The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the Prince Dai's Mansion, Prince Dai walked around the study irritably, cursing.

Xuanpinghou was so dizzy when Dai Wang left that he hurriedly asked Dai Wang to stop.

The king stopped and said with a gloomy face: "Uncle, what do you think the father thinks? All the ministers are begging him to depose Zhao Xuan, but the father does not agree. Does the father not want to depose the prince? "He knew that his father was partial. Zhao Xuan committed such a serious crime, but his father was not willing to destroy him.

"Your Highness, the emperor was right not to depose the prince today."

"What?" King Dai looked at Marquis Xuanping in disbelief, "Uncle, are you crazy?"

Marquis Xuanping raised his hand to signal King Dai to sit down.King Dai sat down with an impatient look on his face.

"Your Highness, the reason why the Emperor did not immediately agree to depose the Crown Prince today is because he was just pretending."

"Pretending?" Dai Wang looked confused, "What do you mean, why is father pretending?"

Xuanpinghou clarified the confusion of the acting king and said: "The prince is the crown prince after all. How can he be abolished at any time?"

"Zhao Xuan is about to start a rebellion, can't he be abolished immediately?" King Dai still didn't understand, "I don't understand what's so pretentious about this."

"My good highness, if the emperor deposes the prince today, it will be a bad thing."

The more Dai Wang listened, the more confused he became: "Uncle, what are you talking about? Zhao Xuan has committed such a big crime. What bad things will happen if he is crippled?" Just after he finished speaking, he thought that Zhao Xuan might rebel, and he was shocked and said, "The emperor is afraid that Zhao Xuan will raise an army and rebel?" It's impossible. How could the emperor be afraid that Zhao Xuan and the others will rebel.

"That's not it. The reason why the Emperor did not immediately agree to depose the Crown Prince is, firstly, because the Crown Prince is the crown prince whom he personally anointed, and secondly, because the Crown Prince is the son of the late Queen."

King Dai still didn't understand. He curled his lips and said, "Everyone in the world knows about these two things. What's wrong with that?"

Seeing that King Dai still didn't understand, Marquis Xuanping explained patiently: "If the emperor immediately agrees to depose the prince, it will appear that the emperor does not care about the relationship between father and son. Furthermore, the prince is the prince of Zhou Dynasty, and the prince is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken easily. .”

The king was still confused when he heard: "Uncle, what do you want to say?"

Seeing him explaining for a long time, the king still didn't understand. Xuanpinghou didn't bother to explain anymore and said directly: "The emperor doesn't agree today, but it doesn't mean he won't agree tomorrow. Even if he doesn't agree tomorrow, the emperor will definitely agree the day after tomorrow."

King Dai was confused when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"In the next few days, the ministers will beg the emperor to deal with the prince in accordance with the law every day. In the end, the emperor was forced to have no choice but to depose the prince." Xuanpinghou said this and looked at the king, "Your Highness, do you understand?"

After hearing this, Dai Wang finally understood.He said with a sudden look on his face: "Oh~~~ My father asked the minister to beg him, and he had no choice but to agree to depose Zhao Xuan."

Marquis Xuanping nodded slightly: "That's exactly it."

"Is it necessary to make it so troublesome?" Dai Wang understood, but he still couldn't understand the emperor's behavior. "Zhao Xuan committed such a big crime. Isn't it right for my father to dethrone him? Why did my father have to do it?" The minister begged him, and he agreed."

"Because the emperor is still the father of the prince, if he immediately agrees to depose the prince, it will appear that he is a ruthless father." Xuanping Hou stroked his beard and said in a profound tone, "Besides, the emperor pretended to be hesitant. The look of Jue means that he is very disappointed with what the prince has done, and at the same time he blames himself because his father did not teach the prince well, which is why he made such a big mistake."

Daiwang finally understood completely.He complained sharply: "Father, I don't mind this trouble either."

Marquis Xuanping smiled and said, "Even the emperor has to show off."

"After all, my father is still partial to Zhao Xuan, otherwise he wouldn't have caused such a troublesome thing." King Dai snorted coldly, "Back then, when the third child committed an offense, my father did not pretend to do it. He immediately destroyed the third child and dealt with it. The mother clan of Lao San.”

