The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 358 The Indifferent Emperor

The news of King Chu's assassination spread in the capital.From the court ministers to the common people, everyone was talking about who killed the King of Chu.A large part of the people speculated that the prince sent people to assassinate the King of Chu, while a small number of people thought that the King of Dai sent people to kill the King of Chu.There are also some people who think that the prince and the king of Dai teamed up to kill the king of Chu.

King Dai felt that he had been wronged. He did not send anyone to assassinate King Chu, so why should he doubt him.He asked Xuanpinghou to send people to spread rumors secretly, saying that because the King of Chu found out the truth about stealing copper, the prince sent people to kill him and silence him.

Regarding the matter of stealing copper, Marquis Xuanping sent people to spread rumors so well that many people in the capital believed that it was really the prince who sent people to kill the King of Chu.

After the prince and the Duke of Zhen learned about this incident, they immediately severely punished those who spread the rumors.At the same time, they also sent people to spread rumors that it was King Dai who sent people to assassinate the King of Chu.

In the past few days, the people in the capital have been eating too much melon.At first, they thought it was really the prince who sent people to kill the King of Chu, but now they think it was the King of Dai who sent people to stab the King of Chu to death.

The people were all guessing who killed King Chu.Many gambling houses also set up bets on whether the prince would kill the King of Chu or whether he would kill the King of Chu on his behalf.

The assassination of King Chu was well known in the capital, but the emperor remained indifferent to it.

It was impossible that the emperor had not heard about this matter, but the emperor did nothing.He did not order anyone to go to the Jinling River to salvage the body of King Chu, nor did he send anyone to find King Chu. This made the ministers very puzzled.

Obviously before, the emperor valued the King of Chu so much. Why did the emperor have no reaction when something happened to the King of Chu? Could it be that the King of Chu was not dead?
If King Chu was not dead, how could there be news that King Chu was assassinated?Besides, when King Chu was assassinated, King Jing saw it with his own eyes.King Jing has been sending people to salvage the King of Chu in the Jinling River, and also sent people to search for the King of Chu around the Jinling River.

As the saying goes, if you are alive, you will see people, and if you are dead, you will see corpses.

Regardless of whether King Chu is dead or not, he must be found first, but the emperor did not issue an order to find King Chu. This is very strange.

In the imperial study, the emperor was leisurely and elegantly pruning a pine tree in a pot.

Sun Kui stood aside and handed the emperor pruning tools from time to time.

The emperor pruned the pine trees with great interest, but Sun Kui frowned.

Alas, a good pine tree was pruned into a mess by the emperor.By the way, in the words of His Highness the Tenth Prince, he couldn't bear to look at it.No, it should be irritating to the eyes.

The emperor was very satisfied with his pruning and would sigh with satisfaction from time to time.

"I trimmed it well, didn't I?"

Sun Kui took a look at the pine tree that had been pruned by the emperor and looked like it was being gnawed by a dog. He really couldn't praise the emperor for pruning it well.He smiled flatteringly at the emperor.

The emperor received no response from Sun Kui and glanced at him dissatisfied.

"Do you think I trimmed it well?"

Sun Kui hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

As soon as the emperor heard this, he knew what Sun Kui meant.

"I don't want to hear you talk."

Sun Kui shut his mouth knowingly.

At this moment, the secret guard came in, bowed respectfully to the emperor, and then took out a secret letter from his arms.

Upon seeing this, Sun Kui quickly walked up to the secret guard, took the secret letter from his hand, and then held it in front of the emperor with both hands.

The emperor dropped the scissors in his hand and saw that his hands were stained with some water and soil, then he put his hands on Sun Kui's back and wiped them.Only then did he take the secret letter from Sun Kui.

Sun Kui didn't dare to read the secret message and took a few steps back obediently.

After reading the secret letter, the emperor smiled and said: "The fourth brother did a good job."

When Sun Kui heard this, his eyes suddenly became big and round, and he exclaimed in his heart: King Chu is not dead? !King Chu is indeed not dead!
The emperor raised his eyes to look at the dark guard and asked: "Is the fourth child okay?"

The secret guard replied respectfully: "His Royal Highness, King Chu, is safe and sound."

The emperor nodded lightly, and then waved to the dark guard.The dark guard retreated.

Sun Kui was very curious about King Chu, but he did not dare to ask.

The emperor went to the light in the corner and burned the secret message in his hand.

"Go and call Lao Song and the four of them."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui accepted the order.

