The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The deposed prince moved from Zongzheng Temple to Prince Jin's Mansion.However, he is still under house arrest.Without the emperor's permission, no one is allowed to visit the deposed prince in the Jin Palace.

Although the deposed prince was still under house arrest in the Jin Palace, many ministers in the court still supported his restoration.

During this period, there was a lot of quarrel about the establishment of a prince.

Many people supported the restoration of the deposed prince, and some ministers supported the establishment of the acting king as prince.Of course, some people proposed to establish King Chu or King Jing as the crown prince.As for King Wei, naturally no one supported him.

Every morning at court, ministers would urge the emperor to establish a prince as soon as possible.However, the emperor turned a deaf ear, which made many ministers very anxious.

Seeing that the emperor never paid attention to the establishment of a crown prince, the ministers who supported the abolition of the crown prince felt that the emperor was going to restore His Highness Jin Wang, and they were very happy.Seeing that the New Year was coming soon, they decided to force the emperor to restore the deposed prince as soon as possible.

In Dai Wang's palace, Dai Wang was furious, but his face was still very ugly.

"Uncle, if you hadn't stopped me, that good-for-nothing Zhao Xuan would have been dead."

"Your Highness, the deposed prince cannot die for the time being." Marquis Xuanping also wanted the deposed prince to die, but now is not the time. "Once the deposed prince dies, everyone will suspect that it was you, Your Highness, who committed the murder."

King Dai said nonchalantly: "Even if everyone suspects that I did it, but they have no evidence, what can they do to me."

"Your Highness, do you want to lose your reputation?" Marquis Xuanping persuaded Dai Wang, "The deposed prince is already a useless person. On the surface, he does not pose any threat to you. If it is reported that you killed him, everyone in the world will think that you are ruthless and cruel. I think you have no tolerance for others. So before, when the deposed prince was deposed, if you interceded for him, people would think you were putting on a show."

"I don't care about reputation." King Dai never cared about other people's evaluation of him.

"Your Highness, you must care about your reputation." Marquis Xuanping looked very serious. "If you gain a reputation of being ruthless, everyone in the world will oppose you becoming the crown prince."

When Dai Wang heard this, he still didn't care.

"This king doesn't care."

"Your Highness, you don't care, but the Emperor does." Seeing that King Dai still looked unconcerned, Marquis Xuanping couldn't help but increase his tone, "The Emperor will never hand over the position of Crown Prince to a cold-blooded person who has no brotherhood." Heartless person.”

King Dai was frightened by Xuan Pinghou's words, and his indifferent expression disappeared.

"Uncle, you are scaring me."

"Your Highness, what am I trying to scare you for?" Marquis Xuanping persuaded earnestly, "Your Highness, reputation is very important and you cannot ignore it. Over the years, you have made many military exploits for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and your reputation among the people is excellent. If you kill the deposed prince, everyone in the world will despise you."

King Dai had a gloomy look on his face and said nothing.

"Your Highness, at this time, you must be more calm." Marquis Xuanping softened his tone, "As long as the emperor does not say anything about restoring the crown prince, you still have a chance to become the crown prince."

"Uncle, if we don't do anything now, what will we do when our father restores Zhao Xuan, that loser?" King Dai felt anxious and angry, "Do you want me to watch Zhao Xuan become a loser again?" Prince?"

"Your Highness, we can do anything except kill the deposed prince." Marquis Xuanping said, "Your Highness, a small impatience will mess up a big plan."

"I'm afraid that if I endure it any longer, I'll be in vain again." Dai Wang could not accept the fact that Zhao Xuan became the prince again.

"If the emperor really restores the deposed prince, it won't be too late for us to kill the deposed prince at that time."

"Wouldn't it be better to kill him now?" Only when Zhao Xuan died, King Dai felt at ease.

Seeing that King Dai still didn't listen to his words, Marquis Xuanping felt helpless and had no choice but to be patient and appease King Dai again.

This time the king finally listened to what Xuan Pinghou said, but his face was still ugly.

"Dad, I don't think His Highness can bear it for long." Xuan Pinghou's son said, "I'm worried that His Highness will go behind our backs and arrange for someone to kill the deposed prince."

"Well, this is what I'm most worried about." The person who knows Dai Wang's temperament best in the world is Xuan Pinghou. "As long as the emperor does not abolish the prince, your highness will feel at ease."

