The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 375 Let that brat Xiao Shi come back
In the palace of King Wei, several ministers who supported King Wei left just recently.They came to see King Wei for the restoration of King Jin.

During this period, there was a lot of rumors about the restoration of King Jin.These ministers were loyal to the deposed prince and followed King Wei in order to one day return King Jin to his throne.Now that they heard that the emperor wanted to restore the deposed prince, they naturally couldn't sit still and wanted to restore the deposed prince immediately.

They suggested to the King of Wei that they should propose to the Emperor the restoration of the King of Jin in a few days.The King of Wei thought their idea was very good and agreed with their proposal.

After discussing with the King of Wei how to propose the restoration of the crown prince, these ministers left with excitement on their faces.

After these ministers left, Lin Xueyi walked out from behind the screen.

"Reviving the deposed prince, they are really out of their minds."

King Wei sneered and said, "Wishful thinking."

Lin Xueyi sat down opposite King Wei, "During these days, there have been rumors that the emperor wants to resurrect the deposed prince. No wonder they believe it." In fact, I don't know if these people believe it, but other people also believe it. Seriously.

"This king is also very surprised about this matter." The matter of re-establishing and deposing the crown prince was not spread by people sent by the King of Wei. "However, this rumor spread very well." King Wei never thought of spreading the rumor of restoring the deposed prince, because in his eyes, the deposed prince was already a useless person without any use value.Furthermore, he was very sure that his father would never re-establish the deposed prince.

"Your Highness, who do you think spread this rumor?"

King Wei did not answer, but asked Lin Xueyi: "What do you think?"

Lin Xueyi thought for a moment and said, "King Chu."

King Wei shook his head and smiled: "It's not the fourth child. The fourth child would not do such a stupid thing."

"It's not King Chu, it's even less likely to be King Dai and King Jing. Who is that..." Lin Xueyi suddenly thought of something, her face changed drastically, and her tone was full of fear, "Is it the emperor?"

King Wei shook his head again and said, "Not my father."

"Your Highness, why do you think he is not the Emperor?" Lin Xueyi gave his guess, "The Emperor has a reason to spread this rumor."

"My father finally dethroned Zhao Xuan with great difficulty, how could he re-establish Zhao Xuan." King Wei said with a deep smile, "In my father's eyes, Zhao Xuan has completely become a useless person."

"Then who is spreading such rumors?"

"It's not any one of us, it's those ministers who have random thoughts." The "any one of us" in King Wei's mouth refers to their four princes.

After hearing this, Lin Xueyi was stunned and seemed unable to accept the truth.

When King Wei saw Lin Xueyi's appearance, he knew what he was thinking in his heart. He couldn't help but said with a smile, "Why, it's not King Chu or my father who has disappointed you?"

Lin Xueyi smiled sheepishly: "I was overthinking it."

"You're right to overthink it, but this matter is really not complicated." After King Wei finished speaking, he grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess box.Seeing this, Lin Xueyi also grabbed a handful of chess pieces from his chess box, and then the two of them guessed the pieces.

The king of Wei went down first with the black man.

Lin Xueyi holds the white piece and moves down.

Lin Xueyi asked respectfully: "Your Highness, what should we do next, let the rumors continue to spread?"

"Yes, this rumor is good for us." King Wei chuckled, "Many people thought it was me who spread this rumor." After all, King Wei has always been loyal to the deposed prince.

Lin Xueyi understood what King Wei meant and nodded lightly. Then he thought of the ministers just now and frowned slightly.

"Your Highness, there is something I don't understand."

King Wei knew what Lin Xueyi didn't understand, "You want to say that those people are useless, why do I want to use them?"

"Yes, those who deposed the crown prince are basically of no use. Moreover, the current Duke of Zhen Guo is Xie Shi, who is the queen's son. The Duke of Zhen Guo's office has switched to supporting King Jing, and no one will support the deposed crown prince anymore." Lin Xueyi means that there is no use for the King of Wei to recruit the person who deposed the prince.

"Didn't I tell you before that I was here to help the deposed prince." The reason why King Wei hired the people who deposed the prince was not because he thought these people were useful, but for reputation.He had been working with the deposed prince before, but now that something happened to the deposed prince, he immediately abandoned and betrayed the deposed prince, and came out to seize the legitimate heir himself. This would make many people think that he had always harbored evil intentions, which was very detrimental to him.

