Be a master through ancient times

Chapter 494 Prince Candidates



Tianhedi really couldn't wake up, his body kept getting hot repeatedly, even though he opened his teeth and fed a little medicine, it didn't help.

His whole body seemed to be wrapped in a boundless nightmare, his brows were tightly frowned, and his face was full of pain and struggle.

In the past two days, all the royal relatives and relatives have come to see him, hoping that he can wake up early.The ministers also asked a few questions every day when they were at the o'clock, and when they learned that he was still in a coma, everyone was sad and did not dare to show a trace of joy, lest they be caught and impeached.

Gradually, rumors began to spread among the people, and the reaction of the common people was greater than that of the ministers. These days, both Taoist temples and temples are full of people. They sincerely pray that their sage can Get better soon.

Three days later, the important officials in the court began to discuss whether to establish a prince.Once you come to the country, you can't be without a king for a day, even a crown prince can appease the hearts of the people.Second, the situation of the Holy Majesty is not good. Since ancient times, there have been folk sayings that the Holy Majesty will get better once the crown prince is established.

The vast majority of the courtiers agreed. In their opinion, the crown prince should have been established long ago.If the sage had listened to them and appointed the prince earlier, maybe this disaster would not have happened.

Now that the decision has been made and the candidate is ready, someone handed over the paper and asked Guan Taibao to preside over the ceremony of establishing the crown prince.

Logically speaking, among the three lords, the Taishi, Taifu and Taibao should come down in order.But Grand Master Li Ze is old, and has been raised at home since the year before last, and now he can't even get out of bed. The news of Emperor Tianhe's coma is still hidden from him by his family, fearing that he will be agitated and follow the late emperor. go.

Besides, Grand Tutor Wen Bing, this person has been wandering around like a wandering cloud and a wild crane. Except when Emperor Tianhe first came to power, he stayed to assist the government.I don't know if Wen Hai wrote to his father, but even if he knew it, he couldn't come back for a while.

So this important task can only be handed over to Guan Taibao.

Guan Taibao looked rather haggard. Veteran ministers like them, although not too involved in government affairs, respected and loved the Holy Majesty the same as everyone else.

"Since you are willing to trust Guan and entrust me with such an important matter, tomorrow will be held in the early court to establish the crown prince ceremony. Now, please go to the palace with Guan, and ask Zhao Wang to come forward to take over as the crown prince. bit."

A group of courtiers hurried to the palace, and then invited Yu Zhi to come out in front of the Xiuchun Palace.Yu Zhi was dressed in filial piety, although his face looked tired, but he still couldn't hide his demeanor.

He was very surprised at the arrival of the ministers, and after hearing clearly their intentions, Yu Zhi refused with a wry smile.

"Father is sick in bed, mother and concubine were brutally murdered, please forgive Zhi for not being able to take over the crown prince at this time. With all the adults in the Great Wei, it should be able to last until the day when father wakes up." , then turned around and went inside.

The ministers tried to persuade him, but Yu Zhi was very firm, no matter what others said, he would not let go.

At this time, a courtier suddenly said very angrily: "At this time when the Great Wei is in crisis, His Royal Highness King Zhao only cares about the love of children and does not take the country's righteousness into his heart at all. What is the reason?"

Yu Zhi looked guilty and uneasy, and wanted to say something.Seeing that this method worked, those adults immediately put pressure on the righteousness of the country and forced him to take over the crown prince.In the end, Yu Zhi "accepted the order in the face of danger" and promised to go up tomorrow morning and temporarily accept the position of prince.But he also wanted everyone to guarantee that when Emperor Tianhe woke up, the crown prince would be returned immediately, and no matter who he wanted to be the crown prince in the future, he could not mention this time again.

A high-minded speech instantly made these adults surrender.After someone left the palace, he sighed with emotion: "When I saw His Highness Zhao Wang in the past, I still felt that this person had a deep heart, but at this moment, I only know what a real gentleman is."

