The little monk returns to the vulgar

Chapter 198
Today's palace is a bit lively, because the emperor finally came to court again after so many years.

The ministers who got the news thought they heard it wrong. In their minds, the next time to go to court should be when the emperor died and the new emperor succeeded to the throne.It's just that after the former prince and the previous prince died of old age, they gradually lost this idea.

It's hard to say when the emperor will die, anyway, most of them can't wait for that time.

As a result, I received an urgent report last night, saying that the morning of the next day.

After confirming that it was not fake news, the ministers began to prepare.

Going to court is different from the tea party in the Royal Study Room. Not only are the clothes to be particular about, but also when to go out, when to enter the palace, how long to wait, the order of entering the court when going to court, etc., are also very particular.

The problem is, after so many years of not going to court, they almost forgot about it.

In the middle of the night, I don't know if it is enough to recall the rules of the court.

As soon as the third watch arrived, the streets outside the imperial city became full of traffic.When the sky was slightly bright, the officials of the imperial court were already standing neatly in the Zichen Hall.

This is the place where the Great Zhou Kingdom held the morning court. After entering the door, many people looked around, as if they were entering the Zichen Palace for the first time.

It can be seen that this big spot has not been used for a long time, and it smells faintly decayed, but it was cleaned very clean today, as if it has been reborn.

"The emperor is here!" The eunuch Si Li announced loudly, and all the officials quickly averted their gazes and knelt on the ground respectfully.

"Everyone loves you in peace." Chai Xihui said to everyone.

The officials of the imperial court Xie En got up, and then they were surprised to find that the emperor had changed his appearance.

Chai Xihui changed his casual clothes from the past, and put on a five-claw golden dragon robe and a twelve-pronged crown on his head.Many veterans were almost moved to tears. This was the memory of the early days of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It has been a long time since the emperor was addicted to alchemy.

Grand Master Pang was even more excited. Could it be that the emperor gave up alchemy and refocused on government affairs by dressing up like this?

This is actually not a good thing for Grand Master Pang. When the emperor was addicted to alchemy, Grand Master Pang was in charge of the government and held great power.Chai Xihui, on the other hand, rarely cared about other things except the snake tax.The emperor's willingness to be in charge of the government can be regarded as cutting power for Grand Master Pang.

But this power was cut well. Grand Master Pang was also a veteran of the founding of the country. Although he was a civil servant, he also followed Chai Xijiao to conquer the world until today.He wants power, but the premise is that Da Zhou must continue to pass on.Chai Xihui did it like that before, and the prosperous founding of the country is about to become the end of the dynasty.

Taishi Pang regards ordinary people like ants, but he values ​​this country very much, so he would rather not dominate the world by himself, and would rather Chai Xihui come back to be his founding king.

However, the first sentence that Chai Xihui spoke made Grand Master Pang's heart go cold.

"My dear ones, the reason for going to court today is because the national teacher has refined the elixir of immortality." When Chai Xihui spoke, he was a little excited, not as calm as before.

Taishi Pang took a closer look and found that the emperor had become young again.He used to look 90 years old and 40 years old, but now he looks less than 30 years old.

At this age, Chai Xihui was at the time when he rode his horse and raised his flag to gallop across the battlefield. Grand Master Pang still remembered that he led hundreds of cavalry and dared to attack an army of ten thousand people, killing through the enemy's army and capturing the flag.At that time, Chai Xihui was as heroic as he is today.

However, this is not what an emperor should look like.

Taishi Pang's heart sank, the emperor became younger, and his mentality seemed to become younger.But Dazhou has been established for decades, what it needs is calmness, and it can't stand the toss of young people.

Chai Xihui was very happy. After taking the elixir, he felt that he had completely returned to the peak state of his life. He was full of energy and clear mind, and he would not be tired after fighting the enemy for three days and three nights.

The officials were silent, not knowing how to respond.

