witch chaotic country

Chapter 723 Just ask you if you are embarrassed or not
Wang Wulang never expected that things would develop to the present point.

Who would have thought that all the princes in the palace were fake?And the emperor didn't ask the seventh prince to rescue him, but chose to give the seat to the seventh prince.

What was even more unexpected to him was that the last reliance of the emperor and the seventh prince was Tan Daoji's ability to lead troops to put down the rebellion.

His plan to hide Tan Yaoyu from Tan Yaoyu seemed so superfluous.If you want to work for the Tan family, how can you bypass Tan Yaoyu?
The Seventh Prince was at a loss.He never thought of becoming emperor, otherwise he would not have suppressed himself for many years.The sudden edict at this time made him worry about the safety of his brother, but also doubted whether he could be the leader of this dynasty.

The four people in the room had their own concerns at this time, and Yuan Langjun was probably the most relaxed one. Seeing that Wang Wulang and the Seventh Prince were silent, and Concubine Xie was only crying, she took the initiative to ask: "What should I do at this time?" ?”

Before they could answer him, there was a knock on the door.

Wang Wulang probably guessed who the visitor was, and when he opened the door, he saw Qin Zhongzhi's smiling face.

Qin Zhongzhi didn't enter the room either, he only glanced inside and bowed his head and said, "Have you already said almost everything you need to say? If there is nothing else, please follow me to Mancui Tower. Xie Lang Jun and the little princess are already waiting in the building."

Concubine Xie panicked when she heard this, "What did you do to my daughter?!"

Qin Zhongzhi's face remained unchanged, and he replied calmly: "Concubine Xie, don't worry, the princess has a special status. The foreign minister brought her into the building to better protect her. Xie Langjun is also with the princess at this time. There is nothing wrong with side care."

Concubine Xie obviously didn't believe it, she was anxious to go out and said, "I want to see the princess!"

Qin Zhongzhi nodded, "Of course. As the foreign minister said just now, we don't intend to threaten you. So I'm here to invite a few of you over. General Tan is also waiting for the Seventh Prince in the building right now."

Wang Wulang sighed, "It seems that Prime Minister Qin is already today."

Qin Zhongzhi shook his head, "Yes and no. Although we knew that the emperor's heir was false, we were not sure that Emperor Song would find out the truth. According to our initial calculation, Emperor Song would compromise with King Pengcheng and establish an heir as emperor, while King Pengcheng is in charge of the country. Although the little emperor is a puppet, for Emperor Song, he has a chance to turn things around afterwards. It wasn't until we saw the little princess that we were sure that Emperor Song had learned the truth."

The seventh prince carefully rolled up the secret edict and wrapped it in his arms, "Let's go, no matter what the result is, I should go to meet General Tan."

Several people followed Qin Zhongzhi down the mountain, and Wang Wulang asked angrily, "When did Prime Minister Qin know that the three of them were in my motorcade?"

Qin Zhongzhi pretended to be mysterious and said, "It's just a guess."

Naturally, he wouldn't say that there were eyeliners all over the vicinity of Qiuchi. When Wang Wulang's team stayed there overnight, Qin Zhongzhi had already become suspicious of them.

At this time, Wang Wulang had a mentality of breaking the jar, anyway, he is not a courtier of Qiu Chi, and it is human nature to have selfishness.

Qin Zhongzhi naturally wouldn't talk to him too much, and the group arrived at Mancui Tower in silence.

Entering the building, as Qin Zhongzhi said, not only Tan Daoji was there, but also the walkers in the Walker Building.The princess was young and didn't know the seriousness of the situation. She was lying in Xie Huilian's arms sleeping soundly, but she didn't recognize her life.

Liu Yiji looked at the imperial edict in his arms, hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Tan Daoji, knelt down on one knee unexpectedly, and handed the imperial edict to Tan Daoji, "General, please help me!"

Tan Daoji turned sideways, first helped Liu Yiji up, and then looked at the edict in Liu Yiji's hand, but he refused to take it.

