Establishing a Crown Prince

In the twenty-first year of Hongzhi, on the fourth day of August, the tenth prince was full moon.

The emperor suddenly issued an edict to appoint him as the crown prince and assume the throne in the East Palace.

In the court hall, all the officials looked at each other, and suddenly someone knelt down to dissuade him.

"Your Majesty, please think again. The tenth prince is just a child who has just turned one month old. He is neither a direct descendant nor an elder, and his character cannot be considered. He really cannot convince the public. For fear of causing disaster, please think again, Your Majesty."

The speaker was Wang Qishi, the old queen's father, Wangge Lao.

The Wang family has been established for hundreds of years, and Mr. Wangge is a veteran of two dynasties. He has deep qualifications and is more or less looked after by the civil and military ministers in the dynasty.

It is so deep-rooted that even the old emperor cannot easily shake it.

Most of the time we can only turn a blind eye and try to keep everyone in peace.

Now he stood up to object, as the old emperor had expected.

"What? Wang Aiqing has any objections?"

The old man from Wangge darkened his face and took a step forward without being humble or arrogant.

"The veteran indeed has something to say."

He repeated the meaning of the sentence just now in a simple and profound way, and finally stamped his feet sadly.

"How will the second prince deal with himself? How will the prince who was born by the empress deal with himself?"

It is true that the legitimate prince died in infancy, but the two legitimate princes did not even get the slightest hint of the East Palace until their death. How could the tenth prince, the son of a mere musician, be full moon and occupy the East Palace?

I'm afraid that the little evil barrier hasn't finished the meconia yet, right?

The old emperor laughed heartily.

"Isn't the second prince also a bastard? My legitimate prince has also died many years ago. Is Aiqing an old fool?"

Mr. Wangge happens to be seventy-nine this year, and seventy years is rare in life.

But he was in good spirits. Apart from his gray beard and hair, his eyes were still full of energy. He went to the Yamen Mansion every day without delay.

"Old minister, of course he is not confused."

"The emperor is probably the one who is confused, right? If the emperor acts like this, the two legitimate princes may not be at peace in heaven."

"Presumptuous!", the old emperor was furious.

"Wang Qishi, you dare to talk nonsense just because of the late emperor's love. Believe it or not, I will chop off your head today."

"The emperor is the king of a country. If you want your ministers to die, they will not dare to die. But I still want to say that the emperor's move has really chilled the hearts of the other princes, and something big is going to happen."

"No need to say anymore"

The old emperor turned away in disgust.

He stood up, his huge belly almost bursting the dragon robe.

"I have made up my mind, anyone who dares to say a word again will be punished as treason."

The emperor waved his sleeves and walked away, but Liufu and his men quickly shouted to retreat and chased after him.

The Jinluan Hall suddenly lost its owner, and everyone exploded.

"Absurd, really absurd"

"The emperor actually wanted to make a one-month-old baby the crown prince. What happened to our Dasheng Dynasty?"

"Mr. Liu Ge, don't say nonsense. You should be more careful." Another adult shook his head and sighed.

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief, filled with resentment, and did not dare to speak. They only communicated secretly with their eyes for a while, then left with their heads hanging down and a sigh.

Liufu's disciple saw that everyone in Jinluan Palace had left, so he hurriedly went over to report to his master.

Who would have thought that something would happen in just a moment.

Mr. Liu Geben also left.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he turned back, crying to see the late emperor. After only two or three shouts, he hit a pillar and died.

The crimson brain dyed the ground red, and the skinny body was like a broken old locust tree. It fell to the ground and never got up. The crimson blood snaked along the cracks of the bricks, like a desperate snake.

Following the sound of the knocking pillar, there were screams from the palace maids and eunuchs.

The Taihe Hall was in chaos.

——

"Your Majesty, something happened"

Liufu trembled and went to the imperial study room to report.

At that time, the old emperor was thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and ancestor worship ceremony in August.

The ceremony must be grand, the banquet must be grand, there must be singing, dancing, silk and bamboo orchestral music. In a peaceful and prosperous age, what he wants is the enjoyment of gold and jade.

In fact, the stacks on his left and right were full of disaster reports from various places.

Heavy rains occurred in Sichuan, and fertile fields were flooded, and the harvest was less than 30% of previous years.

Qiantang in the south of the Yangtze River flooded, and the surrounding mulberry fields were also flooded. Silkworm farmers almost lost their harvest. This year's weaving bureau may not even be able to weave decent brocades.

There is a severe drought in Mobei and banditry in Liaodong.

The Dasheng Dynasty was so vast that the emperor could only understand his empire through a thin piece of paper.

Naturally, he couldn't empathize with it. The capital was obviously doing well, so how could the people suffer.

"If you keep yelling, I will kill your dog!" The old emperor was extremely impatient.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Liu Ge hit a pillar and died. Blood flowed all over the floor. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is in chaos."

"What?"

First surprised, then disgusted, the emperor's expression did not hide it at all.

"If he wants to die, let him die. I don't care."

Liufu was at a loss and was about to retreat when he was stopped by the old emperor.

"Seal the news and say that he is seriously ill and stay in the palace for treatment, so that his family can calm down and all the people who witnessed it in the Hall of Supreme Harmony are locked up first."

Luk Fu's calves were trembling.

"yes"

After everyone left, the old emperor slumped in his chair, and then he started to get scared.

He tremblingly took out the imperial edict he had prepared, looked at it left and right, wanted to tear it up, then let go, and finally put it down and flattened it.

He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, finally made up his mind, picked up the jade seal and covered it.

Once the jade seal is sealed, the imperial edict becomes effective.

This means that he officially made a baby who was just one month old a prince.

"call"

The old emperor laughed, and every muscle and bone in his body relaxed.

——

It took the old emperor seven whole days to suppress the matter.

When everything was finally calm in the palace, Xie Chenyu entered the palace disguised as a good son.

"Father, go to the study and repair it."

"It took two months to complete the repair, and it was finally completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival. All the beams and columns were replaced."

The old emperor was in no mood and glanced at him lightly.

"Okay, please step back first."

Xie Chenyu stood still.

The old emperor seemed to realize something and smiled.

"Well done, I should reward you. What do you want?"

Xie Chenyu expressed his gratitude respectfully. After much thought, he said that he liked the Jiaowei Guqin in Tongyin Hall.

"My son has got a few volumes of ancient music scores. He wants to try playing them to see if he can restore them. I ask my father to help me."

"take it"

The old emperor waved his hand carelessly.

Xie Chenyu burst into tears of gratitude, knelt down and kowtowed nine times, stood up with a smile on his face like a child, couldn't wait to find the piano, and shouted that his father would not regret it.

The old emperor smiled bitterly.

"The sixth child never grows up, and his temperament is quite similar to that of his mother and concubine."

Bai's appearance has been blurred, and the only thing that impressed her was her crystal-like temperament.
To be continued...