The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 575: Choosing a Day to Ascend the Throne
These days, the morning court was very lively, and the ministers were all watching a play in which the King of Han and the King of Wei quarreled.

Every morning, the King of Han would quarrel with the King of Wei over the affairs of the Li family. After the court session, the King of Han would go to the East Warm Pavilion and continue to quarrel with the King of Wei.

Zhao Yao said that he would quarrel with the King of Wei every day, and he really did it. During this period, the King of Wei was so angry with the King of Han that he lost his temper. However, no matter how Zhao Yao quarreled with him, he still refused to let the Li family go.

"I'm so angry." Zhao Yao returned to the Han Palace and was furious. "Myna is really stubborn."

Tongxi hurriedly brought Zhao Yao a cup of cooling tea, "Your Highness, drink some tea to calm down." Your Highness has been making himself look like a puffer fish these days.

Zhao Yao took the teacup, raised his head and drank the tea in one gulp, then sat down on the chair angrily.

"It's not the same thing to quarrel with the starling every day." He is now like a shrew, quarreling with the starling every day.

"Your Highness, the Prince of Wei is determined to wipe out the entire Li family. No matter how much you argue, it will be useless." Tongxi advised, "You should think of other ways." His Highness's voice became hoarse every time he argued, and he felt sorry even though His Highness himself did not.

Zhao Yao sighed and said, "Well, if there were other ways, I wouldn't have to worry so much." He didn't want to quarrel with the starling, but apart from quarreling, he couldn't think of a better way for the time being.

He wanted to kneel at the door of the Purple Palace to plead for the Li family, but he refused to stand up until the starling agreed. As soon as he knelt down, he was carried away by the imperial guards. He finally understood why He Xiang and the others had been begging for mercy but to no avail.

"Your Highness, I am stupid and cannot help you."

Zhao Yao stretched out his hand and pinched his brows and said, "I will rescue Fourth Brother from the death row first, and then find a way to save the Li family." These days, I have been so busy quarreling that I have forgotten Fourth Brother. With Fourth Brother's health, he can't stay in the death row any longer.

"Will His Royal Highness the King of Wei allow you to rescue His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"

"My Eighth Brother won't let me save the Li family, and won't let me rescue Fourth Brother. This is too much." Zhao Yao said angrily, "If you push me to the limit, I can do anything."

Tongxi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, if His Highness the Prince of Wei insists on not releasing the Li family, what are you going to do? Are you going to turn against His Highness the Prince of Wei?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "I have never thought of falling out with Bage. If Bage still won't let the Li family go, then I can only use my last trick."

The fellow student asked curiously, "What's that?"

"You'll know later."

As he was speaking, Secret Guard A suddenly appeared and handed Zhao Yao a secret letter.

Zhao Yao took the secret letter and read it for a while, his face immediately turned gloomy.

Tongxi saw that his face looked strange, and he felt nervous, and asked with concern: "Your Highness, what happened?"

Zhao Yao glanced at Tongxi and said, "You go down first."

Tongxi hurriedly retreated respectfully.

After Tongxi left, Dark Guard A asked, "Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Zhao Yao tapped his fingers lightly on the table, looking thoughtful. After a long while, he spoke: "Let Chu Huan and the others follow Second Uncle's arrangements."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"By the way, how are the Dragon Guards?" Just a few days ago, Zhao Yao met the Dragon Guards around the emperor.

"The Dragon Guards have been secretly protecting the Emperor, and have not alerted His Highness Prince Wei." Secret Guard A added, "Your Highness, except for you, no one in the world knows of the existence of the Dragon Guards."

"Are you sure that Starling doesn't know about the existence of the Dragon Guard?"

"Your Highness the Prince of Wei should only know that there are spies around the emperor, and he is not aware of the existence of the Dragon Guards."

Zhao Yao asked again: "Does the Dragon Guard know that my father was poisoned?"

Secret Guard A said: "I don't know."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao's expression became subtle, and he sighed, "It seems that the Dragon Guards don't know everything."

Secret Guard A said: "Your Highness, the Dragon Guards are human, not gods. It is impossible for them to know everything."

"You're right. I thought too highly of the Dragon Guards." Zhao Yao had always thought of the Dragon Guards as the Imperial Guards from a certain dynasty in Zhao Yao's world in his dream. "What about Bage?"

"The ministers who support the King of Wei are urging him to ascend the throne as soon as possible. The King of Wei has already asked people to choose an auspicious day."

