The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

After the Li family and the Fang family lost Li Jue, the man behind the scenes, they became even less able to compete with the Song family.During the period when Li Jue was missing, their family suffered heavy losses.Due to their previous friendship, the Song family only destroyed their business and did not kill all their people.However, they still helped the prince and others to fight His Highness King Jing for good or bad, and then some of their family members would die.

The Fang family and the Li family discussed for a long time and felt that there was no need to completely sacrifice their families for the sake of the prince and Duke Zhen who were far away in the capital.

They sacrificed so much for the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen. Not only did they not get comfort from the Crown Prince and the others, but they were complained about their uselessness. They said that they could not deal with the Song family even if they worked together, and they were also asked whether they were merciful and did not deal with the Song family ruthlessly. Home.

The Song family cared about their old friendship and did not kill them all.Naturally, they would also take into account their friendship with the Song family and not be completely ruthless.

These days, the Fang family, the Li family, and the Song family have been fighting to the death, but in fact, both sides have left some room.

Seeing that the prince and the Duke of Zhen blamed them for not doing things well, the Fang family became heartbroken and no longer wanted to help the prince and the others.

So, they sent Fang Zhimiao to talk to Song Qingyun.

At this time, Fang Zhimiao was at the Song family, negotiating peace with Song Qingyun.

"I thought you would continue to be stupid and fight to the end for the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen."

Fang Zhimiao ignored Song Qingyun's sinister tone.He looked at Song Qingyun and asked in a very serious tone: "Brother Yun, tell me the truth, did you arrest Qingyuan?" Qingyuan is Li Jue's name.

When Song Qingyun heard this, he frowned slightly with dissatisfaction, "I told you before, I did not arrest Qingyuan."

"Where's King Jing?"

"King Jing doesn't have it either." Song Qingyun said, "King Jing doesn't like Qingyuan."

Fang Zhimiao knew in his heart that Song Qingyun had no need to lie to him, which made him even more confused: "Who was arrested in Qingyuan?"

"I sent people to search for Qingyuan but couldn't find it." Although they had a hostile relationship before, Qingyuan was his brother who grew up together. Qingyuan disappeared, so he was naturally very worried and anxious. He immediately sent people to search, but the search failed. After such a long time, not to mention that no one could be found, not even any clues could be found.

Fang Zhimiao frowned and said solemnly: "We have searched all over Jinling but there is no trace of Qingyuan. This is so strange. Who was he caught by?"

"I don't know." This is where Song Qingyun is confused.

Fang Zhimiao thought of the King of Chu, and her expression changed greatly: "It's not the King of Chu's people who captured Qingyuan, right?"

"Impossible, no one from the King of Chu is in Jinling."

"Are you sure that King Chu has not placed anyone in Jinling?"

Song Qingyun said firmly: "I'm sure."

"If it's not the King of Chu, then who is it? Who else has the ability to kidnap Qingyuan without anyone noticing?" Li Jue had disappeared for some time, and Fang Zhimiao was very worried about his safety. "I don't know whether Qingyuan is alive or dead now?"

Song Qingyun said nothing.Based on his guess, Qingyuan's arrest would be a disaster.

"Sigh... I hope Qingyuan is okay." Fang Zhimiao stopped talking about Li Jue and returned to the topic of their family. "Brother Yun, we will no longer help the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen. Please show mercy to the Song family and His Highness Prince Jing."

Song Qingyun shook his head and said: "I advised you not to do things for the Crown Prince and the Duke of Zhen anymore, but you didn't listen and insisted on going against us. As a result, you ended up where you are now. Why bother."

After hearing this, Fang Zhimiao smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yun, you also know how much effort we have put into cooperating with the prince and the others. How can we be so willing to give up when you asked us to give up in the first place?"

Song Qingyun glanced sideways at Fang Zhimiao, and said amusedly: "You think you can deal with my Song family by joining forces, but you didn't expect that even if you join forces, you are no match for my Song family. If I, the Song family, hadn't been merciful, how could you have done it?" Home..." At this point, he paused deliberately, and then laughed twice sarcastically, "Haha, you have no chance to stand in front of me now."

