Chapter 63: The Great Change (4)
As soon as his words fell, a trace of anger had faintly appeared in King Qin's indifferent eyes, and he remembered all the things he had done in Xianyunju last night, and suddenly realized. It's just a big mistake, if you talk about it now, don't say that it is the father and daughter of the king of Zhennan, but where will the face of the father and emperor go? If his poor Mo'er knew everything, what would he do with himself?
Day and night, thousands of calculations, although he escaped many calculations openly and secretly, he never thought that he, as the crown prince, would do such an obscene and despicable thing as destroying people's reputation.
At this point, King Qin just snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and turned around to stop looking at him, but his heart was full of pain, but what a day.
Looking at the ministers again, they were all surprised. The King of Qin was indifferent, and everyone in the court was well known. But I don't want to be so ruthless that I don't miss brotherhood at all.
Rui Wang Xuanyuan Qing also showed a look of surprise, when he discussed this matter with the fourth brother before, he clearly said that he was just using this matter to alert his father, so that he could take the opportunity to make the eldest brother suffer some hardships. But in the current situation, I am afraid that today's eldest brother's position as the prince is difficult to protect. If the fourth brother's mind is not known to others, how can he not know, but he has always just turned a blind eye and is unwilling to face it.
Xuanyuan Che raised his head slightly and looked directly at the emperor, his eyes were cold and cold, and he was very entangled in this matter.
Emperor Fu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and coughed lightly, "King Qin's request, but there are still people seconding it?" If there are still people who feel that I have handled it unfairly, they can say it! ”
When all the ministers heard this, they all took a step back, not daring to say more.
On the left side, only King Rui and Prime Minister Jiang Chengze stood in place, except for King Qin on the right, but there was still one person who did not retreat, only to see that the person was wearing a brown Yunjin court dress, wearing a black jade crown, dark complexion, long eyebrows and sideburns, tall, burly and straight, but the wrinkles at the eyebrows and eyes and the full head of white hair, but it showed that he was already a drooping old man.
Emperor Fu Xuan raised his eyes and looked at him, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "What? King Zhennan also thinks that I should abolish the crown prince? ”
It turned out that King Qin's side was silent all the time, and the person who was indifferently watching all this was actually Shangguan Jing, the king of Zhennan. When the emperor asked each other, he leaned over and bowed his hand, and his tone was respectful: "Back to the emperor, what Weichen thinks is exactly contrary to King Qin." The crown prince is my prince of Southern Chu, and his status is extremely noble, even if he unintentionally commits a mistake, he must not be deposed lightly. The prince is the foundation of a country, and to abolish the prince is undoubtedly to shake the foundation of the country. According to Weichen's humble opinion, it is better to follow the emperor's wishes, and put the prince under house arrest for the time being, so as to think about it. ”
Shangguan Jing, the king of Zhennan, has a heavy army, although he is a vassal king of the opposite sex, his strength cannot be underestimated, and what he says now is clearly biased in favor of the prince and confronts the king of Qin. In the current situation, it may not be easy to depose the crown prince.
Among the ministers, there are already people who judge the situation and can show the clues, pretend to be awe-inspiring, and bow down without humility or arrogance: "Weichen is frightened, what the king of Zhennan said is extremely true!" The crown prince is the foundation of the country, how can he be deposed lightly? Please think twice! ”
Immediately, there were ministers who were quite close to the prince in the past, such as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who interceded for the prince.
Seeing that everyone was pleading for themselves, Xuanyuan Lang, who was kneeling in the hall, had softened his complexion a little at this moment, and a strange brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he secretly thought in his heart about how to repay Xuanyuan Che a hundred times in the coming day.
He thought that Emperor Fuxuan and the King of Zhennan were brothers and sisters, and with him interceding for himself, today's danger could be solved. But he never thought that the king of Zhennan could still protect him if he didn't open his mouth, and now as soon as he opened his mouth to plead, there was no room for the abolition of the reserve.
I saw that above the Golden Palace, Emperor Fu Xuan's face was gloomy, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burn everything in this hall, and his thick palm slapped heavily on the desk, shaking the tea in the tea cup splashed everywhere, Li Deqian trembled forward and wanted to clean it up, but he heard Emperor Fu Xuan snort coldly: "What the foundation of a country!" Don't be dethroned! What do you think is the reason why Kyushu has been strong for nearly a thousand years? ”
The emperor threatened, and the ministers did not dare to speak, but quietly separated from each other and silently listened to the emperor's instructions.
Emperor Fuxuan paused slightly, and said: "I think that the foundation of the country is the will of the people, and the foundation of a strong country is also the will of the people. If you lose the hearts of the people, don't talk about the position of the prince, I am afraid that the position of the ninety-five will not be guaranteed! The Pingzhou case has made Nanchu lose the hearts of the people, and everyone must know it. Now that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, if I bend the law for favoritism and indulge the prince privately, I am afraid that not only the people of Pingzhou will not be convinced, but it will not be the hearts of tens of thousands of people who will be lost. Lang'er! Come! I have a few words for you! ”
The situation took a turn for the worse, and Xuanyuan Lang, who thought he could escape this catastrophe, was already flustered and disproportionate after hearing Emperor Fuxuan's words. He glanced at the door of the palace, hoping that the Empress Xiaoci in the Fengyi Hall would come over to save him.
Yes, the emperor called him forward, but he still tilted his head and stared at the palace door.
It wasn't until the king of Zhennan on his side coughed lightly that he realized his loss of propriety, and he almost crawled nine feet away from the throne, trembling and kowtowing: "The son is guilty!" Father! Father's life! Erchen knows it's wrong! I begged my father to read it in front of the queen mother and spare my sons this time! Erchen will definitely change his past mistakes and never do it again! As he spoke, he cried, and there was no trace of the bravadocity in the past, only tears and endless embarrassment.
Emperor Fuxuan shook his head and sighed slightly, feeling remorse in his heart, if it weren't for the power of the queen's mother's family that was too strong, how could he reluctantly set up this unsuccessful emperor's eldest son as the prince. Now that I think about it, in today's situation, he, as a father, also has an unshirkable responsibility.
But after all, he is the king of a country, even if he can't bear to give up this father-son relationship in his heart, he must not watch the great country of Southern Chu be lost to him like this. After a long pause, he finally spoke again: "Lang'er!" You know your sins and you are willing to repent, and you have some conscience. As he spoke, his expression became more and more gloomy, he glanced at the ministers coldly, and said in a deep voice: "There is a prince Xuanyuan Lang who has no virtue and no talent, and instigated Yin Li Chengru of Pingzhou Mansion to embezzle huge sums of money, overstep the ancestral system, and privately suffer extravagance in the palace and other courtyards, which is detrimental to the national body. From now on, according to the law, the title of the prince will be abolished, demoted to a concubine, and his dependents will be expelled from the East Palace and confined in Qilin Garden. No one is allowed to visit without a holy message! ”
As soon as the emperor said this, the ministers were stunned, and the prince was already bloodless, his body was crooked, and he fell in the hall.
The guards in front of the palace were already waiting on the side, and when they saw the prince fainting, they carried him out of the palace.
Li Deqian said sharply, "Retreat!" Later, Emperor Fuxuan was helped by the chamberlain to walk slowly to the inner hall, leaving the stunned ministers in the hall to bow down and shout: "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! ”