"Father, what do you mean?"

"The imperial court is about to close the book. We must make it impossible for the deposed prince to be reinstated before sealing the book."

"Dad, do you have an idea?"

Marquis Xuanping nodded slightly: "Yes, but we have to make good arrangements." The same thing happened in Prince Jing's Mansion.King Jing and the ministers who supported him decided to make it impossible for the deposed prince to be restored to power before the court sealed the deal.

The same is true of the king of Chu.

Of course King Wei supported the restoration of the deposed prince on the surface, but secretly he was also planning to cut off the possibility of the deposed prince being reestablished.

In Prince Jin's Mansion, Prince Jin was chanting sutras in the small Buddhist hall.

Lu Cong walked in gently and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness the King of Wei is here."

King Jin stopped what he was doing, stood up and walked out.

The king of Wei was waiting for the king of Jin in the study.Seeing King Jin coming, he quickly stood up and saluted King Jin respectfully: "Brother."

King Jin raised his hand to signal King Wei to sit down: "How many times have I told you not to be so polite in private."

King Wei asked with concern: "Brother, how have you been these past few days? Do you have a good appetite? Did you sleep well?"

When King Jin heard King Wei's concern, he smiled and said, "I'm fine, so don't worry about me."

"Brother, don't hide it from me. If there is anything going on in the house, you must tell me."

"Why should I be polite to you?" Since he was deposed, only his eighth brother cared about him as always, which moved him very much. "Hey, don't come to my place anymore."

"Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Father doesn't let anyone come see me. You always come to see me secretly like this. I'm afraid that someone will find out and it will implicate you."

"Brother, it's okay." King Wei said with a smile, "Even if others find out, I don't care."

"I care. I am a useless person now and cannot protect you like before." King Jin said, "Eighth brother, nothing can happen to you."

"Don't worry, brother, I will be careful." King Wei said seriously, "I still want to help brother recover, how could anything happen?"

When he heard about the restoration, King Jin's face was very calm.

"Eighth brother, my father will not reinstate me."

"Brother, I think the emperor will re-establish you, otherwise the emperor will not delay in establishing a new crown prince."

King Jin shook his head and said, "My father did not appoint a new crown prince not because he wanted to reinstate me, but because he was very disappointed with me, the former crown prince."

"Big brother..."

King Jin interrupted King Wei: "Eighth brother, I don't want to be a prince anymore. I am very satisfied with my current life." Since he was deposed, his life has become very peaceful.He doesn't need to be worried every day, and he doesn't need to be jealous of the king. "Eighth brother, I have always known that I am not suitable to be a prince. This result is good for me."

"Brother, are you giving up so soon?" King Wei was a little anxious, "Brother, you have been the prince for more than 20 years. No one is more suitable to be the prince than you..."

King Jin raised his hand to interrupt King Wei again: "Eighth brother, what I just said was not a joke on you, but it is true. I really feel that my life is very good now." When he was first deposed, he was full of anger and anger. He was reluctant, but soon he felt that this was good. "To be honest, I feel like I'm liberated." The prince was like a shackles, not only binding him severely, but also forcing him to do many wrong things.As the crown prince, he has done so many things that have harmed the people. He is unworthy of the people and even more unworthy of his father.

King Wei was very surprised when he saw King Jin looking relieved when he said this.He could tell that King Jin didn't lie again.

"Brother, don't you feel unwilling?"

"In the past, I was unwilling to accept it. I thought I was the prince, so why did my father value the king so much? But now, I don't care." King Jin smiled slightly, "Eighth brother, I don't want to be the prince anymore, so you don't want to." Don’t think about helping me anymore.”

"Brother, in my heart, you are the best prince." King Wei's eyes turned slightly red as he thought about what happened when he was a child. "Brother, if you hadn't saved me, I would have died a long time ago."

"Eighth brother, you have done a lot for me over the years. You have long since repaid the favor of saving you." King Jin advised King Wei, "Don't do desperate things for me anymore. My father now values ​​​​him." You, you should do your job well and don’t let Father down. If you want to help restore me, you will only make Father angry, and it’s not worth it.”

"Brother, I think it's worth it!"

Seeing that King Wei did not listen to his advice, King Jin sighed helplessly in his heart.It seemed that he had to do something to make his eighth brother completely give up and stop trying to revive him.