Chapter 313: Who Will Be the Prince?

In this short period of time, everyone's minds have changed dramatically, I thought that King Qin and King Yan were in the same group, but looking at the way it is now, King Qin is the one who sow discord, and King Wei and King Yan have become innocent people.

When people hadn't figured out these things, King Ning and King Chu came to the palace one after another, so that several princes had gathered, and the candidate for the crown prince would probably also be produced among these people.

"Go to court!" As the voice of the eunuch sounded, the door of the hall slowly opened, and people rushed in, all standing in the main hall, and Chu Zhuangyan was already sitting on the dragon chair at this time.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat." The eunuch's voice remembered at the right time, but Chu Zhuangyan knew that the second half of the sentence was just a routine, and there were too many people to break the fold these days, and it was impossible to retreat from the dynasty without incident.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." An old minister stood up from the crowd, Chu Zhuangyan had a headache at first glance, if he was younger, it would be fine, such an old minister would be the most difficult to deal with.

"Aiqing, please speak." Even if there was more impatience in his heart, Chu Zhuangyan still opened his mouth.

"The minister thinks that the Mingyue Kingdom can't go on like this forever, and after the prince is deposed, the people in the court are panicking, and the minister thinks that the prince should be canonized as soon as possible to stabilize the hearts of the ministers." This old minister's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, as if Chu Zhuangyan didn't agree to him, as if he had committed some crime.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of canonizing the crown prince is not a trivial matter, and he should think of a comprehensive strategy before making a decision." Liu Shangshu and Liu Kaiyang stood up and said.

He was originally a party of the prince, and since the prince was deposed, his status among the courtiers has also plummeted, and the previous people were afraid of the prince, and they would also obey him, and as soon as the prince fell, the relationship that Liu Kaiyang had worked so hard to manage no longer existed. Therefore, he himself was not very supportive of the establishment of the crown prince, and he was bent on letting Chu Ruoyan regain the position of crown prince.

"Then what does Liu Shangshu think is a comprehensive strategy?"

Liu Kaiyang didn't expect Chu Zhuangyan to suddenly ask himself, he just wanted the emperor to postpone the matter of = canonizing the crown prince, but he didn't expect Chu Zhuangyan to suddenly ask like this.

"Minister......" He hesitated for a long time, and did not utter a complete sentence. He looked around, not only Chu Zhuangyan's face was not good, but the ministers around him were also looking at him with hatred.

The entire court, except for him, basically wanted Chu Zhuangyan to re-canonize the crown prince, so that they could get the greatest benefit in the competition for various princes.

"Since Lord Liu doesn't have a good way, I don't know which Aiqing has a good way?" Chu Zhuangyan no longer looked at Liu Kaiyang, but looked at the other ministers present.

Liu Kaiyang saw that his suggestion was ignored like this, and he was very unwilling.

"Liu Shangshu, are you still thinking about your eldest brother?" King Wei came to him and whispered. Liu Kaiyang saw that it was Chu Ruohua, the king of Wei, and felt a little comforted in his heart. If he remembers correctly, this King of Wei had a pretty good relationship with Chu Ruoyan before.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, I don't know how ...... How is the eldest prince doing? "Since Chu Ruoyan was deposed, Liu Kaiyang has been looking for an opportunity to inquire about Chu Ruoyan's situation, and he is also quite loyal to Chu Ruoyan among the ministers.

"How could the king know about this? Since it's been abolished, it must not be doing well, right? Chu Ruohua said to Liu Kaiyang with a smile.

Liu Kaiyang looked at such a King of Wei very unfamiliarly, he had never paid attention to this King of Wei before, because he had always been headed by Chu Ruoyan, and now that Chu Ruoyan was deposed, he thought that this King of Wei would be the same as the prince would be, but he didn't expect it to be such a scene.

"You and the eldest prince were not ...... before"

"Me and the Great Prince? We did have a good relationship before, and I did a lot of things for him, but in the end I didn't get anything, and now that he has finally been deposed, I am naturally free. But Lord Liu, why are you still so obsessed? ”

Chu Ruohua looked at Liu Kaiyang and whispered in his ear: "Since the eldest brother has stepped down, there is absolutely no possibility of becoming the prince again, why should Lord Liu hang himself on a tree?" ”

The king of Wei was wooing Liu Kaiyang, and the other ministers were arguing because of Chu Zhuangyan's words, and they all thought that many princes had the strength to compete for the crown prince.

"Everyone Aiqing has been discussing for a long time, have you come up with the result?" Chu Zhuangyan sat on the dragon chair, his fingers tapping on the bookcase in front of him again and again.

When the ministers below saw Chu Zhuangyan like this, they all knew that he had begun to get impatient. They glanced at each other, and one of the ministers spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the position of the crown prince should be held by a capable person."

