Emperor Chu has been in the cold palace for ten years, and he is about to disappear from the memory of the world.

For many children, they only know the scholars, but not the emperor.

Chen University's level of governance is still unparalleled, but his temper is becoming more and more bizarre, and his methods are becoming more and more tough, even if no one dares to object, there are more and more resentments.

One evening, after the scholar had finished his recital, he felt that his eyes were a little flowery, so he stood up and walked to the window, looked at the setting sun, and gave birth to a kind of enlightenment.

The previous Qin Emperor had been dead for almost twenty years, the Qin Emperor of Beihai County had been dead for ten years, and the young Zhao Emperor had been gone for five years.

The scholar went to the palace.

This news shocked the entire capital, and even quickly spread to the states of Zhao and Qin.

The eunuchs and palace maids knelt not far from the main hall, looking at the scene in front of them, a little dazed, not knowing what to do.

The closed palace door is mottled and picturesque, the iron locks have rusted to death, and the eaves on the other side of the wall are full of signs of disrepair.

Looking at this palace, which had been abandoned for many years, Scholar Chen had an extremely complicated feeling in his heart, straightened his clothes, and slowly bowed down.

"Your Majesty, please see you. ”

A cold voice came from the palace: "I said don't bother me if you have nothing to do. ”

For many eunuchs and palace maids, this was the first time they heard the voice of His Majesty the Emperor, and their expressions were a little complicated.

Scholar Chen said: "The minister has something. ”

The cold voice said, "What's the matter?"

Scholar Chen solemnly saluted to the palace gate and said, "The minister is already old and is going to die. ”

The cold voice was silent for a moment, and then it sounded again: "Come in." ”

There are very few lights in the cold palace, but today I lit a lamp, because it was rare for guests to come.

Looking at Scholar Chen's silver hair, Sedum genius realized that so many years had passed.

"I thought you could live for many years, with your means and ability, King Jing's rebellion is just a trivial matter, Qin Zhao is not a threat, and there will be no problems in the world. ”

Sedum said: "I didn't expect this day to come." ”

Scholar Chen said with emotion: "The minister is eighty this year, how can it be regarded as a long life, if it were not for the elixir given by His Majesty every year, I am afraid that he would have already become a white bone." ”

Sedum said: "I'm going to use you, so you don't have to thank me." ”

Scholar Chen said seriously: "Your Majesty dares to use ministers and trust ministers, which is the greatest blessing in this life. ”

Sedum said, "I think you're good, too." ”

Scholar Chen looked at his face, as if he saw the little prince who didn't like to talk many years ago, and suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, have you succeeded?"

Although His Majesty has never said it explicitly, how can someone as smart as a scholar not guess something?

Sedum shook his head and said, "Ascension needs to break through the existing rules, which is the most difficult thing in the complete world, and it may take me many years to go back." ”

Even in the real world, he rarely explained his practice, and only the Heavenly Lord knew the details.

At this time, what he said was very short, but it was a serious explanation to Scholar Chen.

Senior Chen patted his thigh with some regret and said, "It's a pity that the minister can't wait for that day." ”

Sedum said, "Probably. ”

Scholar Chen looked at his face and said very seriously: "There are only four countries left in the world, the Qi State is bloated and weak, Zhao Guoqiang is a eunuch in Heng, and the eunuch has no queen, don't care too much, the minister has been working hard for many years, but this folk customs are difficult to correct, the surface of the court is actually full of holes, after the death of the minister, I am afraid that it will collapse." ”

"What do you want to say?"

"For the sake of the common people, Your Majesty, you will come out. ”

Sedum said: "Since it's a mess, why bother cleaning it up, if you can't beat it, you have to fight hard, and there will only be more deaths." ”

Senior Scholar Chen was silent for a long time and said, "Your Majesty's words are reasonable, but the minister is still too persistent. ”

Sedum said: "Except for idiots, everyone will have some obsessive things. ”

Senior Chen suddenly laughed, looked at him and asked, "Your Majesty, are you a genius or an idiot?"

A faint smile appeared in Sedum's eyes, and he said, "I'm smart, but I'm a little lazy." ”

Looking back on His Majesty's days in the palace in the past 30 years, Scholar Chen had a lot of emotion, and said: "I used to wonder how there could be such a lazy person in the world as Your Majesty, but later I realized that Your Majesty is an outsider in Hongchen, but he was born in the emperor's family, and for Your Majesty, this is really a very disadvantaged thing." ”

Sedum said: "The palace is very good for cultivation, and you are very good, so you don't lose money." ”

Listening to His Majesty's praise, Scholar Chen was in a state of agitation, almost lost his temper, forcibly calmed down, and asked, "Your Majesty, are you really an immortal?"

This is the biggest doubt in his life, the answer he wants to know most before he dies.

Sedum thought for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

Scholar Chen was speechless and said, "This ...... Is...... The minister was able to serve His Majesty in this life, and he had no regrets. ”

Sedum patted him on the shoulder and said, "In short, I've worked hard for you all these years." ”

Scholar Chen could no longer control his emotions, and his old tears were rampant, prostrate on the ground, and he couldn't bear it for a long time.

......

In early autumn, Scholar Chen died.

The whole country of Chu mourned, and the city was full of Su, and even the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Qi sent envoys to mourn.

