Early the next morning, Chen Jue announced his return to Luojing.
When the people of Shangzhou heard that His Majesty was returning to the palace, they spontaneously came to the street and knelt to see him off.
On the holy chariot, Chen Jue looked at the people seeing him off around him, feeling somewhat touched in his heart.
More and more, a feeling of "I want to live well and protect the people of Chen State for the original owner" emerged.
I came slowly, but when I came back I didn’t continue to play. I just took the main road back to Luojing.
We arrived in Luojing in just a few days.
On the day they returned to Luojing, a large number of imperial troops surrounded Wenhua Hall tightly.
The civil servants who didn't know what was going on were frightened by this formation and stepped aside. Some even knelt on the ground with their legs weak.
A group of people led by the Queen Mother are forcing the people headed by Wang Taifu and Cui Shangshu in the Wenhua Palace to accept the deposing of the crown prince as orthodox.
"The Queen Mother, I don't agree!" Wang Yuanqi said.
The Queen Mother's face immediately turned cold, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know!" Wang Yuanqi raised his hand and said righteously: "I also advise the Queen Mother to stop her hand quickly and not to do the wrong thing of treason!"
With Wang Yuanqi's words, many civil servants did not submit to the Queen Mother and the deposed prince.
"Mother, let's stop—" before the young man beside the Queen Mother could finish his words, the Queen Mother glared back, "Stop? Ha, what a joke!"
It's already reached this point, how could she stop!
The Queen Mother looked coldly at the civil servants headed by Wang Yuanli and sneered, "Do you really think that without you, the Ai family will be able to do nothing?"
"Why are so many people gathered together? I'm late?" Chen Jue said something and walked in seriously among the crowd.
Suddenly seeing Chen Jue appear here, the expressions of the Queen Mother and the deposed Prince suddenly changed. No one expected that His Majesty was back now!
Didn't it mean that His Majesty was already very ill and was about to die? Why do you look so healthy now!
Chen Jue went in with a smile on his face and looked at the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother is not resting in Shoukang Palace. What are you doing here? She has summoned so many courtiers here."
Not even the false queen mother.
"You came just in time. The Ai family is entrusted by hundreds of officials today - to depose the emperor." The Queen Mother spoke with righteousness.
"Oh? Are you going to destroy me?" Chen Jue raised his eyebrows and inspected for a week.
Sensing His Majesty's gaze, everyone hurriedly knelt down and lowered their heads, hoping that these two would not drag them into it.
If His Majesty had not come back, it would have been better for the deposed prince to ascend the throne, but now that he is back——
This emperor is not easy to talk to! They don't dare!
The Queen Mother's face became cold, "You have been on the throne for more than two years, and you have not accomplished anything, and you have not made any contribution to the people of Chen State. You are in vain to be a monarch!"
"Emperor, you write the edict of abdication yourself, and the Aijia will let you continue to be your Xiaoyao Prince." The Queen Mother said something that made the courtiers think it was very reasonable.
"Abdication decree? Who does the Queen Mother want me to pass on to the throne?"
"Of course he is your second emperor brother."
The Queen Mother said: "He is the prince. If you had not usurped the throne, this position would have been his now."
"Deposed Prince?" Chen Jue glanced at the young man behind the Queen Mother with cold eyes, and suddenly said softly, "Dream!"
"What are you talking about!" the Queen Mother was furious, "Your second emperor's brother was personally appointed the crown prince by the late emperor. He was doing it for orthodoxy, but you are doing it to usurp the throne. You have the face to sit in this position!"
Chen Jue glanced at the young man behind the Queen Mother with disgust in his eyes, as if saying, "Just him?"
"Orthodox?" Chen Jue laughed, feeling that these words were ridiculous.
"He's just a prince."
He said: "Speaking of orthodoxy, I am the eldest son of the late emperor. According to Zhou etiquette, it is more orthodox for me to sit in this position. Liu Xun, am I right?"
Liu Xun felt painful when his name was suddenly called. What do you call me for?
But Liu Xun didn't dare not to reply, so he said: "Return to your Majesty, you are right!"
Your Majesty is indeed right.
According to the Zhou rites, "It is more important to establish a legitimate son based on elders than virtue, and to establish a son based on noble status rather than seniority." It is more orthodox for His Majesty to be the eldest son.
Although the deposed prince is the prince, he does not occupy the elder position, while His Majesty does occupy the elder position and the direct descendant.
This was also the case when His Majesty ascended the throne, and none of them objected.
In addition to the support of the Langya Wang family, the first family, the more important thing is that His Majesty is the eldest son of the late emperor.
"you!"
The Queen Mother laughed angrily, "It's very good, it's very good, it's really good! You are so unfilial, the Ai family really regrets not strangling you to death immediately!"
Seeing the emperor who insisted on going against her, the Queen Mother really regretted not strangling him to death!
If he had died, how could this scene be happening now?
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more she regretted it. She looked at Chen Jue with a look that wanted to poach him alive.
Chen Jue looked at the Queen Mother completely still, with a slight smile on his face, obviously not angry at these words.
Chen Jue was indeed lifeless.
Because it's not necessary.
But if the original person were standing here, he would definitely go crazy again.
"I really want to thank the Queen Mother for her mercy back then, otherwise I wouldn't be alive today. Speaking of which, I still have to thank the Queen Mother."
Chen Jue chuckled, glanced at the young man behind the Queen Mother, and spoke sarcastically, "With such a timid look, the Queen Mother still wants you to sit on the throne of God? I'm afraid the Queen Mother wants to imitate the Han Dynasty and listen to politics behind the curtain!"
It was probably because Chen Jue told the Queen Mother her true thoughts. The Queen Mother looked ugly, but she still refused to admit it, "Nonsense!"
"The Ai family is here for the sake of the Chen Kingdom. We cannot bear to be harmed by you, a king who is ignorant and careless about government."
The Queen Mother looked at everyone and swept her eyes gloomily at them.
She said: "The emperor has no virtue, how can he rule the world? Today the Ai family will exercise the power left to me by the late emperor and use the late emperor's edict to depose the new emperor."
"This... the late emperor's edict?!" The officials present looked at each other at a loss.
Did the late emperor leave a legacy?
Well... the ministers looked at His Majesty and then at the Queen Mother.
If the Queen Mother issued a posthumous edict to depose the emperor, even if His Majesty is the eldest son who inherited it, then it seems that he would have to be deposed?
As soon as they saw the edict, many ministers began to move towards the Queen Mother.
I think what the Queen Mother said is very reasonable. Her Majesty has been very crazy in the three years since he took the throne.
Especially since he went crazy half a year ago, even the Xie family and Jiang family in Yingchuan did not escape and were exterminated.
They are just some small families, not as good as the Xie family and the Jiang family. It would be good if someone from their family can control the throne of God.
In this way, they don't have to walk on thin ice every day, fearing that His Majesty will be in a bad mood that day and be punished by him.
The more someone thinks about it, the more feasible it becomes.
What's more, this is the late emperor's last edict to depose His Majesty, not them.
They were just following the late emperor's edict.
Judging from their reactions, the Queen Mother was in a very good mood.
If I had known that it would be so easy for these ministers to compromise after taking out the imperial edict, I should have taken it out immediately!
"Emperor, don't blame your mother for not saving face for you. The Ai family originally wanted you to abdicate voluntarily, but you refused to listen. The Ai family had no choice but to come up with the late emperor's edict."