"When will you choose?" Zhao Yao was not surprised at all that King Wei was eager to ascend the throne. However, as far as the current situation was concerned, King Wei's ascension to the throne was not legitimate, unless he opened the secret decree behind the plaque in the Purple Palace, and the name written on the secret decree was his. However, he could not open the secret decree because his name was not written on the secret decree.

"A month later."

"One month later, I don't have much time left." Although Bage is now the regent, he was not ordered by his father to do this, but because he is the only prince left in the court. The regent is the regent, and the emperor is the emperor. The regent does not mean the emperor. Bage wants to ascend the throne. First of all, he is not legitimate. Before his father had a stroke and became paralyzed, there was no decree for him to ascend the throne. Secondly, the secret decree behind the plaque in the Purple Palace did not have Bage's name.

If he guessed correctly, his name was written on the secret decree behind the plaque in the Purple Palace. Wait, it has been a while since Bage became the regent. Has he taken down the secret decree behind the plaque and read its contents?

Judging from the mynah bird's reaction and expression, it seems that he did not read the secret decree, otherwise he would have known that he was the heir chosen by his father.

Myna's ascension to the throne was not legitimate, so the great treasure he brought with him could help him ascend the throne in a logical way and stop the ministers and people from complaining. By then, the secret decree behind the plaque would become unimportant.

Even if my brother opens the secret decree behind the plaque in the future and finds out that he is the one chosen by his father, he will not have any grudges in his heart.

Myna would definitely exterminate the entire Li family before ascending the throne, and would never wait until after. According to convention, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he would grant amnesty to the whole country, and then the entire Li family would not be executed.

Now it seems that he has little time left to save the entire Li family. First rescue the fourth brother from the death row, and then use the treasure to exchange for the lives of the entire Li family.

Fortunately, he was lucky enough to have picked up this rare treasure a few years ago, otherwise he would not have been able to save the Li family.

"Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"

Zhao Yao thought for a moment and said, "Let the secret guards protect the princess." He was not in the Swamp Mansion, leaving the princess alone, and he was worried that the princess would be held hostage.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao waved his hand and ordered the secret guards to retreat.

A moment later, Tongxi came in with Yu Hai.

Yu Hai invited Zhao Yao to have dinner at Prince Wei's mansion.

"My dear brother and I are still arguing, why would I want to have dinner with him? I'm not going." Zhao Yao drove Yu Hai away without any hesitation, "You go back."

Yu Hai had no choice but to retreat and relay Zhao Yao's words to the King of Wei verbatim.

After hearing this, the King of Wei was not angry. Instead, he came to the King of Han's palace with a smile.

Zhao Yao was very angry about the King of Wei's uninvited visit, but at least he did not drive him out.

"You've been arguing with me for so many days, aren't you tired?"

"If you let the Li family go, I won't argue with you." The King of Wei said helplessly, "Then continue to argue."

Zhao Yao glared at the King of Wei angrily without saying a word.

"Even if you punch a hole in my face, I won't let the Li family go."

"Okay, then you release Fourth Brother." Zhao Yao changed his strategy, "I will take Fourth Brother to my house to see a doctor and recuperate."

King Wei did not expect Zhao Yao to suddenly change his request. He was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "You can take him out, but forget about the Li family."

Zhao Yao took a deep look at the King of Wei and asked, "My dear, are you trying to intimidate the Li family?"

King Wei glared at Zhao Yao and said unhappily, "Since you knew that, why are you still begging for the Li family?"

"Then you don't need to kill the entire Li family, right?" Zhao Yao said again, "That's one or two hundred lives."

The King of Wei didn't care: "So what?"

When Zhao Yao heard this, he was furious and almost quarreled with the King of Wei again, but he suppressed it. They had been arguing about this for a long time, and neither of them would give in. There was no point in arguing any further.

"Myna, when will you ascend the throne?"

King Wei was stunned by Zhao Yao's question, and even Yu Hai and Tong Xi were frightened.

Seeing the King of Wei's shocked expression, Zhao Yao said with a smile: "My dear, don't tell me that you want to be the regent forever?"

The King of Wei did not expect Zhao Yao to ask so directly. He felt helpless and doting at the same time.

"You really are..."

"Why should I beat around the bush in front of you?" Zhao Yao looked at the King of Wei with a teasing look. "My dear brother, it's not shameful for you to want to be the emperor. This has been your dream since you were a child. Now that your dream is about to come true, why are you being so shy?"

The King of Wei said with a smile: "I am not shy."

Yu Hai, who was standing aside, silently complained in his heart: His Royal Highness the King of Han is really bold. However, this is His Royal Highness the King of Han.

