The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 585 Never Meet Again
Taking into account Emperor Yong'an's health, the Grand Historian chose the middle of next month as an auspicious day, which was a good day for everything to go well.

After choosing an auspicious date, the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for Zhao Yao's enthronement. Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites had experience and would not be as hasty as it was a few years ago.

A few years ago, Emperor Yong'an ascended the throne in a hurry, and the coronation ceremony was very simple. It was thought that Emperor Yong'an would hold a grand coronation ceremony after a period of time, but unexpectedly, Emperor Yong'an had no plan to hold a ceremony again, which made it impossible for the Ministry of Rites to please Emperor Yong'an.

Ever since Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill and called His Royal Highness the Prince of Han back to the capital, all the civil and military officials in the court had guessed that Emperor Yong'an might not live long, and that His Royal Highness the Prince of Han was about to ascend the throne. The Minister of Rites had also guessed this, and was secretly preparing for the ceremony for the Prince of Han's enthronement. Now that the auspicious date for the enthronement had been set, there wasn't much time left for the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Rites had made preparations in advance, so there wouldn't be the chaos that it had been a few years ago.

On the eve of Zhao Yao's accession to the throne, Emperor Yong'an issued an edict to voluntarily give up his throne to Zhao Yao, restore his status as a prince, and move back to the Prince of Wei's Palace to recuperate.

Zhao Yao felt that he didn't need to do this, but he insisted on doing it. The reason he gave was that he wanted to be Zhao Yao's subject before leaving.

Seeing that King Wei insisted, Zhao Yao had no choice but to let him do what he wanted.

At this time, in the garden of the Prince of Wei's mansion, the Prince of Wei was sitting in a wheelchair, basking in the sun and talking to the Prince of Chu.

The King of Chu had learned from Zhao Yao what the King of Wei had done over the years. The King of Chu hated the King of Wei, but he also admired him, and now he felt a little more sad.

"I didn't expect you to come to see me." The King of Wei looked at the King of Chu with no more disgust than before, but still no favor. "You have something to tell me."

"You are about to die. Before you die, I want to see you." Although the King of Chu no longer hated the King of Wei, he still disliked him and still had nothing good to say about him. Moreover, he was telling the truth.

Hearing the King of Chu's impolite words, the King of Wei was not angry at all, and his expression did not change at all.

"You won't live long." No one knew the state of the King of Chu's body better than the King of Wei. Besides, the King of Chu's body was in such a state because of the King of Wei.

"It's enough to live longer than you." The King of Chu knew how to anger the King of Wei. "You can only see my tenth brother ascend the throne, but I might be able to see the peaceful and prosperous times brought by my tenth brother." He indeed would not live long, but if he took good care of himself, he could live a few more years. Maybe by then he would be able to see the prosperous times created by his tenth brother.

The King of Wei was a little angry, and said with a cold face: "You are still as annoying as ever." He hated the fourth brother's gentlemanly appearance the most.

The King of Chu retorted: "You too."

"You still lost to me." The King of Wei raised his lips and smiled very proudly, "You lost miserably, you are not as good as me."

The King of Chu was not someone who could not afford to lose. "I am not as good as you." Whether in the fight for the throne or in considering his tenth brother, he was not as good as the King of Wei. "When did you know that the person the emperor liked was my tenth brother?"

The King of Wei looked at the King of Chu with disdain and said, "I knew it a long time ago."

"I am far inferior to you in this regard." The King of Chu only recently learned that the person chosen by the Supreme Emperor was Zhao Yao, and he also understood that the things the King of Wei did after ascending the throne were to help Zhao Yao. "Is your poor health caused by your father?"

The King of Chu did not know that the King of Wei was poisoned, but he felt that the emperor chose Zhao Yao, but let the King of Wei become the emperor before Zhao Yao. There must be something fishy about this. The King of Wei was seriously ill. If the King of Wei was healthy, the emperor would not let him become the emperor.

The King of Wei had always been in poor health since he was a child. In the King of Chu's memory, the King of Wei was often sick when he was young. Later, when he grew up, he was no longer sick often.

The King of Wei did not directly answer the King of Chu's question, but warned: "Don't tell my tenth brother."

The King of Chu said with a smile, "I can guess it, don't you think your tenth brother can guess it?" Thinking of the fact that the King of Wei had been used by the Emperor since he was born, the King of Chu couldn't help but sympathize with him. But he knew in his heart that the King of Wei didn't want his pity. "If you don't rob, Father might not want to kill you."

When the King of Wei heard this, he curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled sarcastically: "If I didn't fight and compete, I would have died long ago." After he finished speaking, he sighed quietly and said, "I have half the blood of Southern Wei people in my body. My father will not let me live forever, and the people of Southern Wei will not let me not fight and compete." In the second year after the King of Wei ascended the throne, he ordered his confidants to kill all the people of Southern Wei, leaving no one alive, to prevent the people of Southern Wei from causing trouble in the future.

"You killed the entire Li family and didn't let me live long. It was also for my tenth brother, right?"

King Wei admitted generously, "That's right. The Li family holds a very high position in the hearts of scholars all over the world, and their disciples are spread all over the country and in the officialdom, so the Li family must die." He looked at King Chu with sharp eyes, "And you, as long as you are alive, there will be people who will not give up and support you, so you can't stay either."

When the King of Chu heard this, his expression remained calm.

"I got it."

"If you want to hate someone, hate me, don't hate my tenth brother." The King of Wei didn't care about being hated by the King of Chu.

The King of Chu shook his head slightly: "I don't hate you, nor do I hate my tenth brother."

The King of Wei did not quite trust the King of Chu and his face was full of suspicion.

