Chapter 161: The Emperor Thinks Twice
This Song Xiuming, who entered Beijing without being called, and now dares to deliberately ignore his decision, he is really looking for death! If it weren't for the fact that there was still someone needed to deal with the affairs of Pingcheng right now, for a while, there was no suitable candidate among the hundred officials, he would have to immediately ask Song Xiuming about his crimes!
"The emperor thinks twice, tens of thousands of people in Pingcheng, if they are dealt with in the same way as Wuzhou back then, I am afraid that it will cause anger and resentment!"
"The emperor thinks twice!"
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Seeing that Xiao Deyong had made a decision, someone immediately advised him among the hundred officials.
In any case, the tens of thousands of lives in Heicheng are not a trivial matter, how can such a child's play make a decision!
"Presumptuous!"
Xiao Deyong was angry when he saw that many of the officials were opposed. These lifeless things dare to question him to his face now! If he doesn't deal with them, where is the majesty of his emperor!
"I have made up my mind, whoever dares to say more than one word, the rod will be punished for thirty."
As soon as Xiao Deyong's words came out, the hundred officials were instantly silent. Most of them had already shut their mouths, and a few of them looked at each other and wanted to continue admonishing.
"Father's anger is at ease."
The crown prince Xiao Chenyu stood in front of the hundred officials, and he saw all the reactions of the hundred officials. Today's court discussion, about the Pingcheng plague, those old stubborns are afraid that they will not stop.
When the time comes, my father will look at the forces that are stubbornly entrenched in the court, and he is afraid that he will compromise after all.
Instead of making trouble in the end and everyone can't get off the stage, it is better for him to come forward and be a peacemaker, not only to sell a favor to those old stubborns, but also to take advantage of the Pingcheng plague to make Xiao Zhihan's thorn in the eye suffer some crimes.
"Father, half of the people in Pingcheng are still fine, if you use Lord Xie's method, I am afraid that it will cause panic among the surrounding people. Why don't my father send an envoy with the imperial doctor to relieve the disaster. If the envoy goes, he will be helpless, and it will not be too late to use Lord Xie's method. ”
Xiao Chenyu looked up at Xiao Deyong and gave Xiao Deyong a look.
Xiao Deyong, who was about to angrily reprimand Xiao Chenyu, saw Xiao Chenyu's eyes, frowned, and thought about the deep meaning of Xiao Chenyu's words.
The plague in Pingcheng was too ferocious, and there was no progress in going to so many doctors, even if he sent people to relieve the disaster, it would only be a waste of money. But the people of Xiao State will not think so, and will only talk more rampantly about his tyranny and unreasonableness.
If he sent people to Pingcheng and still returned in vain, it would not be that he, the emperor, was inactive, but that God did not give the people of Pingcheng a way out. When the time comes, if there are still people who dare to talk about him behind his back, even if they are all arrested and killed, those old stubborns will not be able to say anything.
However, this prince brought it up at this time, but he was afraid that there were other things in his heart.
"Does the prince have a suitable candidate for disaster relief?"
Xiao Deyong faintly guessed Xiao Chenyu's plan in his heart, but his face remained silent.
"Father, the third brother made a mistake a few days ago and was punished and confined to the palace. It's better to let the third brother serve as the envoy this time, so that he can redeem his credit. ”
Xiao Chenyu's face was full of sincerity, and he looked like a big brother who worked hard for the sake of his young brother. But the schadenfreude that flashed in his eyes exposed his thoughts.
"What do you think?"
Hearing Xiao Chenyu's words, Xiao Deyong's face showed a hint of understanding. He raised his eyes and looked at the hundred officials kneeling in the main hall and asked for their opinions.
Hearing Xiao Chenyu's words, some of the officials wanted to stop it, but they were stopped by the people around them.
Xiao Zhihan was born with the name of the disaster star, and for so many years, because of the national teacher's heavenly edict, he has been behaving perversely. If he is asked to go to disaster relief, not to mention whether he will do his best after he goes, I am afraid that he will be willing to go or not.
