Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

Chapter 255
Although the King of Qin had already suppressed the progress of the matter in the open air and allowed everyone to discuss it, he only cared about the princess's condition.

But after all, the imperial edict could not be disobeyed, so he secretly asked the housekeeper to start preparing for the trip.

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On the other side, the fiefdom is the Prince of Chu's Mansion, which is closest to Kyoto.

The King of Chu was angry with his princess.

Logically speaking, the original couple should be doing fine, at least on the surface.The two get along harmoniously on weekdays.Although we can't say that we should treat each other with equal respect, at least we can do it openly and treat each other as guests.

But the situation of King Chu was very special.

Because he has been married since childhood, and the wife can go to the palace to see him from time to time, so they can be regarded as growing up together.The two of them are more like siblings playing together than a couple.

Moreover, his father-in-law is also very impressive, and his wife’s mother’s family is a noble family in the Central Plains.

When the marriage was decided, the old emperor joked, "He has a son." '

Facts have proved that having a good father-in-law really made King Chu's life a lot more comfortable from childhood to adulthood.

It turns out that when the King of Chu was still young, because his mother-in-law's status was low and he himself was not favored, there were many people in the palace who worshiped him and looked down on him.

Even with the overt and covert help of his brothers, King Chu was still bullied and suffered a lot of disadvantages secretly.

For him, this in-law seemed more like a redemption, or a life-saving straw, pulling him out of the quagmire of fame and fortune.

Regarding this betrothal to the King of Chu since childhood, there is another thing that many people do not know.

At first, the prince who was planning to marry was not him, but the third prince, now the King of Qin.

King Qin's mother-in-law was also from a noble family, and her status was very noble, second only to Concubine Cheng.Even King Wen's mother, Concubine Jin, had to be inferior to this empress before King Wen was crowned king.

But it seems that because King Qin's body was too weak and he was taking medicine all day long, there was no time to stop for a year, and he even died without knowing when.After much hesitation, his father-in-law decided to choose the current King of Chu.

For him, royal marriage itself is not free, it is just a matter of whether it is early or late.

On the contrary, it was after having such a young lady that the fourth prince's life in the palace completely changed.Even the old emperor smiled at him a few times, perhaps out of affection.

After he was granted the title of king, there was no unhappy time in King Chu's life.

Except now.

Yesterday he went to a restaurant with some officials from the fiefdom to drink wine and didn't come back until this morning.

When he came back, he realized something was wrong.

The princess who originally planned to go to the Taoist temple for a few days suddenly came back together in the morning, and happened to see him coming back drunk with his maid in his arms.

After that, there was no quarrel, just utter indifference.

This made King Chu shiver in the cold wind, his drunkenness disappeared instantly, reason returned to his brain, and he became completely sober.

But at this moment, the door of the palace was closed.

He was standing in the cold morning wind, wearing single clothes, outside the vermilion gate of the palace.

His majestic King of Chu entered and exited the gate of his palace.

When he turned around, the groom who had sent him back saw that his momentum was not right and disappeared in a flash.

When the messenger from the palace came to deliver the imperial edict, he saw King Chu standing in front of the door, wearing single clothes and smelling of alcohol.

If the envoy hadn't been old and had met the King of Chu before, he might not have recognized him at this moment.

"Prince? But Prince Chu?" A team of more than a dozen people stood at the door of Prince Chu's mansion.

King Chu, who was shivering from the cold just now, turned around, reluctantly smiled and greeted.

"My father-in-law, why are you here at the palace now? But Your Majesty has a message for your younger brother?"

"Your Majesty is right, there is indeed a will for you..."

As he spoke, the father-in-law pointed at the closed vermilion door of the palace and smiled helplessly at King Chu.

King Chu turned around and knocked on the door several times. The boy who opened the door looked at the people outside. When he saw other people, he opened the door obediently.

After the King of Chu and everyone received the decree in the main hall, the father-in-law who delivered the decree and the King of Chu conveyed His Majesty's longing for him before leaving in a hurry.

