Early on the next morning, Emperor Qi's desk was full of news about changing the throne.
Emperor Qi was really in low spirits, so he personally ordered the fourth prince Xie Yang to read the excerpts.
Xie Yang opened several books, and they were all suggested by his officials to Emperor Qi to make him the crown prince instead.
The large number made him vaguely feel that he had great hope in this battle for the heir.
But as he read more and more excerpts, his face became paler.
After reading all the excerpts, he was almost suppressing the anger in his heart.
Compared to Xie Yang, whose face was almost filled with anger, Xie Xun acted extremely calm.
He and Qin Rushuang had already anticipated the contents of these excerpts. As early as last night, they had already secretly taken stock of the officials the Central Committee of the DPRK recommended to appoint him. Although the number was not as high as Xie Yang's, but...
Xie Xun's eyes darkened. This was not the time to win with numbers.
Emperor Qi blinked, not knowing whether he had heard it or not. After Xie Yang finished reading all the excerpts, he said slowly, "Changing the establishment of the crown prince is a major event. I have put all the excerpts here for me to think about it."
That means there will be no answer today.
After hearing the news, Xie Yang felt relieved for some reason.
After today's court meeting ended, he and Xiao Shan immediately returned to their palace.
After sending away all the idle people in the palace, Xie Yang finally couldn't help the anger in his heart. He slammed the tea cup in his hand, his chest heaving violently with anger.
Xiao Shan was much calmer than Xie Yang. Although his expression was bad, he still frowned and scolded, "What's the use of smashing these things now?"
"Grandpa, can you still sit still? Anyway, the child can't sit still! I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang have really done a good job of hiding it all these years!"
The reason why Xie Yang said this was because he personally read the memorial for Emperor Qi today.
Among those memorials, the number of memorials calling for him to be crown prince was slightly more than 10% more than those calling for Xie Xun to be crowned crown prince.
But he never expected that those first- and second-grade officials who usually kept silent and did not express their opinions would actually show their support for Xie Xun in their papers!
Those old guys are usually very slippery. No matter how he shows his kindness, the answers he gives are always ambiguous.
But now when it came time to appoint the crown prince, he turned against him temporarily and everyone supported Xie Xun!
Xie Yang couldn't bear it and roared, "Grandpa, look at these old guys! And this one looks like Yang Jingxian! I thought he was neutral, but I didn't expect that he had been in cahoots with Xie Xun a long time ago, and these! These!
"
He has a list of officials in the DPRK in his hand, and those he refers to are first- and second-grade officials who hold real power in the DPRK.
Xiao Shan's face turned pale and he said, "This is what I didn't expect. I thought these people would remain neutral. As long as they don't interfere, we will definitely win. But these people are bigger than those sesame seeds we have."
A junior official is much more useful..."
Hearing this, Xie Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Also, when I was reading the book today, I have been observing my father's face. He was not surprised by this result. Thinking about it, he had already expected it in his heart. Only we! Only us.
We are being kept in the dark!”
Xiao Shan took a deep breath and said to Xie Yang, "Don't worry, I'm actually not surprised that there will be such a result. If it weren't for this, how could Xie Xun, a reckless man, have fought with you until now? There must be something wrong with him.
We have the trump card in our hands, but the trump card is more numerous than we imagined and the weight is too heavy."
"Grandpa, what should we do? Although the number of people supporting Xie Xun is small, they all hold great power. If this continues, the situation will not be good for us! Moreover, these individuals have been assisting my father since he came to power.
, my father is very willing to listen to what they have to say!"
Xiao Shan frowned and pondered for a while, then said to Xie Yang, "Don't worry, I'll go back to my house and think of a solution."
"By the way," Xiao Shan asked in a paused voice, "How is your relationship with the princess lately?"
Xie Yang was stunned for a moment by this meaningless question, and then stammered in reply: "Grandpa, why did you suddenly ask that woman? She and I...since her child was gone, she never gave it to me.
What a nice face, but I have never blamed her, but I only go to her less often."
Xiao Shan frowned, "Nonsense!"
"Don't you still understand why I tried so hard to get Mr. Lin Ge's daughter for you?"
Xie Yang really didn't understand. He said to Xiao Shan: "Didn't grandpa just value Lin Ge's family tradition and good reputation? But Mr. Lin Ge is no longer in court, how much deterrence can his words have?"
Xiao Shan was so angry that he almost fainted and shouted: "Confused! Confused!"
"Did you know that since the old master left, when Your Majesty was in his prime, Lin Ge and the elders of the two dynasties had a half-master friendship with Your Majesty! In the battle for the throne, something happened even more
A lot of strength! Your Majesty respects him very much. Although he does not discuss matters in the court, his words always outshine those of others!"
"I have advised you before Mrs. Lin had a miscarriage, to be nicer to Mrs. Lin in the future! You have turned a deaf ear to my words!"
Xie Yang really realized the seriousness of the matter now, and immediately said: "Grandpa, don't be angry first, isn't she just a woman? In this way, I will go to coax her immediately today! I will treat the woman in the back house
Everyone has been temporarily dismissed! She is the only one left in the palace!"
Xiao Shan sighed and said: "It's too late, everything is already too late, because of the aborted child, the relationship between you can no longer go back to the past."
Xiao Shan looked at his grandson helplessly. No matter how unsuccessful his grandson was, he was the only one he supported.
He thought for a while and had no choice but to say to Xie Yang, "In the memorial you read today, there shouldn't be any expressions from Mr. Lin Ge, his disciples, or anyone in his family who is an official in the court, right?"
Xie Yang quickly shook his head, "No, no."
Xiao Shan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's okay. As long as he doesn't express his support for Xie Xun, although he won't take the initiative to support you, he has chosen neutrality after all."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Shan seemed to have remembered something, and then continued: "Qin Rushuang had some interactions with your princess because of the child. You should be careful these days and don't let these two women have contact in private again.
Already."
Xie Yang nodded quickly, "I know Grandpa."
However, Xie Yang never paid attention to Mr. Lin from beginning to end.
After Mrs. Lin showed her indifference to Xie Yang, he also allowed Mrs. Lin to go away from him.
Not only did he not coax her, he also didn't pay attention to her movements.
Therefore, Xie Yang had no idea that when he was unaware, Lin and Qin Rushuang had been exchanging letters, and their relationship was very close.
