Chapter 51: The Fish Dies
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Returning from the mountains and rivers, Tuoba Lie was waiting for him, His Royal Highness the Prince had a serious expression, a little sadness hidden in his tired expression, his uniform had not faded, and his face was full of dust, Shen Fei immediately guessed that something must have gone wrong.
Without saying a word, he was dragged to the council chamber by Tuoba Lie.
Closing the door, Tuoba Lie's spirit relaxed a little, and he fell on the back chair on all fours, sighing, "Something went wrong." β
"Your Majesty didn't pass it?"
"It's not the father's problem, it's the queen mother who suddenly came. β
"Guifei Niangniang!, what is the result?"
"The queen mother is very dissatisfied with the king's approach, and the father can only compromise?"
"You're not kidding, you're kidding?"
"The queen mother is forced to die. β
I see, so what is the result of the compromise. β
"Basically the same plan you proposed, only a little change. β
"What. β
"Life house arrest was changed to one year of house arrest. β
"One year! that's enough, many, many things can happen in a year, enough for Your Highness to replace him. β
But the queen mother was very annoyed with the king, and when she left the study, she even openly rebuked the king in front of the officials of the court. β
"Your Highness can't be everyone's satisfaction. β
"What does Daozun think this king should do next?"
"Do two things well. First, everything should be carried out according to the original plan, and 100 percent of it should be implemented; second, the mother and daughter should be brought back from Jinling City to seek the support of Tuoba Phoenix. β
"What do you mean?"
"Since the concubine Niangniang has openly supported the true prince, then we can only vote elsewhere, and the previous plan will be nullified, and we will show favor to Tuoba Phoenix, who is not on good terms with the concubine, and seek Tuoba Phoenix's support. β
"Is this really going to work?"
"There are only eternal interests in the world and no eternal friends, just ask who in the world does not want to enjoy wealth forever, Tuoba Phoenix only has An Linglong, an only daughter, and marrying her to His Royal Highness proves that she has stood on His Royal Highness's side, but His Royal Highness has been lonely and lonely. Now is the time, it's time to vigorously enlist her support, with the support of Tuoba Phoenix, His Majesty's side should be foolproof, and the next step is to gradually weaken the support of the ministers for the true prince, and take advantage of his house arrest to attack his henchmen. β
"How?"
"The black tiger digs out the heart and points to the point!"
"What do you mean?"
"Your Highness, you should go to your eldest brother at night and speak to him when it is safe to do so. β
"Say what!"
"Raid the house!"
"Let him go to the book and copy the house of the tenth prince, since the house arrest time is only one year, you need to make full use of this year to give everyone the illusion that he will fall apart and disintegrate his power. β
"Daozun is high. β
"Just tonight, go quickly! Tomorrow the imperial decree will be promulgated, it will be too late, be sure to move the eldest prince to let him play His Majesty to raid the house of the tenth prince, I believe that the person is unlucky, he is happier than anyone else." β
"So, this king and the eldest brother have become all the way?"
"I can only temporarily form an alliance with him before bringing down the Ten Princes, because the strength of the opponent is too strong. β
"Daozun, is it really good for us to go directly to the strongest opponent like this? β
"As long as you can unite with the small fish to eat the big fish, the remaining small fish are not worth mentioning. β
"Daozun is high. β
"Go ahead, it's windy at night, stay safe. β
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In the middle of the night, the wind was loud, and the old emperor threw a piece of paper on the table, and the lion and tiger were entrenched on the left and right, staring at the people kneeling under His Highness.
"Your Majesty, what does the eldest prince say. "Kneeling there was Dongfang Changqing, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who knelt on one knee and didn't dare to raise his head.
"Yuanji said that he was going to raid Zhen'er's house. β
"Sure enough, the eldest prince wants to take this opportunity to kill the ten princes. β
"You are too naΓ―ve, only I, Lie'er, Guifei, and Liu Yi know the result of the secret discussion in the study, and now that the holy decree has not been issued, how can Yuan Ji go to the book and copy the house, under normal circumstances, he should be beheaded. β
"Your Majesty is wise. β
"In my opinion, I'm afraid that Lie'er instigated Yuanji to do this behind his back. β
"Your Majesty is wise, but in this way, the Lie Prince is planning to kill the true prince. β
"Since I have joined the war for the throne, how can I do it if I don't act ruthlessly, but this makes me hesitate. β
"Your Majesty is worried that the eleventh prince will become the next prince?"
