Chapter 281

With the end of the palace rebellion, Zhang Manchu and others were also busy, not to track down the rebellion, but because the emperor issued an edict of abdication. [No pop-ups. Although it is now in the depths of winter, and according to the ancestral system, it is about to be blessed and sealed, but this abdication edict means that the crown prince must ascend the throne in the shortest possible time to ensure that the Great Zhou will not be left without a leader.

Fortunately, the emperor was seriously ill before, and the prince was in charge of the country for many days, and the prince was surrounded by many capable ministers and fierce generals, and it was the time when there were the least political affairs such as the New Year's Festival, so he was also worried that something would go wrong. What they are most worried about at the moment is that the people of Baiyue will die endlessly, and they will die at the last moment.

Therefore, not only the top and bottom of the capital, but also inside and outside the government, as well as the homes of powerful and high-ranking officials, and even the homes of those unknown and small officials who have no power to go to the court, must be checked from top to bottom. It is also because in order to save their lives and avoid suspicion, how many men from rich and noble families no longer dare to provoke women at will, and even the aunts and concubines who were admitted to the mansion in the early years have collectively fallen out of favor at this time. On the contrary, it is the wife of the family, whether it is old or not tender enough to be picked on many times, now it has become a treasure in the family, and no one dares to go up to find it uncomfortable.

Of course, these Yu Lin Baozhu have nothing to do with Zhang Manchu, and they just listen to them as after-dinner fun.

In fact, although Zhang Manchu was busy, he did not go back to the house to accompany his daughter-in-law and son. He is not a lord who is selfless and does not enter the three countries, in his eyes, even if he helps the court to do things, he has to be placed behind his daughter-in-law. The kidnapping of his own daughter-in-law implicated in the rebellion a few days ago has long made him frightened, and now the crown prince in the palace is worried that there are still remnants of sin, so he is naturally even more worried.

And Lin Baozhu didn't say anything to let him be busy with official business, don't worry about the family, he was originally her man, and he was the responsibility of this family. Sometimes, you can't always be so considerate as if you don't need him.

The two of them have been married for so long, and the children have been for more than a week, so Lin Baozhu has also understood some things about the way of husband and wife. A woman can't be ignorant, but she can't be too strong and too strong for a man to think that she is not afraid of anything.

Sure enough, after every obsession, Zhang Manchu was satisfied with his hard work, and looked at his daughter-in-law to see how sorry he was. Even when he goes out to do things, he remembers that he is worried about his daughter-in-law's preferences, and whenever he has a comrade to eat and drink, he will not delay much. Eating wine and bragging with those rough men, how can it be compared to listening to the daughter-in-law's soft words and talking to himself about some common things?

In the palace, the emperor, who had experienced two times of his son's rebellion and wanted to kill his father, was even more thin and thin now. Even if the misery in the palace was washed away by the joy of the New Year, it was difficult to make his spirit half better.

The emperor, whose voice was hoarse at the moment, coughed violently while patting the empress beside her with her bony hand and signaling her not to worry. It was only after a dull and tearing cough had passed that he gasped and ordered someone to call the prince over.

After the arrival of the crown prince, the queen timely proposed to go to the queen mother to say goodbye. She can sit firmly in the harem, relying on the favor of the emperor in the first place, there are some things she can fight for herself, but some things can't allow her to be more curious.

It wasn't until the emperor and the crown prince Rui were left in the palace that the emperor looked at this son who had always been the least obvious among the brothers and the least competitive for merit. Until now, he can't understand how this son got to this height.

To be honest, at the earliest time, his positioning of the third child was just a virtuous king. Even, in order to keep the third child from having different intentions, he sealed his identity as King Rui early and allowed him to go out of the palace to build a mansion. And all along, what this son has done is really in line with his heart, never forming a gang, and never winning people's hearts.

It can be said that the news from the dark guard is still the third child in the time of King Rui, and there are not many officials and ministers who have deep contacts in the court. Even if occasionally he praised him in front of the Manchu Dynasty in order to mention the status of this son, in the end he just ended up with a thanksgiving, and after the end of the court meeting, the third child still went his own way, and he should be the fair and honest king.

Thinking of this, the emperor's expression became quite complicated. If it weren't for the boss's rebellion, he would have had time to think about it carefully, and he wouldn't have discovered that all the princes and grandsons, except for the third prince, were all poisoned. And above the court, the third child, who originally had no power, was able to stabilize the court without difficulty, so that there was no chaos in the Great Zhou.

If he can't see it at this time, I'm afraid he will live a lifetime in vain.