Seeing this, Liu Yiji was about to kneel again, but Tan Daoji hurriedly stopped him, and sighed, "Look at the Seventh Prince, the previous rumors are probably true...this imperial edict..."

Liu Yiji handed over the edict again, "The emperor's edict also has something for General Tan, don't you want to read it?"

Tan Daoji sighed deeply, and took the edict, "Forget it, whether it is good or bad, there will always be a result."

Tan Daoji slowly unfolded the imperial edict, and read it word by word. When he saw "I was confused by slander, and I owed the righteousness of the monarch and my ministers", Tan Daoji's eyes turned red, and then he read "I have found out, but the prince has nothing to do with the Tan family." It has nothing to do. The Tian Family lost its heir, and the Tan Family lost a son. My heart is full of sympathy, and I feel sorry for Tan Qing..."

Under the sadness, Tan Daoji's hands trembled...

Liu Yiji opened his mouth and said: "Brother Huang has rectified the name of the Tan family, and the dirt that was splashed on the general has been washed away."

Tan Daoji nodded heavily, cupped his fists towards the south and said, "I thank the emperor for his insight!"

Liu Yiji said: "Now that the treacherous ministers are in power in the court, and the emperor's brother is in danger, I hope that General Tan will ignore the previous suspicions, save the court from fire and water, and forgive the people from disasters!"

In the past, Tan Daoji would have done his part, but now after fleeing for a while, his youngest son died tragically, and his only daughter is still dealing with the enemy in another country. Tan Daoji has nearly half a hundred people a year, and his fighting spirit has gradually faded.

Liu Yiji also knew that the royal family owed the Tan family a lot, and if there was another choice in this matter, he would not force the old general any more.

Liu Yiji said frankly: "Although the emperor gave me a secret edict, there is no soldier talisman. The imperial army in Beijing is [-]. Unless there is the help of the Lake Army, the garrison in Stone City alone will be far inferior to the imperial army. And the Lake Army has always looked forward to your leadership. , I also ask the general to help me. After the matter is completed, I will make the Tan family a different surname king and make Qingzhou a territory of the Tan family as the emperor's brother said in the secret edict!"

It has to be said that Liu Yilong had far-reaching plans this time.First, he rectified the name of the Tan family, and then used a different surname to dispel the Tan family's concerns about "cooking rabbits and dogs".It's a pity that he didn't know that Tan Daoji's worries were far more than these.

"Let me ask Rong Chen, can the Seventh Prince have the confidence to be the king of this country? When the Seventh Prince was in Jiankang, he rarely asked about political affairs. The only time he participated in government affairs was to thoroughly investigate the corruption of the clan with King Pengcheng. Ruochen guessed right, Yingfeng should have been helping you at that time. But even so, you were still overwhelmed by King Pengcheng during the thorough investigation."

Tan Daoji carefully rolled up the secret edict in his hand, and returned it to Liu Yiji, "The so-called throne is not just this edict, there are countless soldiers who will sacrifice for it. Do you have the courage to bear their lives? If you succeed Ascending to the throne, there are many things in the court, and the most inconspicuous matter to the emperor may be a major event that will cause the people to fall. You are used to idleness, but do you have the ability to support the world?"

Liu Yiji didn't expect that Tan Daoji's concern was not about the outcome of the Tan family, but that the Tan family helped him up, would he be a competent emperor?

Liu Yiji stood there stupidly, because he didn't dare to make a guarantee.

Although he did deliberately suppress himself for many years for the stability of the emperor's throne.But even if he didn't pretend to be idle, could he really be a diligent and wise ruler?
A man as talented as Huangxiong has been dragged down by the throne to the current situation, how could he have the courage to say with a pat on his chest that he will do better than Huangxiong?
Seeing this, Tan Daoji sighed and shook his head, "It seems that the Seventh Prince didn't think it through clearly, let's discuss this matter later..."

(End of this chapter)