He is now standing up to help the deposed prince to seize the heir, which will make people think that he is affectionate and righteous.Not only that, it would also make the ministers think that he had no strength and had to rely on the remaining power of the deposed prince.The most important thing is that he can do many things openly and secretly under the guise of helping the deposed prince, and he will not let others see his power. It will only make them think that it is all done by the deposed prince's people. .

Lin Xueyi understood the profound meaning of King Wei's words and said with admiration: "Your Highness is wise."

King Wei lost a son, "Next, King Dai will get rid of Zhao Xuan."

When Lin Xueyi heard this, the movement of his hand stopped.He looked surprised and said: "Your Highness, you mean that the King will send someone to assassinate the deposed prince next?"

"Well, Dai Wang will never let Zhao Xuan be re-established." King Wei raised his lips and said with a playful smile, "The person who wants Zhao Xuan dead most now is Dai Wang."

"Your Highness, do we want to stop it?"

"Why stop it?" King Wei smiled, "It is more beneficial to us if Zhao Xuan is dead." Now that the deposed prince is dead, King Wei has more reason to avenge him.

"Your Highness is right, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit." Lin Xueyi remembered the emperor's delay in appointing a new crown prince, and asked King Wei for advice, "Your Highness, why does the emperor not establish a new crown prince?"

"This is the brilliance of my father."

Lin Xueyi didn't quite understand what King Wei meant, so he humbly asked for advice: "Please enlighten me, Your Highness."

"The first benefit of not establishing a new crown prince appears."

"Are you talking about restoring the deposed prince?" Lin Xueyi asked with a confused expression, "What are the benefits of this?"

"My father's loving fatherly heart." King Wei said with a meaningful tone, "My father did not immediately depose Zhao Xuan before, because he wanted to show his loving fatherly heart. Now that he has been slow to establish a new prince, doesn't it seem like that? It seems that he regrets deposing Zhao Xuan. Also, if we don’t establish a new crown prince, we can test the ministers and us, killing two birds with one stone."

Lin Xueyi said with a look of enlightenment: "So that's it." He stood up and saluted King Wei, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice."

King Wei made a gesture, indicating to Lin Xueyi to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Lin Xueyi sat opposite King Wei again, "Your Highness, won't the Emperor appoint a new crown prince?"

"possible."

"Your Highness, it is in our interest that the Emperor does not appoint a new crown prince." If a new crown prince is to be established, King Wei will not be able to do so, unless all the other princes die and only King Wei is left alive. "We have the same position as King Chu and others."

"What we have to do now is to do our job well, and don't do too much other things."

Lin Xueyi's heart trembled when he heard this, and then he said seriously: "Yes, Your Highness."

The same thing happened in the Chu Palace not far from the Wei Palace.

The ministers who supported the King of Chu also believed the rumor that the emperor wanted to restore the deposed prince.They came to the King of Chu to prevent the restoration of the crown prince.

The current King of Chu will never allow the deposed prince to be reinstated, because in his eyes, the deposed prince who cares about human life and has thoughts of rebellion is not worthy of being a prince anymore.However, he would not do anything about it, because in his opinion, the emperor would never restore the prince, and he asked the ministers who supported him to wait and see.

Seeing that the King of Chu was so calm, the ministers who supported him felt relieved.

As for King Jing, even if he believed that the emperor would restore the deposed prince, he would not do anything about it, because he knew that King Dai and King Chu would never let Zhao Xuan be restored.He doesn't have to do anything to reap the benefits.

Zhao Yao, who was far away in Yangzhou, also heard about this.Governor Liang asked him what he thought of this matter.

Zhao Yao said categorically that the emperor would never restore the deposed prince.

"Yao Yao, why are you so sure that the emperor will not reinstate King Jin?"

"Grandpa, my father has been planning for many years to depose my eldest brother and get rid of the Duke of Zhenguo." Zhao Yao said, "Unless my father has lost his mind, he will not restore his eldest brother."

"That's right." Governor Liang felt that his grandson said a lot, "Then who do you think the new prince will be?"

"do not know."

Governor Liang looked surprised: "Don't know?"

"Father will not establish a new crown prince for the time being." However, Zhao Yao was sure that the final winner would be either the fourth brother or the eighth brother.

"The country cannot be without a crown prince for a day. How can we not establish a new crown prince forever?" Liang Taishou felt that not establishing a new crown prince was an extremely inappropriate thing to do. "It is impossible for the ministers in the court to allow the emperor not to establish a new crown prince. If he does not establish a new crown prince, it is impossible for him to do so." Being a prince is not a good thing, it will only make the princes fight more fiercely, so that the court will not be peaceful. If the court is in chaos, it is the people who will suffer." If there is any trouble in the court, all the people will be at war.