According to the statement from the Bachelor's Mansion, the old lady asked to keep a low profile, but as the de facto ruler of the Chu State for more than 20 years, this request could not be fulfilled at all, and the so-called extreme grief was not enough to describe the scene at that time.

The old lady, with the support of the eldest girl, took her three sons and was busy for several days, but the eldest son of the Chen family, who was assigned to the south that year, did not appear.

Back then, God once pointed to the continuous peaks and peaks and said to Sedum that as long as any road comes to an end, then it can only turn back, and this is the case with most things in the world.

The funeral of Scholar Chen brought many negative effects, not to mention the mausoleum overstepping, the most troublesome thing was the ban on civil marriage for 100 days, so that the grief in the hearts of the people soon turned into complaints.

The atmosphere in the capital is gradually changing.

Early one morning, several ministers led by Scholar Liang and the prince entered the palace together, asking to see His Majesty, but they did not know what they were saying.

According to the news from the eunuchs in the palace, His Majesty the Emperor did not see these people at all.

It was not until this time that many officials and people remembered that there was an emperor in the Chu State.

When Scholar Chen was there, these things didn't matter, but now that Scholar Chen is dead, it is impossible for there to be a second official with such great influence in the court, so the position of the emperor suddenly becomes important.

Chen Daxue made a lot of preparations before his death, and if everything went according to the old practice, the political legacy he left to the Chu State should be able to play a role for many years.

It is a pity that there is never a lack of ambition in the officialdom, and the greed for power dooms the court to be unable to continue to be peaceful.

When the third autumn rain fell, the Yushitai began to move, and more than ten folds were handed to the Chinese book, and a certain county was guarded.

After scholars and several ministers saw those twists and turns, they were sent directly to the palace without saying a word.

His Majesty the Emperor has not used the seal for many years, and this time I think it will be no exception, but the behavior of the princes of the court is itself a statement.

That Taishou was the one in the pocket of the scholar Chen, to be precise, the zaifu that the scholar had prepared for Sedum ten years later.

The wind and rain together were difficult to stop, and soon the spearhead of the struggle was pointed at General Pei.

After drinking a pot of wine, this famous general of Dachu returned to Kyoto overnight and was immediately imprisoned on charges of bribery, corruption, collaborating with the enemy, and raising thieves.

The latter three charges are relatively simple, and the problem lies in the article on bribery, officials who are eligible to be bribed by General Pei...... Only Scholar Chen, who has died.

The storm turned into a torrential rain, and several officials who still cherished the scholars soon fell, and there were many rumors related to the scholars in the capital.

It is true that the university scholars were too tough in their later years, and there have been discussions in the officialdom and the people for a long time, but those discussions have been hidden in the shadows and have not surfaced until now.

In those rumors, Chen Daxue was extremely poor and extravagant, cold-hearted, extremely disrespectful to His Majesty, and extremely unsympathetic to the people.

Gradually, no, it should be said that soon, the scholar changed from a famous minister to a powerful minister, and then he was about to become the biggest traitor in the history of the Chu State.

When the autumn was deepening, an official finally asked for the nine cardinal sins of Chen Daxue.

The Bachelor's Mansion was surrounded by forbidden troops, and the princes of the court did not forget the eldest prince of the Chen family who was far away in the south, and sent cavalry to escort him back.

The imperial court did not use a flail on Chen Dagongzi, did not put him in a cage, and did not even tie him, but let him ride a horse with him, but deliberately let out the rumors.

The cabbage thrown by the angry people and the ink splashed by the scholars kept flying from both sides of the long street, drenching his head and face like a storm.

Grand Master Chen sat on the horse, biting his lip, his face was pale, and he never said a word.

There was a cry in the university scholar's mansion, the old lady went to the prison in a carriage, and the forbidden army was in a commotion, but in the end it was not stopped.

The Bachelor's Mansion, which had ruled the Chu State for many years, still retained a lot of secret power despite the blows of the storm.

In the dark prison, looking at her eldest son, who she hadn't seen for many years, the old lady seemed to be getting older.

The eldest prince of Chuchen knelt down through the iron fence, and said with tears on his face: "Mother, the son is not filial, he failed to send his father on the last journey, and now you have to worry." ”

The old lady sat down in a chair with the support of the eldest girl, stared into his eyes and asked, "Is the ordnance case true?"

After being silent for a long time, Grand Prince Chen nodded and said, "That was more than ten years ago, please forgive your son for being confused." ”

"I asked people to transfer the file to read it, you just ate the silver in the ordnance case, and there are no other problems, so what is the confusion to talk about. ”

The old lady was a little tired and said, "Your father has been greedy for too much silver in his life. ”

Grand Prince Chen walked forward on his knees, grabbed the iron fence, and asked, "What are those bastards in the court going to do?"

The old lady sneered and said, "What do you want to do? Of course they want to make your father stink and trample into the mud." ”

Grand Prince Chen was silent for a moment and then said, "It's simple on my side, but if you want to cure your father's sin, how can they do it?"

The old lady said quietly: "So they brought the emperor out." ”

Grand Prince Chen was very surprised and said, "That idiot emperor?"

The old lady said: "It is said that your father forged the case of King Jing's son back then, just to imprison His Majesty in the palace, which is a big crime of the Nine Clans. ”

Grand Prince Chen's face turned even paler, and he said, "Father is really disrespectful to His Majesty, is it ...... Really?"