The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 26

Dai Wang, whom the Seventh Prince and the others missed, was on his way back to the capital, and was still a hundred miles away from the capital.

At this time, he was leading the army to garrison in the field.

"Your Highness, there is a letter from Beijing." Fu Zhong took the letter he had just received, walked into the main tent and handed it to Dai Wang.

Dai Wang took the letter, opened it, and then frowned, his face instantly became very ugly.

Seeing that Dai Wang's face was downcast, Fu Zhong asked with concern: "Your Highness, has something happened in Beijing?"

"Ninth Brother's horse was drugged and almost had an accident."

"What, His Majesty's horse was drugged?" Fu Zhong asked, "Who drugged it?"

"The concubine mother said that the father dealt with Shang Fangling's eunuchs." Dai Wang sneered, "Shang Fangling's eunuchs have the guts to harm the ninth brother."

Fu Zhong was very clever, and immediately thought of who it was: "It's the prince's man."

"If it's not the prince's person, the father will not stop there." Dai Wang picked up the letter and put it on the candle and burned it. "In order to protect the prince, the father does not intend to thoroughly investigate this matter."

"What about His Highness Ninth Prince?" Fu Zhong was aggrieved for the Ninth Prince, "Your Highness Ninth Prince almost had an accident, so the Emperor doesn't care?"

"Ninth brother is fine."

"Just because His Highness the Ninth Prince didn't have any accidents, why the Emperor didn't thoroughly investigate the real culprit?" Fu Zhong said unfairly, "His Royal Highness Ninth is the Emperor's own son, how could the Emperor treat His Highness Ninth like this?"

Dai Wang tightened his eyebrows and said nothing with a sullen face.

"Your Highness, we have to return to Beijing quickly, otherwise the imperial concubine and the ninth prince will be bullied." Fu Zhong said, "as long as you return to Beijing, no one will dare to bully the imperial concubine and the ninth prince."

"There is something wrong with this matter." Dai Wang looked thoughtful, "There should be something else hidden about this matter."

"Your Highness, do you mean that the person behind the murder of the Ninth Prince is not the Crown Prince?" Fu Zhong asked, "If it is not the Crown Prince, then who is it?"

"This matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface." Dai Wang guessed, "Even if the father wants to protect the prince, the father will punish the prince's people. It is impossible to just forget it. There must be something we don't know of."

"Your Highness, who can make the emperor defend you like this?" Fu Zhong said, "Who else can there be except the prince?"

Many people flashed through Dai Wang's mind, but these people were not enough to make his father worry so much.

"The truth of this matter, I can only find out when I go back."

"Your Highness, do you think this matter is aimed at you?"

"It should be aimed at me and the prince." Dai Wang said, "I want me to fight with the prince."

"You and the crown prince were already fighting, who..." Fu Zhong immediately thought of who it was, "Is it the Wang family, the Yuan family, and the Xun family?"

"It's not impossible." Dai Wang tapped his fingers on the table and said in thought, "The ninth brother is not in a hurry, but I am in a hurry to add beads. In a few days, we will arrive in Beijing. After returning Before Beijing, I have to confirm the addition of beads."

"Your Highness, you have always been favored by the emperor. Normally, the emperor will give you whatever you ask for, but this time, the emperor has not agreed to the addition of beads. The emperor will not..." Fu Zhong said incredulously. Dare to finish the sentence.

"Duke Zhen and Xie's family are resistance." Dai Wang thought for a while and said, "I personally wrote a letter to my father, expressing to my father that I have no intention of adding beads."

"Your Highness, are you planning to retreat to advance?"

"That's right." Dai Wang ordered, "Grinding."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Dai Wang wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of Zhou. The words in the letter were very sincere, saying that he did not intend to add beads, and that it was his duty to lead troops to fight, and there was no need for special rewards.

He wrote another letter to Concubine Rong, telling her to stay calm and wait for him to return to Beijing.

Fu Zhong went down with two letters written on behalf of the king, and sent someone to send them back to Beijing immediately.

Father, what are you thinking?

You have always said that I am the most like you, and you obviously want me to inherit your mantle, why have you not abolished the crown prince so long?
You clearly know that adding beads to me this time will make me more powerful in competing with the crown prince, why did you delay in agreeing?

Although Duke Zhen and the Xie family are resistance, with your means, there is no need to be afraid of the Xie family.What the hell are you thinking?
The matter of adding beads this time was proposed by Dai Wang, who asked Xuan Pinghou and the others to propose it to Emperor Wu of Zhou.

