Lady forced to seek prince

The Prime Minister was so anxious that he cursed Xiao Yu in the room. After the scolding, he still felt angry and dragged all the Feng family members out to whip their corpses. If Empress Dowager Feng had not caused cholera in the court, Daqi would have been in such a precarious state.

After saying this, the Prime Minister found that the Grand Master was still silent, so he simply lost his temper and stood up to kneel down to the Grand Master again.

The grand master couldn't sit there firmly this time. He couldn't let a royal family kneel to him twice.

"I can't control this situation at the moment," the Grand Master walked to the desk and handed a stack of memorials to the Prime Minister, "This is the memorial that I just entered the capital, take a look!"

The Prime Minister immediately looked through it. The top memorial was from Xiao Yu, and the bottom was from several Zhizhou memorials.

"The King of Yu is impeaching you for privately opening iron mines and hoarding weapons."

"In addition, there is a silver mine in the west of Beijing, and a loyal servant of your prime minister's palace was caught in the mine."

The Prime Minister happened to read Xiao Yu's memorial in a hurry. There were beads of sweat on his forehead and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

The Taishi said: "These crimes, taken alone, are all capital crimes in Daqi. Even if you are a member of the clan, you cannot escape being demoted to a commoner, having your home confiscated and confiscated."

"Furthermore, you have imprisoned the late Queen Zhang family for all kinds of things. Which one of them can allow you to be spared?"

The Prime Minister's hands softened and the memorial he was holding fell to the ground. This time he didn't care about the show and fell to his knees again.

"Grand Master," said the Prime Minister, "these are all false accusations. How dare I do this? Who doesn't know that I, the Prime Minister, have been very careful in these years and have never interfered with political affairs?"

"Prince Yu... this is revenge, because the concubine of Prince Yu sought me out to pave the way for her son and gave me 200 acres of land and 200,000 taels of silver," the Prime Minister said in a trembling voice, "I thought she was seeking to pave the way for her son." Xiao Yu rebelled and wanted to pass the palace to his youngest son, so I agreed."

The Prime Minister's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he looked even older, without even the slightest trace of being a member of the royal family.

"I'm just a little greedy," the Prime Minister said, raising his head and looking at the Grand Master, "Grand Master, do you think I have the ability to hoard weapons? That's just Xiao Yu's thief calling to catch the thief."

The Grand Master listened carefully to the Prime Minister's words and did not speak.

The Prime Minister seemed to have made up his mind, and tremblingly took out a stack of letters and banknotes from his sleeves.

"These are all given to me by Princess Yu," King Xiang swallowed. "That crazy woman is not dead yet. The Grand Master can ask her to interrogate her to see if she told me to let me help her youngest son inherit the royal title. ?”

Princess Yu is not dead yet, but she is already crazy, especially when she heard that Xiao Yu is still alive and has become the only vassal king of Da Qi, as well as the vassal territory.

The little son she misses so much has nothing to do with her at all. If that little son appears in front of her, she would even want to strangle him to death.

For Princess Yu, life is much more difficult than death.

The Prime Minister had no other options and sat slumped on the ground, waiting for the Grand Master to give him an answer.

After a long time, the Grand Master sighed again, just like when he first entered the door, he stood up and helped the Prime Minister. This time the Prime Minister held the Grand Master's arm tightly.

The Prime Minister said in a hoarse voice: "Have you seen it, Grand Master? That wolf cub is coming with great force. Not only has he not come to the capital for so long, but he has stirred up the entire Qi Dynasty in the Northwest Territory. If he just wants to take revenge on me, then... That's all, his goal is...that seat."

"If he takes the throne, Daqi will really be shaken up."

This is the second time King Xiang has said this, because only when he mentioned this, the Grand Master would save him.

The Taishi said: "This court is not my one-word palace. I want to save the prince, but I am just powerless. When the time comes, there will definitely be voices from the government and the public to promote Zongzheng Temple and various ministries to review. If the prince can hold on, he will naturally be safe and sound."

But they all knew that King Xiang couldn't hold on.

Xiao Yu holds evidence in his hand.

unless……

The Grand Master looked at the Prime Minister and said, "Don't take this step." The Prime Minister's eyes were a little confused.

The Grand Master continued: "Prince Xiang, think about it carefully. Is there anything in your hand that can be used?"

The Prime Minister fell into deep thought, and then his eyes became clearer: "The Grand Master is saying..."

The Taishi shook his head: "After all, you are a prince and an elder. Your ancestors have made great achievements with Taizu. When the late emperor was here, you also made it through. Is it possible that you are going to kneel down and beg King Yu for your life now?"

The Prime Minister slowly let go of the Grand Master, and his rickety body gradually straightened up. He looked at the Grand Master: "Then I..."

The Grand Master said: "I can't say anything else, but without Prince Yu's intervention, neither the Emperor nor I would believe that Prince Xiang could do those treacherous things."

The Prime Minister swallowed a gulp, and he said cruelly: "How much time do I have?"

The Grand Master said: "I can hold off on the memorial for up to three days."

"Okay," King Xiang said, "There is a decree in my family. It was requested by my family during the reign of Taizu. I originally thought that I would take it out when the emperor was king, but I didn't expect... Oh, I won't keep it anymore. As long as I can Just help the Prime Minister’s Palace tide over the difficulties.”

The grand master responded: "Your Majesty, you are right to think so."

The Prime Minister said: "Without further delay, I will go back to the palace immediately to write a memorial. I will deal with the Prime Minister's Palace within three days. I will rely on the Grand Master to help me with the rest."

The Grand Master did not shirk this time but said: "My lord, please take care of yourself."

The Prime Minister said nothing more, bowed and then turned around and walked out.

After the Prime Minister's sedan chair was carried away, the staff of the Taishi Mansion came to the study.

"Grand Master," the staff whispered, "Is the Prime Minister really framed by King Yu?"

The grand master put down the tea cup in his hand, his eyes were downcast, and he quickly smiled coldly: "How is that possible? Do you think that the reason why the prime minister and the concubine of Prince Yu are in private contact is really just for the money? He doesn't want to seize power after the political situation is chaotic. "

"The Prime Minister also knows that no matter what he says, I won't believe him, so he can only agree to my request. If he handles the matter well, I can give the Prime Minister's Mansion a way to survive."

Only then did the staff realize: "You said you won't let the Prime Minister kneel down and beg King Yu for his life. Do you mean that you can only survive here?"

"If you don't bow to King Yu, then the only way to go is to fight against King Yu. Are you ready to ask the court to send the Prime Minister to the northwest to deal with King Yu?"

The grand master shook his head: "The imperial court cannot send the prime minister to the northwest, and there is no reason to conquer the king of Yu. But if the prime minister goes voluntarily, the imperial court cannot stop him. Because of the rebellion between the two kings, the only troops and horses the imperial court can use can only protect him. Capital."

The staff member opened his eyes wide and finally understood.

It turned out that two people had just decided on such a big thing.

The Prime Minister acted as a vanguard for the Grand Master and the imperial court. Even if he could not kill King Yu and cost half of his life, the imperial court would still stand by the Prime Minister.

This is also the last path that Prince Xiang's Mansion can take.

The staff member said: "But what should we do if the Prime Minister defectes to King Yu, or if King Yu refuses to take action?"

"No," the Grand Master said, "I will give King Xiang a hope so that he is willing to take this risk."

As soon as the Grand Master finished speaking, he saw the steward hurriedly entering the courtyard.

"Sir," the steward reported, "It's not good, the emperor suddenly fainted."