The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the imperial study room, the emperor did not work hard on reviewing the memorials as usual, but put his face on his hands and sighed.

"Ah... ah... ah..."

Sun Kui, who was standing aside, couldn't stand listening anymore. He spent the whole day listening to the emperor sigh.He hesitated and decided to interrupt the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you have sighed hundreds of times. What's wrong with you?"

The emperor said with a sad face: "Xiaoxiao is angry with me. She ignores me." The emperor said with a look of aggrievedness on his face, "No matter how much I try to coax her, she ignores me. What do you think I should do?"

It turned out that the emperor sighed because of this incident, and Sun Kui didn't have any sympathy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, this is your fault. It is right for Empress Liang to be angry with you." It would be strange for Empress Liang not to be angry.

"Isn't that stinky boy Xiao Shi okay?" The emperor laid his hands on the imperial table, resting his chin on his folded hands. "That stinky boy Xiao Shi is now living in Jinling, and he is living a very happy life."

"Your Majesty, His Highness Tenth is fine now, but His Highness Tenth was caught in danger before. You didn't send anyone to rescue His Highness. Of course Concubine Liang was angry." Sun Kui didn't understand what the emperor was thinking, knowing that His Highness Tenth was in danger. He was in danger and almost died, but the emperor refused to let the secret guards save His Highness the Tenth Prince. "If His Highness hadn't been smart this time, His Highness would have been thrown into the river to feed the fishes."

"I just know that this brat is capable of saving himself, so that's why I didn't send anyone to rescue him." The emperor's right elbow was propped on the royal table, his right hand was supporting his face, and a proud smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "If he doesn't even have this ability, I would be so disappointed."

"Your Majesty, if you want to test His Highness Tenth Highness, you can't choose a place as dangerous as Jinling." Sun Kui felt aggrieved for Zhao Yao, "Those people in Jinling are all ambitious and don't take His Highness Tenth Highness seriously at all. If you are careless, Your Majesty, please think about the consequences."

"If that brat Xiao Shi is really in danger, the secret guards will naturally save him." Of course the emperor would not really put his youngest son to death.

"Your Majesty, have you never thought about what will happen if the secret guards fail to rescue His Highness the Tenth Prince in time?" Sun Kui felt that the emperor went too far this time.

"It's impossible that the secret guard can't save Xiao Shi." The emperor said with a smile, "The secret guard is always by Xiao Shi's side. If Xiao Shi is really in danger, the secret guard will save him immediately."

"You are so sure that the secret guard is always beside His Highness Tenth Prince."

The emperor raised his eyes to look at Sun Kui, his expression suddenly became very stern.

"Are you questioning my secret guards, or are you questioning me?"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Sun Kui felt a chill in his heart and hurriedly apologized: "I don't dare."

"I see that you have become more and more courageous recently..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, Sun Kui was so frightened that he immediately knelt down on the ground.

"I know my mistake, please forgive me."

"Okay, get out of here."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sun Kui stood up tremblingly.

"Xiaoxiao is so smart. He must know that I will never really put Xiao Shi in danger. Why do you think Xiaoxiao is still so angry?"

Sun Kui didn't dare to talk any more, lowered his head and stood quietly aside.

Seeing that Sun Kui didn't speak, the emperor kicked him.

"say."

"I'm afraid I'll make you angry by saying the wrong thing."

The emperor laughed angrily: "I forgive your innocence."

Only then did Sun Kui dare to speak: "Your Majesty, Concubine Liang is smart, but Concubine Liang is the mother of His Highness Tenth Highness. What mother would not be angry when she learned that her son almost died?" Fortunately, when His Highness Tenth Highness was arrested, Concubine Liang The empress doesn’t know, otherwise if the concubine Liang knew, she would risk her own life to go to Jinling to save His Highness the Tenth Prince.

"I just want to train Xiao Shi, let him see the dangers outside, and also see if he has the ability to escape." The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this, after all, Xiao Shi would take his place in the future. "I asked him to go to Jinling, not just for fun."

"Your Majesty, if you tell Empress Liang like this, isn't she still upset?"

"Xiaoxiao is usually very sensible."

"My Majesty is usually very sensible, but this time it concerns Your Highness. If your Majesty is as rational as usual, wouldn't it mean that your Majesty is too ruthless?"

The emperor thought for a while and felt that Sun Kui's words made some sense.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty loves your son very much." Sun Kui said, "Any other empress would be like Empress Liang."

"What do you think I should do?" the emperor said with a sad face.

Sun Kui shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"You don't usually have many ideas, so why don't you have any ideas this time?"

Sun Kuipei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this servant really has no idea this time. You can only continue to coax the queen."