The King of Chu has great trust in the new emperor. He used to be the most partial to the prince among the princes.

The prince is several years older than him, and he loves him as a younger brother.The two can be said to be truly friendly brothers. They are respectful and harmonious.

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"It's a pity that you haven't met your mother yet..."

Jiang Yi was lying on the hospital bed, his face a bit sallow, and he looked very haggard.

Jiang Sile sat beside the bed and watched over him. If the imperial doctor hadn't leaked the information just now, she wouldn't have known that Jiang Yi's body was in such a serious condition.

The seriousness of the condition was far beyond Jiang Sile's expectation, and Jiang Yi was also visibly weak and haggard.

These days, the state of affairs of the imperial court and Queen Mother Cheng have made Jiang Yi's heart tremble.

The piles of government affairs still need to be handled by him, and the funeral matters should be arranged and handled by him, the Son of Man, himself.

Everything seemed to require him, but now it was extremely difficult for him to even lift his arms.

His whole body was sore and weak, his head was dizzy, and now he could still hear a buzzing sound coming from nowhere in his ears.

With such a broken and weak body, let alone let him go to a funeral, now it was extremely difficult for him to even get up.

This was the first time Jiang Yi experienced the powerlessness caused by physical weakness.

Countless times he stayed up all night dealing with official affairs and government affairs. Those complicated affairs gradually squeezed his originally healthy body and diverted all his attention away.

Now he is just like his third brother.

Jiang Yi tried hard to evoke a self-deprecating smile, but in the end he was defeated by his heavy body, and his weak limbs could not support him to sit up.

But when he saw Jiang Sile beside the bed, who was worrying about him, Jiang Yi cheered up and walked out of his gloomy mood.

This sister who is the only one left in the world seems to be the person closest to him based on blood.

In the past few years, he first sent away his younger sister who got married, then his father died and his mother left.

It seemed as if he had killed those closest to him.

The feeling of sin mixed with guilt has always been deeply rooted in his heart.

Now it was intensifying because of his mother's death. The fire of sin seemed to burn his heart to the ground, leaving no trace of grass behind.

He has lost too many things now, and gained everything that seems to be completely unequal waste.

This made him want to reach out and grab something more and more.

Maybe it's power, maybe it's love...

Jiang Yi closed his eyes. He seemed to have nothing left.

There was nothing, but those dark feelings lingered on him for a long time, and it seemed that he was not willing to let him go with such friendship.

"You... take good care of your health..." Jiang Sile pulled the quilt and did not respond to Jiang Yi's sigh.Jiang Yi has changed so much. He is completely different from the high-spirited and powerful emperor that others brought to her in the past.

What she faced now was a pitiful patient, a boy who seemed to lack encouragement and affirmation.

Although Jiang Yi is older than her, it seems that in his heart he is still very immature, like a child who has just experienced a storm.

"It's so nice to see you."

Jiang Yi lay on the hospital bed, silent for a long time.Finally, I suppressed a paragraph about torture.

In fact, this was what he wanted to say the most. He was very grateful to Jiang Sile for pulling him out of the abyss of emotion.

Pull him out of the vortex of guilt.Although maybe she didn't feel like she had done anything.

But Jiang Yi was extremely happy.

He had been kneeling before his mother's coffin, and even his heart wanted to go with her.

Endless darkness enveloped him, and it seemed that there was no way forward, and everything seemed to be gray and decayed.

Like fate, this feeling has been tightly binding him, like a rope or a harder chain, pulling him tightly.

And he was like a prisoner, a criminal, who could only be pulled by this rope, stumbling forward in the dark mire.

No light, no warmth.

Nothing could awaken his heart.

He thought about his daughter. Jing'an was still so young. If he left, who would be able to take care of her?
He thought about the big defeat.

This was all his fault, if it weren't for him, so many people wouldn't have died.

At that moment, he really felt that his hands were covered with blood.

It seems that the war is him. The knives that chop down his own people are not only held tightly by the Qingyi people, but also by him.

