.

Du Ruodao: "Lord, at present, the forbidden army in the palace has been completely replaced, and Prince Bao is in charge himself, obviously Prince Bao has passed the anger with the saint, but the saint has not released the prince supported by Prince Bao."

Although a prince who has committed the crime of rebellion has not lost his position for the time being, he has basically withdrawn from the battle for succession, which means that Prince Bao is completely neutral in the matter of taking the heir.

And the other two key figures are not on the list of derogatory saints, that is, the five military governors of the Fu Hong Dadu and the military department Shangshu Xiao Jinwu, the pair of masters and apprentices.

The whole world knows that Xiao Jinwu has fallen to us after the prince was convicted, and with Xiao Jinwu, he can control the army, which is the support left by the saint for the prince.

Compared with King Yu, the prince not only has the support of the entire civil official group, but also indirectly controls the military power, and you can control the situation immediately as soon as the holy decree of the Holy Throne is given.

On the other hand, King Yu, except for King Su, who controls a northeastern border army far outside the city, does not have any foreign aid at all, so it seems that who is the candidate in the mind of the saint, isn't it obvious at a glance? ”

"If that's ......"

When the King of Liao heard this, his spirit was shocked, but all this was just Du Ruo's inference, and the matter was big, which made him a little uneasy.

"It's a pity, it would be nice to know what happened in the palace at such a critical moment......"

King Liao muttered to himself.

"Who says no one knows about the palace?"

At this moment, a loud laugh suddenly came from outside the door, and everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see King Han walking in with a smile.