Wife Hua

Chapter 405

The sun was just right, the flowers were in abundance, and the emperor kept a gentle smile on his lips, shaking the fan in his hand.

"You should know it's impossible!"

The emperor's words were firm and decisive, without any room for negotiation.

Prince Taiping's complexion became more and more bitter, his lips seemed to have lost all moisture, and he said dryly: "I implore the emperor to think twice."

"If they win, will they spare me?"

"I promise..."

"It's a pity that I don't care about my life." The emperor said slowly: "Since I was born, I have had a lot of bad luck and twists and turns. I almost died several times. It took hard work to keep me, and now I steal every day, maybe one day I will die suddenly like the first emperor."

At this time, Prince Taiping's face was as white as paper, and he shook his head fiercely to deny the emperor's words.

"Young Uncle Huang thinks that I will not die suddenly? I dare not guarantee it, but I am better than...the Emperor Father, and will never leave a situation full of doubts, even if the Crown Prince was the legitimate heir to the empire at that time, the clan What did He Xungui courtiers say?"

"emperor."

The king of Taiping County seemed to suffer more pain than the emperor, and his body, which was healthier and taller than the emperor, seemed to be cut by a sharp knife. The last pain painting said: "Brother Huang has not changed his mind, never has."

"I have seen the edict, and I have personally asked the person who wrote the edict to the late emperor."

"..."

"I have always understood that I am actually the shield that the late emperor set up for the king of Wei. Even if the late emperor had compassion for the eldest princess, that family affection would not extend to me. The queen mother may be his favorite among many women, but I am His best and easiest pawn to discard."

The emperor said slowly: "The late emperor died too suddenly, so he gave me a chance, but without the support of Prince Taiping, without the compromise of the queen mother, by the way, I can sit on the throne, and I have to be grateful The Tartar barbarians, as well as the Pingnan County King guarding the southwest, internal and external troubles, the empire seems powerful but may fall apart at any time, so someone compromised, and I also gave up all the power, willing to be a puppet in the open."

"I didn't protect the emperor, I deserve to die for my crime." King Taiping knelt down again.

"I have to admit that in that situation, no one can do better than you, and you did not hesitate to sacrifice your appearance." The emperor's original sarcasm refrained, "It is you who let me understand the importance of rights and how to protect them." The person you care about the most, you made a mistake, and I won't do it again."

"So I have learned from experience and lessons. If I die unfortunately, I will not let Saburo and Mu Hua suffer what I suffered back then, not to mention that time and opportunities will not give the empire a ten-year buffer."

All the history books and news released today are unified. The emperor's succession to the throne is justified, but only the person involved knows how anxious it was at that time, how fierce the struggle was, and the empire was almost... almost split. These are hidden in the peace. The compromises and deals under way will never be known.

Even King Wei, who was most involved, would not know that the person closest to the throne at that time was not the crown prince but him!
It's not that the King of Taiping County fully supports the prince. The emperor is afraid that he will be locked up in the Huangzhuang now, and he may have died of poisoned wine and accidents. After all, the queen mother has already begun to waver at that time, and turned to support the king of Wei who has the will. Your Highness.

Therefore, the emperor is still grateful to King Taiping, "I have already used up my promise to you, so don't expect me to show mercy to you in the future."

King Taiping smiled bitterly and said, "I will always be loyal to the emperor, why don't you trust me?"

The emperor said lightly, "Perhaps I will believe it only after I have achieved my wish. I will solemnly warn you that you can be unfaithful to me, but I will never allow you to destroy my plan. I have my eyes on the empire and the people." , for my plan, these are nothing."

"emperor……"

"What should be said, I have said it all, you go back and wait for my imperial edict."

The emperor lowered his eyelids, staring at the little uncle who was kneeling in front of him, and said softly, "If you refuse to obey my will, I will not be surprised, but I will not take back the imperial decree."

"Your will is the will of the minister. You don't need to doubt my loyalty to you. I always think that it is most suitable for the empire to be in your hands. As for the emperor... I will plead guilty to the emperor. If the emperor sees Even today, you will not leave behind that will."

"I never expected to gain the approval of the late emperor. I didn't before, and I won't in the future."

The emperor sat down again, and said lightly: "You go."

After kowtowing, King Taiping backed out of the gazebo. When he was about to walk out of the imperial garden, he looked back. The emperor was sitting alone in the gazebo, lonely and peaceful. Only those fools felt that they still had the advantage. The emperor...has matured. His support and protection are no longer needed.

*****
In Hou Mansion, Chen Silang nodded and said: "Okay, do as you say, leave the poor students to me, but the emperor doesn't want young students to get involved? With the emperor's benevolence, he doesn't want to destroy the talents accumulated by the empire for ten years .”

Liu Sanlang said: "The emperor said that it is not easy for a poor family to support a scholar, but it is easy for politics to destroy a group of scholars, and it may even involve more people. In your case last time, you can not let the scholar stand up, but now it is a noble minister. The younger generation bullies the people. In addition to getting rich as an official, students must remember their responsibilities. If they don’t make decisions for the people, and don’t eradicate the cancer of the empire, what kind of officials will they be? What books should they read?!”

"The big waves wash the sand, go to the false and keep the gold, let them establish the correct concept early, and be the first to experience the cruelty of the court. While their blood is not cold, they still have the innocence and purity of scholars, and have never been numb by the officialdom. I will regret it, but I have no regrets at this time."

"Talented scholars are difficult to cultivate. If these people are the same as the current courtiers in the officialdom in ten or twenty years, if there are more of them and fewer of them, what difference will it make to the empire?"

"The emperor has benevolence in his heart, sympathizes with poor families that it is not easy to produce proud children, but the emperor's tolerance and love should never fall on a group of people who study only to get rich!"

Chen Silang cupped his hands, a look of admiration flashed across his face, he thought he was not weaker than Liu Sanlang in terms of knowledge and strategy, but he was not as good as Liu Sanlang in terms of vision and heart, after all the emperor was Liu Sanlang's teacher, all he had The sum of all the teachers is not as high as the emperor, and he can see far.

He learned the way of being a minister of the mean, while Liu Sanlang... pretended to be an empire, and learned the emperor's mind.

This is just the tip of the iceberg that Liu Sanlang exposed, and the gap between them in the future... Chen Silang reminded himself that he can't just see his tip!
(End of this chapter)