The emperor always wants to promise himself

Chapter 70 A Big Show

At the end Shang Meng added: "The last general only found out about this today. Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't easily bother His Highness and the Crown Prince to rest. He wanted to report it tomorrow."

Xiao Yu and Jun Rong looked at each other, their eyes sank.

I couldn't find any clues in the previous two times, and I didn't find any clues this time.

Jun Rong pursed her lips, feeling a little dazed.

Why do you feel that they are always passive here?

Xiao Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at Shang Meng: "The Imperial Forest Army is responsible for patrolling the palace and protecting the safety of the palace, but now that there are assassins in the palace, you just don't know anything about it. Afterwards, no one can find out. Commander Shang, your ability Worrying."

Xiao Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea with a calm face, without looking at Shang Meng, Shang Meng suddenly knelt down, "The end will be useless, please forgive me, Your Highness, Your Majesty!"

He was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, he climbed to this position not by his family, nor by the back door, but by hard work, so he has always looked down on those sons and brothers who rely on lintel or nepotism.

But he has worked in this position for many years, has experienced a lot, and has become more tactful in dealing with things. He no longer has any emotions on the surface, and even if he has any dissatisfaction, he can bear it.

He lowered his head to Jun Rong, silently waiting for their next words.

Xiao Yu exhaled lightly, put down the teacup, stood up, and looked down at Shang Meng.

"Commander Shang, according to my Daqian law, you are responsible for negligence, suspected of betraying the emperor, and you will be executed according to the law."

Shang Meng froze, and looked up at Jun Rong: "Your Highness, although the last general is responsible for negligence, but for so many years of defending the palace, there is no credit but hard work. Please forgive me—"

He kowtowed heavily, feeling uneasy.

He didn't think he would make trouble to this point before, but now he sees Shizi's attitude, it's clear that he doesn't want to let him go!

Thinking of what happened to the commander of the guarding army, he couldn't help but feel a chill rushing from his back to Tianling Gai.

Jun Rong looked at Xiao Yu hesitantly, Xiao Yu shook his head slightly at him, Jun Rong sat on the chair obediently again, and did not move.

Xiao Yu didn't say anything immediately, just stared at Shang Meng, and after a while Shang Meng felt himself covered in cold sweat.

Just when he was hesitating whether to beg for mercy again, Xiao Yu finally said condescendingly: "Indeed, Commander Shang has been in office for many years, and he has done his best. Just because of this incident, it is too late to take your life." It's chilling, let's do it this way, capital crimes can be avoided, life crimes can't be escaped, there is just one thing that needs to be done by Commander Shang, if it is done, the merits and demerits will be equal, His Highness will forgive you this time."

"Commander Shang, do you agree or not?"

Shang Meng's heart skipped a beat, and he covered his toenails to realize that the "one thing" Xiao Yu said was definitely not a good thing, and he might offend many people.

But right now it seems that he has no choice but to die now, or to work for Xiao Yu...

Shang Mengfu thought for a long time on the ground, and Xiao Yu started to move around in the hall, "You don't have to rush to answer, you can think about it carefully, don't worry, it's not an unreasonable thing, it just needs you to have a selfless heart, after the thing is done, you will still It is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and the previous matter will be written off."

Shang Meng's eyelids twitched, and Jun Rong followed suit: "The meaning of the son is the meaning of my highness, the commander should think about it."

Shang Meng gritted his teeth and straightened up, sighed, and bowed his head as if accepting his fate: "The final general is willing to go through fire and water for His Highness, and he will do whatever he wants!"

Xiao Yu smiled, "Very well, get up, I will tell you what you should do."

Shang Meng knelt for a long time, his knees and calves were numb and swollen, Xiao Yu waved his hand generously: "Commander Shang, please sit—"

Shang Meng nodded: "Thank you, son."

"Tomorrow morning, you bring people—"

……

The lamp in the imperial study room kept burning until midnight before Shang Mengcai came out. The cold wind covered his face and made him shiver. When he recovered, he turned his head and looked at the imperial study room with a complicated expression, with A little afraid.

He gritted his teeth, he couldn't turn back when he got on the pirate ship, so he had to bite the bullet and go down, not to mention...the one inside who didn't take the usual way, maybe he could really break the sky of this capital?

Shang Meng took one last look and strode away.

……

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still bright, and Kyoto was asleep in the morning light. Before waking up, a rush of gongs and drums sounded, startling the birds and birds.

Then came the sound of horseshoes and armor rubbing, spreading throughout the streets and alleys.

Originally, people should wake up at this time. After such a commotion, they immediately sit up from their sleep and put on their clothes in a hurry. He opened the door directly, ate a mouthful of fly ash with a blank face, and watched the horseshoe go away.

"What happened?"

"I do not know?"

"That's the imperial army, right? Aren't they in charge of guarding the palace? Why are they running on the street early in the morning?"

Neighbors in the neighborhood gathered together in twos and threes to discuss. After a group of Qingqi passed by, someone came over beating gongs and drums, and posted something on the bulletin board, "The Eighth Highness is the heir appointed by the late emperor. Today, the Eighth Highness invites all adults to discuss matters early. , strive to restore order inside and outside the imperial court, and discuss matters related to the enthronement ceremony!"

"His Royal Highness is sympathetic to the difficulty of the people, and decided to keep everything simple in the enthronement ceremony, and the money saved will be used to relieve the victims of the disaster."

This group of people yelled while posting, and posted all the way, and the common people came out of their homes to watch the excitement.

"Hey, which prince is His Highness the Eighth Prince? Why don't I have any impression?"

"You don't have any impression of this yet? Didn't the Eighth Prince come out at the gate of the Regent's Palace before? He also asked the prince to give us porridge. I will keep it in mind!"

"It turned out to be that Highness, who really has a kind heart!"

"Hearing what you said, it seems to be quite good. The previous enthronement ceremonies were very lively and cost a lot of money. Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, the tax for that year will increase, saying that the national treasury is empty. "

"Cut, squander it!"

The people gathered more and more, and slowly began to follow the gong and drum team to move forward.

Passing by the gate of the mansion of the minister of the court, I saw a sedan chair parked at the gate of every house.

The person knocking the gong in front shouted again: "Your Highness is merciful. I can't bear the adults to walk into the palace in the cold winter months. I specially sent someone to pick them up. I guarantee that they will be delivered and returned properly."

Someone beside him echoed: "His Royal Highness is so kind, to think so thoughtfully!"

"Yes, yes, if His Highness the Eighth Highness ascends the throne in the future, he must care about the common people, so that's it. I am willing for His Highness the Eighth to become the throne!"

(End of this chapter)