The next day, there was a fire in the palace and the news spread like wildfire that the prince was burned alive.
The whole capital was shocked!
This is the imperial palace! The one who died was the son of King Southwest! You must know that King Southwest and other vassal kings have already entered the capital!
The King of Southwest was also the vassal king that the emperor was most afraid of. His military strength and scope of influence forced the court to weigh the importance of this matter!
And now, the son of the Southwest King died tragically in the palace in this way!
Anyone with a brain doesn't know that the crown prince of the Southwest Prince is being held in the palace to serve as a pawn for the court and to restrain the Southwest Prince!
Now that the chess piece is gone, what will happen to the Southwest King? What will happen to the court?
People were panicked for a moment, especially the courtiers who had witnessed everything at the palace banquet last night. They all prepared for the worst, and packed away the gold and silver in their homes. Even the people in the capital were extremely worried.
Those who are pessimistic are ready to sell their homes and leave Beijing as soon as possible to join their relatives.
Who knows what will happen?
All we can do is try our best to survive.
Naturally, the emperor did not forget to keep up appearances. After being "furious", he demanded a thorough investigation. At the same time, the princes and the prince who had the palace burned down had to move out of the palace.
It is not that there are no other palaces in the palace, but apart from the main halls for various offices, the rest of the residences in the palace are basically the emperor's harem. That is, the residence of the concubines. The emperor will not allow the prince and concubine to mix. He also
Beware of the harem interfering in politics.
Therefore, the prince and other princes moved overnight to the residence outside the palace, which was the area where ministers such as the Jiang family lived, which was still very close to the palace.
The King of Southwest also made a statement, asking the emperor to give an explanation and to give his son Yu Wenyan a generous burial.
At this juncture, the emperor did not want to show weakness to the Southwest King but had to show weakness. He had no choice but to do so. He was in the wrong for this matter. If he could not come up with a way to convince the vassal king, not only the Southwest King would rebel, but the other vassal kings would also not give him any advice.
Have a good life.
The emperor had a headache and paced repeatedly in the court. He felt that his habit of being anxious and anxious was about to happen again!
In the morning court on this day, not only the emperor was upset, but also the ministers did not dare to show their anger at all.
"Are you mute!? Let me give you a way!"
All the courtiers were speechless.
The emperor's eyes widened: "Zuo Cheng! Tell me!"
Zuo Cheng Liu Ruyi, who was named, stood up. After careful consideration, he still risked being sprayed to death by the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty... it is the New Year, the general's troops are still in the northwest, and the twelfth lunar month of winter is the time for barbarian plunder.
When it is rampant...at this time, I am afraid, I am afraid that the court will not tolerate change."
As expected, the emperor cursed loudly, "Then you mean to ask me to bow to him!"
Liu Ruyi made a trembling look, "Your Majesty, this is not about bowing your head! This is for the country, the country, and the people, Your Majesty!"
He knelt down deeply, and the emperor was so angry that he could do nothing even though he gritted his teeth.
Because no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, he knew rationally that what Liu Ruyi said was right.
The emperor looked at You Cheng Jiang Qi. Jiang Qi took a step forward and said just a few words: "Your Majesty, a small impatience can mess up a big plan."
Jiang Qi had always hidden the real Yu Wenyan, so he did not dare to say more. At present, it is estimated that the Southwest King does not know that his son is still alive, so Jiang Qi can only temporarily persuade the emperor to be patient and prevent the conflict from getting heated.
The emperor trusted the Jiang family after all, especially since this matter was also the court's fault.
He couldn't blame the Jiang family.
What's more, the court is now surrounded by crises. If the emperor really wants to be trusted, there are not many people who can be used. The Jiang family is one, and the emperor may not be willing to listen to what Jiang Qi says.
He sat on the dragon chair, clenched and unclenched his hands, thought for a long time, and finally said: "... bury Yu Wenyan, the crown prince of the Southwest Prince, with lavish burial, and bury him with... the prince's funeral rites!"
The imperial court had a strict status system, and there were different etiquettes for different levels of hierarchy.
For example, when it comes to funerals, the standards for a prince's funeral are much higher than those for a minor prince.
By doing this, the emperor basically made a big concession.
Liu Ruyi trembled and said: "Your Majesty...Rong Chen said that the Southwest King is so ambitious that I am afraid that this will be difficult to convince the public. In this case, Your Majesty might as well go to the end, and when the matter is over, send the Southwest King back to the Southwest, and then dispatch
Beauty, the Southwest King is young and powerful, so he won’t have to worry about having no heirs... By then the grievances between the court and the vassal king may be resolved..."
The emperor endured and endured but still couldn't help being angry: "It's so unreasonable! It's so unreasonable! What I, the king, did was really cowardly!"
This was the first time that the emperor spoke so carelessly.
All civil and military officials in the imperial court knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down——"
The emperor looked at the heads of the civil and military officials and felt dizzy with anger.
"Your Majesty..." the little father-in-law who was standing next to him said worriedly, "Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body..."
The emperor finally sat on the dragon throne, panting heavily, and his eyeballs were bloodshot.
He was just too angry to do anything, but he still knew in his heart that the courtiers were right.
Now he had to retreat and feed the Southwest King's ambition.
Otherwise it would be impossible to conclude at this time.
He slowly said: "...Xu Huairou, the three places of Juzhuang and Guifeng will be the fiefdoms of the Southwest King, and he will be given ten beauties and ten thousand taels of gold."
After saying this, the whole court was silent.
The emperor slowly closed his eyes and said, "Retreat!"
He got up angrily and threw away his sleeves and left. The father-in-law, who was stunned for a moment, also sang: "Retreat from the court!——"
"Congratulations to your Majesty!" the courtiers responded one after another.
Although the emperor was angry, the courtiers were relieved.
Your Majesty's willingness to make concessions is already more than half of the solution to the dispute.
What's more, even the three cities have been allocated to the Southwest King. As the vassal king, the Southwest King's sphere of influence is even larger.
There are also beauties and thousands of taels of gold... It would be even better if these beauties could give birth to the southwest king's children early.
Next, we will wait for the emperor's imperial edict to be delivered to the Southwest King to see how the Southwest King reacts.
However, no matter how the king of Southwest reacted, the emperor's attitude was sufficient. People in the world could see it, which reassured the hearts of the people of the world and even more soothed the hearts of the feudal kings.
Soon, news of the disbandment of the dynasty spread throughout the capital.
Within two hours, the emperor's imperial edict was also issued and delivered directly to the Southwest King in the post station.
At this moment, Southwest Wang Yuwenjing was not as sad as the outside world imagined, let alone the pain of losing his son that he showed in front of the fire last night.
He looked at the bright yellow edict and curled his lips: "Go and tell the emperor that I have a hidden illness."
His confidant Zuo Dharma Protector Peng Pi was shocked, even though he knew their king was crazy...
But but but... hidden diseases or something...
Can this kind of thing be told to the world?
Their king was driven crazy by the death of his crown prince!
"Go quickly!"
"Yes Yes!"
Pengpi left immediately.
Soon, the emperor was so angry that he turned green when he learned that the king of Southwest had said, "This king has a hidden illness"!
The people in the capital who were paying attention to the aftermath of this incident were even more dumbfounded: What? The Southwest King actually has a hidden disease!
Then I suddenly thought, no wonder the King of Southwest is so handsome and powerful, and he only has this one son...
The King of Southwest will not give up until His Majesty is stripped of his skin this time...