But the prince clearly wanted Xiao Zhihan to be unhappy, if they stopped it, they were afraid that the prince would be disgraced and transfer his anger to them. These old bones are not afraid of being sent to Pingcheng, but they are afraid that the prince will target their children and grandchildren when the time comes.
"King Chuanming."
As a result, Xiao Chenyu's proposal was acquiesced in by the hundred officials. Xiao Deyong glanced at Xiao Chenyu and said in a deep voice.
By the time Xiao Zhihan arrived at the Taiqian Palace, it was already half an hour later.
The hundred officials who knelt on the ground complained bitterly in their hearts.
How could they have forgotten the temperament of His Royal Highness King Ming, and he has always done whatever he wanted. As long as it is something he is not happy with, even if he has no choice but to do it in the end, he will definitely not make others happy.
No, from the Ming Palace's palace to the palace, it is only the time for two incense sticks to go back and forth. He was good, and his life dragged on for half an hour.
"What's the matter with the king?"
Xiao Zhihan walked into the main hall, ignored everyone, including Xiao Chenyu, and did not salute, his eyes looked directly at Xiao Deyong. The impatient tone, the dark face, clearly wrote his impatience.
"King Ming, what about the etiquette you learned? Who will allow you to see me without worshipping? ”
Seeing Xiao Zhihan's appearance of no one in his eyes, Xiao Chenyu was blocked in his heart in one breath. Xiao Deyong couldn't help but be full of anger and reprimanded loudly.
Every time something related to this calamity star, he can be angry, and his whole body hurts. If it weren't for the heavenly oracle that the national teacher said, how could he have tolerated letting this calamity star live until now!
"The emperor is angry, this king is unwell, and he bows down, but I'm afraid he won't be able to get up."
Xiao Zhihan looked at the emperor and explained with a cold face, but it made Xiao Deyong's face a little more ugly.
Xiao Deyong took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger that was about to erupt.
This calamity, every time he talks about his body! The key is that if his body really has three longs and two shorts, in order to save his life, the national teacher will inevitably use those rare treasures in the imperial pharmacy. Thinking that there have been many rare treasures missing in the past 20 years, Xiao Deyong felt a pain in his flesh.
"Since you are not feeling well, this gift is waived. King Ming, do you know about the plague in Pingcheng? ”
Xiao Deyong was said by Xiao Zhihan, and his face was already unbearable, but in order to find a step for himself, he deliberately made a sympathetic appearance for Xiao Zhihan.
"I don't know."
Regarding the plague in Pingcheng, Xiao Zhihan had already heard from Feiying and them. He was grounded in the palace, but he was suddenly summoned to this Taiqian Palace, where could he not know what these people had in mind. didn't want to argue with them more, so Xiao Zhihan simply dismissed Xiao Deyong's question with two words.
Hearing these two words spoken by Xiao Zhihan, Xiao Deyong choked. wanted to reprimand, but was worried that Xiao Zhihan's words would be surprising and he would not be able to get off the stage, so he could only endure it.
In fact, when Xiao Zhihan's mother was pregnant with Xiao Zhihan, he also had expectations. However, with Xiao Zhihan's voice, the border city of Xiao State was lost, natural disasters broke out in various places, and even Yunzhou, which had been in drought for many years, had an extremely rare flash flood.
As a result, the name of Xiao Zhi's cold sky disaster star was spread.
In order to calm people's hearts, Xiao Deyong summoned the national teacher to pray for Xiao Guo. But in the midst of the blessing, the national teacher received the oracle from heaven.
Disasters have descended into the world, and wars have broken out one after another. If a family does not become a family, the country will not become a country.
This oracle is directed at Xiao Zhihan.
At that moment, Xiao Deyong was murderous to Xiao Zhihan. Even if Xiao Zhihan is his own son, but for the sake of Xiao Guo's world and his throne, he can't keep it.