Fang Zhimiao cupped his fists and bowed to Song Qingyun in thanksgiving: "Thank you, Brother Yun, for showing mercy."

Song Qingyun stood up and pressed Fang Zhimiao's hands, "You came to me today not just to thank me, right?"

Fang Zhimiao sat back down opposite Song Qingyun, "Brother Yun, can you tell me what the real purpose of His Highness Prince Jing is?"

Song Qingyun did not answer, but asked: "What do you think?"

"Brother Yun, His Highness Prince Jing's purpose is not just to destroy our cooperation with the Crown Prince and the others, right?" Fang Zhimiao looked directly into Song Qingyun's eyes and said, "Brother Yun, we plain people don't speak secretly, His Highness Prince Jing's The ultimate goal is to overthrow the prince and the Duke of Zhen, right?"

Song Qingyun nodded slightly and said, "That's right."

After hearing this, Fang Zhimiao said in his heart: It is indeed so.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing wants evidence of what we and the Crown Prince have done before, right?"

"Yes." The Song family has collected a lot.

"Brother Yun, the things we did to help the prince and the Duke were serious crimes. If we report what we have done to the court, we will not end well."

When Song Qingyun heard this, he knew what Fang Zhimiao's purpose was for coming to him today.

"What you mean is that you will no longer help the prince and Duke Zhen, but you will not expose what you did for the prince and them before?"

Fang Zhimiao nodded and said, "That's right. Once the court knows what we did for the prince and the others, the court will never let us go." No matter which one of the things they did before, it was a serious crime.

"Qingxiu, do you think the court won't know what you did for the prince and the others if you don't tell them?" Qingxiu was Fang Zhimiao's nickname.

Fang Zhimiao frowned when he heard this, "What do you mean?"

"The imperial court is fully aware of what you have done for the Crown Prince and the others, including what our Song family has done for Duke Zhen and the others."

"Impossible!" Fang Zhimiao denied loudly, "How could the imperial court know?" The things they did were extremely secretive, and it was impossible for the imperial court's eyes and ears to find out.

Song Qingyun looked at Fang Zhimiao and said in an unprecedented serious tone: "Qingxiu, whether it is you or our Song family, the court is well aware of everything we have done for the prince and others."

Fang Zhimiao was frightened by Song Qingyun's words. He felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart, and then his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.However, he still didn't want to believe it.

"Impossible, how could the court know?"

"I'm going to invite His Highness Prince Jing." Song Qingyun stood up and went out, leaving for a while.

Fang Zhimiao picked up the tea cup, but his right hand was trembling, and the shaking tea splashed onto the back of his hand.At this time, his heart was very panicked.He hurriedly lowered his head to drink tea. After drinking a whole cup of tea, his heart calmed down a little.

The door was opened again. Fang Zhimiao looked over and saw His Highness King Jing walking in. He quickly stood up and saluted.

"The common people have met His Highness Prince Jing."

King Jing glanced at him and said in a calm tone: "Get up."

"His Royal Highness King Jing."

After King Jing sat down, he motioned for Song Qingyun and Fang Zhimiao to sit down as well.

"I heard from Qingyun that you are unwilling to tell what you have done for the prince before, right?"

Fang Zhimiao calmed down and calmed down.

"Your Highness King Jing, what we did for the Crown Prince and the others before will anger the court. The court will never let us go after learning about it."

After hearing this, King Jing sneered: "Do you think the imperial court is unaware of what you are doing?"

"If the court had already noticed, why didn't they take action against us?" If the court knew, it would be impossible to tolerate them.

"The imperial court has not dealt with you for the time being because it is not time yet, not because you don't know." King Jing glanced disdainfully at Fang Zhimiao, who was pretending to be calm, "Do you think my father sent me to Jinling just to take responsibility?" Preside over the imperial examination?"

Fang Zhimiao didn't quite understand what King Jing meant, and looked confused, thinking, isn't it like this?

King Jing looked at Fang Zhimiao who looked like he didn't know anything, and frowned in disgust.

