Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 745

In Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu changed into casual clothes and sat in front of the desk, looking at Shu Liang who had lowered his brows and pleasing eyes, frowning slightly.

To be honest, what happened to Xiao Yi today was also unexpected for him.

At that time in the palace, he didn't have time to think about it, but after returning to the palace, he naturally realized that this matter was unusual, and the root cause was in Shu Liang in front of him.

"what happened?"

The emperor's tone seemed displeased, so Shu Liang also became a little cautious, knelt down on the ground, and said.

"Returning to the emperor, this servant is thinking that this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly, and we must always start with Xiao Xueshi, so I want to provoke him, but I didn't expect Xiao Xueshi to be so strong, and this servant is guilty. Lord punish!"

This was not said directly, but the meaning was clearly expressed.

Zhu Qiyu's expression darkened, and said.

"So, the scholar who turned in was sent by you?"

Shu Liang lowered his head, with a guilty conscience, said.

"Your Majesty is wise, but the servants never intended to harm Xueshi Xiao. The scholar climbed over the wall and went in. He just cursed a few words and never thought of..."

Seeing Shu Liang's appearance, Zhu Qiyu knew that the so-called "swearing a few words" was by no means just an ordinary accusation. It could make Xiao Ying, who is so good-tempered, want to commit suicide by cutting his veins. It can be seen that those words How ugly it is.

Frowning and glaring at Shu Liang, Zhu Qiyu gradually regained his composure, and said lightly.

"Make up your own mind, kill the minister, go down and get twenty sticks for a long memory!"

"The servants lead the order."

After sending Shu Liang away, Zhu Qiyu looked at his leaving figure and couldn't help but sighed softly, with a complicated expression on his face...

He leaned on the couch and rubbed his forehead lightly. Before he could rest for a while, he heard the sound of slight but hasty footsteps.

It's Wynn!
Opening his eyes, Zhu Qiyu's face was slightly puzzled. Wynn's temperament has always been steady. If he came over in such a hurry, could something urgent happen?
"My lord, news just came from outside the palace..."

Standing beside the emperor, Wynn's face was a little heavy, he arched his hands, and said.

"Lord Min...is dead!"

Although it was just a short sentence, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel a little dazed. There was a lot of unspeakable grief mixed with his already complicated mood.

He has not been in contact with this great uncle for a long time, but it has to be said that although this great uncle has various shortcomings, he still does his best for the affairs of the Zhu family.

No matter what ridiculous things he has done before, to Zhu Qiyu, he is a respectable elder!
Although the news came quickly, it was not unexpected.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu knew very well that his great-uncle's body was exhausted long ago, and there were already signs of this when he entered Beijing last year.

If it hadn't been for staying in the capital, and throwing all kinds of precious medicinal materials in the inner library of the imperial physician at all costs, his life would have been gone long ago.

Even under such circumstances, the imperial physician also reported that Prince Min might not be able to survive this winter.

But maybe it was because of his grandson's future, or because of the anger in his heart, the old man forcibly carried it for more than two months.

However, after all, manpower is sometimes exhausted, and the old man still cannot continue to hold on...

Waving his hand lightly, Zhu Qiyu said.

"Decree to stop court for three days to express condolences, and ordered the minister of rites, Hu Wei, to go to Minwang's mansion to offer sacrifices on my behalf, and planned to pursue the posthumous posthumous title of Minzhuang king, and ordered Yousi Shan to bury him."

"According to the purpose..."

Naturally, Wynn could see that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he responded in a low voice, and hurriedly stepped back to make arrangements.

On this day, the sun was shining brightly, and the Prince Min's Mansion had already become completely deserted. Looking at it from a distance, there was a burst of crying.

Hu Wei was dressed in an official uniform and a plain dress over his head, and came to the gate of the palace. He was accompanied by the emperor's attendant, the eunuch Huai En, the supervisor of ceremonies and Bingbi.

"I've seen Uncle Da Zong!"

Standing outside the gate of the mansion was a young man in his 20s, also dressed in plain clothes, his eyes were already red and swollen from crying.

This person is none other than Zhu Yinyu, the eldest grandson of the old King Min and the eldest son of King Zhennan.

Hu Yiduan returned a salute upright, and cupped his hands.

"I have seen the son, the old man and Eunuch Huai'en, according to His Majesty's will, come to offer sacrifices, and hope that the son can mourn!"

Zhu Yinxuan nodded, with a trace of sadness on his face, and tears seemed to appear in his red and swollen eyes, but in the end he still endured it and cupped his hands.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your grace. Please come with me, both of you. My father is guarding in front of my grandfather's spirit. It is inconvenient to come out to welcome you. I still hope you two Haihan."

