In order to boost the cohesion of everyone, Huo Zheng made an exception and took them to meet the king. When they came out of His Majesty's palace, they all looked shocked. They did not expect that His Majesty would become like this in order to seek immortality. Everyone was secretly stunned.
Anyway, as long as His Majesty wakes up, everything will be fine. No matter how much the East Palace jumps up and down, it is impossible for them to jump out of His Majesty's Five Fingers Mountain and let them target the Prince. It is really too difficult. At this time, the ministers seem to have a backbone all of a sudden. On the way back, their serious expressions finally relaxed.
The doctor ordered Zeng Gong: "Your Majesty asked us to strictly control the rumors in the capital. Does this mean that we are going to attack the prince's faction?"
Censor Zhongcheng Gao Zhong said: "In the past, we couldn't be harsh on the prince's side. Now with your majesty's golden words, we don't have to hesitate to give the prince face."
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this. In the past few months, the prince's party had given them a lot of trouble. Sometimes it was difficult to even handle normal government affairs. Almost all their energy was spent on dealing with the collective of civil and military officials from foreign countries. Petitioned.
Guard Du Chen asked Huo Zheng: "Master Xiangguo, since Your Majesty has woken up, can we please invite His Majesty the Crown Prince to come and visit His Majesty, so as to calm people's hearts?"
Hearing this, Huo Zheng shook his head and said: "Absolutely not. The Imperial Master has told you before that your Majesty is only temporarily awake for a while, and will soon become the same again. We must do everything we can in these twenty years." Do everything possible to delay it and buy time for His Majesty."
Guard Du Chen sighed and said: "It's really not easy for the Prime Minister to be able to hold on until now!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Huo Zheng glanced at them, finally calming down their restless minds.
A few days later, in Qingyang, in the main hall of the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a dejected look on his face. Liu and Qin looked at the edict sent by Taiji Palace in the name of the emperor to reprimand the Crown Prince, and they were also angry for a while.
Qin Shao said bitterly, "Your Highness, this is an imperial edict. People like Huo Zheng were really ruthless. They demoted almost all the officials from our group and sent them out of the capital. They also sent out additional security teams. Curfew, even the Qingyi envoys were dispatched to monitor the words and deeds of all officials, these treacherous sycophants..."
Liu Yu wondered: "If even the Tsing Yi envoys that His Majesty can command are dispatched, I think it is possible that this is really His Majesty's instruction, otherwise Huo Zheng and others would not dare to act so wantonly?"
Qin Shao chuckled and said: "If His Majesty had authorized Huo Zheng and the others before anything happened, they would have been able to command the Tsing Yi Envoy. The Tsing Yi Envoy is nominally under the jurisdiction of Wei Wei Du Chen, and Du Chen is also debating politics in the Xuanzheng Yuan. Well, maybe he has already colluded with traitors like Huo Zheng."
The prince and Liu Yu were silent after hearing this. Qin Shao was right. The person who could move the Tsing Yi envoy was not necessarily the emperor himself, but could also be someone under the guise of the emperor himself. Now they were like frightened birds, even a little bit. The disturbance also made them nervous.
Even Liu Yu, who has always been steady, has no good plan now and doesn't know how to deal with the current situation.
The prince sighed and said: "You, your majesty, or these traitors under the guise of your majesty, will it be possible to dethrone the crown prince?"
Hearing this, Liu Yu said: "If His Majesty is still here, your position, Prince, will be safe. If traitors like Huo Zheng and Lu Liang take the opportunity to gain power, it will be difficult..."
After Qin Shao heard this, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes and he said:
"The thing about Liu Yu is that we don't know if His Majesty is still alive. If His Majesty is no longer alive, how can we just sit back and wait for death? We might as well kill the traitor and fight to the death..."
As soon as these words came out, the prince and Liu Yu were immediately horrified. What was this going on? mutiny?
Liu Yu said in a trembling voice: "Don't be impatient. Didn't there be news from the palace that His Majesty will be released from confinement in ten days? You must not take this road unless you have to. Once you do this, there will be no way out." .”
The prince remained silent after hearing this, which was enough to make his attitude clear.
After hearing this, Qin Shao said: "Who knows if they are delaying the attack? Now that they have sent everyone from our group away, I really can't guess what they are going to do next."
A few days later, in the main hall of the East Palace, the prince urgently summoned his staff to discuss important matters. The prince looked at the secret report secretly submitted by Guo Huan with a pale face. He summoned Qin and Liu and handed the secret report to them for circulation. After they read it, they said: Struck by lightning.
Qin Shao was fine this time, but Liu Yu laughed strangely after reading the secret report: "I understand. A year ago, Young Master Sheng actually entered the palace secretly. Now everything is explained..."
Liu Yu shouted in the direction of Tai Chi Palace: "Your Majesty, why are you so confused? This is shaking the foundation of the country. How can you be so confused?"
Qin Shao smiled coldly and said: "This is not necessarily what your Majesty meant. I really don't understand how your Majesty could be so stupid as to want to abolish the elder and establish the younger if he is still alive?"
After the prince listened to their words, he remembered the way Huo Zheng looked at him at the gate of the Sun Palace that day, and sighed:
"Shaofu Zhao is Gongzi Sheng's biological uncle. He has always been on good terms with the Huo family. Zhao Zhuo, Zhao Chu's eldest son, is also married to Huo Zheng's daughter. They can be considered in-laws. Maybe they have been colluding with each other for a long time and want to be strong. We heartily supported Young Master Sheng to ascend to the throne. Our mistake was that we should have made up our minds long ago, but now it is better. We made mistakes again and again, and delayed again and again. Gu's teacher was detained by the old thieves, and the courtiers who surrendered to Gu were also Most of them have been demoted from the capital, and their wings have been chopped off. Now it’s my turn, Huo Zheng, Huo Zheng, what a good trick, hahahaha..."
