Chapter 435: The Gathering of Storms and Clouds: Chapter 436: Defending Loyalty and Treachery

If the emperor really has an edict, doesn't it mean that the crown prince cannot ascend the throne and become the new emperor; But he has already ascended the throne in front of the spirit and become the new emperor, how can he be willing to give it up. In other words, no one will obey the edict and give up the throne, because he has already ascended the throne, because he was once the crown prince, no matter which prince takes over the treasure again, it is impossible for him to be a rich and noble man.

The result is only that he can be imprisoned for a lifetime, and what he sees when he looks up is that small sky, and when he looks down, he sees that small courtyard, and those who follow him will fall to the ground - who wants to spend their lives like this? The result is not good, that is, the blood will be flowing, and of course there will be many more people dead than the new emperor who has imprisoned the current emperor.

The emperor is by no means a man at the mercy of manipulation, forbearance is only a temporary strategy, and of course he will not endure it now; But once the edict came out, even if the emperor refused to give in and could control it, the consequences were endless: his imperial brothers had a legitimate reason to covet the throne, how could they be safe.

Hongluan's heart was pounding, watching the long bright yellow box get closer and closer, and when she was not far in front of her, she couldn't help but glance at the new emperor; found that the emperor's expression was very indifferent, just like seeing an ordinary, ordinary box that could no longer be universal.

The emperor didn't take it, nor did he open it, but looked at the fifth prince: "Fifth brother, you said that some will be written in the edict left by my father?" Touching his chin, he sighed: "Our brothers are not successful, so it is already a great unfilial piety to let my father worry so much." He shouldn't have finished saying that, but he didn't say any more.

Hongluan could guess that what the emperor didn't say was, but it was an allusion that the brothers should work together not to let the dead old father and the spirit of the sky not feel at ease; Her gaze swept over the five princes, and the same thing would be said by any emperor, but the person who did not sit on the throne of God certainly had different thoughts in his heart.

The fifth prince bowed: "Father has an edict?" He looked up at the emperor: "The younger brother doesn't know, and the younger brother doesn't dare to guess." "He's really honest and doesn't say a word.

The emperor nodded and stretched out his hand: "The edict of my father's emperor is still from the fifth brother's view, if there is a mistake in their hands, it will be our brother's disrespect to my father." With a wave of his hand, he sent the edict to the hands of the five princes.

Hongluan was thinking about the emperor's purpose for doing this, thinking that if the five princes really came for the edict, what would it be like to have the edict in hand now? However, it seems that the fifth prince is very calm, there is nothing special, and the emperor tells him to do it, and he will not be particularly happy or disappointed.

Gonggong Qin and the others were taken aside, but the emperor ignored them and began to encourage the guards who were about to go to the border pass; The fifth prince looked at those guards with the same expectation, and more often his eyes fell on the emperor's body, revealing a look of great admiration.

Just as the guards suddenly agreed, the three elders arrived. They hurried over and saw the emperor kneeling down and kowtowing: "The ministers see the emperor, I don't know if the emperor has summoned the ministers and others." ”

The emperor pursed his lips: "I didn't summon you originally, but now I want to summon you over to meet you, even if it's my summons." As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and someone in the palace dared to falsely preach the holy decree.

The elders were startled, but their eyes fell on the long box and kowtowed: "Those who bully the king will not be able to forgive, but the edict of the first emperor ——? They didn't expect that there would really be an edict, and they began to beat the drum in their hearts.

The Emperor looked at them: "I was about to ask you." ”

The elders looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and kowtowed: "Although the first emperor has been seriously ill for several months, his ministers can be called by the first emperor from time to time. After the edict, Weichen thought that it was left by the emperor to the emperor, so please ask the emperor to look at himself. ”

Of course, stability is the most important thing in the court, and although several cabinet elders do not have real power, they are not supporters of any prince in the first place; Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne in front of the spirit, the ministers have already performed the great gifts of the monarch and the ministers, and at this time, even if there is another person who has passed on the throne after the edict of the first emperor, they have to support the new emperor.

Stability, there can be no chaos. Don't want the princes to fight each other, it's not good for the court situation, and the barbarian lands around the Celestial Empire are all hiding evil intentions, but the Celestial Empire is strong and the people are strong, and they don't dare to easily provoke wars; If the situation of the court is unstable, the border pass will immediately ignite wolf smoke, and it will immediately become a situation of external and internal troubles, and then the people of the Celestial Empire will have to suffer, and the royal family will also face the words of life and death.