"How can the third prince be compared with the prince? The prince is the crown prince of a country after all." Marquis Xuanping said, "Since ancient times, the prince has not been so easy to depose. Even if the emperor is full of dissatisfaction with the prince, he cannot depose him as he pleases. "

The king did not take it seriously and said: "Mother-in-law and mother-in-law." The deposed prince still made so many twists and turns.

"Your Highness, you will also pretend to be famous in the future."

"I would not do such a troublesome thing." King Dai still felt that the emperor was partial to the prince, "Uncle, are you sure that if the ministers beg my father for a few days, he will depose Zhao Xuan?"

"Well, the emperor will not agree so quickly at first, but in a few days, the emperor will definitely agree." Xuanpinghou said with a smile, "If the emperor really did not agree to depose the prince, He Xiang and Taishi Liu would not propose the dethronement in the court today. Regarding the crown prince." It was He Xiang and Grand Master Liu who proposed to depose the crown prince.

"Then I'll wait." He has been waiting for so many years and doesn't care about waiting a few more days.

"Your Highness, during this period, the ministers will continue to beg the emperor to depose the prince. When the time comes, you will beg the emperor to give the prince another chance."

Although the Daiwang did not want to plead for the prince, as a younger brother, he could not just watch something happen to his brother.

"I will beg my father to spare Zhao Xuan every day." He just said that his father was in trouble, but in fact he himself was the same.He obviously wished that Zhao Xuan would be deposed immediately, but for the sake of reputation, his younger brother had to intercede for Zhao Xuan, so that it would appear that his younger brother respected his elder brother, the prince.

"Your Highness, please bear with me for a few more days." Marquis Xuanping comforted Dai Wang, "Now we are really only one step away."

"Don't worry, uncle, I will keep my composure and will never make a mistake at such a critical moment." King Dai was impatient, but he knew in his heart that the more important it is at this moment, the more patient he must be, so that he can take advantage of it. To the position of prince.

"After the prince is deposed, Your Highness, you will have to endure it for a while longer." Marquis Xuanping looked thoughtful, "After the prince is deposed, the ministers will definitely raise the issue of establishing a new prince to the emperor, but with the emperor's temperament, I will never re-establish the crown prince immediately."

"The country cannot live without a prince for a day, so my father will not refuse to agree."

"The emperor will pretend that he is heartbroken by the deposed prince and does not want to re-establish the prince for the time being, so the appointment of a new prince will probably have to wait for some time."

"Okay, I will wait a little longer."

"After the crown prince is deposed, I will ask our people to propose a new crown prince, but the candidate for the crown prince is King Jing."

"Ah?" The king was stunned by Xuan Pinghou's words, "Uncle, didn't you just say that you can't mention the new crown prince?" "What I just meant is that your highness, you can't take the lead, otherwise you will be guilty of interceding for the crown prince. It will turn into hypocrisy." Xuanping Hou said with a serious expression, "The matter of establishing a new crown prince must be raised immediately, and the first choice is King Jing, who is the legitimate son, so that he can be the first."

"Why not the King of Chu?" King Dai understood the meaning of what Xuanping Hou had just said.

"Because the King of Chu is neither heir nor eldest son, we must hurry up and propose to make King Jing the new crown prince before the King of Chu and others speak." Xuanping Hou guessed, "If I am not wrong, the people of the King of Chu will propose to make you, His Highness, the new crown prince." Prince, because after deposing the prince, you will be the eldest son, so you have a long-term advantage."

"Then we let the fourth child go like this?"

"In a few days, we will send someone to propose King Chu as the new crown prince." King Chu said with a deep smile, "What we have to do is to muddy the waters."

The king is most impatient with these things.He said somewhat depressedly: "Zhao Xuan became the prince easily, why did it become so troublesome for me in my turn?"

"If the Xie family hadn't insisted on cooperating with the late emperor, you would have been the prince a long time ago." When Xuanpinghou said this, he sighed heavily, "It's all our fault that our Xuanpinghou Palace is incapable of letting the imperial concubine become the queen. , I can't let you become the prince." When this matter was mentioned, Marquis Xuanping felt full of resentment and uneasiness. Of course, he was more filled with hatred for the Xie family and his grievance for Concubine Rong.

King Dai said bitterly: "I must become the prince." Even if it was not for himself or for the sake of his mother and concubine, he would still become the prince, because the position of prince was originally his.

"When Your Highness becomes the Crown Prince, it won't take long for the Imperial Concubine to become the Queen."