"People's ambitions are inflated little by little, Lie'er has endured for many years, and when it erupts, it will inevitably be violent, and all those who stand in his way will be regarded by him as a thorn in the flesh. β
"Your Majesty is wise. β
"I'm wise, I'm wise, of course I'm wise, you say, useless dog minion. β
After being scolded by the old emperor, Dongfang Changqing did not show the slightest anger and dissatisfaction, and sank, and when the old emperor reprimanded him enough, Fang said: "Your Majesty, Weichen felt an ominous aura on His Royal Highness Zhen's body. β
The old emperor's eyes changed, and his voice was softer: "If you have anything to say, you can say it directly." β
Dongfang Changqing said: "Anyway, the only person who can threaten Your Majesty now is His Royal Highness, and cleaning him up is the highest priority." β
The old emperor seemed to be moved by what he said, a smile of relief appeared on his rugged face, he picked up the fold that he had thrown on the table before, unfolded it and re-examined it, and then threw it to Dongfang Changqing with a big stroke: "It's finally a little useful! You're right, compared to others, Zhen'er is the priority target to eradicate, first send him into the eighteenth layer of hell and never turn over." β
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The punishment for the true prince and the princes and ministers was issued on the third day after Chu Xiu's death, and the content was as follows: 1. The prince really punished himself for killing Zhongliang, and he should be punished for his crimes, and I was exempted from the death penalty and imprisoned for the love of the bloodline, and was guarded by the Imperial City Guards, and copied and recited the imperial code every day to send it to me for personal trial, and if he had a good attitude of reflection, he was released after one year.
Second, confiscate all the money and property of the real prince's mansion, dismiss the doormen, and from today onwards, the prince will be forever deprived of the power to have a staff member.
3. All the princes and ministers who intercede for the prince have all confiscated their family property and are punished for one year as an example, and the Praetorian Guards enter the palace to supervise every move of their whole family.
Fourth, the emperor's decree, no one shall have any objections, and violators should be beheaded.
Chin this!
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. "The emperor's decree, everyone stopped, the princes and ministers who were used to enjoying themselves knelt on the cloud platform outside the Hall of Light for two days and two nights, where did they suffer such a crime, the emperor's decree was just issued and could no longer support it, and they fainted one after another.
It was the little eunuchs who brought out the rice porridge that had been prepared long ago and fed it to them.
Corresponding to the punishment against Tuoba Zhen, the size of the Praetorian Guard was expanded from the original 10,000 to 15,000, and the increased number was the elite of the local army.
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"Tuoba Zhen himself played himself to death?" When the imperial decree was issued, everyone was thinking about this question, "Does he still have a chance to turn over? Do you want to continue to support him? Look at Your Majesty, does this mean to promote the prince Lie?"
His Majesty's will caused a lot of shock among the ministers, they each had their own thoughts, temporarily acquiesced to reality, and no longer insisted on petitioning for the prince, the knife in His Majesty's hand has been revealed, this is His Majesty's bottom line, and one step further will become a rising bird and invite death.
Tuoba Lie suddenly had a lot of tasks on his body, one was to find the murderer of the Seventeen Princes, the second was to organize the Praetorian Guards to guard the Ten Princes, and the third was to organize the Praetorian Guards to monitor the every move of the ministers.
Layers of heavy burdens are added, and the limelight is strong for a while.
But it was not him who was responsible for confiscating His Royal Highness's property, but Dongfang Changqing. On the same day, Dongfang Changqing led the army into the mansion of the true prince, and found that the ladies had already gathered in the courtyard waiting for their disposal, and all the guests of the prince's mansion had disappeared, and there was no one left.
Dongfang Changqing frowned slightly, he didn't think this was a good thing, on the contrary, there was a trace of worry in his heart.
