Zhong Licheng's questioning choked all Xu Mingyi's plans back into his stomach. He came today to meet Zhong Licheng under Nianwang's matchmaking. From the information he had investigated, Xu Mingyi knew that Zhong Licheng had cultivated a large group of forces.
Nianwang planned with him, first followed Zhong Licheng's name to gather the group of Yuanzhou veterans, and then directly replaced Zhong Licheng's position when planning for the throne. Win or lose, but that's it.
Only now that Zhong Licheng had made his ambition so straightforward, he paused temporarily. Xu Mingyi frowned, looked at Zhong Licheng and said, "What do you mean by this, Prince?"
Zhong Licheng laughed and said, "I invited your lord to come over today because I want to discuss important matters with your lord. I sincerely join hands with your lord, so I will say it straight to the point."
"August 15th is the day of a major event. To be honest with you, I don't have much time, but I am a dying person. But for the sake of my ancestors, I can only do my best. I sincerely hope that you will help me. I just want to be able to recapture my country of Chu. After the matter is completed, it is almost time for me to go back." Zhong Licheng threw out the biggest hidden danger in himself, and said to Xu Mingyi half-truth.
"Sir, this is..." Xu Mingyi didn't hide his surprise, Zhong Licheng's words really made him unable to understand.
Zhong Licheng said frankly: "I was poisoned by poison in my body before, and there is no cure for medicine and stone, and there is still a spring and autumn, and I will return to my soul. This time, I will tell you the truth, I just hope that you can also treat me sincerely and help me win the throne. After that, when I return to the state of Chu, I will sit in the place of your lord and give away my country and mountains of Zhongli's home."
"This… "
It's too unreasonable for Zhong Licheng to do things. Since he won't live long, why should he work hard to win this country? But in this world, many people do things based on their own will, and there are so many reasons for it to be said.
It is the will of the King of Zhongzhou to sit firmly in Zhong Li's home. Since Zhong Licheng has chosen to inherit this, he will hope to do it himself no matter what.
Even if it were to die, the Chu State would also die by their hands.
Zhong Licheng ignored Xu Mingyi's confusion, just picked up a box in his hand, put it in front of Xu Mingyi, opened it slowly, and said to Xu Mingyi, "This is the royal seal of Zhongli's royal family, and I write it for your lord. The next edict of Zen, I just ask the adults to help me as much as possible!"
He opened the box, and a corundum-based jade seal was lying in the red satin. Xu Mingyi's pupils shrank, and he lost his voice: "Isn't the Chuan Guo Jade Seal in His Majesty's hands?"
"That's fake, the one that Emperor Zhao gave to the Empress is fake." Zhong Licheng said slowly: "I have something to tell the adults, Emperor Zhao was already poisoned before his death, and the poison was given by the Empress. "
"I have been lurking in Yuanzhou for many years, and I am very clear about this matter. Only before the death of Emperor Zhao, he was kept in the dark and passed the jade seal to the queen." Zhong Licheng continued, "I don't want the jade seal of the Zhongli royal family to fall. In the hands of such a poisonous woman, at that time, she suffered from the betrayal of the Li family, and there was no help to restore Chu State, so she had to order someone to exchange the jade seal in the Queen's hand."
"If your lord doesn't believe me, I will verify it for your lord." Zhong Licheng said this, and put his hand on the jade seal. In an instant, the dazzling light lit up, so hard that people could not open their eyes.
Xu Mingyi half-squinted, looked at Zhong Licheng's bright jade seal, and listened to him say: "When Emperor Gaozu made this jade seal, he ordered the then Da Si to order the ninth-level witchcraft, and the descendants of my Zhong Li family will know it. Master Xu must have heard of this allusion.”
Seeing this light, Xu Mingyi already believed it by seven or eight points. Of course, no matter whether the Chuan Guoyu Seal is real or not, it can't stop Xu Mingyi's ambition. He didn't care about Zhong Licheng's Zen position, because in his plan, it was him, not Zhong Licheng, who replaced Xuan Jingchen.
Now that Zhong Licheng has shown his sincerity, although Xu Mingyi was a little surprised by such sincerity, it can provide him with a lot of convenience in his later actions.
So Xu Mingyi handed over his hands and said to Zhong Licheng, "Since I have come to look for the prince, I must be ready to do my best for the prince. I am an old minister of the state of Chu and a servant of the king of Zhongzhou, and for the sake of the state of Chu, I must do my best. All out."
Only then did Zhong Licheng nodded, put away the box, and began to discuss the follow-up with Xu Mingyi.
The short-lived Zhong Licheng lured Xu Mingyi as an emperor to help him win the emperor. Xu Mingyi, who also had ulterior motives, was also using Zhong Licheng to ascend to the supreme emperor.
They all wanted to be emperors, for whatever reason. Little did they know that Nianwang, who was trying to match them up, regarded them as poor little fish in the fishing net.
On this day, all parts of Kyushu were playing the role of generals killing the king, as if deliberately, they pushed the group of people in front of the officials, clearly showing their ulterior motives.
The officials stopped such a smeared theatrical performance in the first place, but they never thought it would be exactly what the group of people wanted.
Many people are waiting for the arrival of autumn, and the same is true of Nianwang. He is waiting for the autumn of his final harvest, and the autumn of the leaves falling.
All the people in Xinghualou who acted in this play were arrested by Yang Yuting's Jin Paowei and brought to Yuanzhou Mansion. Because of the last sentence that the female general said, the Prince of Destiny, Le Zhengying, who has always been keen, thought of more .