"The main purpose of my father sending me to Jinling is to search for evidence of your collusion with the prince." King Jing always knew in his heart that the emperor sent him to Jinling not only to hold the imperial examination, but also to let him take the initiative to collect information from the prince and others. Those shameful things done in Jinling.

The emperor knew that King Jing wanted the crown prince's position, and he also knew that King Jing had long been dissatisfied with the prince. He also knew that after arriving in Jinling, King Jing would do his best to collect evidence that the prince and Duke Zhen had committed evil in Jinling, so the emperor "made it possible" for Jing. king.

Fang Zhimiao looked surprised.

"Do you really think that the king has no evidence that you and the prince are colluding with each other?" King Jing glanced at Fang Zhimiao coldly, "This king is looking at Song Qingyun's face and gives you a chance to make meritorious service. To think that you guys don’t appreciate it.”

Song Qingyun echoed King Jing's words and said: "Qingxiu, as long as you take the initiative to provide evidence, His Highness King Jing will help you plead for mercy, and the court will not punish you severely." Fang Zhimiao still didn't believe it, and looked suspicious. Said: "Does the imperial court really know?"

"You Jiangnan nobles really have eyes on the top of your head. You really underestimated my father." Although King Jing had long known that the people in Jiangnan were stupid, he didn't expect them to be so stupid. "Do you really think you can compete with the imperial court? Do you really think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and what you do can be hidden from the imperial court?"

Fang Zhimiao remained silent.Because they really mean it.

"When my father suppressed the rebel army in Jiangnan, he spared you people, not because he was afraid of you, but because you were not afraid." King Jing said, "Of course, the most important thing is that you are still useful, so my father That’s why I left you here.”

Fang Zhimiao didn't think so in his heart.However, he did not speak to refute King Jing.

"Your family has experienced hundreds of years, and also experienced the Chen and Xia dynasties. I think you are better than the royal family. So why did you linger on during the troubled times of the previous dynasty?" Whether it is a noble family in the capital or a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River. They all arrogantly believed that they could survive the troubled times of the previous dynasty only because of themselves.

When Fang Zhimiao heard this, he couldn't listen anymore.

"Your Highness Prince Jing, do you want to tell me that it was because of the Emperor that our family was able to survive the troubled times of the previous dynasty?"

Seeing Fang Zhimiao's disinterested look, King Jing sneered: "Go back and ask your elders, if my father hadn't come to Jiangnan to suppress the bandits, would your family still have survived? According to this book The king knows that before my father came to Jiangnan to wipe out the rebels, your family was humiliated and tortured in every possible way by the rebels, and your people were about to be wiped out."

During the troubled times of the previous dynasty, the rebels were very cruel. They not only killed the common people, but also tortured the nobles.Many powerful families were killed and their families became extinct.Among the surviving families, firstly, they were very strong back then. After being abused by the rebels, they still retained some bloodline and power.Second, they were inconspicuous back then and did not attract the attention of the rebel army.

Nowadays, most of the aristocratic families that have survived from the troubled times of the previous dynasty are third- and fourth-rate aristocratic families.

"When my father cleared out the rebels in the south of the Yangtze River, he saved you and prevented you from being exterminated." In the troubled times of the previous dynasty, the ones those rebels liked to humiliate and kill most were the children of aristocratic families. "At the beginning, many of the soldiers who followed my father tried to persuade me not to let you go and to take the opportunity to kill you in one fell swoop, but my father did not because your family is useful to restore Jiangnan."

"If the emperor kills us all at that time, what difference will it make to the rebels?"

King Jing's eyes immediately became sharp, and his tone was cold: "During the troubled times of the previous dynasty, your family took advantage of the situation and took advantage of it, regardless of the life and death of the people, and even did many things that were harmful to nature. Based on these, my father can Kill you. Otherwise, why do you think the soldiers around my father would kill you."

Fang Zhimiao didn't know what happened that year, but he knew that King Jing's words were not lying to him.Because he knew in his heart that it was really possible for them to do these things.