Hu Wei nodded to express his understanding, and was about to follow Zhu Yinxuan to the mansion when he was suddenly attracted by the sound of a carriage and stopped in his tracks.

There was a lot of movement in the carriage, accompanied by a long queue, and it stopped outside the gate of King Min's Mansion, which made Hu Wei and Wynn frown.

On the other side, Zhu Yinyu's complexion immediately sank, and said.

"My lord, what are you going to do?"

That's right, this guard of honor is exactly the guard of honor of the prince, and in today's capital, there is only one person who can afford this guard of honor...

Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian!
Sure enough, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Zhu Zhanqian, who was dressed in a blue python-pattern robe, sat upright in it, and with the support of his servants, he stood firmly in front of everyone.

Facing Zhu Yinyu's questioning, he shook the fan in his hand and said.

"My son, what are you talking about? The uncle of King Min passed away. As a junior, this king naturally came to pay respects!"

However, these words not only didn't make Zhu Yinyuan's complexion any better, but the slightly frivolous tone in it made Zhu Yinyuan furious and shouted sharply.

"Worship? As a junior, are you here to pay your respects in such a blatant way? I don't think you came here to pay homage to your grandfather at all, but to provoke you!"

"Get lost, you are not welcome in the Min Palace!"

Maybe it was the sudden change, or maybe it was King Xiang's behavior, which really made people feel angry, and made Zhu Yinyu, who was always gentle and elegant, say such words.

Hu Wei and others watched from the side, and couldn't help sighing.

This gang of clans... really have a domineering temper!

However, in fact, it is not to blame for Zhu Yinxuan's anger. King Min passed away, and the whole house mourned. The emperor ordered to stop the court for three days to express his condolences.

In the past two days, people from civil and military ministers in the court, honorable families, and clan children in Beijing have all come to offer sacrifices.

However, without exception, no matter whether they were in a sedan chair or a carriage, they at least stopped at the entrance of the alley and came on foot to show their respect.

Even Hu Wei and Huai En, who came here on behalf of the Son of Heaven, parked their sedan chairs far away, but this Lord Xiang wanted to take a carriage to the gate of the mansion.

Not to mention, King Xiang said he was here to worship, but he was wearing ordinary clothes, not plain white, so there was no intention of coming to worship.

Such rude behavior would make anyone angry.

However, perhaps this is exactly what King Xiang wanted to achieve.

After all, the grievances between the old King Min and King Xiang have been heard by everyone in the court. Before the old King Min passed away, the last time he went out with his sick body was in Zongxue. That time, King Xiang was made to lie in bed for half a month to recuperate.

It's hard to say that King Xiang is not venting his grievances at that time by acting like this.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the faint smile on the face of this Prince Xiang.

"What are you talking about, my son? My uncle passed away suddenly. As a junior, I am wrong to come to worship. Take a step back and say, this is Prince Min's Mansion. You are the son of King Zhennan, but you can't say that Prince Min's Mansion is not welcome. These princes..."

"What about the king?"

Before King Xiang could finish his words, a deep voice came from the gate of the mansion.

Everyone looked back, and saw a fat figure walking out from the gate of the mansion. It could be seen that this person was very tired, also dressed in plain clothes, with a calm expression, and unexpectedly looked a bit dignified.

"I have seen King Zhennan."

When Hu Wei and the others saw this figure, they cupped their hands and saluted at the same time. Fortunately, Zhu Huixun had a good temper. , turned around, strode up to Zhu Zhanqian, looked at him coldly, and asked.

"Prince Xiang, as the heir of the Min Mansion, I say that you are not welcome in the Min Mansion, are you qualified?"

"Enough, of course enough!"

Looking at the gloomy fat prince in front of him, Zhu Zhanqian didn't panic at all, and even continued to have a smile on his face, said.

"It's just that, although you are the eldest son of the Min Mansion, King Zhennan, you have not yet inherited the position of the Min King, and you even refuse to allow your clan relatives to worship the old Min King. Is it possible..."

Zhu Zhanqian's expression changed, and he ignored Zhu Huixun's extremely gloomy expression, and spoke.

"Is it because I'm afraid that this king will notice something wrong when he sees his uncle's remains?"

"What do you mean?"

Hearing these words, Zhu Yinyan beside him couldn't bear it any longer, and pointed at Zhu Zhanyan and asked.

However, Zhu Zhanqian came here to make trouble, so how could he be afraid of making things bigger, he snorted coldly and said.

"It's nothing interesting. I just feel that my uncle passed away suddenly. It's just a coincidence. For the past few months, my uncle has been ill, and no one has seen him."