The soldiers searched the entire mansion from the inside out, there are indeed a lot of gold and silver treasures, but after all, there is nothing to say about the noble status of the prince, the precious calligraphy and paintings are almost impossible to see that the true prince does not like to read, a total of ten mermaid slaves have been investigated and punished, and there are several corpses that have been flayed in the dungeon, looking at the state within a month, I don't know what the specific identity is. What Dongfang Changqing minds more is that all the soldiers stationed in the mansion are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are few weapons in the arsenal, so I am afraid that they were transferred in advance.
He felt a little bad and beckoned his subordinates: "Transfer the list of soldiers stationed in the prince's mansion and compare them one by one, and there must be no mistakes." He thought to himself, the true prince would not have been ready to die in the net.
But the result after the comparison surprised him, the surnames of the soldiers were all the same, but the question was how could the people who were responsible for guarding the Great Prince's Mansion be some old, weak, sick and disabled, Dongfang Changqing decided to investigate clearly, he randomly ordered a few people, and ordered: "Take a few of them down, torture them, and see if you can get something." β
"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives. The soldiers immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but unfortunately it had no effect, as ordinary people who followed the wrong master were equivalent to a death sentence.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a somewhat heroic person stood up and said to Dongfang Changqing: "Sir, don't be embarrassed for them, the soldiers in the Prince's Mansion are indeed only us, and there is no one else." β
"Are you their leader?" Dongfang Changqing looked at the other party suspiciously.
"General Changqing, I was once a soldier under you. In such a situation, this person is not confused when he speaks, and he looks like a person.
"Then you can tell me why the prince's mansion is all old, weak, sick and disabled. β
"Dongfang General, in fact, this is very easy to understand, as soon as I say it, you will understand. β
"Then you can tell me about it. β
"General, may I ask you, have you ever seen a tiger that needs an antelope for protection? β
"Oh?" Dongfang Changqing raised his eyebrows, as if he had touched a heartstring in his heart by his words.
The man continued, "The only one who can protect the king of beasts is the jackal, who is also a predator, but the jackal is long gone. β
"Sigh!" Dongfang Changqing stared at the other party's eyes, gasped, pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Let them all go." β
"General Xie. β
"General Xie. β
Dongfang Changqing walked up to the head of the guard, stared at him and said, "I'll ask you again, when did the jackals leave the mansion." β
"Long before you arrive!" After saying the last sentence, black and red blood flowed out of the mouth of the head of the guard, he fell in pain, and when his body immediately hit the ground, he was supported by Dongfang Changqing, "The soldier's mission is to be in his body, and he should not expose the situation in the house, but Liu really can't bear the suffering of his brothers, and he is sorry that the master can only apologize with death." As he spoke, he grabbed Dongfang Changqing with his blood-stained hands: "Let them go, General Dongfang, they are just decorations, they are all innocent, and you can't find anything useful in the prince's mansion, because His Royal Highness is not human at all, and he disdains to be with mortals." With that, he lost his breath in a painful twist.
Dongfang Changqing helped him close his eyes, stood up and saluted the corpse, turned to the people who were almost taken away before, and said, "Go, bury him, he is a good sir, he saved your lives." β
Then he walked away and went straight to the palace.
"Smack. Regardless of the eunuch's obstruction, he pushed open the door of the upper study, and the old emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at Dongfang Changqing, who was panting and anxious, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong, panic." β
Dongfang Changqing walked in, searched around to make sure that there was no killer lurking, and then knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Praetorian Guard during this time will be handed over to the Eleventh Prince, please let the ministers follow you left and right." β
"Tell me straight, what's going on?"
"It's a kind of intuition, Wei Chen feels that I'm afraid that someone will come to assassinate His Majesty in the near future. β
"You mean the real ......," the old emperor grimaced.
"Please allow the minister to stay on the right and left. Dongfang Changqing petitioned again.
"Tell me honestly, what did you find when you asked you to raid your house. β
"I have been prepared, His Highness seems to have prepared for the worst. β
"Are you afraid that he will die and the net will be broken?" the old emperor sat up from his seat, his drooping eyes staring at Dongfang Changqing's eyes.
Wechen wasn't sure. Dongfang Changqing knelt down and bowed.
"Even you say this, it seems that Zhen'er really has a rebellion, so I can see that my punishment is too light, forget it, just follow what you said, transfer back first, and stay with Liu Yi without leaving me. β
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