Be a master through ancient times

Recently, a lot of rumors suddenly appeared in the capital. I don't know where it came from, but everyone seemed to say it with certainty, as if they had heard it with their own ears.

"I heard that the Holy Majesty prefers the sixth prince to be the crown prince. Two days ago, he was still praising him in public, saying that he is talented and intelligent, and he will have a lot of promise in the future." One person said in a low voice, with a little pride in his words, because he heard it first-hand. information.

"No, the sixth prince is too young. He obviously wants to make the third prince the crown prince. His Majesty said that he is the most like him among all the princes." Someone immediately refuted him.

"What you said is wrong. The Seventh Prince is the future ruler of the world. His mother and concubine are the imperial concubines. I heard that the emperor loves her the most."

People were arguing endlessly for their own opinions, but the second prince, who had been the most popular candidate for the position of prince, seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden. Once it was mentioned, it would be exposed with other topics.

The rumors became more and more intense, and finally those ministers couldn't sit still.The people from Yushitai took the lead in turning up during the Chang Dynasty, and asked Emperor Tianhe to confirm the candidate for the next prince, so as to block the rumors from outsiders.

The other ministers seconded the proposal, and they also hoped that the prince could be canonized as soon as possible. The reason was that the country had no young master and the people's hearts were in turmoil, which caused rumors to spread everywhere.

Emperor Tianhe looked at the officials below, and said unhurriedly: "You said at the beginning that the establishment of the crown prince was related to the entire country and the country. Since it is a matter of the country and the country, why not discuss it with the people? You are forcing me to establish a crown prince earlier, do you think I will not live long? I have only been on the throne for five years, and you want me to abdicate for the virtuous?"

There was some laughter in these words, but none of the ministers present thought it was funny when they heard it, they all knelt down on the ground with a plop, and all said: "My lord has learned from you, I dare not have such disobedience. "

How dare they admit such cruel words?

In the silence, Emperor Tianhe suddenly laughed out loud: "What are you dear friends doing? I was just joking, so why be so panicked. The matter of establishing a reserve is no small matter, how can it be decided in a few days? ? And please stay safe, dear friends.”

Then, he said a few more words, and the courtiers were silent, and did not dare to make any demands. Soon, Emperor Tianhe announced the disbandment of the court.

After being so frightened by Tian and Di, the courtiers still had weak legs when they walked out of the palace. It is estimated that they dare not mention the matter of establishing a reserve in the near future.

Some sensitive people also sensed something different from Tianhedi's attitude, that is, the Holy Majesty never seemed to have thought of making the second prince the crown prince, even if he had the support of the ministers, it would not help.

Some courtiers who did not wholeheartedly support the second prince, but were tempted because they had no choice at the time.In their opinion, the young prince is naturally better than the second prince.

There are too many people on the side of the second prince, even if they take refuge in the past, they are not as good as those at the beginning, they might as well support the little prince to take the position, that is the real merit of being a dragon!

Those who have such thoughts are generally those who are not firm in their positions, but such people also have their uses.There were more people leaving, and Yu Zhi was not as calm as he was at the beginning.

The main reason for his impatience was that the people around him analyzed the source of those rumors for him.From that person's point of view, there was no reason for it. How could the well-meaning people in the capital suddenly announce the candidates for the reserve position, and they said so confidently that there must be someone behind to fuel the flames.

Regarding the person who contributed to the flames, his subordinates gave several guesses.

One, this is from the people on the side of the First Prince.Because he was on the cusp of the storm during this time, it was not easy for him to come forward to compete with the second prince, so he deliberately muddied the water to make them mess up.After a period of time, after the wind subsided, he came out again to make a profit.

Second, this is a game set up by those who support the other princes.Originally, in the battle for the reserve position, their age was flawed, and there was an elder brother who was the eldest son in front of them, and a second elder brother who had both ability and political integrity and won the hearts of the people. Naturally, they did not dare to take the lead.But now that the first prince is losing power, and the emperor doesn't like the second prince, they are naturally eager to make a move. First, they will probe everyone's opinions, and after everyone accepts, they will start to exert force.