"Grandpa, you underestimate my father too much. As long as that old fox of my father is here, there will be no chaos in the court." Zhao Yao said, "My royal brothers are very powerful, but they are no match for my father. .”

"Is that so?" Liang Taishou had never met the emperor or had any contact with the emperor, so naturally he didn't know what the emperor's temperament was like.

"Well, don't worry, with my father here, there will be no chaos in the court."

Hearing Zhao Yao speak so confidently, Prefect Liang felt relieved.However, when he thought about the new crown prince, he thought of Zhao Yao.When I think about my grandson being excellent in all aspects, it is because he does not have a powerful mother clan that he does not dare to compete for that position.

"Yao Yao, it's grandpa who is useless and dragging you down."

"Ah?" Zhao Yao was stunned for a moment, then understood what Prefect Liang meant, and then said with a very helpless expression, "Grandpa, why do you say the same thing to your second uncle? Even if you are powerful, I don't want to compete for that position. , don't blame yourself." He was thinking about the emperor because his brain was twitching.

"Yao Yao, you really don't want to?" Although Liang Taishou had already heard from his son that Zhao Yao didn't want to compete for that position, he still didn't believe it in his heart.

Zhao Yao shook his head quickly: "I don't want to, I really don't want to. Being an emperor is exhausting, so what's the benefit." Being an emperor is not only tiring, but also has to be trapped in the palace for the rest of his life. What's the difference between this and being in jail. "Also, you can't go anywhere as an emperor..."

Grand Administrator Liang was shocked when Zhao Yao said the bad things about the emperor.He could tell that his grandson really didn't want to be the emperor, and he also disliked it very much.

"Grandpa, don't talk about this again."

"Okay, grandpa, don't talk anymore." I'm afraid Yaoyao is the only one in the world who dislikes being an emperor.

"Grandpa, I have to go to the pier tomorrow to watch the boats, so I'll go back and sleep first."

"Yao Yao, didn't you go to the dock to watch the boats?" Liang Taishou reminded Zhao Yao, "You have to go to the academy to study tomorrow."

Zhao Yao's body suddenly froze.He turned his head and looked at Prefect Liang pitifully: "Grandpa, can I not go to the academy?"

Prefect Liang almost relented: "No, I wrote a letter asking me to urge you to study."

Zhao Yao: "..."

"You must go to the academy to study tomorrow, otherwise I will write to my wife and tell you."

"I'm going, why don't I go?" I didn't expect to come to Yangzhou and study. It's really a hard life.

At this time, in the imperial study room, the emperor finished reviewing the memorial and raised his hand to pinch his eyebrows.

Sun Kui brought over a cup of tea: "Your Majesty, please have a sip of tea and have a rest."

The emperor took the tea cup and drank tea slowly.

"Your Majesty, are you hungry? Would you like the imperial kitchen to make you something to eat?"

"No need." The emperor did not have the habit of eating in the middle of the night. "By the way, how long has that brat Xiao Shi been away?"

"It's been eight or nine months."

"It's been so long." The emperor was so busy during this period that he didn't even have the time to take care of his youngest son. "It's time for him to come back."

"Ah, do you want His Highness to come back?" Sun Kui said in surprise, "Didn't His Highness King Chu and His Highness King Wei plead for His Highness before? Please let His Highness stay in Yangzhou until His Highness reaches adulthood and then come back."

"Have I promised them?"

Sun Kui thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the emperor did not agree.

"You don't."

"If that brat comes back as an adult, he will definitely forget who he is."

"Your Majesty, are you thinking of Your Highness?"

"How could I miss him? Xiaoxiao misses him."

Sun Kui held back his laughter and said, "Yes, you don't miss His Highness Tenth, but Concubine Liang misses His Highness Tenth."

"It turns out that Xiaoxiao missed that brat." The emperor glared at Sun Kui and ordered, "Go and get him."

"Yes."

After a while, the secret guard appeared in the imperial study, and Sun Kui withdrew.

"Send some people to bring Xiao Shi back."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"If that kid refuses to come back, you can just kidnap him back."

"Yes."

The emperor waved to the dark guard, and the dark guard retreated.

Seeing the secret guard coming out, Sun Kui hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to bring His Highness back at this time?" Now is the time of bloodshed. Isn't it a bit dangerous to bring His Highness back?

"The more this time comes, the more important it is for that brat to come back." The emperor said meaningfully, "I just want him to come back and face this situation."

　Zhao Yao: Thank you so much, my good father.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)