As the old ministers of the Three Dynasties, they must not see such a thing happen when they are dying; So at the moment, the edict of the first emperor is not important, and only one emperor of the Celestial Empire is the emperor in front of him.

Hongluan didn't expect the three old men to speak like this, she didn't understand the truth, she couldn't figure it out, but she believed that the emperor would understand; She became interested in the matter, and wondered how the Emperor had expected the three of them to support him. At the same time, she found that in fact, the people of the outer court were just like this, not as unattainable as she imagined, and they were different from the people in the palace but also had similarities.

The emperor nodded slightly: "The elders of the pavilion are righteous, and they stand up and speak." He looked at the five princes and sighed softly: "I'm afraid that this matter ......" Before the words were finished, there were voices outside, and it turned out that the queen mother had brought the princes here.

When the Queen Mother came in, she frowned when she saw the yellow box in the hands of the fifth prince, and looked at the emperor: "If you have something, go to the imperial study and talk about it." She stretched out her hand in the past, and the emperor helped her go first, and whispered: "Emperor, your father is ......" The queen mother really didn't expect things to evolve to such a point.

The emperor said softly: "My father is wise, and my sons and other brothers will definitely obey my father's orders and honor the Queen Mother." He interrupted the Queen Mother's words, looked up at the Queen Mother, lowered his head and said, "Yuanhua has you come to the Queen Mother to say goodbye to you in the past two days?" At this time, the abrupt mention of Yuanhua seemed somewhat weird.

The people who served behind their ancestors and grandchildren were Shang Yi and Hongluan, and the others were more than a dozen steps behind; Hearing the words of the grandfather and grandson, Shang Yi's eyelids didn't move, and Hongluan didn't hear it at all.

In fact, this is not the case, when she heard the emperor mention Yuanhua, Hongluan sighed in her heart, knowing that the queen mother would definitely stand on the emperor's side; Did the prince anticipate today's changes when he married his wife? Hongluan had to admit that the most terrible of all the princes was not that there was only one Fu King, and that the emperor could ascend the throne smoothly - I am afraid that it was not as easy as it seemed on the surface; But, so far, it is the emperor who has prevailed in everything.

Chapter 436: Defending Loyalty and Treachery

The emperor's brothers followed from afar, and although they didn't speak much, their eyes staggered with each other from time to time, and most of them focused their eyes on the five princes; King Fu's gaze never left the emperor, and the occasional distraction only turned on Hongluan's body.

King Kang's gaze was the most casual, looking around, looking at the front and looking back, and he did not stay or change when his gaze swept over the yellow box; When he finally arrived near Commander Meng, he beckoned over and said, "What about the moth, I know that someone will not let my father go peacefully - I really can't wait for two more days?" Did you find that box, if I were to ...... you, there would be no trouble. You, like the emperor's brother, are brainless. ”

His voice was very low, but he still heard the sweat on Commander Meng's forehead; He wiped the sweat on his head with his hands and replied, "Lord Wang, it was found by the chief eunuch next to His Royal Highness. I didn't dare to say too much, but I answered all of King Kang's questions.

King Kang's brows furrowed, and his eyes swept over to see Gonggong Qin: "Still let others stand like dogs?" Go, the king rewarded him with ten slaps in the face, and let him hit himself; After a while, the king will test it himself. If he can't understand the king's love for him, the king will definitely reward him more at that time. ”

He was very unhappy, because when the emperor died, he did not even see the last side; With his help, his second brother finally pushed the throne, so that the prince could ascend the throne smoothly in front of the spirit - he didn't know the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital, and no one could move except the prince at that time; thought that he could let his father go to bed in the imperial tomb with peace of mind, but he didn't expect someone to jump out today; In King Kang's opinion, you have to wait for your father to be buried even if you make trouble, right? There are many words without mistakes, which is really a big unfilial piety.

But the rough King Kang didn't think about it, if the first emperor entered the earth for peace, wouldn't his brothers be looking for death if they made trouble again? And at that time, it was too late to make trouble, for the biggest chair in the world, of course, those who were filial and unfilial were thrown out of the nine heavens.

However, because the queen mother experienced it, it was not unexpected that she was sad about her son's death, and it would be strange if no one tossed it at this time.

Commander Wei looked at Gonggong Qin and nodded: "Obey the king's orders." "He's very happy, anyway, even if the emperor and the queen mother ask for guilt, there will be King Kang to stand up.