This statement was immediately affirmed by everyone, no matter whether it was sincere or false, no one raised any objection to the prospective prince.

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"...the emperor's second son Zhao Wang Yuzhi, his character is precious, and it belongs to God's will. I have been entrusted with this important task, and I would like to tell the world, the community, and give it a book of treasures, and make me the empress dowager—"

"No!"

A hasty voice sounded outside the door, and everyone saw that it was Prince Chun who came.When he came to the palace to see the Heaven and the Empress that day, he was emotionally agitated and fell ill when he returned.Because he has been ignoring the government, and now he is sick again, the officials did not bother him.Now that he actually stood up and opposed it, it was going to make everyone think about it.

Yu Zhi's originally smiling expression disappeared instantly, and in the next second, it hung back on his face again.

"My nephew pays respects to the emperor's uncle. Is the emperor's uncle here to help father supervise the court?"

His words were very subtle, and everyone immediately thought of the word "seeking to usurp the throne". Could it be that Prince Chun is also thinking carefully?

Prince Chun didn't look at him, but took the things in his hands and walked up to the high platform step by step, and then lifted up the things covered by his sleeves. Only then did everyone realize that what he was holding in his hands was actually an imperial edict.

Yu Zhi's pupils shrank, and he clenched his hands tightly. He didn't care about the tingling pain caused by his nails poking his palms. He always felt something was wrong.But he comforted himself that there was no possibility for Yu Ji to be in power again, and this imperial decree would not change the result in any way.

"The king has only been ill for two days, are you in a hurry to change the dynasty? No one has informed the king of such a major event. If someone hadn't reminded the king to arrive in time, you would have made a big mistake It's gone!" His cheeks were sunken, his whole body had lost a lot of weight, and he stared at the courtiers in the hall with sharp eyes, seeing them all with a guilty conscience.

It was Guan Taibao who stood up and asked: "Prince Chun has never asked about government affairs, and I heard that you were unwell, so everyone didn't bother you. It is true that everyone did something wrong, but I just want to know. What does it mean to make a big mistake?"

Prince Chun respected Guan Taibao very much.His face turned pale, and he said: "The Taibao must have been deceived by them. Regarding the position of the crown prince, the Holy One has already made a decision."

Guan Taibao hurriedly asked: "Then who is appointed in the holy decree?"

The people below also talked a lot, saying that if it was Yu Ji, then they absolutely disagreed.

Prince Chun snorted coldly, and said: "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient, the imperial decree is in my hands now, please accept it."

All the people below knelt down on the ground and listened carefully to his imperial decree, but as he went down sentence by sentence, everyone's expressions became more and more confused. The imperial decree said that the sixth son of the emperor should be crowned prince. Is this... true?

The sixth son?Someone recalled it, it seemed that he was still a child, how could the Holy Majesty make him the crown prince?Moreover, according to the imperial decree, he asked someone to predict an auspicious time, and the canonization ceremony was scheduled to be held in the ancestral temple on December [-]th, which was nearly ten days away.

"May I ask Prince Chun, when did your majesty give you this imperial decree?" Mr. Zhang got up and asked, seeing that his nephew was about to become the crown prince, an imperial decree appeared out of nowhere, intending to make the eight-year-old child the crown prince. Prince, this is ridiculous!

Prince Chun glanced at him and said, "What does Mr. Zhang mean? Could it be that you question whether the imperial decree in this king's hand is false?"

"Don't dare," he immediately bowed his head and saluted, "it's just that the decree came too strangely, and now the Holy Majesty is unconscious, it's really unbelievable."

"Hmph, is it hard for you to believe it? Who else doubts the authenticity of this edict, stand up together and let me see who wants to rebel while the Holy One is unconscious!" A big hat pressed Come down, everyone was scared to silence immediately, but the more he behaved, the more suspicious he became.

Prince Chun also seemed to know that it is useless to just rely on words, so he called out the left and right two with a cold face, and said: "The Holy One has always relied on you two the most. Presumably you should also be the most familiar with His Majesty's handwriting? I invite you two People come up to see if this decree is true or not!"