"Father and son, you want to get married to the Jing'anbo mansion, saying that it is a marriage, but this marriage has been married for several months, and you have never left the capital. It seems that you are waiting for something..."

"However, it's fortunate that this is the case. Otherwise, after my uncle left like this, he didn't even take care of the funeral. Are you right, Prince Min?"

Zhu Zhanyan bit the last four words very hard, with a strong sense of provocation.

"Bullshit!"

"Prince Xiang, speak carefully!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, the former was full of anger, coming from Zhu Yinxuan, and the latter was old and calm, coming from Hu Wei who had been silent by the side.

To be honest, this great uncle did not expect that he would be able to see such a grand drama of the clan just by paying homage to the old Min King on behalf of the emperor.

From the very beginning, he could see that the purpose of King Xiang's visit was not pure.

However, with the instructions of the emperor's ancestors, the amulets on the clansmen are more useful than the iron coupons of the Danshu, so Mr. Hu just wants to watch from the sidelines, and doesn't want to go into this muddy water.

But what I didn't expect was that this matter became more and more troublesome, and what King Xiang said became more and more outrageous.

What he said, he almost said that the old King Min was killed by the King Zhennan, so if it gets out, it will be fine?

Therefore, in desperation, he had no choice but to intervene.

However, unexpectedly, King Xiang didn't even give him face this time, instead he climbed up smoothly.

"Uncle Da Zong, since you are here to offer sacrifices, you might as well be a witness for this king. Let's go to the mourning hall to visit my uncle and his old man, how about we find out?"

Ah this...

Mr. Hu was taken aback for a moment, but he never expected that this Lord Xiang would be so relentless that for a while, even he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

This can't be true, can it?

Could it be that there was something strange about the death of the old King Min this time?

However, at this moment, Wynn on the side spoke.

"Prince Xiang, it is reasonable to say that there is no room for our family to speak on this occasion, but this is the Mansion of Prince Min after all. Even if you have a noble status, you should restrain yourself. After all, the deceased is a big one, and the real thing is to disturb Prince Min. guilt."

No one expected that Wynn would speak at this time, but these words reminded Hu Mei to pinch off his little thoughts that had just arisen.

It's not that he thought it was impossible, but that he suddenly realized that whether the guess is true or not, it doesn't matter anymore.

If King Zhennan wants to stay in the capital, he must have the approval of the emperor. Even if there is something tricky in the process, it is also the arrangement of the emperor.

Therefore, it is best not to know anything about this kind of thing, whether it is true or not!
Even if it is true, it must be counted as false, not to mention...

Seeing that the eunuch Huai En dared to stop him, King Xiang's face finally sank, and he shouted sharply.

"Presumptuous, in front of this king, there is no room for you, a servant, to speak! Get out!"

King Xiang seemed to be talking about Huai En, but he was talking about Zhu Huixun, King of Zhennan, who seemed to be referring to Sang Sang and Huai Huai.

However, the strange thing is that at this time, Zhu Huixun calmed down, with a sneer on his fat face, and said.

"Prince Xiang, okay, okay, okay, this king understands that you came here today, you are not here to worship your father at all, but to make trouble!"

"My Prince Min's Mansion does not have a backbone now, but not everyone can be bullied..."

As he spoke, a trace of ferocity flashed across Zhu Huixun's face, as if he had made up his mind, he shouted sharply.

"Come on!"

As soon as the order was given, a group of servants dressed in plain uniforms rushed out of the mansion, all of them held short sticks and had fierce faces.

Immediately, the fat prince's voice was heard again, only a few simple words.

"Call this king!"

The scene suddenly became a little chaotic, Zhu Zhanqian finally panicked seeing the servants rushing forward.

He didn't expect that Zhu Huixun would be so crazy. Could it be that he was really stimulating too hard?

Subconsciously backed up, but before taking two steps back, there was a pain in his shoulder, and when he turned his head, someone hit him hard on the shoulder.

When I looked up again, I saw that it was none other than Zhennan Wang himself who was full of anger. I saw that he himself had a short stick in his hand at some point, and he hit his left shoulder first, and then he slammed it down. Then he came straight to the door.

"Escort!"

Fortunately, this time Zhu Zhanqian brought all his confidantes. Although he didn't react to the first attack just now, someone blocked him immediately in the second attack.

Since the prince's guard of honor was used, naturally many people came, but, unlike those servants of Prince Min's Mansion, they had not been ordered, so they could only be beaten passively, evasive, and did not dare to fight back.

King Xiang was hit with two sticks, and his mind was a little dazed. In a panic, he was helped into the carriage, and then all the people left in a panic...

(End of this chapter)