"Then when are you going to ascend the throne? Don't you say you will wait until your father wakes up before ascending the throne?" Zhao Yao felt very complicated when he thought that the emperor was now paralyzed by a stroke because of the King of Wei. As a younger brother, he has always known that Big Brother is obsessed with the throne. If he were Big Brother, he would do the same, so he can't blame Big Brother for being cruel. However, as a son, his father was poisoned by Big Brother and suffered a stroke and paralysis, so he couldn't help blaming Big Brother.

The King of Wei asked, "Do you think I should ascend the throne now?"

"My dear, the country cannot be without a king for a day, it is better for you to ascend the throne as soon as possible, so that the foreign tribes will not make trouble when they hear that the Great Zhou has no emperor." If my dear ascended the throne, he would not have to be the emperor. "Don't dither, quickly choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne."

Seeing Zhao Yao's eagerness to urge him to ascend the throne, the King of Wei felt both amused and helpless.

"You really want me to ascend the throne."

"Myna, don't you want to ascend the throne?"

The King of Wei asked tentatively, "What if the ministers oppose my ascension to the throne and allow you to ascend the throne?"

Zhao Yao was so scared that he quickly waved his hands, with the word "rejection" written all over his body.

"Please spare me. I don't want to be the emperor. If someone recommends me to be the emperor, I will immediately return to the Swamp Palace, go out to sea and stay in a foreign country, and never return to the Great Zhou."

Seeing Zhao Yao's horrified expression, Yu Hai almost couldn't help laughing.

"Tenth brother, why are you so resistant to being emperor?"

"What's so good about being an emperor? You have to get up early and stay up late every day to review memorials, and you have to compete with ministers in court every day. The most important thing is that you are trapped in the palace for your whole life, you can't go anywhere, and you have no freedom at all. What's the point of such a life?" Zhao Yao really didn't want to be an emperor. "Anyway, I don't understand why you are trying so hard to be an emperor. I still think it's better to be a free and happy prince."

"Don't you think it's good to be the emperor with supreme power?"

Zhao Yao shook his head repeatedly: "What's the point of having supreme power? You still can't go anywhere. You still have to stay in the palace all your life and review memorials all your life. Of course, if you are a tyrant, you can do whatever you want, but you will be scolded by the world and will be infamous for thousands of years. People in the future will whip and scold you from time to time."

He added: "I will be a rich prince, I can go wherever I want and live freely."

King Wei knew that Zhao Yao was speaking from the heart.

"My dear, after you become the emperor, I will be able to live more freely in the future."

"You are the only one in the world who dislikes being an emperor so much." They were vying to be the emperor, but the tenth brother was dismissive. This was the biggest difference between the tenth brother and them. They fought to the death to be the emperor, but the father eagerly sent the throne to the tenth brother, but the tenth brother turned it over and didn't want it at all. It was really a case of drought and drought and flood and flood.

I wonder what the eldest and fourth brothers would think if they knew that their father had already chosen the tenth brother and had written his name on the secret decree.

"I don't care anyway."

"You..." Tenth brother, if you were not born in an imperial family, you might be able to live freely as you wish, but you are a prince, and the most beloved and valued prince of your father. You cannot escape, this is your responsibility.

Even if I ascend the throne, I can only let you enjoy yourself for a few more years. After a few years, you will still have to become the emperor and shoulder the heavy responsibility of the world.

"Myna, please ascend the throne soon. I will give you a great gift when the time comes."

The King of Wei asked curiously, "What is the gift?"

"A great gift that will make you happy. I hope you can grant me one wish then."

When the King of Wei heard this, he understood what Zhao Yao was planning.

"That depends on what kind of gift you give."

"Don't worry, I'll give you a great gift that will satisfy you."

Seeing Zhao Yao so confident, the King of Wei became more curious.

"If the gift you give me can really satisfy me, I can fulfill one of your wishes."

Zhao Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "Really?"

The King of Wei nodded slightly and said, "Really."

Zhao Yao extended a hand to the King of Wei, "My dear brother, your word is as good as gold. You can't go back on your word."

The King of Wei raised his hand and high-fived Zhao Yao, then said with a smile, "I won't regret it."

"That's good." Zhao Yao felt happy.

Next, Zhao Yao had his meal with the King of Wei with a smile on his face.

After finishing his meal, he hurried to the death cell of Zongzheng Temple to take out the King of Chu.

I didn't have time to update twice, but fortunately I updated 4,000 words today. I will continue to work hard tomorrow.