When the two ministers on the left and right received the imperial decree, the first thing they entered was the big seal on it.The Holy Majesty's handwriting may be faked, but the Chuan Guo Yuxi cannot be faked. They checked it hastily, and then said: "The imperial decree in Prince Chun's hand is indeed written by the Holy Majesty himself."

The ministers below were a little embarrassed, and they couldn't help complaining about Prince Chun. If you have an imperial decree, you should have brought it out earlier. How could they use this trick?As for the candidate for the crown prince, at this time, even if it's just a baby, it doesn't matter.As long as there are successors to the Great Wei, the hearts of the people will not be turbulent.

But the most embarrassing thing at this moment was Yu Zhi, who stood under the stage, his face flushed red, wishing he could get in through the tunnel.

Just a little bit, just a little bit!Why is God's will so tricky!

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In Kunde Palace and Xuanyi Palace, the Empress and Yu Zhi stood opposite each other, both of them could not hide their frustration.The queen has calculated everything, but she didn't guard against Tianhe Emperor's backhand. If she had known this, she might as well have taken action at the beginning.

"Tell me, what should I do now?" Yu Zhi forced this sentence through his teeth.

The queen's face darkened: "Prince Chun announced the decree in the early court, and now everyone in the court and the public know about it, so what else can we do?"

Yu Zhi's chest heaved violently: "Could it be possible that all these things have been done for nothing? Yu Qiu, it turned out to be Yu Qiu! What is the emperor thinking in his heart? He would rather choose an eight-year-old child than me!" Blaming the queen, why did they have to be replaced at that time, otherwise, with the father's love for her, coupled with his methods, the throne would not be left behind.

But he didn't think about it, if he was the eldest son and performed outstandingly, the forces behind Concubine Zhang would have already attacked him.For so many years, if the queen hadn't made Yu Ji a waste by mistake, those people would have tolerated him long ago.

"Don't care what he thinks, as long as this candidate disappears." If Yuchang Palace can catch fire, other accidents can happen elsewhere.

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That night, the queen sent people to Minghua Palace, but got a shocking news that the three princes were not there at all.

"Impossible! Could it be that he has already guarded against me?" The queen wanted to go to Qianyuan Palace to wake up Tianhe Emperor on the dragon bed, and asked him where he hid those three people.

"Didn't you say it was safe? It's all right now. It will be too late when Yu Qiu becomes the prince in ten days! Maybe the father will wake up too. When he finds out all this, he will definitely not let us go!" Yu Zhi was about to collapse.

"No, wait!" The queen suddenly realized something was wrong, why ten days later?

"Think about it, since your three younger brothers were imprisoned in Yuchang Palace, have you ever seen them? I mean, saw them appear with your own eyes?"

Yu Zhi suppressed the panic in his heart, recalled it for a while, and then said firmly: "I haven't seen them. But, didn't you see them when there was a fire last time?"

The queen shook her head and said: "I saw three people, but I only saw their figures, but I couldn't see their faces clearly, and their voices didn't quite resemble each other!"

Looking back on what Tianhedi has done for so long, it seems that he has been covering up something.The queen suddenly realized that maybe they weren't in the palace after all!In order to deceive people, the Holy One used tricks to make everyone think that they were all there.

This also explains why Tianhedi, who has always been considerate, is so stubborn in this matter that even their own mothers can't even look at them.

"Hahaha! I understand. Is the canonization ceremony to be held in ten days? Then let him do it!"

"Why..."

"Those three younger brothers of yours are not in the capital at all. These ten days should be the time for them to come back. But what if they can't come back?"

Yu Zhi was overjoyed: "The imperial decree will be invalidated naturally! We can only choose someone else!"

"At that time, there will only be you as the prince. I will see what they will say!"

There was a hint of cruelty in the queen's eyes. She had planned for so many years, and she must not let her efforts fall by the wayside!


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