When he wanted to get rid of Xiao Zhihan, the national teacher stopped Xiao Deyong.
"The Calamity Star has already descended, and even if you kill him now, you won't change anything. Why don't you keep him for now, and see how this oracle can be resolved. If the key to resolving the oracle is him, if you kill him now, you will have no power to return to heaven. ”
After saying this, the national teacher went into retreat.
Although Xiao Deyong hated to take Xiao Zhihan's life immediately, he also took the words of the national teacher to heart. sent his henchmen to Xiao Zhihan's side to take care of him, and before the national teacher left the customs, Xiao Zhihan could not be allowed to suffer any damage.
After five years of retreat, the national teacher finally figured out a way to crack the oracle.
"Twenty years from now, there will be a vision of nine stars aligning, and then all the countries of the world will inevitably fall into turmoil. However, this vision shows that as long as Xiao Zhihan is used to sacrifice to the sky at the moment when the nine stars are aligned, the national fortune of Xiao Guo will be reversed in an instant. Not only will it not suffer any losses in the turmoil of the countries in the world, but it can also take the opportunity to annex the countries and become the hegemon of the world. ”
Hearing what the national teacher said, Xiao Deyong's hidden ambition was instantly ignited.
From the very beginning of his accession to the throne, he had the ambition to dominate the world. But later, there were too many trivial facts about Xiao Guo, and the national strength of several other countries was gradually improving, so he gradually put his mind in the bottom of his heart. Now hearing what the national teacher said, Xiao Deyong only felt that it was a turning of the peak, and all the scenes in his mind were the scenes of him dominating the world and worshipping from all countries.
As a result, Xiao Zhihan, who was considered by everyone to be a disaster for the country, not only did not lose his life, but also let Xiao Deyong protect him everywhere, for fear that something would happen to him.
Later, Xiao Zhihan didn't know what was going on, and became more and more perverse, repeatedly making Xiao Deyong unable to come to power. Xiao Deyong, who already regarded Xiao Zhihan as a sacrifice, became less and less reluctant to see Xiao Zhihan, and his attitude towards Xiao Zhihan also changed greatly.
Anyway, Xiao Zhihan will be sacrificed to the sky when he is in the Nine Stars Alignment, as long as he is left with his life, it doesn't matter what kind of life he lives or what treatment he receives.
In order to prevent Xiao Zhihan from having an accident before sacrificing to the sky, Xiao Deyong specially asked the national teacher to refine Xiao Zhihan's life-sustaining pill. If you really encounter danger and your life hangs by a thread, as long as you take the Life-Extending Pill and send it to the national teacher in time, Xiao Zhihan will be able to save his life.
It's just that the Life-Continuation Pill is extremely domineering, and once you eat it, you will have to suffer from the constant pain of eroding your bones and scratching your heart.
Xiao Deyong didn't know this, but even if he knew, he didn't have any unbearable. For him, Xiao Zhihan is just a tool that can make him dominate the world.
But Xiao Deyong didn't know that Xiao Zhihan had only taken the life-sustaining pill when he was a child. Later, he hated it deeply and never wanted to be contaminated again.
This is the reason why Xiao Zhihan almost died when he was in Fengcheng.
After briefly telling Xiao Zhihan about the plague in Pingcheng, Xiao Deyong told him about sending Xiao Zhihan as a special envoy to Pingcheng for disaster relief.
Leaving Xiao Zhihan in the capital is also unhappy for him everywhere, it is better to spend him, it is best to suffer some crimes. If you can hurt the fundamentals and can only stay in the Ming Wang's Mansion obediently from now on, it will be better.
Anyway, there is a national teacher's life-sustaining pill, so there is no need to worry about this disaster star dying and whining.
Xiao Deyong's wishful thinking played well, but he forgot what kind of character Xiao Zhihan was for a while.
"No, no."
Hearing Xiao Deyong's words, Xiao Zhihan didn't even raise his eyelids, and directly refused.