The acting king was dissatisfied with being only a prince.He thought that he had made great military exploits for the Great Zhou, and his status as a prince was no longer worthy of him.Only the status of prince is worthy of him, but at present he cannot be a prince, so only the status of Prince Jiazhu is barely worthy of him.

He will be Prince Gaju first and then Prince.When he becomes Prince Jiazhu, he will be able to become the prince in the future.

Also, he let the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty and the people all over the world know the achievements he has made over the years.He also wants to let the people all over the world know that the prince has not made any military achievements for Da Zhou.In this way, if he replaces the prince in the future, the common people will feel that it should be done.

In fact, Dai Wang has long wanted to be Prince Jiazhu, but he has not been able to find the time.This Liangzhou victory is the best opportunity.

I missed this rare opportunity, and I don't know when I will have to wait until I want to propose adding beads again next time.Therefore, this time we must add beads successfully.

If the matter of Jiazhu cannot be settled before returning to Beijing, the matter will fail in half.

I hope that after reading his letter, the emperor will agree to his adding beads.

Dai Wang himself was anxious to add beads, Xuan Pinghou and Rong Guifei were even more anxious than him.

In the past few days, Xuan Pinghou has been asking the ministers who supported the acting king to put pressure on Emperor Wu of Zhou, and they also joined forces with the ministers who supported the third prince and others to force Emperor Wu of Zhou to agree to add beads to the acting king.

In the Chengguang Hall and the Imperial Study, Emperor Wu of Zhou was drinking tea with He Xiang, Liu Taishi, and Song Dekang.

"He Xiang, do you think I should add beads to Dai Wang?"

He Xiang put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and saluted Emperor Wu of Zhou: "Your Majesty, it is the rule of the previous dynasty to add beads to the prince, not our rule."

Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at Taishi Liu: "Old Liu, what do you think?"

Grand Master Liu stood up and said, "It's fine for the emperor to be the master."

"Old Song, what about you?"

"Your Majesty, I also feel that adding beads to the prince is a rule of the previous dynasty and has nothing to do with our dynasty. There is no need for our dynasty to learn from the rules of the previous dynasty." Song Dekang was much more straightforward than He Xiang and Liu Taishi, "Besides, the acting king received There are also many rewards, so there is no need to add any more beads. Also, the things from the previous court are unlucky, so it is better not to use them in my court."

"Old Song, you should be honest." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, looking at He Xiang and Grand Master Liu with disgust, "It's not like the two of them are cunning and cunning."

Song Dekang said: "Your Majesty, I have always been honest and upright."

He Xiang and Liu Taishi glared at Song Dekang, but Song Dekang pretended not to see it.

"He Xiang, Lao Liu, you have really become more and more cunning these years, and you are playing sloppy with me."

He Xiang said: "Your Majesty, you have already made a decision in your heart about whether to add beads to the Dai Wang, haven't you?"

"When did I make a decision?" Zhou Wudi looked innocent, "I have no idea, so I asked your opinion. You gave me an accurate answer like Old Song."

He Xiang has been following Emperor Wu of Zhou all the time, and he still has some understanding of Emperor Wu of Zhou's thoughts.He knew that Emperor Wu of Zhou had said these words on purpose.

"Since the emperor said so, then the minister said it bluntly. The minister thinks that he should not add beads to the acting king." If he didn't give a correct word today, the emperor would not let him go back.

Grand Master Liu saw that He Xiang had said it directly, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, I also think that you should not add beads to the Dai Wang."

"You said you two, just say it directly." Zhou Wudi said, "You two are really mothers-in-law."

He Xiang and Liu Taishi, who were said to be mother-in-laws, could only plead guilty: "The minister is guilty, please punish the emperor."

"Don't be such a mother-in-law again."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Since you all think that Dai Wang should not be given beads, then you say that after Dai Wang returns to Beijing, how should I reward him, after all he has made such a great contribution?"

"Your Majesty, the rewards are the same as the previous rewards. There is no need to reward the Dai Wang." Song Dekang said, "Also, the Dai Wang can't compare with you back then. You made more contributions than the Dai Wang. I didn't see you asking for credit for adding beads. Wherever the king is, he needs to add beads."

"Your Majesty, what Lao Song said is right, there is no need to specially reward the acting king, it's fine as usual." He Xiang said, "Adding beads to the prince is out of the question."

Taishi Liu said sharply: "Your Majesty, if you give Dai Wang special rewards, it will only make Dai Wang's ambitions bigger and bigger."

He Xiang looked at him quite unexpectedly when he heard Taishi Liu speak so directly.

　Song Dekang: I am honest and upright.

　　He Xiang: As long as you are honest.

　　Taishi Liu: You are upright.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)