In fact, it is not surprising that the prince is so suspicious of the series of operations of Taiji Palace. The emperor does not know whether he is alive or dead, and now he is suppressing the East Palace with such unprecedented force. Everywhere in it is revealed to be unusual.
Qin and Liu saw the prince laughing like crazy, with dejected looks on their faces, as if the end was coming soon.
Qin Shao was stunned when he looked at the secret letter. He had already guessed that it wouldn't be long before the edict to depose the crown prince would be officially issued.
Liu Yu ran over and grabbed the mad prince, shouting: "Your Highness, please wake up."
Seeing that the prince was still acting crazy, Liu Yu slapped the prince cruelly. The prince covered his face and sat down on the ground without saying a word.
Liu Yu said with a ferocious expression: "Your Highness, now is not the time to give up on yourself. Huo Zheng and the others are pressing so hard. They just want to force us to take that last step. As long as we take that last step, they will have a reason and be justified." Do you understand that Your Highness will be abolished from your position as Crown Prince?"
His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly seemed to be grasping a life-saving straw, his eyes lit up: "Yes! Yes! Liu Qing is right, as long as we keep calm and don't take the path they want us to take, they have no reason to force it After all, Gu has been in this position for more than ten years. In terms of popularity and qualifications, if they forcibly depose Gu's crown prince, how will they explain to the servants in the future?"
Liu Yu advised: "Your Highness, they will not stop. No matter whether we take that road or not, they will not stop. Your Highness, have you forgotten about Duke Li?"
The so-called Li Gong incident is the famous battle to seize the direct descendants in the history of the Jin Kingdom during the Warring States Period in another world more than 300 years ago. The fifth generation king of the Jin Kingdom, Jin Pinggong, had just died suddenly. He forced the prince to death and established a young ruler, who was later the sixth generation king, Duke Li of Jin. Later, his relatives and powerful ministers took turns to control the Jin Dynasty's affairs. Cholera led to the death of Duke Li. It was not until Jin Chenggong came to power that the state affairs became slightly stable.
Qin Shao said in a deep voice: "Mr. Li? How is the situation now similar to that of the past? Liu Yu is right, no matter what we do, they will not let us go. We desperately launched military remonstrances, which only gave them more opportunities. There is a sufficient reason to destroy us, just to give an explanation to my subordinates."
"The reason why they have delayed until now to deal with us cruelly means that they have been fully prepared. Or, His Majesty may have returned due to the Tai Chi Palace incident a few months ago, and we are still stupid. I believed Old Thief Huo’s words, and if he wants to deal with us now, all he needs is a corrective edict.”
The prince slumped on the ground in despair and said: "What should we do now? Military advice? What kind of military advice? The prince's guard only has more than a thousand people, and it is also controlled by the guard Du Chen. There is no hope at all. There are four people in Taiji Palace. Thousands of elite lieutenants are guarding the army. Should we just rely on the hundreds of eunuchs and maids in the East Palace to serve as admonitions? Just obey your orders!"
The prince just lay on the ground motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liu Yu's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and he said: "Your Highness, if we really want to launch a military revolt, we may not have a chance of winning. Since they really force us to take this road, then we simply go and show them. Now we have The time has come when we have to fight to the death. Your Highness, before they formally issue an edict to depose the crown prince, maybe we still have the possibility of counterattack. Rather than being unable to save anything, it is better to defeat the enemy and defeat the enemy. Maybe we can still There is a chance for a comeback.”
After hearing this, Qin Shao stepped forward to persuade: "With your highness's current reputation, if you call on the people and young people in the city to follow us and attack Taiji Palace, it may not be impossible. Your highness, I have privately contacted Cao Huan, the commander of Qingyang." I am sure to convince him to join us in the rebellion, and Guo Huan has always been in the habit of raising dead soldiers, so he must have many people under his command, and we actually have a trump card."
After hearing this, the prince's eyes seemed to regain their vitality. He sat up suddenly, looked at Qin and Liu, and said, "Okay! Okay! It's up to you to summon Guo Huan to see me immediately to discuss the big plan."
After receiving the prince's summons, Guo Huan immediately came to the East Palace lightly packed with Jane. Guo Huan also knew the contents of the secret letter. Along the way, he already felt that something was wrong. Thinking of the recent severe situation, Guo Huan was already keenly aware of the situation. Realize that something big may be about to happen.
When Guo Huan arrived at the East Palace, he saw that the atmosphere in the main hall was extremely depressing. The prince's face was as dark as water. Qin Shao, Liu Yu, and Cai Ying, whom he had not seen for many days, were also present. Yes, the core senior officials of the East Palace were all there. Guo Huan stepped forward to express his gratitude to the prince. After the ceremony, the prince asked him to sit down and talk.
Later, Qin Shao analyzed himself and Liu Yu and told Cai Ying and Guo Huan in detail.
After hearing this, Guo Huan said: "Your Highness, Brother Qin and Brother Liu's analysis is reasonable. The initiative is no longer in our hands now. I also think that whether we do it or not, those deceitful and sycophantic people in Taiji Palace will not let go." If they can't get past us, we might as well give it a try, even if we die, we must die vigorously."