It stands to reason that they should remonstrate immediately and keep the emperor away from these so-called elixir that harm the country and the people, but they are all old people in the court. They have said the same thing tens of thousands of times over the years, and the emperor has never heard it. What's the use of saying it today?
At this moment, the one who broke the silence was an old man in a python robe above the main hall, who knelt in front of Chai Xihui and said loudly: "Congratulations to my father for being immortal. "

Chai Xihui turned his head to look at the brocade-robed old man, and it took him a while to realize that this was his son, the third prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The previous two princes couldn't bear it and died of old age.

The third prince is named Chai Xuanying, who is also 60 years old this year.Chai Xihui looked at the prince's hunched body, and suddenly felt a little disgusted.How could my own son turn into this old and ugly appearance?

What was your son like as a child?Chachai Xihui found that he could not remember clearly.

He has many children. Even though Chai Xuanying was once his beloved son, the relationship has been very estranged over the years.

However, starting today, Da Zhou no longer needs a prince.

"The crown prince is right. My Great Zhou Dynasty is supposed to be difficult forever. Today is a day of great joy. Get up." Chai Xihui said.

The prince was about to get up, but he slipped and almost fell because of old age and frailty.Seeing this, Chai Xihui couldn't bear it, so he left the dragon chair, walked to the prince, and stretched out his hand to help him.

Just as he lifted the prince's arm, Chai Xihui saw a trace of ferocity on the prince's wrinkled face. At some point, a bright dagger appeared in his hand, stabbing at Chai Xihui's chest.

Chai Xihui hurriedly evaded, but was unexpectedly attacked by his own son. Chai Xihui could barely avoid the vitals of his heart, but his chest was still pierced by a dagger, and blood gushed out immediately.

The old prince Chai Xuanying tightly held the handle of the knife, twisted the blade vigorously, and said through gritted teeth, "Die! Faint Lord!"

Chai Xihui was extremely shocked by this resentment.

The severe pain in his chest made Chai Xihui unable to breathe, his body went limp, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

Only then did the guards react, and quickly pulled the prince away and pressed him to the ground.Someone shouted for the imperial doctor again, and the Zichen Hall suddenly became chaotic.

But Chai Xihui quickly stood up and said angrily, "Everyone be quiet!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone knelt down on their knees and said in trepidation: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Chai Xihui touched his chest and found that most of the wound pierced by the dagger had healed.

Chai Xihui could clearly feel that the wound was itching and healing, and he recovered completely in a short while.

The gloom on Chai Xihui's face dissipated, he laughed and said, "It really is the elixir of immortality!"

After he was happy, Chai Xihui turned his head to look at the prince who was pressed to the ground by the guards, and asked in a deep voice: "You are the prince! Why did you do such a rebellious thing like killing the king and killing the father?!"

Although the prince couldn't struggle, he still roared with all his strength and said, "You fool, you are 90 years old, why don't you die! If you want to be emperor forever, what kind of prince do you still have? There is no such thing as 60 years old in the world!" The old prince?!"

Chai Xihui looked at his son with a gloomy expression.

Today is obviously a day of great joy, but this unfilial son actually did such a disobedient thing, he deserves to die.

"Drag this traitor to me and lock him into the clan mansion." Chai Xihui said.

Several guards rushed over, lifted Chai Xuanying up, and dragged her towards the outside of Zichen Hall.Chai Xuanying knew that she had no way out, so she decided to go all out, and cursed: "You stupid king, you will die, if you have the guts, you will cut off my head, this big week is destined to die forever!"

Chai Xihui squinted his eyes and said to his once beloved son, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. When you die of old age, I will come to see you one last time."

Hearing this, Chai Xuanying became furious and spit out a mouthful of blood.

The prince was taken away, and the emperor still had scarlet blood on his chest, but he didn't seem to mind, and continued to sit firmly on the dragon chair, and then issued the first imperial decree at the first court meeting in many years: "The prince brought a knife to the hall, Today, the guards of the Zichen Palace have killed all the nine clans."

(End of this chapter)