Xuan Jingchen's approval came before he married Zhong Lishuo. At that time, no one knew about it except for those who supervise Tiansi. Later, the emperor became seriously ill, and rumors spread in the court, and some people mentioned Xuan Jingchen's order.
It is these four characters, the ruler of the destiny, that made Xuan Jingchen the target of public criticism and was forced to hand over the military talisman. If it weren't for the prince's maintenance and trust in her, I'm afraid that Xuan Jingchen would have been killed by the emperor's edict.
It is also thanks to the fact that the Emperor Thorn was seriously ill, and that there were too many people who had ulterior motives and were stabbed to death before, and the prince finally ascended the throne. Otherwise, today, where would there be the queen who ruled the Qing Kingdom.
Although Emperor Zhao was not very good at political affairs, the trust given to people was what many courtiers looked forward to. He asked himself, Le Zhengying still had a good impression of a king like Emperor Zhao. Only this monarch was so proud that he left so early.
Le Zhengying also felt regretful when he thought of this. But more than that, I was hooked by the information revealed behind the play.
Those who knew the order of the Prince of Mandate back then were nothing but the nobles of Yuanzhou City. Today, there are only a handful of nobles who have the strength to do something in Yuanzhou.
In the period when Kyushu rumored that Emperor Zhao was good, such a play was released, slandering Emperor Qing and murdering Emperor Zhao, and the evil intentions were terrifying. Le Zhengying thought about it for a while, and prepared to ask your Majesty in private tomorrow to explain the matter to her. But he never thought that when he returned home, he met Zhong Lishuo and Prince Su He, and saw the same scene again.
After Zhong Lishuo explained to Le Zhengying what happened today, Le Zhengying frowned and said to her, "The play you saw today, I also saw a similar one in Xinghualou."
"To slander Your Majesty and harm Emperor Zhao, this is really too rude. I will report to His Majesty tomorrow, and I will definitely investigate this matter."
On this day, because of these incidents on the road, when Zhong Lishuo was about to bring Su He back to the palace, the sky was already dark.
The Marquis of Zhenbei wanted to keep Zhong Lishuo as night fell, but because of Su He's special status, he had to send someone to send the two of them back to the palace.
After Zhong Lishuo left, Zhenbei Houcai sighed and said to Le Zhengying, "A Su has grown up a lot in the year since he woke up. He is smart and smart, because his father wants to ask the son of the prince for her. bit, what do you think?"
Le Zhengying was also deeply moved by Zhong Lishuo's sharpness today. When she listened to Zhong Lishuo's statement, she thought that this child might also be able to adapt to officialdom. Now that she heard that her father wanted to hand over the Hou Mansion to her, she nodded and said, "Father has considered it very well, he is going to make some plans for Ah Su."
No matter if you enter the officialdom or do anything else, the status of the prince of the Hou family is always more noble than the status of the prince of the Hou family.
Zhong Lishuo didn't think about it that much, but in the future, when the supervisor Tiansi wanted to choose someone to marry with the queen, she, the prince of the Houfu, just happened to be recommended by the Minister of Rites. Of course, these are all for later.
When I got off the carriage from the palace gate, it was completely dark. In the dark night, Zhong Lishuo led Su He to the palace. Su He and Zhong Lishuo, who were very curious about everything, each carried a lamp and walked through the long corridor. Su He stepped on the bluestone slab, looked at the shaking lights, and said to Zhong Lishuo, "Asu, are you angry today?"
"Huh?" Zhong Lishuo looked down at Su He, not knowing why.
"Today, when you asked me if I could let Lan Dan arrest people, were you angry?" Su He raised his head, looked at Zhong Lishuo and said, "Why are you angry, because the general in that play killed the emperor?"
Zhong Lishuo did not deny it, turned a corner, and said to Su He, "It's not right for them to act like this."
How could the queen harm her? She is such a loyal and loyal person. If she harmed her for the throne, she could have won the throne as early as the death of the emperor, so why bother.
Zhong Lishuo felt very angry to be smeared so flatly about the matter between her and the queen. Angry, but no one can tell.
Su He nodded and said, "Is that general Qing Huang?"
"Well." Zhong Lishuo nodded and said, "Yes, it's her."
"What about the emperor? Her wife? I heard that Emperor Qing was the Empress of Emperor Zhao of Chu, so that emperor is Emperor Zhao, right?" Su He asked again, and continued: "They played Emperor Qing who killed Emperor Zhao? "
Zhong Lishuo's footsteps stopped, she stopped, and squatted in front of Su He: "That's not true, they are acting randomly. Your Majesty is a wise man, how could he harm Emperor Zhao?"
"Anyone can harm Emperor Zhao, but she won't, because Emperor Zhao is her monarch and her wife." Zhong Li Shuo looked at Su He and said word by word.
There were footsteps coming from behind, Su He shook his hand, and the lantern he was carrying rolled to the ground. The fire was bright, and Su He's eyes fell on the front, showing a bit of helplessness. Zhong Lishuo frowned, turned his head to look behind him, and met the eyes of the person who came.
Those eyes gleamed coldly in the dark night. The majestic king walked step by step from the darkness, walked into Zhong Lishuo in the firelight, and asked coldly, "What did you say to harm Emperor Zhao?"
That face was what Zhong Lishuo thought about day and night. But Zhong Lishuo had never seen the cold light in his eyes.