Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 377; Retreating to Advance
The moment his voice fell, everyone was shocked.

Although they knew that today's meeting was over, there would most likely be talk of deposing the prince, but they never expected that the person who first raised the matter would be the prince himself.

You must know that everything the princes did in the past was all to stabilize the prince's position, and he did many stupid things for this purpose.

He is very concerned about the position of the prince, which is known to everyone in the court.

Now he actually took the lead in pleading with the deposed prince, which made many people turn their heads and whisper to the people around them to ask if they heard wrongly.

At this time, King Qi and King Chu also looked suspicious that they had heard wrongly.

If we were to face people who knew the prince here, they were the only ones. Even Emperor Zhaowu didn't know the prince as well as they did.

After all, Emperor Zhaowu did not know about many of the private confrontations between the three brothers.

Just like the thoughts of those courtiers, the prince has always regarded his position as the crown prince as his fate.

Now he actually takes the initiative to ask to depose the crown prince. This is simply a fantasy.

"has a problem!"

Almost at the same time, this idea came to both of them.

Sure enough, at the next moment, Cao Guogong stood up.

"Your Majesty, I feel that although the prince is at fault for what happened this time, it is not that serious. To explain to the people of the world, deposing the prince is not the only way to go."

Speaking of Cao Guogong, since he was marginalized that time, Cao Guogong's influence in the court has also been declining rapidly.

Over the years, Cao Guogong has changed a lot. Especially after he completely entered the prince's faction, he found it even more difficult to move in the court.

A minister who has lost the favor of the emperor, and is still a member of the prince's faction.

People from the factions of the King of Qi and the King of Chu would not say anything if they did not want to see him. As a noble military commander, he was naturally not accepted by the noble factions.

Among the military commanders and nobles, he was the first one to publicly express his side. Naturally, the nobles did not want to go anywhere with him.

After all, wouldn’t it be very troublesome if others misunderstood it?
Because of this situation, although the current Cao Guogong is still the Duke, he has begun to gradually become marginalized in the court, and no one walks around.

Naturally, they are not very well-received of news from the outside.

Therefore, he did not know in advance that Shen Huan resigned and everyone already knew about the deposed crown prince.

When Prince Shicai faced those people's attacks, he stood up and refuted, and he even had some doubts in his heart as to why those members of the Prince's faction who were so aggressive in the past were so silent today.

But now, the prince actually said such words, and he realized belatedly that he seemed to have missed very important information.

Combined with the strange atmosphere of Chengtian Sect today and the abnormality of those guys from the Prince's faction, he was shocked.

The prince must not be deposed. Since ancient times, which one of the deposed princes will have a good ending?
He didn't want his grandson to be in danger, so he had to keep his position as prince no matter what.

And as he stood up, some veteran ministers without factions also stood up and expressed that it was not advisable to depose the prince. Especially some older officials in the Ministry of Rites were very determined.

"Your Majesty, although His Highness the Crown Prince made mistakes this time, they are far from deposed."

Meng Xuancheng also stood up. He was also one of the people who firmly did not support the deposed prince.

"The crown prince of a country is of great importance, so how can he be deposed lightly? This may cause shock to the government and the public. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

More than a dozen ministers stood up and expressed their disapproval of the deposed prince. The people from the prince's faction who saw this scene were no longer silent at this time, and they all stood up to second their opinions.

Even though they were all silent just now, it was because they hadn't figured out the specific situation yet and didn't know whether the prince was really going to be deposed.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that many people do not support the abolition of the prince, especially Meng Xuancheng and Cao Guogong who have expressed opposition. Thinking about the prince's actions, in fact, it has not reached the point where the prince must be abolished.

So none of them were silent, and at the same time they couldn't help but admire the prince.

It seems that this incident has made their master grow up a lot.

Look, everyone has learned to make progress by retreating.

Thinking about what the prince had just said on his own initiative to depose the prince, they felt that this was the prince's way of retreating into advancement.

After all, if he said it himself, the meaning would be very different from if he said it to others.

I said it myself, with the intention of acknowledging my mistake and wanting to make up for it. Naturally, I have already acknowledged my mistake, and the incident this time was not particularly serious. Moreover, he had such a good attitude in admitting his mistake, and so many people came forward to help and plead for mercy. .

It really may not be abolished.

And if it were brought up by outsiders, the nature would be completely opposite. If a large number of people among the courtiers came forward to support the deposing of the prince, then Emperor Zhaowu might really agree to it.

After all, the emperor's intention to depose the prince was so obvious.

Now the expressions of King Qi and King Chu also changed.

I knew things would not be so easy, and I really underestimated the prince.

King Qi took a deep look at the prince kneeling there, feeling a little unwilling.

"It's good to retreat in order to advance."

The King of Chu also looked at the prince with admiration at this time.

To be honest, he has never thought highly of the prince. In his opinion, he only got the position of prince because of his good birth. His own ability is very poor, and he can even be said to be short-sighted and stupid.

It can be seen from what happened to Princess Zhaode at the beginning, and then he did so many bad things for that woman Zhao Yaner, and he has no brains at all.

However, the prince's performance today made him very surprised, even surprised.

"It seems that what happened this time has made him grow a lot, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of changes in the future."

The King of Chu's mentality towards the prince had changed somewhat, and he no longer looked down upon him as much as before.

"When did I say that I wanted to depose the prince?"

As soon as Emperor Zhaowu said these words, the hearts of many people in the lower levels sank, especially those from the respective factions of King Qi and King Chu.

Having said that, for this reason, it seems that the position of the prince cannot be abolished today.

When Emperor Zhaowu said this, he glanced at Huo Jingzhi and Fang Qiao without trace.

These two are his most trusted ministers. For some reasons, he is also very worried about this incident. They will have some different thoughts in their hearts.

However, both Huo Jingzhi and Fang Qiao looked very calm and showed no thoughts at all.

Emperor Zhaowu really wanted to do something about deposing the prince. Even yesterday, he had thought about whether to take this opportunity to depose the prince directly. However, after thinking about it, he felt that this time was not appropriate.

No, today he planned to take a look at the situation first, and the result was just as he thought. There were still many die-hards in the court who did not agree to depose the prince.