"That bitch Xie is not dead yet." If Empress Xie is not dead, it will be difficult for Concubine Rong to become the queen.

"Your Highness, when you sit on the throne of the prince, the emperor will definitely depose the Xie family." Marquis Xuanping said this with great certainty, "Besides, if something happens to the Zhenguo Palace, how can the Xie family be qualified to continue to be the queen."

"Uncle is right." Dai Wang said with a smile, "When I become the crown prince, my mother and concubine will be my mother and queen." Then the mother and concubine's long-cherished wish will come true.

"There is still one step left. Everything that originally belonged to us is about to be obtained." Marquis Xuanping was very excited, but he knew that he could not be chaotic at this time, let alone lose his mind because of being too happy. "We have to be patient, otherwise all our planning over the years will be in vain."

"Uncle, don't worry, I can bear it." Wait, wait, he will be the prince.

At the same time, the King of Chu reported to the emperor the details of his journey to Pengcheng and Mount Wuhua in the imperial study.Before, in the court, he only told the truth about the investigation of the stolen copper, and nothing else.However, he still did not say anything about his assassination.

After King Chu finished reporting everything, the emperor looked at him deeply and asked, "Why didn't you tell the prince that they sent assassins to kill you?"

When the King of Chu saw that the emperor knew about his assassination, he was not surprised at all.

"My son is fine." King Chu meant that he was fine, so there was no need to pursue his assassination.

Seeing that King Chu didn't care, the emperor didn't say much about the matter.

"Fourth brother, tell me the truth. Do you really think your eldest brother can continue to be the prince?"

When the King of Chu heard this question, he was silent.

"Tell the truth." The emperor said sternly, "I don't want to hear lies."

The King of Chu said: "What the eldest brother did is not what a prince should do. He is no longer worthy of being a prince, but I hope that my father can spare my eldest brother's life."

"I'm not cruel enough to poison a tiger and eat its cubs." The emperor sighed helplessly as he thought of the smart, cute and filial prince when he was a child. "It's my fault. I didn't teach the prince well."

"Father is right, but it is Duke Zhen who is wrong. It was he who taught the eldest brother a bad lesson." King Chu really felt that Duke Zhen had led the prince into corruption.

"Fourth, you have never let me down since you were a child. I am very happy." The emperor was really satisfied with the son of King Chu. "You have worked hard these past few months. You should go back and have a good rest. Don't go to court in the next few days."

"Thank you, Father." King Chu asked respectfully, "Father, can I go see my mother and concubine?"

"I'm afraid your mother-in-law has been waiting for you. You should go and see her now."

"Thank you father, my son will leave."

After King Chu left the imperial study, the emperor sighed again: "Alas..."

Sun Kui brought the tea and held it in front of the emperor with both hands.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Chu is back, why are you sighing?"

The emperor took the teacup, lowered his head and took a few sips of tea: "I think my father is too cruel."

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor of Great Zhou, and then the father of all your highnesses. Everything you do is for the country of Great Zhou and for the people of Great Zhou." Sun Kui comforted the emperor, "For the people of the world , you are not cruel."

"But for my sons, my father is too cold-blooded." The emperor is not a hard-hearted person, but for the sake of the great Zhou Dynasty, he had to be hard-hearted. "I have always disliked the prince for being too weak. He was not a bit bloody, so he let the second child stimulate him. Unexpectedly, he was forced by the second child to rely more and more on the government of Zhenguo, completely forgetting his identity as the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

The acting king is the whetstone arranged by the emperor for the prince, but unfortunately the prince failed.

"He has done so many things with his good uncle, but he doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong. Instead, he resents me for favoring the second child." The emperor knew very well about the inner thoughts of his sons.

"Your Majesty, it's not your fault, it's His Royal Highness who failed to live up to his expectations."

"Alas..." If Xiao Shi were the prince, Xiao Shi would definitely be able to control the Zhen Guo Duke's government and make the Zhen Guo Duke's government rely on him for everything and willingly work for him.With Xiao Shi's ability, when he becomes emperor in the future, he will definitely contain the Zhenguo government.

Now that the prince is about to be deposed, the whetstone of King Dai will be useless.Next, it was King Wei who had to confront King Chu, and the two of them were Zhao Yao's whetstones.

King Chu:?
King Wei:?
Zhao Yao: Did you get my consent?