"Then according to Aiqing, who is the capable person?"

"The minister thinks ......," the minister paused, "the minister thinks that King Qin is very suitable." After he finished speaking, everyone looked at Chu Ruoyang, and Chu Ruoyang at this time showed a panicked and dazed look just right.

After Chu Ruoyang saw Chu Ruoyang's expression, she also had to sigh at the thickness of his skin, and he could act so realistically in such a situation, which was very admirable.

"King Qin, what do you think?" Chu Zhuangyan turned his head and asked Chu Ruoyang.

"Erchen thinks this is a big deal, and he shouldn't make a decision so easily." Chu Ruoyang replied respectfully.

In this case, he will not directly nod and agree, and now the more he retreats, the more the ministers will push him forward, and then he can easily sit on the throne of the prince, and there will be nothing wrong. In other words, even if the crown prince's position cannot be determined for the time being, then his performance will remain in the hearts of the ministers and the emperor, so that he can have a good image.

"This is naturally a big deal, is there anyone else you want to say?" Chu Zhuangyan looked very satisfied with Chu Ruoyang's answer.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks King Ning can too."

King Ning? Chu Zhuangyan glanced at King Ning, only to see that he seemed to have heard nothing, he had been standing in his position as a child, and he did not speak, nor did he make eye contact with the ministers.

Seeing that even King Ning was recommended by some ministers, but Chu Zhuangyan didn't say anything, the rest of the people began to grow bolder, and their names popped out of their mouths one by one. Chu Zhuangyan looked at the ministers below coldly, and after a few words of instructions to his father-in-law beside him, he left the court alone.

The ministers talked for a long time, only to find that Chu Zhuangyan had left.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has a decree, whoever you want to recommend to be the prince will be on the fold, and the emperor will read it if he has time." After the father-in-law finished speaking, he also left. When the ministers saw that Chu Zhuangyan had left, it was useless for them to stay here any longer, and they also left the hall one after another.

It's just that when Chu Ruoqi walked out, King Qin followed him again, and this time not only King Qin, but even King Wei also came over to talk to Chu Ruoyao.

"I wonder what King Yan thinks of his father's proposal today?" Chu Ruohua asked Chu Ruohua and said.

Today in the court, what surprised him a little was that there were still some ministers who wanted Chu Ruohua to be the crown prince, which made Chu Ruohua, who originally regarded King Qin as a competitor, feel that there was another trouble.

"My father's proposal is not something I can discuss." Chu Ruohua quietly replied to Chu Ruohua's words. Chu Ruohua suffered a dumb loss, glared at Chu Ruohua a few times and stopped talking.

"Even if you can't talk about it, then King Yan shouldn't be able to guess it, right?"

"Guess? Guess who will be the crown prince? King Qin wanted to know so much, why didn't he ask his father himself? Chu Ruoyang looked at Chu Ruoyang with a smile, not wanting to answer any of his questions.

"Also, why does King Qin always walk with me? I don't remember the two of us getting along so well. After saying this, the King of Wei next to him looked at the King of Qin.

When he heard King Qin speak, he thought that King Yan was really in the same party as him, but now it seems that this King Qin just wants to pull Chu Ruoya into the water.

"You and I are brothers, it's normal to walk together, right?"

"Brother?" Chu Ruoqi sneered a few times, leaving King Qin in place and leaving alone.

Soon the ministers' folds were all presented, and after Chu Zhuangyan got up, he came to the imperial study, and saw a pile of tall folds on the bookcase.

"So many?" Chu Zhuangyan asked his father-in-law beside him and said.

"The emperor's words, almost all the ministers have been folded."

Chu Zhuangyan was also a little worried when he looked at the number of folds, no matter how big the matter was, it didn't reach the point of letting all the courtiers fold, it seemed that he was busy. He stepped forward and casually opened a few folds and looked at them, all of which were written with the name of Chu Ruoyang, the king of Qin.

"Go, get these ministers and let them come to the imperial study together, so as not to say that I am biased." Chu Zhuangyan handed a list to his father-in-law beside him, on which were the names of several ministers, including the previous Chu Ruoyan party, as well as supporters of King Qin, King Ning, King Wei and others, and called them here to avoid gossip.

Soon the ministers were all summoned to the palace, they didn't understand anything at first, they just didn't dare to ask when they waited in the palace, and Chu Zhuangyan didn't tell them anything at first.

After everyone had arrived, Chu Zhuangyan pointed to a pile of folds on the table and spoke.

"I asked you to come this time, just to take a look at these excerpts and count who recommended them. And none of these excerpts have your own names, so you don't have to worry. Chu Zhuangyan said slowly.

His approach made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, they had been worried before, if Chu Zhuangyan wanted someone to be the crown prince, even if they were on the fold, it would not be of much use. If you do this now, it will give most people peace of mind.