"I'm old, but I'm not old and confused, but I still haven't figured out how it could be you." Now he no longer has the cunning and cunning mind of the old man in the court, and even the pride and ambition of letting the third child lead people to fight the Huns, all he has left is two sideburns and white hair and an old and tired body.

In previous years, when the New Year was approaching, he would also write blessings and blessings, and if he was in a good mood when he was free, he would also go to the Imperial Garden to take a stroll, look at the exquisite pavilions and pavilions made of stone carvings and jade, and talk about the wind and moon in the garden with some concubines who pretended to meet him in order to please him. Naturally, it is indispensable to look at the peonies or other flowers cultivated by the Royal Flower House standing proudly in the cold wind. It's a pity that it was all in previous years, and now he not only doesn't have that spirit, but he doesn't even have happy thoughts.

"Father Emperor Shengming, everything is providential." The crown prince faced the dying emperor, although he was still respectful, but he no longer had the apprehension and anxiety he once had. Even, in the face of the skeptical questioning in these words, he did not have the slightest nervousness. After all, the father is an old lion, and it is impossible to show the domineering and courage of the emperor.

The crown prince lowered his eyes, and did not have any side reaction to the emperor's words, just like the usual third prince who was quiet, timid, methodical and good at forbearance. There is no prince who will not be unmoved by that position, not to mention, he is the third, a few years older than the fifth and sixth oldest. On weekdays, he is happy and angry, but in the end, it is just his scheming.

The emperor looked at the son in front of him, but he had to admire his sudden growth. In his memory, he couldn't even remember how this child had grown up like this. In an instant, the emperor seemed to have some spirits, and he was stumbling to sit up, and the prince sighed in his heart when he saw this, subconsciously got up to help the elderly emperor, and then stroked his back for him.

After a while, the emperor weakly stopped coughing, but when he looked at the prince again, he smiled a little more. His son, as it should be, even if he has the most honorable position in the world in his heart, he is not a wolf-hearted rebel.

"I always thought I could see through people's hearts and control everything. But whatever the truth of those things is, I don't want to inquire further. The emperor sighed, looked at his son's deep eyes, and said categorically: "You promised me that you will never kill the royal family after you ascend the throne." In the future, the children of your brothers, no matter what they do, will depend on their own creation. ”

Cannibalism between siblings and swords between father and son has already broken the emperor's heart. He would never want to see the benevolent prince he personally elected personally dispose of his imperial grandson in the future.

The crown prince slowly raised his head, looked at the emperor fixedly, met the eyes that suddenly burst into sharp eyes, and respectfully took a step back and knelt down, "The son will no longer raise a sword in the royal family, father and the emperor can rest assured." ”

"Well, now I have three things to tell you." The emperor waved his hand to signal the prince to get up, panting, even though his words were already extremely difficult, but he still said word by word, "One, make great efforts to make the country prosperous, stabilize the country, and be close to the virtuous and the ministers." Second, be filial to your mother-in-law, and be the queen princess, but you must prevent the dictatorship of your relatives. The crown princess is virtuous, but it's a pity that marrying into the royal family is destined to be dangerous every step" said, he sighed and coughed again, and finally continued weakly, "I don't know what your intentions are to support Zhang Ji, but you have to respond to me, if one day you do something to Zhang Ji, and let go of the Zhang family and his descendants and grandchildren." ”

It was he who mistakenly took Baozhu's mother's life back then, if it weren't for him breaking his oath for the throne, I'm afraid that Yue'e should also live a noble life. And all he can do is leave a way for her daughter to live.

The crown prince was surprised by the emperor's last request, but when he thought of the unknown entanglement, he also understood.

Hearing his father's words, the prince kowtowed firmly and replied: "The son respectfully obeys his father's holy decree. After a pause, his expression remained unchanged, and his tone was silent, "Father, rest assured, as long as Zhang Ji does not have different intentions, his son will never touch Zhang Ji." ”

Zhang Ji is the same as Zhang Manchu, although he is not completely controlled, but as long as he uses it properly, he will inevitably become a strong backing for Da Zhou. Of course, the reason why he chose Zhang Ji and Zhang Manchu in the first place was not because he was hot-headed or blindly valued talents, but because he had already investigated the temperament of Zhang Manchu and Lin Baozhu.

Such a person has no ambition, and values his family and bloodline the most. And Lin Baozhu is the same, she has some thoughts and ideas, but she is better than valuing worldly money, but she doesn't care about the relationship between status and noblewomen.

To be honest, it is the two of them who are the people who can really reassure the crown prince Rui. Although obedient and assertive, he never oversteps, let alone make decisions without authorization. And most of the people around him are people who have economic dealings with Zhang Ji.