After a while, Song Weikang and the four of them came to the imperial study room.

The emperor glanced at Sun Kui, who immediately understood and retreated from the imperial study.After exiting, he drove away the apprentices and guards who were guarding the door, telling them to stay away from the door.

Sun Doudou and the others knew that once the emperor called the four generals, he would definitely have something important to say that they would not be able to listen to.Sun Doudou didn't ask Sun Kui.The master and apprentice did not talk about this, but talked about other things, such as what to eat for lunch today.

On weekdays, Sun Doudou likes to chat with his master Sun Kui about things in the palace, but he has never said a word to his master about some of the rumors in the capital during this period.

"By the way, Master, when will His Highness come back?"

When Sun Kui heard Sun Doudou's question, he looked at him sideways and said, "Why do you think of His Highness the Tenth Prince?"

"Master, to be honest, I miss His Highness a little bit." Sun Doudou smiled sheepishly, "There is no His Highness in this palace, so it feels a lot more deserted."

"That's true, but the Tenth Prince won't be back for a while."

"Ah, I'm still waiting for His Highness to bring back delicious food from Yangzhou."

Sun Kui raised his hand and hit Sun Doudou on the back of the head, and cursed with some disgust: "You are really promising."

"Hehehehe, I don't have any great potential, I just want to eat the delicious food in Yangzhou." Sun Doudou's mouth was filled with saliva when he thought of the delicious food. "I guess His Highness the Tenth Prince was very happy eating in Yangzhou."

"What delicious food is there in Yangzhou?" Sun Kui sighed in his heart. Fortunately, the Tenth Prince went to Yangzhou and was not in Jinling, otherwise he would not know what would happen.

"I heard from His Highness the Tenth Prince that there are a lot of delicious food in Yangzhou..." Sun Doudou told Sun Kui about the delicious food one by one while counting his fingers.

In the imperial study room, the emperor held his chin and looked at the four brothers who had already quarreled.

Song Dekang and the four of them quarreled over who was going to Mount Wuhua.None of the four of them gave in. Everyone wanted to go to Mount Wuhua.

"Okay, you four, stop arguing." The emperor saw that the four of them were getting more and more noisy, and the quarrel made his head hurt.

Song Dekang and the four of them immediately shut up and did not dare to argue anymore.

"I'm not letting you four go. Why are you four arguing?"

Song Dekang: "Wait a minute, boss, didn't you let us go?"

Shen Hu: "Boss, if you don't let us go, who will you let us go?"

Chu Ying: "Boss, if you don't let us go, why did you call us here?"

Zhang Gong: "Boss, who do you want to let go?"

"The four of you cannot leave the capital, otherwise your secret will be exposed." The emperor supported his face with his right hand and lightly tapped the royal table with his left hand. "I ask you to choose someone you trust to go to Mount Wuhua in your stead."

When Song Dekang and the four of them heard what the emperor said, they knew the emperor's plan.

"Then the four of us are indeed not suitable to go to Mount Wuhua."

"Don't worry, boss, we will make arrangements."

The emperor ordered: "The four of you will discuss and send two trusted confidants to Wuhua Mountain, and then send two more to the Zhenxi Military Camp."

When they heard about the Zhenxi Military Camp, the faces of Song Dekang and the four of them immediately changed.

"Boss, do you suspect there will be any changes in the Zhenxi military camp?"

"Boss, isn't the Zhenxi Military Camp in your hands?"

"Boss, isn't everything at Zhenxi Military Camp under control?"

"Boss, is there someone at Zhenxi Military Camp who rebelled?"

The emperor said with a smile but not a smile: "Zhen Guogong and the others have worked hard in the Zhenxi military camp for so many years, but some people are still bribed by them, otherwise they would not have the courage to steal copper."

Song Dekang's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Which son of a bitch rebelled?"

There are many soldiers in the Zhenxi military camp who used to be subordinates of Song Dekang and the other four.Now that they learned that someone in the Zhenxi military camp had rebelled, the four of them were very angry.

"You will know who rebelled when you send people to the Zhenxi Military Camp." The emperor was not as angry as Song Dekang and others. "By the way, let your people cooperate with the Zhenxi Military Camp to put on a show."

When Chu Ying heard this, he immediately knew what bad idea the emperor was planning.

"Boss, you have to arrange a big show."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said with a meaningful smile: "That's right, I want to satisfy the prince and the prince."

(End of this chapter)