The third is the one they are most afraid of.Rumors can be big or small. If the higher-ups don't allow it, they will definitely not spread, let alone such a vigorous one.That is to say, the spread of this rumor was tacitly approved by the higher-ups, even at his instigation.If he really did this, it meant that he really had no intention of making the second prince the crown prince, and it would be too difficult for them to walk this way!

Just when Yu Zhi was troubled by several conjectures, something went wrong with his subordinates again.Someone beat the Dengwen drum, rolled the nail board, and directly filed a lawsuit in Dali Temple, claiming that King Zhao's subordinates had robbed his family's hot spring village by force, and beat the people in the village, causing two serious injuries and deaths .

As soon as this case came out, the whole court was shocked again, there was such a rampant person under the feet of the emperor.Dali Temple quickly intervened in the investigation and found that the case was indeed the same as that written on the pleadings.Moreover, the hot spring village that was taken away by Zhao Wang's subordinates is in the hands of Zhao Wang's concubine.

This happened too suddenly, before Yu Zhi could react, he was placed as a slave to commit murder, and every servant must be reprimanded by his master, Yu Ji was accused by thousands of people, and he couldn't explain the feeling, he finally understood arrive.

However, Yu Zhi's reaction was quick, and immediately tied up the beloved concubine and servants, and personally went to Dali Temple to apologize to the suffering master.As a prince, he was able to be so reasonable, which saved some of his reputation.

The next day, Emperor Tianhe announced him to the court, severely criticized him, and asked him to temporarily suspend his duties and go back to rectify the palace to avoid such scandals from happening again.Yu Zhi, who was scolded in public, almost couldn't maintain his elegant demeanor, and he couldn't hold it back until the veins in his hands bulged.

Tianhedi's actions undoubtedly gave a signal to those who wavered, and almost instantly, there were fewer people around Yu Zhi.

Such a vigorous action caused quite a stir in the harem.There was less porcelain in Concubine Zhang's room. She cried and scolded the sky and the emperor for being biased. It is clear that Yuji made a bigger mistake, but he never made his face like this. Is it because Zhi'er is crawling in her belly? If you come out, will you be treated like this?

The mother and concubine of the six and seven princes were very surprised. They didn't understand why the two princes were suddenly involved. Since the last time the emperor was furious, they had never seen the two children again, if not for a while Then a letter came out, and they were all worried to death.

As for the empress, whom Emperor Tianhe had sent people to keep an eye on, there was no movement, but the maids discovered that since the rumors began to spread, the empress had never touched the flower vase again.

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At this time, everyone in Zhangzhou Mansion had already known the final result of Yu Yushi's case and Yu Ji's imprisonment.Taifu Wen looked towards the direction of the capital, and bluntly said that the sky was about to change.

Chu Ci also thought the same way. In his opinion, the second prince has already gained an absolute advantage in this battle for succession.If there is no accident, I am afraid that he will succeed in the future.

But the accident came very suddenly. On this day, a secret letter came from the capital, asking Mrs. Wen and Chu Ci to secretly bring the three princes into the capital, and Kou Jing was also asked to accompany them for protection.

Along with this secret letter came an imperial decree, which said that Emperor Tianhe was very optimistic about the new teaching method in Zhangzhou Prefecture, so he asked Chu Ci to go to several neighboring provinces to exchange ideas and see if this method could be spread throughout the Wei Dynasty. .

The decree on the surface is naturally a cover for them to travel in secret, but everyone in the Tixue Division of Zhangzhou Mansion is very excited, happy that they can be named with the Holy One, and some even want to exchange ideas with Chu Ci, Spread the experience.

Chu Ci had no choice but to smile bitterly, and could only refuse them on the grounds of the imperial decree, and also gained a lot of disappointed looks.In fact, he was not willing to do this either. The contents of the secret letter proved that Tianhedi was playing a big game of chess. As an insignificant pawn in it, he didn't know what effect his trip would have.But no matter how he thought about it, he was determined to go this trip, the emperor's order was hard to break, and he couldn't refuse it. Fortunately, he had someone to accompany him all the way, so it wasn't too bad.