A year and a half ago, when the old emperor was still lying on his sick bed, he recalled King Yu who was on an expedition against the barbarians on the grounds that his condition had worsened.
On his way back to the capital, King Yu encountered an assassination.
Because Emperor Xin did not deliberately spread the news after returning to the capital, not many people knew about it.
And those who know it have only heard a few words and don’t know the details.
Most people only know that barbarians were involved in the pursuit of Emperor Xin at that time. When King Yu was detained in the capital for half a year, the man who was also under house arrest seemed to be the same person who pursued King Yu at that time.
However, King Yu did not make much publicity after his return to the capital, and there was a tacit understanding between the imperial court and the foreign missions in the process of negotiation, so the matter was easily revealed.
However, everyone now knows that the person involved did not keep quiet before because he wanted to settle the matter, but he has waited until now.
And this move is Wang Zha.
At the great court meeting, in front of the current emperor and the civil and military officials, King Yu openly revealed what happened a year and a half ago, obviously preparing to make a big deal out of it.
What shocked all the officials the most was that this matter was actually related to His Highness King Cheng.
The royal family has no family ties. For the sake of the throne, it is not surprising that King Cheng would take action against other princes. In other words, if he is really the good big brother to everyone, it would be strange.
However, it is one thing to scheme against other princes, but it is another thing to collude with barbarians.
To put it more seriously, it is not impossible to accuse King Cheng of treason and collaboration with the enemy.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on him, regardless of whether they were officials of the King's lineage or not.
There was a hint of research and suspicion in his eyes.
When they said that His Highness King Cheng was colluding with the barbarians, their first reaction was nonsense.
But where is this place?
In the Jinluan Palace.
In the Jinluan Palace, in front of the current Holy Emperor, even if His Royal Highness Prince Yu is the fifth son of the emperor and holds heavy troops in northern Xinjiang, if he casually accuses a prince of collaborating with foreign enemies, the outcome will not be much better.
Not to mention that the person being sued is not an ordinary prince, but the eldest prince, His Highness King Cheng.
Precisely because the price of a false accusation is too high, even if officials find it absurd, they dare not draw a conclusion.
Even those officials who supported the establishment of King Cheng as the crown prince dared to come out and refute even if King Yu only accused King Cheng of assassinating him, but when it came to the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason, no one dared to speak freely.
The failure in the fight for the throne is at most a matter of position, but if he is accused of having liaisons with foreigners, it will not only bring discredit to himself, but also to his ancestors.
On the steps, the current Holy Emperor, who was sitting on the golden throne, seemed to be shaken by King Yu's firm words.
He did not rebuke Di Xin anymore, but turned his head slightly to look at King Cheng who was standing in front of all the civil servants.
"Boss, what do you have to say?"
His tone was still calm, and he still couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.
But no one felt that the old emperor was favoring King Yu.
This is the result of the old emperor's feigned anger just now.
When thinking of overthrowing the powerful King Cheng, people should not be aware of the relationship between the old emperor and Emperor Xin. It would be better if the old emperor showed partiality to King Cheng.
In this way, we can stop all the officials from talking.
King Cheng, who had been standing with his eyes lowered since the last dynasty, took action only after the old emperor spoke.
He took a step forward and stood parallel to Di Xin.
"My son and I have been wronged."
King Cheng said: "My son has lived in the capital for a long time, how can he collude with foreigners?"
As he said that, he looked sideways at Di Xin and said in a "sad" tone: "Xiao Wu, Brother Wang always thought that you had some misunderstandings about me, but I didn't expect that the misunderstanding was so deep."
He also wanted to understand that King Yu's behavior outside the Meridian Gate just now was just to catch him off guard at this moment.
However, he was not in a hurry.
He did that thing in an extremely secretive manner back then, and it was done through Mingyue Tower. Even if there is evidence, there is no way to contact him.
"When you left the capital to take office in Northern Xinjiang, Brother Wang personally went out of the city to see you off; in recent years, the materials sent by the imperial court to Northern Xinjiang have also been withheld; in the spring of last year, you were assassinated in the capital, and it was Brother Wang who ran away.
The murderer found later..."
He said "sincerely": "If I really mean to harm you, why do I need to do these things?"
"Because the eldest brother is determined, I am the biggest stumbling block on the way to inherit the throne, isn't it?"
As soon as Di Xin finished speaking, King Cheng's pupils shrank.
The fight for the throne is an open secret.
The reason why it is called a secret is because no matter how many people know it, at least it cannot be said directly openly.
Not to mention in front of the current Holy One.
Although the battles between all the princes will become more and more intense in the past few years, and there is already a factor of the emperor's tacit approval, but speaking out in front of him will still offend the emperor's face.
"My father lives as long as Heaven. It is a great blessing for my son to be able to assist my father. I have never had the slightest thought about the throne. Please tell me."
He immediately wanted to confess to the old emperor on the steps.
It has always been the case that a new emperor ascends the throne only after the death of the previous emperor.
In other words, if you want to inherit the throne, wouldn't you be looking forward to the death of the current emperor?
Cursing the Holy One is a great crime of disrespect and disloyalty.
It is unfilial for a son to curse his father.
That's all in the past. Now that the old emperor's body has recovered, once what Di Xin said is spread and confirmed, then King Cheng, who has been labeled as unfaithful and unfilial, will basically have no chance of taking the throne.
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At that time, he will have no choice but to rebel like the second prince before him.
And there was a hint of surprise in his eyes when he looked at Di Xin.
Once the struggle for the throne was brought to light, it would be the same not only for him, but also for Prince Yu.
Could it be that he was pretending before and was really not interested in Dali's throne?
Or is it that he is ready to rebel?
If it weren't for the fact that Northern Xinjiang was far away from the capital and the Northern Xinjiang army hadn't made the slightest move, he would have doubted whether the current capital city had been surrounded by Di Xin's army.
It was precisely because these words would hurt the enemy eight hundred and at the same time hurt one thousand, that King Cheng did not expect Di Xin to say this.
"I know your thoughts, and being enterprising is not a bad thing."
"If other princes can have the same enterprising spirit as you two, it will be a blessing for me, Dali."
The old emperor frowned slightly, and after covering up the matter in two sentences, he changed the subject again.
"I just want to know, did you collude with foreigners and kill your own brothers?"
"I want to hear the truth."
Di Xin lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved at an angle that others could not see.
The person who was cursed didn't care, so naturally others wouldn't say anything else. If the old emperor didn't know the truth, how could he have said what he just said in public.
Now, after a few words from the old emperor, it was confirmed that both King Cheng and King Yu wanted to compete for the throne.
In this way, the situation of brotherhood and brotherhood that King Cheng wanted to create naturally disappeared.
Since they all covet the position above tens of millions of people, King Cheng's claim that he had no intention of harming King Yu was naturally dismissed without attacking.