The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 270 May the next life not be in the emperor's house
"Your Highness, the lake is very windy, so be careful if you catch the wind and cold."

The lake was sparkling and the green willows were swaying. A rather young attendant walked into the gazebo and bowed to the young man standing behind the fence.

The young man over there is named Li Yu, the eldest son of the first emperor, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty. After experiencing the changes in Chang'an and Huazhou, his face gradually lost his childishness. He looked at a group of mandarin ducks swimming past the lake, smiled, and turned around to take the cup from the stone table. The cup suddenly threw it on the surface of the lake, splashing water with a bang.

"It's good if you catch the wind and cold, and you don't get sick. I don't know which people around you are really caring."

"Are you still arguing over there at the court?"

Li Yu paused for a while, and didn't turn around. He just looked at the ripples on the lake, panicked the mandarin ducks flapping their wings and fled, and the little eunuch behind him gave a soft 'hmm'.

He replied: "Yes, the ministers are still arguing with the King of Liang. I heard from some sisters over there that some ministers seem to have joined the King of Liang and want to make His Highness the Ninth Prince the emperor."

Speaking of this, the little eunuch raised his round face, carefully looked at his back, "Your Highness, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

Over there, the back raised his chin.

"Well, you say."

"My servant feels that at this time, His Highness should not be the emperor. King Liang is very powerful, so it would be better to let it go."

"Bold!" After hearing the words of the servant behind him, Li Yu's eyes sharpened, he raised his hand and slapped the fence, and stared back. The little eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed.

Li Yu is a young man, he can't harden his heart, not to mention that this little eunuch has been with him for many years, he has been with him since he was a child, his tone softened, he sighed, and turned back.

"The crown prince was given to me by my father. The throne should also belong to me. Although the ninth brother is smart since childhood, he is still young. If he sits in that position, he will only be made a puppet. You slave don't know what is in my heart." In fact, I want to do something when I ascend to the Great Treasure, to lay the foundation for the next emperors, so that if something happens to me in the future, they can also protect themselves."

While speaking, the little eunuch listening over there felt the sound of footsteps approaching, and turned his head subconsciously. The sun was shining into the gazebo from outside, reflecting several shadows spreading.

"You are..." the little eunuch was about to speak, but his mouth and nose were covered by someone, and he was instantly pulled back, twisting his thick arms, only to hear the crisp sound of his neck bones.

Li Yu turned his head when he heard the movement, and saw a few thick men dressed as eunuchs looking at him expressionlessly. plunged into the lake.

"save"

The young man didn't know how to swim, so he waved his arms vigorously. Fortunately, he was close to the shore, and it was not very deep. After struggling and twisting a few times, he finally moved to a shallow water position, and walked a few steps towards the shore in panic by stepping on the mud in the water. , The next moment, someone pressed against his forehead.

A big man with a thick beard grabbed his bun, lifted it violently, pulled Li Yu over, threw him into the water, and pressed down firmly on the back of his head.

The man looked at the boy struggling wildly in the water, and lowered his voice.

"Your Highness, we are also following orders. If we want to blame you, we will blame you for being born in the emperor's family."

The voice fell, and the arm exerted more force, almost pressing Li Yu into the mud. The movement of the struggling young man gradually became quieter, his limbs twitched slightly, and after a while he was completely motionless. Then the man let go of his hand and looked at the body floating on the water. Drag it up, lift it over your shoulder, and throw it hard again, and throw it to the lake farther away.

Turning around and walking back, he waved his palms at the few soldiers under his command who hung the little eunuch in the pavilion.

"time to go."

Along the way, patrolling guards came over. When they saw a few people, they looked at the gazebo again, gestured with their eyes, the two sides nodded each other, and left straight away. After a long time, they turned back and exclaimed.

"His Royal Highness drowned while playing in the water, come quickly—"

When the news spread, there were still disputes about the establishment of a new monarch in the shrine. Zhang Wenwei, Minister of Zhongshu, Cui Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Guangqi, Prince Shaobao, and a group of civil and military men were not afraid of fighting with swords, and they were red-faced when they argued with Zhu Wen.

".Your Majesty has not made an edict on who will inherit the great power, so the crown prince should be in charge. How can he choose because of King Liang's preference? This is outrageous!"

"Fart!" Zhu Wen's bandit temper also grew, and he wished that someone would drag out and kill these dissenters one by one, but he understood that killing was a trivial matter, and Li Xinjun's name would not be so honorable. The gang of Jiedu envoys respecting the imperial court is not easy to deal with.

"Since you also know who will succeed your Majesty as the Son of Heaven, you should choose someone who has both ability and virtue. Although the Crown Prince is good, he has a weak temper. This is an extraordinary time. How can there be a weak person to be the Son of Heaven? Can it deter evil-minded feudal towns?! The Nine Kings, Li Wei, have not formed a temper yet, so if he is trained well, he can become a ruler."

"King Liang, where are you going?!"

The one who was talking was Cui Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of War. He had been friends with Chang'an Jingzhaoyi Pei Shunai for many years. Jiang Xuanhui forced the palace to kill his good friend. The words made Zhu Wen's face turn pale, he grabbed the hilt of the sword, clenched it tightly, and narrowed his eyes.

"Cui Shilang, are you questioning Zhu?"

"King Liang."