"It's no use coaxing you."

"Then you can only wait for the Queen to calm down, or wait for His Highness to come back, and then the Queen will calm down."

"That brat Xiao Shi won't be back for a while." The emperor was worried to death. "This is the first time Xiaoxiao is so angry. I really don't know what to do."

Sun Kui said in his heart: Your Majesty, you deserve it!

The emperor rested his chin on the royal table, shook his head, and kept saying, "What should I do?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you let the secret guards escort His Royal Highness back to the capital?"

"Xiao Shi hasn't gone to Yangzhou yet. He can't come back for the time being." The emperor said, "Xiao Xiao hasn't seen her parents for more than ten years. Xiao Shi went to Yangzhou this time to visit her family on her behalf."

"Then you can only continue to coax the empress." Sun Kui encouraged the emperor, "I believe you can coax the empress to calm down."

The emperor's head gently hit the royal table, and his tone was full of distress: "How on earth are you going to coax her?" The emperor felt that coaxing a woman was more difficult than handling state affairs.

At this moment, the secret guard suddenly walked into the imperial study room.

"My minister sees the emperor."

The emperor's forehead was pressed against the royal table, facing the ground.Hearing the voice of the dark guard, he raised his head and his face returned to a serious expression.

"whats the matter?"

The secret guard glanced at the red mark on the emperor's forehead. His expression and eyes did not change at all, and he reported in a respectful tone: "Your Majesty, King Chu sneaked into Jinling quietly."

When the emperor heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly: "The fourth brother went to Jinling?"

"The King of Chu has investigated everything in Pengcheng, but the King of Chu has not found out the whereabouts of the stolen copper." The secret guard continued to report with a respectful look, "The King of Chu suspected that the stolen copper was transported by water transport , he also suspected that the Cao Gang in Pengcheng had collusion with the Cao Gang in Jinling, so King Chu sneaked into Jinling to investigate."

The emperor smiled with satisfaction: "The fourth child really did not disappoint me."

The secret guard hesitated for a moment and continued to report: "King Chu sneaked into Jinling for another purpose, which was to visit His Highness the Tenth Prince."

The emperor had already guessed it.The king of Chu cared so much about Zhao Yao, and the emperor was very pleased.

"Lao Si has always loved Xiao Shi. Even if he finishes investigating everything in Pengcheng, he will sneak into Jinling to visit Xiao Shi before returning to Beijing."

The secret guard asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

"Don't worry about him," the emperor said, resting his chin on his hands.

The secret guard did not say anything more about King Chu, and then reported another matter: "Your Majesty, the noble families in Jinling have decided to continue to support the prince and Duke Zhen, and become enemies of King Jing and the Song family." "I am not surprised." The emperor asked He asked, "What did Lao Qi and the Song family do?"

"Some families in the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang supported the Song family and immediately severed ties with the aristocratic families..."

Sun Kui, who stood aside silently, listened to the secret guard's report. The more he listened, the more frightened he became, and his back was unknowingly soaked with cold sweat.

After hearing this, the emperor looked calm, as if everything was under his control.

"Your Majesty, Li Jue from Jinling and others think that there are people from King Chu in Jinling. They are trying to sow discord between King Jing and King Chu. They want King Jing to deal with King Chu so that King Jing has no intention to deal with them for the time being."

"There are people from King Chu in Jinling. How come I don't know what happened?" The emperor's expression was so exaggerated that Sun Kui couldn't stand it.

"The King of Chu did not place anyone in Jinling. This is just Li Jue's conjecture." The secret guard said expressionlessly, "They seem to be frightened by the King of Chu."

"Hahahahaha..." The emperor laughed, "This Li Jue relied on his cleverness to play with the prince and the Duke of Zhen in the applause. He didn't take me and the court into consideration. Now it seems that he is just This is so disappointing to me.”

"Your Majesty, what should we do with Li Jue and the others?"

"Now is not the time to close the net, please wait." The emperor fell back and leaned his head on the back of the chair, then raised his legs and put them on the royal table, "Let the seventh man have fun."

Sun Kui thought to himself: If His Highness Prince Jing is allowed to play in Jinling, he will probably make the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen angry to death.

"What did Lao Ba do recently? Did he go to Pengcheng?"

"The prince asked King Wei to stay in Jinling to deal with King Jing."

The emperor nodded slightly and said no more.

The dark guard stood quietly, waiting for the emperor's next order.

After a while, the emperor said: "Let Lao Zheng settle the matter in Runzhou."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor put away his feet on the royal table, and his expression suddenly became very serious.He hesitated and said, "After Lao Si meets Xiao Shi, he will reveal Xiao Shi's whereabouts to Li Jue."

