Chapter 216: The prince directs a play
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtiers also think that 100,000 taels of silver is less, mainly because this year, the vassal kings from all over the country will gather in the capital, how can we say that our royal clan should always have a gesture, and the queen mother also attaches great importance to this event."
King Jin's words were a little more tactful, he only said less, that is, the prince added 58,000, which can be regarded as giving face.
If it were in normal times, King Yuanxuan of Jin would definitely be able to give this face.
But this time, Yuan Zhi is hard-hearted, and no one can.
Not for anything else, for the next drama with the queen, he had to put on some eye medicine for everyone to see, which made the later drama high and more brilliant.
I saw that the prince's eyes were cold, and he said awe-inspiringly:
"This matter is so decided, if the queen mother or the old prince of the Zongren Mansion is dissatisfied, let them come to the prince and say, you two retreat, you still have business to do."
The tone of this statement is very indifferent and ruthless, and there is no room for maneuver.
King Jin ran into a gray nose, lowered his head in shame, and consciously retreated.
But King Zhao was narrow-minded, he thought that the prince was deliberately embarrassed, and he couldn't help but burn with anger in his chest.
I saw him raise his eyes and go straight to Yuan Zhi, and said angrily:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want his younger brother to do a good job of this palace New Year's celebration, so he deliberately makes things difficult."
"Bang...".
I saw that the prince's eyes were wide open with anger, and he was furious, and he slapped his palm on the tiger case, causing the tea bowl lid to fall, dripping and rolling to the ground, and breaking into several petals at once.
"Presumptuous!"
The prince's roar ignited the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for more than ten days.
King Zhao's body trembled suddenly, and after confronting Yuan Zhi's murderous cold gaze, he realized a little horror.
Today's crown prince, who has been in power for a long time, has become more and more powerful in his body.
The fury of thunder, the entire hall was filled with evil aura, as if there was thunder exploding in a silent place, which frightened the third prince Zhao Wang Yuanluo for a while.
It seems that the former father and emperor have reappeared.
With a pop sound, King Zhao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with his knees weak, and said tremblingly:
"His Royal Highness the Prince, please calm your anger, it was the younger brother who offended the royal brother presumptuously, please forgive the younger brother!"
He is a concubine, and his biological mother is just an ordinary palace maid, and now he is still a county king, not a prince.
angered the prince, and there was really no one in the palace who would come to save him.
"If Lone wants to deliberately embarrass you, he will not recognize you at all for organizing the New Year on behalf of the royal family, you are the third child, and you have never come out to do anything in the past, is it not good for the second child, why do you have to come out?"
As soon as the crown prince got angry, he couldn't control it, "Do you think that the old prince of the Zongren Mansion recommended you, and the queen mother approved the plan, so you have to agree?" ”
This word is particularly harsh, if it reaches the ears of the queen mother and the old prince of the Zongren Mansion, the nose will be crooked.
Gao Jin and the others, who were standing on the side, were frightened when they heard the words, and they sweated deeply for the prince's unobstructed mouth.
But no one could have guessed that this was deliberately done by the crown prince, deliberately provoking conflicts with the queen and the Zongren Mansion.
After Yuan Zhi reprimanded angrily, he glanced at King Zhao, who was still trembling, and said sharply:
"Come on, take this Zhao Wang Yuanluo, who dares to speak up in front of the court, out to the gate of the East Palace, and punish him with ten sticks."
"Yes." The Qianniu guard duty team is Sun Tiancang to lead the order.
King Zhao's face was pale, his lips were chattering, but he didn't say a word, and he retreated on his own in frustration.
Behind him, Sun Tiancang and two Qianniu guards.
The cane of the court punished the prince, not to mention that it was just an order issued by the prince of the East Palace, even His Majesty the emperor was also very cautious.
This is not only about the face of King Zhao, after all, he is an adult prince.
At a deeper level, it slapped the queen in the face.
Because the royal annual celebration plan submitted by King Zhao and King Jin was read and approved by the queen mother before handing it to the prince of the prison country to ask for money.
Unexpectedly, the prince didn't give face to his mother at all, not to mention cutting most of the funds, and also taught King Zhao a lesson, which was suspected of scolding Huai.
This was not enough, King Zhao couldn't help but say a word, and was taken out to be punished with a cane.
Not to mention that Yuan Zhi is just the eldest brother of the crown prince, even the emperor Laozi Yuanren, he will not be so unkind.
I can't do it.
The crown prince completely ignored this.
After King Zhao and the others left, he got up and returned to the west study as if he was fine, and continued to sit at the desk to read the briefings from all over the world.
After a stick of incense, Sun Tiancang came in and whispered to Yuan Zhi:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the news spread to Funing Palace without knowing Chad, and the queen sent someone to take King Zhao away."
"Picked up?"
Yuan Zhi frowned and looked up at Sun Tiancang, "Have you beaten enough of those ten sticks?" ”
Sun Tiancang's face stiffened, and he whispered:
"King Zhao played tricks after he left the Qinzheng Palace, and there was King Jin next to him to intercede, and he was humble... I haven't started to fight yet..."
"Bastard thing!"
Yuan Zhi's face changed drastically.
He got up and kicked Sun Tiancang, strode out of the west study, and said loudly:
"Come on, go and chase King Zhao back to Gu and tie him up, and escort him back to the East Palace to be punished."
"Yes."
Jiang Wulang was the most agile, he immediately took three guards, turned over and galloped away.
The crown prince of the prison country does the way for the Son of Heaven, and his decree is the supreme holy decree.
In fact, King Zhao's disrespectful retort is not enough to go to the post and be humiliated by cane punishment.
But these days, the prince has been holding his breath for too long, and King Zhao is an unlucky guy who just hit the muzzle of the gun.
But now that the order has been made, whether it is reasonable or not, it must be carried out to the letter.
The decision to fight or not to fight must be made by the prince himself.
Anyone else interfered with this decision, directly affecting the authority of the crown prince.
That's why Emperor Chrysostom opened it, even if it was wrong, it could not be changed, and anyone had to follow it.
It is taboo for those who want to change their orders at the same time, in order to maintain the supreme authority of those who are in high power.
It is difficult to establish the authority of the superior, but if you want to destroy him, you only need to do it once.
If this time the matter of King Zhao is not resolved, then in the eyes of the world, the queen mother will be able to suppress the prince and easily veto his order.
And the prince's unwarranted compromise with the queen, does it have its ulterior disobedience and is pinched by the mother?
Therefore, when the crown prince personally took Sun Tiancang and other Qianniuwei to chase him out of the East Palace, this matter was inevitably a big problem.
The prince is not afraid of making a big deal about this, this is the climax of the play he personally directed.
Sun Tiancang also realized that he had made a big mistake, he got up from the ground with a grunt, and he didn't even dare to complain, and rode directly on the horse and followed behind the prince.
King Zhao and their carriage were walking slowly, complaining all the way, and even scolding the prince for ignoring brotherhood.
Jiang Wulang and their horses were fast, and they intercepted the carriages of King Zhao and King Jin halfway through.
Only a moment later, the prince arrived on horseback in person.