"You did this for your tenth brother and for the Great Zhou." The King of Chu really didn't hate him anymore. Besides, he wouldn't live for many more years, so what was the point of hating him? "If I hadn't known that my tenth brother would ascend the throne, I would have died long ago. The reason I survived was to see my tenth brother ascend the throne with my own eyes and to see him bring prosperity to the Great Zhou in the future."

The King of Wei suddenly asked, "Do you know why Father did not choose you?"

"I didn't know before, but now I know. Father was right not to choose me. I am not as good as my tenth brother." In the past few years, the King of Chu has been in the Swamp House, accompanying Zhao Yao, and he has realized that he is far inferior to his tenth brother in terms of governance, ability and means. "I have always believed that I am the one who cares most about the people, but compared with my tenth brother, I am still far behind." In the past few years in the Swamp House, he witnessed his tenth brother doing practical things for the people. "In our hearts, the people are never the first, but in the heart of the tenth brother, the people are the first."

"It's good that you understand." Although the King of Wei did not regret killing the entire Li family, nor did he regret killing the Princess of Chu and the children, but... "In the next life, neither you nor I want to be reincarnated into the royal family, and we don't want to meet each other again."

The King of Chu looked deeply at the King of Wei, nodded and said, "Okay, we will never see each other again." After that, he stood up and left the King of Wei's palace.

The King of Wei saw the King of Chu leaving for the first time, and then he sighed softly: "Alas..." If they had not been born into the royal family, perhaps they could have been friends.

Tongxi walked behind the King of Wei and said respectfully, "Your Highness, the weather has turned cold. I will push you back to your room." "Okay."

Yu Hai is no longer alive. It was the King of Wei who asked him to commit suicide. The King of Wei knew that Yu Hai had been very dissatisfied with Zhao Yao in recent years. If he stayed, who knows what kind of trouble he would cause.

The King of Wei had no one to serve him, so Zhao Yao asked Tongxi to take care of him. The King of Wei did not refuse.

During these days, Tongxi served King Wei wholeheartedly and told him what Zhao Yao had done in the Swamp Prefecture.

"Your Highness, Prince Wei, he said he will come tonight and have hot pot with you." Although Zhao Yao was already the emperor, he had not yet ascended the throne, so he felt that he was not yet the emperor, but still the Prince of Han. He went to the Purple Palace to attend court every morning, and returned to the Prince of Han's Palace or the Prince of Wei's Palace at night.

"Tenth brother is such a big eater, so we need to prepare more food."

At the same time, in the Cining Palace, Concubine Ying knelt on the ground and begged the Queen Mother and Zhao Yao to allow her to guard the imperial tomb.

Zhao Yao looked at Concubine Ying who was kneeling on the ground with a headache, "Concubine Ying, it's not that I don't agree with you, but my brother doesn't agree."

The Queen Mother said helplessly, "Concubine Ying, this is not in accordance with the rules. How can a concubine mother guard the tomb of a concubine's son? If you do this, you will ruin the reputation of the Eighth Prince."

"Queen Mother, Your Highness, I can fake my own death and no longer be the Queen Mother of England. I will guard as a slave."

Seeing that Concubine Dowager Ying still refused to give up, Zhao Yao had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Myna told you not to defile..." These were the King of Wei's exact words. They were so harsh that Zhao Yao couldn't continue.

Zhao Yao didn't finish his words, but Concubine Ying could guess what was coming next, and her face turned pale in an instant.

Seeing Concubine Ying's sad look, Zhao Yao felt a little reluctant, but some things had to be made clear.

"Myna said he has nothing to do with you and told you not to be wishful thinking. If you are willing to continue to be a concubine, then stay in the palace as a concubine. If you don't want to stay in the palace, you can do whatever you want."

Concubine Ying's eyes were red and filled with tears.

"Myna also told you not to ruin his peace after death." Zhao Yao said gently, "Queen Dowager Ying, Myna once said that if he were an ordinary person, he would like to travel around the world. I think you can help Myna fulfill this wish."

When Concubine Ying heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"

"real."

"Okay, then I'll travel around the world."

After Concubine Ying left, Zhao Yao sighed, "Myna doesn't like her."

"For her, it doesn't matter whether Lao Ba likes her or not. What matters is that she likes him."

"No wonder she helps Starling do so many things."

The empress dowager thought of the Princess of Wei and asked, "Where is your eighth sister-in-law?" After Emperor Yong'an was restored to his prince status, the empress naturally resumed her status as the Princess of Wei and no longer lived in the palace.

"My sister-in-law asked her to leave and find a husband to marry in the future. My sister-in-law agreed."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother nodded and said, "That's good."

"Mother, when father recovers, you can go out and play with him, and don't stay in the palace anymore." He was destined to not escape from the palace, so he would just stay in the palace honestly and be a good emperor.

"What about you?"

"I will be my own emperor." Zhao Yao said seriously, "My father has been trapped in the palace for decades. Now he has retired gloriously, so let him go out and have fun. You have also been trapped in the palace for most of your life. You can live happily for the rest of your life, and take my share." He once thought that after his father left, he would take his mother out of the palace and let her regain her freedom. Although he didn't need to take his mother out of the palace now, he could let her leave.

The Queen Mother understood her son's filial piety and said, "Okay, when your father gets better, I will take him around to see the world."

Zhao Yao stood up and walked to the door, saying with a complicated expression, "Since I was little, I have always wanted to escape from here, preferably forever. I have been planning all kinds of things since I was little, but I didn't expect to end up back here and never be able to leave."

The Queen Mother felt very distressed when she heard this.

"Ginger is still experienced, I still can't defeat my father, and he still schemed against me."

"Yaoyao, don't blame your father. He had no choice."

Zhao Yao said, "I know." He turned around and saluted the Queen Mother, "Mother, my dear brother is still waiting for me. I'm going back now."

"Go."

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