When Sun Kui heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor in shock.

The dark guard Jia, who was always expressionless, also had a slightly surprised expression on his face.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand towards the dark guard, and the dark guard retreated.

"Your Majesty, are you going to test His Highness Tenth again?" Sun Kui felt that the Emperor was too cruel.Not long ago, His Highness Tenth was captured by Li Jue and almost killed by Li Jue. Fortunately, His Highness Tenth was so smart that he deceived Li Jue and escaped from him.Li Jue learned that His Royal Highness had lied to him, so he sent people to search for His Highness from house to house.If it weren't for the skill of King Wei's men, His Highness would have been caught by Li Jue long ago.With Li Jue's temperament and methods, if His Highness falls into his hands again, he will probably escape death.

The emperor raised his lips and said meaningfully: "Li Jue is the toy I left for Xiao Shi."

"Toy?" Sun Kui looked puzzled, "Your Majesty, do you want His Highness the Tenth Prince to play with Li Jue?"

"Although Li Jue is arrogant, he has means, ability and authority. If he can be tamed, he will be a good helper."

Sun Kui looked shocked: "Your Majesty, do you want Li Jue to assist His Royal Highness?"

"Lingnan is close to the sea. If Xiao Shi can tame Li Jue, Li Jue can help him a lot in the future." This is the reason why the emperor did not kill Li Jue.

"Your Majesty, that Li Jue is a ruthless person. Are you sure that His Highness can tame him?" Sun Kui felt that the emperor was playing with fire again.

The emperor did not answer Sun Kui's question, but asked: "Who do you think is smarter, Li Jue or Xiao Shi?"

Sun Kui didn't answer.He didn't think His Royal Highness was smarter than Li Jue.Although His Highness the Tenth Prince had deceived Li Jue once before, Li Jue would never fall for His Highness the second time.Besides, Li Jue is older than His Highness Tenth, and he has lived in the Salt Gang since he was a child. In terms of scheming and means, His Highness Tenth is not as experienced as Li Jue, nor is he as vicious as Li Jue.The most important thing is that Li Jue is the mastermind behind Jinling.

"Do you think Li Jue is better than Xiao Shi?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness is still young."

The emperor chuckled: "Although Xiao Shi Xiao looks innocent on weekdays, in fact, this kid has eight hundred minds. When it comes to scheming, Li Jue is no match for Xiao Shi."

"My servant didn't realize that His Highness the Tenth Prince has eight hundred tricks."

"Just wait and see."

Sun Kui saw that the emperor was waiting for a good show, and he felt sympathy for Zhao Yao who was far away in Jinling.

At this time, Zhao Yao sneezed unexpectedly: "Sneeze! Who is talking about me?"

King Chu, who had sneaked into Jinling, found King Wei.The two of them were drinking tea in an inconspicuous teahouse in Jinling City.

When King Wei saw King Chu, he lost his temper and taunted him unceremoniously: "You are so brave, you dare to secretly come to Jinling."

King Chu ignored King Wei's eccentricity and directly stated the purpose of his coming to see him.

"I want to see my tenth brother."

"Didn't you come to Jinling to investigate the whereabouts of the stolen copper?"

King Chu said again: "I want to see my tenth brother."

"Third brother, he is very good. You don't need to see him."

King Chu looked at King Wei coldly and said again: "I want to see my tenth brother."

King Wei Chen said with a cold face: "I'll see you when you say you'll see me."

"I have plenty of ways to see my tenth brother. Are you sure you want me to use my own methods to see my tenth brother?" King Chu's tone was very calm, but full of threats.

King Wei's face suddenly darkened, and he stared at King Chu coldly.

"Threatening me on my territory, do you really think I won't do anything to you?"

"You want the tenth brother to lose me as the fourth brother?"

This sentence made King Wei's expression freeze for a moment, and then he said in a cold tone: "Tomorrow night, I will arrange for my tenth brother to meet you." If King Chu was allowed to see Zhao Yao by himself, it would bring trouble to King Wei. Less hassle.

"it is good."

"After meeting my tenth brother, get out of Jinling."

"If you tell me the whereabouts of the stolen copper, I will leave immediately after seeing my tenth brother."

King Wei did not expect King Chu to be so shameless, and smiled sinisterly: "You really dare to speak."

King Chu did not speak and looked at King Wei quietly.

"Don't even think about it. You can investigate the whereabouts of the stolen copper yourself." After King Wei finished speaking, he sarcastically said, "If you can't even find out the whereabouts of the stolen copper, then you are really useless. "

King Chu: I want to see my tenth brother, and I don’t want to spend more time with you.

King Wei: I don’t want to see you either.

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