King Kang patted Commander Wei on the shoulder: "I know that you are a good person, another day I will ask the emperor to ask you to come, we go hunting every day, isn't it better than being stuffy in this palace?" Go, I'll look for you again when I go back, and I left you some good things, if it weren't for my father's big trip, I would have given it to you a long time ago. ”

He followed after a few steps, and when he reached the side of the fifth prince, he grinned: "Father will miss you, because you have not been in the spirit shed for too long, be careful that your father will chat with you tonight." After speaking, he didn't look at the face of the fifth prince, and caught up with the fourth prince and walked in front of him, standing behind King Fu.

King Fu looked back at him, and then at Gonggong Qin, who was palming his mouth over there, glared at King Kang, and his gaze fell on the corridor of the imperial study: The person standing there was Hongluan.

There are only two people in the imperial study now, the Queen Mother and the Emperor. No one knew that the grandfather and grandson had entered the imperial study, and they had to call the ministers and princes in immediately; At this time, they have something to talk about?

Finally, Hongluan raised his head: "The Queen Mother has a decree, please meet Your Highness and Pavilion Elders." ”

King Fu led everyone into the imperial study, and when he passed by Hongluan's side, King Fu dropped a small thing in the wide sleeves that King Fu hung down, and it landed at Hongluan's feet; Because everyone's thoughts were in the imperial study or in the hands of the five princes, no one noticed King Fu's small movements.

After everyone went in, Hongluan instructed the Queen Mother to pass on the six Shangshu, and then looked at the small thing that fell on the surface of his feet and bounced to his feet, hidden in his skirt: it turned out to be a jade ring with a delicate wind, even if it was added, it was not big. She didn't pick it up, it was much better not to touch it if it wasn't her own at this time, God knows that King Fu was making up his mind; She gently flicked the jade ring with her foot, causing it to roll behind her feet. In the imperial study, the Queen Mother and the Emperor were sitting in a precarious position, discussing the matter of the edict. The elders still insisted that the emperor himself could open the edict and read it, but King Kang was attached and King Fu did not speak, and the four princes obviously disagreed but did not say it, but only said that it was disrespectful to the emperor like this; The five princes were silent, the sixth prince and the seventh prince didn't understand it, and they didn't know how to make up their minds when their concubines weren't there. And the younger princes don't know how to quarrel at all, and it is extremely hard to accompany the spirit, at this time they just want to go back to take a bath and sleep, and they still don't announce the edict of the emperor who is sitting here and competing for the first place, and they are very dissatisfied, and from time to time someone secretly yawns. When the scholars of the six departments arrived, they stared at each other after listening to them, and they didn't understand what the first emperor meant: You don't plan to abolish the crown prince if you don't want to pass it on, and it will be too late for you to abolish him when you die; Do you plan to pass on to the crown prince and leave a testament to do? I don't know if I'm looking for trouble for everyone. Now, what do you do? The edict should be announced according to reason or according to etiquette, but after the announcement is passed on to other princes, wouldn't it make them the ministers in a dilemma: Which one do you support? Now that there is an emperor, don't announce it, and there is disrespect for the first emperor, and the minds of the six people are not as simple as the elders, so naturally the opinions are not unified. The military department Shangshu is categorical: "The first emperor is located in the emperor, and the current edict is of course for the emperor, of course, there is no need to announce it to the ministers and others." "He was the original prince's party. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu hesitated a little: "According to the etiquette law, ......, please make it clear to the Queen Mother." "He didn't want to offend anyone. The Ministry of Industry Shangshu was very impatient, thinking that this matter should be as boring as it was: "Now that the country has a king, the edict of the first emperor is a state affair, and it is naturally decided by the emperor, if the royal private affairs, the emperor is the eldest son of the first emperor and should also have full power to deal with it; Your Majesty, it is raining and it will be discussed after the matter is pressed, and there is no problem with the mausoleum of the first emperor. He still has a stomach to say, autumn, the great rivers that break the embankment in the summer, and now is the time to manage them well, and the lawsuits of the fields, water conservancy, etc.: which is not more important than the current edict? But if the first emperor did not enter the mausoleum for a day, he could not do anything for a day - for him, there was an emperor as long as he was not mediocre. Then the head of the household department spoke, and he had the same opinion as the department of rites, but he had to be clearer; The official department Shangshu looked at the criminal department Shangshu and also stood on the side of the household department, but the criminal department Shangshu was the same as the military department's Shangshu. The emperor listened to the arguments of the six books, raised his hand and pressed it: "You go out and ask the opinions of the hundred officials, and draw up a list to submit to me; As soon as I ascended the throne, I am really embarrassed about this matter, so it is better to follow the opinion of my subjects so that no one will criticize me in the future. ”

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