King Jing was too lazy to explain to Fang Zhimiao.He said with a cold face and a somewhat impatient tone: "This king is giving you the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Since you disdain it, you will bear the consequences." After that, he left.

Song Qingyun hurriedly sent King Jing out.

King Jing stopped, looked back at Song Qingyun, and said in a very unhappy tone: "I am willing to give them a chance just for the sake of your Song family. Since they are so ignorant, don't blame me." The king is ruthless."

"Your Highness, I will advise them again." The Song family does not want anything to happen to the Fang family and the Li family.Their decline will not do any good to the Song family.

"I will give you three more days. If they are still stubborn after three days, even the gods of Daluo will not be able to save them." King Jing planned to send the prince and Duke Zhen to Jinling in a few days. Evidence of those events was sent back to the capital.

He originally planned to wait for the King of Chu to investigate the truth about the stolen copper in Pengcheng, and then present the evidence collected in Jinling to his father. However, King Chu's current whereabouts are unknown, and it is not known whether he has found the whereabouts of the stolen copper. .

King Chu is currently unreliable, so he can only reveal the affairs in Jinling first.Although it can't bring the prince down, it can make the prince walk around without food.After the King of Chu returns to Beijing, he will give the prince a fatal blow, and the prince will most likely be deposed by then.Even if the prince is not deposed, he will be of little use.

With his father's methods, he will definitely force the prince and Duke Zhen to rebel, and then justifiably depose the prince and kill Duke Zhen.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

King Jing said nothing more and turned back to his room.

Song Qingyun said something to Fang Zhimiao again, and Fang Zhimiao was convinced by him.

Before leaving, Fang Zhimiao told Song Qingyun that he would convey to the elders exactly what they said tonight.It is impossible for the elders to agree immediately, so give them some time to think about it.Song Qingyun said they only had three days to think about it.If they didn't reply after three days, he really wouldn't be able to save them by then.

After returning home, Fang Zhimiao told the elders of several families exactly what Song Qingyun and King Jing had said.

After hearing this, several elders were frightened, and all of them looked very ugly.However, they did not agree immediately, but decided to think about it in these three days.

They knew in their hearts that there were only two paths before them.One way is to not listen to King Jing's words and end up in a situation where everyone is ruined.The other way is to listen to King Jing's words, perform meritorious deeds, and preserve the foundation of the Hui family.

All this time, they thought that everything was under their control, but they didn't expect that they were the ones being played.

They underestimated the emperor!I highly admired the Duke of Zhen and the Crown Prince!

After Fang Zhimiao returned, he asked his elders about the emperor's coming to Jiangnan to clear out the rebels. Only then did the elders remember the emperor's methods, and they recalled their original fear.

Over the years, they had completely forgotten what happened back then, thinking that the emperor was easy to deceive.Now it seems that they are all smart.No, it was their ambition that blinded them.

They say they need to think carefully, but in fact they are unwilling to give up and want to find a third way to preserve their glory, wealth and power.However, after much deliberation, they found no third way for them to go.They could only listen to King Jing's words.

The Fang family and the Li family didn't really think about it for three days, and they went to see His Highness King Jing two days later.This time, several family heads went to see King Jing in person, not Fang Zhimiao, a junior.

Several family heads decided to "abandon the darkness and join the light". They abandoned the prince and the Duke of Zhen and turned to King Jing.This means that they will not only provide King Jing with evidence of what the prince and the others have done, but will also help King Jing seize the direct heir.

As long as they help King Jing seize the legitimate heir and help King Jing ascend the throne, then their family will have the merit of following the dragon, and by then they will become the most powerful family in Jiangnan.

Fang Zhimiao and Song Qingyun were drinking tea in the pavilion in the courtyard.

"Brother Yun, you Song family are really foresighted."

"Are you mocking me?"

"No, when King Jing came to Jinling, none of us paid much attention to him, but your Song family immediately changed its position and supported King Jing." Looking back now, Fang Zhimiao feels that the Song family is really powerful. "You, the Song family, did not hesitate to support King Jing at that time."