Everyone said that my uncle was a born general, a champion of Daxia, and had made great contributions to the country and the country of Daxia.

But, this time he failed.

Jiang Yi couldn't blame him, and he had no position to blame him.

Everyone's accusations were now pointed directly at Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi knew that everyone was blaming him for his eagerness for quick success.

His mother blamed him, even hated him.Even when he was seriously ill, when Jiang Yi went to attend to his illness, he heard his mother keep calling his uncle's name.

He knew that although his mother didn't say it, in fact... she hated him, right?

Otherwise, he would not have been left alone and passed away from this world.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yi felt a little sad in his heart.

"Stop thinking about it and go to sleep quickly. When tomorrow comes, I want to see you at least able to sit up from the bed."

Although Jiang Sile didn't know this series of Jiang Yi's inner activities, he could guess from his sentimental character.

He is a person who always regards everything as his own responsibility.

When she learned about the war at the border, she already had a vague suspicion in her heart.

After learning about Concubine Cheng's death, my heart has never let go.

The attitude of the ministers in the court, the rumors among the people... Jiang Sile didn't care, but she knew that Jiang Yi cared very much.

His brother has the ambition to be a wise king, and also wants to be a benevolent king praised by others.

Jiang Sile couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he thought of this.

But the two things never seemed compatible.

And her brother is not suitable to be an emperor.

When the old emperor died, most people never thought that the prince could really succeed to the throne.

Even if Jiang Yi is the prince, even if he is the most legitimate and reasonable heir, most people still decide that he is not suitable to be emperor.

Jiang Sile felt the same way.

Jiang Yi is a good man, but a good man himself is not suitable to be an emperor.It is no exaggeration to say that the profession of emperor is attracting the most attention.

Just like some of the stories in the TV series she had watched in her previous life, it seemed that a simple person sitting in a high position was basically not a black man, and there would be no good ending.

But Jiang Sile didn't think Jiang Yi could turn black.

Her silly brother who couldn't understand the atmosphere and situation, the only relative who gave her a gift before getting married.

Jiang Sile believed in Jiang Yi's true nature, but was not optimistic about his machinations.

Li Yancheng gave it to him, and it looks like this now.

Jiang Sile knew that Jiang Yi had more than enough ambition but not enough power to deal with the political matters in the palace.

He probably doesn't know it himself. He seems to be a little confused about these things by nature, and he can't distinguish the priorities and twists and turns.

But even so, for Jiang Sile, this is the person she cares about the most in the entire Daxia.

He saw that the person on the hospital bed was breathing smoothly, his eyes were closed, and he was sleeping deeply.

Jiang Sile's mood improved slightly.

It seems that all this has not reached the point of no return.

"Chong'an..." The only person Jiang Sile can control here is Chong'an, the eunuch in the palace.

He is not only a close confidant of Jiang Yi, but also someone who has followed Jiang Yi since childhood. He knows very well about the brother-sister relationship between him and Jiang Sile.

Chong'an would not betray Jiang Sile, but would accompany Jiang Sile to cover up in every possible way while Jiang Yi was still ill.

"Your Highness..." Chong'an walked out from behind the pillar, his face gloomy.He is Jiang Yi's confidant. Jiang Yi is seriously ill now, and his mood will not be much better.

"Go and spread the news, cancel this month's morning court, and tell the truth that His Majesty is seriously ill. Also... the Queen Mother needs to be buried as soon as possible. These matters are now that my brother is still seriously ill, you have to deal with it..."

Jiang Sile did not exchange greetings with Chongan and talked about the most important things.

"Yes, but where are the adults..."

With that said, Chongan looked at Jiang Sile, wanting to know her attitude and how to deal with it.

Jiang Sile knew what Chong'an wanted to say. It was simply that the ministers who were shocked by the defeat wanted an explanation and an explanation from His Majesty.

Some people want to eliminate dissidents in this matter or find a ladder for promotion.

It turns out that this group of people was not so restless.

But Jiang Sile discovered some news that ordinary people did not discover.

(End of this chapter)