During the stalemate, Geng Qing's words sounded in the hall, he bowed his hands to Zhu Wen, and then to Cui Yuan over there.

"There is nothing wrong with what you said. Since ancient times, a lot of problems have indeed occurred. But what King Liang said is also reasonable. In an extraordinary period, it is only possible to unify Kyushu with the means of kingship and prosperity. However, Xi Zong likes to have fun, neglecting the affairs of his family and country. The first emperor had reason to be ambitious, but he collapsed in the middle way. This is often a sigh of relief. It would be better if the kings and the king of Liang supported the same emperor and made progress hand in hand. Otherwise, arguing here will be in vain. Fans and towns all over the country watch jokes."

He didn't like these ministers, probably because they wanted to kill Zhu Youlun when they plotted against him.But right now, I still want to mediate these words, so as not to mess up the matter of establishing a monarch and cause more problems.

And the civil and military over there didn't have much emotion for these words, and they could listen to them because Geng Qing, besides Liang Wang Zhu Wen standing behind him, also had a cavalry Longxiang Army in his hand, eight thousand cavalry. An existence that people dare not underestimate.

Just as the two parties were reconciling, guards and eunuchs rushed over outside the main hall and whispered something to someone at the gate of the palace.

"what?"

At the same time that Zhu Wen's face changed drastically, the officials in the palace, including Geng Qing, all looked at him, and some ministers came out to ask, "King Liang, what happened?"

"temple"

Zhu Wen's face was not good-looking, he hesitated to speak for a while, sighed, and said: "Prince Li Yu. He fell into the lake and drowned."

The words were like a ladle of clear water thrown into the boiling oil, and the pot suddenly exploded in the hall. One moment, everyone was still protecting the crown prince's enthronement, and the next moment, hearing such sad news, many veterans among them burst into tears.

Empress He, who was sitting next to the dragon chair, swayed twice and passed out immediately, causing the eunuchs and maids on the left and right to panic.

"Heaven, the prince is only a young man, how could he suffer such bad luck."

"King Liang, quickly find out the reason, if you don't believe it, don't believe it!!"

The ministers sat on the ground and howled and patted the ground. The buzzing noise resounded throughout. Geng Qing couldn't see any joy or anger on his face when he heard the news. He looked at the ground with a blank expression. He knew Prince Li Yu. I have met him a few times, he used to be a lively young man, but because of an accident, he became silent and calm, and died suddenly, which surprised Geng Qing.

He looked at Zhu Wen, closed his eyes, and sighed. After all, he couldn't bear children.

He didn't know when he followed Zhu Wen out of the palace, but he didn't notice it. When he returned to the carriage, Zhu Wen still slapped the short couple, sometimes with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"Don't these courtiers want to establish Li Yu? Can they still establish it now? Zhu will kill whoever they want to establish!"

He regarded Geng Qing as his confidant, and said it without too many scruples. Facing Geng Qing's eyes, Zhu Wen's smile became more terrifying.

".There are still a few princes, and they will be killed together at that time."

He said so.

In this matter, Geng Qing couldn't help those princes, but just silently watched Zhu Wen talking and laughing in the car, as easy as killing a few wild dogs.

Soon, when he arrived at Prince Liang's Mansion, he got off the car and changed to the carriage driven by Dachun, left the street in front of the Prince's Mansion, walked through the market, and returned to Geng's Mansion. It was cold and clear, only Jiuyu and Dachun were walking beside the pond in Fuchu, looking at the lotus in full bloom.

"You say, people are very contradictory. They obviously don't like those courtiers, but these people are really admirable. They don't like Li Ye, but his children are very innocent. Unless the emperor's family lasts forever, even if he is like Emperor Taizong Shenwu, look at the sufferings his descendants have suffered. Later, here is Li Xuan and Li Ye. Then there is Li Xuan, who was killed like a dog. If not, the graves of his ancestors will be dug up. The bones are scattered all over the ground, and there is no peace."

"That's why being an emperor is a pleasure for the present. If the descendants of future generations produce a foolish emperor, it will be the end of it."

Jiuyu didn't answer his words, but just asked: "Do you want to meddle in this matter?"

"Admixture with what? Liang Wang is my boss now."

Geng Qing picked up a stone, threw it into the pond to create ripples, looked at the floating lotus leaves and said with a smile: "I still hope that he will last for a while, so that I can live a comfortable life for a few days."

Soon into June.

Liu Can, an admonishing doctor, taught Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang. The next day, he invited nine princes, including Di Wang Li Yu, Qian Wang Li Yu, Yi Wang Li Yu, and Sui Wang Li Yi, to have a banquet at Jiuqu Pond. At this time, Liu Can saw the opportunity to get off the boat, and someone cut through the bottom of the boat, and the nine people sank with the big boat. When the guards on the shore rescued them, all the kings had drowned.

Among the clan, only nine kings, Li Jue, survived.

On the second day of June, Liu Can joined forces to invite Li Wei to be emperor.

At this time, how could the officials in the court still not understand who was responsible for the death of the kings and the drowning of the prince Li Yu? However, no one dared to speak anymore, for fear that even the remaining nine kings would be killed The other party's vicious hands had no choice but to echo the performances one by one.

In such an atmosphere, Liang Wang took the thirteen-year-old Nine Kings Li Tuo to the throne and commanded the world.

(End of this chapter)