After Song Qingyun heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.The Song family also looked down upon King Jing at that time, but because of the token in King Jing's hand, they had to support King Jing.Now it seems that they did nothing wrong. King Jing not only did not disappoint them, but also surprised them.

"Although I only had contact with His Highness Prince Jing that night, I can see that Prince Jing is more scheming than the Crown Prince." Fang Zhimiao thought of the rumors he had heard about Prince Jing before and found it very funny, "It is rumored that Prince Jing is a The embroidered pillow is clearly his legitimate son, but he is neither reused by the emperor nor valued by the Duke of Zhen. Now it seems that the rumors are indeed not credible."

Song Qingyun deeply agreed: "Some princes are stupid."

"That's true, but there's something I don't understand." Fang Zhimiao said with a confused look on his face, "Although the current queen is the successor, she is the legitimate daughter of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion, and the biological brother of the Zhenguo Duke's mother. Sister, Duke Zhen Guo does not support his nephew, but he supports a prince whose scheming and means are far inferior to King Jing. What do you think Duke Zhen Guo thinks?" Although the prince is also Duke Zhen's nephew, the prince and Prince Jing In comparison, after all, there is a layer of blood relationship between him and Zhen Guogong.If it were him, he would support King Jing, his nephew with the closest blood relationship.

"First, King Jing is younger than the prince. Before King Jing was born, the prince was already the prince." Song Qingyun glanced at the pond not far away and happened to see the fish jumping out of the water and biting the lotus. , "Secondly, it is not a good thing that King Jing is smarter than the prince, because it is difficult to control smart people, and Duke Zhen cannot control King Jing, while the prince relies on Duke Zhen for everything and listens to Duke Zhen everywhere. If it were you. , do you want someone who will listen to you in everything, or do you want someone who has his own ideas?"

Hearing what Song Qingyun said, Fang Zhimiao instantly understood why Duke Zhen supported the not-so-smart prince.

"The Duke of Zhen Guo did not support King Jing. Unexpectedly, he was harmed by King Jing. When he found out, he did not regret it."

"With Duke Zhen's temperament, he will only regret not getting rid of Prince Jing's nephew as soon as possible."

"Brother Yun, do you think King Jing can defeat King Chu in the future?" Now they had no choice but to take King Jing's boat.Although King Jing is very capable, King Chu is also very good.

Song Qingyun was startled by this question.After a long while, he answered: "As long as we fully support King Jing, King Jing will be able to defeat King Chu."

Fang Zhimiao understood what Song Qingyun meant and sighed slightly: "Yes, we can only do our best to help King Jing win the throne."

Several family heads didn't know how to negotiate with King Jing.When they came out, all of them were smiling. It seemed that the result of the discussion with King Jing was very good.

King Jing moved very quickly and sent all the criminal evidence he had collected before, as well as the evidence provided by the Fang family and others, back to the capital.He did not send his confidants to deliver the message, because he knew that if he sent his confidants to deliver the message, there would only be one result, and that was to be intercepted by the prince and the Duke of Zhen's people.

He mixed the evidence with the Jinling County examination papers and sent them back to the capital together with the imperial guards.

The emperor had previously issued a decree that after the imperial examinations in each place, local officials were required to send the examination papers of the successful students back to the capital for his inspection.

The test papers of students who pass the exam will be sealed before being sent back to the capital, and no one can open them.King Jing sealed the evidence together with the examination papers so that they could be delivered to the emperor smoothly.

After Zhao Yao learned about this incident, he immediately told Li Jue.

After Li Jue learned about it, he almost fainted from anger.Before he was caught, he had always emphasized that he could not cooperate with King Jing. Once he joined forces with King Jing, they would only die.

"Your Highness, it's you, isn't it?" Li Jue stared at Zhao Yao with a terrifyingly gloomy expression.

Li Jue's words were confused, but Zhao Yao understood what he wanted to say.He smiled brightly at Li Jue and admitted generously: "Yes, it's me."

Zhao Yao arrested Li Jue, on the one hand because he wanted to settle a score with Li Jue, and on the other hand he wanted the Fang family and the Li family to cooperate with King Jing obediently.

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